Upon losing the necklace she was forced to find a replacement fast so she borrowed what money she could to purchase a replica. She and her husband would spend the following ten years working to pay back their debt. “They dismissed their servant; they changed their lodgings; they rented a garret under the roof” (Maupassant). All the while they had faith that the necklace was a great treasure worth thousands of francs. However, the necklace was not worth more than five hundred francs; it was mere paste. When Mathilde finally admitted what had truly happened to the necklace, her friend was shocked. “Oh, my poor Mathilde! Why, my necklace was paste. It was worth at most five hundred francs!”
Upon losing the necklace she was forced to find a replacement fast so she borrowed what money she could to purchase a replica. She and her husband would spend the following ten years working to pay back their debt. “They dismissed their servant; they changed their lodgings; they rented a garret under the roof” (Maupassant). All the while they had faith that the necklace was a great treasure worth thousands of francs. However, the necklace was not worth more than five hundred francs; it was mere paste. When Mathilde finally admitted what had truly happened to the necklace, her friend was shocked. “Oh, my poor Mathilde! Why, my necklace was paste. It was worth at most five hundred francs!”