Madame Loisel didn't tell Madame Fo

Madame Loisel didn't tell Madame Forestier that she lost her necklace and she
chose to replace it. The replacement cost them everything. Madame Loisel came
to know the ghastly life of abject poverty. Their previous life seemed downright
luxurious compared to what they had now.

MONSIEUR LOISEL :Matilda, my love. I have made the last payment on our debt. We have nothing left for ourselves, but at least we are free from the loan of 20,000 francs.
MADAME LOISEL :Free at last.
MONSIEUR LOISEL :Look! Isn't that Madame Forestier over there? You have not spoken to her since that day. Go talk to her.
MADAMA LOISEL :Uh... Hello. Good day.
MADAME FORESTIER :You must have mistaken me for someone else. Excuse me please...
MADAME LOISEL :Jeanne, don't you recognize me? It's me, Matilda.
MADAME FORESTIER :Matilda? But it can't be. You look so worn and old.
MADAME LOISEL :No really, it's me. I've changed because I have had to endure ten hard years of manual labor, scrubbing floors and taking in laundry.
MADAME FORESTIER :My dear, what could have happened to make you dothat?
MADAME LOISEL :It was your necklace, or rather my desire to be elegant, that caused this.
MADAME FORESTIER :But how is that possible? I have the necklace. I wore it to the theater just the other night.
MADAME LOISEL :The necklace you have is actually just a replacement. I'm afraid that I lost yours. We borrowed money to purchase a replacement and have spent the past ten years paying
off the debt, but today, we have made the last payment.
MADAME FORESTIER :Ten years? Surely it could not have taken that long to pay off the amount needed to replace the necklace?
MADAME LOISEL :What do you mean?
MADAME FORESTIER :Mine was a fake; the replacement should have cost you nothing more than 500 francs. Oh, my poor, poor, dear Matilda.