The Loisels found a similar necklace to the one she lost for 36.000 francs. Loisel took the money he inhered form his father and borrowed the rest. They replaced the necklace.(Due to this the Loisels went into a debt for 10 years.)
I look I have aged so much and it only has been 10 years.
To pay off the debt, Mathilde had to do all the housework, while her husband had to work more. Ten years later, they paid the debt. Mathilde lost her good look and seemed old.
Oh I looked so beautiful and flattering at the day of the ball!
Loisel. worked evenings, putting the books of some merchants in order, and nights he often did copying at five sous a page.
IT WAS FAKE.....
Mme Loisel seemed old now. She had become a strong, hard woman, the crude woman of the poor household. Her hair badly dressed, her skirts awry, her hands red, she spoke in a loud tone, and washed the floor with large pails of water.
Sometimes, when Matilda's husband was at the office, she would seat herself before the window and think of that evening party of former times, of that ball where she was so beautiful and so flattered.
Matilda walked along the Champs-Elyses and Forestier, who looked young and beautiful. She approached her friend and told her about the replaced diamonds and the last 10 years. Madame Forestier was shocked, as her original necklace was fake.