for the next ten years, the expensive necklace the Loisel buy to replace the lost one dictates their every move.
loans taken out to by the replacement must be repaid, requiring long hours of work and the giving up of even modest treats and comforts. The effort exhausts and disheartens them, and Mma. Loisel blames her fate on the capricious nature of life. After the loans have all been repaid, a chance meeting between Mma.Loisel and the wealthy friend who lent her necklace reveals the simple truth. the necklace that Mma.Loisei borrowed was a fake. It would have cost only a small sum to replace if Mma.Loisel had friend that it was missing