Madame Forestier then reveals that the necklace was a fake. She admits that the necklace was not genuine. The story takes on a twist and ends ironically. The reader is as saddened to hear the truth as Madame Forestier is having to reveal the truth. The fake necklace represents the fake life that Madame Loisel presented at the ball. She pretended to be what she was not. Although she should have been content with her beauty, she was not. Now, ten years later, she has aged so much until she is no longer as beautiful. The irony is that Madame Loisel has worked ten years to pay for a replacement necklace when the original was fake: