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Herhusbaseven.Hehadfoundnothing.
&hepoli,totheoofferareward,tothepahatarayofhopeimpelledhi
&edalldayloateofbewildermentatthisfearfulcatastrophe.
Loiseleatnight,hisfaedandpale;hehaddisothing.
"Youmustwritetoyourfriend,"hesaid,"ayou'vebrokentheclaspofhernedaregettihatwillgiveustimetolookaboutus."
&hisdi.
Bytheeheyhadlostallhope.Loisel,whohadagedfiveyears,declared:"Wemustseeabthediamonds."
&heytooktheboxwhichhadheldthetothejewellerswhosenamewasiedhisbooks.
"ItwasnotIwhosoldthisnecklace,Madame;Imusthavemerelysuppliedtheclasp."
&heyweojeweller,seargforanotherhefirst,gtheirmemories,bothillwithremorseandanguishofmind.
InashopatthePalais-Royaltheyfofdiamondswhichseemedtothemexactlyliketheoheywerelookingfor.Itwasworthfortythousandfrancs.Theywereallowedtohaveitforthirty-sixthousand.
Theybeggedthejewellerforthreedays.Andtheyarraheuandingthatitwouldbetakenbackforthirty-fourthousandfrancs,ifthefirstonewerefouheendofFebruary.
Loiselpossessedeighteenthousandfraohimbyhisfather.Heioborrowtherest.
Hedidbettingathousandfromoneman,fivehundredfromanother,fivelouishere,threelavenotesofhareements,didbusihusurersaribeofmoney-legagedthewhyearsofhisexistence,riskedhissigevenknowingifheourit,and,appalledattheagonisihefuture,attheblackmiseryabouttofalluponhim,attheprospectofeverypossiblephysicalprivationandmoraltorture,heweheneutdownuponthejeweller'sterthirty-sixthousandfrancs.
WheookbaeeForestier,thelattersaidtoherinachillyvoice:
"Yououghtthtitbaighthave."
&,asherfriendhadfeared,openthecase.Ifshehadhesubstitution,whatwouldshehavethought?Whatwouldshehavesaid?Wouldsheakehief?
MadameLoiselowtheghastlylifeofabjectpoverty.Fromtheveryfirstsheplayedherpartheroically.Thisfearfuldebtmustbepaidoff.Shewouldpayit.Theservantwasdismissed.Theygedtheirflat;theytookagarretuheroof.
&oknowtheheavyworkofthehouse,thehatefuldutiesofthekit.Shewashedtheplates,wearingoutherpinknailsonthecoursepotteryaomsofpahedirtylisanddish-dhuodry;everymshetookthedustbindowahepingoneagtogetherbreath.And,cladlikeapoorwomahefruiterer,tothegrocer,tothebutcher,abasketling,iichedhalfpennyofhermohobepaidoff,othersreimegained.
Herhusbaheeveningsatputtingstraightamert'sats,anighthedidgattwo-pence-halfpennyapage.
Andthislifelastedtenyears.
Attheendoftehingaid,theusureresandtheacofsuperimposedi.
MadameLoisellookedoldnow.Shehadbeelikeallthe,hard,enofpoorhouseholds.Herhairwasbadlydoswereawry,herhandswerered.Shespokeinashrillvoidtheedalloverthefloorwhenshescrubbedit.Butsometimes,whenherhusbandwasattheoffice,shesatdownbythewindowandthoughtofthateveninglongago,oftheballatwhichshehadbeeifulandsomuchadmired.
Whatenedifshehadhosejes?strangelifeis,howfickle!Howlittleisoruinortosave!
OneSunday,asshehadgoneforawalkalongtheChamps-Elyseestofresheerthelaboursoftheweek,shecaughtsightsuddenlyofaastakingachildoutforawalk.ItwasMadameForestier,stillyoung,stillbeautiful,stillattractive.
MadameLoiselwaseemotion.Shouldshespeaktoher?Yes,ly.Andnowthatshehadpaid,shewouldtellherall.Whynot?
&uptoher.
"G,Jea;
&herdidnniseher,andrisedatbeingthusfamiliarlyaddressedbyapoor>
"But...Madame..."shestammered."Idon'tknow...youmustbemakingamistake."
"No...IamMathildeLoisel."
Herfriendutteredacry.
"Oh!...mypoorMathilde,howyouhaveged!"
"Yes,I'vehadsomehardtimessinceIsawyoulast;andmanysorrows...andallonyourat."
"Onmyat!...Howwasthat?"
"YourememberthediamondmefortheballattheMinistry?"
"Yes.Well?"
"Well,Ilostit."
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