ake a deal with the jeweler, borrowed money, and gave the new diamond necklace back to Mrs. Forrestier. The Loisels’ have lots of money to pay back.Mr. Loisel and Mathilde, now had to work to back their debt on the necklace. They fire the maid and moved to an attic flat. Mathilde did housework and had even cheaper belongings than before. She negotiates prices when she buys things and tries to save as much money as possible. She sees her dreams totally unreachable as the days passed. They worked hard for ten years and finally paid all the money they owed. Mathilde looked old and worn down from the ten years of hard labor paying the loans off. The attic flat represents how Mathilde finally accepts she will never be rich. One day soon after paying the loans off she sees Mrs. Forrestier at the Champs-Elysees while taking a relaxing walk. Mrs. Forrestier notices the aged appearance of Mathilde. Mathilde tells Mrs. Forrestier about the lost necklace and about how her and her husband worked ten long hard years repaying the debt of the necklace. Mrs. Forrestier replies with, “Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was only costume jewelry. At most, it was worth only five hundred francs!”(paragraph 127) All the hard work was for nothing. The setting of the relaxing walk signifies the closure of all of the struggle Mr. And Mrs. Loisel went through.Guy de Maupassant uses the settings throughout the story to relate to Mathilde’s feelings. She is unhappy in the drab apartment, she has to work hard in the attic flat, and feels at peace with all that has happened while she is walking along the Champs-Elysees. Mathilde’s mood changed with the settings....
