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Quote #10
"Oh, my poor Mathilde. But mine were false. At most they were worth five hundred francs!" (128)
Mme. Forestier reveals that the diamond necklace Mathilde lost was actually a fake. Does the falsehood of the jewels symbolize the falsehood of wealth? Does it change the way we think of Mathilde's former dreams? Or, on another note, does it perhaps mean something about Mme. Forestier? If her best piece of jewelry is a fake, maybe she's not quite as wealthy as she initially seems.