Question

"You say you bought a diamond necklace to replace mine? Yes. You hadn't noticed it? They were very much alike." Madame Forestier, deeply moved, took her two hands. "Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was worth at the very most five hundred francs!"
What is Mathilde most likely thinking and feeling when she hears Madame Forestier's confession? "The neck less"

Answer 1

She is feeling really angry at herself because she went into debt and had to spend like either 32-35 thousand francs. If she had told her what really happened, she would still have had money but it is what it is.