Answer: Its "he was a bad sickness" part because its personifying a person to an illness.
Answer:
I like short stories because they don't take much time to read.
Despite looking for her everywhere, I couldn't find her.
Must you go already? You only arrived an hour ago!
<span> Loisel hopes to gain self-respect by
wearing the necklace she borrowed from her friend. Without expensive
jewellery she would feel like a nobody at the party. As she says:
"there's nothing so humiliating as looking poor in the middle of a lot
of rich women</span>