Your answer is A.
This is why:
At the end of this short novel, the audience learns that the Necklace was fake! If Mathilde would have come clean with the fact that she lost it, she wouldn't have had to do all that work and make herself old.
We are all equal, and there is no discrimination between us. We all have rights and can pursue happiness whenever we want. The people own these rights, not the government. The government will only cares about our safety and happiness. Did that help? Hope it did!
