Mathilde had a loving husband, who provided her with the necessities and a decent home. But that was never enough for him. In her mind, she felt like she was born to live a life of luxury. When her husband tells her that he is invited to a ball, she refuses to go because she has no clothes: "...I don't have a dress and, for that reason, I can't go to the ball. Give your invitation to a colleague whose wife is better off than me." (de Maupassant) Mathilde's pride and superficiality will not allow her to be grateful and simply go to the ball. She manages to manipulate her husband for him to buy She gave him a dress and also borrowed a fancy necklace from a friend. After losing the necklace, Mathilde decides to lie to her friend and go into debt by buying a new one, after ten years. hard work and devaluing things in her life To pay off the necklace debt, Mathilde and her husband are now poor and struggling to make ends meet. Her greed and pride have brought her to where she is at. end of the story fantasizes about his desire for wealth and