Sadly, I think Madame Loisel would not have had a very happy life even had she not lost the necklace. Let's suppose for a moment that as the belle of the ball, she had been able to parlay her popularity into a more elevated social life or even a better job for Monsieur Loisel and that the couple did not need to strain under the burden of the debt for the necklace. Madame Loisel seems like the kind of person who would always have wanted more...
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