The Necklace | NCERT Class 10 English Footprint without Feet
Summary – The Necklace
Matilda was young and pretty lady she was from a family of clerks she was simple and had married a pretty office clerk. She dared not to visit his friendly school mate’s house which was richly furnished. One day Mr. Loisel and Mrs. Loisel get invitation to dinner from the Minister of public instruction. The wife got irritated because she didn’t have proper clothes and jewelry to wear. Her husband took her money to bought a dress. At her husband’s suggestion, Mrs. Loisel went to Mrs. Forestier’s house, she got ready to lend her entire jewelry. However, she barrowed only the diamond necklace.
Mrs. Loisel danced at the ball with enthusiasm (intense and eager enjoyment). She looked pretty, it made her swell with joy. Her husband wrapped her shoulders in poor wraps. They hired a carriage and reached home instantly she noticed that the necklace was missing. They had looked all around but they didn’t found it, then Loisel found a chaplet(a string of 55 beads for counting prayers, or as a necklace) of diamonds in a shop. It was exactly like the lost necklace, they bought it for thirty six thousand francs. They handed the jewel to Mrs Forestier but she did not open it.
The Loisel sent away the maid and lived in rented room in an attic(upper floor). They led quite and humble and poor life for few years. Thus they repaid their loan. One day Mrs. Loisel happened to meet Mrs Forestier while they were taking a walk. Mrs Forestier revealed that her false necklace was only worth five hundred francs.
Extra Question Answers
Q.1 Who was Matilda?
Answer. Matilda was a young, pretty lady born in a family of clerks.
Q.2 Whom did she married?
Answer. She married with Mr. Loisel, who was a very simple man.
Q.3 What job did Mr. Loisel do?
Answer. Mr. Loisel was a clerk in the office of the Board of Education.
Q.4 What kind of a person her husband is?
Answer. Her husband is a very simple-hearted person. He is an ordinary person. He is a caring husband. He wants to see Mrs. Loisel happy.
Q.5 What fresh problem now disturbs Mrs Loisel?
Answer. The fresh problem is that Mrs. Loisel doesn’t have a pretty and proper dress.
Q.6 How did Matilda react when she saw the invitation card?
Answer. Matilda reacted in a very bad manner, instead of being happy, she got very angry to see the invitation card.
Q.7 How did M. Loisel afford for the new dress?
Answer. M. Loisel gave four hundred francs to Matilda, which he had saved for the gun.
Q.8 What was the new problem of Matilda?
Answer. The new problem of Matilda was of jewels, she had not a single necklace to adorn (decorate) herself. Her husband suggested her to lend a necklace from her friend.
Q.9 Who was the friend of Matilda?
Answer. Mrs Forestier was the friend of Matilda. She was very reach and had many jewels.
Q.10 How did Matild enjoyed the party?
Answer. Matilda enjoyed the party with great pleasure. She danced with enthusiasm, thinking of nothing but all that admiration.
Q.11 Why did Matilda get upset after the party?
Answer. Matilda got upset after the party, because she had lost her friend’s necklace.
Q.12 What did Matilda and her husband do to discover the necklace?
Answer. They went to the police and to the cab offices, and put the advertisement in the newspapers, offering a reward. But they had not discovered anything.
Q.13 How did they replace the necklace?
Answer. The necklace was of thirty six thousand francs from which Loisel possessed eighteen thousand francs and the rest money he lend from the lenders.
Q.14 What did Matilda do to return the money to the lenders?
Answer. Matilda did the odious (horrible) work of kitchen. She washed dishes, soiled linen (make dirty, articles such as sheets or clothes made), their clothes. She went to the grocer’s the butcher’s and the fruiter’s with her basket on her arm.
Q.15 What was the great shock that Mrs Forestier gave to Matilda at last?
Answer. The great shock that Mrs Forestier gave to Matilda was the necklace which she lend her was not original. It was not worth over five hundred francs.
Q.16 What is the moral of the story ‘The Necklace’?
Answer. The moral of the story is that we should not be greedy. We should be satisfied with whatever we have. Our honesty is the best policy. We should be content (willing to accept something; satisfied) with what life gives us.