The ending of the short story “The Necklace” was fair to the main character Mathilde. Throughout the course of the story, Mathilde shows how selfish she is by requiring her husband to find her a dress and a necklace, which she borrows from a friend and and ultimately loses. She and her husband send the next ten years scrambling to pay off the debt of paying for a new necklace and by extension, pay off her greed during that night. Once their debt is paid, Mathilde is described as having been physically transformed because of working nonstop to pay it off. However, upon seeing her friend whom she had borrowed the necklace from, she says, “‘Yes, I’ve had some hard times since I saw you last... all on your account’” (de Maupassant 176). The quote