nswer :
Loisel asked Matilda to write a letter to Mme Forestier, explaining that she had broken
the clasp of the necklace and would get it repaired. They found a chaplet of diamonds in
a shop of the Palais-Royal. This necklace seemed to be exactly like the one that had
been lost. They could buy it for thirty-six thousand francs. Loisel had eighteen thousand francs, which his father had left him. He borrowed the rest from various sources. Finally,
he bought the necklace and gave it to Matilda for her to take it back to Mme Forestier.