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me after the ball? 2. How much did they spend on the necklace? How much did the lost necklace cost 3. What was the necklace made of? “Sorry, I didn’t recognize you.” “ I know I look older than my age now. That’s because of hard workten years of hard work.” “But I don’t think we can go. I haven’t got an evening dress for the ball .” “I have no jewellery. I can’t be the only woman who isn’t wearing jewellery.” “So I called on you and asked if I could borrow some jewellery.” “And then I saw a lovely diamond necklace with a big blue stone in the centre.” “ During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed.” “It cost us thirtysix thousand francs.” “The necklace wasn’t a real diamond necklace. It was worth five hundred francs at the most!” Choose the correct answers years earlier, Mathilde had borrowed a necklace from her friend Jeanne _______