That woman in this story later has a chance meeting with Madame Forestier in the park, who informs her that the title object was a fake.
A reversal of this story is about Arthur Prime and his cousin Charlotte, who find an object made of the title substance. One character in this story recommends that another wear flowers, but she refuses since it looks too humiliating. Another character in this story gives up his dreams of purchasing a gun so that on Sundays, he can go lark-shooting. This story, whose plot is reversed in Henry James's "Paste," features a woman that all the under-secretaries of state and the minister notice, but, ten years later, speaks with a shrill voice and slops water all over the floor when she scrubs it. That woman in this story later has a chance meeting with Madame Forestier in the park, who informs her that the title object was a fake. For 10 points, name this short story by Guy de Maupassant titled for a piece of jewelry.
A reversal of this story is about Arthur Prime and his cousin Charlotte, who find an object made of the title substance.
"The Diamond Necklace" [or "The Necklace" or La Parure]