In the short story "The Necklace" by Guy De Maupassant , the author sets out the way in which there is a total sea-change in the mindset of the young couple who lose the 'diamond' necklace before they can return it. They change both internally and externally. Externally, they are even poorer than they were before as Mme Loisel in particular loses her peace of mind, freedom and beautiful young looks. They didn't know what they had til it was gone (lack of worry over debt, a roof over their heads, food, warmth that Mathilde did not have to persoanlly go out to work for.) Mr Loisel has now to watch his wife demean herself, scrubbing her fair young fingers to the bone in cleaning to pay off the perceived debt. Internally, they have changed their outlook on life - rewards that are temporary and materialistic are not worth having as integrity and lack of debt-slavery are better to have.
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