Describe Mdme. Loisel's reaction on reading the invitation in "The Necklace."

When her
husband comes home with an air of "triumph" and hands her the invitation to the
ministry ball, he expects his wife to be delighted. Instead,Madame Loisel tosses the invitation
aside disdainfully and asks what he expects her to wear. When he mentions the dress she wears to
the theater, she begins to cry. She and her husband have the following conversation:

"What's the matter? What's the matter?"

With great effort she overcame her grief and replied in a calm voice, as she wiped her
wet cheeks:

"Nothing. Only I have no dress and so I can't go to this
party. Give your invitation to a friend whose wife has better clothes than I do."

When her husband tells her she can have the 400 francs she needs
for a dress, an amount she somewhat craftily extracts by considering how much she can
realistically expect to get from him, she is still unhappyuntil he mentions that she could
borrow jewels from Madame Forestier.

This scene shows how important her
appearance is to Madame Loisel. She is not...