Monsieur Loisel had always felt guilty of not being able
to provide a comfortable and luxurious life to his wife,
Mathilde.
"She had no clothes, no jewels, nothing. And
these were the only things she loved; she felt that she was made for them. She had
longed so eagerly to charm, to be desired, to be wildly attractive and sought
after."
Thus when this wonderful invitation came by, he
thought it was one chance that Providence had provided him to make his wife feel happy.
It was a "life-time opportunity" and he wanted to make use of it. He was obviously under
the impression that his wife will be the centre of attraction at the party. Probably it
would compensate for his neglect and inability to make her feel important and sought
after. Little did he know then that this would make her even more
unhappy.
The most important aspect that one must draw is
that it is in the nature of women in general to feel that their life is incomplete
without physical comforts of life; the more the better. And Mathilde was no exception to
this philosophy. Hence, Mr. Loisel made a grave error to think he was trying to make
his wife happy by bringing home the invitation from the Minister of
Education.
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