The Necklace: Difference between revisions

A young, lower middle class couple borrows some nice clothes and jewelryjewellery from an upper class friend to wear to a party. During the course of the party, the lady loses a diamond necklace. Hiding the truth, the two sell their house and all their possessions and work for the next twenty years to pay the friend back, only to be told at the end it was costume jewelryjewellery, and worth only a couple of dollars at the most.