Realistically, it cannot: Mathilde’s identity as a wealthy society woman is borrowed for a night, and it will be returned with the necklace in the morning. Ultimately, the reader is also aware that the interest that these men take in Mathilde probably will not change her life. The result is that a kind of narrative tension runs through this scene: the reader wonders just how effectively Mathilde has truly disguised herself as a wealthy woman. What's more, readers might wonder how Mathilde will return to her normal life now that she has-apparently-experienced what it feels like to have wealth and status. So, the reader is aware that the interest of the men in the room may be exaggerated and distorted by Mathilde’s ego, unbeknownst to her (a double irony). Though this story is told from a third-person limited point of view, it focuses intimately on Mathilde’s interiority.
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