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Mr Loisel uses an inheritance from his father to cover half the cost and borrows the rest at high interest. Mathilde gives the necklace to Mme Forestier, who does not notice the substitution. To repay the debt, the Loisels dismiss their maid, move into a small, shabby apartment, and take on long hours of gruelling work.
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I notice that the German pronunciation here has a vert heavily aspirated 't' for the Mathilde -- Q Chris 09:41, 26 January 2022 (UTC) Many languages, including German, devoice all final consonants (that can be devoiced) but write them as voiced so that inflected forms match. —Tamfang 03:33, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
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Loisel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Élisabeth Loisel (born 1963), French footballer and manager; Georg Loisel (born 1957), Austrian fencer; Hubert Loisel (1912–1999), Austrian fencer; John S. Loisel (1920–2010), American World War II flying ace; Régis Loisel (born 1951), French comics writer and artist
Matilda, also spelled Mathilda and Mathilde, is the English form of the Germanic female name Mahthildis, which derives from the Old High German "maht" (meaning "might and strength") and "hild" (meaning "battle"). [1] The name was most popular in the United States between 1880 and 1910, when it was among the top 200 names given to girls.
Mathilde is an alternative spelling of the names Matilde or Matilda, and could refer to: Mathilde Dolgopol de Sáez (1901 –1957), Argentinian vertebrate paleontologist Mathilde, Abbess of Essen (949–1011)
The French Pyrenees were home to two people that may have served as inspiration for the story. The Girl of Issaux, [1] lost in the snow at the age of 8 and captured at the age of 16 (circa 1719), and also La Folle des Pyrénées [2] (captured 1807 at the age of about 40) who was not feral but lived with the bears.