三万六千法郎

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They went from jeweler to jeweler, 他们一家接着一家地跑珠宝店，

searching for a necklace just like the lost one, 想找一条和丢的那条一模一样的项链，

both sick with worry. 两个人都快愁疯了。

At last, in a shop in the Palais Royal, 终于，在王宫广场的一家店里，

they found a string of diamonds that looked exactly the same. 他们发现了一条钻石项链，看起来简直一模一样。

It was worth forty thousand francs. 标价是四万法郎，

They could have it for thirty-six. 店主同意让他们花三万六千买下来。

Loisel had eighteen thousand francs his father had left him. 卢瓦泽尔手里有一万八千法郎，是他父亲留给他的遗产，

He would borrow the rest. 剩下的就得靠借了。

He borrowed a thousand francs from one person, five hundred from another. 他跟这个人借一千法郎，跟那个人借五百法郎，

He went to moneylenders of every kind. 找遍了形形色色放债的人。

He signed promises without knowing how he would ever keep them, 他签下一张又一张字据，根本不知道将来拿什么去还，

risking his entire future. 甚至把自己的后半辈子都押了进去。

The price of a mistake can be far bigger than the mistake itself. 犯一个错的代价，可能远远超出这个错误本身。

Then, terrified of the hardship ahead, 随后，尽管一想到未来的苦日子就心里发毛，

he laid thirty-six thousand francs on the jeweler's counter, 他还是把三万六千法郎拍在了珠宝店的柜台上，

and took the new necklace home. 把那条新项链带回了家。