Which sequence of events in maupassant's "the necklace," set up how mathilde felt about her poverty?

Ashe dressed plainly... but she was unhappy as if she had really fallen from a higher station;

Bshe had no dowry, no expectations, no way of being known, understood, loved, married...

Cnatural ingenuity, instinct for what is elegant, a supple mind are their sole hierarchy...