Monsieur Lantin believed he lived a happy life with a loving wife who made his life worth living. Her death leaves him grief and poverty stricken. Her collection of ‘fake’ expensive jewelry reveals to him her adulterous ways which she had led secretively throughout the years.The fake gems signify that sometimes we only tend to see what we want to see. We are often too blinded in the trust we hold in the people we love to expect deceit even in the most obvious scenario.
