The Diamond Necklace

"Look here, Mathilde," he persisted. What would be the cost of a suitable dress, which you could use on other occasions as well, something very simple?"

She thought for several seconds, reckoning up prices and also wondering for how large a sum she could ask without bringing upon herself an immediate refusal and an exclamation of horror from the careful-minded clerk.

At last she replied with some hesitation:

"I don't know exactly, but I think I could do it on four hundred francs."

He grew slightly pale, for this was exactly the amount he had been saving for a gun, intending to get a little shooting next summer on the plain of Nanterre with some friends who went lark-shooting there on Sundays.

Which point of view is used in the passage?

limited third-person

first-person

omniscient third-person

The passage uses limited third-person point of view.

The point of view used in the passage is limited third-person.

The point of view used in the passage is third-person limited. This is because the narration is from a neutral observer's perspective, but it focuses on the thoughts, feelings, and actions of the main character, Mathilde. The narration does not provide insight into the thoughts or feelings of other characters, only Mathilde's.