Question

what coud have happened to Matilda if she had confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace?

Answer 1

Had she confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace, she would have lived happily. She could've avoided the misery and drugdery of ten years. She would've been satisfied with her life.

Answer 2

If matlida would have
confessed to her friend it would be far better because because the necklace wasn't real ( it was artificial)