Lamb to the Slaughter
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- Hullo darling!
- Hullo Darling!
- Mary: Are you tired Patrick: Yes!Mary: Ill go get you cheese and crackers Patrick: No!, Sit Down and listen to me!
- Now and again she glanced at the clock, but without anxiety: She merely wanted to satisfy herself that each minute that went bymade it nearer the time when he would come home. As she bent over her sewing, she was curiously peaceful. This was her sixthmonth expecting a child. Her mouth and her eyes, with their new calm look, seemed larger and darker than before. (Dhal, 1)
- But I've thought about it a good deal and I've decided that the only thing to do is to tell you immediately. (Dhal, 2)
- When the clock said ten minutes to five, she began to listen, and a few moments later, punctually as always, she heard the car tires on the stones outside, the car door closing, footsteps passing the window, the key turning in the lock. She stood up and went forward to kiss him as he entered. She took his coat and hung it up. (Dhal,1)
- Then she made the drinks, a strong one for him and a weak one for herself; For her, this was always a wonderful time of day. She knew he didn't want to speak much until the first drink was finished, and she was satisfied to sit quietly, enjoying his company after the long hours alone in the house. (Dhal,1)
- I've already told you, Don't make supper for me.
- Her first instinct was not to believe any of it. She thought that perhaps she'd imagined the whole thing. Perhaps, if she acted as though she had not heard him, she would find out that none of it had ever happened.
- When she walked across the room, she couldn't feel her feet touching the floor. She couldn't feel anything except a slight sickness. She did everything without thinking. She went downstairs to the freezer and took hold of the first object she found. She lifted it out and looked at it. It was wrapped in paper, so she took off the paper and looked at it again --- a leg of lamb (Dhal, 2)
- At that point, Mary Maloney simply walked up behind him and without any pause, she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head. She might as well have hit him with a steel bar. (Dhal, 2)
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