When was lamb to the slaughter published

When the police arrive, they question Mary and survey the scene. The police then search the house and surrounding area for the murder weapon. After a fruitless search, the police realise that no one has turned off the oven. Mary offers all the policemen the cooked leg, asking them to accept her hospitality. As the Policeman eat the meat, they discuss the location of the murder weapon, assuming it is right under their noses.

Mary overhears this in the other room and giggles to herself at the irony. Roald Dahl Wiki Explore. The Witches. Roald Dahl. Lammkeule und andere Geschichten. Volk und Welt. The Best of Roald Dahl. Tales of the Unexpected. Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft.

Regine Schulz , Burckhard Labowski. Suuri Suomalainen Kirjakerho. Lamb to the Slaughter and Other Stories. Penguin Books Penguin 60s Skin and Other Stories. When he comes back, she notices that he is unusually distant and thinks that he is tired of work. After drinking more than usual, Patrick reveals what makes him do so. He asks to get divorced because he wants to marry another woman.

Angry and surprised to hear such news, Marie goes to get a big leg of lamb in the freezer of the cellar to prepare a meal. Patrick tells her not to prepare dinner for him. He plans on going out. Serenely, she prepares the leg she used as a weapon and puts it in the oven to destroy some of the evidence. She then visits the grocer to buy vegetables. Back home and in the room where her husband is still lying on the floor, she pretends to be surprised and starts crying and then calls the police.

When the police arrive, they ask Marie questions and search the scene. The police say that Patrick was killed by an intruder with a big item. After an unsuccessful search around the house and surroundings, one of the policemen reminds Marie that her dinner is cooking, saying that the oven works.

She then offers dinner to the police saying that otherwise the meat would be lost. During the meal, while Marie is sitting in the living room but does not join them, the police discuss the possible location of the murder weapon. Marie, listening to them, starts to laugh. Lamb to the Slaughter by Alfred Hitchcock was released in At the beginning, we can see a man getting back home.

His wife is waiting for him. He unexpectedly announces that he has made a decision. He wants to separate.