Dahl describes Mary as a loving, loyal, and devoted wife in the story. He tells us that the highlight of Mary's day is her husband's arrival home from his day job as a police officer.
Mary is also described as an amiable, affectionate, and patient woman. Upon first seeing her husband, she takes his coat and then proceeds to make him a drink. She does not talk or try to rush him while he savors...
Dahl describes Mary as a loving, loyal, and devoted wife in the story. He tells us that the highlight of Mary's day is her husband's arrival home from his day job as a police officer.
Mary is also described as an amiable, affectionate, and patient woman. Upon first seeing her husband, she takes his coat and then proceeds to make him a drink. She does not talk or try to rush him while he savors his beverage. Mary is content to sit back and watch her husband admiringly.
Unfortunately, Mary's husband does not merit her loyalty nor her adulation. He soon informs her that he is planning to leave her. Mary's response and her subsequent action surprises the reader. At this point in the story, Dahl alerts us to a side of Mary that seems foreign to us: she is by equal measures shrewd, bold, and determined. She puts a plan in place to protect her unborn child and to make sure that her baby will not be bereft of both parents.
When the detectives and forensics officers arrive, Mary plays the part of the grieving wife to perfection. Her keen sense of human nature allows her to leverage her feminine wiles to her advantage. In all, Dahl describes Mary as loyal, devoted, affectionate, amiable, patient, and loving. She is also shrewd, daring, and tenacious.
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