illustrated tablesetting with a plate containing a large lamb-leg roast resting on a puddle of blood

Lamb to the Slaughter

by Roald Dahl

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Lamb to the Slaughter

In Roald Dahl's "Lamb to the Slaughter," Mary Maloney makes the police eat the leg of lamb to destroy the murder weapon, ensuring her crime remains undetected. After impulsively killing her husband...

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Lamb to the Slaughter

In "Lamb to the Slaughter," Mary continues to prepare dinner after she hears the news because she is operating on automatic and is moving off of muscle memory.

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