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  LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER                                                                                   -ROALD DAHL ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was a  British author, screenwriter, and wartime fighter pilot , renowned for his imaginative and irreverent children's books like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Matilda".   SUMMARY: Mary Maloney is a homemaker sitting alone and working on her sewing in her quiet, orderly house as she waits for her husband Patrick, a police detective, to come home from work. Mary is six months pregnant. It is Thursday evening, the night of the couple typically goes out to eat, and Mary has the set-up for pre-dinner cocktails already prepared. When her husband arrives, Mary greets him warmly. But her repeated offers of af...