#739 The Way Up To Heaven- Roald Dahl
I guess the most apt adage for this story would be: “Never keep a lady waiting.” Mrs. Foster is a nervous traveler. What she is most nervous about is being late. She is always ready to go to an appointment or a train a good half hour earlier than she needs, and she will wait anxiously until her husband comes out to go with her. Mr. Foster is almost always running just a bit late, and this makes his wife frantic on the edge of breaking down.
For their long marriage this has been going on, and recently Mrs. Foster has been suspicious that her husband makes her wait on purpose, as if taunting her and her fear of missing her train. The biggest trip of her life is coming up, a solo trip to Paris to visit her daughter and granddaughter. When Mr. Foster seems intent on making her miss her plane, she does the unthinkable—leaves without him. This act of insolence or one of liberation (depending on your perspective) will be his undoing.
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