This story by Roald Dahl is about a wealthy couple. Mrs Foster is a devoted wife who has a phobia about being late. Mr Foster is a dominating husband and likes to play cruel jokes on his wife by trying to make her late. In the end, Mrs Foster has the last laugh as her husband finds his way UP to Heaven. I love the irony in the way Mrs Foster ends her weekly letters to her husband from Paris: Now be sure to take your meals regularly, dear, although this is something I’m afraid you may not be doing…
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This 1979 episode from the Tales Of The Unexpected British television series includes a personal introduction by Roald Dahl. Watch and enjoy!