Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat ..................Roald Dahl................
Back Home
She arrives with her husband and tells him that a loan slip was found
Her husband insists on going to claim the product
But, he comes back with a stole instead of the coat
She goes to where the lendering
The lender pay very little compared to the real value
She couldn't use her aunt's alibi
Farewell
Not knowing it would be the last time they would see each other
The colonel disappears
In return, he gave her a beautiful mink coat
She didn't know what to do, it was obvious that the coat is expensive
When she spending a day with the colonel
They spend time together
They rode
she went to see their hunts
Fraud
Once a month, Mrs Bixby travels to Baltimore
Mrs Bixby visits to her great-aunt Maude
She was very fond of the old lady
It was not reasonable for Mr Bixby to deny him the visit
A monthly meeting
She was going to meet her lover
A man of well-off class
The Colonel
She had a relationship with him for 8 years.
They saw each other the year
This story is an example of a narrative resource called raising its own trap. It means that someone ends up being defeated because of their own plan.
In the case of Mrs. Bixby, she wanted to prevent her infidelity from being exposed and thought that she could recover her precious coat.
But instead, discovers her husband's infidelity and she cannot confront because she would have to bring out her own.
Characters
Lendering
Colonel
Mrs. Bixby
Maid
Mr. Bixby
The Doubt
The Bixby are a married couple that lives in New York.
Mr. Bixby work as a dentist
She's a housewife
They are a middle class marriage.
Once a month, Mrs Bixby travels to Baltimore to be with her old women aunt
