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Mrs Foster was an old lady who has a fear of being late. She had been a good and loving wife; she was modest and served her husband loyally.
Mr Foster was an old man, seventy years old, diminutive, but dressed dapperly. He took pleasure in inflicting pain on his wife by making sure they arrived a few minutes too late whenever they went somewhere. 2b
Mrs Foster wants to go to Paris to visit her daughter and grandchildren who live there.
She is planning to be away for six weeks.
She is so nervous because it took a lot of persuasion to get Mr Foster to allow her to go and she fears that he might stop her from going if she misses the plane.
I get a negative impression of Mr Foster. He seems cruel, taking a lot of time just to annoy his wife. 2c
The flight was postponed because of the fog.
Mrs Foster didn’t want to go home; she didn’t want to give her husband more opportunities to prevent her from leaving. When she heard the news she planned on staying at the airport.
Her husband told her to come home; he didn’t seem too faltered about it. 2d
Mr Foster had to go get his cigarettes.
He has to go back into the house because he said he forget the present he had bought his daughter.
Mrs Foster asks the chauffeur to og get her husband because she found the thing he had been looking for.
He doesn’t go into the house because the door is locked and he doesn’t have a key. 2e
Outside the door she listens, analysing the strange sounds she is hearing.
She decides to leave for the airport without her husband.
She was cool and calm once she reached Paris. 2f
When Mrs Foster opens the door to her house she is met by a lot of unopened mail. The house is dark and cold, an unknown odour in the air.
She calls the elevator operator in her husband’s study. 3a
Mrs Foster is an old lady who is scared of being late. Her husband is well aware of this and thinks it funny to make sure they are a few minutes too late. The day Mrs Foster is supposed

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