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 "Would you do me a favor? Here you all are, all goodfriends of Patrick's, and you're helping to catch the man who killed him. You must be very hungry by now because it's long pastyour supper time, and I know that Patrick would never forgive me if I let you stay in the house without offering you anything toeat. Why don't you eat up the lamb in the oven?" 

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 "Would you do me a favor? Here you all are, all goodfriends of Patrick's, and you're helping to catch the man who killed him. You must be very hungry by now because it's long pastyour supper time, and I know that Patrick would never forgive me if I let you stay in the house without offering you anything toeat. Why don't you eat up the lamb in the oven?" 

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- ‘Patrick!’ she called. ‘How are you, darling?’ She put the package on the table and went into the living room; and when she saw him lying there on the floor, it really was a shock. All the old love of him came back to her, and she ran over to him, knelt down beside him, and began to cry hard. It was easy. No acting was necessary” (Dahl 3).
- Maloney loves her husband a lot, when she saw him lying on the floor, she was really sad and does not need acting. If she was not in shock at that time, she might clam down and talk with him about how to solve this problem. Love made her lose her mind.

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“She carried the meat into the kitchen, placed it in a pan, turned the oven on high, and shoved t inside. Then she washed her hands and ran upstairs to the bedroom. She sat down before the mirror, tidied her hair, touched up her lops and face. She tried a smile. It came out rather peculiar. She tried again.” She tried to act like nothing happened and planned to buy something for dinner, then she had reason to call police, it’s obvious that she tried to get away from this thing, this was not a long-term emotional unsteady.

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“She carried the meat into the kitchen, placed it in a pan, turned the oven on high, and shoved t inside. Then she washed her hands and ran upstairs to the bedroom. She sat down before the mirror, tidied her hair, touched up her lops and face. She tried a smile. It came out rather peculiar. She tried again.” She tried to act like nothing happened and planned to buy something for dinner, then she had reason to call police, it’s obvious that she tried to get away from this thing, this was not a long-term emotional unsteady.

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"It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became all of a sudden. She began thinking very fast. As the wife of a detective, she knew quite well what the penalty would be. That was fine. It made no difference to her. In fact, it would be a relief. On the other hand, what about the child? What were the laws about murderers with unborn children? Did they kill then both-mother and child? Or did they wait until the tenth month? What did they do?"

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"It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became all of a sudden. She began thinking very fast. As the wife of a detective, she knew quite well what the penalty would be. That was fine. It made no difference to her. In fact, it would be a relief. On the other hand, what about the child? What were the laws about murderers with unborn children? Did they kill then both-mother and child? Or did they wait until the tenth month? What did they do?"

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She carried the meat into the kitchen, placed it in a pan, turned the oven on high, and shoved t inside. Then she washed her hands and ran upstairs to the bedroom. She sat down before the mirror, tidied her hair, touched up her lops and face. She tried a smile. It came out rather peculiar. She tried again.

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She carried the meat into the kitchen, placed it in a pan, turned the oven on high, and shoved t inside. Then she washed her hands and ran upstairs to the bedroom. She sat down before the mirror, tidied her hair, touched up her lops and face. She tried a smile. It came out rather peculiar. She tried again.

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“She carried the meat into the kitchen, put it into a pan, turned on the oven, and put the pan inside. Then she washed her hands, ran upstairs, sat down in front of the mirror, fixed her makeup, and tried to smile. The smile was rather peculiar. She tried again. "Hello, Sam" she said brightly, aloud. The voice sounded peculiar, too. "I want some potatoes, Sam. Yes, and perhaps a can of beans." That was better. Both the smile and the voice sounded better now. She practiced them several times more. Then she ran downstairs, took her coat, and went out the back door, through the garden into the street” (Dahl 2). This is the proof of Mary is planning how to cover up the fact. She moves very quickly. Her mind is very clear what need to do next. So, she is already got a plan.

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“She carried the meat into the kitchen, put it into a pan, turned on the oven, and put the pan inside. Then she washed her hands, ran upstairs, sat down in front of the mirror, fixed her makeup, and tried to smile. The smile was rather peculiar. She tried again. "Hello, Sam" she said brightly, aloud. The voice sounded peculiar, too. "I want some potatoes, Sam. Yes, and perhaps a can of beans." That was better. Both the smile and the voice sounded better now. She practiced them several times more. Then she ran downstairs, took her coat, and went out the back door, through the garden into the street” (Dahl 2). This is the proof of Mary is planning how to cover up the fact. She moves very quickly. Her mind is very clear what need to do next. So, she is already got a plan.

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"It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became all of a sudden. She began thinking very fast. As the wife of a detective, she knew quite well what the penalty would be. That was fine. It made no difference to her. In fact, it would be a relief. On the other hand, what about the child? What were the laws about murderers with unborn children? Did they kill then both-mother and child? Or did they wait until the tenth month? What did they do?" (Dahl 2). 

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"It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became all of a sudden. She began thinking very fast. As the wife of a detective, she knew quite well what the penalty would be. That was fine. It made no difference to her. In fact, it would be a relief. On the other hand, what about the child? What were the laws about murderers with unborn children? Did they kill then both-mother and child? Or did they wait until the tenth month? What did they do?" (Dahl 2). 

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“At that point, Mary Maloney simply walked up him and without any pause, she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought as hard as she could on the back of his head. She might as well have hit him with a steel bar.” (Dahl 2)

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“At that point, Mary Maloney simply walked up him and without any pause, she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought as hard as she could on the back of his head. She might as well have hit him with a steel bar.” (Dahl 2)

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Mary Maloney hit her husband very hard and aim it precisely at his head. It is observed that she only wants to kill him without thinking other things at that time.
Ashley Wu

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“It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became suddenly. She began thinking very fast. As the wife of a detective, she knew quite well what the penalty would be. That was fine. It made no difference to her. In fact, it would be a relief. On the other hand, what about the child? What were the laws about murderers with unborn children? Did they kill then both-mother and child? Or did they wait until the tenth month? What did they do?” (Roald Dahl 02). She started to think about the result right after she had killed her husband which means she knew about what she’s done. This prove more about she killed her husband intentionally but no plans before.
BBC

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"All the old love and longing for him welled up inside her, and she ran over to him, knelt down beside him, and began to cry her heart out. “ Her mental and emotion is not stable and she is out of control.

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"All the old love and longing for him welled up inside her, and she ran over to him, knelt down beside him, and began to cry her heart out. “ Her mental and emotion is not stable and she is out of control.

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“When she walked across the room she couldn't feel her feet touching the floor. She couldn't feel anything at all- except a slight nausea and a desire to vomit. Everything was automatic now-down the steps to the cellar, the light switch, the deep freeze, the hand inside the cabinet taking hold of the first object it met. She lifted it out, and looked at it. It was wrapped in paper, so she took off the paper and looked at it again.A leg of lamb.” Maloney didn’t plan to hide her clue, she just walked directly and got her weapon, no any thinking, planning, this can prove that she wasn’t planning before she killed her husband, so this can’t be first degree.DW

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“When she walked across the room she couldn't feel her feet touching the floor. She couldn't feel anything at all- except a slight nausea and a desire to vomit. Everything was automatic now-down the steps to the cellar, the light switch, the deep freeze, the hand inside the cabinet taking hold of the first object it met. She lifted it out, and looked at it. It was wrapped in paper, so she took off the paper and looked at it again.A leg of lamb.” Maloney didn’t plan to hide her clue, she just walked directly and got her weapon, no any thinking, planning, this can prove that she wasn’t planning before she killed her husband, so this can’t be first degree.DW

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“At that point, Mary Maloney simply walked up behind him and without any pause she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head.” There is no better place than the back of the head to kill a person when you are going to punch him. This practically shows she killed her husband intentionally which means she’s not a manslaughter.
BBC♂

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At that point, Mary Maloney simply walked up behind him and without any pause, she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head...she still holding the piece of meat tightly with both hands" (Dahl 2).The quote describes the details about how Mary kills her husband. From the description we can find that the death of Patrick was intentional but not planned, it seems like it was second degree murder, however, it said that if the murder is caused by the emotional instability, a Second-Degree charge might be lessened to Manslaughter. And from the last sentence  we can figure out she is very emotional at that time.

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At that point, Mary Maloney simply walked up behind him and without any pause, she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head...she still holding the piece of meat tightly with both hands" (Dahl 2).The quote describes the details about how Mary kills her husband. From the description we can find that the death of Patrick was intentional but not planned, it seems like it was second degree murder, however, it said that if the murder is caused by the emotional instability, a Second-Degree charge might be lessened to Manslaughter. And from the last sentence  we can figure out she is very emotional at that time.

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Evidence shows Mrs.Maloney could be charged by the second-degree murder.

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Evidence shows Mrs.Maloney could be charged by the second-degree murder.

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. “The violence of the crash, the noise, the small table overturning, helped bring her out of he shocks. She came out slowly, feeling cold and surprised, and she stood for a while blinking at the body, still holding the ridiculous piece of meat tight with both hands. All right, she told herself. So, I've killed him” (Roald Dahl 02). This shows at that time she’s in a huge shock, which made her mind not so clear. In the meantime, this means there is no plan before. She killed her husband just because of he’s going to leave her then.
BBC

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“The violence of the crash, the noise, the small table overturning, helped to bring her out of the shock. She came out slowly, feeling cold and surprised, and she stood for a few minutes, blinking at the body, still holding the piece of meat tightly with body hands” (Dahl 2). She even didn’t realize that she killed her husband by a frozen lamb. Only the big noise of her husband fell to the ground wake her up from her dream. She still held the piece of meat tightly with body hands, which means she was nervous to do these, so the death of her husband was intentional. 

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“The violence of the crash, the noise, the small table overturning, helped to bring her out of the shock. She came out slowly, feeling cold and surprised, and she stood for a few minutes, blinking at the body, still holding the piece of meat tightly with body hands” (Dahl 2). She even didn’t realize that she killed her husband by a frozen lamb. Only the big noise of her husband fell to the ground wake her up from her dream. She still held the piece of meat tightly with body hands, which means she was nervous to do these, so the death of her husband was intentional. 

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| "In a few words she told her story about going to the grocer and coming back, when she found him on the floor. While she was crying and talking” (Dahl 3).
S. Y.

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“Then she made the drinks, a strong one for him and a weak one for herself; on soon she was back again in her chair with the sewing…” (Roald Dahl 1). It said clearly that Mrs. Maloney drank alcohol before she killed her husband. Her mental statement was impaired by alcohol. It meets the standard of the manslaughter.

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“Then she made the drinks, a strong one for him and a weak one for herself; on soon she was back again in her chair with the sewing…” (Roald Dahl 1). It said clearly that Mrs. Maloney drank alcohol before she killed her husband. Her mental statement was impaired by alcohol. It meets the standard of the manslaughter.

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"When she walked across the room, she couldn't feel her feet touching the floor. She couldn't feel anything expect a slight nausea.  She did everything with thinking" (Dahl 2).  Mary was not thinking clearly and really was not mentally stable when she hit her husband with the lamb. She was so upset that she lost her mind.

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"When she walked across the room, she couldn't feel her feet touching the floor. She couldn't feel anything expect a slight nausea.  She did everything with thinking" (Dahl 2).  Mary was not thinking clearly and really was not mentally stable when she hit her husband with the lamb. She was so upset that she lost her mind.

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"All right, she told herself. So I've killed him" (Dahl 2).  Mary admits to herself that she killed Patrick.  She did not plan to kill him but she admits to  the results of her actions.

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"All right, she told herself. So I've killed him" (Dahl 2).  Mary admits to herself that she killed Patrick.  She did not plan to kill him but she admits to  the results of her actions.

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"[S]he swung the leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head" (Dahl 2). Mary plans to kill Patrick by going to the basement freezer, finding a large frozen leg of lamb and then hitting him directly on his head.  This shows a clear intent to kill him. 

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"[S]he swung the leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head" (Dahl 2). Mary plans to kill Patrick by going to the basement freezer, finding a large frozen leg of lamb and then hitting him directly on his head.  This shows a clear intent to kill him. 