Summary

In Chapter 3, Mrs. Butterfield discovers that her friend, Mrs. Harris, won the weekly football pool. Mrs. Harris was elated that she won the money to buy a Dior dress and anxiously awaited the arrival of a letter declaring the total sum of her winnings. She imagined entering the shop of Christian Dior and choosing a sumptuous gown but “could not help harbouring the suspicion gleaned from the precarious task of the living of daily life and making a go of things that it might not be all that easy” (21). When the letter arrived, Mrs. Harris discovered that her suspicion was warranted; the envelope contained little over one hundred pounds. She was filled with disappointment and attempted to distract herself by thinking about Mr. Wallace’s new girl and imaginary flower gardens. Mrs. Harris’s attempt at distraction was fruitless and she could...