For, although an ingenious Allegory relating to a butcher, a three-legged stool, a dog, and a leg of mutton, this narrative consumed time; and they were in great suspense.
The hotel specialized in homely English fare and we had a cut off a leg of excellent lamb with green peas and new potatoes and a deepdish apple pie with Devonshire cream to follow.
One was " Lamb To The Slaughter, " where a pregnant wife killed her unfaithful husband by clubbing him with a frozen leg of lamb, then roasting the murder weapon and serving it to the investigating detectives.