The New Yorker, February 27, 1954 P. 28
Mrs. Forster had a pathological fear of missing a train, plane or boat. Her husband knew this and increased her misery by keeping her waiting unnecessarily. She was going to Paris to visit their daughter and 3 grandchildren. She was in the car ready to be driven to the airport when Mr. Forster said he had a gift for their daughter which he had left in the house. He went back to the empty, servantless house to get it. This delay would surely make his wife miss the plane. She found the parcel in the car, deliberately wedged in the crack of the seat, and went back to the house to tell him. At the door she stopped a moment, listened, then returned to the car and told the driver to go on to the airport--her husband was not going with her. She caught the plane & had a wonderful visit. Arriving home, she walked calmly into the house, across the hall, cheeked on something, then made a telephone call to arrange for a man to come and repair the elevator which had got stuck between floors. Elevators Accidents Travel Death Mental Cruelty
