The event that drives the main action of the story is the moment when Mary kills her husband with a frozen leg of lamb.
We can reach this conclusion because this is the most important point in the story and it is the basis for all the other events in the plot.
This can be seen because:
- "Lamb to the Slaughter" shows Mary Maloney's efforts to hide the fact that she killed her husband with a frozen leg of lamb.
- She tries at all costs to hide the evidence that she committed the crime, as she doesn't want to suffer the consequences of it.
- Mary Maloney committed this crime after her husband said he was leaving the house and ending their marriage.
- On impulse, Mary Maloney hits her husband in the head with a leg of lamb, killing him immediately.
- Then she puts the lamb to roast and goes to the market to buy supplies for the house.
- She returns home and is surprised and horrified by her husband's death.
- When the police arrive at the scene, she acts naturally and invites them to dinner with her.
In this case, we can see that the murder of Mary's husband is the main point of the story, the one that moves all the other points.
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