Over the next few days Rosemary dashes around buying some essential items whilst they wait for the insurance claim to be processed. After the initial shock of the burglary Rosemary begins to feel liberated by being unencombered by years worth of objects and household items which they have kept for the 32 years of their marriage but do not actually need or use. She begins to visit local shops she would never before have considered using to buy a few pieces of furniture and even tries out some exotic fruit and vegetables from the local Asian grocery shop - but tells Maurice they are from Marks and Spencer so that he will eat them and give his approval. Maurice just wants to have a new state of the art hifi system on which to play Mozart.
This is a short story by Alan Bennet which tells a lot about the relationship between Maurice and Rosemary.
I bought this book a few years ago in a small box set of three stories as I wanted to re-read 'The Lady in the Van' and could not find it as a story on its own, only in the form of a play. It is the story version in this set. The third book in the set is 'Father! Father! Burning Bright' which I have not yet read. These are the only Alan Bennett stories I have read, but I have enjoyed numerous of his Talking Heads plays. I have also seen The Lady in the Van on stage and also more recently the film which was produced last year.
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