Landlady By Roald Dahl

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The story Landlady by Roald Dahl is a gruesome story about a 17 year old business man trying to find a place to stay. He find a bed and breakfast that looks perfect owned by a little old lady who seems to be a nice lady, but we later find that she's not what she seems to be. Dahl builds a sense of foreboding by starting off by sounding like nothing is going to go wrong and that the bed and breakfast is a perfect place to stay, but he drops little hint of why something is wrong. Billy just got off the train and is looking for a place to stay that's not expensive. A man he met on the train told him he should try The Bell and Dragon. On his way to find The Bell and Dragon he stumbles upon a bed and breakfast. He looks through the window and sees a comfy and friendly looking home. It looks perfect to him. The author wrote, "He pressed the bell. Far away in the back room he heard it ringing, and then at once - it must have been at once …show more content…
She showed him to his room. She asked him if after he was done unpacking if he would come down stairs and sign the guest book. After he was done unpacking he went down stairs to sigh the book, billy had noticed that only two other people had stayed there before. After he signed the book Billy and the landlady sat on the couch and started to drink some tea and talk. When the landlady and Billy are drinking tea and she says "Mr. Mulhollad was great at tea" "Never in my life have I seen anyone drink as much tea as, sweat, Mr. Muholland." Billy replied "I suppose he left fairly recent" then the Landlady replied saying "oh, my dear boy he never left, he's still here. Mr. Temple is still here also. There on the third floor, both together." This to me is foreboding to me because she says that there both still here after three to four years. Also because Billy thinks he has heard both there names in missing person