In the short story “The Landlady” written by the world-renowned Roald Dahl. The short story is about a seventeen-year-old teenage boy called Billy Weaver who has been sent to the city of Bath by his boss. It his first time in Bath so his surroundings are completely new to him. Whilst wandering around the gloomy, empty streets of Bath looking for a local pub to stay in he stumbles across a very fascinating and warming bed and breakfast in which he is welcomed by a mad looking yet harmless old woman.
Billy would prefer to stay as a local pub as it is very common and cheaper yet this so called bed and breakfast attracts him “peered through the glass into the room, and the first thing he saw was a bright fire burning in the hearth” (Line 35/36) and “On the carpet in front of the fire, a pretty little dachshund was curled up asleep with its nose tucked into its belly.” (Line 36/37) It attracts Billy as it gives a feeling of warmth, love and home like which when alone in an unfamiliar place is a necessity.
When deciding to stay in the bed and breakfast, he is told by the landlady that he has to sign the guest book as “it’s the law of the land” she insists. He found the guest book open wide on the table of a piano in the front room and he notices that the two names on the book were familiar to him “They sound somehow familiar” Eventually he insisted the names were from famous cricketers or footballers but the landlady suddenly started almost panicking in a way and began trying changing the subject “But come over here now, dear, and sit down beside me on the sofa and I’ll give you a nice cup of tea and a ginger biscuit before you go to bed.” (line 170) We slowly learn that the old woman is trying to hide something.
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