How did the landlady respond to the doorbell?

How did the landlady respond to the doorbell?

What is unusual about the way the landlady responds to the doorbell? The landlady responds like a jack in the box. It is unusual because he hadn’t even taken his finger off the doorbell and the door swung open. Usually you have to wait for awhile until someone opens the door.

What evidence from the landlady suggests Billy’s demise?

What other evidence from the story suggests a possible, fatal demise for Billy? Some possible examples would be the “stuffed” animals in the living room, the suspicious smell of the tea the landlady served, etc. “The air was deadly cold and the wind like a flat blade of ice against his cheeks.”

Did the landlady poison Billy’s tea?

The landlady says that she stuffs all her pets when they die. Billy finds that his tea tastes faintly of bitter almonds. Only you.” (The implication is that the landlady has poisoned Billy’s tea with cyanide and intends to stuff his corpse, as she has already done to Mulholland and Temple.)

What are the first signs that the landlady is very odd landlady?

What are the first signs that the landlady is very odd?

• It is strange when she answers the door before Billy even took his finger off of the bell, even though he heard the bell ringing far away in a back room.
• The landlady says the room is “all ready” for him even though he is just “wondering” about a room.

What color were landlady’s nails?

Temple is also here. They’re on the fourth floor, both of them together.” Billy also notices the landlady’s red, painted nails, a detail that is incongruent with her inconspicuous demeanor, and indicates, perhaps, her evil and bloody intentions.

How old was Christopher Mulholland in the landlady?

Mulholland was also seventeen.

Is the landlady story true?

The Landlady: Based on a True Story by David Quattrone – FictionDB.

What does the landlady smell like?

Billy notices that the landlady smells like the hospital and pickled almonds. The tea taste like bitter almonds because it was cyanide in it.

What clues can you find early in this story that foreshadow the peculiar situation Billy is in?

Q: What clues can you find early in the story that foreshadow the peculiar situation Billy is in?

• Something about this sign is ominous. “Each word was like a large, black eye staring at him through the glass.
• “There were no other hats or coats in the hall” (line 167) – no evidence of any other living people around.

What was unusual about the two pets?

5. What was unusual about the two pets? Ans: The thing that was unusual about the two pets was that they were silent and motionless all the time. The pets were, in fact stuffed by the landlady when they died.