Sonntag, 11. Januar 2009

Summary of the Landlady

Billy Weaver traveled from London to Bath and it had gotten late.
A porter recommended the hotel „Bell and Dragon“ for lodging.
On his way to this hotel he saw a vacant bed and breakfast boardinghouse.
A gentle-looking but slightly dotty old woman offered him a cheap room.
although he had bad premonitions, Billy agreed.
By sighning the guestbook he noticed, that there had been only two entries before him and he Remembered, that he had heard the names before.
The first guest had been Mr. Christopher Mulholland 3 years ago and Mr. Gregory Temple signed in two years ago.
He remembered a story about the first guest. Mr. Christopher Mulholland disappeared on a cross-country trip 3 years ago.
Billys request about Mr. Mulholland’s whereabouts had been answered by the old lady with the statement, that both guests had ever left her boardinghouse.
The story ends with Billy double-checking about any other guests, with the old lady simply replying “No, my dear… only you.”

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