A short story by Roald Dahl
Branch Manager lodgings settled overcoat, trilby hat, new brown suit brisk(ly) big shot porches and pillars swanky residences bed and breakfast pub boarding house
Page 40 to 42 What was the weather like when Billy arrived in Bath? Why do you think Billy had gone to Bath? What different emotions do you think Billy was experiencing when he got off the train in Bath? What do Billy´s clothes tell us about his personality and his situation? How would you describe the atmosphere of the town as he walked through it? What kind of room did Billy see through the window with the green curtains? How would you describe the atmosphere in the room?
rapacious kippers dithering jack-in-the-box five and sixpence a night my little nest slightly dotty who gives a damn flight of stairs a hot water-bottle
pages What accommodation did Billy decide would be the most suitable for him? What was strange about the way the woman answered the door bell and opened the door? What kind of impression did Billy have of the woman? What finally made Billy decide to rent the room? What was strange about the fact that the woman had put a hot water bottle between the sheets on the bed?
handsome biscuit she fussed Eton schoolboy tantalizing Cambridge undergraduate he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell dachshund slightly off her rocker guest book it rings a bell
pages Why did the woman need Billy to go to the sitting room the first evening? What impression was Billy forming of the woman? What was strange about the guest book? What was familiar, to Billy, about the other names in the guest book? Where are Mr Mulholland and Mr Temple, according to the woman? What two clues tell us that Billy is in grave danger?
combine any three or four elements to make a conflict of some kind handsome youth missing persons cold nights cup of tea Dachshund warm, cosy fire kind, middle-aged lady taxidermist boarding house parrot smell of almonds journey by train