Imagine that a person just got off a train and found a place to stay at an old lady’s bed and breakfast. But later she starts acting weird by cutting him off from what he says. Or when she says something that might give her away she denies what she said and changes it so then he won't know what she said. In the story The Landlady, the lady does not want Billy, the main character, to know about how crazy she is and she does not want Billy to know she is a killer. Although Billy didn't know, the landlady is a serial killer. First, the landlady lies a lot. In the text she says,”we are alone” (Dahl). But later she says,”they didn’t leave. The others are on the third and fourth floor” (Dahl). The lady lied by saying they were alone, but turned it