1. The bed and breakfast is described as cozy and inviting. Billy assumes it's a nice place to stay because of its appearance.
2. This foreshadows that the Landlady is not a normal person because "Normally you ring the bell and you have at least a half-minute’s wait before the door opens. But this dame was a like a jack-in-the-box." (Dahl . 120)
3. Billy should have been suspicious of the Landlady when he noticed strange details like the lack of other guests and the low prices. For me, Landlady being able to open the door directly after Billy rang the bell would have been a cause for suspicion.
4. Because Dahl wants to mention that nobody is being a guest at that house except Billy.
5. Billy started to feel uneasy when he recognized the names of other guests in the guest book. It seemed strange that he knew those names, and it made him wonder what had happened to those people.
6. The landlady's interruptions while Billy was thinking about the missing boys made it hard for him to focus on what was happening. It created a sense of tension and mystery as Billy tried to piece together the clues.
7. The reader can infer that the two missing boys may have been killed by the landlady, which adds to the suspense about Billy's fate.
8. The landlady's unusual behavior, her insistence that Billy stay despite his hesitation, and the discovery of the guest book with only two names suggest a possible fatal outcome for Billy.