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The Landlady
In the story The landlady, Mr.Weaver the main character is looking for a place to stay. He decides to go to Bell and Dragon ,but walking to Bell and Dragon he find another place to stay “Bed and Breakfast”. He had decided to go to Bed and Breakfast, but in the house weird things started to happen. The landlady started to say weird things and actually she is a murder.

One reason, The landlady know too much about her people. She had lived with Mr.Temple and she said that his skin was like a baby. Normal people don’t know how the other person's skin feels. Also, she haved lived with Mr.Mulholland and know that his teeth weren’t quite so white. A landlady is not checking how white is his teeth, a landlady is checking how is
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