People, Places, and Things
Christopher Mulholland and Gregory W. Temple were...
Guests who names were in the guest book and stayed at the Bed and Breakfast
This is the way Billy believes successful businessmen walk and act.
Briskly
A dachshund is
A dog
"But Mr. Greenslade at the Head Office in London had told him it was a splendid city." We can infer that
Mr. Greenslade has been to Bath before.
Billy was excited about being in Bath. We know this because, "He walked briskly down the street." This shows us Billy is excited because...
He was walking with a lot of energy.
The town Billy arrives in at the beginning of the story.
Bath
This is the only thing the Landlady asks Billy to do before going to bed.
Sign the guestbook
Another name for a place to stay.
Lodgings
"Billy was seventeen years old." We can infer that...
It's his first business trip.
The landlady chooses Billy as her guest because of his appearance. We know this because the text said "Like you, she added, and her blue eyes traveled slowly all the way down the length of Billy's body, to his feet, and then up again." This shows us she chose Billy because of his appearance because...
she checked him out from head to toe.
Billy Weaver stays at the Bed and Breakfast rather than this hotel.
The Bell and the Dragon
The Landlady is described as being like this common childhood toy because of the way she answers the door when Billy rings the bell.
A jack-in-the-box
This is what illuminated means.
Lit up
"Animals were usually a good sign in a place like this, Billy told himself.." Billy infers...
that the Bed and Breakfast is taken care of like the animals.
Billy thinks he's a lucky fellow because he found a nice place to stay. We know this because the text said, "The room was wonderfully warm and cozy. I'm a lucky fellow, he thought rubbing his hands. This is a bit of all right." This show us he thinks he is a lucky fellow because he found a nice place to stay because...
the place is warm, cozy and cheap and he was lucky to find it.
These two common household pets at first comfort Billy when he looks in the window at the Bed and Breakfast.
A dachshund and a parrot.
Besides the sign for the Bed and Breakfast this is what Billy saw in the window.
A vase of yellow chrysanthemums
The compulsion or more accurately the desire to follow after her into that house was extraordinarily strong. Compulsion means ...
Desire
"He noticed that the bedspread had been taken off the bed, and that the bedclothes had been neatly turned back on one side, all ready for someone to get in." We can infer that the landlady
was expecting Billy and is a little strange.
Mr. Greenslade has been to Bath before because he said "It was a splendid town." This shows us he has been to Bath before
because he comments on what a nice town it is so he must have had an experience there.
This is the man who told Billy to find his own lodgings and report to the branch manager in Bath.
Mr. Greenslade
Billy thinks this is why the landlady appears to be slightly off her rocker.
She lost a son in the war and never got over it.
This word was used to describe the houses on the street. It means fancy.
Swanky
He guessed that she had probably lost a son in the war, or something like that, and had never got over it. Billy made this inference about the landlady because..
He was trying to explain why she was a little strange.
Billy says animals are a good sign in a place like this. This shows us that Billy thinks it is a nice place to stay
because he thinks if the animals are taken care of that means that the Bed and Breakfast is taken care of too.