Dahl never tells the landlady's dark secret or reveals Billy's fate. Which line infers what she does to him? “Thank you,” Billy said. “Thank you ever so much.” 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.

“And what about supper, my dear? Did you manage to get anything to eat before you came here?”

“No, thank you,” Billy said. The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds, and he didn’t much care for it.

“You see, it isn’t very often I have the pleasure of taking a visitor into my little nest.”