Foreshadowing+in+the+Landlady

In the beginning, when he rang the doorbell, there was no hesitation in opening the door, not even a moments hesitation. It was as if she knew he was going to be there, and she was just waiting for him. The sheets and blankets had been turned back on one side, almost ready for someone to get in. In the book you know something is going to happen when we find out that she preforms taxidermy on all of her dead animals.

Also when she says at the beginning of the book no one is here but at the end she says oh yes, the two other men are upstairs. You think something is going to happen to him because the other men have been there for over 2 years so he might be with them too. The landlady tells Billy that every character and guest signs the guest book. When Billy goes downstairs to sign the book, he notices that the there were only two guests checked in. The two guests checked in a long time ago. Every time she spoke about them, she was usually past tense, meanwhile she told Billy that they were still there.

The landlady also said that one of the men's skin was just like a baby's which shows you that she knows what his skin feels like.

Also when the landlady forces the tea upon Billy, and she holds the tea high and away from her nose. You can almost guarantee something bad is going to happen to Billy Weaver. The tea also smells like almonds, and the poison cyanide smells like almonds.