Billy walking down the street looking for a place to stay.
Landlady shows Billy the inside of Bed Breakfast
Here's your room. I do hope you like it.
He was in the act of stepping back and turning away from the window when all at once his eye was caught... BED AND BREAKFAST, it said. BED AND BREAKFAST.
Billy starts to question and notice that no one else is in the Bed Breakfast
Milk? And sugar?
landlady was about forty-five or fifty years old, and the moment she gave him a warm welcoming smile.
Billy finds out he is the only one there
Excuse my asking, but haven't there been any other guests here except them in the last two or three years?
Billy 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. Billy also notices the coat rack is empty.
Billy found the guest book lying open to sign his name. He noticed that there were only two other entries above his on the page which were from 2 and 3 years ago. Billy asks about the other boys who stayed here but the landlady refuses to answer and switches topics.
'Now wait a minute, wait just a minute. Mulholland... Christopher Mulholland... wasn't that the name of the Eton schooboy who was on a walking tour through the West Country
Billy and the Landlady sit down and talk as they drink some tea. He fiinds out he's here alone.