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In this text, Roald Dahl never outright states the landlady’s dark secret or reveals the fate of Billy and the other boys – what is the effect of this? How does it contribute to the suspense of the story?

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Roald Dahl never outright states the landlady’s dark secret or reveals the fate of Billy and the other boys. This contributes to the suspense of the story in the following way:

• The story "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl, revolves around Billy.
• He is a boy who stays at a guesthouse to stay protected from the cold.
• Dahl uses literary devices, throughout the story to indicate to his readers that something is wrong with the landlady.
• This contributes to the suspense of the story.
• Billy too wonders at times if something is wrong with her but just like the readers, he fails to realize it.
• The discrepancy between what the reader is aware of and what the character understands, and the fact that the author never clearly states what happens to the character, contributes even more to the suspense of the story.
• The reader makes guesses about the different possible outcomes.