In "the landlady". a man on the train insists that Bath is a place where time seems to stand still
• when showing By Weaver around the Bed & Breakfast, the landlady says not to rely on the grandfather clock since it stopped
working ages ago
• the landlady reveals that she was the one to 'stuff or perform taxidermy on her deceased pets
• the landlady admitted that the last entries in the guestbook were over 2 years old
All of these facts point to the idea that something sinister is going to happen
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