The short story, “Landlady,” is about a young adult who is looking of a place to stay during his journey. He was going to this hotel when this sign caught his eye. This little house allowed people to stay for very cheap. So he decided to spend his night in there.
The person running the house is a very kind, old lady in her 50-60. He puts his name into this chart and sees that two other people have been here. But then he noticed that they have not left yet. The lady says that they are in a different floor. They drink some tea by the fireplace, but something didn’t smell right about in it.
I think the theme of this story is to not make assumptions about strangers. I believe this because in the beginning the landlady seems very nice, but later you can see that she is a bit creepy. One example of this is when she said that the other people were on a different floor, but the lady claimed that she has been very lonely this whole time. Another example is that she stuffed her pets to make them seem alive. And the last reason I believe she is creepy is that I think she killed the other two people by poisoning them. I think that she poisoned the tea. And that is why it smelled weird.