In the story “The Landlady” the lady some how knew that Billy was going to stay at the bed and breakfast place. She had the room ready and everything was ready for Billy but he never told them he was coming so the lady some how knew he was going to come. In the story it said “He pressed the doorbell. Far away in a back room he heard it ring and then at once it must of been at once because he did not have time to take his finger off the doorbell-the door swung open and a woman was standing there.” This shows that somehow the lady knew he was going to ring the doorbell if she was standing there just waiting for him.
In the story “Lamb to the slaughter