Young Billy Weaver arrived in Bath at 9 p.m. The air was terribly cold, and the icy wind burned the cheeks. He needed to wait out the night to move on.. It was a long way to go to the hotel, and he decided to stay in a boarding house .. The hostess was about forty-five to fifty, and as soon as she saw him, she smiled warmly and cordially at him. The hostess asked him to sign the guest book, and Billy was confused that the records are at intervals of a year and a half. And the names of the previous guests he was suspiciously familiar with .. But the cost of five shillings six pence, including breakfast, was fantastically small. Why would I do that?