Characterization. Examine these lines. What techniques does Dahl include to help develop the landlady's character? “ 'But I’m always ready. Everything is always ready day and night in this house just on the off-chance that an acceptable young gentleman will come along. And it is such a pleasure, my dear, such a very great pleasure when now and again I open the door and I see someone standing there who is just exactly right.' She was half-way up the stairs, and she paused with one hand on the stair-rail, turning her head and smiling down at him with pale lips. 'Like you,' she added, and her blue eyes traveled slowly all the way down the length of Billy's body, to his feet, and then up again."