In the beginning, the landlady was acting all sweet, kind, thoughtful, and welcoming to the guy which caused him to come in and stay. When he started to get comfortable with her just a little, he started to notice that she was acting all strange, pale skin, either red nails or blood on her nails. It impact the meaning of the story by that the theme is strangers can be more dangerous than they initially appear and it shows us that we should be more careful on trusting strangers.

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