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Tenses in a text : Billy Weaver (2)

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While drinking his tea, Billy was realisinghad realisedrealisesdid realisewould realiseI don't know that the sleeping dog hadn't movedhasn't movedwouldn't movedI don't know at all. The dog waswas beinghad beenwould behas beenI don't know silent and motionless since Billy arrived. In fact, why would he have movedhasn't he movedshould he movewill he have movedI don't know? He seemed to be so comfortable ! Finally, Billy has reached out to strokereached out to strokereached out strokingI don't know him. Actually, when he did pet him, he wasn't believingcouldn't believehadn't believecan't believeI don't know his eyes ... It was so unexpected ! The dog's back was hard and cold and when Billy pushed the hair, he can have seencould have seenought to have seencould seeI don't know the greyish-black and dry skin, perfectly preserved ... 'Good gracious ! It's fascinating ...', he exclaimed ... Billy told the lady that the parrot, in its cage, fooledwill foolhad fooledis foolingI don't know him too, when he had seen it through the window ! The landlady explained how much she had been lovedloveswas lovedloved's lovingI don't know her little Basil and how she was glad to have stuffed him and kept him like all her other pets. Billy said he sworecan swearcould swearcould have swornwas able to swearI don't know Basil was alive ! 'That's because I stuff all my pets with passion, especially when their skin and teeth are so beautiful !...', she declared ...

To Billy, the lady looked a bit strange and doting, but considering the cheap price of the room, he hadn't really mindedhasn't really mindedwasn't minding reallydidn't really mindI don't know . He appreciated the place, and the tea was so good that now he has hadhe was now havinghe has now havinghe's now havingI don't know his third cup ! 'You've signed my guest book, haven't you ?did you ?didn't you?have you ?do you have?I don't know ', she insisted. 'I like rememberinglike to remembering'm liking rememberinglike to rememberI don't know the names of my guests ... What a pleasure to have you here, Mr Weaver ! You seem to love my tea as much as Mr Mullholland did, and just like him, you have the most perfect skin, too ... So woulddidhadhasI don't know Mr Temple, though he was much older !'
Billy frowned ...'Mulholland and Temple ! Temple and Mulholland ! Of course ! The two names soundedwould soundhave soundedwill soundare soundingwasI don't know familiar and at that moment, Billy thought he remembered quite well .... He remembered, three or four years thenbeforesinceforagoI don't know, the successive disappearances of the boys ... the investigation ... the unsolved case ... It had been all over the headlines ! 'You did say that Mr Mulholland and Temple hadn't left your home ?' Billy screamed.'Yes, I did ! They're still on the third floor, together. I 've been used to talk'm used to talk'm used to talking'm using to talkI don't know to them everyday !' she answered. ' Haven't you hadHadn't you hadHadn't youDidn't you use to haveI don't know any other guests except them in the last few years ?' Billy asked anxiously ... 'Oh no ! ' she replied with another gentle and broad smile : 'Only You, Mr Weaver !' Billy's hair were standingstoodwould standstandedI don't know on end !