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Tenses in a text : Billy Weaver (2)

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While drinking his tea, Billy realisesdid realisewas realisingwould realisehad realisedI don't know that the sleeping dog wouldn't movedhadn't movedhasn't movedI don't know at all. The dog was beingwould behad beenwashas beenI don't know silent and motionless since Billy arrived. In fact, why should he movehasn't he movedwill he have movedwould he have movedI don't know? He seemed to be so comfortable ! Finally, Billy reached out to strokereached out strokinghas reached out to strokeI don't know him. Actually, when he did pet him, he hadn't believecouldn't believewasn't believingcan'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 could have seencould seeought to have seencan have seenI 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, fooledhad fooledwill foolis foolingI don't know him too, when he had seen it through the window ! The landlady explained how much she 's lovingwas lovedloveshad been lovedlovedI 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 could swearcan swearsworecould 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 wasn't minding reallydidn't really mindhadn't really mindedhasn't really mindedI don't know . He appreciated the place, and the tea was so good that now he has hadhe has now havinghe was now havinghe's now havingI don't know his third cup ! 'You've signed my guest book, didn't you?have you ?haven't you ?do you have?did you ?I don't know ', she insisted. 'I like rememberinglike to remember'm liking rememberinglike to rememberingI 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 will soundwashave soundedwould soundsoundedare soundingI don't know familiar and at that moment, Billy thought he remembered quite well .... He remembered, three or four years sinceforagobeforethenI 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 'm used to talk'm using to talk'm used to talking've been used to talkI don't know to them everyday !' she answered. ' Hadn't youDidn't you use to haveHadn't you hadHaven't you hadI 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 standingwould standstoodstandedI don't know on end !