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Emploi des temps dans un texte : Billy Weaver (2)

Attention, un tel titre annonce forcément des 'pièges' ... Il ne s'agira pas uniquement de choisir 'le bon temps', mais aussi, la bonne voix ou forme (active ou passive), tout en faisant très attention au contexte, à la concordance des temps et surtout ici, à la forme du discours employé (direct ou indirect qui s'entremêlent constamment), afin d'effectuer les ajustements indispensables !

Une fois de plus, l'histoire est doublement suivie, le texte et les temps doivent être cohérents, et l'être aussi avec ceux de la première partie. Suivez bien toutes les pistes qui vous sont données, les jalons qui sont posés, les marqueurs de temps indiqués ou sous-entendus. Tous ces éléments doivent vous aider à trouver LA bonne forme verbale !

   BILLY WEAVER IN BATH.

Par un froid glacial, Billy Weaver, 17 ans arrive à Bath, ville qu'il ne connaît pas, pour y commencer un travail le lendemain. On lui indique un pub où il pourrait trouver une chambre. En chemin, il remarque (et est irrésistiblement attiré par) une pension de famille. La logeuse vient lui ouvrir la porte de la petite maison douillette qui abrite un petit chien, un perroquet et une cheminée qui réchauffe l'atmosphère ...

Dans le 'Livre d'Or', il n'y a que deux noms qui résonnent étrangement dans la mémoire de Billy... Cependant, il se laisse entraîner dans cette douceur, s'installe et boit du thé en  discutant avec la logeuse ...

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While drinking his tea, Billy was realisingrealiseshad realiseddid realisewould realiseJe ne sais pas that the sleeping dog wouldn't movedhadn't movedhasn't movedJe ne sais pas at all. The dog had beenwould behas beenwas beingwasJe ne sais pas silent and motionless since Billy arrived. In fact, why hasn't he movedshould he movewill he have movedwould he have movedJe ne sais pas? He seemed to be so comfortable ! Finally, Billy reached out to strokereached out strokinghas reached out to strokeJe ne sais pas him. Actually, when he did pet him, he wasn't believingcan't believecouldn't believehadn't believeJe ne sais pas his eyes ... It was so unexpected ! The dog's back was hard and cold and when Billy pushed the hair, he could have seenought to have seencould seecan have seenJe ne sais pas 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, had fooledwill foolis foolingfooledJe ne sais pas him too, when he had seen it through the window ! The landlady explained how much she 's lovingwas lovedhad been lovedloveslovedJe ne sais pas her little Basil and how she was glad to have stuffed him and kept him like all her other pets. Billy said he was able to swearsworecan swearcould have sworncould swearJe ne sais pas 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 mindedwasn't minding reallyhasn't really mindeddidn't really mindJe ne sais pas . He appreciated the place, and the tea was so good that he's now havinghe was now havingnow he has hadhe has now havingJe ne sais pas his third cup ! 'You've signed my guest book, haven't you ?have you ?did you ?do you have?didn't you?Je ne sais pas ', she insisted. 'I like rememberinglike to remembering'm liking rememberinglike to rememberJe ne sais pas 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 didhaswouldhadJe ne sais pas Mr Temple, though he was much older !'
Billy frowned ...'Mulholland and Temple ! Temple and Mulholland ! Of course ! The two names will soundsoundedare soundinghave soundedwaswould soundJe ne sais pas familiar and at that moment, Billy thought he remembered quite well .... He remembered, three or four years thensinceforbeforeagoJe ne sais pas, 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 using to talk'm used to talking'm used to talk've been used to talkJe ne sais pas to them everyday !' she answered. ' Didn't you use to haveHadn't you hadHaven't you hadHadn't youJe ne sais pas 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 standedstoodwere standingwould standJe ne sais pas on end !

 

 

What will happen to Billy ?  Will he be poisoned by the almond-tasting tea and be embalmed like the lady's other 'pets', or will he manage to run away before it's too late and escape Basil's, the parrot's, Christopher Mulholland's and Gregory Temple's fates ?  It's up to you to decide ...

This was a text adapted from Roald Dahl 's Landlady, a short-story focussing on his Black Humour ... I hope you liked it ...