![]() Widdershins mentions the Snicket siblings, who fought on the noble side of V.F.D.: Jacques Snicket, whom the children saw murdered in the Village of Fowl Devotees, was a researcher similar to Klaus Kit Snicket, who helped build the Queequeg and briefly mentions the third sibling before being cut off by Fiona.įiona asks about the message Violet and Klaus found for the mysterious J.S. Her real father left when Fiona was small and Widdershins claims her mother died in a manatee accident, although this may be untrue. Fiona explains her family situation - her brother Fernald has been missing for many years. Over dinner, Widdershins attempts to match make Klaus and Fiona, to everyone's discomfort. Before long, however, a third shape appears on the sonar, a mysterious object shaped like a question mark that the crew do not see, but which clearly scares off Olaf's vessel. Luckily, due to quick thinking, all the engines on the Queequeg are turned off and Olaf does not notice them. It is a ship in the shape of a giant octopus with many tentacles, and inside they can see Count Olaf. At this time, the group are interrupted by an approaching submarine vessel on the sonar. Widdershins explains that that aquatics center was founded by Aunt Josephine's brother-in-law, Gregor Anwhistle. He suspects it to be in the Gorgonian Grotto, located near Anwhistle Aquatics. Klaus, meanwhile, has examined the tidal charts to estimate the location of the sugar bowl given the water cycle. (The story of this is explained in Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography.) communications, explaining why the Baudelaires' telegram to Mr. Although she tries to fix it, she realizes that someone - likely Olaf - is disrupting V.F.D. Violet also learns that Fiona and Widdershins have learned of the Baudelaires' plight via their telegram device, which is now broken. Sunny, meanwhile, helps Phil cook dinner for everyone. He who hesitates is lost and Fiona, an expert mycologist, begins to fall for Klaus, who returns the favor. They have less than a week before the meeting at the Hotel Denouement which contains certain people that could destroy the V.F.D. The Baudelaires are welcomed on board, where they discover that the crew wears uniforms with a picture of Herman Melville on them - are searching for the mysterious sugar bowl that was thrown downstream. Also on board is Widdershins' stepdaughter Fiona and the ship's cook, Phil, (or Cookie) the optimist, who met the children while working at the Lucky Smells Lumbermill in Paltryville.įiona, a mycologist who becomes the Baudelaires' new ally. ![]() member and old friend of the Baudelaire parents. The children descend into the submarine, which they discover is the Queequeg captained by Captain Widdershins, a V.F.D. Voice asks for the password, and Violet guesses correctly the V.F.D. ![]() Climbing over to the hatch a voice within asks if the orphans are friends or foes. Just as hope seems lost, they are caught on a submarine which rises from the waters. The fire that they helped Count Olaf begin at Caligari Carnival is spreading through the hinterlands, and the children have trouble avoiding it, even on the stream. ![]() The book begins immediately after the events of The Slippery Slope with the Baudelaires traveling on a collapsing toboggan down the stream of the Mortmain Mountains. Lemony Snicket Dedication For Beatrice– Dead women tell no tales. You, on the other hand, may delve into some happier book in order to keep your eyes and your spirits from being dampened. In fact, the horrors they encounter are too numerous to list, and you wouldn't want me even to mention the worst of it, which includes mushrooms, a desperate search for something lost, a mechanical monster, a distressing message from a lost friend, and tap dancing.Īs a dedicated author who has pledged to keep recording the depressing story of the Baudelaires, I must continue to delve deep into the cavernous depths of the orphans lives. You might also prefer not to read this book, in which the Baudelaire siblings encounter an unpleasant amount of dampness as they descend into the depths of despair, underwater. Unless you are a slug, a sea anemone, or mildew, you probably prefer not to be damp.
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