If you have ever traveled in an automobile for a long period of time you would know how excruciatingly boring in can turn out to be. Normally a person might turn on the radio and listen to music or just listen to the fast chatter of the radio host but in a taxi you normally wouldn't do that. In the Baudelaire children's case there long journey in a car was anything but boring. Im sure your mother/father/guardian has at least in one point of their life told you to never get into a car with strangers but once again in the Baudelaire's case they had no other choice.
The children sat quiet for a few moments before they started interrogating poor Ms. Snicket but once they did they couldn't help themselves but to go stir crazy. A word which here means bombard the poor women with the questions they had been pondering for the longest time. The words spouted out of the sibling's mouths like vomit coming out of a ten year olds the first time he or she rode the largest rollercoaster they could find after a series or corndogs.
First out of Violet's mouth it came "If you are Kit Snicket are you the certain sister of Jacques Snicket?"
Then Klaus "Are you a member of V.F.D ?"
The even Sunny questioned the woman "Machyo!?!"
" My my children I know you have a lot of questions but before you continue with any others I would like to tell you a little bit about my self and hopefully while doing so answer yours. But first I have a few questions of my own. I would like you to lend you ears for just a few moments." She answered politely. By saying that she wanted the orphans to lend her their she didn't physically want to borrow their ears for some seemingly strange deed she just plainly wanted them to listen and that they did.
" Now…my first question" she continued "What in the name of all that is good does machyo mean!?!"