Chapter 2
A term I often find comforting in my solitude is the phrase "There is always tomorrow." This means that things can always get better tomorrow. It comforts me when I am alone in my house or when I am writing this tragic story at night or even when I am hiding inside the Arch of Titus on a cold Thursday, February 30. It is also this phrase that Mr. Poe used when the four Baudelaires entered his office.
"Children, you-you're alive!" exclaimed Mr. Poe.
"As are you, now," Klaus said "give us our parents will."
"Children, I, don't know what to say, you've been assumed dead for years and when you left you were wanted for various crime, including murder!" said Mr. Poe
"Look we'll tell you the whole story, but, please, Mr. Poe, we need to see our parents will."
"I am working, so, I'll tell you what; you hardly seem like murderers so after work come with me and we'll get this whole thing straightened out." Said Mr. Poe.
The Baudelaires thought and decided there was no arguing with him so they nodded there heads and headed to the door.
"Wait for me in the front; we'll get this whole thing straightened out soon enough. There is always tomorrow, Baudelaires." Mr. Poe said.
As I said earlier the phrase "There is always tomorrow" means that things will be better in the morning. Mr. Poe did not know this and meant it as "we'll see if you are going to jail or not."
"You know," said Klaus "the phrase 'there is always tomorrow' means that things will get better tomorrow, but Mr. Poe meant it more along the lines of 'we'll see if you are going to jail or not.'"
"Well, let's hope thing really do get better tomorrow" said Sunny.
Needless to say things would not get better tomorrow. Things wouldn't get better the day after that, a week after, that and for a long time things would not. But every now and then, even to the most unlucky people in the world good things will happened. For once I am happy to say that the Baudelaires were the most unlucky people in the world and something good did happen.
"Are you the Baudelaires?" the receptionist in the front of the bank asked.
"Yes" said Violet
The receptionist pushed a piece of paper and a pen towards Violet and Klaus. Not knowing what to do, the two siblings looked at each other for a moment as if the other would know the answer.
"I know!" this came from neither of the two, but from Beatrice. "Falo!" Which the other Baudelaires understood completely and clearly. So Klaus picked up the pen and drew the thing that had haunted the three Baudelaires for years. The eye of V.F.D., the same as the tattoo on the long gone Count Olaf's ankle.
The receptionist smiled and said to the four children the first good news had gotten in a long time "The world is quiet for the sapphires at Damocles Dock."