Chapter XI: The Death of Klaus Lemony Baudelaire

Fiona sighed. She knew it. She had known it all along. It must be true. It was in Klaus' scratchy handwriting and in his own journal. But it was no use now. Klaus was dead. Fiona fled down the stairs to Violet and Duncan, who were screaming at each other for some reason.

"How do you expect me to feel?!" questioned Violet, "My brother is dead and you come in here yelling out swear words for no reason! I've had it with you Quigley!"

"Duncan," said Duncan.

"Duncan!" said Violet.

"Guys, please stop fighting," complained Fiona, "We need to figure out what we will do with this body before it begins to decompose."

"What a lovely thought," commented Duncan sarcastically.

Isadora was in the sitting room crying her eyes out. How could this happen? It's not true. She must be dreaming! She decided to write a poem. The odd thing was that the poem didn't turn out like a couplet as she meant it too.

Cruel, the death of a loved one is,

How it clenches the heart of the one whose friend it was

The one to die, the one to leave, the one who is mystery

Isadora had no idea why she put that the dead person was mysterious. He was dead. That's about it. As Isadora cried her pen fell from her grasp and onto the floor.

"You're the one who killed him," cried Violet, "You should go to jail!"

"No," said Fiona, "Klaus loved me and I had proof." A scream was heard from the sitting room.

"That's not true!" shouted Isadora, "That's impossible! Remember the bookstore?"

"You forced him on you!"

"You screamed your head off and let everyone no! And I did not force him on me! He did that!"

"He didn't even do anything, Isadora! He fainted when you tried!"

"That was because he couldn't stand the ugliness of you!"

"He couldn't stand the shyness of you!"

"YOU KILLED HIM!"

That about shut Fiona up for the rest of the night. While Duncan and Violet quietly talked over about Klaus, Isadora wrote poetry and Fiona read about deadly fungi. That was when Quigley and Fernald walked in. They were utterly surprised to see Klaus dead and Quigley, Duncan being his triplet, said a word inappropriate for this novel. Fernald checked on Fiona and Duncan checked on Isadora to make sure neither of them had committed suicide. Then everyone met in the dining room to settle the matter once and for all.

"Fiona did it and that is quite evident," claimed Violet, "Would you like to see the knife? Would you like to see Fiona? Would you like to see the toilet, for Klaus' sake?!"

"Excuse me, but did you mention something about a knife?" asked an unfamiliar voice. Everyone turned in their seats to face the doorway.

"Oh, I don't think it was a knife that killed Klaus Baudelaire," said the old man.

"How do you know our names?" asked Violet.

"It's because I've been searching for you a very long time and finally found you," said the old man.

"So giving us theses houses for almost nothing was a trap?" questioned Fiona.

"It was a trap set by a good person," said the old man.

"If you know so much about us," said Fiona, "Then what was Klaus' middle name?"

"Klaus middle name was my first name," the man said as he stripped off his old man disguise, "Lemony."