Dinner was satisfying enough, though a little strange. Mrs. Murus prepared a soup with beans, which tasted different, which Mrs. Murus said was due to the "garum." Violet, Klaus, and Sunny were too polite to ask "what the heck is garum?" Yet they didn't know, they didn't need to know, I hope you don't know, because I know that that knowledge is not something you or they would like to know.
"I know," said Mrs. Murus "You would like some dessert. Well, I'll be right back, liberi! That means children! In Latin!"
A fleeting smile passed across the orphan's faces as they remembered the first day they met their late Uncle Monty, who was so excited to see them he called them "bambini," which meant children in Italian. However, Uncle Monty sadly crossed paths with Count Olaf, and the "late" was soon after added to the beginning of his name. You can now understand why when Mrs. Murus came back with desert, why their faces were so very hopeless, gloomy, and distraught.
"Oh, why the hopeless, gloomy and distraught faces? Oh, of course, you've been through a lot. But turn that frown upside down!" Mrs. Murus said when she came back, twisting her almost perpetual frown into a smile. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny forced smiles. Now, it is normally not a very nice thing to trick someone, but the three Baudelaires are exceptions to many things. Good times, for example.
Well, Violet thought, perhaps those pink stripes can be cheerful, if seen in the right light.
Well, Klaus thought, perhaps this place is a bit weird, but it wasn't with Count Olaf.
Well, Sunny thought, Gack!
But one thing was wrong, they all thought. But they couldn't quite put their finger on it.
They reached for dessert, which consisted of some big orange things on a platter. Sunny bit it with glee, and a loud "CRACK!" was heard. The orange thing split apart, and it looked as if it was just ice frozen solid.
"I hope you like ice cream!"
Perhaps one thing was wrong; Mrs. Murus was a tad eccentric.
From the latin ex-center, meaning out of the center.
Mrs. Murus wasn't very normal, whatever language you put it in.