That same day, we sent out one of our volunteers who was disguised as a police officer. She blended in perfectly with all the commotion. There were police officers and police cars all around the mansion. She said there had been detectives in themansion also. When she entered the mansion she went straight up to the room of the captured Klaus and sure enough, there was broken glass on the floor next to the window. The window had been broken as an escape route. A phrase which here means, "A route used for escaping."

She then told us that the detectives were staring to come into the room, so she left and went to find the 2 female Baudelaires who were sitting on their front porch being comforted by the Quagmire triplets. Our volunteer had brought along a tape recorder and was taping their conversation with one of the police officers.

(Tape starts)

Officer: Ok so lets start from the beginning.

Violet: The VERY beginning?

Officer: Yes, Violet. Tell me everything that happened.

Violet: Well, my siblings and I were at Briny Beach when we got the news from Mr. Poe that our-

Officer: No no no…not that beginning. The whole city knows that story. The start of when this kidnapping of your brother happened.

Violet: Oh…well my siblings and I and our best friends here, were talking online to each other and, well…here's our conversation.

(ruffling of paper)

(large pause)

Officer: Hmm…interesting…here, put this with the rest of our evidence.

(Here the officer gives the paper to our volunteer)

Isadora: Um…excuse me sir…but do you know for sure if…umm…(whispers) Count Olaf…is dead?

Officer: Yes, we're sure. We know we have the right person this time. One eyebrow…eye-tattooed ankle.

Quigley (or possibly Duncan):…and the rest of his troupe?

Officer: Well, some were burned at the stake and some were put in jail.

Sunny: Escapay?

Violet: Um…Did any of the ones that were put in jail, escape?

Officer: Not that I know of.

(large pause)

Duncan(or possibly Quigley)Well, which ones were put in jail?

Officer: (Here the officer pulls a notebook out of his pocket and flips through a few pages) Uh…the one with hooks for hands…I guess his name is Fernald; Fiona, I think is his girlfriend or his sister or something; and the rest were either burned at the stake or…couldn't be found.

Isadora: Couldn't be found?

Violet: Which ones couldn't be found?

Officer: (Here the officer flips the page over) Well, the two women with white faces, a bald man with a big nose, a really big guy…or woman, the doctor, and…Esme Squalor bailed herself out of jail.

(larger silence)

Sunny: Some died…

Violet: Yeah, you're right Sunny. Some did die.

Officer: (Here the Officer pulls a pen out of his shirt pocket) Which ones? I need to right this down.

(Off to the side, Duncan and Isadora are taking notes)

Violet: Well, the big person died in a fire at Heimlich Hospital, and the bald man died in a fire at Caligari Carnival…and…the doctor…oh!...Doctor Orwell died from a machine at the Lucky Smells Lumbermill.

Officer: Thank you Violet. (Here the Officer supposively turns around) Hey! Are you using our good tape recorders! Turn that off! You'll waste the battery.

(Tape ends)