Chapter 13 Summary

Olaf announces to the stunned crowd that the play was a farce and that he is now legally married to Violet Baudelaire. Mr. Poe reacts with shock and declares that it cannot be. Everyone turns to Justice Strauss, who tearfully acknowledges that the ceremony was legally binding, even though she feels terrible that she was duped.

Violet asks Count Olaf to let Sunny go, and he radios his assistant in the tower. Mr. Poe declares that he will not let Count Olaf have the Baudelaire fortune, but since the marriage is legal, he will not have a choice. Once Violet knows that Sunny is safe, she drops a bombshell. She reveals that the marriage is not legal, since she did not sign the document in her own hand. To prove it, she provides a signature with her right hand and one in her...