Chapter 3 Summary

Violet, Klaus and Sunny's new home is enormous. The penthouse has 71 bedrooms and numerous kitchens, living rooms and sitting areas. Jerome finds them each a bedroom he thinks will be well suited to them, but his choice turns out to be a double-edged sword. Violet receives the bedroom with a workbench, but tools are out, so it is useless. Klaus gets the bedroom closest to the library, but it is filled with books about fashionable things. Sunny gets a room with plenty of toys, but none of them are suitable for biting.

Still, the Baudelaires try to make the best of the situation. They realize that while they may not be very happy at their new home, at least they are not in Count Olaf's clutches like their friends, the Quagmires. They cannot stop thinking about their friends, but Esme doesn't appreciate their...