Chapter 9 Summary

Violet, Klaus and Sunny arrive back in the small room, only to find they are too late. Their friends are gone. Violet is incredibly frustrated that her invention did not work. Klaus reminds her she just missed her chance to use it. After remembering that Count Olaf was going to smuggle the Quagmires out of town in an item from the auction, they climb back up to the penthouse.

Klaus is picked to scour through the In Auction catalog to discern which item the Quagmires will be hidden in. There are hundreds of items and he ends up skipping many of them. He passes right by Lot #48, a large statue of a red herring, and focuses on Lot #50. This lot is a mystery box marked V.F.D.

Chapter 9 Analysis

Violet is again able to fashion an invention out of regular household items...