Chapter 9 Summary

Dr. Lucafont has removed Uncle Monty's body, but the children do not enjoy being in their once loved Reptile Room. Violet reveals her plan to her siblings and asks Klaus to do all the research he can on the Mamba du Mal while she tries to figure out how Stephano killed Uncle Monty.

Violet decides to search Stephano's room, leaving Sunny at the door of the Reptile Room with orders to bite anyone who enters. Violet stops at the kitchen to listen in on the adults, dropping her ribbon on the floor in case she gets caught. She plans to claim she was just picking up the ribbon, a trick that has served her well in the past when she eavesdropped on her parents. The adults are trying to figure out how everyone will get to town.

Stephano's room looks much like Count...