Chapter 11 Summary

While everyone is panicking in the Reptile Room, Violet is desperately trying to find something to link Stephano to Uncle Monty's death and prove that he really is Count Olaf. She fashions a lock pick out of a plug on a lamp, which is very dangerous. Lemony Snicket points out that one should never, ever, attempt to do such a thing.

Violet walks down to the suitcases, which are still piled up in front of the house. Frantically, she begins to try her improvised lock-pick on Stephano's suitcase. Having no luck, she moistens the pick with her saliva, hoping that it will turn the lock. This fails, so Violet runs back to the house to get a bar of soap.

Once Violet returns, she notices for the first time that the people in the Reptile Room can she what she is doing. Her...