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I'll tell you why I'm Shirley," Count Olaf said. "I'm Shirley because I would like to be called Shirley, and it is impolite not to do so.
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As Violet and Klaus Baudelaire stood, still in their nightgown and pajamas, backstage at Count Olaf’s theater, they were of two minds, a phrase which here means “they felt two different ways at the same time.” On one hand, they were of course filled with dread.
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On the other hand, however, they were fascinated, as they had never been backstage at a theatrical production and there was so much to see.
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― The Bad Beginning
― The Bad Beginning













