The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)

by Lemony Snicket

For Beatrice— My love for you shall live forever. You, however, did not.

Occasionally, people thought that because the orphans were unfortunate, they were also dim-witted.

but Violet, Klaus, and Sunny have such unfortunate lives that it was only a matter of time before dramatic irony would rear its ugly head.

To the children it signaled the arrival of Stephano. To us it should signal the beginning of more misery.