Dedications by Lemony Snicket In order, each book in A Series of Unfortunate Events:

• To Beatrice -

darling, dearest, dead.

• For Beatrice -

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

• For Beatrice -

I would much prefer it if you were alive and well.

• To Beatrice -

My love flew like a butterfly Until death swooped down like a bat As the poet Emma Montana McElroy said: “That’s the end of that.”

• For Beatrice -

You will always be in my heart, In my mind, And in your grave.

• For Beatrice -

When we met my life began, Soon afterward, yours ended.

• For Beatrice -

When we were together I felt breathless. Now you are.

• For Beatrice -

Summer without you is as cold as winter. Winter without you is even colder.

• For Beatrice -

Our love broke my heart, and stopped yours.

• For Beatrice -

When we first met, you were pretty, and I was lonely. Now I am pretty lonely.

• For Beatrice -

Dead women tell no tales. Sad men write them down.

• For Beatrice -

No one could extinguish my love, or your house.

• For Beatrice -

I cherished, you perished. The world’s been nightmarished

• For Beatrice -

We are like boats passing in the night - particularly you.

• To Beatrice,

and From Her