- Klaus stays up the entire night by himself reading the law book he swiped from Justice Strauss's library. It's long and it's boring, but anytime he wants to doze off, he just thinks of the hook-handed man's threats. Yikes.
- The next morning, Klaus heads downstairs before his sisters are awake to confront Count Olaf. Klaus has finally figured out his plan.
- The book is all about nuptial law—a.k.a. marriage—and Klaus has discovered that Count Olaf means to marry his sister Violet. Like, for realsies.
- It turns out, the only requirements for a legal marriage are that a judge be present (Justice Strauss), both parties say "I do," and the bride sign a marriage document in her own hand. Whoa.
- Count Olaf says that Violet is too young to get married, but Klaus says that anyone under eighteen can get married with the permission of their legal guardian—which in this case, is Count Olaf.
- But why, Count Olaf wonders, would he even want to marry Violet? Sure, she's pretty, but Olaf thinks he can do better.
- The reason for his wedding trick is that, as her legal husband, he can get access to Violet's money.
- At this point, Klaus expects Count Olaf to get angry, but he doesn't; he just smirks. So Klaus tells him that he's going to tell his sisters and they're going to present all this evidence to Mr. Poe, at which point Count Olaf will go to jail.
- To his surprise, though, Count Olaf tells him to go ahead and do it. Hmmm… what is he up to now?
- Klaus runs upstairs and tells Violet everything he found out, but when they try to wake up Sunny, they discover she's not in her little makeshift bed. Where could she be?
- Yes, Count Olaf says from the doorway, where on earth could she have gone?