How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"Whatever Count Olaf has done," Mr. Poe said, glancing down at one of his papers and circling a number, "he has acted in loco parentis, and there's nothing I can do about it. Your money will be well protected by myself and by the bank, but Count Olaf's parenting techniques are his own business. Now, I hate to usher you out posthaste, but I have very much work to do." (5.41)
Well, Mr. Poe has his priorities straight. Sure, Count Olaf is a selfish villain, incapable of raising three orphaned children, but of course, the money will be safe in his bank. Yes, that's the important thing… Not.
Quote #5
"I wish we knew something more about inheritance law," Klaus said. "I'll bet Count Olaf has cooked up some plan to get our money, but I don't know what it could be." (6.37)
Klaus is pretty clever here. How can Count Olaf steal their money just by putting them in a play? He can't do that… Can he?
Quote #6
Books about the law are notorious for being very long, very dull, and very difficult to read. This is one reason many lawyers make heaps of money. The money is an incentive—the word "incentive" here means "an offered reward to persuade you to do something you don't want to do"— to read long, dull, and difficult books.
The Baudelaire children had a slightly different incentive for reading these books, of course. Their incentive was not heaps of money, but preventing Count Olaf from doing something horrible to them in order to get heaps of money. (7.1-2)
It's obvious the Baudelaire children don't much care about their parents' fortune. They don't need money to make them happy, but they do need to stay alive.