The Foremen says an unfamiliar word, the other workers ask what it means and Klaus, who is suddenly back to normal, defines the word. Klaus causes an accident by dropping the machine on Phil, an optimistic coworker. Flacutono instructs Klaus to operate a stamping machine. The next day in the lumbermill, the foreman wakes Klaus, telling him to get to work, which Klaus does immediately, and does not even bother to put his shoes or socks on. When Klaus returns, hours later, he acts very strangely, as if in a trance. Klaus is purposely tripped by the new foreman, Flacutono (an anagram of Count Olaf), breaking his glasses, and is sent to see Dr. Orwell, the local ophthalmologist, who lives in the eye shaped building. They meet Sir’s partner, Charles, who shows them the library, which contains three books, one about the history of the lumbermill, one about the town constitution, and one donated by Dr. Upon arrival, the children learn that they will have to work at the mill, but as part of the deal, their new guardian, Sir (they call him Sir because his name was so long that nobody pronounces it right), will try to keep Count Olaf, their nemesis, away. Along the way, the children see a building in the shape of an eye.

Poe on a train heading for Paltryville, the location of the children’s new home, the Lucky Smells Lumbermill. The Miserable Mill begins with Sunny, Klaus and Violet Baudelaire traveling with Mr. Things get worse as Count Olaf slips into the plot in another ghastly disguise. Poe sends the orphans to live with the owner of a lumbermill, who makes them work alongside the other lumberjacks. The Miserable Mill is the fourth novel in the book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.

The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket