Chapter 2 Summary

When Violet, Klaus and Sunny open the gate to the lumbermill, they find a memo addressed to them from their new guardian. He is nowhere in sight and seems to prefer communicating by letter. The memo states that the Baudelaires will not only be living at the mill, but that they are expected to arrive for work the next day. Their new residence is the employee dormitory.

The Baudelaire children were not prepared to find employment instead of a welcoming home, but they decide to make the best of it. They head to the dormitory and knock on the door, much to the surprise of the employees inside who apparently have never had a visitor. A man named Phil greets them and although he is confused that three children will be working in the mill, he takes it in stride. Phil takes everything...