A Series of Unfortunate Events, Audiobook 1: The Bad Beginning (ON LENGTHY HIATUS)
cybersponge94 for Arthur Poe (Reoccurring Character)
Mr. Aflred Poe is a banker who works for Mulctuary Money Management. He is the executor of the Baudelaire fortune, meaning, he is in charge of looking after the money left behind by the now deceased Baudelaire mother and father, and making sure it passes to the eldest baudelaire child, meaning, by proxy, he is in charge of the children and assigning their guardians as well. The term "By Proxy" is a phrase which here means: "Because of it's relation to". So because the fortune is related to Violet, the eldest Baudelaire child, he is also in charge of the children's wellbeing. And I regret to inform you, that if Mr. Poe were more concerned with the children's safety, and less concerned with the Baudelaire fortune, perhaps many if not all of the unfortunate events that occur in this book and it's twelve sequels, would never have occurred.
"Now that you are in his care, the Count may raise you using any methods he sees fit. I'm sorry if your parents did not make you do any household chores, or if you never saw them drink any wine, or if you like their friends better than Count Olaf's friends, but these are things that you must get used to, as Count Olaf is acting in loco parentis. Understand?"
(Let Out Some Terrible, Hacking, Wheezing Coughs)
