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Figuratively, they escaped from Cout Olaf and their miserable existence. They did not literally escape, because they were still in his house and vulnerable to Olaf's evil in loco parentis ways.

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Daniel Handler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 28
Accordionist
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San Francisco County
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Lemony Snicket
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