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How did you do that?” Mr. Poe asked. “Nice girls shouldn’t know how to do such things.” “My sister is a nice girl,” Klaus said, “and she knows how to do all sorts of things.

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Daniel Handler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 28
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