| “ | Her father's ant-burning cousin sounded like a dreadful person, but if she had suddenly appeared on the sailboat Violet would have given her a big grateful hug. | ” |
Bertrand Baudelaire's Cousin (unknown if adoptive or biological or if Baudelaire by surname) is a minor, mentioned character in early books of A Series of Unfortunate Events. He is sometimes confused to be Bertrand's female cousin who is interested in the refraction of light.
Biography[]
Nothing about Bertrand's cousin is known at all, except that his parent is either his uncle or aunt (unknown whether connected to Bertrand's biological parents). He is married to Monty Montgomery's Sister.
Bertrand Baudelaire once told his daughter, Violet, a story about a dreadful cousin he'd had who enjoyed burning ants for fun. She did this by using her magnifying glass to focus the light coming from the sun and then direct it toward the ant. It is noted that this hobby was "abhorrent," a word which here means, "inspiring disgust or loathing." It did, however, manage to impart upon the Baudelaire children the idea of the scientific principles of the convergence and refraction of light. Particularly, if such knowledge was needed to create a signal.
It is noted that Violet thought that her father's ant-burning cousin must have been a "dreadful person," but when Violet remembers the scientific principles of the convergence and refraction of light while in jeopardy, she thinks that if that cousin suddenly appeared before she would have given her a "big, grateful hug".[1]
However, this female cousin mentioned by Bertrand himself could not be his first cousin, as it was mentioned by Arthur Poe that this cousin was married to Monty's sister, making him her husband, and thus a male.
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| Monty Montgomery † | Monty Montgomery's Sister | Bertrand's Cousin | Bertrand Baudelaire † | Beatrice Baudelaire † | Gregor Anwhistle † | Ike Anwhistle † | Josephine Anwhistle † | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Violet Baudelaire | Klaus Baudelaire | Sunny Baudelaire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beatrice Baudelaire II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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