Presumed Death
Mr. Poe was staying at the Hotel Denouement investigating the robbery of his bank by Mrs. Bass when the hotel was burned down during The Penultimate Peril, but it is unknown whether or not he escaped. It may also merely be Lemony Snicket's pessimistic writing style - the books offer no further information on Mr. Poe's fate. In The End, Mr. Poe does not appear, but an islander called Sadie seems to know Mr. Poe and his occupation. It is, however, possible that Mr. Poe survived the burning of the Hotel. In The Penultimate Peril Snicket says "it wasn't Mr. Poe's destiny to be killed by a harpoon gun, at least not this evening in particular." This means that Mr. Poe may be killed on another occasion, by a Harpoon Gun and may suggest that he survived the Hotel burning.
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