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- After all, the three children had just disembarked from the Fickle Ferry, which had driven them across Lake Lachrymose to live with their Aunt Josephine, and in most cases such a situation would lead to thrillingly good times.†
p. 1.4
- At this particular moment she was thinking of how she could improve the engine of the Fickle Ferry so it wouldn't belch smoke into the gray sky.†
p. 3.6 *
- Violet had called Mr. Poe and told him what had happened, and the Baudelaires, too anxious to sleep, had stayed up the whole night waiting for him to arrive on the first Fickle Ferry of the day.†
p. 62.4
- "The Fickle Ferry will take us," Violet said, pointing at a dotted line on the map.†
p. 106.8
- The Baudelaire orphans were distressed to learn that the Fickle Ferry had no such policy.†
p. 110.7
- When they finally reached Damocles Dock, their teeth were chattering and their feet were so cold they could scarcely feel their toes, and the sight of the CLOSED sign in the window of the Fickle Ferry ticket booth was just about more than they could stand.†
p. 111.5
- They looked down the dock but only saw the Fickle Ferry ticket booth and the foamy waters of the lake, darkening in the gloom of the late afternoon.†
p. 117.1
- Could you tell me the way to the Fickle Ferry?†
p. 119.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(fickle) quick to change
(such as a person quick to change their mind, or the weather in a region where it changes suddenly) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)