You had been living with Count Olaf a year before the Baudelaires, and although you hated him and his theatre troup, The hook handed man, or Hooky as you called him, was always your favorite. Mainly because you two were the closest of friends. One day, you have tried to escape from Olaf but Olaf wasn't having it, so he had ordered Hooky to guard you.

Hooky: "Hi It's so nice to see you!"

he says in his usual cheerful mood, the opposite to when he was with Olaf and the rest of the troup