is a
Fiction al character from the
Book Series ,
A Series Of Unfortunate Events by
Lemony Snicket . He appears in ''
The Miserable Mill '', the fourth novel, and ''
The Penultimate Peril '', the twelfth novel.
Sir is the owner of the
Lucky Smells Lumbermill , located in
Paltryville . His real name is not known. Equally obscure is Sir's appearance. Sir's entire head is hidden by the thick smoke of his ever-burning
Cigar . He shows little or no concern for either the Baudelaire orphans or his employees, whom he pays in
Coupon s and provides with an unsatisfying meal of
Chewing Gum .
He later appears in
The Penultimate Peril . On the cover of that book, a man can be seen with smoke in front of his face. It was speculated that this might be Sir, although this is probably false because the man is smoking a pipe rather than a cigar, and because his face is visible (Lemony Snicket having stated that neither the Baudelaires, the reader, or himself, would ever see Sir's face). Also, the ending picture of the Miserable Mill has him looking vastly different from the man on the 12th book's cover. It is thought that he is on the fire-starting side of the
V.F.D. schism, if any.
Some have speculated that the 12th book implies that Sir used to know Lemony Snicket. The first example is that Sir constantly mistakes the word "
Concierge " with the word "
Concertina ", another term used to describe an
Accordion , an instrument that we know to be played by Lemony Snicket. Also, Sir has a bathrobe with the initials L.S. on it, which could mean either that it is a custom-made bathrobe from
Lucky Smells Lumbermill (as the narrative suggests) or it is a bathrobe he borrowed from Lemony Snicket and never returned.
