<Li> The Penultimate Peril </Li> <P> Hal is a man in small glasses that first appears in the eighth novel The Hostile Hospital . </P> <P> Working as a bookkeeper at the Library of Records in the Heimlich Hospital, he is one of the oldest men that the Baudelaires have ever met . When the Library of Records is burned down with the hospital by Count Olaf, Hal is quick to believe that the Baudelaires are responsible and so turns against them . He eventually forgives the Baudelaires and apologizes for believing Geraldine Julienne's stories in The Daily Punctilio . </P> <P> In The Penultimate Peril, he reappears as the owner of an Indian restaurant at the Hotel Denouement after he was approached by Dewey Denouement . Although he owns the Indian restaurant, Hal is a terrible cook . It is hinted that Hal may be a V.F.D. member as he says the code "I didn't realize this was a sad occasion" to Mr. Remora who failed to understand it . When Dewey Denouement is accidentally killed during a confrontation with Count Olaf which woke up all the patrons, Hal firmly says that the Baudelaires aren't criminals . During the blindfolded trial, Hal submitted some paperwork . </P>

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