Not gonna lie but I had to double check the definition of ersatz but I really should have trusted Lemony to teach us the word in the book. We are free from the author narrating now I think. Thank goodness because while a good writer he may be, a good narrator he is not. This is definitely the last one that I remember from when I was younger. Something about them having to pack extra socks for when their current ones wore out on the countless stairs was ingrained in my memory.

The teasing of information here is very frustrating. The triplets are all but begging to tell the siblings everything they know but the siblings weren't hearing any of it. UGH! Well, plenty more to come and answers to maybe come as well.