However, the two Beatrices, despite sharing a name, are clearly separate individuals, and while Lemony Snicket's letters are plainly written beginning from his childhood and ending shortly before Violet Baudelaire is born, the Beatrice writing to Snicket is apparently writing after the events of The End.
The two Beatrices, despite their shared name, are clearly distinct individuals, and Lemony Snicket's letters, which span his childhood to before Violet Baudelaire's birth, provide a clear timeline. Meanwhile, the Beatrice writing to Snicket is seen as having written her letter after The End.