[There is a pause and it's clear he's thinking over what she said. He's been travelling by himself, investigating such horrible events, only getting in contact with people when he had no other choice....and in most cases they ended up trying to kill him.]

I....do have some hope for the future.

[That someday he will be able to find his neice, Count Olaf will be locked away, that someday the world will be a better place where young people do not have to run away from murderous adults]

It just seems like wishful thinking I suppose. And I'm much to busy with my investigations to induldge myself in that.