Josephine pleads with Sham to spare her life , offering to give him the Baudelaires and disguising herself far away , but Sham throws Aunt Josephine into the water , where she is supposedly devoured by the leeches , and takes the children with him back to Damocles Dock .
Josephine pleads with Sham to spare her life , offering to give him the Baudelaires and promising to go far away and never tell anyone . 
 Instead , Sham leaves her behind , where it is implied that she is devoured by the leeches , and takes the children with him back to Damocles Dock .