| Quote #7 […] focusing my lust and rocking slightly under my newspaper, I felt that my perception of her, if properly concentrated upon might be sufficient to have me attain a beggar's bliss immediately. (1.11.7) |
Humbert finally figures out a way to gratify himself without Lolita knowing. Has he already crossed the line? Is Lolita already on to him?
| Quote #8 Her kiss, to my delirious embarrassment, had some rather comical refinements of flutter and probe which made me conclude she had been coached by a Lesbian. (1.29.14) |
Much to Humbert's surprise, he is not Lolita's first sexual experience. He is at once surprised, pleased, and disturbed by this realization.
| Quote #9 "You mean […] you mean you will give us that money only if I go with you to a motel. Is that what you mean?" (2.29.70) |
A desperate Lolita can only see Humbert as an old pervert. She cannot grasp that his generosity does not have sexual strings attached.