Subject: | Margot sped through the R's |
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Date: | Wed, 22 Feb 2006 06:55:48 -0800 |
From: | Robin Damstra <rdamstra@EDEN.RUTGERS.EDU> |
To: | NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU |
CC: | Robin Damstra <rdamstra@EDEN.RUTGERS.EDU> |
Hello all, I have always wondered about the sentence within Laughter in the Dark, upon Margot's looking on the tag of Albinus's hat in hopes of finding "Schiffermiller"'s real name. After locating his real identity, Margot then "sped through the R's" of the telephone book in search of his address (which she correctly finds). Is there any reason for her to be within the R's? A typo, placed in all editions? I would swiftly brush it off as a typo had the letter R not been italicized in my ed. (Vintage, 1989) and had Axel's last name not been beginning with an R (though Margot does not know this as of yet). Maybe a manipulation with the sole purpose of amusing its creator? Just a fun thought. -Robin Damstra
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