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Indeed, the explanation is unconvincing, for not only would have
Falrow known Lolita's whereabouts, but Lolita too, would have learned
that the house was up for sale and this itself would have preempted
her need to contact Humbert for money. These days simple mail
forwarding, though it can have several steps - A to B to C to D only
functions for up to 12 months, and I doubt it was different 60 years
ago. Brian Boyd's explanation remains the most plausible. It also
occured to me that a similar weak element can be found in Pnin's plot
(Liza's oultandish visit to Waindell), although more amenable to
explanatons.
On Jan 18, 2008 12:53 PM, Nabokv-L <nabokv-l@utk.edu> wrote:
>
> There is an explanation though you may not find it entirely
convincing. The
> other letter Humbert receives that day is from John Farlow, his
Ramsdale
> friend of sorts, the man in charge of his worldly affairs. Humbert
would
> have given him his present New York address, and Lolita could have
asked
> John if he had it. The problem is that then Farlow would have
known where
> Lolita is and would not have asked Humbert to "produce" her. But
probably
> one could think up an explanation for that, too. There is the
possibility
> that Lolita had heard from Farlow years ago that Humbert was
living in New
> York and that she had just looked up his address in a Manhattan
telephone
> directory.
>
> Dieter Zimmer, Berlin
>
>