Blog #6

Blog #6

“It now came in a relaxed flow.He was the only man she had ever been crazy about .what about Dick? Oh, Dick was a lamb , they were quite happy together,but she meant something different. And I had never counted , of course?”(Pg.272)

At this point in the book , Humbert was on the lookout for Lolita and after some time he had found her . He finds her pregnant and married with this man named Dick . Dick was a veteran and had lost part of his hearing during the war , but other then that he was a hard working man and a perfect husband to “Dolly”. Dolly was the new nickname that Dick had came up for Lolita . they seemed very happy with each other but Humbert had still not gotten over the fact that he had lost Lolita for good. He tried one last time to get her back and offered her money and a chance to return with him to a home where they can grow up with each other . Lolita declines his offer and explains that she is finally happy and that Dick treated her well . She also was carrying his kid . Humbert accepted that and still ended up giving her the money because he noticed that Lolita was poor and not in the best economical state . The money he has given her was the most of his savings . Shows how much he still had loved her because he gave up most of his life's earnings to his Lolita . Humbert now has no hope of having Lolita ever again .