Lolita Page #2

just watching, watch.

Do you like watching, Captain?

Because not many people know...

...that the chair is painted yellow.

You'd be the only guy in the know.

Imagine! Your friends,

you could tell them...

That hurt!

Having recently arrived in America...

...where so many Europeans have found

a haven before...

...I decided to spend a peaceful summer...

...in the attractive resort town

of Ramsdale, New Hampshire.

Some English translations I had made

of French poetry...

...had enjoyed some success

and I had been appointed...

...to a lectureship at Beardsley College,

Ohio, in the fall.

Friends had given me several addresses

in Ramsdale...

...where lodgings were available

for the summer.

Mr. Hofsteader said that

you're going to be staying all summer.

Well, that was only a tentative plan.

Monsieur, if what you're needing

is peace and quiet...

...I can assure you, you couldn't get

more peace anywhere.

Yes, it is very...

It's very peaceful.

Now, this would be your room.

It's what you might call a studio,

well, you know, a semi-studio affair.

It's very male...

...and quiet.

We're really very fortunate

here in West Ramsdale.

Culturally, we're a very advanced group...

...with lots of good Anglo-Dutch

and Anglo-Scotch stock...

...and we're very progressive intellectually.

That is immediately apparent.

I do hope you'll want to address our club.

There's a nice view from this window...

...of the front lawn.

A good place for you to do your writing...

- Shelves for your books.

- That's very nice, yes.

I am chairman of

the Great Books Committee.

As a matter of fact, you know...

...one of the speakers

that I had last season...

...was Clare Quilty.

Clare Quilty?

The writer, TV?

- TV plays?

- No, I wouldn't...

He's a very stimulating type of man.

He gave us a talk on Dr. Schweitzer

and Dr. Zhivago.

Schweitzer and Zhivago. Very nice.

Oh, no, the bathroom's back here,

right next door.

Well, we still have that good, old-fashioned

quaint plumbing...

...should appeal to a European.

Excuse the soiled sock.

I see that you're interested in art.

In that case...

In that case you really must see...

...the collection of reproductions

I have in my bedroom.

Voila!

Oh, yes, that's...

A Dufy.

That's very nice.

And there's my little van Gogh. Monet.

Is Madame Humbert...

There's no madame. We are divorced.

Happily divorced.

- When did all this happen?

- About a year ago in Paris.

Paris...

...France...

...Madame.

You know, monsieur, I believe

that it's only in the romance languages...

...that one is able to really relate

in a mature fashion.

In fact, I remember

when the late Mr. Haze and I...

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