Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0011964, Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:53:53 -0700

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Fwd: Re: Mona's punning letter query in Lolita, II, Ch.19
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:10:04 -0800
From: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Mona's punning letter query in Lolita, II, Ch.19
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum

Dear Brian Howell,

I took up your challenge to look for a coded message in the false Chimène
quote. I haven't worked it out completely yet but it seems to work somewhat
along the lines of the "Pada ata" message in Pale Fire. So far I have been
able to discern the following part (perhaps most?) of the message:

party atonement come Carmen

There also seem to be an elf and a bow in it, and possibly a "dear."

Carolyn

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