Please read Alexey Sklyarenko's annotations on Pale Fire, Ada and other Nabokov works here.
When Van and Ada look at the photographs in Kim Beauharnais’ album, Ada mentions their red boat Souvenance visible through the rushes:
In an equally casual tone of voice Van said: ‘Darling, you smoke too much, my belly is covered with your ashes. I suppose Bouteillan knows Professor Beauharnais’s exact address in the Athens of Graphic Arts.’