heading in the same direction
Good morning, Mr. Humbert. We seem to be going the same way.Lolita · 1962 — 第 27 / 30 章 · 3'11" · B2
Humbert Visits Lolita in Hospital, Explained：since when
Humbert visits Lolita in the hospital, where she is recovering and noticeably cold to him. He is jealous and suspicious of everyone around her, and the visit becomes a small war of remarks about flowers, sunglasses and the nurse.
あらすじ
Humbert brings flowers to Lolita's hospital room. The nurse, Mary, reports that her temperature is normal and her cough is gone, but Lolita greets him coldly and calls the flowers gruesome. Humbert turns suspicious, studying the nurse and the room, until a staff member tells him to move his car.
注目の表現
just as helpfulcome down withexchange confessionsgruesome
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このシーンの表現
since when
used to challenge a new custom
Humbert uses a nurse's dark glasses to challenge her, dressing suspicion as a question about rules.
Since when do we skip the safety check?
このシーンの他の表現
- just as helpful
equally helpful, said to sting
- come down with
start to get an illness
- exchange confessions
share private secrets with each other
- gruesome
horrid and ugly
このシーンのメモ一覧
54 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
on the point of doing
I was just about to give your daughter some medicine.future in past: Was about to marks what was on the point of happening in the past.
I was just about to give your daughter some medicine.Blend about and to so the t taps into the next word.
I was just about to give your daughter some medicine.or a similar thing
I just thought it might be a bill from the hospital or something.provoke everyone
Do you have to antagonize everybody?what is wrong with you
What's the matter with you anyway? You look kind of slimy.Reduce kind of to kinda; the of nearly disappears.
What's the matter with you anyway? You look kind of slimy.creepy and repulsive — An insult in casual speech; never use it in polite or formal settings.
What's the matter with you anyway? You look kind of slimy.relocate your vehicle
Mr. Humbert, would you please move your car to the visitors' parking lot?rushing
I'm sorry. I was in a hurry and I didn't feel too bright.Drop the t in next before to, giving nex-to.
But you've parked it right next to a sign saying "staff only."very soon
All right. I shall leave in a moment.continuously
I've no doubt she's been just as helpful with you all the time.share private secrets with each other
Humbert suspects the nurse and Lolita have shared secrets, and the phrase bites at their closeness.
Uh, and I shouldn't wonder if you two have been exchanging confessions.if-clause: Shouldn't wonder if means it would not surprise me, with the perfect tense marking a long habit.
Uh, and I shouldn't wonder if you two have been exchanging confessions.working a shift
And since when have nurses worn dark glasses when on duty?rhetorical inversion: The question word leads and have follows, turning the sentence into a challenge.
And since when have nurses worn dark glasses when on duty?be discharged
When did the doctor say that you can leave the hospital?reach a destination
...and we'll make the Mexican border in three days...trailing us everywhere
...and that'll be the end of all those mysterious agents following us around.get your cold from you
Might catch your cold.remain at home tonight
I shall stay in tonight and nurse my cold...「Humbert Visits Lolita in Hospital」を読み解く
What's really going on
The visit is meant to look like care and is actually surveillance. Humbert brings flowers, asks about her health, and then inspects everything: the notes, the books, the sunglasses worn indoors. The politeness on both sides is thin. Lolita answers him with insults and, when he presses the nurse, tells him to stop, asking, "Do you have to antagonize everybody?" Humbert's reply turns the question back on her and drags in the nurse: "I've no doubt she's been just as helpful with you all the time." Neither of them is really talking about flowers or nurses. He is checking whether she is still within reach, and she is telling him, in every line she can get away with, that she is not. The car at the wrong parking space gives the hospital, and the audience, an excuse to end the scene.
Theme
TrustHumbert reads every ordinary detail as evidence and cannot believe anything the hospital or the girl tells him.
PowerThe visit is a check on a girl who is recovering her own life, and each of her cold answers is a small refusal of his control.
このチャプターで学べること
- Praise can be the politest form of attack.
- Gruesome is used on flowers to reject a gift.
- Since when challenges behavior as if it broke a rule.
- Coming down with softens the news of getting sick.
発音のポイント
- about to — Blend about and to so the t taps into the next word.
- kind of — Reduce kind of to kinda; the of nearly disappears.
- right next to — Drop the t in next before to, giving nex-to.
Do you have to antagonize everybody?Lolita's complaint that Humbert turns every encounter into a fight, said when he starts questioning the nurse who has been caring for her.
I've no doubt she's been just as helpful with you all the time.Humbert's sarcastic insinuation about the nurse, suggesting that Mary's kindness to Lolita has been something other than professional.
And since when have nurses worn dark glasses when on duty?His suspicion turned into a question: he reads the nurse's sunglasses as a sign of something hidden rather than an ordinary detail.
Are you going to read the magazine or talk to me?Lolita's impatient question when his attention drifts, a reminder that for all his watching, he is not actually present with her.
Come on now, let's not start that all up again.Her attempt to stop another round of the same argument, which she knows by heart and no longer wants to have.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Lolita cold to Humbert at the hospital?
She has had time away from him and does not want to be managed. She insults the flowers, snaps at his questions, and tells him to stop fighting with everyone.
Why does Humbert suspect the nurse?
He is jealous of anyone close to Lolita. He notices the nurse's sunglasses, the books in the room, and the notes, and reads all of them as proof of a relationship he cannot control.
What does 'come down with' mean?
It means to catch an illness. Humbert says he is coming down with a cold, which explains his dulled mood during the visit and gives him a reason to stay home that night.
What is the argument about the car?
Humbert has parked in a staff-only space, and a member of the hospital staff asks him to move it. It is a small humiliation that ends his visit.
Where are Humbert and Lolita planning to go?
Humbert talks about starting early on Tuesday and reaching the Mexican border in three days, escaping what he calls the mysterious agents following them.
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