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Lolita · 1962 — 第 28 / 30 章 · 3'33" · B1

Lolita Leaves in Care of Her Uncle, Explained：by any chance

Humbert comes to the hospital to pay the bill and take Lolita home, only to hear she has already been discharged "in care of her uncle." He has no brother, and the news breaks his cover with the staff. He erupts, is held down, then recovers with a convenient invented uncle he says he simply forgot.

あらすじ

Humbert arrives at the hospital to settle the bill and collect Lolita. The staff insists he needs the doctor's permission, then tells him his "daughter" already left that evening in the care of her uncle. Since Humbert has no brother, he loses control and is physically restrained before covering with a story about a forgettable Uncle Gus.

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easy to forgetpick upget something straightpsychotic

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このシーンの表現

by any chance

possibly, if you happen to know

After the scuffle Humbert still probes for a message, softening his need into a polite ask.

Did you by any chance see my keys on the desk?

このシーンの他の表現

  • easy to forget

    easy to put out of mind

  • pick up

    collect someone

  • get something straight

    settle the facts

  • psychotic

    mentally unbalanced

  • in care of

    under someone's supervision

このシーンのメモ一覧

67 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

発音My name is

Link name and is into nay-miz without a pause.

- Can I help you, sir? - Yes. My name is Humbert.
表現 · B1get permission

obtain approval

Have you gotten permission from the doctor?
表現 · B1have nothing to do with

unrelated to

I can do what I choose. It's nothing to do with the doctor.
文法 · B2what I choose

noun clause: The what-clause acts as the object of do, meaning whatever I decide.

I can do what I choose. It's nothing to do with the doctor.
表現 · A2come to + a place

come to the front desk

Calling Dr. Keagy. Dr. Keagy, come to Reception, please.
表現 · A2go into a place

enter her room

I'll just go into her room to alert her.
表現 · A2in a minute

very soon

Dr. Keagy will be down in just a minute. Why don't you wait?
表現 · A2pay the bill

settle the account

I'm all right, thank you. I simply want to pay the bill...
表現 · B2be discharged

officially released from hospital

Wasn't she discharged earlier this evening?
文法 · B2couldn't have been

modal perfect: Couldn't have been denies a past possibility: she cannot have left already.

- I'll see. - No, she couldn't have been.
発音couldn't have been

Squeeze couldn't have into couldn-a, dropping the h.

- I'll see. - No, she couldn't have been.
スラング · B1What's-your-name

what's-their-name — A careless filler for a forgotten name; it can sound dismissive.

You, Nurse What's-your-name. She's still in there, isn't she?
表現 · A2come back

return at once

Come back here, now.
表現 · B1get one's hands off someone

stop touching me

- Where have you put her? - Get your hands off!
表現 · A2hold someone

restrain him

Hold him. Hold him.
表現 · A2let go of someone

release me

Let go of me!
表現 · B2in care of someone

under someone's supervision

The doctor reads that the girl left in her uncle's care, a formal phrase that shifts responsibility.

...and she left this evening in care of her uncle.
発音Got him

Flap the t in Got so it sounds like god-im.

Hold him now. Got him, Andre?
表現 · B2cause a disturbance

a major disruption

...you've caused quite a serious disturbance here. Now, hold it!
表現 · A2call the police

summon the police

If you like, we'll call the police.
表現 · B2get something straight

settle the facts

The doctor tries to settle the facts of the discharge before anyone moves.

All right. Let's get this business straight.
スラング · B1If you say so

I doubt it but fine — A cool, unwilling agreement; it signals doubt rather than consent.

If you say so.
文法 · B1Has she or hasn't she

alternative question: The paired auxiliary forces a choice, showing the speaker's impatience.

Has she or hasn't she an uncle?
表現 · A2pick someone up

collect someone

Humbert claims Gus was coming to collect Lolita, and that he simply forgot.

...he was going to pick her up here at the hospital. I forgot that.
表現 · B1easy to forget

easy to put out of mind

Caught having forgotten the pickup, Humbert jokes that his brother is the forgettable type.

You don't know my brother Gus. He's very easy to forget.
表現 · B1move on

move to the next place

No, not now, thank you. I really ought to move on now.
表現 · B2well enough to do something

fit to go

Think you feel well enough to leave?
表現 · A2let someone up

allow me to stand

Yes. Just let me up. I'm fine now, much better.
表現 · B2by any chance

possibly, if you happen to know

After the scuffle Humbert still probes for a message, softening his need into a polite ask.

Uh, she didn't, by any chance, leave any message for me?

「Lolita Leaves in Care of Her Uncle」を読み解く

What's really going on

The hospital is where Humbert's story finally fails. He introduces himself calmly and asks to pay the bill, but the words "in care of her uncle" expose the fiction he has built: he is not her father, and there is no uncle. His reaction, "Her uncle! Did you say 'uncle'?" is panic, not confusion, and it takes two men to hold him. The scene also shows how fast he can rebuild the lie. Minutes later he is telling the staff, "You don't know my brother Gus. He's very easy to forget," and blaming his outburst on drink and personal problems. Nobody believes him—one character sums it up as "He's drunk"—but the paperwork gives him an exit. His last quiet question, whether Lolita left a message, is the only honest moment: he has lost her to someone else and can only ask.

Theme

DeceptionHumbert's father role collapses at the hospital, and he instantly invents an Uncle Gus to patch the story.
SecretsThe discharge "in care of her uncle" reveals Lolita's hidden exit and leaves Humbert without a real explanation.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A prison-or-hospital question turns rules into a verdict.
  • Nothing to do with cuts the doctor out of his business.
  • In care of shifts responsibility onto the uncle.
  • By any chance softens a hopeless question into courtesy.

発音のポイント

  • My name is — Link name and is into nay-miz without a pause.
  • couldn't have been — Squeeze couldn't have into couldn-a, dropping the h.
  • Got him — Flap the t in Got so it sounds like god-im.
What is this, a prison or a hospital?

Humbert's angry jab at hospital rules, insisting he should be free to take Lolita and go.

I can do what I choose. It's nothing to do with the doctor.

His assertion that nobody—including the doctor—can tell him what to do about his own family.

You don't know my brother Gus. He's very easy to forget.

His improvised cover story, pretending a brother exists and is simply hard to remember.

Uh, she didn't, by any chance, leave any message for me?

His careful final question, hoping Lolita left word for him but expecting nothing.

I have personal problems, you understand?

His excuse for the outburst, blaming private troubles for behavior he cannot explain.

このシーンについての質問

Who took Lolita from the hospital?

The records say she was discharged "in care of her uncle." Humbert has no brother; the "uncle" is Quilty, who has taken her without Humbert's knowledge.

Why does Humbert lose control at the hospital?

The word "uncle" reveals that Lolita is gone and that his cover story of being her father has failed. He panics and has to be physically restrained.

How does Humbert explain the outburst afterward?

He invents Uncle Gus, says he forgot about him, and blames drink and "personal problems," letting the staff believe he is just a confused, intoxicated relative.

Why does the hospital ask for the doctor's permission?

They treat Humbert as a visitor rather than a parent. Without the doctor's approval, he cannot simply take a patient out of the hospital.

What does Humbert ask before leaving?

Whether Lolita left any message for him. She did not, which confirms he has been cut off from her.

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