Humbert Humbert:
Read it.
Clare Quilty:
I can't read, mister. I never did none of that there book learning, you know.
Humbert Humbert:
Read it, Quilty.
Clare Quilty:
"Because you took advantage of a sinner." "Because you took advantage." "Because you took." "Because you took advantage of my disadvantage." Hey, that's a dad-blasted, darn good poem you done there. "When I stood Adam-naked." Oh! Adam-naked! You should be ashamed of yourself, Captain. "Before a federal law and all its stinging stars." Tarnation! You old horn toad. That's mighty pretty. That's a pretty poem. "Because you took advantage." It's getting a bit repetitious, isn't it? "Because." Another one. "Because you cheated me." "Because you took her at an age when young lads - "
Humbert Humbert:
That's enough.
Clare Quilty:
Say, why'd you take it away for, Mister? That was gettin' kinda smutty there.
Riportata da il
05/03/2025 alle ore 08:25