1:45:01
Dr. Humbert, would you mind
if I am putting to you the blunt question?
1:45:06
No, by all means do so.
1:45:09
We are wondering, has anybody
instructed Lolita in the facts of life?
1:45:16
-The facts?
-The facts of life.
1:45:18
You see, Lolita is a sweet, little child...
1:45:21
...but the onset of maturity seems
to be giving her...
1:45:24
...a certain amount of trouble.
1:45:27
I really don't think that this is a fit topic.
1:45:31
Well, Dr. Humbert, to you she is still
the little girl that is cradled in the arms...
1:45:37
...but to those boys over there
at the Beardsley High....
1:45:41
She is a lovely girl, you know...
1:45:45
...with the swing, you know, and the jazz...
1:45:47
...and she has got the curvatures
which they take a lot of notice of.
1:45:50
You and l, what are we?
1:45:52
We are symbols of power,
sitting in our offices.
1:45:55
We are making the signatures,
writing the contracts...
1:45:57
...and decisions all the time.
1:45:59
But if we cast our minds back....
1:46:01
Just think, what were we only yesterday?
1:46:04
Yesterday, Dr. Humbert...
1:46:07
...you and I were little High School Jim...
1:46:09
...and we were carrying
High School Jane's schoolbooks.
1:46:12
You remember those days?
1:46:15
In point of fact, Dr. Zemph,
I am a lecturer in French literature.
1:46:21
I have not made my point quite clear.
1:46:28
I have some other details which
I would like to put to you, Dr. Humbert.
1:46:34
"She is defiant and rude.
Sighs a good deal in the class."
1:46:38
She sighs, makes the sound of....
1:46:40
"Chews gum vehemently."
All the time she is chewing this gum.
1:46:44
"Handles books gracefully."
1:46:45
That doesn't really matter.
"Voice is pleasant.
1:46:47
"Giggles rather often and is excitable."
She giggles at things.
1:46:51
"A little dreamy. Concentration is poor."
1:46:54
She looks at the book for a while
and then she gets fed up with it.
1:46:57
"Has private jokes of her own."
1:46:59
Which no one understands
so they can't enjoy them with her.