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From: "Carolyn Kunin" <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
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> It seems to me there are only two possibilities regarding the roommate who
> sometimes sits with Hazel, even though Hazel lives at home with her
parents.
>
> Either Nabokov made an error or Shade did. If the error is Shade's, which
I
> suspect, then this is more evidence that he is having an affair with a
> student (the blond "in ballerina black"). He recognizes his paramour's
> roommate, but attaches her to a more suitable person, a common liar's
> device.
>
> Any other interpretations?
>
> Carolyn Kunin
From: "Carolyn Kunin" <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (12
lines) ------------------
> It seems to me there are only two possibilities regarding the roommate who
> sometimes sits with Hazel, even though Hazel lives at home with her
parents.
>
> Either Nabokov made an error or Shade did. If the error is Shade's, which
I
> suspect, then this is more evidence that he is having an affair with a
> student (the blond "in ballerina black"). He recognizes his paramour's
> roommate, but attaches her to a more suitable person, a common liar's
> device.
>
> Any other interpretations?
>
> Carolyn Kunin