Lolita Page #5

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(bell ringing)

Humbert:

Good, I was just trying to reach you at home.

Dolores:

I've come to a decision.

Humbert:

You have?

Dolores:

Yeah. So buy me a drink.

Humbert:

What would you like?

Dolores

I'd like an ice cream soda, with extra chocolate syrup.

Humbert:

Please.

Nothing for me, thanks.

Lo...

So tell me.

Dolores:

What's the rush?

Pay her, and let's blow this joint.

Humbert:

And you know what she said?

This girl who'd been spurning me, mocking me...

plotting her escape from me only hours before?

She wanted to leave Beardsley then and there.

She wanted to take another trip, only this time...

she would choose where we would go.

Dolores:

Okay, I choose, okay?

Humbert:

Did Humbert hum his assent?

Oh, yes. I sealed my fate gratefully.

Lolita.

Take me to bed.

(on radio) Look out for cigarette hangover. Hi, I'm Clare Quilty...

Dolores:

We have to be in...

Wace in exactly one week.

Humbert:

But why Wace in a week?

Dolores:

To see the ceremonial dances when they open the magic cave.

And exactly two weeks and four days later,

we have to arrive down here in Elphinstone. See?

Humbert:

Yes.

Dolores:

And that's where we climb the red rock.

Humbert:

We have to climb this rock exactly two weeks and four days later?

Dolores:

Exactly.

Oh, I'm so excited.

Humbert:

I cannot tell you the exact day I first knew with utter certainty

that we were being followed.

Lo, reach into the glove compartment. There's a pad and pencil there.

Got it?

Dolores:

Uh-huh.

Humbert:

All right, write this down.

Connecticut...

Dolores:

How do you spell that?

Humbert:

C-o-n-n-e-c-t-i-c-u-t…

Dolores:

Is that it?

Humbert:

No.

Now write down:
P-J-4-4-3-9-6.

All right, give it to me.

All right, put that in the glove box, don't get gum on it...

'cause it'll get all...

Why have you got your gum everywhere?

Put that in the glove box.

There's a detective following us.

Looks rather like my Uncle Gustav.

He was clever, our pursuer. He kept changing cars.

But his presence was as real to me as my own breath.

And suddenly he would disappear.

And I would wonder if maybe I had imagined everything.

Lo... what did that man say to you?

Dolores:

(singing) "Bags around your eyeball, which is red instead of white..."

Humbert:

What did he say to you?

Dolores:

The guy I was talkin' to?

Humbert:

Yeah. Look...

Tell me what he said to you.

Dolores:

He asked me if we had a map. He must have been lost.

(singing) "My heart's plumb gone, 'Cause you's temptation..."

Humbert:

I've told you about talking to strangers...

Lo, listen to me. You're very young, and you don't realise...

that people can take advantage of you.

Dolores:

Very hard to imagine.

Humbert:

That man was the cop who's been following us.

You have to tell me exactly what you told him.

Dolores:

Well, if he really is a cop, the worst thing we can do...

is let him know that we're scared.

Then he'll know that we're guilty.

Or rather, that you're guilty.

(explosion)

(laughing)

Dolores:

Ow! Watch it!

Cashier:

You got a flat, mister.

(on radio) "Open the door, and let me in..."

"Open the door, Richard.

Richard, why don't you..."

Cashier:

Hey…

Hey, you, come back here!

Humbert:

Lo…

Put on the hand brake!

Pull the hand brake out!

Lo!

Lo...

Dolores:

Huh?

Humbert:

Pull on the hand brake, stop the car.

Put the hand brake on, it's down on the left.

Down there, down there... pull it!

Jesus Christ!

What did you think you were doing?

Dolores:

You should thank me. The car was rolling and I stopped it.

You should thank me.

Humbert

Pass me the pad in the glove compartment.

It was smart of us to write his number down.

Dolores:

What... what have you?

Humbert:

Lo...

Lo, I'm sorry.

Dolores:

Get away!

Humbert:

Shall I walk down to the town and get you some fruit?

Dolores:

Bananas.

Humbert:

Just bananas?

Dolores:

Just "ba-naw-nas".

(on radio) Quilty can't be here in our studio

because he's in Wade, Texas, tonight...

workin' on the premiere of his brand-new play.

But I want to welcome his writing partner.

Here she is, ladies and gentlemen, the lovely and talented...

Miss Vivian Darkbloom Let's give her a warm Texas welcome.

Humbert:

You've been out.

Dolores:

I just got up.

Humbert:

Don't lie to me.

Dolores:

Well, I did go out for a second.

You were gone so long, I wanted to see if you were coming back.

Humbert:

You tell me who it is. Who is it?

Who is it? Tell me who it is.

You tell me. Who is it?

Who?

Tell me... please tell me.

Please tell me...

Please tell me...

Please, please tell me.

(strong thunder)

(laughter)

(knocking)

(laughter)

Doctor:

I'll show you to room number 29, it's one of our nicer rooms.

Humbert:

Uh - huh.

Nurse:

Say, what's the matter with your little daughter? Is she ill?

Humbert:

Oh, no. She's just feeling a bit...

My God, Lo, are you all right?

Dolores:

I don't feel... I don't feel very well.

Doctor:

It's a virus. Nothing to worry about.

I've had 40 cases like this in the last two weeks.

Humbert:

So can I take her home?

Doctor:

We're just going to keep her here overnight.

Keep her hydrated, help her sleep.

Look, why don't you go back and get some sleep?

It won't help anything if you catch it, too.

Humbert:

I think I've caught it already; I feel dreadful.

Maybe I should stay.

Doctor:

Go, call us in the morning. Get some rest. Here, I'll take those.

Humbert:

Thank you

Humbert:

Yes... hello, this is Mr. Humbert.

I'm calling to see how my... daughter Dolores Haze is this morning.

Doctor:

She's much better. Up bright and early, the little angel.

Not a trace of fever,

and when Uncle Gustav came to pick her up, he signed her out.

Humbert:

Wh-who?

Doctor:

Uncle Gustav. Dolores called him,

he had a sweet little dog, and he was the nicest man...

had a big smile for everybody. Ted? Ted...

Humbert:

And you let her go with him?

Doctor:

Oh, yes. He paid the bill in cash.

They said to tell you not to worry, and to keep warm...

and they'll be up at Grandpa's place expecting you.

Then they went off in that nice big Cadillac.

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