This is another thing to notice. He's not just making us experience Lolita's name the way he does; he's assuming that there are certain kinds of questions that we will ask. "Did she have a precursor?"

这也值得注意，他不仅让我们体会,他感知到的Lolita的名字，他想象出了,我们可能会提出的问题，在她之前还有别人吗“

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