"there is no other bliss on earth comparable to that of fondling a nymphet...despite all the fuss and faces she made, and the vulgarity and the danger, and the horrible hopelessness of it all, I still dwelled deep in my elected paradise-- a paradise whose skies were the color of hell - flames--but still a paradise " (166)
At this point in the novel, Humbert is traveling through the country with his Queen / Frigid princess / darling/ love. The deeper and deeper they continue on with their travels, he begins to realize with greater detail the flaws of his fantasized Lolita. He is going through the quarrels and struggles that Charlotte faced with her feisty Dolores. However , eventhough he gains a realization of all of this, he continues to desire her ever so lustfully. He describes himself as dwelling deep in his , "elected paradise,"which in other words is a fantasy that he has decided to reside in . Humbert chooses to keep Lolita enslaved as his "pet" and in his eyes there is nothing better than having her by his side. Yes, he is annoyed and appauled by some of the things she does, but at the same he cannot fail to get enough of her seduction. However, Humbert acknowledges that what he is doing is morally/ ethically wrong since his paradise skies are the color of ,"hell-flames". None of this seems to stop him since he continues to live in a state of nymphatic bliss.
Q: Why doesn't Lolita run off with the Trapp man in the first place? Why does she continue traveling with Humbert when she has had plenty of opportunities to escape ?
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