▁but ▁never ▁quite ▁catch es ▁up . ▁When ▁L ol ita ▁becomes ▁sick , ▁he ▁takes ▁her ▁to ▁the ▁hospital . ▁However , ▁when ▁he ▁returns ▁to ▁pick ▁her ▁up , ▁she ▁is ▁gone . ▁The ▁nur se ▁there ▁tells ▁him ▁she ▁left ▁with ▁another ▁man ▁claim ing ▁to ▁be ▁her ▁uncle ▁and ▁Hum bert , ▁dev ast ated , ▁is ▁left ▁without ▁a ▁single ▁clue ▁as ▁to ▁her ▁disapp earance ▁or ▁where about s . ▁ ▁Some ▁years ▁later , ▁Hum bert ▁receives ▁a ▁letter ▁from ▁Mrs . ▁Richard ▁T . ▁Sch iller , ▁L ol ita ' s ▁married ▁name . ▁She ▁writes ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁now ▁married ▁to ▁a ▁man ▁named ▁Dick , ▁and ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁pre gn ant ▁and ▁in ▁des perate ▁need ▁of ▁money . ▁Hum bert ▁travel s ▁to ▁their ▁home ▁and ▁finds ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁now ▁a ▁round ly ▁expect ant ▁woman ▁in ▁glass es ▁leading ▁a ▁pleasant , ▁hum d rum ▁life . ▁Hum bert ▁dem ands ▁that ▁she ▁tell ▁him ▁who ▁kid n apped ▁her ▁three ▁years ▁earlier . ▁She ▁tells ▁him ▁it ▁was ▁Cla re ▁Qu ilty , ▁the ▁man ▁that ▁was ▁following ▁them , ▁who ▁is ▁a ▁famous ▁play w right ▁and ▁with ▁whom ▁her ▁mother ▁had ▁a ▁fl ing ▁in ▁R ams dale ▁days . ▁She ▁states ▁Qu ilty ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁one ▁who ▁dis gu ised ▁himself ▁as ▁Dr . ▁Z emp f , ▁the ▁push y ▁stranger ▁who ▁kept ▁crossing ▁their ▁path . ▁L ol ita ▁herself ▁carried