▁which ▁Hum bert ▁behav es ▁mon str ously ▁towards ▁her ▁mother , ▁Charlotte ▁Haz e . ▁He ▁mock s ▁her ▁declaration ▁of ▁love ▁towards ▁him , ▁and ▁takes ▁a ▁pleasant ▁bath ▁after ▁her ▁accident al ▁death . ▁This ▁effectively ▁rep laces ▁the ▁voice - o vers ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁discuss es ▁his ▁plans ▁to ▁s edu ce ▁and ▁mol est ▁L ol ita ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁of ▁establish ing ▁Hum bert ▁as ▁manip ulative , ▁sch em ing , ▁and ▁self ish . ▁However , ▁Greg ▁Jenkins ▁has ▁noted ▁that ▁Hum bert ' s ▁response ▁to ▁Charlotte ' s ▁love ▁note ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁is ▁still ▁much ▁kind er ▁than ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁novel , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁goes ▁to ▁significant ▁lengths ▁to ▁make ▁Charlotte ▁un lik able . ▁ ▁Exp ansion ▁of ▁Cla re ▁Qu ilty ▁Qu ilty ' s ▁role ▁is ▁greatly ▁magn ified ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁and ▁brought ▁into ▁the ▁for eground ▁of ▁the ▁narr ative . ▁In ▁the ▁novel ▁Hum bert ▁catch es ▁only ▁brief ▁un com pre h ending ▁g lim ps es ▁of ▁his ▁nem esis ▁before ▁their ▁final ▁confront ation ▁at ▁Qu ilty ' s ▁home , ▁and ▁the ▁reader ▁finds ▁out ▁about ▁Qu ilty ▁late ▁in ▁the ▁narr ative ▁along ▁with ▁Hum bert . ▁Qu ilty ' s ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁story ▁is ▁made ▁fully ▁explicit ▁from ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁rather ▁than ▁being ▁a ▁conce aled ▁surprise ▁tw ist ▁near ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁tale . ▁In ▁a ▁ 1 9