▁runs ▁outside , ▁and ▁is ▁hit ▁by ▁a ▁car , ▁dying ▁on ▁impact . ▁ ▁Hum bert ▁drives ▁to ▁Camp ▁Cl im ax ▁to ▁pick ▁up ▁L ol ita , ▁who ▁does ▁not ▁yet ▁know ▁her ▁mother ▁is ▁dead . ▁They ▁stay ▁the ▁night ▁in ▁a ▁hotel ▁that ▁is ▁handling ▁an ▁overflow ▁infl ux ▁of ▁police ▁officers ▁att ending ▁a ▁convention . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁guests , ▁a ▁push y , ▁ab ras ive ▁stranger , ▁ins inu ates ▁himself ▁upon ▁Hum bert ▁and ▁keeps ▁ste ering ▁the ▁conversation ▁to ▁his ▁" be aut iful ▁little ▁daughter ," ▁who ▁is ▁as leep ▁up st airs . ▁The ▁stranger ▁implies ▁that ▁he ▁too ▁is ▁a ▁polic eman ▁and ▁repe ats , ▁too ▁often , ▁that ▁he ▁thinks ▁Hum bert ▁is ▁" normal ." ▁Hum bert ▁esc apes ▁the ▁man ' s ▁adv ances , ▁and , ▁the ▁next ▁morning , ▁Hum bert ▁and ▁L ol ita ▁enter ▁into ▁a ▁sexual ▁relationship . ▁The ▁two ▁commence ▁an ▁od ys sey ▁across ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁travel ing ▁from ▁hotel ▁to ▁mot el . ▁In ▁public , ▁they ▁act ▁as ▁father ▁and ▁daughter . ▁After ▁several ▁days , ▁Hum bert ▁tells ▁L ol ita ▁that ▁her ▁mother ▁is ▁not ▁sick ▁in ▁a ▁hospital , ▁as ▁he ▁had ▁previously ▁told ▁her , ▁but ▁dead . ▁Gr ief - str icken , ▁she ▁stays ▁with ▁Hum bert . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁fall , ▁Hum bert ▁reports ▁to ▁his ▁position ▁at ▁Be ards ley ▁College , ▁and ▁en roll