Lolita 280-309

In general terms, i think Lolita ended in a way that I sort of expected. I wasn't really expecting that Humbert would go back to Quilty's mansion and kill him though. As i was reading that section, it took me a little while to determine if it was actually happening or not. Like if it was a dream or something like that because Quilty sort of acted like he wasn't even there when he came out of his bedroom. "He either did not notice me, or else dismissed me as some familiar and innocuous hallucination" (294) Basically, that whole kind of murder scene was fishy to me. Clare Quilty must have either been out of it from a hang-over, or drugs, or just didn't really care about dying. Maybe he actually did feel guilt for the things he had done and did not want to live, but i'm not sure about that one. Throughout this whole scene he is actually fine and not scared that there is a gun pointed right at him. As he read his "sentence to death" in the poetic form he begins to compliment on Humberts poetry, "That's good you know. That's damned good." (299).
As this goes on you can tell that Humbert is having a hard time finally committing the murder, dropping the gun, talking to Quilty, shooting him many times to finally kill him. You can tell there is also some fear in Humbert because he is afraid to go and feel Quilty to make sure he's dead. When he gets back to the first floor all of Quilty's friends are there and ready to go to the game. Humbert tells them that he just killed them and they seem pleased saying things like "Good for you" and "Somebody ought to have done it a long time ago" (305). Are these friends actually there or is Humbert just having a hallucination, like something in The Shining? That is what i could not pinpoint, i mean he is insane and he did just kill somebody, and these "friends" are taking his side on it. But anyhow, i guess Humbert, Quilty, and Lolita are dead now since the book has been published.