Judgement Day Pale Fire Journal Judgement Day Pale Fire Journal | Page 24

lished in a fashion that is true to his spirit. However,
in her grief, this villain -
(He pulls a picture of Kinbote out of his briefcase and holds it up to the ju-
ry.)
this Charles Kinbote - manipulated my client and took hold of her late hus-
band’s manuscript and published his own work -
(He replaces the picture with a copy of
Pale Fire.)
a series of lies and far-fetched tales tacked onto the end of Shade’s poem,
under the false guise of "commentary." I put it to you
that this man, this Kinbote, is the deranged stalker of
the late John Shade, whose fantasies of Zemblan
royalty are mere fictions created by a simple expatri-
ate with no regard for the truth.
ZEMBLAN LAWYER
Blasphemy!
JUDGE
Order!
ZEMBLAN LAWYER
Your honor, he’s a liar. Charles Kinbote is Charles the Beloved, a king, a
man deserving dignity, respect - not this slander.
JUDGE
24