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A: (2) Yes.
Q: You are Charles Kinbote, the author of the Commentary portion of Pale
Fire?
A: (2) Page 193: “But then it is also true that Hazel Shade resembled me in some
aspects.”
Q: Are you claiming to be Hazel Shade?
A: (1) That is true, in some ways.
Q: Who are you?
A: (1) I don’t know.
Q: Why do you pretend to be insane?
A: (1) So that I can stay here. I am afraid to leave this place, because I am afraid
that he will finish the job.
Q: Who?
A: (1) Gradus.
Q: He didn’t succeed?
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