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Vladimir Nabokov. ULTIMA THULE
r linesman's flag? You are looking in the wrong place and in the wrong way, cher monsieur, that is all the answer I can give you. And if it seems to you that from this answer you can draw the least conclusion about the uselessness or necessity of God, it is just because you are looking in the wrong place and in the wrong way. Wasn't it you, though, that promised not to follow logical patterns of thought?"
"Now I too am going to trap you, Falter. Let's see how you'll man age to avoid a direct statement. One cannot, then, seek the title of the world in the hieroglyphics of deism?"
"Pardon me," replied Falter, "by means of ornate language and grammatical tr