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Helen Cynthia Parenteau, called "Nell." Nell Parenteau. The tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate. Except, Nell Parenteau doesn't use the tip of the tongue -- it uses lips, a grimace, then a tongue tip on the palate, but who cares? She was still Helen on the dotted line.

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Memorize this. Add it to your dreams. Recite it like the opening 'graph of _Lolita_. I can't write like Nabokov (hint: I pronounce it right), but he couldn't kill like me, tripping off the tongue.

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