Pale Fire

[Terrance]

> > We should always follow the instructions of the commentary.
> 
> Another example of the author pointing us toward particular lines in the
> commentary is in the foreword, where we're told to take note of his commentary
> on the last line of the poem, the missing line.  It is very interesting, and
> opens up all sorts of speculations about the reality of what we're reading.  If
> you waited to read that line untill you got to the end of the book you might
> miss a lot along the way.


Yeah, and of course there will be lines like this one smack-dab in the
"middle" and at the "end" too. And no matter how we go about it we are
going to miss a lot along the way. Death is always missing. What takes
its place?