"You see, she had absolutely nowhere else to go"

Throughout the book Humbert has been trying to control every circumstance in his life. He has controlled his temper, his pedophilia (to a point, his career, he even thinks uses his "magnetism" towards woman as an exapmle of his poisedness. His tight control over every situation in his life veils the outrageous thoughts and actions that he has committed. His need to control extends even after he has caught his Lolita. He has trapped her with him, without an escape from his grasp. Humbert justifies his immorality with the fact that he can "control" his desires through controlling his life and those around him. This is vital to his self-conscious. People who are manipulative can convince themselves of everything, it will be interesting to see how Humbert reacts when his iniquities unravel his finely threaded web of lies he has woven in his own head.