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If that were dry , he could forsake the trail and make a try by a short-cut for that Tinaja place . And he must start soon , too , as soon as the animals could stand it , and travel by night and rest when the sun got bad . What business had October to be hot like this ? So in the darkness he mounted again , and noon found him with eyes shut under a yucca . It was here that he held a talk with Lolita . They were married , and sitting in a room with curtains that let you see flowers growing outside by the window , as he had always intended . Lolita said to him that there was no fool like an old fool , and he was telling her that love could make a man more a fool than age , when she threw the door open , letting in bright light , and said , `` No proofs . ''