>>24491840

>can't find the Nabokov
>Think it's 90: Lolita
Correct.

>>24462706
>Is number 7 Martial from the Epigrams?
It is. #4 from Book IX, according to my compilation.

>The style seems familiar and Galla is a recurring subject.
Two gold coins was about two months' pay for a soldier, so she was presumably quite a cutie. Martial never had much money and was probably just annoyed he couldn’t afford her. That's my theory anyway. Go Galla!