Rant

I have to say, I get frustrated when I am told to see note to line --- in a note about another line. It is annoying enough flipping between the commentary and the poem. On page 216 Kinbote says "The reader should notice the nice response to line 312" except there is no note for line 312!!!!!

Then on page 217, he sends us to a note on line 550 (which is at least really there) but theorically shouldn't have been written yet because we are only on line 493. I get referring back to a previous note, but referencing a future note????

I am sure there is a purpose, given that we are discussing Nabokov, but I am not sure, at this point, what it is other than to annoy me. Can anyone tell me what I am not seeing here????