the narrator shows his strong emotions for Lolita by using Anabel. He start to feel how much love he has through Anabel. there is a little similarity between Anabel and Lolita. According to Humbert Humbert ” the other when you instantly evoke, with shut eyes, on the dark innerside of your eyelids, the objective, absolutely optical replica of a beloved face, a little ghost in natural colors (and this is how I see Lolita).” so in some point when he described Anabel , he begans to to see Lolita that same way. Humbert gains his feeling through his thoughts of Anabel. its the reason why he can see a replica of both of them. So in other words , Lolita was made through Anabel.