在那里，两个人有了永生难忘的两个月，日夜相随、如胶似漆。然后，钱用完了，只好回家。在南希不大却充满艺术氛围的家里，我暗自揣摩南希和她逝去的先生鲍勃，曾经共同经历的那些年月，是多么得美妙！

70多岁的南希仍然睡在鲍勃四十年前亲手制作的木雕大床上，床边的床头柜和木制橱柜都是那个曾任职纽约女装公司执行长的手工制品。卧室和客厅里的墙上挂着一幅幅水墨画、炭笔画、油画和中国画，每一幅都是鲍勃杰作。后花园里，有一个个石雕也是鲍勃亲手所刻。这如今只在墙上的照片上微笑的人男人四年前因病去世了，可是他瘦小纤细遗孀却每天生活在他留下的这一切组成的小世界里，继续着她的人生。

南希是我美国邻居，因为她曾经做过美国高中大学文学老师。我请她帮我看看我的小说英文译文是否通畅，每次，我们都是在她的书房电脑前进行翻译事宜。她不懂中文，但却对中国文化喜爱之极，她给我看她逝去先生曾经去中国时画的小桥流水，还有从中国带回来的刺绣手工艺。她不止一次地感叹：要是鲍勃活着就好了，他一定会非常喜欢跟你聊有关中国的一切。

一次，我给她说有关中国父母包办婚姻还有中国式抗婚私奔，那竟然引起她对自身的情感联想，然后，她给我说了他和鲍勃当年的那段“美国式私奔”。

二战结束时，一位28岁英俊的大兵哥鲍勃，在曼哈顿一所高中的舞台上讲述战场上的种种……台下坐着18岁美丽少女南希。她一头金发，喜欢舞蹈音乐文学幻想，她一直心中描述白马王子形象这天竟然出现在学校舞台上，那个刚从战场归来的年轻男子一下子就占领了她的心中的地。

南希拿着笔记本走向鲍勾想让他签名，可看着被众多女孩子包围的大男人，她只好站在一边耐心等待……但看到这个美丽少女欲言又止害羞神情，这个大男人的内心深受打动，他朝那女孩走过去：“我们认识一下，我是鮑德，你叫什么名字？”

这样，他们恋爱了。他满足所有对爱情憧憬：高大英俊强壮而且细腻感情；是个喜爱艺术者，他爱美术雕塑东方古老艺术；娇小温柔多情童话世界里的公主，他要保护用生命给最好的幸福。

可是首先是家庭反对浪潮，即使经济条件悬殊信仰差异家庭间差异也使得他们俩身处漩涡中痛苦万分最后决定逃跑！私奔就在这样发生过，有些积蓄携伴乘船去了欧洲，在那里两人有了一段永生难忘两个月日夜相随如胶似漆之后钱用完只有回到家。

幸运的是不是从甜蜜天堂跌回到现实然后分道扬镳，而是在真实相亲相爱人间奋斗。他升官发财，从普通职员到纽约连锁女装店执行长，用卓越鉴赏力为工具或作为终身追求带妻周游世界欣赏人类创造奇观眼里见心里悟都化为笔下作品更用宠爱真情为妻亲手制作木架床妻以手工绣布帘挂床架侧就是他们俩故事的小国童话世界。

Southy said his old father became the best friend of her son-in-law, two men who deeply loved the same woman, mutually admired and cherished. The old man said he had made the biggest mistake in his life by blocking his daughter and son-in-law from falling in love; fortunately, he didn't succeed. Instead, it created a timeless romance.

Southy lived her whole life under her husband's adoration; they had two children - one boy and one girl - living on a beautiful quiet town outside New York City. She read books wrote taught children literature. How perfect an love story! However, any story has an end; human life is limited. Bob passed away four years ago.

So much in love with their husbands gone this four years Southy lives? Every weekend she returns to our small town to teach English at school normally she drives to New York city stays three or four days in the small apartment bought by her late husband visits museums dances goes to gym still helps me sort out my translations...she is so happy full of energy!

Southy points at all the artworks scattered around her house saying "Bob is always with me!" He wants me to be happy! He never left me! I know he wants me to live happily ever after! I know he's always with me!"

If you've truly loved then you'll never lose it! If you've truly been loved then you'll never feel lonely!

I hug Southy tears streaming down my face not because I'm sad but because I'm moved touched understood!

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