There were just two or three lines of my wife's familiar handwriting: "During the last ten years I fell in love and became a wife and a mother. I have experienced all of life's emotions, but none have equaled those I shared with you during that period right after we met.
… … 我偷偷（因為從沒如此做過）抽出妻未封口的回信，寥寥不過兩三行，我所熟悉的妻的筆跡這樣寫道：十幾年來，我經過戀愛、為人妻、為人母，人生裡什麼樣形態的感情我都經歷過了，唯覺當初一段與你的感情，是無與倫比的。