第11章 It Was Too Late

Although I had never met him, I knew that my grandfather had been five feet and five inches tall, while my stately grandmother stood five feet and eleven inches. As a teenager leafing through old photographs with grandma, I finally realized how unusual they must have looked together.

"Grandma,"I asked,"how could you have fallen in love with a man six inches shorter than you?"

She turned to me."Honey,” she said,"we fell in love sitting down, and when I stood up, it was late."

为时已晚

尽管我未见过祖父，不过我知道他身高只有五英尺五英寸，而我高贵典雅的祖母身高却有五英尺十一英寸。我十几岁的时候，和祖母一起翻看着老照片，我觉得他们在一起看起来很别扭。

“奶奶，”我问道，“你怎么会爱上一个比你矮六英寸的人呢？”

她转向我说道：“宝贝，我们相爱的时候是坐着的，而当我站起来的时候，已经晚了。”