生死相依 英夫妇相守65载同日离世
<p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dashing">dashing</span> <span word="D">D</span>-<span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="veteran">veteran</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="blushing">blushing</span> <span word="bride">bride</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="vowed">vowed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="sickness">sickness</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="health">health</span>.</p><p>彼时，他是一名二战的退伍兵，而她是一位美丽害羞的少女，他们一起许下承诺：无论生老病死、相互陪伴一生。</p><p><span word="For">For</span> 65 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="Harry">Harry</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Mavis">Mavis</span> <span word="Stevenson">Stevenson</span> <span word="stayed">stayed</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="promise">promise</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="just">just</span> 48 <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="her">her</span> 89<span word="th">th</span> <span word="birthday">birthday</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="bear">bear</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="her">her</span>.</p><p>此时，他们两人始终遵守承诺、不离不弃，已经携手走过了65年。她过完89岁生日的48个小时之后离开了人世，而他怎能忍受没有她的生活呢？</p><p><span word="Yesterday">Yesterday</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="nephew">nephew</span> <span word="Stephen">Stephen</span> <span word="Cresswell">Cresswell</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="how">how</span> 88-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="Mr">Mr</span> <span word="Stevenson">Stevenson</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="beloved">beloved</span> <span word="wife">wife</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="holding">holding</span> <span word="hands">hands</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="slept">slept</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="care">care</span> <span word="home">home</span>.</p><p>两人的侄子斯蒂芬·克雷斯韦尔向我们讲述了斯蒂文森夫妇哈利·斯蒂文森和梅维斯·斯蒂文森之间平凡而感人的爱情，以及斯蒂文森先生在妻子离世后随她而去时的情景。</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="said">said</span>: ‘<span word="The">The</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Harry">Harry</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="gently">gently</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="shed">shed</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="tears">tears</span>. <span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="tended">tended</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Mavis">Mavis</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="looked">looked</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Harry">Harry</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="gone">gone</span>.</p><p>斯蒂芬说：“当护理中心的工作人员非常婉转地告诉哈利‘梅维斯去世了’的时候他只掉了几滴眼泪。之后当工作人员就去料理梅维斯的后事，而当他们再次看到哈利的时候，他也已经离开这个世界了。”</p>
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