这封信是1978年Gerald Durrell写给后来成为他第二任夫人的Lee McGeorge Durrell的情笺，信件的内容充满爱意，幽默，自嘲和浪漫，世界总是被这种跨界才华横溢的人给搅得生机勃勃。
Gerald Durrel写给未婚妻的情书（节选）
I want nothing else in this life than to be with you,
我这辈子只想和你在一起，
to listen and watch you
(your beautiful voice, your beauty),
to argue with you,
与你争论，
to laugh with you,
与你欢笑，
to show you things and share things with you,
与你分享生活点滴，
to explore your magnificent mind,
探索你无边的浩渺思绪，
to explore your wonderful body,
也探索你曼妙身姿，
to help you,
帮助你，
protect you,
保护你，
serve you,
服务你，
and bash you on the head when I think you are wrong
在我觉得你错了的时候敲你的脑袋。
Not to put too fine a point on it,
坦白来说，
I consider that I am the only man outside the mythology to have found the crock of gold at the rainbow s end.
我认为我是唯一一个在神话之外发现彩虹尽头金坛子的人 。
