Long after her death I felt her thoughts floating through mine. Long before we met we had had the same dreams. We compared notes. We found strange affinities. The same June of the same year {1919} a stray canary had fluttered into her house and mine, in two widely separated countries. Oh, Lolita, had you love me thus!
The narrator reflects on a deep, almost mystical connection with a woman named Lolita, suggesting that their minds and experiences are intertwined even after her passing. He feels her thoughts lingering in his own, indicating a profound emotional bond that transcends time and physical separation.
He reminisces about sharing similar dreams and experiences, such as an unusual event involving a stray canary that crossed their paths in different countries during the same summer in 1919. This shared moment symbolizes their strange affinities, amplifying the sense of longing and unfulfilled love the narrator has for Lolita.
