From the day I met him until the day I flew home from the White House to speak at his funeral, Hilary Jones was my man in Newton County.

从我见他的那天起，直到我从白宫飞回家乡，在他的葬礼上发表讲话，希勒里·琼斯一直是我在牛顿县的铁杆支持者。

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Today, after the funeral, I went back to my parent's empty house - the house I grew up in.

在结束今天的葬礼之后，我回到我父母空无一人的房子，我曾经在那里长大。

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But I knew I wasn't going to quit. I tried to keep the image of my mother in my mind - I thought about her attending my funeral.

但是我知道自己不能放弃，我试着去想我的母亲，想到了她参加我的葬礼时的情景。

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