The guests watched and winced in absolute silence. So forceful was my grandmother s personality that no one dared stand up for me.

客人们都在静静地看着，我的祖母实在太霸道了，根本没有人敢为我说话。

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When they died, my mother buried them in a graveyard in north Mississippi, just on the outskirts of Hattiesburg, where it's pretty deserted and quiet- my grandmother (who died first)'s dream.

他们死后，母亲把他们葬在密西西比北部的一块墓地，就在哈蒂斯堡的市郊，那里相当地荒芜和安静——这是祖母（她先走了一步）的心愿。

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Wa; This is just like my grandmother 's China.

这就象是我祖母的瓷器。

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But his middle name is Miles which is my mother's maiden name." "Elizabeth is named after my grandmother.

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