He then walked the mile and a half back to the cottage and sought help from his cousin and a lawyer who was joint host.
接着，他走了一英里半路回到别墅，寻求他的表亲及派对的联合主办人，一位律师的帮助。
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Darwin's request was denied, but his concern lives on today. More than half of the states in the U.S. have explicit limits on first-cousin marriages.
达尔文的要求被拒绝了，但是他的担忧如今仍存在，美国超过一半的州都对第一代表亲结婚进行了明确的限制。
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They held the wedding banquet a week later, on Jan. 4, where Mr Zhou's mother formally handed over the dowry -- half of it loans from family members -- to a woman she believed to be Ms. Cai's cousin.