I believe the answer is : D ) 300 years.
Francis Bacon wrote serious essays about travel, truth, and riches.
He was born in London in 156. He was a lawyer, statesman, philosopher, and master of the English tongue and also called the father of empiricism- a theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience.
Well, using my limited knowledge, "cleaving" means to chop, break in half, split, etc. Twain means twice. So, perhaps it's like "you've broke my heart in half", something along those lines? hopefully this helps you.
A is the answer because it doesn’t describe the family as a whole, just the grandmother
