He is the wisest, the kindest, the dearest old man living--and you can trust him as you could trust nobody else.

Will you take my uncle into your confidence, and be guided by his advice ?" With her mind still far away from the subject, Anne looked out absently at the lawn, and made no answer.
"Come!" said Blanche.

"One word isn't much to say.

Is it Yes or No ?" Still looking out on the lawn--still thinking of something else--Anne yielded, and said "Yes." Blanche was enchanted.

"How well I must have managed it!" she thought.
"This is what my uncle means, when my uncle talks of 'putting it strongly.'" She bent down over Anne, and gayly patted her on the shoulder.
"That's the wisest 'Yes,' darling, you ever said in your life.