My own experience leads me to think that subjects between man and wife, even where difference is sure to ensue, are much better discussed than avoided, for the latter course is sure to beget distrust.

I do not think that the Baroness[23] is the cause of this want of openness, though her name to me is never mentioned by the Queen." _Baron Stockmar._--"I wish to have a talk with you.

The Prince leans more on you than any one else, and gives you his entire confidence; you are honest, moral, and religious, and will not belie that trust.
The Queen has not started upon a right principle.

She should by degrees impart everything to him, but there is danger in his wishing it all at once.

A case may be laid before him; he may give some crude and unformed opinion; the opinion may be taken and the result disastrous, and a forcible argument is thus raised against advice being asked for the future.
"The Queen is influenced more than she is aware of by the Baroness.