We should ask ourselves whether in spite of all its confidentialness Trilby makes an intimate revelation.
"George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians"
T. Martin Wood
Sometimes the confidentialness was altogether spontaneous on the part of the children, and in other cases I took the initiative, drawing out the confidence, by intervening on occasion to console and help, especially when I saw that the sensibility had been wounded, or there was moral puzzle.
"Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School"
Elizabeth P. Peabody