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children, I do not want to hide a thing from you, do not care to know or have any knowledge imparted to me which I cannot freely impart to her, if I choose to do so. These that confide in me can not expect me to withhold it from her, if they know me well enough they would know that i would not impart anything to the one I have chosen for my mate, that I could not trust her wills. If there is something for her not to know, it is not for me to know it either. I will have to use my judgement in what to let her know and what not too, I expect her to do the same to me, That is the reason I read my letters to you yesterday morning. I wanted you to feel that I cared enough for you to do what I would not have