I said to Prince, 'As Esther is decidedly of that opinion, Prince, and has expressed it to me, and always hints it when she writes those kind notes, which you are so fond of hearing me read to you, I am prepared to disclose the truth to Ma whenever you think proper. 
 I said to Prince, 'As Esther is decidedly of that opinion, Prince, I am prepared to disclose the truth to Ma whenever you think proper. 