I mean, I could not take it if I did.

I should think I knew better myself.

Uncle John?
Evelyn?
Lord Polesworth?
Sir Charles, I am afraid the truth is I have never asked for advice in my life.

I have always tried to do what seemed best, without troubling to know what other people thought about it.

But as I am anxious to yield gracefully, will you substitute the word 'friends' for 'natural advisers'?
I hope and think I have friends whom I could trust." "Friends, then, let it be," said Charles.