It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.
Source: Mr. Bagnet, in Bleak House, ch. 27, 1852.
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7 1812-1870), English novelist, dramatist; He was one of most prolific and popular English novelists, e.g., A Christmas Carol, 1843 & Tale of Two Cities, 1859.