At Aunt Flint's I used to let fly my worries to the walls for want of a better confidant.

A vague instinct-aninstinct of some mysterious danger-warnedher that in this case her father would be her better confidant.

Discussion: Better confidant and total social networks predict nursing home use in a large cohort of older Australians.

"Can't you find a better confidant?"

"I can have no better confidant than my father," declared Grace, and she thereupon told him the whole story.