“That a lie ever is as good as the truth.”
“I didn’t say that. I said a lie well stuck to was as good as the truth.”
“I don’t believe it is ever right to lie.”
“Well, I do,” said Grant positively.
“When?”
“Why, if you were dreadfully sick and it would be a shock to you to know that you were likely to die I think it would be all right to lie and tell you that you looked well.”
“I would know that was a lie just as soon as you said it,” laughed George, “but I wouldn’t lie even then.”
“What would you do?”
“I would do nothing.”
“Well, suppose you had to say something.”