“Still they both do what is plainly a deception, in order to accomplish an end which they each believe to be good. Once break down the barrier to the field of truth, and it is impossible any longer to distinguish between virtue and error.”
“Well,” said Mrs. Temple, “I am the last to blame the bridge which carries me over, and I'll warrant there is not one here, man or woman, who isn't glad that our lives have been saved by Mamalis's falsehood—for I have not had such a fright in all my days.”
FOOTNOTES:
[8] Gods.
[9] Guns.
[10] Heaven.
[11] The good spirit of the Indians.
[12] The pipe of peace.
[13] When a peace was concluded a tree was planted, and the contracting parties declared that the peace should be as long lived as the tree.
[14] The friend or benefactor.