第3章

didn\'t；_Ileftitblank!_\"\"Justso—youhavetolda_silent_lie；youhaveleftittobeinferredthatyouhadnofaulttofindinthatmatter。\"Shesaid，\"Oh，wasthatalie？And_how_couldImentionheronesinglefault，andsheissogood？—Itwouldhavebeencruel。\"Isaid，\"Oneoughtalwaystolie，whenonecandogoodbyit；yourimpulsewasright，butyourjudgmentwascrude；

thiscomesofunintelligentpractice。Nowobservetheresultsofthisinexpertdeflectionofyours。YouknowMr。Jones\'sWillieislyingverylowwithscarlet—fever；well，yourrecommendationwassoenthusiasticthatthatgirlistherenursinghim，andtheworn—outfamilyhaveallbeentrustinglysoundasleepforthelastfourteenhours，leavingtheirdarlingwithfullconfidenceinthosefatalhands，becauseyou，likeyoungGeorgeWashington，haveareputa—

However，ifyouarenotgoingtohaveanythingtodo，Iwillcomearoundto—morrowandwe\'llattendthefuneraltogether，for，ofcourse，you\'llnaturallyfeelapeculiarinterestinWillie\'scase—aspersonalaone，infact，astheundertaker。\"

Butthatwasnotalllost。BeforeIwashalf—waythroughshewasinacarriageandmakingthirtymilesanhourtowardtheJonesmansiontosavewhatwasleftofWillieandtellallsheknewaboutthedeadlynurse。Allofwhichwasunnecessary，asWilliewasn\'tsick；Ihadbeenlyingmyself。Butthatsameday，allthesame，shesentalinetothehospitalwhichfilleduptheneglectedblank，andstatedthe_facts，_too，inthesquarestpossiblemanner。

Now，yousee，thislady\'sfaultwas_not_inlying，butinlyinginjudiciously。Sheshouldhavetoldthetruth，_there，_andmadeituptothenursewithafraudulentcomplimentfurtheralonginthepaper。Shecouldhavesaid，\"Inonerespectthissick—nurseisperfection—whensheisonthewatch，sheneversnores。\"Almostanylittlepleasantliewouldhavetakenthestingoutofthattroublesomebutnecessaryexpressionofthetruth。

Lyingisuniversal—we_all_doit。Therefore，thewisethingisforusdiligentlytotrainourselvestoliethoughtfully，judiciously；toliewithagoodobject，andnotanevilone；tolieforothers\'advantage，andnotourown；toliehealingly，charitably，humanely，notcruelly，hurtfully，maliciously；toliegracefullyandgraciously，notawkwardlyandclumsily；

toliefirmly，frankly，squarely，withheaderect，nothaltingly，tortuously，withpusillanimousmien，asbeingashamedofourhighcalling。Thenshallweberidoftherankandpestilenttruththatisrottingtheland；thenshallwebegreatandgoodandbeautiful，andworthydwellersinaworldwhereevenbenignNaturehabituallylies，exceptwhenshepromisesexecrableweather。

Then—ButamIbutanewandfeeblestudentinthisgraciousart；Icannotinstruct_this_club。

Jokingaside，Ithinkthereismuchneedofwiseexaminationintowhatsortsofliesarebestandwholesomesttobeindulged，seeingwe_must_alllieandwe_do_alllie，andwhatsortsitmaybebesttoavoid—andthisisathingwhichIfeelIcanconfidentlyputintothehandsofthisexperiencedClub—aripebody，whomaybetermed，inthisregard，andwithoutundueflattery，OldMasters。