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。