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He did not wish to prevaricate, and he answered that it was at that instant that the idea came to him, exact enough and strong enough to give form to the ideas that had been floating in his brain for several months. "At least, have you considered it? Have you not yielded to an impulse of love?" "Would it be better to yield to a long, rational calculation?
"That is a good and excellent advice, my dear William; but listen, and I will give a far better one: never deceive your father; never prevaricate with papa, and then you may rest satisfied that your heart will not be crushed by such a calamity as that which has fallen upon me. I deceived papa; and I am now the poor hopeless cast-away that you see me.
Murray took up the sheet, glanced at the signature, and said: "Look at me; don't hide your face, that argues something wrong." Edna raised her head, and lifted her eyes full of tears to meet the scrutiny from which there was no escape. "Mr. Manning's signature somewhat reassures me, and beside, I never knew you to prevaricate or attempt to deceive me.
He maintained that the money was his, and was quite indignant when it was hinted that he must have stolen it; but unluckily he destroyed any belief in his honesty by invariably contradicting himself as to how he came by it. But he was such a good-natured, pleasant-spoken man that we let him sit by our side and prevaricate, till we bade him cease from further blackening his soul.
"No, I didn't," he replied, already learning to prevaricate with calm assurance. "Are you coming in?" "I will if you ask me to." "I can't do that," he laughed. "You know the rules. But I don't see what I could do to stop you." "Please invite me, Jerry." "No, I won't invite you. But I won't put you out if you come." "Please!" "Why do you insist?" "Because I think you ought to, you know.
But to be stopped on the stairs, to be forced to listen to her trivial, irrelevant gossip, to pestering demands for payment, threats and complaints, and to rack his brains for excuses, to prevaricate, to lie no, rather than that, he would creep down the stairs like a cat and slip out unseen. This evening, however, on coming out into the street, he became acutely aware of his fears.
It was the dictate of self-preservation which induced Elizabeth to prevaricate, and to deceive the powerful monarchs who were in league against her. If ever lying and cheating were justifiable, they were then; if political jesuitism is ever defensible, it was in the sixteenth century.
What was the letter?" The waiting-woman had a blank stare in preparation, to prevaricate with, but had to give up using it. "Oh yes there was a note," she said. "It was only a note. Mrs. Lamprey brought it from Dr. Nash. He wished your ladyship to have it to-morrow." "I will have it at once, thank you! Have you got it there? Just get it, and bring it to me at once."
His manner was so entirely non-provocative that her resentment for a moment dropped. "What's changed you since yesterday?" she persisted. "What is it that you don't like about us, anyway? What do you want us to do?" Burton sighed. He would have given a great deal to have been able to prevaricate, but he could not. It was the truth alone which he could speak.
"Why," said Fifi, too truthful to prevaricate and completely cowed, "it it was only the meaning of a word here. It was silly of me. I I can't explain it exactly " "Suppose you try. Since your merriment interrupts my work, I claim the privilege of sharing it." "Well! I I happened to see that word at the head of the page you are writing " "Proceed." "I I looked it up in the dictionary.
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