self-deceiver's

Updated: May 14, 2025

But he had deceived himself into thinking he was generous to make it with his illgotten gains; he had salved conscience with it it was a liar's gift, a self-deceiver's, a thief's. There was no kindness, no generosity in it, and she despised him and he was her father! She picked up the thing, paper and all, and crammed it into the dying fire. Then suddenly she burst into tears.

Una Lucy Silberrad - The Good Comrade