How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Rogers said hoarsely:
“A lie—a wicked lie… we never did—neither of us…” (4.12-13)
Mr. Owen’s voice comes on, everyone denies that they did anything. Obviously. We all like to look good at parties, right?
Quote #2
It had come about exactly the way things happened in books. The letter in the wrong envelope. She’d been writing to them both and she’d put her letter to Richmond in the envelope addressed to her husband. Even now, all these years after, he could feel the shock of it—the pain… (5.99)
That awkward moment when you find out about your wife’s infidelity, right? But seriously: Macarthur has been lied to and cheated on, and so he retaliates by… lying and cheating, i.e., sending his wife’s love off to die in battle.
Quote #3
“Doesn’t seem to make much odds now. Oh well, here goes, Landor was innocent right enough. The gang had got me squared and between us we got him put away for a stretch.” (11.116)
Blore isn’t the most upstanding guy. He’ll do just about anything for a promotion, and he only admits that he committed perjury toward the end. But by then it’s too late to lie anyway. We’re pretty sure honesty doesn’t count when you’re forced into it.