How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Azalea smacked Fairweller […] How dare he! How dare Fairweller say such a thing! When he knew how ill Mother was! Azalea had to find the King. (3.1-2)
Azalea's first response to hearing Fairweller say that her mother is dead is to think that he's lying, or playing a prank, or something (even though Fairweller doesn't really seem like the type to make jokes or play pranks). Here we see that one of the first reactions to bad news is often denial, which can be expressed by accusing the deliverer of bad news of lying.
Quote #2
"I can't let you break the rules of mourning not even for dancing, which I know your mother loved. I'll have to lock the ballroom, misses, and I'm afraid that if I catch y' at it again, I'll feel it my duty to write to your father." (6.38)
Mr. Pudding clearly feels badly for the girls, but not enough to become their accomplice and lie to the King about it. In fact, he threatens them with telling the King the truth, by means of writing him a letter about it while he's away at war. The fact that the girls have gotten away with dancing a couple of times under his watch, however, means that he's already kept quiet about the truth at least a few times.
Quote #3
"I am a highborn gentleman," he said as they pressed the teacups between their hands. "A lord. When the High King D'Eathe reigned, I was a member of his court." (8.11)
Within moments of meeting the girls, Keeper is lying to them. Well, kinda. As the High King himself, he was a member of the court, and he was highborn—but he obscures the truth and makes it sound like he was just another nobleman, instead of the sadistic madman who has vowed to kill their father, the Captain General.