In a word, to tell me a lie--a silent lie.

Moreover, a possibly harmful one." The twins colored, but did not speak.
"You not only tell myriads of silent lies, but you tell lies with your mouths--you two." "THAT is not so!" "It is so.

But only harmless ones.

You never dream of uttering a harmful one.

Do you know that that is a concession--and a confession ?" "How do you mean ?" "It is an unconscious concession that harmless lies are not criminal; it is a confession that you constantly MAKE that discrimination.