I'll go in and see Simpkins to-morrow and spur him on a bit.

I'll tell him--" "Some lie or other--" said the Major.
"Only for his own good," said Meldon.

"I saw quite plainly on Sunday that he wanted to marry Miss King, and whatever I say to-morrow will be calculated to help and encourage him.

You can't call that kind of thing telling lies.

It's exactly the same in principle as why a good doctor tries to cheer up a patient by saying that he'll be perfectly well in the inside of a week after a trifling operation.