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Pretending”,’ she looked at the garden, ‘is not the truth.”But you said two true things, right ? One, you hate this girl. Two, you want her to feel better. If you decide that the wanting truth’s more important than the hating truth, just tell her you’ve forgiven her, even if you haven’t. At least she’d feel better. Maybe that’d make you feel better too.’Madame Crommelynck studied her hands, moodily, both sides. ‘Sophistry’, she pronounced. I’m not sure what ‘sophistry’ means so I kept shtum.
