\"Well, wouldn't it be consistent with your idea of what is right to give such a promise to a dying man to ease his death, and then break it afterwards if the public interest demanded?\"
He saw that he was in a trap, and refused to answer.
\"You see,\" said Mme. Storey mildly, \"you have not yet told me why you lied.\"
Silence from the doctor.
\"Commodore Varick also, was a man of the world,\" she went on, \"he must have known that in asking such a thing of you,
\"Well, wouldn't it be consistent with your idea of what is right to give such a promise to a dying man to ease his death, and then break it afterwards if the public interest demanded?\"
He saw that he was in a trap, and refused to answer.
\"You see,\" said Mme. Storey mildly, \"you have not yet told me why you lied.\"
Silence from the doctor.
\"Commodore Varick also, was a man of the world,\" she went on, \"he must have known that in asking such a thing of you,
