\"Iknowthatalready，father，\"saidI。\"Wehavepublisheditsooften，\"
continuedhe，\"thatatlength，itseems，everybodyknowsofit。Butdoyouknowwhatistobedonewhennoequivocalwordscanbegot？\"\"No，father。\"
\"Ithoughtasmuch，saidtheJesuit；\"thisissomethingnew，sir：Imeanthedoctrineofmentalreservations。’Amanmayswear，’asSanchezsaysinthesameplace，’thatheneverdidsuchathing（thoughheactuallydidit），meaningwithinhimselfthathedidnotdosoonacertainday，orbeforehewasborn，orunderstandinganyothersuchcircumstance，whilethewordswhichheemployshavenosuchsenseaswoulddiscoverhismeaning。
Andthisisveryconvenientinmanycases，andquiteinnocent，whennecessaryorconducivetoone’shealth，honour，oradvantage。’\"\"Indeed，father！
isthatnotalie，andperjurytoboot？\"\"No，\"saidthefather；\"SanchezandFiliutiusprovethatitisnot；for，saysthelatter，’itistheintentionthatdeterminesthequalityoftheaction。’Andhesuggestsastillsurermethodforavoidingfalsehood，whichisthis：Aftersayingaloud，’IswearthatIhavenotdonethat，’toadd，inalowvoice，’to—day’；oraftersayingaloud，’Iswear，’tointerposeinawhisper，’thatIsay，’andthencontinuealoud，’thatIhavedonethat。’This，youperceive，istellingthetruth。\"\"Igrantit，\"saidI；\"itmightpossibly，however，befoundtobetellingthetruthinalowkey，andfalsehoodinaloudone；besides，Ishouldbeafraidthatmanypeoplemightnothavesufficientpresenceofmindtoavailthemselvesofthesemethods。\"\"Ourdoctors，\"repliedtheJesuit，\"havetaught，inthesamepassage，forthebenefitofsuchasmightnotbeexpertintheuseofthesereservations，thatnomoreisrequiredofthem，toavoidlying，thansimplytosaythat’theyhavenotdone’whattheyhavedone，provided’theyhave，ingeneral，theintentionofgivingtotheirlanguagethesensewhichanablemanwouldgivetoit。’Becandid，now，andconfessifyouhavenotoftenfeltyourselfembarrassed，inconsequenceofnotknowingthis？\"\"Sometimes，\"saidI。\"Andwillyounotalsoacknowledge，\"