When Prudence told fibs, for the girl was always condemning others who did wrong-and yet here she was lying quite cheerfully!

"I'm not doing anything different," she cheerfully lied.

"The king once came to Chutney Canal," Tom lied cheerfully.

"I don't see why not," she lied cheerfully.

'Just somewhat to cleanse the stale humours from the air,' Nevyn said, lying cheerfully.

"We were worried about you, mistress," Angelina lied cheerfully.

No, ma'am," he lied cheerfully right to her face, "I'm not laughing at you.

"I suffer from a sad malady," Markov lied cheerfully.

"It wasn't particularly important; it just took more time to discuss than we'd expected," the queen lied cheerfully.

I told Matthew to get under the table," Whittaker cheerfully lied, "but he never did pay a blind bit of attention to sensible suggestions.