Karen tells him only the palatable half of the Story.
And at the same time, they did not tell the half.
They then told the other half that it was just because a mistake had been made.
"Then he told of me only the half of what is true about himself!"
They didn't tell us the half of what we really need to know.
I will tell you the other half of my secret now.
Some readers point out that he does tell the first half of his story honestly.
That picture doesn't begin to tell the half of it.
But even that 2 percent figure quite literally doesn't tell the half of it.
Benedetta was on her feet before he had told the half of it.