Perhaps you'll be best at that.

I'm not clever at fibbing." "I don't see that we need tell the people lies," said West shortly.
"Then we will not," said his companion.

"Perhaps we shall not be asked; but if we are I shall say that we are going right away from the fighting because we neither of us want to kill any Boers." "Humph!" grunted West.
"What, doesn't that suit you?
It's true enough.

I don't want to kill any Boers, and I'm sure you don't.

Why, when you come to think that we shall be telling this to women whose husbands, sons, or brothers have been commandoed, we are sure to be treated as friends." "We had better act on your plan," said West, "and then we need make up no tales." "Wait a minute," said Ingleborough.