How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"To the market if you like, but straight there and straight back, Will Henry. Speak to no one, and if anyone speaks to you, all is well; I am busy with my latest treatise, whatever seems most natural to you, as long as it is not the truth. Remember, Will Henry, some falsehoods are borne of necessity, not foolishness." (7.29)
Ah, okay, now we have a direct contradiction to his previous orders. Dr. Warthrop goes from "always speak the truth, all the truth in all things at all times" to "some falsehoods are borne of necessity." But who has the right to determine when it is necessary? Probably only Dr. Warthrop.
Quote #5
"I shall decide what's best here. How long have you known, Warthrop?"
The doctor hesitated. Then he said, "Since the morning of the fifteenth."
"Since the…" Morgan was aghast. "You have known four days, and yet you told no one?"
"I did not believe the situation—"
"You did not believe!"
"It was my judgment that—"
"Your judgment!"
"Based on all the data available to me, it was my judgment and my belief that the… the infestation could be addressed with dispassionate deliberation without inciting unnecessary panic and… and unreasonable, disproportionate force."
"I asked you this morning," Morgan said, apparently unmoved by the doctor's rationalization.
"And I told the truth, Robert."
"You said you were shocked by their presence here."
"I was… and I am. The attack last night certainly did come as a shock, and in that sense I did not lie. Are you placing me under arrest?" (9.23-33)
Dr. Warthrop is, once again, manipulating the truth to fit his needs. Of course you can't really blame him—he doesn't want to have to carry the blame for the gruesome deaths of an innocent family—but it doesn't quite mesh with his "the truth at all times" policy he enforces with Will Henry.
Quote #6
I looked away, into Malachi's eyes, red-rimmed and wide open. He whispered, "Did you know too?"
I nodded. Lying, the doctor had taught me, was the worst kind of buffoonery.
"Yes." (9.61-62)
This is a pretty critical moment for Malachi and Will Henry. Had Will Henry lied, Malachi wouldn't have turned to him as his one true friend after his terrible ordeal. It's his brutal honesty, combined with their shared experiences, which cause Malachi to fully trust Will Henry.