How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
And so it would be: the whole thing no more than a dream from which I could wake tomorrow, perhaps now, the next moment, and be safe, saved. So I closed the door and locked the padlock and opened the lot gate for Boon to drive out and closed that too and got in, the car already in motion—if in fact it had ever completely stopped. (3.70).
Lucius can't take back his actions. Similarly, he can't take back his lies. Once he goes through with it, there's no turning back—unless you actually just up and admit you were lying about everything, which isn't a bad idea. But it isn't any easy thing to do, either.