"It's an attempt to obscure the truth. That's a certain kind of lying." Verity looks past him to the unoccupied portion of the couch he's on, then looks back questioningly. Is he going to be a gentleman like Grandpa Kent would want him to be? "I'm kind of an expert on the subject. And no, you don't want to be anything 'boy' because you'll be called 'boy' when you're eighty."