I won’t keep your secrets, and there's a good reason why

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Several of my memories predispose me toward radical truthfulness, but I’m no paragon of honesty. Like other run-of-the-mill cowards, I just prefer not to disclose certain facts, so I don’t always live by my principles. But I do have principles, as I’ll explain. Looking back, I now think Betty was right. At least, if I had not already pledged secrecy, I should have informed her, and probably I should have even broken my promise. Upon reflection, I decided this: Never again will I promise to keep a secret before I know what the secret is.

I’m not so sure. There’s something ugly about deceiving others, even to “protect them from the truth,” as I had meant to do for Betty. I’d have honoured my friend more by treating her as emotionally capable of handling reality.

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