I don't deny that the consequences of undeceiving her may be serious," I said.
I had only to look back at Lucilla's face to see that the delicate and perilous work of undeceiving her, was not work to be done at a moment's notice, on the spot.
If not, she will not be slow in undeceiving us, when we prefer our own way to hers.
As you have shewn me his merits, I am obliged to you for undeceiving me; and to prove to you how much I esteem it, I will purchase him of you, if he is to be sold.
They agreed to begin by undeceiving the confidant, who was so unjustly prepossessed against the jeweller.
The illusion was so very strong, that, prepared as the Abbe was for this kind of conversation, his mere senses were absolutely incapable of undeceiving him.
He even went to the royal Audiencia, who delayed undeceiving him for many days and after many meetings.
Yes, the difficulty was at an end for that day; yet this return of Tessa to him, at a moment when it was impossible for him to put an end to all difficulty with her by undeceiving her, was an unpleasant incident to carry in his memory.
If in all there is only falsehood and illusion, what does he gain by undeceiving people?
He is the wisest who keeps feeding upon the future, and refrains as long as possible from undeceiving himself by converting his pleasant speculations into disagreeable certainties.