Why, I don't exactly know about perjury, my dear sir, replied the little gentleman. Harsh word, my dear sir, very harsh word indeed. It's a legal fiction, my dear sir, nothing more. (Charles Dickens)

Why, I don't exactly know about perjury, my dear sir, replied the little gentleman. Harsh word, my dear sir, very harsh word indeed. It's a legal fiction, my dear sir, nothing more.

Charles Dickens

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