Both Uses of
duplicity
in
Silas Marner
- That was a feeble evasion, but Godfrey was not fond of lying, and, not being sufficiently aware that no sort of duplicity can long flourish without the help of vocal falsehoods, he was quite unprepared with invented motives.
Chpt 1.9 *duplicity = deception -- such as lying
- That was an evil terror—an ugly inmate to have found a nestling-place in Godfrey's kindly disposition; but no disposition is a security from evil wishes to a man whose happiness hangs on duplicity.†
Chpt 1.13
Definition:
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(duplicity) deception (lying to or misleading others) -- usually over an extended period