Why the lies?


I can understand why the Baroness lied about Miss Froy being on the train but why did the others like the priest's wife and the other two ladies as well as the waiter. This made no sense to me.

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Don't worry about it. I'm sure there are other things you are good at.

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Because they didn’t want the train to be held up, causing them to miss their connection. They were entirely unwilling to inconvenience themselves — particularly on Iris’s behalf because they disliked her so much.

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