I must admit sometimes, lying is the easier choice... but you must think of her. [She turns to Arthur, her head slightly tilted, eyes imploring.]
After all, if she finds out after months and months that you have been lying to her, all this time... how do you think she will react? To find out someone she thought she could trust with her life has been lying to her, keeping things from her? [Surely this does not sound familiar at all.]