“‘Truth is the daughter of time, not authority.’” And: “‘This above all, to thine own self be true.’” I gibbered a bit, I confess. “Verity! I am the soul of verity.” I laughed so wildly, then, that the Hauptsturmführer had to clear his throat to remind me to control myself. “I am the soul of verity,” I repeated. “Je suis l’ésprit de vérité.”
