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The lie is a major motif in Mark Twain's novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. It is argued here that Twain presents lying as a morally imperative act the protagonist, Hank Morgan, must commit in order to protect himself from harm. It is further argued that Twain asserts a distinction between justifable and unjustifiable falsehood in his nonfiction writings which correlates with the values expressed by Hank Morgan.