Ironically, while I have considered lying about Danny's age, Danny has only recently acquired the ability to lie himself.
Nor was there a Daisy at whose feet he wished to lay himself and his material possessions".
More urgently, though, he wants to empty his bladder - No, not into her mouth, anywhere - and then lay himself down to sleep.
What keeps it going is Ross's willingness to lay himself open to charges of self-indulgence, "Wisdom of the East" mania, and sheer folly.
A man has to be brave to bat against the best but braver still to lay himself bare as he did.
A modern Holden Caulfield, he is just clever enough to lie himself into a corner and just dumb enough to sit there and swear once he's stuck.
But if he says too much, he will lay himself open to perjury charges, and risk fuelling further civil cases from disgruntled competitors.
If the burial site in Tokyo contains the remains of foreigners and he does not seek to make amends, he will lay himself open to accusations of double standards.
(Stacey Anderson Paul Bankss (Friday) With his alter ego, Julian Plenti, apparently laid to rest and his star-making post-punk band, Interpol, on hiatus, the singer-guitarist Paul Banks tries to lay himself bare on his first self-branded solo effort, "Banks" (Matador).
But impatient readers can turn to "The Secret Race" by Tyler Hamilton, an Olympic gold medalist and one-time key teammate of Mr. Armstrong's who has since confessed to cheating and lying himself.
