Malleability of Truth

As Peter is interrogated, the truth appears to be malleable as Bunny, Laura and even Tabitha lie to him and Peter tells lies right back to them in an effort on Bunny, Tabitha and Laura’s part to discover the truth while Peter hopes to protect the truth. Bunny, Laura and Tabitha use lies, deception and threats in the hope that they will get a truthful account of Windfall from Peter. Peter, who has solemnly sworn to protect the truth, refuses to let the younger lawyers make him betray his promise.

In one of his earliest conversations with Laura, Laura insinuates that she and Bunny want the truth from Peter so that the can amend it to fit their purposes. She says to Peter “Once we have the truth, we’ll know how to doctor it. Maybe in your favour too, where our interests...