it would be so easy just to say that he was an atheist , or a baptist , or name one of a numerous list of off the peg religions , that had a readily available morality , code of conduct and belief system already predetermined , relieving the believer of the necessity of doing any spiritual soul searching for themselves , any of which would have left garnet satisfied so that he could then pigeonhole that aspect of his attendants character into a small , neat box within his mind : or should he tell the truth ?