 This idea can be found in this novel, especially in Clithero and Huntly.In Clithero's tale, for example, he goes to kill his caretaker Mrs. Lorimer, because he killed her brother.In Clithero's mind, he reasons that Mrs. Lorimer would be better off dead then learning about the death of her brother, especially because she herself said that she could not live with the knowledge of his death.