Why is she asking that. Why is she putting it that way. It doesn't make sense.
"I - I don't understand. If Hell had instructed me to lie about something, why would you think that I'd be allowed to -"
"Why do you think something unusual happened to me in Hell? Why does Keltham think that? Maybe it's not in my own interests that I say this but since it seems that it might be a big Security issue, I should notify you that I've figured out that you, Keltham, and the Crown all suspect that something happened to me in Hell, you suspect I was told by Hell not to talk about it, and you're asking me anyways, while promising not to tell the Queen and Grand High Priestess, and this is the sort of thing where, where I don't know who I'm supposed to report to! I know you could have good reasons, I'm not stupid! But it seems like I ought to report this to somebody!"