misleading

My brother admires her greatly already; he will have frequent opportunity now of seeing her on the most intimate footing; her relations all wish the connection as much as his own; and a sister’s partiality is not misleading me, I think, when I call Charles most capable of engaging any woman’s heart.

The integration of misleading post-event information can seamlessly overwrite original observations, leading well-intentioned individuals to testify to events that never actually transpired.