I'd always thought they were both lying, but aside from that, I just realized something tonight:
She was walking into Certain Death.
She chose wrong, and Jareth saved her from herself by dropping her in the Oubliette. That's why he looks so upset in the cut away scene- she'd made it further than he'd been ready for, and he hadn't gotten the Labyrinth ready for her. He was saving her life.
Same with the Cleaners in the next scene - he can't just out and out help her, so he sicks the Cleaners after her, knowing the ladder is right there. And if he has to drop her down below again? Now the under passages have been cleaned out.
JARETH LOVES HER.
And, on top of that, something my lovely girlfriend caught:
When Hoggle is letting her out of the Oubliette and opens the door to the broom closet, he opens righ tot left and says "Can't be right all the time" - as in, you can't always choose right over left, because the door out appears when he opens it left to right. Also, to tie it all in - she chose the right hand door.
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