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If their designs held firm, and their deception was successful, I would then, supposing me obedient to Priest-Kings, pursue their design in place of that of the masters of the Sardar. - (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter 5, Sentence #196)

But then, so, too, was I. To be sure, the actual nature of the message, which might have been suspected by Kurii, and which, in any event, they would not have delivered to me, would be of less interest to them than the message, their message, which they would want delivered to me, as though it were the message of Priest-Kings. The will of Kurii then would be conveyed to me under the pretense that it was the will of Priest-Kings. If their designs held firm, and their deception was successful, I would then, supposing me obedient to Priest-Kings, pursue their design in place of that of the masters of the Sardar. Given the presumed destruction of the "box," supposed to contain the original message, presumably on its scroll, the Kurii, or their minions, utilizing the "token," not understanding the nature of its imbedded message, and accommodating themselves to the situation as best they might, would deliver their own message orally. Fortunately for me, they knew little of the Sardar, of Priest-Kings themselves, of their modalities of communication, of their caution, of their security measures. "The ring, please," said Sullius Maximus. - (Swordsmen of Gor)