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I recalled my ordeal with the tunic of fire and the fumes of truth. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 40, Sentence #345)

He had also, it seemed reasonably clear, though presumably under orders, made me an unwitting participant in political intrigues I did not understand. When I had been chained and hooded in an alcove of the Golden Chain, he had informed me that Adraste was a peculating thief, the former Lady Julia Leta of Ar, sought by the justice of Ar, and had enlisted me in a project to spy upon her, and alert Ho-Tosk to any unusual or suspicious behaviors, inquiries, contacts, and such, which might involve her. Now I suspected that I had been lied to, given false beliefs not only to mislead me, personally, but beliefs which I, say, under torture or interrogation, might convey to enemies, that they, too, would be misled. I recalled my ordeal with the tunic of fire and the fumes of truth. I had been convinced that I had revealed nothing, but I had learned, later, from Addison Steele, to my dismay, that I had spoken fully and volubly. Now, clearly, it seemed likely that I had conveyed nothing but false information, whose only value, if any, was to mislead enemies. It was quiet in the holding. - (Quarry of Gor)