Detected
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According to George Orwell's essay Decline of the English Murder, this was the motivation behind some of the most famous English murderers of his day: "[murder] seems to him less disgraceful, and less damaging to his career, than being detected in adultery."
Source: Murder Is the Best Solution -
Merlose suffers from this especially, since her mind-reading can barely be detected, let alone resisted, without some degree of magical understanding: we don't see her doing any of the mundane inquisition work she's supposed to be famous for because she gets a handy cheat for it right off the bat.
Source: Video Game / Vagrant Story -
In one prominent example in the film, he spectacularly destroys an extremely valuable and famous painting by trying to remove a pen-ink stain with paint-thinner, but later breaks into the gallery and successfully repairs the painting without being detected by the tight security.
Source: Genius Ditz
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