In the book "Crime and Criminal Justice in Europe and Canada" it is mentioned that fear was a factor in the process of torture and that there was a form of torture known as "La présentation de la question" or simply the "Question", where the prisoner was led to the torture chamber and was shown the implements of torture. While at the chamber, sentence to full torture was pronounced but, immediately after, the prisoner was taken back to the prison cell, without actually having been tortured.