| Me | You saw the murder of Lothar, didn't you? | |
| Cornelius | (nervously) I need not answer any questions about a current investigation. | |
| Cornelius | Lord Hagen already has everything I know on record. | |
| Me | What was it you saw? | |
| Cornelius | (hectically) Really, I haven't got any time now. | |
| Cornelius | (hectically) You need to go now, the office is closing. | |
| Me | Enough of that! What did you see? | |
| Cornelius | (nervously) I... I saw how the mercenary struck down the paladin from behind. | |
| Cornelius | (nervously) And then he took his sword and rammed it through his chest. | |
| Me | Are you completely sure? | |
| Cornelius | (scared) Yes, of course. I saw it with my own eyes. | |
| Cornelius | (scared) But I really haven't got any time now, there's a huge pile of paperwork I need to do. | |
| Me | I don't believe you. | |
| Cornelius | (with fake confidence) So what, what are you going to do about it? | |
| Me | What is it you want? | |
| Cornelius | (arrogantly) You don't even have enough gold to pay me. | |
| Me | How much? | |
| Cornelius | 2000 gold pieces. Well, that could make me rethink the matter. | |
| Me | You hold your life dear, don't you? | |
| Cornelius | (scared) If you attack me, they'll hang you. | |
| Cornelius | I have powerful friends. So don't you dare lay a finger on me. | |
| Cornelius | Now get out of here! Or I'll call the guards! | |
| Me | They could make you talk in the monastery. | |
| Cornelius | (white as chalk) What do you mean by that? | |
| Me | Well, we have ways to bring out the truth. Painful ways. | |
| Cornelius | No, please don't. I'll tell you everything you want. | |
| Me | I could tell the mercenaries where you live. | |
| Cornelius | (white as chalk) What is that supposed to mean? | |
| Me | I bet they're dying to make your acquaintance. They are not very happy at all. | |
| Cornelius | You can't do that, they would kill me. | |
| Me | That is very well possible. | |
| Cornelius | I'll say whatever you want, but you mustn't do that. | |
| Me | Perjury will land you in the slammer - for a long time! | |
| Cornelius | You're trying to threaten me? A little guardsman is threatening me, the secretary to the governor? | |
| Cornelius | If you don't get lost right now, I'll see to it that you are demoted. | |
| Me | Here's the gold. | |
| Cornelius | It's better if I don't ask you where you got that. | |
| Cornelius | To be honest, I don't really care. | |
| Cornelius | But we're in business. | |
| Me | So what really happened? | |
| Cornelius | I didn't see what happened. I received some gold for blaming that mercenary. | |
| Cornelius | In times like these, it's everyone for himself. I needed the money. | |
| Me | Who paid you? | |
| Cornelius | That's enough. He'll kill me if I rat him out. | |
| Me | Are you ready to tell that to Lord Hagen, too? | |
| Cornelius | I'm not a lunatic. I can't stay in town now. | |
| Cornelius | I'll give you my diary, that should be proof enough. | |