Heinrich unlocks the back door, and he and Julian go out onto the foggy streets. Heinrich doesn't see any lights in any of the nearby windows, so he's hopeful that no one saw them. Julian looks like he's been slaughtering cattle in an especially messy way, so they go to the river first, and Julian cleans off as much of the blood as he can. He thinks he's probably going to need new clothes.
They arrive back at the inn without encountering anyone on the streets. The door is barred, but the innkeeper soon opens it when they knock. He looks at Julian with some alarm, but welcomes them in.
Upstairs in the room, Max, Mortus and Klaus are awake and talking when Heinrich and Julian come in. Heinrich explains what happened at the Steinhager offices, while Julian opens the two cash boxes. Each one contains 500 gold crowns, for a total of 1000!
Julian shows Max the black book written in a mysterious language, asking him if he understands it.
"Oh yes, Mr. Julian sir! This is written in the arcane language of magic, which I studied at university. I believe it's a spell book! Look, Mortus, don't you agree? Let me see if I can tell what sort of spells they are... ah, now this first one... Oh. It's a charm to keep you dry in a rainstorm. That's rather disappointing! What about the others, I wonder?"
Max studies the book for a while, and determines that it contains only petty magic spells - nothing illegal or even very dangerous.
[The book contains the following petty magic spells: curse, gift of tongues, magic lock, magic flame, magic alarm, marsh lights, open, protection from rain, remove curse, sleep, reinforce door.]
