Corpus Tamrielicum - The Imperial Library

72 2. THE ELDER SCROLLS CHAPTER 2: DAGGERFALL
ADVENTURER: Well, congratulations! And that was a fine long speech, Ortho!
ORTHO: We go raise piggies.
GURNSEY: Grows animals too, farmers be we.
(Exit Ortho and Gurnsey)
ADVENTURER: Extraordinary. Ave, I think that you must have been up here before.
CONTESSA: Oh yes. I often come up here to get away from the Palace and talk dwarves with
Minnie and Crunn.
ADVENTURER: You mean that these two ancient ... er, Scholar-InnKeeps can actually talk
and about dwarves?
(All but Adventurer, Contessa, Minnie, and Crunn fall asleep in their meat pies.)
CONTESSA: Oh yes, you must just be very patient. But look over at our other escorts ...
ADVENTURER: By the Lady!
CONTESSA: Minnie was an Alchemist before she met Crunn, and knows a lot of old
forgotten Dwarvish potions.
ADVENTURER: But what do we do with the bodies?
CONTESSA: Wait ...
(Enter MAJOR)
CONTESSA: Adventurer, meet Major Bloodnok, head of my own ...private little bodyguard.
He's been with me since I was a mere girl. Served me very well, haven't you, Major?
MAJOR: We give our all, milady.
ADVENTURER: Pleased to meet you, Major.
CONTESSA: How are my other men?
ADVENTURER: (aside) Other men?
(Enter Other Men in Khajiit suits)
MAJOR: All present and accounted for, milady. Had a spot of bother with what looked like a
party of Merchants following you. But they are out of the picture now, down a ravine. Only
one thing.
CONTESSA: Yes?