questions about a quest

I just finished the corrupt captain quest (whatever it was called). I
searched his quarters as suggested and found nothing interesting.
Eventually I gave up and led him to the woman that wanted to kill him
and she fed him to the rats. I have a save from before that quest
though, and I would rather not be a party to killing him since this
character has done nothing remotely evil thus far. Is it possible to
do it the other way? I only found a little bit of gold in the hard to
open chest, and I think I checked everything else in the room and only
found some books, clothing, etc. I am wondering what I missed.

weretable and the undead chairs said...
> I just finished the corrupt captain quest (whatever it was called). I
> searched his quarters as suggested and found nothing interesting.
> Eventually I gave up and led him to the woman that wanted to kill him
> and she fed him to the rats. I have a save from before that quest
> though, and I would rather not be a party to killing him since this
> character has done nothing remotely evil thus far. Is it possible to
> do it the other way? I only found a little bit of gold in the hard to
> open chest, and I think I checked everything else in the room and only
> found some books, clothing, etc. I am wondering what I missed.

SPOILER... although not a very big one.

There's a note on top of the book, which is itself on top the chest of
drawers.

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Best,
Marc