It's a fact. Shot himself in the Grunewald, on a very beautiful spot on the shore of the Havelsee. I was there. You have a view toward Spandau.
HOFFMANN
Hm. Wouldn't have believed it of him. He wasn't much of a hero in other ways.
LOTH
That's the very reason why he shot himself.—He was conscientious, very conscientious.
HOFFMANN
Conscientious? I don't see.
LOTH
That was the very reason … otherwise he would probably not have done it.