You probably didn't have a lockpick skill high enough, try a potion of thief mastery and try it again. Also you can get permission to cast magic by going to the large building in the government district and talking to the cowled wizard at the left of the walkway thing, it's 5,000 gps.
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\"Good hips, breed like cow, strong like ox. Hitch to plow when horse dies.\"-Kethry.<br /><br />\"I keep looking, but I runnings out of recipes soon. Needs to find Martha, soon. She around hell somewhere, I thinks.\"-Cespenar
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