I've merged two threads together here, in case anyone wonders what just happened.
This seems to be close to confirmation as a bug, apparently affecting 360 only, Iorveth Path only.
If anyone is seeing this on Roche Path, please say so, but I have seen confirmation that it does work OK. This means that there may not be any immediate workround, but you should be able to do this on Roche path in a later playthrough.
Cross reference to the way it should work on Roche Path:
http://en.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?/topic/29683-ee-bug-list-for-pc/page__view__findpost__p__815759
(Please follow-up here though, if you have any other questions).
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i just finished my second playthrough with roche and i had no problem getting into the basement and getting malgets notes to advance the quest. do you know if there is a patch coming up for the 360 anytime soon?