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           IndoingsohedeliberatelytooknoaccountofwhatMrs.GrubachhadtoldhimaboutMissBürstner.Allthesethingsweregoingthroughhismindashelefttheroomwithhardlyapoliteword.Hewantedtogostraighttohisroom,butalittlelaughfromMissMontagthatheheardfromthediningroombehindhimbroughthimtotheideathathemightprepareasurpriseforthetwoofthem,thecaptainandMissMontag.Helookedroundandlistenedtofindoutiftheremightbeanydisturbancefromanyofthesurroundingrooms,everywherewasquiet,theonlythingtobeheardwastheconversationfromthediningroomandMrs.Grubach’svoicefromthepassageleadingtothekitchen.Thisseemedanopportunetime,K.wenttoMissBürstner’sroomandknockedgently.Therewasnosoundsoheknockedagainbuttherewasstillnoanswerinreply.Wassheasleep?Orwasshereallyunwell?OrwasshejustpretendingassherealiseditcouldonlybeK.knockingsogently?K.assumedshewaspretendingandknockedharder,eventually,whentheknockingbroughtnoresult,hecarefullyopenedthedoorwiththesenseofdoingsomethingthatwasnotonlyimproperbutalsopointless.Intheroomtherewasno-one.What’smore,itlookedhardlyatallliketheroomK.hadknownbefore.Againstthewalltherewerenowtwobedsbehindoneanother,therewereclothespileduponthreechairsnearthedoor,awardrobestoodopen.MissBürstnermusthavegoneoutwhileMissMontagwasspeakingtohiminthediningroom.K