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Arrest - Conversation with Mrs. Grubach - Then Miss Bürstner
,"IthoughtIwasunderarrest."K.saidthiswithacertainamountofdefianceas,althoughhishandshakehadnotbeenaccepted,hewasfeelingmoreindependentofallthesepeople,especiallysincethesupervisorhadstoodup.Hewasplayingwiththem.Iftheyleft,hehaddecidedhewouldrunafterthemandoffertoletthemarresthim.That’swhyheevenrepeated,"HowcanIgointothebankwhenI’munderarrest?""Iseeyou’vemisunderstoodme,"saidthesupervisorwhowasalreadyatthedoor."It’struethatyou’reunderarrest,butthatshouldn’tstopyoufromcarryingoutyourjob.Andthereshouldn’tbeanythingtostopyoucarryingonwithyourusuallife.""Inthatcaseit’snottoobad,beingunderarrest,"saidK.,andwentupclosetothesupervisor."Inevermeantitshouldbeanythingelse,"hereplied."Ithardlyseemstohavebeennecessarytonotifymeofthearrestinthatcase,"saidK.,andwentevencloser.Theothershadalsocomecloser.Allofthemhadgatheredtogetherintoanarrowspacebythedoor."Thatwasmyduty,"saidthesupervisor."Asillyduty,"saidK.,unyielding."Maybeso,"repliedthesupervisor,"onlydon’tlet’swasteourtimetalkingonlikethis.Ihadassumedyou’dbewantingtogotothebank.Asyou’repayingcloseattentiontoeverywordI’lladdthis:I’mnotforcingyoutogotothebank,I’djustassumedyouwantedto.Andtomakethingseasierforyou,andtoletyougettothebankwithaslittlefussaspossibleI’veputthesethreegentlemen,colleaguesofyours,atyourdisposal.