Процесс
In the Cathedral
beganslowlytomove,felthiswayontiptoealongthepew,arrivedatthebroadaisleandwentalongitwithoutbeingdisturbed,exceptforthesoundofhissteps,howeverlight,whichrangoutonthestonefloorandresoundedfromthevaulting,quietbutcontinuousatarepeating,regularpace.K.feltslightlyabandonedas,probablyobservedbythepriest,hewalkedbyhimselfbetweentheemptypews,andthesizeofthecathedralseemedtobejustatthelimitofwhatamancouldbear.Whenhearrivedbackatwherehehadbeensittinghedidnothesitatebutsimplyreachedoutforthealbumhehadleftthereandtookitwithhim.Hehadnearlylefttheareacoveredbypewsandwasclosetotheemptyspacebetweenhimselfandtheexitwhen,forthefirsttime,heheardthevoiceofthepriest.Apowerfulandexperiencedvoice.Itpiercedthroughthereachesofthecathedralreadywaitingforit!Butthepriestwasnotcallingouttothecongregation,hiscrywasquiteunambiguousandtherewasnoescapefromit,hecalled"JosefK.!"
K.stoodstillandlookeddownatthefloor.Intheoryhewasstillfree,hecouldhavecarriedonwalking,throughoneofthreedarklittlewoodendoorsnotfarinfrontofhimandawayfromthere.Itwouldsimplymeanhehadnotunderstood,orthathehadunderstoodbutchosenottopayattentiontoit.Butifheonceturnedroundhewouldbetrapped,thenhewouldhaveacknowledgedthathehadunderstoodperfectlywell,thathereallywastheJosefK.thepriesthadcalledtoandthathewaswillingtofollow.
