Block, the businessman - Dismissing the lawyer

           K.hadatlastmadethedecisiontowithdrawhisdefencefromthelawyer.Itwasimpossibletoremovehisdoubtsastowhetherthiswastherightdecision,butthiswasoutweighedbyhisbeliefinitsnecessity.Thisdecision,onthedayheintendedtogotoseethelawyer,tookalotofthestrengthheneededforhiswork,heworkedexceptionallyslowly,hehadtoremaininhisofficealongtime,anditwasalreadypastteno’clockwhenhefinallystoodinfrontofthelawyer’sfrontdoor.Evenbeforeherangheconsideredwhetheritmightnotbebettertogivethelawyernoticebyletterortelephone,apersonalconversationwouldcertainlybeverydifficult.Nonetheless,K.didnotactuallywanttodowithoutit,ifhegavenoticebyanyothermeansitwouldbereceivedinsilenceorwithafewformulatedwords,andunlessLenicoulddiscoveranythingK.wouldneverlearnhowthelawyerhadtakenhisdismissalandwhatitsconsequencesmightbe,inthelawyer’snotunimportantopinion.Butsittinginfrontofhimandtakenbysurprisebyhisdismissal,K.wouldbeableeasilytoinfereverythinghewantedfromthelawyer’sfaceandbehaviour,evenifhecouldnotbeinducedtosayverymuch.ItwasnotevenoutofthequestionthatK.might,afterall,bepersuadedthatitwouldbebesttoleavehisdefencetothelawyerandwithdrawhisdismissal.

           Asusual,therewasatfirstnoresponsetoK.’sringatthedoor."Lenicouldbeabitquicker,"thoughtK.