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           Huldtalksaboutthepettylawyers,heprobablymadethemsoundverycontemptibletoyou,andhe’sright,theyarecontemptible.Butwhenhetalksaboutthemandcomparesthemwithhimselfandhiscolleaguesthere’sasmallerrorrunningthroughwhathesays,and,justforyourinterest,I’lltellyouaboutit.Whenhetalksaboutthelawyershemixeswithhesetsthemapartbycallingthemthe"greatlawyers".That’swrong,anyonecancallhimself"great"ifhewantsto,ofcourse,butinthiscaseonlytheusageofthecourtcanmakethatdistinction.Yousee,thecourtsaysthatbesidesthepettylawyerstherearealsominorlawyersandgreatlawyers.Thisoneandhiscolleaguesareonlyminorlawyers,andthedifferenceinrankbetweenthemandthegreatlawyers,whoI’veonlyeverheardaboutandneverseen,isincomparablygreaterthanbetweentheminorlawyersandthedespisedpettylawyers.""Thegreatlawyers?"askedK."Whoaretheythen?Howdoyoucontactthem?""You’veneverheardaboutthem,then?"saidthebusinessman."There’shardlyanyonewho’sbeenaccusedwhodoesn’tspendalotoftimedreamingaboutthegreatlawyersoncehe’sheardaboutthem.It’sbestifyoudon’tletyourselfbemisledinthatway.Idon’tknowwhothegreatlawyersare,andthere’sprobablynowayofcontactingthem.Idon’tknowofanycaseIcantalkaboutwithcertaintywherethey’vetakenanypart.Theydodefendalotofpeople,butyoucan’tgetholdofthembyyourownefforts,theyonlydefendthosewhotheywanttodefend.