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           Buttherearenonethelessthosewhohaveexperienceinthesematterswhocanlookatacrowd,howeverbig,andtellyouwhichamongthemisfacingacharge.Howcantheydothat,youwillask.Myanswerwillnotpleaseyou.Itissimplythatthosewhoarefacingachargearethemostattractive.Itcannotbetheirguiltthatmakesthemattractiveasnotallofthemareguilty-atleastthat’swhatI,asalawyer,havetosay-andnorcanitbetheproperpunishmentthathasmadethemattractiveasnotallofthemarepunished,soitcanonlybethattheproceedingslevelledagainstthemtakesomekindofholdonthem.Whateverthereason,someoftheseattractivepeopleareindeedveryattractive.Butallofthemareattractive,evenBlock,pitifulwormthatheis."Asthelawyerfinishedwhathewassaying,K.wasfullyincontrolofhimself,hehadevennoddedconspicuouslyathislastfewwordsinordertoconfirmtohimselftheviewhehadalreadyformed;thatthelawyerwastryingtoconfusehim,ashealwaysdid,bymakinggeneralandirrelevantobservations,andthusdistracthimfromthemainquestionofwhathewasactuallydoingforK.’strial.ThelawyermusthavenoticedthatK.wasofferinghimmoreresistancethanbefore,ashebecamesilent,givingK.thechancetospeakhimself,andthen,asK.alsoremainedsilent,heasked,"Didyouhaveaparticularreasonforcomingtoseemetoday?""Yes,"saidK.