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           There’snothinginthatformetobeashamedof."ItwasveryunwelcomeforK.toheartheoldmanspeakinthistouchingway,asitforcedhimtoexplainhimselfmorefully,whichhewouldratherhaveavoided,andhewasawarethatitalsoconfusedhimeventhoughitcouldnevermakehimreversehisdecision."Thankyouforfeelingsofriendlytowardme,"hesaid,"andIalsorealisehowdeeplyinvolvedyou’vebeeninmycase,asdeeplyaspossibleforyourselfandtobringasmuchadvantageaspossibletome.Nonetheless,Ihaverecentlycometotheconvictionthatitisnotenough.Iwouldnaturallyneverattempt,consideringthatyouaresomucholderandmoreexperiencedthanIam,toconvinceyouofmyopinion;ifIhaveeverunintentionallydonesothenIbegyourforgiveness,but,asyouhavejustsaidyourself,thecircumstancesareimportantenoughanditismybeliefthatmytrialneedstobeapproachedwithmuchmorevigourthanhassofarbeenthecase.""Isee,"saidthelawyer,"you’vebecomeimpatient.""Iamnotimpatient,"saidK.,withsomeirritationandhestoppedpayingsomuchattentiontohischoiceofwords."WhenIfirstcameherewithmyuncleyouprobablynoticedIwasn’tgreatlyconcernedaboutmycase,andifIwasn’tremindedofitbyforce,asitwere,Iwouldforgetaboutitcompletely.ButmyuncleinsistedIshouldallowyoutorepresentmeandIdidsoasafavourtohim.Icouldhaveexpectedthecasetobelessofaburdenthanithadbeen,asthepointoftakingonalawyeristhatheshouldtakeonsomeofitsweight.