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           "Wouldyoulikemetogoawayagain,sir?"askedBlock."Wellyou’reherenow,"saidthelawyer."Stay!"ItwasasifthelawyerhadnotdoneasBlockhadwantedbutinsteadthreatenedhimwithastick,asnowBlockreallybegantoshake."Iwenttosee,"saidthelawyer,"thethirdjudgeyesterday,afriendofmine,andslowlybroughttheconversationroundtothesubjectofyou.Doyouwanttoknowwhathesaid?""Oh,yesplease,"saidBlock.Thelawyerdidnotanswerimmediately,soBlockrepeatedhisrequestandloweredhisheadasifabouttokneeldown.ButthenK.spoketohim:"Whatdoyouthinkyou’redoing?"heshouted.Lenihadwantedtostophimfromcallingoutandsohetookholdofherotherhand.Itwasnotlovethatmadehimsqueezeitandholdontoitsotightly,shesighedfrequentlyandtriedtodisengageherhandsfromhim.ButBlockwaspunishedforK.’soutburst,asthelawyeraskedhim,"Whoisyourlawyer?""Youare,sir,"saidBlock."Andwhobesidesme?"thelawyerasked."No-onebesidesyou,sir,"saidBlock."Andlettherebeno-onebesidesme,"saidthelawyer.Blockfullyunderstoodwhatthatmeant,hegloweredatK.,shakinghisheadviolently.Iftheseactionshadbeentranslatedintowordstheywouldhavebeencoarseinsults.K.hadbeenfriendlyandwillingtodiscusshisowncasewithsomeonelikethis!"Iwon’tdisturbyouanymore,"saidK.,leaningbackinhischair."Youcankneeldownorcreeponallfours,whateveryoulike.Iwon’tbotherwithyouanymore."ButBlockstillhadsomesenseofpride,atleastwhereK.