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           Thatmadeagoodimpressiononme;asthewindowonlyopensontoanairshaftandgiveshardlyanylight.Itshowedhowobedientheisthathewasevenreadinginthoseconditions.""I’mpleasedtohearit,"saidthelawyer."Butdidheunderstandwhathewasreading?"Whilethisconversationwasgoingon,BlockcontinuallymovedhislipsandwasclearlyformulatingtheanswershehopedLeniwouldgive."WellIcan’tgiveyouanycertainanswertothatofcourse,"saidLeni,"butIcouldseethathewasreadingthoroughly.Hespentalldayreadingthesamepage,runninghisfingeralongthelines.WheneverIlookedinonhimhesighedasifthisreadingwasalotofworkforhim.Iexpectthepapersyougavehimwereveryhardtounderstand.""Yes,"saidthelawyer,"theycertainlyarethat.AndIreallydon’tthinkheunderstoodanythingofthem.Buttheyshouldatleastgivehimsomeinklingofjusthowhardastruggleitisandhowmuchworkitisformetodefendhim.AndwhoamIdoingallthishardworkfor?I’mdoingit-it’slaughableeventosayit-I’mdoingitforBlock.Heoughttorealisewhatthatmeans,too.Didhestudywithoutapause?""Almostwithoutapause,"answeredLeni."Justtheonceheaskedmeforadrinkofwater,soIgavehimaglassfulthroughthewindow.Thenateighto’clockIlethimoutandgavehimsomethingtoeat."BlockglancedsidewaysatK.,asifhewerebeingpraisedandhadtoimpressK.aswell.Henowseemedmoreoptimistic,hemovedmorefreelyandrockedbackandforthonhisknees.