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In the Cathedral
followedtheoldmanallthewayupthesidenaveandalmostasfarasthemainaltar,allthistimetheoldmancontinuedtopointatsomethingbutK.deliberatelyavoidedlookinground,hewasonlypointinginordertomakeitharderforK.tofollowhim.Eventually,K.didstopfollowing,hedidnotwanttoworrytheoldmantoomuch,andhealsodidnotwanttofrightenhimawaycompletelyincasetheItalianturnedupafterall.
Whenheenteredthecentralnavetogobacktowherehehadleftthealbum,henoticedasmallsecondarypulpitonacolumnalmostnexttothestallsbythealtarwherethechoirsat.Itwasverysimple,madeofplainwhitestone,andsosmallthatfromadistanceitlookedlikeanemptynichewherethestatueofasaintoughttohavebeen.Itcertainlywouldhavebeenimpossibleforthepriesttotakeafullstepbackfromthebalustrade,and,althoughtherewasnodecorationonit,thetopofthepulpitcurvedinexceptionallylowsothatamanofaverageheightwouldnotbeablestanduprightandwouldhavetoremainbentforwardoverthebalustrade.Inall,itlookedasifithadbeenintendedtomakethepriestsuffer,itwasimpossibletounderstandwhythispulpitwouldbeneededastherewerealsotheotheronesavailablewhichwerelargeandsoartisticallydecorated.
AndK.wouldcertainlynothavenoticedthislittlepulpitiftherehadnotbeenalampfastenedaboveit,whichusuallymeanttherewasasermonabouttobegiven.Sowasasermontobegivennow?Inthisemptychurch?K.
