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In the Cathedral
constitutetheentirecongregation?Howcouldhewhenhewasjustastrangerwhowantedtolookatthechurch?That,basically,wasallhewas.Theideaofasermon,now,ateleveno’clock,onaworkday,inhideousweather,wasnonsense.Thepriest-therewasnodoubtthathewasapriest,ayoungmanwithasmooth,darkface-wasclearlygoinguptherejusttoputthelampoutaftersomebodyhadlititbymistake.
Buttherehadbeennomistake,thepriestseemedrathertocheckthatthelampwaslitandturneditalittlehigher,thenheslowlyturnedtofacethefrontandleantdownonthebalustradegrippingitsangularrailwithbothhands.Hestoodtherelikethatforawhileand,withoutturninghishead,lookedaround.K.hadmovedbackalongwayandleanthiselbowsonthefrontpew.Somewhereinthechurch-hecouldnothavesaidexactlywhere-hecouldmakeoutthemaninthecassockhunchedunderhisbentbackandatpeace,asifhisworkwerecompleted.Inthecathedralitwasnowveryquiet!ButK.wouldhavetodisturbthatsilence,hehadnointentionofstayingthere;ifitwasthepriest’sdutytopreachatacertaintimeregardlessofthecircumstancesthenhecould,andhecoulddoitwithoutK.’stakingpart,andK.’spresencewoulddonothingtoaugmenttheeffectofit.SoK.
