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           Attheend,speakingabouttheentrancehesays,"NowI’llgoandcloseit",althoughatthebeginningofthestoryitsaysthedoortothelawisopenasitalwaysis,butifit’salwaysopen-always-thatmeansit’sopenindependentlyofthelifespanofthemanit’sintendedfor,andnoteventhedoorkeeperwillbeabletocloseit.Therearevariousopinionsaboutthis,somesaythedoorkeeperwasonlyansweringaquestionorshowinghisdevotiontodutyor,justwhenthemanwasinhislastmoments,thedoorkeeperwantedtocausehimregretandsorrow.Therearemanywhoagreethathewouldn’tbeabletoclosethedoor.Theyevenbelieve,attheendatleast,thedoorkeeperisaware,deepdown,thathe’stheman’ssubordinate,asthemanseesthelightthatshinesoutoftheentrytothelawwhereasthedoorkeeperwouldprobablyhavehisbacktoitandsaysnothingatalltoshowthere’sbeenanychange.""Thatiswellsubstantiated,"saidK.,whohadbeenrepeatingsomepartsofthepriest’sexplanationtohimselfinawhisper."Itiswellsubstantiated,andnowItoothinkthedoorkeepermusthavebeendeceived.AlthoughthatdoesnotmeanI’veabandonedwhatIthoughtearlierasthetwoversionsare,tosomeextent,notincompatible.It’snotclearwhetherthedoorkeeperseesclearlyorisdeceived.Isaidthemanhadbeencheated.Ifthedoorkeeperunderstandsclearly,thentherecouldbesomedoubtaboutit,butifthedoorkeeperhasbeendeceivedthenthemanisboundtobelievethesamething.