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Inthiswaytheyquicklyleftthebuiltupareaandfoundthemselvesinthefieldswhich,inthispartoftown,beganalmostwithoutanytransitionzone.Therewasaquarry,emptyandabandoned,nearabuildingwhichwasstilllikethoseinthecity.Herethemenstopped,perhapsbecausethishadalwaysbeentheirdestinationorperhapsbecausetheyweretooexhaustedtorunanyfurther.HeretheyreleasedtheirholdonK.,whojustwaitedinsilence,andtooktheirtophatsoffwhiletheylookedroundthequarryandwipedthesweatofftheirbrowswiththeirhandkerchiefs.Themoonlightlayeverywherewiththenaturalpeacethatisgrantedtonootherlight.
Afterexchangingafewcourtesiesaboutwhowastocarryoutthenexttasks-thegentlemendidnotseemtohavebeenallocatedspecificfunctions-oneofthemwenttoK.andtookhiscoat,hiswaistcoat,andfinallyhisshirtoffhim.K.madeaninvoluntaryshiver,atwhichthegentlemangavehimagentle,reassuringtapontheback.Thenhecarefullyfoldedthethingsupasiftheywouldstillbeneeded,evenifnotinthenearfuture.HedidnotwanttoexposeK.tothechillynightairwithoutmovingthough,sohetookhimunderthearmandwalkedupanddownwithhimalittlewaywhiletheothergentlemanlookedroundthequarryforasuitableplace.Whenhehadfoundithemadeasignandtheothergentlemanescortedhimthere.Itwasneartherockface,therewasastonelyingtherethathadbrokenloose.ThegentlemensatK.
