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downontheground,leanthimagainstthestoneandsettledhisheaddownonthetopofit.Despitealltheefforttheywentto,anddespitealltheco-operationshownbyK.,hisdemeanourseemedveryforcedandhardtobelieve.SooneofthegentlemenaskedtheothertogranthimashorttimewhileheputK.inpositionbyhimself,buteventhatdidnothingtomakeitbetter.IntheendtheyleftK.inapositionthatwasfarfromthebestoftheonestheyhadtriedsofar.Thenoneofthegentlemenopenedhisfrockcoatandfromasheathhangingonabeltstretchedacrosshiswaistcoathewithdrewalong,thin,double-edgedbutcher’sknifewhichheheldupinthelighttotestitssharpness.Therepulsivecourtesiesbeganonceagain,oneofthempassedtheknifeoverK.totheother,whothenpasseditbackoverK.tothefirst.K.nowknewitwouldbehisdutytotaketheknifeasitpassedfromhandtohandabovehimandthrustitintohimself.Buthedidnotdoit,insteadhetwistedhisneck,whichwasstillfree,andlookedaround.Hewasnotabletoshowhisfullworth,wasnotabletotakealltheworkfromtheofficialbodies,helackedtherestofthestrengthheneededandthisfinalshortcomingwasthefaultofwhoeverhaddeniedittohim.Ashelookedround,hesawthetopfloorofthebuildingnexttothequarry.Hesawhowalightflickeredonandthetwohalvesofawindowopenedout,somebody,madeweakandthinbytheheightandthedistance,leantsuddenlyfaroutfromitandstretchedhisarmsoutevenfurther
