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In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The Offices
Itwasofcoursenothingtoworryabout,heacceptedthesetbackonlybecausehewaslookingforafight.Ifhestayedathomeandcarriedonwithhisnormallifehewouldbeathousandtimessuperiortothesepeopleandcouldgetanyofthemoutofhiswayjustwithakick.Andheimaginedthemostlaughablescenepossibleasanexampleofthis,ifthiscontemptiblestudent,thisinflatedchild,thisknock-kneedredbeard,ifhewerekneelingatElsa’sbedwringinghishandsandbeggingforforgiveness.K.soenjoyedimaginingthisscenethathedecidedtotakethestudentalongtoElsawithhimifeverheshouldgettheopportunity.
K.wascurioustoseewherethewomanwouldbetakenandhehurriedovertothedoor,thestudentwasnotlikelytocarryherthroughthestreetsonhisarm.Itturnedoutthatthejourneywasfarshorter.Directlyoppositetheflattherewasanarrowflightofwoodenstepswhichprobablyleduptotheattic,theyturnedastheywentsothatitwasnotpossibletoseewheretheyended.Thestudentcarriedthewomanupthesesteps,andaftertheexertionsofrunningwithherhewassoongroaningandmovingveryslowly.ThewomanwaveddownatK.andbyraisingandloweringhershouldersshetriedtoshowthatshewasaninnocentpartyinthisabduction,althoughthegesturedidnotshowalotofregret.K.watchedherwithoutexpressionlikeastranger,hewantedtoshowneitherthathewasdisappointednorthathewouldeasilygetoverhisdisappointment.
Thetwoofthemhaddisappeared,butK.
