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In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The Offices
""It’stheonlywaythereis,"saidtheusher,whohadnowstartedtosoundquitereproachful,"Ican’tgobackwithyouagain,I’vegottohandinmyreport,andI’vealreadylostalotoftimebecauseofyouasitis.""Comewithme!"K.repeated,nowsomewhatsharperasifhehadfinallycaughttheusheroutinalie."Don’tshoutlikethat,"whisperedtheusher,"there’sofficesallroundushere.Ifyoudon’twanttogobackbyyourselfcomeonabitfurtherwithmeorelsewaitheretillI’vesortedoutmyreport,thenI’llbegladtogobackwithyouagain.""No,no,"saidK.,"Iwillnotwaitandyoumustcomewithmenow."K.hadstillnotlookedroundatanythingatallintheroomwherehefoundhimself,anditwasonlywhenoneofthemanywoodendoorsallaroundhimopenedthathenoticedit.Ayoungwoman,probablysummonedbytheloudnessofK.’svoice,enteredandasked,"Whatisitthegentlemanwants?"Inthedarknessbehindhertherewasalsoamanapproaching.K.lookedattheusher.Hehad,afterall,saidthatno-onewouldtakeanynoticeofK.,andnowthereweretwopeoplecoming,itonlyneededafewandeveryoneintheofficewouldbecomeawareofhimandaskingforexplanationsastowhyhewasthere.Theonlyunderstandableandacceptablethingtosaywasthathewasaccusedofsomethingandwantedtoknowthedateofhisnexthearing,butthiswasanexplanationhedidnotwanttogive,especiallyasitwasnottrue-hehadonlycomeoutofcuriosity.
