you are now and spoken in the same way.” “Then these other litigants,” said K., “have all been right, just as I am. That does not show that I'm not.” “I wasn't trying to show that you were mistaken,” said the lawyer, “but I wanted to add that I expected better judgement from you than from the others, especially as I've given you more insight into the workings of the court and my own activities than I normally do.

And now I'm forced to accept that, despite everything, you have too little trust in me. You don't make it easy for me.” How the lawyer was humiliating himself to K.! He was showing no regard for the dignity of his position, which on this point, must have been at its most sensitive. And why did he do that? He did seem to be very busy as a lawyer as well a rich