answered, “I should continue with what I've already been doing for you.” “That's just what I thought,” said K., “and now you don't need to say another word.” “I will make one more attempt,” said the lawyer as if whatever had been making K.

so annoyed was affecting him too. “You see, I have the impression that you have not only misjudged the legal assistance I have given you but also that that misjudgement has led you to behave in this way, you seem, although you are the accused, to have been treated too well or, to put it a better way, handled with neglect, with apparent neglect. Even that has its reason; it is often better to be in chains than to be free. But I would like to show you how other defendants are treated, perhaps you will succeed in learning something from