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Arrest - Conversation with Mrs. Grubach - Then Miss Bürstner
"Perhapsyoudon’tquiteunderstandme,"K.hurriedlypointedout."WhatImeanis..."hereK.brokeoffwhathewassayingandlookedroundforsomewheretosit."Imaysitdown,mayn’tI?"heasked."That’snotusual,"thesupervisoranswered."WhatImeanis...,"saidK.withoutdelayingasecondtime,"that,yes,Iamverysurprisedbutwhenyou’vebeenintheworldforthirtyyearsalreadyandhadtomakeyourownwaythrougheverythingyourself,whichhasbeenmylot,thenyoubecomehardenedtosurprisesanddon’ttakethemtoohard.Especiallynotwhat’shappenedtoday.""Whyespeciallynotwhat’shappenedtoday?""Iwouldn’twanttosaythatIseeallofthisasajoke,youseemtohavegonetotoomuchtroublemakingallthesearrangementsforthat.Everyoneinthehousemustbetakingpartinitaswellasallofyou,thatwouldbegoingbeyondwhatcouldbeajoke.SoIdon’twanttosaythatthisisajoke.""Quiteright,"saidthesupervisor,lookingtoseehowmanymatcheswereleftinthebox."Butontheotherhand,"K.wenton,lookingroundateveryonethereandevenwishinghecouldgettheattentionofthethreewhowerelookingatthephotographs,"ontheotherhandthisreallycan’tbeallthatimportant.ThatfollowsfromthefactthatI’vebeenindicted,butcan’tthinkoftheslightestoffenceforwhichIcouldbeindicted.