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Block, the businessman - Dismissing the lawyer
?ButifBlockwasincapableofseeingthat,orifhesofearedthelawyerthatnosuchinsightwouldevenbeofanyusetohim,howwasitthathewaseithersoslyorsoboldastolietothelawyerandconcealfromhimthefactthathehadotherlawyersworkingonhisbehalf?AndhowdidhedaretoattackK.,whocouldbetrayhissecretanytimeheliked?Buthedaredevenmorethanthis,hewenttothelawyer’sbedandbegantheretomakecomplaintsaboutK."Dr.Huld,sir,"hesaid,"didyouhearthewaythismanspoketome?Youcancountthelengthofhistrialinhours,andhewantstotellmewhattodowhenI’vebeeninvolvedinalegalcaseforfiveyears.Heeveninsultsme.Hedoesn’tknowanything,butheinsultsme,whenI,asfarasmyweakabilityallows,whenI’vemadeaclosestudyofhowtobehavewiththecourt,whatweoughttodoandwhatthecourtpracticesare.""Don’tletanyonebotheryou,"saidthelawyer,"anddowhatseemstoyoutoberight.""Iwill,"saidBlock,asifspeakingtohimselftogivehimselfcourage,andwithaquickglancetothesidehekneeleddownclosebesidethebed."I’mkneelingnowDr.Huld,sir,"hesaid.Butthelawyerremainedsilent.Withonehand,Blockcarefullystrokedthebedcover.Inthesilencewhilehedidso,Leni,asshefreedherselffromK.’shands,said,"You’rehurtingme.Letgoofme.I’mgoingovertoBlock."Shewentovertohimandsatontheedgeofthebed.