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281
"
You
still
do
n't
seem
to
have
much
general
idea
of
what
the
court
's
about
"
,
said
the
painter
,
who
had
stretched
his
legs
wide
apart
and
was
tapping
loudly
on
the
floor
with
the
tip
of
his
foot
.
"
But
as
you
're
innocent
you
wo
n't
need
it
anyway
.
I
'll
get
you
out
of
this
by
myself
.
"
"
How
do
you
intend
to
do
that
?
"
asked
K.
"
You
did
say
yourself
not
long
ago
that
it
's
quite
impossible
to
go
to
the
court
with
reasons
and
proofs
.
"
"
Only
impossible
for
reasons
and
proofs
you
take
to
the
court
yourself
"
said
the
painter
,
raising
his
forefinger
as
if
K.
had
failed
to
notice
a
fine
distinction
.
"
It
goes
differently
if
you
try
to
do
something
behind
the
public
court
,
that
's
to
say
in
the
consultation
rooms
,
in
the
corridors
or
here
,
for
instance
,
in
my
studio
.
"
K.
now
began
to
find
it
far
easier
to
believe
what
the
painter
was
saying
,
or
rather
it
was
largely
in
agreement
with
what
he
had
also
been
told
by
others
.
In
fact
it
was
even
quite
promising
.
If
it
really
was
so
easy
to
influence
the
judges
through
personal
contacts
as
the
lawyer
had
said
then
the
painter
's
contacts
with
these
vain
judges
was
especially
important
,
and
at
the
very
least
should
not
be
undervalued
.
And
the
painter
would
fit
in
very
well
in
the
circle
of
assistants
that
K.
was
slowly
gathering
around
himself
.
He
had
been
noted
at
the
bank
for
his
talent
in
organising
,
here
,
where
he
was
placed
entirely
on
his
own
resources
,
would
be
a
good
opportunity
to
test
that
talent
to
its
limits
.
The
painter
observed
the
effect
his
explanation
had
had
on
K.
282
and
then
,
with
a
certain
unease
,
said
,
"
Does
it
not
occur
to
you
that
the
way
I
'm
speaking
is
almost
like
a
lawyer
?
It
's
the
incessant
contact
with
the
gentlemen
of
the
court
has
that
influence
on
me
.
I
gain
a
lot
by
it
,
of
course
,
but
I
lose
a
lot
,
artistically
speaking
.
"
"
How
did
you
first
come
into
contact
with
the
judges
,
then
?
"
asked
K.
,
he
wanted
first
to
gain
the
painter
's
trust
before
he
took
him
into
his
service
.
"
That
was
very
easy
,
"
said
the
painter
,
"
I
inherited
these
contacts
.
My
father
was
court
painter
before
me
.
It
's
a
position
that
's
always
inherited
.
They
ca
n't
use
new
people
for
it
,
the
rules
governing
how
the
various
grades
of
officials
are
painted
are
so
many
and
varied
,
and
,
above
all
,
so
secret
that
no
-
one
outside
of
certain
families
even
knows
them
.
In
the
drawer
there
,
for
instance
,
I
've
got
my
father
's
notes
,
which
I
do
n't
show
to
anyone
.
But
you
're
only
able
to
paint
judges
if
you
know
what
they
say
.
Although
,
even
if
I
lost
them
no-one
could
ever
dispute
my
position
because
of
all
the
rules
I
just
carry
round
in
my
head
.
All
the
judges
want
to
be
painted
like
the
old
,
great
judges
were
,
and
I
'm
the
only
one
who
can
do
that
.
"
"
You
are
to
be
envied
,
"
said
K.
,
thinking
of
his
position
at
the
bank
.
"
Your
position
is
quite
unassailable
,
then
?
"
"
Yes
,
quite
unassailable
,
"
said
the
painter
,
and
he
raised
his
shoulders
in
pride
.
"
That
's
how
I
can
even
afford
to
help
some
poor
man
facing
trial
now
and
then
.
"
"
And
how
do
you
do
that
?
"
asked
K.
,
as
if
the
painter
had
not
just
described
him
as
a
poor
man
.
283
The
painter
did
not
let
himself
be
distracted
,
but
said
,
"
In
your
case
,
for
instance
,
as
you
're
totally
innocent
,
this
is
what
I
'll
do
.
"
The
repeated
mention
of
K.
's
innocence
was
becoming
irksome
to
him
.
It
sometimes
seemed
to
him
as
if
the
painter
was
using
these
comments
to
make
a
favourable
outcome
to
the
trial
a
precondition
for
his
help
,
which
of
course
would
make
the
help
itself
unnecessary
.
But
despite
these
doubts
K.
forced
himself
not
to
interrupt
the
painter
.
He
did
not
want
to
do
without
the
painter
's
help
,
that
was
what
he
had
decided
,
and
this
help
did
not
seem
in
any
way
less
questionable
than
that
of
the
lawyer
.
K.
valued
the
painter
's
help
far
more
highly
because
it
was
offered
in
a
way
that
was
more
harmless
and
open
.
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284
The
painter
had
pulled
his
seat
closer
to
the
bed
and
continued
in
a
subdued
voice
:
"
I
forgot
to
ask
you
;
what
sort
of
acquittal
is
it
you
want
?
There
are
three
possibilities
;
absolute
acquittal
,
apparent
acquittal
and
deferment
.
Absolute
acquittal
is
the
best
,
of
course
,
only
there
's
nothing
I
could
do
to
get
that
sort
of
outcome
.
I
do
n't
think
there
's
anyone
at
all
who
could
do
anything
to
get
an
absolute
acquittal
.
Probably
the
only
thing
that
could
do
that
is
if
the
accused
is
innocent
.
As
you
are
innocent
it
could
actually
be
possible
and
you
could
depend
on
your
innocence
alone
.
In
that
case
you
wo
n't
need
me
or
any
other
kind
of
help
.
"
285
At
first
,
K.
286
was
astonished
at
this
orderly
explanation
,
but
then
,
just
as
quietly
as
the
painter
,
he
said
,
"
I
think
you
're
contradicting
yourself
.
"
"
How
's
that
?
"
asked
the
painter
patiently
,
leaning
back
with
a
smile
.
This
smile
made
K.
feel
as
if
he
were
examining
not
the
words
of
the
painter
but
seeking
out
inconsistencies
in
the
procedures
of
the
court
itself
.
Nonetheless
,
he
continued
unabashed
and
said
,
"
You
remarked
earlier
that
the
court
can
not
be
approached
with
reasoned
proofs
,
you
later
restricted
this
to
the
open
court
,
and
now
you
go
so
far
as
to
say
that
an
innocent
man
needs
no
assistance
in
court
.
That
entails
a
contradiction
.
Moreover
,
you
said
earlier
that
the
judges
can
be
influenced
personally
but
now
you
insist
that
an
absolute
acquittal
,
as
you
call
it
,
can
never
be
attained
through
personal
influence
.
That
entails
a
second
contradiction
.
"
"
It
's
quite
easy
to
clear
up
these
contradictions
,
"
said
the
painter
.
"
We
're
talking
about
two
different
things
here
,
there
's
what
it
says
in
the
law
and
there
's
what
I
know
from
my
own
experience
,
you
should
n't
get
the
two
confused
.
I
've
never
seen
it
in
writing
,
but
the
law
does
,
of
course
,
say
on
the
one
hand
that
the
innocent
will
be
set
free
,
but
on
the
other
hand
it
does
n't
say
that
the
judges
can
be
influenced
.
But
in
my
experience
it
's
the
other
way
round
.
I
do
n't
know
of
any
absolute
acquittals
but
I
do
know
of
many
times
when
a
judge
has
been
influenced
.
It
's
possible
,
of
course
,
that
there
was
no
innocence
in
any
of
the
cases
I
know
about
.
287
But
is
that
likely
?
Not
a
single
innocent
defendant
in
so
many
cases
?
When
I
was
a
boy
I
used
to
listen
closely
to
my
father
when
he
told
us
about
court
cases
at
home
,
and
the
judges
that
came
to
his
studio
talked
about
the
court
,
in
our
circles
nobody
talks
about
anything
else
;
I
hardly
ever
got
the
chance
to
go
to
court
myself
but
always
made
use
of
it
when
I
could
,
I
've
listened
to
countless
trials
at
important
stages
in
their
development
,
I
've
followed
them
closely
as
far
as
they
could
be
followed
,
and
I
have
to
say
that
I
've
never
seen
a
single
acquittal
.
"
"
So
.
Not
a
single
acquittal
,
"
said
K.
,
as
if
talking
to
himself
and
his
hopes
.
"
That
confirms
the
impression
I
already
have
of
the
court
.
So
there
's
no
point
in
it
from
this
side
either
.
They
could
replace
the
whole
court
with
a
single
hangman
.
"
"
You
should
n't
generalise
,
"
said
the
painter
,
dissatisfied
,
"
I
've
only
been
talking
about
my
own
experience
.
"
"
Well
that
's
enough
,
"
said
K.
,
"
or
have
you
heard
of
any
acquittals
that
happened
earlier
?
"
"
They
say
there
have
been
some
acquittals
earlier
,
"
the
painter
answered
,
"
but
it
's
very
hard
to
be
sure
about
it
.
The
courts
do
n't
make
their
final
conclusions
public
,
not
even
the
judges
are
allowed
to
know
about
them
,
so
that
all
we
know
about
these
earlier
cases
are
just
legends
.
But
most
of
them
did
involve
absolute
acquittals
,
you
can
believe
that
,
but
they
ca
n't
be
proved
.
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288
On
the
other
hand
,
you
should
n't
forget
all
about
them
either
,
I
'm
sure
there
is
some
truth
to
them
,
and
they
are
very
beautiful
,
I
've
painted
a
few
pictures
myself
depicting
these
legends
.
"
"
My
assessment
will
not
be
altered
by
mere
legends
,
"
said
K.
"
I
do
n't
suppose
it
's
possible
to
cite
these
legends
in
court
,
is
it
?
"
The
painter
laughed
.
"
No
,
you
ca
n't
cite
them
in
court
,
"
he
said
.
"
Then
there
's
no
point
in
talking
about
them
,
"
said
K.
,
he
wanted
,
for
the
time
being
,
to
accept
anything
the
painter
told
him
,
even
if
he
thought
it
unlikely
or
contradicted
what
he
had
been
told
by
others
.
He
did
not
now
have
the
time
to
examine
the
truth
of
everything
the
painter
said
or
even
to
disprove
it
,
he
would
have
achieved
as
much
as
he
could
if
the
painter
would
help
him
in
any
way
even
if
his
help
would
not
be
decisive
.
As
a
result
,
he
said
,
"
So
let
's
pay
no
more
attention
to
absolute
acquittal
,
but
you
mentioned
two
other
possibilities
.
"
"
Apparent
acquittal
and
deferment
.
They
're
the
only
possibilities
,
"
said
the
painter
.
"
But
before
we
talk
about
them
,
would
you
not
like
to
take
your
coat
off
?
You
must
be
hot
.
"
"
Yes
,
"
said
K.
,
who
until
then
had
paid
attention
to
nothing
but
the
painter
's
explanations
,
but
now
that
he
had
had
the
heat
pointed
out
to
him
his
brow
began
to
sweat
heavily
.
"
It
's
almost
unbearable
.
"
The
painter
nodded
as
if
he
understood
K.
's
discomfort
very
well
.
"
Could
we
not
open
the
window
?
"
asked
K.
"
No
,
"
said
the
painter
.
"
It
's
only
a
fixed
pane
of
glass
,
it
ca
n't
be
opened
.
"
K.
289
now
realised
that
all
this
time
he
had
been
hoping
the
painter
would
suddenly
go
over
to
the
window
and
pull
it
open
.
He
had
prepared
himself
even
for
the
fog
that
he
would
breathe
in
through
his
open
mouth
.
The
thought
that
here
he
was
entirely
cut
off
from
the
air
made
him
feel
dizzy
.
He
tapped
lightly
on
the
bedspread
beside
him
and
,
with
a
weak
voice
,
said
,
"
That
is
very
inconvenient
and
unhealthy
.
"
"
Oh
no
,
"
said
the
painter
in
defence
of
his
window
,
"
as
it
ca
n't
be
opened
this
room
retains
the
heat
better
than
if
the
window
were
double
glazed
,
even
though
it
's
only
a
single
pane
.
There
's
not
much
need
to
air
the
room
as
there
's
so
much
ventilation
through
the
gaps
in
the
wood
,
but
when
I
do
want
to
I
can
open
one
of
my
doors
,
or
even
both
of
them
.
"
K.
was
slightly
consoled
by
this
explanation
and
looked
around
to
see
where
the
second
door
was
.
The
painter
saw
him
do
so
and
said
,
"
It
's
behind
you
,
I
had
to
hide
it
behind
the
bed
.
"
Only
then
was
K.
able
to
see
the
little
door
in
the
wall
.
"
It
's
really
much
too
small
for
a
studio
here
,
"
said
the
painter
,
as
if
he
wanted
to
anticipate
an
objection
K.
would
make
.
"
I
had
to
arrange
things
as
well
as
I
could
.
That
's
obviously
a
very
bad
place
for
the
bed
,
in
front
of
the
door
.
For
instance
when
the
judge
I
'm
painting
at
present
comes
he
always
comes
through
the
door
by
the
bed
,
and
I
've
even
given
him
a
key
to
this
door
so
that
he
can
wait
for
me
here
in
the
studio
when
I
'm
not
home
.
Although
nowadays
he
usually
comes
early
in
the
morning
when
I
'm
still
asleep
.
290
And
of
course
,
it
always
wakes
me
up
when
I
hear
the
door
opened
beside
the
bed
,
however
fast
asleep
I
am
.
If
you
could
hear
the
way
I
curse
him
as
he
climbs
over
my
bed
in
the
morning
you
'd
lose
all
respect
for
judges
.
I
suppose
I
could
take
the
key
away
from
him
but
that
'd
only
make
things
worse
.
It
only
takes
a
tiny
effort
to
break
any
of
the
doors
here
off
their
hinges
.
"
All
the
time
the
painter
was
speaking
,
K.
was
considering
whether
he
should
take
off
his
coat
,
but
he
finally
realised
that
,
if
he
did
n't
do
so
,
he
would
be
quite
unable
to
stay
here
any
longer
,
so
he
took
off
his
frock
coat
and
lay
it
on
his
knee
so
that
he
could
put
it
back
on
again
as
soon
as
the
conversation
was
over
.
He
had
hardly
done
this
when
one
of
the
girls
called
out
,
"
Now
he
's
taken
his
coat
off
!
"
and
they
could
all
be
heard
pressing
around
the
gaps
in
the
planks
to
see
the
spectacle
for
themselves
.
"
The
girls
think
I
'm
going
to
paint
your
portrait
,
"
said
the
painter
,
"
and
that
's
why
you
're
taking
your
coat
off
.
"
"
I
see
,
"
said
K.
,
only
slightly
amused
by
this
,
as
he
felt
little
better
than
he
had
before
even
though
he
now
sat
in
his
shirtsleeves
.
With
some
irritation
he
asked
,
"
What
did
you
say
the
two
other
possibilities
were
?
"
He
had
already
forgotten
the
terms
used
.
"
Apparent
acquittal
and
deferment
,
"
said
the
painter
.
"
It
's
up
to
you
which
one
you
choose
.