Bei solchen Reden aber verwickelte er sich regelmäßig in irgendeinen Dialekt, der für K. nichts Italienisches mehr hatte, den aber der Direktor nicht nur verstand, sondern auch sprach, was K. allerdings hätte voraussehen können, denn der Italiener stammte aus Süditalien, wo auch der Direktor einige Jahre gewesen war.
When he was talking in this way his speech was usually wrapped up in some kind of dialect which seemed to K. to have nothing to do with Italian but which the director not only understood but also spoke, although K. ought to have foreseen this as the Italian came from the south of his country where the director had also spent several years.