K. dachte nicht eigentlich mehr an das Paar, ihm war, als werde seine Freiheit eingeschränkt, als mache man mit der Verhaftung ernst, und er sprang rücksichtslos vom Podium hinunter.
K., by this time, had forgotten about the pair, it seemed to him that his freedom was being limited as if his arrest was being taken seriously, and, without any thought for what he was doing, he jumped down from the podium.