War vielleicht der Kirchendiener doch nicht so ganz vom Verstand verlassen und hatte K. dem Prediger zutreiben wollen, was allerdings in der leeren Kirche äußerst notwendig gewesen war?
Maybe the man in the cassock had not been really so demented, and had meant to lead K.'s way to the preacher, which in this empty church would have been very necessary.