Während sein Prozeß weiterrollte, während oben auf dem Dachboden die Gerichtsbeamten über den Schriften dieses Prozesses saßen, sollte er die Geschäfte der Bank besorgen?
Was he supposed to let people in to see him and go into negotiations with them at a time like this? While his trial trundled on, while the court officials upstairs in the attic room sat looking at the papers for this trial, should he be worrying about the business of the bank?