K. ließ sich von ihm führen, es zeigte sich, daß in dem durcheinanderwimmelnden Gedränge doch ein schmaler Weg frei war, der möglicherweise zwei Parteien schied; dafür sprach auch, daß K. in den ersten Reihen rechts und links kaum ein ihm zugewendetes Gesicht sah, sondern nur die Rücken von Leuten, welche ihre Reden und Bewegungen nur an Leute ihrer Partei richteten.
K. let himself be led by him, and it turned out that there was - surprisingly in a densely packed crowd of people moving to and fro - a narrow passage which may have been the division between two factions; this idea was reinforced by the fact that in the first few rows to the left and the right of him there was hardly any face looking in his direction, he saw nothing but the backs of people directing their speech and their movements only towards members of their own side.