Ohne daß ihm der Besuch angekündigt gewesen wäre, saß K., gleichfalls schwarz angezogen, in einem Sessel in der Nähe der Tür und zog langsam neue, scharf sich über die Finger spannende Handschuhe an, in der Haltung, wie man Gäste erwartet.
He had not been notified they would be coming, but K. sat in a chair near the door, dressed in black as they were, and slowly put on new gloves which stretched tightly over his fingers and behaved as if he were expecting visitors.