Er setzte sich ein wenig, um die Diener ein Weilchen lang in der Nähe zu behalten, warf einige Kopien durcheinander, wodurch er den Anschein zu erwecken glaubte, daß er sie überprüfe, und ging dann, da er einsah, daß die Diener nicht wagen würden, gleichzeitig mit ihm wegzugehen, müde und gedankenlos nach Hause.
They would be able to do the job the next day, K. nodded, it was too late in the evening to make them do it there and then as he had originally intended. He sat down briefly in order to keep them near him for a little longer, looked through a few of the copies to give the impression that he was checking them and then, as he saw that they would not dare to leave at the same time as himself, went home tired and with his mind numb.