Warum kamen sie zu so ungelegener Zeit, und warum, so schienen wieder die Herren hinter der geschlossenen Tür zu fragen, verwendete der fleißige K. für Privatangelegenheiten die beste Geschäftszeit?
Why had they come at such an awkward time, and why, the gentlemen on the other side of the closed door seemed to be asking, was the industrious K. using up the best business time for his private affairs?