Es mochte in dieser Bemerkung alle mögliche Wut zum Ausbruch kommen, jedenfalls lag darin aber auch der Hochmut des künftigen Gerichtsbeamten, der zu einem mißliebigen Angeklagten sprach.
This comment could have caused all possible rage to break out between them, but K. also bore in mind that this was a prospective court official speaking to a disfavoured defendant, and he might well have been taking pride in speaking in this way.