The Trial

The only right thing to do is to learn how to deal with the situation as it is.

"A woman's hands will do many things when no-one's looking,"

You've not behaved towards us the way we deserve after being so good to you, you forget that we, whatever we are, we're still free men and you're not, and that's quite an advantage.

It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves

forced to forbid you to do something that you ought to have forbidden yourself to do

understanding of the same matter are not mutually exclusive

The strange man could not have learned anything

That evening, though, - the day had passed quickly with a lot of hard work and many respectful and friendly birthday greetings

anaemic young people were indeed officials from his bank, not colleagues of his, that was putting it too high and it showed a gap in the omniscience of the supervisor, but they were nonetheless junior members of staff at the bank. How could K. have failed to see that?

And to make things easier for you, and to let you get to the bank with as little fuss as possible I've put these three gentlemen, colleagues of yours, at your disposal."