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Once he stood out on the street K. saw an elderly gentleman pacing up and down the street.
He wondered who the old man could nose out, and approached him,
Somewhat puzzled, he introduced himself as Jeremias, K.'s old assistant.
K. wondered why he looked quite different.
Jeremias answered that, when left alone, all carefree youth was gone.
Arthur, he told K., had given up his duties and went back to the Castle to file a complaint against him.
He was complaining that he simply was too harsh with the two of them, and couldn't take a joke.
He himself was only here, because he was looking for him, only to reassure Frieda.
Because when K. left she was very unhappy, not so much at the loss as at your having betrayed her.
The three of them together had decided to abandon him.
He was now a room waiter at the manorial inn, and Frieda was back at the bar.
K. obviously didn't care for his marriage, and could simply head back to Barnabas' sisters.
And without a word of greeting Jeremias took flight.
For quite a while K. stood on the snow-covered street, taken aback.
Out of this bleak night a man came walking towards him.
It was Barnabas, who seemed delighted to meet K.
Just now he had met Klamm, the official told him,
who was staying for a few meetings in the offices upstairs the manorial inn.
And who told him that he set great store on speaking to K.
But he would need to come at once,
because he had to go back at five a.m. the next morning.
Without further ado K. set off.