From hall to hall keepers stand at every door, one more powerful than the other. When the doorkeeper sees that, he laughs and says: 'If you are so strongly tempted, try to get in without my permission.

'It is possible,' answers the doorkeeper, 'but not at this moment.' Since the door leading into the Law stands open as usual and the doorkeeper steps to one side, the man bends down to peer through the entrance. The man, on reflection, asks if he will be allowed, then, to enter later. But the doorkeeper says that he cannot admit the man at the moment. To this doorkeeper there comes a man from the country who begs for admittance to the Law. “Before the Law stands a doorkeeper on guard. It receives you when you came and it dismisses you when you go.” 'So why should I want anything from you? The court wants nothing from you. 'That means I belong to the Court,' said the priest. 'You are the prison chaplain,' said K., groping his way nearer to the priest again his immediate return to the Bank was not so necessary as he had made out, he could quite stay longer. 'Well, yes,' said K., 'you must see that I can't help it.' 'You must first see who I am,' said the priest. 'You were so friendly to me for a time,' said K., 'and explained so much to me, and now you let me go as if you cared nothing about me.' 'But you have to leave now,' said the priest. 'Don't you want anything more form me?' asked K. cried out in a loud voice, 'please wait a moment.' 'I am waiting,' said the priest. 'Turn left to the wall,' said the priest, 'then follow the wall without leaving it and you'll come to a door.' The priest had already taken a step or two away from him, but K.

“But I cannot find my way in this darkness,' said K.

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