FRAGMENTS

FRAGMENTS

B.’s Friend

In the days that followed K. found it impossible to speak to Fräulein

Bürstner at all, even to exchange a few words with her. He tried all

sorts of different ways of approaching her, but she always managed

to avoid contact with him. He would come straight home from work

and stay in his room with the light off, sitting on the sofa doing noth-

ing but keep the hall under observation.