That went on for about an hour until the old gentleman, who was already exhausted from working all night, was very tired and went back to his office. One lawyer after another was sent out to run up the steps and let himself be thrown down again, offering what resistance he could as long as it was passive resistance, and his colleagues would catch him at the bottom of the steps. In the end, they agreed that they would try to tire the old man out. On the other hand, any day not spent in court is a day lost for them and it was a matter of some importance to force their way inside. ![]() It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable. The lawyers gathered together down in front of the steps and discussed with each other what they should do on the one hand they had actually no right to be allowed into the building so that there was hardly anything that they could legally do to the official and, as I've already mentioned, they would have to be careful not to set all the officials against them. Its only because of their stupidity that theyre able to be so sure of themselves. When it was nearly morning, and he had been working for twenty-four hours with probably very little result, he went to the front entrance, waited there in ambush, and every time a lawyer tried to enter the building he would throw him down the steps. He had been studying it for a day and a night without a break - as these officials are indeed hard working, no-one works as hard as they do. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. ![]() It goes like this: One of the older officials, a good and peaceful man, was dealing with a difficult matter for the court which had become very confused, especially thanks to the contributions from the lawyers. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. “There is a story, for instance, that has very much the ring of truth about it.
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