in short, he no longer had any choice whether he would acept the trial or turn it down, he was in the middle of it and had to defend himself if he was tired, then that was bad but there was no reason to worry too much before he needed to he had been capable of working himsell up to his high position in the bank in a relatively short time and to retain it with respect from everyone, now he simply had to apply some of the talents that had made that possible for him to the trial, and there was no doubt that it had to turn out well. the most important thing, if something was to be achieved, was to reject in advance any idea that he mite be in any way guilty. there was no gilt. the trial was nothing but a big piece of business, just like he had already concluded to the benefit of the bank many times, a piece of business that concealed many …show more content…
seen in this way, there was no choice but to take his repreentation away from the lawyer very soon, at best that very evening the lawyer had told him, as he talked to him, that that was something unheard of and would probably do him a great deal of harm, but could not tolerate any impediment to his efforts where his trial was concerned, and these impediments were probably caused by the lawyer himsell but once he had shaken off the lawyer the documents would need to be submitted straight away and, if possule, he would need to see to it that they were being dealt with every day it would of course not be enough, if that was to be done, for to sit in the corridor with his hat uder the bench like the others. day after dag, he himself, or one of the women or somebody else on his behall, would have to run after the officials and force them to sit at their desks and study ks documents instead of looking out on the corridor through the grating. there could be no let up in these efforts, everything old need to be organised and supervised, reaching the terrace above, one which appeared more time worn and dangerous than that upon