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K., a land surveyor, arrives late at night in an anonymous town which sits at the foot of a large castle. After some confusion about his identity and whether he has permission to be there, K. is able to get some sleep. K. tries to go up to the Castle himself but finds the thick snow too tiring. He stops for awhile in the house of a master tanner named Lasseman...

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