unhealthy.” “Oh no,” said the painter in defence of his window, “as it can't be opened this room retains the heat better than if the window were double glazed, even though it's only a single pane.

There's not much need to air the room as there's so much ventilation through the gaps in the wood, but when I do want to I can open one of my doors, or even both of them.” K. was slightly consoled by this explanation and looked around to see where the second door was. The painter saw him do so and said, “It's behind you, I had to hide it behind the bed.” Only then was K. able to see the little door in the wall. “It's really much too small for a studio here,” said the painter, as if he wanted to anticipate an objection K. would make. “I had to arrange things as well as I