However he might seem to us he is still in the service of the law, so he belongs to the law, so he's beyond what man has a right to judge. In this case we can't believe the doorkeeper is the man's subordinate. Even if he has to stay at the entrance into the law his service makes him incomparably more than if he lived freely in the world. The man has come to the law for the first time and the doorkeeper is already there. He's been given his position by the law, to doubt his worth would be to doubt the law.” “I can't say I'm in complete agreement with this view,” said K. shaking his head, “as if you accept it you'll have to accept that everything said by the doorkeeper is true.

But you've already explained very fully that that's not possible.” “No,” said the priest, “you don't