One of the men produces a double-edged butcher knife, and as the two men pass it back and forth between them, the narrator tells us that "K. knew then precisely, that it would have been his duty to take the knife... and thrust it into himself."
Jedan od njih izvuče mesarski nož s dvostrukom oštricom, i dok ga oni razmjenjuju među sobom, narator nam kaže da je „K. točno znao da bi bila njegova dužnost da uzme nož…i zabije ga u sebe“.