A Clip from Franz Kafka's _The Castle_
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the papers will not be found, Said K. Not be found, said the Superintendent. Mizzi. Please hurry up a bit still. I can tell you the story even without the papers, we replied with thanks to the order that I've mentioned already, saying that we didn't need a land surveyor. But this reply doesn't appear to have reached the original Department. I'll call it A, but by mistake, went to another Department. Be so Department A remained without an answer. But unfortunately, our full reply didn't reach be either whether it was the order itself was not enclosed by us, or whether it got lost on the way, it was certainly not lost in my department that I can vouch for in any case, all that arrived at Department B was the covering letter, in which was merely noted that the enclosed order. Unfortunately an impractical one was concerned with the engagement of a land surveyor. Meanwhile, Department A was waiting for our answer. They had of course made a memorandum of the case. But as excusable E enough often happens, and is bound to happen even under the most efficient handling. Our correspondent trusted to the fact that we would answer him, after which he would either summon the land surveyor or else if need be write us further about the matter. As a result, he never thought of referring to his memorandum and the whole thing fell into oblivion. But in Department be the covering letter came into the hands of a correspondent, famed for his conscientiousness, sardine, e by name and italian, it is incomprehensible even to me though I am one of the initiated, why a man of his capacities is left in an almost subordinate position.