The Court Usher
The usher works for the court and is married to the washerwoman.
The book
Who they are in the book
Spoiler-freeThe usher works for the court and is married to the washerwoman. He resents the student and examining magistrate who claim access to his wife but feels powerless to oppose them. He guides Josef into the attic offices, where Josef becomes ill. He remains trapped inside the institution he serves.
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