The doorkeeper sees that the man is nearing his end, and in order to reach his failing hearing, he roars at him. K immediately launches into interpretations of the parable. He asks: "What does that mean, that the entrance was only for him, stry? Why does he stay there?" The priest says it just seems like something that's being told to us about this whole thing. And i have like a big old asterisk next to that in in my reading, because it just seemslike something that's been told to usabout this whole thing."