K.'s Fate from Stranger to Drifting OutsiderK.'s personal trajectory moves from confident arrival to exhausted dependency.1Confident Strangerthe first night in the village2Disappointment Before the Castlethe first morning in the village3The Foothold with Friedathe second night with Frieda4Loss of Friedaafter K.'s evening at the Barnabas house5Led Away by Gerstäckerthe end of the surviving text