The Court Usher’s Wife
The washerwoman lives with her husband in the room used for Josef’s first hearing.
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Spoiler-freeThe washerwoman lives with her husband in the room used for Josef’s first hearing. She says court officials and a law student exploit her and suggests that she might help Josef. Josef is attracted to her, but the student carries her away before he can act. Her later fate is not stated.
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