Kafka's events out of place

"K. was interrupted by a shriek from the end of the hall. He shielded his eyes to see what it was, for the gloomy daylight made the haze dazzling white. It involved the washerwoman, recognized by K. as a likely source of disturbance as soon as she came in. Whether she was to blame now was not clear. K. could see only that a man had drawn her into a corner by the door and was pressing her against his body. But it was not she who was shrieking but the man; he has opened mouth wide and was looking up at the ceiling. A small circle has formed round the pair, and the nearby people in the gallery seemed pleased that the gravity K. had introduced into the meeting had interrupted in this way." Franz Kafka, The Trial (London, England: Penguin Books, 2000), 36-7.