Uncle Karl was K.'s former guardian, and so K. was duty-bound to help him in all of this as well as to offer him a bed for the night.
Aldi berean K., osaba bere hezitzaile ohia izaki, ahal zuen guztian laguntzera eta etxean gaua pasatzen uztera behartuta zegoen. "Baserriko fantasma" deitu ohi zion.