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When at last she had yielded , and he made his way down to the smoking-room , it was with the feeling that he had won a victory . K. had been uneasy all that day ; his ledgers irritated him . He had been sleeping badly since Sidney 's announcement of her engagement . At five o'clock , when he left the office , he found Joe Drummond waiting outside on the pavement . `` Mother said you 'd been up to see me a couple of times . I thought I 'd come around . '' K. looked at his watch .