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Quote #4
The old man, trembling with emotion, peeped through the little window. A candle was burning dimly in the prisoner's room. He was sitting at the table. […] Five minutes passed and the prisoner did not once stir. Fifteen years' imprisonment had taught him to sit still. The banker tapped at the window with his finger, and the prisoner made no movement whatever in response. […] The banker expected to hear at once footsteps and a cry of astonishment, but three minutes passed and it was as quiet as ever in the room. [The lawyer] was asleep. . . . (1.8-10)
Again, we are into this idea of trying to figure out what another person is thinking just from observing them from the outside. Here, the old banker first assumes that the lawyer is awake and motionless because "fifteen years' imprisonment had taught him to sit still." The banker expects the lawyer to react in a specific way—to stand up, to move, to walk, to "cry with astonishment"—but the lawyer's behavior really doesn't match up to these expectations. Instead, it turns out that he's just asleep. So it turns out you really can't gain much knowledge about a person, just by watching them.