Chapter 3 Summary

"Michael K sat on a bench beside the miniature golf course on the Sea Point esplanade, facing the sea, resting, gathering his strength." Michael K listened and waited. K felt at peace and relaxed for some time on the bench. Many more buildings were boarded up than he had remembered. He felt strange, since he was naked inside his overalls. K entered the old Cote d'Azur building, looked around, and then, he went back to the beach. In a public toilet near the beach, K was asked to leave by a man accompanied by another man and a woman (looking to use the privacy for sex). One of the men guarding the door spoke to K at length. The man saw that K was naked under the overalls and noticing K's physical condition, the man offered him some food. K ate some bread...