Read this excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered. A small voice inside me asked, "What else?" I knew the Austrian was like stone. I
had truly come to the end of my rope. With measured steps, I walked toward the door to the building. Gestapo were everywhere in the corridors, like flies in fancy uniforms. Again the thought rang in my brain, People who enter this building do not always come out again. I put one foot in front of the other, waiting for someone to stop me. Why does Miep choose to leave the building? She has devised an alternate plan. She is disgusted by the filthy facility. She recognizes the futility of her effort. She is concerned about returning to work.
She chooses to leave the building because she recognizes the futility of her effort, since she has gone, on behalf of the company representatives, to the Gestapo headquarters in order to bribe one of the officers (Karl S.) but to no avail. Since the Austrian officer "was like stone," and since she has even tried to talk to his boss, also in vain (and risking her life), she does not see other option but to leave the facility.
