
import re
import string
import nltk as nk
from nltk.tokenize import sent_tokenize
from nltk.tokenize import word_tokenize
from nltk.corpus import stopwords
from nltk.probability import FreqDist


filename = 'novel.txt'
file = open(filename, 'rt')
text = file.read()
print(text)
file.close()

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One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found
himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.  He lay on
his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could
see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff
sections.  The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready
to slide off any moment.  His many legs, pitifully thin compared
with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he
looked.

"What's happened to me?" he thought.  It wasn't a dream.  His room,
a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully
between its four familiar walls.  A collection of textile samples
lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and
above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an
illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame.  It showed
a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright,
raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm
towards the viewer.

Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather.
Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel
quite sad.  "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all
this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to
do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present
state couldn't get into that position.  However hard he threw
himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was.  He
must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he
wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when
he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt
before.

"Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've
chosen! Travelling day in and day out.  Doing business like this
takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on
top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making
train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different
people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or
become friendly with them.  It can all go to Hell!"  He felt a
slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back
towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found
where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little
white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried
to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back
because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder.

He slid back into his former position.  "Getting up early all the
time", he thought, "it makes you stupid.  You've got to get enough
sleep.  Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury.  For
instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning
to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting
there eating their breakfasts.  I ought to just try that with my
boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot.  But who knows, maybe that
would be the best thing for me.  If I didn't have my parents to
think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have
gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him
everything I would, let him know just what I feel.  He'd fall right
off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up
there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there,
especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is
hard of hearing.  Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the
money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or
six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do.  That's when
I'll make the big change.  First of all though, I've got to get up,
my train leaves at five."

And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of
drawers.  "God in Heaven!" he thought.  It was half past six and the
hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half
past, more like quarter to seven.  Had the alarm clock not rung? He
could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it
should have been; it certainly must have rung.  Yes, but was it
possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise?
True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply
because of that.  What should he do now? The next train went at
seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and
the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at
all feel particularly fresh and lively.  And even if he did catch
the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office
assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he
would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long
time ago.  The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and
with no understanding.  What about if he reported sick? But that
would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of
service Gregor had never once yet been ill.  His boss would
certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance
company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the
doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed
that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy.  And what's
more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in
fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long,
feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual.

He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide
to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven.
There was a cautious knock at the door near his head.  "Gregor",
somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven.
Didn't you want to go somewhere?"  That gentle voice! Gregor was
shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be
recognised as the voice he had had before.  As if from deep inside
him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with
it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort
of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether
he had heard properly or not.  Gregor had wanted to give a full
answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented
himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up
now."  The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed
outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with
this explanation and shuffled away.  But this short conversation
made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against
their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came
knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist.
"Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?"  And after a short
while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor!
Gregor!"  At the other side door his sister came plaintively:
"Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?"  Gregor answered to
both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the
strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting
long pauses between each, individual word.  His father went back to
his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I
beg of you."  Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door,
and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired
from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was
at home.

The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being
disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast.
Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware
that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by
lying in bed.  He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in
bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned
out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would
slowly resolve themselves today.  He did not have the slightest
doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first
sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for
travelling salesmen.

It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow
himself up a little and they fell off by themselves.  But it became
difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad.
He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but
instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously
moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to
control.  If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first
one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do
what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free
and would move about painfully.  "This is something that can't be
done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do
it".

The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body
out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not
imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move;
it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he
carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could
gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower
bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower
part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive.

So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed
first, carefully turning his head to the side.  This he managed
quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of
his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head.
But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the
fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be
a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry
on pushing himself forward the same way.  And he could not knock
himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose
consciousness.

It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been
earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching
his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than
before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing
peace and order to this chaos.  He told himself once more that it
was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible
thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at
whatever sacrifice.  At the same time, though, he did not forget to
remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing
to desperate conclusions.  At times like this he would direct his
eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but
unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was
enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer
to offer him.  "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the
clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like
this."  And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly
as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back
to their real and natural state.

But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven
I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed.  And by then
somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me
as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock."  And so he
set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body
out of the bed all at the same time.  If he succeeded in falling out
of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could
probably avoid injuring it.  His back seemed to be quite hard, and
probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet.  His
main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which
even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not
alarm.  But it was something that had to be risked.

When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new
method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock
back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be
if somebody came to help him.  Two strong people - he had his father
and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would
only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him
away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and
careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the
little legs would find a use.  Should he really call for help
though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked?
Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile
at this thought.

After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have
been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard.  The
time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final
decision very soon.  Then there was a ring at the door of the flat.
"That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very
still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as
they danced around.  For a moment everything remained quiet.
"They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in
some nonsensical hope.  But then of course, the maid's firm steps
went to the door as ever and opened it.  Gregor only needed to hear
the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the
chief clerk himself.  Why did Gregor have to be the only one
condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly
suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every
one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and
devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he
couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of
hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough
to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were
even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did
they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so
suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the
wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made
him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with
all his force out of the bed.  There was a loud thump, but it wasn't
really a loud noise.  His fall was softened a little by the carpet,
and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which
made the sound muffled and not too noticeable.  He had not held his
head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in
pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet.

"Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room
on the left.  Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort
that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk
too; you had to concede that it was possible.  But as if in gruff
reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his
highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room.
From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let
him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here."  "Yes, I know", said
Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough
for his sister to hear him.

"Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief
clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the
early train.  We don't know what to say to him.  And anyway, he
wants to speak to you personally.  So please open up this door.  I'm
sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room."
Then the chief clerk called "Good morning,  Mr. Samsa". "He isn't
well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father
continued to speak through the door.  "He isn't well, please believe
me.  Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever
thinks about the business.  It nearly makes me cross the way he
never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but
stayed home every evening.  He sits with us in the kitchen and just
reads the paper or studies train timetables.  His idea of relaxation
is working with his fretsaw.  He's made a little frame, for
instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed
how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon
as Gregor opens the door.  Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't
have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so
stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he
is, but he isn't."  "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly
and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any
word of the conversation.  "Well I can't think of any other way of
explaining it,  Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's
nothing serious.  But on the other hand, I must say that if we
people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or
unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of
business considerations."  "Can the chief clerk come in to see you
now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door
again.  "No", said Gregor.  In the room on his right there followed
a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry.

So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably
only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed.  And why was
she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the
chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if
that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the
same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like
that yet.  Gregor was still there and had not the slightest
intention of abandoning his family.  For the time being he just lay
there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in
would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in.  It was
only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be
found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could
be sacked on the spot.  And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible
to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at
him and crying.  But the others didn't know what was happening, they
were worried, that would excuse their behaviour.

The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him,
"what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more
than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and
unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention
this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in
a way that is quite unheard of.  I'm speaking here on behalf of your
parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and
immediate explanation.  I am astonished, quite astonished.  I
thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you
suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims.  This morning,
your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to
appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently
entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour
that that could not be the right explanation.  But now that I see
your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish
whatsoever to intercede on your behalf.  And nor is your position
all that secure.  I had originally intended to say all this to you
in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good
reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it.
Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that
it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we
recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no
business at all,  Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be."

"But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in
the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment.  I'm
slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get
up.  I'm still in bed now.  I'm quite fresh again now, though.  I'm
just getting out of bed.  Just a moment.  Be patient! It's not quite
as easy as I'd thought.  I'm quite alright now, though.  It's
shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright
last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had
a small symptom of it last night already.  They must have noticed
it.  I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always
think you can get over an illness without staying at home.  Please,
don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the
accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any
of these things.  Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent
in.  I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few
hours of rest have given me strength.  You don't need to wait, sir;
I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to
tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!"

And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was
saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was
easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in
bed - where he now tried to get himself upright.  He really did want
to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak
with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was
curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him.
If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's
responsibility and he could rest.  If, however, they took everything
calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried
he really could be at the station for eight o'clock.  The first few
times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just
slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and
stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain
but he no longer gave any attention to it.  Now he let himself fall
against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of
it with his little legs.  By now he had also calmed down, and kept
quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying.

"Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his
parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!"
called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously
ill and we're making him suffer.  Grete! Grete!" she then cried.
"Mother?" his sister called from the other side.  They communicated
across Gregor's room.  "You'll have to go for the doctor straight
away.  Gregor is ill.  Quick, get the doctor.  Did you hear the way
Gregor spoke just now?"  "That was the voice of an animal", said the
chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's
screams.  "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through
the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!"
And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out
through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they
went.  How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There
was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it
open;  people often do in homes where something awful has happened.

Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer.  So they couldn't
understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to
him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the
sound.  They had realised, though, that there was something wrong
with him, and were ready to help.  The first response to his
situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel
better.  He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and
from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising
achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the
other.  Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to
make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking
care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound
different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure
he could judge this for himself.  Meanwhile, it had become very
quiet in the next room.  Perhaps his parents were sat at the table
whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed
against the door and listening.

Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair.  Once
there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding
himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his
legs.  He rested there a little while to recover from the effort
involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the
lock with his mouth.  He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper
teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth
was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw,
he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that
he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came
from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor.
"Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the
key."  Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should
have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done,
Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the
lock!"  And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his
efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no
attention to the pain he was causing himself.  As the key turned
round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself
upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down
again with the whole weight of his body as needed.  The clear sound
of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break
his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself:
"So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on
the handle of the door to open it completely.

Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide
open before he could be seen.  He had first to slowly turn himself
around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully
if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the
room.  He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to
pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk
exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind.
Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand
pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by
a steady and invisible force.  Gregor's mother, her hair still
dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked
at his father.  Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward
towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that
spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto
her breast.  His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if
wanting to knock Gregor back into his room.  Then he looked
uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands
and wept so that his powerful chest shook.

So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of
the other door which was still held bolted in place.  In this way
only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it
which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others.
Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless,
grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a
hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular
line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still
falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the
ground one at a time.  The washing up from breakfast lay on the
table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father,
breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would
stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of
different newspapers.  On the wall exactly opposite there was
photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword
in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth
respect for his uniform and bearing.  The door to the entrance hall
was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could
see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down
below.

"Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to
have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my
samples and set off.  Will you please just let me leave? You can
see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I
like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but
without travelling I couldn't earn my living.  So where are you
going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately,
then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to
work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been
achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty
has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence
and concentration.  You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to
our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my
sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will
work my way out of it again.  Please don't make things any harder
for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the
office.  I know that nobody likes the travellers.  They think we
earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it.  That's
just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of
it.  But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the
staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview
than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to
make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than
he should.  And you're also well aware that we travellers spend
almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very
easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints,
and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of
thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when
we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel
the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing
what caused them.  Please, don't go away, at least first say
something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!"

But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to
speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his
trembling shoulders as he left.  He did not keep still for a moment
while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door
without taking his eyes off him.  He moved very gradually, as if
there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room.  It was
only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden
movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in
a panic.  In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards
the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force
waiting to save him.

Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief
clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be
put into extreme danger.  That was something his parents did not
understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that
this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides,
they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight
of any thought for the future.  Gregor, though, did think about the
future.  The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced
and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended
on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already
in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back.  And
the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him;
she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out
of his shocked state.  But his sister was not there, Gregor would
have to do the job himself.  And without considering that he still
was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present
state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not -
be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the
opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who,
ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but
Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought
something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs.  Hardly
had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to
feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground
under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they
were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and
he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at
an end.  He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side
as he crouched there on the floor.  His mother was not far away in
front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but
then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her
fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!"  The way she
held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the
unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not;
she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the
breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly
down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming
to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of
coffee was pouring down onto the carpet.

"Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her.  He had
completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not
help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the
flow of coffee.  That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from
the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her.
Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief
clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister,
he looked back for the last time.  Gregor made a run for him; he
wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have
expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and
disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase.  The
flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's
father into a panic as well.  Until then he had been relatively self
controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk
himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him,
Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand
(the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat
and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his
left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his
foot at him as he went.  Gregor's appeals to his father were of no
help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly
turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder.
Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had
pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to
her face.  A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards
the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table
fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor.  Nothing would
stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at
him like a wild man.  Gregor had never had any practice in moving
backwards and was only able to go very slowly.  If Gregor had only
been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room
straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that
his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a
lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand
any moment.  Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no
choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of
going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as
possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn
himself round.  It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able
to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact
now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a
distance as to which way to turn.  If only his father would stop
that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused.  When
he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that
hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way
he had just come.  He was pleased when he finally had his head in
front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his
body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty.  In
his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open
the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space
to get through.  He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should
be got back into his room as quickly as possible.  Nor would he ever
have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation
for getting through the doorway.  What he did, making more noise
than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there
had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was
now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant
experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without
regard for what might happen.  One side of his body lifted itself,
he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white
door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it,
soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all
by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air
while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the
ground.  Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which
released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily
bleeding, deep into his room.  The door was slammed shut with the
stick, then, finally, all was quiet.


II


It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke
from his deep and coma-like sleep.  He would have woken soon
afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had
enough sleep and felt fully rested.  But he had the impression that
some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front
room being carefully shut had woken him.  The light from the
electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling
and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was
dark.  He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily
with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value
- in order to see what had been happening there.  The whole of his
left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar,  and he limped
badly on his two rows of legs.  One of the legs had been badly
injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that
only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly.

It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it
actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of
something to eat.  By the door there was a dish filled with
sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it.  He
was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he
had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the
milk, nearly covering his eyes with it.  But he soon drew his head
back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender
left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to
eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the
milk did not taste at all nice.  Milk like this was normally his
favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him
because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away
from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room.

Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had
been lit in the living room.  His father at this time would normally
be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to
Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not
a sound to be heard.  Gregor's sister would often write and tell him
about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in
recent times.  It was so quiet all around too, even though there
must have been somebody in the flat.  "What a quiet life it is the
family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness,
felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in
such a nice home for his sister and parents.  But what now, if all
this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and
frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to
think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and
down the room.

Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was
opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door
on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to
enter the room but thought better of it.  Gregor went and waited
immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous
visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it
was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in
vain.  The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had
wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up
one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time
during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides.

It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room
was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had
stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as
they went away together on tip-toe.  It was clear that no-one would
come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty
of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange
his life.  For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced
to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor,
even though he had been living in it for five years.  Hardly aware
of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he
hurried under the couch.  It pressed down on his back a little, and
he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt
immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too
broad to get it all underneath.

He spent the whole night there.  Some of the time he passed in a
light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of
his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague
hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the
time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the
greatest consideration so that his family could bear the
unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to
impose on them.

Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his
decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had
ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the
front room and looked anxiously in.  She did not see him straight
away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be
somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so
shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut
again from outside.  But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she
opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if
entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger.
Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch,
and watched her.  Would she notice that he had left the milk as it
was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him
in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it
herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it,
although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the
couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something
good to eat.  However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately
and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with
some surprise.  She immediately picked it up - using a rag,
not her bare hands - and carried it out.  Gregor was extremely
curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the
wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his
sister, in her goodness, actually did bring.  In order to test his
taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out
on an old newspaper.  There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones
from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a
few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared
inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with
butter and salt.  As well as all that she had poured some water into
the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's
use, and placed it beside them.  Then, out of consideration for
Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of
her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so
that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for
himself as he liked.  Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could
eat.  What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed
as he found no difficulty in moving.  This amazed him, as more than
a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he
thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday.
"Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was
already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost
compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the
newspaper.  Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with
pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the
fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even
dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them
because he couldn't stand the smell.  Long after he had finished
eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned
the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw.  He
was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he
hurried back under the couch.  But he needed great self-control to
stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room,
as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he
could hardly breathe in that narrow space.  Half suffocating, he
watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a
broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he
had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more.
She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden
lid, and carried everything out.  She had hardly turned her back
before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched
himself.

This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the
morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the
second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his
parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's
sister would send the maid away on some errand.  Gregor's father and
mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it
would have been more than they could stand to have any more
experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his
sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were
indeed suffering enough.

It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the
doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the
flat.  As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister,
thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to
hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about
his room.  It was only later, when she had become a little more used
to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever
becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes
catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be
construed as friendly.  "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might
say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him,
or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more
frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been
left there again".

Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen
to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard
anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and
press his whole body against it.  There was seldom any conversation,
especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if
only in secret.  For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime
was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke
about the same subject as there were always at least two members of
the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and
it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty.  And on
the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged
Gregor's mother to let her go without delay.  It was not very clear
how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter
of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as
if she had done her an enormous service.  She even swore
emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had
happened, even though no-one had asked that of her.

Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking;
although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much.
Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another
to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough"
or something similar.  No-one drank very much either.  His sister
would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping
for the chance to go and fetch it herself.  When his father then
said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that
she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would
close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said.

Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had
explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and
prospects were.  Now and then he stood up from the table and took
some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from
his business when it had collapsed five years earlier.  Gregor heard
how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he
had taken the item he wanted.  What he heard his father say was some
of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been
incarcerated in his room.  He had thought that nothing at all
remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him
anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway.
Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total
despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange
things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as
possible.  So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery
vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling
representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn
money in quite different ways.  Gregor converted his success at work
straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the
benefit of his astonished and delighted family.  They had been good
times and they had never come again, at least not with the same
splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was
in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear
them.  They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family,
they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it,
although there was no longer much warm affection given in return.
Gregor only remained close to his sister now.  Unlike him, she was
very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his
secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it
would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some
other way.  During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with
his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever
mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised.  Their
parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought
about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he
planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day.

That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his
mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and
listening.  There were times when he simply became too tired to
continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the
door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the
slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would
all go silent.  "What's that he's doing now", his father would say
after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then
would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again.

When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times,
partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with
these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not
understand everything the first time.  From these repeated explanations
Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes
there was still some money available from the old days.  It was not
a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest
had accumulated.  Besides that, they had not been using up all the
money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a
little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating.
Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at
this unexpected thrift and caution.  He could actually have used
this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the
day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come
much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had
done things.

This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family
to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for,
perhaps, one or two years, no more.  That's to say, it was money
that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies;
money to live on had to be earned.  His father was healthy but old,
and lacking in self confidence.  During the five years that he had
not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of
strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become
very slow and clumsy.  Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go
and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her
just to move about the home, every other day would be spent
struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window.  Would his
sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of
seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting
of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business,
joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the
violin.  Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money,
Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself
onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with
shame and regret.

He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a
wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end.  Or he might go
to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto
the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to
stare out of it.  He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from
doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered
than experienced,  as what he actually saw in this way was becoming
less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had
used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the
street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known
that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite
being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was
looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the
grey earth mingled inseparably.  His observant sister only needed to
notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its
exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and
even left the inner pane of the window open from then on.

If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her
for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him
to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain.  His sister,
naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing
burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the
better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also
able to see through it all so much better.  It had even become very
unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room.  No sooner
had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a
precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into
Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it
hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating.  Even if it was
cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little
while.  She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about
and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole
while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to
spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the
same room with him with the windows closed.

One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister
no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance,
she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him
still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be
most horrible.  In itself, his sister's not coming into the room
would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been
difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still
there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and
closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had
threatened her and tried to bite her.  Gregor went straight to hide
himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday
before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than
usual.  It made him realise that she still found his appearance
unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to
overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that
protruded from under the couch.  One day, in order to spare her even
this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the
couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered
and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down.
If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do
was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no
pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely.  She left the
sheet where it was.  Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of
gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet
to see how his sister liked the new arrangement.

For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring
themselves to come into the room to see him.  He would often hear
them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing
even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat
useless and frequently been annoyed with her.  But now the two of
them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of
Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as
she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how
everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this
time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen.
His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but
his father and sister at first persuaded her against it.  Gregor
listened very closely to all this, and approved fully.  Later,
though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out:
"Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you
understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself
that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day
of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand
everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was
still just a child after all, and really might not have had an
adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on.

Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised.  Out of
consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at
the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did
not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie
quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any
pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit
of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling.  He was especially
fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying
on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light
swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen
that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and
landing on the floor with a crash.  But now, of course, he had far
better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as
great as that, caused himself no damage.  Very soon his sister
noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after
all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about -
and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by
removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of
drawers and the desk.  Now, this was not something that she would be
able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her
father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the
cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she
had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times
and never to have to open the door unless it was especially
important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when
Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her.  As
she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her
joy, but once at the door she went silent.  First, of course, his
sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room
was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter.  Gregor had
hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more
folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just
been thrown down by chance.  Gregor also refrained, this time, from
spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his
mother until later and was simply glad that she had come.  "You can
come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her
in by the hand.  The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair
of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they
pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest
part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that
she would strain herself.  This lasted a very long time.  After
labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would
be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too
heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got
home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way
even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the
furniture away would really be any help to him.  She thought just
the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her
heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been
used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make
him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that.  Then, quietly,
almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did
not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was
convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by
taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that
we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to
cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the
way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll
find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in
between all the easier".

Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the
lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous
life led by the family during these two months, must have made him
confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself
why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out.  Had he really
wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out
with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him
crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let
him quickly forget his past when he had still been human.  He had
come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his
mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it.  Nothing
should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without
the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the
furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that
was not a loss but a great advantage.

His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the
idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his
parents about the things that concerned him.  This meant that his
mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on
removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had
thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important
couch.  It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the
unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her
insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to
crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see,
was of no use to him at all.  Girls of that age, though, do become
enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever
they can.  Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's
situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do
even more for him.  Grete would probably be the only one who would
dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls
by himself.

So she refused to let her mother dissuade her.  Gregor's mother
already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and
helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what
strength she had.  The chest of drawers was something that Gregor
could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay.
Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out
of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to
see what he could do about it.  He meant to be as careful and
considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who
came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the
chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself
without, of course, moving it an inch.  His mother was not used to
the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried
backwards to the far end of the couch.  In his startlement, though,
he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a
little.  It was enough to attract his mother's attention.  She stood
very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to
Grete.

Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was
happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after
all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their
little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the
floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed
from all sides.  With his head and legs pulled in against him and
his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself
that he could not stand all of this much longer.  They were emptying
his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had
already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools;
now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place
clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework
as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at
infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether
the two women's intentions were good.  He had nearly forgotten they
were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while
they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped
heavily on the floor.

So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room
catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times
not knowing what he should save first before his attention was
suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already
denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed
in copious fur.  He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself
against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot
belly.  This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would
certainly be taken away by no-one.  He turned his head to face the
door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they
came back.

They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite
soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly
carrying her.  "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and
looked around.  Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall.  Perhaps
only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face
to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly
and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the
living room for a while?"  Gregor could see what Grete had in mind,
she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down
from the wall.  Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding
on his picture.  He would rather jump at Grete's face.

But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to
one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the
wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw
screamed: "Oh God, oh God!"  Arms outstretched, she fell onto the
couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile.
"Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist.
 That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his
transformation.  She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of
smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted
to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck
fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he,
too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in
the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she
was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned
round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut
Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him;
now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles
she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door
shut with her foot.  So now Gregor was shut out from his mother,
who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the
door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to
stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and,
oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about,
he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally
in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell
down into the middle of the dinner table.

He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was
quiet, maybe that was a good sign.  Then there was someone at the
door.  The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so
that Grete would have to go and answer it.  His father had arrived
home.  "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance
must have made everything clear to him.  She answered him with
subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's
fainted, but she's better now.  Gregor got out."  "Just as I
expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women
wouldn't listen, would you."  It was clear to Gregor that Grete had
not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something
bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence.
That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he
did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been
possible.  So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself
against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could
see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go
back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to
drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would
disappear.

His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like
that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both
angry and glad at the same time.  Gregor drew his head back from the
door and lifted it towards his father.  He really had not imagined
his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit
of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was
going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before.  He really
ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was
that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying
there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business
trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his
nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even
able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise
his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a
walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in
his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his
way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking
slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and,
if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his
companions around him.  He was standing up straight enough now;
dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by
the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar
of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy
eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his
normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his
scalp.  He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some
bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa,
put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his
long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards
Gregor.  He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind,
but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high.  Gregor was amazed
at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time
with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new
life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely
strict with him.  And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his
father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even
slightly.  In this way they went round the room several times
without anything decisive happening, without even giving the
impression of a chase as everything went so slowly.  Gregor remained
all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father
might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or
ceiling.  Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly
would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for
each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements.
He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his
lungs had not been very reliable.  Now, as he lurched about in his
efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could
hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to
think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost
forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they
were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and
protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew
down and rolled in front of him.  It was an apple; then another one
immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer
any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him.  He
had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and
now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple
after another.  These little, red apples rolled about on the floor,
knocking into each other as if they had electric motors.  An apple
thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off
without doing any harm.  Another one however, immediately following
it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag
himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible
pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot
and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion.  The last thing
he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was
screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his
sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to
make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her
skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground,
stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms
around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his
ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging
him to spare Gregor's life.


III


No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it
remained there as a visible reminder of his injury.  He had suffered
it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious
enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current
sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated
as an enemy.  On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to
swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient.

Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility -
probably permanently.  He had been reduced to the condition of an
ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across
his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but
this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made
up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening.
 He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours
before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room
where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the
family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their
conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite
differently from before.

They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of
course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when
he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room.
 All of them were usually very quiet nowadays.  Soon after dinner,
his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister
would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the
lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who
had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings
so that she might be able to get a better position later on.
Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother
"you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know
that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again
while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin.

With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his
uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg
Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if
always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his
superior even here.  The uniform had not been new to start with, but
as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the
efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it.  Gregor
would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on
this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny,
while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but
peaceful.

As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his
father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he
couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his
sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work.  But since he had
been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on
staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep
and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the
chair for his bed.  Then, however much mother and sister would
importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep
slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes
closed and refusing to get up.  Gregor's mother would tug at his
sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would
leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect
on him.  He would just sink deeper into his chair.  Only when the
two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes,
look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what
peace I get in my old age!"  And supported by the two women he would
lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load
himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry
on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and
his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and
continue being of help to him.

Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to
give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The
household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed;
an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped
around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest
work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of
the large amount of sewing work she did.  Gregor even learned,
listening to the evening conversation about what price they had
hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family
had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond
of wearing them at functions and celebrations.  But the loudest
complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their
present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no
imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address.  He could
see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than
consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it
would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate
with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back
from their decision to move was much more to do with their total
despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune
unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related
to.  They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects
from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their
breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for
strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the
behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to
do any more.  And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much
as when it was new.  After they had come back from taking his father
to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where
it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would
point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then,
when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and
their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring
dry-eyed at the table.

Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day.  Sometimes he would
think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the
next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss
and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts,
the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three
friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a
provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared
again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been
serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together
with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping
him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was
glad when they disappeared.  Other times he was not at all in the
mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about
the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of
nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into
the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to,
even if he was not hungry.  Gregor's sister no longer thought about
how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other
into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the
morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away
again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or
- more often than not - had been left totally untouched.  She still
cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been
any quicker about it.  Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here
and there were little balls of dust and filth.  At first, Gregor
went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived
as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks
without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt
as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it.
At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for
her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up
Gregor's room was for her and her alone.  Gregor's mother did once
thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of
water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill
and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile.  But his mother
was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had
his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change
in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living
room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she
broke into convulsive tears.  Her father, of course, was startled
out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and
helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing
to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning
of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister
screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again;
while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself
with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears,
thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in
anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him
the sight of this and all its noise.

Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking
after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but
even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place.
Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected.  Now, though,
the charwoman was here.  This elderly widow, with a robust bone
structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in
her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor.  Just by chance one
day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's
room and found herself face to face with him.  He was taken totally
by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro
while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in
front of her.  From then on she never failed to open the door
slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him.  At
first she would call to him as she did so with words that she
probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old
dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!"  Gregor never
responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he
was without moving as if the door had never even been opened.  If
only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day
instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt
like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the
windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to
speak to him in that way once again.  Gregor was so resentful of it
that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it
was like a kind of attack.  Instead of being afraid, the charwoman
just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there
with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until
the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back.
"Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned
round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner.

Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating.  Only if he happened to
find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he
might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there
a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again.  At
first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that
stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made
there.  They had got into the habit of putting things into this room
that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many
such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to
three gentlemen.  These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had
full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door
one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy.  This
meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in
this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the
kitchen.  Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate,
especially if it was dirty.  They had moreover brought most of their
own furnishings and equipment with them.  For this reason, many
things had become superfluous which, although they could not be
sold, the family did not wish to discard.  All these things found
their way into Gregor's room.  The dustbins from the kitchen found
their way in there too.  The charwoman was always in a hurry, and
anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in
there.  He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object
and the hand that held it.  The woman most likely meant to fetch the
things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to
throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that
they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown
unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere
else.  At first he moved it because, with no other room free where
he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to
enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to
death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards.

The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening
meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so
the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening.  But
Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after
all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without
the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest
corner.  One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living
room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who
rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on.
They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals
with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked
up their knives and forks.  Gregor's mother immediately appeared in
the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister
with a dish piled high with potatoes.  The food was steaming, and
filled the room with its smell.  The gentlemen bent over the dishes
set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before
eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as
an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat
while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether
it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the
kitchen.  It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and
sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again
and smiled.

The family themselves ate in the kitchen.  Nonetheless, Gregor's
father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen,
bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table.
The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards.
 Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence.  It
seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of
eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had
wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was
not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless
however nice they might be.  "I'd like to eat something", said
Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating.  They do
feed themselves.  And here I am, dying!"

Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the
violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the
kitchen.  The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the
one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of
the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and
smoking.  When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood
up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they
stood pressed against each other.  Someone must have heard them in
the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps
unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away."  "On
the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not
like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after
all, much more cosy and comfortable?"  "Oh yes, we'd love to",
called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player
himself.  The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited.
Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with
the music and his sister with the violin.  She calmly prepared
everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never
rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated
courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on
their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right
hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother,
though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving
the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of
the way in a corner.

His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention,
one on each side, to the movements of her hands.  Drawn in by the
playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had
his head in the living room.  Before, he had taken great pride in
how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had
become so thoughtless about the others.  What's more, there was now
all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the
dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest
movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on
his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to
lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to
do several times a day.  And despite this condition, he was not too
shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living
room.

No-one noticed him, though.  The family was totally preoccupied with
the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their
hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music
stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have
disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family,
they  withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking
to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while
Gregor's father observed them anxiously.  It really now seemed very
obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or
entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had
had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of
politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed.  It was
especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their
cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses.  Yet Gregor's sister
was playing so beautifully.  Her face was leant to one side,
following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy
expression.  Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his
head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the
chance came.  Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It
seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown
nourishment he had been yearning for.  He was determined to make his
way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might
come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her
playing here as much as he would.  He never wanted to let her out of
his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance
should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every
door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his
sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of
her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her
ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to
send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about
it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if
this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone
dissuade him from it.  On hearing all this, his sister would break
out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder
and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she
had kept free without any necklace or collar.

"Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father,
pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at
Gregor as he slowly moved forward.  The violin went silent, the
middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends,
shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor.  His father seemed
to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before
driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and
seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing
had been.  He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and
attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as
trying to block their view of Gregor with his body.  Now they did
become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his
father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that
they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without
knowing it.  They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised
their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved
back towards their room only very slowly.  Meanwhile Gregor's sister
had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was
suddenly interrupted.  She had let her hands drop and let violin and
bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if
still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay
the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously
struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room
which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more
quickly moving toward.  Under his sister's experienced hand, the
pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and
she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again
before the three gentlemen had reached the room.  Gregor's father
seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the
respect he owed to his tenants.  He urged them and pressed them
until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of
the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and
thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt.  "I declare here and
now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and
sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the
repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family"
- here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give
immediate notice on my room.  For the days that I have been living
here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will
consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages
from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the
grounds for such an action."  He was silent and looked straight
ahead as if waiting for something.  And indeed, his two friends
joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice."  With
that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door.

Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his
hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself
out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head
kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all.
Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen
had first seen him.  His disappointment at the failure of his plan,
and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible
for him to move.  He was sure that everyone would turn on him any
moment, and he waited.  He was not even startled out of this state
when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers
and landed loudly on the floor.

"Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand
as introduction, "we can't carry on like this.  Maybe you can't see
it, but I can.  I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I
can say is: we have to try and get rid of it.  We've done all that's
humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think
anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong."

"She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself.  His
mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to
cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged
expression in her eyes.

Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her
forehead.  Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more
definite ideas.  He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between
the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and
occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile.

"We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now
speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with
coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it
coming.  We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home
to be tortured like this, we can't endure it.  I can't endure it any
more."  And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down
the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand
movements.

"My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding,
"what are we to do?"

His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness
and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier
certainty.

"If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a
question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as
a sign that of that there was no question.

"If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing
his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite
impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement
with him.  But as it is ..."

"It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father.
You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor.  We've only
harmed ourselves by believing it for so long.  How can that be
Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not
possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he
would have gone of his own free will.  We wouldn't have a brother
any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember
him with respect.  As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's
driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole
flat and force us to sleep on the streets.  Father, look, just
look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!"   In her alarm,
which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even
abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her
chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay
anywhere near Gregor.  She rushed over to behind her father, who had
become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his
hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her.

But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all
his sister.  All he had done was begin to turn round so that he
could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite
startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round
required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help
himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the
floor.  He stopped and looked round.  They seemed to have realised
his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly.  Now they all
looked at him in unhappy silence.  His mother lay in her chair with
her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes
nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father
with her arms around his neck.

"Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back
to work.  He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had
sometimes to stop and take a rest.  No-one was making him rush any
more, everything was left up to him.  As soon as he had finally
finished turning round he began to move straight ahead.  He was
amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and
could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak
state a little while before and almost without noticing it.  He
concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that
there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him.
He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway.  He did
not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff,
but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had
changed, only his sister had stood up.  With his last glance he saw
that his mother had now fallen completely asleep.

He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut,
bolted and locked.  The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him
that his little legs collapsed under him.  It was his sister who had
been in so much of a rush.  She had been standing there waiting and
sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and
as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At
last!".

"What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the
darkness.  He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move
at all.  This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being
able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then
was unnatural.  He also felt relatively comfortable.  It is true
that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly
getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether.
He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the
inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust.
He thought back of his family with emotion and love.  If it was
possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his
sister.  He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination
until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning.  He
watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the
window too.  Then, without his willing it, his head sank down
completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils.

When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked
her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her
hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd
arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she
made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing
special.  She thought he was laying there so still on purpose,
playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to
him.  She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she
tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway.  When she had no
success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked
at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across
the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention.
She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide,
whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom
doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and
'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!"

Mr. and  Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had
to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before
they could grasp what she was saying.  But then, each from his own
side, they hurried out of bed.  Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his
shoulders,  Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is
how they went into Gregor's room.  On the way they opened the door
to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three
gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never
been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this.
"Dead?", asked  Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly,
even though she could have checked for herself and could have known
it even without checking.  "That's what I said",  replied the
cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with
the broom, sending it sideways across the floor.  Mrs. Samsa made a
movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not
complete it.  "Now then", said  Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God
for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his
example.  Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said:
"Just look how thin he was.  He didn't eat anything for so long.
The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's
body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it
until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did
he do anything to make them look away.

"Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said  Mrs. Samsa
with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom
but not without looking back at the body.  The cleaner shut the door
and opened the window wide.  Although it was still early in the
morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it.  It
was already the end of March, after all.

The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in
amazement for their breakfasts;  they had been forgotten about.
"Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner
irritably.  She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and
silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's
room.  They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their
hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite
light in the room.

Then the door of the bedroom opened and  Mr. Samsa appeared in his
uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other.  All
of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her
face against her father's arm.

"Leave my home.  Now!", said  Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and
without letting the women from him.  "What do you mean?", asked the
middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled
sweetly.  The other two held their hands behind their backs and
continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud
quarrel which could only end in their favour.  "I mean just what I
said", answered  Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a
straight line towards the man.  At first, he stood there still,
looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were
rearranging themselves into new positions.  "Alright, we'll go
then", he said, and looked up at  Mr. Samsa as if he had been
suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from
Mr. Samsa for his decision.  Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide
and briefly nodded to him several times.  At that, and without
delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front
hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time
before and had been listening to what was being said.  Now they
jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that
Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the
connection with their leader.  Once there, all three took their hats
from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a
word and left the premises.  Mr. Samsa and the two women followed
them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust
the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how
the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many
steps.  As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and
would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the
more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's
boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his
way up and came nearer than they were,  Mr. Samsa and the women came
away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat.

They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation
and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but
they were in serious need of it.  So they sat at the table and wrote
three letters of excusal,  Mr. Samsa to his employers,  Mrs. Samsa
to her contractor and Grete to her principal.  The cleaner came in
while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished
her work for that morning.  The three of them at first just nodded
without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when
the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up
in irritation.  "Well?", asked  Mr. Samsa.  The charwoman stood in
the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous
good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked
to.  The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which
had been a source of irritation to  Mr. Samsa all the time she had
been working for them, swayed gently in all directions.  "What is it
you want then?", asked  Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most
respect for.  "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh
that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing
in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it.
 That's all been sorted out."   Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over
their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were
writing;  Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing
everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite
clear that she was not to.  So, as she was prevented from telling
them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in
and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned
round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went.

"Tonight she gets sacked", said  Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply
from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have
destroyed the peace they had only just gained.  They got up and went
over to the window where they remained with their arms around each
other.  Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat
there watching for a while.  Then he called out: "Come here, then.
Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we.  Come and give me a
bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said,
hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then
they quickly finished their letters.

After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was
something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the
open country outside the town.  They had the tram, filled with warm
sunshine, all to themselves.  Leant back comfortably on their seats,
they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination
they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each
other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good
and held particularly good promise for the future.  The greatest
improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite
easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was
smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by
Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more
practical.  All the time, Grete was becoming livelier.  With all the
worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but,
while they were talking,  Mr. and  Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost
simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was
blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady.  They became
quieter.  Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing
it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for
her.  And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good
intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the
first to get up and stretch out her young body.


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'unable', 'to', 'do', 'because', 'he', 'was', 'used', 'to', 'sleeping', 'on', 'his', 'right,', 'and', 'in', 'his', 'present', 'state', "couldn't", 'get', 'into', 'that', 'position.', 'However', 'hard', 'he', 'threw', 'himself', 'onto', 'his', 'right,', 'he', 'always', 'rolled', 'back', 'to', 'where', 'he', 'was.', 'He', 'must', 'have', 'tried', 'it', 'a', 'hundred', 'times,', 'shut', 'his', 'eyes', 'so', 'that', 'he', "wouldn't", 'have', 'to', 'look', 'at', 'the', 'floundering', 'legs,', 'and', 'only', 'stopped', 'when', 'he', 'began', 'to', 'feel', 'a', 'mild,', 'dull', 'pain', 'there', 'that', 'he', 'had', 'never', 'felt', 'before.', '"Oh,', 'God",', 'he', 'thought,', '"what', 'a', 'strenuous', 'career', 'it', 'is', 'that', "I've", 'chosen!', 'Travelling', 'day', 'in', 'and', 'day', 'out.', 'Doing', 'business', 'like', 'this', 'takes', 'much', 'more', 'effort', 'than', 'doing', 'your', 'own', 'business', 'at', 'home,', 'and', 'on', 'top', 'of', 'that', "there's", 'the', 'curse', 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'tell', 'him', 'everything', 'I', 'would,', 'let', 'him', 'know', 'just', 'what', 'I', 'feel.', "He'd", 'fall', 'right', 'off', 'his', 'desk!', 'And', "it's", 'a', 'funny', 'sort', 'of', 'business', 'to', 'be', 'sitting', 'up', 'there', 'at', 'your', 'desk,', 'talking', 'down', 'at', 'your', 'subordinates', 'from', 'up', 'there,', 'especially', 'when', 'you', 'have', 'to', 'go', 'right', 'up', 'close', 'because', 'the', 'boss', 'is', 'hard', 'of', 'hearing.', 'Well,', "there's", 'still', 'some', 'hope;', 'once', "I've", 'got', 'the', 'money', 'together', 'to', 'pay', 'off', 'my', "parents'", 'debt', 'to', 'him', '-', 'another', 'five', 'or', 'six', 'years', 'I', 'suppose', '-', "that's", 'definitely', 'what', "I'll", 'do.', "That's", 'when', "I'll", 'make', 'the', 'big', 'change.', 'First', 'of', 'all', 'though,', "I've", 'got', 'to', 'get', 'up,', 'my', 'train', 'leaves', 'at', 'five."', 'And', 'he', 'looked', 'over', 'at', 'the', 'alarm', 'clock,', 'ticking', 'on', 'the', 'chest', 'of', 'drawers.', '"God', 'in', 'Heaven!"', 'he', 'thought.', 'It', 'was', 'half', 'past', 'six', 'and', 'the', 'hands', 'were', 'quietly', 'moving', 'forwards,', 'it', 'was', 'even', 'later', 'than', 'half', 'past,', 'more', 'like', 'quarter', 'to', 'seven.', 'Had', 'the', 'alarm', 'clock', 'not', 'rung?', 'He', 'could', 'see', 'from', 'the', 'bed', 'that', 'it', 'had', 'been', 'set', 'for', 'four', "o'clock", 'as', 'it', 'should', 'have', 'been;', 'it', 'certainly', 'must', 'have', 'rung.', 'Yes,', 'but', 'was', 'it', 'possible', 'to', 'quietly', 'sleep', 'through', 'that', 'furniture-rattling', 'noise?', 'True,', 'he', 'had', 'not', 'slept', 'peacefully,', 'but', 'probably', 'all', 'the', 'more', 'deeply', 'because', 'of', 'that.', 'What', 'should', 'he', 'do', 'now?', 'The', 'next', 'train', 'went', 'at', 'seven;', 'if', 'he', 'were', 'to', 'catch', 'that', 'he', 'would', 'have', 'to', 'rush', 'like', 'mad', 'and', 'the', 'collection', 'of', 'samples', 'was', 'still', 'not', 'packed,', 'and', 'he', 'did', 'not', 'at', 'all', 'feel', 'particularly', 'fresh', 'and', 'lively.', 'And', 'even', 'if', 'he', 'did', 'catch', 'the', 'train', 'he', 'would', 'not', 'avoid', 'his', "boss's", 'anger', 'as', 'the', 'office', 'assistant', 'would', 'have', 'been', 'there', 'to', 'see', 'the', 'five', "o'clock", 'train', 'go,', 'he', 'would', 'have', 'put', 'in', 'his', 'report', 'about', "Gregor's", 'not', 'being', 'there', 'a', 'long', 'time', 'ago.', 'The', 'office', 'assistant', 'was', 'the', "boss's", 'man,', 'spineless,', 'and', 'with', 'no', 'understanding.', 'What', 'about', 'if', 'he', 'reported', 'sick?', 'But', 'that', 'would', 'be', 'extremely', 'strained', 'and', 'suspicious', 'as', 'in', 'fifteen', 'years', 'of', 'service', 'Gregor', 'had', 'never', 'once', 'yet', 'been', 'ill.', 'His', 'boss', 'would', 'certainly', 'come', 'round', 'with', 'the', 'doctor', 'from', 'the', 'medical', 'insurance', 'company,', 'accuse', 'his', 'parents', 'of', 'having', 'a', 'lazy', 'son,', 'and', 'accept', 'the', "doctor's", 'recommendation', 'not', 'to', 'make', 'any', 'claim', 'as', 'the', 'doctor', 'believed', 'that', 'no-one', 'was', 'ever', 'ill', 'but', 'that', 'many', 'were', 'workshy.', 'And', "what's", 'more,', 'would', 'he', 'have', 'been', 'entirely', 'wrong', 'in', 'this', 'case?', 'Gregor', 'did', 'in', 'fact,', 'apart', 'from', 'excessive', 'sleepiness', 'after', 'sleeping', 'for', 'so', 'long,', 'feel', 'completely', 'well', 'and', 'even', 'felt', 'much', 'hungrier', 'than', 'usual.', 'He', 'was', 'still', 'hurriedly', 'thinking', 'all', 'this', 'through,', 'unable', 'to', 'decide', 'to', 'get', 'out', 'of', 'the', 'bed,', 'when', 'the', 'clock', 'struck', 'quarter', 'to', 'seven.', 'There', 'was', 'a', 'cautious', 'knock', 'at', 'the', 'door', 'near', 'his', 'head.', '"Gregor",', 'somebody', 'called', '-', 'it', 'was', 'his', 'mother', '-', '"it\'s', 'quarter', 'to', 'seven.', "Didn't", 'you', 'want', 'to', 'go', 'somewhere?"', 'That', 'gentle', 'voice!', 'Gregor', 'was', 'shocked', 'when', 'he', 'heard', 'his', 'own', 'voice', 'answering,', 'it', 'could', 'hardly', 'be', 'recognised', 'as', 'the', 'voice', 'he', 'had', 'had', 'before.', 'As', 'if', 'from', 'deep', 'inside', 'him,', 'there', 'was', 'a', 'painful', 'and', 'uncontrollable', 'squeaking', 'mixed', 'in', 'with', 'it,', 'the', 'words', 'could', 'be', 'made', 'out', 'at', 'first', 'but', 'then', 'there', 'was', 'a', 'sort', 'of', 'echo', 'which', 'made', 'them', 'unclear,', 'leaving', 'the', 'hearer', 'unsure', 'whether', 'he', 'had', 'heard', 'properly', 'or', 'not.', 'Gregor', 'had', 'wanted', 'to', 'give', 'a', 'full', 'answer', 'and', 'explain', 'everything,', 'but', 'in', 'the', 'circumstances', 'contented', 'himself', 'with', 'saying:', '"Yes,', 'mother,', 'yes,', 'thank-you,', "I'm", 'getting', 'up', 'now."', 'The', 'change', 'in', "Gregor's", 'voice', 'probably', 'could', 'not', 'be', 'noticed', 'outside', 'through', 'the', 'wooden', 'door,', 'as', 'his', 'mother', 'was', 'satisfied', 'with', 'this', 'explanation', 'and', 'shuffled', 'away.', 'But', 'this', 'short', 'conversation', 'made', 'the', 'other', 'members', 'of', 'the', 'family', 'aware', 'that', 'Gregor,', 'against', 'their', 'expectations', 'was', 'still', 'at', 'home,', 'and', 'soon', 'his', 'father', 'came', 'knocking', 'at', 'one', 'of', 'the', 'side', 'doors,', 'gently,', 'but', 'with', 'his', 'fist.', '"Gregor,', 'Gregor",', 'he', 'called,', '"what\'s', 'wrong?"', 'And', 'after', 'a', 'short', 'while', 'he', 'called', 'again', 'with', 'a', 'warning', 'deepness', 'in', 'his', 'voice:', '"Gregor!', 'Gregor!"', 'At', 'the', 'other', 'side', 'door', 'his', 'sister', 'came', 'plaintively:', '"Gregor?', "Aren't", 'you', 'well?', 'Do', 'you', 'need', 'anything?"', 'Gregor', 'answered', 'to', 'both', 'sides:', '"I\'m', 'ready,', 'now",', 'making', 'an', 'effort', 'to', 'remove', 'all', 'the', 'strangeness', 'from', 'his', 'voice', 'by', 'enunciating', 'very', 'carefully', 'and', 'putting', 'long', 'pauses', 'between', 'each,', 'individual', 'word.', 'His', 'father', 'went', 'back', 'to', 'his', 'breakfast,', 'but', 'his', 'sister', 'whispered:', '"Gregor,', 'open', 'the', 'door,', 'I', 'beg', 'of', 'you."', 'Gregor,', 'however,', 'had', 'no', 'thought', 'of', 'opening', 'the', 'door,', 'and', 'instead', 'congratulated', 'himself', 'for', 'his', 'cautious', 'habit,', 'acquired', 'from', 'his', 'travelling,', 'of', 'locking', 'all', 'doors', 'at', 'night', 'even', 'when', 'he', 'was', 'at', 'home.', 'The', 'first', 'thing', 'he', 'wanted', 'to', 'do', 'was', 'to', 'get', 'up', 'in', 'peace', 'without', 'being', 'disturbed,', 'to', 'get', 'dressed,', 'and', 'most', 'of', 'all', 'to', 'have', 'his', 'breakfast.', 'Only', 'then', 'would', 'he', 'consider', 'what', 'to', 'do', 'next,', 'as', 'he', 'was', 'well', 'aware', 'that', 'he', 'would', 'not', 'bring', 'his', 'thoughts', 'to', 'any', 'sensible', 'conclusions', 'by', 'lying', 'in', 'bed.', 'He', 'remembered', 'that', 'he', 'had', 'often', 'felt', 'a', 'slight', 'pain', 'in', 'bed,', 'perhaps', 'caused', 'by', 'lying', 'awkwardly,', 'but', 'that', 'had', 'always', 'turned', 'out', 'to', 'be', 'pure', 'imagination', 'and', 'he', 'wondered', 'how', 'his', 'imaginings', 'would', 'slowly', 'resolve', 'themselves', 'today.', 'He', 'did', 'not', 'have', 'the', 'slightest', 'doubt', 'that', 'the', 'change', 'in', 'his', 'voice', 'was', 'nothing', 'more', 'than', 'the', 'first', 'sign', 'of', 'a', 'serious', 'cold,', 'which', 'was', 'an', 'occupational', 'hazard', 'for', 'travelling', 'salesmen.', 'It', 'was', 'a', 'simple', 'matter', 'to', 'throw', 'off', 'the', 'covers;', 'he', 'only', 'had', 'to', 'blow', 'himself', 'up', 'a', 'little', 'and', 'they', 'fell', 'off', 'by', 'themselves.', 'But', 'it', 'became', 'difficult', 'after', 'that,', 'especially', 'as', 'he', 'was', 'so', 'exceptionally', 'broad.', 'He', 'would', 'have', 'used', 'his', 'arms', 'and', 'his', 'hands', 'to', 'push', 'himself', 'up;', 'but', 'instead', 'of', 'them', 'he', 'only', 'had', 'all', 'those', 'little', 'legs', 'continuously', 'moving', 'in', 'different', 'directions,', 'and', 'which', 'he', 'was', 'moreover', 'unable', 'to', 'control.', 'If', 'he', 'wanted', 'to', 'bend', 'one', 'of', 'them,', 'then', 'that', 'was', 'the', 'first', 'one', 'that', 'would', 'stretch', 'itself', 'out;', 'and', 'if', 'he', 'finally', 'managed', 'to', 'do', 'what', 'he', 'wanted', 'with', 'that', 'leg,', 'all', 'the', 'others', 'seemed', 'to', 'be', 'set', 'free', 'and', 'would', 'move', 'about', 'painfully.', '"This', 'is', 'something', 'that', "can't", 'be', 'done', 'in', 'bed",', 'Gregor', 'said', 'to', 'himself,', '"so', "don't", 'keep', 'trying', 'to', 'do', 'it".', 'The', 'first', 'thing', 'he', 'wanted', 'to', 'do', 'was', 'get', 'the', 'lower', 'part', 'of', 'his', 'body', 'out', 'of', 'the', 'bed,', 'but', 'he', 'had', 'never', 'seen', 'this', 'lower', 'part,', 'and', 'could', 'not', 'imagine', 'what', 'it', 'looked', 'like;', 'it', 'turned', 'out', 'to', 'be', 'too', 'hard', 'to', 'move;', 'it', 'went', 'so', 'slowly;', 'and', 'finally,', 'almost', 'in', 'a', 'frenzy,', 'when', 'he', 'carelessly', 'shoved', 'himself', 'forwards', 'with', 'all', 'the', 'force', 'he', 'could', 'gather,', 'he', 'chose', 'the', 'wrong', 'direction,', 'hit', 'hard', 'against', 'the', 'lower', 'bedpost,', 'and', 'learned', 'from', 'the', 'burning', 'pain', 'he', 'felt', 'that', 'the', 'lower', 'part', 'of', 'his', 'body', 'might', 'well,', 'at', 'present,', 'be', 'the', 'most', 'sensitive.', 'So', 'then', 'he', 'tried', 'to', 'get', 'the', 'top', 'part', 'of', 'his', 'body', 'out', 'of', 'the', 'bed', 'first,', 'carefully', 'turning', 'his', 'head', 'to', 'the', 'side.', 'This', 'he', 'managed', 'quite', 'easily,', 'and', 'despite', 'its', 'breadth', 'and', 'its', 'weight,', 'the', 'bulk', 'of', 'his', 'body', 'eventually', 'followed', 'slowly', 'in', 'the', 'direction', 'of', 'the', 'head.', 'But', 'when', 'he', 'had', 'at', 'last', 'got', 'his', 'head', 'out', 'of', 'the', 'bed', 'and', 'into', 'the', 'fresh', 'air', 'it', 'occurred', 'to', 'him', 'that', 'if', 'he', 'let', 'himself', 'fall', 'it', 'would', 'be', 'a', 'miracle', 'if', 'his', 'head', 'were', 'not', 'injured,', 'so', 'he', 'became', 'afraid', 'to', 'carry', 'on', 'pushing', 'himself', 'forward', 'the', 'same', 'way.', 'And', 'he', 'could', 'not', 'knock', 'himself', 'out', 'now', 'at', 'any', 'price;', 'better', 'to', 'stay', 'in', 'bed', 'than', 'lose', 'consciousness.', 'It', 'took', 'just', 'as', 'much', 'effort', 'to', 'get', 'back', 'to', 'where', 'he', 'had', 'been', 'earlier,', 'but', 'when', 'he', 'lay', 'there', 'sighing,', 'and', 'was', 'once', 'more', 'watching', 'his', 'legs', 'as', 'they', 'struggled', 'against', 'each', 'other', 'even', 'harder', 'than', 'before,', 'if', 'that', 'was', 'possible,', 'he', 'could', 'think', 'of', 'no', 'way', 'of', 'bringing', 'peace', 'and', 'order', 'to', 'this', 'chaos.', 'He', 'told', 'himself', 'once', 'more', 'that', 'it', 'was', 'not', 'possible', 'for', 'him', 'to', 'stay', 'in', 'bed', 'and', 'that', 'the', 'most', 'sensible', 'thing', 'to', 'do', 'would', 'be', 'to', 'get', 'free', 'of', 'it', 'in', 'whatever', 'way', 'he', 'could', 'at', 'whatever', 'sacrifice.', 'At', 'the', 'same', 'time,', 'though,', 'he', 'did', 'not', 'forget', 'to', 'remind', 'himself', 'that', 'calm', 'consideration', 'was', 'much', 'better', 'than', 'rushing', 'to', 'desperate', 'conclusions.', 'At', 'times', 'like', 'this', 'he', 'would', 'direct', 'his', 'eyes', 'to', 'the', 'window', 'and', 'look', 'out', 'as', 'clearly', 'as', 'he', 'could,', 'but', 'unfortunately,', 'even', 'the', 'other', 'side', 'of', 'the', 'narrow', 'street', 'was', 'enveloped', 'in', 'morning', 'fog', 'and', 'the', 'view', 'had', 'little', 'confidence', 'or', 'cheer', 'to', 'offer', 'him.', '"Seven', "o'clock,", 'already",', 'he', 'said', 'to', 'himself', 'when', 'the', 'clock', 'struck', 'again,', '"seven', "o'clock,", 'and', "there's", 'still', 'a', 'fog', 'like', 'this."', 'And', 'he', 'lay', 'there', 'quietly', 'a', 'while', 'longer,', 'breathing', 'lightly', 'as', 'if', 'he', 'perhaps', 'expected', 'the', 'total', 'stillness', 'to', 'bring', 'things', 'back', 'to', 'their', 'real', 'and', 'natural', 'state.', 'But', 'then', 'he', 'said', 'to', 'himself:', '"Before', 'it', 'strikes', 'quarter', 'past', 'seven', "I'll", 'definitely', 'have', 'to', 'have', 'got', 'properly', 'out', 'of', 'bed.', 'And', 'by', 'then', 'somebody', 'will', 'have', 'come', 'round', 'from', 'work', 'to', 'ask', "what's", 'happened', 'to', 'me', 'as', 'well,', 'as', 'they', 'open', 'up', 'at', 'work', 'before', 'seven', 'o\'clock."', 'And', 'so', 'he', 'set', 'himself', 'to', 'the', 'task', 'of', 'swinging', 'the', 'entire', 'length', 'of', 'his', 'body', 'out', 'of', 'the', 'bed', 'all', 'at', 'the', 'same', 'time.', 'If', 'he', 'succeeded', 'in', 'falling', 'out', 'of', 'bed', 'in', 'this', 'way', 'and', 'kept', 'his', 'head', 'raised', 'as', 'he', 'did', 'so', 'he', 'could', 'probably', 'avoid', 'injuring', 'it.', 'His', 'back', 'seemed', 'to', 'be', 'quite', 'hard,', 'and', 'probably', 'nothing', 'would', 'happen', 'to', 'it', 'falling', 'onto', 'the', 'carpet.', 'His', 'main', 'concern', 'was', 'for', 'the', 'loud', 'noise', 'he', 'was', 'bound', 'to', 'make,', 'and', 'which', 'even', 'through', 'all', 'the', 'doors', 'would', 'probably', 'raise', 'concern', 'if', 'not', 'alarm.', 'But', 'it', 'was', 'something', 'that', 'had', 'to', 'be', 'risked.', 'When', 'Gregor', 'was', 'already', 'sticking', 'half', 'way', 'out', 'of', 'the', 'bed', '-', 'the', 'new', 'method', 'was', 'more', 'of', 'a', 'game', 'than', 'an', 'effort,', 'all', 'he', 'had', 'to', 'do', 'was', 'rock', 'back', 'and', 'forth', '-', 'it', 'occurred', 'to', 'him', 'how', 'simple', 'everything', 'would', 'be', 'if', 'somebody', 'came', 'to', 'help', 'him.', 'Two', 'strong', 'people', '-', 'he', 'had', 'his', 'father', 'and', 'the', 'maid', 'in', 'mind', '-', 'would', 'have', 'been', 'more', 'than', 'enough;', 'they', 'would', 'only', 'have', 'to', 'push', 'their', 'arms', 'under', 'the', 'dome', 'of', 'his', 'back,', 'peel', 'him', 'away', 'from', 'the', 'bed,', 'bend', 'down', 'with', 'the', 'load', 'and', 'then', 'be', 'patient', 'and', 'careful', 'as', 'he', 'swang', 'over', 'onto', 'the', 'floor,', 'where,', 'hopefully,', 'the', 'little', 'legs', 'would', 'find', 'a', 'use.', 'Should', 'he', 'really', 'call', 'for', 'help', 'though,', 'even', 'apart', 'from', 'the', 'fact', 'that', 'all', 'the', 'doors', 'were', 'locked?', 'Despite', 'all', 'the', 'difficulty', 'he', 'was', 'in,', 'he', 'could', 'not', 'suppress', 'a', 'smile', 'at', 'this', 'thought.', 'After', 'a', 'while', 'he', 'had', 'already', 'moved', 'so', 'far', 'across', 'that', 'it', 'would', 'have', 'been', 'hard', 'for', 'him', 'to', 'keep', 'his', 'balance', 'if', 'he', 'rocked', 'too', 'hard.', 'The', 'time', 'was', 'now', 'ten', 'past', 'seven', 'and', 'he', 'would', 'have', 'to', 'make', 'a', 'final', 'decision', 'very', 'soon.', 'Then', 'there', 'was', 'a', 'ring', 'at', 'the', 'door', 'of', 'the', 'flat.', '"That\'ll', 'be', 'someone', 'from', 'work",', 'he', 'said', 'to', 'himself,', 'and', 'froze', 'very', 'still,', 'although', 'his', 'little', 'legs', 'only', 'became', 'all', 'the', 'more', 'lively', 'as', 'they', 'danced', 'around.', 'For', 'a', 'moment', 'everything', 'remained', 'quiet.', '"They\'re', 'not', 'opening', 'the', 'door",', 'Gregor', 'said', 'to', 'himself,', 'caught', 'in', 'some', 'nonsensical', 'hope.', 'But', 'then', 'of', 'course,', 'the', "maid's", 'firm', 'steps', 'went', 'to', 'the', 'door', 'as', 'ever', 'and', 'opened', 'it.', 'Gregor', 'only', 'needed', 'to', 'hear', 'the', "visitor's", 'first', 'words', 'of', 'greeting', 'and', 'he', 'knew', 'who', 'it', 'was', '-', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'himself.', 'Why', 'did', 'Gregor', 'have', 'to', 'be', 'the', 'only', 'one', 'condemned', 'to', 'work', 'for', 'a', 'company', 'where', 'they', 'immediately', 'became', 'highly', 'suspicious', 'at', 'the', 'slightest', 'shortcoming?', 'Were', 'all', 'employees,', 'every', 'one', 'of', 'them,', 'louts,', 'was', 'there', 'not', 'one', 'of', 'them', 'who', 'was', 'faithful', 'and', 'devoted', 'who', 'would', 'go', 'so', 'mad', 'with', 'pangs', 'of', 'conscience', 'that', 'he', "couldn't", 'get', 'out', 'of', 'bed', 'if', 'he', "didn't", 'spend', 'at', 'least', 'a', 'couple', 'of', 'hours', 'in', 'the', 'morning', 'on', 'company', 'business?', 'Was', 'it', 'really', 'not', 'enough', 'to', 'let', 'one', 'of', 'the', 'trainees', 'make', 'enquiries', '-', 'assuming', 'enquiries', 'were', 'even', 'necessary', '-', 'did', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'have', 'to', 'come', 'himself,', 'and', 'did', 'they', 'have', 'to', 'show', 'the', 'whole,', 'innocent', 'family', 'that', 'this', 'was', 'so', 'suspicious', 'that', 'only', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'could', 'be', 'trusted', 'to', 'have', 'the', 'wisdom', 'to', 'investigate', 'it?', 'And', 'more', 'because', 'these', 'thoughts', 'had', 'made', 'him', 'upset', 'than', 'through', 'any', 'proper', 'decision,', 'he', 'swang', 'himself', 'with', 'all', 'his', 'force', 'out', 'of', 'the', 'bed.', 'There', 'was', 'a', 'loud', 'thump,', 'but', 'it', "wasn't", 'really', 'a', 'loud', 'noise.', 'His', 'fall', 'was', 'softened', 'a', 'little', 'by', 'the', 'carpet,', 'and', "Gregor's", 'back', 'was', 'also', 'more', 'elastic', 'than', 'he', 'had', 'thought,', 'which', 'made', 'the', 'sound', 'muffled', 'and', 'not', 'too', 'noticeable.', 'He', 'had', 'not', 'held', 'his', 'head', 'carefully', 'enough,', 'though,', 'and', 'hit', 'it', 'as', 'he', 'fell;', 'annoyed', 'and', 'in', 'pain,', 'he', 'turned', 'it', 'and', 'rubbed', 'it', 'against', 'the', 'carpet.', '"Something\'s', 'fallen', 'down', 'in', 'there",', 'said', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'in', 'the', 'room', 'on', 'the', 'left.', 'Gregor', 'tried', 'to', 'imagine', 'whether', 'something', 'of', 'the', 'sort', 'that', 'had', 'happened', 'to', 'him', 'today', 'could', 'ever', 'happen', 'to', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'too;', 'you', 'had', 'to', 'concede', 'that', 'it', 'was', 'possible.', 'But', 'as', 'if', 'in', 'gruff', 'reply', 'to', 'this', 'question,', 'the', 'chief', "clerk's", 'firm', 'footsteps', 'in', 'his', 'highly', 'polished', 'boots', 'could', 'now', 'be', 'heard', 'in', 'the', 'adjoining', 'room.', 'From', 'the', 'room', 'on', 'his', 'right,', "Gregor's", 'sister', 'whispered', 'to', 'him', 'to', 'let', 'him', 'know:', '"Gregor,', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'is', 'here."', '"Yes,', 'I', 'know",', 'said', 'Gregor', 'to', 'himself;', 'but', 'without', 'daring', 'to', 'raise', 'his', 'voice', 'loud', 'enough', 'for', 'his', 'sister', 'to', 'hear', 'him.', '"Gregor",', 'said', 'his', 'father', 'now', 'from', 'the', 'room', 'to', 'his', 'left,', '"the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'has', 'come', 'round', 'and', 'wants', 'to', 'know', 'why', 'you', "didn't", 'leave', 'on', 'the', 'early', 'train.', 'We', "don't", 'know', 'what', 'to', 'say', 'to', 'him.', 'And', 'anyway,', 'he', 'wants', 'to', 'speak', 'to', 'you', 'personally.', 'So', 'please', 'open', 'up', 'this', 'door.', "I'm", 'sure', "he'll", 'be', 'good', 'enough', 'to', 'forgive', 'the', 'untidiness', 'of', 'your', 'room."', 'Then', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'called', '"Good', 'morning,', 'Mr.', 'Samsa".', '"He', "isn't", 'well",', 'said', 'his', 'mother', 'to', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk,', 'while', 'his', 'father', 'continued', 'to', 'speak', 'through', 'the', 'door.', '"He', "isn't", 'well,', 'please', 'believe', 'me.', 'Why', 'else', 'would', 'Gregor', 'have', 'missed', 'a', 'train!', 'The', 'lad', 'only', 'ever', 'thinks', 'about', 'the', 'business.', 'It', 'nearly', 'makes', 'me', 'cross', 'the', 'way', 'he', 'never', 'goes', 'out', 'in', 'the', 'evenings;', "he's", 'been', 'in', 'town', 'for', 'a', 'week', 'now', 'but', 'stayed', 'home', 'every', 'evening.', 'He', 'sits', 'with', 'us', 'in', 'the', 'kitchen', 'and', 'just', 'reads', 'the', 'paper', 'or', 'studies', 'train', 'timetables.', 'His', 'idea', 'of', 'relaxation', 'is', 'working', 'with', 'his', 'fretsaw.', "He's", 'made', 'a', 'little', 'frame,', 'for', 'instance,', 'it', 'only', 'took', 'him', 'two', 'or', 'three', 'evenings,', "you'll", 'be', 'amazed', 'how', 'nice', 'it', 'is;', "it's", 'hanging', 'up', 'in', 'his', 'room;', "you'll", 'see', 'it', 'as', 'soon', 'as', 'Gregor', 'opens', 'the', 'door.', 'Anyway,', "I'm", 'glad', "you're", 'here;', 'we', "wouldn't", 'have', 'been', 'able', 'to', 'get', 'Gregor', 'to', 'open', 'the', 'door', 'by', 'ourselves;', "he's", 'so', 'stubborn;', 'and', "I'm", 'sure', 'he', "isn't", 'well,', 'he', 'said', 'this', 'morning', 'that', 'he', 'is,', 'but', 'he', 'isn\'t."', '"I\'ll', 'be', 'there', 'in', 'a', 'moment",', 'said', 'Gregor', 'slowly', 'and', 'thoughtfully,', 'but', 'without', 'moving', 'so', 'that', 'he', 'would', 'not', 'miss', 'any', 'word', 'of', 'the', 'conversation.', '"Well', 'I', "can't", 'think', 'of', 'any', 'other', 'way', 'of', 'explaining', 'it,', 'Mrs.', 'Samsa",', 'said', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk,', '"I', 'hope', "it's", 'nothing', 'serious.', 'But', 'on', 'the', 'other', 'hand,', 'I', 'must', 'say', 'that', 'if', 'we', 'people', 'in', 'commerce', 'ever', 'become', 'slightly', 'unwell', 'then,', 'fortunately', 'or', 'unfortunately', 'as', 'you', 'like,', 'we', 'simply', 'have', 'to', 'overcome', 'it', 'because', 'of', 'business', 'considerations."', '"Can', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'come', 'in', 'to', 'see', 'you', 'now', 'then?",', 'asked', 'his', 'father', 'impatiently,', 'knocking', 'at', 'the', 'door', 'again.', '"No",', 'said', 'Gregor.', 'In', 'the', 'room', 'on', 'his', 'right', 'there', 'followed', 'a', 'painful', 'silence;', 'in', 'the', 'room', 'on', 'his', 'left', 'his', 'sister', 'began', 'to', 'cry.', 'So', 'why', 'did', 'his', 'sister', 'not', 'go', 'and', 'join', 'the', 'others?', 'She', 'had', 'probably', 'only', 'just', 'got', 'up', 'and', 'had', 'not', 'even', 'begun', 'to', 'get', 'dressed.', 'And', 'why', 'was', 'she', 'crying?', 'Was', 'it', 'because', 'he', 'had', 'not', 'got', 'up,', 'and', 'had', 'not', 'let', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'in,', 'because', 'he', 'was', 'in', 'danger', 'of', 'losing', 'his', 'job', 'and', 'if', 'that', 'happened', 'his', 'boss', 'would', 'once', 'more', 'pursue', 'their', 'parents', 'with', 'the', 'same', 'demands', 'as', 'before?', 'There', 'was', 'no', 'need', 'to', 'worry', 'about', 'things', 'like', 'that', 'yet.', 'Gregor', 'was', 'still', 'there', 'and', 'had', 'not', 'the', 'slightest', 'intention', 'of', 'abandoning', 'his', 'family.', 'For', 'the', 'time', 'being', 'he', 'just', 'lay', 'there', 'on', 'the', 'carpet,', 'and', 'no-one', 'who', 'knew', 'the', 'condition', 'he', 'was', 'in', 'would', 'seriously', 'have', 'expected', 'him', 'to', 'let', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'in.', 'It', 'was', 'only', 'a', 'minor', 'discourtesy,', 'and', 'a', 'suitable', 'excuse', 'could', 'easily', 'be', 'found', 'for', 'it', 'later', 'on,', 'it', 'was', 'not', 'something', 'for', 'which', 'Gregor', 'could', 'be', 'sacked', 'on', 'the', 'spot.', 'And', 'it', 'seemed', 'to', 'Gregor', 'much', 'more', 'sensible', 'to', 'leave', 'him', 'now', 'in', 'peace', 'instead', 'of', 'disturbing', 'him', 'with', 'talking', 'at', 'him', 'and', 'crying.', 'But', 'the', 'others', "didn't", 'know', 'what', 'was', 'happening,', 'they', 'were', 'worried,', 'that', 'would', 'excuse', 'their', 'behaviour.', 'The', 'chief', 'clerk', 'now', 'raised', 'his', 'voice,', '"Mr.', 'Samsa",', 'he', 'called', 'to', 'him,', '"what', 'is', 'wrong?', 'You', 'barricade', 'yourself', 'in', 'your', 'room,', 'give', 'us', 'no', 'more', 'than', 'yes', 'or', 'no', 'for', 'an', 'answer,', 'you', 'are', 'causing', 'serious', 'and', 'unnecessary', 'concern', 'to', 'your', 'parents', 'and', 'you', 'fail', '-', 'and', 'I', 'mention', 'this', 'just', 'by', 'the', 'way', '-', 'you', 'fail', 'to', 'carry', 'out', 'your', 'business', 'duties', 'in', 'a', 'way', 'that', 'is', 'quite', 'unheard', 'of.', "I'm", 'speaking', 'here', 'on', 'behalf', 'of', 'your', 'parents', 'and', 'of', 'your', 'employer,', 'and', 'really', 'must', 'request', 'a', 'clear', 'and', 'immediate', 'explanation.', 'I', 'am', 'astonished,', 'quite', 'astonished.', 'I', 'thought', 'I', 'knew', 'you', 'as', 'a', 'calm', 'and', 'sensible', 'person,', 'and', 'now', 'you', 'suddenly', 'seem', 'to', 'be', 'showing', 'off', 'with', 'peculiar', 'whims.', 'This', 'morning,', 'your', 'employer', 'did', 'suggest', 'a', 'possible', 'reason', 'for', 'your', 'failure', 'to', 'appear,', "it's", 'true', '-', 'it', 'had', 'to', 'do', 'with', 'the', 'money', 'that', 'was', 'recently', 'entrusted', 'to', 'you', '-', 'but', 'I', 'came', 'near', 'to', 'giving', 'him', 'my', 'word', 'of', 'honour', 'that', 'that', 'could', 'not', 'be', 'the', 'right', 'explanation.', 'But', 'now', 'that', 'I', 'see', 'your', 'incomprehensible', 'stubbornness', 'I', 'no', 'longer', 'feel', 'any', 'wish', 'whatsoever', 'to', 'intercede', 'on', 'your', 'behalf.', 'And', 'nor', 'is', 'your', 'position', 'all', 'that', 'secure.', 'I', 'had', 'originally', 'intended', 'to', 'say', 'all', 'this', 'to', 'you', 'in', 'private,', 'but', 'since', 'you', 'cause', 'me', 'to', 'waste', 'my', 'time', 'here', 'for', 'no', 'good', 'reason', 'I', "don't", 'see', 'why', 'your', 'parents', 'should', 'not', 'also', 'learn', 'of', 'it.', 'Your', 'turnover', 'has', 'been', 'very', 'unsatisfactory', 'of', 'late;', 'I', 'grant', 'you', 'that', "it's", 'not', 'the', 'time', 'of', 'year', 'to', 'do', 'especially', 'good', 'business,', 'we', 'recognise', 'that;', 'but', 'there', 'simply', 'is', 'no', 'time', 'of', 'year', 'to', 'do', 'no', 'business', 'at', 'all,', 'Mr.', 'Samsa,', 'we', 'cannot', 'allow', 'there', 'to', 'be."', '"But', 'Sir",', 'called', 'Gregor,', 'beside', 'himself', 'and', 'forgetting', 'all', 'else', 'in', 'the', 'excitement,', '"I\'ll', 'open', 'up', 'immediately,', 'just', 'a', 'moment.', "I'm", 'slightly', 'unwell,', 'an', 'attack', 'of', 'dizziness,', 'I', "haven't", 'been', 'able', 'to', 'get', 'up.', "I'm", 'still', 'in', 'bed', 'now.', "I'm", 'quite', 'fresh', 'again', 'now,', 'though.', "I'm", 'just', 'getting', 'out', 'of', 'bed.', 'Just', 'a', 'moment.', 'Be', 'patient!', "It's", 'not', 'quite', 'as', 'easy', 'as', "I'd", 'thought.', "I'm", 'quite', 'alright', 'now,', 'though.', "It's", 'shocking,', 'what', 'can', 'suddenly', 'happen', 'to', 'a', 'person!', 'I', 'was', 'quite', 'alright', 'last', 'night,', 'my', 'parents', 'know', 'about', 'it,', 'perhaps', 'better', 'than', 'me,', 'I', 'had', 'a', 'small', 'symptom', 'of', 'it', 'last', 'night', 'already.', 'They', 'must', 'have', 'noticed', 'it.', 'I', "don't", 'know', 'why', 'I', "didn't", 'let', 'you', 'know', 'at', 'work!', 'But', 'you', 'always', 'think', 'you', 'can', 'get', 'over', 'an', 'illness', 'without', 'staying', 'at', 'home.', 'Please,', "don't", 'make', 'my', 'parents', 'suffer!', "There's", 'no', 'basis', 'for', 'any', 'of', 'the', 'accusations', "you're", 'making;', "nobody's", 'ever', 'said', 'a', 'word', 'to', 'me', 'about', 'any', 'of', 'these', 'things.', 'Maybe', 'you', "haven't", 'read', 'the', 'latest', 'contracts', 'I', 'sent', 'in.', "I'll", 'set', 'off', 'with', 'the', 'eight', "o'clock", 'train,', 'as', 'well,', 'these', 'few', 'hours', 'of', 'rest', 'have', 'given', 'me', 'strength.', 'You', "don't", 'need', 'to', 'wait,', 'sir;', "I'll", 'be', 'in', 'the', 'office', 'soon', 'after', 'you,', 'and', 'please', 'be', 'so', 'good', 'as', 'to', 'tell', 'that', 'to', 'the', 'boss', 'and', 'recommend', 'me', 'to', 'him!"', 'And', 'while', 'Gregor', 'gushed', 'out', 'these', 'words,', 'hardly', 'knowing', 'what', 'he', 'was', 'saying,', 'he', 'made', 'his', 'way', 'over', 'to', 'the', 'chest', 'of', 'drawers', '-', 'this', 'was', 'easily', 'done,', 'probably', 'because', 'of', 'the', 'practise', 'he', 'had', 'already', 'had', 'in', 'bed', '-', 'where', 'he', 'now', 'tried', 'to', 'get', 'himself', 'upright.', 'He', 'really', 'did', 'want', 'to', 'open', 'the', 'door,', 'really', 'did', 'want', 'to', 'let', 'them', 'see', 'him', 'and', 'to', 'speak', 'with', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk;', 'the', 'others', 'were', 'being', 'so', 'insistent,', 'and', 'he', 'was', 'curious', 'to', 'learn', 'what', 'they', 'would', 'say', 'when', 'they', 'caught', 'sight', 'of', 'him.', 'If', 'they', 'were', 'shocked', 'then', 'it', 'would', 'no', 'longer', 'be', "Gregor's", 'responsibility', 'and', 'he', 'could', 'rest.', 'If,', 'however,', 'they', 'took', 'everything', 'calmly', 'he', 'would', 'still', 'have', 'no', 'reason', 'to', 'be', 'upset,', 'and', 'if', 'he', 'hurried', 'he', 'really', 'could', 'be', 'at', 'the', 'station', 'for', 'eight', "o'clock.", 'The', 'first', 'few', 'times', 'he', 'tried', 'to', 'climb', 'up', 'on', 'the', 'smooth', 'chest', 'of', 'drawers', 'he', 'just', 'slid', 'down', 'again,', 'but', 'he', 'finally', 'gave', 'himself', 'one', 'last', 'swing', 'and', 'stood', 'there', 'upright;', 'the', 'lower', 'part', 'of', 'his', 'body', 'was', 'in', 'serious', 'pain', 'but', 'he', 'no', 'longer', 'gave', 'any', 'attention', 'to', 'it.', 'Now', 'he', 'let', 'himself', 'fall', 'against', 'the', 'back', 'of', 'a', 'nearby', 'chair', 'and', 'held', 'tightly', 'to', 'the', 'edges', 'of', 'it', 'with', 'his', 'little', 'legs.', 'By', 'now', 'he', 'had', 'also', 'calmed', 'down,', 'and', 'kept', 'quiet', 'so', 'that', 'he', 'could', 'listen', 'to', 'what', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'was', 'saying.', '"Did', 'you', 'understand', 'a', 'word', 'of', 'all', 'that?"', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'asked', 'his', 'parents,', '"surely', "he's", 'not', 'trying', 'to', 'make', 'fools', 'of', 'us".', '"Oh,', 'God!"', 'called', 'his', 'mother,', 'who', 'was', 'already', 'in', 'tears,', '"he', 'could', 'be', 'seriously', 'ill', 'and', "we're", 'making', 'him', 'suffer.', 'Grete!', 'Grete!"', 'she', 'then', 'cried.', '"Mother?"', 'his', 'sister', 'called', 'from', 'the', 'other', 'side.', 'They', 'communicated', 'across', "Gregor's", 'room.', '"You\'ll', 'have', 'to', 'go', 'for', 'the', 'doctor', 'straight', 'away.', 'Gregor', 'is', 'ill.', 'Quick,', 'get', 'the', 'doctor.', 'Did', 'you', 'hear', 'the', 'way', 'Gregor', 'spoke', 'just', 'now?"', '"That', 'was', 'the', 'voice', 'of', 'an', 'animal",', 'said', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk,', 'with', 'a', 'calmness', 'that', 'was', 'in', 'contrast', 'with', 'his', "mother's", 'screams.', '"Anna!', 'Anna!"', 'his', 'father', 'called', 'into', 'the', 'kitchen', 'through', 'the', 'entrance', 'hall,', 'clapping', 'his', 'hands,', '"get', 'a', 'locksmith', 'here,', 'now!"', 'And', 'the', 'two', 'girls,', 'their', 'skirts', 'swishing,', 'immediately', 'ran', 'out', 'through', 'the', 'hall,', 'wrenching', 'open', 'the', 'front', 'door', 'of', 'the', 'flat', 'as', 'they', 'went.', 'How', 'had', 'his', 'sister', 'managed', 'to', 'get', 'dressed', 'so', 'quickly?', 'There', 'was', 'no', 'sound', 'of', 'the', 'door', 'banging', 'shut', 'again;', 'they', 'must', 'have', 'left', 'it', 'open;', 'people', 'often', 'do', 'in', 'homes', 'where', 'something', 'awful', 'has', 'happened.', 'Gregor,', 'in', 'contrast,', 'had', 'become', 'much', 'calmer.', 'So', 'they', "couldn't", 'understand', 'his', 'words', 'any', 'more,', 'although', 'they', 'seemed', 'clear', 'enough', 'to', 'him,', 'clearer', 'than', 'before', '-', 'perhaps', 'his', 'ears', 'had', 'become', 'used', 'to', 'the', 'sound.', 'They', 'had', 'realised,', 'though,', 'that', 'there', 'was', 'something', 'wrong', 'with', 'him,', 'and', 'were', 'ready', 'to', 'help.', 'The', 'first', 'response', 'to', 'his', 'situation', 'had', 'been', 'confident', 'and', 'wise,', 'and', 'that', 'made', 'him', 'feel', 'better.', 'He', 'felt', 'that', 'he', 'had', 'been', 'drawn', 'back', 'in', 'among', 'people,', 'and', 'from', 'the', 'doctor', 'and', 'the', 'locksmith', 'he', 'expected', 'great', 'and', 'surprising', 'achievements', '-', 'although', 'he', 'did', 'not', 'really', 'distinguish', 'one', 'from', 'the', 'other.', 'Whatever', 'was', 'said', 'next', 'would', 'be', 'crucial,', 'so,', 'in', 'order', 'to', 'make', 'his', 'voice', 'as', 'clear', 'as', 'possible,', 'he', 'coughed', 'a', 'little,', 'but', 'taking', 'care', 'to', 'do', 'this', 'not', 'too', 'loudly', 'as', 'even', 'this', 'might', 'well', 'sound', 'different', 'from', 'the', 'way', 'that', 'a', 'human', 'coughs', 'and', 'he', 'was', 'no', 'longer', 'sure', 'he', 'could', 'judge', 'this', 'for', 'himself.', 'Meanwhile,', 'it', 'had', 'become', 'very', 'quiet', 'in', 'the', 'next', 'room.', 'Perhaps', 'his', 'parents', 'were', 'sat', 'at', 'the', 'table', 'whispering', 'with', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk,', 'or', 'perhaps', 'they', 'were', 'all', 'pressed', 'against', 'the', 'door', 'and', 'listening.', 'Gregor', 'slowly', 'pushed', 'his', 'way', 'over', 'to', 'the', 'door', 'with', 'the', 'chair.', 'Once', 'there', 'he', 'let', 'go', 'of', 'it', 'and', 'threw', 'himself', 'onto', 'the', 'door,', 'holding', 'himself', 'upright', 'against', 'it', 'using', 'the', 'adhesive', 'on', 'the', 'tips', 'of', 'his', 'legs.', 'He', 'rested', 'there', 'a', 'little', 'while', 'to', 'recover', 'from', 'the', 'effort', 'involved', 'and', 'then', 'set', 'himself', 'to', 'the', 'task', 'of', 'turning', 'the', 'key', 'in', 'the', 'lock', 'with', 'his', 'mouth.', 'He', 'seemed,', 'unfortunately,', 'to', 'have', 'no', 'proper', 'teeth', '-', 'how', 'was', 'he,', 'then,', 'to', 'grasp', 'the', 'key?', '-', 'but', 'the', 'lack', 'of', 'teeth', 'was,', 'of', 'course,', 'made', 'up', 'for', 'with', 'a', 'very', 'strong', 'jaw;', 'using', 'the', 'jaw,', 'he', 'really', 'was', 'able', 'to', 'start', 'the', 'key', 'turning,', 'ignoring', 'the', 'fact', 'that', 'he', 'must', 'have', 'been', 'causing', 'some', 'kind', 'of', 'damage', 'as', 'a', 'brown', 'fluid', 'came', 'from', 'his', 'mouth,', 'flowed', 'over', 'the', 'key', 'and', 'dripped', 'onto', 'the', 'floor.', '"Listen",', 'said', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'in', 'the', 'next', 'room,', '"he\'s', 'turning', 'the', 'key."', 'Gregor', 'was', 'greatly', 'encouraged', 'by', 'this;', 'but', 'they', 'all', 'should', 'have', 'been', 'calling', 'to', 'him,', 'his', 'father', 'and', 'his', 'mother', 'too:', '"Well', 'done,', 'Gregor",', 'they', 'should', 'have', 'cried,', '"keep', 'at', 'it,', 'keep', 'hold', 'of', 'the', 'lock!"', 'And', 'with', 'the', 'idea', 'that', 'they', 'were', 'all', 'excitedly', 'following', 'his', 'efforts,', 'he', 'bit', 'on', 'the', 'key', 'with', 'all', 'his', 'strength,', 'paying', 'no', 'attention', 'to', 'the', 'pain', 'he', 'was', 'causing', 'himself.', 'As', 'the', 'key', 'turned', 'round', 'he', 'turned', 'around', 'the', 'lock', 'with', 'it,', 'only', 'holding', 'himself', 'upright', 'with', 'his', 'mouth,', 'and', 'hung', 'onto', 'the', 'key', 'or', 'pushed', 'it', 'down', 'again', 'with', 'the', 'whole', 'weight', 'of', 'his', 'body', 'as', 'needed.', 'The', 'clear', 'sound', 'of', 'the', 'lock', 'as', 'it', 'snapped', 'back', 'was', "Gregor's", 'sign', 'that', 'he', 'could', 'break', 'his', 'concentration,', 'and', 'as', 'he', 'regained', 'his', 'breath', 'he', 'said', 'to', 'himself:', '"So,', 'I', "didn't", 'need', 'the', 'locksmith', 'after', 'all".', 'Then', 'he', 'lay', 'his', 'head', 'on', 'the', 'handle', 'of', 'the', 'door', 'to', 'open', 'it', 'completely.', 'Because', 'he', 'had', 'to', 'open', 'the', 'door', 'in', 'this', 'way,', 'it', 'was', 'already', 'wide', 'open', 'before', 'he', 'could', 'be', 'seen.', 'He', 'had', 'first', 'to', 'slowly', 'turn', 'himself', 'around', 'one', 'of', 'the', 'double', 'doors,', 'and', 'he', 'had', 'to', 'do', 'it', 'very', 'carefully', 'if', 'he', 'did', 'not', 'want', 'to', 'fall', 'flat', 'on', 'his', 'back', 'before', 'entering', 'the', 'room.', 'He', 'was', 'still', 'occupied', 'with', 'this', 'difficult', 'movement,', 'unable', 'to', 'pay', 'attention', 'to', 'anything', 'else,', 'when', 'he', 'heard', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'exclaim', 'a', 'loud', '"Oh!",', 'which', 'sounded', 'like', 'the', 'soughing', 'of', 'the', 'wind.', 'Now', 'he', 'also', 'saw', 'him', '-', 'he', 'was', 'the', 'nearest', 'to', 'the', 'door', '-', 'his', 'hand', 'pressed', 'against', 'his', 'open', 'mouth', 'and', 'slowly', 'retreating', 'as', 'if', 'driven', 'by', 'a', 'steady', 'and', 'invisible', 'force.', "Gregor's", 'mother,', 'her', 'hair', 'still', 'dishevelled', 'from', 'bed', 'despite', 'the', 'chief', "clerk's", 'being', 'there,', 'looked', 'at', 'his', 'father.', 'Then', 'she', 'unfolded', 'her', 'arms,', 'took', 'two', 'steps', 'forward', 'towards', 'Gregor', 'and', 'sank', 'down', 'onto', 'the', 'floor', 'into', 'her', 'skirts', 'that', 'spread', 'themselves', 'out', 'around', 'her', 'as', 'her', 'head', 'disappeared', 'down', 'onto', 'her', 'breast.', 'His', 'father', 'looked', 'hostile,', 'and', 'clenched', 'his', 'fists', 'as', 'if', 'wanting', 'to', 'knock', 'Gregor', 'back', 'into', 'his', 'room.', 'Then', 'he', 'looked', 'uncertainly', 'round', 'the', 'living', 'room,', 'covered', 'his', 'eyes', 'with', 'his', 'hands', 'and', 'wept', 'so', 'that', 'his', 'powerful', 'chest', 'shook.', 'So', 'Gregor', 'did', 'not', 'go', 'into', 'the', 'room,', 'but', 'leant', 'against', 'the', 'inside', 'of', 'the', 'other', 'door', 'which', 'was', 'still', 'held', 'bolted', 'in', 'place.', 'In', 'this', 'way', 'only', 'half', 'of', 'his', 'body', 'could', 'be', 'seen,', 'along', 'with', 'his', 'head', 'above', 'it', 'which', 'he', 'leant', 'over', 'to', 'one', 'side', 'as', 'he', 'peered', 'out', 'at', 'the', 'others.', 'Meanwhile', 'the', 'day', 'had', 'become', 'much', 'lighter;', 'part', 'of', 'the', 'endless,', 'grey-black', 'building', 'on', 'the', 'other', 'side', 'of', 'the', 'street', '-', 'which', 'was', 'a', 'hospital', '-', 'could', 'be', 'seen', 'quite', 'clearly', 'with', 'the', 'austere', 'and', 'regular', 'line', 'of', 'windows', 'piercing', 'its', 'facade;', 'the', 'rain', 'was', 'still', 'falling,', 'now', 'throwing', 'down', 'large,', 'individual', 'droplets', 'which', 'hit', 'the', 'ground', 'one', 'at', 'a', 'time.', 'The', 'washing', 'up', 'from', 'breakfast', 'lay', 'on', 'the', 'table;', 'there', 'was', 'so', 'much', 'of', 'it', 'because,', 'for', "Gregor's", 'father,', 'breakfast', 'was', 'the', 'most', 'important', 'meal', 'of', 'the', 'day', 'and', 'he', 'would', 'stretch', 'it', 'out', 'for', 'several', 'hours', 'as', 'he', 'sat', 'reading', 'a', 'number', 'of', 'different', 'newspapers.', 'On', 'the', 'wall', 'exactly', 'opposite', 'there', 'was', 'photograph', 'of', 'Gregor', 'when', 'he', 'was', 'a', 'lieutenant', 'in', 'the', 'army,', 'his', 'sword', 'in', 'his', 'hand', 'and', 'a', 'carefree', 'smile', 'on', 'his', 'face', 'as', 'he', 'called', 'forth', 'respect', 'for', 'his', 'uniform', 'and', 'bearing.', 'The', 'door', 'to', 'the', 'entrance', 'hall', 'was', 'open', 'and', 'as', 'the', 'front', 'door', 'of', 'the', 'flat', 'was', 'also', 'open', 'he', 'could', 'see', 'onto', 'the', 'landing', 'and', 'the', 'stairs', 'where', 'they', 'began', 'their', 'way', 'down', 'below.', '"Now,', 'then",', 'said', 'Gregor,', 'well', 'aware', 'that', 'he', 'was', 'the', 'only', 'one', 'to', 'have', 'kept', 'calm,', '"I\'ll', 'get', 'dressed', 'straight', 'away', 'now,', 'pack', 'up', 'my', 'samples', 'and', 'set', 'off.', 'Will', 'you', 'please', 'just', 'let', 'me', 'leave?', 'You', 'can', 'see",', 'he', 'said', 'to', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk,', '"that', "I'm", 'not', 'stubborn', 'and', 'I', 'like', 'to', 'do', 'my', 'job;', 'being', 'a', 'commercial', 'traveller', 'is', 'arduous', 'but', 'without', 'travelling', 'I', "couldn't", 'earn', 'my', 'living.', 'So', 'where', 'are', 'you', 'going,', 'in', 'to', 'the', 'office?', 'Yes?', 'Will', 'you', 'report', 'everything', 'accurately,', 'then?', "It's", 'quite', 'possible', 'for', 'someone', 'to', 'be', 'temporarily', 'unable', 'to', 'work,', 'but', "that's", 'just', 'the', 'right', 'time', 'to', 'remember', "what's", 'been', 'achieved', 'in', 'the', 'past', 'and', 'consider', 'that', 'later', 'on,', 'once', 'the', 'difficulty', 'has', 'been', 'removed,', 'he', 'will', 'certainly', 'work', 'with', 'all', 'the', 'more', 'diligence', 'and', 'concentration.', "You're", 'well', 'aware', 'that', "I'm", 'seriously', 'in', 'debt', 'to', 'our', 'employer', 'as', 'well', 'as', 'having', 'to', 'look', 'after', 'my', 'parents', 'and', 'my', 'sister,', 'so', 'that', "I'm", 'trapped', 'in', 'a', 'difficult', 'situation,', 'but', 'I', 'will', 'work', 'my', 'way', 'out', 'of', 'it', 'again.', 'Please', "don't", 'make', 'things', 'any', 'harder', 'for', 'me', 'than', 'they', 'are', 'already,', 'and', "don't", 'take', 'sides', 'against', 'me', 'at', 'the', 'office.', 'I', 'know', 'that', 'nobody', 'likes', 'the', 'travellers.', 'They', 'think', 'we', 'earn', 'an', 'enormous', 'wage', 'as', 'well', 'as', 'having', 'a', 'soft', 'time', 'of', 'it.', "That's", 'just', 'prejudice', 'but', 'they', 'have', 'no', 'particular', 'reason', 'to', 'think', 'better', 'of', 'it.', 'But', 'you,', 'sir,', 'you', 'have', 'a', 'better', 'overview', 'than', 'the', 'rest', 'of', 'the', 'staff,', 'in', 'fact,', 'if', 'I', 'can', 'say', 'this', 'in', 'confidence,', 'a', 'better', 'overview', 'than', 'the', 'boss', 'himself', '-', "it's", 'very', 'easy', 'for', 'a', 'businessman', 'like', 'him', 'to', 'make', 'mistakes', 'about', 'his', 'employees', 'and', 'judge', 'them', 'more', 'harshly', 'than', 'he', 'should.', 'And', "you're", 'also', 'well', 'aware', 'that', 'we', 'travellers', 'spend', 'almost', 'the', 'whole', 'year', 'away', 'from', 'the', 'office,', 'so', 'that', 'we', 'can', 'very', 'easily', 'fall', 'victim', 'to', 'gossip', 'and', 'chance', 'and', 'groundless', 'complaints,', 'and', "it's", 'almost', 'impossible', 'to', 'defend', 'yourself', 'from', 'that', 'sort', 'of', 'thing,', 'we', "don't", 'usually', 'even', 'hear', 'about', 'them,', 'or', 'if', 'at', 'all', "it's", 'when', 'we', 'arrive', 'back', 'home', 'exhausted', 'from', 'a', 'trip,', 'and', "that's", 'when', 'we', 'feel', 'the', 'harmful', 'effects', 'of', "what's", 'been', 'going', 'on', 'without', 'even', 'knowing', 'what', 'caused', 'them.', 'Please,', "don't", 'go', 'away,', 'at', 'least', 'first', 'say', 'something', 'to', 'show', 'that', 'you', 'grant', 'that', "I'm", 'at', 'least', 'partly', 'right!"', 'But', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'had', 'turned', 'away', 'as', 'soon', 'as', 'Gregor', 'had', 'started', 'to', 'speak,', 'and,', 'with', 'protruding', 'lips,', 'only', 'stared', 'back', 'at', 'him', 'over', 'his', 'trembling', 'shoulders', 'as', 'he', 'left.', 'He', 'did', 'not', 'keep', 'still', 'for', 'a', 'moment', 'while', 'Gregor', 'was', 'speaking,', 'but', 'moved', 'steadily', 'towards', 'the', 'door', 'without', 'taking', 'his', 'eyes', 'off', 'him.', 'He', 'moved', 'very', 'gradually,', 'as', 'if', 'there', 'had', 'been', 'some', 'secret', 'prohibition', 'on', 'leaving', 'the', 'room.', 'It', 'was', 'only', 'when', 'he', 'had', 'reached', 'the', 'entrance', 'hall', 'that', 'he', 'made', 'a', 'sudden', 'movement,', 'drew', 'his', 'foot', 'from', 'the', 'living', 'room,', 'and', 'rushed', 'forward', 'in', 'a', 'panic.', 'In', 'the', 'hall,', 'he', 'stretched', 'his', 'right', 'hand', 'far', 'out', 'towards', 'the', 'stairway', 'as', 'if', 'out', 'there,', 'there', 'were', 'some', 'supernatural', 'force', 'waiting', 'to', 'save', 'him.', 'Gregor', 'realised', 'that', 'it', 'was', 'out', 'of', 'the', 'question', 'to', 'let', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'go', 'away', 'in', 'this', 'mood', 'if', 'his', 'position', 'in', 'the', 'firm', 'was', 'not', 'to', 'be', 'put', 'into', 'extreme', 'danger.', 'That', 'was', 'something', 'his', 'parents', 'did', 'not', 'understand', 'very', 'well;', 'over', 'the', 'years,', 'they', 'had', 'become', 'convinced', 'that', 'this', 'job', 'would', 'provide', 'for', 'Gregor', 'for', 'his', 'entire', 'life,', 'and', 'besides,', 'they', 'had', 'so', 'much', 'to', 'worry', 'about', 'at', 'present', 'that', 'they', 'had', 'lost', 'sight', 'of', 'any', 'thought', 'for', 'the', 'future.', 'Gregor,', 'though,', 'did', 'think', 'about', 'the', 'future.', 'The', 'chief', 'clerk', 'had', 'to', 'be', 'held', 'back,', 'calmed', 'down,', 'convinced', 'and', 'finally', 'won', 'over;', 'the', 'future', 'of', 'Gregor', 'and', 'his', 'family', 'depended', 'on', 'it!', 'If', 'only', 'his', 'sister', 'were', 'here!', 'She', 'was', 'clever;', 'she', 'was', 'already', 'in', 'tears', 'while', 'Gregor', 'was', 'still', 'lying', 'peacefully', 'on', 'his', 'back.', 'And', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'was', 'a', 'lover', 'of', 'women,', 'surely', 'she', 'could', 'persuade', 'him;', 'she', 'would', 'close', 'the', 'front', 'door', 'in', 'the', 'entrance', 'hall', 'and', 'talk', 'him', 'out', 'of', 'his', 'shocked', 'state.', 'But', 'his', 'sister', 'was', 'not', 'there,', 'Gregor', 'would', 'have', 'to', 'do', 'the', 'job', 'himself.', 'And', 'without', 'considering', 'that', 'he', 'still', 'was', 'not', 'familiar', 'with', 'how', 'well', 'he', 'could', 'move', 'about', 'in', 'his', 'present', 'state,', 'or', 'that', 'his', 'speech', 'still', 'might', 'not', '-', 'or', 'probably', 'would', 'not', '-', 'be', 'understood,', 'he', 'let', 'go', 'of', 'the', 'door;', 'pushed', 'himself', 'through', 'the', 'opening;', 'tried', 'to', 'reach', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'on', 'the', 'landing', 'who,', 'ridiculously,', 'was', 'holding', 'on', 'to', 'the', 'banister', 'with', 'both', 'hands;', 'but', 'Gregor', 'fell', 'immediately', 'over', 'and,', 'with', 'a', 'little', 'scream', 'as', 'he', 'sought', 'something', 'to', 'hold', 'onto,', 'landed', 'on', 'his', 'numerous', 'little', 'legs.', 'Hardly', 'had', 'that', 'happened', 'than,', 'for', 'the', 'first', 'time', 'that', 'day,', 'he', 'began', 'to', 'feel', 'alright', 'with', 'his', 'body;', 'the', 'little', 'legs', 'had', 'the', 'solid', 'ground', 'under', 'them;', 'to', 'his', 'pleasure,', 'they', 'did', 'exactly', 'as', 'he', 'told', 'them;', 'they', 'were', 'even', 'making', 'the', 'effort', 'to', 'carry', 'him', 'where', 'he', 'wanted', 'to', 'go;', 'and', 'he', 'was', 'soon', 'believing', 'that', 'all', 'his', 'sorrows', 'would', 'soon', 'be', 'finally', 'at', 'an', 'end.', 'He', 'held', 'back', 'the', 'urge', 'to', 'move', 'but', 'swayed', 'from', 'side', 'to', 'side', 'as', 'he', 'crouched', 'there', 'on', 'the', 'floor.', 'His', 'mother', 'was', 'not', 'far', 'away', 'in', 'front', 'of', 'him', 'and', 'seemed,', 'at', 'first,', 'quite', 'engrossed', 'in', 'herself,', 'but', 'then', 'she', 'suddenly', 'jumped', 'up', 'with', 'her', 'arms', 'outstretched', 'and', 'her', 'fingers', 'spread', 'shouting:', '"Help,', 'for', "pity's", 'sake,', 'Help!"', 'The', 'way', 'she', 'held', 'her', 'head', 'suggested', 'she', 'wanted', 'to', 'see', 'Gregor', 'better,', 'but', 'the', 'unthinking', 'way', 'she', 'was', 'hurrying', 'backwards', 'showed', 'that', 'she', 'did', 'not;', 'she', 'had', 'forgotten', 'that', 'the', 'table', 'was', 'behind', 'her', 'with', 'all', 'the', 'breakfast', 'things', 'on', 'it;', 'when', 'she', 'reached', 'the', 'table', 'she', 'sat', 'quickly', 'down', 'on', 'it', 'without', 'knowing', 'what', 'she', 'was', 'doing;', 'without', 'even', 'seeming', 'to', 'notice', 'that', 'the', 'coffee', 'pot', 'had', 'been', 'knocked', 'over', 'and', 'a', 'gush', 'of', 'coffee', 'was', 'pouring', 'down', 'onto', 'the', 'carpet.', '"Mother,', 'mother",', 'said', 'Gregor', 'gently,', 'looking', 'up', 'at', 'her.', 'He', 'had', 'completely', 'forgotten', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'for', 'the', 'moment,', 'but', 'could', 'not', 'help', 'himself', 'snapping', 'in', 'the', 'air', 'with', 'his', 'jaws', 'at', 'the', 'sight', 'of', 'the', 'flow', 'of', 'coffee.', 'That', 'set', 'his', 'mother', 'screaming', 'anew,', 'she', 'fled', 'from', 'the', 'table', 'and', 'into', 'the', 'arms', 'of', 'his', 'father', 'as', 'he', 'rushed', 'towards', 'her.', 'Gregor,', 'though,', 'had', 'no', 'time', 'to', 'spare', 'for', 'his', 'parents', 'now;', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'had', 'already', 'reached', 'the', 'stairs;', 'with', 'his', 'chin', 'on', 'the', 'banister,', 'he', 'looked', 'back', 'for', 'the', 'last', 'time.', 'Gregor', 'made', 'a', 'run', 'for', 'him;', 'he', 'wanted', 'to', 'be', 'sure', 'of', 'reaching', 'him;', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'must', 'have', 'expected', 'something,', 'as', 'he', 'leapt', 'down', 'several', 'steps', 'at', 'once', 'and', 'disappeared;', 'his', 'shouts', 'resounding', 'all', 'around', 'the', 'staircase.', 'The', 'flight', 'of', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'seemed,', 'unfortunately,', 'to', 'put', "Gregor's", 'father', 'into', 'a', 'panic', 'as', 'well.', 'Until', 'then', 'he', 'had', 'been', 'relatively', 'self', 'controlled,', 'but', 'now,', 'instead', 'of', 'running', 'after', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'himself,', 'or', 'at', 'least', 'not', 'impeding', 'Gregor', 'as', 'he', 'ran', 'after', 'him,', "Gregor's", 'father', 'seized', 'the', 'chief', "clerk's", 'stick', 'in', 'his', 'right', 'hand', '(the', 'chief', 'clerk', 'had', 'left', 'it', 'behind', 'on', 'a', 'chair,', 'along', 'with', 'his', 'hat', 'and', 'overcoat),', 'picked', 'up', 'a', 'large', 'newspaper', 'from', 'the', 'table', 'with', 'his', 'left,', 'and', 'used', 'them', 'to', 'drive', 'Gregor', 'back', 'into', 'his', 'room,', 'stamping', 'his', 'foot', 'at', 'him', 'as', 'he', 'went.', "Gregor's", 'appeals', 'to', 'his', 'father', 'were', 'of', 'no', 'help,', 'his', 'appeals', 'were', 'simply', 'not', 'understood,', 'however', 'much', 'he', 'humbly', 'turned', 'his', 'head', 'his', 'father', 'merely', 'stamped', 'his', 'foot', 'all', 'the', 'harder.', 'Across', 'the', 'room,', 'despite', 'the', 'chilly', 'weather,', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'had', 'pulled', 'open', 'a', 'window,', 'leant', 'far', 'out', 'of', 'it', 'and', 'pressed', 'her', 'hands', 'to', 'her', 'face.', 'A', 'strong', 'draught', 'of', 'air', 'flew', 'in', 'from', 'the', 'street', 'towards', 'the', 'stairway,', 'the', 'curtains', 'flew', 'up,', 'the', 'newspapers', 'on', 'the', 'table', 'fluttered', 'and', 'some', 'of', 'them', 'were', 'blown', 'onto', 'the', 'floor.', 'Nothing', 'would', 'stop', "Gregor's", 'father', 'as', 'he', 'drove', 'him', 'back,', 'making', 'hissing', 'noises', 'at', 'him', 'like', 'a', 'wild', 'man.', 'Gregor', 'had', 'never', 'had', 'any', 'practice', 'in', 'moving', 'backwards', 'and', 'was', 'only', 'able', 'to', 'go', 'very', 'slowly.', 'If', 'Gregor', 'had', 'only', 'been', 'allowed', 'to', 'turn', 'round', 'he', 'would', 'have', 'been', 'back', 'in', 'his', 'room', 'straight', 'away,', 'but', 'he', 'was', 'afraid', 'that', 'if', 'he', 'took', 'the', 'time', 'to', 'do', 'that', 'his', 'father', 'would', 'become', 'impatient,', 'and', 'there', 'was', 'the', 'threat', 'of', 'a', 'lethal', 'blow', 'to', 'his', 'back', 'or', 'head', 'from', 'the', 'stick', 'in', 'his', "father's", 'hand', 'any', 'moment.', 'Eventually,', 'though,', 'Gregor', 'realised', 'that', 'he', 'had', 'no', 'choice', 'as', 'he', 'saw,', 'to', 'his', 'disgust,', 'that', 'he', 'was', 'quite', 'incapable', 'of', 'going', 'backwards', 'in', 'a', 'straight', 'line;', 'so', 'he', 'began,', 'as', 'quickly', 'as', 'possible', 'and', 'with', 'frequent', 'anxious', 'glances', 'at', 'his', 'father,', 'to', 'turn', 'himself', 'round.', 'It', 'went', 'very', 'slowly,', 'but', 'perhaps', 'his', 'father', 'was', 'able', 'to', 'see', 'his', 'good', 'intentions', 'as', 'he', 'did', 'nothing', 'to', 'hinder', 'him,', 'in', 'fact', 'now', 'and', 'then', 'he', 'used', 'the', 'tip', 'of', 'his', 'stick', 'to', 'give', 'directions', 'from', 'a', 'distance', 'as', 'to', 'which', 'way', 'to', 'turn.', 'If', 'only', 'his', 'father', 'would', 'stop', 'that', 'unbearable', 'hissing!', 'It', 'was', 'making', 'Gregor', 'quite', 'confused.', 'When', 'he', 'had', 'nearly', 'finished', 'turning', 'round,', 'still', 'listening', 'to', 'that', 'hissing,', 'he', 'made', 'a', 'mistake', 'and', 'turned', 'himself', 'back', 'a', 'little', 'the', 'way', 'he', 'had', 'just', 'come.', 'He', 'was', 'pleased', 'when', 'he', 'finally', 'had', 'his', 'head', 'in', 'front', 'of', 'the', 'doorway,', 'but', 'then', 'saw', 'that', 'it', 'was', 'too', 'narrow,', 'and', 'his', 'body', 'was', 'too', 'broad', 'to', 'get', 'through', 'it', 'without', 'further', 'difficulty.', 'In', 'his', 'present', 'mood,', 'it', 'obviously', 'did', 'not', 'occur', 'to', 'his', 'father', 'to', 'open', 'the', 'other', 'of', 'the', 'double', 'doors', 'so', 'that', 'Gregor', 'would', 'have', 'enough', 'space', 'to', 'get', 'through.', 'He', 'was', 'merely', 'fixed', 'on', 'the', 'idea', 'that', 'Gregor', 'should', 'be', 'got', 'back', 'into', 'his', 'room', 'as', 'quickly', 'as', 'possible.', 'Nor', 'would', 'he', 'ever', 'have', 'allowed', 'Gregor', 'the', 'time', 'to', 'get', 'himself', 'upright', 'as', 'preparation', 'for', 'getting', 'through', 'the', 'doorway.', 'What', 'he', 'did,', 'making', 'more', 'noise', 'than', 'ever,', 'was', 'to', 'drive', 'Gregor', 'forwards', 'all', 'the', 'harder', 'as', 'if', 'there', 'had', 'been', 'nothing', 'in', 'the', 'way;', 'it', 'sounded', 'to', 'Gregor', 'as', 'if', 'there', 'was', 'now', 'more', 'than', 'one', 'father', 'behind', 'him;', 'it', 'was', 'not', 'a', 'pleasant', 'experience,', 'and', 'Gregor', 'pushed', 'himself', 'into', 'the', 'doorway', 'without', 'regard', 'for', 'what', 'might', 'happen.', 'One', 'side', 'of', 'his', 'body', 'lifted', 'itself,', 'he', 'lay', 'at', 'an', 'angle', 'in', 'the', 'doorway,', 'one', 'flank', 'scraped', 'on', 'the', 'white', 'door', 'and', 'was', 'painfully', 'injured,', 'leaving', 'vile', 'brown', 'flecks', 'on', 'it,', 'soon', 'he', 'was', 'stuck', 'fast', 'and', 'would', 'not', 'have', 'been', 'able', 'to', 'move', 'at', 'all', 'by', 'himself,', 'the', 'little', 'legs', 'along', 'one', 'side', 'hung', 'quivering', 'in', 'the', 'air', 'while', 'those', 'on', 'the', 'other', 'side', 'were', 'pressed', 'painfully', 'against', 'the', 'ground.', 'Then', 'his', 'father', 'gave', 'him', 'a', 'hefty', 'shove', 'from', 'behind', 'which', 'released', 'him', 'from', 'where', 'he', 'was', 'held', 'and', 'sent', 'him', 'flying,', 'and', 'heavily', 'bleeding,', 'deep', 'into', 'his', 'room.', 'The', 'door', 'was', 'slammed', 'shut', 'with', 'the', 'stick,', 'then,', 'finally,', 'all', 'was', 'quiet.', 'II', 'It', 'was', 'not', 'until', 'it', 'was', 'getting', 'dark', 'that', 'evening', 'that', 'Gregor', 'awoke', 'from', 'his', 'deep', 'and', 'coma-like', 'sleep.', 'He', 'would', 'have', 'woken', 'soon', 'afterwards', 'anyway', 'even', 'if', 'he', "hadn't", 'been', 'disturbed,', 'as', 'he', 'had', 'had', 'enough', 'sleep', 'and', 'felt', 'fully', 'rested.', 'But', 'he', 'had', 'the', 'impression', 'that', 'some', 'hurried', 'steps', 'and', 'the', 'sound', 'of', 'the', 'door', 'leading', 'into', 'the', 'front', 'room', 'being', 'carefully', 'shut', 'had', 'woken', 'him.', 'The', 'light', 'from', 'the', 'electric', 'street', 'lamps', 'shone', 'palely', 'here', 'and', 'there', 'onto', 'the', 'ceiling', 'and', 'tops', 'of', 'the', 'furniture,', 'but', 'down', 'below,', 'where', 'Gregor', 'was,', 'it', 'was', 'dark.', 'He', 'pushed', 'himself', 'over', 'to', 'the', 'door,', 'feeling', 'his', 'way', 'clumsily', 'with', 'his', 'antennae', '-', 'of', 'which', 'he', 'was', 'now', 'beginning', 'to', 'learn', 'the', 'value', '-', 'in', 'order', 'to', 'see', 'what', 'had', 'been', 'happening', 'there.', 'The', 'whole', 'of', 'his', 'left', 'side', 'seemed', 'like', 'one,', 'painfully', 'stretched', 'scar,', 'and', 'he', 'limped', 'badly', 'on', 'his', 'two', 'rows', 'of', 'legs.', 'One', 'of', 'the', 'legs', 'had', 'been', 'badly', 'injured', 'in', 'the', 'events', 'of', 'that', 'morning', '-', 'it', 'was', 'nearly', 'a', 'miracle', 'that', 'only', 'one', 'of', 'them', 'had', 'been', '-', 'and', 'dragged', 'along', 'lifelessly.', 'It', 'was', 'only', 'when', 'he', 'had', 'reached', 'the', 'door', 'that', 'he', 'realised', 'what', 'it', 'actually', 'was', 'that', 'had', 'drawn', 'him', 'over', 'to', 'it;', 'it', 'was', 'the', 'smell', 'of', 'something', 'to', 'eat.', 'By', 'the', 'door', 'there', 'was', 'a', 'dish', 'filled', 'with', 'sweetened', 'milk', 'with', 'little', 'pieces', 'of', 'white', 'bread', 'floating', 'in', 'it.', 'He', 'was', 'so', 'pleased', 'he', 'almost', 'laughed,', 'as', 'he', 'was', 'even', 'hungrier', 'than', 'he', 'had', 'been', 'that', 'morning,', 'and', 'immediately', 'dipped', 'his', 'head', 'into', 'the', 'milk,', 'nearly', 'covering', 'his', 'eyes', 'with', 'it.', 'But', 'he', 'soon', 'drew', 'his', 'head', 'back', 'again', 'in', 'disappointment;', 'not', 'only', 'did', 'the', 'pain', 'in', 'his', 'tender', 'left', 'side', 'make', 'it', 'difficult', 'to', 'eat', 'the', 'food', '-', 'he', 'was', 'only', 'able', 'to', 'eat', 'if', 'his', 'whole', 'body', 'worked', 'together', 'as', 'a', 'snuffling', 'whole', '-', 'but', 'the', 'milk', 'did', 'not', 'taste', 'at', 'all', 'nice.', 'Milk', 'like', 'this', 'was', 'normally', 'his', 'favourite', 'drink,', 'and', 'his', 'sister', 'had', 'certainly', 'left', 'it', 'there', 'for', 'him', 'because', 'of', 'that,', 'but', 'he', 'turned,', 'almost', 'against', 'his', 'own', 'will,', 'away', 'from', 'the', 'dish', 'and', 'crawled', 'back', 'into', 'the', 'centre', 'of', 'the', 'room.', 'Through', 'the', 'crack', 'in', 'the', 'door,', 'Gregor', 'could', 'see', 'that', 'the', 'gas', 'had', 'been', 'lit', 'in', 'the', 'living', 'room.', 'His', 'father', 'at', 'this', 'time', 'would', 'normally', 'be', 'sat', 'with', 'his', 'evening', 'paper,', 'reading', 'it', 'out', 'in', 'a', 'loud', 'voice', 'to', "Gregor's", 'mother,', 'and', 'sometimes', 'to', 'his', 'sister,', 'but', 'there', 'was', 'now', 'not', 'a', 'sound', 'to', 'be', 'heard.', "Gregor's", 'sister', 'would', 'often', 'write', 'and', 'tell', 'him', 'about', 'this', 'reading,', 'but', 'maybe', 'his', 'father', 'had', 'lost', 'the', 'habit', 'in', 'recent', 'times.', 'It', 'was', 'so', 'quiet', 'all', 'around', 'too,', 'even', 'though', 'there', 'must', 'have', 'been', 'somebody', 'in', 'the', 'flat.', '"What', 'a', 'quiet', 'life', 'it', 'is', 'the', 'family', 'lead",', 'said', 'Gregor', 'to', 'himself,', 'and,', 'gazing', 'into', 'the', 'darkness,', 'felt', 'a', 'great', 'pride', 'that', 'he', 'was', 'able', 'to', 'provide', 'a', 'life', 'like', 'that', 'in', 'such', 'a', 'nice', 'home', 'for', 'his', 'sister', 'and', 'parents.', 'But', 'what', 'now,', 'if', 'all', 'this', 'peace', 'and', 'wealth', 'and', 'comfort', 'should', 'come', 'to', 'a', 'horrible', 'and', 'frightening', 'end?', 'That', 'was', 'something', 'that', 'Gregor', 'did', 'not', 'want', 'to', 'think', 'about', 'too', 'much,', 'so', 'he', 'started', 'to', 'move', 'about,', 'crawling', 'up', 'and', 'down', 'the', 'room.', 'Once', 'during', 'that', 'long', 'evening,', 'the', 'door', 'on', 'one', 'side', 'of', 'the', 'room', 'was', 'opened', 'very', 'slightly', 'and', 'hurriedly', 'closed', 'again;', 'later', 'on', 'the', 'door', 'on', 'the', 'other', 'side', 'did', 'the', 'same;', 'it', 'seemed', 'that', 'someone', 'needed', 'to', 'enter', 'the', 'room', 'but', 'thought', 'better', 'of', 'it.', 'Gregor', 'went', 'and', 'waited', 'immediately', 'by', 'the', 'door,', 'resolved', 'either', 'to', 'bring', 'the', 'timorous', 'visitor', 'into', 'the', 'room', 'in', 'some', 'way', 'or', 'at', 'least', 'to', 'find', 'out', 'who', 'it', 'was;', 'but', 'the', 'door', 'was', 'opened', 'no', 'more', 'that', 'night', 'and', 'Gregor', 'waited', 'in', 'vain.', 'The', 'previous', 'morning', 'while', 'the', 'doors', 'were', 'locked', 'everyone', 'had', 'wanted', 'to', 'get', 'in', 'there', 'to', 'him,', 'but', 'now,', 'now', 'that', 'he', 'had', 'opened', 'up', 'one', 'of', 'the', 'doors', 'and', 'the', 'other', 'had', 'clearly', 'been', 'unlocked', 'some', 'time', 'during', 'the', 'day,', 'no-one', 'came,', 'and', 'the', 'keys', 'were', 'in', 'the', 'other', 'sides.', 'It', 'was', 'not', 'until', 'late', 'at', 'night', 'that', 'the', 'gaslight', 'in', 'the', 'living', 'room', 'was', 'put', 'out,', 'and', 'now', 'it', 'was', 'easy', 'to', 'see', 'that', 'his', 'parents', 'and', 'sister', 'had', 'stayed', 'awake', 'all', 'that', 'time,', 'as', 'they', 'all', 'could', 'be', 'distinctly', 'heard', 'as', 'they', 'went', 'away', 'together', 'on', 'tip-toe.', 'It', 'was', 'clear', 'that', 'no-one', 'would', 'come', 'into', "Gregor's", 'room', 'any', 'more', 'until', 'morning;', 'that', 'gave', 'him', 'plenty', 'of', 'time', 'to', 'think', 'undisturbed', 'about', 'how', 'he', 'would', 'have', 'to', 're-arrange', 'his', 'life.', 'For', 'some', 'reason,', 'the', 'tall,', 'empty', 'room', 'where', 'he', 'was', 'forced', 'to', 'remain', 'made', 'him', 'feel', 'uneasy', 'as', 'he', 'lay', 'there', 'flat', 'on', 'the', 'floor,', 'even', 'though', 'he', 'had', 'been', 'living', 'in', 'it', 'for', 'five', 'years.', 'Hardly', 'aware', 'of', 'what', 'he', 'was', 'doing', 'other', 'than', 'a', 'slight', 'feeling', 'of', 'shame,', 'he', 'hurried', 'under', 'the', 'couch.', 'It', 'pressed', 'down', 'on', 'his', 'back', 'a', 'little,', 'and', 'he', 'was', 'no', 'longer', 'able', 'to', 'lift', 'his', 'head,', 'but', 'he', 'nonetheless', 'felt', 'immediately', 'at', 'ease', 'and', 'his', 'only', 'regret', 'was', 'that', 'his', 'body', 'was', 'too', 'broad', 'to', 'get', 'it', 'all', 'underneath.', 'He', 'spent', 'the', 'whole', 'night', 'there.', 'Some', 'of', 'the', 'time', 'he', 'passed', 'in', 'a', 'light', 'sleep,', 'although', 'he', 'frequently', 'woke', 'from', 'it', 'in', 'alarm', 'because', 'of', 'his', 'hunger,', 'and', 'some', 'of', 'the', 'time', 'was', 'spent', 'in', 'worries', 'and', 'vague', 'hopes', 'which,', 'however,', 'always', 'led', 'to', 'the', 'same', 'conclusion:', 'for', 'the', 'time', 'being', 'he', 'must', 'remain', 'calm,', 'he', 'must', 'show', 'patience', 'and', 'the', 'greatest', 'consideration', 'so', 'that', 'his', 'family', 'could', 'bear', 'the', 'unpleasantness', 'that', 'he,', 'in', 'his', 'present', 'condition,', 'was', 'forced', 'to', 'impose', 'on', 'them.', 'Gregor', 'soon', 'had', 'the', 'opportunity', 'to', 'test', 'the', 'strength', 'of', 'his', 'decisions,', 'as', 'early', 'the', 'next', 'morning,', 'almost', 'before', 'the', 'night', 'had', 'ended,', 'his', 'sister,', 'nearly', 'fully', 'dressed,', 'opened', 'the', 'door', 'from', 'the', 'front', 'room', 'and', 'looked', 'anxiously', 'in.', 'She', 'did', 'not', 'see', 'him', 'straight', 'away,', 'but', 'when', 'she', 'did', 'notice', 'him', 'under', 'the', 'couch', '-', 'he', 'had', 'to', 'be', 'somewhere,', 'for', "God's", 'sake,', 'he', "couldn't", 'have', 'flown', 'away', '-', 'she', 'was', 'so', 'shocked', 'that', 'she', 'lost', 'control', 'of', 'herself', 'and', 'slammed', 'the', 'door', 'shut', 'again', 'from', 'outside.', 'But', 'she', 'seemed', 'to', 'regret', 'her', 'behaviour,', 'as', 'she', 'opened', 'the', 'door', 'again', 'straight', 'away', 'and', 'came', 'in', 'on', 'tip-toe', 'as', 'if', 'entering', 'the', 'room', 'of', 'someone', 'seriously', 'ill', 'or', 'even', 'of', 'a', 'stranger.', 'Gregor', 'had', 'pushed', 'his', 'head', 'forward,', 'right', 'to', 'the', 'edge', 'of', 'the', 'couch,', 'and', 'watched', 'her.', 'Would', 'she', 'notice', 'that', 'he', 'had', 'left', 'the', 'milk', 'as', 'it', 'was,', 'realise', 'that', 'it', 'was', 'not', 'from', 'any', 'lack', 'of', 'hunger', 'and', 'bring', 'him', 'in', 'some', 'other', 'food', 'that', 'was', 'more', 'suitable?', 'If', 'she', "didn't", 'do', 'it', 'herself', 'he', 'would', 'rather', 'go', 'hungry', 'than', 'draw', 'her', 'attention', 'to', 'it,', 'although', 'he', 'did', 'feel', 'a', 'terrible', 'urge', 'to', 'rush', 'forward', 'from', 'under', 'the', 'couch,', 'throw', 'himself', 'at', 'his', "sister's", 'feet', 'and', 'beg', 'her', 'for', 'something', 'good', 'to', 'eat.', 'However,', 'his', 'sister', 'noticed', 'the', 'full', 'dish', 'immediately', 'and', 'looked', 'at', 'it', 'and', 'the', 'few', 'drops', 'of', 'milk', 'splashed', 'around', 'it', 'with', 'some', 'surprise.', 'She', 'immediately', 'picked', 'it', 'up', '-', 'using', 'a', 'rag,', 'not', 'her', 'bare', 'hands', '-', 'and', 'carried', 'it', 'out.', 'Gregor', 'was', 'extremely', 'curious', 'as', 'to', 'what', 'she', 'would', 'bring', 'in', 'its', 'place,', 'imagining', 'the', 'wildest', 'possibilities,', 'but', 'he', 'never', 'could', 'have', 'guessed', 'what', 'his', 'sister,', 'in', 'her', 'goodness,', 'actually', 'did', 'bring.', 'In', 'order', 'to', 'test', 'his', 'taste,', 'she', 'brought', 'him', 'a', 'whole', 'selection', 'of', 'things,', 'all', 'spread', 'out', 'on', 'an', 'old', 'newspaper.', 'There', 'were', 'old,', 'half-rotten', 'vegetables;', 'bones', 'from', 'the', 'evening', 'meal,', 'covered', 'in', 'white', 'sauce', 'that', 'had', 'gone', 'hard;', 'a', 'few', 'raisins', 'and', 'almonds;', 'some', 'cheese', 'that', 'Gregor', 'had', 'declared', 'inedible', 'two', 'days', 'before;', 'a', 'dry', 'roll', 'and', 'some', 'bread', 'spread', 'with', 'butter', 'and', 'salt.', 'As', 'well', 'as', 'all', 'that', 'she', 'had', 'poured', 'some', 'water', 'into', 'the', 'dish,', 'which', 'had', 'probably', 'been', 'permanently', 'set', 'aside', 'for', "Gregor's", 'use,', 'and', 'placed', 'it', 'beside', 'them.', 'Then,', 'out', 'of', 'consideration', 'for', "Gregor's", 'feelings,', 'as', 'she', 'knew', 'that', 'he', 'would', 'not', 'eat', 'in', 'front', 'of', 'her,', 'she', 'hurried', 'out', 'again', 'and', 'even', 'turned', 'the', 'key', 'in', 'the', 'lock', 'so', 'that', 'Gregor', 'would', 'know', 'he', 'could', 'make', 'things', 'as', 'comfortable', 'for', 'himself', 'as', 'he', 'liked.', "Gregor's", 'little', 'legs', 'whirred,', 'at', 'last', 'he', 'could', 'eat.', "What's", 'more,', 'his', 'injuries', 'must', 'already', 'have', 'completely', 'healed', 'as', 'he', 'found', 'no', 'difficulty', 'in', 'moving.', 'This', 'amazed', 'him,', 'as', 'more', 'than', 'a', 'month', 'earlier', 'he', 'had', 'cut', 'his', 'finger', 'slightly', 'with', 'a', 'knife,', 'he', 'thought', 'of', 'how', 'his', 'finger', 'had', 'still', 'hurt', 'the', 'day', 'before', 'yesterday.', '"Am', 'I', 'less', 'sensitive', 'than', 'I', 'used', 'to', 'be,', 'then?",', 'he', 'thought,', 'and', 'was', 'already', 'sucking', 'greedily', 'at', 'the', 'cheese', 'which', 'had', 'immediately,', 'almost', 'compellingly,', 'attracted', 'him', 'much', 'more', 'than', 'the', 'other', 'foods', 'on', 'the', 'newspaper.', 'Quickly', 'one', 'after', 'another,', 'his', 'eyes', 'watering', 'with', 'pleasure,', 'he', 'consumed', 'the', 'cheese,', 'the', 'vegetables', 'and', 'the', 'sauce;', 'the', 'fresh', 'foods,', 'on', 'the', 'other', 'hand,', 'he', "didn't", 'like', 'at', 'all,', 'and', 'even', 'dragged', 'the', 'things', 'he', 'did', 'want', 'to', 'eat', 'a', 'little', 'way', 'away', 'from', 'them', 'because', 'he', "couldn't", 'stand', 'the', 'smell.', 'Long', 'after', 'he', 'had', 'finished', 'eating', 'and', 'lay', 'lethargic', 'in', 'the', 'same', 'place,', 'his', 'sister', 'slowly', 'turned', 'the', 'key', 'in', 'the', 'lock', 'as', 'a', 'sign', 'to', 'him', 'that', 'he', 'should', 'withdraw.', 'He', 'was', 'immediately', 'startled,', 'although', 'he', 'had', 'been', 'half', 'asleep,', 'and', 'he', 'hurried', 'back', 'under', 'the', 'couch.', 'But', 'he', 'needed', 'great', 'self-control', 'to', 'stay', 'there', 'even', 'for', 'the', 'short', 'time', 'that', 'his', 'sister', 'was', 'in', 'the', 'room,', 'as', 'eating', 'so', 'much', 'food', 'had', 'rounded', 'out', 'his', 'body', 'a', 'little', 'and', 'he', 'could', 'hardly', 'breathe', 'in', 'that', 'narrow', 'space.', 'Half', 'suffocating,', 'he', 'watched', 'with', 'bulging', 'eyes', 'as', 'his', 'sister', 'unselfconsciously', 'took', 'a', 'broom', 'and', 'swept', 'up', 'the', 'left-overs,', 'mixing', 'them', 'in', 'with', 'the', 'food', 'he', 'had', 'not', 'even', 'touched', 'at', 'all', 'as', 'if', 'it', 'could', 'not', 'be', 'used', 'any', 'more.', 'She', 'quickly', 'dropped', 'it', 'all', 'into', 'a', 'bin,', 'closed', 'it', 'with', 'its', 'wooden', 'lid,', 'and', 'carried', 'everything', 'out.', 'She', 'had', 'hardly', 'turned', 'her', 'back', 'before', 'Gregor', 'came', 'out', 'again', 'from', 'under', 'the', 'couch', 'and', 'stretched', 'himself.', 'This', 'was', 'how', 'Gregor', 'received', 'his', 'food', 'each', 'day', 'now,', 'once', 'in', 'the', 'morning', 'while', 'his', 'parents', 'and', 'the', 'maid', 'were', 'still', 'asleep,', 'and', 'the', 'second', 'time', 'after', 'everyone', 'had', 'eaten', 'their', 'meal', 'at', 'midday', 'as', 'his', 'parents', 'would', 'sleep', 'for', 'a', 'little', 'while', 'then', 'as', 'well,', 'and', "Gregor's", 'sister', 'would', 'send', 'the', 'maid', 'away', 'on', 'some', 'errand.', "Gregor's", 'father', 'and', 'mother', 'certainly', 'did', 'not', 'want', 'him', 'to', 'starve', 'either,', 'but', 'perhaps', 'it', 'would', 'have', 'been', 'more', 'than', 'they', 'could', 'stand', 'to', 'have', 'any', 'more', 'experience', 'of', 'his', 'feeding', 'than', 'being', 'told', 'about', 'it,', 'and', 'perhaps', 'his', 'sister', 'wanted', 'to', 'spare', 'them', 'what', 'distress', 'she', 'could', 'as', 'they', 'were', 'indeed', 'suffering', 'enough.', 'It', 'was', 'impossible', 'for', 'Gregor', 'to', 'find', 'out', 'what', 'they', 'had', 'told', 'the', 'doctor', 'and', 'the', 'locksmith', 'that', 'first', 'morning', 'to', 'get', 'them', 'out', 'of', 'the', 'flat.', 'As', 'nobody', 'could', 'understand', 'him,', 'nobody,', 'not', 'even', 'his', 'sister,', 'thought', 'that', 'he', 'could', 'understand', 'them,', 'so', 'he', 'had', 'to', 'be', 'content', 'to', 'hear', 'his', "sister's", 'sighs', 'and', 'appeals', 'to', 'the', 'saints', 'as', 'she', 'moved', 'about', 'his', 'room.', 'It', 'was', 'only', 'later,', 'when', 'she', 'had', 'become', 'a', 'little', 'more', 'used', 'to', 'everything', '-', 'there', 'was,', 'of', 'course,', 'no', 'question', 'of', 'her', 'ever', 'becoming', 'fully', 'used', 'to', 'the', 'situation', '-', 'that', 'Gregor', 'would', 'sometimes', 'catch', 'a', 'friendly', 'comment,', 'or', 'at', 'least', 'a', 'comment', 'that', 'could', 'be', 'construed', 'as', 'friendly.', '"He\'s', 'enjoyed', 'his', 'dinner', 'today",', 'she', 'might', 'say', 'when', 'he', 'had', 'diligently', 'cleared', 'away', 'all', 'the', 'food', 'left', 'for', 'him,', 'or', 'if', 'he', 'left', 'most', 'of', 'it,', 'which', 'slowly', 'became', 'more', 'and', 'more', 'frequent,', 'she', 'would', 'often', 'say,', 'sadly,', '"now', "everything's", 'just', 'been', 'left', 'there', 'again".', 'Although', 'Gregor', "wasn't", 'able', 'to', 'hear', 'any', 'news', 'directly', 'he', 'did', 'listen', 'to', 'much', 'of', 'what', 'was', 'said', 'in', 'the', 'next', 'rooms,', 'and', 'whenever', 'he', 'heard', 'anyone', 'speaking', 'he', 'would', 'scurry', 'straight', 'to', 'the', 'appropriate', 'door', 'and', 'press', 'his', 'whole', 'body', 'against', 'it.', 'There', 'was', 'seldom', 'any', 'conversation,', 'especially', 'at', 'first,', 'that', 'was', 'not', 'about', 'him', 'in', 'some', 'way,', 'even', 'if', 'only', 'in', 'secret.', 'For', 'two', 'whole', 'days,', 'all', 'the', 'talk', 'at', 'every', 'mealtime', 'was', 'about', 'what', 'they', 'should', 'do', 'now;', 'but', 'even', 'between', 'meals', 'they', 'spoke', 'about', 'the', 'same', 'subject', 'as', 'there', 'were', 'always', 'at', 'least', 'two', 'members', 'of', 'the', 'family', 'at', 'home', '-', 'nobody', 'wanted', 'to', 'be', 'at', 'home', 'by', 'themselves', 'and', 'it', 'was', 'out', 'of', 'the', 'question', 'to', 'leave', 'the', 'flat', 'entirely', 'empty.', 'And', 'on', 'the', 'very', 'first', 'day', 'the', 'maid', 'had', 'fallen', 'to', 'her', 'knees', 'and', 'begged', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'to', 'let', 'her', 'go', 'without', 'delay.', 'It', 'was', 'not', 'very', 'clear', 'how', 'much', 'she', 'knew', 'of', 'what', 'had', 'happened', 'but', 'she', 'left', 'within', 'a', 'quarter', 'of', 'an', 'hour,', 'tearfully', 'thanking', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'for', 'her', 'dismissal', 'as', 'if', 'she', 'had', 'done', 'her', 'an', 'enormous', 'service.', 'She', 'even', 'swore', 'emphatically', 'not', 'to', 'tell', 'anyone', 'the', 'slightest', 'about', 'what', 'had', 'happened,', 'even', 'though', 'no-one', 'had', 'asked', 'that', 'of', 'her.', 'Now', "Gregor's", 'sister', 'also', 'had', 'to', 'help', 'his', 'mother', 'with', 'the', 'cooking;', 'although', 'that', 'was', 'not', 'so', 'much', 'bother', 'as', 'no-one', 'ate', 'very', 'much.', 'Gregor', 'often', 'heard', 'how', 'one', 'of', 'them', 'would', 'unsuccessfully', 'urge', 'another', 'to', 'eat,', 'and', 'receive', 'no', 'more', 'answer', 'than', '"no', 'thanks,', "I've", 'had', 'enough"', 'or', 'something', 'similar.', 'No-one', 'drank', 'very', 'much', 'either.', 'His', 'sister', 'would', 'sometimes', 'ask', 'his', 'father', 'whether', 'he', 'would', 'like', 'a', 'beer,', 'hoping', 'for', 'the', 'chance', 'to', 'go', 'and', 'fetch', 'it', 'herself.', 'When', 'his', 'father', 'then', 'said', 'nothing', 'she', 'would', 'add,', 'so', 'that', 'he', 'would', 'not', 'feel', 'selfish,', 'that', 'she', 'could', 'send', 'the', 'housekeeper', 'for', 'it,', 'but', 'then', 'his', 'father', 'would', 'close', 'the', 'matter', 'with', 'a', 'big,', 'loud', '"No",', 'and', 'no', 'more', 'would', 'be', 'said.', 'Even', 'before', 'the', 'first', 'day', 'had', 'come', 'to', 'an', 'end,', 'his', 'father', 'had', 'explained', 'to', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'and', 'sister', 'what', 'their', 'finances', 'and', 'prospects', 'were.', 'Now', 'and', 'then', 'he', 'stood', 'up', 'from', 'the', 'table', 'and', 'took', 'some', 'receipt', 'or', 'document', 'from', 'the', 'little', 'cash', 'box', 'he', 'had', 'saved', 'from', 'his', 'business', 'when', 'it', 'had', 'collapsed', 'five', 'years', 'earlier.', 'Gregor', 'heard', 'how', 'he', 'opened', 'the', 'complicated', 'lock', 'and', 'then', 'closed', 'it', 'again', 'after', 'he', 'had', 'taken', 'the', 'item', 'he', 'wanted.', 'What', 'he', 'heard', 'his', 'father', 'say', 'was', 'some', 'of', 'the', 'first', 'good', 'news', 'that', 'Gregor', 'heard', 'since', 'he', 'had', 'first', 'been', 'incarcerated', 'in', 'his', 'room.', 'He', 'had', 'thought', 'that', 'nothing', 'at', 'all', 'remained', 'from', 'his', "father's", 'business,', 'at', 'least', 'he', 'had', 'never', 'told', 'him', 'anything', 'different,', 'and', 'Gregor', 'had', 'never', 'asked', 'him', 'about', 'it', 'anyway.', 'Their', 'business', 'misfortune', 'had', 'reduced', 'the', 'family', 'to', 'a', 'state', 'of', 'total', 'despair,', 'and', "Gregor's", 'only', 'concern', 'at', 'that', 'time', 'had', 'been', 'to', 'arrange', 'things', 'so', 'that', 'they', 'could', 'all', 'forget', 'about', 'it', 'as', 'quickly', 'as', 'possible.', 'So', 'then', 'he', 'started', 'working', 'especially', 'hard,', 'with', 'a', 'fiery', 'vigour', 'that', 'raised', 'him', 'from', 'a', 'junior', 'salesman', 'to', 'a', 'travelling', 'representative', 'almost', 'overnight,', 'bringing', 'with', 'it', 'the', 'chance', 'to', 'earn', 'money', 'in', 'quite', 'different', 'ways.', 'Gregor', 'converted', 'his', 'success', 'at', 'work', 'straight', 'into', 'cash', 'that', 'he', 'could', 'lay', 'on', 'the', 'table', 'at', 'home', 'for', 'the', 'benefit', 'of', 'his', 'astonished', 'and', 'delighted', 'family.', 'They', 'had', 'been', 'good', 'times', 'and', 'they', 'had', 'never', 'come', 'again,', 'at', 'least', 'not', 'with', 'the', 'same', 'splendour,', 'even', 'though', 'Gregor', 'had', 'later', 'earned', 'so', 'much', 'that', 'he', 'was', 'in', 'a', 'position', 'to', 'bear', 'the', 'costs', 'of', 'the', 'whole', 'family,', 'and', 'did', 'bear', 'them.', 'They', 'had', 'even', 'got', 'used', 'to', 'it,', 'both', 'Gregor', 'and', 'the', 'family,', 'they', 'took', 'the', 'money', 'with', 'gratitude', 'and', 'he', 'was', 'glad', 'to', 'provide', 'it,', 'although', 'there', 'was', 'no', 'longer', 'much', 'warm', 'affection', 'given', 'in', 'return.', 'Gregor', 'only', 'remained', 'close', 'to', 'his', 'sister', 'now.', 'Unlike', 'him,', 'she', 'was', 'very', 'fond', 'of', 'music', 'and', 'a', 'gifted', 'and', 'expressive', 'violinist,', 'it', 'was', 'his', 'secret', 'plan', 'to', 'send', 'her', 'to', 'the', 'conservatory', 'next', 'year', 'even', 'though', 'it', 'would', 'cause', 'great', 'expense', 'that', 'would', 'have', 'to', 'be', 'made', 'up', 'for', 'in', 'some', 'other', 'way.', 'During', "Gregor's", 'short', 'periods', 'in', 'town,', 'conversation', 'with', 'his', 'sister', 'would', 'often', 'turn', 'to', 'the', 'conservatory', 'but', 'it', 'was', 'only', 'ever', 'mentioned', 'as', 'a', 'lovely', 'dream', 'that', 'could', 'never', 'be', 'realised.', 'Their', 'parents', 'did', 'not', 'like', 'to', 'hear', 'this', 'innocent', 'talk,', 'but', 'Gregor', 'thought', 'about', 'it', 'quite', 'hard', 'and', 'decided', 'he', 'would', 'let', 'them', 'know', 'what', 'he', 'planned', 'with', 'a', 'grand', 'announcement', 'of', 'it', 'on', 'Christmas', 'day.', 'That', 'was', 'the', 'sort', 'of', 'totally', 'pointless', 'thing', 'that', 'went', 'through', 'his', 'mind', 'in', 'his', 'present', 'state,', 'pressed', 'upright', 'against', 'the', 'door', 'and', 'listening.', 'There', 'were', 'times', 'when', 'he', 'simply', 'became', 'too', 'tired', 'to', 'continue', 'listening,', 'when', 'his', 'head', 'would', 'fall', 'wearily', 'against', 'the', 'door', 'and', 'he', 'would', 'pull', 'it', 'up', 'again', 'with', 'a', 'start,', 'as', 'even', 'the', 'slightest', 'noise', 'he', 'caused', 'would', 'be', 'heard', 'next', 'door', 'and', 'they', 'would', 'all', 'go', 'silent.', '"What\'s', 'that', "he's", 'doing', 'now",', 'his', 'father', 'would', 'say', 'after', 'a', 'while,', 'clearly', 'having', 'gone', 'over', 'to', 'the', 'door,', 'and', 'only', 'then', 'would', 'the', 'interrupted', 'conversation', 'slowly', 'be', 'taken', 'up', 'again.', 'When', 'explaining', 'things,', 'his', 'father', 'repeated', 'himself', 'several', 'times,', 'partly', 'because', 'it', 'was', 'a', 'long', 'time', 'since', 'he', 'had', 'been', 'occupied', 'with', 'these', 'matters', 'himself', 'and', 'partly', 'because', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'did', 'not', 'understand', 'everything', 'the', 'first', 'time.', 'From', 'these', 'repeated', 'explanations', 'Gregor', 'learned,', 'to', 'his', 'pleasure,', 'that', 'despite', 'all', 'their', 'misfortunes', 'there', 'was', 'still', 'some', 'money', 'available', 'from', 'the', 'old', 'days.', 'It', 'was', 'not', 'a', 'lot,', 'but', 'it', 'had', 'not', 'been', 'touched', 'in', 'the', 'meantime', 'and', 'some', 'interest', 'had', 'accumulated.', 'Besides', 'that,', 'they', 'had', 'not', 'been', 'using', 'up', 'all', 'the', 'money', 'that', 'Gregor', 'had', 'been', 'bringing', 'home', 'every', 'month,', 'keeping', 'only', 'a', 'little', 'for', 'himself,', 'so', 'that', 'that,', 'too,', 'had', 'been', 'accumulating.', 'Behind', 'the', 'door,', 'Gregor', 'nodded', 'with', 'enthusiasm', 'in', 'his', 'pleasure', 'at', 'this', 'unexpected', 'thrift', 'and', 'caution.', 'He', 'could', 'actually', 'have', 'used', 'this', 'surplus', 'money', 'to', 'reduce', 'his', "father's", 'debt', 'to', 'his', 'boss,', 'and', 'the', 'day', 'when', 'he', 'could', 'have', 'freed', 'himself', 'from', 'that', 'job', 'would', 'have', 'come', 'much', 'closer,', 'but', 'now', 'it', 'was', 'certainly', 'better', 'the', 'way', 'his', 'father', 'had', 'done', 'things.', 'This', 'money,', 'however,', 'was', 'certainly', 'not', 'enough', 'to', 'enable', 'the', 'family', 'to', 'live', 'off', 'the', 'interest;', 'it', 'was', 'enough', 'to', 'maintain', 'them', 'for,', 'perhaps,', 'one', 'or', 'two', 'years,', 'no', 'more.', "That's", 'to', 'say,', 'it', 'was', 'money', 'that', 'should', 'not', 'really', 'be', 'touched', 'but', 'set', 'aside', 'for', 'emergencies;', 'money', 'to', 'live', 'on', 'had', 'to', 'be', 'earned.', 'His', 'father', 'was', 'healthy', 'but', 'old,', 'and', 'lacking', 'in', 'self', 'confidence.', 'During', 'the', 'five', 'years', 'that', 'he', 'had', 'not', 'been', 'working', '-', 'the', 'first', 'holiday', 'in', 'a', 'life', 'that', 'had', 'been', 'full', 'of', 'strain', 'and', 'no', 'success', '-', 'he', 'had', 'put', 'on', 'a', 'lot', 'of', 'weight', 'and', 'become', 'very', 'slow', 'and', 'clumsy.', 'Would', "Gregor's", 'elderly', 'mother', 'now', 'have', 'to', 'go', 'and', 'earn', 'money?', 'She', 'suffered', 'from', 'asthma', 'and', 'it', 'was', 'a', 'strain', 'for', 'her', 'just', 'to', 'move', 'about', 'the', 'home,', 'every', 'other', 'day', 'would', 'be', 'spent', 'struggling', 'for', 'breath', 'on', 'the', 'sofa', 'by', 'the', 'open', 'window.', 'Would', 'his', 'sister', 'have', 'to', 'go', 'and', 'earn', 'money?', 'She', 'was', 'still', 'a', 'child', 'of', 'seventeen,', 'her', 'life', 'up', 'till', 'then', 'had', 'been', 'very', 'enviable,', 'consisting', 'of', 'wearing', 'nice', 'clothes,', 'sleeping', 'late,', 'helping', 'out', 'in', 'the', 'business,', 'joining', 'in', 'with', 'a', 'few', 'modest', 'pleasures', 'and', 'most', 'of', 'all', 'playing', 'the', 'violin.', 'Whenever', 'they', 'began', 'to', 'talk', 'of', 'the', 'need', 'to', 'earn', 'money,', 'Gregor', 'would', 'always', 'first', 'let', 'go', 'of', 'the', 'door', 'and', 'then', 'throw', 'himself', 'onto', 'the', 'cool,', 'leather', 'sofa', 'next', 'to', 'it,', 'as', 'he', 'became', 'quite', 'hot', 'with', 'shame', 'and', 'regret.', 'He', 'would', 'often', 'lie', 'there', 'the', 'whole', 'night', 'through,', 'not', 'sleeping', 'a', 'wink', 'but', 'scratching', 'at', 'the', 'leather', 'for', 'hours', 'on', 'end.', 'Or', 'he', 'might', 'go', 'to', 'all', 'the', 'effort', 'of', 'pushing', 'a', 'chair', 'to', 'the', 'window,', 'climbing', 'up', 'onto', 'the', 'sill', 'and,', 'propped', 'up', 'in', 'the', 'chair,', 'leaning', 'on', 'the', 'window', 'to', 'stare', 'out', 'of', 'it.', 'He', 'had', 'used', 'to', 'feel', 'a', 'great', 'sense', 'of', 'freedom', 'from', 'doing', 'this,', 'but', 'doing', 'it', 'now', 'was', 'obviously', 'something', 'more', 'remembered', 'than', 'experienced,', 'as', 'what', 'he', 'actually', 'saw', 'in', 'this', 'way', 'was', 'becoming', 'less', 'distinct', 'every', 'day,', 'even', 'things', 'that', 'were', 'quite', 'near;', 'he', 'had', 'used', 'to', 'curse', 'the', 'ever-present', 'view', 'of', 'the', 'hospital', 'across', 'the', 'street,', 'but', 'now', 'he', 'could', 'not', 'see', 'it', 'at', 'all,', 'and', 'if', 'he', 'had', 'not', 'known', 'that', 'he', 'lived', 'in', 'Charlottenstrasse,', 'which', 'was', 'a', 'quiet', 'street', 'despite', 'being', 'in', 'the', 'middle', 'of', 'the', 'city,', 'he', 'could', 'have', 'thought', 'that', 'he', 'was', 'looking', 'out', 'the', 'window', 'at', 'a', 'barren', 'waste', 'where', 'the', 'grey', 'sky', 'and', 'the', 'grey', 'earth', 'mingled', 'inseparably.', 'His', 'observant', 'sister', 'only', 'needed', 'to', 'notice', 'the', 'chair', 'twice', 'before', 'she', 'would', 'always', 'push', 'it', 'back', 'to', 'its', 'exact', 'position', 'by', 'the', 'window', 'after', 'she', 'had', 'tidied', 'up', 'the', 'room,', 'and', 'even', 'left', 'the', 'inner', 'pane', 'of', 'the', 'window', 'open', 'from', 'then', 'on.', 'If', 'Gregor', 'had', 'only', 'been', 'able', 'to', 'speak', 'to', 'his', 'sister', 'and', 'thank', 'her', 'for', 'all', 'that', 'she', 'had', 'to', 'do', 'for', 'him', 'it', 'would', 'have', 'been', 'easier', 'for', 'him', 'to', 'bear', 'it;', 'but', 'as', 'it', 'was', 'it', 'caused', 'him', 'pain.', 'His', 'sister,', 'naturally,', 'tried', 'as', 'far', 'as', 'possible', 'to', 'pretend', 'there', 'was', 'nothing', 'burdensome', 'about', 'it,', 'and', 'the', 'longer', 'it', 'went', 'on,', 'of', 'course,', 'the', 'better', 'she', 'was', 'able', 'to', 'do', 'so,', 'but', 'as', 'time', 'went', 'by', 'Gregor', 'was', 'also', 'able', 'to', 'see', 'through', 'it', 'all', 'so', 'much', 'better.', 'It', 'had', 'even', 'become', 'very', 'unpleasant', 'for', 'him,', 'now,', 'whenever', 'she', 'entered', 'the', 'room.', 'No', 'sooner', 'had', 'she', 'come', 'in', 'than', 'she', 'would', 'quickly', 'close', 'the', 'door', 'as', 'a', 'precaution', 'so', 'that', 'no-one', 'would', 'have', 'to', 'suffer', 'the', 'view', 'into', "Gregor's", 'room,', 'then', 'she', 'would', 'go', 'straight', 'to', 'the', 'window', 'and', 'pull', 'it', 'hurriedly', 'open', 'almost', 'as', 'if', 'she', 'were', 'suffocating.', 'Even', 'if', 'it', 'was', 'cold,', 'she', 'would', 'stay', 'at', 'the', 'window', 'breathing', 'deeply', 'for', 'a', 'little', 'while.', 'She', 'would', 'alarm', 'Gregor', 'twice', 'a', 'day', 'with', 'this', 'running', 'about', 'and', 'noise', 'making;', 'he', 'would', 'stay', 'under', 'the', 'couch', 'shivering', 'the', 'whole', 'while,', 'knowing', 'full', 'well', 'that', 'she', 'would', 'certainly', 'have', 'liked', 'to', 'spare', 'him', 'this', 'ordeal,', 'but', 'it', 'was', 'impossible', 'for', 'her', 'to', 'be', 'in', 'the', 'same', 'room', 'with', 'him', 'with', 'the', 'windows', 'closed.', 'One', 'day,', 'about', 'a', 'month', 'after', "Gregor's", 'transformation', 'when', 'his', 'sister', 'no', 'longer', 'had', 'any', 'particular', 'reason', 'to', 'be', 'shocked', 'at', 'his', 'appearance,', 'she', 'came', 'into', 'the', 'room', 'a', 'little', 'earlier', 'than', 'usual', 'and', 'found', 'him', 'still', 'staring', 'out', 'the', 'window,', 'motionless,', 'and', 'just', 'where', 'he', 'would', 'be', 'most', 'horrible.', 'In', 'itself,', 'his', "sister's", 'not', 'coming', 'into', 'the', 'room', 'would', 'have', 'been', 'no', 'surprise', 'for', 'Gregor', 'as', 'it', 'would', 'have', 'been', 'difficult', 'for', 'her', 'to', 'immediately', 'open', 'the', 'window', 'while', 'he', 'was', 'still', 'there,', 'but', 'not', 'only', 'did', 'she', 'not', 'come', 'in,', 'she', 'went', 'straight', 'back', 'and', 'closed', 'the', 'door', 'behind', 'her,', 'a', 'stranger', 'would', 'have', 'thought', 'he', 'had', 'threatened', 'her', 'and', 'tried', 'to', 'bite', 'her.', 'Gregor', 'went', 'straight', 'to', 'hide', 'himself', 'under', 'the', 'couch,', 'of', 'course,', 'but', 'he', 'had', 'to', 'wait', 'until', 'midday', 'before', 'his', 'sister', 'came', 'back', 'and', 'she', 'seemed', 'much', 'more', 'uneasy', 'than', 'usual.', 'It', 'made', 'him', 'realise', 'that', 'she', 'still', 'found', 'his', 'appearance', 'unbearable', 'and', 'would', 'continue', 'to', 'do', 'so,', 'she', 'probably', 'even', 'had', 'to', 'overcome', 'the', 'urge', 'to', 'flee', 'when', 'she', 'saw', 'the', 'little', 'bit', 'of', 'him', 'that', 'protruded', 'from', 'under', 'the', 'couch.', 'One', 'day,', 'in', 'order', 'to', 'spare', 'her', 'even', 'this', 'sight,', 'he', 'spent', 'four', 'hours', 'carrying', 'the', 'bedsheet', 'over', 'to', 'the', 'couch', 'on', 'his', 'back', 'and', 'arranged', 'it', 'so', 'that', 'he', 'was', 'completely', 'covered', 'and', 'his', 'sister', 'would', 'not', 'be', 'able', 'to', 'see', 'him', 'even', 'if', 'she', 'bent', 'down.', 'If', 'she', 'did', 'not', 'think', 'this', 'sheet', 'was', 'necessary', 'then', 'all', 'she', 'had', 'to', 'do', 'was', 'take', 'it', 'off', 'again,', 'as', 'it', 'was', 'clear', 'enough', 'that', 'it', 'was', 'no', 'pleasure', 'for', 'Gregor', 'to', 'cut', 'himself', 'off', 'so', 'completely.', 'She', 'left', 'the', 'sheet', 'where', 'it', 'was.', 'Gregor', 'even', 'thought', 'he', 'glimpsed', 'a', 'look', 'of', 'gratitude', 'one', 'time', 'when', 'he', 'carefully', 'looked', 'out', 'from', 'under', 'the', 'sheet', 'to', 'see', 'how', 'his', 'sister', 'liked', 'the', 'new', 'arrangement.', 'For', 'the', 'first', 'fourteen', 'days,', "Gregor's", 'parents', 'could', 'not', 'bring', 'themselves', 'to', 'come', 'into', 'the', 'room', 'to', 'see', 'him.', 'He', 'would', 'often', 'hear', 'them', 'say', 'how', 'they', 'appreciated', 'all', 'the', 'new', 'work', 'his', 'sister', 'was', 'doing', 'even', 'though,', 'before,', 'they', 'had', 'seen', 'her', 'as', 'a', 'girl', 'who', 'was', 'somewhat', 'useless', 'and', 'frequently', 'been', 'annoyed', 'with', 'her.', 'But', 'now', 'the', 'two', 'of', 'them,', 'father', 'and', 'mother,', 'would', 'often', 'both', 'wait', 'outside', 'the', 'door', 'of', "Gregor's", 'room', 'while', 'his', 'sister', 'tidied', 'up', 'in', 'there,', 'and', 'as', 'soon', 'as', 'she', 'went', 'out', 'again', 'she', 'would', 'have', 'to', 'tell', 'them', 'exactly', 'how', 'everything', 'looked,', 'what', 'Gregor', 'had', 'eaten,', 'how', 'he', 'had', 'behaved', 'this', 'time', 'and', 'whether,', 'perhaps,', 'any', 'slight', 'improvement', 'could', 'be', 'seen.', 'His', 'mother', 'also', 'wanted', 'to', 'go', 'in', 'and', 'visit', 'Gregor', 'relatively', 'soon', 'but', 'his', 'father', 'and', 'sister', 'at', 'first', 'persuaded', 'her', 'against', 'it.', 'Gregor', 'listened', 'very', 'closely', 'to', 'all', 'this,', 'and', 'approved', 'fully.', 'Later,', 'though,', 'she', 'had', 'to', 'be', 'held', 'back', 'by', 'force,', 'which', 'made', 'her', 'call', 'out:', '"Let', 'me', 'go', 'and', 'see', 'Gregor,', 'he', 'is', 'my', 'unfortunate', 'son!', "Can't", 'you', 'understand', 'I', 'have', 'to', 'see', 'him?",', 'and', 'Gregor', 'would', 'think', 'to', 'himself', 'that', 'maybe', 'it', 'would', 'be', 'better', 'if', 'his', 'mother', 'came', 'in,', 'not', 'every', 'day', 'of', 'course,', 'but', 'one', 'day', 'a', 'week,', 'perhaps;', 'she', 'could', 'understand', 'everything', 'much', 'better', 'than', 'his', 'sister', 'who,', 'for', 'all', 'her', 'courage,', 'was', 'still', 'just', 'a', 'child', 'after', 'all,', 'and', 'really', 'might', 'not', 'have', 'had', 'an', "adult's", 'appreciation', 'of', 'the', 'burdensome', 'job', 'she', 'had', 'taken', 'on.', "Gregor's", 'wish', 'to', 'see', 'his', 'mother', 'was', 'soon', 'realised.', 'Out', 'of', 'consideration', 'for', 'his', 'parents,', 'Gregor', 'wanted', 'to', 'avoid', 'being', 'seen', 'at', 'the', 'window', 'during', 'the', 'day,', 'the', 'few', 'square', 'meters', 'of', 'the', 'floor', 'did', 'not', 'give', 'him', 'much', 'room', 'to', 'crawl', 'about,', 'it', 'was', 'hard', 'to', 'just', 'lie', 'quietly', 'through', 'the', 'night,', 'his', 'food', 'soon', 'stopped', 'giving', 'him', 'any', 'pleasure', 'at', 'all,', 'and', 'so,', 'to', 'entertain', 'himself,', 'he', 'got', 'into', 'the', 'habit', 'of', 'crawling', 'up', 'and', 'down', 'the', 'walls', 'and', 'ceiling.', 'He', 'was', 'especially', 'fond', 'of', 'hanging', 'from', 'the', 'ceiling;', 'it', 'was', 'quite', 'different', 'from', 'lying', 'on', 'the', 'floor;', 'he', 'could', 'breathe', 'more', 'freely;', 'his', 'body', 'had', 'a', 'light', 'swing', 'to', 'it;', 'and', 'up', 'there,', 'relaxed', 'and', 'almost', 'happy,', 'it', 'might', 'happen', 'that', 'he', 'would', 'surprise', 'even', 'himself', 'by', 'letting', 'go', 'of', 'the', 'ceiling', 'and', 'landing', 'on', 'the', 'floor', 'with', 'a', 'crash.', 'But', 'now,', 'of', 'course,', 'he', 'had', 'far', 'better', 'control', 'of', 'his', 'body', 'than', 'before', 'and,', 'even', 'with', 'a', 'fall', 'as', 'great', 'as', 'that,', 'caused', 'himself', 'no', 'damage.', 'Very', 'soon', 'his', 'sister', 'noticed', "Gregor's", 'new', 'way', 'of', 'entertaining', 'himself', '-', 'he', 'had,', 'after', 'all,', 'left', 'traces', 'of', 'the', 'adhesive', 'from', 'his', 'feet', 'as', 'he', 'crawled', 'about', '-', 'and', 'got', 'it', 'into', 'her', 'head', 'to', 'make', 'it', 'as', 'easy', 'as', 'possible', 'for', 'him', 'by', 'removing', 'the', 'furniture', 'that', 'got', 'in', 'his', 'way,', 'especially', 'the', 'chest', 'of', 'drawers', 'and', 'the', 'desk.', 'Now,', 'this', 'was', 'not', 'something', 'that', 'she', 'would', 'be', 'able', 'to', 'do', 'by', 'herself;', 'she', 'did', 'not', 'dare', 'to', 'ask', 'for', 'help', 'from', 'her', 'father;', 'the', 'sixteen', 'year', 'old', 'maid', 'had', 'carried', 'on', 'bravely', 'since', 'the', 'cook', 'had', 'left', 'but', 'she', 'certainly', 'would', 'not', 'have', 'helped', 'in', 'this,', 'she', 'had', 'even', 'asked', 'to', 'be', 'allowed', 'to', 'keep', 'the', 'kitchen', 'locked', 'at', 'all', 'times', 'and', 'never', 'to', 'have', 'to', 'open', 'the', 'door', 'unless', 'it', 'was', 'especially', 'important;', 'so', 'his', 'sister', 'had', 'no', 'choice', 'but', 'to', 'choose', 'some', 'time', 'when', "Gregor's", 'father', 'was', 'not', 'there', 'and', 'fetch', 'his', 'mother', 'to', 'help', 'her.', 'As', 'she', 'approached', 'the', 'room,', 'Gregor', 'could', 'hear', 'his', 'mother', 'express', 'her', 'joy,', 'but', 'once', 'at', 'the', 'door', 'she', 'went', 'silent.', 'First,', 'of', 'course,', 'his', 'sister', 'came', 'in', 'and', 'looked', 'round', 'to', 'see', 'that', 'everything', 'in', 'the', 'room', 'was', 'alright;', 'and', 'only', 'then', 'did', 'she', 'let', 'her', 'mother', 'enter.', 'Gregor', 'had', 'hurriedly', 'pulled', 'the', 'sheet', 'down', 'lower', 'over', 'the', 'couch', 'and', 'put', 'more', 'folds', 'into', 'it', 'so', 'that', 'everything', 'really', 'looked', 'as', 'if', 'it', 'had', 'just', 'been', 'thrown', 'down', 'by', 'chance.', 'Gregor', 'also', 'refrained,', 'this', 'time,', 'from', 'spying', 'out', 'from', 'under', 'the', 'sheet;', 'he', 'gave', 'up', 'the', 'chance', 'to', 'see', 'his', 'mother', 'until', 'later', 'and', 'was', 'simply', 'glad', 'that', 'she', 'had', 'come.', '"You', 'can', 'come', 'in,', 'he', "can't", 'be', 'seen",', 'said', 'his', 'sister,', 'obviously', 'leading', 'her', 'in', 'by', 'the', 'hand.', 'The', 'old', 'chest', 'of', 'drawers', 'was', 'too', 'heavy', 'for', 'a', 'pair', 'of', 'feeble', 'women', 'to', 'be', 'heaving', 'about,', 'but', 'Gregor', 'listened', 'as', 'they', 'pushed', 'it', 'from', 'its', 'place,', 'his', 'sister', 'always', 'taking', 'on', 'the', 'heaviest', 'part', 'of', 'the', 'work', 'for', 'herself', 'and', 'ignoring', 'her', "mother's", 'warnings', 'that', 'she', 'would', 'strain', 'herself.', 'This', 'lasted', 'a', 'very', 'long', 'time.', 'After', 'labouring', 'at', 'it', 'for', 'fifteen', 'minutes', 'or', 'more', 'his', 'mother', 'said', 'it', 'would', 'be', 'better', 'to', 'leave', 'the', 'chest', 'where', 'it', 'was,', 'for', 'one', 'thing', 'it', 'was', 'too', 'heavy', 'for', 'them', 'to', 'get', 'the', 'job', 'finished', 'before', "Gregor's", 'father', 'got', 'home', 'and', 'leaving', 'it', 'in', 'the', 'middle', 'of', 'the', 'room', 'it', 'would', 'be', 'in', 'his', 'way', 'even', 'more,', 'and', 'for', 'another', 'thing', 'it', "wasn't", 'even', 'sure', 'that', 'taking', 'the', 'furniture', 'away', 'would', 'really', 'be', 'any', 'help', 'to', 'him.', 'She', 'thought', 'just', 'the', 'opposite;', 'the', 'sight', 'of', 'the', 'bare', 'walls', 'saddened', 'her', 'right', 'to', 'her', 'heart;', 'and', 'why', "wouldn't", 'Gregor', 'feel', 'the', 'same', 'way', 'about', 'it,', "he'd", 'been', 'used', 'to', 'this', 'furniture', 'in', 'his', 'room', 'for', 'a', 'long', 'time', 'and', 'it', 'would', 'make', 'him', 'feel', 'abandoned', 'to', 'be', 'in', 'an', 'empty', 'room', 'like', 'that.', 'Then,', 'quietly,', 'almost', 'whispering', 'as', 'if', 'wanting', 'Gregor', '(whose', 'whereabouts', 'she', 'did', 'not', 'know)', 'to', 'hear', 'not', 'even', 'the', 'tone', 'of', 'her', 'voice,', 'as', 'she', 'was', 'convinced', 'that', 'he', 'did', 'not', 'understand', 'her', 'words,', 'she', 'added', '"and', 'by', 'taking', 'the', 'furniture', 'away,', "won't", 'it', 'seem', 'like', "we're", 'showing', 'that', "we've", 'given', 'up', 'all', 'hope', 'of', 'improvement', 'and', "we're", 'abandoning', 'him', 'to', 'cope', 'for', 'himself?', 'I', 'think', "it'd", 'be', 'best', 'to', 'leave', 'the', 'room', 'exactly', 'the', 'way', 'it', 'was', 'before', 'so', 'that', 'when', 'Gregor', 'comes', 'back', 'to', 'us', 'again', "he'll", 'find', 'everything', 'unchanged', 'and', "he'll", 'be', 'able', 'to', 'forget', 'the', 'time', 'in', 'between', 'all', 'the', 'easier".', 'Hearing', 'these', 'words', 'from', 'his', 'mother', 'made', 'Gregor', 'realise', 'that', 'the', 'lack', 'of', 'any', 'direct', 'human', 'communication,', 'along', 'with', 'the', 'monotonous', 'life', 'led', 'by', 'the', 'family', 'during', 'these', 'two', 'months,', 'must', 'have', 'made', 'him', 'confused', '-', 'he', 'could', 'think', 'of', 'no', 'other', 'way', 'of', 'explaining', 'to', 'himself', 'why', 'he', 'had', 'seriously', 'wanted', 'his', 'room', 'emptied', 'out.', 'Had', 'he', 'really', 'wanted', 'to', 'transform', 'his', 'room', 'into', 'a', 'cave,', 'a', 'warm', 'room', 'fitted', 'out', 'with', 'the', 'nice', 'furniture', 'he', 'had', 'inherited?', 'That', 'would', 'have', 'let', 'him', 'crawl', 'around', 'unimpeded', 'in', 'any', 'direction,', 'but', 'it', 'would', 'also', 'have', 'let', 'him', 'quickly', 'forget', 'his', 'past', 'when', 'he', 'had', 'still', 'been', 'human.', 'He', 'had', 'come', 'very', 'close', 'to', 'forgetting,', 'and', 'it', 'had', 'only', 'been', 'the', 'voice', 'of', 'his', 'mother,', 'unheard', 'for', 'so', 'long,', 'that', 'had', 'shaken', 'him', 'out', 'of', 'it.', 'Nothing', 'should', 'be', 'removed;', 'everything', 'had', 'to', 'stay;', 'he', 'could', 'not', 'do', 'without', 'the', 'good', 'influence', 'the', 'furniture', 'had', 'on', 'his', 'condition;', 'and', 'if', 'the', 'furniture', 'made', 'it', 'difficult', 'for', 'him', 'to', 'crawl', 'about', 'mindlessly', 'that', 'was', 'not', 'a', 'loss', 'but', 'a', 'great', 'advantage.', 'His', 'sister,', 'unfortunately,', 'did', 'not', 'agree;', 'she', 'had', 'become', 'used', 'to', 'the', 'idea,', 'not', 'without', 'reason,', 'that', 'she', 'was', "Gregor's", 'spokesman', 'to', 'his', 'parents', 'about', 'the', 'things', 'that', 'concerned', 'him.', 'This', 'meant', 'that', 'his', "mother's", 'advice', 'now', 'was', 'sufficient', 'reason', 'for', 'her', 'to', 'insist', 'on', 'removing', 'not', 'only', 'the', 'chest', 'of', 'drawers', 'and', 'the', 'desk,', 'as', 'she', 'had', 'thought', 'at', 'first,', 'but', 'all', 'the', 'furniture', 'apart', 'from', 'the', 'all-important', 'couch.', 'It', 'was', 'more', 'than', 'childish', 'perversity,', 'of', 'course,', 'or', 'the', 'unexpected', 'confidence', 'she', 'had', 'recently', 'acquired,', 'that', 'made', 'her', 'insist;', 'she', 'had', 'indeed', 'noticed', 'that', 'Gregor', 'needed', 'a', 'lot', 'of', 'room', 'to', 'crawl', 'about', 'in,', 'whereas', 'the', 'furniture,', 'as', 'far', 'as', 'anyone', 'could', 'see,', 'was', 'of', 'no', 'use', 'to', 'him', 'at', 'all.', 'Girls', 'of', 'that', 'age,', 'though,', 'do', 'become', 'enthusiastic', 'about', 'things', 'and', 'feel', 'they', 'must', 'get', 'their', 'way', 'whenever', 'they', 'can.', 'Perhaps', 'this', 'was', 'what', 'tempted', 'Grete', 'to', 'make', "Gregor's", 'situation', 'seem', 'even', 'more', 'shocking', 'than', 'it', 'was', 'so', 'that', 'she', 'could', 'do', 'even', 'more', 'for', 'him.', 'Grete', 'would', 'probably', 'be', 'the', 'only', 'one', 'who', 'would', 'dare', 'enter', 'a', 'room', 'dominated', 'by', 'Gregor', 'crawling', 'about', 'the', 'bare', 'walls', 'by', 'himself.', 'So', 'she', 'refused', 'to', 'let', 'her', 'mother', 'dissuade', 'her.', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'already', 'looked', 'uneasy', 'in', 'his', 'room,', 'she', 'soon', 'stopped', 'speaking', 'and', 'helped', "Gregor's", 'sister', 'to', 'get', 'the', 'chest', 'of', 'drawers', 'out', 'with', 'what', 'strength', 'she', 'had.', 'The', 'chest', 'of', 'drawers', 'was', 'something', 'that', 'Gregor', 'could', 'do', 'without', 'if', 'he', 'had', 'to,', 'but', 'the', 'writing', 'desk', 'had', 'to', 'stay.', 'Hardly', 'had', 'the', 'two', 'women', 'pushed', 'the', 'chest', 'of', 'drawers,', 'groaning,', 'out', 'of', 'the', 'room', 'than', 'Gregor', 'poked', 'his', 'head', 'out', 'from', 'under', 'the', 'couch', 'to', 'see', 'what', 'he', 'could', 'do', 'about', 'it.', 'He', 'meant', 'to', 'be', 'as', 'careful', 'and', 'considerate', 'as', 'he', 'could,', 'but,', 'unfortunately,', 'it', 'was', 'his', 'mother', 'who', 'came', 'back', 'first', 'while', 'Grete', 'in', 'the', 'next', 'room', 'had', 'her', 'arms', 'round', 'the', 'chest,', 'pushing', 'and', 'pulling', 'at', 'it', 'from', 'side', 'to', 'side', 'by', 'herself', 'without,', 'of', 'course,', 'moving', 'it', 'an', 'inch.', 'His', 'mother', 'was', 'not', 'used', 'to', 'the', 'sight', 'of', 'Gregor,', 'he', 'might', 'have', 'made', 'her', 'ill,', 'so', 'Gregor', 'hurried', 'backwards', 'to', 'the', 'far', 'end', 'of', 'the', 'couch.', 'In', 'his', 'startlement,', 'though,', 'he', 'was', 'not', 'able', 'to', 'prevent', 'the', 'sheet', 'at', 'its', 'front', 'from', 'moving', 'a', 'little.', 'It', 'was', 'enough', 'to', 'attract', 'his', "mother's", 'attention.', 'She', 'stood', 'very', 'still,', 'remained', 'there', 'a', 'moment,', 'and', 'then', 'went', 'back', 'out', 'to', 'Grete.', 'Gregor', 'kept', 'trying', 'to', 'assure', 'himself', 'that', 'nothing', 'unusual', 'was', 'happening,', 'it', 'was', 'just', 'a', 'few', 'pieces', 'of', 'furniture', 'being', 'moved', 'after', 'all,', 'but', 'he', 'soon', 'had', 'to', 'admit', 'that', 'the', 'women', 'going', 'to', 'and', 'fro,', 'their', 'little', 'calls', 'to', 'each', 'other,', 'the', 'scraping', 'of', 'the', 'furniture', 'on', 'the', 'floor,', 'all', 'these', 'things', 'made', 'him', 'feel', 'as', 'if', 'he', 'were', 'being', 'assailed', 'from', 'all', 'sides.', 'With', 'his', 'head', 'and', 'legs', 'pulled', 'in', 'against', 'him', 'and', 'his', 'body', 'pressed', 'to', 'the', 'floor,', 'he', 'was', 'forced', 'to', 'admit', 'to', 'himself', 'that', 'he', 'could', 'not', 'stand', 'all', 'of', 'this', 'much', 'longer.', 'They', 'were', 'emptying', 'his', 'room', 'out;', 'taking', 'away', 'everything', 'that', 'was', 'dear', 'to', 'him;', 'they', 'had', 'already', 'taken', 'out', 'the', 'chest', 'containing', 'his', 'fretsaw', 'and', 'other', 'tools;', 'now', 'they', 'threatened', 'to', 'remove', 'the', 'writing', 'desk', 'with', 'its', 'place', 'clearly', 'worn', 'into', 'the', 'floor,', 'the', 'desk', 'where', 'he', 'had', 'done', 'his', 'homework', 'as', 'a', 'business', 'trainee,', 'at', 'high', 'school,', 'even', 'while', 'he', 'had', 'been', 'at', 'infant', 'school--he', 'really', 'could', 'not', 'wait', 'any', 'longer', 'to', 'see', 'whether', 'the', 'two', "women's", 'intentions', 'were', 'good.', 'He', 'had', 'nearly', 'forgotten', 'they', 'were', 'there', 'anyway,', 'as', 'they', 'were', 'now', 'too', 'tired', 'to', 'say', 'anything', 'while', 'they', 'worked', 'and', 'he', 'could', 'only', 'hear', 'their', 'feet', 'as', 'they', 'stepped', 'heavily', 'on', 'the', 'floor.', 'So,', 'while', 'the', 'women', 'were', 'leant', 'against', 'the', 'desk', 'in', 'the', 'other', 'room', 'catching', 'their', 'breath,', 'he', 'sallied', 'out,', 'changed', 'direction', 'four', 'times', 'not', 'knowing', 'what', 'he', 'should', 'save', 'first', 'before', 'his', 'attention', 'was', 'suddenly', 'caught', 'by', 'the', 'picture', 'on', 'the', 'wall', '-', 'which', 'was', 'already', 'denuded', 'of', 'everything', 'else', 'that', 'had', 'been', 'on', 'it', '-', 'of', 'the', 'lady', 'dressed', 'in', 'copious', 'fur.', 'He', 'hurried', 'up', 'onto', 'the', 'picture', 'and', 'pressed', 'himself', 'against', 'its', 'glass,', 'it', 'held', 'him', 'firmly', 'and', 'felt', 'good', 'on', 'his', 'hot', 'belly.', 'This', 'picture', 'at', 'least,', 'now', 'totally', 'covered', 'by', 'Gregor,', 'would', 'certainly', 'be', 'taken', 'away', 'by', 'no-one.', 'He', 'turned', 'his', 'head', 'to', 'face', 'the', 'door', 'into', 'the', 'living', 'room', 'so', 'that', 'he', 'could', 'watch', 'the', 'women', 'when', 'they', 'came', 'back.', 'They', 'had', 'not', 'allowed', 'themselves', 'a', 'long', 'rest', 'and', 'came', 'back', 'quite', 'soon;', 'Grete', 'had', 'put', 'her', 'arm', 'around', 'her', 'mother', 'and', 'was', 'nearly', 'carrying', 'her.', '"What', 'shall', 'we', 'take', 'now,', 'then?",', 'said', 'Grete', 'and', 'looked', 'around.', 'Her', 'eyes', 'met', 'those', 'of', 'Gregor', 'on', 'the', 'wall.', 'Perhaps', 'only', 'because', 'her', 'mother', 'was', 'there,', 'she', 'remained', 'calm,', 'bent', 'her', 'face', 'to', 'her', 'so', 'that', 'she', 'would', 'not', 'look', 'round', 'and', 'said,', 'albeit', 'hurriedly', 'and', 'with', 'a', 'tremor', 'in', 'her', 'voice:', '"Come', 'on,', "let's", 'go', 'back', 'in', 'the', 'living', 'room', 'for', 'a', 'while?"', 'Gregor', 'could', 'see', 'what', 'Grete', 'had', 'in', 'mind,', 'she', 'wanted', 'to', 'take', 'her', 'mother', 'somewhere', 'safe', 'and', 'then', 'chase', 'him', 'down', 'from', 'the', 'wall.', 'Well,', 'she', 'could', 'certainly', 'try', 'it!', 'He', 'sat', 'unyielding', 'on', 'his', 'picture.', 'He', 'would', 'rather', 'jump', 'at', "Grete's", 'face.', 'But', "Grete's", 'words', 'had', 'made', 'her', 'mother', 'quite', 'worried,', 'she', 'stepped', 'to', 'one', 'side,', 'saw', 'the', 'enormous', 'brown', 'patch', 'against', 'the', 'flowers', 'of', 'the', 'wallpaper,', 'and', 'before', 'she', 'even', 'realised', 'it', 'was', 'Gregor', 'that', 'she', 'saw', 'screamed:', '"Oh', 'God,', 'oh', 'God!"', 'Arms', 'outstretched,', 'she', 'fell', 'onto', 'the', 'couch', 'as', 'if', 'she', 'had', 'given', 'up', 'everything', 'and', 'stayed', 'there', 'immobile.', '"Gregor!"', 'shouted', 'his', 'sister,', 'glowering', 'at', 'him', 'and', 'shaking', 'her', 'fist.', 'That', 'was', 'the', 'first', 'word', 'she', 'had', 'spoken', 'to', 'him', 'directly', 'since', 'his', 'transformation.', 'She', 'ran', 'into', 'the', 'other', 'room', 'to', 'fetch', 'some', 'kind', 'of', 'smelling', 'salts', 'to', 'bring', 'her', 'mother', 'out', 'of', 'her', 'faint;', 'Gregor', 'wanted', 'to', 'help', 'too', '-', 'he', 'could', 'save', 'his', 'picture', 'later,', 'although', 'he', 'stuck', 'fast', 'to', 'the', 'glass', 'and', 'had', 'to', 'pull', 'himself', 'off', 'by', 'force;', 'then', 'he,', 'too,', 'ran', 'into', 'the', 'next', 'room', 'as', 'if', 'he', 'could', 'advise', 'his', 'sister', 'like', 'in', 'the', 'old', 'days;', 'but', 'he', 'had', 'to', 'just', 'stand', 'behind', 'her', 'doing', 'nothing;', 'she', 'was', 'looking', 'into', 'various', 'bottles,', 'he', 'startled', 'her', 'when', 'she', 'turned', 'round;', 'a', 'bottle', 'fell', 'to', 'the', 'ground', 'and', 'broke;', 'a', 'splinter', 'cut', "Gregor's", 'face,', 'some', 'kind', 'of', 'caustic', 'medicine', 'splashed', 'all', 'over', 'him;', 'now,', 'without', 'delaying', 'any', 'longer,', 'Grete', 'took', 'hold', 'of', 'all', 'the', 'bottles', 'she', 'could', 'and', 'ran', 'with', 'them', 'in', 'to', 'her', 'mother;', 'she', 'slammed', 'the', 'door', 'shut', 'with', 'her', 'foot.', 'So', 'now', 'Gregor', 'was', 'shut', 'out', 'from', 'his', 'mother,', 'who,', 'because', 'of', 'him,', 'might', 'be', 'near', 'to', 'death;', 'he', 'could', 'not', 'open', 'the', 'door', 'if', 'he', 'did', 'not', 'want', 'to', 'chase', 'his', 'sister', 'away,', 'and', 'she', 'had', 'to', 'stay', 'with', 'his', 'mother;', 'there', 'was', 'nothing', 'for', 'him', 'to', 'do', 'but', 'wait;', 'and,', 'oppressed', 'with', 'anxiety', 'and', 'self-reproach,', 'he', 'began', 'to', 'crawl', 'about,', 'he', 'crawled', 'over', 'everything,', 'walls,', 'furniture,', 'ceiling,', 'and', 'finally', 'in', 'his', 'confusion', 'as', 'the', 'whole', 'room', 'began', 'to', 'spin', 'around', 'him', 'he', 'fell', 'down', 'into', 'the', 'middle', 'of', 'the', 'dinner', 'table.', 'He', 'lay', 'there', 'for', 'a', 'while,', 'numb', 'and', 'immobile,', 'all', 'around', 'him', 'it', 'was', 'quiet,', 'maybe', 'that', 'was', 'a', 'good', 'sign.', 'Then', 'there', 'was', 'someone', 'at', 'the', 'door.', 'The', 'maid,', 'of', 'course,', 'had', 'locked', 'herself', 'in', 'her', 'kitchen', 'so', 'that', 'Grete', 'would', 'have', 'to', 'go', 'and', 'answer', 'it.', 'His', 'father', 'had', 'arrived', 'home.', '"What\'s', 'happened?"', 'were', 'his', 'first', 'words;', "Grete's", 'appearance', 'must', 'have', 'made', 'everything', 'clear', 'to', 'him.', 'She', 'answered', 'him', 'with', 'subdued', 'voice,', 'and', 'openly', 'pressed', 'her', 'face', 'into', 'his', 'chest:', '"Mother\'s', 'fainted,', 'but', "she's", 'better', 'now.', 'Gregor', 'got', 'out."', '"Just', 'as', 'I', 'expected",', 'said', 'his', 'father,', '"just', 'as', 'I', 'always', 'said,', 'but', 'you', 'women', "wouldn't", 'listen,', 'would', 'you."', 'It', 'was', 'clear', 'to', 'Gregor', 'that', 'Grete', 'had', 'not', 'said', 'enough', 'and', 'that', 'his', 'father', 'took', 'it', 'to', 'mean', 'that', 'something', 'bad', 'had', 'happened,', 'that', 'he', 'was', 'responsible', 'for', 'some', 'act', 'of', 'violence.', 'That', 'meant', 'Gregor', 'would', 'now', 'have', 'to', 'try', 'to', 'calm', 'his', 'father,', 'as', 'he', 'did', 'not', 'have', 'the', 'time', 'to', 'explain', 'things', 'to', 'him', 'even', 'if', 'that', 'had', 'been', 'possible.', 'So', 'he', 'fled', 'to', 'the', 'door', 'of', 'his', 'room', 'and', 'pressed', 'himself', 'against', 'it', 'so', 'that', 'his', 'father,', 'when', 'he', 'came', 'in', 'from', 'the', 'hall,', 'could', 'see', 'straight', 'away', 'that', 'Gregor', 'had', 'the', 'best', 'intentions', 'and', 'would', 'go', 'back', 'into', 'his', 'room', 'without', 'delay,', 'that', 'it', 'would', 'not', 'be', 'necessary', 'to', 'drive', 'him', 'back', 'but', 'that', 'they', 'had', 'only', 'to', 'open', 'the', 'door', 'and', 'he', 'would', 'disappear.', 'His', 'father,', 'though,', 'was', 'not', 'in', 'the', 'mood', 'to', 'notice', 'subtleties', 'like', 'that;', '"Ah!",', 'he', 'shouted', 'as', 'he', 'came', 'in,', 'sounding', 'as', 'if', 'he', 'were', 'both', 'angry', 'and', 'glad', 'at', 'the', 'same', 'time.', 'Gregor', 'drew', 'his', 'head', 'back', 'from', 'the', 'door', 'and', 'lifted', 'it', 'towards', 'his', 'father.', 'He', 'really', 'had', 'not', 'imagined', 'his', 'father', 'the', 'way', 'he', 'stood', 'there', 'now;', 'of', 'late,', 'with', 'his', 'new', 'habit', 'of', 'crawling', 'about,', 'he', 'had', 'neglected', 'to', 'pay', 'attention', 'to', 'what', 'was', 'going', 'on', 'the', 'rest', 'of', 'the', 'flat', 'the', 'way', 'he', 'had', 'done', 'before.', 'He', 'really', 'ought', 'to', 'have', 'expected', 'things', 'to', 'have', 'changed,', 'but', 'still,', 'still,', 'was', 'that', 'really', 'his', 'father?', 'The', 'same', 'tired', 'man', 'as', 'used', 'to', 'be', 'laying', 'there', 'entombed', 'in', 'his', 'bed', 'when', 'Gregor', 'came', 'back', 'from', 'his', 'business', 'trips,', 'who', 'would', 'receive', 'him', 'sitting', 'in', 'the', 'armchair', 'in', 'his', 'nightgown', 'when', 'he', 'came', 'back', 'in', 'the', 'evenings;', 'who', 'was', 'hardly', 'even', 'able', 'to', 'stand', 'up', 'but,', 'as', 'a', 'sign', 'of', 'his', 'pleasure,', 'would', 'just', 'raise', 'his', 'arms', 'and', 'who,', 'on', 'the', 'couple', 'of', 'times', 'a', 'year', 'when', 'they', 'went', 'for', 'a', 'walk', 'together', 'on', 'a', 'Sunday', 'or', 'public', 'holiday', 'wrapped', 'up', 'tightly', 'in', 'his', 'overcoat', 'between', 'Gregor', 'and', 'his', 'mother,', 'would', 'always', 'labour', 'his', 'way', 'forward', 'a', 'little', 'more', 'slowly', 'than', 'them,', 'who', 'were', 'already', 'walking', 'slowly', 'for', 'his', 'sake;', 'who', 'would', 'place', 'his', 'stick', 'down', 'carefully', 'and,', 'if', 'he', 'wanted', 'to', 'say', 'something', 'would', 'invariably', 'stop', 'and', 'gather', 'his', 'companions', 'around', 'him.', 'He', 'was', 'standing', 'up', 'straight', 'enough', 'now;', 'dressed', 'in', 'a', 'smart', 'blue', 'uniform', 'with', 'gold', 'buttons,', 'the', 'sort', 'worn', 'by', 'the', 'employees', 'at', 'the', 'banking', 'institute;', 'above', 'the', 'high,', 'stiff', 'collar', 'of', 'the', 'coat', 'his', 'strong', 'double-chin', 'emerged;', 'under', 'the', 'bushy', 'eyebrows,', 'his', 'piercing,', 'dark', 'eyes', 'looked', 'out', 'fresh', 'and', 'alert;', 'his', 'normally', 'unkempt', 'white', 'hair', 'was', 'combed', 'down', 'painfully', 'close', 'to', 'his', 'scalp.', 'He', 'took', 'his', 'cap,', 'with', 'its', 'gold', 'monogram', 'from,', 'probably,', 'some', 'bank,', 'and', 'threw', 'it', 'in', 'an', 'arc', 'right', 'across', 'the', 'room', 'onto', 'the', 'sofa,', 'put', 'his', 'hands', 'in', 'his', 'trouser', 'pockets,', 'pushing', 'back', 'the', 'bottom', 'of', 'his', 'long', 'uniform', 'coat,', 'and,', 'with', 'look', 'of', 'determination,', 'walked', 'towards', 'Gregor.', 'He', 'probably', 'did', 'not', 'even', 'know', 'himself', 'what', 'he', 'had', 'in', 'mind,', 'but', 'nonetheless', 'lifted', 'his', 'feet', 'unusually', 'high.', 'Gregor', 'was', 'amazed', 'at', 'the', 'enormous', 'size', 'of', 'the', 'soles', 'of', 'his', 'boots,', 'but', 'wasted', 'no', 'time', 'with', 'that', '-', 'he', 'knew', 'full', 'well,', 'right', 'from', 'the', 'first', 'day', 'of', 'his', 'new', 'life,', 'that', 'his', 'father', 'thought', 'it', 'necessary', 'to', 'always', 'be', 'extremely', 'strict', 'with', 'him.', 'And', 'so', 'he', 'ran', 'up', 'to', 'his', 'father,', 'stopped', 'when', 'his', 'father', 'stopped,', 'scurried', 'forwards', 'again', 'when', 'he', 'moved,', 'even', 'slightly.', 'In', 'this', 'way', 'they', 'went', 'round', 'the', 'room', 'several', 'times', 'without', 'anything', 'decisive', 'happening,', 'without', 'even', 'giving', 'the', 'impression', 'of', 'a', 'chase', 'as', 'everything', 'went', 'so', 'slowly.', 'Gregor', 'remained', 'all', 'this', 'time', 'on', 'the', 'floor,', 'largely', 'because', 'he', 'feared', 'his', 'father', 'might', 'see', 'it', 'as', 'especially', 'provoking', 'if', 'he', 'fled', 'onto', 'the', 'wall', 'or', 'ceiling.', 'Whatever', 'he', 'did,', 'Gregor', 'had', 'to', 'admit', 'that', 'he', 'certainly', 'would', 'not', 'be', 'able', 'to', 'keep', 'up', 'this', 'running', 'about', 'for', 'long,', 'as', 'for', 'each', 'step', 'his', 'father', 'took', 'he', 'had', 'to', 'carry', 'out', 'countless', 'movements.', 'He', 'became', 'noticeably', 'short', 'of', 'breath,', 'even', 'in', 'his', 'earlier', 'life', 'his', 'lungs', 'had', 'not', 'been', 'very', 'reliable.', 'Now,', 'as', 'he', 'lurched', 'about', 'in', 'his', 'efforts', 'to', 'muster', 'all', 'the', 'strength', 'he', 'could', 'for', 'running', 'he', 'could', 'hardly', 'keep', 'his', 'eyes', 'open;', 'his', 'thoughts', 'became', 'too', 'slow', 'for', 'him', 'to', 'think', 'of', 'any', 'other', 'way', 'of', 'saving', 'himself', 'than', 'running;', 'he', 'almost', 'forgot', 'that', 'the', 'walls', 'were', 'there', 'for', 'him', 'to', 'use', 'although,', 'here,', 'they', 'were', 'concealed', 'behind', 'carefully', 'carved', 'furniture', 'full', 'of', 'notches', 'and', 'protrusions', '-', 'then,', 'right', 'beside', 'him,', 'lightly', 'tossed,', 'something', 'flew', 'down', 'and', 'rolled', 'in', 'front', 'of', 'him.', 'It', 'was', 'an', 'apple;', 'then', 'another', 'one', 'immediately', 'flew', 'at', 'him;', 'Gregor', 'froze', 'in', 'shock;', 'there', 'was', 'no', 'longer', 'any', 'point', 'in', 'running', 'as', 'his', 'father', 'had', 'decided', 'to', 'bombard', 'him.', 'He', 'had', 'filled', 'his', 'pockets', 'with', 'fruit', 'from', 'the', 'bowl', 'on', 'the', 'sideboard', 'and', 'now,', 'without', 'even', 'taking', 'the', 'time', 'for', 'careful', 'aim,', 'threw', 'one', 'apple', 'after', 'another.', 'These', 'little,', 'red', 'apples', 'rolled', 'about', 'on', 'the', 'floor,', 'knocking', 'into', 'each', 'other', 'as', 'if', 'they', 'had', 'electric', 'motors.', 'An', 'apple', 'thrown', 'without', 'much', 'force', 'glanced', 'against', "Gregor's", 'back', 'and', 'slid', 'off', 'without', 'doing', 'any', 'harm.', 'Another', 'one', 'however,', 'immediately', 'following', 'it,', 'hit', 'squarely', 'and', 'lodged', 'in', 'his', 'back;', 'Gregor', 'wanted', 'to', 'drag', 'himself', 'away,', 'as', 'if', 'he', 'could', 'remove', 'the', 'surprising,', 'the', 'incredible', 'pain', 'by', 'changing', 'his', 'position;', 'but', 'he', 'felt', 'as', 'if', 'nailed', 'to', 'the', 'spot', 'and', 'spread', 'himself', 'out,', 'all', 'his', 'senses', 'in', 'confusion.', 'The', 'last', 'thing', 'he', 'saw', 'was', 'the', 'door', 'of', 'his', 'room', 'being', 'pulled', 'open,', 'his', 'sister', 'was', 'screaming,', 'his', 'mother', 'ran', 'out', 'in', 'front', 'of', 'her', 'in', 'her', 'blouse', '(as', 'his', 'sister', 'had', 'taken', 'off', 'some', 'of', 'her', 'clothes', 'after', 'she', 'had', 'fainted', 'to', 'make', 'it', 'easier', 'for', 'her', 'to', 'breathe),', 'she', 'ran', 'to', 'his', 'father,', 'her', 'skirts', 'unfastened', 'and', 'sliding', 'one', 'after', 'another', 'to', 'the', 'ground,', 'stumbling', 'over', 'the', 'skirts', 'she', 'pushed', 'herself', 'to', 'his', 'father,', 'her', 'arms', 'around', 'him,', 'uniting', 'herself', 'with', 'him', 'totally', '-', 'now', 'Gregor', 'lost', 'his', 'ability', 'to', 'see', 'anything', '-', 'her', 'hands', 'behind', 'his', "father's", 'head', 'begging', 'him', 'to', 'spare', "Gregor's", 'life.', 'III', 'No-one', 'dared', 'to', 'remove', 'the', 'apple', 'lodged', 'in', "Gregor's", 'flesh,', 'so', 'it', 'remained', 'there', 'as', 'a', 'visible', 'reminder', 'of', 'his', 'injury.', 'He', 'had', 'suffered', 'it', 'there', 'for', 'more', 'than', 'a', 'month,', 'and', 'his', 'condition', 'seemed', 'serious', 'enough', 'to', 'remind', 'even', 'his', 'father', 'that', 'Gregor,', 'despite', 'his', 'current', 'sad', 'and', 'revolting', 'form,', 'was', 'a', 'family', 'member', 'who', 'could', 'not', 'be', 'treated', 'as', 'an', 'enemy.', 'On', 'the', 'contrary,', 'as', 'a', 'family', 'there', 'was', 'a', 'duty', 'to', 'swallow', 'any', 'revulsion', 'for', 'him', 'and', 'to', 'be', 'patient,', 'just', 'to', 'be', 'patient.', 'Because', 'of', 'his', 'injuries,', 'Gregor', 'had', 'lost', 'much', 'of', 'his', 'mobility', '-', 'probably', 'permanently.', 'He', 'had', 'been', 'reduced', 'to', 'the', 'condition', 'of', 'an', 'ancient', 'invalid', 'and', 'it', 'took', 'him', 'long,', 'long', 'minutes', 'to', 'crawl', 'across', 'his', 'room', '-', 'crawling', 'over', 'the', 'ceiling', 'was', 'out', 'of', 'the', 'question', '-', 'but', 'this', 'deterioration', 'in', 'his', 'condition', 'was', 'fully', '(in', 'his', 'opinion)', 'made', 'up', 'for', 'by', 'the', 'door', 'to', 'the', 'living', 'room', 'being', 'left', 'open', 'every', 'evening.', 'He', 'got', 'into', 'the', 'habit', 'of', 'closely', 'watching', 'it', 'for', 'one', 'or', 'two', 'hours', 'before', 'it', 'was', 'opened', 'and', 'then,', 'lying', 'in', 'the', 'darkness', 'of', 'his', 'room', 'where', 'he', 'could', 'not', 'be', 'seen', 'from', 'the', 'living', 'room,', 'he', 'could', 'watch', 'the', 'family', 'in', 'the', 'light', 'of', 'the', 'dinner', 'table', 'and', 'listen', 'to', 'their', 'conversation', '-', 'with', "everyone's", 'permission,', 'in', 'a', 'way,', 'and', 'thus', 'quite', 'differently', 'from', 'before.', 'They', 'no', 'longer', 'held', 'the', 'lively', 'conversations', 'of', 'earlier', 'times,', 'of', 'course,', 'the', 'ones', 'that', 'Gregor', 'always', 'thought', 'about', 'with', 'longing', 'when', 'he', 'was', 'tired', 'and', 'getting', 'into', 'the', 'damp', 'bed', 'in', 'some', 'small', 'hotel', 'room.', 'All', 'of', 'them', 'were', 'usually', 'very', 'quiet', 'nowadays.', 'Soon', 'after', 'dinner,', 'his', 'father', 'would', 'go', 'to', 'sleep', 'in', 'his', 'chair;', 'his', 'mother', 'and', 'sister', 'would', 'urge', 'each', 'other', 'to', 'be', 'quiet;', 'his', 'mother,', 'bent', 'deeply', 'under', 'the', 'lamp,', 'would', 'sew', 'fancy', 'underwear', 'for', 'a', 'fashion', 'shop;', 'his', 'sister,', 'who', 'had', 'taken', 'a', 'sales', 'job,', 'learned', 'shorthand', 'and', 'French', 'in', 'the', 'evenings', 'so', 'that', 'she', 'might', 'be', 'able', 'to', 'get', 'a', 'better', 'position', 'later', 'on.', 'Sometimes', 'his', 'father', 'would', 'wake', 'up', 'and', 'say', 'to', "Gregor's", 'mother', '"you\'re', 'doing', 'so', 'much', 'sewing', 'again', 'today!",', 'as', 'if', 'he', 'did', 'not', 'know', 'that', 'he', 'had', 'been', 'dozing', '-', 'and', 'then', 'he', 'would', 'go', 'back', 'to', 'sleep', 'again', 'while', 'mother', 'and', 'sister', 'would', 'exchange', 'a', 'tired', 'grin.', 'With', 'a', 'kind', 'of', 'stubbornness,', "Gregor's", 'father', 'refused', 'to', 'take', 'his', 'uniform', 'off', 'even', 'at', 'home;', 'while', 'his', 'nightgown', 'hung', 'unused', 'on', 'its', 'peg', "Gregor's", 'father', 'would', 'slumber', 'where', 'he', 'was,', 'fully', 'dressed,', 'as', 'if', 'always', 'ready', 'to', 'serve', 'and', 'expecting', 'to', 'hear', 'the', 'voice', 'of', 'his', 'superior', 'even', 'here.', 'The', 'uniform', 'had', 'not', 'been', 'new', 'to', 'start', 'with,', 'but', 'as', 'a', 'result', 'of', 'this', 'it', 'slowly', 'became', 'even', 'shabbier', 'despite', 'the', 'efforts', 'of', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'and', 'sister', 'to', 'look', 'after', 'it.', 'Gregor', 'would', 'often', 'spend', 'the', 'whole', 'evening', 'looking', 'at', 'all', 'the', 'stains', 'on', 'this', 'coat,', 'with', 'its', 'gold', 'buttons', 'always', 'kept', 'polished', 'and', 'shiny,', 'while', 'the', 'old', 'man', 'in', 'it', 'would', 'sleep,', 'highly', 'uncomfortable', 'but', 'peaceful.', 'As', 'soon', 'as', 'it', 'struck', 'ten,', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'would', 'speak', 'gently', 'to', 'his', 'father', 'to', 'wake', 'him', 'and', 'try', 'to', 'persuade', 'him', 'to', 'go', 'to', 'bed,', 'as', 'he', "couldn't", 'sleep', 'properly', 'where', 'he', 'was', 'and', 'he', 'really', 'had', 'to', 'get', 'his', 'sleep', 'if', 'he', 'was', 'to', 'be', 'up', 'at', 'six', 'to', 'get', 'to', 'work.', 'But', 'since', 'he', 'had', 'been', 'in', 'work', 'he', 'had', 'become', 'more', 'obstinate', 'and', 'would', 'always', 'insist', 'on', 'staying', 'longer', 'at', 'the', 'table,', 'even', 'though', 'he', 'regularly', 'fell', 'asleep', 'and', 'it', 'was', 'then', 'harder', 'than', 'ever', 'to', 'persuade', 'him', 'to', 'exchange', 'the', 'chair', 'for', 'his', 'bed.', 'Then,', 'however', 'much', 'mother', 'and', 'sister', 'would', 'importune', 'him', 'with', 'little', 'reproaches', 'and', 'warnings', 'he', 'would', 'keep', 'slowly', 'shaking', 'his', 'head', 'for', 'a', 'quarter', 'of', 'an', 'hour', 'with', 'his', 'eyes', 'closed', 'and', 'refusing', 'to', 'get', 'up.', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'would', 'tug', 'at', 'his', 'sleeve,', 'whisper', 'endearments', 'into', 'his', 'ear,', "Gregor's", 'sister', 'would', 'leave', 'her', 'work', 'to', 'help', 'her', 'mother,', 'but', 'nothing', 'would', 'have', 'any', 'effect', 'on', 'him.', 'He', 'would', 'just', 'sink', 'deeper', 'into', 'his', 'chair.', 'Only', 'when', 'the', 'two', 'women', 'took', 'him', 'under', 'the', 'arms', 'he', 'would', 'abruptly', 'open', 'his', 'eyes,', 'look', 'at', 'them', 'one', 'after', 'the', 'other', 'and', 'say:', '"What', 'a', 'life!', 'This', 'is', 'what', 'peace', 'I', 'get', 'in', 'my', 'old', 'age!"', 'And', 'supported', 'by', 'the', 'two', 'women', 'he', 'would', 'lift', 'himself', 'up', 'carefully', 'as', 'if', 'he', 'were', 'carrying', 'the', 'greatest', 'load', 'himself,', 'let', 'the', 'women', 'take', 'him', 'to', 'the', 'door,', 'send', 'them', 'off', 'and', 'carry', 'on', 'by', 'himself', 'while', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'would', 'throw', 'down', 'her', 'needle', 'and', 'his', 'sister', 'her', 'pen', 'so', 'that', 'they', 'could', 'run', 'after', 'his', 'father', 'and', 'continue', 'being', 'of', 'help', 'to', 'him.', 'Who,', 'in', 'this', 'tired', 'and', 'overworked', 'family,', 'would', 'have', 'had', 'time', 'to', 'give', 'more', 'attention', 'to', 'Gregor', 'than', 'was', 'absolutely', 'necessary?', 'The', 'household', 'budget', 'became', 'even', 'smaller;', 'so', 'now', 'the', 'maid', 'was', 'dismissed;', 'an', 'enormous,', 'thick-boned', 'charwoman', 'with', 'white', 'hair', 'that', 'flapped', 'around', 'her', 'head', 'came', 'every', 'morning', 'and', 'evening', 'to', 'do', 'the', 'heaviest', 'work;', 'everything', 'else', 'was', 'looked', 'after', 'by', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'on', 'top', 'of', 'the', 'large', 'amount', 'of', 'sewing', 'work', 'she', 'did.', 'Gregor', 'even', 'learned,', 'listening', 'to', 'the', 'evening', 'conversation', 'about', 'what', 'price', 'they', 'had', 'hoped', 'for,', 'that', 'several', 'items', 'of', 'jewellery', 'belonging', 'to', 'the', 'family', 'had', 'been', 'sold,', 'even', 'though', 'both', 'mother', 'and', 'sister', 'had', 'been', 'very', 'fond', 'of', 'wearing', 'them', 'at', 'functions', 'and', 'celebrations.', 'But', 'the', 'loudest', 'complaint', 'was', 'that', 'although', 'the', 'flat', 'was', 'much', 'too', 'big', 'for', 'their', 'present', 'circumstances,', 'they', 'could', 'not', 'move', 'out', 'of', 'it,', 'there', 'was', 'no', 'imaginable', 'way', 'of', 'transferring', 'Gregor', 'to', 'the', 'new', 'address.', 'He', 'could', 'see', 'quite', 'well,', 'though,', 'that', 'there', 'were', 'more', 'reasons', 'than', 'consideration', 'for', 'him', 'that', 'made', 'it', 'difficult', 'for', 'them', 'to', 'move,', 'it', 'would', 'have', 'been', 'quite', 'easy', 'to', 'transport', 'him', 'in', 'any', 'suitable', 'crate', 'with', 'a', 'few', 'air', 'holes', 'in', 'it;', 'the', 'main', 'thing', 'holding', 'the', 'family', 'back', 'from', 'their', 'decision', 'to', 'move', 'was', 'much', 'more', 'to', 'do', 'with', 'their', 'total', 'despair,', 'and', 'the', 'thought', 'that', 'they', 'had', 'been', 'struck', 'with', 'a', 'misfortune', 'unlike', 'anything', 'experienced', 'by', 'anyone', 'else', 'they', 'knew', 'or', 'were', 'related', 'to.', 'They', 'carried', 'out', 'absolutely', 'everything', 'that', 'the', 'world', 'expects', 'from', 'poor', 'people,', "Gregor's", 'father', 'brought', 'bank', 'employees', 'their', 'breakfast,', 'his', 'mother', 'sacrificed', 'herself', 'by', 'washing', 'clothes', 'for', 'strangers,', 'his', 'sister', 'ran', 'back', 'and', 'forth', 'behind', 'her', 'desk', 'at', 'the', 'behest', 'of', 'the', 'customers,', 'but', 'they', 'just', 'did', 'not', 'have', 'the', 'strength', 'to', 'do', 'any', 'more.', 'And', 'the', 'injury', 'in', "Gregor's", 'back', 'began', 'to', 'hurt', 'as', 'much', 'as', 'when', 'it', 'was', 'new.', 'After', 'they', 'had', 'come', 'back', 'from', 'taking', 'his', 'father', 'to', 'bed', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'and', 'sister', 'would', 'now', 'leave', 'their', 'work', 'where', 'it', 'was', 'and', 'sit', 'close', 'together,', 'cheek', 'to', 'cheek;', 'his', 'mother', 'would', 'point', 'to', "Gregor's", 'room', 'and', 'say', '"Close', 'that', 'door,', 'Grete",', 'and', 'then,', 'when', 'he', 'was', 'in', 'the', 'dark', 'again,', 'they', 'would', 'sit', 'in', 'the', 'next', 'room', 'and', 'their', 'tears', 'would', 'mingle,', 'or', 'they', 'would', 'simply', 'sit', 'there', 'staring', 'dry-eyed', 'at', 'the', 'table.', 'Gregor', 'hardly', 'slept', 'at', 'all,', 'either', 'night', 'or', 'day.', 'Sometimes', 'he', 'would', 'think', 'of', 'taking', 'over', 'the', "family's", 'affairs,', 'just', 'like', 'before,', 'the', 'next', 'time', 'the', 'door', 'was', 'opened;', 'he', 'had', 'long', 'forgotten', 'about', 'his', 'boss', 'and', 'the', 'chief', 'clerk,', 'but', 'they', 'would', 'appear', 'again', 'in', 'his', 'thoughts,', 'the', 'salesmen', 'and', 'the', 'apprentices,', 'that', 'stupid', 'teaboy,', 'two', 'or', 'three', 'friends', 'from', 'other', 'businesses,', 'one', 'of', 'the', 'chambermaids', 'from', 'a', 'provincial', 'hotel,', 'a', 'tender', 'memory', 'that', 'appeared', 'and', 'disappeared', 'again,', 'a', 'cashier', 'from', 'a', 'hat', 'shop', 'for', 'whom', 'his', 'attention', 'had', 'been', 'serious', 'but', 'too', 'slow,', '-', 'all', 'of', 'them', 'appeared', 'to', 'him,', 'mixed', 'together', 'with', 'strangers', 'and', 'others', 'he', 'had', 'forgotten,', 'but', 'instead', 'of', 'helping', 'him', 'and', 'his', 'family', 'they', 'were', 'all', 'of', 'them', 'inaccessible,', 'and', 'he', 'was', 'glad', 'when', 'they', 'disappeared.', 'Other', 'times', 'he', 'was', 'not', 'at', 'all', 'in', 'the', 'mood', 'to', 'look', 'after', 'his', 'family,', 'he', 'was', 'filled', 'with', 'simple', 'rage', 'about', 'the', 'lack', 'of', 'attention', 'he', 'was', 'shown,', 'and', 'although', 'he', 'could', 'think', 'of', 'nothing', 'he', 'would', 'have', 'wanted,', 'he', 'made', 'plans', 'of', 'how', 'he', 'could', 'get', 'into', 'the', 'pantry', 'where', 'he', 'could', 'take', 'all', 'the', 'things', 'he', 'was', 'entitled', 'to,', 'even', 'if', 'he', 'was', 'not', 'hungry.', "Gregor's", 'sister', 'no', 'longer', 'thought', 'about', 'how', 'she', 'could', 'please', 'him', 'but', 'would', 'hurriedly', 'push', 'some', 'food', 'or', 'other', 'into', 'his', 'room', 'with', 'her', 'foot', 'before', 'she', 'rushed', 'out', 'to', 'work', 'in', 'the', 'morning', 'and', 'at', 'midday,', 'and', 'in', 'the', 'evening', 'she', 'would', 'sweep', 'it', 'away', 'again', 'with', 'the', 'broom,', 'indifferent', 'as', 'to', 'whether', 'it', 'had', 'been', 'eaten', 'or', '-', 'more', 'often', 'than', 'not', '-', 'had', 'been', 'left', 'totally', 'untouched.', 'She', 'still', 'cleared', 'up', 'the', 'room', 'in', 'the', 'evening,', 'but', 'now', 'she', 'could', 'not', 'have', 'been', 'any', 'quicker', 'about', 'it.', 'Smears', 'of', 'dirt', 'were', 'left', 'on', 'the', 'walls,', 'here', 'and', 'there', 'were', 'little', 'balls', 'of', 'dust', 'and', 'filth.', 'At', 'first,', 'Gregor', 'went', 'into', 'one', 'of', 'the', 'worst', 'of', 'these', 'places', 'when', 'his', 'sister', 'arrived', 'as', 'a', 'reproach', 'to', 'her,', 'but', 'he', 'could', 'have', 'stayed', 'there', 'for', 'weeks', 'without', 'his', 'sister', 'doing', 'anything', 'about', 'it;', 'she', 'could', 'see', 'the', 'dirt', 'as', 'well', 'as', 'he', 'could', 'but', 'she', 'had', 'simply', 'decided', 'to', 'leave', 'him', 'to', 'it.', 'At', 'the', 'same', 'time', 'she', 'became', 'touchy', 'in', 'a', 'way', 'that', 'was', 'quite', 'new', 'for', 'her', 'and', 'which', 'everyone', 'in', 'the', 'family', 'understood', '-', 'cleaning', 'up', "Gregor's", 'room', 'was', 'for', 'her', 'and', 'her', 'alone.', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'did', 'once', 'thoroughly', 'clean', 'his', 'room,', 'and', 'needed', 'to', 'use', 'several', 'bucketfuls', 'of', 'water', 'to', 'do', 'it', '-', 'although', 'that', 'much', 'dampness', 'also', 'made', 'Gregor', 'ill', 'and', 'he', 'lay', 'flat', 'on', 'the', 'couch,', 'bitter', 'and', 'immobile.', 'But', 'his', 'mother', 'was', 'to', 'be', 'punished', 'still', 'more', 'for', 'what', 'she', 'had', 'done,', 'as', 'hardly', 'had', 'his', 'sister', 'arrived', 'home', 'in', 'the', 'evening', 'than', 'she', 'noticed', 'the', 'change', 'in', "Gregor's", 'room', 'and,', 'highly', 'aggrieved,', 'ran', 'back', 'into', 'the', 'living', 'room', 'where,', 'despite', 'her', 'mothers', 'raised', 'and', 'imploring', 'hands,', 'she', 'broke', 'into', 'convulsive', 'tears.', 'Her', 'father,', 'of', 'course,', 'was', 'startled', 'out', 'of', 'his', 'chair', 'and', 'the', 'two', 'parents', 'looked', 'on', 'astonished', 'and', 'helpless;', 'then', 'they,', 'too,', 'became', 'agitated;', "Gregor's", 'father,', 'standing', 'to', 'the', 'right', 'of', 'his', 'mother,', 'accused', 'her', 'of', 'not', 'leaving', 'the', 'cleaning', 'of', "Gregor's", 'room', 'to', 'his', 'sister;', 'from', 'her', 'left,', "Gregor's", 'sister', 'screamed', 'at', 'her', 'that', 'she', 'was', 'never', 'to', 'clean', "Gregor's", 'room', 'again;', 'while', 'his', 'mother', 'tried', 'to', 'draw', 'his', 'father,', 'who', 'was', 'beside', 'himself', 'with', 'anger,', 'into', 'the', 'bedroom;', 'his', 'sister,', 'quaking', 'with', 'tears,', 'thumped', 'on', 'the', 'table', 'with', 'her', 'small', 'fists;', 'and', 'Gregor', 'hissed', 'in', 'anger', 'that', 'no-one', 'had', 'even', 'thought', 'of', 'closing', 'the', 'door', 'to', 'save', 'him', 'the', 'sight', 'of', 'this', 'and', 'all', 'its', 'noise.', "Gregor's", 'sister', 'was', 'exhausted', 'from', 'going', 'out', 'to', 'work,', 'and', 'looking', 'after', 'Gregor', 'as', 'she', 'had', 'done', 'before', 'was', 'even', 'more', 'work', 'for', 'her,', 'but', 'even', 'so', 'his', 'mother', 'ought', 'certainly', 'not', 'to', 'have', 'taken', 'her', 'place.', 'Gregor,', 'on', 'the', 'other', 'hand,', 'ought', 'not', 'to', 'be', 'neglected.', 'Now,', 'though,', 'the', 'charwoman', 'was', 'here.', 'This', 'elderly', 'widow,', 'with', 'a', 'robust', 'bone', 'structure', 'that', 'made', 'her', 'able', 'to', 'withstand', 'the', 'hardest', 'of', 'things', 'in', 'her', 'long', 'life,', "wasn't", 'really', 'repelled', 'by', 'Gregor.', 'Just', 'by', 'chance', 'one', 'day,', 'rather', 'than', 'any', 'real', 'curiosity,', 'she', 'opened', 'the', 'door', 'to', "Gregor's", 'room', 'and', 'found', 'herself', 'face', 'to', 'face', 'with', 'him.', 'He', 'was', 'taken', 'totally', 'by', 'surprise,', 'no-one', 'was', 'chasing', 'him', 'but', 'he', 'began', 'to', 'rush', 'to', 'and', 'fro', 'while', 'she', 'just', 'stood', 'there', 'in', 'amazement', 'with', 'her', 'hands', 'crossed', 'in', 'front', 'of', 'her.', 'From', 'then', 'on', 'she', 'never', 'failed', 'to', 'open', 'the', 'door', 'slightly', 'every', 'evening', 'and', 'morning', 'and', 'look', 'briefly', 'in', 'on', 'him.', 'At', 'first', 'she', 'would', 'call', 'to', 'him', 'as', 'she', 'did', 'so', 'with', 'words', 'that', 'she', 'probably', 'considered', 'friendly,', 'such', 'as', '"come', 'on', 'then,', 'you', 'old', 'dung-beetle!",', 'or', '"look', 'at', 'the', 'old', 'dung-beetle', 'there!"', 'Gregor', 'never', 'responded', 'to', 'being', 'spoken', 'to', 'in', 'that', 'way,', 'but', 'just', 'remained', 'where', 'he', 'was', 'without', 'moving', 'as', 'if', 'the', 'door', 'had', 'never', 'even', 'been', 'opened.', 'If', 'only', 'they', 'had', 'told', 'this', 'charwoman', 'to', 'clean', 'up', 'his', 'room', 'every', 'day', 'instead', 'of', 'letting', 'her', 'disturb', 'him', 'for', 'no', 'reason', 'whenever', 'she', 'felt', 'like', 'it!', 'One', 'day,', 'early', 'in', 'the', 'morning', 'while', 'a', 'heavy', 'rain', 'struck', 'the', 'windowpanes,', 'perhaps', 'indicating', 'that', 'spring', 'was', 'coming,', 'she', 'began', 'to', 'speak', 'to', 'him', 'in', 'that', 'way', 'once', 'again.', 'Gregor', 'was', 'so', 'resentful', 'of', 'it', 'that', 'he', 'started', 'to', 'move', 'toward', 'her,', 'he', 'was', 'slow', 'and', 'infirm,', 'but', 'it', 'was', 'like', 'a', 'kind', 'of', 'attack.', 'Instead', 'of', 'being', 'afraid,', 'the', 'charwoman', 'just', 'lifted', 'up', 'one', 'of', 'the', 'chairs', 'from', 'near', 'the', 'door', 'and', 'stood', 'there', 'with', 'her', 'mouth', 'open,', 'clearly', 'intending', 'not', 'to', 'close', 'her', 'mouth', 'until', 'the', 'chair', 'in', 'her', 'hand', 'had', 'been', 'slammed', 'down', 'into', "Gregor's", 'back.', '"Aren\'t', 'you', 'coming', 'any', 'closer,', 'then?",', 'she', 'asked', 'when', 'Gregor', 'turned', 'round', 'again,', 'and', 'she', 'calmly', 'put', 'the', 'chair', 'back', 'in', 'the', 'corner.', 'Gregor', 'had', 'almost', 'entirely', 'stopped', 'eating.', 'Only', 'if', 'he', 'happened', 'to', 'find', 'himself', 'next', 'to', 'the', 'food', 'that', 'had', 'been', 'prepared', 'for', 'him', 'he', 'might', 'take', 'some', 'of', 'it', 'into', 'his', 'mouth', 'to', 'play', 'with', 'it,', 'leave', 'it', 'there', 'a', 'few', 'hours', 'and', 'then,', 'more', 'often', 'than', 'not,', 'spit', 'it', 'out', 'again.', 'At', 'first', 'he', 'thought', 'it', 'was', 'distress', 'at', 'the', 'state', 'of', 'his', 'room', 'that', 'stopped', 'him', 'eating,', 'but', 'he', 'had', 'soon', 'got', 'used', 'to', 'the', 'changes', 'made', 'there.', 'They', 'had', 'got', 'into', 'the', 'habit', 'of', 'putting', 'things', 'into', 'this', 'room', 'that', 'they', 'had', 'no', 'room', 'for', 'anywhere', 'else,', 'and', 'there', 'were', 'now', 'many', 'such', 'things', 'as', 'one', 'of', 'the', 'rooms', 'in', 'the', 'flat', 'had', 'been', 'rented', 'out', 'to', 'three', 'gentlemen.', 'These', 'earnest', 'gentlemen', '-', 'all', 'three', 'of', 'them', 'had', 'full', 'beards,', 'as', 'Gregor', 'learned', 'peering', 'through', 'the', 'crack', 'in', 'the', 'door', 'one', 'day', '-', 'were', 'painfully', 'insistent', 'on', "things'", 'being', 'tidy.', 'This', 'meant', 'not', 'only', 'in', 'their', 'own', 'room', 'but,', 'since', 'they', 'had', 'taken', 'a', 'room', 'in', 'this', 'establishment,', 'in', 'the', 'entire', 'flat', 'and', 'especially', 'in', 'the', 'kitchen.', 'Unnecessary', 'clutter', 'was', 'something', 'they', 'could', 'not', 'tolerate,', 'especially', 'if', 'it', 'was', 'dirty.', 'They', 'had', 'moreover', 'brought', 'most', 'of', 'their', 'own', 'furnishings', 'and', 'equipment', 'with', 'them.', 'For', 'this', 'reason,', 'many', 'things', 'had', 'become', 'superfluous', 'which,', 'although', 'they', 'could', 'not', 'be', 'sold,', 'the', 'family', 'did', 'not', 'wish', 'to', 'discard.', 'All', 'these', 'things', 'found', 'their', 'way', 'into', "Gregor's", 'room.', 'The', 'dustbins', 'from', 'the', 'kitchen', 'found', 'their', 'way', 'in', 'there', 'too.', 'The', 'charwoman', 'was', 'always', 'in', 'a', 'hurry,', 'and', 'anything', 'she', "couldn't", 'use', 'for', 'the', 'time', 'being', 'she', 'would', 'just', 'chuck', 'in', 'there.', 'He,', 'fortunately,', 'would', 'usually', 'see', 'no', 'more', 'than', 'the', 'object', 'and', 'the', 'hand', 'that', 'held', 'it.', 'The', 'woman', 'most', 'likely', 'meant', 'to', 'fetch', 'the', 'things', 'back', 'out', 'again', 'when', 'she', 'had', 'time', 'and', 'the', 'opportunity,', 'or', 'to', 'throw', 'everything', 'out', 'in', 'one', 'go,', 'but', 'what', 'actually', 'happened', 'was', 'that', 'they', 'were', 'left', 'where', 'they', 'landed', 'when', 'they', 'had', 'first', 'been', 'thrown', 'unless', 'Gregor', 'made', 'his', 'way', 'through', 'the', 'junk', 'and', 'moved', 'it', 'somewhere', 'else.', 'At', 'first', 'he', 'moved', 'it', 'because,', 'with', 'no', 'other', 'room', 'free', 'where', 'he', 'could', 'crawl', 'about,', 'he', 'was', 'forced', 'to,', 'but', 'later', 'on', 'he', 'came', 'to', 'enjoy', 'it', 'although', 'moving', 'about', 'in', 'that', 'way', 'left', 'him', 'sad', 'and', 'tired', 'to', 'death,', 'and', 'he', 'would', 'remain', 'immobile', 'for', 'hours', 'afterwards.', 'The', 'gentlemen', 'who', 'rented', 'the', 'room', 'would', 'sometimes', 'take', 'their', 'evening', 'meal', 'at', 'home', 'in', 'the', 'living', 'room', 'that', 'was', 'used', 'by', 'everyone,', 'and', 'so', 'the', 'door', 'to', 'this', 'room', 'was', 'often', 'kept', 'closed', 'in', 'the', 'evening.', 'But', 'Gregor', 'found', 'it', 'easy', 'to', 'give', 'up', 'having', 'the', 'door', 'open,', 'he', 'had,', 'after', 'all,', 'often', 'failed', 'to', 'make', 'use', 'of', 'it', 'when', 'it', 'was', 'open', 'and,', 'without', 'the', 'family', 'having', 'noticed', 'it,', 'lain', 'in', 'his', 'room', 'in', 'its', 'darkest', 'corner.', 'One', 'time,', 'though,', 'the', 'charwoman', 'left', 'the', 'door', 'to', 'the', 'living', 'room', 'slightly', 'open,', 'and', 'it', 'remained', 'open', 'when', 'the', 'gentlemen', 'who', 'rented', 'the', 'room', 'came', 'in', 'in', 'the', 'evening', 'and', 'the', 'light', 'was', 'put', 'on.', 'They', 'sat', 'up', 'at', 'the', 'table', 'where,', 'formerly,', 'Gregor', 'had', 'taken', 'his', 'meals', 'with', 'his', 'father', 'and', 'mother,', 'they', 'unfolded', 'the', 'serviettes', 'and', 'picked', 'up', 'their', 'knives', 'and', 'forks.', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'immediately', 'appeared', 'in', 'the', 'doorway', 'with', 'a', 'dish', 'of', 'meat', 'and', 'soon', 'behind', 'her', 'came', 'his', 'sister', 'with', 'a', 'dish', 'piled', 'high', 'with', 'potatoes.', 'The', 'food', 'was', 'steaming,', 'and', 'filled', 'the', 'room', 'with', 'its', 'smell.', 'The', 'gentlemen', 'bent', 'over', 'the', 'dishes', 'set', 'in', 'front', 'of', 'them', 'as', 'if', 'they', 'wanted', 'to', 'test', 'the', 'food', 'before', 'eating', 'it,', 'and', 'the', 'gentleman', 'in', 'the', 'middle,', 'who', 'seemed', 'to', 'count', 'as', 'an', 'authority', 'for', 'the', 'other', 'two,', 'did', 'indeed', 'cut', 'off', 'a', 'piece', 'of', 'meat', 'while', 'it', 'was', 'still', 'in', 'its', 'dish,', 'clearly', 'wishing', 'to', 'establish', 'whether', 'it', 'was', 'sufficiently', 'cooked', 'or', 'whether', 'it', 'should', 'be', 'sent', 'back', 'to', 'the', 'kitchen.', 'It', 'was', 'to', 'his', 'satisfaction,', 'and', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'and', 'sister,', 'who', 'had', 'been', 'looking', 'on', 'anxiously,', 'began', 'to', 'breathe', 'again', 'and', 'smiled.', 'The', 'family', 'themselves', 'ate', 'in', 'the', 'kitchen.', 'Nonetheless,', "Gregor's", 'father', 'came', 'into', 'the', 'living', 'room', 'before', 'he', 'went', 'into', 'the', 'kitchen,', 'bowed', 'once', 'with', 'his', 'cap', 'in', 'his', 'hand', 'and', 'did', 'his', 'round', 'of', 'the', 'table.', 'The', 'gentlemen', 'stood', 'as', 'one,', 'and', 'mumbled', 'something', 'into', 'their', 'beards.', 'Then,', 'once', 'they', 'were', 'alone,', 'they', 'ate', 'in', 'near', 'perfect', 'silence.', 'It', 'seemed', 'remarkable', 'to', 'Gregor', 'that', 'above', 'all', 'the', 'various', 'noises', 'of', 'eating', 'their', 'chewing', 'teeth', 'could', 'still', 'be', 'heard,', 'as', 'if', 'they', 'had', 'wanted', 'to', 'show', 'Gregor', 'that', 'you', 'need', 'teeth', 'in', 'order', 'to', 'eat', 'and', 'it', 'was', 'not', 'possible', 'to', 'perform', 'anything', 'with', 'jaws', 'that', 'are', 'toothless', 'however', 'nice', 'they', 'might', 'be.', '"I\'d', 'like', 'to', 'eat', 'something",', 'said', 'Gregor', 'anxiously,', '"but', 'not', 'anything', 'like', "they're", 'eating.', 'They', 'do', 'feed', 'themselves.', 'And', 'here', 'I', 'am,', 'dying!"', 'Throughout', 'all', 'this', 'time,', 'Gregor', 'could', 'not', 'remember', 'having', 'heard', 'the', 'violin', 'being', 'played,', 'but', 'this', 'evening', 'it', 'began', 'to', 'be', 'heard', 'from', 'the', 'kitchen.', 'The', 'three', 'gentlemen', 'had', 'already', 'finished', 'their', 'meal,', 'the', 'one', 'in', 'the', 'middle', 'had', 'produced', 'a', 'newspaper,', 'given', 'a', 'page', 'to', 'each', 'of', 'the', 'others,', 'and', 'now', 'they', 'leant', 'back', 'in', 'their', 'chairs', 'reading', 'them', 'and', 'smoking.', 'When', 'the', 'violin', 'began', 'playing', 'they', 'became', 'attentive,', 'stood', 'up', 'and', 'went', 'on', 'tip-toe', 'over', 'to', 'the', 'door', 'of', 'the', 'hallway', 'where', 'they', 'stood', 'pressed', 'against', 'each', 'other.', 'Someone', 'must', 'have', 'heard', 'them', 'in', 'the', 'kitchen,', 'as', "Gregor's", 'father', 'called', 'out:', '"Is', 'the', 'playing', 'perhaps', 'unpleasant', 'for', 'the', 'gentlemen?', 'We', 'can', 'stop', 'it', 'straight', 'away."', '"On', 'the', 'contrary",', 'said', 'the', 'middle', 'gentleman,', '"would', 'the', 'young', 'lady', 'not', 'like', 'to', 'come', 'in', 'and', 'play', 'for', 'us', 'here', 'in', 'the', 'room,', 'where', 'it', 'is,', 'after', 'all,', 'much', 'more', 'cosy', 'and', 'comfortable?"', '"Oh', 'yes,', "we'd", 'love', 'to",', 'called', 'back', "Gregor's", 'father', 'as', 'if', 'he', 'had', 'been', 'the', 'violin', 'player', 'himself.', 'The', 'gentlemen', 'stepped', 'back', 'into', 'the', 'room', 'and', 'waited.', "Gregor's", 'father', 'soon', 'appeared', 'with', 'the', 'music', 'stand,', 'his', 'mother', 'with', 'the', 'music', 'and', 'his', 'sister', 'with', 'the', 'violin.', 'She', 'calmly', 'prepared', 'everything', 'for', 'her', 'to', 'begin', 'playing;', 'his', 'parents,', 'who', 'had', 'never', 'rented', 'a', 'room', 'out', 'before', 'and', 'therefore', 'showed', 'an', 'exaggerated', 'courtesy', 'towards', 'the', 'three', 'gentlemen,', 'did', 'not', 'even', 'dare', 'to', 'sit', 'on', 'their', 'own', 'chairs;', 'his', 'father', 'leant', 'against', 'the', 'door', 'with', 'his', 'right', 'hand', 'pushed', 'in', 'between', 'two', 'buttons', 'on', 'his', 'uniform', 'coat;', 'his', 'mother,', 'though,', 'was', 'offered', 'a', 'seat', 'by', 'one', 'of', 'the', 'gentlemen', 'and', 'sat', '-', 'leaving', 'the', 'chair', 'where', 'the', 'gentleman', 'happened', 'to', 'have', 'placed', 'it', '-', 'out', 'of', 'the', 'way', 'in', 'a', 'corner.', 'His', 'sister', 'began', 'to', 'play;', 'father', 'and', 'mother', 'paid', 'close', 'attention,', 'one', 'on', 'each', 'side,', 'to', 'the', 'movements', 'of', 'her', 'hands.', 'Drawn', 'in', 'by', 'the', 'playing,', 'Gregor', 'had', 'dared', 'to', 'come', 'forward', 'a', 'little', 'and', 'already', 'had', 'his', 'head', 'in', 'the', 'living', 'room.', 'Before,', 'he', 'had', 'taken', 'great', 'pride', 'in', 'how', 'considerate', 'he', 'was', 'but', 'now', 'it', 'hardly', 'occurred', 'to', 'him', 'that', 'he', 'had', 'become', 'so', 'thoughtless', 'about', 'the', 'others.', "What's", 'more,', 'there', 'was', 'now', 'all', 'the', 'more', 'reason', 'to', 'keep', 'himself', 'hidden', 'as', 'he', 'was', 'covered', 'in', 'the', 'dust', 'that', 'lay', 'everywhere', 'in', 'his', 'room', 'and', 'flew', 'up', 'at', 'the', 'slightest', 'movement;', 'he', 'carried', 'threads,', 'hairs,', 'and', 'remains', 'of', 'food', 'about', 'on', 'his', 'back', 'and', 'sides;', 'he', 'was', 'much', 'too', 'indifferent', 'to', 'everything', 'now', 'to', 'lay', 'on', 'his', 'back', 'and', 'wipe', 'himself', 'on', 'the', 'carpet', 'like', 'he', 'had', 'used', 'to', 'do', 'several', 'times', 'a', 'day.', 'And', 'despite', 'this', 'condition,', 'he', 'was', 'not', 'too', 'shy', 'to', 'move', 'forward', 'a', 'little', 'onto', 'the', 'immaculate', 'floor', 'of', 'the', 'living', 'room.', 'No-one', 'noticed', 'him,', 'though.', 'The', 'family', 'was', 'totally', 'preoccupied', 'with', 'the', 'violin', 'playing;', 'at', 'first,', 'the', 'three', 'gentlemen', 'had', 'put', 'their', 'hands', 'in', 'their', 'pockets', 'and', 'come', 'up', 'far', 'too', 'close', 'behind', 'the', 'music', 'stand', 'to', 'look', 'at', 'all', 'the', 'notes', 'being', 'played,', 'and', 'they', 'must', 'have', 'disturbed', "Gregor's", 'sister,', 'but', 'soon,', 'in', 'contrast', 'with', 'the', 'family,', 'they', 'withdrew', 'back', 'to', 'the', 'window', 'with', 'their', 'heads', 'sunk', 'and', 'talking', 'to', 'each', 'other', 'at', 'half', 'volume,', 'and', 'they', 'stayed', 'by', 'the', 'window', 'while', "Gregor's", 'father', 'observed', 'them', 'anxiously.', 'It', 'really', 'now', 'seemed', 'very', 'obvious', 'that', 'they', 'had', 'expected', 'to', 'hear', 'some', 'beautiful', 'or', 'entertaining', 'violin', 'playing', 'but', 'had', 'been', 'disappointed,', 'that', 'they', 'had', 'had', 'enough', 'of', 'the', 'whole', 'performance', 'and', 'it', 'was', 'only', 'now', 'out', 'of', 'politeness', 'that', 'they', 'allowed', 'their', 'peace', 'to', 'be', 'disturbed.', 'It', 'was', 'especially', 'unnerving,', 'the', 'way', 'they', 'all', 'blew', 'the', 'smoke', 'from', 'their', 'cigarettes', 'upwards', 'from', 'their', 'mouth', 'and', 'noses.', 'Yet', "Gregor's", 'sister', 'was', 'playing', 'so', 'beautifully.', 'Her', 'face', 'was', 'leant', 'to', 'one', 'side,', 'following', 'the', 'lines', 'of', 'music', 'with', 'a', 'careful', 'and', 'melancholy', 'expression.', 'Gregor', 'crawled', 'a', 'little', 'further', 'forward,', 'keeping', 'his', 'head', 'close', 'to', 'the', 'ground', 'so', 'that', 'he', 'could', 'meet', 'her', 'eyes', 'if', 'the', 'chance', 'came.', 'Was', 'he', 'an', 'animal', 'if', 'music', 'could', 'captivate', 'him', 'so?', 'It', 'seemed', 'to', 'him', 'that', 'he', 'was', 'being', 'shown', 'the', 'way', 'to', 'the', 'unknown', 'nourishment', 'he', 'had', 'been', 'yearning', 'for.', 'He', 'was', 'determined', 'to', 'make', 'his', 'way', 'forward', 'to', 'his', 'sister', 'and', 'tug', 'at', 'her', 'skirt', 'to', 'show', 'her', 'she', 'might', 'come', 'into', 'his', 'room', 'with', 'her', 'violin,', 'as', 'no-one', 'appreciated', 'her', 'playing', 'here', 'as', 'much', 'as', 'he', 'would.', 'He', 'never', 'wanted', 'to', 'let', 'her', 'out', 'of', 'his', 'room,', 'not', 'while', 'he', 'lived,', 'anyway;', 'his', 'shocking', 'appearance', 'should,', 'for', 'once,', 'be', 'of', 'some', 'use', 'to', 'him;', 'he', 'wanted', 'to', 'be', 'at', 'every', 'door', 'of', 'his', 'room', 'at', 'once', 'to', 'hiss', 'and', 'spit', 'at', 'the', 'attackers;', 'his', 'sister', 'should', 'not', 'be', 'forced', 'to', 'stay', 'with', 'him,', 'though,', 'but', 'stay', 'of', 'her', 'own', 'free', 'will;', 'she', 'would', 'sit', 'beside', 'him', 'on', 'the', 'couch', 'with', 'her', 'ear', 'bent', 'down', 'to', 'him', 'while', 'he', 'told', 'her', 'how', 'he', 'had', 'always', 'intended', 'to', 'send', 'her', 'to', 'the', 'conservatory,', 'how', 'he', 'would', 'have', 'told', 'everyone', 'about', 'it', 'last', 'Christmas', '-', 'had', 'Christmas', 'really', 'come', 'and', 'gone', 'already?', '-', 'if', 'this', 'misfortune', "hadn't", 'got', 'in', 'the', 'way,', 'and', 'refuse', 'to', 'let', 'anyone', 'dissuade', 'him', 'from', 'it.', 'On', 'hearing', 'all', 'this,', 'his', 'sister', 'would', 'break', 'out', 'in', 'tears', 'of', 'emotion,', 'and', 'Gregor', 'would', 'climb', 'up', 'to', 'her', 'shoulder', 'and', 'kiss', 'her', 'neck,', 'which,', 'since', 'she', 'had', 'been', 'going', 'out', 'to', 'work,', 'she', 'had', 'kept', 'free', 'without', 'any', 'necklace', 'or', 'collar.', '"Mr.', 'Samsa!",', 'shouted', 'the', 'middle', 'gentleman', 'to', "Gregor's", 'father,', 'pointing,', 'without', 'wasting', 'any', 'more', 'words,', 'with', 'his', 'forefinger', 'at', 'Gregor', 'as', 'he', 'slowly', 'moved', 'forward.', 'The', 'violin', 'went', 'silent,', 'the', 'middle', 'of', 'the', 'three', 'gentlemen', 'first', 'smiled', 'at', 'his', 'two', 'friends,', 'shaking', 'his', 'head,', 'and', 'then', 'looked', 'back', 'at', 'Gregor.', 'His', 'father', 'seemed', 'to', 'think', 'it', 'more', 'important', 'to', 'calm', 'the', 'three', 'gentlemen', 'before', 'driving', 'Gregor', 'out,', 'even', 'though', 'they', 'were', 'not', 'at', 'all', 'upset', 'and', 'seemed', 'to', 'think', 'Gregor', 'was', 'more', 'entertaining', 'than', 'the', 'violin', 'playing', 'had', 'been.', 'He', 'rushed', 'up', 'to', 'them', 'with', 'his', 'arms', 'spread', 'out', 'and', 'attempted', 'to', 'drive', 'them', 'back', 'into', 'their', 'room', 'at', 'the', 'same', 'time', 'as', 'trying', 'to', 'block', 'their', 'view', 'of', 'Gregor', 'with', 'his', 'body.', 'Now', 'they', 'did', 'become', 'a', 'little', 'annoyed,', 'and', 'it', 'was', 'not', 'clear', 'whether', 'it', 'was', 'his', "father's", 'behaviour', 'that', 'annoyed', 'them', 'or', 'the', 'dawning', 'realisation', 'that', 'they', 'had', 'had', 'a', 'neighbour', 'like', 'Gregor', 'in', 'the', 'next', 'room', 'without', 'knowing', 'it.', 'They', 'asked', "Gregor's", 'father', 'for', 'explanations,', 'raised', 'their', 'arms', 'like', 'he', 'had,', 'tugged', 'excitedly', 'at', 'their', 'beards', 'and', 'moved', 'back', 'towards', 'their', 'room', 'only', 'very', 'slowly.', 'Meanwhile', "Gregor's", 'sister', 'had', 'overcome', 'the', 'despair', 'she', 'had', 'fallen', 'into', 'when', 'her', 'playing', 'was', 'suddenly', 'interrupted.', 'She', 'had', 'let', 'her', 'hands', 'drop', 'and', 'let', 'violin', 'and', 'bow', 'hang', 'limply', 'for', 'a', 'while', 'but', 'continued', 'to', 'look', 'at', 'the', 'music', 'as', 'if', 'still', 'playing,', 'but', 'then', 'she', 'suddenly', 'pulled', 'herself', 'together,', 'lay', 'the', 'instrument', 'on', 'her', "mother's", 'lap', 'who', 'still', 'sat', 'laboriously', 'struggling', 'for', 'breath', 'where', 'she', 'was,', 'and', 'ran', 'into', 'the', 'next', 'room', 'which,', 'under', 'pressure', 'from', 'her', 'father,', 'the', 'three', 'gentlemen', 'were', 'more', 'quickly', 'moving', 'toward.', 'Under', 'his', "sister's", 'experienced', 'hand,', 'the', 'pillows', 'and', 'covers', 'on', 'the', 'beds', 'flew', 'up', 'and', 'were', 'put', 'into', 'order', 'and', 'she', 'had', 'already', 'finished', 'making', 'the', 'beds', 'and', 'slipped', 'out', 'again', 'before', 'the', 'three', 'gentlemen', 'had', 'reached', 'the', 'room.', "Gregor's", 'father', 'seemed', 'so', 'obsessed', 'with', 'what', 'he', 'was', 'doing', 'that', 'he', 'forgot', 'all', 'the', 'respect', 'he', 'owed', 'to', 'his', 'tenants.', 'He', 'urged', 'them', 'and', 'pressed', 'them', 'until,', 'when', 'he', 'was', 'already', 'at', 'the', 'door', 'of', 'the', 'room,', 'the', 'middle', 'of', 'the', 'three', 'gentlemen', 'shouted', 'like', 'thunder', 'and', 'stamped', 'his', 'foot', 'and', 'thereby', 'brought', "Gregor's", 'father', 'to', 'a', 'halt.', '"I', 'declare', 'here', 'and', 'now",', 'he', 'said,', 'raising', 'his', 'hand', 'and', 'glancing', 'at', "Gregor's", 'mother', 'and', 'sister', 'to', 'gain', 'their', 'attention', 'too,', '"that', 'with', 'regard', 'to', 'the', 'repugnant', 'conditions', 'that', 'prevail', 'in', 'this', 'flat', 'and', 'with', 'this', 'family"', '-', 'here', 'he', 'looked', 'briefly', 'but', 'decisively', 'at', 'the', 'floor', '-', '"I', 'give', 'immediate', 'notice', 'on', 'my', 'room.', 'For', 'the', 'days', 'that', 'I', 'have', 'been', 'living', 'here', 'I', 'will,', 'of', 'course,', 'pay', 'nothing', 'at', 'all,', 'on', 'the', 'contrary', 'I', 'will', 'consider', 'whether', 'to', 'proceed', 'with', 'some', 'kind', 'of', 'action', 'for', 'damages', 'from', 'you,', 'and', 'believe', 'me', 'it', 'would', 'be', 'very', 'easy', 'to', 'set', 'out', 'the', 'grounds', 'for', 'such', 'an', 'action."', 'He', 'was', 'silent', 'and', 'looked', 'straight', 'ahead', 'as', 'if', 'waiting', 'for', 'something.', 'And', 'indeed,', 'his', 'two', 'friends', 'joined', 'in', 'with', 'the', 'words:', '"And', 'we', 'also', 'give', 'immediate', 'notice."', 'With', 'that,', 'he', 'took', 'hold', 'of', 'the', 'door', 'handle', 'and', 'slammed', 'the', 'door.', "Gregor's", 'father', 'staggered', 'back', 'to', 'his', 'seat,', 'feeling', 'his', 'way', 'with', 'his', 'hands,', 'and', 'fell', 'into', 'it;', 'it', 'looked', 'as', 'if', 'he', 'was', 'stretching', 'himself', 'out', 'for', 'his', 'usual', 'evening', 'nap', 'but', 'from', 'the', 'uncontrolled', 'way', 'his', 'head', 'kept', 'nodding', 'it', 'could', 'be', 'seen', 'that', 'he', 'was', 'not', 'sleeping', 'at', 'all.', 'Throughout', 'all', 'this,', 'Gregor', 'had', 'lain', 'still', 'where', 'the', 'three', 'gentlemen', 'had', 'first', 'seen', 'him.', 'His', 'disappointment', 'at', 'the', 'failure', 'of', 'his', 'plan,', 'and', 'perhaps', 'also', 'because', 'he', 'was', 'weak', 'from', 'hunger,', 'made', 'it', 'impossible', 'for', 'him', 'to', 'move.', 'He', 'was', 'sure', 'that', 'everyone', 'would', 'turn', 'on', 'him', 'any', 'moment,', 'and', 'he', 'waited.', 'He', 'was', 'not', 'even', 'startled', 'out', 'of', 'this', 'state', 'when', 'the', 'violin', 'on', 'his', "mother's", 'lap', 'fell', 'from', 'her', 'trembling', 'fingers', 'and', 'landed', 'loudly', 'on', 'the', 'floor.', '"Father,', 'Mother",', 'said', 'his', 'sister,', 'hitting', 'the', 'table', 'with', 'her', 'hand', 'as', 'introduction,', '"we', "can't", 'carry', 'on', 'like', 'this.', 'Maybe', 'you', "can't", 'see', 'it,', 'but', 'I', 'can.', 'I', "don't", 'want', 'to', 'call', 'this', 'monster', 'my', 'brother,', 'all', 'I', 'can', 'say', 'is:', 'we', 'have', 'to', 'try', 'and', 'get', 'rid', 'of', 'it.', "We've", 'done', 'all', "that's", 'humanly', 'possible', 'to', 'look', 'after', 'it', 'and', 'be', 'patient,', 'I', "don't", 'think', 'anyone', 'could', 'accuse', 'us', 'of', 'doing', 'anything', 'wrong."', '"She\'s', 'absolutely', 'right",', 'said', "Gregor's", 'father', 'to', 'himself.', 'His', 'mother,', 'who', 'still', 'had', 'not', 'had', 'time', 'to', 'catch', 'her', 'breath,', 'began', 'to', 'cough', 'dully,', 'her', 'hand', 'held', 'out', 'in', 'front', 'of', 'her', 'and', 'a', 'deranged', 'expression', 'in', 'her', 'eyes.', "Gregor's", 'sister', 'rushed', 'to', 'his', 'mother', 'and', 'put', 'her', 'hand', 'on', 'her', 'forehead.', 'Her', 'words', 'seemed', 'to', 'give', "Gregor's", 'father', 'some', 'more', 'definite', 'ideas.', 'He', 'sat', 'upright,', 'played', 'with', 'his', 'uniform', 'cap', 'between', 'the', 'plates', 'left', 'by', 'the', 'three', 'gentlemen', 'after', 'their', 'meal,', 'and', 'occasionally', 'looked', 'down', 'at', 'Gregor', 'as', 'he', 'lay', 'there', 'immobile.', '"We', 'have', 'to', 'try', 'and', 'get', 'rid', 'of', 'it",', 'said', "Gregor's", 'sister,', 'now', 'speaking', 'only', 'to', 'her', 'father,', 'as', 'her', 'mother', 'was', 'too', 'occupied', 'with', 'coughing', 'to', 'listen,', '"it\'ll', 'be', 'the', 'death', 'of', 'both', 'of', 'you,', 'I', 'can', 'see', 'it', 'coming.', 'We', "can't", 'all', 'work', 'as', 'hard', 'as', 'we', 'have', 'to', 'and', 'then', 'come', 'home', 'to', 'be', 'tortured', 'like', 'this,', 'we', "can't", 'endure', 'it.', 'I', "can't", 'endure', 'it', 'any', 'more."', 'And', 'she', 'broke', 'out', 'so', 'heavily', 'in', 'tears', 'that', 'they', 'flowed', 'down', 'the', 'face', 'of', 'her', 'mother,', 'and', 'she', 'wiped', 'them', 'away', 'with', 'mechanical', 'hand', 'movements.', '"My', 'child",', 'said', 'her', 'father', 'with', 'sympathy', 'and', 'obvious', 'understanding,', '"what', 'are', 'we', 'to', 'do?"', 'His', 'sister', 'just', 'shrugged', 'her', 'shoulders', 'as', 'a', 'sign', 'of', 'the', 'helplessness', 'and', 'tears', 'that', 'had', 'taken', 'hold', 'of', 'her,', 'displacing', 'her', 'earlier', 'certainty.', '"If', 'he', 'could', 'just', 'understand', 'us",', 'said', 'his', 'father', 'almost', 'as', 'a', 'question;', 'his', 'sister', 'shook', 'her', 'hand', 'vigorously', 'through', 'her', 'tears', 'as', 'a', 'sign', 'that', 'of', 'that', 'there', 'was', 'no', 'question.', '"If', 'he', 'could', 'just', 'understand', 'us",', 'repeated', "Gregor's", 'father,', 'closing', 'his', 'eyes', 'in', 'acceptance', 'of', 'his', "sister's", 'certainty', 'that', 'that', 'was', 'quite', 'impossible,', '"then', 'perhaps', 'we', 'could', 'come', 'to', 'some', 'kind', 'of', 'arrangement', 'with', 'him.', 'But', 'as', 'it', 'is', '..."', '"It\'s', 'got', 'to', 'go",', 'shouted', 'his', 'sister,', '"that\'s', 'the', 'only', 'way,', 'Father.', "You've", 'got', 'to', 'get', 'rid', 'of', 'the', 'idea', 'that', "that's", 'Gregor.', "We've", 'only', 'harmed', 'ourselves', 'by', 'believing', 'it', 'for', 'so', 'long.', 'How', 'can', 'that', 'be', 'Gregor?', 'If', 'it', 'were', 'Gregor', 'he', 'would', 'have', 'seen', 'long', 'ago', 'that', "it's", 'not', 'possible', 'for', 'human', 'beings', 'to', 'live', 'with', 'an', 'animal', 'like', 'that', 'and', 'he', 'would', 'have', 'gone', 'of', 'his', 'own', 'free', 'will.', 'We', "wouldn't", 'have', 'a', 'brother', 'any', 'more,', 'then,', 'but', 'we', 'could', 'carry', 'on', 'with', 'our', 'lives', 'and', 'remember', 'him', 'with', 'respect.', 'As', 'it', 'is', 'this', 'animal', 'is', 'persecuting', 'us,', "it's", 'driven', 'out', 'our', 'tenants,', 'it', 'obviously', 'wants', 'to', 'take', 'over', 'the', 'whole', 'flat', 'and', 'force', 'us', 'to', 'sleep', 'on', 'the', 'streets.', 'Father,', 'look,', 'just', 'look",', 'she', 'suddenly', 'screamed,', '"he\'s', 'starting', 'again!"', 'In', 'her', 'alarm,', 'which', 'was', 'totally', 'beyond', "Gregor's", 'comprehension,', 'his', 'sister', 'even', 'abandoned', 'his', 'mother', 'as', 'she', 'pushed', 'herself', 'vigorously', 'out', 'of', 'her', 'chair', 'as', 'if', 'more', 'willing', 'to', 'sacrifice', 'her', 'own', 'mother', 'than', 'stay', 'anywhere', 'near', 'Gregor.', 'She', 'rushed', 'over', 'to', 'behind', 'her', 'father,', 'who', 'had', 'become', 'excited', 'merely', 'because', 'she', 'was', 'and', 'stood', 'up', 'half', 'raising', 'his', 'hands', 'in', 'front', 'of', "Gregor's", 'sister', 'as', 'if', 'to', 'protect', 'her.', 'But', 'Gregor', 'had', 'had', 'no', 'intention', 'of', 'frightening', 'anyone,', 'least', 'of', 'all', 'his', 'sister.', 'All', 'he', 'had', 'done', 'was', 'begin', 'to', 'turn', 'round', 'so', 'that', 'he', 'could', 'go', 'back', 'into', 'his', 'room,', 'although', 'that', 'was', 'in', 'itself', 'quite', 'startling', 'as', 'his', 'pain-wracked', 'condition', 'meant', 'that', 'turning', 'round', 'required', 'a', 'great', 'deal', 'of', 'effort', 'and', 'he', 'was', 'using', 'his', 'head', 'to', 'help', 'himself', 'do', 'it,', 'repeatedly', 'raising', 'it', 'and', 'striking', 'it', 'against', 'the', 'floor.', 'He', 'stopped', 'and', 'looked', 'round.', 'They', 'seemed', 'to', 'have', 'realised', 'his', 'good', 'intention', 'and', 'had', 'only', 'been', 'alarmed', 'briefly.', 'Now', 'they', 'all', 'looked', 'at', 'him', 'in', 'unhappy', 'silence.', 'His', 'mother', 'lay', 'in', 'her', 'chair', 'with', 'her', 'legs', 'stretched', 'out', 'and', 'pressed', 'against', 'each', 'other,', 'her', 'eyes', 'nearly', 'closed', 'with', 'exhaustion;', 'his', 'sister', 'sat', 'next', 'to', 'his', 'father', 'with', 'her', 'arms', 'around', 'his', 'neck.', '"Maybe', 'now', "they'll", 'let', 'me', 'turn', 'round",', 'thought', 'Gregor', 'and', 'went', 'back', 'to', 'work.', 'He', 'could', 'not', 'help', 'panting', 'loudly', 'with', 'the', 'effort', 'and', 'had', 'sometimes', 'to', 'stop', 'and', 'take', 'a', 'rest.', 'No-one', 'was', 'making', 'him', 'rush', 'any', 'more,', 'everything', 'was', 'left', 'up', 'to', 'him.', 'As', 'soon', 'as', 'he', 'had', 'finally', 'finished', 'turning', 'round', 'he', 'began', 'to', 'move', 'straight', 'ahead.', 'He', 'was', 'amazed', 'at', 'the', 'great', 'distance', 'that', 'separated', 'him', 'from', 'his', 'room,', 'and', 'could', 'not', 'understand', 'how', 'he', 'had', 'covered', 'that', 'distance', 'in', 'his', 'weak', 'state', 'a', 'little', 'while', 'before', 'and', 'almost', 'without', 'noticing', 'it.', 'He', 'concentrated', 'on', 'crawling', 'as', 'fast', 'as', 'he', 'could', 'and', 'hardly', 'noticed', 'that', 'there', 'was', 'not', 'a', 'word,', 'not', 'any', 'cry,', 'from', 'his', 'family', 'to', 'distract', 'him.', 'He', 'did', 'not', 'turn', 'his', 'head', 'until', 'he', 'had', 'reached', 'the', 'doorway.', 'He', 'did', 'not', 'turn', 'it', 'all', 'the', 'way', 'round', 'as', 'he', 'felt', 'his', 'neck', 'becoming', 'stiff,', 'but', 'it', 'was', 'nonetheless', 'enough', 'to', 'see', 'that', 'nothing', 'behind', 'him', 'had', 'changed,', 'only', 'his', 'sister', 'had', 'stood', 'up.', 'With', 'his', 'last', 'glance', 'he', 'saw', 'that', 'his', 'mother', 'had', 'now', 'fallen', 'completely', 'asleep.', 'He', 'was', 'hardly', 'inside', 'his', 'room', 'before', 'the', 'door', 'was', 'hurriedly', 'shut,', 'bolted', 'and', 'locked.', 'The', 'sudden', 'noise', 'behind', 'Gregor', 'so', 'startled', 'him', 'that', 'his', 'little', 'legs', 'collapsed', 'under', 'him.', 'It', 'was', 'his', 'sister', 'who', 'had', 'been', 'in', 'so', 'much', 'of', 'a', 'rush.', 'She', 'had', 'been', 'standing', 'there', 'waiting', 'and', 'sprung', 'forward', 'lightly,', 'Gregor', 'had', 'not', 'heard', 'her', 'coming', 'at', 'all,', 'and', 'as', 'she', 'turned', 'the', 'key', 'in', 'the', 'lock', 'she', 'said', 'loudly', 'to', 'her', 'parents', '"At', 'last!".', '"What', 'now,', 'then?",', 'Gregor', 'asked', 'himself', 'as', 'he', 'looked', 'round', 'in', 'the', 'darkness.', 'He', 'soon', 'made', 'the', 'discovery', 'that', 'he', 'could', 'no', 'longer', 'move', 'at', 'all.', 'This', 'was', 'no', 'surprise', 'to', 'him,', 'it', 'seemed', 'rather', 'that', 'being', 'able', 'to', 'actually', 'move', 'around', 'on', 'those', 'spindly', 'little', 'legs', 'until', 'then', 'was', 'unnatural.', 'He', 'also', 'felt', 'relatively', 'comfortable.', 'It', 'is', 'true', 'that', 'his', 'entire', 'body', 'was', 'aching,', 'but', 'the', 'pain', 'seemed', 'to', 'be', 'slowly', 'getting', 'weaker', 'and', 'weaker', 'and', 'would', 'finally', 'disappear', 'altogether.', 'He', 'could', 'already', 'hardly', 'feel', 'the', 'decayed', 'apple', 'in', 'his', 'back', 'or', 'the', 'inflamed', 'area', 'around', 'it,', 'which', 'was', 'entirely', 'covered', 'in', 'white', 'dust.', 'He', 'thought', 'back', 'of', 'his', 'family', 'with', 'emotion', 'and', 'love.', 'If', 'it', 'was', 'possible,', 'he', 'felt', 'that', 'he', 'must', 'go', 'away', 'even', 'more', 'strongly', 'than', 'his', 'sister.', 'He', 'remained', 'in', 'this', 'state', 'of', 'empty', 'and', 'peaceful', 'rumination', 'until', 'he', 'heard', 'the', 'clock', 'tower', 'strike', 'three', 'in', 'the', 'morning.', 'He', 'watched', 'as', 'it', 'slowly', 'began', 'to', 'get', 'light', 'everywhere', 'outside', 'the', 'window', 'too.', 'Then,', 'without', 'his', 'willing', 'it,', 'his', 'head', 'sank', 'down', 'completely,', 'and', 'his', 'last', 'breath', 'flowed', 'weakly', 'from', 'his', 'nostrils.', 'When', 'the', 'cleaner', 'came', 'in', 'early', 'in', 'the', 'morning', '-', "they'd", 'often', 'asked', 'her', 'not', 'to', 'keep', 'slamming', 'the', 'doors', 'but', 'with', 'her', 'strength', 'and', 'in', 'her', 'hurry', 'she', 'still', 'did,', 'so', 'that', 'everyone', 'in', 'the', 'flat', 'knew', 'when', "she'd", 'arrived', 'and', 'from', 'then', 'on', 'it', 'was', 'impossible', 'to', 'sleep', 'in', 'peace', '-', 'she', 'made', 'her', 'usual', 'brief', 'look', 'in', 'on', 'Gregor', 'and', 'at', 'first', 'found', 'nothing', 'special.', 'She', 'thought', 'he', 'was', 'laying', 'there', 'so', 'still', 'on', 'purpose,', 'playing', 'the', 'martyr;', 'she', 'attributed', 'all', 'possible', 'understanding', 'to', 'him.', 'She', 'happened', 'to', 'be', 'holding', 'the', 'long', 'broom', 'in', 'her', 'hand,', 'so', 'she', 'tried', 'to', 'tickle', 'Gregor', 'with', 'it', 'from', 'the', 'doorway.', 'When', 'she', 'had', 'no', 'success', 'with', 'that', 'she', 'tried', 'to', 'make', 'a', 'nuisance', 'of', 'herself', 'and', 'poked', 'at', 'him', 'a', 'little,', 'and', 'only', 'when', 'she', 'found', 'she', 'could', 'shove', 'him', 'across', 'the', 'floor', 'with', 'no', 'resistance', 'at', 'all', 'did', 'she', 'start', 'to', 'pay', 'attention.', 'She', 'soon', 'realised', 'what', 'had', 'really', 'happened,', 'opened', 'her', 'eyes', 'wide,', 'whistled', 'to', 'herself,', 'but', 'did', 'not', 'waste', 'time', 'to', 'yank', 'open', 'the', 'bedroom', 'doors', 'and', 'shout', 'loudly', 'into', 'the', 'darkness', 'of', 'the', 'bedrooms:', '"Come', 'and', "'ave", 'a', 'look', 'at', 'this,', "it's", 'dead,', 'just', 'lying', 'there,', 'stone', 'dead!"', 'Mr.', 'and', 'Mrs.', 'Samsa', 'sat', 'upright', 'there', 'in', 'their', 'marriage', 'bed', 'and', 'had', 'to', 'make', 'an', 'effort', 'to', 'get', 'over', 'the', 'shock', 'caused', 'by', 'the', 'cleaner', 'before', 'they', 'could', 'grasp', 'what', 'she', 'was', 'saying.', 'But', 'then,', 'each', 'from', 'his', 'own', 'side,', 'they', 'hurried', 'out', 'of', 'bed.', 'Mr.', 'Samsa', 'threw', 'the', 'blanket', 'over', 'his', 'shoulders,', 'Mrs.', 'Samsa', 'just', 'came', 'out', 'in', 'her', 'nightdress;', 'and', 'that', 'is', 'how', 'they', 'went', 'into', "Gregor's", 'room.', 'On', 'the', 'way', 'they', 'opened', 'the', 'door', 'to', 'the', 'living', 'room', 'where', 'Grete', 'had', 'been', 'sleeping', 'since', 'the', 'three', 'gentlemen', 'had', 'moved', 'in;', 'she', 'was', 'fully', 'dressed', 'as', 'if', 'she', 'had', 'never', 'been', 'asleep,', 'and', 'the', 'paleness', 'of', 'her', 'face', 'seemed', 'to', 'confirm', 'this.', '"Dead?",', 'asked', 'Mrs.', 'Samsa,', 'looking', 'at', 'the', 'charwoman', 'enquiringly,', 'even', 'though', 'she', 'could', 'have', 'checked', 'for', 'herself', 'and', 'could', 'have', 'known', 'it', 'even', 'without', 'checking.', '"That\'s', 'what', 'I', 'said",', 'replied', 'the', 'cleaner,', 'and', 'to', 'prove', 'it', 'she', 'gave', "Gregor's", 'body', 'another', 'shove', 'with', 'the', 'broom,', 'sending', 'it', 'sideways', 'across', 'the', 'floor.', 'Mrs.', 'Samsa', 'made', 'a', 'movement', 'as', 'if', 'she', 'wanted', 'to', 'hold', 'back', 'the', 'broom,', 'but', 'did', 'not', 'complete', 'it.', '"Now', 'then",', 'said', 'Mr.', 'Samsa,', '"let\'s', 'give', 'thanks', 'to', 'God', 'for', 'that".', 'He', 'crossed', 'himself,', 'and', 'the', 'three', 'women', 'followed', 'his', 'example.', 'Grete,', 'who', 'had', 'not', 'taken', 'her', 'eyes', 'from', 'the', 'corpse,', 'said:', '"Just', 'look', 'how', 'thin', 'he', 'was.', 'He', "didn't", 'eat', 'anything', 'for', 'so', 'long.', 'The', 'food', 'came', 'out', 'again', 'just', 'the', 'same', 'as', 'when', 'it', 'went', 'in".', "Gregor's", 'body', 'was', 'indeed', 'completely', 'dried', 'up', 'and', 'flat,', 'they', 'had', 'not', 'seen', 'it', 'until', 'then,', 'but', 'now', 'he', 'was', 'not', 'lifted', 'up', 'on', 'his', 'little', 'legs,', 'nor', 'did', 'he', 'do', 'anything', 'to', 'make', 'them', 'look', 'away.', '"Grete,', 'come', 'with', 'us', 'in', 'here', 'for', 'a', 'little', 'while",', 'said', 'Mrs.', 'Samsa', 'with', 'a', 'pained', 'smile,', 'and', 'Grete', 'followed', 'her', 'parents', 'into', 'the', 'bedroom', 'but', 'not', 'without', 'looking', 'back', 'at', 'the', 'body.', 'The', 'cleaner', 'shut', 'the', 'door', 'and', 'opened', 'the', 'window', 'wide.', 'Although', 'it', 'was', 'still', 'early', 'in', 'the', 'morning', 'the', 'fresh', 'air', 'had', 'something', 'of', 'warmth', 'mixed', 'in', 'with', 'it.', 'It', 'was', 'already', 'the', 'end', 'of', 'March,', 'after', 'all.', 'The', 'three', 'gentlemen', 'stepped', 'out', 'of', 'their', 'room', 'and', 'looked', 'round', 'in', 'amazement', 'for', 'their', 'breakfasts;', 'they', 'had', 'been', 'forgotten', 'about.', '"Where', 'is', 'our', 'breakfast?",', 'the', 'middle', 'gentleman', 'asked', 'the', 'cleaner', 'irritably.', 'She', 'just', 'put', 'her', 'finger', 'on', 'her', 'lips', 'and', 'made', 'a', 'quick', 'and', 'silent', 'sign', 'to', 'the', 'men', 'that', 'they', 'might', 'like', 'to', 'come', 'into', "Gregor's", 'room.', 'They', 'did', 'so,', 'and', 'stood', 'around', "Gregor's", 'corpse', 'with', 'their', 'hands', 'in', 'the', 'pockets', 'of', 'their', 'well-worn', 'coats.', 'It', 'was', 'now', 'quite', 'light', 'in', 'the', 'room.', 'Then', 'the', 'door', 'of', 'the', 'bedroom', 'opened', 'and', 'Mr.', 'Samsa', 'appeared', 'in', 'his', 'uniform', 'with', 'his', 'wife', 'on', 'one', 'arm', 'and', 'his', 'daughter', 'on', 'the', 'other.', 'All', 'of', 'them', 'had', 'been', 'crying', 'a', 'little;', 'Grete', 'now', 'and', 'then', 'pressed', 'her', 'face', 'against', 'her', "father's", 'arm.', '"Leave', 'my', 'home.', 'Now!",', 'said', 'Mr.', 'Samsa,', 'indicating', 'the', 'door', 'and', 'without', 'letting', 'the', 'women', 'from', 'him.', '"What', 'do', 'you', 'mean?",', 'asked', 'the', 'middle', 'of', 'the', 'three', 'gentlemen', 'somewhat', 'disconcerted,', 'and', 'he', 'smiled', 'sweetly.', 'The', 'other', 'two', 'held', 'their', 'hands', 'behind', 'their', 'backs', 'and', 'continually', 'rubbed', 'them', 'together', 'in', 'gleeful', 'anticipation', 'of', 'a', 'loud', 'quarrel', 'which', 'could', 'only', 'end', 'in', 'their', 'favour.', '"I', 'mean', 'just', 'what', 'I', 'said",', 'answered', 'Mr.', 'Samsa,', 'and,', 'with', 'his', 'two', 'companions,', 'went', 'in', 'a', 'straight', 'line', 'towards', 'the', 'man.', 'At', 'first,', 'he', 'stood', 'there', 'still,', 'looking', 'at', 'the', 'ground', 'as', 'if', 'the', 'contents', 'of', 'his', 'head', 'were', 'rearranging', 'themselves', 'into', 'new', 'positions.', '"Alright,', "we'll", 'go', 'then",', 'he', 'said,', 'and', 'looked', 'up', 'at', 'Mr.', 'Samsa', 'as', 'if', 'he', 'had', 'been', 'suddenly', 'overcome', 'with', 'humility', 'and', 'wanted', 'permission', 'again', 'from', 'Mr.', 'Samsa', 'for', 'his', 'decision.', 'Mr.', 'Samsa', 'merely', 'opened', 'his', 'eyes', 'wide', 'and', 'briefly', 'nodded', 'to', 'him', 'several', 'times.', 'At', 'that,', 'and', 'without', 'delay,', 'the', 'man', 'actually', 'did', 'take', 'long', 'strides', 'into', 'the', 'front', 'hallway;', 'his', 'two', 'friends', 'had', 'stopped', 'rubbing', 'their', 'hands', 'some', 'time', 'before', 'and', 'had', 'been', 'listening', 'to', 'what', 'was', 'being', 'said.', 'Now', 'they', 'jumped', 'off', 'after', 'their', 'friend', 'as', 'if', 'taken', 'with', 'a', 'sudden', 'fear', 'that', 'Mr.', 'Samsa', 'might', 'go', 'into', 'the', 'hallway', 'in', 'front', 'of', 'them', 'and', 'break', 'the', 'connection', 'with', 'their', 'leader.', 'Once', 'there,', 'all', 'three', 'took', 'their', 'hats', 'from', 'the', 'stand,', 'took', 'their', 'sticks', 'from', 'the', 'holder,', 'bowed', 'without', 'a', 'word', 'and', 'left', 'the', 'premises.', 'Mr.', 'Samsa', 'and', 'the', 'two', 'women', 'followed', 'them', 'out', 'onto', 'the', 'landing;', 'but', 'they', 'had', 'had', 'no', 'reason', 'to', 'mistrust', 'the', "men's", 'intentions', 'and', 'as', 'they', 'leaned', 'over', 'the', 'landing', 'they', 'saw', 'how', 'the', 'three', 'gentlemen', 'made', 'slow', 'but', 'steady', 'progress', 'down', 'the', 'many', 'steps.', 'As', 'they', 'turned', 'the', 'corner', 'on', 'each', 'floor', 'they', 'disappeared', 'and', 'would', 'reappear', 'a', 'few', 'moments', 'later;', 'the', 'further', 'down', 'they', 'went,', 'the', 'more', 'that', 'the', 'Samsa', 'family', 'lost', 'interest', 'in', 'them;', 'when', 'a', "butcher's", 'boy,', 'proud', 'of', 'posture', 'with', 'his', 'tray', 'on', 'his', 'head,', 'passed', 'them', 'on', 'his', 'way', 'up', 'and', 'came', 'nearer', 'than', 'they', 'were,', 'Mr.', 'Samsa', 'and', 'the', 'women', 'came', 'away', 'from', 'the', 'landing', 'and', 'went,', 'as', 'if', 'relieved,', 'back', 'into', 'the', 'flat.', 'They', 'decided', 'the', 'best', 'way', 'to', 'make', 'use', 'of', 'that', 'day', 'was', 'for', 'relaxation', 'and', 'to', 'go', 'for', 'a', 'walk;', 'not', 'only', 'had', 'they', 'earned', 'a', 'break', 'from', 'work', 'but', 'they', 'were', 'in', 'serious', 'need', 'of', 'it.', 'So', 'they', 'sat', 'at', 'the', 'table', 'and', 'wrote', 'three', 'letters', 'of', 'excusal,', 'Mr.', 'Samsa', 'to', 'his', 'employers,', 'Mrs.', 'Samsa', 'to', 'her', 'contractor', 'and', 'Grete', 'to', 'her', 'principal.', 'The', 'cleaner', 'came', 'in', 'while', 'they', 'were', 'writing', 'to', 'tell', 'them', 'she', 'was', 'going,', "she'd", 'finished', 'her', 'work', 'for', 'that', 'morning.', 'The', 'three', 'of', 'them', 'at', 'first', 'just', 'nodded', 'without', 'looking', 'up', 'from', 'what', 'they', 'were', 'writing,', 'and', 'it', 'was', 'only', 'when', 'the', 'cleaner', 'still', 'did', 'not', 'seem', 'to', 'want', 'to', 'leave', 'that', 'they', 'looked', 'up', 'in', 'irritation.', '"Well?",', 'asked', 'Mr.', 'Samsa.', 'The', 'charwoman', 'stood', 'in', 'the', 'doorway', 'with', 'a', 'smile', 'on', 'her', 'face', 'as', 'if', 'she', 'had', 'some', 'tremendous', 'good', 'news', 'to', 'report,', 'but', 'would', 'only', 'do', 'it', 'if', 'she', 'was', 'clearly', 'asked', 'to.', 'The', 'almost', 'vertical', 'little', 'ostrich', 'feather', 'on', 'her', 'hat,', 'which', 'had', 'been', 'a', 'source', 'of', 'irritation', 'to', 'Mr.', 'Samsa', 'all', 'the', 'time', 'she', 'had', 'been', 'working', 'for', 'them,', 'swayed', 'gently', 'in', 'all', 'directions.', '"What', 'is', 'it', 'you', 'want', 'then?",', 'asked', 'Mrs.', 'Samsa,', 'whom', 'the', 'cleaner', 'had', 'the', 'most', 'respect', 'for.', '"Yes",', 'she', 'answered,', 'and', 'broke', 'into', 'a', 'friendly', 'laugh', 'that', 'made', 'her', 'unable', 'to', 'speak', 'straight', 'away,', '"well', 'then,', 'that', 'thing', 'in', 'there,', 'you', "needn't", 'worry', 'about', 'how', "you're", 'going', 'to', 'get', 'rid', 'of', 'it.', "That's", 'all', 'been', 'sorted', 'out."', 'Mrs.', 'Samsa', 'and', 'Grete', 'bent', 'down', 'over', 'their', 'letters', 'as', 'if', 'intent', 'on', 'continuing', 'with', 'what', 'they', 'were', 'writing;', 'Mr.', 'Samsa', 'saw', 'that', 'the', 'cleaner', 'wanted', 'to', 'start', 'describing', 'everything', 'in', 'detail', 'but,', 'with', 'outstretched', 'hand,', 'he', 'made', 'it', 'quite', 'clear', 'that', 'she', 'was', 'not', 'to.', 'So,', 'as', 'she', 'was', 'prevented', 'from', 'telling', 'them', 'all', 'about', 'it,', 'she', 'suddenly', 'remembered', 'what', 'a', 'hurry', 'she', 'was', 'in', 'and,', 'clearly', 'peeved,', 'called', 'out', '"Cheerio', 'then,', 'everyone",', 'turned', 'round', 'sharply', 'and', 'left,', 'slamming', 'the', 'door', 'terribly', 'as', 'she', 'went.', '"Tonight', 'she', 'gets', 'sacked",', 'said', 'Mr.', 'Samsa,', 'but', 'he', 'received', 'no', 'reply', 'from', 'either', 'his', 'wife', 'or', 'his', 'daughter', 'as', 'the', 'charwoman', 'seemed', 'to', 'have', 'destroyed', 'the', 'peace', 'they', 'had', 'only', 'just', 'gained.', 'They', 'got', 'up', 'and', 'went', 'over', 'to', 'the', 'window', 'where', 'they', 'remained', 'with', 'their', 'arms', 'around', 'each', 'other.', 'Mr.', 'Samsa', 'twisted', 'round', 'in', 'his', 'chair', 'to', 'look', 'at', 'them', 'and', 'sat', 'there', 'watching', 'for', 'a', 'while.', 'Then', 'he', 'called', 'out:', '"Come', 'here,', 'then.', "Let's", 'forget', 'about', 'all', 'that', 'old', 'stuff,', 'shall', 'we.', 'Come', 'and', 'give', 'me', 'a', 'bit', 'of', 'attention".', 'The', 'two', 'women', 'immediately', 'did', 'as', 'he', 'said,', 'hurrying', 'over', 'to', 'him', 'where', 'they', 'kissed', 'him', 'and', 'hugged', 'him', 'and', 'then', 'they', 'quickly', 'finished', 'their', 'letters.', 'After', 'that,', 'the', 'three', 'of', 'them', 'left', 'the', 'flat', 'together,', 'which', 'was', 'something', 'they', 'had', 'not', 'done', 'for', 'months,', 'and', 'took', 'the', 'tram', 'out', 'to', 'the', 'open', 'country', 'outside', 'the', 'town.', 'They', 'had', 'the', 'tram,', 'filled', 'with', 'warm', 'sunshine,', 'all', 'to', 'themselves.', 'Leant', 'back', 'comfortably', 'on', 'their', 'seats,', 'they', 'discussed', 'their', 'prospects', 'and', 'found', 'that', 'on', 'closer', 'examination', 'they', 'were', 'not', 'at', 'all', 'bad', '-', 'until', 'then', 'they', 'had', 'never', 'asked', 'each', 'other', 'about', 'their', 'work', 'but', 'all', 'three', 'had', 'jobs', 'which', 'were', 'very', 'good', 'and', 'held', 'particularly', 'good', 'promise', 'for', 'the', 'future.', 'The', 'greatest', 'improvement', 'for', 'the', 'time', 'being,', 'of', 'course,', 'would', 'be', 'achieved', 'quite', 'easily', 'by', 'moving', 'house;', 'what', 'they', 'needed', 'now', 'was', 'a', 'flat', 'that', 'was', 'smaller', 'and', 'cheaper', 'than', 'the', 'current', 'one', 'which', 'had', 'been', 'chosen', 'by', 'Gregor,', 'one', 'that', 'was', 'in', 'a', 'better', 'location', 'and,', 'most', 'of', 'all,', 'more', 'practical.', 'All', 'the', 'time,', 'Grete', 'was', 'becoming', 'livelier.', 'With', 'all', 'the', 'worry', 'they', 'had', 'been', 'having', 'of', 'late', 'her', 'cheeks', 'had', 'become', 'pale,', 'but,', 'while', 'they', 'were', 'talking,', 'Mr.', 'and', 'Mrs.', 'Samsa', 'were', 'struck,', 'almost', 'simultaneously,', 'with', 'the', 'thought', 'of', 'how', 'their', 'daughter', 'was', 'blossoming', 'into', 'a', 'well', 'built', 'and', 'beautiful', 'young', 'lady.', 'They', 'became', 'quieter.', 'Just', 'from', 'each', "other's", 'glance', 'and', 'almost', 'without', 'knowing', 'it', 'they', 'agreed', 'that', 'it', 'would', 'soon', 'be', 'time', 'to', 'find', 'a', 'good', 'man', 'for', 'her.', 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['/:;<=@\nOne morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found\nhimself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.',
 'He lay on\nhis armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could\nsee his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff\nsections.',
 'The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready\nto slide off any moment.',
 'His many legs, pitifully thin compared\nwith the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he\nlooked.',
 '"What\'s happened to me?"',
 'he thought.',
 "It wasn't a dream.",
 'His room,\na proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully\nbetween its four familiar walls.',
 'A collection of textile samples\nlay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and\nabove it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an\nillustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame.',
 'It showed\na lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright,\nraising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm\ntowards the viewer.',
 'Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather.',
 'Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel\nquite sad.',
 '"How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all\nthis nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to\ndo because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present\nstate couldn\'t get into that position.',
 'However hard he threw\nhimself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was.',
 "He\nmust have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he\nwouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when\nhe began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt\nbefore.",
 '"Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I\'ve\nchosen!',
 'Travelling day in and day out.',
 "Doing business like this\ntakes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on\ntop of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making\ntrain connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different\npeople all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or\nbecome friendly with them.",
 'It can all go to Hell!"',
 "He felt a\nslight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back\ntowards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found\nwhere the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little\nwhite spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried\nto feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back\nbecause as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder.",
 'He slid back into his former position.',
 '"Getting up early all the\ntime", he thought, "it makes you stupid.',
 "You've got to get enough\nsleep.",
 'Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury.',
 'For\ninstance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning\nto copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting\nthere eating their breakfasts.',
 "I ought to just try that with my\nboss; I'd get kicked out on the spot.",
 'But who knows, maybe that\nwould be the best thing for me.',
 "If I didn't have my parents to\nthink about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have\ngone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him\neverything I would, let him know just what I feel.",
 "He'd fall right\noff his desk!",
 "And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up\nthere at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there,\nespecially when you have to go right up close because the boss is\nhard of hearing.",
 "Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the\nmoney together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or\nsix years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do.",
 "That's when\nI'll make the big change.",
 'First of all though, I\'ve got to get up,\nmy train leaves at five."',
 'And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of\ndrawers.',
 '"God in Heaven!"',
 'he thought.',
 'It was half past six and the\nhands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half\npast, more like quarter to seven.',
 'Had the alarm clock not rung?',
 "He\ncould see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it\nshould have been; it certainly must have rung.",
 'Yes, but was it\npossible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise?',
 'True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply\nbecause of that.',
 'What should he do now?',
 'The next train went at\nseven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and\nthe collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at\nall feel particularly fresh and lively.',
 "And even if he did catch\nthe train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office\nassistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he\nwould have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long\ntime ago.",
 "The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and\nwith no understanding.",
 'What about if he reported sick?',
 "But that\nwould be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of\nservice Gregor had never once yet been ill.  His boss would\ncertainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance\ncompany, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the\ndoctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed\nthat no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy.",
 "And what's\nmore, would he have been entirely wrong in this case?",
 'Gregor did in\nfact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long,\nfeel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual.',
 'He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide\nto get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven.',
 'There was a cautious knock at the door near his head.',
 '"Gregor",\nsomebody called - it was his mother - "it\'s quarter to seven.',
 'Didn\'t you want to go somewhere?"',
 'That gentle voice!',
 'Gregor was\nshocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be\nrecognised as the voice he had had before.',
 'As if from deep inside\nhim, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with\nit, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort\nof echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether\nhe had heard properly or not.',
 'Gregor had wanted to give a full\nanswer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented\nhimself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I\'m getting up\nnow."',
 "The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed\noutside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with\nthis explanation and shuffled away.",
 'But this short conversation\nmade the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against\ntheir expectations was still at home, and soon his father came\nknocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist.',
 '"Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what\'s wrong?"',
 'And after a short\nwhile he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor!',
 'Gregor!"',
 'At the other side door his sister came plaintively:\n"Gregor?',
 "Aren't you well?",
 'Do you need anything?"',
 'Gregor answered to\nboth sides: "I\'m ready, now", making an effort to remove all the\nstrangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting\nlong pauses between each, individual word.',
 'His father went back to\nhis breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I\nbeg of you."',
 'Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door,\nand instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired\nfrom his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was\nat home.',
 'The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being\ndisturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast.',
 'Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware\nthat he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by\nlying in bed.',
 'He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in\nbed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned\nout to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would\nslowly resolve themselves today.',
 'He did not have the slightest\ndoubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first\nsign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for\ntravelling salesmen.',
 'It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow\nhimself up a little and they fell off by themselves.',
 'But it became\ndifficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad.',
 'He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but\ninstead of them he only had all those little legs continuously\nmoving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to\ncontrol.',
 'If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first\none that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do\nwhat he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free\nand would move about painfully.',
 '"This is something that can\'t be\ndone in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don\'t keep trying to do\nit".',
 'The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body\nout of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not\nimagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move;\nit went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he\ncarelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could\ngather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower\nbedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower\npart of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive.',
 'So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed\nfirst, carefully turning his head to the side.',
 'This he managed\nquite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of\nhis body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head.',
 'But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the\nfresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be\na miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry\non pushing himself forward the same way.',
 'And he could not knock\nhimself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose\nconsciousness.',
 'It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been\nearlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching\nhis legs as they struggled against each other even harder than\nbefore, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing\npeace and order to this chaos.',
 'He told himself once more that it\nwas not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible\nthing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at\nwhatever sacrifice.',
 'At the same time, though, he did not forget to\nremind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing\nto desperate conclusions.',
 'At times like this he would direct his\neyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but\nunfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was\nenveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer\nto offer him.',
 '"Seven o\'clock, already", he said to himself when the\nclock struck again, "seven o\'clock, and there\'s still a fog like\nthis."',
 'And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly\nas if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back\nto their real and natural state.',
 'But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven\nI\'ll definitely have to have got properly out of bed.',
 'And by then\nsomebody will have come round from work to ask what\'s happened to me\nas well, as they open up at work before seven o\'clock."',
 'And so he\nset himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body\nout of the bed all at the same time.',
 'If he succeeded in falling out\nof bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could\nprobably avoid injuring it.',
 'His back seemed to be quite hard, and\nprobably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet.',
 'His\nmain concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which\neven through all the doors would probably raise concern if not\nalarm.',
 'But it was something that had to be risked.',
 'When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new\nmethod was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock\nback and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be\nif somebody came to help him.',
 'Two strong people - he had his father\nand the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would\nonly have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him\naway from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and\ncareful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the\nlittle legs would find a use.',
 'Should he really call for help\nthough, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked?',
 'Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile\nat this thought.',
 'After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have\nbeen hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard.',
 'The\ntime was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final\ndecision very soon.',
 'Then there was a ring at the door of the flat.',
 '"That\'ll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very\nstill, although his little legs only became all the more lively as\nthey danced around.',
 'For a moment everything remained quiet.',
 '"They\'re not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in\nsome nonsensical hope.',
 "But then of course, the maid's firm steps\nwent to the door as ever and opened it.",
 "Gregor only needed to hear\nthe visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the\nchief clerk himself.",
 'Why did Gregor have to be the only one\ncondemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly\nsuspicious at the slightest shortcoming?',
 "Were all employees, every\none of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and\ndevoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he\ncouldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of\nhours in the morning on company business?",
 'Was it really not enough\nto let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were\neven necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did\nthey have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so\nsuspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the\nwisdom to investigate it?',
 'And more because these thoughts had made\nhim upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with\nall his force out of the bed.',
 "There was a loud thump, but it wasn't\nreally a loud noise.",
 "His fall was softened a little by the carpet,\nand Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which\nmade the sound muffled and not too noticeable.",
 'He had not held his\nhead carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in\npain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet.',
 '"Something\'s fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room\non the left.',
 'Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort\nthat had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk\ntoo; you had to concede that it was possible.',
 "But as if in gruff\nreply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his\nhighly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room.",
 'From the room on his right, Gregor\'s sister whispered to him to let\nhim know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here."',
 '"Yes, I know", said\nGregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough\nfor his sister to hear him.',
 '"Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief\nclerk has come round and wants to know why you didn\'t leave on the\nearly train.',
 "We don't know what to say to him.",
 'And anyway, he\nwants to speak to you personally.',
 'So please open up this door.',
 'I\'m\nsure he\'ll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room."',
 'Then the chief clerk called "Good morning,  Mr. Samsa".',
 '"He isn\'t\nwell", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father\ncontinued to speak through the door.',
 '"He isn\'t well, please believe\nme.',
 'Why else would Gregor have missed a train!',
 'The lad only ever\nthinks about the business.',
 "It nearly makes me cross the way he\nnever goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but\nstayed home every evening.",
 'He sits with us in the kitchen and just\nreads the paper or studies train timetables.',
 'His idea of relaxation\nis working with his fretsaw.',
 "He's made a little frame, for\ninstance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed\nhow nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon\nas Gregor opens the door.",
 'Anyway, I\'m glad you\'re here; we wouldn\'t\nhave been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he\'s so\nstubborn; and I\'m sure he isn\'t well, he said this morning that he\nis, but he isn\'t."',
 '"I\'ll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly\nand thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any\nword of the conversation.',
 '"Well I can\'t think of any other way of\nexplaining it,  Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it\'s\nnothing serious.',
 'But on the other hand, I must say that if we\npeople in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or\nunfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of\nbusiness considerations."',
 '"Can the chief clerk come in to see you\nnow then?',
 '", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door\nagain.',
 '"No", said Gregor.',
 'In the room on his right there followed\na painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry.',
 'So why did his sister not go and join the others?',
 'She had probably\nonly just got up and had not even begun to get dressed.',
 'And why was\nshe crying?',
 'Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the\nchief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if\nthat happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the\nsame demands as before?',
 'There was no need to worry about things like\nthat yet.',
 'Gregor was still there and had not the slightest\nintention of abandoning his family.',
 'For the time being he just lay\nthere on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in\nwould seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in.',
 'It was\nonly a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be\nfound for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could\nbe sacked on the spot.',
 'And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible\nto leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at\nhim and crying.',
 "But the others didn't know what was happening, they\nwere worried, that would excuse their behaviour.",
 'The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him,\n"what is wrong?',
 'You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more\nthan yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and\nunnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention\nthis just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in\na way that is quite unheard of.',
 "I'm speaking here on behalf of your\nparents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and\nimmediate explanation.",
 'I am astonished, quite astonished.',
 'I\nthought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you\nsuddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims.',
 "This morning,\nyour employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to\nappear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently\nentrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour\nthat that could not be the right explanation.",
 'But now that I see\nyour incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish\nwhatsoever to intercede on your behalf.',
 'And nor is your position\nall that secure.',
 "I had originally intended to say all this to you\nin private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good\nreason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it.",
 'Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that\nit\'s not the time of year to do especially good business, we\nrecognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no\nbusiness at all,  Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be."',
 '"But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in\nthe excitement, "I\'ll open up immediately, just a moment.',
 "I'm\nslightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get\nup.",
 "I'm still in bed now.",
 "I'm quite fresh again now, though.",
 "I'm\njust getting out of bed.",
 'Just a moment.',
 'Be patient!',
 "It's not quite\nas easy as I'd thought.",
 "I'm quite alright now, though.",
 "It's\nshocking, what can suddenly happen to a person!",
 'I was quite alright\nlast night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had\na small symptom of it last night already.',
 'They must have noticed\nit.',
 "I don't know why I didn't let you know at work!",
 'But you always\nthink you can get over an illness without staying at home.',
 "Please,\ndon't make my parents suffer!",
 "There's no basis for any of the\naccusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any\nof these things.",
 "Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent\nin.",
 "I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few\nhours of rest have given me strength.",
 'You don\'t need to wait, sir;\nI\'ll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to\ntell that to the boss and recommend me to him!"',
 'And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was\nsaying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was\neasily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in\nbed - where he now tried to get himself upright.',
 'He really did want\nto open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak\nwith the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was\ncurious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him.',
 "If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's\nresponsibility and he could rest.",
 "If, however, they took everything\ncalmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried\nhe really could be at the station for eight o'clock.",
 'The first few\ntimes he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just\nslid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and\nstood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain\nbut he no longer gave any attention to it.',
 'Now he let himself fall\nagainst the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of\nit with his little legs.',
 'By now he had also calmed down, and kept\nquiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying.',
 '"Did you understand a word of all that?"',
 'the chief clerk asked his\nparents, "surely he\'s not trying to make fools of us".',
 '"Oh, God!"',
 'called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously\nill and we\'re making him suffer.',
 'Grete!',
 'Grete!"',
 'she then cried.',
 '"Mother?"',
 'his sister called from the other side.',
 "They communicated\nacross Gregor's room.",
 '"You\'ll have to go for the doctor straight\naway.',
 'Gregor is ill.  Quick, get the doctor.',
 'Did you hear the way\nGregor spoke just now?"',
 '"That was the voice of an animal", said the\nchief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother\'s\nscreams.',
 '"Anna!',
 'Anna!"',
 'his father called into the kitchen through\nthe entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!"',
 'And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out\nthrough the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they\nwent.',
 'How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly?',
 'There\nwas no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it\nopen;  people often do in homes where something awful has happened.',
 'Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer.',
 "So they couldn't\nunderstand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to\nhim, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the\nsound.",
 'They had realised, though, that there was something wrong\nwith him, and were ready to help.',
 'The first response to his\nsituation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel\nbetter.',
 'He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and\nfrom the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising\nachievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the\nother.',
 'Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to\nmake his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking\ncare to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound\ndifferent from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure\nhe could judge this for himself.',
 'Meanwhile, it had become very\nquiet in the next room.',
 'Perhaps his parents were sat at the table\nwhispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed\nagainst the door and listening.',
 'Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair.',
 'Once\nthere he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding\nhimself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his\nlegs.',
 'He rested there a little while to recover from the effort\ninvolved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the\nlock with his mouth.',
 'He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper\nteeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key?',
 '- but the lack of teeth\nwas, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw,\nhe really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that\nhe must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came\nfrom his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor.',
 '"Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he\'s turning the\nkey."',
 'Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should\nhave been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done,\nGregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the\nlock!"',
 'And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his\nefforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no\nattention to the pain he was causing himself.',
 'As the key turned\nround he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself\nupright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down\nagain with the whole weight of his body as needed.',
 'The clear sound\nof the lock as it snapped back was Gregor\'s sign that he could break\nhis concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself:\n"So, I didn\'t need the locksmith after all".',
 'Then he lay his head on\nthe handle of the door to open it completely.',
 'Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide\nopen before he could be seen.',
 'He had first to slowly turn himself\naround one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully\nif he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the\nroom.',
 'He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to\npay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk\nexclaim a loud "Oh!',
 '", which sounded like the soughing of the wind.',
 'Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand\npressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by\na steady and invisible force.',
 "Gregor's mother, her hair still\ndishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked\nat his father.",
 'Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward\ntowards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that\nspread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto\nher breast.',
 'His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if\nwanting to knock Gregor back into his room.',
 'Then he looked\nuncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands\nand wept so that his powerful chest shook.',
 'So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of\nthe other door which was still held bolted in place.',
 'In this way\nonly half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it\nwhich he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others.',
 'Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless,\ngrey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a\nhospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular\nline of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still\nfalling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the\nground one at a time.',
 "The washing up from breakfast lay on the\ntable; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father,\nbreakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would\nstretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of\ndifferent newspapers.",
 'On the wall exactly opposite there was\nphotograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword\nin his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth\nrespect for his uniform and bearing.',
 'The door to the entrance hall\nwas open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could\nsee onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down\nbelow.',
 '"Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to\nhave kept calm, "I\'ll get dressed straight away now, pack up my\nsamples and set off.',
 'Will you please just let me leave?',
 'You can\nsee", he said to the chief clerk, "that I\'m not stubborn and I\nlike to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but\nwithout travelling I couldn\'t earn my living.',
 'So where are you\ngoing, in to the office?',
 'Yes?',
 'Will you report everything accurately,\nthen?',
 "It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to\nwork, but that's just the right time to remember what's been\nachieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty\nhas been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence\nand concentration.",
 "You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to\nour employer as well as having to look after my parents and my\nsister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will\nwork my way out of it again.",
 "Please don't make things any harder\nfor me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the\noffice.",
 'I know that nobody likes the travellers.',
 'They think we\nearn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it.',
 "That's\njust prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of\nit.",
 "But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the\nstaff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview\nthan the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to\nmake mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than\nhe should.",
 "And you're also well aware that we travellers spend\nalmost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very\neasily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints,\nand it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of\nthing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when\nwe arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel\nthe harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing\nwhat caused them.",
 'Please, don\'t go away, at least first say\nsomething to show that you grant that I\'m at least partly right!"',
 'But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to\nspeak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his\ntrembling shoulders as he left.',
 'He did not keep still for a moment\nwhile Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door\nwithout taking his eyes off him.',
 'He moved very gradually, as if\nthere had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room.',
 'It was\nonly when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden\nmovement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in\na panic.',
 'In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards\nthe stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force\nwaiting to save him.',
 'Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief\nclerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be\nput into extreme danger.',
 'That was something his parents did not\nunderstand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that\nthis job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides,\nthey had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight\nof any thought for the future.',
 'Gregor, though, did think about the\nfuture.',
 'The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced\nand finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended\non it!',
 'If only his sister were here!',
 'She was clever; she was already\nin tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back.',
 'And\nthe chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him;\nshe would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out\nof his shocked state.',
 'But his sister was not there, Gregor would\nhave to do the job himself.',
 'And without considering that he still\nwas not familiar with how well he could move about in his present\nstate, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not -\nbe understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the\nopening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who,\nridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but\nGregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought\nsomething to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs.',
 'Hardly\nhad that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to\nfeel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground\nunder them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they\nwere even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and\nhe was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at\nan end.',
 'He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side\nas he crouched there on the floor.',
 'His mother was not far away in\nfront of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but\nthen she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her\nfingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity\'s sake, Help!"',
 'The way she\nheld her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the\nunthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not;\nshe had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the\nbreakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly\ndown on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming\nto notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of\ncoffee was pouring down onto the carpet.',
 '"Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her.',
 'He had\ncompletely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not\nhelp himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the\nflow of coffee.',
 'That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from\nthe table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her.',
 'Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief\nclerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister,\nhe looked back for the last time.',
 'Gregor made a run for him; he\nwanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have\nexpected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and\ndisappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase.',
 "The\nflight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's\nfather into a panic as well.",
 "Until then he had been relatively self\ncontrolled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk\nhimself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him,\nGregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand\n(the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat\nand overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his\nleft, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his\nfoot at him as he went.",
 "Gregor's appeals to his father were of no\nhelp, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly\nturned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder.",
 "Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had\npulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to\nher face.",
 'A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards\nthe stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table\nfluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor.',
 "Nothing would\nstop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at\nhim like a wild man.",
 'Gregor had never had any practice in moving\nbackwards and was only able to go very slowly.',
 "If Gregor had only\nbeen allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room\nstraight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that\nhis father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a\nlethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand\nany moment.",
 'Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no\nchoice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of\ngoing backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as\npossible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn\nhimself round.',
 'It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able\nto see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact\nnow and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a\ndistance as to which way to turn.',
 'If only his father would stop\nthat unbearable hissing!',
 'It was making Gregor quite confused.',
 'When\nhe had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that\nhissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way\nhe had just come.',
 'He was pleased when he finally had his head in\nfront of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his\nbody was too broad to get through it without further difficulty.',
 'In\nhis present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open\nthe other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space\nto get through.',
 'He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should\nbe got back into his room as quickly as possible.',
 'Nor would he ever\nhave allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation\nfor getting through the doorway.',
 'What he did, making more noise\nthan ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there\nhad been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was\nnow more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant\nexperience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without\nregard for what might happen.',
 'One side of his body lifted itself,\nhe lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white\ndoor and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it,\nsoon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all\nby himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air\nwhile those on the other side were pressed painfully against the\nground.',
 'Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which\nreleased him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily\nbleeding, deep into his room.',
 'The door was slammed shut with the\nstick, then, finally, all was quiet.',
 'II\n\n\nIt was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke\nfrom his deep and coma-like sleep.',
 "He would have woken soon\nafterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had\nenough sleep and felt fully rested.",
 'But he had the impression that\nsome hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front\nroom being carefully shut had woken him.',
 'The light from the\nelectric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling\nand tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was\ndark.',
 'He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily\nwith his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value\n- in order to see what had been happening there.',
 'The whole of his\nleft side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar,  and he limped\nbadly on his two rows of legs.',
 'One of the legs had been badly\ninjured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that\nonly one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly.',
 'It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it\nactually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of\nsomething to eat.',
 'By the door there was a dish filled with\nsweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it.',
 'He\nwas so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he\nhad been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the\nmilk, nearly covering his eyes with it.',
 'But he soon drew his head\nback again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender\nleft side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to\neat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the\nmilk did not taste at all nice.',
 'Milk like this was normally his\nfavourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him\nbecause of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away\nfrom the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room.',
 'Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had\nbeen lit in the living room.',
 "His father at this time would normally\nbe sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to\nGregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not\na sound to be heard.",
 "Gregor's sister would often write and tell him\nabout this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in\nrecent times.",
 'It was so quiet all around too, even though there\nmust have been somebody in the flat.',
 '"What a quiet life it is the\nfamily lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness,\nfelt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in\nsuch a nice home for his sister and parents.',
 'But what now, if all\nthis peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and\nfrightening end?',
 'That was something that Gregor did not want to\nthink about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and\ndown the room.',
 'Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was\nopened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door\non the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to\nenter the room but thought better of it.',
 'Gregor went and waited\nimmediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous\nvisitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it\nwas; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in\nvain.',
 'The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had\nwanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up\none of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time\nduring the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides.',
 'It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room\nwas put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had\nstayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as\nthey went away together on tip-toe.',
 "It was clear that no-one would\ncome into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty\nof time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange\nhis life.",
 'For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced\nto remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor,\neven though he had been living in it for five years.',
 'Hardly aware\nof what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he\nhurried under the couch.',
 'It pressed down on his back a little, and\nhe was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt\nimmediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too\nbroad to get it all underneath.',
 'He spent the whole night there.',
 'Some of the time he passed in a\nlight sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of\nhis hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague\nhopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the\ntime being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the\ngreatest consideration so that his family could bear the\nunpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to\nimpose on them.',
 'Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his\ndecisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had\nended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the\nfront room and looked anxiously in.',
 "She did not see him straight\naway, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be\nsomewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so\nshocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut\nagain from outside.",
 'But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she\nopened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if\nentering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger.',
 'Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch,\nand watched her.',
 'Would she notice that he had left the milk as it\nwas, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him\nin some other food that was more suitable?',
 "If she didn't do it\nherself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it,\nalthough he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the\ncouch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something\ngood to eat.",
 'However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately\nand looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with\nsome surprise.',
 'She immediately picked it up - using a rag,\nnot her bare hands - and carried it out.',
 'Gregor was extremely\ncurious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the\nwildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his\nsister, in her goodness, actually did bring.',
 'In order to test his\ntaste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out\non an old newspaper.',
 'There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones\nfrom the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a\nfew raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared\ninedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with\nbutter and salt.',
 "As well as all that she had poured some water into\nthe dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's\nuse, and placed it beside them.",
 "Then, out of consideration for\nGregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of\nher, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so\nthat Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for\nhimself as he liked.",
 "Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could\neat.",
 "What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed\nas he found no difficulty in moving.",
 'This amazed him, as more than\na month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he\nthought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday.',
 '"Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?',
 '", he thought, and was\nalready sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost\ncompellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the\nnewspaper.',
 "Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with\npleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the\nfresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even\ndragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them\nbecause he couldn't stand the smell.",
 'Long after he had finished\neating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned\nthe key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw.',
 'He\nwas immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he\nhurried back under the couch.',
 'But he needed great self-control to\nstay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room,\nas eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he\ncould hardly breathe in that narrow space.',
 'Half suffocating, he\nwatched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a\nbroom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he\nhad not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more.',
 'She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden\nlid, and carried everything out.',
 'She had hardly turned her back\nbefore Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched\nhimself.',
 "This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the\nmorning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the\nsecond time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his\nparents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's\nsister would send the maid away on some errand.",
 "Gregor's father and\nmother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it\nwould have been more than they could stand to have any more\nexperience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his\nsister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were\nindeed suffering enough.",
 'It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the\ndoctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the\nflat.',
 "As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister,\nthought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to\nhear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about\nhis room.",
 'It was only later, when she had become a little more used\nto everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever\nbecoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes\ncatch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be\nconstrued as friendly.',
 '"He\'s enjoyed his dinner today", she might\nsay when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him,\nor if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more\nfrequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything\'s just been\nleft there again".',
 "Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen\nto much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard\nanyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and\npress his whole body against it.",
 'There was seldom any conversation,\nespecially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if\nonly in secret.',
 'For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime\nwas about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke\nabout the same subject as there were always at least two members of\nthe family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and\nit was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty.',
 "And on\nthe very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged\nGregor's mother to let her go without delay.",
 "It was not very clear\nhow much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter\nof an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as\nif she had done her an enormous service.",
 'She even swore\nemphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had\nhappened, even though no-one had asked that of her.',
 "Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking;\nalthough that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much.",
 'Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another\nto eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I\'ve had enough"\nor something similar.',
 'No-one drank very much either.',
 'His sister\nwould sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping\nfor the chance to go and fetch it herself.',
 'When his father then\nsaid nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that\nshe could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would\nclose the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said.',
 "Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had\nexplained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and\nprospects were.",
 'Now and then he stood up from the table and took\nsome receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from\nhis business when it had collapsed five years earlier.',
 'Gregor heard\nhow he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he\nhad taken the item he wanted.',
 'What he heard his father say was some\nof the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been\nincarcerated in his room.',
 "He had thought that nothing at all\nremained from his father's business, at least he had never told him\nanything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway.",
 "Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total\ndespair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange\nthings so that they could all forget about it as quickly as\npossible.",
 'So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery\nvigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling\nrepresentative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn\nmoney in quite different ways.',
 'Gregor converted his success at work\nstraight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the\nbenefit of his astonished and delighted family.',
 'They had been good\ntimes and they had never come again, at least not with the same\nsplendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was\nin a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear\nthem.',
 'They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family,\nthey took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it,\nalthough there was no longer much warm affection given in return.',
 'Gregor only remained close to his sister now.',
 'Unlike him, she was\nvery fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his\nsecret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it\nwould cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some\nother way.',
 "During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with\nhis sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever\nmentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised.",
 'Their\nparents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought\nabout it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he\nplanned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day.',
 'That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his\nmind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and\nlistening.',
 'There were times when he simply became too tired to\ncontinue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the\ndoor and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the\nslightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would\nall go silent.',
 '"What\'s that he\'s doing now", his father would say\nafter a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then\nwould the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again.',
 "When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times,\npartly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with\nthese matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not\nunderstand everything the first time.",
 'From these repeated explanations\nGregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes\nthere was still some money available from the old days.',
 'It was not\na lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest\nhad accumulated.',
 'Besides that, they had not been using up all the\nmoney that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a\nlittle for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating.',
 'Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at\nthis unexpected thrift and caution.',
 "He could actually have used\nthis surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the\nday when he could have freed himself from that job would have come\nmuch closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had\ndone things.",
 'This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family\nto live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for,\nperhaps, one or two years, no more.',
 "That's to say, it was money\nthat should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies;\nmoney to live on had to be earned.",
 'His father was healthy but old,\nand lacking in self confidence.',
 'During the five years that he had\nnot been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of\nstrain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become\nvery slow and clumsy.',
 "Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go\nand earn money?",
 'She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her\njust to move about the home, every other day would be spent\nstruggling for breath on the sofa by the open window.',
 'Would his\nsister have to go and earn money?',
 'She was still a child of\nseventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting\nof wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business,\njoining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the\nviolin.',
 'Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money,\nGregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself\nonto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with\nshame and regret.',
 'He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a\nwink but scratching at the leather for hours on end.',
 'Or he might go\nto all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto\nthe sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to\nstare out of it.',
 'He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from\ndoing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered\nthan experienced,  as what he actually saw in this way was becoming\nless distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had\nused to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the\nstreet, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known\nthat he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite\nbeing in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was\nlooking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the\ngrey earth mingled inseparably.',
 'His observant sister only needed to\nnotice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its\nexact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and\neven left the inner pane of the window open from then on.',
 'If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her\nfor all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him\nto bear it; but as it was it caused him pain.',
 'His sister,\nnaturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing\nburdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the\nbetter she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also\nable to see through it all so much better.',
 'It had even become very\nunpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room.',
 "No sooner\nhad she come in than she would quickly close the door as a\nprecaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into\nGregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it\nhurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating.",
 'Even if it was\ncold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little\nwhile.',
 'She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about\nand noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole\nwhile, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to\nspare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the\nsame room with him with the windows closed.',
 "One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister\nno longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance,\nshe came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him\nstill staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be\nmost horrible.",
 "In itself, his sister's not coming into the room\nwould have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been\ndifficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still\nthere, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and\nclosed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had\nthreatened her and tried to bite her.",
 'Gregor went straight to hide\nhimself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday\nbefore his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than\nusual.',
 'It made him realise that she still found his appearance\nunbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to\novercome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that\nprotruded from under the couch.',
 'One day, in order to spare her even\nthis sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the\ncouch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered\nand his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down.',
 'If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do\nwas take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no\npleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely.',
 'She left the\nsheet where it was.',
 'Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of\ngratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet\nto see how his sister liked the new arrangement.',
 "For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring\nthemselves to come into the room to see him.",
 'He would often hear\nthem say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing\neven though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat\nuseless and frequently been annoyed with her.',
 "But now the two of\nthem, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of\nGregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as\nshe went out again she would have to tell them exactly how\neverything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this\ntime and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen.",
 'His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but\nhis father and sister at first persuaded her against it.',
 'Gregor\nlistened very closely to all this, and approved fully.',
 'Later,\nthough, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out:\n"Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son!',
 "Can't you\nunderstand I have to see him?",
 '", and Gregor would think to himself\nthat maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day\nof course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand\neverything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was\nstill just a child after all, and really might not have had an\nadult\'s appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on.',
 "Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised.",
 'Out of\nconsideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at\nthe window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did\nnot give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie\nquietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any\npleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit\nof crawling up and down the walls and ceiling.',
 'He was especially\nfond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying\non the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light\nswing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen\nthat he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and\nlanding on the floor with a crash.',
 'But now, of course, he had far\nbetter control of his body than before and, even with a fall as\ngreat as that, caused himself no damage.',
 "Very soon his sister\nnoticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after\nall, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about -\nand got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by\nremoving the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of\ndrawers and the desk.",
 "Now, this was not something that she would be\nable to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her\nfather; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the\ncook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she\nhad even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times\nand never to have to open the door unless it was especially\nimportant; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when\nGregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her.",
 'As\nshe approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her\njoy, but once at the door she went silent.',
 'First, of course, his\nsister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room\nwas alright; and only then did she let her mother enter.',
 'Gregor had\nhurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more\nfolds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just\nbeen thrown down by chance.',
 'Gregor also refrained, this time, from\nspying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his\nmother until later and was simply glad that she had come.',
 '"You can\ncome in, he can\'t be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her\nin by the hand.',
 "The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair\nof feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they\npushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest\npart of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that\nshe would strain herself.",
 'This lasted a very long time.',
 "After\nlabouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would\nbe better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too\nheavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got\nhome and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way\neven more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the\nfurniture away would really be any help to him.",
 "She thought just\nthe opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her\nheart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been\nused to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make\nhim feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that.",
 'Then, quietly,\nalmost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did\nnot know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was\nconvinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by\ntaking the furniture away, won\'t it seem like we\'re showing that\nwe\'ve given up all hope of improvement and we\'re abandoning him to\ncope for himself?',
 'I think it\'d be best to leave the room exactly the\nway it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he\'ll\nfind everything unchanged and he\'ll be able to forget the time in\nbetween all the easier".',
 'Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the\nlack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous\nlife led by the family during these two months, must have made him\nconfused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself\nwhy he had seriously wanted his room emptied out.',
 'Had he really\nwanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out\nwith the nice furniture he had inherited?',
 'That would have let him\ncrawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let\nhim quickly forget his past when he had still been human.',
 'He had\ncome very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his\nmother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it.',
 'Nothing\nshould be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without\nthe good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the\nfurniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that\nwas not a loss but a great advantage.',
 "His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the\nidea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his\nparents about the things that concerned him.",
 "This meant that his\nmother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on\nremoving not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had\nthought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important\ncouch.",
 'It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the\nunexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her\ninsist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to\ncrawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see,\nwas of no use to him at all.',
 'Girls of that age, though, do become\nenthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever\nthey can.',
 "Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's\nsituation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do\neven more for him.",
 'Grete would probably be the only one who would\ndare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls\nby himself.',
 'So she refused to let her mother dissuade her.',
 "Gregor's mother\nalready looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and\nhelped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what\nstrength she had.",
 'The chest of drawers was something that Gregor\ncould do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay.',
 'Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out\nof the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to\nsee what he could do about it.',
 'He meant to be as careful and\nconsiderate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who\ncame back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the\nchest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself\nwithout, of course, moving it an inch.',
 'His mother was not used to\nthe sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried\nbackwards to the far end of the couch.',
 'In his startlement, though,\nhe was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a\nlittle.',
 "It was enough to attract his mother's attention.",
 'She stood\nvery still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to\nGrete.',
 'Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was\nhappening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after\nall, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their\nlittle calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the\nfloor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed\nfrom all sides.',
 'With his head and legs pulled in against him and\nhis body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself\nthat he could not stand all of this much longer.',
 "They were emptying\nhis room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had\nalready taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools;\nnow they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place\nclearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework\nas a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at\ninfant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether\nthe two women's intentions were good.",
 'He had nearly forgotten they\nwere there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while\nthey worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped\nheavily on the floor.',
 'So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room\ncatching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times\nnot knowing what he should save first before his attention was\nsuddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already\ndenuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed\nin copious fur.',
 'He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself\nagainst its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot\nbelly.',
 'This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would\ncertainly be taken away by no-one.',
 'He turned his head to face the\ndoor into the living room so that he could watch the women when they\ncame back.',
 'They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite\nsoon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly\ncarrying her.',
 '"What shall we take now, then?',
 '", said Grete and\nlooked around.',
 'Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall.',
 'Perhaps\nonly because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face\nto her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly\nand with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let\'s go back in the\nliving room for a while?"',
 'Gregor could see what Grete had in mind,\nshe wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down\nfrom the wall.',
 'Well, she could certainly try it!',
 'He sat unyielding\non his picture.',
 "He would rather jump at Grete's face.",
 'But Grete\'s words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to\none side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the\nwallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw\nscreamed: "Oh God, oh God!"',
 'Arms outstretched, she fell onto the\ncouch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile.',
 '"Gregor!"',
 'shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist.',
 'That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his\ntransformation.',
 "She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of\nsmelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted\nto help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck\nfast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he,\ntoo, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in\nthe old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she\nwas looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned\nround; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut\nGregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him;\nnow, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles\nshe could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door\nshut with her foot.",
 'So now Gregor was shut out from his mother,\nwho, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the\ndoor if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to\nstay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and,\noppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about,\nhe crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally\nin his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell\ndown into the middle of the dinner table.',
 'He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was\nquiet, maybe that was a good sign.',
 'Then there was someone at the\ndoor.',
 'The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so\nthat Grete would have to go and answer it.',
 'His father had arrived\nhome.',
 '"What\'s happened?"',
 "were his first words; Grete's appearance\nmust have made everything clear to him.",
 'She answered him with\nsubdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother\'s\nfainted, but she\'s better now.',
 'Gregor got out."',
 '"Just as I\nexpected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women\nwouldn\'t listen, would you."',
 'It was clear to Gregor that Grete had\nnot said enough and that his father took it to mean that something\nbad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence.',
 'That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he\ndid not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been\npossible.',
 'So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself\nagainst it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could\nsee straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go\nback into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to\ndrive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would\ndisappear.',
 'His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like\nthat; "Ah!',
 '", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both\nangry and glad at the same time.',
 'Gregor drew his head back from the\ndoor and lifted it towards his father.',
 'He really had not imagined\nhis father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit\nof crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was\ngoing on the rest of the flat the way he had done before.',
 'He really\nought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was\nthat really his father?',
 'The same tired man as used to be laying\nthere entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business\ntrips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his\nnightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even\nable to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise\nhis arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a\nwalk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in\nhis overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his\nway forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking\nslowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and,\nif he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his\ncompanions around him.',
 'He was standing up straight enough now;\ndressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by\nthe employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar\nof the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy\neyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his\nnormally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his\nscalp.',
 'He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some\nbank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa,\nput his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his\nlong uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards\nGregor.',
 'He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind,\nbut nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high.',
 'Gregor was amazed\nat the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time\nwith that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new\nlife, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely\nstrict with him.',
 'And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his\nfather stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even\nslightly.',
 'In this way they went round the room several times\nwithout anything decisive happening, without even giving the\nimpression of a chase as everything went so slowly.',
 'Gregor remained\nall this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father\nmight see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or\nceiling.',
 'Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly\nwould not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for\neach step his father took he had to carry out countless movements.',
 'He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his\nlungs had not been very reliable.',
 'Now, as he lurched about in his\nefforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could\nhardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to\nthink of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost\nforgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they\nwere concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and\nprotrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew\ndown and rolled in front of him.',
 'It was an apple; then another one\nimmediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer\nany point in running as his father had decided to bombard him.',
 'He\nhad filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and\nnow, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple\nafter another.',
 'These little, red apples rolled about on the floor,\nknocking into each other as if they had electric motors.',
 "An apple\nthrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off\nwithout doing any harm.",
 'Another one however, immediately following\nit, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag\nhimself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible\npain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot\nand spread himself out, all his senses in confusion.',
 "The last thing\nhe saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was\nscreaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his\nsister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to\nmake it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her\nskirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground,\nstumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms\naround him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his\nability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging\nhim to spare Gregor's life.",
 "III\n\n\nNo-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it\nremained there as a visible reminder of his injury.",
 'He had suffered\nit there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious\nenough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current\nsad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated\nas an enemy.',
 'On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to\nswallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient.',
 'Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility -\nprobably permanently.',
 'He had been reduced to the condition of an\nancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across\nhis room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but\nthis deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made\nup for by the door to the living room being left open every evening.',
 "He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours\nbefore it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room\nwhere he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the\nfamily in the light of the dinner table and listen to their\nconversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite\ndifferently from before.",
 'They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of\ncourse, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when\nhe was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room.',
 'All of them were usually very quiet nowadays.',
 'Soon after dinner,\nhis father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister\nwould urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the\nlamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who\nhad taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings\nso that she might be able to get a better position later on.',
 'Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor\'s mother\n"you\'re doing so much sewing again today!',
 '", as if he did not know\nthat he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again\nwhile mother and sister would exchange a tired grin.',
 "With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his\nuniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg\nGregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if\nalways ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his\nsuperior even here.",
 "The uniform had not been new to start with, but\nas a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the\nefforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it.",
 'Gregor\nwould often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on\nthis coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny,\nwhile the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but\npeaceful.',
 "As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his\nfather to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he\ncouldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his\nsleep if he was to be up at six to get to work.",
 'But since he had\nbeen in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on\nstaying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep\nand it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the\nchair for his bed.',
 'Then, however much mother and sister would\nimportune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep\nslowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes\nclosed and refusing to get up.',
 "Gregor's mother would tug at his\nsleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would\nleave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect\non him.",
 'He would just sink deeper into his chair.',
 'Only when the\ntwo women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes,\nlook at them one after the other and say: "What a life!',
 'This is what\npeace I get in my old age!"',
 "And supported by the two women he would\nlift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load\nhimself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry\non by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and\nhis sister her pen so that they could run after his father and\ncontinue being of help to him.",
 'Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to\ngive more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary?',
 "The\nhousehold budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed;\nan enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped\naround her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest\nwork; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of\nthe large amount of sewing work she did.",
 'Gregor even learned,\nlistening to the evening conversation about what price they had\nhoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family\nhad been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond\nof wearing them at functions and celebrations.',
 'But the loudest\ncomplaint was that although the flat was much too big for their\npresent circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no\nimaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address.',
 'He could\nsee quite well, though, that there were more reasons than\nconsideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it\nwould have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate\nwith a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back\nfrom their decision to move was much more to do with their total\ndespair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune\nunlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related\nto.',
 "They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects\nfrom poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their\nbreakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for\nstrangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the\nbehest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to\ndo any more.",
 "And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much\nas when it was new.",
 'After they had come back from taking his father\nto bed Gregor\'s mother and sister would now leave their work where\nit was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would\npoint to Gregor\'s room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then,\nwhen he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and\ntheir tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring\ndry-eyed at the table.',
 'Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day.',
 "Sometimes he would\nthink of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the\nnext time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss\nand the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts,\nthe salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three\nfriends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a\nprovincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared\nagain, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been\nserious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together\nwith strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping\nhim and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was\nglad when they disappeared.",
 'Other times he was not at all in the\nmood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about\nthe lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of\nnothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into\nthe pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to,\neven if he was not hungry.',
 "Gregor's sister no longer thought about\nhow she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other\ninto his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the\nmorning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away\nagain with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or\n- more often than not - had been left totally untouched.",
 'She still\ncleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been\nany quicker about it.',
 'Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here\nand there were little balls of dust and filth.',
 'At first, Gregor\nwent into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived\nas a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks\nwithout his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt\nas well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it.',
 "At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for\nher and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up\nGregor's room was for her and her alone.",
 "Gregor's mother did once\nthoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of\nwater to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill\nand he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile.",
 "But his mother\nwas to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had\nhis sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change\nin Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living\nroom where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she\nbroke into convulsive tears.",
 "Her father, of course, was startled\nout of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and\nhelpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing\nto the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning\nof Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister\nscreamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again;\nwhile his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself\nwith anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears,\nthumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in\nanger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him\nthe sight of this and all its noise.",
 "Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking\nafter Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but\neven so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place.",
 'Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected.',
 'Now, though,\nthe charwoman was here.',
 "This elderly widow, with a robust bone\nstructure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in\nher long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor.",
 "Just by chance one\nday, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's\nroom and found herself face to face with him.",
 'He was taken totally\nby surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro\nwhile she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in\nfront of her.',
 'From then on she never failed to open the door\nslightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him.',
 'At\nfirst she would call to him as she did so with words that she\nprobably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old\ndung-beetle!',
 '", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!"',
 'Gregor never\nresponded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he\nwas without moving as if the door had never even been opened.',
 'If\nonly they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day\ninstead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt\nlike it!',
 'One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the\nwindowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to\nspeak to him in that way once again.',
 'Gregor was so resentful of it\nthat he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it\nwas like a kind of attack.',
 "Instead of being afraid, the charwoman\njust lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there\nwith her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until\nthe chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back.",
 '"Aren\'t you coming any closer, then?',
 '", she asked when Gregor turned\nround again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner.',
 'Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating.',
 'Only if he happened to\nfind himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he\nmight take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there\na few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again.',
 'At\nfirst he thought it was distress at the state of his room that\nstopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made\nthere.',
 'They had got into the habit of putting things into this room\nthat they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many\nsuch things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to\nthree gentlemen.',
 "These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had\nfull beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door\none day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy.",
 'This\nmeant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in\nthis establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the\nkitchen.',
 'Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate,\nespecially if it was dirty.',
 'They had moreover brought most of their\nown furnishings and equipment with them.',
 'For this reason, many\nthings had become superfluous which, although they could not be\nsold, the family did not wish to discard.',
 "All these things found\ntheir way into Gregor's room.",
 'The dustbins from the kitchen found\ntheir way in there too.',
 "The charwoman was always in a hurry, and\nanything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in\nthere.",
 'He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object\nand the hand that held it.',
 'The woman most likely meant to fetch the\nthings back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to\nthrow everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that\nthey were left where they landed when they had first been thrown\nunless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere\nelse.',
 'At first he moved it because, with no other room free where\nhe could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to\nenjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to\ndeath, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards.',
 'The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening\nmeal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so\nthe door to this room was often kept closed in the evening.',
 'But\nGregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after\nall, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without\nthe family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest\ncorner.',
 'One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living\nroom slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who\nrented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on.',
 'They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals\nwith his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked\nup their knives and forks.',
 "Gregor's mother immediately appeared in\nthe doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister\nwith a dish piled high with potatoes.",
 'The food was steaming, and\nfilled the room with its smell.',
 'The gentlemen bent over the dishes\nset in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before\neating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as\nan authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat\nwhile it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether\nit was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the\nkitchen.',
 "It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and\nsister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again\nand smiled.",
 'The family themselves ate in the kitchen.',
 "Nonetheless, Gregor's\nfather came into the living room before he went into the kitchen,\nbowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table.",
 'The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards.',
 'Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence.',
 'It\nseemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of\neating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had\nwanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was\nnot possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless\nhowever nice they might be.',
 '"I\'d like to eat something", said\nGregor anxiously, "but not anything like they\'re eating.',
 'They do\nfeed themselves.',
 'And here I am, dying!"',
 'Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the\nviolin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the\nkitchen.',
 'The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the\none in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of\nthe others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and\nsmoking.',
 'When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood\nup and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they\nstood pressed against each other.',
 'Someone must have heard them in\nthe kitchen, as Gregor\'s father called out: "Is the playing perhaps\nunpleasant for the gentlemen?',
 'We can stop it straight away."',
 '"On\nthe contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not\nlike to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after\nall, much more cosy and comfortable?"',
 '"Oh yes, we\'d love to",\ncalled back Gregor\'s father as if he had been the violin player\nhimself.',
 'The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited.',
 "Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with\nthe music and his sister with the violin.",
 'She calmly prepared\neverything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never\nrented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated\ncourtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on\ntheir own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right\nhand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother,\nthough, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving\nthe chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of\nthe way in a corner.',
 'His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention,\none on each side, to the movements of her hands.',
 'Drawn in by the\nplaying, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had\nhis head in the living room.',
 'Before, he had taken great pride in\nhow considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had\nbecome so thoughtless about the others.',
 "What's more, there was now\nall the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the\ndust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest\nmovement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on\nhis back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to\nlay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to\ndo several times a day.",
 'And despite this condition, he was not too\nshy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living\nroom.',
 'No-one noticed him, though.',
 "The family was totally preoccupied with\nthe violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their\nhands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music\nstand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have\ndisturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family,\nthey  withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking\nto each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while\nGregor's father observed them anxiously.",
 'It really now seemed very\nobvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or\nentertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had\nhad enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of\npoliteness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed.',
 'It was\nespecially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their\ncigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses.',
 "Yet Gregor's sister\nwas playing so beautifully.",
 'Her face was leant to one side,\nfollowing the lines of music with a careful and melancholy\nexpression.',
 'Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his\nhead close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the\nchance came.',
 'Was he an animal if music could captivate him so?',
 'It\nseemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown\nnourishment he had been yearning for.',
 'He was determined to make his\nway forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might\ncome into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her\nplaying here as much as he would.',
 'He never wanted to let her out of\nhis room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance\nshould, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every\ndoor of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his\nsister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of\nher own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her\near bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to\nsend her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about\nit last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already?',
 "- if\nthis misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone\ndissuade him from it.",
 'On hearing all this, his sister would break\nout in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder\nand kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she\nhad kept free without any necklace or collar.',
 '"Mr.',
 'Samsa!',
 '", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor\'s father,\npointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at\nGregor as he slowly moved forward.',
 'The violin went silent, the\nmiddle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends,\nshaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor.',
 'His father seemed\nto think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before\ndriving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and\nseemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing\nhad been.',
 'He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and\nattempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as\ntrying to block their view of Gregor with his body.',
 "Now they did\nbecome a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his\nfather's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that\nthey had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without\nknowing it.",
 "They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised\ntheir arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved\nback towards their room only very slowly.",
 "Meanwhile Gregor's sister\nhad overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was\nsuddenly interrupted.",
 "She had let her hands drop and let violin and\nbow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if\nstill playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay\nthe instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously\nstruggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room\nwhich, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more\nquickly moving toward.",
 "Under his sister's experienced hand, the\npillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and\nshe had already finished making the beds and slipped out again\nbefore the three gentlemen had reached the room.",
 "Gregor's father\nseemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the\nrespect he owed to his tenants.",
 "He urged them and pressed them\nuntil, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of\nthe three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and\nthereby brought Gregor's father to a halt.",
 '"I declare here and\nnow", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor\'s mother and\nsister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the\nrepugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family"\n- here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give\nimmediate notice on my room.',
 'For the days that I have been living\nhere I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will\nconsider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages\nfrom you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the\ngrounds for such an action."',
 'He was silent and looked straight\nahead as if waiting for something.',
 'And indeed, his two friends\njoined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice."',
 'With\nthat, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door.',
 "Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his\nhands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself\nout for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head\nkept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all.",
 'Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen\nhad first seen him.',
 'His disappointment at the failure of his plan,\nand perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible\nfor him to move.',
 'He was sure that everyone would turn on him any\nmoment, and he waited.',
 "He was not even startled out of this state\nwhen the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers\nand landed loudly on the floor.",
 '"Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand\nas introduction, "we can\'t carry on like this.',
 "Maybe you can't see\nit, but I can.",
 "I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I\ncan say is: we have to try and get rid of it.",
 'We\'ve done all that\'s\nhumanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don\'t think\nanyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong."',
 '"She\'s absolutely right", said Gregor\'s father to himself.',
 'His\nmother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to\ncough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged\nexpression in her eyes.',
 "Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her\nforehead.",
 "Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more\ndefinite ideas.",
 'He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between\nthe plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and\noccasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile.',
 '"We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor\'s sister, now\nspeaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with\ncoughing to listen, "it\'ll be the death of both of you, I can see it\ncoming.',
 "We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home\nto be tortured like this, we can't endure it.",
 'I can\'t endure it any\nmore."',
 'And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down\nthe face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand\nmovements.',
 '"My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding,\n"what are we to do?"',
 'His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness\nand tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier\ncertainty.',
 '"If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a\nquestion; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as\na sign that of that there was no question.',
 '"If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor\'s father, closing\nhis eyes in acceptance of his sister\'s certainty that that was quite\nimpossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement\nwith him.',
 'But as it is ..."\n\n"It\'s got to go", shouted his sister, "that\'s the only way, Father.',
 "You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor.",
 "We've only\nharmed ourselves by believing it for so long.",
 'How can that be\nGregor?',
 "If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not\npossible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he\nwould have gone of his own free will.",
 "We wouldn't have a brother\nany more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember\nhim with respect.",
 "As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's\ndriven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole\nflat and force us to sleep on the streets.",
 'Father, look, just\nlook", she suddenly screamed, "he\'s starting again!"',
 "In her alarm,\nwhich was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even\nabandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her\nchair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay\nanywhere near Gregor.",
 "She rushed over to behind her father, who had\nbecome excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his\nhands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her.",
 'But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all\nhis sister.',
 'All he had done was begin to turn round so that he\ncould go back into his room, although that was in itself quite\nstartling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round\nrequired a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help\nhimself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the\nfloor.',
 'He stopped and looked round.',
 'They seemed to have realised\nhis good intention and had only been alarmed briefly.',
 'Now they all\nlooked at him in unhappy silence.',
 'His mother lay in her chair with\nher legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes\nnearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father\nwith her arms around his neck.',
 '"Maybe now they\'ll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back\nto work.',
 'He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had\nsometimes to stop and take a rest.',
 'No-one was making him rush any\nmore, everything was left up to him.',
 'As soon as he had finally\nfinished turning round he began to move straight ahead.',
 'He was\namazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and\ncould not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak\nstate a little while before and almost without noticing it.',
 'He\nconcentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that\nthere was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him.',
 'He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway.',
 'He did\nnot turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff,\nbut it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had\nchanged, only his sister had stood up.',
 'With his last glance he saw\nthat his mother had now fallen completely asleep.',
 'He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut,\nbolted and locked.',
 'The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him\nthat his little legs collapsed under him.',
 'It was his sister who had\nbeen in so much of a rush.',
 'She had been standing there waiting and\nsprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and\nas she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At\nlast!".',
 '"What now, then?',
 '", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the\ndarkness.',
 'He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move\nat all.',
 'This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being\nable to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then\nwas unnatural.',
 'He also felt relatively comfortable.',
 'It is true\nthat his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly\ngetting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether.',
 'He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the\ninflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust.',
 'He thought back of his family with emotion and love.',
 'If it was\npossible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his\nsister.',
 'He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination\nuntil he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning.',
 'He\nwatched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the\nwindow too.',
 'Then, without his willing it, his head sank down\ncompletely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils.',
 "When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked\nher not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her\nhurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd\narrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she\nmade her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing\nspecial.",
 'She thought he was laying there so still on purpose,\nplaying the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to\nhim.',
 'She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she\ntried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway.',
 'When she had no\nsuccess with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked\nat him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across\nthe floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention.',
 'She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide,\nwhistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom\ndoors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and\n\'ave a look at this, it\'s dead, just lying there, stone dead!"',
 'Mr. and  Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had\nto make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before\nthey could grasp what she was saying.',
 'But then, each from his own\nside, they hurried out of bed.',
 "Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his\nshoulders,  Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is\nhow they went into Gregor's room.",
 'On the way they opened the door\nto the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three\ngentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never\nbeen asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this.',
 '"Dead?',
 '", asked  Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly,\neven though she could have checked for herself and could have known\nit even without checking.',
 '"That\'s what I said",  replied the\ncleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor\'s body another shove with\nthe broom, sending it sideways across the floor.',
 'Mrs. Samsa made a\nmovement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not\ncomplete it.',
 '"Now then", said  Mr. Samsa, "let\'s give thanks to God\nfor that".',
 'He crossed himself, and the three women followed his\nexample.',
 'Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said:\n"Just look how thin he was.',
 "He didn't eat anything for so long.",
 'The food came out again just the same as when it went in".',
 "Gregor's\nbody was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it\nuntil then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did\nhe do anything to make them look away.",
 '"Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said  Mrs. Samsa\nwith a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom\nbut not without looking back at the body.',
 'The cleaner shut the door\nand opened the window wide.',
 'Although it was still early in the\nmorning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it.',
 'It\nwas already the end of March, after all.',
 'The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in\namazement for their breakfasts;  they had been forgotten about.',
 '"Where is our breakfast?',
 '", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner\nirritably.',
 "She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and\nsilent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's\nroom.",
 "They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their\nhands in the pockets of their well-worn coats.",
 'It was now quite\nlight in the room.',
 'Then the door of the bedroom opened and  Mr. Samsa appeared in his\nuniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other.',
 "All\nof them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her\nface against her father's arm.",
 '"Leave my home.',
 'Now!',
 '", said  Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and\nwithout letting the women from him.',
 '"What do you mean?',
 '", asked the\nmiddle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled\nsweetly.',
 'The other two held their hands behind their backs and\ncontinually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud\nquarrel which could only end in their favour.',
 '"I mean just what I\nsaid", answered  Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a\nstraight line towards the man.',
 'At first, he stood there still,\nlooking at the ground as if the contents of his head were\nrearranging themselves into new positions.',
 '"Alright, we\'ll go\nthen", he said, and looked up at  Mr. Samsa as if he had been\nsuddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from\nMr. Samsa for his decision.',
 'Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide\nand briefly nodded to him several times.',
 'At that, and without\ndelay, the man actually did take long strides into the front\nhallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time\nbefore and had been listening to what was being said.',
 'Now they\njumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that\nMr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the\nconnection with their leader.',
 'Once there, all three took their hats\nfrom the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a\nword and left the premises.',
 "Mr. Samsa and the two women followed\nthem out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust\nthe men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how\nthe three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many\nsteps.",
 "As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and\nwould reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the\nmore that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's\nboy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his\nway up and came nearer than they were,  Mr. Samsa and the women came\naway from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat.",
 'They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation\nand to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but\nthey were in serious need of it.',
 'So they sat at the table and wrote\nthree letters of excusal,  Mr. Samsa to his employers,  Mrs. Samsa\nto her contractor and Grete to her principal.',
 "The cleaner came in\nwhile they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished\nher work for that morning.",
 'The three of them at first just nodded\nwithout looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when\nthe cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up\nin irritation.',
 '"Well?',
 '", asked  Mr. Samsa.',
 'The charwoman stood in\nthe doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous\ngood news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked\nto.',
 'The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which\nhad been a source of irritation to  Mr. Samsa all the time she had\nbeen working for them, swayed gently in all directions.',
 '"What is it\nyou want then?',
 '", asked  Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most\nrespect for.',
 '"Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh\nthat made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing\nin there, you needn\'t worry about how you\'re going to get rid of it.',
 'That\'s all been sorted out."',
 'Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over\ntheir letters as if intent on continuing with what they were\nwriting;  Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing\neverything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite\nclear that she was not to.',
 'So, as she was prevented from telling\nthem all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in\nand, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned\nround sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went.',
 '"Tonight she gets sacked", said  Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply\nfrom either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have\ndestroyed the peace they had only just gained.',
 'They got up and went\nover to the window where they remained with their arms around each\nother.',
 'Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat\nthere watching for a while.',
 'Then he called out: "Come here, then.',
 "Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we.",
 'Come and give me a\nbit of attention".',
 'The two women immediately did as he said,\nhurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then\nthey quickly finished their letters.',
 'After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was\nsomething they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the\nopen country outside the town.',
 'They had the tram, filled with warm\nsunshine, all to themselves.',
 'Leant back comfortably on their seats,\nthey discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination\nthey were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each\nother about their work but all three had jobs which were very good\nand held particularly good promise for the future.',
 'The greatest\nimprovement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite\neasily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was\nsmaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by\nGregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more\npractical.',
 'All the time, Grete was becoming livelier.',
 'With all the\nworry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but,\nwhile they were talking,  Mr. and  Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost\nsimultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was\nblossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady.',
 'They became\nquieter.',
 "Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing\nit they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for\nher.",
 'And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good\nintentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the\nfirst to get up and stretch out her young body.',
 'End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka\nTranslated by David Wyllie.',
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print(stop_words)

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filtered_sentence = []

for w in word_tokens:
    if w not in stop_words:
        filtered_sentence.append(w)
print(filtered_sentence)

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stop_words.extend(new_stopwords)


filtered_sentence = []

for w in word_tokens:
    if w not in stop_words:
        filtered_sentence.append(w)
print(filtered_sentence)

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fdist = FreqDist(filtered_sentence)
print(fdist)

<FreqDist with 3175 samples and 13040 outcomes>


import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fdist.plot(30,cumulative=False)
plt.show()


fdist.most_common(5)

[('Gregor', 289), ('would', 188), ("'s", 180), ('``', 149), ('room', 131)]


from nltk.stem import PorterStemmer

ps = PorterStemmer()

for w in words:
    print(ps.stem(w))

one
morn
when
gregor
samsa
woke
from
troubl
dream
he
found
himself
transform
in
hi
bed
into
a
horribl
vermin
he
lay
on
hi
armour
like
back
and
if
he
lift
hi
head
a
littl
he
could
see
hi
brown
belli
slightli
dome
and
divid
by
arch
into
stiff
section
the
bed
wa
hardli
abl
to
cover
it
and
seem
readi
to
slide
off
ani
moment
hi
mani
leg
piti
thin
compar
with
the
size
of
the
rest
of
him
wave
about
helplessli
as
he
look
what
s
happen
to
me
he
thought
it
wasn
t
a
dream
hi
room
a
proper
human
room
although
a
littl
too
small
lay
peac
between
it
four
familiar
wall
a
collect
of
textil
sampl
lay
spread
out
on
the
tabl
samsa
wa
a
travel
salesman
and
abov
it
there
hung
a
pictur
that
he
had
recent
cut
out
of
an
illustr
magazin
and
hous
in
a
nice
gild
frame
it
show
a
ladi
fit
out
with
a
fur
hat
and
fur
boa
who
sat
upright
rais
a
heavi
fur
muff
that
cover
the
whole
of
her
lower
arm
toward
the
viewer
gregor
then
turn
to
look
out
the
window
at
the
dull
weather
drop
of
rain
could
be
heard
hit
the
pane
which
made
him
feel
quit
sad
how
about
if
i
sleep
a
littl
bit
longer
and
forget
all
thi
nonsens
he
thought
but
that
wa
someth
he
wa
unabl
to
do
becaus
he
wa
use
to
sleep
on
hi
right
and
in
hi
present
state
couldn
t
get
into
that
posit
howev
hard
he
threw
himself
onto
hi
right
he
alway
roll
back
to
where
he
wa
he
must
have
tri
it
a
hundr
time
shut
hi
eye
so
that
he
wouldn
t
have
to
look
at
the
flounder
leg
and
onli
stop
when
he
began
to
feel
a
mild
dull
pain
there
that
he
had
never
felt
befor
oh
god
he
thought
what
a
strenuou
career
it
is
that
i
ve
chosen
travel
day
in
and
day
out
do
busi
like
thi
take
much
more
effort
than
do
your
own
busi
at
home
and
on
top
of
that
there
s
the
curs
of
travel
worri
about
make
train
connect
bad
and
irregular
food
contact
with
differ
peopl
all
the
time
so
that
you
can
never
get
to
know
anyon
or
becom
friendli
with
them
it
can
all
go
to
hell
he
felt
a
slight
itch
up
on
hi
belli
push
himself
slowli
up
on
hi
back
toward
the
headboard
so
that
he
could
lift
hi
head
better
found
where
the
itch
wa
and
saw
that
it
wa
cover
with
lot
of
littl
white
spot
which
he
didn
t
know
what
to
make
of
and
when
he
tri
to
feel
the
place
with
one
of
hi
leg
he
drew
it
quickli
back
becaus
as
soon
as
he
touch
it
he
wa
overcom
by
a
cold
shudder
he
slid
back
into
hi
former
posit
get
up
earli
all
the
time
he
thought
it
make
you
stupid
you
ve
got
to
get
enough
sleep
other
travel
salesmen
live
a
life
of
luxuri
for
instanc
whenev
i
go
back
to
the
guest
hous
dure
the
morn
to
copi
out
the
contract
these
gentlemen
are
alway
still
sit
there
eat
their
breakfast
i
ought
to
just
tri
that
with
my
boss
i
d
get
kick
out
on
the
spot
but
who
know
mayb
that
would
be
the
best
thing
for
me
if
i
didn
t
have
my
parent
to
think
about
i
d
have
given
in
my
notic
a
long
time
ago
i
d
have
gone
up
to
the
boss
and
told
him
just
what
i
think
tell
him
everyth
i
would
let
him
know
just
what
i
feel
he
d
fall
right
off
hi
desk
and
it
s
a
funni
sort
of
busi
to
be
sit
up
there
at
your
desk
talk
down
at
your
subordin
from
up
there
especi
when
you
have
to
go
right
up
close
becaus
the
boss
is
hard
of
hear
well
there
s
still
some
hope
onc
i
ve
got
the
money
togeth
to
pay
off
my
parent
debt
to
him
anoth
five
or
six
year
i
suppos
that
s
definit
what
i
ll
do
that
s
when
i
ll
make
the
big
chang
first
of
all
though
i
ve
got
to
get
up
my
train
leav
at
five
and
he
look
over
at
the
alarm
clock
tick
on
the
chest
of
drawer
god
in
heaven
he
thought
it
wa
half
past
six
and
the
hand
were
quietli
move
forward
it
wa
even
later
than
half
past
more
like
quarter
to
seven
had
the
alarm
clock
not
rung
he
could
see
from
the
bed
that
it
had
been
set
for
four
o
clock
as
it
should
have
been
it
certainli
must
have
rung
ye
but
wa
it
possibl
to
quietli
sleep
through
that
furnitur
rattl
nois
true
he
had
not
slept
peac
but
probabl
all
the
more
deepli
becaus
of
that
what
should
he
do
now
the
next
train
went
at
seven
if
he
were
to
catch
that
he
would
have
to
rush
like
mad
and
the
collect
of
sampl
wa
still
not
pack
and
he
did
not
at
all
feel
particularli
fresh
and
live
and
even
if
he
did
catch
the
train
he
would
not
avoid
hi
boss
s
anger
as
the
offic
assist
would
have
been
there
to
see
the
five
o
clock
train
go
he
would
have
put
in
hi
report
about
gregor
s
not
be
there
a
long
time
ago
the
offic
assist
wa
the
boss
s
man
spineless
and
with
no
understand
what
about
if
he
report
sick
but
that
would
be
extrem
strain
and
suspici
as
in
fifteen
year
of
servic
gregor
had
never
onc
yet
been
ill
hi
boss
would
certainli
come
round
with
the
doctor
from
the
medic
insur
compani
accus
hi
parent
of
have
a
lazi
son
and
accept
the
doctor
s
recommend
not
to
make
ani
claim
as
the
doctor
believ
that
no
one
wa
ever
ill
but
that
mani
were
workshi
and
what
s
more
would
he
have
been
entir
wrong
in
thi
case
gregor
did
in
fact
apart
from
excess
sleepi
after
sleep
for
so
long
feel
complet
well
and
even
felt
much
hungrier
than
usual
he
wa
still
hurriedli
think
all
thi
through
unabl
to
decid
to
get
out
of
the
bed
when
the
clock
struck
quarter
to
seven
there
wa
a
cautiou
knock
at
the
door
near
hi
head
gregor
somebodi
call
it
wa
hi
mother
it
s
quarter
to
seven
didn
t
you
want
to
go
somewher
that
gentl
voic
gregor
wa
shock
when
he
heard
hi
own
voic
answer
it
could
hardli
be
recognis
as
the
voic
he
had
had
befor
as
if
from
deep
insid
him
there
wa
a
pain
and
uncontrol
squeak
mix
in
with
it
the
word
could
be
made
out
at
first
but
then
there
wa
a
sort
of
echo
which
made
them
unclear
leav
the
hearer
unsur
whether
he
had
heard
properli
or
not
gregor
had
want
to
give
a
full
answer
and
explain
everyth
but
in
the
circumst
content
himself
with
say
ye
mother
ye
thank
you
i
m
get
up
now
the
chang
in
gregor
s
voic
probabl
could
not
be
notic
outsid
through
the
wooden
door
as
hi
mother
wa
satisfi
with
thi
explan
and
shuffl
away
but
thi
short
convers
made
the
other
member
of
the
famili
awar
that
gregor
against
their
expect
wa
still
at
home
and
soon
hi
father
came
knock
at
one
of
the
side
door
gentli
but
with
hi
fist
gregor
gregor
he
call
what
s
wrong
and
after
a
short
while
he
call
again
with
a
warn
deep
in
hi
voic
gregor
gregor
at
the
other
side
door
hi
sister
came
plaintiv
gregor
aren
t
you
well
do
you
need
anyth
gregor
answer
to
both
side
i
m
readi
now
make
an
effort
to
remov
all
the
strang
from
hi
voic
by
enunci
veri
care
and
put
long
paus
between
each
individu
word
hi
father
went
back
to
hi
breakfast
but
hi
sister
whisper
gregor
open
the
door
i
beg
of
you
gregor
howev
had
no
thought
of
open
the
door
and
instead
congratul
himself
for
hi
cautiou
habit
acquir
from
hi
travel
of
lock
all
door
at
night
even
when
he
wa
at
home
the
first
thing
he
want
to
do
wa
to
get
up
in
peac
without
be
disturb
to
get
dress
and
most
of
all
to
have
hi
breakfast
onli
then
would
he
consid
what
to
do
next
as
he
wa
well
awar
that
he
would
not
bring
hi
thought
to
ani
sensibl
conclus
by
lie
in
bed
he
rememb
that
he
had
often
felt
a
slight
pain
in
bed
perhap
caus
by
lie
awkwardli
but
that
had
alway
turn
out
to
be
pure
imagin
and
he
wonder
how
hi
imagin
would
slowli
resolv
themselv
today
he
did
not
have
the
slightest
doubt
that
the
chang
in
hi
voic
wa
noth
more
than
the
first
sign
of
a
seriou
cold
which
wa
an
occup
hazard
for
travel
salesmen
it
wa
a
simpl
matter
to
throw
off
the
cover
he
onli
had
to
blow
himself
up
a
littl
and
they
fell
off
by
themselv
but
it
becam
difficult
after
that
especi
as
he
wa
so
except
broad
he
would
have
use
hi
arm
and
hi
hand
to
push
himself
up
but
instead
of
them
he
onli
had
all
those
littl
leg
continu
move
in
differ
direct
and
which
he
wa
moreov
unabl
to
control
if
he
want
to
bend
one
of
them
then
that
wa
the
first
one
that
would
stretch
itself
out
and
if
he
final
manag
to
do
what
he
want
with
that
leg
all
the
other
seem
to
be
set
free
and
would
move
about
pain
thi
is
someth
that
can
t
be
done
in
bed
gregor
said
to
himself
so
don
t
keep
tri
to
do
it
the
first
thing
he
want
to
do
wa
get
the
lower
part
of
hi
bodi
out
of
the
bed
but
he
had
never
seen
thi
lower
part
and
could
not
imagin
what
it
look
like
it
turn
out
to
be
too
hard
to
move
it
went
so
slowli
and
final
almost
in
a
frenzi
when
he
carelessli
shove
himself
forward
with
all
the
forc
he
could
gather
he
chose
the
wrong
direct
hit
hard
against
the
lower
bedpost
and
learn
from
the
burn
pain
he
felt
that
the
lower
part
of
hi
bodi
might
well
at
present
be
the
most
sensit
so
then
he
tri
to
get
the
top
part
of
hi
bodi
out
of
the
bed
first
care
turn
hi
head
to
the
side
thi
he
manag
quit
easili
and
despit
it
breadth
and
it
weight
the
bulk
of
hi
bodi
eventu
follow
slowli
in
the
direct
of
the
head
but
when
he
had
at
last
got
hi
head
out
of
the
bed
and
into
the
fresh
air
it
occur
to
him
that
if
he
let
himself
fall
it
would
be
a
miracl
if
hi
head
were
not
injur
so
he
becam
afraid
to
carri
on
push
himself
forward
the
same
way
and
he
could
not
knock
himself
out
now
at
ani
price
better
to
stay
in
bed
than
lose
conscious
it
took
just
as
much
effort
to
get
back
to
where
he
had
been
earlier
but
when
he
lay
there
sigh
and
wa
onc
more
watch
hi
leg
as
they
struggl
against
each
other
even
harder
than
befor
if
that
wa
possibl
he
could
think
of
no
way
of
bring
peac
and
order
to
thi
chao
he
told
himself
onc
more
that
it
wa
not
possibl
for
him
to
stay
in
bed
and
that
the
most
sensibl
thing
to
do
would
be
to
get
free
of
it
in
whatev
way
he
could
at
whatev
sacrific
at
the
same
time
though
he
did
not
forget
to
remind
himself
that
calm
consider
wa
much
better
than
rush
to
desper
conclus
at
time
like
thi
he
would
direct
hi
eye
to
the
window
and
look
out
as
clearli
as
he
could
but
unfortun
even
the
other
side
of
the
narrow
street
wa
envelop
in
morn
fog
and
the
view
had
littl
confid
or
cheer
to
offer
him
seven
o
clock
alreadi
he
said
to
himself
when
the
clock
struck
again
seven
o
clock
and
there
s
still
a
fog
like
thi
and
he
lay
there
quietli
a
while
longer
breath
lightli
as
if
he
perhap
expect
the
total
still
to
bring
thing
back
to
their
real
and
natur
state
but
then
he
said
to
himself
befor
it
strike
quarter
past
seven
i
ll
definit
have
to
have
got
properli
out
of
bed
and
by
then
somebodi
will
have
come
round
from
work
to
ask
what
s
happen
to
me
as
well
as
they
open
up
at
work
befor
seven
o
clock
and
so
he
set
himself
to
the
task
of
swing
the
entir
length
of
hi
bodi
out
of
the
bed
all
at
the
same
time
if
he
succeed
in
fall
out
of
bed
in
thi
way
and
kept
hi
head
rais
as
he
did
so
he
could
probabl
avoid
injur
it
hi
back
seem
to
be
quit
hard
and
probabl
noth
would
happen
to
it
fall
onto
the
carpet
hi
main
concern
wa
for
the
loud
nois
he
wa
bound
to
make
and
which
even
through
all
the
door
would
probabl
rais
concern
if
not
alarm
but
it
wa
someth
that
had
to
be
risk
when
gregor
wa
alreadi
stick
half
way
out
of
the
bed
the
new
method
wa
more
of
a
game
than
an
effort
all
he
had
to
do
wa
rock
back
and
forth
it
occur
to
him
how
simpl
everyth
would
be
if
somebodi
came
to
help
him
two
strong
peopl
he
had
hi
father
and
the
maid
in
mind
would
have
been
more
than
enough
they
would
onli
have
to
push
their
arm
under
the
dome
of
hi
back
peel
him
away
from
the
bed
bend
down
with
the
load
and
then
be
patient
and
care
as
he
swang
over
onto
the
floor
where
hope
the
littl
leg
would
find
a
use
should
he
realli
call
for
help
though
even
apart
from
the
fact
that
all
the
door
were
lock
despit
all
the
difficulti
he
wa
in
he
could
not
suppress
a
smile
at
thi
thought
after
a
while
he
had
alreadi
move
so
far
across
that
it
would
have
been
hard
for
him
to
keep
hi
balanc
if
he
rock
too
hard
the
time
wa
now
ten
past
seven
and
he
would
have
to
make
a
final
decis
veri
soon
then
there
wa
a
ring
at
the
door
of
the
flat
that
ll
be
someon
from
work
he
said
to
himself
and
froze
veri
still
although
hi
littl
leg
onli
becam
all
the
more
live
as
they
danc
around
for
a
moment
everyth
remain
quiet
they
re
not
open
the
door
gregor
said
to
himself
caught
in
some
nonsens
hope
but
then
of
cours
the
maid
s
firm
step
went
to
the
door
as
ever
and
open
it
gregor
onli
need
to
hear
the
visitor
s
first
word
of
greet
and
he
knew
who
it
wa
the
chief
clerk
himself
whi
did
gregor
have
to
be
the
onli
one
condemn
to
work
for
a
compani
where
they
immedi
becam
highli
suspici
at
the
slightest
shortcom
were
all
employe
everi
one
of
them
lout
wa
there
not
one
of
them
who
wa
faith
and
devot
who
would
go
so
mad
with
pang
of
conscienc
that
he
couldn
t
get
out
of
bed
if
he
didn
t
spend
at
least
a
coupl
of
hour
in
the
morn
on
compani
busi
wa
it
realli
not
enough
to
let
one
of
the
traine
make
enquiri
assum
enquiri
were
even
necessari
did
the
chief
clerk
have
to
come
himself
and
did
they
have
to
show
the
whole
innoc
famili
that
thi
wa
so
suspici
that
onli
the
chief
clerk
could
be
trust
to
have
the
wisdom
to
investig
it
and
more
becaus
these
thought
had
made
him
upset
than
through
ani
proper
decis
he
swang
himself
with
all
hi
forc
out
of
the
bed
there
wa
a
loud
thump
but
it
wasn
t
realli
a
loud
nois
hi
fall
wa
soften
a
littl
by
the
carpet
and
gregor
s
back
wa
also
more
elast
than
he
had
thought
which
made
the
sound
muffl
and
not
too
notic
he
had
not
held
hi
head
care
enough
though
and
hit
it
as
he
fell
annoy
and
in
pain
he
turn
it
and
rub
it
against
the
carpet
someth
s
fallen
down
in
there
said
the
chief
clerk
in
the
room
on
the
left
gregor
tri
to
imagin
whether
someth
of
the
sort
that
had
happen
to
him
today
could
ever
happen
to
the
chief
clerk
too
you
had
to
conced
that
it
wa
possibl
but
as
if
in
gruff
repli
to
thi
question
the
chief
clerk
s
firm
footstep
in
hi
highli
polish
boot
could
now
be
heard
in
the
adjoin
room
from
the
room
on
hi
right
gregor
s
sister
whisper
to
him
to
let
him
know
gregor
the
chief
clerk
is
here
ye
i
know
said
gregor
to
himself
but
without
dare
to
rais
hi
voic
loud
enough
for
hi
sister
to
hear
him
gregor
said
hi
father
now
from
the
room
to
hi
left
the
chief
clerk
ha
come
round
and
want
to
know
whi
you
didn
t
leav
on
the
earli
train
we
don
t
know
what
to
say
to
him
and
anyway
he
want
to
speak
to
you
person
so
pleas
open
up
thi
door
i
m
sure
he
ll
be
good
enough
to
forgiv
the
untidi
of
your
room
then
the
chief
clerk
call
good
morn
mr
samsa
he
isn
t
well
said
hi
mother
to
the
chief
clerk
while
hi
father
continu
to
speak
through
the
door
he
isn
t
well
pleas
believ
me
whi
els
would
gregor
have
miss
a
train
the
lad
onli
ever
think
about
the
busi
it
nearli
make
me
cross
the
way
he
never
goe
out
in
the
even
he
s
been
in
town
for
a
week
now
but
stay
home
everi
even
he
sit
with
us
in
the
kitchen
and
just
read
the
paper
or
studi
train
timet
hi
idea
of
relax
is
work
with
hi
fretsaw
he
s
made
a
littl
frame
for
instanc
it
onli
took
him
two
or
three
even
you
ll
be
amaz
how
nice
it
is
it
s
hang
up
in
hi
room
you
ll
see
it
as
soon
as
gregor
open
the
door
anyway
i
m
glad
you
re
here
we
wouldn
t
have
been
abl
to
get
gregor
to
open
the
door
by
ourselv
he
s
so
stubborn
and
i
m
sure
he
isn
t
well
he
said
thi
morn
that
he
is
but
he
isn
t
i
ll
be
there
in
a
moment
said
gregor
slowli
and
thought
but
without
move
so
that
he
would
not
miss
ani
word
of
the
convers
well
i
can
t
think
of
ani
other
way
of
explain
it
mr
samsa
said
the
chief
clerk
i
hope
it
s
noth
seriou
but
on
the
other
hand
i
must
say
that
if
we
peopl
in
commerc
ever
becom
slightli
unwel
then
fortun
or
unfortun
as
you
like
we
simpli
have
to
overcom
it
becaus
of
busi
consider
can
the
chief
clerk
come
in
to
see
you
now
then
ask
hi
father
impati
knock
at
the
door
again
no
said
gregor
in
the
room
on
hi
right
there
follow
a
pain
silenc
in
the
room
on
hi
left
hi
sister
began
to
cri
so
whi
did
hi
sister
not
go
and
join
the
other
she
had
probabl
onli
just
got
up
and
had
not
even
begun
to
get
dress
and
whi
wa
she
cri
wa
it
becaus
he
had
not
got
up
and
had
not
let
the
chief
clerk
in
becaus
he
wa
in
danger
of
lose
hi
job
and
if
that
happen
hi
boss
would
onc
more
pursu
their
parent
with
the
same
demand
as
befor
there
wa
no
need
to
worri
about
thing
like
that
yet
gregor
wa
still
there
and
had
not
the
slightest
intent
of
abandon
hi
famili
for
the
time
be
he
just
lay
there
on
the
carpet
and
no
one
who
knew
the
condit
he
wa
in
would
serious
have
expect
him
to
let
the
chief
clerk
in
it
wa
onli
a
minor
discourtesi
and
a
suitabl
excus
could
easili
be
found
for
it
later
on
it
wa
not
someth
for
which
gregor
could
be
sack
on
the
spot
and
it
seem
to
gregor
much
more
sensibl
to
leav
him
now
in
peac
instead
of
disturb
him
with
talk
at
him
and
cri
but
the
other
didn
t
know
what
wa
happen
they
were
worri
that
would
excus
their
behaviour
the
chief
clerk
now
rais
hi
voic
mr
samsa
he
call
to
him
what
is
wrong
you
barricad
yourself
in
your
room
give
us
no
more
than
ye
or
no
for
an
answer
you
are
caus
seriou
and
unnecessari
concern
to
your
parent
and
you
fail
and
i
mention
thi
just
by
the
way
you
fail
to
carri
out
your
busi
duti
in
a
way
that
is
quit
unheard
of
i
m
speak
here
on
behalf
of
your
parent
and
of
your
employ
and
realli
must
request
a
clear
and
immedi
explan
i
am
astonish
quit
astonish
i
thought
i
knew
you
as
a
calm
and
sensibl
person
and
now
you
suddenli
seem
to
be
show
off
with
peculiar
whim
thi
morn
your
employ
did
suggest
a
possibl
reason
for
your
failur
to
appear
it
s
true
it
had
to
do
with
the
money
that
wa
recent
entrust
to
you
but
i
came
near
to
give
him
my
word
of
honour
that
that
could
not
be
the
right
explan
but
now
that
i
see
your
incomprehens
stubborn
i
no
longer
feel
ani
wish
whatsoev
to
interced
on
your
behalf
and
nor
is
your
posit
all
that
secur
i
had
origin
intend
to
say
all
thi
to
you
in
privat
but
sinc
you
caus
me
to
wast
my
time
here
for
no
good
reason
i
don
t
see
whi
your
parent
should
not
also
learn
of
it
your
turnov
ha
been
veri
unsatisfactori
of
late
i
grant
you
that
it
s
not
the
time
of
year
to
do
especi
good
busi
we
recognis
that
but
there
simpli
is
no
time
of
year
to
do
no
busi
at
all
mr
samsa
we
cannot
allow
there
to
be
but
sir
call
gregor
besid
himself
and
forget
all
els
in
the
excit
i
ll
open
up
immedi
just
a
moment
i
m
slightli
unwel
an
attack
of
dizzi
i
haven
t
been
abl
to
get
up
i
m
still
in
bed
now
i
m
quit
fresh
again
now
though
i
m
just
get
out
of
bed
just
a
moment
be
patient
it
s
not
quit
as
easi
as
i
d
thought
i
m
quit
alright
now
though
it
s
shock
what
can
suddenli
happen
to
a
person
i
wa
quit
alright
last
night
my
parent
know
about
it
perhap
better
than
me
i
had
a
small
symptom
of
it
last
night
alreadi
they
must
have
notic
it
i
don
t
know
whi
i
didn
t
let
you
know
at
work
but
you
alway
think
you
can
get
over
an
ill
without
stay
at
home
pleas
don
t
make
my
parent
suffer
there
s
no
basi
for
ani
of
the
accus
you
re
make
nobodi
s
ever
said
a
word
to
me
about
ani
of
these
thing
mayb
you
haven
t
read
the
latest
contract
i
sent
in
i
ll
set
off
with
the
eight
o
clock
train
as
well
these
few
hour
of
rest
have
given
me
strength
you
don
t
need
to
wait
sir
i
ll
be
in
the
offic
soon
after
you
and
pleas
be
so
good
as
to
tell
that
to
the
boss
and
recommend
me
to
him
and
while
gregor
gush
out
these
word
hardli
know
what
he
wa
say
he
made
hi
way
over
to
the
chest
of
drawer
thi
wa
easili
done
probabl
becaus
of
the
practis
he
had
alreadi
had
in
bed
where
he
now
tri
to
get
himself
upright
he
realli
did
want
to
open
the
door
realli
did
want
to
let
them
see
him
and
to
speak
with
the
chief
clerk
the
other
were
be
so
insist
and
he
wa
curiou
to
learn
what
they
would
say
when
they
caught
sight
of
him
if
they
were
shock
then
it
would
no
longer
be
gregor
s
respons
and
he
could
rest
if
howev
they
took
everyth
calmli
he
would
still
have
no
reason
to
be
upset
and
if
he
hurri
he
realli
could
be
at
the
station
for
eight
o
clock
the
first
few
time
he
tri
to
climb
up
on
the
smooth
chest
of
drawer
he
just
slid
down
again
but
he
final
gave
himself
one
last
swing
and
stood
there
upright
the
lower
part
of
hi
bodi
wa
in
seriou
pain
but
he
no
longer
gave
ani
attent
to
it
now
he
let
himself
fall
against
the
back
of
a
nearbi
chair
and
held
tightli
to
the
edg
of
it
with
hi
littl
leg
by
now
he
had
also
calm
down
and
kept
quiet
so
that
he
could
listen
to
what
the
chief
clerk
wa
say
did
you
understand
a
word
of
all
that
the
chief
clerk
ask
hi
parent
sure
he
s
not
tri
to
make
fool
of
us
oh
god
call
hi
mother
who
wa
alreadi
in
tear
he
could
be
serious
ill
and
we
re
make
him
suffer
grete
grete
she
then
cri
mother
hi
sister
call
from
the
other
side
they
commun
across
gregor
s
room
you
ll
have
to
go
for
the
doctor
straight
away
gregor
is
ill
quick
get
the
doctor
did
you
hear
the
way
gregor
spoke
just
now
that
wa
the
voic
of
an
anim
said
the
chief
clerk
with
a
calm
that
wa
in
contrast
with
hi
mother
s
scream
anna
anna
hi
father
call
into
the
kitchen
through
the
entranc
hall
clap
hi
hand
get
a
locksmith
here
now
and
the
two
girl
their
skirt
swish
immedi
ran
out
through
the
hall
wrench
open
the
front
door
of
the
flat
as
they
went
how
had
hi
sister
manag
to
get
dress
so
quickli
there
wa
no
sound
of
the
door
bang
shut
again
they
must
have
left
it
open
peopl
often
do
in
home
where
someth
aw
ha
happen
gregor
in
contrast
had
becom
much
calmer
so
they
couldn
t
understand
hi
word
ani
more
although
they
seem
clear
enough
to
him
clearer
than
befor
perhap
hi
ear
had
becom
use
to
the
sound
they
had
realis
though
that
there
wa
someth
wrong
with
him
and
were
readi
to
help
the
first
respons
to
hi
situat
had
been
confid
and
wise
and
that
made
him
feel
better
he
felt
that
he
had
been
drawn
back
in
among
peopl
and
from
the
doctor
and
the
locksmith
he
expect
great
and
surpris
achiev
although
he
did
not
realli
distinguish
one
from
the
other
whatev
wa
said
next
would
be
crucial
so
in
order
to
make
hi
voic
as
clear
as
possibl
he
cough
a
littl
but
take
care
to
do
thi
not
too
loudli
as
even
thi
might
well
sound
differ
from
the
way
that
a
human
cough
and
he
wa
no
longer
sure
he
could
judg
thi
for
himself
meanwhil
it
had
becom
veri
quiet
in
the
next
room
perhap
hi
parent
were
sat
at
the
tabl
whisper
with
the
chief
clerk
or
perhap
they
were
all
press
against
the
door
and
listen
gregor
slowli
push
hi
way
over
to
the
door
with
the
chair
onc
there
he
let
go
of
it
and
threw
himself
onto
the
door
hold
himself
upright
against
it
use
the
adhes
on
the
tip
of
hi
leg
he
rest
there
a
littl
while
to
recov
from
the
effort
involv
and
then
set
himself
to
the
task
of
turn
the
key
in
the
lock
with
hi
mouth
he
seem
unfortun
to
have
no
proper
teeth
how
wa
he
then
to
grasp
the
key
but
the
lack
of
teeth
wa
of
cours
made
up
for
with
a
veri
strong
jaw
use
the
jaw
he
realli
wa
abl
to
start
the
key
turn
ignor
the
fact
that
he
must
have
been
caus
some
kind
of
damag
as
a
brown
fluid
came
from
hi
mouth
flow
over
the
key
and
drip
onto
the
floor
listen
said
the
chief
clerk
in
the
next
room
he
s
turn
the
key
gregor
wa
greatli
encourag
by
thi
but
they
all
should
have
been
call
to
him
hi
father
and
hi
mother
too
well
done
gregor
they
should
have
cri
keep
at
it
keep
hold
of
the
lock
and
with
the
idea
that
they
were
all
excitedli
follow
hi
effort
he
bit
on
the
key
with
all
hi
strength
pay
no
attent
to
the
pain
he
wa
caus
himself
as
the
key
turn
round
he
turn
around
the
lock
with
it
onli
hold
himself
upright
with
hi
mouth
and
hung
onto
the
key
or
push
it
down
again
with
the
whole
weight
of
hi
bodi
as
need
the
clear
sound
of
the
lock
as
it
snap
back
wa
gregor
s
sign
that
he
could
break
hi
concentr
and
as
he
regain
hi
breath
he
said
to
himself
so
i
didn
t
need
the
locksmith
after
all
then
he
lay
hi
head
on
the
handl
of
the
door
to
open
it
complet
becaus
he
had
to
open
the
door
in
thi
way
it
wa
alreadi
wide
open
befor
he
could
be
seen
he
had
first
to
slowli
turn
himself
around
one
of
the
doubl
door
and
he
had
to
do
it
veri
care
if
he
did
not
want
to
fall
flat
on
hi
back
befor
enter
the
room
he
wa
still
occupi
with
thi
difficult
movement
unabl
to
pay
attent
to
anyth
els
when
he
heard
the
chief
clerk
exclaim
a
loud
oh
which
sound
like
the
sough
of
the
wind
now
he
also
saw
him
he
wa
the
nearest
to
the
door
hi
hand
press
against
hi
open
mouth
and
slowli
retreat
as
if
driven
by
a
steadi
and
invis
forc
gregor
s
mother
her
hair
still
dishevel
from
bed
despit
the
chief
clerk
s
be
there
look
at
hi
father
then
she
unfold
her
arm
took
two
step
forward
toward
gregor
and
sank
down
onto
the
floor
into
her
skirt
that
spread
themselv
out
around
her
as
her
head
disappear
down
onto
her
breast
hi
father
look
hostil
and
clench
hi
fist
as
if
want
to
knock
gregor
back
into
hi
room
then
he
look
uncertainli
round
the
live
room
cover
hi
eye
with
hi
hand
and
wept
so
that
hi
power
chest
shook
so
gregor
did
not
go
into
the
room
but
leant
against
the
insid
of
the
other
door
which
wa
still
held
bolt
in
place
in
thi
way
onli
half
of
hi
bodi
could
be
seen
along
with
hi
head
abov
it
which
he
leant
over
to
one
side
as
he
peer
out
at
the
other
meanwhil
the
day
had
becom
much
lighter
part
of
the
endless
grey
black
build
on
the
other
side
of
the
street
which
wa
a
hospit
could
be
seen
quit
clearli
with
the
auster
and
regular
line
of
window
pierc
it
facad
the
rain
wa
still
fall
now
throw
down
larg
individu
droplet
which
hit
the
ground
one
at
a
time
the
wash
up
from
breakfast
lay
on
the
tabl
there
wa
so
much
of
it
becaus
for
gregor
s
father
breakfast
wa
the
most
import
meal
of
the
day
and
he
would
stretch
it
out
for
sever
hour
as
he
sat
read
a
number
of
differ
newspap
on
the
wall
exactli
opposit
there
wa
photograph
of
gregor
when
he
wa
a
lieuten
in
the
armi
hi
sword
in
hi
hand
and
a
carefre
smile
on
hi
face
as
he
call
forth
respect
for
hi
uniform
and
bear
the
door
to
the
entranc
hall
wa
open
and
as
the
front
door
of
the
flat
wa
also
open
he
could
see
onto
the
land
and
the
stair
where
they
began
their
way
down
below
now
then
said
gregor
well
awar
that
he
wa
the
onli
one
to
have
kept
calm
i
ll
get
dress
straight
away
now
pack
up
my
sampl
and
set
off
will
you
pleas
just
let
me
leav
you
can
see
he
said
to
the
chief
clerk
that
i
m
not
stubborn
and
i
like
to
do
my
job
be
a
commerci
travel
is
arduou
but
without
travel
i
couldn
t
earn
my
live
so
where
are
you
go
in
to
the
offic
ye
will
you
report
everyth
accur
then
it
s
quit
possibl
for
someon
to
be
temporarili
unabl
to
work
but
that
s
just
the
right
time
to
rememb
what
s
been
achiev
in
the
past
and
consid
that
later
on
onc
the
difficulti
ha
been
remov
he
will
certainli
work
with
all
the
more
dilig
and
concentr
you
re
well
awar
that
i
m
serious
in
debt
to
our
employ
as
well
as
have
to
look
after
my
parent
and
my
sister
so
that
i
m
trap
in
a
difficult
situat
but
i
will
work
my
way
out
of
it
again
pleas
don
t
make
thing
ani
harder
for
me
than
they
are
alreadi
and
don
t
take
side
against
me
at
the
offic
i
know
that
nobodi
like
the
travel
they
think
we
earn
an
enorm
wage
as
well
as
have
a
soft
time
of
it
that
s
just
prejudic
but
they
have
no
particular
reason
to
think
better
of
it
but
you
sir
you
have
a
better
overview
than
the
rest
of
the
staff
in
fact
if
i
can
say
thi
in
confid
a
better
overview
than
the
boss
himself
it
s
veri
easi
for
a
businessman
like
him
to
make
mistak
about
hi
employe
and
judg
them
more
harshli
than
he
should
and
you
re
also
well
awar
that
we
travel
spend
almost
the
whole
year
away
from
the
offic
so
that
we
can
veri
easili
fall
victim
to
gossip
and
chanc
and
groundless
complaint
and
it
s
almost
imposs
to
defend
yourself
from
that
sort
of
thing
we
don
t
usual
even
hear
about
them
or
if
at
all
it
s
when
we
arriv
back
home
exhaust
from
a
trip
and
that
s
when
we
feel
the
harm
effect
of
what
s
been
go
on
without
even
know
what
caus
them
pleas
don
t
go
away
at
least
first
say
someth
to
show
that
you
grant
that
i
m
at
least
partli
right
but
the
chief
clerk
had
turn
away
as
soon
as
gregor
had
start
to
speak
and
with
protrud
lip
onli
stare
back
at
him
over
hi
trembl
shoulder
as
he
left
he
did
not
keep
still
for
a
moment
while
gregor
wa
speak
but
move
steadili
toward
the
door
without
take
hi
eye
off
him
he
move
veri
gradual
as
if
there
had
been
some
secret
prohibit
on
leav
the
room
it
wa
onli
when
he
had
reach
the
entranc
hall
that
he
made
a
sudden
movement
drew
hi
foot
from
the
live
room
and
rush
forward
in
a
panic
in
the
hall
he
stretch
hi
right
hand
far
out
toward
the
stairway
as
if
out
there
there
were
some
supernatur
forc
wait
to
save
him
gregor
realis
that
it
wa
out
of
the
question
to
let
the
chief
clerk
go
away
in
thi
mood
if
hi
posit
in
the
firm
wa
not
to
be
put
into
extrem
danger
that
wa
someth
hi
parent
did
not
understand
veri
well
over
the
year
they
had
becom
convinc
that
thi
job
would
provid
for
gregor
for
hi
entir
life
and
besid
they
had
so
much
to
worri
about
at
present
that
they
had
lost
sight
of
ani
thought
for
the
futur
gregor
though
did
think
about
the
futur
the
chief
clerk
had
to
be
held
back
calm
down
convinc
and
final
won
over
the
futur
of
gregor
and
hi
famili
depend
on
it
if
onli
hi
sister
were
here
she
wa
clever
she
wa
alreadi
in
tear
while
gregor
wa
still
lie
peac
on
hi
back
and
the
chief
clerk
wa
a
lover
of
women
sure
she
could
persuad
him
she
would
close
the
front
door
in
the
entranc
hall
and
talk
him
out
of
hi
shock
state
but
hi
sister
wa
not
there
gregor
would
have
to
do
the
job
himself
and
without
consid
that
he
still
wa
not
familiar
with
how
well
he
could
move
about
in
hi
present
state
or
that
hi
speech
still
might
not
or
probabl
would
not
be
understood
he
let
go
of
the
door
push
himself
through
the
open
tri
to
reach
the
chief
clerk
on
the
land
who
ridicul
wa
hold
on
to
the
banist
with
both
hand
but
gregor
fell
immedi
over
and
with
a
littl
scream
as
he
sought
someth
to
hold
onto
land
on
hi
numer
littl
leg
hardli
had
that
happen
than
for
the
first
time
that
day
he
began
to
feel
alright
with
hi
bodi
the
littl
leg
had
the
solid
ground
under
them
to
hi
pleasur
they
did
exactli
as
he
told
them
they
were
even
make
the
effort
to
carri
him
where
he
want
to
go
and
he
wa
soon
believ
that
all
hi
sorrow
would
soon
be
final
at
an
end
he
held
back
the
urg
to
move
but
sway
from
side
to
side
as
he
crouch
there
on
the
floor
hi
mother
wa
not
far
away
in
front
of
him
and
seem
at
first
quit
engross
in
herself
but
then
she
suddenli
jump
up
with
her
arm
outstretch
and
her
finger
spread
shout
help
for
piti
s
sake
help
the
way
she
held
her
head
suggest
she
want
to
see
gregor
better
but
the
unthink
way
she
wa
hurri
backward
show
that
she
did
not
she
had
forgotten
that
the
tabl
wa
behind
her
with
all
the
breakfast
thing
on
it
when
she
reach
the
tabl
she
sat
quickli
down
on
it
without
know
what
she
wa
do
without
even
seem
to
notic
that
the
coffe
pot
had
been
knock
over
and
a
gush
of
coffe
wa
pour
down
onto
the
carpet
mother
mother
said
gregor
gentli
look
up
at
her
he
had
complet
forgotten
the
chief
clerk
for
the
moment
but
could
not
help
himself
snap
in
the
air
with
hi
jaw
at
the
sight
of
the
flow
of
coffe
that
set
hi
mother
scream
anew
she
fled
from
the
tabl
and
into
the
arm
of
hi
father
as
he
rush
toward
her
gregor
though
had
no
time
to
spare
for
hi
parent
now
the
chief
clerk
had
alreadi
reach
the
stair
with
hi
chin
on
the
banist
he
look
back
for
the
last
time
gregor
made
a
run
for
him
he
want
to
be
sure
of
reach
him
the
chief
clerk
must
have
expect
someth
as
he
leapt
down
sever
step
at
onc
and
disappear
hi
shout
resound
all
around
the
staircas
the
flight
of
the
chief
clerk
seem
unfortun
to
put
gregor
s
father
into
a
panic
as
well
until
then
he
had
been
rel
self
control
but
now
instead
of
run
after
the
chief
clerk
himself
or
at
least
not
imped
gregor
as
he
ran
after
him
gregor
s
father
seiz
the
chief
clerk
s
stick
in
hi
right
hand
the
chief
clerk
had
left
it
behind
on
a
chair
along
with
hi
hat
and
overcoat
pick
up
a
larg
newspap
from
the
tabl
with
hi
left
and
use
them
to
drive
gregor
back
into
hi
room
stamp
hi
foot
at
him
as
he
went
gregor
s
appeal
to
hi
father
were
of
no
help
hi
appeal
were
simpli
not
understood
howev
much
he
humbl
turn
hi
head
hi
father
mere
stamp
hi
foot
all
the
harder
across
the
room
despit
the
chilli
weather
gregor
s
mother
had
pull
open
a
window
leant
far
out
of
it
and
press
her
hand
to
her
face
a
strong
draught
of
air
flew
in
from
the
street
toward
the
stairway
the
curtain
flew
up
the
newspap
on
the
tabl
flutter
and
some
of
them
were
blown
onto
the
floor
noth
would
stop
gregor
s
father
as
he
drove
him
back
make
hiss
nois
at
him
like
a
wild
man
gregor
had
never
had
ani
practic
in
move
backward
and
wa
onli
abl
to
go
veri
slowli
if
gregor
had
onli
been
allow
to
turn
round
he
would
have
been
back
in
hi
room
straight
away
but
he
wa
afraid
that
if
he
took
the
time
to
do
that
hi
father
would
becom
impati
and
there
wa
the
threat
of
a
lethal
blow
to
hi
back
or
head
from
the
stick
in
hi
father
s
hand
ani
moment
eventu
though
gregor
realis
that
he
had
no
choic
as
he
saw
to
hi
disgust
that
he
wa
quit
incap
of
go
backward
in
a
straight
line
so
he
began
as
quickli
as
possibl
and
with
frequent
anxiou
glanc
at
hi
father
to
turn
himself
round
it
went
veri
slowli
but
perhap
hi
father
wa
abl
to
see
hi
good
intent
as
he
did
noth
to
hinder
him
in
fact
now
and
then
he
use
the
tip
of
hi
stick
to
give
direct
from
a
distanc
as
to
which
way
to
turn
if
onli
hi
father
would
stop
that
unbear
hiss
it
wa
make
gregor
quit
confus
when
he
had
nearli
finish
turn
round
still
listen
to
that
hiss
he
made
a
mistak
and
turn
himself
back
a
littl
the
way
he
had
just
come
he
wa
pleas
when
he
final
had
hi
head
in
front
of
the
doorway
but
then
saw
that
it
wa
too
narrow
and
hi
bodi
wa
too
broad
to
get
through
it
without
further
difficulti
in
hi
present
mood
it
obvious
did
not
occur
to
hi
father
to
open
the
other
of
the
doubl
door
so
that
gregor
would
have
enough
space
to
get
through
he
wa
mere
fix
on
the
idea
that
gregor
should
be
got
back
into
hi
room
as
quickli
as
possibl
nor
would
he
ever
have
allow
gregor
the
time
to
get
himself
upright
as
prepar
for
get
through
the
doorway
what
he
did
make
more
nois
than
ever
wa
to
drive
gregor
forward
all
the
harder
as
if
there
had
been
noth
in
the
way
it
sound
to
gregor
as
if
there
wa
now
more
than
one
father
behind
him
it
wa
not
a
pleasant
experi
and
gregor
push
himself
into
the
doorway
without
regard
for
what
might
happen
one
side
of
hi
bodi
lift
itself
he
lay
at
an
angl
in
the
doorway
one
flank
scrape
on
the
white
door
and
wa
pain
injur
leav
vile
brown
fleck
on
it
soon
he
wa
stuck
fast
and
would
not
have
been
abl
to
move
at
all
by
himself
the
littl
leg
along
one
side
hung
quiver
in
the
air
while
those
on
the
other
side
were
press
pain
against
the
ground
then
hi
father
gave
him
a
hefti
shove
from
behind
which
releas
him
from
where
he
wa
held
and
sent
him
fli
and
heavili
bleed
deep
into
hi
room
the
door
wa
slam
shut
with
the
stick
then
final
all
wa
quiet
ii
it
wa
not
until
it
wa
get
dark
that
even
that
gregor
awok
from
hi
deep
and
coma
like
sleep
he
would
have
woken
soon
afterward
anyway
even
if
he
hadn
t
been
disturb
as
he
had
had
enough
sleep
and
felt
fulli
rest
but
he
had
the
impress
that
some
hurri
step
and
the
sound
of
the
door
lead
into
the
front
room
be
care
shut
had
woken
him
the
light
from
the
electr
street
lamp
shone
pale
here
and
there
onto
the
ceil
and
top
of
the
furnitur
but
down
below
where
gregor
wa
it
wa
dark
he
push
himself
over
to
the
door
feel
hi
way
clumsili
with
hi
antenna
of
which
he
wa
now
begin
to
learn
the
valu
in
order
to
see
what
had
been
happen
there
the
whole
of
hi
left
side
seem
like
one
pain
stretch
scar
and
he
limp
badli
on
hi
two
row
of
leg
one
of
the
leg
had
been
badli
injur
in
the
event
of
that
morn
it
wa
nearli
a
miracl
that
onli
one
of
them
had
been
and
drag
along
lifelessli
it
wa
onli
when
he
had
reach
the
door
that
he
realis
what
it
actual
wa
that
had
drawn
him
over
to
it
it
wa
the
smell
of
someth
to
eat
by
the
door
there
wa
a
dish
fill
with
sweeten
milk
with
littl
piec
of
white
bread
float
in
it
he
wa
so
pleas
he
almost
laugh
as
he
wa
even
hungrier
than
he
had
been
that
morn
and
immedi
dip
hi
head
into
the
milk
nearli
cover
hi
eye
with
it
but
he
soon
drew
hi
head
back
again
in
disappoint
not
onli
did
the
pain
in
hi
tender
left
side
make
it
difficult
to
eat
the
food
he
wa
onli
abl
to
eat
if
hi
whole
bodi
work
togeth
as
a
snuffl
whole
but
the
milk
did
not
tast
at
all
nice
milk
like
thi
wa
normal
hi
favourit
drink
and
hi
sister
had
certainli
left
it
there
for
him
becaus
of
that
but
he
turn
almost
against
hi
own
will
away
from
the
dish
and
crawl
back
into
the
centr
of
the
room
through
the
crack
in
the
door
gregor
could
see
that
the
ga
had
been
lit
in
the
live
room
hi
father
at
thi
time
would
normal
be
sat
with
hi
even
paper
read
it
out
in
a
loud
voic
to
gregor
s
mother
and
sometim
to
hi
sister
but
there
wa
now
not
a
sound
to
be
heard
gregor
s
sister
would
often
write
and
tell
him
about
thi
read
but
mayb
hi
father
had
lost
the
habit
in
recent
time
it
wa
so
quiet
all
around
too
even
though
there
must
have
been
somebodi
in
the
flat
what
a
quiet
life
it
is
the
famili
lead
said
gregor
to
himself
and
gaze
into
the
dark
felt
a
great
pride
that
he
wa
abl
to
provid
a
life
like
that
in
such
a
nice
home
for
hi
sister
and
parent
but
what
now
if
all
thi
peac
and
wealth
and
comfort
should
come
to
a
horribl
and
frighten
end
that
wa
someth
that
gregor
did
not
want
to
think
about
too
much
so
he
start
to
move
about
crawl
up
and
down
the
room
onc
dure
that
long
even
the
door
on
one
side
of
the
room
wa
open
veri
slightli
and
hurriedli
close
again
later
on
the
door
on
the
other
side
did
the
same
it
seem
that
someon
need
to
enter
the
room
but
thought
better
of
it
gregor
went
and
wait
immedi
by
the
door
resolv
either
to
bring
the
timor
visitor
into
the
room
in
some
way
or
at
least
to
find
out
who
it
wa
but
the
door
wa
open
no
more
that
night
and
gregor
wait
in
vain
the
previou
morn
while
the
door
were
lock
everyon
had
want
to
get
in
there
to
him
but
now
now
that
he
had
open
up
one
of
the
door
and
the
other
had
clearli
been
unlock
some
time
dure
the
day
no
one
came
and
the
key
were
in
the
other
side
it
wa
not
until
late
at
night
that
the
gaslight
in
the
live
room
wa
put
out
and
now
it
wa
easi
to
see
that
hi
parent
and
sister
had
stay
awak
all
that
time
as
they
all
could
be
distinctli
heard
as
they
went
away
togeth
on
tip
toe
it
wa
clear
that
no
one
would
come
into
gregor
s
room
ani
more
until
morn
that
gave
him
plenti
of
time
to
think
undisturb
about
how
he
would
have
to
re
arrang
hi
life
for
some
reason
the
tall
empti
room
where
he
wa
forc
to
remain
made
him
feel
uneasi
as
he
lay
there
flat
on
the
floor
even
though
he
had
been
live
in
it
for
five
year
hardli
awar
of
what
he
wa
do
other
than
a
slight
feel
of
shame
he
hurri
under
the
couch
it
press
down
on
hi
back
a
littl
and
he
wa
no
longer
abl
to
lift
hi
head
but
he
nonetheless
felt
immedi
at
eas
and
hi
onli
regret
wa
that
hi
bodi
wa
too
broad
to
get
it
all
underneath
he
spent
the
whole
night
there
some
of
the
time
he
pass
in
a
light
sleep
although
he
frequent
woke
from
it
in
alarm
becaus
of
hi
hunger
and
some
of
the
time
wa
spent
in
worri
and
vagu
hope
which
howev
alway
led
to
the
same
conclus
for
the
time
be
he
must
remain
calm
he
must
show
patienc
and
the
greatest
consider
so
that
hi
famili
could
bear
the
unpleas
that
he
in
hi
present
condit
wa
forc
to
impos
on
them
gregor
soon
had
the
opportun
to
test
the
strength
of
hi
decis
as
earli
the
next
morn
almost
befor
the
night
had
end
hi
sister
nearli
fulli
dress
open
the
door
from
the
front
room
and
look
anxious
in
she
did
not
see
him
straight
away
but
when
she
did
notic
him
under
the
couch
he
had
to
be
somewher
for
god
s
sake
he
couldn
t
have
flown
away
she
wa
so
shock
that
she
lost
control
of
herself
and
slam
the
door
shut
again
from
outsid
but
she
seem
to
regret
her
behaviour
as
she
open
the
door
again
straight
away
and
came
in
on
tip
toe
as
if
enter
the
room
of
someon
serious
ill
or
even
of
a
stranger
gregor
had
push
hi
head
forward
right
to
the
edg
of
the
couch
and
watch
her
would
she
notic
that
he
had
left
the
milk
as
it
wa
realis
that
it
wa
not
from
ani
lack
of
hunger
and
bring
him
in
some
other
food
that
wa
more
suitabl
if
she
didn
t
do
it
herself
he
would
rather
go
hungri
than
draw
her
attent
to
it
although
he
did
feel
a
terribl
urg
to
rush
forward
from
under
the
couch
throw
himself
at
hi
sister
s
feet
and
beg
her
for
someth
good
to
eat
howev
hi
sister
notic
the
full
dish
immedi
and
look
at
it
and
the
few
drop
of
milk
splash
around
it
with
some
surpris
she
immedi
pick
it
up
use
a
rag
not
her
bare
hand
and
carri
it
out
gregor
wa
extrem
curiou
as
to
what
she
would
bring
in
it
place
imagin
the
wildest
possibl
but
he
never
could
have
guess
what
hi
sister
in
her
good
actual
did
bring
in
order
to
test
hi
tast
she
brought
him
a
whole
select
of
thing
all
spread
out
on
an
old
newspap
there
were
old
half
rotten
veget
bone
from
the
even
meal
cover
in
white
sauc
that
had
gone
hard
a
few
raisin
and
almond
some
chees
that
gregor
had
declar
ined
two
day
befor
a
dri
roll
and
some
bread
spread
with
butter
and
salt
as
well
as
all
that
she
had
pour
some
water
into
the
dish
which
had
probabl
been
perman
set
asid
for
gregor
s
use
and
place
it
besid
them
then
out
of
consider
for
gregor
s
feel
as
she
knew
that
he
would
not
eat
in
front
of
her
she
hurri
out
again
and
even
turn
the
key
in
the
lock
so
that
gregor
would
know
he
could
make
thing
as
comfort
for
himself
as
he
like
gregor
s
littl
leg
whir
at
last
he
could
eat
what
s
more
hi
injuri
must
alreadi
have
complet
heal
as
he
found
no
difficulti
in
move
thi
amaz
him
as
more
than
a
month
earlier
he
had
cut
hi
finger
slightli
with
a
knife
he
thought
of
how
hi
finger
had
still
hurt
the
day
befor
yesterday
am
i
less
sensit
than
i
use
to
be
then
he
thought
and
wa
alreadi
suck
greedili
at
the
chees
which
had
immedi
almost
compellingli
attract
him
much
more
than
the
other
food
on
the
newspap
quickli
one
after
anoth
hi
eye
water
with
pleasur
he
consum
the
chees
the
veget
and
the
sauc
the
fresh
food
on
the
other
hand
he
didn
t
like
at
all
and
even
drag
the
thing
he
did
want
to
eat
a
littl
way
away
from
them
becaus
he
couldn
t
stand
the
smell
long
after
he
had
finish
eat
and
lay
letharg
in
the
same
place
hi
sister
slowli
turn
the
key
in
the
lock
as
a
sign
to
him
that
he
should
withdraw
he
wa
immedi
startl
although
he
had
been
half
asleep
and
he
hurri
back
under
the
couch
but
he
need
great
self
control
to
stay
there
even
for
the
short
time
that
hi
sister
wa
in
the
room
as
eat
so
much
food
had
round
out
hi
bodi
a
littl
and
he
could
hardli
breath
in
that
narrow
space
half
suffoc
he
watch
with
bulg
eye
as
hi
sister
unselfconsci
took
a
broom
and
swept
up
the
left
over
mix
them
in
with
the
food
he
had
not
even
touch
at
all
as
if
it
could
not
be
use
ani
more
she
quickli
drop
it
all
into
a
bin
close
it
with
it
wooden
lid
and
carri
everyth
out
she
had
hardli
turn
her
back
befor
gregor
came
out
again
from
under
the
couch
and
stretch
himself
thi
wa
how
gregor
receiv
hi
food
each
day
now
onc
in
the
morn
while
hi
parent
and
the
maid
were
still
asleep
and
the
second
time
after
everyon
had
eaten
their
meal
at
midday
as
hi
parent
would
sleep
for
a
littl
while
then
as
well
and
gregor
s
sister
would
send
the
maid
away
on
some
errand
gregor
s
father
and
mother
certainli
did
not
want
him
to
starv
either
but
perhap
it
would
have
been
more
than
they
could
stand
to
have
ani
more
experi
of
hi
feed
than
be
told
about
it
and
perhap
hi
sister
want
to
spare
them
what
distress
she
could
as
they
were
inde
suffer
enough
it
wa
imposs
for
gregor
to
find
out
what
they
had
told
the
doctor
and
the
locksmith
that
first
morn
to
get
them
out
of
the
flat
as
nobodi
could
understand
him
nobodi
not
even
hi
sister
thought
that
he
could
understand
them
so
he
had
to
be
content
to
hear
hi
sister
s
sigh
and
appeal
to
the
saint
as
she
move
about
hi
room
it
wa
onli
later
when
she
had
becom
a
littl
more
use
to
everyth
there
wa
of
cours
no
question
of
her
ever
becom
fulli
use
to
the
situat
that
gregor
would
sometim
catch
a
friendli
comment
or
at
least
a
comment
that
could
be
constru
as
friendli
he
s
enjoy
hi
dinner
today
she
might
say
when
he
had
dilig
clear
away
all
the
food
left
for
him
or
if
he
left
most
of
it
which
slowli
becam
more
and
more
frequent
she
would
often
say
sadli
now
everyth
s
just
been
left
there
again
although
gregor
wasn
t
abl
to
hear
ani
news
directli
he
did
listen
to
much
of
what
wa
said
in
the
next
room
and
whenev
he
heard
anyon
speak
he
would
scurri
straight
to
the
appropri
door
and
press
hi
whole
bodi
against
it
there
wa
seldom
ani
convers
especi
at
first
that
wa
not
about
him
in
some
way
even
if
onli
in
secret
for
two
whole
day
all
the
talk
at
everi
mealtim
wa
about
what
they
should
do
now
but
even
between
meal
they
spoke
about
the
same
subject
as
there
were
alway
at
least
two
member
of
the
famili
at
home
nobodi
want
to
be
at
home
by
themselv
and
it
wa
out
of
the
question
to
leav
the
flat
entir
empti
and
on
the
veri
first
day
the
maid
had
fallen
to
her
knee
and
beg
gregor
s
mother
to
let
her
go
without
delay
it
wa
not
veri
clear
how
much
she
knew
of
what
had
happen
but
she
left
within
a
quarter
of
an
hour
tear
thank
gregor
s
mother
for
her
dismiss
as
if
she
had
done
her
an
enorm
servic
she
even
swore
emphat
not
to
tell
anyon
the
slightest
about
what
had
happen
even
though
no
one
had
ask
that
of
her
now
gregor
s
sister
also
had
to
help
hi
mother
with
the
cook
although
that
wa
not
so
much
bother
as
no
one
ate
veri
much
gregor
often
heard
how
one
of
them
would
unsuccess
urg
anoth
to
eat
and
receiv
no
more
answer
than
no
thank
i
ve
had
enough
or
someth
similar
no
one
drank
veri
much
either
hi
sister
would
sometim
ask
hi
father
whether
he
would
like
a
beer
hope
for
the
chanc
to
go
and
fetch
it
herself
when
hi
father
then
said
noth
she
would
add
so
that
he
would
not
feel
selfish
that
she
could
send
the
housekeep
for
it
but
then
hi
father
would
close
the
matter
with
a
big
loud
no
and
no
more
would
be
said
even
befor
the
first
day
had
come
to
an
end
hi
father
had
explain
to
gregor
s
mother
and
sister
what
their
financ
and
prospect
were
now
and
then
he
stood
up
from
the
tabl
and
took
some
receipt
or
document
from
the
littl
cash
box
he
had
save
from
hi
busi
when
it
had
collaps
five
year
earlier
gregor
heard
how
he
open
the
complic
lock
and
then
close
it
again
after
he
had
taken
the
item
he
want
what
he
heard
hi
father
say
wa
some
of
the
first
good
news
that
gregor
heard
sinc
he
had
first
been
incarcer
in
hi
room
he
had
thought
that
noth
at
all
remain
from
hi
father
s
busi
at
least
he
had
never
told
him
anyth
differ
and
gregor
had
never
ask
him
about
it
anyway
their
busi
misfortun
had
reduc
the
famili
to
a
state
of
total
despair
and
gregor
s
onli
concern
at
that
time
had
been
to
arrang
thing
so
that
they
could
all
forget
about
it
as
quickli
as
possibl
so
then
he
start
work
especi
hard
with
a
fieri
vigour
that
rais
him
from
a
junior
salesman
to
a
travel
repres
almost
overnight
bring
with
it
the
chanc
to
earn
money
in
quit
differ
way
gregor
convert
hi
success
at
work
straight
into
cash
that
he
could
lay
on
the
tabl
at
home
for
the
benefit
of
hi
astonish
and
delight
famili
they
had
been
good
time
and
they
had
never
come
again
at
least
not
with
the
same
splendour
even
though
gregor
had
later
earn
so
much
that
he
wa
in
a
posit
to
bear
the
cost
of
the
whole
famili
and
did
bear
them
they
had
even
got
use
to
it
both
gregor
and
the
famili
they
took
the
money
with
gratitud
and
he
wa
glad
to
provid
it
although
there
wa
no
longer
much
warm
affect
given
in
return
gregor
onli
remain
close
to
hi
sister
now
unlik
him
she
wa
veri
fond
of
music
and
a
gift
and
express
violinist
it
wa
hi
secret
plan
to
send
her
to
the
conservatori
next
year
even
though
it
would
caus
great
expens
that
would
have
to
be
made
up
for
in
some
other
way
dure
gregor
s
short
period
in
town
convers
with
hi
sister
would
often
turn
to
the
conservatori
but
it
wa
onli
ever
mention
as
a
love
dream
that
could
never
be
realis
their
parent
did
not
like
to
hear
thi
innoc
talk
but
gregor
thought
about
it
quit
hard
and
decid
he
would
let
them
know
what
he
plan
with
a
grand
announc
of
it
on
christma
day
that
wa
the
sort
of
total
pointless
thing
that
went
through
hi
mind
in
hi
present
state
press
upright
against
the
door
and
listen
there
were
time
when
he
simpli
becam
too
tire
to
continu
listen
when
hi
head
would
fall
wearili
against
the
door
and
he
would
pull
it
up
again
with
a
start
as
even
the
slightest
nois
he
caus
would
be
heard
next
door
and
they
would
all
go
silent
what
s
that
he
s
do
now
hi
father
would
say
after
a
while
clearli
have
gone
over
to
the
door
and
onli
then
would
the
interrupt
convers
slowli
be
taken
up
again
when
explain
thing
hi
father
repeat
himself
sever
time
partli
becaus
it
wa
a
long
time
sinc
he
had
been
occupi
with
these
matter
himself
and
partli
becaus
gregor
s
mother
did
not
understand
everyth
the
first
time
from
these
repeat
explan
gregor
learn
to
hi
pleasur
that
despit
all
their
misfortun
there
wa
still
some
money
avail
from
the
old
day
it
wa
not
a
lot
but
it
had
not
been
touch
in
the
meantim
and
some
interest
had
accumul
besid
that
they
had
not
been
use
up
all
the
money
that
gregor
had
been
bring
home
everi
month
keep
onli
a
littl
for
himself
so
that
that
too
had
been
accumul
behind
the
door
gregor
nod
with
enthusiasm
in
hi
pleasur
at
thi
unexpect
thrift
and
caution
he
could
actual
have
use
thi
surplu
money
to
reduc
hi
father
s
debt
to
hi
boss
and
the
day
when
he
could
have
freed
himself
from
that
job
would
have
come
much
closer
but
now
it
wa
certainli
better
the
way
hi
father
had
done
thing
thi
money
howev
wa
certainli
not
enough
to
enabl
the
famili
to
live
off
the
interest
it
wa
enough
to
maintain
them
for
perhap
one
or
two
year
no
more
that
s
to
say
it
wa
money
that
should
not
realli
be
touch
but
set
asid
for
emerg
money
to
live
on
had
to
be
earn
hi
father
wa
healthi
but
old
and
lack
in
self
confid
dure
the
five
year
that
he
had
not
been
work
the
first
holiday
in
a
life
that
had
been
full
of
strain
and
no
success
he
had
put
on
a
lot
of
weight
and
becom
veri
slow
and
clumsi
would
gregor
s
elderli
mother
now
have
to
go
and
earn
money
she
suffer
from
asthma
and
it
wa
a
strain
for
her
just
to
move
about
the
home
everi
other
day
would
be
spent
struggl
for
breath
on
the
sofa
by
the
open
window
would
hi
sister
have
to
go
and
earn
money
she
wa
still
a
child
of
seventeen
her
life
up
till
then
had
been
veri
enviabl
consist
of
wear
nice
cloth
sleep
late
help
out
in
the
busi
join
in
with
a
few
modest
pleasur
and
most
of
all
play
the
violin
whenev
they
began
to
talk
of
the
need
to
earn
money
gregor
would
alway
first
let
go
of
the
door
and
then
throw
himself
onto
the
cool
leather
sofa
next
to
it
as
he
becam
quit
hot
with
shame
and
regret
he
would
often
lie
there
the
whole
night
through
not
sleep
a
wink
but
scratch
at
the
leather
for
hour
on
end
or
he
might
go
to
all
the
effort
of
push
a
chair
to
the
window
climb
up
onto
the
sill
and
prop
up
in
the
chair
lean
on
the
window
to
stare
out
of
it
he
had
use
to
feel
a
great
sens
of
freedom
from
do
thi
but
do
it
now
wa
obvious
someth
more
rememb
than
experienc
as
what
he
actual
saw
in
thi
way
wa
becom
less
distinct
everi
day
even
thing
that
were
quit
near
he
had
use
to
curs
the
ever
present
view
of
the
hospit
across
the
street
but
now
he
could
not
see
it
at
all
and
if
he
had
not
known
that
he
live
in
charlottenstrass
which
wa
a
quiet
street
despit
be
in
the
middl
of
the
citi
he
could
have
thought
that
he
wa
look
out
the
window
at
a
barren
wast
where
the
grey
sky
and
the
grey
earth
mingl
insepar
hi
observ
sister
onli
need
to
notic
the
chair
twice
befor
she
would
alway
push
it
back
to
it
exact
posit
by
the
window
after
she
had
tidi
up
the
room
and
even
left
the
inner
pane
of
the
window
open
from
then
on
if
gregor
had
onli
been
abl
to
speak
to
hi
sister
and
thank
her
for
all
that
she
had
to
do
for
him
it
would
have
been
easier
for
him
to
bear
it
but
as
it
wa
it
caus
him
pain
hi
sister
natur
tri
as
far
as
possibl
to
pretend
there
wa
noth
burdensom
about
it
and
the
longer
it
went
on
of
cours
the
better
she
wa
abl
to
do
so
but
as
time
went
by
gregor
wa
also
abl
to
see
through
it
all
so
much
better
it
had
even
becom
veri
unpleas
for
him
now
whenev
she
enter
the
room
no
sooner
had
she
come
in
than
she
would
quickli
close
the
door
as
a
precaut
so
that
no
one
would
have
to
suffer
the
view
into
gregor
s
room
then
she
would
go
straight
to
the
window
and
pull
it
hurriedli
open
almost
as
if
she
were
suffoc
even
if
it
wa
cold
she
would
stay
at
the
window
breath
deepli
for
a
littl
while
she
would
alarm
gregor
twice
a
day
with
thi
run
about
and
nois
make
he
would
stay
under
the
couch
shiver
the
whole
while
know
full
well
that
she
would
certainli
have
like
to
spare
him
thi
ordeal
but
it
wa
imposs
for
her
to
be
in
the
same
room
with
him
with
the
window
close
one
day
about
a
month
after
gregor
s
transform
when
hi
sister
no
longer
had
ani
particular
reason
to
be
shock
at
hi
appear
she
came
into
the
room
a
littl
earlier
than
usual
and
found
him
still
stare
out
the
window
motionless
and
just
where
he
would
be
most
horribl
in
itself
hi
sister
s
not
come
into
the
room
would
have
been
no
surpris
for
gregor
as
it
would
have
been
difficult
for
her
to
immedi
open
the
window
while
he
wa
still
there
but
not
onli
did
she
not
come
in
she
went
straight
back
and
close
the
door
behind
her
a
stranger
would
have
thought
he
had
threaten
her
and
tri
to
bite
her
gregor
went
straight
to
hide
himself
under
the
couch
of
cours
but
he
had
to
wait
until
midday
befor
hi
sister
came
back
and
she
seem
much
more
uneasi
than
usual
it
made
him
realis
that
she
still
found
hi
appear
unbear
and
would
continu
to
do
so
she
probabl
even
had
to
overcom
the
urg
to
flee
when
she
saw
the
littl
bit
of
him
that
protrud
from
under
the
couch
one
day
in
order
to
spare
her
even
thi
sight
he
spent
four
hour
carri
the
bedsheet
over
to
the
couch
on
hi
back
and
arrang
it
so
that
he
wa
complet
cover
and
hi
sister
would
not
be
abl
to
see
him
even
if
she
bent
down
if
she
did
not
think
thi
sheet
wa
necessari
then
all
she
had
to
do
wa
take
it
off
again
as
it
wa
clear
enough
that
it
wa
no
pleasur
for
gregor
to
cut
himself
off
so
complet
she
left
the
sheet
where
it
wa
gregor
even
thought
he
glimps
a
look
of
gratitud
one
time
when
he
care
look
out
from
under
the
sheet
to
see
how
hi
sister
like
the
new
arrang
for
the
first
fourteen
day
gregor
s
parent
could
not
bring
themselv
to
come
into
the
room
to
see
him
he
would
often
hear
them
say
how
they
appreci
all
the
new
work
hi
sister
wa
do
even
though
befor
they
had
seen
her
as
a
girl
who
wa
somewhat
useless
and
frequent
been
annoy
with
her
but
now
the
two
of
them
father
and
mother
would
often
both
wait
outsid
the
door
of
gregor
s
room
while
hi
sister
tidi
up
in
there
and
as
soon
as
she
went
out
again
she
would
have
to
tell
them
exactli
how
everyth
look
what
gregor
had
eaten
how
he
had
behav
thi
time
and
whether
perhap
ani
slight
improv
could
be
seen
hi
mother
also
want
to
go
in
and
visit
gregor
rel
soon
but
hi
father
and
sister
at
first
persuad
her
against
it
gregor
listen
veri
close
to
all
thi
and
approv
fulli
later
though
she
had
to
be
held
back
by
forc
which
made
her
call
out
let
me
go
and
see
gregor
he
is
my
unfortun
son
can
t
you
understand
i
have
to
see
him
and
gregor
would
think
to
himself
that
mayb
it
would
be
better
if
hi
mother
came
in
not
everi
day
of
cours
but
one
day
a
week
perhap
she
could
understand
everyth
much
better
than
hi
sister
who
for
all
her
courag
wa
still
just
a
child
after
all
and
realli
might
not
have
had
an
adult
s
appreci
of
the
burdensom
job
she
had
taken
on
gregor
s
wish
to
see
hi
mother
wa
soon
realis
out
of
consider
for
hi
parent
gregor
want
to
avoid
be
seen
at
the
window
dure
the
day
the
few
squar
meter
of
the
floor
did
not
give
him
much
room
to
crawl
about
it
wa
hard
to
just
lie
quietli
through
the
night
hi
food
soon
stop
give
him
ani
pleasur
at
all
and
so
to
entertain
himself
he
got
into
the
habit
of
crawl
up
and
down
the
wall
and
ceil
he
wa
especi
fond
of
hang
from
the
ceil
it
wa
quit
differ
from
lie
on
the
floor
he
could
breath
more
freeli
hi
bodi
had
a
light
swing
to
it
and
up
there
relax
and
almost
happi
it
might
happen
that
he
would
surpris
even
himself
by
let
go
of
the
ceil
and
land
on
the
floor
with
a
crash
but
now
of
cours
he
had
far
better
control
of
hi
bodi
than
befor
and
even
with
a
fall
as
great
as
that
caus
himself
no
damag
veri
soon
hi
sister
notic
gregor
s
new
way
of
entertain
himself
he
had
after
all
left
trace
of
the
adhes
from
hi
feet
as
he
crawl
about
and
got
it
into
her
head
to
make
it
as
easi
as
possibl
for
him
by
remov
the
furnitur
that
got
in
hi
way
especi
the
chest
of
drawer
and
the
desk
now
thi
wa
not
someth
that
she
would
be
abl
to
do
by
herself
she
did
not
dare
to
ask
for
help
from
her
father
the
sixteen
year
old
maid
had
carri
on
brave
sinc
the
cook
had
left
but
she
certainli
would
not
have
help
in
thi
she
had
even
ask
to
be
allow
to
keep
the
kitchen
lock
at
all
time
and
never
to
have
to
open
the
door
unless
it
wa
especi
import
so
hi
sister
had
no
choic
but
to
choos
some
time
when
gregor
s
father
wa
not
there
and
fetch
hi
mother
to
help
her
as
she
approach
the
room
gregor
could
hear
hi
mother
express
her
joy
but
onc
at
the
door
she
went
silent
first
of
cours
hi
sister
came
in
and
look
round
to
see
that
everyth
in
the
room
wa
alright
and
onli
then
did
she
let
her
mother
enter
gregor
had
hurriedli
pull
the
sheet
down
lower
over
the
couch
and
put
more
fold
into
it
so
that
everyth
realli
look
as
if
it
had
just
been
thrown
down
by
chanc
gregor
also
refrain
thi
time
from
spi
out
from
under
the
sheet
he
gave
up
the
chanc
to
see
hi
mother
until
later
and
wa
simpli
glad
that
she
had
come
you
can
come
in
he
can
t
be
seen
said
hi
sister
obvious
lead
her
in
by
the
hand
the
old
chest
of
drawer
wa
too
heavi
for
a
pair
of
feebl
women
to
be
heav
about
but
gregor
listen
as
they
push
it
from
it
place
hi
sister
alway
take
on
the
heaviest
part
of
the
work
for
herself
and
ignor
her
mother
s
warn
that
she
would
strain
herself
thi
last
a
veri
long
time
after
labour
at
it
for
fifteen
minut
or
more
hi
mother
said
it
would
be
better
to
leav
the
chest
where
it
wa
for
one
thing
it
wa
too
heavi
for
them
to
get
the
job
finish
befor
gregor
s
father
got
home
and
leav
it
in
the
middl
of
the
room
it
would
be
in
hi
way
even
more
and
for
anoth
thing
it
wasn
t
even
sure
that
take
the
furnitur
away
would
realli
be
ani
help
to
him
she
thought
just
the
opposit
the
sight
of
the
bare
wall
sadden
her
right
to
her
heart
and
whi
wouldn
t
gregor
feel
the
same
way
about
it
he
d
been
use
to
thi
furnitur
in
hi
room
for
a
long
time
and
it
would
make
him
feel
abandon
to
be
in
an
empti
room
like
that
then
quietli
almost
whisper
as
if
want
gregor
whose
whereabout
she
did
not
know
to
hear
not
even
the
tone
of
her
voic
as
she
wa
convinc
that
he
did
not
understand
her
word
she
ad
and
by
take
the
furnitur
away
won
t
it
seem
like
we
re
show
that
we
ve
given
up
all
hope
of
improv
and
we
re
abandon
him
to
cope
for
himself
i
think
it
d
be
best
to
leav
the
room
exactli
the
way
it
wa
befor
so
that
when
gregor
come
back
to
us
again
he
ll
find
everyth
unchang
and
he
ll
be
abl
to
forget
the
time
in
between
all
the
easier
hear
these
word
from
hi
mother
made
gregor
realis
that
the
lack
of
ani
direct
human
commun
along
with
the
monoton
life
led
by
the
famili
dure
these
two
month
must
have
made
him
confus
he
could
think
of
no
other
way
of
explain
to
himself
whi
he
had
serious
want
hi
room
empti
out
had
he
realli
want
to
transform
hi
room
into
a
cave
a
warm
room
fit
out
with
the
nice
furnitur
he
had
inherit
that
would
have
let
him
crawl
around
unimped
in
ani
direct
but
it
would
also
have
let
him
quickli
forget
hi
past
when
he
had
still
been
human
he
had
come
veri
close
to
forget
and
it
had
onli
been
the
voic
of
hi
mother
unheard
for
so
long
that
had
shaken
him
out
of
it
noth
should
be
remov
everyth
had
to
stay
he
could
not
do
without
the
good
influenc
the
furnitur
had
on
hi
condit
and
if
the
furnitur
made
it
difficult
for
him
to
crawl
about
mindlessli
that
wa
not
a
loss
but
a
great
advantag
hi
sister
unfortun
did
not
agre
she
had
becom
use
to
the
idea
not
without
reason
that
she
wa
gregor
s
spokesman
to
hi
parent
about
the
thing
that
concern
him
thi
meant
that
hi
mother
s
advic
now
wa
suffici
reason
for
her
to
insist
on
remov
not
onli
the
chest
of
drawer
and
the
desk
as
she
had
thought
at
first
but
all
the
furnitur
apart
from
the
all
import
couch
it
wa
more
than
childish
pervers
of
cours
or
the
unexpect
confid
she
had
recent
acquir
that
made
her
insist
she
had
inde
notic
that
gregor
need
a
lot
of
room
to
crawl
about
in
wherea
the
furnitur
as
far
as
anyon
could
see
wa
of
no
use
to
him
at
all
girl
of
that
age
though
do
becom
enthusiast
about
thing
and
feel
they
must
get
their
way
whenev
they
can
perhap
thi
wa
what
tempt
grete
to
make
gregor
s
situat
seem
even
more
shock
than
it
wa
so
that
she
could
do
even
more
for
him
grete
would
probabl
be
the
onli
one
who
would
dare
enter
a
room
domin
by
gregor
crawl
about
the
bare
wall
by
himself
so
she
refus
to
let
her
mother
dissuad
her
gregor
s
mother
alreadi
look
uneasi
in
hi
room
she
soon
stop
speak
and
help
gregor
s
sister
to
get
the
chest
of
drawer
out
with
what
strength
she
had
the
chest
of
drawer
wa
someth
that
gregor
could
do
without
if
he
had
to
but
the
write
desk
had
to
stay
hardli
had
the
two
women
push
the
chest
of
drawer
groan
out
of
the
room
than
gregor
poke
hi
head
out
from
under
the
couch
to
see
what
he
could
do
about
it
he
meant
to
be
as
care
and
consider
as
he
could
but
unfortun
it
wa
hi
mother
who
came
back
first
while
grete
in
the
next
room
had
her
arm
round
the
chest
push
and
pull
at
it
from
side
to
side
by
herself
without
of
cours
move
it
an
inch
hi
mother
wa
not
use
to
the
sight
of
gregor
he
might
have
made
her
ill
so
gregor
hurri
backward
to
the
far
end
of
the
couch
in
hi
startlement
though
he
wa
not
abl
to
prevent
the
sheet
at
it
front
from
move
a
littl
it
wa
enough
to
attract
hi
mother
s
attent
she
stood
veri
still
remain
there
a
moment
and
then
went
back
out
to
grete
gregor
kept
tri
to
assur
himself
that
noth
unusu
wa
happen
it
wa
just
a
few
piec
of
furnitur
be
move
after
all
but
he
soon
had
to
admit
that
the
women
go
to
and
fro
their
littl
call
to
each
other
the
scrape
of
the
furnitur
on
the
floor
all
these
thing
made
him
feel
as
if
he
were
be
assail
from
all
side
with
hi
head
and
leg
pull
in
against
him
and
hi
bodi
press
to
the
floor
he
wa
forc
to
admit
to
himself
that
he
could
not
stand
all
of
thi
much
longer
they
were
empti
hi
room
out
take
away
everyth
that
wa
dear
to
him
they
had
alreadi
taken
out
the
chest
contain
hi
fretsaw
and
other
tool
now
they
threaten
to
remov
the
write
desk
with
it
place
clearli
worn
into
the
floor
the
desk
where
he
had
done
hi
homework
as
a
busi
traine
at
high
school
even
while
he
had
been
at
infant
school
he
realli
could
not
wait
ani
longer
to
see
whether
the
two
women
s
intent
were
good
he
had
nearli
forgotten
they
were
there
anyway
as
they
were
now
too
tire
to
say
anyth
while
they
work
and
he
could
onli
hear
their
feet
as
they
step
heavili
on
the
floor
so
while
the
women
were
leant
against
the
desk
in
the
other
room
catch
their
breath
he
salli
out
chang
direct
four
time
not
know
what
he
should
save
first
befor
hi
attent
wa
suddenli
caught
by
the
pictur
on
the
wall
which
wa
alreadi
denud
of
everyth
els
that
had
been
on
it
of
the
ladi
dress
in
copiou
fur
he
hurri
up
onto
the
pictur
and
press
himself
against
it
glass
it
held
him
firmli
and
felt
good
on
hi
hot
belli
thi
pictur
at
least
now
total
cover
by
gregor
would
certainli
be
taken
away
by
no
one
he
turn
hi
head
to
face
the
door
into
the
live
room
so
that
he
could
watch
the
women
when
they
came
back
they
had
not
allow
themselv
a
long
rest
and
came
back
quit
soon
grete
had
put
her
arm
around
her
mother
and
wa
nearli
carri
her
what
shall
we
take
now
then
said
grete
and
look
around
her
eye
met
those
of
gregor
on
the
wall
perhap
onli
becaus
her
mother
wa
there
she
remain
calm
bent
her
face
to
her
so
that
she
would
not
look
round
and
said
albeit
hurriedli
and
with
a
tremor
in
her
voic
come
on
let
s
go
back
in
the
live
room
for
a
while
gregor
could
see
what
grete
had
in
mind
she
want
to
take
her
mother
somewher
safe
and
then
chase
him
down
from
the
wall
well
she
could
certainli
tri
it
he
sat
unyield
on
hi
pictur
he
would
rather
jump
at
grete
s
face
but
grete
s
word
had
made
her
mother
quit
worri
she
step
to
one
side
saw
the
enorm
brown
patch
against
the
flower
of
the
wallpap
and
befor
she
even
realis
it
wa
gregor
that
she
saw
scream
oh
god
oh
god
arm
outstretch
she
fell
onto
the
couch
as
if
she
had
given
up
everyth
and
stay
there
immobil
gregor
shout
hi
sister
glower
at
him
and
shake
her
fist
that
wa
the
first
word
she
had
spoken
to
him
directli
sinc
hi
transform
she
ran
into
the
other
room
to
fetch
some
kind
of
smell
salt
to
bring
her
mother
out
of
her
faint
gregor
want
to
help
too
he
could
save
hi
pictur
later
although
he
stuck
fast
to
the
glass
and
had
to
pull
himself
off
by
forc
then
he
too
ran
into
the
next
room
as
if
he
could
advis
hi
sister
like
in
the
old
day
but
he
had
to
just
stand
behind
her
do
noth
she
wa
look
into
variou
bottl
he
startl
her
when
she
turn
round
a
bottl
fell
to
the
ground
and
broke
a
splinter
cut
gregor
s
face
some
kind
of
caustic
medicin
splash
all
over
him
now
without
delay
ani
longer
grete
took
hold
of
all
the
bottl
she
could
and
ran
with
them
in
to
her
mother
she
slam
the
door
shut
with
her
foot
so
now
gregor
wa
shut
out
from
hi
mother
who
becaus
of
him
might
be
near
to
death
he
could
not
open
the
door
if
he
did
not
want
to
chase
hi
sister
away
and
she
had
to
stay
with
hi
mother
there
wa
noth
for
him
to
do
but
wait
and
oppress
with
anxieti
and
self
reproach
he
began
to
crawl
about
he
crawl
over
everyth
wall
furnitur
ceil
and
final
in
hi
confus
as
the
whole
room
began
to
spin
around
him
he
fell
down
into
the
middl
of
the
dinner
tabl
he
lay
there
for
a
while
numb
and
immobil
all
around
him
it
wa
quiet
mayb
that
wa
a
good
sign
then
there
wa
someon
at
the
door
the
maid
of
cours
had
lock
herself
in
her
kitchen
so
that
grete
would
have
to
go
and
answer
it
hi
father
had
arriv
home
what
s
happen
were
hi
first
word
grete
s
appear
must
have
made
everyth
clear
to
him
she
answer
him
with
subdu
voic
and
openli
press
her
face
into
hi
chest
mother
s
faint
but
she
s
better
now
gregor
got
out
just
as
i
expect
said
hi
father
just
as
i
alway
said
but
you
women
wouldn
t
listen
would
you
it
wa
clear
to
gregor
that
grete
had
not
said
enough
and
that
hi
father
took
it
to
mean
that
someth
bad
had
happen
that
he
wa
respons
for
some
act
of
violenc
that
meant
gregor
would
now
have
to
tri
to
calm
hi
father
as
he
did
not
have
the
time
to
explain
thing
to
him
even
if
that
had
been
possibl
so
he
fled
to
the
door
of
hi
room
and
press
himself
against
it
so
that
hi
father
when
he
came
in
from
the
hall
could
see
straight
away
that
gregor
had
the
best
intent
and
would
go
back
into
hi
room
without
delay
that
it
would
not
be
necessari
to
drive
him
back
but
that
they
had
onli
to
open
the
door
and
he
would
disappear
hi
father
though
wa
not
in
the
mood
to
notic
subtleti
like
that
ah
he
shout
as
he
came
in
sound
as
if
he
were
both
angri
and
glad
at
the
same
time
gregor
drew
hi
head
back
from
the
door
and
lift
it
toward
hi
father
he
realli
had
not
imagin
hi
father
the
way
he
stood
there
now
of
late
with
hi
new
habit
of
crawl
about
he
had
neglect
to
pay
attent
to
what
wa
go
on
the
rest
of
the
flat
the
way
he
had
done
befor
he
realli
ought
to
have
expect
thing
to
have
chang
but
still
still
wa
that
realli
hi
father
the
same
tire
man
as
use
to
be
lay
there
entomb
in
hi
bed
when
gregor
came
back
from
hi
busi
trip
who
would
receiv
him
sit
in
the
armchair
in
hi
nightgown
when
he
came
back
in
the
even
who
wa
hardli
even
abl
to
stand
up
but
as
a
sign
of
hi
pleasur
would
just
rais
hi
arm
and
who
on
the
coupl
of
time
a
year
when
they
went
for
a
walk
togeth
on
a
sunday
or
public
holiday
wrap
up
tightli
in
hi
overcoat
between
gregor
and
hi
mother
would
alway
labour
hi
way
forward
a
littl
more
slowli
than
them
who
were
alreadi
walk
slowli
for
hi
sake
who
would
place
hi
stick
down
care
and
if
he
want
to
say
someth
would
invari
stop
and
gather
hi
companion
around
him
he
wa
stand
up
straight
enough
now
dress
in
a
smart
blue
uniform
with
gold
button
the
sort
worn
by
the
employe
at
the
bank
institut
abov
the
high
stiff
collar
of
the
coat
hi
strong
doubl
chin
emerg
under
the
bushi
eyebrow
hi
pierc
dark
eye
look
out
fresh
and
alert
hi
normal
unkempt
white
hair
wa
comb
down
pain
close
to
hi
scalp
he
took
hi
cap
with
it
gold
monogram
from
probabl
some
bank
and
threw
it
in
an
arc
right
across
the
room
onto
the
sofa
put
hi
hand
in
hi
trouser
pocket
push
back
the
bottom
of
hi
long
uniform
coat
and
with
look
of
determin
walk
toward
gregor
he
probabl
did
not
even
know
himself
what
he
had
in
mind
but
nonetheless
lift
hi
feet
unusu
high
gregor
wa
amaz
at
the
enorm
size
of
the
sole
of
hi
boot
but
wast
no
time
with
that
he
knew
full
well
right
from
the
first
day
of
hi
new
life
that
hi
father
thought
it
necessari
to
alway
be
extrem
strict
with
him
and
so
he
ran
up
to
hi
father
stop
when
hi
father
stop
scurri
forward
again
when
he
move
even
slightli
in
thi
way
they
went
round
the
room
sever
time
without
anyth
decis
happen
without
even
give
the
impress
of
a
chase
as
everyth
went
so
slowli
gregor
remain
all
thi
time
on
the
floor
larg
becaus
he
fear
hi
father
might
see
it
as
especi
provok
if
he
fled
onto
the
wall
or
ceil
whatev
he
did
gregor
had
to
admit
that
he
certainli
would
not
be
abl
to
keep
up
thi
run
about
for
long
as
for
each
step
hi
father
took
he
had
to
carri
out
countless
movement
he
becam
notic
short
of
breath
even
in
hi
earlier
life
hi
lung
had
not
been
veri
reliabl
now
as
he
lurch
about
in
hi
effort
to
muster
all
the
strength
he
could
for
run
he
could
hardli
keep
hi
eye
open
hi
thought
becam
too
slow
for
him
to
think
of
ani
other
way
of
save
himself
than
run
he
almost
forgot
that
the
wall
were
there
for
him
to
use
although
here
they
were
conceal
behind
care
carv
furnitur
full
of
notch
and
protrus
then
right
besid
him
lightli
toss
someth
flew
down
and
roll
in
front
of
him
it
wa
an
appl
then
anoth
one
immedi
flew
at
him
gregor
froze
in
shock
there
wa
no
longer
ani
point
in
run
as
hi
father
had
decid
to
bombard
him
he
had
fill
hi
pocket
with
fruit
from
the
bowl
on
the
sideboard
and
now
without
even
take
the
time
for
care
aim
threw
one
appl
after
anoth
these
littl
red
appl
roll
about
on
the
floor
knock
into
each
other
as
if
they
had
electr
motor
an
appl
thrown
without
much
forc
glanc
against
gregor
s
back
and
slid
off
without
do
ani
harm
anoth
one
howev
immedi
follow
it
hit
squar
and
lodg
in
hi
back
gregor
want
to
drag
himself
away
as
if
he
could
remov
the
surpris
the
incred
pain
by
chang
hi
posit
but
he
felt
as
if
nail
to
the
spot
and
spread
himself
out
all
hi
sens
in
confus
the
last
thing
he
saw
wa
the
door
of
hi
room
be
pull
open
hi
sister
wa
scream
hi
mother
ran
out
in
front
of
her
in
her
blous
as
hi
sister
had
taken
off
some
of
her
cloth
after
she
had
faint
to
make
it
easier
for
her
to
breath
she
ran
to
hi
father
her
skirt
unfasten
and
slide
one
after
anoth
to
the
ground
stumbl
over
the
skirt
she
push
herself
to
hi
father
her
arm
around
him
unit
herself
with
him
total
now
gregor
lost
hi
abil
to
see
anyth
her
hand
behind
hi
father
s
head
beg
him
to
spare
gregor
s
life
iii
no
one
dare
to
remov
the
appl
lodg
in
gregor
s
flesh
so
it
remain
there
as
a
visibl
remind
of
hi
injuri
he
had
suffer
it
there
for
more
than
a
month
and
hi
condit
seem
seriou
enough
to
remind
even
hi
father
that
gregor
despit
hi
current
sad
and
revolt
form
wa
a
famili
member
who
could
not
be
treat
as
an
enemi
on
the
contrari
as
a
famili
there
wa
a
duti
to
swallow
ani
revuls
for
him
and
to
be
patient
just
to
be
patient
becaus
of
hi
injuri
gregor
had
lost
much
of
hi
mobil
probabl
perman
he
had
been
reduc
to
the
condit
of
an
ancient
invalid
and
it
took
him
long
long
minut
to
crawl
across
hi
room
crawl
over
the
ceil
wa
out
of
the
question
but
thi
deterior
in
hi
condit
wa
fulli
in
hi
opinion
made
up
for
by
the
door
to
the
live
room
be
left
open
everi
even
he
got
into
the
habit
of
close
watch
it
for
one
or
two
hour
befor
it
wa
open
and
then
lie
in
the
dark
of
hi
room
where
he
could
not
be
seen
from
the
live
room
he
could
watch
the
famili
in
the
light
of
the
dinner
tabl
and
listen
to
their
convers
with
everyon
s
permiss
in
a
way
and
thu
quit
differ
from
befor
they
no
longer
held
the
live
convers
of
earlier
time
of
cours
the
one
that
gregor
alway
thought
about
with
long
when
he
wa
tire
and
get
into
the
damp
bed
in
some
small
hotel
room
all
of
them
were
usual
veri
quiet
nowaday
soon
after
dinner
hi
father
would
go
to
sleep
in
hi
chair
hi
mother
and
sister
would
urg
each
other
to
be
quiet
hi
mother
bent
deepli
under
the
lamp
would
sew
fanci
underwear
for
a
fashion
shop
hi
sister
who
had
taken
a
sale
job
learn
shorthand
and
french
in
the
even
so
that
she
might
be
abl
to
get
a
better
posit
later
on
sometim
hi
father
would
wake
up
and
say
to
gregor
s
mother
you
re
do
so
much
sew
again
today
as
if
he
did
not
know
that
he
had
been
doze
and
then
he
would
go
back
to
sleep
again
while
mother
and
sister
would
exchang
a
tire
grin
with
a
kind
of
stubborn
gregor
s
father
refus
to
take
hi
uniform
off
even
at
home
while
hi
nightgown
hung
unus
on
it
peg
gregor
s
father
would
slumber
where
he
wa
fulli
dress
as
if
alway
readi
to
serv
and
expect
to
hear
the
voic
of
hi
superior
even
here
the
uniform
had
not
been
new
to
start
with
but
as
a
result
of
thi
it
slowli
becam
even
shabbier
despit
the
effort
of
gregor
s
mother
and
sister
to
look
after
it
gregor
would
often
spend
the
whole
even
look
at
all
the
stain
on
thi
coat
with
it
gold
button
alway
kept
polish
and
shini
while
the
old
man
in
it
would
sleep
highli
uncomfort
but
peac
as
soon
as
it
struck
ten
gregor
s
mother
would
speak
gentli
to
hi
father
to
wake
him
and
tri
to
persuad
him
to
go
to
bed
as
he
couldn
t
sleep
properli
where
he
wa
and
he
realli
had
to
get
hi
sleep
if
he
wa
to
be
up
at
six
to
get
to
work
but
sinc
he
had
been
in
work
he
had
becom
more
obstin
and
would
alway
insist
on
stay
longer
at
the
tabl
even
though
he
regularli
fell
asleep
and
it
wa
then
harder
than
ever
to
persuad
him
to
exchang
the
chair
for
hi
bed
then
howev
much
mother
and
sister
would
importun
him
with
littl
reproach
and
warn
he
would
keep
slowli
shake
hi
head
for
a
quarter
of
an
hour
with
hi
eye
close
and
refus
to
get
up
gregor
s
mother
would
tug
at
hi
sleev
whisper
endear
into
hi
ear
gregor
s
sister
would
leav
her
work
to
help
her
mother
but
noth
would
have
ani
effect
on
him
he
would
just
sink
deeper
into
hi
chair
onli
when
the
two
women
took
him
under
the
arm
he
would
abruptli
open
hi
eye
look
at
them
one
after
the
other
and
say
what
a
life
thi
is
what
peac
i
get
in
my
old
age
and
support
by
the
two
women
he
would
lift
himself
up
care
as
if
he
were
carri
the
greatest
load
himself
let
the
women
take
him
to
the
door
send
them
off
and
carri
on
by
himself
while
gregor
s
mother
would
throw
down
her
needl
and
hi
sister
her
pen
so
that
they
could
run
after
hi
father
and
continu
be
of
help
to
him
who
in
thi
tire
and
overwork
famili
would
have
had
time
to
give
more
attent
to
gregor
than
wa
absolut
necessari
the
household
budget
becam
even
smaller
so
now
the
maid
wa
dismiss
an
enorm
thick
bone
charwoman
with
white
hair
that
flap
around
her
head
came
everi
morn
and
even
to
do
the
heaviest
work
everyth
els
wa
look
after
by
gregor
s
mother
on
top
of
the
larg
amount
of
sew
work
she
did
gregor
even
learn
listen
to
the
even
convers
about
what
price
they
had
hope
for
that
sever
item
of
jewelleri
belong
to
the
famili
had
been
sold
even
though
both
mother
and
sister
had
been
veri
fond
of
wear
them
at
function
and
celebr
but
the
loudest
complaint
wa
that
although
the
flat
wa
much
too
big
for
their
present
circumst
they
could
not
move
out
of
it
there
wa
no
imagin
way
of
transfer
gregor
to
the
new
address
he
could
see
quit
well
though
that
there
were
more
reason
than
consider
for
him
that
made
it
difficult
for
them
to
move
it
would
have
been
quit
easi
to
transport
him
in
ani
suitabl
crate
with
a
few
air
hole
in
it
the
main
thing
hold
the
famili
back
from
their
decis
to
move
wa
much
more
to
do
with
their
total
despair
and
the
thought
that
they
had
been
struck
with
a
misfortun
unlik
anyth
experienc
by
anyon
els
they
knew
or
were
relat
to
they
carri
out
absolut
everyth
that
the
world
expect
from
poor
peopl
gregor
s
father
brought
bank
employe
their
breakfast
hi
mother
sacrif
herself
by
wash
cloth
for
stranger
hi
sister
ran
back
and
forth
behind
her
desk
at
the
behest
of
the
custom
but
they
just
did
not
have
the
strength
to
do
ani
more
and
the
injuri
in
gregor
s
back
began
to
hurt
as
much
as
when
it
wa
new
after
they
had
come
back
from
take
hi
father
to
bed
gregor
s
mother
and
sister
would
now
leav
their
work
where
it
wa
and
sit
close
togeth
cheek
to
cheek
hi
mother
would
point
to
gregor
s
room
and
say
close
that
door
grete
and
then
when
he
wa
in
the
dark
again
they
would
sit
in
the
next
room
and
their
tear
would
mingl
or
they
would
simpli
sit
there
stare
dri
eye
at
the
tabl
gregor
hardli
slept
at
all
either
night
or
day
sometim
he
would
think
of
take
over
the
famili
s
affair
just
like
befor
the
next
time
the
door
wa
open
he
had
long
forgotten
about
hi
boss
and
the
chief
clerk
but
they
would
appear
again
in
hi
thought
the
salesmen
and
the
apprentic
that
stupid
teaboy
two
or
three
friend
from
other
busi
one
of
the
chambermaid
from
a
provinci
hotel
a
tender
memori
that
appear
and
disappear
again
a
cashier
from
a
hat
shop
for
whom
hi
attent
had
been
seriou
but
too
slow
all
of
them
appear
to
him
mix
togeth
with
stranger
and
other
he
had
forgotten
but
instead
of
help
him
and
hi
famili
they
were
all
of
them
inaccess
and
he
wa
glad
when
they
disappear
other
time
he
wa
not
at
all
in
the
mood
to
look
after
hi
famili
he
wa
fill
with
simpl
rage
about
the
lack
of
attent
he
wa
shown
and
although
he
could
think
of
noth
he
would
have
want
he
made
plan
of
how
he
could
get
into
the
pantri
where
he
could
take
all
the
thing
he
wa
entitl
to
even
if
he
wa
not
hungri
gregor
s
sister
no
longer
thought
about
how
she
could
pleas
him
but
would
hurriedli
push
some
food
or
other
into
hi
room
with
her
foot
befor
she
rush
out
to
work
in
the
morn
and
at
midday
and
in
the
even
she
would
sweep
it
away
again
with
the
broom
indiffer
as
to
whether
it
had
been
eaten
or
more
often
than
not
had
been
left
total
untouch
she
still
clear
up
the
room
in
the
even
but
now
she
could
not
have
been
ani
quicker
about
it
smear
of
dirt
were
left
on
the
wall
here
and
there
were
littl
ball
of
dust
and
filth
at
first
gregor
went
into
one
of
the
worst
of
these
place
when
hi
sister
arriv
as
a
reproach
to
her
but
he
could
have
stay
there
for
week
without
hi
sister
do
anyth
about
it
she
could
see
the
dirt
as
well
as
he
could
but
she
had
simpli
decid
to
leav
him
to
it
at
the
same
time
she
becam
touchi
in
a
way
that
wa
quit
new
for
her
and
which
everyon
in
the
famili
understood
clean
up
gregor
s
room
wa
for
her
and
her
alon
gregor
s
mother
did
onc
thoroughli
clean
hi
room
and
need
to
use
sever
bucket
of
water
to
do
it
although
that
much
damp
also
made
gregor
ill
and
he
lay
flat
on
the
couch
bitter
and
immobil
but
hi
mother
wa
to
be
punish
still
more
for
what
she
had
done
as
hardli
had
hi
sister
arriv
home
in
the
even
than
she
notic
the
chang
in
gregor
s
room
and
highli
aggriev
ran
back
into
the
live
room
where
despit
her
mother
rais
and
implor
hand
she
broke
into
convuls
tear
her
father
of
cours
wa
startl
out
of
hi
chair
and
the
two
parent
look
on
astonish
and
helpless
then
they
too
becam
agit
gregor
s
father
stand
to
the
right
of
hi
mother
accus
her
of
not
leav
the
clean
of
gregor
s
room
to
hi
sister
from
her
left
gregor
s
sister
scream
at
her
that
she
wa
never
to
clean
gregor
s
room
again
while
hi
mother
tri
to
draw
hi
father
who
wa
besid
himself
with
anger
into
the
bedroom
hi
sister
quak
with
tear
thump
on
the
tabl
with
her
small
fist
and
gregor
hiss
in
anger
that
no
one
had
even
thought
of
close
the
door
to
save
him
the
sight
of
thi
and
all
it
nois
gregor
s
sister
wa
exhaust
from
go
out
to
work
and
look
after
gregor
as
she
had
done
befor
wa
even
more
work
for
her
but
even
so
hi
mother
ought
certainli
not
to
have
taken
her
place
gregor
on
the
other
hand
ought
not
to
be
neglect
now
though
the
charwoman
wa
here
thi
elderli
widow
with
a
robust
bone
structur
that
made
her
abl
to
withstand
the
hardest
of
thing
in
her
long
life
wasn
t
realli
repel
by
gregor
just
by
chanc
one
day
rather
than
ani
real
curios
she
open
the
door
to
gregor
s
room
and
found
herself
face
to
face
with
him
he
wa
taken
total
by
surpris
no
one
wa
chase
him
but
he
began
to
rush
to
and
fro
while
she
just
stood
there
in
amaz
with
her
hand
cross
in
front
of
her
from
then
on
she
never
fail
to
open
the
door
slightli
everi
even
and
morn
and
look
briefli
in
on
him
at
first
she
would
call
to
him
as
she
did
so
with
word
that
she
probabl
consid
friendli
such
as
come
on
then
you
old
dung
beetl
or
look
at
the
old
dung
beetl
there
gregor
never
respond
to
be
spoken
to
in
that
way
but
just
remain
where
he
wa
without
move
as
if
the
door
had
never
even
been
open
if
onli
they
had
told
thi
charwoman
to
clean
up
hi
room
everi
day
instead
of
let
her
disturb
him
for
no
reason
whenev
she
felt
like
it
one
day
earli
in
the
morn
while
a
heavi
rain
struck
the
windowpan
perhap
indic
that
spring
wa
come
she
began
to
speak
to
him
in
that
way
onc
again
gregor
wa
so
resent
of
it
that
he
start
to
move
toward
her
he
wa
slow
and
infirm
but
it
wa
like
a
kind
of
attack
instead
of
be
afraid
the
charwoman
just
lift
up
one
of
the
chair
from
near
the
door
and
stood
there
with
her
mouth
open
clearli
intend
not
to
close
her
mouth
until
the
chair
in
her
hand
had
been
slam
down
into
gregor
s
back
aren
t
you
come
ani
closer
then
she
ask
when
gregor
turn
round
again
and
she
calmli
put
the
chair
back
in
the
corner
gregor
had
almost
entir
stop
eat
onli
if
he
happen
to
find
himself
next
to
the
food
that
had
been
prepar
for
him
he
might
take
some
of
it
into
hi
mouth
to
play
with
it
leav
it
there
a
few
hour
and
then
more
often
than
not
spit
it
out
again
at
first
he
thought
it
wa
distress
at
the
state
of
hi
room
that
stop
him
eat
but
he
had
soon
got
use
to
the
chang
made
there
they
had
got
into
the
habit
of
put
thing
into
thi
room
that
they
had
no
room
for
anywher
els
and
there
were
now
mani
such
thing
as
one
of
the
room
in
the
flat
had
been
rent
out
to
three
gentlemen
these
earnest
gentlemen
all
three
of
them
had
full
beard
as
gregor
learn
peer
through
the
crack
in
the
door
one
day
were
pain
insist
on
thing
be
tidi
thi
meant
not
onli
in
their
own
room
but
sinc
they
had
taken
a
room
in
thi
establish
in
the
entir
flat
and
especi
in
the
kitchen
unnecessari
clutter
wa
someth
they
could
not
toler
especi
if
it
wa
dirti
they
had
moreov
brought
most
of
their
own
furnish
and
equip
with
them
for
thi
reason
mani
thing
had
becom
superflu
which
although
they
could
not
be
sold
the
famili
did
not
wish
to
discard
all
these
thing
found
their
way
into
gregor
s
room
the
dustbin
from
the
kitchen
found
their
way
in
there
too
the
charwoman
wa
alway
in
a
hurri
and
anyth
she
couldn
t
use
for
the
time
be
she
would
just
chuck
in
there
he
fortun
would
usual
see
no
more
than
the
object
and
the
hand
that
held
it
the
woman
most
like
meant
to
fetch
the
thing
back
out
again
when
she
had
time
and
the
opportun
or
to
throw
everyth
out
in
one
go
but
what
actual
happen
wa
that
they
were
left
where
they
land
when
they
had
first
been
thrown
unless
gregor
made
hi
way
through
the
junk
and
move
it
somewher
els
at
first
he
move
it
becaus
with
no
other
room
free
where
he
could
crawl
about
he
wa
forc
to
but
later
on
he
came
to
enjoy
it
although
move
about
in
that
way
left
him
sad
and
tire
to
death
and
he
would
remain
immobil
for
hour
afterward
the
gentlemen
who
rent
the
room
would
sometim
take
their
even
meal
at
home
in
the
live
room
that
wa
use
by
everyon
and
so
the
door
to
thi
room
wa
often
kept
close
in
the
even
but
gregor
found
it
easi
to
give
up
have
the
door
open
he
had
after
all
often
fail
to
make
use
of
it
when
it
wa
open
and
without
the
famili
have
notic
it
lain
in
hi
room
in
it
darkest
corner
one
time
though
the
charwoman
left
the
door
to
the
live
room
slightli
open
and
it
remain
open
when
the
gentlemen
who
rent
the
room
came
in
in
the
even
and
the
light
wa
put
on
they
sat
up
at
the
tabl
where
formerli
gregor
had
taken
hi
meal
with
hi
father
and
mother
they
unfold
the
serviett
and
pick
up
their
knive
and
fork
gregor
s
mother
immedi
appear
in
the
doorway
with
a
dish
of
meat
and
soon
behind
her
came
hi
sister
with
a
dish
pile
high
with
potato
the
food
wa
steam
and
fill
the
room
with
it
smell
the
gentlemen
bent
over
the
dish
set
in
front
of
them
as
if
they
want
to
test
the
food
befor
eat
it
and
the
gentleman
in
the
middl
who
seem
to
count
as
an
author
for
the
other
two
did
inde
cut
off
a
piec
of
meat
while
it
wa
still
in
it
dish
clearli
wish
to
establish
whether
it
wa
suffici
cook
or
whether
it
should
be
sent
back
to
the
kitchen
it
wa
to
hi
satisfact
and
gregor
s
mother
and
sister
who
had
been
look
on
anxious
began
to
breath
again
and
smile
the
famili
themselv
ate
in
the
kitchen
nonetheless
gregor
s
father
came
into
the
live
room
befor
he
went
into
the
kitchen
bow
onc
with
hi
cap
in
hi
hand
and
did
hi
round
of
the
tabl
the
gentlemen
stood
as
one
and
mumbl
someth
into
their
beard
then
onc
they
were
alon
they
ate
in
near
perfect
silenc
it
seem
remark
to
gregor
that
abov
all
the
variou
nois
of
eat
their
chew
teeth
could
still
be
heard
as
if
they
had
want
to
show
gregor
that
you
need
teeth
in
order
to
eat
and
it
wa
not
possibl
to
perform
anyth
with
jaw
that
are
toothless
howev
nice
they
might
be
i
d
like
to
eat
someth
said
gregor
anxious
but
not
anyth
like
they
re
eat
they
do
feed
themselv
and
here
i
am
die
throughout
all
thi
time
gregor
could
not
rememb
have
heard
the
violin
be
play
but
thi
even
it
began
to
be
heard
from
the
kitchen
the
three
gentlemen
had
alreadi
finish
their
meal
the
one
in
the
middl
had
produc
a
newspap
given
a
page
to
each
of
the
other
and
now
they
leant
back
in
their
chair
read
them
and
smoke
when
the
violin
began
play
they
becam
attent
stood
up
and
went
on
tip
toe
over
to
the
door
of
the
hallway
where
they
stood
press
against
each
other
someon
must
have
heard
them
in
the
kitchen
as
gregor
s
father
call
out
is
the
play
perhap
unpleas
for
the
gentlemen
we
can
stop
it
straight
away
on
the
contrari
said
the
middl
gentleman
would
the
young
ladi
not
like
to
come
in
and
play
for
us
here
in
the
room
where
it
is
after
all
much
more
cosi
and
comfort
oh
ye
we
d
love
to
call
back
gregor
s
father
as
if
he
had
been
the
violin
player
himself
the
gentlemen
step
back
into
the
room
and
wait
gregor
s
father
soon
appear
with
the
music
stand
hi
mother
with
the
music
and
hi
sister
with
the
violin
she
calmli
prepar
everyth
for
her
to
begin
play
hi
parent
who
had
never
rent
a
room
out
befor
and
therefor
show
an
exagger
courtesi
toward
the
three
gentlemen
did
not
even
dare
to
sit
on
their
own
chair
hi
father
leant
against
the
door
with
hi
right
hand
push
in
between
two
button
on
hi
uniform
coat
hi
mother
though
wa
offer
a
seat
by
one
of
the
gentlemen
and
sat
leav
the
chair
where
the
gentleman
happen
to
have
place
it
out
of
the
way
in
a
corner
hi
sister
began
to
play
father
and
mother
paid
close
attent
one
on
each
side
to
the
movement
of
her
hand
drawn
in
by
the
play
gregor
had
dare
to
come
forward
a
littl
and
alreadi
had
hi
head
in
the
live
room
befor
he
had
taken
great
pride
in
how
consider
he
wa
but
now
it
hardli
occur
to
him
that
he
had
becom
so
thoughtless
about
the
other
what
s
more
there
wa
now
all
the
more
reason
to
keep
himself
hidden
as
he
wa
cover
in
the
dust
that
lay
everywher
in
hi
room
and
flew
up
at
the
slightest
movement
he
carri
thread
hair
and
remain
of
food
about
on
hi
back
and
side
he
wa
much
too
indiffer
to
everyth
now
to
lay
on
hi
back
and
wipe
himself
on
the
carpet
like
he
had
use
to
do
sever
time
a
day
and
despit
thi
condit
he
wa
not
too
shi
to
move
forward
a
littl
onto
the
immacul
floor
of
the
live
room
no
one
notic
him
though
the
famili
wa
total
preoccupi
with
the
violin
play
at
first
the
three
gentlemen
had
put
their
hand
in
their
pocket
and
come
up
far
too
close
behind
the
music
stand
to
look
at
all
the
note
be
play
and
they
must
have
disturb
gregor
s
sister
but
soon
in
contrast
with
the
famili
they
withdrew
back
to
the
window
with
their
head
sunk
and
talk
to
each
other
at
half
volum
and
they
stay
by
the
window
while
gregor
s
father
observ
them
anxious
it
realli
now
seem
veri
obviou
that
they
had
expect
to
hear
some
beauti
or
entertain
violin
play
but
had
been
disappoint
that
they
had
had
enough
of
the
whole
perform
and
it
wa
onli
now
out
of
polit
that
they
allow
their
peac
to
be
disturb
it
wa
especi
unnerv
the
way
they
all
blew
the
smoke
from
their
cigarett
upward
from
their
mouth
and
nose
yet
gregor
s
sister
wa
play
so
beauti
her
face
wa
leant
to
one
side
follow
the
line
of
music
with
a
care
and
melancholi
express
gregor
crawl
a
littl
further
forward
keep
hi
head
close
to
the
ground
so
that
he
could
meet
her
eye
if
the
chanc
came
wa
he
an
anim
if
music
could
captiv
him
so
it
seem
to
him
that
he
wa
be
shown
the
way
to
the
unknown
nourish
he
had
been
yearn
for
he
wa
determin
to
make
hi
way
forward
to
hi
sister
and
tug
at
her
skirt
to
show
her
she
might
come
into
hi
room
with
her
violin
as
no
one
appreci
her
play
here
as
much
as
he
would
he
never
want
to
let
her
out
of
hi
room
not
while
he
live
anyway
hi
shock
appear
should
for
onc
be
of
some
use
to
him
he
want
to
be
at
everi
door
of
hi
room
at
onc
to
hiss
and
spit
at
the
attack
hi
sister
should
not
be
forc
to
stay
with
him
though
but
stay
of
her
own
free
will
she
would
sit
besid
him
on
the
couch
with
her
ear
bent
down
to
him
while
he
told
her
how
he
had
alway
intend
to
send
her
to
the
conservatori
how
he
would
have
told
everyon
about
it
last
christma
had
christma
realli
come
and
gone
alreadi
if
thi
misfortun
hadn
t
got
in
the
way
and
refus
to
let
anyon
dissuad
him
from
it
on
hear
all
thi
hi
sister
would
break
out
in
tear
of
emot
and
gregor
would
climb
up
to
her
shoulder
and
kiss
her
neck
which
sinc
she
had
been
go
out
to
work
she
had
kept
free
without
ani
necklac
or
collar
mr
samsa
shout
the
middl
gentleman
to
gregor
s
father
point
without
wast
ani
more
word
with
hi
forefing
at
gregor
as
he
slowli
move
forward
the
violin
went
silent
the
middl
of
the
three
gentlemen
first
smile
at
hi
two
friend
shake
hi
head
and
then
look
back
at
gregor
hi
father
seem
to
think
it
more
import
to
calm
the
three
gentlemen
befor
drive
gregor
out
even
though
they
were
not
at
all
upset
and
seem
to
think
gregor
wa
more
entertain
than
the
violin
play
had
been
he
rush
up
to
them
with
hi
arm
spread
out
and
attempt
to
drive
them
back
into
their
room
at
the
same
time
as
tri
to
block
their
view
of
gregor
with
hi
bodi
now
they
did
becom
a
littl
annoy
and
it
wa
not
clear
whether
it
wa
hi
father
s
behaviour
that
annoy
them
or
the
dawn
realis
that
they
had
had
a
neighbour
like
gregor
in
the
next
room
without
know
it
they
ask
gregor
s
father
for
explan
rais
their
arm
like
he
had
tug
excitedli
at
their
beard
and
move
back
toward
their
room
onli
veri
slowli
meanwhil
gregor
s
sister
had
overcom
the
despair
she
had
fallen
into
when
her
play
wa
suddenli
interrupt
she
had
let
her
hand
drop
and
let
violin
and
bow
hang
limpli
for
a
while
but
continu
to
look
at
the
music
as
if
still
play
but
then
she
suddenli
pull
herself
togeth
lay
the
instrument
on
her
mother
s
lap
who
still
sat
labori
struggl
for
breath
where
she
wa
and
ran
into
the
next
room
which
under
pressur
from
her
father
the
three
gentlemen
were
more
quickli
move
toward
under
hi
sister
s
experienc
hand
the
pillow
and
cover
on
the
bed
flew
up
and
were
put
into
order
and
she
had
alreadi
finish
make
the
bed
and
slip
out
again
befor
the
three
gentlemen
had
reach
the
room
gregor
s
father
seem
so
obsess
with
what
he
wa
do
that
he
forgot
all
the
respect
he
owe
to
hi
tenant
he
urg
them
and
press
them
until
when
he
wa
alreadi
at
the
door
of
the
room
the
middl
of
the
three
gentlemen
shout
like
thunder
and
stamp
hi
foot
and
therebi
brought
gregor
s
father
to
a
halt
i
declar
here
and
now
he
said
rais
hi
hand
and
glanc
at
gregor
s
mother
and
sister
to
gain
their
attent
too
that
with
regard
to
the
repugn
condit
that
prevail
in
thi
flat
and
with
thi
famili
here
he
look
briefli
but
decis
at
the
floor
i
give
immedi
notic
on
my
room
for
the
day
that
i
have
been
live
here
i
will
of
cours
pay
noth
at
all
on
the
contrari
i
will
consid
whether
to
proceed
with
some
kind
of
action
for
damag
from
you
and
believ
me
it
would
be
veri
easi
to
set
out
the
ground
for
such
an
action
he
wa
silent
and
look
straight
ahead
as
if
wait
for
someth
and
inde
hi
two
friend
join
in
with
the
word
and
we
also
give
immedi
notic
with
that
he
took
hold
of
the
door
handl
and
slam
the
door
gregor
s
father
stagger
back
to
hi
seat
feel
hi
way
with
hi
hand
and
fell
into
it
it
look
as
if
he
wa
stretch
himself
out
for
hi
usual
even
nap
but
from
the
uncontrol
way
hi
head
kept
nod
it
could
be
seen
that
he
wa
not
sleep
at
all
throughout
all
thi
gregor
had
lain
still
where
the
three
gentlemen
had
first
seen
him
hi
disappoint
at
the
failur
of
hi
plan
and
perhap
also
becaus
he
wa
weak
from
hunger
made
it
imposs
for
him
to
move
he
wa
sure
that
everyon
would
turn
on
him
ani
moment
and
he
wait
he
wa
not
even
startl
out
of
thi
state
when
the
violin
on
hi
mother
s
lap
fell
from
her
trembl
finger
and
land
loudli
on
the
floor
father
mother
said
hi
sister
hit
the
tabl
with
her
hand
as
introduct
we
can
t
carri
on
like
thi
mayb
you
can
t
see
it
but
i
can
i
don
t
want
to
call
thi
monster
my
brother
all
i
can
say
is
we
have
to
tri
and
get
rid
of
it
we
ve
done
all
that
s
humanli
possibl
to
look
after
it
and
be
patient
i
don
t
think
anyon
could
accus
us
of
do
anyth
wrong
she
s
absolut
right
said
gregor
s
father
to
himself
hi
mother
who
still
had
not
had
time
to
catch
her
breath
began
to
cough
dulli
her
hand
held
out
in
front
of
her
and
a
derang
express
in
her
eye
gregor
s
sister
rush
to
hi
mother
and
put
her
hand
on
her
forehead
her
word
seem
to
give
gregor
s
father
some
more
definit
idea
he
sat
upright
play
with
hi
uniform
cap
between
the
plate
left
by
the
three
gentlemen
after
their
meal
and
occasion
look
down
at
gregor
as
he
lay
there
immobil
we
have
to
tri
and
get
rid
of
it
said
gregor
s
sister
now
speak
onli
to
her
father
as
her
mother
wa
too
occupi
with
cough
to
listen
it
ll
be
the
death
of
both
of
you
i
can
see
it
come
we
can
t
all
work
as
hard
as
we
have
to
and
then
come
home
to
be
tortur
like
thi
we
can
t
endur
it
i
can
t
endur
it
ani
more
and
she
broke
out
so
heavili
in
tear
that
they
flow
down
the
face
of
her
mother
and
she
wipe
them
away
with
mechan
hand
movement
my
child
said
her
father
with
sympathi
and
obviou
understand
what
are
we
to
do
hi
sister
just
shrug
her
shoulder
as
a
sign
of
the
helpless
and
tear
that
had
taken
hold
of
her
displac
her
earlier
certainti
if
he
could
just
understand
us
said
hi
father
almost
as
a
question
hi
sister
shook
her
hand
vigor
through
her
tear
as
a
sign
that
of
that
there
wa
no
question
if
he
could
just
understand
us
repeat
gregor
s
father
close
hi
eye
in
accept
of
hi
sister
s
certainti
that
that
wa
quit
imposs
then
perhap
we
could
come
to
some
kind
of
arrang
with
him
but
as
it
is
it
s
got
to
go
shout
hi
sister
that
s
the
onli
way
father
you
ve
got
to
get
rid
of
the
idea
that
that
s
gregor
we
ve
onli
harm
ourselv
by
believ
it
for
so
long
how
can
that
be
gregor
if
it
were
gregor
he
would
have
seen
long
ago
that
it
s
not
possibl
for
human
be
to
live
with
an
anim
like
that
and
he
would
have
gone
of
hi
own
free
will
we
wouldn
t
have
a
brother
ani
more
then
but
we
could
carri
on
with
our
live
and
rememb
him
with
respect
as
it
is
thi
anim
is
persecut
us
it
s
driven
out
our
tenant
it
obvious
want
to
take
over
the
whole
flat
and
forc
us
to
sleep
on
the
street
father
look
just
look
she
suddenli
scream
he
s
start
again
in
her
alarm
which
wa
total
beyond
gregor
s
comprehens
hi
sister
even
abandon
hi
mother
as
she
push
herself
vigor
out
of
her
chair
as
if
more
will
to
sacrific
her
own
mother
than
stay
anywher
near
gregor
she
rush
over
to
behind
her
father
who
had
becom
excit
mere
becaus
she
wa
and
stood
up
half
rais
hi
hand
in
front
of
gregor
s
sister
as
if
to
protect
her
but
gregor
had
had
no
intent
of
frighten
anyon
least
of
all
hi
sister
all
he
had
done
wa
begin
to
turn
round
so
that
he
could
go
back
into
hi
room
although
that
wa
in
itself
quit
startl
as
hi
pain
wrack
condit
meant
that
turn
round
requir
a
great
deal
of
effort
and
he
wa
use
hi
head
to
help
himself
do
it
repeatedli
rais
it
and
strike
it
against
the
floor
he
stop
and
look
round
they
seem
to
have
realis
hi
good
intent
and
had
onli
been
alarm
briefli
now
they
all
look
at
him
in
unhappi
silenc
hi
mother
lay
in
her
chair
with
her
leg
stretch
out
and
press
against
each
other
her
eye
nearli
close
with
exhaust
hi
sister
sat
next
to
hi
father
with
her
arm
around
hi
neck
mayb
now
they
ll
let
me
turn
round
thought
gregor
and
went
back
to
work
he
could
not
help
pant
loudli
with
the
effort
and
had
sometim
to
stop
and
take
a
rest
no
one
wa
make
him
rush
ani
more
everyth
wa
left
up
to
him
as
soon
as
he
had
final
finish
turn
round
he
began
to
move
straight
ahead
he
wa
amaz
at
the
great
distanc
that
separ
him
from
hi
room
and
could
not
understand
how
he
had
cover
that
distanc
in
hi
weak
state
a
littl
while
befor
and
almost
without
notic
it
he
concentr
on
crawl
as
fast
as
he
could
and
hardli
notic
that
there
wa
not
a
word
not
ani
cri
from
hi
famili
to
distract
him
he
did
not
turn
hi
head
until
he
had
reach
the
doorway
he
did
not
turn
it
all
the
way
round
as
he
felt
hi
neck
becom
stiff
but
it
wa
nonetheless
enough
to
see
that
noth
behind
him
had
chang
onli
hi
sister
had
stood
up
with
hi
last
glanc
he
saw
that
hi
mother
had
now
fallen
complet
asleep
he
wa
hardli
insid
hi
room
befor
the
door
wa
hurriedli
shut
bolt
and
lock
the
sudden
nois
behind
gregor
so
startl
him
that
hi
littl
leg
collaps
under
him
it
wa
hi
sister
who
had
been
in
so
much
of
a
rush
she
had
been
stand
there
wait
and
sprung
forward
lightli
gregor
had
not
heard
her
come
at
all
and
as
she
turn
the
key
in
the
lock
she
said
loudli
to
her
parent
at
last
what
now
then
gregor
ask
himself
as
he
look
round
in
the
dark
he
soon
made
the
discoveri
that
he
could
no
longer
move
at
all
thi
wa
no
surpris
to
him
it
seem
rather
that
be
abl
to
actual
move
around
on
those
spindli
littl
leg
until
then
wa
unnatur
he
also
felt
rel
comfort
it
is
true
that
hi
entir
bodi
wa
ach
but
the
pain
seem
to
be
slowli
get
weaker
and
weaker
and
would
final
disappear
altogeth
he
could
alreadi
hardli
feel
the
decay
appl
in
hi
back
or
the
inflam
area
around
it
which
wa
entir
cover
in
white
dust
he
thought
back
of
hi
famili
with
emot
and
love
if
it
wa
possibl
he
felt
that
he
must
go
away
even
more
strongli
than
hi
sister
he
remain
in
thi
state
of
empti
and
peac
rumin
until
he
heard
the
clock
tower
strike
three
in
the
morn
he
watch
as
it
slowli
began
to
get
light
everywher
outsid
the
window
too
then
without
hi
will
it
hi
head
sank
down
complet
and
hi
last
breath
flow
weakli
from
hi
nostril
when
the
cleaner
came
in
earli
in
the
morn
they
d
often
ask
her
not
to
keep
slam
the
door
but
with
her
strength
and
in
her
hurri
she
still
did
so
that
everyon
in
the
flat
knew
when
she
d
arriv
and
from
then
on
it
wa
imposs
to
sleep
in
peac
she
made
her
usual
brief
look
in
on
gregor
and
at
first
found
noth
special
she
thought
he
wa
lay
there
so
still
on
purpos
play
the
martyr
she
attribut
all
possibl
understand
to
him
she
happen
to
be
hold
the
long
broom
in
her
hand
so
she
tri
to
tickl
gregor
with
it
from
the
doorway
when
she
had
no
success
with
that
she
tri
to
make
a
nuisanc
of
herself
and
poke
at
him
a
littl
and
onli
when
she
found
she
could
shove
him
across
the
floor
with
no
resist
at
all
did
she
start
to
pay
attent
she
soon
realis
what
had
realli
happen
open
her
eye
wide
whistl
to
herself
but
did
not
wast
time
to
yank
open
the
bedroom
door
and
shout
loudli
into
the
dark
of
the
bedroom
come
and
ave
a
look
at
thi
it
s
dead
just
lie
there
stone
dead
mr
and
mr
samsa
sat
upright
there
in
their
marriag
bed
and
had
to
make
an
effort
to
get
over
the
shock
caus
by
the
cleaner
befor
they
could
grasp
what
she
wa
say
but
then
each
from
hi
own
side
they
hurri
out
of
bed
mr
samsa
threw
the
blanket
over
hi
shoulder
mr
samsa
just
came
out
in
her
nightdress
and
that
is
how
they
went
into
gregor
s
room
on
the
way
they
open
the
door
to
the
live
room
where
grete
had
been
sleep
sinc
the
three
gentlemen
had
move
in
she
wa
fulli
dress
as
if
she
had
never
been
asleep
and
the
pale
of
her
face
seem
to
confirm
thi
dead
ask
mr
samsa
look
at
the
charwoman
enquiringli
even
though
she
could
have
check
for
herself
and
could
have
known
it
even
without
check
that
s
what
i
said
repli
the
cleaner
and
to
prove
it
she
gave
gregor
s
bodi
anoth
shove
with
the
broom
send
it
sideway
across
the
floor
mr
samsa
made
a
movement
as
if
she
want
to
hold
back
the
broom
but
did
not
complet
it
now
then
said
mr
samsa
let
s
give
thank
to
god
for
that
he
cross
himself
and
the
three
women
follow
hi
exampl
grete
who
had
not
taken
her
eye
from
the
corps
said
just
look
how
thin
he
wa
he
didn
t
eat
anyth
for
so
long
the
food
came
out
again
just
the
same
as
when
it
went
in
gregor
s
bodi
wa
inde
complet
dri
up
and
flat
they
had
not
seen
it
until
then
but
now
he
wa
not
lift
up
on
hi
littl
leg
nor
did
he
do
anyth
to
make
them
look
away
grete
come
with
us
in
here
for
a
littl
while
said
mr
samsa
with
a
pain
smile
and
grete
follow
her
parent
into
the
bedroom
but
not
without
look
back
at
the
bodi
the
cleaner
shut
the
door
and
open
the
window
wide
although
it
wa
still
earli
in
the
morn
the
fresh
air
had
someth
of
warmth
mix
in
with
it
it
wa
alreadi
the
end
of
march
after
all
the
three
gentlemen
step
out
of
their
room
and
look
round
in
amaz
for
their
breakfast
they
had
been
forgotten
about
where
is
our
breakfast
the
middl
gentleman
ask
the
cleaner
irrit
she
just
put
her
finger
on
her
lip
and
made
a
quick
and
silent
sign
to
the
men
that
they
might
like
to
come
into
gregor
s
room
they
did
so
and
stood
around
gregor
s
corps
with
their
hand
in
the
pocket
of
their
well
worn
coat
it
wa
now
quit
light
in
the
room
then
the
door
of
the
bedroom
open
and
mr
samsa
appear
in
hi
uniform
with
hi
wife
on
one
arm
and
hi
daughter
on
the
other
all
of
them
had
been
cri
a
littl
grete
now
and
then
press
her
face
against
her
father
s
arm
leav
my
home
now
said
mr
samsa
indic
the
door
and
without
let
the
women
from
him
what
do
you
mean
ask
the
middl
of
the
three
gentlemen
somewhat
disconcert
and
he
smile
sweetli
the
other
two
held
their
hand
behind
their
back
and
continu
rub
them
togeth
in
gleeful
anticip
of
a
loud
quarrel
which
could
onli
end
in
their
favour
i
mean
just
what
i
said
answer
mr
samsa
and
with
hi
two
companion
went
in
a
straight
line
toward
the
man
at
first
he
stood
there
still
look
at
the
ground
as
if
the
content
of
hi
head
were
rearrang
themselv
into
new
posit
alright
we
ll
go
then
he
said
and
look
up
at
mr
samsa
as
if
he
had
been
suddenli
overcom
with
humil
and
want
permiss
again
from
mr
samsa
for
hi
decis
mr
samsa
mere
open
hi
eye
wide
and
briefli
nod
to
him
sever
time
at
that
and
without
delay
the
man
actual
did
take
long
stride
into
the
front
hallway
hi
two
friend
had
stop
rub
their
hand
some
time
befor
and
had
been
listen
to
what
wa
be
said
now
they
jump
off
after
their
friend
as
if
taken
with
a
sudden
fear
that
mr
samsa
might
go
into
the
hallway
in
front
of
them
and
break
the
connect
with
their
leader
onc
there
all
three
took
their
hat
from
the
stand
took
their
stick
from
the
holder
bow
without
a
word
and
left
the
premis
mr
samsa
and
the
two
women
follow
them
out
onto
the
land
but
they
had
had
no
reason
to
mistrust
the
men
s
intent
and
as
they
lean
over
the
land
they
saw
how
the
three
gentlemen
made
slow
but
steadi
progress
down
the
mani
step
as
they
turn
the
corner
on
each
floor
they
disappear
and
would
reappear
a
few
moment
later
the
further
down
they
went
the
more
that
the
samsa
famili
lost
interest
in
them
when
a
butcher
s
boy
proud
of
postur
with
hi
tray
on
hi
head
pass
them
on
hi
way
up
and
came
nearer
than
they
were
mr
samsa
and
the
women
came
away
from
the
land
and
went
as
if
reliev
back
into
the
flat
they
decid
the
best
way
to
make
use
of
that
day
wa
for
relax
and
to
go
for
a
walk
not
onli
had
they
earn
a
break
from
work
but
they
were
in
seriou
need
of
it
so
they
sat
at
the
tabl
and
wrote
three
letter
of
excus
mr
samsa
to
hi
employ
mr
samsa
to
her
contractor
and
grete
to
her
princip
the
cleaner
came
in
while
they
were
write
to
tell
them
she
wa
go
she
d
finish
her
work
for
that
morn
the
three
of
them
at
first
just
nod
without
look
up
from
what
they
were
write
and
it
wa
onli
when
the
cleaner
still
did
not
seem
to
want
to
leav
that
they
look
up
in
irrit
well
ask
mr
samsa
the
charwoman
stood
in
the
doorway
with
a
smile
on
her
face
as
if
she
had
some
tremend
good
news
to
report
but
would
onli
do
it
if
she
wa
clearli
ask
to
the
almost
vertic
littl
ostrich
feather
on
her
hat
which
had
been
a
sourc
of
irrit
to
mr
samsa
all
the
time
she
had
been
work
for
them
sway
gentli
in
all
direct
what
is
it
you
want
then
ask
mr
samsa
whom
the
cleaner
had
the
most
respect
for
ye
she
answer
and
broke
into
a
friendli
laugh
that
made
her
unabl
to
speak
straight
away
well
then
that
thing
in
there
you
needn
t
worri
about
how
you
re
go
to
get
rid
of
it
that
s
all
been
sort
out
mr
samsa
and
grete
bent
down
over
their
letter
as
if
intent
on
continu
with
what
they
were
write
mr
samsa
saw
that
the
cleaner
want
to
start
describ
everyth
in
detail
but
with
outstretch
hand
he
made
it
quit
clear
that
she
wa
not
to
so
as
she
wa
prevent
from
tell
them
all
about
it
she
suddenli
rememb
what
a
hurri
she
wa
in
and
clearli
peev
call
out
cheerio
then
everyon
turn
round
sharpli
and
left
slam
the
door
terribl
as
she
went
tonight
she
get
sack
said
mr
samsa
but
he
receiv
no
repli
from
either
hi
wife
or
hi
daughter
as
the
charwoman
seem
to
have
destroy
the
peac
they
had
onli
just
gain
they
got
up
and
went
over
to
the
window
where
they
remain
with
their
arm
around
each
other
mr
samsa
twist
round
in
hi
chair
to
look
at
them
and
sat
there
watch
for
a
while
then
he
call
out
come
here
then
let
s
forget
about
all
that
old
stuff
shall
we
come
and
give
me
a
bit
of
attent
the
two
women
immedi
did
as
he
said
hurri
over
to
him
where
they
kiss
him
and
hug
him
and
then
they
quickli
finish
their
letter
after
that
the
three
of
them
left
the
flat
togeth
which
wa
someth
they
had
not
done
for
month
and
took
the
tram
out
to
the
open
countri
outsid
the
town
they
had
the
tram
fill
with
warm
sunshin
all
to
themselv
leant
back
comfort
on
their
seat
they
discuss
their
prospect
and
found
that
on
closer
examin
they
were
not
at
all
bad
until
then
they
had
never
ask
each
other
about
their
work
but
all
three
had
job
which
were
veri
good
and
held
particularli
good
promis
for
the
futur
the
greatest
improv
for
the
time
be
of
cours
would
be
achiev
quit
easili
by
move
hous
what
they
need
now
wa
a
flat
that
wa
smaller
and
cheaper
than
the
current
one
which
had
been
chosen
by
gregor
one
that
wa
in
a
better
locat
and
most
of
all
more
practic
all
the
time
grete
wa
becom
liveli
with
all
the
worri
they
had
been
have
of
late
her
cheek
had
becom
pale
but
while
they
were
talk
mr
and
mr
samsa
were
struck
almost
simultan
with
the
thought
of
how
their
daughter
wa
blossom
into
a
well
built
and
beauti
young
ladi
they
becam
quieter
just
from
each
other
s
glanc
and
almost
without
know
it
they
agre
that
it
would
soon
be
time
to
find
a
good
man
for
her
and
as
if
in
confirm
of
their
new
dream
and
good
intent
as
soon
as
they
reach
their
destin
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the
first
to
get
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from nltk.stem import WordNetLemmatizer

lemmatizer = WordNetLemmatizer()
print(lemmatizer.lemmatize(text))

/:;<=@
One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found
himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.  He lay on
his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could
see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff
sections.  The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready
to slide off any moment.  His many legs, pitifully thin compared
with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he
looked.

"What's happened to me?" he thought.  It wasn't a dream.  His room,
a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully
between its four familiar walls.  A collection of textile samples
lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and
above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an
illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame.  It showed
a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright,
raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm
towards the viewer.

Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather.
Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel
quite sad.  "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all
this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to
do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present
state couldn't get into that position.  However hard he threw
himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was.  He
must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he
wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when
he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt
before.

"Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've
chosen! Travelling day in and day out.  Doing business like this
takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on
top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making
train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different
people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or
become friendly with them.  It can all go to Hell!"  He felt a
slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back
towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found
where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little
white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried
to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back
because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder.

He slid back into his former position.  "Getting up early all the
time", he thought, "it makes you stupid.  You've got to get enough
sleep.  Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury.  For
instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning
to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting
there eating their breakfasts.  I ought to just try that with my
boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot.  But who knows, maybe that
would be the best thing for me.  If I didn't have my parents to
think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have
gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him
everything I would, let him know just what I feel.  He'd fall right
off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up
there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there,
especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is
hard of hearing.  Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the
money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or
six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do.  That's when
I'll make the big change.  First of all though, I've got to get up,
my train leaves at five."

And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of
drawers.  "God in Heaven!" he thought.  It was half past six and the
hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half
past, more like quarter to seven.  Had the alarm clock not rung? He
could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it
should have been; it certainly must have rung.  Yes, but was it
possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise?
True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply
because of that.  What should he do now? The next train went at
seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and
the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at
all feel particularly fresh and lively.  And even if he did catch
the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office
assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he
would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long
time ago.  The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and
with no understanding.  What about if he reported sick? But that
would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of
service Gregor had never once yet been ill.  His boss would
certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance
company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the
doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed
that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy.  And what's
more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in
fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long,
feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual.

He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide
to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven.
There was a cautious knock at the door near his head.  "Gregor",
somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven.
Didn't you want to go somewhere?"  That gentle voice! Gregor was
shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be
recognised as the voice he had had before.  As if from deep inside
him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with
it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort
of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether
he had heard properly or not.  Gregor had wanted to give a full
answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented
himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up
now."  The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed
outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with
this explanation and shuffled away.  But this short conversation
made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against
their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came
knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist.
"Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?"  And after a short
while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor!
Gregor!"  At the other side door his sister came plaintively:
"Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?"  Gregor answered to
both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the
strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting
long pauses between each, individual word.  His father went back to
his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I
beg of you."  Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door,
and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired
from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was
at home.

The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being
disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast.
Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware
that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by
lying in bed.  He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in
bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned
out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would
slowly resolve themselves today.  He did not have the slightest
doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first
sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for
travelling salesmen.

It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow
himself up a little and they fell off by themselves.  But it became
difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad.
He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but
instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously
moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to
control.  If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first
one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do
what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free
and would move about painfully.  "This is something that can't be
done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do
it".

The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body
out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not
imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move;
it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he
carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could
gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower
bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower
part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive.

So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed
first, carefully turning his head to the side.  This he managed
quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of
his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head.
But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the
fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be
a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry
on pushing himself forward the same way.  And he could not knock
himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose
consciousness.

It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been
earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching
his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than
before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing
peace and order to this chaos.  He told himself once more that it
was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible
thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at
whatever sacrifice.  At the same time, though, he did not forget to
remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing
to desperate conclusions.  At times like this he would direct his
eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but
unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was
enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer
to offer him.  "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the
clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like
this."  And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly
as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back
to their real and natural state.

But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven
I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed.  And by then
somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me
as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock."  And so he
set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body
out of the bed all at the same time.  If he succeeded in falling out
of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could
probably avoid injuring it.  His back seemed to be quite hard, and
probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet.  His
main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which
even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not
alarm.  But it was something that had to be risked.

When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new
method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock
back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be
if somebody came to help him.  Two strong people - he had his father
and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would
only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him
away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and
careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the
little legs would find a use.  Should he really call for help
though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked?
Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile
at this thought.

After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have
been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard.  The
time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final
decision very soon.  Then there was a ring at the door of the flat.
"That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very
still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as
they danced around.  For a moment everything remained quiet.
"They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in
some nonsensical hope.  But then of course, the maid's firm steps
went to the door as ever and opened it.  Gregor only needed to hear
the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the
chief clerk himself.  Why did Gregor have to be the only one
condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly
suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every
one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and
devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he
couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of
hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough
to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were
even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did
they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so
suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the
wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made
him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with
all his force out of the bed.  There was a loud thump, but it wasn't
really a loud noise.  His fall was softened a little by the carpet,
and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which
made the sound muffled and not too noticeable.  He had not held his
head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in
pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet.

"Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room
on the left.  Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort
that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk
too; you had to concede that it was possible.  But as if in gruff
reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his
highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room.
From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let
him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here."  "Yes, I know", said
Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough
for his sister to hear him.

"Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief
clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the
early train.  We don't know what to say to him.  And anyway, he
wants to speak to you personally.  So please open up this door.  I'm
sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room."
Then the chief clerk called "Good morning,  Mr. Samsa". "He isn't
well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father
continued to speak through the door.  "He isn't well, please believe
me.  Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever
thinks about the business.  It nearly makes me cross the way he
never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but
stayed home every evening.  He sits with us in the kitchen and just
reads the paper or studies train timetables.  His idea of relaxation
is working with his fretsaw.  He's made a little frame, for
instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed
how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon
as Gregor opens the door.  Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't
have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so
stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he
is, but he isn't."  "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly
and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any
word of the conversation.  "Well I can't think of any other way of
explaining it,  Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's
nothing serious.  But on the other hand, I must say that if we
people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or
unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of
business considerations."  "Can the chief clerk come in to see you
now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door
again.  "No", said Gregor.  In the room on his right there followed
a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry.

So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably
only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed.  And why was
she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the
chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if
that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the
same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like
that yet.  Gregor was still there and had not the slightest
intention of abandoning his family.  For the time being he just lay
there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in
would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in.  It was
only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be
found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could
be sacked on the spot.  And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible
to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at
him and crying.  But the others didn't know what was happening, they
were worried, that would excuse their behaviour.

The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him,
"what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more
than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and
unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention
this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in
a way that is quite unheard of.  I'm speaking here on behalf of your
parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and
immediate explanation.  I am astonished, quite astonished.  I
thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you
suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims.  This morning,
your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to
appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently
entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour
that that could not be the right explanation.  But now that I see
your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish
whatsoever to intercede on your behalf.  And nor is your position
all that secure.  I had originally intended to say all this to you
in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good
reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it.
Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that
it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we
recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no
business at all,  Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be."

"But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in
the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment.  I'm
slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get
up.  I'm still in bed now.  I'm quite fresh again now, though.  I'm
just getting out of bed.  Just a moment.  Be patient! It's not quite
as easy as I'd thought.  I'm quite alright now, though.  It's
shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright
last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had
a small symptom of it last night already.  They must have noticed
it.  I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always
think you can get over an illness without staying at home.  Please,
don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the
accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any
of these things.  Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent
in.  I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few
hours of rest have given me strength.  You don't need to wait, sir;
I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to
tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!"

And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was
saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was
easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in
bed - where he now tried to get himself upright.  He really did want
to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak
with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was
curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him.
If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's
responsibility and he could rest.  If, however, they took everything
calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried
he really could be at the station for eight o'clock.  The first few
times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just
slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and
stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain
but he no longer gave any attention to it.  Now he let himself fall
against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of
it with his little legs.  By now he had also calmed down, and kept
quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying.

"Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his
parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!"
called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously
ill and we're making him suffer.  Grete! Grete!" she then cried.
"Mother?" his sister called from the other side.  They communicated
across Gregor's room.  "You'll have to go for the doctor straight
away.  Gregor is ill.  Quick, get the doctor.  Did you hear the way
Gregor spoke just now?"  "That was the voice of an animal", said the
chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's
screams.  "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through
the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!"
And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out
through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they
went.  How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There
was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it
open;  people often do in homes where something awful has happened.

Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer.  So they couldn't
understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to
him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the
sound.  They had realised, though, that there was something wrong
with him, and were ready to help.  The first response to his
situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel
better.  He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and
from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising
achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the
other.  Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to
make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking
care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound
different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure
he could judge this for himself.  Meanwhile, it had become very
quiet in the next room.  Perhaps his parents were sat at the table
whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed
against the door and listening.

Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair.  Once
there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding
himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his
legs.  He rested there a little while to recover from the effort
involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the
lock with his mouth.  He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper
teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth
was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw,
he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that
he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came
from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor.
"Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the
key."  Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should
have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done,
Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the
lock!"  And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his
efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no
attention to the pain he was causing himself.  As the key turned
round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself
upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down
again with the whole weight of his body as needed.  The clear sound
of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break
his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself:
"So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on
the handle of the door to open it completely.

Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide
open before he could be seen.  He had first to slowly turn himself
around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully
if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the
room.  He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to
pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk
exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind.
Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand
pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by
a steady and invisible force.  Gregor's mother, her hair still
dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked
at his father.  Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward
towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that
spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto
her breast.  His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if
wanting to knock Gregor back into his room.  Then he looked
uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands
and wept so that his powerful chest shook.

So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of
the other door which was still held bolted in place.  In this way
only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it
which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others.
Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless,
grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a
hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular
line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still
falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the
ground one at a time.  The washing up from breakfast lay on the
table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father,
breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would
stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of
different newspapers.  On the wall exactly opposite there was
photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword
in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth
respect for his uniform and bearing.  The door to the entrance hall
was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could
see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down
below.

"Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to
have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my
samples and set off.  Will you please just let me leave? You can
see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I
like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but
without travelling I couldn't earn my living.  So where are you
going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately,
then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to
work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been
achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty
has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence
and concentration.  You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to
our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my
sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will
work my way out of it again.  Please don't make things any harder
for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the
office.  I know that nobody likes the travellers.  They think we
earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it.  That's
just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of
it.  But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the
staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview
than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to
make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than
he should.  And you're also well aware that we travellers spend
almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very
easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints,
and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of
thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when
we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel
the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing
what caused them.  Please, don't go away, at least first say
something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!"

But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to
speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his
trembling shoulders as he left.  He did not keep still for a moment
while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door
without taking his eyes off him.  He moved very gradually, as if
there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room.  It was
only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden
movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in
a panic.  In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards
the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force
waiting to save him.

Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief
clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be
put into extreme danger.  That was something his parents did not
understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that
this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides,
they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight
of any thought for the future.  Gregor, though, did think about the
future.  The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced
and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended
on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already
in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back.  And
the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him;
she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out
of his shocked state.  But his sister was not there, Gregor would
have to do the job himself.  And without considering that he still
was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present
state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not -
be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the
opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who,
ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but
Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought
something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs.  Hardly
had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to
feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground
under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they
were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and
he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at
an end.  He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side
as he crouched there on the floor.  His mother was not far away in
front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but
then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her
fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!"  The way she
held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the
unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not;
she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the
breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly
down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming
to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of
coffee was pouring down onto the carpet.

"Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her.  He had
completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not
help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the
flow of coffee.  That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from
the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her.
Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief
clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister,
he looked back for the last time.  Gregor made a run for him; he
wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have
expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and
disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase.  The
flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's
father into a panic as well.  Until then he had been relatively self
controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk
himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him,
Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand
(the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat
and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his
left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his
foot at him as he went.  Gregor's appeals to his father were of no
help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly
turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder.
Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had
pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to
her face.  A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards
the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table
fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor.  Nothing would
stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at
him like a wild man.  Gregor had never had any practice in moving
backwards and was only able to go very slowly.  If Gregor had only
been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room
straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that
his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a
lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand
any moment.  Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no
choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of
going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as
possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn
himself round.  It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able
to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact
now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a
distance as to which way to turn.  If only his father would stop
that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused.  When
he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that
hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way
he had just come.  He was pleased when he finally had his head in
front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his
body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty.  In
his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open
the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space
to get through.  He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should
be got back into his room as quickly as possible.  Nor would he ever
have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation
for getting through the doorway.  What he did, making more noise
than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there
had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was
now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant
experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without
regard for what might happen.  One side of his body lifted itself,
he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white
door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it,
soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all
by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air
while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the
ground.  Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which
released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily
bleeding, deep into his room.  The door was slammed shut with the
stick, then, finally, all was quiet.


II


It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke
from his deep and coma-like sleep.  He would have woken soon
afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had
enough sleep and felt fully rested.  But he had the impression that
some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front
room being carefully shut had woken him.  The light from the
electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling
and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was
dark.  He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily
with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value
- in order to see what had been happening there.  The whole of his
left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar,  and he limped
badly on his two rows of legs.  One of the legs had been badly
injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that
only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly.

It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it
actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of
something to eat.  By the door there was a dish filled with
sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it.  He
was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he
had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the
milk, nearly covering his eyes with it.  But he soon drew his head
back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender
left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to
eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the
milk did not taste at all nice.  Milk like this was normally his
favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him
because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away
from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room.

Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had
been lit in the living room.  His father at this time would normally
be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to
Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not
a sound to be heard.  Gregor's sister would often write and tell him
about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in
recent times.  It was so quiet all around too, even though there
must have been somebody in the flat.  "What a quiet life it is the
family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness,
felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in
such a nice home for his sister and parents.  But what now, if all
this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and
frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to
think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and
down the room.

Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was
opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door
on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to
enter the room but thought better of it.  Gregor went and waited
immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous
visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it
was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in
vain.  The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had
wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up
one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time
during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides.

It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room
was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had
stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as
they went away together on tip-toe.  It was clear that no-one would
come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty
of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange
his life.  For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced
to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor,
even though he had been living in it for five years.  Hardly aware
of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he
hurried under the couch.  It pressed down on his back a little, and
he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt
immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too
broad to get it all underneath.

He spent the whole night there.  Some of the time he passed in a
light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of
his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague
hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the
time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the
greatest consideration so that his family could bear the
unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to
impose on them.

Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his
decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had
ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the
front room and looked anxiously in.  She did not see him straight
away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be
somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so
shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut
again from outside.  But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she
opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if
entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger.
Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch,
and watched her.  Would she notice that he had left the milk as it
was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him
in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it
herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it,
although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the
couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something
good to eat.  However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately
and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with
some surprise.  She immediately picked it up - using a rag,
not her bare hands - and carried it out.  Gregor was extremely
curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the
wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his
sister, in her goodness, actually did bring.  In order to test his
taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out
on an old newspaper.  There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones
from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a
few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared
inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with
butter and salt.  As well as all that she had poured some water into
the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's
use, and placed it beside them.  Then, out of consideration for
Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of
her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so
that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for
himself as he liked.  Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could
eat.  What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed
as he found no difficulty in moving.  This amazed him, as more than
a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he
thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday.
"Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was
already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost
compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the
newspaper.  Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with
pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the
fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even
dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them
because he couldn't stand the smell.  Long after he had finished
eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned
the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw.  He
was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he
hurried back under the couch.  But he needed great self-control to
stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room,
as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he
could hardly breathe in that narrow space.  Half suffocating, he
watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a
broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he
had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more.
She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden
lid, and carried everything out.  She had hardly turned her back
before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched
himself.

This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the
morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the
second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his
parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's
sister would send the maid away on some errand.  Gregor's father and
mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it
would have been more than they could stand to have any more
experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his
sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were
indeed suffering enough.

It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the
doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the
flat.  As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister,
thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to
hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about
his room.  It was only later, when she had become a little more used
to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever
becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes
catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be
construed as friendly.  "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might
say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him,
or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more
frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been
left there again".

Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen
to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard
anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and
press his whole body against it.  There was seldom any conversation,
especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if
only in secret.  For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime
was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke
about the same subject as there were always at least two members of
the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and
it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty.  And on
the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged
Gregor's mother to let her go without delay.  It was not very clear
how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter
of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as
if she had done her an enormous service.  She even swore
emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had
happened, even though no-one had asked that of her.

Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking;
although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much.
Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another
to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough"
or something similar.  No-one drank very much either.  His sister
would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping
for the chance to go and fetch it herself.  When his father then
said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that
she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would
close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said.

Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had
explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and
prospects were.  Now and then he stood up from the table and took
some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from
his business when it had collapsed five years earlier.  Gregor heard
how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he
had taken the item he wanted.  What he heard his father say was some
of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been
incarcerated in his room.  He had thought that nothing at all
remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him
anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway.
Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total
despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange
things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as
possible.  So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery
vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling
representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn
money in quite different ways.  Gregor converted his success at work
straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the
benefit of his astonished and delighted family.  They had been good
times and they had never come again, at least not with the same
splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was
in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear
them.  They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family,
they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it,
although there was no longer much warm affection given in return.
Gregor only remained close to his sister now.  Unlike him, she was
very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his
secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it
would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some
other way.  During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with
his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever
mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised.  Their
parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought
about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he
planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day.

That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his
mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and
listening.  There were times when he simply became too tired to
continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the
door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the
slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would
all go silent.  "What's that he's doing now", his father would say
after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then
would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again.

When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times,
partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with
these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not
understand everything the first time.  From these repeated explanations
Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes
there was still some money available from the old days.  It was not
a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest
had accumulated.  Besides that, they had not been using up all the
money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a
little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating.
Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at
this unexpected thrift and caution.  He could actually have used
this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the
day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come
much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had
done things.

This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family
to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for,
perhaps, one or two years, no more.  That's to say, it was money
that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies;
money to live on had to be earned.  His father was healthy but old,
and lacking in self confidence.  During the five years that he had
not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of
strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become
very slow and clumsy.  Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go
and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her
just to move about the home, every other day would be spent
struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window.  Would his
sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of
seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting
of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business,
joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the
violin.  Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money,
Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself
onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with
shame and regret.

He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a
wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end.  Or he might go
to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto
the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to
stare out of it.  He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from
doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered
than experienced,  as what he actually saw in this way was becoming
less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had
used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the
street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known
that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite
being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was
looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the
grey earth mingled inseparably.  His observant sister only needed to
notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its
exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and
even left the inner pane of the window open from then on.

If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her
for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him
to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain.  His sister,
naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing
burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the
better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also
able to see through it all so much better.  It had even become very
unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room.  No sooner
had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a
precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into
Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it
hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating.  Even if it was
cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little
while.  She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about
and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole
while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to
spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the
same room with him with the windows closed.

One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister
no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance,
she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him
still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be
most horrible.  In itself, his sister's not coming into the room
would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been
difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still
there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and
closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had
threatened her and tried to bite her.  Gregor went straight to hide
himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday
before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than
usual.  It made him realise that she still found his appearance
unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to
overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that
protruded from under the couch.  One day, in order to spare her even
this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the
couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered
and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down.
If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do
was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no
pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely.  She left the
sheet where it was.  Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of
gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet
to see how his sister liked the new arrangement.

For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring
themselves to come into the room to see him.  He would often hear
them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing
even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat
useless and frequently been annoyed with her.  But now the two of
them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of
Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as
she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how
everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this
time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen.
His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but
his father and sister at first persuaded her against it.  Gregor
listened very closely to all this, and approved fully.  Later,
though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out:
"Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you
understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself
that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day
of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand
everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was
still just a child after all, and really might not have had an
adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on.

Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised.  Out of
consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at
the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did
not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie
quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any
pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit
of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling.  He was especially
fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying
on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light
swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen
that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and
landing on the floor with a crash.  But now, of course, he had far
better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as
great as that, caused himself no damage.  Very soon his sister
noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after
all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about -
and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by
removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of
drawers and the desk.  Now, this was not something that she would be
able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her
father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the
cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she
had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times
and never to have to open the door unless it was especially
important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when
Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her.  As
she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her
joy, but once at the door she went silent.  First, of course, his
sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room
was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter.  Gregor had
hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more
folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just
been thrown down by chance.  Gregor also refrained, this time, from
spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his
mother until later and was simply glad that she had come.  "You can
come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her
in by the hand.  The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair
of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they
pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest
part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that
she would strain herself.  This lasted a very long time.  After
labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would
be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too
heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got
home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way
even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the
furniture away would really be any help to him.  She thought just
the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her
heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been
used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make
him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that.  Then, quietly,
almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did
not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was
convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by
taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that
we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to
cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the
way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll
find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in
between all the easier".

Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the
lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous
life led by the family during these two months, must have made him
confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself
why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out.  Had he really
wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out
with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him
crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let
him quickly forget his past when he had still been human.  He had
come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his
mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it.  Nothing
should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without
the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the
furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that
was not a loss but a great advantage.

His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the
idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his
parents about the things that concerned him.  This meant that his
mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on
removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had
thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important
couch.  It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the
unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her
insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to
crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see,
was of no use to him at all.  Girls of that age, though, do become
enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever
they can.  Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's
situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do
even more for him.  Grete would probably be the only one who would
dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls
by himself.

So she refused to let her mother dissuade her.  Gregor's mother
already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and
helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what
strength she had.  The chest of drawers was something that Gregor
could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay.
Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out
of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to
see what he could do about it.  He meant to be as careful and
considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who
came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the
chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself
without, of course, moving it an inch.  His mother was not used to
the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried
backwards to the far end of the couch.  In his startlement, though,
he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a
little.  It was enough to attract his mother's attention.  She stood
very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to
Grete.

Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was
happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after
all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their
little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the
floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed
from all sides.  With his head and legs pulled in against him and
his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself
that he could not stand all of this much longer.  They were emptying
his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had
already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools;
now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place
clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework
as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at
infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether
the two women's intentions were good.  He had nearly forgotten they
were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while
they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped
heavily on the floor.

So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room
catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times
not knowing what he should save first before his attention was
suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already
denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed
in copious fur.  He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself
against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot
belly.  This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would
certainly be taken away by no-one.  He turned his head to face the
door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they
came back.

They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite
soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly
carrying her.  "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and
looked around.  Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall.  Perhaps
only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face
to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly
and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the
living room for a while?"  Gregor could see what Grete had in mind,
she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down
from the wall.  Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding
on his picture.  He would rather jump at Grete's face.

But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to
one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the
wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw
screamed: "Oh God, oh God!"  Arms outstretched, she fell onto the
couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile.
"Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist.
 That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his
transformation.  She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of
smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted
to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck
fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he,
too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in
the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she
was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned
round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut
Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him;
now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles
she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door
shut with her foot.  So now Gregor was shut out from his mother,
who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the
door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to
stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and,
oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about,
he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally
in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell
down into the middle of the dinner table.

He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was
quiet, maybe that was a good sign.  Then there was someone at the
door.  The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so
that Grete would have to go and answer it.  His father had arrived
home.  "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance
must have made everything clear to him.  She answered him with
subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's
fainted, but she's better now.  Gregor got out."  "Just as I
expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women
wouldn't listen, would you."  It was clear to Gregor that Grete had
not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something
bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence.
That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he
did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been
possible.  So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself
against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could
see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go
back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to
drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would
disappear.

His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like
that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both
angry and glad at the same time.  Gregor drew his head back from the
door and lifted it towards his father.  He really had not imagined
his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit
of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was
going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before.  He really
ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was
that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying
there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business
trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his
nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even
able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise
his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a
walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in
his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his
way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking
slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and,
if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his
companions around him.  He was standing up straight enough now;
dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by
the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar
of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy
eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his
normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his
scalp.  He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some
bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa,
put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his
long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards
Gregor.  He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind,
but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high.  Gregor was amazed
at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time
with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new
life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely
strict with him.  And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his
father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even
slightly.  In this way they went round the room several times
without anything decisive happening, without even giving the
impression of a chase as everything went so slowly.  Gregor remained
all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father
might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or
ceiling.  Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly
would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for
each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements.
He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his
lungs had not been very reliable.  Now, as he lurched about in his
efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could
hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to
think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost
forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they
were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and
protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew
down and rolled in front of him.  It was an apple; then another one
immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer
any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him.  He
had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and
now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple
after another.  These little, red apples rolled about on the floor,
knocking into each other as if they had electric motors.  An apple
thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off
without doing any harm.  Another one however, immediately following
it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag
himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible
pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot
and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion.  The last thing
he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was
screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his
sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to
make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her
skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground,
stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms
around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his
ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging
him to spare Gregor's life.


III


No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it
remained there as a visible reminder of his injury.  He had suffered
it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious
enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current
sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated
as an enemy.  On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to
swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient.

Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility -
probably permanently.  He had been reduced to the condition of an
ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across
his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but
this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made
up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening.
 He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours
before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room
where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the
family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their
conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite
differently from before.

They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of
course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when
he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room.
 All of them were usually very quiet nowadays.  Soon after dinner,
his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister
would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the
lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who
had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings
so that she might be able to get a better position later on.
Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother
"you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know
that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again
while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin.

With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his
uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg
Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if
always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his
superior even here.  The uniform had not been new to start with, but
as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the
efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it.  Gregor
would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on
this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny,
while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but
peaceful.

As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his
father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he
couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his
sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work.  But since he had
been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on
staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep
and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the
chair for his bed.  Then, however much mother and sister would
importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep
slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes
closed and refusing to get up.  Gregor's mother would tug at his
sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would
leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect
on him.  He would just sink deeper into his chair.  Only when the
two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes,
look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what
peace I get in my old age!"  And supported by the two women he would
lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load
himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry
on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and
his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and
continue being of help to him.

Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to
give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The
household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed;
an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped
around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest
work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of
the large amount of sewing work she did.  Gregor even learned,
listening to the evening conversation about what price they had
hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family
had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond
of wearing them at functions and celebrations.  But the loudest
complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their
present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no
imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address.  He could
see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than
consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it
would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate
with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back
from their decision to move was much more to do with their total
despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune
unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related
to.  They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects
from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their
breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for
strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the
behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to
do any more.  And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much
as when it was new.  After they had come back from taking his father
to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where
it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would
point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then,
when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and
their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring
dry-eyed at the table.

Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day.  Sometimes he would
think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the
next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss
and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts,
the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three
friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a
provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared
again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been
serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together
with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping
him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was
glad when they disappeared.  Other times he was not at all in the
mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about
the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of
nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into
the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to,
even if he was not hungry.  Gregor's sister no longer thought about
how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other
into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the
morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away
again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or
- more often than not - had been left totally untouched.  She still
cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been
any quicker about it.  Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here
and there were little balls of dust and filth.  At first, Gregor
went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived
as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks
without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt
as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it.
At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for
her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up
Gregor's room was for her and her alone.  Gregor's mother did once
thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of
water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill
and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile.  But his mother
was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had
his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change
in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living
room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she
broke into convulsive tears.  Her father, of course, was startled
out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and
helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing
to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning
of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister
screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again;
while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself
with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears,
thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in
anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him
the sight of this and all its noise.

Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking
after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but
even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place.
Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected.  Now, though,
the charwoman was here.  This elderly widow, with a robust bone
structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in
her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor.  Just by chance one
day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's
room and found herself face to face with him.  He was taken totally
by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro
while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in
front of her.  From then on she never failed to open the door
slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him.  At
first she would call to him as she did so with words that she
probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old
dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!"  Gregor never
responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he
was without moving as if the door had never even been opened.  If
only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day
instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt
like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the
windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to
speak to him in that way once again.  Gregor was so resentful of it
that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it
was like a kind of attack.  Instead of being afraid, the charwoman
just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there
with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until
the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back.
"Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned
round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner.

Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating.  Only if he happened to
find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he
might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there
a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again.  At
first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that
stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made
there.  They had got into the habit of putting things into this room
that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many
such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to
three gentlemen.  These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had
full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door
one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy.  This
meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in
this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the
kitchen.  Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate,
especially if it was dirty.  They had moreover brought most of their
own furnishings and equipment with them.  For this reason, many
things had become superfluous which, although they could not be
sold, the family did not wish to discard.  All these things found
their way into Gregor's room.  The dustbins from the kitchen found
their way in there too.  The charwoman was always in a hurry, and
anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in
there.  He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object
and the hand that held it.  The woman most likely meant to fetch the
things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to
throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that
they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown
unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere
else.  At first he moved it because, with no other room free where
he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to
enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to
death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards.

The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening
meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so
the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening.  But
Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after
all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without
the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest
corner.  One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living
room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who
rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on.
They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals
with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked
up their knives and forks.  Gregor's mother immediately appeared in
the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister
with a dish piled high with potatoes.  The food was steaming, and
filled the room with its smell.  The gentlemen bent over the dishes
set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before
eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as
an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat
while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether
it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the
kitchen.  It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and
sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again
and smiled.

The family themselves ate in the kitchen.  Nonetheless, Gregor's
father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen,
bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table.
The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards.
 Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence.  It
seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of
eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had
wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was
not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless
however nice they might be.  "I'd like to eat something", said
Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating.  They do
feed themselves.  And here I am, dying!"

Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the
violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the
kitchen.  The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the
one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of
the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and
smoking.  When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood
up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they
stood pressed against each other.  Someone must have heard them in
the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps
unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away."  "On
the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not
like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after
all, much more cosy and comfortable?"  "Oh yes, we'd love to",
called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player
himself.  The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited.
Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with
the music and his sister with the violin.  She calmly prepared
everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never
rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated
courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on
their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right
hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother,
though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving
the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of
the way in a corner.

His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention,
one on each side, to the movements of her hands.  Drawn in by the
playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had
his head in the living room.  Before, he had taken great pride in
how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had
become so thoughtless about the others.  What's more, there was now
all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the
dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest
movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on
his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to
lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to
do several times a day.  And despite this condition, he was not too
shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living
room.

No-one noticed him, though.  The family was totally preoccupied with
the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their
hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music
stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have
disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family,
they  withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking
to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while
Gregor's father observed them anxiously.  It really now seemed very
obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or
entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had
had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of
politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed.  It was
especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their
cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses.  Yet Gregor's sister
was playing so beautifully.  Her face was leant to one side,
following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy
expression.  Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his
head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the
chance came.  Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It
seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown
nourishment he had been yearning for.  He was determined to make his
way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might
come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her
playing here as much as he would.  He never wanted to let her out of
his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance
should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every
door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his
sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of
her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her
ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to
send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about
it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if
this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone
dissuade him from it.  On hearing all this, his sister would break
out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder
and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she
had kept free without any necklace or collar.

"Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father,
pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at
Gregor as he slowly moved forward.  The violin went silent, the
middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends,
shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor.  His father seemed
to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before
driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and
seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing
had been.  He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and
attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as
trying to block their view of Gregor with his body.  Now they did
become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his
father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that
they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without
knowing it.  They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised
their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved
back towards their room only very slowly.  Meanwhile Gregor's sister
had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was
suddenly interrupted.  She had let her hands drop and let violin and
bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if
still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay
the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously
struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room
which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more
quickly moving toward.  Under his sister's experienced hand, the
pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and
she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again
before the three gentlemen had reached the room.  Gregor's father
seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the
respect he owed to his tenants.  He urged them and pressed them
until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of
the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and
thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt.  "I declare here and
now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and
sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the
repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family"
- here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give
immediate notice on my room.  For the days that I have been living
here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will
consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages
from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the
grounds for such an action."  He was silent and looked straight
ahead as if waiting for something.  And indeed, his two friends
joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice."  With
that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door.

Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his
hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself
out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head
kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all.
Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen
had first seen him.  His disappointment at the failure of his plan,
and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible
for him to move.  He was sure that everyone would turn on him any
moment, and he waited.  He was not even startled out of this state
when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers
and landed loudly on the floor.

"Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand
as introduction, "we can't carry on like this.  Maybe you can't see
it, but I can.  I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I
can say is: we have to try and get rid of it.  We've done all that's
humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think
anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong."

"She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself.  His
mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to
cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged
expression in her eyes.

Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her
forehead.  Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more
definite ideas.  He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between
the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and
occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile.

"We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now
speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with
coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it
coming.  We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home
to be tortured like this, we can't endure it.  I can't endure it any
more."  And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down
the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand
movements.

"My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding,
"what are we to do?"

His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness
and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier
certainty.

"If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a
question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as
a sign that of that there was no question.

"If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing
his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite
impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement
with him.  But as it is ..."

"It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father.
You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor.  We've only
harmed ourselves by believing it for so long.  How can that be
Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not
possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he
would have gone of his own free will.  We wouldn't have a brother
any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember
him with respect.  As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's
driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole
flat and force us to sleep on the streets.  Father, look, just
look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!"   In her alarm,
which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even
abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her
chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay
anywhere near Gregor.  She rushed over to behind her father, who had
become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his
hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her.

But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all
his sister.  All he had done was begin to turn round so that he
could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite
startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round
required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help
himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the
floor.  He stopped and looked round.  They seemed to have realised
his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly.  Now they all
looked at him in unhappy silence.  His mother lay in her chair with
her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes
nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father
with her arms around his neck.

"Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back
to work.  He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had
sometimes to stop and take a rest.  No-one was making him rush any
more, everything was left up to him.  As soon as he had finally
finished turning round he began to move straight ahead.  He was
amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and
could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak
state a little while before and almost without noticing it.  He
concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that
there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him.
He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway.  He did
not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff,
but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had
changed, only his sister had stood up.  With his last glance he saw
that his mother had now fallen completely asleep.

He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut,
bolted and locked.  The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him
that his little legs collapsed under him.  It was his sister who had
been in so much of a rush.  She had been standing there waiting and
sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and
as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At
last!".

"What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the
darkness.  He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move
at all.  This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being
able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then
was unnatural.  He also felt relatively comfortable.  It is true
that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly
getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether.
He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the
inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust.
He thought back of his family with emotion and love.  If it was
possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his
sister.  He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination
until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning.  He
watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the
window too.  Then, without his willing it, his head sank down
completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils.

When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked
her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her
hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd
arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she
made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing
special.  She thought he was laying there so still on purpose,
playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to
him.  She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she
tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway.  When she had no
success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked
at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across
the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention.
She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide,
whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom
doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and
'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!"

Mr. and  Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had
to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before
they could grasp what she was saying.  But then, each from his own
side, they hurried out of bed.  Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his
shoulders,  Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is
how they went into Gregor's room.  On the way they opened the door
to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three
gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never
been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this.
"Dead?", asked  Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly,
even though she could have checked for herself and could have known
it even without checking.  "That's what I said",  replied the
cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with
the broom, sending it sideways across the floor.  Mrs. Samsa made a
movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not
complete it.  "Now then", said  Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God
for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his
example.  Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said:
"Just look how thin he was.  He didn't eat anything for so long.
The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's
body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it
until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did
he do anything to make them look away.

"Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said  Mrs. Samsa
with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom
but not without looking back at the body.  The cleaner shut the door
and opened the window wide.  Although it was still early in the
morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it.  It
was already the end of March, after all.

The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in
amazement for their breakfasts;  they had been forgotten about.
"Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner
irritably.  She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and
silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's
room.  They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their
hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite
light in the room.

Then the door of the bedroom opened and  Mr. Samsa appeared in his
uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other.  All
of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her
face against her father's arm.

"Leave my home.  Now!", said  Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and
without letting the women from him.  "What do you mean?", asked the
middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled
sweetly.  The other two held their hands behind their backs and
continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud
quarrel which could only end in their favour.  "I mean just what I
said", answered  Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a
straight line towards the man.  At first, he stood there still,
looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were
rearranging themselves into new positions.  "Alright, we'll go
then", he said, and looked up at  Mr. Samsa as if he had been
suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from
Mr. Samsa for his decision.  Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide
and briefly nodded to him several times.  At that, and without
delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front
hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time
before and had been listening to what was being said.  Now they
jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that
Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the
connection with their leader.  Once there, all three took their hats
from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a
word and left the premises.  Mr. Samsa and the two women followed
them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust
the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how
the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many
steps.  As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and
would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the
more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's
boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his
way up and came nearer than they were,  Mr. Samsa and the women came
away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat.

They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation
and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but
they were in serious need of it.  So they sat at the table and wrote
three letters of excusal,  Mr. Samsa to his employers,  Mrs. Samsa
to her contractor and Grete to her principal.  The cleaner came in
while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished
her work for that morning.  The three of them at first just nodded
without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when
the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up
in irritation.  "Well?", asked  Mr. Samsa.  The charwoman stood in
the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous
good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked
to.  The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which
had been a source of irritation to  Mr. Samsa all the time she had
been working for them, swayed gently in all directions.  "What is it
you want then?", asked  Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most
respect for.  "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh
that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing
in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it.
 That's all been sorted out."   Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over
their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were
writing;  Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing
everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite
clear that she was not to.  So, as she was prevented from telling
them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in
and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned
round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went.

"Tonight she gets sacked", said  Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply
from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have
destroyed the peace they had only just gained.  They got up and went
over to the window where they remained with their arms around each
other.  Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat
there watching for a while.  Then he called out: "Come here, then.
Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we.  Come and give me a
bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said,
hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then
they quickly finished their letters.

After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was
something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the
open country outside the town.  They had the tram, filled with warm
sunshine, all to themselves.  Leant back comfortably on their seats,
they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination
they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each
other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good
and held particularly good promise for the future.  The greatest
improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite
easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was
smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by
Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more
practical.  All the time, Grete was becoming livelier.  With all the
worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but,
while they were talking,  Mr. and  Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost
simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was
blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady.  They became
quieter.  Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing
it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for
her.  And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good
intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the
first to get up and stretch out her young body.


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'/:;<=@\none morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found\nhimself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.  he lay on\nhis armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could\nsee his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff\nsections.  the bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready\nto slide off any moment.  his many legs, pitifully thin compared\nwith the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he\nlooked.\n\n"what\'s happened to me?" he thought.  it wasn\'t a dream.  his room,\na proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully\nbetween its four familiar walls.  a collection of textile samples\nlay spread out on the table - samsa was a travelling salesman - and\nabove it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an\nillustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame.  it showed\na lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright,\nraising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm\ntowards the viewer.\n\ngregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather.\ndrops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel\nquite sad.  "how about if i sleep a little bit longer and forget all\nthis nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to\ndo because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present\nstate couldn\'t get into that position.  however hard he threw\nhimself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was.  he\nmust have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he\nwouldn\'t have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when\nhe began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt\nbefore.\n\n"oh, god", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that i\'ve\nchosen! travelling day in and day out.  doing business like this\ntakes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on\ntop of that there\'s the curse of travelling, worries about making\ntrain connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different\npeople all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or\nbecome friendly with them.  it can all go to hell!"  he felt a\nslight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back\ntowards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found\nwhere the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little\nwhite spots which he didn\'t know what to make of; and when he tried\nto feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back\nbecause as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder.\n\nhe slid back into his former position.  "getting up early all the\ntime", he thought, "it makes you stupid.  you\'ve got to get enough\nsleep.  other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury.  for\ninstance, whenever i go back to the guest house during the morning\nto copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting\nthere eating their breakfasts.  i ought to just try that with my\nboss; i\'d get kicked out on the spot.  but who knows, maybe that\nwould be the best thing for me.  if i didn\'t have my parents to\nthink about i\'d have given in my notice a long time ago, i\'d have\ngone up to the boss and told him just what i think, tell him\neverything i would, let him know just what i feel.  he\'d fall right\noff his desk! and it\'s a funny sort of business to be sitting up\nthere at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there,\nespecially when you have to go right up close because the boss is\nhard of hearing.  well, there\'s still some hope; once i\'ve got the\nmoney together to pay off my parents\' debt to him - another five or\nsix years i suppose - that\'s definitely what i\'ll do.  that\'s when\ni\'ll make the big change.  first of all though, i\'ve got to get up,\nmy train leaves at five."\n\nand he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of\ndrawers.  "god in heaven!" he thought.  it was half past six and the\nhands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half\npast, more like quarter to seven.  had the alarm clock not rung? he\ncould see from the bed that it had been set for four o\'clock as it\nshould have been; it certainly must have rung.  yes, but was it\npossible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise?\ntrue, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply\nbecause of that.  what should he do now? the next train went at\nseven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and\nthe collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at\nall feel particularly fresh and lively.  and even if he did catch\nthe train he would not avoid his boss\'s anger as the office\nassistant would have been there to see the five o\'clock train go, he\nwould have put in his report about gregor\'s not being there a long\ntime ago.  the office assistant was the boss\'s man, spineless, and\nwith no understanding.  what about if he reported sick? but that\nwould be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of\nservice gregor had never once yet been ill.  his boss would\ncertainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance\ncompany, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the\ndoctor\'s recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed\nthat no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy.  and what\'s\nmore, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? gregor did in\nfact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long,\nfeel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual.\n\nhe was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide\nto get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven.\nthere was a cautious knock at the door near his head.  "gregor",\nsomebody called - it was his mother - "it\'s quarter to seven.\ndidn\'t you want to go somewhere?"  that gentle voice! gregor was\nshocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be\nrecognised as the voice he had had before.  as if from deep inside\nhim, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with\nit, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort\nof echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether\nhe had heard properly or not.  gregor had wanted to give a full\nanswer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented\nhimself with saying: "yes, mother, yes, thank-you, i\'m getting up\nnow."  the change in gregor\'s voice probably could not be noticed\noutside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with\nthis explanation and shuffled away.  but this short conversation\nmade the other members of the family aware that gregor, against\ntheir expectations was still at home, and soon his father came\nknocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist.\n"gregor, gregor", he called, "what\'s wrong?"  and after a short\nwhile he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "gregor!\ngregor!"  at the other side door his sister came plaintively:\n"gregor? aren\'t you well? do you need anything?"  gregor answered to\nboth sides: "i\'m ready, now", making an effort to remove all the\nstrangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting\nlong pauses between each, individual word.  his father went back to\nhis breakfast, but his sister whispered: "gregor, open the door, i\nbeg of you."  gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door,\nand instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired\nfrom his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was\nat home.\n\nthe first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being\ndisturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast.\nonly then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware\nthat he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by\nlying in bed.  he remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in\nbed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned\nout to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would\nslowly resolve themselves today.  he did not have the slightest\ndoubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first\nsign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for\ntravelling salesmen.\n\nit was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow\nhimself up a little and they fell off by themselves.  but it became\ndifficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad.\nhe would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but\ninstead of them he only had all those little legs continuously\nmoving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to\ncontrol.  if he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first\none that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do\nwhat he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free\nand would move about painfully.  "this is something that can\'t be\ndone in bed", gregor said to himself, "so don\'t keep trying to do\nit".\n\nthe first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body\nout of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not\nimagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move;\nit went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he\ncarelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could\ngather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower\nbedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower\npart of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive.\n\nso then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed\nfirst, carefully turning his head to the side.  this he managed\nquite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of\nhis body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head.\nbut when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the\nfresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be\na miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry\non pushing himself forward the same way.  and he could not knock\nhimself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose\nconsciousness.\n\nit took just as much effort to get back to where he had been\nearlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching\nhis legs as they struggled against each other even harder than\nbefore, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing\npeace and order to this chaos.  he told himself once more that it\nwas not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible\nthing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at\nwhatever sacrifice.  at the same time, though, he did not forget to\nremind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing\nto desperate conclusions.  at times like this he would direct his\neyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but\nunfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was\nenveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer\nto offer him.  "seven o\'clock, already", he said to himself when the\nclock struck again, "seven o\'clock, and there\'s still a fog like\nthis."  and he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly\nas if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back\nto their real and natural state.\n\nbut then he said to himself: "before it strikes quarter past seven\ni\'ll definitely have to have got properly out of bed.  and by then\nsomebody will have come round from work to ask what\'s happened to me\nas well, as they open up at work before seven o\'clock."  and so he\nset himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body\nout of the bed all at the same time.  if he succeeded in falling out\nof bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could\nprobably avoid injuring it.  his back seemed to be quite hard, and\nprobably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet.  his\nmain concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which\neven through all the doors would probably raise concern if not\nalarm.  but it was something that had to be risked.\n\nwhen gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new\nmethod was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock\nback and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be\nif somebody came to help him.  two strong people - he had his father\nand the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would\nonly have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him\naway from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and\ncareful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the\nlittle legs would find a use.  should he really call for help\nthough, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked?\ndespite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile\nat this thought.\n\nafter a while he had already moved so far across that it would have\nbeen hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard.  the\ntime was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final\ndecision very soon.  then there was a ring at the door of the flat.\n"that\'ll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very\nstill, although his little legs only became all the more lively as\nthey danced around.  for a moment everything remained quiet.\n"they\'re not opening the door", gregor said to himself, caught in\nsome nonsensical hope.  but then of course, the maid\'s firm steps\nwent to the door as ever and opened it.  gregor only needed to hear\nthe visitor\'s first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the\nchief clerk himself.  why did gregor have to be the only one\ncondemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly\nsuspicious at the slightest shortcoming? were all employees, every\none of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and\ndevoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he\ncouldn\'t get out of bed if he didn\'t spend at least a couple of\nhours in the morning on company business? was it really not enough\nto let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were\neven necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did\nthey have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so\nsuspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the\nwisdom to investigate it? and more because these thoughts had made\nhim upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with\nall his force out of the bed.  there was a loud thump, but it wasn\'t\nreally a loud noise.  his fall was softened a little by the carpet,\nand gregor\'s back was also more elastic than he had thought, which\nmade the sound muffled and not too noticeable.  he had not held his\nhead carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in\npain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet.\n\n"something\'s fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room\non the left.  gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort\nthat had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk\ntoo; you had to concede that it was possible.  but as if in gruff\nreply to this question, the chief clerk\'s firm footsteps in his\nhighly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room.\nfrom the room on his right, gregor\'s sister whispered to him to let\nhim know: "gregor, the chief clerk is here."  "yes, i know", said\ngregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough\nfor his sister to hear him.\n\n"gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief\nclerk has come round and wants to know why you didn\'t leave on the\nearly train.  we don\'t know what to say to him.  and anyway, he\nwants to speak to you personally.  so please open up this door.  i\'m\nsure he\'ll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room."\nthen the chief clerk called "good morning,  mr. samsa". "he isn\'t\nwell", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father\ncontinued to speak through the door.  "he isn\'t well, please believe\nme.  why else would gregor have missed a train! the lad only ever\nthinks about the business.  it nearly makes me cross the way he\nnever goes out in the evenings; he\'s been in town for a week now but\nstayed home every evening.  he sits with us in the kitchen and just\nreads the paper or studies train timetables.  his idea of relaxation\nis working with his fretsaw.  he\'s made a little frame, for\ninstance, it only took him two or three evenings, you\'ll be amazed\nhow nice it is; it\'s hanging up in his room; you\'ll see it as soon\nas gregor opens the door.  anyway, i\'m glad you\'re here; we wouldn\'t\nhave been able to get gregor to open the door by ourselves; he\'s so\nstubborn; and i\'m sure he isn\'t well, he said this morning that he\nis, but he isn\'t."  "i\'ll be there in a moment", said gregor slowly\nand thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any\nword of the conversation.  "well i can\'t think of any other way of\nexplaining it,  mrs. samsa", said the chief clerk, "i hope it\'s\nnothing serious.  but on the other hand, i must say that if we\npeople in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or\nunfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of\nbusiness considerations."  "can the chief clerk come in to see you\nnow then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door\nagain.  "no", said gregor.  in the room on his right there followed\na painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry.\n\nso why did his sister not go and join the others? she had probably\nonly just got up and had not even begun to get dressed.  and why was\nshe crying? was it because he had not got up, and had not let the\nchief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if\nthat happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the\nsame demands as before? there was no need to worry about things like\nthat yet.  gregor was still there and had not the slightest\nintention of abandoning his family.  for the time being he just lay\nthere on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in\nwould seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in.  it was\nonly a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be\nfound for it later on, it was not something for which gregor could\nbe sacked on the spot.  and it seemed to gregor much more sensible\nto leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at\nhim and crying.  but the others didn\'t know what was happening, they\nwere worried, that would excuse their behaviour.\n\nthe chief clerk now raised his voice, "mr. samsa", he called to him,\n"what is wrong? you barricade yourself in your room, give us no more\nthan yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and\nunnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and i mention\nthis just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in\na way that is quite unheard of.  i\'m speaking here on behalf of your\nparents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and\nimmediate explanation.  i am astonished, quite astonished.  i\nthought i knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you\nsuddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims.  this morning,\nyour employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to\nappear, it\'s true - it had to do with the money that was recently\nentrusted to you - but i came near to giving him my word of honour\nthat that could not be the right explanation.  but now that i see\nyour incomprehensible stubbornness i no longer feel any wish\nwhatsoever to intercede on your behalf.  and nor is your position\nall that secure.  i had originally intended to say all this to you\nin private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good\nreason i don\'t see why your parents should not also learn of it.\nyour turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; i grant you that\nit\'s not the time of year to do especially good business, we\nrecognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no\nbusiness at all,  mr. samsa, we cannot allow there to be."\n\n"but sir", called gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in\nthe excitement, "i\'ll open up immediately, just a moment.  i\'m\nslightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, i haven\'t been able to get\nup.  i\'m still in bed now.  i\'m quite fresh again now, though.  i\'m\njust getting out of bed.  just a moment.  be patient! it\'s not quite\nas easy as i\'d thought.  i\'m quite alright now, though.  it\'s\nshocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! i was quite alright\nlast night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, i had\na small symptom of it last night already.  they must have noticed\nit.  i don\'t know why i didn\'t let you know at work! but you always\nthink you can get over an illness without staying at home.  please,\ndon\'t make my parents suffer! there\'s no basis for any of the\naccusations you\'re making; nobody\'s ever said a word to me about any\nof these things.  maybe you haven\'t read the latest contracts i sent\nin.  i\'ll set off with the eight o\'clock train, as well, these few\nhours of rest have given me strength.  you don\'t need to wait, sir;\ni\'ll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to\ntell that to the boss and recommend me to him!"\n\nand while gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was\nsaying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was\neasily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in\nbed - where he now tried to get himself upright.  he really did want\nto open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak\nwith the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was\ncurious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him.\nif they were shocked then it would no longer be gregor\'s\nresponsibility and he could rest.  if, however, they took everything\ncalmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried\nhe really could be at the station for eight o\'clock.  the first few\ntimes he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just\nslid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and\nstood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain\nbut he no longer gave any attention to it.  now he let himself fall\nagainst the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of\nit with his little legs.  by now he had also calmed down, and kept\nquiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying.\n\n"did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his\nparents, "surely he\'s not trying to make fools of us". "oh, god!"\ncalled his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously\nill and we\'re making him suffer.  grete! grete!" she then cried.\n"mother?" his sister called from the other side.  they communicated\nacross gregor\'s room.  "you\'ll have to go for the doctor straight\naway.  gregor is ill.  quick, get the doctor.  did you hear the way\ngregor spoke just now?"  "that was the voice of an animal", said the\nchief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother\'s\nscreams.  "anna! anna!" his father called into the kitchen through\nthe entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!"\nand the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out\nthrough the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they\nwent.  how had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? there\nwas no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it\nopen;  people often do in homes where something awful has happened.\n\ngregor, in contrast, had become much calmer.  so they couldn\'t\nunderstand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to\nhim, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the\nsound.  they had realised, though, that there was something wrong\nwith him, and were ready to help.  the first response to his\nsituation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel\nbetter.  he felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and\nfrom the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising\nachievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the\nother.  whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to\nmake his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking\ncare to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound\ndifferent from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure\nhe could judge this for himself.  meanwhile, it had become very\nquiet in the next room.  perhaps his parents were sat at the table\nwhispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed\nagainst the door and listening.\n\ngregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair.  once\nthere he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding\nhimself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his\nlegs.  he rested there a little while to recover from the effort\ninvolved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the\nlock with his mouth.  he seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper\nteeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth\nwas, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw,\nhe really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that\nhe must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came\nfrom his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor.\n"listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he\'s turning the\nkey."  gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should\nhave been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "well done,\ngregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the\nlock!"  and with the idea that they were all excitedly following his\nefforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no\nattention to the pain he was causing himself.  as the key turned\nround he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself\nupright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down\nagain with the whole weight of his body as needed.  the clear sound\nof the lock as it snapped back was gregor\'s sign that he could break\nhis concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself:\n"so, i didn\'t need the locksmith after all". then he lay his head on\nthe handle of the door to open it completely.\n\nbecause he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide\nopen before he could be seen.  he had first to slowly turn himself\naround one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully\nif he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the\nroom.  he was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to\npay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk\nexclaim a loud "oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind.\nnow he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand\npressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by\na steady and invisible force.  gregor\'s mother, her hair still\ndishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk\'s being there, looked\nat his father.  then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward\ntowards gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that\nspread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto\nher breast.  his father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if\nwanting to knock gregor back into his room.  then he looked\nuncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands\nand wept so that his powerful chest shook.\n\nso gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of\nthe other door which was still held bolted in place.  in this way\nonly half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it\nwhich he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others.\nmeanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless,\ngrey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a\nhospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular\nline of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still\nfalling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the\nground one at a time.  the washing up from breakfast lay on the\ntable; there was so much of it because, for gregor\'s father,\nbreakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would\nstretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of\ndifferent newspapers.  on the wall exactly opposite there was\nphotograph of gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword\nin his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth\nrespect for his uniform and bearing.  the door to the entrance hall\nwas open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could\nsee onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down\nbelow.\n\n"now, then", said gregor, well aware that he was the only one to\nhave kept calm, "i\'ll get dressed straight away now, pack up my\nsamples and set off.  will you please just let me leave? you can\nsee", he said to the chief clerk, "that i\'m not stubborn and i\nlike to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but\nwithout travelling i couldn\'t earn my living.  so where are you\ngoing, in to the office? yes? will you report everything accurately,\nthen? it\'s quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to\nwork, but that\'s just the right time to remember what\'s been\nachieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty\nhas been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence\nand concentration.  you\'re well aware that i\'m seriously in debt to\nour employer as well as having to look after my parents and my\nsister, so that i\'m trapped in a difficult situation, but i will\nwork my way out of it again.  please don\'t make things any harder\nfor me than they are already, and don\'t take sides against me at the\noffice.  i know that nobody likes the travellers.  they think we\nearn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it.  that\'s\njust prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of\nit.  but you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the\nstaff, in fact, if i can say this in confidence, a better overview\nthan the boss himself - it\'s very easy for a businessman like him to\nmake mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than\nhe should.  and you\'re also well aware that we travellers spend\nalmost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very\neasily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints,\nand it\'s almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of\nthing, we don\'t usually even hear about them, or if at all it\'s when\nwe arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that\'s when we feel\nthe harmful effects of what\'s been going on without even knowing\nwhat caused them.  please, don\'t go away, at least first say\nsomething to show that you grant that i\'m at least partly right!"\n\nbut the chief clerk had turned away as soon as gregor had started to\nspeak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his\ntrembling shoulders as he left.  he did not keep still for a moment\nwhile gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door\nwithout taking his eyes off him.  he moved very gradually, as if\nthere had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room.  it was\nonly when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden\nmovement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in\na panic.  in the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards\nthe stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force\nwaiting to save him.\n\ngregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief\nclerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be\nput into extreme danger.  that was something his parents did not\nunderstand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that\nthis job would provide for gregor for his entire life, and besides,\nthey had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight\nof any thought for the future.  gregor, though, did think about the\nfuture.  the chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced\nand finally won over; the future of gregor and his family depended\non it! if only his sister were here! she was clever; she was already\nin tears while gregor was still lying peacefully on his back.  and\nthe chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him;\nshe would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out\nof his shocked state.  but his sister was not there, gregor would\nhave to do the job himself.  and without considering that he still\nwas not familiar with how well he could move about in his present\nstate, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not -\nbe understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the\nopening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who,\nridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but\ngregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought\nsomething to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs.  hardly\nhad that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to\nfeel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground\nunder them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they\nwere even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and\nhe was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at\nan end.  he held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side\nas he crouched there on the floor.  his mother was not far away in\nfront of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but\nthen she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her\nfingers spread shouting: "help, for pity\'s sake, help!"  the way she\nheld her head suggested she wanted to see gregor better, but the\nunthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not;\nshe had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the\nbreakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly\ndown on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming\nto notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of\ncoffee was pouring down onto the carpet.\n\n"mother, mother", said gregor gently, looking up at her.  he had\ncompletely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not\nhelp himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the\nflow of coffee.  that set his mother screaming anew, she fled from\nthe table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her.\ngregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief\nclerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister,\nhe looked back for the last time.  gregor made a run for him; he\nwanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have\nexpected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and\ndisappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase.  the\nflight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put gregor\'s\nfather into a panic as well.  until then he had been relatively self\ncontrolled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk\nhimself, or at least not impeding gregor as he ran after him,\ngregor\'s father seized the chief clerk\'s stick in his right hand\n(the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat\nand overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his\nleft, and used them to drive gregor back into his room, stamping his\nfoot at him as he went.  gregor\'s appeals to his father were of no\nhelp, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly\nturned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder.\nacross the room, despite the chilly weather, gregor\'s mother had\npulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to\nher face.  a strong draught of air flew in from the street towards\nthe stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table\nfluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor.  nothing would\nstop gregor\'s father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at\nhim like a wild man.  gregor had never had any practice in moving\nbackwards and was only able to go very slowly.  if gregor had only\nbeen allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room\nstraight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that\nhis father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a\nlethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father\'s hand\nany moment.  eventually, though, gregor realised that he had no\nchoice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of\ngoing backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as\npossible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn\nhimself round.  it went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able\nto see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact\nnow and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a\ndistance as to which way to turn.  if only his father would stop\nthat unbearable hissing! it was making gregor quite confused.  when\nhe had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that\nhissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way\nhe had just come.  he was pleased when he finally had his head in\nfront of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his\nbody was too broad to get through it without further difficulty.  in\nhis present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open\nthe other of the double doors so that gregor would have enough space\nto get through.  he was merely fixed on the idea that gregor should\nbe got back into his room as quickly as possible.  nor would he ever\nhave allowed gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation\nfor getting through the doorway.  what he did, making more noise\nthan ever, was to drive gregor forwards all the harder as if there\nhad been nothing in the way; it sounded to gregor as if there was\nnow more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant\nexperience, and gregor pushed himself into the doorway without\nregard for what might happen.  one side of his body lifted itself,\nhe lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white\ndoor and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it,\nsoon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all\nby himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air\nwhile those on the other side were pressed painfully against the\nground.  then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which\nreleased him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily\nbleeding, deep into his room.  the door was slammed shut with the\nstick, then, finally, all was quiet.\n\n\n\nii\n\n\nit was not until it was getting dark that evening that gregor awoke\nfrom his deep and coma-like sleep.  he would have woken soon\nafterwards anyway even if he hadn\'t been disturbed, as he had had\nenough sleep and felt fully rested.  but he had the impression that\nsome hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front\nroom being carefully shut had woken him.  the light from the\nelectric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling\nand tops of the furniture, but down below, where gregor was, it was\ndark.  he pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily\nwith his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value\n- in order to see what had been happening there.  the whole of his\nleft side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar,  and he limped\nbadly on his two rows of legs.  one of the legs had been badly\ninjured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that\nonly one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly.\n\nit was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it\nactually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of\nsomething to eat.  by the door there was a dish filled with\nsweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it.  he\nwas so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he\nhad been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the\nmilk, nearly covering his eyes with it.  but he soon drew his head\nback again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender\nleft side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to\neat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the\nmilk did not taste at all nice.  milk like this was normally his\nfavourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him\nbecause of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away\nfrom the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room.\n\nthrough the crack in the door, gregor could see that the gas had\nbeen lit in the living room.  his father at this time would normally\nbe sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to\ngregor\'s mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not\na sound to be heard.  gregor\'s sister would often write and tell him\nabout this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in\nrecent times.  it was so quiet all around too, even though there\nmust have been somebody in the flat.  "what a quiet life it is the\nfamily lead", said gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness,\nfelt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in\nsuch a nice home for his sister and parents.  but what now, if all\nthis peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and\nfrightening end? that was something that gregor did not want to\nthink about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and\ndown the room.\n\nonce during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was\nopened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door\non the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to\nenter the room but thought better of it.  gregor went and waited\nimmediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous\nvisitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it\nwas; but the door was opened no more that night and gregor waited in\nvain.  the previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had\nwanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up\none of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time\nduring the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides.\n\nit was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room\nwas put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had\nstayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as\nthey went away together on tip-toe.  it was clear that no-one would\ncome into gregor\'s room any more until morning; that gave him plenty\nof time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange\nhis life.  for some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced\nto remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor,\neven though he had been living in it for five years.  hardly aware\nof what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he\nhurried under the couch.  it pressed down on his back a little, and\nhe was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt\nimmediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too\nbroad to get it all underneath.\n\nhe spent the whole night there.  some of the time he passed in a\nlight sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of\nhis hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague\nhopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the\ntime being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the\ngreatest consideration so that his family could bear the\nunpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to\nimpose on them.\n\ngregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his\ndecisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had\nended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the\nfront room and looked anxiously in.  she did not see him straight\naway, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be\nsomewhere, for god\'s sake, he couldn\'t have flown away - she was so\nshocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut\nagain from outside.  but she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she\nopened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if\nentering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger.\ngregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch,\nand watched her.  would she notice that he had left the milk as it\nwas, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him\nin some other food that was more suitable? if she didn\'t do it\nherself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it,\nalthough he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the\ncouch, throw himself at his sister\'s feet and beg her for something\ngood to eat.  however, his sister noticed the full dish immediately\nand looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with\nsome surprise.  she immediately picked it up - using a rag,\nnot her bare hands - and carried it out.  gregor was extremely\ncurious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the\nwildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his\nsister, in her goodness, actually did bring.  in order to test his\ntaste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out\non an old newspaper.  there were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones\nfrom the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a\nfew raisins and almonds; some cheese that gregor had declared\ninedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with\nbutter and salt.  as well as all that she had poured some water into\nthe dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for gregor\'s\nuse, and placed it beside them.  then, out of consideration for\ngregor\'s feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of\nher, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so\nthat gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for\nhimself as he liked.  gregor\'s little legs whirred, at last he could\neat.  what\'s more, his injuries must already have completely healed\nas he found no difficulty in moving.  this amazed him, as more than\na month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he\nthought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday.\n"am i less sensitive than i used to be, then?", he thought, and was\nalready sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost\ncompellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the\nnewspaper.  quickly one after another, his eyes watering with\npleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the\nfresh foods, on the other hand, he didn\'t like at all, and even\ndragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them\nbecause he couldn\'t stand the smell.  long after he had finished\neating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned\nthe key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw.  he\nwas immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he\nhurried back under the couch.  but he needed great self-control to\nstay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room,\nas eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he\ncould hardly breathe in that narrow space.  half suffocating, he\nwatched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a\nbroom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he\nhad not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more.\nshe quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden\nlid, and carried everything out.  she had hardly turned her back\nbefore gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched\nhimself.\n\nthis was how gregor received his food each day now, once in the\nmorning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the\nsecond time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his\nparents would sleep for a little while then as well, and gregor\'s\nsister would send the maid away on some errand.  gregor\'s father and\nmother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it\nwould have been more than they could stand to have any more\nexperience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his\nsister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were\nindeed suffering enough.\n\nit was impossible for gregor to find out what they had told the\ndoctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the\nflat.  as nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister,\nthought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to\nhear his sister\'s sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about\nhis room.  it was only later, when she had become a little more used\nto everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever\nbecoming fully used to the situation - that gregor would sometimes\ncatch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be\nconstrued as friendly.  "he\'s enjoyed his dinner today", she might\nsay when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him,\nor if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more\nfrequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything\'s just been\nleft there again".\n\nalthough gregor wasn\'t able to hear any news directly he did listen\nto much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard\nanyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and\npress his whole body against it.  there was seldom any conversation,\nespecially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if\nonly in secret.  for two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime\nwas about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke\nabout the same subject as there were always at least two members of\nthe family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and\nit was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty.  and on\nthe very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged\ngregor\'s mother to let her go without delay.  it was not very clear\nhow much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter\nof an hour, tearfully thanking gregor\'s mother for her dismissal as\nif she had done her an enormous service.  she even swore\nemphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had\nhappened, even though no-one had asked that of her.\n\nnow gregor\'s sister also had to help his mother with the cooking;\nalthough that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much.\ngregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another\nto eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, i\'ve had enough"\nor something similar.  no-one drank very much either.  his sister\nwould sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping\nfor the chance to go and fetch it herself.  when his father then\nsaid nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that\nshe could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would\nclose the matter with a big, loud "no", and no more would be said.\n\neven before the first day had come to an end, his father had\nexplained to gregor\'s mother and sister what their finances and\nprospects were.  now and then he stood up from the table and took\nsome receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from\nhis business when it had collapsed five years earlier.  gregor heard\nhow he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he\nhad taken the item he wanted.  what he heard his father say was some\nof the first good news that gregor heard since he had first been\nincarcerated in his room.  he had thought that nothing at all\nremained from his father\'s business, at least he had never told him\nanything different, and gregor had never asked him about it anyway.\ntheir business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total\ndespair, and gregor\'s only concern at that time had been to arrange\nthings so that they could all forget about it as quickly as\npossible.  so then he started working especially hard, with a fiery\nvigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling\nrepresentative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn\nmoney in quite different ways.  gregor converted his success at work\nstraight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the\nbenefit of his astonished and delighted family.  they had been good\ntimes and they had never come again, at least not with the same\nsplendour, even though gregor had later earned so much that he was\nin a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear\nthem.  they had even got used to it, both gregor and the family,\nthey took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it,\nalthough there was no longer much warm affection given in return.\ngregor only remained close to his sister now.  unlike him, she was\nvery fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his\nsecret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it\nwould cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some\nother way.  during gregor\'s short periods in town, conversation with\nhis sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever\nmentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised.  their\nparents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but gregor thought\nabout it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he\nplanned with a grand announcement of it on christmas day.\n\nthat was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his\nmind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and\nlistening.  there were times when he simply became too tired to\ncontinue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the\ndoor and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the\nslightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would\nall go silent.  "what\'s that he\'s doing now", his father would say\nafter a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then\nwould the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again.\n\nwhen explaining things, his father repeated himself several times,\npartly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with\nthese matters himself and partly because gregor\'s mother did not\nunderstand everything the first time.  from these repeated explanations\ngregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes\nthere was still some money available from the old days.  it was not\na lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest\nhad accumulated.  besides that, they had not been using up all the\nmoney that gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a\nlittle for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating.\nbehind the door, gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at\nthis unexpected thrift and caution.  he could actually have used\nthis surplus money to reduce his father\'s debt to his boss, and the\nday when he could have freed himself from that job would have come\nmuch closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had\ndone things.\n\nthis money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family\nto live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for,\nperhaps, one or two years, no more.  that\'s to say, it was money\nthat should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies;\nmoney to live on had to be earned.  his father was healthy but old,\nand lacking in self confidence.  during the five years that he had\nnot been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of\nstrain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become\nvery slow and clumsy.  would gregor\'s elderly mother now have to go\nand earn money? she suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her\njust to move about the home, every other day would be spent\nstruggling for breath on the sofa by the open window.  would his\nsister have to go and earn money? she was still a child of\nseventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting\nof wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business,\njoining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the\nviolin.  whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money,\ngregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself\nonto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with\nshame and regret.\n\nhe would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a\nwink but scratching at the leather for hours on end.  or he might go\nto all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto\nthe sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to\nstare out of it.  he had used to feel a great sense of freedom from\ndoing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered\nthan experienced,  as what he actually saw in this way was becoming\nless distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had\nused to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the\nstreet, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known\nthat he lived in charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite\nbeing in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was\nlooking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the\ngrey earth mingled inseparably.  his observant sister only needed to\nnotice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its\nexact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and\neven left the inner pane of the window open from then on.\n\nif gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her\nfor all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him\nto bear it; but as it was it caused him pain.  his sister,\nnaturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing\nburdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the\nbetter she was able to do so, but as time went by gregor was also\nable to see through it all so much better.  it had even become very\nunpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room.  no sooner\nhad she come in than she would quickly close the door as a\nprecaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into\ngregor\'s room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it\nhurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating.  even if it was\ncold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little\nwhile.  she would alarm gregor twice a day with this running about\nand noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole\nwhile, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to\nspare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the\nsame room with him with the windows closed.\n\none day, about a month after gregor\'s transformation when his sister\nno longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance,\nshe came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him\nstill staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be\nmost horrible.  in itself, his sister\'s not coming into the room\nwould have been no surprise for gregor as it would have been\ndifficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still\nthere, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and\nclosed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had\nthreatened her and tried to bite her.  gregor went straight to hide\nhimself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday\nbefore his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than\nusual.  it made him realise that she still found his appearance\nunbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to\novercome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that\nprotruded from under the couch.  one day, in order to spare her even\nthis sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the\ncouch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered\nand his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down.\nif she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do\nwas take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no\npleasure for gregor to cut himself off so completely.  she left the\nsheet where it was.  gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of\ngratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet\nto see how his sister liked the new arrangement.\n\nfor the first fourteen days, gregor\'s parents could not bring\nthemselves to come into the room to see him.  he would often hear\nthem say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing\neven though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat\nuseless and frequently been annoyed with her.  but now the two of\nthem, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of\ngregor\'s room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as\nshe went out again she would have to tell them exactly how\neverything looked, what gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this\ntime and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen.\nhis mother also wanted to go in and visit gregor relatively soon but\nhis father and sister at first persuaded her against it.  gregor\nlistened very closely to all this, and approved fully.  later,\nthough, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out:\n"let me go and see gregor, he is my unfortunate son! can\'t you\nunderstand i have to see him?", and gregor would think to himself\nthat maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day\nof course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand\neverything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was\nstill just a child after all, and really might not have had an\nadult\'s appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on.\n\ngregor\'s wish to see his mother was soon realised.  out of\nconsideration for his parents, gregor wanted to avoid being seen at\nthe window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did\nnot give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie\nquietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any\npleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit\nof crawling up and down the walls and ceiling.  he was especially\nfond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying\non the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light\nswing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen\nthat he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and\nlanding on the floor with a crash.  but now, of course, he had far\nbetter control of his body than before and, even with a fall as\ngreat as that, caused himself no damage.  very soon his sister\nnoticed gregor\'s new way of entertaining himself - he had, after\nall, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about -\nand got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by\nremoving the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of\ndrawers and the desk.  now, this was not something that she would be\nable to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her\nfather; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the\ncook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she\nhad even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times\nand never to have to open the door unless it was especially\nimportant; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when\ngregor\'s father was not there and fetch his mother to help her.  as\nshe approached the room, gregor could hear his mother express her\njoy, but once at the door she went silent.  first, of course, his\nsister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room\nwas alright; and only then did she let her mother enter.  gregor had\nhurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more\nfolds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just\nbeen thrown down by chance.  gregor also refrained, this time, from\nspying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his\nmother until later and was simply glad that she had come.  "you can\ncome in, he can\'t be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her\nin by the hand.  the old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair\nof feeble women to be heaving about, but gregor listened as they\npushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest\npart of the work for herself and ignoring her mother\'s warnings that\nshe would strain herself.  this lasted a very long time.  after\nlabouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would\nbe better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too\nheavy for them to get the job finished before gregor\'s father got\nhome and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way\neven more, and for another thing it wasn\'t even sure that taking the\nfurniture away would really be any help to him.  she thought just\nthe opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her\nheart; and why wouldn\'t gregor feel the same way about it, he\'d been\nused to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make\nhim feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that.  then, quietly,\nalmost whispering as if wanting gregor (whose whereabouts she did\nnot know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was\nconvinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by\ntaking the furniture away, won\'t it seem like we\'re showing that\nwe\'ve given up all hope of improvement and we\'re abandoning him to\ncope for himself? i think it\'d be best to leave the room exactly the\nway it was before so that when gregor comes back to us again he\'ll\nfind everything unchanged and he\'ll be able to forget the time in\nbetween all the easier".\n\nhearing these words from his mother made gregor realise that the\nlack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous\nlife led by the family during these two months, must have made him\nconfused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself\nwhy he had seriously wanted his room emptied out.  had he really\nwanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out\nwith the nice furniture he had inherited? that would have let him\ncrawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let\nhim quickly forget his past when he had still been human.  he had\ncome very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his\nmother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it.  nothing\nshould be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without\nthe good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the\nfurniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that\nwas not a loss but a great advantage.\n\nhis sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the\nidea, not without reason, that she was gregor\'s spokesman to his\nparents about the things that concerned him.  this meant that his\nmother\'s advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on\nremoving not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had\nthought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important\ncouch.  it was more than childish perversity, of course, or the\nunexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her\ninsist; she had indeed noticed that gregor needed a lot of room to\ncrawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see,\nwas of no use to him at all.  girls of that age, though, do become\nenthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever\nthey can.  perhaps this was what tempted grete to make gregor\'s\nsituation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do\neven more for him.  grete would probably be the only one who would\ndare enter a room dominated by gregor crawling about the bare walls\nby himself.\n\nso she refused to let her mother dissuade her.  gregor\'s mother\nalready looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and\nhelped gregor\'s sister to get the chest of drawers out with what\nstrength she had.  the chest of drawers was something that gregor\ncould do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay.\nhardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out\nof the room than gregor poked his head out from under the couch to\nsee what he could do about it.  he meant to be as careful and\nconsiderate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who\ncame back first while grete in the next room had her arms round the\nchest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself\nwithout, of course, moving it an inch.  his mother was not used to\nthe sight of gregor, he might have made her ill, so gregor hurried\nbackwards to the far end of the couch.  in his startlement, though,\nhe was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a\nlittle.  it was enough to attract his mother\'s attention.  she stood\nvery still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to\ngrete.\n\ngregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was\nhappening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after\nall, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their\nlittle calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the\nfloor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed\nfrom all sides.  with his head and legs pulled in against him and\nhis body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself\nthat he could not stand all of this much longer.  they were emptying\nhis room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had\nalready taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools;\nnow they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place\nclearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework\nas a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at\ninfant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether\nthe two women\'s intentions were good.  he had nearly forgotten they\nwere there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while\nthey worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped\nheavily on the floor.\n\nso, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room\ncatching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times\nnot knowing what he should save first before his attention was\nsuddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already\ndenuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed\nin copious fur.  he hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself\nagainst its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot\nbelly.  this picture at least, now totally covered by gregor, would\ncertainly be taken away by no-one.  he turned his head to face the\ndoor into the living room so that he could watch the women when they\ncame back.\n\nthey had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite\nsoon; grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly\ncarrying her.  "what shall we take now, then?", said grete and\nlooked around.  her eyes met those of gregor on the wall.  perhaps\nonly because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face\nto her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly\nand with a tremor in her voice: "come on, let\'s go back in the\nliving room for a while?"  gregor could see what grete had in mind,\nshe wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down\nfrom the wall.  well, she could certainly try it! he sat unyielding\non his picture.  he would rather jump at grete\'s face.\n\nbut grete\'s words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to\none side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the\nwallpaper, and before she even realised it was gregor that she saw\nscreamed: "oh god, oh god!"  arms outstretched, she fell onto the\ncouch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile.\n"gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist.\n that was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his\ntransformation.  she ran into the other room to fetch some kind of\nsmelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; gregor wanted\nto help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck\nfast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he,\ntoo, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in\nthe old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she\nwas looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned\nround; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut\ngregor\'s face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him;\nnow, without delaying any longer, grete took hold of all the bottles\nshe could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door\nshut with her foot.  so now gregor was shut out from his mother,\nwho, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the\ndoor if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to\nstay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and,\noppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about,\nhe crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally\nin his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell\ndown into the middle of the dinner table.\n\nhe lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was\nquiet, maybe that was a good sign.  then there was someone at the\ndoor.  the maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so\nthat grete would have to go and answer it.  his father had arrived\nhome.  "what\'s happened?" were his first words; grete\'s appearance\nmust have made everything clear to him.  she answered him with\nsubdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "mother\'s\nfainted, but she\'s better now.  gregor got out."  "just as i\nexpected", said his father, "just as i always said, but you women\nwouldn\'t listen, would you."  it was clear to gregor that grete had\nnot said enough and that his father took it to mean that something\nbad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence.\nthat meant gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he\ndid not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been\npossible.  so he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself\nagainst it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could\nsee straight away that gregor had the best intentions and would go\nback into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to\ndrive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would\ndisappear.\n\nhis father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like\nthat; "ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both\nangry and glad at the same time.  gregor drew his head back from the\ndoor and lifted it towards his father.  he really had not imagined\nhis father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit\nof crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was\ngoing on the rest of the flat the way he had done before.  he really\nought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was\nthat really his father? the same tired man as used to be laying\nthere entombed in his bed when gregor came back from his business\ntrips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his\nnightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even\nable to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise\nhis arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a\nwalk together on a sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in\nhis overcoat between gregor and his mother, would always labour his\nway forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking\nslowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and,\nif he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his\ncompanions around him.  he was standing up straight enough now;\ndressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by\nthe employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar\nof the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy\neyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his\nnormally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his\nscalp.  he took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some\nbank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa,\nput his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his\nlong uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards\ngregor.  he probably did not even know himself what he had in mind,\nbut nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high.  gregor was amazed\nat the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time\nwith that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new\nlife, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely\nstrict with him.  and so he ran up to his father, stopped when his\nfather stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even\nslightly.  in this way they went round the room several times\nwithout anything decisive happening, without even giving the\nimpression of a chase as everything went so slowly.  gregor remained\nall this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father\nmight see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or\nceiling.  whatever he did, gregor had to admit that he certainly\nwould not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for\neach step his father took he had to carry out countless movements.\nhe became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his\nlungs had not been very reliable.  now, as he lurched about in his\nefforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could\nhardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to\nthink of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost\nforgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they\nwere concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and\nprotrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew\ndown and rolled in front of him.  it was an apple; then another one\nimmediately flew at him; gregor froze in shock; there was no longer\nany point in running as his father had decided to bombard him.  he\nhad filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and\nnow, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple\nafter another.  these little, red apples rolled about on the floor,\nknocking into each other as if they had electric motors.  an apple\nthrown without much force glanced against gregor\'s back and slid off\nwithout doing any harm.  another one however, immediately following\nit, hit squarely and lodged in his back; gregor wanted to drag\nhimself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible\npain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot\nand spread himself out, all his senses in confusion.  the last thing\nhe saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was\nscreaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his\nsister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to\nmake it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her\nskirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground,\nstumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms\naround him, uniting herself with him totally - now gregor lost his\nability to see anything - her hands behind his father\'s head begging\nhim to spare gregor\'s life.\n\n\n\niii\n\n\nno-one dared to remove the apple lodged in gregor\'s flesh, so it\nremained there as a visible reminder of his injury.  he had suffered\nit there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious\nenough to remind even his father that gregor, despite his current\nsad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated\nas an enemy.  on the contrary, as a family there was a duty to\nswallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient.\n\nbecause of his injuries, gregor had lost much of his mobility -\nprobably permanently.  he had been reduced to the condition of an\nancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across\nhis room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but\nthis deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made\nup for by the door to the living room being left open every evening.\n he got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours\nbefore it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room\nwhere he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the\nfamily in the light of the dinner table and listen to their\nconversation - with everyone\'s permission, in a way, and thus quite\ndifferently from before.\n\nthey no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of\ncourse, the ones that gregor always thought about with longing when\nhe was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room.\n all of them were usually very quiet nowadays.  soon after dinner,\nhis father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister\nwould urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the\nlamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who\nhad taken a sales job, learned shorthand and french in the evenings\nso that she might be able to get a better position later on.\nsometimes his father would wake up and say to gregor\'s mother\n"you\'re doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know\nthat he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again\nwhile mother and sister would exchange a tired grin.\n\nwith a kind of stubbornness, gregor\'s father refused to take his\nuniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg\ngregor\'s father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if\nalways ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his\nsuperior even here.  the uniform had not been new to start with, but\nas a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the\nefforts of gregor\'s mother and sister to look after it.  gregor\nwould often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on\nthis coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny,\nwhile the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but\npeaceful.\n\nas soon as it struck ten, gregor\'s mother would speak gently to his\nfather to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he\ncouldn\'t sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his\nsleep if he was to be up at six to get to work.  but since he had\nbeen in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on\nstaying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep\nand it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the\nchair for his bed.  then, however much mother and sister would\nimportune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep\nslowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes\nclosed and refusing to get up.  gregor\'s mother would tug at his\nsleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, gregor\'s sister would\nleave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect\non him.  he would just sink deeper into his chair.  only when the\ntwo women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes,\nlook at them one after the other and say: "what a life! this is what\npeace i get in my old age!"  and supported by the two women he would\nlift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load\nhimself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry\non by himself while gregor\'s mother would throw down her needle and\nhis sister her pen so that they could run after his father and\ncontinue being of help to him.\n\nwho, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to\ngive more attention to gregor than was absolutely necessary? the\nhousehold budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed;\nan enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped\naround her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest\nwork; everything else was looked after by gregor\'s mother on top of\nthe large amount of sewing work she did.  gregor even learned,\nlistening to the evening conversation about what price they had\nhoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family\nhad been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond\nof wearing them at functions and celebrations.  but the loudest\ncomplaint was that although the flat was much too big for their\npresent circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no\nimaginable way of transferring gregor to the new address.  he could\nsee quite well, though, that there were more reasons than\nconsideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it\nwould have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate\nwith a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back\nfrom their decision to move was much more to do with their total\ndespair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune\nunlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related\nto.  they carried out absolutely everything that the world expects\nfrom poor people, gregor\'s father brought bank employees their\nbreakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for\nstrangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the\nbehest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to\ndo any more.  and the injury in gregor\'s back began to hurt as much\nas when it was new.  after they had come back from taking his father\nto bed gregor\'s mother and sister would now leave their work where\nit was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would\npoint to gregor\'s room and say "close that door, grete", and then,\nwhen he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and\ntheir tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring\ndry-eyed at the table.\n\ngregor hardly slept at all, either night or day.  sometimes he would\nthink of taking over the family\'s affairs, just like before, the\nnext time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss\nand the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts,\nthe salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three\nfriends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a\nprovincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared\nagain, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been\nserious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together\nwith strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping\nhim and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was\nglad when they disappeared.  other times he was not at all in the\nmood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about\nthe lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of\nnothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into\nthe pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to,\neven if he was not hungry.  gregor\'s sister no longer thought about\nhow she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other\ninto his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the\nmorning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away\nagain with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or\n- more often than not - had been left totally untouched.  she still\ncleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been\nany quicker about it.  smears of dirt were left on the walls, here\nand there were little balls of dust and filth.  at first, gregor\nwent into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived\nas a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks\nwithout his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt\nas well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it.\nat the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for\nher and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up\ngregor\'s room was for her and her alone.  gregor\'s mother did once\nthoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of\nwater to do it - although that much dampness also made gregor ill\nand he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile.  but his mother\nwas to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had\nhis sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change\nin gregor\'s room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living\nroom where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she\nbroke into convulsive tears.  her father, of course, was startled\nout of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and\nhelpless; then they, too, became agitated; gregor\'s father, standing\nto the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning\nof gregor\'s room to his sister; from her left, gregor\'s sister\nscreamed at her that she was never to clean gregor\'s room again;\nwhile his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself\nwith anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears,\nthumped on the table with her small fists; and gregor hissed in\nanger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him\nthe sight of this and all its noise.\n\ngregor\'s sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking\nafter gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but\neven so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place.\ngregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected.  now, though,\nthe charwoman was here.  this elderly widow, with a robust bone\nstructure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in\nher long life, wasn\'t really repelled by gregor.  just by chance one\nday, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to gregor\'s\nroom and found herself face to face with him.  he was taken totally\nby surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro\nwhile she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in\nfront of her.  from then on she never failed to open the door\nslightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him.  at\nfirst she would call to him as she did so with words that she\nprobably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old\ndung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!"  gregor never\nresponded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he\nwas without moving as if the door had never even been opened.  if\nonly they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day\ninstead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt\nlike it! one day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the\nwindowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to\nspeak to him in that way once again.  gregor was so resentful of it\nthat he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it\nwas like a kind of attack.  instead of being afraid, the charwoman\njust lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there\nwith her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until\nthe chair in her hand had been slammed down into gregor\'s back.\n"aren\'t you coming any closer, then?", she asked when gregor turned\nround again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner.\n\ngregor had almost entirely stopped eating.  only if he happened to\nfind himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he\nmight take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there\na few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again.  at\nfirst he thought it was distress at the state of his room that\nstopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made\nthere.  they had got into the habit of putting things into this room\nthat they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many\nsuch things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to\nthree gentlemen.  these earnest gentlemen - all three of them had\nfull beards, as gregor learned peering through the crack in the door\none day - were painfully insistent on things\' being tidy.  this\nmeant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in\nthis establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the\nkitchen.  unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate,\nespecially if it was dirty.  they had moreover brought most of their\nown furnishings and equipment with them.  for this reason, many\nthings had become superfluous which, although they could not be\nsold, the family did not wish to discard.  all these things found\ntheir way into gregor\'s room.  the dustbins from the kitchen found\ntheir way in there too.  the charwoman was always in a hurry, and\nanything she couldn\'t use for the time being she would just chuck in\nthere.  he, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object\nand the hand that held it.  the woman most likely meant to fetch the\nthings back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to\nthrow everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that\nthey were left where they landed when they had first been thrown\nunless gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere\nelse.  at first he moved it because, with no other room free where\nhe could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to\nenjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to\ndeath, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards.\n\nthe gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening\nmeal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so\nthe door to this room was often kept closed in the evening.  but\ngregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after\nall, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without\nthe family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest\ncorner.  one time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living\nroom slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who\nrented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on.\nthey sat up at the table where, formerly, gregor had taken his meals\nwith his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked\nup their knives and forks.  gregor\'s mother immediately appeared in\nthe doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister\nwith a dish piled high with potatoes.  the food was steaming, and\nfilled the room with its smell.  the gentlemen bent over the dishes\nset in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before\neating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as\nan authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat\nwhile it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether\nit was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the\nkitchen.  it was to his satisfaction, and gregor\'s mother and\nsister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again\nand smiled.\n\nthe family themselves ate in the kitchen.  nonetheless, gregor\'s\nfather came into the living room before he went into the kitchen,\nbowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table.\nthe gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards.\n then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence.  it\nseemed remarkable to gregor that above all the various noises of\neating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had\nwanted to show gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was\nnot possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless\nhowever nice they might be.  "i\'d like to eat something", said\ngregor anxiously, "but not anything like they\'re eating.  they do\nfeed themselves.  and here i am, dying!"\n\nthroughout all this time, gregor could not remember having heard the\nviolin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the\nkitchen.  the three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the\none in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of\nthe others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and\nsmoking.  when the violin began playing they became attentive, stood\nup and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they\nstood pressed against each other.  someone must have heard them in\nthe kitchen, as gregor\'s father called out: "is the playing perhaps\nunpleasant for the gentlemen? we can stop it straight away."  "on\nthe contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not\nlike to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after\nall, much more cosy and comfortable?"  "oh yes, we\'d love to",\ncalled back gregor\'s father as if he had been the violin player\nhimself.  the gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited.\ngregor\'s father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with\nthe music and his sister with the violin.  she calmly prepared\neverything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never\nrented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated\ncourtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on\ntheir own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right\nhand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother,\nthough, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving\nthe chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of\nthe way in a corner.\n\nhis sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention,\none on each side, to the movements of her hands.  drawn in by the\nplaying, gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had\nhis head in the living room.  before, he had taken great pride in\nhow considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had\nbecome so thoughtless about the others.  what\'s more, there was now\nall the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the\ndust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest\nmovement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on\nhis back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to\nlay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to\ndo several times a day.  and despite this condition, he was not too\nshy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living\nroom.\n\nno-one noticed him, though.  the family was totally preoccupied with\nthe violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their\nhands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music\nstand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have\ndisturbed gregor\'s sister, but soon, in contrast with the family,\nthey  withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking\nto each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while\ngregor\'s father observed them anxiously.  it really now seemed very\nobvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or\nentertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had\nhad enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of\npoliteness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed.  it was\nespecially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their\ncigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses.  yet gregor\'s sister\nwas playing so beautifully.  her face was leant to one side,\nfollowing the lines of music with a careful and melancholy\nexpression.  gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his\nhead close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the\nchance came.  was he an animal if music could captivate him so? it\nseemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown\nnourishment he had been yearning for.  he was determined to make his\nway forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might\ncome into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her\nplaying here as much as he would.  he never wanted to let her out of\nhis room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance\nshould, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every\ndoor of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his\nsister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of\nher own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her\near bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to\nsend her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about\nit last christmas - had christmas really come and gone already? - if\nthis misfortune hadn\'t got in the way, and refuse to let anyone\ndissuade him from it.  on hearing all this, his sister would break\nout in tears of emotion, and gregor would climb up to her shoulder\nand kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she\nhad kept free without any necklace or collar.\n\n"mr. samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to gregor\'s father,\npointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at\ngregor as he slowly moved forward.  the violin went silent, the\nmiddle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends,\nshaking his head, and then looked back at gregor.  his father seemed\nto think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before\ndriving gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and\nseemed to think gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing\nhad been.  he rushed up to them with his arms spread out and\nattempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as\ntrying to block their view of gregor with his body.  now they did\nbecome a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his\nfather\'s behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that\nthey had had a neighbour like gregor in the next room without\nknowing it.  they asked gregor\'s father for explanations, raised\ntheir arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved\nback towards their room only very slowly.  meanwhile gregor\'s sister\nhad overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was\nsuddenly interrupted.  she had let her hands drop and let violin and\nbow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if\nstill playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay\nthe instrument on her mother\'s lap who still sat laboriously\nstruggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room\nwhich, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more\nquickly moving toward.  under his sister\'s experienced hand, the\npillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and\nshe had already finished making the beds and slipped out again\nbefore the three gentlemen had reached the room.  gregor\'s father\nseemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the\nrespect he owed to his tenants.  he urged them and pressed them\nuntil, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of\nthe three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and\nthereby brought gregor\'s father to a halt.  "i declare here and\nnow", he said, raising his hand and glancing at gregor\'s mother and\nsister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the\nrepugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family"\n- here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "i give\nimmediate notice on my room.  for the days that i have been living\nhere i will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary i will\nconsider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages\nfrom you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the\ngrounds for such an action."  he was silent and looked straight\nahead as if waiting for something.  and indeed, his two friends\njoined in with the words: "and we also give immediate notice."  with\nthat, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door.\n\ngregor\'s father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his\nhands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself\nout for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head\nkept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all.\nthroughout all this, gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen\nhad first seen him.  his disappointment at the failure of his plan,\nand perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible\nfor him to move.  he was sure that everyone would turn on him any\nmoment, and he waited.  he was not even startled out of this state\nwhen the violin on his mother\'s lap fell from her trembling fingers\nand landed loudly on the floor.\n\n"father, mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand\nas introduction, "we can\'t carry on like this.  maybe you can\'t see\nit, but i can.  i don\'t want to call this monster my brother, all i\ncan say is: we have to try and get rid of it.  we\'ve done all that\'s\nhumanly possible to look after it and be patient, i don\'t think\nanyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong."\n\n"she\'s absolutely right", said gregor\'s father to himself.  his\nmother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to\ncough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged\nexpression in her eyes.\n\ngregor\'s sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her\nforehead.  her words seemed to give gregor\'s father some more\ndefinite ideas.  he sat upright, played with his uniform cap between\nthe plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and\noccasionally looked down at gregor as he lay there immobile.\n\n"we have to try and get rid of it", said gregor\'s sister, now\nspeaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with\ncoughing to listen, "it\'ll be the death of both of you, i can see it\ncoming.  we can\'t all work as hard as we have to and then come home\nto be tortured like this, we can\'t endure it.  i can\'t endure it any\nmore."  and she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down\nthe face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand\nmovements.\n\n"my child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding,\n"what are we to do?"\n\nhis sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness\nand tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier\ncertainty.\n\n"if he could just understand us", said his father almost as a\nquestion; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as\na sign that of that there was no question.\n\n"if he could just understand us", repeated gregor\'s father, closing\nhis eyes in acceptance of his sister\'s certainty that that was quite\nimpossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement\nwith him.  but as it is ..."\n\n"it\'s got to go", shouted his sister, "that\'s the only way, father.\nyou\'ve got to get rid of the idea that that\'s gregor.  we\'ve only\nharmed ourselves by believing it for so long.  how can that be\ngregor? if it were gregor he would have seen long ago that it\'s not\npossible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he\nwould have gone of his own free will.  we wouldn\'t have a brother\nany more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember\nhim with respect.  as it is this animal is persecuting us, it\'s\ndriven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole\nflat and force us to sleep on the streets.  father, look, just\nlook", she suddenly screamed, "he\'s starting again!"   in her alarm,\nwhich was totally beyond gregor\'s comprehension, his sister even\nabandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her\nchair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay\nanywhere near gregor.  she rushed over to behind her father, who had\nbecome excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his\nhands in front of gregor\'s sister as if to protect her.\n\nbut gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all\nhis sister.  all he had done was begin to turn round so that he\ncould go back into his room, although that was in itself quite\nstartling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round\nrequired a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help\nhimself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the\nfloor.  he stopped and looked round.  they seemed to have realised\nhis good intention and had only been alarmed briefly.  now they all\nlooked at him in unhappy silence.  his mother lay in her chair with\nher legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes\nnearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father\nwith her arms around his neck.\n\n"maybe now they\'ll let me turn round", thought gregor and went back\nto work.  he could not help panting loudly with the effort and had\nsometimes to stop and take a rest.  no-one was making him rush any\nmore, everything was left up to him.  as soon as he had finally\nfinished turning round he began to move straight ahead.  he was\namazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and\ncould not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak\nstate a little while before and almost without noticing it.  he\nconcentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that\nthere was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him.\nhe did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway.  he did\nnot turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff,\nbut it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had\nchanged, only his sister had stood up.  with his last glance he saw\nthat his mother had now fallen completely asleep.\n\nhe was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut,\nbolted and locked.  the sudden noise behind gregor so startled him\nthat his little legs collapsed under him.  it was his sister who had\nbeen in so much of a rush.  she had been standing there waiting and\nsprung forward lightly, gregor had not heard her coming at all, and\nas she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "at\nlast!".\n\n"what now, then?", gregor asked himself as he looked round in the\ndarkness.  he soon made the discovery that he could no longer move\nat all.  this was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being\nable to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then\nwas unnatural.  he also felt relatively comfortable.  it is true\nthat his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly\ngetting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether.\nhe could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the\ninflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust.\nhe thought back of his family with emotion and love.  if it was\npossible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his\nsister.  he remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination\nuntil he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning.  he\nwatched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the\nwindow too.  then, without his willing it, his head sank down\ncompletely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils.\n\nwhen the cleaner came in early in the morning - they\'d often asked\nher not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her\nhurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she\'d\narrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she\nmade her usual brief look in on gregor and at first found nothing\nspecial.  she thought he was laying there so still on purpose,\nplaying the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to\nhim.  she happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she\ntried to tickle gregor with it from the doorway.  when she had no\nsuccess with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked\nat him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across\nthe floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention.\nshe soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide,\nwhistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom\ndoors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "come and\n\'ave a look at this, it\'s dead, just lying there, stone dead!"\n\nmr. and  mrs. samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had\nto make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before\nthey could grasp what she was saying.  but then, each from his own\nside, they hurried out of bed.  mr. samsa threw the blanket over his\nshoulders,  mrs. samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is\nhow they went into gregor\'s room.  on the way they opened the door\nto the living room where grete had been sleeping since the three\ngentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never\nbeen asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this.\n"dead?", asked  mrs. samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly,\neven though she could have checked for herself and could have known\nit even without checking.  "that\'s what i said",  replied the\ncleaner, and to prove it she gave gregor\'s body another shove with\nthe broom, sending it sideways across the floor.  mrs. samsa made a\nmovement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not\ncomplete it.  "now then", said  mr. samsa, "let\'s give thanks to god\nfor that". he crossed himself, and the three women followed his\nexample.  grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said:\n"just look how thin he was.  he didn\'t eat anything for so long.\nthe food came out again just the same as when it went in". gregor\'s\nbody was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it\nuntil then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did\nhe do anything to make them look away.\n\n"grete, come with us in here for a little while", said  mrs. samsa\nwith a pained smile, and grete followed her parents into the bedroom\nbut not without looking back at the body.  the cleaner shut the door\nand opened the window wide.  although it was still early in the\nmorning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it.  it\nwas already the end of march, after all.\n\nthe three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in\namazement for their breakfasts;  they had been forgotten about.\n"where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner\nirritably.  she just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and\nsilent sign to the men that they might like to come into gregor\'s\nroom.  they did so, and stood around gregor\'s corpse with their\nhands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. it was now quite\nlight in the room.\n\nthen the door of the bedroom opened and  mr. samsa appeared in his\nuniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other.  all\nof them had been crying a little; grete now and then pressed her\nface against her father\'s arm.\n\n"leave my home.  now!", said  mr. samsa, indicating the door and\nwithout letting the women from him.  "what do you mean?", asked the\nmiddle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled\nsweetly.  the other two held their hands behind their backs and\ncontinually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud\nquarrel which could only end in their favour.  "i mean just what i\nsaid", answered  mr. samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a\nstraight line towards the man.  at first, he stood there still,\nlooking at the ground as if the contents of his head were\nrearranging themselves into new positions.  "alright, we\'ll go\nthen", he said, and looked up at  mr. samsa as if he had been\nsuddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from\nmr. samsa for his decision.  mr. samsa merely opened his eyes wide\nand briefly nodded to him several times.  at that, and without\ndelay, the man actually did take long strides into the front\nhallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time\nbefore and had been listening to what was being said.  now they\njumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that\nmr. samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the\nconnection with their leader.  once there, all three took their hats\nfrom the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a\nword and left the premises.  mr. samsa and the two women followed\nthem out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust\nthe men\'s intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how\nthe three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many\nsteps.  as they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and\nwould reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the\nmore that the samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher\'s\nboy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his\nway up and came nearer than they were,  mr. samsa and the women came\naway from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat.\n\nthey decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation\nand to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but\nthey were in serious need of it.  so they sat at the table and wrote\nthree letters of excusal,  mr. samsa to his employers,  mrs. samsa\nto her contractor and grete to her principal.  the cleaner came in\nwhile they were writing to tell them she was going, she\'d finished\nher work for that morning.  the three of them at first just nodded\nwithout looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when\nthe cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up\nin irritation.  "well?", asked  mr. samsa.  the charwoman stood in\nthe doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous\ngood news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked\nto.  the almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which\nhad been a source of irritation to  mr. samsa all the time she had\nbeen working for them, swayed gently in all directions.  "what is it\nyou want then?", asked  mrs. samsa, whom the cleaner had the most\nrespect for.  "yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh\nthat made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing\nin there, you needn\'t worry about how you\'re going to get rid of it.\n that\'s all been sorted out."   mrs. samsa and grete bent down over\ntheir letters as if intent on continuing with what they were\nwriting;  mr. samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing\neverything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite\nclear that she was not to.  so, as she was prevented from telling\nthem all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in\nand, clearly peeved, called out "cheerio then, everyone", turned\nround sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went.\n\n"tonight she gets sacked", said  mr. samsa, but he received no reply\nfrom either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have\ndestroyed the peace they had only just gained.  they got up and went\nover to the window where they remained with their arms around each\nother.  mr. samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat\nthere watching for a while.  then he called out: "come here, then.\nlet\'s forget about all that old stuff, shall we.  come and give me a\nbit of attention". the two women immediately did as he said,\nhurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then\nthey quickly finished their letters.\n\nafter that, the three of them left the flat together, which was\nsomething they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the\nopen country outside the town.  they had the tram, filled with warm\nsunshine, all to themselves.  leant back comfortably on their seats,\nthey discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination\nthey were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each\nother about their work but all three had jobs which were very good\nand held particularly good promise for the future.  the greatest\nimprovement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite\neasily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was\nsmaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by\ngregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more\npractical.  all the time, grete was becoming livelier.  with all the\nworry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but,\nwhile they were talking,  mr. and  mrs. samsa were struck, almost\nsimultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was\nblossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady.  they became\nquieter.  just from each other\'s glance and almost without knowing\nit they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for\nher.  and, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good\nintentions, as soon as they reached their destination grete was the\nfirst to get up and stretch out her young body.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nend of the project gutenberg ebook of metamorphosis, by franz kafka\ntranslated by david wyllie.\n\n*** end of this project gutenberg ebook metamorphosis ***\n\n***** this file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip *****\nthis and all associated files of various formats will be found in:\n        http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/\n\n\n\nupdated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions\nwill be renamed.\n\ncreating the works from public domain print editions means that no\none owns a united states copyright in these works, so the foundation\n(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the united states without\npermission and without paying copyright royalties.  special rules,\nset forth in the general terms of use part of this license, apply to\ncopying and distributing project gutenberg-tm electronic works to\nprotect the project gutenberg-tm concept and trademark.  project\ngutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you\ncharge for the ebooks, unless you receive specific permission.  if you\ndo not charge anything for copies of this ebook, complying with the\nrules is very easy.  you may use this ebook for nearly any purpose\nsuch as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and\nresearch.  they may be modified and printed and given away--you may do\npractically anything with public domain ebooks.  redistribution is\nsubject to the trademark license, especially commercial\nredistribution.\n\n\n\n*** start: full license ***\n\nthe full project gutenberg license\nplease read this before you distribute or use this work\n\nto protect the project gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free\ndistribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work\n(or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "project\ngutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the full project\ngutenberg-tm license (available with this file or online at\nhttp://gutenberg.net/license).\n\n\nsection 1.  general terms of use and redistributing project gutenberg-tm\nelectronic works\n\n1.a.  by reading or using any part of this project gutenberg-tm\nelectronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to\nand accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property\n(trademark/copyright) agreement.  if you do not agree to abide by all\nthe terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy\nall copies of project gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession.\nif you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a project\ngutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the\nterms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or\nentity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.e.8.\n\n1.b.  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'/:;<=@\nOne morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found\nhimself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.  He lay on\nhis armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could\nsee his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff\nsections.  The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready\nto slide off any moment.  His many legs, pitifully thin compared\nwith the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he\nlooked.\n\n"What\'s happened to me?" he thought.  It wasn\'t a dream.  His room,\na proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully\nbetween its four familiar walls.  A collection of textile samples\nlay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and\nabove it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an\nillustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame.  It showed\na lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright,\nraising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm\ntowards the viewer.\n\nGregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather.\nDrops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel\nquite sad.  "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all\nthis nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to\ndo because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present\nstate couldn\'t get into that position.  However hard he threw\nhimself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was.  He\nmust have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he\nwouldn\'t have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when\nhe began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt\nbefore.\n\n"Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I\'ve\nchosen! Travelling day in and day out.  Doing business like this\ntakes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on\ntop of that there\'s the curse of travelling, worries about making\ntrain connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different\npeople all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or\nbecome friendly with them.  It can all go to Hell!"  He felt a\nslight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back\ntowards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found\nwhere the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little\nwhite spots which he didn\'t know what to make of; and when he tried\nto feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back\nbecause as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder.\n\nHe slid back into his former position.  "Getting up early all the\ntime", he thought, "it makes you stupid.  You\'ve got to get enough\nsleep.  Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury.  For\ninstance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning\nto copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting\nthere eating their breakfasts.  I ought to just try that with my\nboss; I\'d get kicked out on the spot.  But who knows, maybe that\nwould be the best thing for me.  If I didn\'t have my parents to\nthink about I\'d have given in my notice a long time ago, I\'d have\ngone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him\neverything I would, let him know just what I feel.  He\'d fall right\noff his desk! And it\'s a funny sort of business to be sitting up\nthere at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there,\nespecially when you have to go right up close because the boss is\nhard of hearing.  Well, there\'s still some hope; once I\'ve got the\nmoney together to pay off my parents\' debt to him - another five or\nsix years I suppose - that\'s definitely what I\'ll do.  That\'s when\nI\'ll make the big change.  First of all though, I\'ve got to get up,\nmy train leaves at five."\n\nAnd he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of\ndrawers.  "God in Heaven!" he thought.  It was half past six and the\nhands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half\npast, more like quarter to seven.  Had the alarm clock not rung? He\ncould see from the bed that it had been set for four o\'clock as it\nshould have been; it certainly must have rung.  Yes, but was it\npossible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise?\nTrue, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply\nbecause of that.  What should he do now? The next train went at\nseven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and\nthe collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at\nall feel particularly fresh and lively.  And even if he did catch\nthe train he would not avoid his boss\'s anger as the office\nassistant would have been there to see the five o\'clock train go, he\nwould have put in his report about Gregor\'s not being there a long\ntime ago.  The office assistant was the boss\'s man, spineless, and\nwith no understanding.  What about if he reported sick? But that\nwould be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of\nservice Gregor had never once yet been ill.  His boss would\ncertainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance\ncompany, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the\ndoctor\'s recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed\nthat no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy.  And what\'s\nmore, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in\nfact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long,\nfeel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual.\n\nHe was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide\nto get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven.\nThere was a cautious knock at the door near his head.  "Gregor",\nsomebody called - it was his mother - "it\'s quarter to seven.\nDidn\'t you want to go somewhere?"  That gentle voice! Gregor was\nshocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be\nrecognised as the voice he had had before.  As if from deep inside\nhim, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with\nit, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort\nof echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether\nhe had heard properly or not.  Gregor had wanted to give a full\nanswer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented\nhimself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I\'m getting up\nnow."  The change in Gregor\'s voice probably could not be noticed\noutside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with\nthis explanation and shuffled away.  But this short conversation\nmade the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against\ntheir expectations was still at home, and soon his father came\nknocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist.\n"Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what\'s wrong?"  And after a short\nwhile he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor!\nGregor!"  At the other side door his sister came plaintively:\n"Gregor? Aren\'t you well? Do you need anything?"  Gregor answered to\nboth sides: "I\'m ready, now", making an effort to remove all the\nstrangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting\nlong pauses between each, individual word.  His father went back to\nhis breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I\nbeg of you."  Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door,\nand instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired\nfrom his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was\nat home.\n\nThe first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being\ndisturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast.\nOnly then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware\nthat he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by\nlying in bed.  He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in\nbed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned\nout to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would\nslowly resolve themselves today.  He did not have the slightest\ndoubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first\nsign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for\ntravelling salesmen.\n\nIt was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow\nhimself up a little and they fell off by themselves.  But it became\ndifficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad.\nHe would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but\ninstead of them he only had all those little legs continuously\nmoving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to\ncontrol.  If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first\none that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do\nwhat he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free\nand would move about painfully.  "This is something that can\'t be\ndone in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don\'t keep trying to do\nit".\n\nThe first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body\nout of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not\nimagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move;\nit went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he\ncarelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could\ngather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower\nbedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower\npart of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive.\n\nSo then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed\nfirst, carefully turning his head to the side.  This he managed\nquite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of\nhis body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head.\nBut when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the\nfresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be\na miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry\non pushing himself forward the same way.  And he could not knock\nhimself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose\nconsciousness.\n\nIt took just as much effort to get back to where he had been\nearlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching\nhis legs as they struggled against each other even harder than\nbefore, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing\npeace and order to this chaos.  He told himself once more that it\nwas not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible\nthing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at\nwhatever sacrifice.  At the same time, though, he did not forget to\nremind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing\nto desperate conclusions.  At times like this he would direct his\neyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but\nunfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was\nenveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer\nto offer him.  "Seven o\'clock, already", he said to himself when the\nclock struck again, "seven o\'clock, and there\'s still a fog like\nthis."  And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly\nas if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back\nto their real and natural state.\n\nBut then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven\nI\'ll definitely have to have got properly out of bed.  And by then\nsomebody will have come round from work to ask what\'s happened to me\nas well, as they open up at work before seven o\'clock."  And so he\nset himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body\nout of the bed all at the same time.  If he succeeded in falling out\nof bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could\nprobably avoid injuring it.  His back seemed to be quite hard, and\nprobably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet.  His\nmain concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which\neven through all the doors would probably raise concern if not\nalarm.  But it was something that had to be risked.\n\nWhen Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new\nmethod was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock\nback and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be\nif somebody came to help him.  Two strong people - he had his father\nand the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would\nonly have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him\naway from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and\ncareful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the\nlittle legs would find a use.  Should he really call for help\nthough, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked?\nDespite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile\nat this thought.\n\nAfter a while he had already moved so far across that it would have\nbeen hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard.  The\ntime was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final\ndecision very soon.  Then there was a ring at the door of the flat.\n"That\'ll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very\nstill, although his little legs only became all the more lively as\nthey danced around.  For a moment everything remained quiet.\n"They\'re not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in\nsome nonsensical hope.  But then of course, the maid\'s firm steps\nwent to the door as ever and opened it.  Gregor only needed to hear\nthe visitor\'s first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the\nchief clerk himself.  Why did Gregor have to be the only one\ncondemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly\nsuspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every\none of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and\ndevoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he\ncouldn\'t get out of bed if he didn\'t spend at least a couple of\nhours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough\nto let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were\neven necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did\nthey have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so\nsuspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the\nwisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made\nhim upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with\nall his force out of the bed.  There was a loud thump, but it wasn\'t\nreally a loud noise.  His fall was softened a little by the carpet,\nand Gregor\'s back was also more elastic than he had thought, which\nmade the sound muffled and not too noticeable.  He had not held his\nhead carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in\npain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet.\n\n"Something\'s fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room\non the left.  Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort\nthat had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk\ntoo; you had to concede that it was possible.  But as if in gruff\nreply to this question, the chief clerk\'s firm footsteps in his\nhighly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room.\nFrom the room on his right, Gregor\'s sister whispered to him to let\nhim know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here."  "Yes, I know", said\nGregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough\nfor his sister to hear him.\n\n"Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief\nclerk has come round and wants to know why you didn\'t leave on the\nearly train.  We don\'t know what to say to him.  And anyway, he\nwants to speak to you personally.  So please open up this door.  I\'m\nsure he\'ll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room."\nThen the chief clerk called "Good morning,  Mr. Samsa". "He isn\'t\nwell", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father\ncontinued to speak through the door.  "He isn\'t well, please believe\nme.  Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever\nthinks about the business.  It nearly makes me cross the way he\nnever goes out in the evenings; he\'s been in town for a week now but\nstayed home every evening.  He sits with us in the kitchen and just\nreads the paper or studies train timetables.  His idea of relaxation\nis working with his fretsaw.  He\'s made a little frame, for\ninstance, it only took him two or three evenings, you\'ll be amazed\nhow nice it is; it\'s hanging up in his room; you\'ll see it as soon\nas Gregor opens the door.  Anyway, I\'m glad you\'re here; we wouldn\'t\nhave been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he\'s so\nstubborn; and I\'m sure he isn\'t well, he said this morning that he\nis, but he isn\'t."  "I\'ll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly\nand thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any\nword of the conversation.  "Well I can\'t think of any other way of\nexplaining it,  Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it\'s\nnothing serious.  But on the other hand, I must say that if we\npeople in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or\nunfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of\nbusiness considerations."  "Can the chief clerk come in to see you\nnow then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door\nagain.  "No", said Gregor.  In the room on his right there followed\na painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry.\n\nSo why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably\nonly just got up and had not even begun to get dressed.  And why was\nshe crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the\nchief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if\nthat happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the\nsame demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like\nthat yet.  Gregor was still there and had not the slightest\nintention of abandoning his family.  For the time being he just lay\nthere on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in\nwould seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in.  It was\nonly a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be\nfound for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could\nbe sacked on the spot.  And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible\nto leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at\nhim and crying.  But the others didn\'t know what was happening, they\nwere worried, that would excuse their behaviour.\n\nThe chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him,\n"what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more\nthan yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and\nunnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention\nthis just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in\na way that is quite unheard of.  I\'m speaking here on behalf of your\nparents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and\nimmediate explanation.  I am astonished, quite astonished.  I\nthought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you\nsuddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims.  This morning,\nyour employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to\nappear, it\'s true - it had to do with the money that was recently\nentrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour\nthat that could not be the right explanation.  But now that I see\nyour incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish\nwhatsoever to intercede on your behalf.  And nor is your position\nall that secure.  I had originally intended to say all this to you\nin private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good\nreason I don\'t see why your parents should not also learn of it.\nYour turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that\nit\'s not the time of year to do especially good business, we\nrecognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no\nbusiness at all,  Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be."\n\n"But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in\nthe excitement, "I\'ll open up immediately, just a moment.  I\'m\nslightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven\'t been able to get\nup.  I\'m still in bed now.  I\'m quite fresh again now, though.  I\'m\njust getting out of bed.  Just a moment.  Be patient! It\'s not quite\nas easy as I\'d thought.  I\'m quite alright now, though.  It\'s\nshocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright\nlast night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had\na small symptom of it last night already.  They must have noticed\nit.  I don\'t know why I didn\'t let you know at work! But you always\nthink you can get over an illness without staying at home.  Please,\ndon\'t make my parents suffer! There\'s no basis for any of the\naccusations you\'re making; nobody\'s ever said a word to me about any\nof these things.  Maybe you haven\'t read the latest contracts I sent\nin.  I\'ll set off with the eight o\'clock train, as well, these few\nhours of rest have given me strength.  You don\'t need to wait, sir;\nI\'ll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to\ntell that to the boss and recommend me to him!"\n\nAnd while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was\nsaying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was\neasily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in\nbed - where he now tried to get himself upright.  He really did want\nto open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak\nwith the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was\ncurious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him.\nIf they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor\'s\nresponsibility and he could rest.  If, however, they took everything\ncalmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried\nhe really could be at the station for eight o\'clock.  The first few\ntimes he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just\nslid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and\nstood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain\nbut he no longer gave any attention to it.  Now he let himself fall\nagainst the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of\nit with his little legs.  By now he had also calmed down, and kept\nquiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying.\n\n"Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his\nparents, "surely he\'s not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!"\ncalled his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously\nill and we\'re making him suffer.  Grete! Grete!" she then cried.\n"Mother?" his sister called from the other side.  They communicated\nacross Gregor\'s room.  "You\'ll have to go for the doctor straight\naway.  Gregor is ill.  Quick, get the doctor.  Did you hear the way\nGregor spoke just now?"  "That was the voice of an animal", said the\nchief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother\'s\nscreams.  "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through\nthe entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!"\nAnd the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out\nthrough the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they\nwent.  How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There\nwas no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it\nopen;  people often do in homes where something awful has happened.\n\nGregor, in contrast, had become much calmer.  So they couldn\'t\nunderstand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to\nhim, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the\nsound.  They had realised, though, that there was something wrong\nwith him, and were ready to help.  The first response to his\nsituation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel\nbetter.  He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and\nfrom the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising\nachievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the\nother.  Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to\nmake his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking\ncare to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound\ndifferent from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure\nhe could judge this for himself.  Meanwhile, it had become very\nquiet in the next room.  Perhaps his parents were sat at the table\nwhispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed\nagainst the door and listening.\n\nGregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair.  Once\nthere he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding\nhimself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his\nlegs.  He rested there a little while to recover from the effort\ninvolved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the\nlock with his mouth.  He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper\nteeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth\nwas, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw,\nhe really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that\nhe must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came\nfrom his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor.\n"Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he\'s turning the\nkey."  Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should\nhave been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done,\nGregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the\nlock!"  And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his\nefforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no\nattention to the pain he was causing himself.  As the key turned\nround he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself\nupright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down\nagain with the whole weight of his body as needed.  The clear sound\nof the lock as it snapped back was Gregor\'s sign that he could break\nhis concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself:\n"So, I didn\'t need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on\nthe handle of the door to open it completely.\n\nBecause he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide\nopen before he could be seen.  He had first to slowly turn himself\naround one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully\nif he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the\nroom.  He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to\npay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk\nexclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind.\nNow he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand\npressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by\na steady and invisible force.  Gregor\'s mother, her hair still\ndishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk\'s being there, looked\nat his father.  Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward\ntowards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that\nspread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto\nher breast.  His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if\nwanting to knock Gregor back into his room.  Then he looked\nuncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands\nand wept so that his powerful chest shook.\n\nSo Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of\nthe other door which was still held bolted in place.  In this way\nonly half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it\nwhich he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others.\nMeanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless,\ngrey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a\nhospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular\nline of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still\nfalling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the\nground one at a time.  The washing up from breakfast lay on the\ntable; there was so much of it because, for Gregor\'s father,\nbreakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would\nstretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of\ndifferent newspapers.  On the wall exactly opposite there was\nphotograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword\nin his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth\nrespect for his uniform and bearing.  The door to the entrance hall\nwas open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could\nsee onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down\nbelow.\n\n"Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to\nhave kept calm, "I\'ll get dressed straight away now, pack up my\nsamples and set off.  Will you please just let me leave? You can\nsee", he said to the chief clerk, "that I\'m not stubborn and I\nlike to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but\nwithout travelling I couldn\'t earn my living.  So where are you\ngoing, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately,\nthen? It\'s quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to\nwork, but that\'s just the right time to remember what\'s been\nachieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty\nhas been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence\nand concentration.  You\'re well aware that I\'m seriously in debt to\nour employer as well as having to look after my parents and my\nsister, so that I\'m trapped in a difficult situation, but I will\nwork my way out of it again.  Please don\'t make things any harder\nfor me than they are already, and don\'t take sides against me at the\noffice.  I know that nobody likes the travellers.  They think we\nearn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it.  That\'s\njust prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of\nit.  But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the\nstaff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview\nthan the boss himself - it\'s very easy for a businessman like him to\nmake mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than\nhe should.  And you\'re also well aware that we travellers spend\nalmost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very\neasily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints,\nand it\'s almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of\nthing, we don\'t usually even hear about them, or if at all it\'s when\nwe arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that\'s when we feel\nthe harmful effects of what\'s been going on without even knowing\nwhat caused them.  Please, don\'t go away, at least first say\nsomething to show that you grant that I\'m at least partly right!"\n\nBut the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to\nspeak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his\ntrembling shoulders as he left.  He did not keep still for a moment\nwhile Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door\nwithout taking his eyes off him.  He moved very gradually, as if\nthere had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room.  It was\nonly when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden\nmovement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in\na panic.  In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards\nthe stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force\nwaiting to save him.\n\nGregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief\nclerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be\nput into extreme danger.  That was something his parents did not\nunderstand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that\nthis job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides,\nthey had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight\nof any thought for the future.  Gregor, though, did think about the\nfuture.  The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced\nand finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended\non it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already\nin tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back.  And\nthe chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him;\nshe would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out\nof his shocked state.  But his sister was not there, Gregor would\nhave to do the job himself.  And without considering that he still\nwas not familiar with how well he could move about in his present\nstate, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not -\nbe understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the\nopening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who,\nridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but\nGregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought\nsomething to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs.  Hardly\nhad that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to\nfeel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground\nunder them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they\nwere even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and\nhe was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at\nan end.  He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side\nas he crouched there on the floor.  His mother was not far away in\nfront of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but\nthen she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her\nfingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity\'s sake, Help!"  The way she\nheld her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the\nunthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not;\nshe had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the\nbreakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly\ndown on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming\nto notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of\ncoffee was pouring down onto the carpet.\n\n"Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her.  He had\ncompletely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not\nhelp himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the\nflow of coffee.  That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from\nthe table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her.\nGregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief\nclerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister,\nhe looked back for the last time.  Gregor made a run for him; he\nwanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have\nexpected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and\ndisappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase.  The\nflight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor\'s\nfather into a panic as well.  Until then he had been relatively self\ncontrolled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk\nhimself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him,\nGregor\'s father seized the chief clerk\'s stick in his right hand\n(the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat\nand overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his\nleft, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his\nfoot at him as he went.  Gregor\'s appeals to his father were of no\nhelp, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly\nturned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder.\nAcross the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor\'s mother had\npulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to\nher face.  A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards\nthe stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table\nfluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor.  Nothing would\nstop Gregor\'s father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at\nhim like a wild man.  Gregor had never had any practice in moving\nbackwards and was only able to go very slowly.  If Gregor had only\nbeen allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room\nstraight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that\nhis father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a\nlethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father\'s hand\nany moment.  Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no\nchoice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of\ngoing backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as\npossible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn\nhimself round.  It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able\nto see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact\nnow and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a\ndistance as to which way to turn.  If only his father would stop\nthat unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused.  When\nhe had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that\nhissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way\nhe had just come.  He was pleased when he finally had his head in\nfront of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his\nbody was too broad to get through it without further difficulty.  In\nhis present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open\nthe other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space\nto get through.  He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should\nbe got back into his room as quickly as possible.  Nor would he ever\nhave allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation\nfor getting through the doorway.  What he did, making more noise\nthan ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there\nhad been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was\nnow more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant\nexperience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without\nregard for what might happen.  One side of his body lifted itself,\nhe lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white\ndoor and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it,\nsoon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all\nby himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air\nwhile those on the other side were pressed painfully against the\nground.  Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which\nreleased him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily\nbleeding, deep into his room.  The door was slammed shut with the\nstick, then, finally, all was quiet.\n\n\n\nII\n\n\nIt was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke\nfrom his deep and coma-like sleep.  He would have woken soon\nafterwards anyway even if he hadn\'t been disturbed, as he had had\nenough sleep and felt fully rested.  But he had the impression that\nsome hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front\nroom being carefully shut had woken him.  The light from the\nelectric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling\nand tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was\ndark.  He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily\nwith his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value\n- in order to see what had been happening there.  The whole of his\nleft side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar,  and he limped\nbadly on his two rows of legs.  One of the legs had been badly\ninjured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that\nonly one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly.\n\nIt was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it\nactually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of\nsomething to eat.  By the door there was a dish filled with\nsweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it.  He\nwas so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he\nhad been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the\nmilk, nearly covering his eyes with it.  But he soon drew his head\nback again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender\nleft side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to\neat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the\nmilk did not taste at all nice.  Milk like this was normally his\nfavourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him\nbecause of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away\nfrom the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room.\n\nThrough the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had\nbeen lit in the living room.  His father at this time would normally\nbe sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to\nGregor\'s mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not\na sound to be heard.  Gregor\'s sister would often write and tell him\nabout this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in\nrecent times.  It was so quiet all around too, even though there\nmust have been somebody in the flat.  "What a quiet life it is the\nfamily lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness,\nfelt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in\nsuch a nice home for his sister and parents.  But what now, if all\nthis peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and\nfrightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to\nthink about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and\ndown the room.\n\nOnce during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was\nopened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door\non the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to\nenter the room but thought better of it.  Gregor went and waited\nimmediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous\nvisitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it\nwas; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in\nvain.  The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had\nwanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up\none of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time\nduring the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides.\n\nIt was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room\nwas put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had\nstayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as\nthey went away together on tip-toe.  It was clear that no-one would\ncome into Gregor\'s room any more until morning; that gave him plenty\nof time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange\nhis life.  For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced\nto remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor,\neven though he had been living in it for five years.  Hardly aware\nof what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he\nhurried under the couch.  It pressed down on his back a little, and\nhe was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt\nimmediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too\nbroad to get it all underneath.\n\nHe spent the whole night there.  Some of the time he passed in a\nlight sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of\nhis hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague\nhopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the\ntime being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the\ngreatest consideration so that his family could bear the\nunpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to\nimpose on them.\n\nGregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his\ndecisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had\nended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the\nfront room and looked anxiously in.  She did not see him straight\naway, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be\nsomewhere, for God\'s sake, he couldn\'t have flown away - she was so\nshocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut\nagain from outside.  But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she\nopened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if\nentering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger.\nGregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch,\nand watched her.  Would she notice that he had left the milk as it\nwas, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him\nin some other food that was more suitable? If she didn\'t do it\nherself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it,\nalthough he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the\ncouch, throw himself at his sister\'s feet and beg her for something\ngood to eat.  However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately\nand looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with\nsome surprise.  She immediately picked it up - using a rag,\nnot her bare hands - and carried it out.  Gregor was extremely\ncurious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the\nwildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his\nsister, in her goodness, actually did bring.  In order to test his\ntaste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out\non an old newspaper.  There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones\nfrom the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a\nfew raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared\ninedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with\nbutter and salt.  As well as all that she had poured some water into\nthe dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor\'s\nuse, and placed it beside them.  Then, out of consideration for\nGregor\'s feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of\nher, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so\nthat Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for\nhimself as he liked.  Gregor\'s little legs whirred, at last he could\neat.  What\'s more, his injuries must already have completely healed\nas he found no difficulty in moving.  This amazed him, as more than\na month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he\nthought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday.\n"Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was\nalready sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost\ncompellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the\nnewspaper.  Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with\npleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the\nfresh foods, on the other hand, he didn\'t like at all, and even\ndragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them\nbecause he couldn\'t stand the smell.  Long after he had finished\neating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned\nthe key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw.  He\nwas immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he\nhurried back under the couch.  But he needed great self-control to\nstay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room,\nas eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he\ncould hardly breathe in that narrow space.  Half suffocating, he\nwatched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a\nbroom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he\nhad not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more.\nShe quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden\nlid, and carried everything out.  She had hardly turned her back\nbefore Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched\nhimself.\n\nThis was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the\nmorning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the\nsecond time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his\nparents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor\'s\nsister would send the maid away on some errand.  Gregor\'s father and\nmother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it\nwould have been more than they could stand to have any more\nexperience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his\nsister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were\nindeed suffering enough.\n\nIt was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the\ndoctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the\nflat.  As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister,\nthought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to\nhear his sister\'s sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about\nhis room.  It was only later, when she had become a little more used\nto everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever\nbecoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes\ncatch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be\nconstrued as friendly.  "He\'s enjoyed his dinner today", she might\nsay when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him,\nor if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more\nfrequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything\'s just been\nleft there again".\n\nAlthough Gregor wasn\'t able to hear any news directly he did listen\nto much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard\nanyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and\npress his whole body against it.  There was seldom any conversation,\nespecially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if\nonly in secret.  For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime\nwas about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke\nabout the same subject as there were always at least two members of\nthe family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and\nit was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty.  And on\nthe very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged\nGregor\'s mother to let her go without delay.  It was not very clear\nhow much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter\nof an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor\'s mother for her dismissal as\nif she had done her an enormous service.  She even swore\nemphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had\nhappened, even though no-one had asked that of her.\n\nNow Gregor\'s sister also had to help his mother with the cooking;\nalthough that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much.\nGregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another\nto eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I\'ve had enough"\nor something similar.  No-one drank very much either.  His sister\nwould sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping\nfor the chance to go and fetch it herself.  When his father then\nsaid nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that\nshe could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would\nclose the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said.\n\nEven before the first day had come to an end, his father had\nexplained to Gregor\'s mother and sister what their finances and\nprospects were.  Now and then he stood up from the table and took\nsome receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from\nhis business when it had collapsed five years earlier.  Gregor heard\nhow he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he\nhad taken the item he wanted.  What he heard his father say was some\nof the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been\nincarcerated in his room.  He had thought that nothing at all\nremained from his father\'s business, at least he had never told him\nanything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway.\nTheir business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total\ndespair, and Gregor\'s only concern at that time had been to arrange\nthings so that they could all forget about it as quickly as\npossible.  So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery\nvigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling\nrepresentative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn\nmoney in quite different ways.  Gregor converted his success at work\nstraight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the\nbenefit of his astonished and delighted family.  They had been good\ntimes and they had never come again, at least not with the same\nsplendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was\nin a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear\nthem.  They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family,\nthey took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it,\nalthough there was no longer much warm affection given in return.\nGregor only remained close to his sister now.  Unlike him, she was\nvery fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his\nsecret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it\nwould cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some\nother way.  During Gregor\'s short periods in town, conversation with\nhis sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever\nmentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised.  Their\nparents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought\nabout it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he\nplanned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day.\n\nThat was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his\nmind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and\nlistening.  There were times when he simply became too tired to\ncontinue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the\ndoor and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the\nslightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would\nall go silent.  "What\'s that he\'s doing now", his father would say\nafter a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then\nwould the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again.\n\nWhen explaining things, his father repeated himself several times,\npartly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with\nthese matters himself and partly because Gregor\'s mother did not\nunderstand everything the first time.  From these repeated explanations\nGregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes\nthere was still some money available from the old days.  It was not\na lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest\nhad accumulated.  Besides that, they had not been using up all the\nmoney that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a\nlittle for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating.\nBehind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at\nthis unexpected thrift and caution.  He could actually have used\nthis surplus money to reduce his father\'s debt to his boss, and the\nday when he could have freed himself from that job would have come\nmuch closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had\ndone things.\n\nThis money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family\nto live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for,\nperhaps, one or two years, no more.  That\'s to say, it was money\nthat should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies;\nmoney to live on had to be earned.  His father was healthy but old,\nand lacking in self confidence.  During the five years that he had\nnot been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of\nstrain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become\nvery slow and clumsy.  Would Gregor\'s elderly mother now have to go\nand earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her\njust to move about the home, every other day would be spent\nstruggling for breath on the sofa by the open window.  Would his\nsister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of\nseventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting\nof wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business,\njoining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the\nviolin.  Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money,\nGregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself\nonto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with\nshame and regret.\n\nHe would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a\nwink but scratching at the leather for hours on end.  Or he might go\nto all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto\nthe sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to\nstare out of it.  He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from\ndoing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered\nthan experienced,  as what he actually saw in this way was becoming\nless distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had\nused to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the\nstreet, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known\nthat he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite\nbeing in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was\nlooking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the\ngrey earth mingled inseparably.  His observant sister only needed to\nnotice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its\nexact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and\neven left the inner pane of the window open from then on.\n\nIf Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her\nfor all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him\nto bear it; but as it was it caused him pain.  His sister,\nnaturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing\nburdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the\nbetter she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also\nable to see through it all so much better.  It had even become very\nunpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room.  No sooner\nhad she come in than she would quickly close the door as a\nprecaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into\nGregor\'s room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it\nhurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating.  Even if it was\ncold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little\nwhile.  She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about\nand noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole\nwhile, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to\nspare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the\nsame room with him with the windows closed.\n\nOne day, about a month after Gregor\'s transformation when his sister\nno longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance,\nshe came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him\nstill staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be\nmost horrible.  In itself, his sister\'s not coming into the room\nwould have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been\ndifficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still\nthere, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and\nclosed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had\nthreatened her and tried to bite her.  Gregor went straight to hide\nhimself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday\nbefore his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than\nusual.  It made him realise that she still found his appearance\nunbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to\novercome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that\nprotruded from under the couch.  One day, in order to spare her even\nthis sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the\ncouch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered\nand his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down.\nIf she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do\nwas take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no\npleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely.  She left the\nsheet where it was.  Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of\ngratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet\nto see how his sister liked the new arrangement.\n\nFor the first fourteen days, Gregor\'s parents could not bring\nthemselves to come into the room to see him.  He would often hear\nthem say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing\neven though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat\nuseless and frequently been annoyed with her.  But now the two of\nthem, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of\nGregor\'s room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as\nshe went out again she would have to tell them exactly how\neverything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this\ntime and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen.\nHis mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but\nhis father and sister at first persuaded her against it.  Gregor\nlistened very closely to all this, and approved fully.  Later,\nthough, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out:\n"Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can\'t you\nunderstand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself\nthat maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day\nof course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand\neverything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was\nstill just a child after all, and really might not have had an\nadult\'s appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on.\n\nGregor\'s wish to see his mother was soon realised.  Out of\nconsideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at\nthe window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did\nnot give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie\nquietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any\npleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit\nof crawling up and down the walls and ceiling.  He was especially\nfond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying\non the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light\nswing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen\nthat he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and\nlanding on the floor with a crash.  But now, of course, he had far\nbetter control of his body than before and, even with a fall as\ngreat as that, caused himself no damage.  Very soon his sister\nnoticed Gregor\'s new way of entertaining himself - he had, after\nall, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about -\nand got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by\nremoving the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of\ndrawers and the desk.  Now, this was not something that she would be\nable to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her\nfather; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the\ncook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she\nhad even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times\nand never to have to open the door unless it was especially\nimportant; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when\nGregor\'s father was not there and fetch his mother to help her.  As\nshe approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her\njoy, but once at the door she went silent.  First, of course, his\nsister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room\nwas alright; and only then did she let her mother enter.  Gregor had\nhurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more\nfolds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just\nbeen thrown down by chance.  Gregor also refrained, this time, from\nspying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his\nmother until later and was simply glad that she had come.  "You can\ncome in, he can\'t be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her\nin by the hand.  The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair\nof feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they\npushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest\npart of the work for herself and ignoring her mother\'s warnings that\nshe would strain herself.  This lasted a very long time.  After\nlabouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would\nbe better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too\nheavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor\'s father got\nhome and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way\neven more, and for another thing it wasn\'t even sure that taking the\nfurniture away would really be any help to him.  She thought just\nthe opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her\nheart; and why wouldn\'t Gregor feel the same way about it, he\'d been\nused to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make\nhim feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that.  Then, quietly,\nalmost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did\nnot know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was\nconvinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by\ntaking the furniture away, won\'t it seem like we\'re showing that\nwe\'ve given up all hope of improvement and we\'re abandoning him to\ncope for himself? I think it\'d be best to leave the room exactly the\nway it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he\'ll\nfind everything unchanged and he\'ll be able to forget the time in\nbetween all the easier".\n\nHearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the\nlack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous\nlife led by the family during these two months, must have made him\nconfused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself\nwhy he had seriously wanted his room emptied out.  Had he really\nwanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out\nwith the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him\ncrawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let\nhim quickly forget his past when he had still been human.  He had\ncome very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his\nmother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it.  Nothing\nshould be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without\nthe good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the\nfurniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that\nwas not a loss but a great advantage.\n\nHis sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the\nidea, not without reason, that she was Gregor\'s spokesman to his\nparents about the things that concerned him.  This meant that his\nmother\'s advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on\nremoving not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had\nthought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important\ncouch.  It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the\nunexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her\ninsist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to\ncrawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see,\nwas of no use to him at all.  Girls of that age, though, do become\nenthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever\nthey can.  Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor\'s\nsituation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do\neven more for him.  Grete would probably be the only one who would\ndare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls\nby himself.\n\nSo she refused to let her mother dissuade her.  Gregor\'s mother\nalready looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and\nhelped Gregor\'s sister to get the chest of drawers out with what\nstrength she had.  The chest of drawers was something that Gregor\ncould do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay.\nHardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out\nof the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to\nsee what he could do about it.  He meant to be as careful and\nconsiderate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who\ncame back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the\nchest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself\nwithout, of course, moving it an inch.  His mother was not used to\nthe sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried\nbackwards to the far end of the couch.  In his startlement, though,\nhe was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a\nlittle.  It was enough to attract his mother\'s attention.  She stood\nvery still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to\nGrete.\n\nGregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was\nhappening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after\nall, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their\nlittle calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the\nfloor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed\nfrom all sides.  With his head and legs pulled in against him and\nhis body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself\nthat he could not stand all of this much longer.  They were emptying\nhis room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had\nalready taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools;\nnow they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place\nclearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework\nas a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at\ninfant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether\nthe two women\'s intentions were good.  He had nearly forgotten they\nwere there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while\nthey worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped\nheavily on the floor.\n\nSo, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room\ncatching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times\nnot knowing what he should save first before his attention was\nsuddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already\ndenuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed\nin copious fur.  He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself\nagainst its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot\nbelly.  This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would\ncertainly be taken away by no-one.  He turned his head to face the\ndoor into the living room so that he could watch the women when they\ncame back.\n\nThey had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite\nsoon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly\ncarrying her.  "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and\nlooked around.  Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall.  Perhaps\nonly because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face\nto her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly\nand with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let\'s go back in the\nliving room for a while?"  Gregor could see what Grete had in mind,\nshe wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down\nfrom the wall.  Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding\non his picture.  He would rather jump at Grete\'s face.\n\nBut Grete\'s words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to\none side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the\nwallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw\nscreamed: "Oh God, oh God!"  Arms outstretched, she fell onto the\ncouch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile.\n"Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist.\n That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his\ntransformation.  She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of\nsmelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted\nto help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck\nfast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he,\ntoo, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in\nthe old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she\nwas looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned\nround; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut\nGregor\'s face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him;\nnow, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles\nshe could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door\nshut with her foot.  So now Gregor was shut out from his mother,\nwho, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the\ndoor if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to\nstay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and,\noppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about,\nhe crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally\nin his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell\ndown into the middle of the dinner table.\n\nHe lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was\nquiet, maybe that was a good sign.  Then there was someone at the\ndoor.  The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so\nthat Grete would have to go and answer it.  His father had arrived\nhome.  "What\'s happened?" were his first words; Grete\'s appearance\nmust have made everything clear to him.  She answered him with\nsubdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother\'s\nfainted, but she\'s better now.  Gregor got out."  "Just as I\nexpected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women\nwouldn\'t listen, would you."  It was clear to Gregor that Grete had\nnot said enough and that his father took it to mean that something\nbad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence.\nThat meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he\ndid not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been\npossible.  So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself\nagainst it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could\nsee straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go\nback into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to\ndrive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would\ndisappear.\n\nHis father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like\nthat; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both\nangry and glad at the same time.  Gregor drew his head back from the\ndoor and lifted it towards his father.  He really had not imagined\nhis father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit\nof crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was\ngoing on the rest of the flat the way he had done before.  He really\nought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was\nthat really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying\nthere entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business\ntrips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his\nnightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even\nable to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise\nhis arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a\nwalk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in\nhis overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his\nway forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking\nslowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and,\nif he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his\ncompanions around him.  He was standing up straight enough now;\ndressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by\nthe employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar\nof the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy\neyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his\nnormally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his\nscalp.  He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some\nbank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa,\nput his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his\nlong uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards\nGregor.  He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind,\nbut nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high.  Gregor was amazed\nat the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time\nwith that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new\nlife, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely\nstrict with him.  And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his\nfather stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even\nslightly.  In this way they went round the room several times\nwithout anything decisive happening, without even giving the\nimpression of a chase as everything went so slowly.  Gregor remained\nall this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father\nmight see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or\nceiling.  Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly\nwould not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for\neach step his father took he had to carry out countless movements.\nHe became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his\nlungs had not been very reliable.  Now, as he lurched about in his\nefforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could\nhardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to\nthink of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost\nforgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they\nwere concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and\nprotrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew\ndown and rolled in front of him.  It was an apple; then another one\nimmediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer\nany point in running as his father had decided to bombard him.  He\nhad filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and\nnow, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple\nafter another.  These little, red apples rolled about on the floor,\nknocking into each other as if they had electric motors.  An apple\nthrown without much force glanced against Gregor\'s back and slid off\nwithout doing any harm.  Another one however, immediately following\nit, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag\nhimself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible\npain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot\nand spread himself out, all his senses in confusion.  The last thing\nhe saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was\nscreaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his\nsister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to\nmake it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her\nskirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground,\nstumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms\naround him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his\nability to see anything - her hands behind his father\'s head begging\nhim to spare Gregor\'s life.\n\n\n\nIII\n\n\nNo-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor\'s flesh, so it\nremained there as a visible reminder of his injury.  He had suffered\nit there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious\nenough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current\nsad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated\nas an enemy.  On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to\nswallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient.\n\nBecause of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility -\nprobably permanently.  He had been reduced to the condition of an\nancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across\nhis room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but\nthis deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made\nup for by the door to the living room being left open every evening.\n He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours\nbefore it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room\nwhere he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the\nfamily in the light of the dinner table and listen to their\nconversation - with everyone\'s permission, in a way, and thus quite\ndifferently from before.\n\nThey no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of\ncourse, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when\nhe was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room.\n All of them were usually very quiet nowadays.  Soon after dinner,\nhis father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister\nwould urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the\nlamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who\nhad taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings\nso that she might be able to get a better position later on.\nSometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor\'s mother\n"you\'re doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know\nthat he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again\nwhile mother and sister would exchange a tired grin.\n\nWith a kind of stubbornness, Gregor\'s father refused to take his\nuniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg\nGregor\'s father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if\nalways ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his\nsuperior even here.  The uniform had not been new to start with, but\nas a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the\nefforts of Gregor\'s mother and sister to look after it.  Gregor\nwould often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on\nthis coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny,\nwhile the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but\npeaceful.\n\nAs soon as it struck ten, Gregor\'s mother would speak gently to his\nfather to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he\ncouldn\'t sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his\nsleep if he was to be up at six to get to work.  But since he had\nbeen in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on\nstaying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep\nand it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the\nchair for his bed.  Then, however much mother and sister would\nimportune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep\nslowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes\nclosed and refusing to get up.  Gregor\'s mother would tug at his\nsleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor\'s sister would\nleave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect\non him.  He would just sink deeper into his chair.  Only when the\ntwo women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes,\nlook at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what\npeace I get in my old age!"  And supported by the two women he would\nlift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load\nhimself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry\non by himself while Gregor\'s mother would throw down her needle and\nhis sister her pen so that they could run after his father and\ncontinue being of help to him.\n\nWho, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to\ngive more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The\nhousehold budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed;\nan enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped\naround her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest\nwork; everything else was looked after by Gregor\'s mother on top of\nthe large amount of sewing work she did.  Gregor even learned,\nlistening to the evening conversation about what price they had\nhoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family\nhad been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond\nof wearing them at functions and celebrations.  But the loudest\ncomplaint was that although the flat was much too big for their\npresent circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no\nimaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address.  He could\nsee quite well, though, that there were more reasons than\nconsideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it\nwould have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate\nwith a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back\nfrom their decision to move was much more to do with their total\ndespair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune\nunlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related\nto.  They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects\nfrom poor people, Gregor\'s father brought bank employees their\nbreakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for\nstrangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the\nbehest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to\ndo any more.  And the injury in Gregor\'s back began to hurt as much\nas when it was new.  After they had come back from taking his father\nto bed Gregor\'s mother and sister would now leave their work where\nit was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would\npoint to Gregor\'s room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then,\nwhen he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and\ntheir tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring\ndry-eyed at the table.\n\nGregor hardly slept at all, either night or day.  Sometimes he would\nthink of taking over the family\'s affairs, just like before, the\nnext time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss\nand the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts,\nthe salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three\nfriends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a\nprovincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared\nagain, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been\nserious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together\nwith strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping\nhim and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was\nglad when they disappeared.  Other times he was not at all in the\nmood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about\nthe lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of\nnothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into\nthe pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to,\neven if he was not hungry.  Gregor\'s sister no longer thought about\nhow she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other\ninto his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the\nmorning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away\nagain with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or\n- more often than not - had been left totally untouched.  She still\ncleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been\nany quicker about it.  Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here\nand there were little balls of dust and filth.  At first, Gregor\nwent into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived\nas a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks\nwithout his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt\nas well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it.\nAt the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for\nher and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up\nGregor\'s room was for her and her alone.  Gregor\'s mother did once\nthoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of\nwater to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill\nand he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile.  But his mother\nwas to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had\nhis sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change\nin Gregor\'s room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living\nroom where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she\nbroke into convulsive tears.  Her father, of course, was startled\nout of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and\nhelpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor\'s father, standing\nto the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning\nof Gregor\'s room to his sister; from her left, Gregor\'s sister\nscreamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor\'s room again;\nwhile his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself\nwith anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears,\nthumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in\nanger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him\nthe sight of this and all its noise.\n\nGregor\'s sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking\nafter Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but\neven so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place.\nGregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected.  Now, though,\nthe charwoman was here.  This elderly widow, with a robust bone\nstructure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in\nher long life, wasn\'t really repelled by Gregor.  Just by chance one\nday, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor\'s\nroom and found herself face to face with him.  He was taken totally\nby surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro\nwhile she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in\nfront of her.  From then on she never failed to open the door\nslightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him.  At\nfirst she would call to him as she did so with words that she\nprobably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old\ndung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!"  Gregor never\nresponded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he\nwas without moving as if the door had never even been opened.  If\nonly they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day\ninstead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt\nlike it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the\nwindowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to\nspeak to him in that way once again.  Gregor was so resentful of it\nthat he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it\nwas like a kind of attack.  Instead of being afraid, the charwoman\njust lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there\nwith her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until\nthe chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor\'s back.\n"Aren\'t you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned\nround again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner.\n\nGregor had almost entirely stopped eating.  Only if he happened to\nfind himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he\nmight take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there\na few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again.  At\nfirst he thought it was distress at the state of his room that\nstopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made\nthere.  They had got into the habit of putting things into this room\nthat they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many\nsuch things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to\nthree gentlemen.  These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had\nfull beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door\none day - were painfully insistent on things\' being tidy.  This\nmeant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in\nthis establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the\nkitchen.  Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate,\nespecially if it was dirty.  They had moreover brought most of their\nown furnishings and equipment with them.  For this reason, many\nthings had become superfluous which, although they could not be\nsold, the family did not wish to discard.  All these things found\ntheir way into Gregor\'s room.  The dustbins from the kitchen found\ntheir way in there too.  The charwoman was always in a hurry, and\nanything she couldn\'t use for the time being she would just chuck in\nthere.  He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object\nand the hand that held it.  The woman most likely meant to fetch the\nthings back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to\nthrow everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that\nthey were left where they landed when they had first been thrown\nunless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere\nelse.  At first he moved it because, with no other room free where\nhe could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to\nenjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to\ndeath, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards.\n\nThe gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening\nmeal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so\nthe door to this room was often kept closed in the evening.  But\nGregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after\nall, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without\nthe family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest\ncorner.  One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living\nroom slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who\nrented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on.\nThey sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals\nwith his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked\nup their knives and forks.  Gregor\'s mother immediately appeared in\nthe doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister\nwith a dish piled high with potatoes.  The food was steaming, and\nfilled the room with its smell.  The gentlemen bent over the dishes\nset in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before\neating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as\nan authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat\nwhile it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether\nit was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the\nkitchen.  It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor\'s mother and\nsister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again\nand smiled.\n\nThe family themselves ate in the kitchen.  Nonetheless, Gregor\'s\nfather came into the living room before he went into the kitchen,\nbowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table.\nThe gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards.\n Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence.  It\nseemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of\neating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had\nwanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was\nnot possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless\nhowever nice they might be.  "I\'d like to eat something", said\nGregor anxiously, "but not anything like they\'re eating.  They do\nfeed themselves.  And here I am, dying!"\n\nThroughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the\nviolin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the\nkitchen.  The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the\none in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of\nthe others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and\nsmoking.  When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood\nup and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they\nstood pressed against each other.  Someone must have heard them in\nthe kitchen, as Gregor\'s father called out: "Is the playing perhaps\nunpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away."  "On\nthe contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not\nlike to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after\nall, much more cosy and comfortable?"  "Oh yes, we\'d love to",\ncalled back Gregor\'s father as if he had been the violin player\nhimself.  The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited.\nGregor\'s father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with\nthe music and his sister with the violin.  She calmly prepared\neverything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never\nrented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated\ncourtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on\ntheir own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right\nhand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother,\nthough, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving\nthe chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of\nthe way in a corner.\n\nHis sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention,\none on each side, to the movements of her hands.  Drawn in by the\nplaying, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had\nhis head in the living room.  Before, he had taken great pride in\nhow considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had\nbecome so thoughtless about the others.  What\'s more, there was now\nall the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the\ndust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest\nmovement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on\nhis back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to\nlay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to\ndo several times a day.  And despite this condition, he was not too\nshy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living\nroom.\n\nNo-one noticed him, though.  The family was totally preoccupied with\nthe violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their\nhands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music\nstand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have\ndisturbed Gregor\'s sister, but soon, in contrast with the family,\nthey  withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking\nto each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while\nGregor\'s father observed them anxiously.  It really now seemed very\nobvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or\nentertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had\nhad enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of\npoliteness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed.  It was\nespecially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their\ncigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses.  Yet Gregor\'s sister\nwas playing so beautifully.  Her face was leant to one side,\nfollowing the lines of music with a careful and melancholy\nexpression.  Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his\nhead close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the\nchance came.  Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It\nseemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown\nnourishment he had been yearning for.  He was determined to make his\nway forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might\ncome into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her\nplaying here as much as he would.  He never wanted to let her out of\nhis room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance\nshould, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every\ndoor of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his\nsister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of\nher own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her\near bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to\nsend her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about\nit last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if\nthis misfortune hadn\'t got in the way, and refuse to let anyone\ndissuade him from it.  On hearing all this, his sister would break\nout in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder\nand kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she\nhad kept free without any necklace or collar.\n\n"Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor\'s father,\npointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at\nGregor as he slowly moved forward.  The violin went silent, the\nmiddle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends,\nshaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor.  His father seemed\nto think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before\ndriving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and\nseemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing\nhad been.  He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and\nattempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as\ntrying to block their view of Gregor with his body.  Now they did\nbecome a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his\nfather\'s behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that\nthey had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without\nknowing it.  They asked Gregor\'s father for explanations, raised\ntheir arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved\nback towards their room only very slowly.  Meanwhile Gregor\'s sister\nhad overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was\nsuddenly interrupted.  She had let her hands drop and let violin and\nbow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if\nstill playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay\nthe instrument on her mother\'s lap who still sat laboriously\nstruggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room\nwhich, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more\nquickly moving toward.  Under his sister\'s experienced hand, the\npillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and\nshe had already finished making the beds and slipped out again\nbefore the three gentlemen had reached the room.  Gregor\'s father\nseemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the\nrespect he owed to his tenants.  He urged them and pressed them\nuntil, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of\nthe three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and\nthereby brought Gregor\'s father to a halt.  "I declare here and\nnow", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor\'s mother and\nsister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the\nrepugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family"\n- here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give\nimmediate notice on my room.  For the days that I have been living\nhere I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will\nconsider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages\nfrom you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the\ngrounds for such an action."  He was silent and looked straight\nahead as if waiting for something.  And indeed, his two friends\njoined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice."  With\nthat, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door.\n\nGregor\'s father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his\nhands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself\nout for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head\nkept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all.\nThroughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen\nhad first seen him.  His disappointment at the failure of his plan,\nand perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible\nfor him to move.  He was sure that everyone would turn on him any\nmoment, and he waited.  He was not even startled out of this state\nwhen the violin on his mother\'s lap fell from her trembling fingers\nand landed loudly on the floor.\n\n"Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand\nas introduction, "we can\'t carry on like this.  Maybe you can\'t see\nit, but I can.  I don\'t want to call this monster my brother, all I\ncan say is: we have to try and get rid of it.  We\'ve done all that\'s\nhumanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don\'t think\nanyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong."\n\n"She\'s absolutely right", said Gregor\'s father to himself.  His\nmother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to\ncough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged\nexpression in her eyes.\n\nGregor\'s sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her\nforehead.  Her words seemed to give Gregor\'s father some more\ndefinite ideas.  He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between\nthe plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and\noccasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile.\n\n"We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor\'s sister, now\nspeaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with\ncoughing to listen, "it\'ll be the death of both of you, I can see it\ncoming.  We can\'t all work as hard as we have to and then come home\nto be tortured like this, we can\'t endure it.  I can\'t endure it any\nmore."  And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down\nthe face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand\nmovements.\n\n"My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding,\n"what are we to do?"\n\nHis sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness\nand tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier\ncertainty.\n\n"If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a\nquestion; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as\na sign that of that there was no question.\n\n"If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor\'s father, closing\nhis eyes in acceptance of his sister\'s certainty that that was quite\nimpossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement\nwith him.  But as it is ..."\n\n"It\'s got to go", shouted his sister, "that\'s the only way, Father.\nYou\'ve got to get rid of the idea that that\'s Gregor.  We\'ve only\nharmed ourselves by believing it for so long.  How can that be\nGregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it\'s not\npossible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he\nwould have gone of his own free will.  We wouldn\'t have a brother\nany more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember\nhim with respect.  As it is this animal is persecuting us, it\'s\ndriven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole\nflat and force us to sleep on the streets.  Father, look, just\nlook", she suddenly screamed, "he\'s starting again!"   In her alarm,\nwhich was totally beyond Gregor\'s comprehension, his sister even\nabandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her\nchair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay\nanywhere near Gregor.  She rushed over to behind her father, who had\nbecome excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his\nhands in front of Gregor\'s sister as if to protect her.\n\nBut Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all\nhis sister.  All he had done was begin to turn round so that he\ncould go back into his room, although that was in itself quite\nstartling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round\nrequired a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help\nhimself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the\nfloor.  He stopped and looked round.  They seemed to have realised\nhis good intention and had only been alarmed briefly.  Now they all\nlooked at him in unhappy silence.  His mother lay in her chair with\nher legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes\nnearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father\nwith her arms around his neck.\n\n"Maybe now they\'ll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back\nto work.  He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had\nsometimes to stop and take a rest.  No-one was making him rush any\nmore, everything was left up to him.  As soon as he had finally\nfinished turning round he began to move straight ahead.  He was\namazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and\ncould not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak\nstate a little while before and almost without noticing it.  He\nconcentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that\nthere was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him.\nHe did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway.  He did\nnot turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff,\nbut it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had\nchanged, only his sister had stood up.  With his last glance he saw\nthat his mother had now fallen completely asleep.\n\nHe was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut,\nbolted and locked.  The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him\nthat his little legs collapsed under him.  It was his sister who had\nbeen in so much of a rush.  She had been standing there waiting and\nsprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and\nas she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At\nlast!".\n\n"What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the\ndarkness.  He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move\nat all.  This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being\nable to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then\nwas unnatural.  He also felt relatively comfortable.  It is true\nthat his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly\ngetting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether.\nHe could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the\ninflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust.\nHe thought back of his family with emotion and love.  If it was\npossible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his\nsister.  He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination\nuntil he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning.  He\nwatched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the\nwindow too.  Then, without his willing it, his head sank down\ncompletely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils.\n\nWhen the cleaner came in early in the morning - they\'d often asked\nher not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her\nhurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she\'d\narrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she\nmade her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing\nspecial.  She thought he was laying there so still on purpose,\nplaying the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to\nhim.  She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she\ntried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway.  When she had no\nsuccess with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked\nat him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across\nthe floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention.\nShe soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide,\nwhistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom\ndoors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and\n\'ave a look at this, it\'s dead, just lying there, stone dead!"\n\nMr. and  Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had\nto make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before\nthey could grasp what she was saying.  But then, each from his own\nside, they hurried out of bed.  Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his\nshoulders,  Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is\nhow they went into Gregor\'s room.  On the way they opened the door\nto the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three\ngentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never\nbeen asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this.\n"Dead?", asked  Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly,\neven though she could have checked for herself and could have known\nit even without checking.  "That\'s what I said",  replied the\ncleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor\'s body another shove with\nthe broom, sending it sideways across the floor.  Mrs. Samsa made a\nmovement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not\ncomplete it.  "Now then", said  Mr. Samsa, "let\'s give thanks to God\nfor that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his\nexample.  Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said:\n"Just look how thin he was.  He didn\'t eat anything for so long.\nThe food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor\'s\nbody was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it\nuntil then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did\nhe do anything to make them look away.\n\n"Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said  Mrs. Samsa\nwith a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom\nbut not without looking back at the body.  The cleaner shut the door\nand opened the window wide.  Although it was still early in the\nmorning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it.  It\nwas already the end of March, after all.\n\nThe three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in\namazement for their breakfasts;  they had been forgotten about.\n"Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner\nirritably.  She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and\nsilent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor\'s\nroom.  They did so, and stood around Gregor\'s corpse with their\nhands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite\nlight in the room.\n\nThen the door of the bedroom opened and  Mr. Samsa appeared in his\nuniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other.  All\nof them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her\nface against her father\'s arm.\n\n"Leave my home.  Now!", said  Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and\nwithout letting the women from him.  "What do you mean?", asked the\nmiddle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled\nsweetly.  The other two held their hands behind their backs and\ncontinually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud\nquarrel which could only end in their favour.  "I mean just what I\nsaid", answered  Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a\nstraight line towards the man.  At first, he stood there still,\nlooking at the ground as if the contents of his head were\nrearranging themselves into new positions.  "Alright, we\'ll go\nthen", he said, and looked up at  Mr. Samsa as if he had been\nsuddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from\nMr. Samsa for his decision.  Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide\nand briefly nodded to him several times.  At that, and without\ndelay, the man actually did take long strides into the front\nhallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time\nbefore and had been listening to what was being said.  Now they\njumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that\nMr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the\nconnection with their leader.  Once there, all three took their hats\nfrom the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a\nword and left the premises.  Mr. Samsa and the two women followed\nthem out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust\nthe men\'s intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how\nthe three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many\nsteps.  As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and\nwould reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the\nmore that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher\'s\nboy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his\nway up and came nearer than they were,  Mr. Samsa and the women came\naway from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat.\n\nThey decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation\nand to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but\nthey were in serious need of it.  So they sat at the table and wrote\nthree letters of excusal,  Mr. Samsa to his employers,  Mrs. Samsa\nto her contractor and Grete to her principal.  The cleaner came in\nwhile they were writing to tell them she was going, she\'d finished\nher work for that morning.  The three of them at first just nodded\nwithout looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when\nthe cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up\nin irritation.  "Well?", asked  Mr. Samsa.  The charwoman stood in\nthe doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous\ngood news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked\nto.  The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which\nhad been a source of irritation to  Mr. Samsa all the time she had\nbeen working for them, swayed gently in all directions.  "What is it\nyou want then?", asked  Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most\nrespect for.  "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh\nthat made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing\nin there, you needn\'t worry about how you\'re going to get rid of it.\n That\'s all been sorted out."   Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over\ntheir letters as if intent on continuing with what they were\nwriting;  Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing\neverything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite\nclear that she was not to.  So, as she was prevented from telling\nthem all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in\nand, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned\nround sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went.\n\n"Tonight she gets sacked", said  Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply\nfrom either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have\ndestroyed the peace they had only just gained.  They got up and went\nover to the window where they remained with their arms around each\nother.  Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat\nthere watching for a while.  Then he called out: "Come here, then.\nLet\'s forget about all that old stuff, shall we.  Come and give me a\nbit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said,\nhurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then\nthey quickly finished their letters.\n\nAfter that, the three of them left the flat together, which was\nsomething they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the\nopen country outside the town.  They had the tram, filled with warm\nsunshine, all to themselves.  Leant back comfortably on their seats,\nthey discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination\nthey were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each\nother about their work but all three had jobs which were very good\nand held particularly good promise for the future.  The greatest\nimprovement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite\neasily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was\nsmaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by\nGregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more\npractical.  All the time, Grete was becoming livelier.  With all the\nworry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but,\nwhile they were talking,  Mr. and  Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost\nsimultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was\nblossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady.  They became\nquieter.  Just from each other\'s glance and almost without knowing\nit they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for\nher.  And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good\nintentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the\nfirst to get up and stretch out her young body.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnd of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka\nTranslated by David Wyllie.\n\n*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS ***\n\n***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip *****\nThis and all associated files of various formats will be found in:\n        http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/\n\n\n\nUpdated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions\nwill be renamed.\n\nCreating the works from public domain print editions means that no\none owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation\n(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without\npermission and without paying copyright royalties.  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import sklearn
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

import warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')


from sklearn.feature_extraction.text import TfidfTransformer
from sklearn.feature_extraction.text import CountVectorizer
from sklearn.pipeline import Pipeline

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vectorizer = CountVectorizer(stop_words = 'english')

dtm = vectorizer.fit_transform(filtered_sentence)

pd.DataFrame(dtm.toarray(),index=filtered_sentence,columns=vectorizer.get_feature_names())


pipe = Pipeline([('count', CountVectorizer()),('tfid', TfidfTransformer())]).fit(filtered_sentence)

pipe['count'].transform(filtered_sentence).toarray()

array([[0, 0, 0, ..., 0, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0, ..., 0, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0, ..., 0, 0, 0],
       ...,
       [0, 0, 0, ..., 0, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0, ..., 0, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0, ..., 0, 0, 0]], dtype=int64)


pipe['tfid'].idf_

array([9.78270634, 9.78270634, 9.78270634, ..., 9.08955916, 9.78270634,
       9.78270634])


pipe.transform(filtered_sentence).shape

(13040, 2934)


vectorizer = TfidfVectorizer()
X = vectorizer.fit_transform(filtered_sentence)
X

<13040x2934 sparse matrix of type '<class 'numpy.float64'>'
	with 12503 stored elements in Compressed Sparse Row format>


vectorizer.get_feature_names_out()

array(['000', '1500', '1887', ..., 'young', 'your', 'zip'], dtype=object)


print(X.shape)

(13040, 2934)

Write a Python code using NLP to Pre-Process the text data and convert Text-Numeric vectors.¶

I. Use Tokenization, Stopword removal, Stemming/Lemmatization , text preprocess logic using NLTK.¶

Tokenization¶

Stopwords¶

NLTK¶

II. Use SKLearn for converting Text-Numeric vectors using TF-IDF model.¶

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morning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gregor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Samsa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
woke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
email	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
newsletter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
hear	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
new	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
eBooks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0