But Grete's words had succeeded in disquieting her mother, who took a step to one side, caught sight of the huge brown mass on the flowered wallpaper, and before she was really conscious that what she saw was Gregor, screamed in a loud, hoarse voice: " Oh God, oh God! ", fell with outspread arms over the sofa as if giving up the ghost and did not move.
But Grete's words had succeeded in disquieting her mother, who took a step to one side, caught sight of the huge brown mass on the flowered wallpaper, and before she was really conscious that what she saw was Gregor, screamed in a loud, hoarse voice: " Oh God, oh God! ", fell with outspread arms over the sofa as if acting like a ghost and did not move.