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.
Baliteke geroago gauza haien bila itzultzeko asmoa izatea asistenteak, edota denak batera botatzea pentsatzen zuen; baina egia bakarra zen han segitzen zutela, utzitako tokian, baldin eta Gregoriok, ditxosozko tresna horietakoren batek lorrean ibiltzeko lekua jaten ziolako edo amorru hutsez, haren kontra jaiki eta tokiz aldatzen ez bazuen, nahiz eta garraiaketa haren ondotik zeharo goibel eta guztiz nekaturik geratu eta mugitzeko batere gogorik gabe orduak eta orduak eman. Batzuetan ostariek etxean, jangelan, afaltzen duten; hori dela eta, Gregorioren gelara ematen zuen atea itxirik egoten zenbait gauetan;