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.
Gregorio, zeukan itxura higuingarria gorabehera, etxekoa zela eta ez zuketela etsai moduan tratu beharko, aitzitik begirune handienez baizik, eta familiaren obligazio baztertezina zela nazkari aurre egin eta gauzak pazientziaz hartzea. Nahiz eta zauri larri hura zela medio asko murriztu, beharbada betiko, mugitzeko ahalmena;