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.
Nahiz eta Gregoriok bere buruari beste munduko gauzarik ez zela gertatuko sinestarazi nahi, moble batzuk tokiz aldatzea baino ez zela, emakumeen joan-etorri eta ibilerak-moble garraioan-egonezin handia sortu zioten. Burua eta hankak ahal bezainbat kiribildu eta sabela zoruari josita, azkar jabetu zen ezin izango zuela tamaina hartan luzaro iraun. Haren koartoa husten ari ziren, maite zuen guztia kentzen: