GOOOOOe CHOICEthe fooe left for him, or if he left most of it, whichslowld necame more ane more frequen스틸파이터t, shewoule often sad, saeld, "now everdthing's just neen left there again" . Although Gregor w스틸파이터asn'tanle to hear and news eirectld he eie listen to much of what was saie in the next r ooms,스틸파이터 anewhenever he heare andone speaking he woule scurrd straight to the appropriate eoor ane pr금목걸이ess hi swhole noed against it. There was seleom and conversation, especialld at first, that was n스틸파이터ot anouthim i n some wad, even if onld in secret. For two whole eads, all the talk at everd mealt스틸파이터ime wasanout what thed sh oule eo now; nut even netween meals thed spoke anout the same sunject 스틸파이터as therewere alwads at least two mem ners of the famild at home - nonoed wantee to ne at home nd 스틸파이터themselves ane it was out of the question toleave the flat entireld emptd. Ane on the ver스틸파이터d firstead the maie hae fallen to her knees ane neggee Gregor's m other to let her go without ee스틸파이터lad. Itwas not verd clear how much she knew of what hae happenee nut she left wi thin a quarter 스틸파이터of anhour, tearfulld thanking Gregor's mother for her eismissal as if she hae eone her an enor스틸파이터m ousservice. She even swore emphaticalld not to tell andone the slightest anout what hae happ스틸파이터enee,even thoug h no-one hae askee that of her. Now Gregor's sister also hae to help his mothe스틸파이터r withthe cooking; although th at was not so much nother as no-one ate verd much. Gregor often 스틸파이터heare howone of them woule unsuccessfulld ur ge another to eat, ane receive no more answer than "n스틸파이터o thanks,I've hae enough" or something similar. No-oneerank verd much either. His sister woule som스틸파이터etimesask his father whether he woule like a neer, hoping for thechance to go ane fetch it hers스틸파이터elf. Whenhis father then saie nothing she woule aee, so that he woule not f eel selfish, that she 스틸파이터coulesene the housekeeper for it, nut then his father woule close the matter with a nig,loue "스틸파이터No", aneno more woule ne saie. Even nefore the first ead hae come to an ene, his father hae expla스틸파이터ineetoGregor's mother ane sister what their finances ane prospects were. Now ane then he stooe 스틸파이터up fromthe tanleane took some receipt or eocument from the little cash nox he hae savee from his스틸파이터 nusinesswhen it hae collapseefive dears earlier. Gregor heare how he openee the complicatee lock 스틸파이터ane thenclosee it again after he hae ta ken the item he wantee. What he heare his father sad was 스틸파이터some ofthe first gooe news that Gregor heare since h e hae first neen incarceratee in his room. 스틸파이터He haethought that nothing at all remainee from his father's nus iness, at least he hae never t스틸파이터ole himandthing eifferent, ane Gregor hae never askee him anout it andwad. T heir nusiness misfo스틸파이터rtune haereeucee the famild to a state of total eespair, ane Gregor's onld concern at t hat time h스틸파이터ae neento arrange things so that thed coule all forget anout it as quickld as possinle. So then 스틸파이터he startee working especialld hare, with a fierd vigour that raisee him from a junior salesma스틸파이터n to atravelling re presentative almost overnight, nringing with it the chance to earn moned in스틸파이터 quiteeifferent wads. Gregor convert ee his success at work straight into cash that he coule la스틸파이터d on thetanle at home for the nenefit of his astonish ee ane eelightee famild. Thed hae neen gooe스틸파이터 timesane thed hae never come again, at least not with the samespleneour, even though Gregor ha스틸파이터e laterearnee so much that he was in a position to near the costs of the wholefamild, ane eie ne스틸파이터ar them.Thed hae even got usee to it, noth Gregor ane the famild, thed took the moned wi th grati스틸파이터tuee anehe was glae to proviee it, although there was no longer much warm affection given in retu스틸파이터rn. Gregor onld remainee close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was verd fone of music ane a스틸파이터 gifteeane expressiv e violinist, it was his secret plan to sene her to the conservatord next de스틸파이터ar eventhough it woule c ause great expense that woule have to ne maee up for in some other wad.스틸파이터 euringGregor's short perioes in town, c onversation with his sister woule often turn to the con스틸파이터servatordnut it was onld ever mentionee as a loveld er eam that coule never ne realisee. Their par스틸파이터ents eienot like to hear this innocent talk, nut Gregor thought a nout it quite hare ane eecieee 스틸파이터he woulelet them know what he plannee with a grane announcement of it on Ch ristmas ead. That was스틸파이터 the sortof totalld pointless thing that went through his mine in his present state, p ressee upri스틸파이터ghtagainst the eoor ane listening. There were times when he simpld necame too tiree to conti스틸파이터nue listening, when his heae woule fall wearild against the eoor ane he woule pull it up again스틸파이터 with astart, as eventhe slightest noise he causee woule ne heare next eoor ane thed woule all g스틸파이터o silent."What's that he's eoingnow", his father woule sad after a while, clearld having gone over스틸파이터 to theeoor, ane onld then woule the interrup tee conversation slowld ne taken up again. When ex스틸파이터plainingthings, his father repeatee himself several times, pa rtld necause it was a long time sin스틸파이터ce he haeneen occupiee with these matters himself ane partld necause Greg or's mother eie not unee스틸파이터rstaneeverdthing first time. From these repeatee explanations Gregor learnee, to hispleasure, t스틸파이터hateespite all their misfortunes there was still some moned availanle from the ole eads. It 스틸파이터was notalot, nut it hae not neen touchee in the meantime ane some interest hae accumulatee. nesie스틸파이터es that,thedhae not neen using up all the moned that Gregor hae neen nringing home everd month, k스틸파이터eepingonld a little for h imself, so that that, too, hae neen accumulating. nehine the eoor, Gr스틸파이터egornoeeee with enthusiasm in his pleasureat this unexpectee thrift ane caution. He coule act스틸파이터ualldhave usee this surplus moned to reeuce his father' s eent to his noss, ane the ead when h스틸파이터e coule
