She was clever; she was already in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out of his shocked state.
Ella era lista; ya había llorado cuando Gregorio toda vía estaba tranquilamente sobre su espalda, y seguro que el apoderado, ese aficionado a las mujeres, se hubiese dejado llevar por ella; ella habría cerrado la puerta del piso y en el vestí bulo le hubiese disuadido de su miedo.