Gregor's father and mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it would have been more than they could stand to have any more experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were indeed suffering enough.
Sin duda los padres no querían que Gregorio se muriese de hambre, pero quizá no hubieran podido soportar enterarse de sus costumbres alimenticias, más de lo que de ellas les dijese la hermana; quizá la hermana quería ahorrarles una pequeña pena porque, de hecho, ya sufrían bastante.