When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes there was still some money available from the old days. It was not a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest had accumulated.
De esta forma Gregorio se enteró muy bien – el padre solía repetir con frecuencia sus explicaciones, en parte porque él mismo ya hacía tiempo que no se ocupaba de estas cosas, y, en parte también, porque la madre no entendía todo a la primera – de que, a pesar de la desgracia, todavía quedaba una pequeña fortuna, que los intereses, aún intactos, habían hecho aumentar un poco más durante todo este tiempo.