This is what peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and continue being of help to him.
¡Esta es la tranquilidad de mis últimos días!», y apoyado sobre las dos mujeres se levantaba pesadamente, como si él mismo fuese su más pesada carga, se dejaba llevar por ellas hasta la puerta, allí les hacía una señal de que no las necesitaba, y continuaba solo, mientras que la madre y la hermana dejaban apresuradamente su costura y su pluma para correr tras el padre y continuar ayudándole.