So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell down into the middle of the dinner table.
Gregorio estaba ahora aislado de la madre, que quizá estaba a punto de morir por su culpa; no debía abrir la habitación, no quería echar a la hermana que tenía que permanecer con la madre; ahora no tenía otra cosa que hacer que esperar; y, afligido por los remordimientos y la preocupación, comenzó a arrastrarse, se arrastró por todas partes: paredes, muebles y techos, y finalmente, en su desesperación, cuando ya la habitación empezaba a dar vueltas a su alrededor, se desplomó en medio de la gran mesa.