The last thing he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging him to spare Gregor's life.
Sólo al mirar por última vez alcanzó a ver cómo la puerta de su habitación se abría de par en par y por delante de la hermana, que chillaba, salía corriendo la madre en enaguas, puesto que la hermana la había desnudado para proporcionarle aire mientras permanecía inconsciente; vio también cómo, a continuación, la madre corría hacia el padre y, en el camino, perdía una tras otra sus enaguas desatadas, y cómo, tropezando con ellas, caía sobre el padre, y abrazándole, unida estrechamente a él – ya empezaba a fallarle la vista a Gregorio –, le suplicaba, cruzando las manos por detrás de su nuca, que perdonase la vida de Gregorio.