The family was totally preoccupied with the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while Gregor's father observed them anxiously.
La familia estaba completamente absorta en la música del violín; por el contrario, los huéspedes, que al principio, con las manos en los bolsillos, se habían colocado demasiado cerca detrás del atril de la hermana, de forma que podrían haber leído la partitura, lo cual sin duda tenía que estorbar a la hermana, hablando a media voz, con las cabezas inclinadas, se retiraron pronto hacia la ventana, donde permanecieron observados por el padre con preocupación.