The next train went at seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long time ago.
El siguiente tren salía a las siete, para cogerlo tendría que haberse dado una prisa loca, el muestrario todavía no estaba empaquetado, y él mismo no se encontraba especialmente espabilado y ágil; e incluso si consiguiese coger el tren, no se podía evitar una reprimenda del jefe, porque el mozo de los recados habría esperado en el tren de las cinco y ya hacía tiempo que habría dado parte de su descuido.