The same tired man as used to be laying there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his companions around him.
¿El mismo hombre que, la tarde en que volvía, le recibía en bata sentado en su sillón, y que no estaba en condiciones de levantarse, sino que, como señal de alegría, sólo levantaba los brazos hacia él? ¿El mismo hombre que, durante los poco frecuentes paseos en común, un par de domingos al año o en las festividades más importantes, se abría paso hacia delante entre Gregorio y la madre, que ya de por sí andaban despacio, aún más despacio que ellos, envuelto en su viejo abrigo, siempre apoyando con cuidado el bastón, y que, cuando quería decir algo, casi siempre se quedaba parado y congregaba a sus acompañantes a su alrededor?