As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat.
Cuanto más abajo estaban tanto más interés perdía la familia Samsa por ellos, y cuando un oficial carnicero, con la carga en la cabeza en una posición orgullosa, se les acercó de frente y luego, cruzándose con ellos, siguió subiendo, el señor Samsa abandonó la barandilla con las dos mujeres y todos regresaron aliviados a su casa.