Metamorphosis

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But his mother was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she broke into convulsive tears.

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some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him;

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...sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the newspaper.

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Gregor would sometimes catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be construed as friendly.

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his attention was suddenly caught by the picture ... of the lady dressed in copious fur.

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His mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged expression in her eyes.

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once the difficulty has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence and concentration.

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... asked the middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted,

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Gregor's mother, her hair still dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked at his father.

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Then, however much mother and sister would importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes closed and refusing to get up.

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...the others were being so insistent, and he was curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's responsibility and he could rest.

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Her face was leant to one side, following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy expression.

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He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa,

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Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous life led by the family during these two months, must have made him confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out.

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Gregor remained all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or ceiling.

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Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady.

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For this reason, many things had become superfluous which, although they could not be sold, the family did not wish to discard.

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Gregor went and waited immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it was;