Only with his final glance did he notice how the door of his room was pulled open and how, right in front of his sister -- who was yelling -- his mother ran out in her undergarments, for his sister had undressed her in order to give her some freedom to breathe in her fainting spell, and how his mother then ran up to his father, on the way her tied up skirts slipped toward the floor one after the other, and how, tripping over her skirts, she hurled herself onto his father and, throwing her arms around him, in complete union with him -- but at this moment Gregor's powers of sight gave way -- as her hands reached to the back of his father's head and she begged him to spare Gregor's life.
Endast med hans sista blick han märker hur dörren till hans rum drogs öppen och hur, rakt framför hans syster - som skrek - hans mamma sprang ut i hennes underkläder, hade för sin syster avklädd henne för att ge henne lite frihet att andas i hennes svimning stava, och hur hans mamma sprang sedan upp till sin far, på väg henne bunden kjolar halkade mot golvet efter varandra, och hur, snubblar över hennes kjolar, kastade hon sig på sin far och kastar henne armarna om honom, i fullständig gemenskap med honom - men i detta ögonblick Gregor befogenheter vid syn gav vika - som hennes händer nått till baksidan av hans fars huvud och hon bad honom att skona Gregor liv.QED QED