Die Mädchen bei der Tür streckten, eines hinter dem anderen, die Hälse in die Höhe, riefen dem Maler verschiedene scherzhaft gemeinte Worte zu, die K. nicht verstand, und auch der Maler lachte, während die Bucklige in seiner Hand fast flog.
One behind the other, the girls by the door stretched their necks up high and called out various words to the painter which were meant in jest but which K. did not understand, and even the painter laughed as the hunchback whirled round in his hand.