Nun aber warteten oft beide, der Vater und die Mutter, vor Gregors Zimmer, während die Schwester dort aufräumte, und kaum war sie herausgekommen, mußte sie ganz genau erzählen, wie es in dem Zimmer aussah, was Gregor gegessen hatte, wie er sich diesmal benommen hatte, und ob vielleicht eine kleine Besserung zu bemerken war.
But now the two of them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen.