"If they were shocked, then Gregor had no……" — Franz Kafka
"If they were shocked, then Gregor had no further responsibility and could be calm. But if they took everything calmly, he he, too, had no reason to get excited and could, if he hurried, actually be at the station by eight o'clock."
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