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#lang qtest/markdown
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So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably
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only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was
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she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the
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chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if
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that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the
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same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like
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that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest
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intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay
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there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in
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would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was
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only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be
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found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could
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be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible
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to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at
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him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they
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were worried, that would excuse their behaviour.
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