The family was totally preoccupied with the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while Gregor's father observed them anxiously.
A családot teljesen lefoglalta a hegedűjáték; a szobaurak viszont, akik először kezüket zsebre dugva közvetlenül a leány kottaállványa mögött helyezkedtek el, olyan közel, hogy valamennyien beláthattak a kottába, ami bizonyára zavarta a leányt, halk beszélgetés közben, lehajtott fejjel nemsokára félrevonultak az ablakhoz, és ott is maradtak, miközben az apa aggodalmasan figyelte őket.