But he soon drew his head back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had been lit in the living room.
De csalódottan mindjárt vissza is húzta; nemcsak azért, mert kényes bal oldala miatt nehezére esett az evés - csak akkor tudott enni, ha egész teste részt vett lihegve az evésben -, hanem ráadásul nem is ízlett neki a tej, pedig kedvenc itala volt, és húga bizonyára ezért is tette oda; sőt, undorodva elfordult a táltól, és visszamászott a szoba közepére.