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Herememberedthathehadoftenfeltaslightpaininbed,perhapscausedbylyingawkwardly,butthathadalwaysturnedouttobepureimaginationandhewonderedhowhisimaginingswouldslowlyresolvethemselvestoday.Hedidnothavetheslightestdoubtthatthechangeinhisvoicewasnothingmorethanthefirstsignofaseriouscold,whichwasanoccupationalhazardfortravellingsalesmen.
Itwasasimplemattertothrowoffthecovers;heonlyhadtoblowhimselfupalittleandtheyfelloffbythemselves.Butitbecamedifficultafterthat,especiallyashewassoexceptionallybroad.Hewouldhaveusedhisarmsandhishandstopushhimselfup;butinsteadofthemheonlyhadallthoselittlelegscontinuouslymovingindifferentdirections,andwhichhewasmoreoverunabletocontrol.Ifhewantedtobendoneofthem,thenthatwasthefirstonethatwouldstretchitselfout;andifhefinallymanagedtodowhathewantedwiththatleg,alltheothersseemedtobesetfreeandwouldmoveaboutpainfully.“Thisissomethingthatcan’tbedoneinbed”,Gregorsaidtohimself,“sodon’tkeeptryingtodoit”.
