Here was the truth.
"I was on the point of sobbing, but straightway the demon whispered in my ear: 'Weep and be sentimental, and they will separate quietly, and there will be no proofs, and all your life you will doubt and suffer.' And pity for myself vanished, and there remained only the bestial need of some adroit, cunning, and energetic action.

I became a beast, an intelligent beast.
"'No, no,' said I to Gregor, who was about to announce my arrival.

'Do this, take a carriage, and go at once for my baggage.

Here is the check.
Start.' "He went along the hall to get his overcoat.

Fearing lest he might frighten them, I accompanied him to his little room, and waited for him to put on his things.