quarter to seven
His boss would certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance company , accuse his parents of having a lazy son , and accept the doctor 's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy . And what 's more , would he have been entirely wrong in this case ? Gregor did in fact , apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long , feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual . He was still hurriedly thinking all this through , unable to decide to get out of the bed , when the clock struck quarter to seven . There was a cautious knock at the door near his head . `` Gregor '' , somebody called - it was his mother - `` it 's quarter to seven . Did n't you want to go somewhere ? ''