"My dear Hjalmar, I suspect you've got a bit of the wild duck in you. [...] You've plunged to the bottom and clamped hold of the seaweed."
The duck, who is always supposed to dive towards the bottom of the sea when wounded (conflicted) is brought back up by the dog. Gregors is trying to say that Hjalmar backs away from his problems and refuses to face them. Thus "diving towards the bottom of the sea" to hide away from his pains. Gregors is his savior who rescues him from the depths of the sea. Gregors lifts Hjalmar back up to the surface to revive him.
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