some time after the man set off again, and said he should be away fourteen days; but before he went he forbade the lad to go into any of the rooms he had not been in before; as for that he had been in, he might go into that, and welcome. well, it was the same story over again, except that the lad stood out eight days before he went in. in this room, too, he saw nothing but a shelf over the door, and a big stone, and a pitcher of water on it. well, after all, there's not much to be afraid of my seeing here, thought the lad.