nothing from him?’ said his wife.
the man did not like going at all, but as his wife was not to be persuaded, he went down to the sea.
so the man went home, and there was his wife no longer in the hut, but in its place was a beautiful cottage, and his wife was sitting in front of the door on a bench. she took him by the hand and said to him, ‘come inside, and see if this is not much better.’ they went in, and inside the cottage was a tiny hall, and a beautiful sitting-room, and a bedroom in which stood a bed, a kitchen and a 