After this exchange, the aunt forbids Nicholas unconditionally to go into the gooseberry garden because he is "disgraced"; Nicholas listens carefully. But, just to distract her, Nicholas pretends that he wants to go into this garden. In this way, she will watch for him to gain entry. Since she is now preoccupied, Nicholas enters the lumber room where there are new curiosities for him to see. Later on, when the aunt cannot find him, she still only believes that he has gone into garden. After a while, Nicholas hears her call to him to fetch a ladder because she has fallen into a deep rain tub. Nicholas closes the lumber room and hurries outside.