The poor peddler does not often get kind treatment. He is used to being badly treated. The crofter gives him food and shelter and reposes extreme confidence in him. But the peddler makes off with his money. As for the ironmaster, the peddler befools the ironmaster by not revealing to him his real identity. He intends to take advantage of the situation. The behaviour of the ironmaster's daughter changes his life. Even after knowing that the peddler is not an old acquaintance, she treats him like a real captain. Her kindness dispells the malice that he had for the people around him. He gives up his bad ways and leaves for them a gift, a letter and thirty kronor to be given to the crofter.