Along on the journey is Kristina's Uncle Daniel and his family, the parish whore, Ulrika, and her illegitimate daughter, Elin, and a farm servant named Arvid. It becomes a frightful voyage. Kristina discovers that she has lice on her body and in her garments. She accuses Ulrika unfairly of infesting them all with lice. Aboard the ship, another passenger, Fina-Kajsa, tells about how lice are created.
Harsh storms toss the ship.
Kristina becomes seriously ill of scurvy and Karl Oskar fears that he may lose her. At last, the emigrants reach New York. The people there are beautifully dressed and they hardly notice the exhausted immigrants in their tattered clothes. When Kristina comes ashore she gets an apple. They are celebrating midsummer now back home.