The ironmaster mistook the peddler for an old comrade, and his daughter could sense that something was not appropriate. Both the father and the daughter express kindness towards him. The ironmaster was determined to help tramp. The daughter wanted to provide him food. The father is initially unaware of the identity but on realizing his mistake he wants peddler to leave his home. But Edla, on the other hand, displays kindness. She knows he is a tramp without any education. She persuades her father to let him stay.