When Ida leaves the brochure about emigrating to New Zealand on Karl's frontstep, he knows he doesn't have money. Yet, he decides to write a letter to the man running the programma, John Beit, and it is his daughter, Jane, who reads the letter in which Karl explains his situation. Jane decides to write back without consulting her father and offers him a place on the ship.
Karl learns that the language that is spoken in New Zealand is English, and his former teacher advises to get a dictionary. That is what he does, but when he is on board the ship, from a sailor he discovers that the pronunciation of English words is challenging, and the sailor agrees to teach him the little he knows, and the captain agrees to pay Karl for work he starts doing on the ship. Karl tells Ida about learning English, and they start exchanging notes about words and expressions in English in secret. The ship stops at Bahia, where they stay for a few days. Karl manages to see Ida alone, and when she expresses enthusiasm about Bahia and its inhabitants, he feels boltered to tell her that they can escape together and make their life here. Yet, Ida refuses, saying that it is God's plan for her to obey her father and marry Ottfried. So the rest of the voyage Karl does not talk to her again.
They reach Nelson in New Zealand, and the settlers learn that there is no land. The English have beaten them to it, and there is a conflict with the Maori chieftain because he now refuses to sell more land. The settlers are to stay with families in the area before they can sort out things. Then Lange, Brandmann and also Karl go with other men to sort out things with the chieftain. Many carry weapons, even Karl, so I imagine that things may turn nasty.
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