But when he took tea with Vrow Schmidt and her daughters, and supper-time would not come, Peter Paul thought of the penance of the Wandering Jew, and felt very sorry for him.
The sisters would have been glad if Peter Paul would have given up the sea and settled down with them.

Leena had a plan of her own for it.
She wanted him to marry Vrow Schmidt's niece, who had a farm.
"But I am afraid you do not care for young ladies ?" said she.
Peter Paul got red "Vrow Schmidt's niece is a very nice young lady," said he.
He was not thinking of Vrow Schmidt's niece, he was thinking of something else--something for which he would have liked a little sympathy; but he doubted whether Leena could give it to him.

Indeed, to cure heartache is Godfather Time's business, and even he is not invariably successful.

It was probably a sharp twinge that made Peter Paul say, "Have you never wondered that when one's life is so very short, one can manage to get so much pain into it ?" Leena dropped her work and looked up.

"You don't say so ?" said she.
"Dear Brother, is it rheumatism?
I'm sure it must be a dreadful risk being out on the masts in the night air, without a roof over your head.