Herr Pettersson is a very respected and pious member of the community. He seeks to convert Herr Carlsson, who is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but has no success. Herr Pettersson reads the scriptures frequently, but he doesn't study them; however, one night he reads in Luke about Lazarus and Dives, and he is confused what it means when it says that Lazarus was in the bosom of Abraham. He has a dream that night that he has died and gone to the Spirit World, where he learns about the afterlife, meets Herr Carlsson's brother, and listens to Joseph Smith speak. When he wakes up, he wants to learn more, and he talks with Herr Carlsson about the gospel.