"'Tisn't the rent that worries me."
"Customers?"
"That's right—customers. The business will have to be built up slowly, because I mean to specialize."
"In what?"
"Old English porcelain, glass, and the finest furniture."
"You'll starve."
"I mean to have one other department which may keep the pot boiling."
"Give it a name, Joe."
"Not yet."
"My first and last word to you is: Go back to Melchester and stay there."