"Night and day? And don't you think of anything else, then?"
"I? What else should I think of, pray?"
"Why, that you will be a full master-carpenter the day after to-morrow. Suppose I say that?"
"Oh, I'm sure of that."
"Well, what would you say if I resolved to hand over the whole of my business to you?"
"Ah, sir, you are jesting. Why should you give it all to me?"
"Because I am weary of the worry of it, as you can see, and should like the care of it to repose on younger shoulders. You shall conduct the concern instead of me, and we'll share the profits. Don't you admire my cunning? I want to have an income without any labour."
"I can go on as before; there's no necessity for us to go shares."
"But suppose I wish it? Look now! I have no son, and you are just the son I should like to have had."