"With the streets," Henry answered.
"I wish I could go with you, but I can't. Next year perhaps I can get away oftener."
"Yes, if you have cause to place confidence in me."
"I have the confidence now; all that remains for you to do is to become acquainted with the details of your new position."
"And there the trouble may lie."
"You underrate yourself. A man who can pick up an education can with a teacher learn to do almost anything."
"But when I was a boy there was a pleasure in a lesson because I felt that I was stealing it."
The merchant laughed and drew Henry closer to him. "If we may believe the envious, the quality of theft may not be lacking in your future work," he said.
After a short silence Henry remarked: "You say that I am to perpetuate your name."
"Yes, surely."