"How would you like to return to Philadelphia?" he said to Benjamin.
"I should like nothing better, if the way was open for me to go."
"I will open a way for you if you will go."
"How?"
"I am going myself. I intend to open a store of goods in Philadelphia, and will employ you in the business, if you will go."
"I should like to go; but that will be a new business for me; perhaps
I shall not succeed in it."
"That is my lookout. I think you will succeed; at any rate, I am prepared to take the risk."
"And I am prepared to go if you will." Benjamin was really delighted with the proposition.
"I will pay you fifty pounds for one year, and increase your wages thereafter as you become familiar with the business."
"That offer is satisfactory, though it is not as much as I make at my trade now."