"Let there be no mistake upon that score.

Your son has rendered me services impossible for me ever to repay adequately.

He has laid me under an obligation greater than I can ever discharge.

At the same time, fortunately, I am in a position to be able to further his interests in life.
"I have proposed, Francisco, that you shall enter my house at once.

You will, of course, for some years learn the business, but you will do so in the position which a son of mine would occupy, and when you come of age, you will take your place as a partner with me.
"Your father will return to England.