A family advance gets the sherry business going and all they have to do is follow the advice.

'...if the firm fails I shall lose my 1000 pounds and as to Williams and Amy all will be destruction. You must, therefore, succeed, and I am sure the way to do it is to sell good wine at a reasonable rate of profit, at less profit in fact than has usually been taken, and to do the business honourably , and as well as it can be done.'