El meu pla és convèncer-lo perquè em contracti com a secretari privat i ajudar-lo a crear una obra mestra que em porti al firmament musical, eventualment obligar-lo a admetre que sí, El fill desheretat no és altre que Robert Frobisher, el millor compositor britànic del seu temps.
My scheme is to persuade him to hire me as his amanuensis, and aid him in the creation of a masterpiece, before shooting up through the musical firmament, eventually obliging Pater to admit that yes, the son he disinherited is none other than Robert Frobisher,