Every woman knows that however much a man may argue about a proposition he will generally accept a fact with resignation. Tell him you want a Rolls-Royce and he will say he can't afford it, but buy it and he will sign his cheque like a lamb. In comparison with art, wealth and rank and power are not worth a straw. Mrs Albert Forrester flung him a glance totally devoid of amiability. A man wants it.
Women are different.
I avoid the great.