"To the prince for four thousand!"
"To the prince, yes; but only to the prince or you."
"Why this choice?"
"To you, because you are my friend; to the prince, because it is an honour to have a place in the gallery of a royal artist as intelligent as he is; but to any one else save you two, no."
"Oh! what an extraordinary notion!"
"As you like! It is my own."
"But, really, you must have a better reason."
"Very likely."
"Would you sell any other picture for which you could get the same price?"