"Young sir," he said, "how much is that picture worth?"
"All we can get for it. It's not a very good example."
"Are you going to tell people that?"
"If they ask me," said Quarren, smiling.
"What price are you going to put on it?"
"Ten thousand."
"And do you think any art-smitten ass will pay that sum for a thing like that?"
"I think so. If it were only a decent example I'd ask ten times that—and probably get it in the end."
Dankmere inspected the picture more respectfully for a few moments, then pasted a label on an exquisite head by Greuze.
"She's a peach," he said. "What price is going to waft her from my roof-tree?"