He would not have liked any evidence of eagerness.
"I mean to have her too," he repeated, with a laugh intended to strengthen his self-assurance.

"I generally HAVE got what I wanted in life, Miss Bart.

I wanted money, and I've got more than I know how to invest; and now the money doesn't seem to be of any account unless I can spend it on the right woman.

That's what I want to do with it: I want my wife to make all the other women feel small.

I'd never grudge a dollar that was spent on that.