helen is one of the more reluctant members of tonight's audience.
yes. very classical. as classical as you can get.
oh, it's wonderful.
you must have seen her sing?
but you should see her in paris, not here. david will take you.
oh. no. can't do it. there's a burne-jones coming up at christie's on friday. and i want it.
i just have a feeling that the pre-raphaelites are going to take off.
next friday morning. david will pick you up.
you're busy?
tant pis.
you nearly missed it.
you know who you are.
i know who you are, too. tell him.
thank you. couldn't have bought it without you.
a couple of years ago you could pick these up for fifty quid, you know. nobody was interested.
there aren't many people who come in here and say that.
i used to. i vowed to myself that one day i'd own one of these. and now i own one and never touch it. it's vulgar to put it on show, really.
that would be even more vulgar.
we should all go and spend a weekend in oxford. straw boaters, punting, cream teas, antiquarian bookshops. bit of business, if we can find it. what about next weekend?
be careful, jenny. you don't know who you're dealing with.
i wouldn't be surprised if three of them come out, you know. that's the only explanation. they're making themselves a friend. ladies! let's go. please.
shall, we, ah.  make a move?
imagine spending three years here.
no, we. never mind.
i wouldn't worry, jenny. you're wasting your breath.
absolutely. this would be a good place to do a little business.
all those little old ladies wandering around. i'll bet this place is rife with stats.
helen will look after you. go and find a nice cup of tea somewhere.
i'm not going to tell you a second time. now. run along.
sorry about being a little brisk back there, jenny. we have our way of doing things. silly, really.
who wants to come up for a drink?
a bastard.
what? ring his office? talk to his secretary? that isn't how it works with him, dear.
there he is.
oh-ho. champagne, eh?
fantastic.
well, i'm not sure you'd want him to marry your sister. i'm not even sure you'd want to talk to him in a night-club, come to that.
you do know what you're doing, old chap? with jenny?
we've heard that before.
and you've got helen with brains.
i don't want to see her hurt.
have i? let's think? oh, i picked up a little piper the other day. a good `un, i think.
the thing is, jenny, you know, without necessarily being able to explain why. you've got taste. that's not even half the battle. that's the whole war.
alas. one day, school will be over forever, and we can talk about art all night.
congratulations.
helen! not now.
i tried to tell him. i'm not speaking to him now, if that's any consolation.
ah, well if you want that sort of conversation. you watched david and i help ourselves to a map, and you didn't say much, either.