Buying things one can afford is not extravagance." "Sometimes it is.

Extravagance is not spending money.

But it is paying a higher price for a thing than the actual need demands, or than the circumstances justify.

I considered you extravagant last winter when you paid five guineas for a box at Olympia, intended to hold eight people, and sat in it, in solitary grandeur, alone with your wife." "I know you did," said Ronnie.

"You left me no possible loop-hole for doubt in the matter.