He sat for a moment thinking.

Then he laughed softly.
"I will tell you, Master Scarlett Trent," he said, "I will tell you why I crave for wealth.

You are a young and an ignorant man.

Amongst other things you do not know what money will buy.

You have your coarse pleasures I do not doubt, which seem sweet to you! Beyond them--what?
A tasteless and barbaric display, a vulgar generosity, an ignorant and purposeless prodigality.