"I'm delighted to hear it. Art is a passion of mine, and I'm always pleased to share the company of someone else who enjoys it."

He'll escort her around the room, pointing out a sketch of this bird or that flower, of which he's particularly fond, gradually working their way around to the kitchen--where wait marble countertops and shiny new appliances, white cabinets up on the walls and deep wood tones for the cabinets under the counter.