H.G Wells was a noted womaniser.
It is claimed the he approached an attractive woman at a party and said; "Would you sleep with me if I gave you a thousand pounds?"
Without hesitation she replied "Of course I would".
He said, "Would you come to bed for me for a pound?"
She said, "How dare you, what do you take me for?"
He replied "We've established that, now we're haggling over the price".
Jim Carroll