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"Prudence Lynde is the daughter of Fergus Lynde," he said. "You probably don't recall him; he was a bit before your time. He was one of the foremost landscape painters in this country until perhaps fifteen years ago. Then he had a paralytic shock, which left him absolutely helpless. He is still alive, but I believe he has been bedridden for years. Prudence is an only child. Her mother died—well, three or four years ago. She—I mean the girl—was studying in Paris at the time. She came home, and since then has been painting landscapes. I've seen her work; she has some of her father's talent, but not—not enough. Still, she sells, I believe, fairly well. Her pictures have the right feeling, Miles, but they're a little—weak. The wonder is, though, that she does as well as she does, for she has her father