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The valuable fence.

The Greggs were coming back from their first

trip to Europe. On board "The Queen Elizabeth" they got acquainted

with a Frenchman. His English was good and soon they got quite friendly. The

Frenchman told the Greggs that he was an artist and his name was Lautisse. He

asked them to keep it in a secret. He did not like publicity. The Greggs didn't

know any artist whose name was Lautisse. So they talked to the ship's librarian

and found out that their new friend was the world's famous artist whose

pictures were very valuable and expensive. The librarian found a book with a

biographical sketch and a photograph. The sketch said that the artist had

retired at fifty-three to a villa on the Rivera. He said he would never touch a

brush again. Lautisse was going to spend a month in New York. Mrs. Greggs

suggested that he would come to their place for the weekend. The artist

accepted the invitation and made them promise not to invite any other people to

their place and not to speak about art. At the appointed time Lautisse arrived

at the Greggs and they were happy to see him. Mr. Greggs and his wife did their

best to entertain the famous artist, but he did not want to go for a swim or

walk in the wood. He wanted to sit and relax. The next morning Mr. Greggs got

up very early as he wanted to paint the fence around the vegetable garden. He

took a brush and was about to begin painting when Lautisse approached him, as

soon as he saw the brush, he seized it from Mr. Greggs and began painting the

fence. The same day Lautisse started for New York. Some correspondents found

out about Lautisse's stay in New York. An article was published in one of

newspapers saying: "Mr. Lautisse has spent all his time in New York except

for the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Greggs. He met the Greggs on the

ship coming from Europe". The day after the story appeared, two reporters

came to the Greggs' place. They wanted to know everything about the stay of the

famous artist at their place. They were shown the fence painted and signed by

Lautisse. A long article, headlined "Lautisse paints again", was

published the next day. The fence turned out to be a valuable thing. It was

sold for a big sum of money. It was taken to a museum. The fence was not worth

it. 

9.  At the Greggs place two reporters were shown...