The Portrait of Mr W.H. Anne Lamott In the bustling Midwestern city

In the bustling Midwestern city of Zenith

She lives in a world of old‑money traditions and tight‑lipped family loyalty

As suitor after suitor appears and fades away

She's overshadowed by her best friend Grace

The Portrait of Mr W.H. Anne Lamott In the bustling Midwestern cityDuring a conversation about literary forgeries, Erskine tells his young guest that he has received as a legacy from a friend, the Cambridge scholar Cyril Graham what is purported to be an Elizabethan portrait. The painting depicts a beautiful young man in late sixteenth century costume, whom Graham claimed to be Willie Hughes, a boy actor serving in Shakespeare's company. This prompts Erskine's guest to delve deeper into the mystery surrounding the