His lawyer George "Mac" Secrest asked the court for leniency because Blackard had never been in trouble before, was a good worker, a good father and a good son.

他的律师乔治-斯科莱斯特请求法庭对布莱克·沃德宽大处理，理由是他此前从未有不当行为，是一名好员工，好父亲和好儿子。

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Ms Secrest's work is the first biography since the archive became available, and for that reason alone the work she has done is invaluable.

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Although Ms Secrest believes Duveen never went quite so far as knowingly to sell a rich client a fake, he sailed close to the wind.

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Yet this has less to do with Ms Secrest's abilities, which are considerable, and more to do with the nature of the man and the material at hand.

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