sentences:  They adopt him out to the wealthy Courtneys, who are seeking a companion for their hunchbacked daughter Rhoda.The precocious Hurtle gains artistic inspiration from the world that surrounds him, his adoptive mother, Maman, and Rhoda; the prostitute Nance, who is his first real love; the wealthy heiress Olivia Davenport; his Greek mistress Hero Pavloussi and finally the child prodigy Kathy Volkov.He becomes famous and his paintings are in great demand.