Howard feels sorry for former prison friend,alcoholic forger Softly Simpson when he sees him trying to sell his copies of paintings so he persuades Trevor that Softly is a famous artist and Trevor has Softly paint his portrait,with which he is thrilled - though everybody else sees it is actually a portrait of the Duke of Wellington. Laura sets a trap to expose the fraud which eventually ends up with Howard literally being framed.
—don @ minifie-1