 She spent almost a year in bed, didn’t speak German until six months later, and, at that time, wasn’t exposed to the widespread hardship in the city.Abe built her a small studio on the roof of their apartment building where Margaret drew in charcoals under the tutelage of a young art student who eventually told her parents to leave her alone and let her develop on her own.Once he brought an old woman he had met on the street to pose by Lefranc's bedside for a small amount of money.