He was a scientist in the employment of Her Majesty’s Government. He resided quietly with his mother in a nondescript suburb of London, after his divorce. His Parsi mother had seen enemy action in the Second World War as a RAF (Royal Air Force) bomber pilot. One evening he received a facsimile (fax) message that he had inherited a large bungalow in a posh area of the metropolis under his paternal grandmother’s will.
Upon reading the will, he realized that the property had been initially bequeathed to his sister who, having married an East European sailor, was disinherited by virtue......