Hugh Mainwaring is a wealthy man who is dictating his will to his secretary. In addition to his heavy capital, he had invested a large amount of keen business tact and ability; his venture had met with almost phenomenal success and he had acquired immense wealth besides his inherited fortune. He unknowingly causes a shocking chain of events to occur.he has no heirs, so for his 50th birthday, he writes his will in favor of his British nephew and namesake,...