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Since the illegitimate daughter is dead, although if the Welmans carried a title - no matter how low in the ranks - the law would never favour the claim of such a child, and the person named in her will to inherit everything is to be incarcerated and hanged for murder, the will should most probably declared void, and the estate reverts to Elinor.
I would like to think the Government would advertize for Relatives in The Times, and other Newspapers and Probate Resarch Companies would battle it out for the Job of finding Relatives (I am a Fan of Heir Hunters)
Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a lonely mansion on Soldier Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear.
When the wealthy patriarch, Aristide, is murdered, suspicion falls on the whole household. ...
Travelling on the Orient Express, Poirot is approached by a desperate American. Afraid that someone plans to kill him, Ratchett asks Poirot for help ...
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Does anyone know what would happen to the Welman inheritance after the end of the events of the novel? I'm sure it's a point of UK probate law, but it would nice to know.