Having made his fortune from London\'s rubbish, a rich misanthropic miser dies, estranged from all except his faithful employees Mr and Mrs Boffin.
The implementation of the will is in the charge of the solicitor, Mortimer Lightwood, who has no other practice..
By his will, his fortune goes to his estranged son John Harmon, who is to return from where he has settled abroad (possibly in South Africa) to claim it, on condition that he marries a woman he has never met, Miss Bella Wilfer.
Having made his fortune from London\'s rubbish, a rich misanthropic miser dies, estranged from all except his faithful employees Mr and Mrs Boffin