 The old man, Carl-Henrik de Grévy, left his family many years ago, when the stock market collapsed. His sister Louise believes that he is dead and wants to get control of her brother s property, being the sole inheritor. The Sneijder s live on one of the old man s manors. They have also lost their money but as a sign of friendship he promised them before he left that they will stay there for as long as they live. Louise and her  creative  lawyer is trying to find a way to get rid of the Sneijder s. It seems as if the only hope they have is that the old man returns.