Summary
In an audacious narrative where principle collides head-on with unforeseen fortune, young barrister Billy Dow finds his steadfast vow – to never wed a woman wealthier than himself – thrown into chaotic disarray. His otherwise idyllic romance with his beloved takes an unexpected turn when she suddenly inherits a staggering million-dollar sum from a previously unknown aunt. True to his unyielding, if somewhat quixotic, conviction, Billy promptly severs their engagement, prompting a cascade of emotional turmoil. Driven by an almost desperate ingenuity to reclaim her beloved, the spurned fiancée embarks on a truly unorthodox gambit: she deliberately entrusts her newfound, burdensome wealth to George Frayne, a notorious 'investor' whose financial track record is less a history of gains and more a monument to consistent, catastrophic losses. Her calculated, yet perilously risky, hope is that Frayne's legendary ineptitude will swiftly divest her of every last cent, thus restoring her to a state of impecuniosity acceptable to Billy's peculiar marital prerequisites. What unfolds is a delightful maelstrom of farcical misadventure and romantic entanglement, where the very act of trying to lose money proves to be a surprisingly complex and often hilarious endeavor, challenging notions of love, pride, and the true cost of principle.
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Young lawyer Billy Dow vows not to marry a woman who has more money then he does, which causes problems when his girlfriend inherits a million dollars from an aunt she has never seen. In keeping with his promise, Billy breaks up with her. Desperate to get him back, she turns over the money to George Frayne, an "investor" with a long record of losing money for his investors, in hopes that he will lose all of her money and Billy will take her back. Complications ensue.
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