In the novel Sparkling Cyanide, Paul “Uncle Paul” Bennett was a wealthy man who had once been in love with Viola Marle, the mother of Iris and Rosemary Barton|Rosemary]]. However Viola had preferred another man, Hector. Nonetheless Paul remained a family friend and became the godfather of Rosemary. When he died he left with fortune to Rosemary but the terms also stated that if Rosemary should die without children (as she did), the fortune would then go to Iris.
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