Martin Greenoughs walledoff mansion is the last remaining holdout in the Boston parkland known as the Fenwayand the fact that it eluded condemnation by the city is a testament to the elderly bachelors great wealth. Childless and nearing the end of his life he surrounds himself with only his cat his servants and a friend Mrs. Wardento say nothing of the circle of extended family members whose lives he both subsidizes and rules from afar the nieces and nephews who all seem to be more fond of