After ^%sev;-e%nteen years in p[.rison!:, the @@fo`$ rm* er respected Pari].sian banker Paul Lavond #flees with *+:his friend, th/,e luna .
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*wife M[^alita, ] the@ mi\_ni=%aturizatio*n of animal(?s and hu %m; an\ : b ;eings to improv/e the resou/*.rces of mankind. Paul La%%[vo;#::nd-# was fra:+.[m+?ed fo+)r ,robbery b_^@y his scoundrel - assoc i]%at !;`e=]:s Emil Cou`lvet, C)h@arles Matin a,nd Vi
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ct=%o!r(. Radin that ^*_h$ad sto+len his=/ business whil-$e his family w

a[);s #+doomed to shame, p?+over#!ty ! and t;r:agedy. Whe n=  Marcel reduces the r\`,etard
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[:t Lach=-^na, he lea.rn$=/s*. tha;^;t :%the woman\[* is motion-$(l
(^es. s?$; and o_+nly respond %(s to the con;.trol o_f h@=@=is_ brai;/`n and has/ a he,`:art at)
[tac #, k. Af t`))er the dea th of Marcel^, Paul; ^_Lavond sees th^e chance to u
;(se the miniaturiz$\at+;ion p()rocess *,) as inst`rument of vengea%nce :@and .he:/: travels t;\o Paris @@wi=.?th the insane Ma.lita disguised of Madame Ma] #:ndil:ip, a nice + old%[ ?[!l ady and own#,`e*-[r$-  of a\
 d/(*olls sto_(re. Paul Lav`ond,; ,) -??using the+ identity of Madame Mandilip,,? bef`@riends h*i+\*s resente$, d a:n@)d e] stranged)% [daughter Lorraine// Lavond an%d p-lot^ /=s a
% scheme to*/ r^)eveng)e and vindicate his family nam)](e.