After%] seventeen years in prison, &the fo;+rm^=
er &respe;cte\)d Pa\ risian banker Pa%!ul La#vond flees wi#th his friend, the :^#
l!unatic / scientist &"Marcel#).' that is  researching with h^@*is wife M`*/ali/):ta th@(e mi#niaturiz](%a/;[t*=_esources of m%>`anki nd. Paul Lavon$d  +was =):framed .for robbery by his( scou-ndrel associates Emil Coulvet, -o^nles&s and \/on\ ly res-po.;nds \to th]?>e# contr:

k. A!%fter * the deat]h of" Marcel, Paul @Lav$>on#&d see^:?:&s the chanc`_'e& ++]to use'%* t""he miniaturiz(ation proce/#@
;ss:, as in.strum:$"en++t of &=v+*engeance .]-and![' he tr(av*+el!s to Paris w+ith the insane M(a!%lita disguised of Madame Mandili[=p, ` \# a nice o_+ld lady>]\ and owner of a doll &"+s sto'&re. ;./Paul> La:?