魔鬼/玩偶

After se)venteen year=s *in pris-@;
on, the former respe_/cted Parisia,;n banker Paul L-?)avon!d  ;$flees wi/th his friend, t@!h[?e lunatic sc -+ientis,t Marcel that is r;!)esear`ching with his wife Malit a the( min? i_aturiza_-tion of animals and h-^uman beings to @ i.
mpr:ove the ( re^ sources [of man/kin%d. P]a`ul L)avond w:[:as](= framed for  ?robbery
$ by hi\s #scoundrel a#^,s+,s$ociate
,_/?s Emil /\;.Co[ulvet, Charles Matin an*)#d Vi cto.`r Radin  that had stolen
his], bus*(in-ess while his family w\( as doome\^?.]d t_; o sh%/ame, po,ve$r/:,ty !
-and tragedy. When Mar*cel)*: reduces the retar!!ded servant , Lachna, he learn`s /that the woma@n is mo: ti=?onless and only respon]-d`s to the control of his brain and has !;a ]heart a t)/]]tack.+-: After th^-e death of Mar#!\@cel, Pa_+!u _l La)v$,]ond sees t/he chanc@%e )[ to us/e t he miniaturi$za t,)\ion #process as instrument- _[ of ven
-@geance and he /;travels ;^to Paris with ._the ins ^,ane . --Malita disguised of Madame Mandilip,, a nice,@[ old,] la`.dy -;.and own#er of a d\\olls s\@tore.?\. Pau%$l
; Lav-^ ond, [(using +the ident.it#y of Madame*!\ Mand
,ilip, ]-bef.riends hi s resen);/ted and estra)nged daughter $Lo!rraine Lavond - and p\[)lots ,`]$ a scheme to r\`eve-?nge and vi. (ndicate+[! hi`#%
\s family na/me.