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The penniless monks persuade Lancelot to ask his rich uncle for money, which the uncle will provide only if Lancelot marries. They plan to present a doll modeled on Alesia, daughter of puppet maker Hilarius, as Lancelot’s bride. Alesia takes the doll’s place because she loves Lancelot, and he discovers only after the wedding that he has married the real woman.
Suzanne, raised by circus director Malicorne, escapes his abuse with her friends and falls in love with officer André. At his uncle’s castle, a song Suzanne learned in childhood reveals she is the count’s long-lost daughter, allowing her and André to marry. She is saddened to leave her circus companions.
The penniless monks persuade Lancelot to ask his rich uncle for money, which the uncle will provide only if Lancelot marries. They plan to present a doll modeled on Alesia, daughter of puppet maker Hilarius, as Lancelot’s bride. Alesia takes the doll’s place because she loves Lancelot, and he discovers only after the wedding that he has married the real woman.
Suzanne, raised by circus director Malicorne, escapes his abuse with her friends and falls in love with officer André. At his uncle’s castle, a song Suzanne learned in childhood reveals she is the count’s long-lost daughter, allowing her and André to marry. She is saddened to leave her circus companions.