Laurette Quotes

“Laurette finds her guardian a fierce, lonely man, with only one great desire in life. This is to discover a mysterious formula that would make him, as he tells her, ‘master of the world’.”

“It is only gradually that Laurette discovers how her precious white peacock could help him in his search. ”

“When Laurette is left an orphan and taken to live with her rich, surly guardian, Count Schillinger, the one really precious possession that she takes with her is a white china peacock that belonged to her scientist father.”