The 'little universe' of the title is the Lycée school in London at which there are boys and girls of many nationalities. Yvonne, the heroine of the story, is of Anglo-French parents, and she finds life at school very bewildering at first. There is also Jean-Louis, with whom she believes herself to be falling in love.
The story moves from London to Paris and back again, and includes the performance of a play, which ends in disaster for Yvonne, and a dramatic and desperate search for a lost child.
The 'little universe' of the title is the Lycée school in London at which there are boys and girls of many nationalities. Yvonne, the heroine of the story, is of Anglo-French parents, and she finds life at school very bewildering at first. There is also Jean-Louis, with whom she believes herself to be falling in love.
The story moves from London to Paris and back again, and includes the performance of a play, which ends in disaster for Yvonne, and a dramatic and desperate search for a lost child.