Défi á l'amour

Régine had fallen in love with Max, a painter, and planned to tell her soldier fiance when he returned. However, when she saw that Guy had been injured and required an artificial foot, she didn't have the heart to tell him she loved someone else so she married him. Distraught over losing Régine, Max announces to his friends at a bar that he will marry the next girl who comes through the door. Cécile accepts his proposal after requesting money which she gives to her brother. Cécile becomes a frequent model of his paintings for which he is awarded a prize at the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris.