The night they are meant to debut "Bolero", World War I breaks out and the audience are talking about it instead of paying attention to the dance. Raoul breaks off mid performance, and makes a patriotic speech, promising to not dance until the war is over. Helen is touched by Raoul's patriotism. However, when she finds out he just did it for publicity, to hold his own, in the limelight, during the major historic moment, she breaks up with him and goes to work as a nurse, and marries Coray.