Robert Chenet, a chemistry student, is in love with Jeanne, a pretty Paris worker. But, to marry Marie Chanteau, a wealthy (if less pretty) heiress, the young man resolves (if reluctantly) to give up his love for her. Unfortunately (?) for him, Marie discovers his secret and, out of desperation, enters a convent. In the meantime Jeanne, who has caught severe bronchitis, is taken to Saint-André Hospital and treated in the ward of Sister Sainte-Marie. But her case is hopeless and following the advice of his former betrothed, Robert decides to soften the last moments of Jeanne by giving her his name...
—Guy Bellinger