ɹˈeɪəˌʌl sˈɛts ˌʌp hɪz ˈoʊn nˈaɪt klˈʌb ɪn pˈæɹɪs ænd hiː ænd hˈɛlən dɪvˈaɪz ɐ vˈɛɹi æθlˈɛɾɪk ɹuːtˈiːn təbi ɐkˈʌmpənid baɪ ɹˈævəlz bəlˈeɪɹoʊ ɐn ænˈækɹənˌɪzəm, æz ðə kˌɑːmpəzˈɪʃən wʌz nˌɑːt ɹˈɪʔn̩ ʌntˈɪl nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti ˈeɪt ænd ðə sˈiːn tˈeɪks plˈeɪs ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹtiːn.
Raoul sets up his own night club in Paris and he and Helen devise a very athletic routine to be accompanied by Ravel's Boléro (an anachronism, as the composition was not written until 1928 and the scene takes place in 1914).