Lucien Garidel is at a picturesque little restaurant in the secluded resort of the Forest of Compiegne, France, known as "Le Joli Coucou" in the suburbs of Paris. He is explaining to the waiter that he is to be married to Angele in June, but that until then, he is still single and gay, so he going to meet a young lady today called Claudine, who is not his fiancee.