This novel opens with the letters of St Paul to the Corinthian saints, and folded in them is commentary which sets up mysterious contexts: and that holy literature mingled with man's inquiries leads to the life of a French lady - and it turns out that the drama of the Corinthian church was also found in the mind of that French woman many centuries later. Her carnal philosophy of brilliance was regenerated by her faith in Jesus Christ. And her testimony brought others into her mindset and, as a result, things were written which caused many in Christendom to take a look at the overreactions of the first century of the Christian era and the emotional intensity which grew out of it. And that experience is what forces us to see where we exaggerate and therefore seek attention, and then we find out if we must cry or laugh, and in the end we are faced with salvation or damnation.