Artist Henry Chester knew about the demons that had taken hold of him and hoped that Effie’s innocence and purity would save him. However, his bright angel—his perfect wife—turned out to be an ordinary earthly woman with all her inherent passions. To keep Effie in an untainted state, Henry makes her sleep all the time. But Henry’s old sins unexpectedly announce themselves in the strangest way. The soul he ruined joins forces with Effie in a kind of mystical alliance against hypocrisy and spiritual pettiness.