In 1944, while waiting for the imminent arrival of her war weary fianc Dick Thimble, Joan Foster is stricken to discover that he may not have survived. Learning nothing further, and with no recourse but to wait and pray, Joan and her friend, Annie, are distracted by the mysterious reappearance of previously pilfered Sacred artifacts. But when a blistering encounter with Gloria, Joan's seemingly ever-present challenger for Dick's affections, is followed...