Publisher's Synopsis
A young man named Eric Marshall goes to show a faculty on Edward Island and meets Kilmeny, a mute girl who has perfect hearing. He sees her when he's walking through an old orchard and hears her playing the violin. He visits her variety of times and gradually falls crazy together with her . When he proposes she rejects him, albeit she loves him reciprocally, believing that her disability will only hinder his life if they were married, despite his protests that it wouldn't matter in the least . Meanwhile, Eric's good friend David who may be a renowned throat doctor, involves the island and visits Eric. He examines Kilmeny, and says that nothing will cure her but an extreme psychological got to speak.
