<p><b>A young man named Eric Marshall goes to Prince Edward Island to teach, and meets a mute girl that has perfect hearing named Kilmeny.</b> He visits her for a long time until he falls in love with her. When he proposes she rejects him, even though she loves him in return.</p><p>Meanwhile, Erics good friend David who is a renowned throat doctor, comes to the island and visits Eric. He examines Kilmeny, and says that nothing will cure her but an extreme psychological need to speak...</p>
