Summary
In the austere, breathtaking expanse of the Canadian wilderness, the steadfast Mountie Philip Curtis, deeply enamored with the enigmatic Josephine McCloud, inadvertently unearths a profound, buried history. His heartfelt recounting of Peter God, a reclusive hermit who once saved his life, shatters Josephine's composed facade, revealing a tempest of emotion she had meticulously concealed. The mere utterance of Peter's name ignites an urgent plea from Josephine: Philip must locate this solitary figure and deliver a letter, a missive laden with untold secrets. Driven by love and a burgeoning curiosity, Philip embarks on this quest, only to confront a startling revelation—a pre-existing, deeply intertwined connection between Josephine and Peter, one that predates his own affections and threatens to unravel the very fabric of his understanding of the woman he adores.
Canadian Mountie Philip Curtis is telling Josephine McCloud, with whom he is in love. about a hermit who once saved his life and nursed him back to health. Josephone remains impassive until Philip tells her the hermit's name: Peter God. At the mention of his name, Josephine begs Philip to find Peter and take him a letter she had written to him. Puzzled but not wanting to deny anything to the woman he loves, he sets out to find Peter, but when he does he discovers that Josephine has a connection to Peter that Philip knew nothing about.
