Mary hash a stammer and a paralyzing fear of dark places, though she doesn’t stammer with her six older brothers or with her father. But then the incredible happens - she’s accidentally locked in a dark room with a total stranger, who holds her tight and calms her, and she doesn’t stammer when she talks to him. Mary knows with total certainty that he belongs to her - there is no doubt in her mind. But who is he? And how will she find him again?