Kilmeny of the Orchard is a novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, noted for her Anne of Green Gables series.

A young man named Eric Marshall goes to teach at a school on Prince Edward Island and meets Kilmeny, a mute girl who has perfect hearing.

He visits her a number of times and gradually falls in love with her.

When he proposes marriage she rejects him, even though she loves him, believing that her disability will only hinder his life if they were married, despite his protests that it would not matter at all.

He examines Kilmeny, and says that nothing will cure her but an extreme psychological need to speak.