'' Burden of Desire '' centres on the love triangle of bohemian belle Julia Montgomery Robertson , Freudian professor Stewart MacPherson , and Anglican minister Peter Wentworth . Julia pens a diary detailing her sexual fantasies , which falls into the hands of both Peter and Stewart after the Halifax Explosion . Writing into the diary at the moment of the blast , Julia hides the book into a coat , which is later donated to Peter who is collecting on behalf of suddenly homeless Haligonians from the north end of the city
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
Burden of Desire