The father married his daughter off without her consent to a poor young man because she was born blind — but what happened next plunged the entire family into utter horror
The father married his blind daughter without her consent to a man he believed was poor, convinced her disability made her a burden. From childhood, she was treated as an embarrassment, hidden from guests and denied affection after her mother’s death—the only person who ever defended her worth. When she turned twenty-one, her fate was…