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Enoch and Sabrina, or The Demon Lover (from “Spirit of the North”)
By: Tyler Tichelaar
was raised a farmer, but his father had done all the hard work on the
farm, and with his
parents no longer there to keep a steady eye on him, he did not care for
the
crops as he should. The long and the short of it is that his crops
failed, and
ultimately, he knew he could not make a go of the farm. Plenty of other
farmers
had a hard time that year, but they struggled and got by, while the
determination
that appeared on Enoch's brow did not compensate for the weakness of his
character and his lack of backbone. Finally, he confessed to Sabrina that
he
wanted nothing to do with dirty work like farming, so he was going to
sell the
farm and seek his fortune elsewhere.
"Sabrina's parents were beside themselves with dread when they heard
this, for
they did not know how Enoch would support their daughter. They had two
sons of their own who were to split their farm between them, so Sabrina
was expected to find a husband to care for her. When her parents
considered breaking off the
engagement, Sabrina flew into a fury, declaring if she could not marry
Enoch, she
would marry no man but throw herself off the same cliff that had caused
the death
of Enoch's brother so the ocean would swallow her body for all time.
"As you can imagine, Sabrina's parents were frightened by her outburst,
for they
truly believed their daughter meant to destroy herself if they did not
let her
wed Enoch. They told themselves the boy was young and foolish, but he
came from a good family, and in time, he would settle down; they would do
what they could for the young couple in the meantime.
"And so one day in early spring, Sabrina and Enoch were married, and a
few weeks later, he went off to sea. He promised Sabrina he would make
his fortune and come home with enough money to buy ten farms, or better
yet, they might start up a tavern in the town, or even their own shipping
business. Sabrina, because of the great love she bore for Enoch, allowed
her soul to be fed on such dreams, while her parents worried their
daughter and her unsteady husband would starve after they were gone.
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