Sarah Bain

Sarah Barrett (née Bain) is the main character of the Sarah Bain series. She started out as a freelance photographer based in Whitechapel, England before becoming a crime scene photographer for the Daily World.
== Physical description ==
Sarah has a skinny frame. Her pale face is sharply carved with a square jaw. She has hazel eyes and thick, straight ash-blonde hair. Her hair is usually braided and pinned, but strands of it often stick out. She tends to favor simple, modest dresses and frocks in dull colors.
== Personality ==
Sarah tends to avoid human interaction whenever possible. This is due in part to being an introvert and in part to internalizing her mother's warnings about not getting close to people. 
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Sarah was born in 1856 to Benjamin and Mary Bain. She was raised in Clerkenwell.
In her studio, Sarah converses with Polly as she sets up the camera to take boudoir photographs. She takes several pictures of Polly in various states of undress and positions. Once she has enough photographs, Sarah hands over the first payment to a fully dressed Polly.
=== Plot ===
In the early morning of August 31, 1888, Sarah stands at the top of the Thames's staircase. While waiting for the sun to rise, she begins setting up her miniature camera. The tripod already set, she reaches for her mini-camera's satchel when it is stolen by Mick O'Reilly. Grabbing the tripod, Sarah runs after Mick. Her cries of help go unnoticed or ignored, and her clothing and the tripod add to her slower pace. After she trips and falls, she quickly loses sight of him. Giving up the mini-camera as a loss, she stands back up and starts the walk back home.
When she enters Buck's Row, Sarah sees a crowd of people looking down at something on the street. At the fringe of the crowd is Mick. She hurries to where he is standing, grabbing the satchel. A game of tug-of-war ensues catching the attention of a police constable. Sarah and Mick freeze at the sight of the constable, who inquires if she is in trouble. Tongue tied by fear, it takes a moment for Sarah to find her voice again. She ultimately puts Mick's wellbeing her own, letting go of the satchel and allowing Mick to escape.
As the constable joins the crowd, Sarah moves towards him, unable to resist the allure of danger. She sees the mutilated body of Polly Nichols laying on the cobblestones. Though the sight upsets her, Sarah keeps silent when the constable asks for any possible identification; to do so would be to reveal herself of committing a crime.
The smell of Polly's body makes her feel ill, but the constable stops Sarah before she can leave the scene. Fear eclipsing curiosity, Sarah hastily gives him her name, address, and the reason why she is out and about. Her distress at finding the body makes the constable suspicious: if she really does not know the woman, why is Sarah so upset? Just as the constable is about to grill Sarah, she is saved from having to lie by the arrival of an ambulance wagon.
Blending into the crowd, Sarah watches as the doctor glances at Polly, the constable place Polly's body into the ambulance, then two men start washing the blood off the street. The crowd having already dispersed by that point, Sarah walks to the end of Buck's Row while wondering if Polly's murder is connected in some way to Martha's.
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== Relationships ==
* Benjamin Bain
* Mary Bain
* Catherine Price
* Mick O'Reilly
* Hugh Staunton
* Thomas Barrett
== Trivia ==
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== References ==
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