# Sir Dominick Sarsfield — Short Fiction character guide

> Sir Dominick Sarsfield in Short Fiction by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Sir Dominick, Sir Dominick Sarsfield

**First appearance:** 0119-sir-dominick-s-bargain

## Snapshot

A baronet whose name carries weight and whose fortunes rest on bargains he would rather not examine too closely in daylight.

## Who they are

Sir Dominick moves through a world of legal intrigue and whispered warnings, where informers like Peters trade secrets about treasonous clubs and judges weigh whether trying a prisoner might shorten their own days. He is a man of rank and consequence, yet the counsel he receives smells strongly of blood and conspiracy. His willingness to listen, and his uneasy position between power and peril, make him the hinge on which the story's darker transactions turn.

## In the story

### [Sir Dominick's Bargain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_31_se/chapters/sir-dominick-s-bargain)

The protagonist who makes a demonic bargain to escape debt, later struggles with guilt and despair as the seven-year term concludes.

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