# Sarah — The Law and the Lady character guide

> Sarah in The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sara, Sara Macallan

**First appearance:** 0018-xv-the-story-of-the-trial-the-preliminaries

## Who they are

Eustace's first wife who died under suspicious circumstances.

## In the story

### [Part I: Paradise Lost](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/chapters/part-i-paradise-lost)

Eustace's deceased first wife, whose death under suspicious circumstances becomes the central mystery.

### [XV: The Story of the Trial. The Preliminaries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/chapters/xv-the-story-of-the-trial-the-preliminaries)

Eustace's first wife, referred to as Sara, who allegedly died from arsenic poisoning.

### [Second Question—Who Poisoned Her?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/chapters/xvii-second-question-who-poisoned-her)

The deceased Mrs. Macallan, who allegedly took arsenic for her complexion according to the defense.

### [Mr. Dexter at Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/chapters/xxvii-mr-dexter-at-home)

Referenced as Eustace's first wife, whose memory Dexter evokes through Valeria's walk.

### [XLVII: The Wife's Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/chapters/xlvii-the-wife-s-confession)

The wife writing the confession; she reveals her jealousy, her conspiracy with Dexter, and her suicidal despair after reading Eustace's diary.

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