Pick any ONE characters from the book ‘The Ruby in the Smoke’ and write their character sketch. in five paragraphs
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Sally Lockhart
Sally may only be 19 years old but she's a remarkable young woman - beautiful, with extraordinary strength and determination. She was orphaned when her father, shipping agent Matthew Lockhart, drowned when his ship went down in the South China Seas.
Sally and her father were very close. Her upbringing was pretty eccentric: he taught her all about book-keeping, how to fire a pistol, and how to speak Hindustani like a native. Not exactly the ideal accomplishments of a Victorian lady.
But Sally's remarkable assets will prove very useful indeed, as she is drawn into the dark web of secrets surrounding her father's death.
Sally receives a note from a stranger which puts her in grave danger - particularly when she crosses the path of a terrifying old hag called Mrs Holland. But Sally also finds new friends in Jim Taylor, the company dogsbody at her father's firm, and the handsome photographer Frederick Garland. Together, they set about solving the mystery - and form close new friendships along the way...
Mrs Holland
Mrs Holland is evil through and through. She runs a dingy lodging house in Hangman's Wharf in the darkest corner of Wapping, near the London docks.
She rules this world with an iron fist, treating all who work for her with cruelty and contempt. Her young maid, Adelaide, lives in a constant state of terror. Even the burly thugs who do Mrs Holland's dirtiest work are too scared to cross her.
But Mrs Holland was not always a malevolent old crone. In her youth, she was a great beauty and buried deep in this past-life is a secret which will lead Mrs Holland straight to Sally Lockhart.
For she is totally obsessed with getting her hands on the famous Ruby of Agrapur. And, unknowingly, Sally is the only person who can stop her...
Adelaide
Mrs Holland's small maid, only ten years old and covered in grime. But somewhere beneath the filth is a sweet young girl with flaxen hair and huge eyes - eyes haunted by a permanent and soul-destroying fear.
Because Adelaide is scared to death of Mrs Holland's threats. If she makes a mistake, tries to run away, or even just stews the tea, then Mrs Holland swears she'll murder her and throw her body in the yard. It's no idle promise either - Adelaide has seen the bones of the last maid and she's desperate not to meet the same fate.
But Adelaide can't help but be drawn into the mystery surrounding Sally Lockhart and the Ruby of Agrapur. And even though she finds some firm friends in the shape of Jim Taylor, Sally and Frederick Garland, it is all but inevitable that Mrs Holland will discover Adelaide is working against her...
Frederick Garland
Frederick is a photographer, boyishly handsome, in his late twenties with straw-coloured hair and good-natu