# Lieutenant Calder — The Four Feathers character guide

> Lieutenant Calder in The Four Feathers by A. E. W. Mason.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Calder

**First appearance:** 0009-vii-the-last-reconnaissance

## Snapshot

A young officer at Wadi Halfa who alone claims something like intimacy with Durrance, and who pieces together the strange night before Durrance rode east.

## Who they are

Calder is the one man in Wadi Halfa who can speak to Durrance's habits, and he uses that standing to puzzle over his friend's unexplained delay. He recalls waiting in Durrance's quarters, watching him return restless from Tewfikieh, and hearing him dismiss his servant because a visitor was expected. His careful testimony plants the mystery of who came to Durrance that night, giving the novel one of its earliest threads of intrigue.

## Relationships

### [Durrance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_feathers_se/characters/durrance)

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Durrance and Calder have a professional relationship, with Calder serving as a subordinate and aide to Durrance.

### [Durrance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_feathers_se/characters/durrance)

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Durrance and Calder have a professional relationship, with Calder serving as a subordinate and aide to Durrance.

### [Durrance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_feathers_se/characters/durrance)

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Durrance and Calder have a professional relationship, with Calder serving as a subordinate and aide to Durrance.

## In the story

### [XII: Durrance Sharpens His Wits](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_feathers_se/chapters/xii-durrance-sharpens-his-wits)

The one man at Wadi Halfa close to Durrance. He discovers Durrance's blindness and reads his letters, suspecting a deeper emotion in Ethne's correspondence.

### [XVIII: The Answer to the Overture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_four_feathers_se/chapters/xviii-the-answer-to-the-overture)

Mentioned as the one who sent the telegram and as a source of information about Feversham.

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