# Candelaria — The Purple Land character guide

> Candelaria in The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0027-xxvi-lock-and-key-and-sinners-three

## Who they are

Woman associated with a religious festival.

## In the story

### [IV: Vagabonds’ Rest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_purple_land_se/chapters/iv-vagabonds-rest)

The old negress who opposes milking cows, bathes Barbudo's wound with rum, and scolds him for lending his lasso.

### [Liberty and Dirt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_purple_land_se/chapters/xxi-liberty-and-dirt)

The host's wife, a greasy but kind woman who prepares food and gives the narrator a purse of money before his departure.

### [Goodbye to the Purple Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_purple_land_se/chapters/xxviii-goodbye-to-the-purple-land)

Recalled for her loving-kindness, which Lamb hopes will persist in future generations.

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