# Colonel Peralta — The Purple Land character guide

> Colonel Peralta in The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Colonel Peralta

**First appearance:** 0029-xxviii-goodbye-to-the-purple-land

## Who they are

Aged military officer from the Peralta family.

## In the story

### [XXII: A Crown of Nettles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_purple_land_se/chapters/xxii-a-crown-of-nettles)

The old, insane father who believes Richard is his son Calixto.

### [XXIII: The Red Flag of Victory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_purple_land_se/chapters/xxiii-the-red-flag-of-victory)

Old, white-haired, and mad; mistakes Lamb for his dead son Calixto; later becomes indifferent.

### [Mystery of the Green Butterfly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_purple_land_se/chapters/xxiv-mystery-of-the-green-butterfly)

Old, silent, waiting for his son Calixto; lost in thoughts of past warfare.

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