# Mr. Chillingworth — The Purple Land character guide

> Mr. Chillingworth in The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** poor Chillingworth, poor Mr. Chillingworth

**First appearance:** 0006-v-a-colony-of-english-gentlemen

## Who they are

Eccentric Englishman in the colony.

## In the story

### [VI: The Colony Under a Cloud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_purple_land_se/chapters/vi-the-colony-under-a-cloud)

Delivers a drunken, melancholy speech about the colony's failure; later retreats to a corner, pale and miserable.

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