The characters / Recurring character
Henry Petrie
Henry Petrie is recorded in 2 distinct storys.
Salem explicitly identifies Henry Petrie as Mark's father and depicts Callahan speaking with him while Barlow threatens Henry and his wife. Wolves explicitly identifies Mark Petrie and recounts the same visit, Barlow's attack and the death of Mark Petrie's parents. The relationship and unique event establish the father as Henry, even though Wolves uses the parent relationship instead of his given name.
Also recorded as Henry, Mr. Petrie.
Stories and supporting passages
Salem's Lot
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Henry Petrie looked at Father Callahan pleasantly. ‘Let’s see if we can’t work this delusion or whatever it is out like two reasonable men.’ ‘That may be impossible,’ Callahan said with equal pleasantness, ‘but we’ll certainly try. We are here, Mr Petrie, specifically because Barlow has threatened you and your wife.’
The original narrative identifies Henry Petrie and portrays this person in the events later recalled by Callahan in Wolves of the Calla.
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
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Callahan identifies Mark Petrie and recalls accompanying him to his parents’ house, where Barlow had seized the parents and then the boy. ’Salem’s Lot names Henry Petrie as one of Mark’s parents and portrays this confrontation. That relationship and event establish the identity despite the absence of the given name here.
Mentioned in Callahan’s account of the events in ’Salem’s Lot.
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Callahan’s flashback depicts Mark Petrie’s parents lying dead at Barlow’s feet after the attack. ’Salem’s Lot establishes Henry Petrie as one of those parents. The parent relationship and the same confrontation identify this character, although Wolves of the Calla does not repeat the given name.
The parents’ bodies appear in a flashback to the events of ’Salem’s Lot.