Waverley · Character
Mrs. Flockhart
Landlady of an inn in Edinburgh.
minor
First appearance: part ii xxxii a journey to london
Mrs. Flockhart shows up with force in A Soldier's Dinner. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Hosts the dinner; touched by Fergus's speech about his potential death; leaves to prepare tea.
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In A Soldier's Dinner: Hosts the dinner; touched by Fergus's speech about his potential death; leaves to prepare tea. Later, in XV: The March: Complains about the piper's noise and offers Waverley a morning dram, which…
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- Other
Character groups
- Minor and Historical Figures
- Central Jacobite and Waverley Circle
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
In this passage, Waverley reaches an emotional and psychological peak as he violently oscillates between self-…
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