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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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LELady Emily Bla…LGLord George Mu…MCMr. ChambersBABallantyneDBDonald Bean LeanMFMrs. Flockhart

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Minor and Historical Figures
  • Central Jacobite and Waverley Circle

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • 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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See Mrs. Flockhart in part ii xxxii a journey to london