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| | C.A. Matteo, "le grand jeu and The Great Game" |
 | | At that point in the novel when he finds himself incarcerated, unwittingly, because of a brawl with a local smithy at Cairnvreckan (Waverley 30:240 ff.), Edward also finds himself accused of treason by contagion or association as it were, through the incriminating circumstances of his accepting the hospitality of Fergus Mac-Ivor. |
 | | Waverley's motivations are submitted to interrogation by Major Melville and Mr Morton, and the title of that chapter, "An Examination," ironically reminds us that this episode is not just a pop-quiz for the truant school-boy, but is rather a test of character. |
 | | In these novels, the heroes' "formal" education is part of the story, as well as motivational pretext for the story. |
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