Waverley Volume 1 Chapter XX - A Highland Feast

In which Captain Waverley is introduced to the hearty and somewhat tumultuous hospitality of a Highland feast, where ranks and customs govern the plentiful fare and lively toasts of claret and whisky. The evening’s ceremony, enlivened by impassioned Gaelic poetry and robust camaraderie, reveals the fierce loyalties and ancestral pride that animate the assembled clansmen.