diff --git a/Mustache.php b/Mustache.php
index d8d42f6..806e76a 100644
--- a/Mustache.php
+++ b/Mustache.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Mustache {
 
 	// Override charset passed to htmlentities() and htmlspecialchars(). Defaults to UTF-8.
 	protected $charset = 'UTF-8';
-	
+
 	protected $tagRegEx;
 
 	protected $template = '';
@@ -333,6 +333,30 @@ class Mustache {
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	protected function getVariable($tag_name, &$context) {
+		$chunks = explode('.', $tag_name);
+		$first = array_shift($chunks);
+
+		$ret = $this->_getVariable($first, $context);
+		while ($next = array_shift($chunks)) {
+			// Slice off a chunk of context for dot notation traversal.
+			$c = array($ret);
+			$ret = $this->_getVariable($next, $c);
+		}
+
+		return $ret;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get a variable from the context array. Internal helper used by getVariable() to abstract
+	 * variable traversal for dot notation.
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @param string $tag_name
+	 * @param array &$context
+	 * @throws MustacheException Unknown variable name.
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	protected function _getVariable($tag_name, &$context) {
 		foreach ($context as $view) {
 			if (is_object($view)) {
 				if (isset($view->$tag_name)) {
diff --git a/TraversableMustache.php b/TraversableMustache.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 79dfc8e..0000000
--- a/TraversableMustache.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * TraversableMustache class.
- *
- * This is an implementaiton of the DOT_NOTATION pragma.
- *
- * A Mustache subclass which allows variable traversal via dots, i.e.:
- *
- * @code
- *    class Foo extends TraversableMustache {
- *        var $one = array(
- *            'two' => array(
- *                'three' => 'wheee!'
- *            )
- *        );
- *        
- *        protected $template = '{{one.two.three}}';
- *    }
- *    $foo = new Foo;
- *    print $foo;
- * @endcode
- *
- * (The above code prints 'wheee!')
- * 
- * @extends Mustache
- */
-class TraversableMustache extends Mustache {
-	
-	/**
-	 * Override default getVariable method to allow object traversal via dots.
-	 * This might be cool. Also, might be heinous.
-	 * 
-	 * @access protected
-	 * @param string $tag_name
-	 * @param array &$context
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	protected function getVariable($tag_name, &$context) {
-		$chunks = explode('.', $tag_name);
-		$first = array_shift($chunks);
-		
-		$ret = parent::getVariable($first, $context);
-		while ($next = array_shift($chunks)) {
-			$c = array($ret);
-			$ret = parent::getVariable($next, $c);
-		}
-		
-		return $ret;
-	}
-}
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