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Hugh Walpole. Vanessa
Vanessa
Table of Contents
PART I. THE RASCAL
THE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY
FOUNTAIN AT THE ROADSIDE
HERRIES DRAWING-ROOM
THE SEASHORE
FALL OF THE HOUSE OF ULDALE
January 9, 1883
Fell House, Uldale,
April 8
April 15
WILD NIGHT IN THE HILLS
INSIDE THE FORTRESS
THE DUCHESS OF WREXE’S BALL
PART II. THE HUSBAND
JUBILEE
THE FLITTING
VIOLET BELLAIRS IS PREVENTED
A JOURNAL AND SOME LETTERS
February 4, 1890
February 18, 1892
April and May 1895
ELLIS IN PRISON
THE GREAT TIMOTHY SCANDAL
Duke Street, W. June 2, 1898
VANESSA IN PRISON
ESCAPE INTO DANGER
PART III. THE LOVER
HAPPINESS IN RAVENGLASS
THE KOPJE
YOUNG TOM IN NEWLANDS
STORM COMING UP
PERFECT LOVE
TIMOTHY BELLAIRS PAYS SOME VISITS
WHITE WITH SWANS
PART IV. THE GHOST
KALEIDOSCOPE
KALEIDOSCOPE
SALLY AND TOM
MEN AT WAR
BELOVED MOUNTAIN
FAMILY DINNER
COUNTRY FAIR
THE EAGLE
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Hugh Walpole
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Judith’s bedroom seemed now a mysterious place, quite different from the bright sunlit room of the morning, crowded with happy faces, and the old lady sitting so erect in her chair, smiling as they brought her their presents.
The curtains were drawn now, the room dark save for the fire and the dim lamplight beside the bed. That old four-poster with its dark hangings appeared like a little room in itself. Aunt Jane was moving softly about. When Adam and Vanessa appeared in the doorway she put her finger to her lips.
