The Fortress

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Hugh Walpole. The Fortress

The Fortress

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PART I. MADAME

THE SHADOW AGAINST THE SKY

AT WESTAWAYS

ADAM’S WORLD

THE SUMMER FAIR

THE BEGINNING OF THE FORTRESS

JUDITH AND ADAM IN LONDON

WESTAWAYS: FATHER AND SON

ENTRY OF THE FORTRESS

END OF PART I

PART II. ADAM AND MARGARET

THE BATTLE

THE CHARTISTS

HISTORY OF ELIZABETH

THE GOVERNESS

FAMILY LETTERS

HOMECOMING IN WINTER

THE WILD GOOSE

PART III

UHLAND’S JOURNAL

WAX FLOWERS AND THE REVOLUTION

CHILDE ROLAND TO THE DARK TOWER

EXHIBITION

THE FUNERAL

CLIMAX TO A LONG SEQUENCE

CLIMAX TO A LONG SEQUENCE

CLIMAX TO A LONG SEQUENCE

PART IV

BIRTH OF VANESSA

SAYERS VERSUS HEENAN

SHE VISITS THE FORTRESS FOR THE LAST TIME

ON CAT BELLS: ESCAPE FROM ECSTASY

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A VERY OLD LADY

AT VICTORINE’S

BATTLE WITH PANGLOSS

THE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY

THE END

Footnote

Footnote

Printed in Great Britain by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh

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Hugh Walpole

Published by Good Press, 2021

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His own tone changed when he saw her attitude. He had intended to be friendly, jolly, a mood that he preferred, for he liked himself in that rôle. But he was like a child if anyone affronted him. It might be, too, that Judith was the only person in the world of whom he had some fear. Still, his ground was sure and he began confidently enough.

‘Forgive my asking you to take this trouble, Cousin Judith. You will agree, however, that I should be deceiving myself if I fancied that my presence would be welcome at Uldale.’

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