THE FORTRESS - Parts I. & II. - By Hugh Walpole - CONTENTS - PART I The Shadow against the Sky . At TVestaways . Adams World The Summer Fair . The Beginning of the Fortress Judith and Adam in London . Westaways Father and Son . Entry of the Fortress . PART II The Battle . The Chartists . History of Elizabeth . The Governess Family Letters Homecoming in Winter The Wild Goose 1X PART I MADAME -- THE SHADOW AGAINST THE SKY-- ALL is well, Judith said quietly, coming forward and stroking the red apples of the sofa. I shall not leave you, Jennifer. It is better I remain. As her hand mechanically stroked those same rosy apples, so friendly and familiar, she reflected. Yes, this simple sentence declared the crisis of her whole existance. Nothing ever again could matter to her so deelv as this decision. With it she had cut away h8k her life, and perhaps the better half. She was not by nature a dramatic woman moreover, she hadbut lately returned from the funeral of the best friend she had,...