14 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 

 a true English gentleman. The other 

 members of the family were soon intro- 

 duced to me, and Lucy was told to have 

 luncheon produced. She now rose from 

 her seat a second time, and her form, to 

 which I had paid but partial attention, 

 showed both grace and beauty ; and my 

 heart followed every one of her steps. 

 The repast over, dogs and guns were 

 made ready. 



"Lucy, I was pleased to believe, 

 looked upon me with some favour, and I 

 turned more especially to her on leav- 

 ing. I felt that certain l Je ne sais quoi ' 

 which intimated that, at least, she was 

 not indifferent to me." 



The winter that followed was a gay 

 and happy one at Mill Grove ; shooting 

 parties, skating parties, house parties 

 with the Bakewell family, were of fre- 

 quent occurrence. It was during one of 

 these skating excursions upon the Perk- 

 iomen in quest of wild ducks, that 

 Audubon had a lucky escape from 



