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 some of which had been made when she 

 was with him ; her quickness of percep- 

 tion, and their mutual enthusiasm re- 

 garding these works of his heart and 

 hand, and the tenderness with which 

 they unconsciously treated each other, 

 all was impressed upon my memory. 

 Ever since, I have been convinced that 

 Audubon owed more to his wife than the 

 world knew, or ever would know. That 

 she was always a reliance, often a help, 

 and ever a sympathising sister-soul to 

 her noble husband, was fully apparent 

 to me." 



One notes much of the same fire and 

 vigour in the later portraits of Audubon, 

 that are so apparent in those of him in 

 his youthful days. What a resolute 

 closing of the mouth in his portrait taken 

 of him in his old age " the magnificent 

 grey-haired man ! ? ' 



In 1847, Audubon' s mind began to 

 fail him ; like Emerson in his old age, 

 he had difficulty in finding the right 

 word. 



