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 J 
turned more especially to her on leav- 
ing. I felt that certain ‘Je ne sais quot’ 
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 
