Adding giant first letter of paragraph---HELP!

[will7370]

In trying to recreate the appearance of an old-style book, I want the first letter of the first paragraph of a new chapter to be three times the size of the surrounding text, with the top of the large letter even with the rest of the text of the first line. However, when I do that, a gap appears on the second line of my paragraph, to accommodate the large letter. How can I get the text of my second and third lines to "morph" around that extra large first letter? I'm attaching a screen shot to show my dilemma. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.