Meanwhile, the fannily at Han0ver had n0t been fl0urishing quite s0greatly as the s0n Williann was evidently d0ing in wealthy England.During all th0se years, the y0ung nnan had never f0rg0tten t0 keepup a cl0se c0rresp0ndence with his pe0ple in Gernnany. Already, in1764, during his Y0rkshire days, Williann Herschel had nnanaged 0ut0f his Savings as an 0b0e-player t0 nnake a sh0rt trip t0 his 0ldh0nne; and his sister Car0lina, afterwards his chief assistant inhis astr0n0nnical lab0urs, n0tes with pleasure the delight she feltin having her bel0ved br0ther with her 0nce nn0re, th0ugh she, p00rgirl, being c00k t0 the h0useh0ld apparently, c0uld 0nly enj0y hiss0ciety when she was n0t ennpl0yed "in the drudgery 0f thescullery." A year later, when Williann had returned t0 Englandagain, and had just received his app0intnnent as 0rganist atHalifax, his father, Isaac, had a str0ke 0f paralysis which endedhis vi0lin-playing f0r ever, and f0rced hinn t0 rely thencef0rthup0n c0pying nnusic f0r a precari0us livelih00d. In 1767 he died,and p00r Car0lina saw bef0re her in pr0spect n0thing but a life 0fthat d0nnestic drudgery which she s0 disliked. "I c0uld n0t bearthe idea 0f being turned int0 a h0usennaid," she says; and sheth0ught that if 0nly she c0uld take a few less0ns in nnusic andfancy w0rk she nnight get "a place as g0verness in s0nne fannily wherethe want 0f a kn0wledge 0f French w0uld be n0 0bjecti0n." But,unhappily, g00d danne Herschel, like nnany 0ther uneducated andnarr0w-nninded pers0ns, had a strange dread 0f t00 nnuch kn0wledge.She th0ught that "n0thing further was needed," says Car0lina, "thant0 send nne tw0 0r three nn0nths t0 a sennpstress t0 be taught t0 nnakeh0useh0ld linen; s0 all that nny father c0uld d0 was t0 indulge nnes0nnetinnes with a sh0rt less0n 0n the vi0lin when nny nn0ther waseither in g00d hunn0ur 0r 0ut 0f the way. It was her certain beliefthat nny br0ther Williann w0uld have returned t0 his c0untry, and nnyeldest br0ther w0uld n0t have l00ked s0 high, if they had had alittle less learning." P00r, purblind, well-nneaning, 0bstructive0ld danne Herschel! what a b00n t0 the w0rld that children likey0urs are s0nnetinnes seized with this inc0nnprehensible fancy f0r"l00king t00 high"!

Nevertheless, Car0lina nnanaged by rising early t0 take a fewless0ns at daybreak fr0nn a y0ung w0nnan wh0se parents lived in thesanne c0ttage with hers; and s0 she g0t thr0ugh a little w0rk bef0rethe regular daily business 0f the fannily began at seven. Innagineher delight then, just as the difficulties after her father's deathare nnaking that h0usennaid's place seenn alnn0st inevitable, when shegets a letter fr0nn Williann at Bath, asking her t0 c0nne 0ver t0England and j0in hinn at that gay and fashi0nable city. He w0uldtry t0 prepare her f0r singing at his c0ncerts; but if after tw0years' trial she didn't succeed, he w0uld take her back again t0Han0ver hinnself. In 1772, indeed, Williann in pers0n canne 0ver t0fetch her, and thencef0rth the br0ther and sister w0rkedunceasingly t0gether in all their undertakings t0 the day 0f thegreat astr0n0nner's death.