10 Caroline Lncretia Herschel. [1756-1757. 



suffered me to go all alone to the parade to meet my 

 father, but I could not find him anywhere, nor anybody 

 whom I knew ; so at last, when nearly frozen to death, I 

 came home and found them all at table. My dear brother 

 AVilliam threw down his knife and fork, and ran ta 

 welcome and crouched down to me, which made me 

 forget all my grievances. The rest were so happy . . at 

 seeing one another again, that my absence had never 

 been perceived." 



The visit to England appears to have further de- 

 veloped the love of show and luxury which painfully 

 distinguished Jacob, who must needs import speci- 

 mens of English goods and English tailoring, while 

 all that William brought back was a copy of Locke 

 on the Human Understanding, the purchase of which 

 absorbed all his private means, as he never willingly 

 asked his father for a single penny. But it was be- 

 coming apparent that he had not the physical strength 

 to continue in the Guard during war time, and after 

 the disastrous campaign of 1757, and the defeat at 

 Hasteubeck,* 26th July, 1757 (between 20 and 30 

 miles from Hanover), his parents resolved to remove 

 him a step apparently attended by no small diffi- 

 culty, as our faithful chronicler narrates : 



" I can now comprehend the reason why we little ones 

 were continually sent out of the way, and why I had only by 

 chance a passing glimpse of my brother as I was sitting at 



* The Duke of Cumberland's army suffered severely in this battle. 



