108 Caroline Lucretia HerscJiel. [isoo-isoi. 



April 2,0th. Moved from Windsor to a small house at 

 Chalvy, rented from Mr. House, the wood-cutter. 



June 9th. My brother went to Bath; by the 25th he 

 was returned. 



July 1st. Alexander came from Bath. 



July 29th. I went to Slough to take (along with Alex.) 

 care of the house whilst my brother, with his family, were 

 from home. 



February 2Qtli. The first time Mrs. BeokedorfFs name 

 being mentioned in my memorandums as having dined with 

 her, and the whole party leaving the dining-room on the 

 Princesses Augusta, Amelia, and the Duke of Cambridge 

 coming in to see me. 



March 2nd. I went with Mrs. H. and Miss Baldwin to 

 town on a visit to Dr. and Miss Wilson, and went with a 

 party to F. Griesbach's concert at the Opera House. The 

 4th we returned. 



April 7th. I shut my house at Chalvy, and went with 

 my maid to Slough, the latter to supply the place of the 

 servants Mrs. H. took with her to town. 



May 6th. My brother went to take a paper to the R. S., 

 and remained there till the 15th. 



May 26th. I returned home to Chalvy very ill with a 

 bad leg, having waited too long before I called in assistance. 



June 27th. The carriage was sent to take me to Slough. 

 Hitherto work had been daily sent me. 



July 12th. My brother, Mrs. H., my nephew John, and 

 Miss Baldwin left Slough to go to Paris. 



August 25t1i. All returned with my nephew danger- 



* Mrs. Beckedorff was "the sweet little girl of ten or eleven years old " 

 with whom Miss Herschel had exchanged pleasant greetings when they were 

 both taking lessons in dressmaking from Madame Klistei , in Hanover, thirty- 

 five years before. (See p. 22.) 



