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them by the name of Dick Doleful, and when he 



fell into the *tiff*l, as he seems frequently to have 



Ilium and Caroline had the pleasure of 



!i- him out of thrin into good humour. The 



house 1 was managed by the fan man, 



"earliest acquaintance in this 



with v a lodged in Leeds, and for 



eared >rk to tin- 



Octagon Chapel. 1 the parlour floor. 



en soni- .m.l 



boarded and lodged \\ith l.i- aid with 



myself ," Caroline says, M occupied the attic. The first 

 floor, which WIIM furnished in the newest and most hand- 

 some style, my brother kept for himself. The front 

 room, containing the harpsichord, was always in 

 to n Ss musical m- mis and ncholars at littl- 



to concerts or rehearsals." A household so con- 

 .sti tuted, with a manager in charge "who had failed in 

 business " in Leeds, and a strong-minded young woman 

 who had known the thrift and drudgery of a poor 

 German home in Hanover, had not in it the elements 

 six weeks, apparently, Caroline had 

 to take the reins of household management into her 

 own hands. No are given; but, while 



lo to speak Engli-h with comfort to herself , she 



was put in charp se accounts, and attended 



market in.:, v. ith l..-r brother Alexander on guard 



*>und her way to market and 



home again in safety. The tii>t time she ventured 

 into a clamorous crowd of sellers, she brought back 

 whatever in -he could pick up. But her 



battles with servants and h.-r horror of waste were 



vr King Street 



