FA'IHKK AND MOTHER 7 



'r tho battle of Dettingen (June 1 

 ;mdma*t4jr of the Guards, an the father had then 

 become, lay in a wet furrow, which aowel in him the 

 aeeda of an illness that never the rent 



It spread a cloud of gloom over the family 

 r nearly twenty yean, 

 laaae Henchel was a man ligenee, qualified 



4 her mm 



!.. : pra - . .n house. Like- 



many fooliah fathom, he allowed the eldest *> 

 USUr|> his j.l.ic. H..I- .11. 1 In- hlii.-l.l .<wr i-lii. 



ieai'a hulls n ;..irrntiy ther, 



nee, had also a te in 



Sophia, who lived away from 



home, and whom 1 not see till she came 



hack to bo n to Grieabach, a musician of com- 



lace ability in the Guards' band. Sophia was 



then about t -.- , Caroline four 



IHT sis- s husband, 



the married daughu-r <ii<l ii"t r. main l..u^ away : 



Me wars ' !v. it \vhich .Iinveher 



back to li r*a IKH; 



i- a n. I li-i .lisiik, of childrao drove Gar 



Iittl- warmth r all.rti.'ii \sithiu tin- house to 



and negl-n ..ut.si.l.-. VN'hat n.-iih- 



i h.ive allowed in a well-regulated family, 



iiiM was forced to endure, with sullen and natural 

 resentment. An elder brother and an elder sister con- 



-d the position of household drudge good enough 

 for Caroline, without schooling, and even without 

 aewing. While the father and sons showed unusual 

 knowledge, and even developed somewhat of genius 



