CHAPTER VI 



KSlMiWMKS I <T His! \l:< II 



IT was clear to men of science that Home thing ha. I to 

 be done for Herachel. He cou!<l or slave aa a 



teacher of music and a conductor of concert* during 

 the working hours of the day, and improve the tele- 

 scope or keep u the stars I 



.is proud of its 



\, anl offered a large reward for the beat 

 means of tin-lin^ the longitude at sea. Since the 

 discovery of Uranus, his name was in everybody's 

 mouth, especially in Bath. People of celebrity, with 

 or without intr.Hlurtions, came to see him. Ai 

 them wa.s the Astronomer-Royal, Dr. Maskeh 



d a steady and admin 1. At their first 



view, Caroline thought they were quarrelling 

 Eagerness to make sure that t ^ician waa a 



reality, not a sham, may account for ;h tone of 



"d to her like quanvllin^. while her 

 i irk when Ma.skelyne l.-ft, "That is a 

 w," reads more like a compliment than a 

 censti Watson, between whom and Hersch. i a 



p had sprung up. that lasted for the rema 

 life, was constantly at his house, help 



tiering money to meet expenses, v. 

 waa gently 1 lined, and communicating papers and 



