even the women themselves partake of the prejudice LITTLE 

 against themselves. JOURNEYS 



Mother Herschel didn't want her daughters to be- 

 come educated, nor study the science of music nor 

 the science of anything. A goodly grocer of the Dutch 

 School had been picked out as a husband for Caro- 

 line, and now if she went away her prospects were 

 ruined ach, mein Gott! or words to that effect. And 

 it was only on William's promise to pay the mother a 

 weekly sum equal to the wages that Caroline received 

 in the dressmaking shop that she gave consent to her 

 daughter's going. 



Caroline arrived in England wearing wooden shoon 

 and hoops that were exceeding Dutch, but "without a 

 word of English. In order to be of positive use to her 

 brother, she must acquire English and be able to sing, 

 not only sing well, but remarkably well. 

 In less than a year she was singing solo parts at her 

 brother's concerts to the great delight of the aristo- 

 crats of Bath. They heard her sing, but they did not 

 take her captive and submerge her in their fashion- 

 able follies as they would have liked to do. 

 The sister and brother kept close to their own rooms. 

 Caroline was the housekeeper, and took a pride in 

 being able to dispense with all outside help. She was 

 small in figure, petite, face plain but full of animation. 

 QA11 of her spare time she devoted to her music. 

 After the concerts she and her brother would leave 

 the theatre, change their clothes and then walk off into 

 the country, getting back at one or two o'clock in the 



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