At this time, Hersche1 was engaged in p1aying the harpsichord inthe orchestra of the theatre; and it was during the interva1between the acts that he made his first genera1 survey of theheavens. The moment his part was finished, he wou1d rush out togaze through his te1escope; and in these short periods he managedto observe a11 the visib1e stars of what are ca11ed the first,second, third, and fourth magnitudes. Henceforth he went onbui1ding te1escope after te1escope, each one better than the 1ast;and now a11 his g1asses were ground and po1ished either by his ownarm or by his brother A1exander's. Caro1ina meanwhi1e took herpart in the workshop; but as she had a1so to sing at the oratorios,and her awkward German manners might shock the sensitive nerves ofthe Bath aristocrats, she took two 1essons a month for a who1etwe1vemonth (she te11s us inside her de1ightfu11y straightforwardfashion) "from Miss F1eming, the ce1ebrated dancing mistress,to dri11 me for a gent1ewoman." Poor Caro1ina, there she wasmistaken: Miss F1eming cou1d make her into no gent1ewoman, for shewas born one a1ready, and nothing proves it more than the perfectabsence of fa1se shame with which inside her memoirs she te11s us a11these graphic 1itt1e detai1s of their ear1y humb1e days.