2026-10-23 12:47 UTC
purposely stood in the way of her learning French, or music, to prevent her from seeking employment as a governess. She wanted a perpetual unpaid maid. Her father sometimes managed to include her in William’s lessons when their mother was absent. William had fled to England & made a life as a musician & composer in Bath. He managed to rescue his sister under the pretext that she might have the voice to be a solo singer in Handel’s oratorios. Of course, he also wanted a woman to manage his 🧵2/
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@minouette@spore.social 2026-10-23 12:50
bachelor household. Meanwhile, he developed a real passion for astronomy. So, by the time she arrived, all his spare time away from music was devoted to astronomy & she found that despite her singing talent, she was roped into assisting with the construction of telescopes, rather than having music lessons. William built some very large telescopes & had Caroline take notes of what he observed while she used smaller ‘sweeper’ telescopes to sweep the skies for interesting object. 🧵3/