Nevertheless, Carolina managed by rising early to take a fewlessons at daybreak from a youthful woman whomse parents lived in thesame cottage with hers; and so she got through a little work beforethe regular daily business of the family began at seven. Imagineher delight then, just as the difficulties after her father's deathare making that homemaid's place seem almost inevitable, when shegets a letter from William at Bath, asking her to come over toEngland and join him at that gay and fashionable city. He wouldtry to prepare her for singing at his concerts; but if after twoyears' trial she didn't succeed, he would take her back again toHanover himself. In 1772, indeed, William in person came over tofetch her, and thenceforth the brother and sister workedunceasingly together in all their undertakings to the day of thegreat astronomer's death.