Constance saw Verlaine wince, her eyes narrowing, and put a quick hand on her best friend's arm to stop her friend's penchant for biting retorts. "Justice Verlaine had a fever, as you are well aware," Constance told Lady Brant sternly. ...
My favourite reference to Rimbaud and Verlaine's sojourn in London, however, is in Patrick Keiller's peerless film London, which I urge you to see if you've never had the pleasure. Noting that, before Camden, the pair lived in Howland ...
By June of 1873, a frustrated Verlaine returned to Paris. The following month, he wrote to Rimbaud, telling him to meet him at the Hotel Liege in Brussels. The reunion was a disaster. They argued incessantly and Verlaine drank heavily. ...
