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Early in August, 1890 Rizal arrived in Madrid. He tried all legal means to seek justice for his family and the Calamba tenants, but to no avail. He almost fought to duels one with Antonio Luna and the other to Wenceslao E. Retana. Leonor Rivera married a British Engineer (Henry Kipping) Rizals Misfortunes in Madrid: - FAILURE TO GET JUSTICE FOR FAMILY Asociacion Hispano FilipinaLiberal Spanish newspapers (La Justicia, El Globo, La Republica, El resumen, etc).M. H. Del Pilar acted as his lawyer.Dr. Dominador Gomez secretary of Asociacion Hispano Filipina.Minister of Colonies (SeorFabie)Gen. ValerioWeyler & Dominicans
Narcisa.
- ABORTED DUEL WITH ANTONIO LUNA End of August, 1890 Rizal attended a social reunion of the Filipinos in Madrid. Antonio Luna became drunk. Luna was bitter because of his frustrated romance with Nellie Boustead. He was blaming Rizal for his failure. Luna uttered certain unsavory remarks for Nellie. Rizal heard him and challenge for a duel. The Filipinos were shocked of the incident. They tried to pacify Rizal and Luna, pointing out to both that such a duel would damage their cause in Spain. Luna, when he became sober, realized that he had made a fool and he apologized to Rizal.
December, 1890
Rizal received a letter from Leonor, announcing her coming married with an Englishman (Henry Kipping)
Ilustrados in Madrid
BACK TO BRUSSELS (February 1891) - Left Madrid and proceeded to Biarritz, where he was a welcomed guest of the Boustead at their Villa Eliada. - He wrote to Jose Ma. Basa, expressing his wish to live in Hongkong and practice medicine. - Middle of April 1891 Rizal returned to Brussels for one reason, to finish his second novel.
Jose Alejandrino, Rizal's roommate in Belgium and the first person who cleverly read
the El Filibusterismo.