In Belgium

After celebrating the Yuletide season in Paris in 1889, Rizal shortly visited London for the last
time.

With Jose Albert, Rizal left Paris for Brussels on January 28, 1890. The two stayed in a boarding

house administered by the Jacoby sisters (Suzanne and Marie) where Rizal met and had a
transitory

affair with Petite, the niece of his landladies.

In Belgium, Rizal busied himself with writing the ‘Fili’ and contributing for La Solidaridad using
the

pen names Dimas Alang and Laong Laan. When he heard the news that the Calamba agrarian

trouble was getting worse, Rizal decided to go home. But Paciano told him through a letter that
they

lost the court case against the Dominicans in the Philippines and they intended to bring the case to

Madrid. This prompted Jose to go to Madrid instead to look for a lawyer and influential people
who

would defend the Calamba tenants.