Chapter 18 RIZAL

Chapter 18 Biarritz Vacation and Romance with Nelly Boustead (1891) With the Bousteads in Biarritz. Rizal arrived in Biarritz at February 1891. He was warmly welcome by Mr. Boustead Bou stead because of his talents and was treated with friendliness and hospitality. Writing from Biarritz to Mariano Ponce on February 11, 1891 he said: ³I have put on much weight since I arrived here; my cheeks are no longer shrunken as before for  the reason that I go to bed early and I have no cares´. Romance with Nellie Boustead. Rizal having lost Leonor, came to entertain considerable affection to Nellie, prettier and younger daughter of the Mr. Boustead. He found Nellie to be a real Filipina, highly intelligent, vivacious in tempera ment and morally upright. He told his friends about his love for Nelly except for Blumentritt, and his intention to propose to her.

Antonio Luna, who had previously loved and lost Nelly, encouraged Rizal to woo and marry her. He wrote a letter to Rizal R izal,, saying good go od things about Nellie and congratu lates him for being one of a kind to Nelly. Nelly. With encourage, Rizal courted court ed Nelly. Unfortunately his marriage proposal failed for two reasons: (1) he refused to give up his Catholic faith and be a protestant and (2) Nelly¶s mother did not like Rizal as a son-in-law. Although they did d id not get married, they parted as good friends. When Rizal left Europe, Nelly sent him farewell letters, saying her w ishes and prayers for Rizal. El Filibusterismo Finished in Biarritz. On March 29, 1891, the eve of his departure from Biarritz to Paris he finished the manuscript of  El Filibusterismo Filibusterismo , and wrote a letter to Blumentritt. Retirement from the Propaganda Movement. Rizal retired from the Propaganda Movement. He decided to publish his second novel, to practice his medical profession and when he became financially independent, he expected to make more vigorous campaign for his country¶s redemption. On May 1, 1891, he notified the Propaganda authorities in Manila to cancel his monthly allowance and devote the money to some better cause, such as education of a young Filipino Filipino student in Europe. Romance with Nellie Boustead. Rizal having lost Leonor, came to entertain considerable affection to Nellie, prettier and younger daughter of the Mr. Boustead. He found Nellie to be a real Filipina, highly intelligent, vivacious in tempera ment and morally upright. He told his friends about his love for Nelly except for Blumentritt, and his intention to propose to her.

Antonio Luna, who had previously loved and lost Nelly, encouraged Rizal to woo and marry her. He wrote a letter to Rizal R izal,, saying good go od things about Nellie and congratu lates him for being one of a kind to Nelly. Nelly.

With encourage, Rizal courted Nelly. Unfortunately his marriage proposal failed for two reasons: (1) he refused to give up his Catholic faith and be a protestant and (2) Nelly¶s mother did not like Rizal as a son-in-law. Although they did not get married, they parted as good friends. When Rizal left Europe, Nelly sent him farewell letters, saying her w ishes and prayers for Rizal.