 They initially found a rental at 14 Rue du Petit-Potet in a home owned by the Ollangnier family.The lodgings consisted of two rooms, with no kitchen, and no separate bathroom.Al attended the Faculté des Lettres at the University of Burgundy where he was working on his doctorate; when not in class, he worked on what he believed to be his epic poem, "The Ghosts in the Underblows."