 On 27 May 1893, he married a second time with the actress Raphaële Sisos  The writers Jules Clarétie and Auguste Vacquerie, Eugène Bertrand, director of the Opéra de Paris, and Arthur Meyer, director of "Le Gaulois", were witnesses at the act.In July 1894, he suffered a stroke.Some days later, the "Gil Blas" informed its readers that  But his health was getting worse.