CANTO 25
PARIS
“ONE TENDS TO GET FORGETFUL AT NIGHT…”

A hotel in Paris…
NOTES:
“MARAT SLUMPED IN HIS TUB”
Marat, Jean Paul /ˈmarɑ / (1743–93), French revolutionary and journalist. A virulent critic of the moderate Girondists, he was instrumental (with Danton and Robespierre) in their fall from power in 1793.