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Decree
nisi was granted on the 20th December the same
year. Kathleen had returned to England by then
and on the same day gave birth to her daughter
by Captain Palliser. We do not know exactly
when or where Tissot met and fell in love with
her, but we do know that in March 1871 she gave
birth to another child, believed to be Tissot's
son. This of course was regarded as scandalous
behaviour in those days and was kept secret
by Kathleen's family until quite recently.
In 1876 Kathleen Newton and her two children
moved into Tissot's house and remained there
until her death from consumption in 1882. For
Tissot, the time spent with Kathleen was the
happiest period in his life, and one which he
was to look back on longingly for the rest of
his days. Finding the thought of life in London
intolerable without her, he decided to leave
at once. From 1885 until his death in 1902 he
became very religious and spent the last 17
years of his life living as a recluse painting
religious pictures.
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