>In her memoirs, Verlaine's wife Mathilde places his first violent act against her eight days before she gave birth, on October 23, 1871. Verlaine related to her that to gain access to literature, Rimbaud was forced to steal books from bookstores, then put them back or later, in fear of being caught, resell them once read. Mathilde commented: "That proves that your friend is not very tactful." Verlaine then grabbed Mathilde by both arms and threw her out of the bed where she had just lain.
Who was in the wrong here?