 Living in two places enabled him to justify extensive travel and disguise his anarchist activities.Work as a photographer helped him keep his family - his Common-law marriage to Zoë and their two children, Félix (1867-1936) and Léonie (1871-1947).They were finally married after the death of Prince Alexei Vasilievitch, Zoe's husband, and were able to buy a villa, "les mouettes", that became "villa Ostroga".