Marat's apartment had changed hands several times already.
In fact, some had long since offered their solicitations, proposing to hand over to him a noble's residence that had just recently seen its master executed, servants and all.
But Marat refused.
It wasn't that he was fastidious about cleanliness or unwilling to live comfortably; it was mainly because Robespierre, the Chairman, still lived in the dilapidated apartment he had first rented.
The Incorruptible remained as austere as he was at the start of the revolution, residing in a rundown apartment, clothed in that old green coat—an item Marat had failed many times to convince him to replace.
