Fall 1881 he fell in love with an eleven-year-old girl, Rosario Emelina Murillo, whom he wanted to marry. A little later, at the petition of his friends who wanted to delay his marriage plans, in August 1882, he embarked for El Salvador. In October 1883, still convalescent, he returned to his native homeland. After his return, he briefly resided in León and then in Granada but he finally moved again to Managua where he became an employee of the Biblioteca Nacional de Nicaragua (the Nicaraguan National Library) and he resumed his romance with Rosario Murillo. At the onset of 1893, Ruben remained in Managua, where he renewed his affairs with Rosario Murillo, whose family forced Darío to marry her. In 1899, Rubén Darío, who was still legally married to Rosario Murillo, met Francisca Sánchez del Pozo. It seems in 1906 he conceived the idea of divorcing Rosario Murillo, from whom he had been separated for years. He spent the summer of 1907 with Francisca. His tranquility was interrupted by the arrival of his wife, Rosario Murillo, in Paris. She would not grant him a divorce unless she was guaranteed sufficient compensation, which Darío felt was disproportionate.