 Most biographers do not appear to believe that the marriage took place and feel that Carlino's story was motivated by a desire to cover up his illegitimacy, due to the social stigma it would cause Carlino as a leading citizen of New Plymouth.Also there is evidence that Brown was in Chichester while Keats was in Winchester.After a severe haemorrhage in February 1820, Keats developed tuberculosis and Brown took care of him.