29/72 Some were very kind, but most of them, without being malicious, appeared irritable, capricious, jealous; and if they were offended even unintentionally, they cast evil spells. Sometimes they betrayed their feminine nature by unaccountable likes and dislikes. More than one found a lover in a knight or a churl; but generally such loves came to a bad end. And, when all is said, gentle or terrible, they remained the Fates, they were always the Destinies.[191] [Footnote 186: _Ibid._, index, under the words _Fontaine des Groseilliers_.] [Footnote 187: _Ibid._, vol.i, pp. |