In Ancient Greek mythology, the goddesses of fate were three women collectively known as the Moirai, meaning "portion," because the allotted portion included death, which was not under their control.
The Roman goddess of fate, Fortuna, gave English the word "fortune," meaning luck or treasure.
She was an original Roman deity, though she could be equated with the Greek Tyche.
The word Tyche frequently appeared in histories of the Peloponnese War, while Fortuna often appeared in Machiavelli's books.
They could discuss the difference between the two later. When they returned from backstage to the auction hall, Bougainville looked around for quite a while.
"Strange." Bougainville scanned the room. "Where is everyone?"
"Maybe they have something else to do. He'll definitely come back. Let's wait first," Denon said.
Then they found seats at the edge of the auction hall. After the laughter earlier, the atmosphere was no longer so solemn. Some people were even drinking red wine.
Mentioning Leonardo da Vinci reminded her of something. Vitruvius had written in Ten Books on Architecture about a kind of wall material. Perhaps she could use wine as wall paint and brush it onto the walls.
Then she spotted her former guardian, Edgeworth, talking to a fat middle-aged man. He seemed to have mentioned that Ireland had a special wall-painting technique.
"That is Count Cobenzl, Austria's ambassador to France," Denon said in her ear.
"Where is that young man from last time?" Georgiana asked.
"What young man?" Denon asked, baffled.
Georgiana shrugged. Denon had never been to Mechelen, so naturally he had never met Metternich.
"Doesn't Count Cobenzl remind you of anything?" Denon asked.
"I remember. A condiment dish got smashed because of me." Georgiana looked at Lucien in the distance, who was speaking with Chateaubriand.
"That is all you remember?" Denon asked.
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