64. The term ‘inevitable’ recurs several times in the text, e.g. in the combinations ‘inevitable misfortune’ (Van Deyssel, Blank en geel, p. 123) and ‘inevitable future’ (Van Deyssel, Blank en geel, p. 125). The Dutch text uses the relatively neutral term ‘lot’ [fate] except for one instance (Van Deyssel, Blank en geel, p. 118) where it uses the more dramatic term ‘noodlot’ [destiny].