Under Tibaut, Northup suffered cruel and capricious treatment. Turnbull accused Meagher and Costigan of being "unjust, capricious, dishonest and malicious". But it is also divisive, capricious and arbitrary. The Comstock laws, in an alleged "haphazard and capricious" manner, restricted contraception. Charlotte's character was thought to be capricious and frivolous. Emma becomes more capricious and ludicrous in the light of everyday reality. As she grows older, Pearl becomes capricious and unruly. Moebius has explained that the story was improvised in a deliberately whimsical or capricious manner. Zubov's character was capricious and unstable. He subsequently complained about Australia's "capricious and politicized foreign ownership rules". He lives behind the stove and his temperament is supposed to be very capricious. Emma had a relieving influence on William's capricious personality and the marriage was extremely happy. Maud Doria Haviland described as "random, or even capricious". Winchell was later awarded nearly $18 million as compensation for Metromedia's capricious behavior. Tovey refers to its "orchestral brilliance and capricious rhythm".