Both Uses of
capricious
in
The Plague
- But from now on it was different; they seemed at the mercy of the sky's caprices-in other words, suffered and hoped irrationally.
Part 2 *caprices = instances of impulsiveness or unpredictability
- Come to that, we have no police nowadays; no crimes past or present, no more criminals-only condemned men hoping for the most capricious of pardons; and among these are the police themselves.†
Part 4
Definition:
-
(capricious) impulsive or unpredictable or tending to make sudden changes -- especially impulsive behavior