The relationship between the lady and the knight is described as a betrayal to her former lord, and depicted as a deed deserving of punishment. This affair is aberrant enough to have the couple exiled from the realm, and although they end up having children together, their love was not mutual to begin with. It may be inferred the lady desperately wished for a swift replacement to her former lord, the Bisclavret - who she came to despise given his curse -, and chose to engage with the only knight who fancied her with no acceptance in return.
