The words from the prologue in bold refer to whom? from forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; the children of the feuding families the leaders of the feuding families the neighbors of the feuding families the daughters of the feuding families

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?