she pulled a magic charm out of her pocketa small , home-made affair consisting of a pilfered ruby earring , dried sprigs of vervain and thyme , and a string of copper beads ( all symbols of the goddess freya ) and clasped her hands together , saying aloud , please , most gracious norn who controls my destiny , though you be but a demigoddess , your power bends the fates of even the gods themselves ; please find it within the goodness of your heart to make the love that vicomte raoul de chagny bears for mefor im sure he loves meburn like a raging fire within his chest , and lead him to marry me and make me a vicomtess .