"I never received any from her," said Candide; "for you are to consider that, being expelled from the castle upon her account, I could not write to her, especially as soon after my departure I heard she was dead; but thank God I found afterwards she was living. I left her again after this, and now I have sent a messenger to her near two thousand leagues from here, and wait here for his return with an answer from her."
Je n'en ai jamais reçu, dit Candide; car, figurez-vous qu'ayant été chassé du château pour l'amour d'elle, je ne pus lui écrire; que bientôt après j'appris qu'elle était morte, qu'ensuite je la retrouvai, et que je la perdis, et que je lui ai envoyé à deux mille cinq cents lieues d'ici un exprès dont j'attends la réponse.