You know, my dear Candide, I was very handsome; I became still more so, and the Reverend Father Croust, superior of that house, took a great fancy to me; he gave me the habit of the order, and some years afterwards I was sent to Rome.
Vous savez, mon cher Candide, que j'étais fort joli; je le devins encore davantage; aussi le révérend père Croust, supérieur de la maison, prit pour moi la plus tendre amitié: il me donna l'habit de novice: quelque temps après je fus envoyé à Rome.