Cacambo vented all his curiosity upon his landlord by a thousand different questions; the honest man answered him thus, "I am very ignorant, sir, but I am contented with my ignorance; however, we have in this neighborhood an old man retired from court, who is the most learned and communicative person in the whole kingdom."
Cacambo témoigna à son hôte toute sa curiosité; l'hôte lui dit: Je suis fort ignorant, et je m'en trouve bien; mais nous avons ici un vieillard retiré de la cour qui est le plus savant homme du royaume, et le plus communicatif. Aussitôt il mène Cacambo chez le vieillard.