When Martin had a little recovered himself, so as to form a cool judgment of what had passed, he plainly perceived that the person who had acted the part of Miss Cunegund was a cheat; that the abbe of Perigord was a sharper who had imposed upon the honest simplicity of Candide, and that the officer was a knave, whom they might easily get rid of.
Martin, ayant repris son sang froid, jugea que la dame qui se prétendait Cunégonde était une friponne, monsieur l'abbé périgourdin un fripon, qui avait abusé au plus vite de l'innocence de Candide, et l'exempt un autre fripon dont on pouvait aisément se débarrasser.