One evening as Candide, with his attendant Martin, was going to sit down to supper with some foreigners who lodged in the same inn where they had taken up their quarters, a man with a face the color of soot came behind him, and taking him by the arm, said, "Hold yourself in readiness to go along with us; be sure you do not fail."
Midőn Candide egy este Martin kiséretében asztalhoz ült azokkal az idegenekkel együtt, kik ugyanabban a vendégfogadóban laktak, egy koromfekete arcu ember megbökte hátulról és karonfogva őt, ezt sugta fülébe: