As they were preparing to make him set out the third time our young hero, unable to support it any longer, begged as a favor that they would be so obliging as to shoot him through the head; the favor being granted, a bandage was tied over his eyes, and he was made to kneel down.
Mikor a harmadik futásra került volna a sor, Candide ugy érezte, hogy ezt már nem birja ki s azt a kegyet kérte, legyenek oly irgalmasak s zuzzák szét a fejét. Hajlandók voltak ezt a kegyet megadni; szemeit bekötözik, letérdepeltetik.