There was one thing which more than ever confirmed Martin in his detestable principles, made Candide hesitate, and embarrassed Pangloss, which was the arrival of Pacquette and Brother Giroflee one day at their farm. This couple had been in the utmost distress; they had very speedily made away with their three thousand piastres; they had parted, been reconciled; quarreled again, been thrown into prison; had made their escape, and at last Brother Giroflee had turned Turk. Pacquette still continued to follow her trade; but she got little or nothing by it.
Egy bekövetkező esemény megszilárditotta Martint utálatos nézeteiben, megrenditette Candide-ot és még Panglosst is zavarba hozta; egy napon ugyanis Paquette-et és Giroflée barátot látták kikötni majorságuk mellett; a legégbekiáltóbb nyomorban voltak; hamarosan megették háromezer piaszterüket, faképnél hagyták egymást, majd ismét kibékültek, aztán megint összevesztek, tömlöcbe jutottak s onnan megszöktek; Giroflée barát végre törökké lett, Paquette régi mesterségét folytatta, de már nem ment vele semmire.