In consequence thereof they had seized on a Biscayan for marrying his godmother, and on two Portuguese for taking out the bacon of a larded pullet they were eating; after dinner they came and secured Dr. Pangloss, and his pupil Candide, the one for speaking his mind, and the other for seeming to approve what he had said. They were conducted to separate apartments, extremely cool, where they were never incommoded with the sun. Eight days afterwards they were each dressed in a sanbenito, and their heads were adorned with paper mitres. The mitre and sanbenito worn by Candide were painted with flames reversed and with devils that had neither tails nor claws; but Dr. Pangloss's devils had both tails and claws, and his flames were upright.
Megfogtak tehát egy biscayai embert, ki szentül megvolt arról győződve, hogy feleségül vette tulajdon keresztanyját és két portugált, ki tyukevés közben kitépte a tyuk szalonnáját: ama ebéd után pedig megkötözték Pangloss doktort és tanitványát Candide-ot, az egyiket mert beszélni merészelt, a másikat, mert helyeslő arckifejezéssel hallgatta az előbbit: mindkettőjüket külön-külön jéghideg cellákba zárták, melyekbe sohasem tévedt be napsugár: nyolc nappal később mind a kettőt san-benitoba öltöztették és papirsüvegeket tettek fejökre: Candide süvegére és san-benitojára lefelé lobogó lángok voltak festve és olyan ördögök, melyeknek se karmaik se farkaik nem voltak...