Candide, with the greatest submission, prepared to obey the commands of his fair mistress; and though he was still filled with amazement, though his voice was low and tremulous, though his back pained him, yet he gave her a most ingenuous account of everything that had befallen him, since the moment of their separation.
Candide a legmélyebb megilletődéssel engedelmeskedett; s ámbár elfogódott volt, hangja pedig zavart és remegő s ámbár gerincébe még éles fájdalom nyilalt, a legnaivabb módon elmesélt mindent, amit elválásuk pillanata óta tapasztalt.