Candide had not been long at his inn, before he was seized with a slight disorder, owing to the fatigue he had undergone. As he wore a diamond of an enormous size on his finger and had among the rest of his equipage a strong box that seemed very weighty, he soon found himself between two physicians, whom he had not sent for, a number of intimate friends whom he had never seen, and who would not quit his bedside, and two women devotees, who were very careful in providing him hot broths.
Alighogy Candide szállására ért, midőn a kimerültség folytán valami könnyü betegségbe esett; mivelhogy ujján hatalmas gyémánt gyürü volt és csomagjai között egy súlyos ékszerdobozt vettek észre, hivatlanul is rögtön két orvos termett mellette, néhány meghitt barát, ki nem akart mellőle távozni és két apáca, ki levest főzött neki.