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f000001,54.120,59.560,"Candide did not take courage, but followed the old woman to a decayed house, where she gave him a pot of pomatum to anoint his sores, showed him a very neat little bed, with a suit of clothes hanging up, and left him something to eat and drink." |
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f000002,59.560,65.320,"Eat, drink, sleep, said she, and may our lady of Atocha, the great St. Anthony of Padua, and the great St. James of Compostella, receive you under their protection." |
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f000003,65.320,66.000,"I shall be back tomorrow." |
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f000004,66.000,70.640,"Candide, amazed at all he had suffered and still more with the charity of the old woman, wished to kiss her hand." |
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f000005,70.640,74.480,"It is not my hand you must kiss, said the old woman; I shall be back tomorrow." |
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f000006,74.480,75.080,"Anoint yourself with the pomatum, eat and sleep." |
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f000007,75.080,79.680,"Candide, notwithstanding so many disasters, ate and slept." |
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f000008,79.680,92.640,"The next morning the old woman brought him his breakfast, looked at his back, and rubbed it herself with another ointment: in like manner she brought him his dinner; and at night she returned with his supper." |
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f000009,92.640,97.240,"The day following she went through the very same ceremonies." |
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f000010,97.240,104.320,"Who are you? said Candide; who has inspired you with so much goodness?" |
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f000011,104.320,107.440,"What return can I make you?" |
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f000012,107.440,114.800,"The good woman made no answer; she returned in the evening, but brought no supper." |
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f000013,114.800,120.680,"Come with me, she said, and say nothing." |
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f000014,120.680,131.520,"She took him by the arm, and walked with him about a quarter of a mile into the country; they arrived at a lonely house, surrounded with gardens and canals." |
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f000015,131.520,142.640,"The old woman knocked at a little door, it opened, she led Candide up a private staircase into a small apartment richly furnished." |
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f000016,142.640,147.800,"She left him on a brocaded sofa, shut the door and went away." |
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f000017,147.800,160.960,"Candide thought himself in a dream; indeed, that he had been dreaming unluckily all his life, and that the present moment was the only agreeable part of it all." |
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f000018,160.960,173.400,"The old woman returned very soon, supporting with difficulty a trembling woman of a majestic figure, brilliant with jewels, and covered with a veil." |
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f000019,173.400,179.120,"Take off that veil, said the old woman to Candide." |
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f000020,179.120,189.240,"The young man approaches, he raises the veil with a timid hand." |
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f000021,189.240,196.800,"he really sees her! it is herself!" |
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f000022,196.800,202.680,"His strength fails him, he cannot utter a word, but drops at her feet." |
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f000023,202.680,205.880,"Cunegonde falls upon the sofa." |
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f000024,205.880,212.760,"The old woman supplies a smelling bottle; they come to themselves and recover their speech." |
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f000025,212.760,223.200,"As they began with broken accents, with questions and answers interchangeably interrupted with sighs, with tears, and cries." |
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f000026,223.200,229.920,"The old woman desired they would make less noise and then she left them to themselves." |
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f000027,229.920,234.960,"What, is it you? said Candide, you live?" |
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f000028,234.960,245.720,"then you have not been ravished? then they did not rip open your belly as Doctor Pangloss informed me?" |
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f000029,245.720,256.080,"Yes, they did, said the beautiful Cunegonde; but those two accidents are not always mortal." |
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f000030,256.080,260.280,"But were your father and mother killed?" |
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f000031,260.280,266.080,"It is but too true, answered Cunegonde, in tears." |
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f000032,266.080,268.520,"And your brother?" |
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f000033,268.520,272.320,"My brother also was killed." |
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f000034,272.320,283.560,"and how did you know of my being here? and by what strange adventure did you contrive to bring me to this house?" |
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f000035,283.560,295.720,"I will tell you all that, replied the lady, but first of all let me know your history, since the innocent kiss you gave me and the kicks which you received." |
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f000036,295.720,314.560,"Candide respectfully obeyed her, and though he was still in a surprise, though his voice was feeble and trembling, though his back still pained him, yet he gave her a most ingenuous account of everything that had befallen him since the moment of their separation." |
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f000037,314.560,334.360,"Cunegonde lifted up her eyes to heaven; shed tears upon hearing of the death of the good Anabaptist and of Pangloss; after which she spoke as follows to Candide, who did not lose a word and devoured her with his eyes." |
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f000038,334.360,337.840,"End of chapter." |