Jacques takes Pangloss in, and also pays for his cure. Shortly thereafter, he comes across Pangloss, who is ill with syphilis. Eventually, he is taken in by the altruistic Anabaptist Jacques. The wife of a Protestant orator dumps a chamber pot over his head after he refuses to say that the Pope is the Antichrist. There, he begs for money, generally without success.
He performs well in military exercises, but flees like a coward in the first battle.Ĭandide makes his way to Holland, because he has heard it is a rich country. Candide wanders from place to place, and is eventually tricked by two Bulgarian soldiers into joining their army. Furious, the Baron kicks Candide out of Thunder-ten-tronckh. Unfortunately, the two are caught kissing. Inspired, she approaches Candide, intending to do the same. There, he is instructed by the philosopher Pangloss, whose doctrine is that we live in “the best of all possible worlds.” One day, the Baron's daughter Cunégonde comes across Pangloss having sex with Paquette, her mother's chambermaid. Candide is a young man who lives in the Barony of Thunder-ten-tronckh.
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