"I never received any from her," said Candide; "for you are to consider that, being expelled from the castle upon her account, I could not write to her, especially as soon after my departure I heard she was dead; but thank God I found afterwards she was living. I left her again after this, and now I have sent a messenger to her near two thousand leagues from here, and wait here for his return with an answer from her."
Nunca me ha escrito, dixo Candido, porque se ha de figurar vm. que quando me echáron de la granja por amor de ella, no le pude escribir; que poco después supe que era muerta, que despues me la encontré, y la volví á perder, y que le he despachado un mensagero á dos mil y quinientas leguas de aquí, que aguardo con su respuesta.