"My dear master," replied Cacambo, "Miss Cunegund washes dishes on the banks of the Propontis, in the house of a prince who has very few to wash. She is at present a slave in the family of an ancient sovereign named Ragotsky, whom the Grand Turk allows three crowns a day to maintain him in his exile; but the most melancholy circumstance of all is, that she is turned horribly ugly."
Señor mi amo, le respondió Cacambo, Cunegunda está fregando platos á orillas de la Propontis, en casa de un príncipe que tiene poquísimos platos, porque es esclava de un soberano antiguo llamado Ragotski, á quien da el gran Turco tres duros diarios en su asilo; y lo peor es que ha perdido su hermosura, y que está horrorosa de puro fea.