At that very moment, a sudden thought came into Candide's head. "If this holy man," thought he, "should call assistance, I shall most undoubtedly be consigned to the flames, and Miss Cunegund may perhaps meet with no better treatment: besides, he was the cause of my being so cruelly whipped; he is my rival; and as I have now begun to dip my hands in blood, I will kill away, for there is no time to hesitate."
En este instante le ocurriéron á Candido las siguientes ideas, y discurrió así: Si pide auxîlio este varon santo, infaliblemente me hará quemar, y otro tanto podrá hacer á Cunegunda; me ha hecho azotar sin misericordia, es mi contrincante, y yo estoy de vena de matar; pues no hay que detenerse.