Some, whom they had humanely assisted, gave them as good a dinner as could be expected under such terrible circumstances. The repast, indeed, was mournful, and the company moistened their bread with their tears; but Pangloss endeavored to comfort them under this affliction by affirming that things could not be otherwise that they were. "For," said he, "all this is for the very best end, for if there is a volcano at Lisbon it could be in no other spot; and it is impossible but things should be as they are, for everything is for the best." By the side of the preceptor sat a little man dressed in black, who was one of the familiars of the Inquisition.
Algunos vecinos que habian socorrido les diéron la ménos mala comida que en tamaño desastre se podia esperar: verdad es que fué muy triste el banquete; los convidados bañaban el pan en llantos, pero Panglós los consolaba sustentando que no podian suceder las cosas de otra manera; porque todo esto, decia, es lo mejor que hay; porque si hay un volcan en Lisboa, no podia estar en otra parte; porque no es posible que no esten las cosas donde estan; porque todo está bien.