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The officer lets them go
- Candide gives diamonds and gold to the woman he believes to be Cunégonde. The abbé arrives with a squad of officers and orders Martin and Candide arrested as “suspicious strangers.” Candide bribes an officer with diamonds, and the officer lets them go.
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The abbé arrives with a squad of officers and orders Martin and Candide arrested as “suspicious strangers.”. Candide bribes an officer with diamonds, and the officer lets them go. The officer’s brother, after being given more diamonds, puts Candide and Martin on a ship bound for England.
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The lady then put a plump hand out from the bed, and Candide bathed it with his tears and afterwards filled it with diamonds, leaving a bag of gold upon the easy chair. In the midst of these transports in came an officer, followed by the Abbé and a file of soldiers.
Once in Cunégonde’s room, an officer arrives and threatens to arrest them. Quickly, Martin and Candide realize they’ve been set up. Candide bribes the officer with some diamonds. Since bribes seem to be working, he gets the officer’s brother to arrange a ship to England.
Candide gives this “Cunégonde” diamonds and a bag of gold, but she turns out to be an imposter: the whole thing has been set up by the Abbé. Candide and Martin are arrested for being foreigners and brought to northern France, where they are forced to board a ship for England.
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