Chapter 9

IX WHAT BECAME OF CUNEGONDE, CANDIDE, THE GRAND INQUISITOR, AND THE JEW.

This Issachar was the most choleric Hebrew that had ever been seen in Israel since the Captivity in Babylon.

"What!" said he, "thou bitch of a Galilean, was not the Inquisitor enough for thee? dit-il, espèce de salope de Galilée, l'inquisiteur ne vous a-t-il pas suffi? Must this rascal also share with me?" Ce coquin doit-il aussi partager avec moi? " In saying this he drew a long poniard which he always carried about him; and not imagining that his adversary had any arms he threw himself upon Candide: but our honest Westphalian had received a handsome sword from the old woman along with the suit of clothes. En disant cela, il dessinait un long poignard qu'il portait toujours autour de lui; et n'imaginant pas que son adversaire eût des armes, il se jeta sur Candide: mais notre honnête Westphalien avait reçu de la vieille femme une belle épée avec le vêtement. He drew his rapier, despite his gentleness, and laid the Israelite stone dead upon the cushions at Cunegonde's feet. Il dessina sa rapière, malgré sa douceur, et déposa la pierre israélite morte sur les coussins aux pieds de Cunégonde. "Holy Virgin!" cried she, "what will become of us? A man killed in my apartment! If the officers of justice come, we are lost!" "Had not Pangloss been hanged," said Candide, "he would give us good counsel in this[Pg 36] emergency, for he was a profound philosopher. «Si Pangloss n'avait pas été pendu, dit Candide, il nous donnerait de bons conseils dans cette urgence, car il était un philosophe profond. Failing him let us consult the old woman." A défaut, consultons la vieille. " She was very prudent and commenced to give her opinion when suddenly another little door opened. It was an hour after midnight, it was the beginning of Sunday. This day belonged to my lord the Inquisitor. He entered, and saw the whipped Candide, sword in hand, a dead man upon the floor, Cunegonde aghast, and the old woman giving counsel. Il entra et vit Candide fouetté, l'épée à la main, un homme mort sur le sol, Cunégonde consterné, et la vieille femme donnant des conseils.

At this moment, the following is what passed in the soul of Candide, and how he reasoned: En ce moment, voici ce qui s'est passé dans l'âme de Candide, et comment il a raisonné:

If this holy man call in assistance, he will surely have me burnt; and Cunegonde will perhaps be served in the same manner; he was the cause of my being cruelly whipped; he is my rival; and, as I have now begun to kill, I will kill away, for there is no time to hesitate. Si ce saint homme appelle au secours, il me fera sûrement brûler; et Cunégonde sera peut-être servie de la même manière; il a été la cause de mon être cruellement fouetté; il est mon rival; et, comme j'ai commencé à tuer, je tuerai, car il n'y a pas de temps pour hésiter. This reasoning was clear and instantaneous; so that without giving time to the Inquisitor to recover from his surprise, he pierced him through and through, and cast him beside the Jew. Ce raisonnement était clair et instantané; de sorte que, sans laisser le temps à l'inquisiteur de se remettre de sa surprise, il le transperça de part en part, et le jeta à côté du juif.

"Yet again!" said Cunegonde, "now there is no mercy for us, we are excommunicated, our last hour has come. How could you do it? you, naturally so gentle, to slay a Jew and a prelate in two minutes!" vous, naturellement si doux, de tuer un juif et un prélat en deux minutes! " "My beautiful young lady," responded Candide,[Pg 37] "when one is a lover, jealous and whipped by the Inquisition, one stops at nothing." "Ma belle demoiselle", répondit Candide, "quand on est amant, jaloux et fouetté par l'Inquisition, on ne s'arrête devant rien." The old woman then put in her word, saying:

"There are three Andalusian horses in the stable with bridles and saddles, let the brave Candide get them ready; madame has money, jewels; let us therefore mount quickly on horseback, though I can sit only on one buttock; let us set out for Cadiz, it is the finest weather in the world, and there is great pleasure in travelling in the cool of the night." «Il y a trois chevaux andalous dans l'écurie avec brides et selles, que le brave Candide les prépare; Madame a de l'argent, des bijoux; montons donc vite à cheval, bien que je ne puisse m'asseoir que sur une fesse; partons pour Cadix, c'est le plus beau temps du monde et il y a un grand plaisir à voyager dans la fraîcheur de la nuit. Immediately Candide saddled the three horses, and Cunegonde, the old woman and he, travelled thirty miles at a stretch. Aussitôt Candide sella les trois chevaux, et Cunégonde, la vieille et lui, parcoururent trente milles d'affilée. While they were journeying, the Holy Brotherhood entered the house; my lord the Inquisitor was interred in a handsome church, and Issachar's body was thrown upon a dunghill. Pendant qu'ils voyageaient, la Sainte Fraternité est entrée dans la maison; mon seigneur l'Inquisiteur fut enterré dans une belle église, et le corps d'Issacar fut jeté sur un fumier. Candide, Cunegonde, and the old woman, had now reached the little town of Avacena in the midst of the mountains of the Sierra Morena, and were speaking as follows in a public inn. Candide, Cunégonde et la vieille femme avaient atteint la petite ville d'Avacena au milieu des montagnes de la Sierra Morena, et parlaient comme suit dans une auberge publique.