Sammendrag av Candide på Chapter 24

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1. With no news of Cacambo or Cunegonde, Candide falls into despair while Martin questions his servant’s loyalty.
2. Candide sees a cheerful girl and friar, bets they are happy, and invites them to dinner.
3. The girl identifies herself as Paquette and describes seduction, violence, imprisonment, and the misery of prostitution.
4. Friar Giroflée explains that his parents force him into religious life, where he suffers anger, theft, and confinement.
5. Candide accepts Martin’s victory but gives Paquette and Giroflée money, hoping to make them happy.
6. Still searching for an example of happiness, Candide requests permission to visit Senator Pococurante the next day.

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Paquette explains why visible cheerfulness cannot prove happiness. Her account directly overturns Candide’s first judgment of the couple.

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