Chapter XXVI — Of a Supper Which Candide and Martin Took with Six Strangers, and Who They Were

One evening that Candide and Martin were going to sit down to supper with some foreigners who lodged in the same inn, a man whose complexion was as black as soot, came behind Candide, and taking him by the arm, said:

"Get yourself ready to go along with us; do not fail."