Cacambo gave the landlord to understand that their curiosity was by no means satisfied. 'I am a very ignorant man,' said the landlord, 'and i am happy to remain so; but their is an old fellow here, retired from the court, who is the most learned man in the relm - and its most talkative.' Where upon he took Cacambo to meet the old man. Candide was now playing second fiddle, and accompanied his valet. They entered a very modest house, for the door was merely of silver and the paneling in the apartments merely of gold, though so tastefully fashioned that the most opulent of workmanship could not have surpassed it. To be sure, the antechamber was encrusted with mere rubies and emeralds; but the skill with which everything was arranged more than justified its bare simplicity.
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