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Candide stayed some time longer in Surinam, waiting for another captain to carry him and the two remaining sheep to Italy. After he had hired domestics, and purchased everything necessary for a long voyage, Mynheer Vanderdendur, captain of a large vessel, came and offered his services.
"I am waiting for my master, Mynheer Vanderdendur, the famous merchant," answered the negro. "Was it Mynheer Vanderdendur," said Candide, "that treated thee thus?" "Yes, sir," said the negro, "it is the custom. They give us a pair of linen drawers for our whole garment twice a year.
"How much will you charge," said he to this man, "to carry me straight to Venice me, my servants, my baggage, and these two sheep?" The skipper asked ten thousand piastres. Candide did not hesitate. "Oh! oh!" said the prudent Vanderdendur to himself, "this stranger gives ten thousand piastres unhesitatingly! He must be very rich."
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