The ship captain responsible for one of the former kings, Sultan Achmet, agrees to take Candide and Martin on board to Constantinople.
Cacambo tells Candide that Cunégonde works alongside the Old Woman as a servant for a Turkish prince. Also, Cunégonde is now ugly.
Cacambo reveals that he is a slave of the dethroned Sultan Achmet.
Candide learns that most of the money he gave to Cacambo was stolen by pirates.
When they dock, Candide buys Cacambo’s freedom and sets out in pursuit of Cunégonde.
Candide takes a close look at two of the galley slaves and identifies one as Pangloss and the other as Cunégonde’s Jesuit brother (the Baron), Candide thought he stabbed to death.