Candide's truthful love of Cunégonde is once again affirmed when Cacambo informs Candide that "she has lost her beauty and became horribly ugly", Candide simply responds, "Ah, whether she is beautiful or ugly, my duty is to love her," proving his love for her wasn't superficial. As an element of irony, and another "W" for Pangloss, the slaves that row Candide to Cunégonde are Pangloss and the baron Lord Thunder-ten-tronckh. Candide buys them, and takes them with him to Turkey hoping to find the old woman and Cunégonde, and of the chances of the happening, according to Candide, "Nothing is more possible". Voltaire once again balances the scale between optimism and pessimism when the stubborn baron said "No, my sister will never marry anyone
