Candide listened attentively and believed innocently; for he thought Miss Cunegonde extremely beautiful, though he never had the courage to tell her so. He concluded that after the happiness of being born of Baron of Thunder-ten-Tronckh, the second degree of happiness was to be Miss Cunegonde, the third that of seeing her every day, and the fourth that of hearing Master Pangloss, the greatest philosopher of the whole province, and consequently of the whole world.
a) It contrasts a child's light-heartedness with a serious event
b) It shows that amid a difficult event joy can be experienced
c) it contrasts a child's eagerness with a mother's caution
d) It shows that rhymed lines are more enjoyable to read