Correct answer is <span>Voltaire wrote that Candide "had one great advantage over Martin." Martin had no hope (77).</span>
The phrase conveys the extreme violence with which the revelers handle the intruder, who is seemingly left without a body.
It sets the scene of pre-revolutionary France and demonstrates dickens’ sympathy toward the people of France at this time. The quote is important because it still shows the humanity of the peasants before it is ripped away from them by the hatred and violence brought on by the revolution.