Mandoye N’Gom

There once lived a young spahi named Mandoye N’Gom, a soldier of the second class, who made his home in N’Dar Touti with his wife. One night, as he slept peacefully, the brightness of the moon deceived him. At two o’clock in the morning, its silvery light spilled into his room, so dazzling that Mandoye mistook it for the break