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L'ombre du mal
Paperback
ISBN13: 9789998265080
Publisher: Nouvelles Editions Du Sahel
Published: Aug 29 2025
Pages: 74
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.15 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
...Le vénérable Maître lui parle d'une voix très rassurante, en lui disant de ne pas avoir peur et de se laisser aller: Jeune homme, n'aie pas peur, nous sommes, ici, entre amis et frères. Bientôt, tu vas rejoindre le Club des Bourgeois de la Fraternelle. Puis, il ordonne à son parrain de prendre une des coupes de verre posées sur la table et de la remettre à son fil-leul. Mamadou y jette un coup d'oeil et voit un liquide gélatineux. Une nausée emplit sa gorge. Bon gré mal gré, il accepte de boire le liquide pourpre que contient ce récipient d'initiation. Le néophyte le boit avec retenue. Alors qu'il boit la potion, toute l'assemblée l'applaudit avec des gestes bizarres qu'elle seule peut ex-pliquer...
...The venerable Master spoke to him in a very reassuring voice, telling him not to be afraid and to let himself go: Young man, do not be afraid, we are here among friends and brothers. Soon, you will join the Club of the Bourgeois of the Fraternity. Then, he ordered his godfather to take one of the glass cups placed on the table and give it to his son-in-law. Mamadou glanced at it and saw a gelatinous liquid. Nausea filled his throat. Willingly or not, he agreed to drink the purple liquid contained in this initiation vessel. The neophyte drank it with restraint. As he drank the potion, the entire assembly applauded him with bizarre gestures that only they could explain...
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