from previous--

the  night  had  passed , it  was  past  mid night, in the  small hours  of  the  darkness  slept  rashid  ahmed  snoaring  loudly that  were  heard resonating  in the  entire  household, hamidah  lay  fast  asleep on a  floor  mat  below  the  bed nearby, the  moonlight  was  casting  mysterious  shadows  in the  room