sentences:  Some time later the narrator learns that another missionary is to be sent to look after the children in Taghaza but that a garrison of twenty French soldiers is to be maintained to ensure the missionary's safety (possibly a result of the narrator's disappearance).Upon learning this, he decides to escape the day before the missionary is due to arrive, steal a rifle and kill him.In killing the missionary, the narrator intends to instigate a conflict between the French and the Tribe.