Carlz dikensi daviT koperfildi Tavi pirveli dabadeba me viqnebi gmiri Cemive sakuTari Tavgadasavlisa Tu sxva, amas mkiTxveli Semdegi furclebidan dainaxavs. Tu Cemi cxovrebis ambavs sicocxlis dasabamidan daviwyeb, unda mogaxsenoT, rom davibade paraskevs, swored Ramis Tormet saaTze. am RirSesaniSnavi SemTxvevis damswreebma SeniSnes da cnobad miiRes is garemoeba, rom saaTis SuaRamis rekva da axaldabadebulis pirveli tirili erTsa da imave wuTSi moxda. am damswreTa Soris iyvnen: gadia, bebiaqali da zogierTi sxva gonieri dedakaci, romelnic did monawileobas iRebdnen Cems bedSi jer kidev ramdenime TviT adre, sanam maTi piradi gacnobis fizikuri saSualeba momeca. yvela am pirma, miiRo ra mxedvelobaSi dRe da saaTi Cemi dabadebisa, erTsulavnad da erTxmad gamoacxada, rom, jer erTi, _ me ubeduri viqnebi Cems sicocxleSi, da meorec _ isa, rom moCvenebaTa da sulebis naxva miweria. imaTi SexedulebiT, bedi aucileblad orive am upiratesobiT im bavSvebs ajildoebs, romelnic kviris mexuTe dRis SuaRames ibadebian. am winaswarmetyvelebis pirveli debulebis Sesaxeb aq ara Rirs bevri laparaki: Cemi cxovrebis ambidan TavisTavad gamoirkveva, ramdenad ubeduri an bednieri viyavi. winaswarmetyvelebis meore debuleba sulebisa da moCvenebaTa naxvis Sesaxeb, ramdenadac maxsovs, aqamdis jer ar gamarTlebula, Tu mxedvelobaSi ar miviRebT siyrmis pirvel dReebs, romelnic srulebiT wariSalnen Cems mexsierebaSi. magram me ar vemduri beds, Tu man srulebiT momispo es upiratesoba. ar vemduri im SemTxvevaSic ki, Tu vinme ZaliT wamarTmevs mas. me davibade `perangiani~, romlis Sesaxeb ramdenime xnis Semdeg gazeTSi iyo gamocxadebuli, rom igi sul iafad, TxuTmed ginead iyideba. magram, rogorca Cans, im dros mezRvaurebi an ufulod iyvnen, an korpis tanisamosi amjobines; ase iyo Tu ise, arc erTi mezRvauri ar gamoexmaura am gancxadebas arc sityviT, arc saqmiT. aTi wlis Semdeg Cvens ubanSi gadawyda am `perangis~ bedi. igi gaaTamaSes latareaSi, ormocdaaT wevrs Soris, naxevar kronad TiTo sulze, xolo momgebs unda daematebina xuTi Silingi naRdi. me TviTon daveswari am ceremonias da Zalian kargad maxsovs uxerxuloba, romelsac vgrZnobdi im ledisa da jentlmenebis Semyure, romelTac, ase vTqvaT, Cemi sxeulis nawili gaaTamaSes. momgebiani bileTi ergo erT moxuc ledis, romelsac xelSi eWira patara CanTa, saidanac iZulebuli iyo, metismetad uxalisod amoeRo daTqmuli xuTi Silingi _ sul xurda fuli. didxans Tvala moxucma Tavisi naxevarpensianebi _ saWiro Tanxis Sesadgenad, da mainc daaklo ori pensi, Tumca yvela damswreni cdilobdnen, daemtkicebinaT misTvis maTematikuri gamoangariSebiT, rom igi cdeboda. Cveni provinciis yvela Zvel mcxovrebs Zalian kargad axsovs, da ueWvelia, kidev didxans exsomeba, rom Cemi `perangis~ bednieri mflobeli marTlac ar damxrCvala wyalSi, igi mSvidad da wynarad gardaicvala dabadebidan oTxmocdaToTxmeti wlisa,
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Carlz dikensi
daviT koperfildi
Tavi pirveli
dabadeba me viqnebi gmiri Cemive sakuTari Tavgadasavlisa Tu sxva, amas
mkiTxveli Semdegi furclebidan dainaxavs. Tu Cemi cxovrebis ambavs sicocxlis dasabamidan daviwyeb, unda
mogaxsenoT, rom davibade paraskevs, swored Ramis Tormet saaTze. am RirSesaniSnavi SemTxvevis damswreebma SeniSnes da cnobad miiRes is garemoeba, rom saaTis SuaRamis rekva da axaldabadebulis pirveli tirili erTsa da imave wuTSi moxda.
am damswreTa Soris iyvnen: gadia, bebiaqali da zogierTi sxva gonieri dedakaci, romelnic did monawileobas iRebdnen Cems bedSi jer kidev ramdenime TviT adre, sanam maTi piradi gacnobis fizikuri saSualeba momeca.
yvela am pirma, miiRo ra mxedvelobaSi dRe da saaTi Cemi dabadebisa, erTsulavnad da erTxmad gamoacxada, rom, jer erTi, _ me ubeduri viqnebi Cems sicocxleSi, da meorec _ isa, rom moCvenebaTa da sulebis naxva miweria. imaTi SexedulebiT, bedi aucileblad orive am upiratesobiT im bavSvebs ajildoebs, romelnic kviris mexuTe dRis SuaRames ibadebian.
am winaswarmetyvelebis pirveli debulebis Sesaxeb aq ara Rirs bevri laparaki: Cemi cxovrebis ambidan TavisTavad gamoirkveva, ramdenad ubeduri an bednieri viyavi. winaswarmetyvelebis meore debuleba sulebisa da moCvenebaTa naxvis Sesaxeb, ramdenadac maxsovs, aqamdis jer ar gamarTlebula, Tu mxedvelobaSi ar miviRebT siyrmis pirvel dReebs, romelnic srulebiT wariSalnen Cems mexsierebaSi. magram me ar vemduri beds, Tu man srulebiT momispo es upiratesoba. ar vemduri im SemTxvevaSic ki, Tu vinme ZaliT wamarTmevs mas.
me davibade `perangiani~, romlis Sesaxeb ramdenime xnis Semdeg gazeTSi iyo gamocxadebuli, rom igi sul iafad, TxuTmed ginead iyideba. magram, rogorca Cans, im dros mezRvaurebi an ufulod iyvnen, an korpis tanisamosi amjobines; ase iyo Tu ise, arc erTi mezRvauri ar gamoexmaura am gancxadebas arc sityviT, arc saqmiT. aTi wlis Semdeg Cvens ubanSi gadawyda am `perangis~ bedi. igi gaaTamaSes latareaSi, ormocdaaT wevrs Soris, naxevar kronad TiTo sulze, xolo momgebs unda daematebina xuTi Silingi naRdi. me TviTon daveswari am ceremonias da Zalian kargad maxsovs uxerxuloba, romelsac vgrZnobdi im ledisa da jentlmenebis Semyure, romelTac, ase vTqvaT, Cemi sxeulis nawili gaaTamaSes. momgebiani bileTi ergo erT moxuc ledis, romelsac xelSi eWira patara CanTa, saidanac iZulebuli iyo, metismetad uxalisod amoeRo daTqmuli xuTi Silingi _ sul xurda fuli. didxans Tvala moxucma Tavisi naxevarpensianebi _ saWiro Tanxis Sesadgenad, da mainc daaklo ori pensi, Tumca yvela damswreni cdilobdnen, daemtkicebinaT misTvis maTematikuri gamoangariSebiT, rom igi cdeboda. Cveni provinciis yvela Zvel mcxovrebs Zalian kargad axsovs, da ueWvelia, kidev didxans exsomeba, rom Cemi `perangis~ bednieri mflobeli marTlac ar damxrCvala wyalSi, igi mSvidad da wynarad gardaicvala dabadebidan oTxmocdaToTxmeti wlisa,
sakuTar sawolSi, bumbulis loginze, Tumca isic unda iTqvas, rom moxucs WiriviT sZulda wyali da Tavi mohqonda, rom mTeli sicoclis ganmavlobaSi TvaliTac ar enaxa.
me davibade daba blonderstonSi, sufolkis sagrafoSi. mamaCemis Tvalebi daixuWa am qveynisaTvis eqvsi TviT adre, vidre me pirvelad vixile igi. axlac maocebs, roca gamaxsendeba, rom mamas arasodes vunaxivar. ufro metad ki is makvirvebs, rom igi wevs martodmarto civ samareSi, Ramis gauval wyvdiadSi maSin, rodesac Cvens patara sastumroSi siTbo, sinaTle da myudroeba sufevs.
mamaCemis mamida da, maSasadame, Cemi papida, romlis Sesaxeb Semdeg Zalian dawvrilebiT momixdeba laparaki, yvelaze mniSvnelovani pirovneba iyo Cvens ojaxSi. mas erqva mis trotvudi, anu mis betsi, rogorc yovelTvis eZaxda mas sabralo dedaCemi im SemTxvevaSi, roca dasZlevda xolme SiSs da am naTesavze Camoagdebda laparaks. mis trotvudi odesRac Zalian lamazi iyo, magram, samwuxarod, ar amarTlebda Zvelebur inglisur andazas, rom `mSvenieria mxolod is, visi moqmedebac mSvenieria~. Cum-Cumad laparakobdnen, TiTqos qmari scemda mis betsis. erTxel xma gavrcelda, ojaxuri aliaqoTis dros, rac fulis sakiTxs exeboda, es jentlmeni ise gaaavda, rom Tavisi meuRle meore sarTulis fanjridan unda gadegdoo. yovelive es albaT sisulelea, magram ueWvelia, rom meuRleTa Soris araviTari xasiaTis msgavseba ar arsebobda. amitom iyo, rom isini gaSordnen erTmaneTs. mis betsim gadaixada garkveuli Tanxa da moaxerxa gayra, romelic orive mxaris urTierTsurvilze iyo damyarebuli. qmarma waiRo mTeli Tanxa da wavida indoeTSi mxecebze sanadirod. aTi wlis Semdeg movida cnoba misi sikvdilis Sesaxeb. igi wynarad da uSfoTvelad gardaicvala. ukanaskneli amooxvris win dastiroda Tavis siymawvilis Secdomebs. rogori STabeWdileba moaxdina am ambavma papidaCemze, aravin icoda da verc aqamde Seityo. is kia, rom gayris Semdeg Tavisi qaliSvilobis saxeli daibruna, iyida saxli erT sofelSi zRvis piras, dasaxlda da rogorc gauTxovari, xanSi Sesuli qali, erTi moaxlis anabara, da yvelam Seityo, rom man uaryo yvela amqveyniuri siamovneba da gandegilad cxovrobs.
mamaCemi papidas, mgoni, odesrac Zalian uyvarda, magram SemdegSi igi didad Seuracxyofili darCenila misi colis SerTviT, radgan dedaCemi, papidas sityviT, `sanTlis dedofala~ iyo. Tumca isic unda iTqvas, rom papidas arasodes enaxa dedaCemi da mxolod is icoda, rom misi Zmiswulis coli oc welze metisa ar iyo. am qorwinebis Semdeg mamida da Zmiswuli aRar Sexvedrian erTmaneTs. mamaCemi metad susti agebulebisa iyo, dedaCemze oci wliT ufrosi. igi qorwinebis erTi wlis Semdeg gardaicvala, rogorc vTqvi, eqvsi TviT adre Cems dabadebamde.
ai ra mdgomareobaSi iyo saqme paraskevs dRisiT: dedaCemi, avadmyofi da sevdiani, buxarTan ijda da Tvalcremliani cecxls Sehyurebda. marti idga, qariani da notio. igi fiqrobda gansvenebul qmarze, Tavis martoobaze da im axal, usaxlkaro, qveynisTvis jer kidev ucnob mgzavrze, romlisTvisac ujraSi kidec elaga aTasgvari qinZisTavebi. `gadavitan Tu ara im saSinel tanjvas, romelic momelis?~ _ SeekiTxa TavisTavs sabralo qali. mere cremlebi moiwminda, Sexeda pirdapir fanjaras da dainaxa baRSi momavali ucnobi ledi.
meore Sexvedris dros sevdianma winaTrgrZnobam ubiZga dedaCems, rom es ledi usaTuod mis betsi unda yofiliyo. igi iseTi mtkice nabijiT uaxlovdeboda karebs da mTel mis garegnobaSi iseTi Rrma Segneba
ixateboda sakuTari Rirsebisa, rom es mxolod gansvenebuli mamaCemis mamida SeiZleboda yofiliyo.
male amis damamtkicebeli meore sabuTic gamoirkva, rom ucnauri ledi da mis betsi erTi da igive pirovneba iyo. mamaCemi ambobda xolme, mamidaCemi metismetad eqscentrulia, rasac ar unda akeTebdes, da garkveviT gansxvavdeba yvela sxva qalisa da kacisagano. axlac, roca ucnauri ledi saxls mouaxlovda, imis magivrad, rom karebTan zari daereka, fanjaraSi Semoixeda da ise magra miado SuSas cxviri, rom zed mieWylita da mTlad gauTeTrda.
me mgonia, es garemoeba iyo ukanaskneli mizezi, rom swored paraskevs davibade.
gaocebuli da aRelvebuli dedaCemi saCqarod adga skamidan da gaCerda mis ukan, oTaxis kuTxeSi. mis betsim nela da dinjad daiwyo mTeli oTaxis Tvaliereba, bolos misi Tvalebi dedaCemze SeCerda. ucnaurma ledim warbebi Seikra da xelis brZanebiTi moZraobiT aniSna karis gaReba. dedaCemi daemorCila.
_ misis koperfildi, Tu ara vcdebi? _ warmoTqva mis betsim, roca Tvali gadaavlo ZaZiT mosil orsul qals.
dedaCems marTlac metad ymawvili Sexeduleba hqonda. man naRvlianad Cahkida Tavi da warmoTqva qviTiniT, rom marTlac Zalian ymawvil qvrivad grZnobs Tavs, da, rasakvirvelia, metad axalgazrda, bavSvurad gamoucdeli deda iqneba, Tu miaRwia am ukve moaxloebul Jams. Semdeg xanmokle siCume Camovarda, da dedas moeCvena, TiTqos mis betsi alersianad Seexo mis Tmebs; magram roca gaubedavad Sexeda, dainaxa, rom mis betsi warbebSekruli ijda cecxlTan, xelebi muxlebze daelagebina da fexebi buxris napirze daedga.
_ aba, _ uTxra mis betsim, _ rodis moeliT? _ mTlad makankalebs, _ wailaparaka dedam, _ ar vici, RmerTmani ra
memarTeba. albaT sikvdili momiaxlovda! _ ara, ara, ara! _ UuTxra mis betsim, _ aba, erTi Cai dalieT! _ ah, ar vici! Tqvena ggoniaT, rom es CemTvis sasargeblo iqneba? _
hkiTxa dedaCemma sabralo xmiT.
_ rasakvirvelia, sasargeblo iqneba, _ upasuxa mis betsim. _ yovelive es mxolod aRelvebisagan mogdiT... ra hqvia Tqvens qals?
_ me, swore mogaxsenoT, ar vici, qali iqneba Tu vaJi, qalbatono, _ gulubryvilod upasuxa dedaCemma.
_ ra bavSvi xarT! _ SesZaxa mis betsim da xeli xels Semohkra. _ me Tqven gekiTxebiT, ra hqvia Tqvens moaxles?
_ pegoti? _ gaimeora mis betsim aRSfoTebiT. _ nuTu Tqvena ggoniaT, umecaro bavSvo, rom qristian xalxebs moepovebaT pegotis msgavsi saxeli?
_ es misi gvaria, _ Cumad Tqva Cemma dedam. _ mister koperfildi mas gvariT eZaxda, radgan me da mag qals erTi da igive saxeli gvqvia.
_ ei, pegoti! _ dauZaxa mis betsim da sastumros kari gaaRo. _ Cai! Tqveni qalbatoni uqeifod aris! aba, male!
es gankarguleba iseTi brZanebis kiloTi iyo warmoTqmuli, TiTqos igi mudam mefobda am saxlSi. Semdeg mkacrad Sexeda gaocebul pegotis, romelic sanTliT xelSi talanSi modioda, da isev uwindeburad dajda; fexebi buxris piras daalaga da orive xeli erT muxlze dauSva.
_ Tqven, mgonia, geeWvebaT, rom qali geyolebaT? _ SeniSna mis betsim. _ me ki darwmunebuli var, rom yovlad SeuZlebelia sxvafriv moxdes. maSasadame, Svilo, im wuTidan, roca es gogona...
_ iqneb vaJia, _ gaawyvetina dedaCemma gaubedavi xmiT. _ me Tqven geubnebiT, qali iqneba-meTqi, nu mekamaTebiT. da, ai, im
wuTidan roca es gogona gaCndeba, me ganzraxuli maqvs, misi megobari gavxde. me misi naTlia viqnebi, da axlave gTxovT, daarqvaT mas betsi trotvud-koperfildi. am betsi trotvudis cxovrebaSi araviTar Secdomebs ar unda eqnes adgili, me aravis mivcem nebas, rom misi grZnobebi saTamaSod gaixados. igi mudam Cemi mfarvelobis qveS iqneba. saukeTesod unda aRvzardoT, rom betsi trotvud-koperfildma ar gaswiros Tavisi guli da vinme sulels ar miendos. yovelive amas me vkisrulob da Cemze viReb pasuxismgeblobas.
TiToeuli frazis Semdeg mis betsi energiulad aqnevda Tavs, TiTqos mis gulSi sakuTari cxovrebis mravali mware mogonebani iRviZebdnen.
_ da, rasakvirvelia, ganebivrebdaT. asea Tu ara? _ oh! diax! roca momagondeba, rom isev martodmarto davrCi amqveynad
da yvelaferSi Cemi Tavis anabara unda viyo... _ upasuxa dedam da isev aqviTinda.
_ aba, aba, nu tiriT! _ uTxra mis betsim. _ Tqven ar iyaviT erTmaneTis Sesaferisi... gana sadme ki moipoveba ori iseTi adamiani, romelTac SeuZliaT kargi wyvili Seadginon? Tqven xom, mgoni, oboli xarT, Tu ara vcdebi?
aRmzrdelad vmuSaobdi. igi Zalian alersiani iyo, didi yuradRebiTa da mzrunvelobiT mepyroboda da bolos winadadebiT mommarTa. me davTanxmdi da jvari daviwereT.
_ ukacravad, qalbatono, me megona, rom Tqven ukve iciT, _ upasuxa mister Cilipma, _ axlad dabadebuli bavSvi vaJia.
papidam xmaamouReblad, saCqarod moixsna mklavidan qudi, Camoifxata Tavze da swrafad gavida gareT, rom arasodes aRar dabrunebuliyo. igi gahqra, rogorc avi suli, an erTi im moCvenebaTagani, romelic miwinaswarmetyveles, da mas aqeT misi xseneba aRar yofila Cvens mxareSi.
me vesvene kalaTaSi dedis gverdiT, romelic loginSi iwva. betsi trotvudi samudamod darCa CvenebaTa da aCrdilTa samefoSi. Cveni oTaxis fanjaraSi SemoWrili mTvaris Suqi anaTebda agreTve im saflavis borcvs, sadac ganisvenebda odesRac cocxali arsebis neSti, uromlisodac me verasodes gavCndebodi amqveynad.
wlebs, me jer ver varCev verc saxeebs, verc xmebs da verc movlenebs; magram ai pirveli sagnebi, romelnic ixatebian Cems mexsierebaSi: dedaCemi, misi mSvenieri TmiTa da ymawviluri saxiT, mis pegoti _ qaliSvili Savi TvalebiT, tlanqi xelebiT da iseTi wiTeli loyebiT rom mikvirda, ratom Citebi ara hkenwlaven maT, vaSlebis magivrad-meTqi.
es ori pirovneba me axla magondeba sul mcire manZiliT daSorebulni erTmaneTisagan; isini, albaT, Cem win idgnen an muxlebze daCoqilebi, an daxrilebi, da me gaubedavi nabijiT gadavdiodi erTisgan meoresTan. Cems mexsierebaSi darCa Semdgom mogonebaTagan ganuSorebeli STabeWdileba, rom me vekarebodi mis pegotis cers, roca igi xels miwvdida; da es ceri iseTi xorkliani hqonda kervisagan, rogorc muSkis kaklis patara safxeki.
Tu gnebavT, ocneba daarqviT amas, magram dabejiTebiT vfiqrob, rom bevris ymawviluri mogonebani gacilebiT ufro Sors midian, vidre sazogadod hgoniaT. me mgonia, agreTve, rom Zalian bevri patara bavSvi dajildoebulia dakvirvebis saocari niWiT, da am dakvirvebis Sedegi xSirad araCveulebrivi swori da zedmiwevniTia.
maSasadame, rogorc vTqviT, upirveles yovlisa, cxadad da garkveulad, sxva movlenebTan Seurevlad, Cems mexsierebaSi ixateba ori sagani: Cemi deda da mis pegoti. iqneb SevZlo kidev movigono rame? vnaxoT.
ai, warsulis bundovan RrublebSi Cems winaSe Cveni saxli ixateba. qvemo sarTulSi mis pegotis samzareuloa, romlis fanjrebi ukana ezoSi gadis; da aq, ukana ezoSi, Sig mis SuagulSi sarze gadis; da aq, ukana ezoSi, Sig mis SuagulSi sarze damagrebulia samtrede, romelSic ara Cans arc erTi mtredi; cota moSorebiT, kuTxeSi, saZaRlea, sadac ZaRli ar aris. mTel am aremareSi mkacrad da mrisxaned daseirnoben qaTmebi. Cems TvalSi isini uzarmazarni arian, metadre saSinelia mamali me SiSiT vucqerdi mas fanjridan. WiSkars iqiT batebi dadian da bortad win iwvdian TavianT grZel kisrebs, roca win Camivlian. batebi ZilSic mesizmrebian. asea, adamians, romelic mxecebiT aris garSemortymuli, lomebi da vefxvebi elandeba ZilSi.
ai kidev grZeli, dausrulebeli talani, Tvaluwvdeneli CemTvis. igi pegotis samzareulodan saxlis mTavar Sesavalisaken modis. talanis meore boloSi sakuWnaoa, saSineli CemTvis RamRamobiT, radgan ar vici, ra
budobs am auarebel SuSebsa, boTlebsa da qilebs Sua, am SexuTul alagas, saidanac gamodis sapnis, mwnilis, wiwakis, yavis, qonisa da sanTlebis mZime suni.
talanis erT mxareze Cveni ori sastumro oTaxia. erTSi yovel saRamos vsxedvarT deda, me da pegoti _ Cveni mudmivi mosaubre; meoreSi, sadResaswaulo darbazSi, romelic ufro didia, magram myudrebas moklebuli, kvira dReebs vatarebT. am oTaxSi me yovelTvis mZime da naRvliani fiqrebi momdioda. pegotim miambo, ar maxsovs rodis, albaT ramdenime saukunis winaT, rogor emzadebodnen am oTaxSi mamaCemis dasaflavebisaTvis da rogor modiodnen aq Savwamosasxamiani jentlmenebi. aqve erT kvira saRamos dedam wagvikiTxa me da pegotis aRmosavluri moTxroba, sadac mTavari moqmedi samaridan amoRebuli mkvdari iyo; amis Semdeg ise vkankalebdi loginSi, rom ufrosebi iZulebulebi iyvnen fanjridan daenaxvebinaT CemTvis myudro sasaflao, sadac mTvaris Suqze micvalebulni mSvidad ganisveneben TavianT samareebSi.
ai Cveni savarZeli eklesiaSi, _ uh, ra maRali sazurge aqvs! fanjaraSi, romelic mis gverdiTaa, Cveni saxli ise Cans, rogorc xelisgulze. pegoti wirvis dros xSirad ucqeris saxls, rom darwmundes, cecxli xom ar ukidia mas, an qurdebi xom ar Sesulan. Tumca pegoti wamdauwum iqiT-aqeT icqireba, magram Zalian javrobs, roca mec, imis mixedviT, yovel mxares vaceceb Tvalebs; pegoti warbebs ikravs da xeliT maniSnebs, rom pastors vuyuro. rada? risTvis? isedac Zalian kargad vicnob am jentlmens. Cemi daSterebuli cqera rom SeamCnios da mkiTxos: ra minda? mere? marTalia Tvalebis parpali ar varga, samarcxvinoa, magram meti ra gza maqvs... me dedas vuyureb, magram deda iseT saxes iRebs, TiTqos arc ki mxedavs; gavcqeri biWs, ekvderSi rom dgas, da ise meCveneba, TiTqos igi meRrijebodes. eklesiis misavals xom ar Sevxedo? ager, karebTan faras CamorCenili cxvari dgas da, mgonia Ria karebSi apirebs Semosvas. ai, sadResaswaulo frakSi gamowyobili mister Cilipi zis; mister Cilipidan Cemi Tvalebi kaTedraze da sxva sagnebze gadadian... TandaTan Tvalebi kaTedraze da sxva sagnebze gadadian... TandaTan Tvalebi mexuWeba, nanasaviT Camesmis mRvdlis galoba, sul male sruliad aRaraferi mesmis da xmauriT vaskdebi iataks; pegotis xelSi ayvanili mivyavar SiSisagan gulgaxeTqili.
Tvalwin midgas Cveni saxlis fasadi, misi veneciuri fanjrebiT, sawol oTaxidan baRCisken rom aris gaRebuli, sadac maRal Telas jer kidev SerCenia Wilyvavebis Zveli, naxevrad dangreuli budeebi. surnelovani haeri Semdis yvela oTaxis Ria fanjrebSi; magram ar miyvars oTaxebSi jdoma gazafxulze da zafxulSi, roca ukana ezo amwvanebulia da baRSi xexili hyvavis. davrbivar samtredesa da saZaRlis gverdiT, Sevdivar baRSi. mwife da mSvenieri xili asxia yvela xes da deda hkrefs maT kalaTaSi. am dros me Cumad TeTrekalasa vWam da Tan vcdilob, miamiti saxe miviRo.
hqris Zlieri qari, asxams wvima, _ TiTqos zafxuli ar yofiliyos. zamTarSi, bindisas, Cven vTamaSobT sastumroSi, vtrialebT, vxtivarT da vcekvavT. araqaTgamoleuli deda savarZelSi ecema; me veTamaSebi mis kululebs, da aravin icis Cemze ukeTesad, rogor esiamovneba mas, rom lamazia, da rogor amayobs Tavisi silamaziT.
aseTia Cemi adrindeli STabeWdilebani. mraval movlenaTa Soris, gars rom maxvevia. male gamovitane srulebiT samarTliani daskvna, rom me da
dedas cotaTi gveSinia pegotisa da yovelvis mis nebas vemorCilebiT. es daskvna Cemi bavSvuri azrovnebis erTi pirveli nayofTagani iyo.
erTxel saRamos me da pegoti martoni davrCiT, sastumroSi buxarTan visxediT. me xmamaRla vkiTxulobdi wigns niangebis Sesaxeb; albaT Zalian garkveviT vkiTxulobdi, an pegoti Zalian iyo dainteresebuli, maxsovs, rom am kiTxvis Semdeg mis pegotis darCa bundovani warmodgena, TiTqos niangebi bostneulis nairsaxeoba yofiliyvnen. deda stumrad iyo wasuli. me, kargi yofaqcevis jildod, neba momeca sastumroSi vyofiliyavi mis mosvlamde. wignma male damRala, ena TiTqmis ar memorCleboda, Tvalebic mexuWeboda, magram sikvdils ufro Sevurigdebodi vidre sawol oTaxSi wasvlas da loginSi Cawolas.
maSin sxva qmars gahyveT, pegoti? _ rogor ara, meoredac Txovdebian. es survilzea. es yvelaferi imazea
damokidebuli, vin rasa fiqrobs am saganze. _ Tqven rogora fiqrobT, pegoti? es rom vkiTxe, dakvirvebiT davacqerdi, isic me makvirdeboda. cota xnis siCumis Semdeg pegoti samuSaos miubrunda da Tqva: _ ai rasa vfiqrob, mister devi: me TviTon gaTxovili ara vyofilvar
_ da arc gavTxovdebi. ai, ras SemiZliaT gTxraT magis pasuxad. _ xom ar mijavdebiT, pegoti? _ vkiTxe erTi wuTis siCumis Semdeg. marTlac, megona, TiTqos igi gajavrebuli iyo, radgan Zalian ugulod
melaparakeboda, magram Sevcdi. pegotim daaneba muSaobas Tavi, farTod gaSala mklavebi, Caikra Cemi xuWuWa Tavi gulSi da damkocna. am moxvevnisa da kocnis gulwrfelobaSi me eWvi ara mqonda. pegoti Zalian msuqani iyo, da roca viwro kostiumSi morTuli, raimeze Zalas miitanda, kabis Rilebi zurgze awydeboda da iqiT-aqeT cvioda. Zalian kargad maxsovs, rom axlac ori Rili gagorda sastumro oTaxis meore kuTxeSi.
verasgziT ver mivxvdi, rad gamoiyureboda pegoti ase ucnaurad, da rad maCqarebda ase mouTmenlad, rom niangebs davbrunebodi. ase iyo Tu ise, Cven marTlac davubrundiT am sazarel mxecebs, da me isev didis xalisiT daviwye kiTxva. Tavidan bolomde gavecaniT am saintereso jiSis mcxovelebis istorias, maT znesa da Cveulebebs. me didi gulmodginebiT vkiTxulobdi. magram pegoti, rogorc Canda, ver mismenda yuradRebiT da maincdamainc did monawileobas ar iRebda niangebze nadirobaSi. igi Cumad ijda, dafiqrebuli saxiT, da ramdenjerme nemsic ki iCxvlita TiTSi.
roca niangebs movrCiT, gvindoda aligatorebze gadavsuliyaviT, magram am dros baRCis karebTan zaris rekva moisma, Cven karebisaken wavediT da SevxvdiT dedas, romelsac Tan axlda viRac jentlmeni, mSvenieri Savi TmiT da bakenbardebiT _ swored is, warsul kviras eklesiidan rom gamogvacila.
karebTan deda daixara, amiyvana xelSi da makoca; am dros misma Tanamgzavrma SeniSna, rom me mefeze bednieri var, raRac amis magvari.
_ es ras niSnavs? _ vkiTxe jentlmens dedaCemis xmars iqidan. iman Tavze xeli gadamisva, magram ar vici, ratom ar momewona es kaci
da SemezizRa misi xma. roca igi Semexo, da CemTan erTad _ dedasac, odnav xeli vkari mis xels. me veWvianobdi.
_ ah, devi! _ miTxra dedam wyeniT. _ ra mSvenieri bavSvia! _ SesZaxa jentlmenma. _ srulebiT ar mikvirs,
rom mas ase uyvarxarT. arasodes winaT ar SeminiSnavs iseTi warmtaci vardisferi dedaCemis
loyebze, rogorc am wuTSi. igi gamiwyra uzrdelobisaTvis, magram maSinve gulSi Camixuta da ise gadauxada madloba jentlmens gacilebisaTvis. madlobis sityvebTan, dedam xeli gauwoda, da roca xeli CamoarTva, dedam me Semomxeda.
magram me gavjiutdi da isev marcxena xeli miveci. jentlmenma alersianad mouWira mas Tavisi xeli da Tqva, kargi biWi xaro. mere Tavi dagvikra da wavida.
RiRini morTo. me dameZina, magram arc ise, rom srulebiT ara gamego-ra. roca
Tvlemisagan gamovfxizldi da Tvalebi gavaxile, dedac da pegotic _ orive Tvalcremlianebi iyvnen da Zalian xmamaRla laparakobdnen.
_ ara, magisTana adamiani ar moewoneboda mister koperfilds, cocxali rom iyos, _ Tqva pegotim. _ amaSi Tund fics davdeb, diax!
_ ah, ras ambobT! _ SesZaxa dedam. _ Tqven gamagiJebT, pegoti, rodis da sad mouTmeniaT sabralo qaliSvilebs amgvari Seuracxyofa TavianTi moaxlisagan?.. an rad veZaxi Cems Tavs qaliSvils? gana gaTxovili ar viyavi, pegoti?
_ diaxac rom iyaviT, _ upasuxa pegotim. _ maS rogora bedavT, _ ganagrZo dedam, _ ese igi, me mindoda meTqva,
rogor giZlebT guli, pegot, rom aseT cud sityvebs meubnebiT, roca mSvenivrad iciT, rom am saxls iqiT arc erTi gulwrfeli megobari ara myavs!
_ ai swored imitom vbedav, _ upasuxa pegotim. _ rogorc geneboT, qalbatono, da eg ar varga! diax, ar varga! nu gamiwyrebiT, da kidev vityvi, rom ar varga!
pegoti iseTi gamwarebuli laparakobda, rom vfiqrobdi Sandals iatakze daanarcxebs-meTqi.
_ o, ratom ara grcxveniaT, pegoti, rom ase mawyenineT! _ uTxra dedam da ufro metad atirda. _ ratom ggoniaT, rom Cvens Soris yvelafri gadawyvetili da gaTavebulia? garkveviT gelaparakebiT, rom garda sul ubralo Tavazianobisa, jer araferi ara yofila-ra, da ueWvelia, arasodes arc iqneba. Tqven ambobT, rom CemTvis giJdebian, _ mere ra vqna? gana eg Cemi bralia? gana SemiZlia vaJkacebis grZnobaTa Sekaveba, Tuki isini aseTi sulelebi arian? ra vqna am SemTxvevaSi, gekiTxebiT? xom ar mibrZabenT, Tavi moviarso, Savi feriT moviTxupno saxe, an kidev sxvagvarad davimaxinjo Tavi? Tqvengan yvelaferi mosalodnelia, pegoti. Tqven Zalian gindaT, rom me maxinji viyo.
deda da miuaxlovda savarZels, romelSic vijeqi. _ nuTu vinmes SeuZlia misayveduros, rom sakmarisad ar miyvars es mSvenieri bavSvi?
_ veravin da verasodes ver gabedavs, qalbatono, rom eg gisayveduroT, _ uTxra pegotim.
_ Tqven misayvedureT, Tqven, pegoti! _ upasuxa dedam. _ maS sxagvarad rogor gavigo yvela es sawyeni mikibul-mokibuli laparaki? Tqven Zalian kargad iciT, pegoti, rom mxolod devis gulisaTvis ar viyide axali qolga, Tumca Cemi Zveli mwvane qolga srulebiT gaxunda da foCic mTlad gaucvda. diax, es Tqven Zalian kargad iciT, pegoti, amaze uars ver ityviT!
mere dedam makoca gansakuTrebuli sinaziT da isev ganagrZo. axla ukve piradad me mommarTavda.
_ miTxari, cudi deda var, devi? boroti, anCxli, Tavmoyvare? ara, devi? miTxari `ho~, Cemo angelozo, miTxari, Cemo Svilo, _ da pegotis eyvarebi, devi, misi siyvaruli ufro Zvirfasi iqneba SenTvlis, vidre Cemi. me Sen srulebiT ar miyvarxar... diax, srulebiT ar miyvarxar!..
am sityvebTan erTad yvelani xmamaRla avtirdiT gulwrfeli cremlebiT, da SeiZleba yvela xmamaRla me vtirodi. marTlac, sevdsagan
guli miskdeboda da, mgoni, wyenis pirvel wuTSi me pegotis `boroti nadiri~ vuwode. keTili qali Zalian nawyeni iyo da, ramdenadac maxsovs, am dros dahkarga TiTqmis yvela Tavisi Rili, imitom, rom verc erTi veRar SevniSne, rodesac, dedasTan Serigebis Semdeg, man muxlebze daiCoqa savaZlis win, rom CemTanac mSvidoba daemyarebina.
amis Semdeg pegoti gacilebiT ufro iSviaTad rCeboda saRamoobiT CvenTan, vidre uwin. deda didi yuradRebiT eqceoda mas, _ iqneb meti yuradRebiT, vidre odesme, da Cven, samiveni, Zalian kargi megobrebi viyaviT, magram mainc raRac ucnauri cvlileba moxda. Cvens saxlSi aRar iyo uwindeli silaRe da simxiarule. xandaxan meCveneboda, TiTqos pegoti uSlida dedas feradi kabebis Cacmas, tanisamosisi karadaSi rom ekida, da isec xdeboda, rom igi exveweboda dedas _ ar wasuliyo stumrad; magram riT iyo gamowveuli yovelive es, ver mivxvedriliyav.
nel-nela SeveCvie SavTmiani da bakenbardebiani jentlmenis Sexvedras Cvens saxlSi. me ar miyvarda igi iseve, rogorc uwin, da mousvenari iWvianoba yovelTvis mawuxebda am kacis danaxvis dros.
erTxel, Semodgoma diliT, roca me da deda baRCaSi vseirnobdiT, mister mordstoni, _ me ukve vicodi misi saxeli, _ cxeniT moadga baRCis Robes. SeaCera cxeni, Tavi daukra dedas da uTxra, rom loustoftSi mivdivar megobrebis sanaxavado; mere mxiarulad mkiTxa, miyvars Tu ara cxeniT seirnoba, da SemomTavaza masTan cxenze Sejdoma.
Eme gamgzavnes pegotisTan _ cxenze sajdomi tanisamosis Casacmelad. mister mordstoni Camoxta cxenidan, aRviri mxarze gadaido da seirnoba daiwyo surnelovani askilis Robis gadaRma, dedaCemi ki nel-nela dadioda baRCaSi imave Robis aqeT da Tan elaparakeboda. maxsovs, rogor vucqerodiT maT me da pegoti Cemi sawoli oTaxis patara fanjridan, rogor axlos SeCerdnen isini erTmaneTis win da raRacas sinjavdnen askilze. pegoti, romelic erTi wuTis win mSvenier gunebaze iyo, uceb gaibuta da damiwyo Tmebis varcxna, arc srulebiT ar iyo saWiro.
male me da mister mordstoni mivaWenebdiT cxens mwvane mindroze, Saragzis gverdiT. mas Zalian moxerxebulad veWire erTi xeliT, da amxanad ar vgrZnobdi Cveulebrivs Sewuxebas.
Cven mivediT zRvis sanapirosTan myof sastumroSi, sadac ori jentlmeni dagvxvda. isini sigarebs eweodnen. orives ganieri, gaxsnili qurTukebi ecva. TiToeuli, sul cota rom vTqvaT, oTx skamze mainc iwva. oTaxis kuTxeSi erT boRCaSi Sekruli eyara serTukebi, bairaRi da mezRvaurebis wamosasxamebi.
Cveni SesvlisTanave jentlmenebi swrafad wamoxtnen fexze da erTxmad Sehyvires:
_ a! mordston! nuTu es Tqven xarT! Cven gvegona, rom ukve mkvdari iyaviT!
_ jer ara, rogorca hxedavT, _ upasuxa mister mordstonma. _ es Wabuki viRaa? _ ikiTxa erTma jentlmenTaganma da Cemze miuTiTa. _ es devia. _ vin devi, jonsi? _ koperfildi, _ auxsna mister mordstonma. _ rogor! im mSvenieri qvrivis biWunaa, momxiblavi misis
Cemi dakvirvebiT, mTeli am dRis ganmavlobaSi m-r mordstoni ufro dinji da seriozuli iyo, vidre danarCeni ori jentlmeni, isini metad mxiarulni da udardelni gamodgnen. jentlmenebi daurideblad exumrebodnen erTmaneTs, magram maTi xumroba Zalian iSviaTad iyo mimarTuli motrdstonisadmi. cxadi iyo, rom igi oriveze gonieri da Wkuadamjdari iyo. me SevniSne, rom erTxel-orjer mister kvinionma saubris dros gverdze gadmohxeda mister mordstons, TiTqos undoda gaego, kmayofili iyo Tu ara igi misi laparakiT. me ise maxsovs, TiTqos mister mordstons, ar gaucinia im dRes, garda erTi SemTxvevisa, roca laparaki ucnob Sefildel bruqsze Camovarda, _ da es misi erTaderTi xumroba iyo.
saRamos, jer isev TvalnaTliv, Cven Sin davbrundiT. mSvenieri saRamo iyo. deda da mister mordstoni isev mohyvnen seirnobas surnelovan askilis Robis iqiTa da aqeTa mxares. me pegotisTan gamgzavnes Cais dasalevad.
mister mordstonis wasvlis Semdeg deda didxans mekiTxeboda, rogor gavatare es dRe. sxvaTa Soris, vuambe, ra iTqva imis Sesaxeb. dedam gaicina da SeniSna, rom yvela isini qarafSuta xalxia, sisuleleze gadareuli; magram vicodi, rom es dedas Zalian moswonda. me vicodi Zalian kargad, ise, rogorc axla vici. visargeble SemTxveviT da vkiTxe, vin aris es Sefildeli mister bruqsi-meTqi? dedam mipasuxa, ar vici, Tuca SeiZleba meqarxne iyos, romelic dana-Cangals akeTebso.
droTa siSoris gamo, ise meCveneba, TiTqos pegotis meore dResve mouvida azrad, moeca CemTvis erTi metad ucnauri da gabeduli winadadeba, magram, ueWvelia, es moxda erTi-ori Tvis Semdeg.
erTxel, saRamos, roca deda kvlav saxlSi ar iyo, Cven orni visxediT sastumro oTaxSi buxarTan. pegoti windasa hqsovda; me vapirebdi niangebis Sesaxeb wignis kiTxvas. ramdenjerme ise meCvena, TiTqos pegotis raRacis Tqma undoda CemTvis, magram igi mxolod aRebda pirs da isev hkumavda. me jer momeCvena, TiTqos mxolod amTqnarebda, magram bolos pegotim miTxra:
_ ras ityviT, mister devi, me rom azrad momivides dagpatiJoT Cems ZmasTan iarmauTSi stumrad, erTi-ori kviriT? CemTvis da TqvenTvis es namdvili dResaswauli iqneboda, ara?
_ amaze nu SewuxdebiT, _ mipasuxa pegotim da Tan makvirdeboda, _ me mzada var, dageniZlaoT, rom deda xmasac ar amoiRebs. gindaT, vkiTxoT, rogorc ki saxlSi dabrundeba?
_ kargi, pegoti. oRond ai ras getyviT: _ vuTxari me. _ mere, Cven rom aqedan wavalT, deda ras izams? xom ar SeiZlia martoka darCes?
_ ah, gana Tqven ar iciT, mister devi? _ ra? _ dedaTqveni am dReebSi stumrad midis misis greiperTan da
mezobeli iyo, da dedam, es ramdenime xania, mouxSira masTan siaruls. srulebiT moulodnelad, deda, dabrunebisas, maSinve daeTanxma pegotis winadadebas da Cven im saRamosve SevudeqiT gasamgzavreblad mzadebs.
male wasvlis dRec dadga. Tumca Zalian meSinoda, rom miwisZvras an bunebriv raime movlenas ar CaeSala es eqspedicia. Cven unda gavmgzavrebuliyaviT etliT, diliT, sauzmis Semdeg. me mzad viyavi uari meTqva mTel Cem Segrovil fulze, oRond es Rame samgzavro wamosasxamiTa da CeqmebiT gametarebina.
axlac ki sevda mereva, roca vigoneb, rogori mouTmenlobiT vnatrobdi im dros Cemi bednieri saxlis datovebas, da srulebiT fiqrad ar momdioda, rom samudamod vkargavdi mas.
Tumca didi kmayofilebiT sxva ramec magondeba: roca alayafis karebs etli moadga da dedam gamoTxovebisas kocna damiwyo, siyvarulma misdami da mSobliuri kerisadmi, romelsac me jer arasodes ar movSorebivar, uneburi cremlebi momgvara. dedac tiroda, da me vgrZnobdi, rogor Zlierad scemda misi guli Cems mkerdTan.
roca Cven adgilidan daviZariT, deda gamoiqca da meetles ubrZana, SeCerebuliyo; mas undoda, erTxel kidev ekocna CemTvis da gulSi Cavexutebine. didi siamovnebiT vCerdebi am wvrilmanebze, romelnic usaTuod amtkiceben mis dedobriv siyvaruls erTaderTi Svilisadmi.
etli ukve sabolood daiZra adgilidan, deda ki isev idga gzaze, im adgilas, sadac Cven gagvSorda. male masTan mivida mister mordstoni, romelic, rogorca Canda, stuqsavda mas metismeti mgrZobiarobisaTvis gamoTxovebis dros. Zalian gamikvirda _ ra esaqmeboda am kacs dedaCemis grZnobebTan? pegotic metad ukmayofili iyo da Zalian gajavrebuli saxe hqonda.
vakvirdebodi pegotis saxes da Cavfiqrdi. usaqmurobisagan Cems Tavs aseTi amocana miveci: pegotim rom damkargos gzaSi ise, rogorc erT
zRaparSi patara biWi dakarges, mivagneb Tu ara saxls im Rilebis mixedviT, romlebsac igi axla daabnevs-meTqi?
Tavi mesame cvlileba megona, rom qveyanaze ar iyo cxeni, im jaglagze ufro zanti,
romliTac Cven iarmauTSi mivdiodiT. igi ris vai-vaglaxiT miCanCalebda dabla Tavdaxrili. xandaxan meCveneboda, TiTqos igi frutuniT dascinoda Cvens mouTmenlobasa da wyenas, magram meetlem agvixsna, rom misi Cveulebrivi xvela iyo, romliTac itanjeboda es ramdeni xania.
TviTon meetlec, cxenis wabaZviT, Tavdaxrili ijda kofoze, xelebi muxlebze daelagebina da TiTqos sanaxevrod sZinavso, ise `marTavda~ cxens. igi xmas ar gvcemda da mxolod ustvenda.
Cven karga xSirad gvixdeboda Saragzidan gadaxveva: sauzmisTvis, sadilisTvis, samxrisTvis, vaxSmisTvis, Ramis gasaTevad ki sastumroebsa da barakebSi vCerdebodiT. yovelive aman metad damRala da Zalian gamixarda, roca, bolos, iarmauTi davinaxeT.
_ sad aris saxli? _ vkiTxe me. _ me mxedav mxolod Senobas, romelic xomaldsa hgavs.
_ ai, swored eg aris Cveni saxli, master devi, _ mipasuxa qamma. es rom aladinis sasaxle yofiliyo, an zRapruli cixedarbazi
margalitis kedlebiTa da brolis WeriT, aseT aRtacebaSi ar movidodi, rogorc axla. gevrdze lamazi patara kari iyo, Tan pawawina fanjrebi karis orTav mxares, magram mis umTavres mSvenierebas is Seadgenda, rom es namdvili gemi iyo, romelsac ueWvelia, asjer mainc moevlo qveyana. es rom Cveulebrivi sacxovrebeli saxli yofiliyo, ueWvelia, mouxeSavi, viwro da metad mosawyeni meCveneboda; magram namdvili gemi, napirze sacxovreblad
mowyobili, _ ra SeiZleboda yofiliyo amaze ufro fantastikuri da, maSasadame, ufro mSvenieri, Cemi bavSvuri warmodgenisaTvis!
SigniT yvelaferi sufTa, lamazi da gakrialebuli iyo. aq iyo magida, kedlis saaTi da kamodi. kamodze idga didi sini da zed daxatuli iyo qolgiani ledi, romelic daseirnobda patara, vaJkacuri Sexedulebis biWTan erTad. es biWi rgols agoravebda. kedelze ekida minian CarCoebSi Casmuli suraTebi. am suraTebis Sinaarsi umTavresad `dabadebidan~ iyo aRebuli. roca, SemdegSi, me Semxvedria quCaSi, xelze movaWreebTan, mxatvruli xelovnebis es nawarmoebni, yovelTvis cocxlad warmomidgeboda xolme pegotis Zmis saxlis mTeli mowyobiloba. buxris patara Taros zemoT ekida erTi sakvirveli suraTi, romelzedac daxatuli iyo pawawina xomaldi, namdvili xis cxviriT, romelic xelovnurad iyo miwebebuli suraTze, _ mxatvruli nawarmoebi, sadac SeerTebuliyo durglobis xeloba da mxatvrubis xelovneba. amaze Zvirfasi da moxdenili veraferi warmomedgina qveyanaze. kedelTan Camwkrivebuli skivrebi da yuTebi mSvenivrad asrulebdnen skamebis daniSnulebas da amTavrebdnen am saucxoo binis morTuloba.
yvelive es davaTvaliere imwamsve, rogorc ki fexi Sevdi saxlSi. male pegotim gaaRo patara karebi da miCvena Cemi sawoli oTaxi. es iyo yovelmxriv mSvenieri sawoli, rogorc ki SeiZleboda gamarTuliyo gemis cxvirze. aq iyo: pawawina sarkmeli, gakeTebuli im naxvretSi, sadac winaT saWe yofiliyo; patara sarke, lokokinebis niJarebis CarCoTi, damagrebuli kedelze Cems simaRleze; logini, romelsac TiTqmis mTeli oTaxi eWira, da magidaze, cisfer finjanSi, wylis mcenareTa Taiguli.
Zalian alersianad migviRo TeTrwinsafrianma dedakacma, romelic karebTan idga. me davinaxe igi qamis zurgs iqidan, albaT kilometris meoTxedis siSoreze mainc, igi wamdauwum Tavs gvikravda da reveranss gvikeTebda, sanam mas vuaxlovdebodiT. aqve idga mSvenieri gogona, lurji mZivis farRuliT yelze; roca misi kocna movindome, daimala. movusxediT Tu ara magidas, karebSi gamoCnda xSirTmiani da keTili saxis vaJkaci. man pegotis `gogo~ uwoda da erTi magari kocna miakra loyaze. aqedan davaskveni, rom es pegotis Zma unda yofiliyo. es marTlac ase iyo: igi gamacnes, rogorc mister pegoti, saxlis ufrosi maspinZeli.
_ didad vmadlob dedaTqvens, _ miTxra mister pegotim. _ maS Tqven ori kviriT gvestumreT?
_ diax. _ Zalian kargi. Cemi da, qami da patara emilia yovelnairad ecdebian,
rom ar mogewyinoT. roca amgvarad, pirvel Sexvedrisas mister pegotim Seasrula
zrdilobiani maspinZlis movaleoba, igi wavida cxeli wyliT piris dasabanad da Tan srulebiT safuZvlianad SeniSna, rom civi wyali ver
moaSorebs sqel WuWys mis xelebsa da saxes. male igi iseTi wiTeli dabunda, rom uneburad momagonda aduRebuli wylisgan gawiTlebuli Savi kiboebi.
Cais Semdeg, roca karebi daketes da oTaxebi milagda (ukve civi da burusiani Remeebi idga), es patara saxli ufro mSvenieri meCvena, vidre dRisiT.
ijde buxarTan siTboSi da am dros gesmodes qaris zuzuni zRvaze, icode, rom burusi sqel zewrad efineba mTel am Tvaluwvden sivrces da Tan warmoidgino, rom garSemo ar aris sxva TavSesafari, garda Cveni saxlisa, da es saxli gemia, _ es namdvili mSveniereba iyo! patara emiliam dasZlia morcxvoba da Cems gverdiT skivrze Camojda. TeTrwinafriani mis pegoti windasa qsovda buxris meore mxares. mister pegoti Cibuxsa swevda. vigrZeni, rom gulaxdili laparakis dro dadga.
_ mister pegoti! _ vuTxari me. _ gismenT, ser. _ imitom xom ar daarqviT Tqvens vaJs qami, rom kidobanSi cxovrobT? rogorc Canda am kiTxvaSi mister pegotim Rrma azri ipova. erTi
wuTis dumilis Semdeg mipasuxa: _ ara ser, me misTvis araferi miwodebia. _ maS vin daarqva mas es saxeli? _ mamamisma. _ me ki megona, rom swored Tqven xarT mamamisi! _ Cemi Zma jo iyo misi mama. _ mokvda? _ wyalSi daixrCo. Zalian gamokvirda, rom mister pegoti ar gamodga qamis mama, da
SeveWvdi, swored ki mqonda warmodgenili am adamianis naTesauri damokidebuleba garSemo myofTadmi? Cemi cnobismoyvareoba uaRresad iyo gaRizianebuli, da gadavwyvite _ mister pegotisTan saubarSi gamomerkvia es sakiTxi.
_ patara emilia? _ vkiTxe da emilias Sevxede, _ igi xom Tqveni qaliSvilia, miser pegoti, ara?
dawvrilebiT gamego danarCenebi. _ gana Tqven ara gyavT Svilebi, mister megoti? _ ara, ser, me ucolo var. _ ucolo xarT?.. maS vin aris es qali, mister pegoti? _ mivuTiTe
winsafrian dedakacze, romelic windas qsovda. _ es misis gumijia, ser. _ gumiji, mister pegoti? _ diax, ser. magram am dros pegotim, Cemma sakuTarma pegotim _ didmniSvnelovnad
maniSna xeliT, rom Semewyvita SekiTxvebi. roca dasaZineblad wavedi Cems sawolSi, pegotim saidumlod miambo, rom qami da emilia, misi Zmiswuli da diswuli, oblebi iyvnen da Cemma Zmam jer kidev bavSvbaSi iSvila, roca isini RvTis anabarad iyvnen datovebulni da arsebobis araviTari saxsari ar hqondaTo. misis gumiji qvrivi iyo mister pegotis erTi amxanagisa, meTevzisa, romelic did siRaribeSi momkvdara. `Cemi Zma arc TviTon aris
mdidari adamiani~, _ ganagrZo pegotim, _ `magram oqrosaviT guli aqvs da kaJiviT saimedoa!~ _ aseTi iyo misi Sedarebani. mxolod erT rames SeeZlo gaejavrebina misi Zma: es iyo misi didsulovnebis qeba. roca erTxel erTma misgan Sexiznulma obolma amis Sesaxeb Tqva, mister pegotim ise saSinlad dahkra marjvena xeli magidas, rom magida imwamsve daimsxvra.
rogorc ki alionma gaanaTa Cemi sarkis lokokinebis CarCo, wamovxti sawolidan da zRvis napirze gamovedi; aq me da emiliam kenWebis mogroveba daviwyeT.
_ Tqven namdvili mezRvauri xarT, emilia _ vuTxari me. ara mgnia, rom marTla darwmunebuli vyofiliyavi amaSi, magram
zrdiloba moiTxovda, rogorc megona, riTime damewyo saubari. Cvens win lamazad ixateboda mimavali navis ialqani, da swored am suraTma gamoiwvia albaT emilias Sedareba mezRvaurTan.
_ ara, _ mipasuxa emiliam Tavis qneviT, _ me meSinia zRvisa. _ geSiniaT! _ vTqvi da uSiSari Tvalebi mivapyari okeanes. _ me ki ar
mas lurj fraks, briliantis RilebiT, nankis Sarvals, wiTeli xaverdis Jilets, samkuTxa quds, did oqros saaTs, vercxlis Cibuxs da fuliT savse yuTs.
me vupasuxe, rom mister pegoti usaTuod Rirsia mTeli am saunjisa, Tumca CemTvis gavifiqre, rom igi maincdamainc moxerxebulad ver igrZnobda Tavs am tanisamosSi, romelic misTvis madlierma diswulma moigona. metadre ver warmomedgina, ras uzamda mister pegoti samkuTxa quds, magram saWirod ar CavTvale Cemi eWvis gamoTqma.
patara emilia SeCerda am saunjeTa TvlaSi da Sehyurebda cas, TiTqos yvela es mSvenieri nivTi aq dacuravda. Semdeg Cven isev SevudeqiT kenWebisa da lokokinis niJarebis mogrovebas.
_ aba, axla geSiniaT zRvisa? _ mkiTxa emiliam. zRva metad mSvidi iyo am dros da, maSasadame, ar SeeZlo SiSis
grZnoba gamoewvia CemSi, magram didi talRa rom mogorebiliyo, patara emilias daRupul naTesavebze saSineli mogonebiT Sewuxebuli ueWvelad gaviqceodi. ase iyo Tu ise, vupasuxe: `ara~, da Semdeg davumate:
emilia am wuTas mivida Zveli kaSxalis napirTan, romelzedac Cven davdiodiT. me SemeSinda, rom mas fexi aucdeboda da zRvaSi gadavardeboda.
_ o, ase srulebiT ar meSinia zRvisa! _ mipasuxa emim. magram Tu igi Relavs da grgvinavs, yovelTvis meRviZeba da mTlad makankalebs, roca biZia danze da qamze vfiqrob; ise meCveneba, TiTqos kidec mesmis maTi sasowarkveTili yvirili. ase ki srulebiT ar meSinia zRvisa, srulebiT. ai, miyureT!
es Tqva Tu ara, igi uecrad momSorda da im kaSxalidan, sadac Cven videqiT, rbeniT gavida direze, romelic ufskrulze ekida usaydrdenod. es SemTxeva ise RRmad CamrCa mexsierebaSi, mxatvari rom viyo, axlac davxatavdi mas yoveli wvrilmaniT, ise rogorc igi im dRes moxda. patara emi miiswrafoda Tavis dasaRupavad (me ase meCveneboda) iseTi saxiT, romelic arasodes ar damaviwyda.
_ SaSvis bartyebs ara gvanan! _ Tqva mister pegotim. rasakvirvelia, me Semiyvarda patara emi. Cemi goneba ferad ocnebas
hqmnida am cisferTvaleba bavSvis garSemo; mas araamqveyniur, haerovan arsebad vTvlidi. erT mSvenier dilas mas rom gaeSala Tavisi patara frTebi da RrublebSi afreniliyo Cems Tvalwin, amas srulebiT ubralo movlenad CavTvlidi.
Cven mTeli saaTobiT vseirnobdiT da adgilidan adgilze gadavdiodiT iarmauTis mTel am mosawyen cariel mindorze. dReebi ise mxiarulad miiswrafodnen, TiTqos dro jer ar gazrdiliyo da iseTive bavSvi iyo, rogorc me da patara emi. me mas gamovucxade, rom miyvars da Tu ar giyvarvar wamsve laxvariT guls gavigmirav Sens Tvalwin-meTqi. emilia gamotyda, rom masac vuyvardi. me eWvi ar Semitania misi naTqvamis simarTleSi.
misis gumiji da pegoti Ceulebriv Cveni cqeriT tkbebodnen, roca Cven erTad visxediT dabal yuTze, buxris win. `ah, ra mSvenieri bavSvebi arian~, _ CurCulebdnen isini. am dros mister pegoti ise iRimeboda, rom Cbuxs piridan ar iRebda; qami ki iRriWeboda da aras ambobda.
mister pegoti xSir-xSrad daiareboda samikitnoSi, romelsac `mxiaruli Tavi~ erqva. sxvaTa Soris, igi iq wavida Cveni mosvlis meore Tu mesame dRes. es gavige misis gumijis sityvebidan, romelmac Tqva, patroni im tial samikitnoSi wavidao.
_ ra dagemarTa? _ hkiTxa mas mister pegotim, _ gamxiaruldi! magram, rogorca Canda, arafers ar SeeZlo gaemxiarulebina misis
gumiji. man amoiRo Zveli, Savi abreSumis cxvirsaxoci da Tvalebi moiwminda; Semdeg, imis magivrad, rom jibeSi Caedo, muxlebze daido cxvirsaxoci saqmeSi mosaxmareblad, radgan isev cremlebi daRvara.
_ mainc ra mogivida? _ hkiTxa mister pegtim. _ araferi, daniel, _ upasuxa misis gumijma. _ Sen, mgoni, `mxiaruli
Tavidan~ dabrundi, ara? _ ho, marTalia, me Sevedi iq erTi saTiT, _ upasuxa mister pegotim. _
mere rao? _ araferi; Zalian mwyins, rom Cemi gulisaTvis dadixar iq. _ Seni gulisTvis? ai, axali ambavi! _ upasuxa siciliT mister
pegotim. _ me TviTonac didi siamovnebiT davdivar iq. _ mere ra ufleba maqvs, Tavi mogabezroT? _ ganagrZobda misis gumiji.
_ araviTari! gana ar vici, rom amiTi ar unda gadavuxado sxvis pur-marils. sjobda, isev TavSesafarSi wavsuliyavi da iq mzeze gdebiT amomxdomoda suli. martoka vinaRveb am wuTisofelSi da aRar Sevawuxeb keTil xalxs. raxan yvelaferSi ukuRmarTad da Cem sawinaaRmdegod midis da yvelsasaTvis autaneli gavxdi, laparakic metia, xvalve mivdivar TavSesafarSi.
am sityvebTan erTad misis gumiji adga da dasaZineblad wavida. mister pegotim Tavi dagviqnia da waiCurCula:
_ ssu! mas Tavisi bebrucuna gaaxsenda. ver mivxvdi, romel bebrucunaze laparakobda igi, magram pegotim
amixsna Semdeg, rom `bebrucuna~ _ es gansvenebuli mister gumiji iyo, rom misi Zma yovelTvis amiTi xsnis misis gumijis mizezianobas, da es yovelTvis aRelvebs mister pegotis.
marTlac, im saRamosve gavigone, rogor uCurCula mister pegoti qams: _ sabralo! mas isev Tavisi bebrucuna moagonda!
orma kviram Zalian swrafad, Tumca erTferovnad gairbina. erTaderTi cvlileba Cvens saerTo cxovrebaSi iyo zRvis miqceva da moqceva, rasTanac dakavSirebuli iyo mister pegotis zRvaSi gasvla da dabruneba. qamis samuSaoc icvleboda bunebis am movlenebTan dakavSirebiT, magram, roca mas araviTari saqme ara hqonda, daseirnobda CvenTan erTad zRvis napirze, gvaCvenebda navebs, xomaldebs, gemebs da erTxel Tu orjer naviTac gagvaseirna.
bolos, Cveni Sin dabrunebis dRec dadga. CemTvis advili iyo mister pegotisa da misis gumijis moSoreba, magram Zalian vitanjebodi, roca patara emilias veTxovebodi. Cven xelixel Cakidebulni mivediT sastumromdis, sadac meetle gveloda, da davpirdi, rom gzidan werils movwerdi. (es dapireba marTlac Sevasrule: me mivwere mas ramdenime werili iseTi uSvelebeli asoebiT, rogoriTac Cveulebrivad, oTaxis gaqiravebas acxadeben).
unda gamovtyde agreTve, rom mTeli am ori kviris ganmavlobaSi, me umadurs, TiTqmis arc ki momogonebia saxli, magram dabrunebisas Cemma bavSvurma sindisma sayveduriT gamaxsena es mSobliuri kera da cocxlad vigrZeni, rom dedaCemi erTaderTi megobari da nugeSismcemeli mimeloda iq.
es azri aRar momSorebia mTeli mgzavrobis dros. rac ufro vuaxlovdebodiT saxls da rac ufro nacnobi iyo sagnebi CemTvis, miT ufro metad vRelavdi da ufro metad meCqareboda Cavxutebodi dedas. magram pegoti srulebiT ar iziarebda am aRtacebas; piriqiT, igi cdilobda Cemi grZnobebis Sekavebas, da SevniSne, rom raRac ucnaur gunebaze iyo.
Tumca cxeni zantad da nela miCaqCaqebda, magram mainc xom unda mivsuliyavi rodisme `blondrstonis Wilyvavebamde~ (ase erqva Cvens saxls), da mivediT kidec gacrecil civ saRamos, roca ca moRrubluli iyo da kokispirul wvimas apirebda. o! ra kargad maxsovs es dRe!
kari gaiRo. aRelvebuli, xan mtirali, xan mocinari TvalebiT veZebdi Cems dedas. igi ar Canda. Cven nacnobi moaxle dagvxvda.
_ rogor, pegoti! _ SevZaxe me. _ gana deda saxlSi ar aris? jer ar dabrunebula?
me yvelaferi es winaTve unda meTqva TqvenTvis, magram SemTxveva ar momeca. SemTxveva iqneb kidec iyo, magram simarTle giTxra, gabeduleba ar meyo. madroveT, erTi suli moviTqva.
_ ganagrZeT, pegoti! _ uTxari me, uneburi TrTolviT gasmWvaluli. _ master devi, _ miTxra pegotim da Tan akankalebuli xeliT ixsnida
Tavsafris boloebs, _ ras ifiqrebT, me rom giTxraT, rom Tqven mama gyavT?
me amakankala da gavfiTrdi, raRac moCveneba, dakavSirebuli samaresTan da micvalebulis mkvdreTiT aRdgomasTan, uecrad gamomexata Tvalwin.
me xeli CamovarTvi. mere, erTi wuTis yoymanis Semdeg, mivedi dedasTan da vakoce mas. dedam odnav xeli gadamisva mxarze da isev Tavis xelsaqmes Caujda. ver vbedavdi verc dedisa da verc mister mordstonis Sexedvas: mesmoda, rom igi gvzveravda Cven orTaves.
pirveli SemTxveviT visargeble, rom meore sarTulSi avsuliyavi. Cemi Zveli sayvareli sawoli oTaxi srulebiT gamocvliliyo. Cemi sabavSo logini sxva adgilas gadaetanaT. Cavedi dabla, iqac yvelaferi sxvanairad meCvena. gaviqeci ezoSi, magram male davbrundi; saZaRleSi, aqamdis carieli rom idga, axla pirdaRrenili uzarmazari qofaki iwva, mas mordstonis TmebiviT Savi balani hqonda; me rom daminaxa, gabrazda. wamoxta da sakbenad gamoeqana.
Tavi meoTxe wyroma grZnoba da fiqri rom SesZleboda im oTaxs, romelSic gadaetanaT
Cemi sawoli, mas moviyvandi im mware naRvelis mowmed, romliTac Sig Sevedi stumrobidan dabrunebis pirvel Rames.
jaWviT dabmuli ZaRlis xmamaRali yefis xma yurebSi medga, roca kibeze mivcocavdi Cems sawol oTaxSi asasvlelad. Sesvlisas meCvena, TiTqos oTaxma iseTive daRvremili, gajavrebuli da eWviani TvaliT Semomxeda, ra TvaliTac mas vuyurebdi. Camovjeqi sawolze, davikrife gulze patara xelebi da fiqrebs miveci Tavi.
vfiqrobdi mraval ucnaur saganze: am oTaxis formaze da gabzarul Werze, kedlis iaffasian Spalerze da fanjris uswormasworo SuSebze, romlebSic sagnebi damtvreul da mrude saxes Rebulobdnen. vfiqrobdi Zvel, pirsabanis samfexa magidaze...
vfiqrobdi da vtirodi... TviTnac ar vici, ratom. TavSi mitrialebda bundovani azri, rom mciva am mSobliur TavSesafarSi, saca yvela da yvelaferi, rogorca Cans, uars ambobda Cemze. am mZime azrebiT daRlili gavexvie sabanSi da dameZina.
didxans meZina Tu ara, ar vici, oRond gamomaRviZa viRacis xmam, romelmac warmoTqva:
_ ai, devi! Cems win deda da pegoti idgnen. _ dedi! _ miTxra dedam. _ ra dagemarTa? Zalian gamikvirda, rom deda amas mekiTxeboda. _ araferi! _ vupasuxe me. mere Cavmale Tavi baliSSi, rom damefara Cemi mTrTolvare tuCebi,
STabeWdleba moexdina Cemze, rogorc am Cveulebrivma momarTvam moaxdina. Cavmale balisSi Tavi, rom cremlebi damemala da xeli vkari im xels, romelsac Cemi wamoyeneba undoda.
_ es yvelaferi Tqveni bralia, pegoti, Seubralebelo arsebav! _ uTxra dedam. _ araviTari eWvi ara maqvs amaSi. rogor ar grcxveniaT, rom Cems Svils amxedrebT Cemsa da im adamianis winaaRmdeg, romelic axla Zvirfasia CemTvis?
sabralo pegotim xelebi da Tvalebi aRmarTa zecisaken da didmniSvnelovnad Tqva:
_ misis koperfild! RmerTma gapatioT eg sityvebi! visurvebdi, arasodes ar genanoT es Tqveni gamonaTqvami.
_ esRa maklda! _ SesZaxa dedam. _ da yvelaferi es Cemi bednierebis TveSi xdeba, roca mtrebsac ki ar SeSurdebodaT Cemi sulis simSvide da Cemi bedniereba! ah! devi! Sen cudi biWi xar! usindiso pegoti! ah! _ iZaxda cremlmoreuli deda da xan me da xan pegotis mogvmarTavda. _ ra sicocxlea, Tuki bednierebas swored maSin giklaven, roca ufleba gaqvs yovelnair siamovnebas moelode!
am wuTs vigrZeni xelis mokareba, romelic arc dedisa da arc pegotis xels ara hgavda. am xelis Sexebam maSinve wamomayena loginSi. es mister mordstoni iyo, mas Cemi mxari eWira.
_ es ra ambavia? _ ikiTxa mister mordstonma. _ klara, Cemo kargo, gana dagaviwyda? sulis simtkice, upirveles yovlisa.
_ maS uRmerToba ar aris, eduard, Cemi am zomamde miyvana? _ upasuxa dedam sabralod. _ es xom Zalian didi sisastikea, ara?
mister mordstonma Tavisken miizida deda, raRac wasCurCula yurSi da akoca. dedam miayrdno Tavi mis mxars da xeli yelze mohxvia. me mivxvdi maSinac da Semdegac gavige, rom es adamiani sruli ufali iyo dedaCemis yoveli moZraobisa.
_ Cadi Zirs, genacvale, _ uTxra mister mordstonma deda, _ me da daviTi axlave CamovalT SenTan.
_ yuri migdeT, Cemo keTilo, _ mimarTa mister mordstonma pegotis, _ iciT Tu ara Tqveni diasalisis saxeli?
_ me didi xania vemsaxurebi mas, unda vicode, ser, _ upasuxa pegotim. _ es marTalia, _ Tqva mister mordstonma, _ magram ise meCvena aq
Semosvlisas, TiTqos Tqven uwodeT saxeli, romelic mas ar ekuTvnis. rogorc iciT, man Cemi gvari miiRo, gTxovT, ar daiviwyoT es.
_ daviT, _ miTxra mister mordstonma da qveda tuCi moikvnita, _ me rom jiuti cxeni an ZaRli myavdes, ras vuzam, Seni azriT?
_ ar vici, ser. _ vcem, icode es. me dezebs vuWer jiut cxens da vwvrTni mas; jiuti
pirutyvis mTeli sisxlis gamoSvebac rom damWirdes, mainc Cemsas gaviyvan. eg ra gaqvs saxeze?
_ WuWyi, _ vupasuxe me. man iseve kargad icoda, rogorc me, rom es cremlebis nakvalevi iyo,
magram ocjer rom moeca erTi da igive kiTxva da yovel kiTxvaze ocjer rom daertya CemTvis, mjera, rom bavSvuri guli gaskdeboda _ da mainc ar gamovamJRavnebdi, rom es cremlis nakvalevi iyo.
_ vxedav, rom Sens asakTan SedarebiT Zalian Wkviani yofilxar, _ miTxra mister mordstonma pirquSi RimiliT, _ da vxedav, rom Zalian kargad gesmis Cemi. daibane xel-piri da wamomyevi. _ man mimiTiTa pirabanze. eWvic ar Semparvia imaSi, rom Tu davayovnebdi, damartyamda.
roca piri davibane, Cven dabla CavediT da sastumro oTaxSi SevediT. mister mordstons isev Cems mxarze evlo xeli...
_ klara, Cemo megobaro, _ uTxra man dedas, _ axla imedi maqvs, rom aRaravin Segawuxebs; male Cven savsebiT Tavs davanebebT Cvens bavSvur mizezianobas.
mgonia, samudamod mxiaruli da gulwrfeli davrCebdi da, ueWvelia, sul sxva adamiani gamovidodi, rom mister mordstoni am pirvel Sexvedrisas sxvanairad mompyroboda. erTi alersiani sityva axlad Seqmnili garemoebis asaxsnelad, sibraluli Cemi bavSvuri umecrebisadmi, gulwrfeli Sexvedra _ yovelive es, darwmunebuli var, Cemgan morCil da gamgone bavSvs daayenebda, da Rrma pativiscemas vigrZnobdi misdami, im siZulvilisa da TvalTmaqcobis magivrad, romelic imwamsve CaiTesla Cems bavSvur gulSi.
magram alersiani sityva ar iyo naTqvami, Cven samni davsxediT sadilad. mister mordstons, rogorc Canda, Zalian uyvarda dedaCemi, _ Tumca me ra? _ dadedasac Zalian uyvarda mister mordstoni. maTi laparakidan gavige, rom isini moelodnen mister mordstonis das, romelic im saRamosve unda Camosuliyo.
nasadilevs, roca Cven buxarTan visxediT da me oTaxidan gasasxltomad mizezs veZebdi pegotis sanaxavad, uecrad baRis karebs etli moadga. saxlis patroni gavida stumris Sesaxvedrad. deda gahyva mas. me mokrZalebiT avedevne dedas. sastumros karebTan rom mivida, deda ucbad momibrunda, Zveleburad Camixuta gulSi da CurCuliT mTxova myvareboda Cemi axali mama da yvelaferSi morCilic vyofiliyavi.
axladmosuli pirovneba iyo mis mordstoni, metad mkacri da moRuSuli ledi. misi xSiri da sqeli warbebi TiTqmis SeerTebuliyvnen uSvelebel cxviris Tavze, adamians SeiZleboda efiqra, bunebam imitom daajildova am morTulobiT, rom aenazRaurebina ulvaSebis uqonloba, romelTa tareba uxerxuli iqneboda misTvis, rogorc nazi sqesis warmomadgenlisaTvis. roca meetles uswordeboda, man fuli amoiRo foladis safulidan. _ es safule mas edo CanTaSi, romelic mZime jaWviT mimagrebuli hqonda mklavze. arasodes ar menaxa im dromde iseTi foladis ledi, rogorc mis mordstoni iyo. misi safulis piri gareuli nadiris xaxad meCvena.
mas didi ambiT Sexvdnen, Seiyvanes sastumroSi da aq formalurad warudgines dedaCemi, rogorc axali axlobeli naTesavi. am dros mis mordstonma Semomxeda da ikiTxa:
_ es Tqveni vaJia, Cemo rZalo? dedam Tavi daukra. _ sazogadod me ar miyvars biWebi, _ ganacxada mis mordstonma. _
rogor xar, biWo? amgvari salmiT gamxnevebulma, vupasuxe, rom kargada var, da imedi
gamovTqvi, rom isic srulebiT jansarad aris. magram, etyoba, Cems pasuxSi ar iyo is Tavazianoba, romelsac mis mordstoni moeloda. mas ori sityviT damaxasiaTa:
_ cudadaa aRzrdili. Semdeg mis mordstonma moiTxova eCvenebinaT misi oTaxi. am wuTidan es
oTaxi CemTvis saSiSar da sazarel sagnad gadaiqca. iq idga ori uzarmazari Savi skivri, romelic arasodes, arasodes ar ixdeboda da romelTa Sesaxeb yvelam icoda, rom isini mudam klitiT iyo daketili. am oTaxSi agreTve (me erTxel YTu orjer SemTxveva mqonda Sig Semexeda), zed sarkis Tavze, sastiki wesrigiT ekida foladis Zewkvebi, Sesakravebi da qinZisTavebi, romiTac mis mordstoni irTveboda xolme.
ramdenadac gavige, mis mordstoni sadiasaxlisod movida CvenTan da srulebTac ar apirebda ukan dabrunebas. meore dResve man daiwyo dedaCemis `Svela~ da dilidan saRamomde itriala sakuWnaoSi, sadac Tavis gunebaze daalaga yvela SinaurobaSi mosaxmari sagani da srulebiT daarRvia Zvelad SemoRebuli wesebi.
roca saxlSi yvelani jer kidev Rrma ZilSi iyvnen, mis mordstoni ukve fexze idga. pegoti marwmunebda, rom Zilis drosac ki cali Tvali gaxelili aqvso, magram me ar veTanxmebodi am azrs, radgan Cems Tavze vcade da davrwmundi, rom adamians ar SeuZlia Ria TvaliT Zili.
Tavisi mosvlis pirvelsave dilas mamlis yivils ahyva da daiwyo zaris rekva. roca deda gamovida sauzmisaTvis da undoda Cai moemzadebina, mis mordstonma, misasalmebeli kocnis magivrad, loyaze xeli moucacuna, rogorc patara gogonas da uTxra:
_ klara Cemo megobaro! rogorc iciT, me imisaTvis movedi aq, rom Tavidan mogaSoroT Sinauri saqmeebis tvirTi. momeciT, Cemo rZalo, Tqveni gasaRebebi da saxls me gavuZRvebi.
amas iqiT yvela gasaRebi mis mordstonis Senaxuli hqonda Tavis foladis tomaraSi, RamiT ki baliSis qveS inaxavda.
magram es mtkice avtoriteti saojaxo saqmeebSi man moipova erTgvari, _ marTalia, susti, magram mainc winaaRmdegobis Semdeg dedaCemis mxriv. erTxel, roca mis mordstonma Zmis winaSe daiwyo saojaxo meurnebis gegmebis dalageba, deda uecrad atirda da Tqva, rom urigo ar iqneboda amgvar SemTxvevebSi misTvis ekiTxaT rCeva.
_ klara! _ uTxra dedas mister mordstonma mkacri kiloTi. _ klara! Sen me makvirveb.
_ o! diax, es advili saTmelia TqvenTvis, eduard! _ SesZaxa dedam. _ Tqven SegiZliaT gaikvirvoT ramdenic gnebavT. Tqven arafrad giRirT CemTan sulis simtkiceze laparaki, magram vici, rom Tqven ver itanT am simtkices sxvebSi.
unda SevniSno, rom sulis simtkice iyo erTgvari sigiJis sagani Rirseul Zmisa da uRirseulesi disa. mister mordstoni mtkice iyo, _ Cven yvelam vicodiT es, da arvin iyo ojaxur wreSi iseTi mtkice, rogorc m-r
mordstoni; magram aravs areZleoda ufleba, gamoeCina es Tviseba masTan, radgan yvelas Tavi unda moexara misi sulis Seudrekeli simtkicis winaSe.
_ maS sisastike ar aris, eduard, _ Tqva dedam _ rom Cems sakuTar saxlSi...
dedam. _ imedi maqvs, eduard, rom Tqven gesmiT Cemi. _ ganagrZe. _ diax, Cemo kargo, es didi usamarTloba da sisastikea, rom sakuTar
saxlSi me xma ver amomiRia Sinaur saqmeebze. ras hgavs es? xom vuZRvebodi ojaxs, roca jer col-qmari ar viyaviT, da kargadac vuZRvebodi... amis Sesaxeb SegiZlia pegotis hkiTxo, _ ganagrZobda cremlmoreuli deda, _ me sxvisi daxmareba ara mWirdeboda.
_ eduard, _ Tqva mis mordstonma, _ gavaTaoT es laparaki. xvalve Sin mivdivar.
_ jeni mordston, _ uTxra mas Zmam, _ gaCumdiT! ise iqceviT, TiTqos ar icodeT Cemi xasiaTi.
_ me srulebiTac ar minda, _ ganagrZo dedam cxare cremlebiT, _ rom vinme wavides Seni saxlidan, eduard. raTa? didi ubeduri viqnebi, Tu vinme Cemi gulisaTvs wava aqdan. miTumetes, rom aseT mcired rames vTxoulob. RmerTmani! me minda mxolod, rom drogamoSebiT rCeva mkiTxon xolme. rasakvirvelia, didad davalebuli var, rom saxlis movlas mSvelian, oRond minda xandaxan... ise... formisTvis mainc mkiTxon xolme Cemi azric.
_ eduard, _ Tqva mis mordstonma, _ bolo moeRos amas. xvalve mivdivar!
_ o, eduard! _ SesZaxa aRelvebulma dedam. _ gTxov, nu damwameb umadurobas!
_ maSasadame, vambob me, roca jeni mordstoni srulebiT mulodnelad xvdeba aq aseT umadurobas mxolod imitom, rom naTesauri grZnoba amoqmedebs, _ ganagrZobda Seupovari mister mordstoni, _ mec guneba mecvleba da SeiZleba siyvarulic Caqres.
_ o, nu meubnebi magas, Cemo kargo! _ emudareboda deda sabralo xmiT. _ nu meubnebi magas, eduard! Cemi guli savsea siyvaruliTa da gulwrfelobiT Sendami. me SimiZlia siyvaruli da unda miyvarde. amas ar vityodi, darwmunebuli rom ar viyo amaSi. hkiTxe pegotis; is getyvis, rogori siyvaruli vici.
_ klara! _ upasuxa mister mordstonma. _ damSviddi: metismeti sisustis gamomJRavnebiT, ra saxiTac ar unda iyos igi, ar SeiZleba Cemi gulis mogeba. Sen tyuilad xarjav cremlebs.
_ ah, SevrigdeT, Cemo kargo! _ ganagrZobda deda. _ mapatie, eduard. me vici, rom bevri nakli maqvs, da Zalian kargia, eduard, rom cdilob Cems gamosworebas Seni nebis simtkiciT. jeni, aRar gagiwevT winaaRmdegobas. raca gnebavdeT, isa hqeniT, oRond Tavs nu damanebebT.
_ jeni mordston, _ mimarTa das mister mordstonma, _ imedi maqvs, amgvari usiamovneba aRar ganmeordeba. Cemi brali ar aris, Tu dRes amgvari SemTxveva moxda Cems saxlSi. sxvebma maiZules es usiamovno laparaki. arc Tqveni bralia, jen mordston, sxvebma gaiZules es usiamovno ganmarteba. vecadoT daviviwyoT igi. srulebiT saWiro ar aris, rom bavSvi yurs udgebdes amgvar scenebs. daviT! wadi Sens sawolSi!
meore dRes Cveulebrivze adre avdeqi da dabla Cavedi. sastumro oTaxs rom Cavuare, dedaCemis xma momesma. igi patiebas sTxovda mis mordstons mokrZalebuli da moridebuli xmiT, da am ledimac, ramdenime SeniSvnis Semdeg, mianiWa es patieba. Serigeba moxda. im dRidan dedas arasodes aRar gaubedia sakuTari azris gamoTqma, sanam winaswar mis mordstons ar daekiTxeboda.
erTxel rogorRac Camovarda laparaki Cemi mibarebis Sesaxeb, romelime pansionSi. es azri pirvelad mis da mister mordstonebis TavSi daibada. deda, rasakvirvelia, xmaamouReblad daeTanxma, magram saqme jer sisruleSi ar iyo moyvanili; am dromdis saxlSi vswavlobdi.
nuTu odesme damaviwydeba es Sinauri gakveTilebi? mecadineobis xelmZRvaneli deda unda yofiliyo, magram namdvilad me mis da mister mordstonebis pirdapiri meTvalyureobis sagani viyavi. isini yovelTvis eswrebodnen am gakveTlebs da saucxoo SemTxvevas poulobdnen, raTa darigeba miecaT dedaCemisTvis. me darwmunebuli var, rom swored am mizniT damtoves saxlSi. sakmarisad gonieri da bejiTi bavSvi viyavi, sanam me da deda orni vcxovrobdiT, magram am sazeimo leqciebs vigoneb, rogorc Cemi sulieri simSvidis sasikvdilo Wrilobebs, rogorc yoveldRiuri Sromisa da vaebis ganuwyvetel borkils. simwrisagan Tavbru mexveoda; darwmunebuli var, sabralo Cemi deda Cemze naklebad ar itanjeboda. o, ra Zneli, damqancveli, abdaubda iyo es dausrulebeli gakveTilebi!
mordstonebi rom ar yofiliyvnen, yvelaferi kargad iqneboda; magram maT winaSe me patara niblias vgavdi, mojadoebuls ori vqemZromis TvalebiT. iyo iseTi SemTxvevebic, roca bednierad davaRwevdi xolme Tavs am dilis maxes, magram erTaderTi jildo Cemi bejiTobisa is iyo, rom neba meZleoda monawileoba mimeRo saerTo sadilSi; amis mets arafers vigebdi. mis mordstoni dauRalavad adevnebda Tvalyurs, rom mudam gakveTilebi mezepirebina, Tu rodisme xelSi ar meWira wigni an kalmistari, imwamsve Tavisi Zmisa da rZlis yuradRebas aqcevda am garemoebas da ambobda:
maSinve axal gakveTils maZlevdnen, dila iqneboda, Sua dRe Tu saRamo. dasvenebisa da garTobis xsenebac ar iyo. mordstonebis mkacri filosofiiT yvela bavSvebi warmoadgendnen raRac mxecebs, romelnic erTmaneTs swamlavdnen.
bunebrivi Sedegi amgvari mopyrobisa, romelic eqvs Tves gagrZelda, is iyo, rom gadaviqeci mowyenil, zant, daRvremil da metad mouxeSav bavSvad. amas kidev xels uwyobda is mware fiqri, rom dRiTidRe maSorebdnen dedas. unda vifiqroT, rom savsebiT gamovsuleldebodi, Tu ara erTi garemoeba.
saqme imaSia, rom mamaCemis Semdeg dagvrCa mcire biblioTeka patara oTaxSi, Cemi sawolis gverdiT. iq Sesvla yovelTvis SemeZlo. Cems garda es wignebi aravis ainteresebda. sevdis momgvrel martoobis dros am dalocvili oTaxidan drogamoSvebiT gamodiodnen CemTan sabaasod: roderik rendomi, peregrin pikli, homfri klinkeri, tom jonsi, vikfildis moZRvari, don-kixoti, Jilblazi da robinzon kruzo. SemoqmedebiTi fantaziis es Sedevrebi, `aTas erTi Ramis~ da `jadosnuri zRaprebis~ gmirebTan erTad, da kidev ramdenime wigni mogzaurobis Sesaxeb
ufro aRvivebda Cems bavSvur ocnebas da momavlis imedebs micxovelebda. am nawarmoebTa cudi mxare ar arsebobda CemTvis, radgan me igi ar mesmoda. yvela sayvareli pirovneba ganxorcielebuli iyo CemTvis am moqmed pirebSi, romelTac avtoris ocneba sxvadasxva rols akuTvnebda, da, rasakvirvelia, yvela fantastikur borot pirovnebaSi me vxedavdi mister da mis mordstonebis sazarel saxes.
es iyo Cemi erTaderTi da mudmivi nugeSi. roca axla vigoneb yovelive amas, cocxlad warmomidgeba xome Tvalwin zafxulis saRamo, roca biWebi sasaflaoze TamaSoben, me ki vzivar Cems loginze wigniT xelSi da TiTqos minda gavZRe kiTxviT. yoveli mezobeli Senoba, eklesiis yoveli qva, sasaflaos yoveli lodi, aRviZebda Cems ideebs, romelic mWidrod iyo dakavSirebuli am wignebTan, da magonebda maTSi aRweril raime adgils.
erTxel, diliT, iRliaSi amoCrili wignebiT Sevedi sastumro oTaxSi. deda, etyoboda, Zalian aRelvebuli da SemkrTali iyo; samagierod mis mordstoni metad mticed gamoiyureboda. mister mordstoni raRacas amagrebda wvril da moqnil wkeplaze. roca oTaxSi Sevedi, man awona es wkepla xelSi, Semdeg albaT sacdelad, haerSi gaiqnia. wkeplam gaizuzuna.
_ rasakvirvelia, es Cveulebrivi saqmea, _ daadastura mis mordstonma. _ usaTuod es asea, Tqven marTals ambobT, _ wailaparaka dedam susti
xmiT, _ magram Tqven ggoniaT, aman sagebloba mutana eduards? _ maS nuTu Sen ggonia, klara, rom eduards avno aman? _
didmniSvnelovnad ikiTxa mister mordstonma. _ swored rom mizanSi moxvda, _ mxari dauWira mis mordstonma. _ Tqven marTali xarT, Cemo jeni, _ Tqva dedam da gaCumda. _ aba, devi, _ miTxra mister mordstonma, _ dRes fxizlad unda iyo. man isev awona Solti xelisgulze da isev gaatylaSuna haerSi. gakveTilis dasawyisSive vigrZeni, rom sityvebi xtebodnen Cemi Tavidan
striqonebiT da winadadebebiT ki ara, aramed mTeli gverdebiT. tyuilad vcdilobdi maT daWeras da saTanado wesrigSi da sazRvrebSi Cayenebas; isini mihqrodnen rac Zala da Rone hqondaT, vin icis saiT; yovlad SeuZlebeli iyo maTi SeCereba.
cudad daviwyeT da ufro uaresad ganvagrZeT. mis mordstoni Tvals ar gvaSorebda. bolos deda mwared da xmamaRla atira.
wamodga adgilidan, aiRo Solti da Tqva: _ aba, jeni, Cven, rasakvirvelia, ufleba ar gvaqvs movTxovoT klaras,
rom Sesaferisi simtkiciT aitanos is zneobrivi tanjva, romelic mas dRes daviTma moumzada. amisaTvis stikis xasiaTia saWiro. klara, rasakvirvelia, TvalsaCinod mtkice gaxda sulierad, magram jer ar SegviZlia viqonioT imedi, rom sakmaris nebisyofas gamoiCens. daviT, erTi zeviT wamomye.
man xeli CamWida da karebisaken wamiyvana. deda gamogvedevna, magram mis mordstonma SeaCera da uTxra:
_ klara! gagiJdiT? maSin dedam yurebi daicva da gavige, rogor aqviTinda igi. mister mordstons mivyavdi zeviT dinji da wynari nabijiT; cxadi iyo,
rom amgvari dasja didad sasiamovno iyo misTvis. roca sawol oTaxSi SevediT, man ucbad Cemi Tavi iRliaSi amoido.
_ mister mordston! ser! _ daviyvire me. nu mcemT! me vcdilob, bejiTad viswavlo, magram ar SemiZlia gakveTilis Cabareba, roca Tqven da mis mordstoni Tvals madevnebT. me ar SemiZlia swavla Tqveni TandaswrebiT.
_ marTla? ar SegiZlia? magasac vnaxavT. Cemi Tavi mas ise eWira, rogorc muxruWebSi moqceuli, magram erTi
saSinlad gavibrZole da wuTiT daveRwie. tyuilad vecade erTxel kidev patiebis Txovna; mister mordstonma isev Camigdo da momiWira Tavze. am dros me vwvdi mis xels, romliTac piri momikuma, Cavasvi kbilebi da vukbine.
maSin ki iseTi saSineli cema damiwyo, TiTqos mister mordstons sasikvdilod vyavdi gametebuli. miuxedavad im xmaurobisa, romelic Cven avtexeT, me mesmoda sirbili kibeebze da qalebis kivili. dedasa da pegotis mware trilis xma.
ra kargad maxsovs araCveulebrivi siCume mTel saxlSi! ra kargad maxsovs mware tkivili mTels nacem sxeulze! magram yvela es tanjva umniSvnelo iyo danaSaulis mware grZnobasTan SedarebiT. me Tavs avazakad vTvlidi. ras mizamen? cixeSi Camsvamen? iqneb CamomaxrCon?
ukve dabindda, roca gasaRebi gadatrialda, dari gaiRo da oTaxSi Semovida mis mordstoni puriT, erTi naWeri Zroxis xorciT da rZiT. yvelaferi es magidaze dadga da xmaamoureblad, Semomxeda mtkiced da gavida. kari isev daiketa.
arasodes ar damaviwdeba meore dila. mSvenier xasiaTze gameRviZa, ganwyobilebac xalisiani mqonda, magram uecrad Tavzari damca winadRiT Cems Tavze momxdari ambis mware mogonebam. vidre loginidan avdgebodi, mis mordstoni Semovida Cem sawol oTaxSi da miTxra, rom neba meZleva viseirno baRSi ara umetes naxevari saaTisa. gasvlisas kari naxevrad Ria datova, rasakvirvelia, im mizniT, rom mesargebla am nebarTviT.
mec vsargeblobdi am nebarTviT Cemi tusaRobis yovel dilas, ramac xuTi dRe gastana. me rom saSualeba mqonoda martoka menaxa deda, muxlisCoqiT mivfofxdebodi masTan, patiebas vTxovdi, magram mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi aravin minaxavs, garda mis mordstonisa. mxolod saRamoobiT, roca sastumro oTaxSi saerTo locvisTvis ikribebodnen, mec Semiyvandnen xolme oTaxSi, magram iqve karebTan gamaCerebdnen. rogorc ki locva damTavrdeboda, vidre romelime daCoqili moaswrebda fexze wamodgomas, Cemi sulTamxuTavi mwvdeboda mxarSi da mimarbeninebda Cems dilegSi. vxedavdi, rom deda, romelic Sor kuTxeSi idga, maridebda pirs. isic davinaxe, rom mister mordstons Sexveuli xeli Camkidebuli hqonda.
ver agiwerT, rogor didxans gagrZelda CemTvis es xuTi dRe. yurs vugdebdi yovel moZraobas saxlSi, vcdilobdi, amexsna TiToeuli faCunis mniSvneloba kibeze da talanSi. karebi iReboda da ixureboda, zarebi rekdnen, ismoda CurCulis xmebi, viracebi erTmaneTs gaszaxodnen. sicili, CoCqoli, stvena da simRerebi saxls gareT sevdas matebda cems tyveobas. didi ucnauroba iyo, rom Cemi xma ar mesmoda. wuTierad ifeTqebda xolme sixarulismafvari grZnoba, yoveli sadilisa da vaxSmis dros, da kvlav swrafad qreboda.
_ devi, Cemo sayvarelo Svilo! Tu me... ar gialersebdi am dReebSi ise, rogorc uwin... es imitom ki ara, Cemo Tvalis sinaTlev, rom ar miyvarde... oh, diax... me miyvarxar, Cemo sanatrelo Citunav... ufro metad, vidre uwin; oRond es moxda imisTvis, rom SenTvisve ukeTesi yofiliyo... da kidev sxvisTvisac. devi, Cemo kargo, gesmis, rasac geubnebi? SegiZlia, momismino?
_ mes-s-mis-s, pegoti! _ amovikvnese me. _ Sen genacvale! _ Tqva pegotim warmoudgeneli TanagrZnobiT. _ ai, ra
minda giTxra: ar damiviwyo arasodes, Seni gadia... da mec arasodes ar dagiviwyeb... dedaSens movuvli, devi, ise, rogorc Sen givlidi. arasodes Tavs ar davanebeb, arasodes. mova dro... iqneba... misTvis sasiamovno iyos, rom miayrdnos Tavisi sabralo Tavi... beberi, suleli pegotis mxars. me Sen werilebs mogwer, Cemo TvalisCino. Tumca uswavleli var... da me... da me...
aq pegotim akoca gasaRebis WuWrutanas. ise, TiTqos Cems tuCebs hkocnida.
WuWrutanas orTav mxriv da Semdeg gavSirdiT erTmaneTs. am Ramis Semdeg Cems gulSi Seipara pegotisadmi iseTi grZnoba,
romlis namdvili saxeli me ar vici. man, rasakvirvelia, ar daiWira dedis adgili, _ es SeuZlebeli iyo; magram Seavso raRac sicariele Cems gulSi. me misdami iseTi didi siyvaruli vigrZeni, rogoric sxva adamianebis mimarT arasodes ar migvrZnia.
dilaadrian Cems sawol oTaxSi Cveulebisamebr Semovida mis mordstoni da miTxra, rom pansianSi mgzavnian. mas, rasakvirveia, fiqradac ar mosvlia, rom ukve vicodi es axali ambavi. mibrZana, tanT Camecva, Semdeg gamomicxada, sauzmisaTvis sasadiloSi Cavsuliyavi. aq ukve meloda deda, fermkrTali da namtiralevi. movexvie dedas da patiebis Txovna davuwye.
_ ah, devi, devi! _ miTxra man. _ rogor gabede Seuracxyofa migeyenebina im adamianisaTvis, romelic me miyvars? gamoswordi, Cemo kargo! gapatieb, magram Zalian mwyins, rom aseTi cudi Tvisebebi dagetyo.
igi daerwmunebinaT, rom me wyalwaRebuli aramzada var, da es garemoeba mas ufro metad swyinda, vidre Cemi moSoreba. mwared da mtkivneulad vigrZeni es.
gamiZnelda dana-Canglis xmareba da kinaRam wveni ar gadavaqcie sufraze. aylayuda msaxuri am dros Cemi skamis pirdapir idga da Zalian uxerxul mdgomareobaSi mayenebda Tavisi daJinebuli cqeriT.
_ es ra aris? _ bolos ikiTxa man da ataka Cangali Cems TefSs. _ katleti xom ar aris?
_ diax, katletia. _ rasa brZanebT! me ki ar vicodi, rom katletebi iyo. man aiRo katleti erT xelSi, kartofili meoreSi, uneburad Tvali
damrCa masze, ise gemrielad Wamda erTsac da meoresac. cota xnis Semdeg kidev aiRo katleti da kartofili, mere kidev da kidev. sakvirveli madiTa da siswrafiT Seeqceoda. roca, bolos, gavaTaveT es saWmeli, man moitana pudingi da Cems win magidaze dadga. ramdenime wuTis ganmavlobaSi igi TiTqos raRac Rrma fiqrebSi iyo garTuli.
_ jorj! gaufrTxildiT am pawias, ar gaskdes gzaSi! am sityvebs saerTo sicili mohyva. sastumros moaxle qalebi gars
Semoexvivnen diliJanss da msinjavdnen, rogorc ucnaur zRvis cxovels.
Cemi mdgomareoba diliJansSi Zalian saZnelo iyo, radgan meetle da konduqtori damcinodnen; maT aRviraxsnil oxunjobas sazvari ar hqonda, da arwmunebdnen danarCen mgzavrebs, rom mxolod me vaZneleb Cemi simZimiT etlis winsvlas. ramdenime wuTis ganmavlobaSi yvelam dawvrilebiT gaigo Cemi madis ambavi da mekiTxebodnen: rogori xelSekruleba dades saswavlebelSi Cemi kvebis Sesaxeb? mxolod CemTvis gadaixdian fass, Tu ori an samis magivrad? _ da sxva amgvari kiTxvebi.
iarmauTidan gamovediT naSuadRevis sam saaTze. unda CavsuliyaviT londonSi meore dRes, dilis rva saaTisTvis.
Rame Zalian acivda. imis SiSiT, rom ar gadmovvardniliyavi diliJansis imperialidan, or jentlmens Sua Camsves. roca isini iZinebdnen, ise mWyletdnen orive mxridan, rom maT Sua, rogorc muxruWebSi, ise viyavi momwyvdeuli. me vixrCobodi da vyvirodi: `o, RvTis gulisaTvis, nu gamWyliteT!~ es Zalian ar moswondaT jentlmenebs, radgan Cemi yvirili maT Zils ufrTxobda.
bolos amovida mze da Cemi Tanamgzavrebic damSvidnen nel-nela. rogorca Canda, mTeli Ramis ganmavlobaSi isini warmoudgenel siZneleebsa da dabrkolebebs ebrZodnen. es brZola gamoixateboda SeTanxmebul xvrinvasa da fSvinvaSi. magram horizontze mzem maRla aiwia, da maTi Zilic ufro msubuqi gaxda. bolos maT gamoiRviZes. Zalian gamikvirda, roca erTmaneTs rwmuneba dauwyes, TiTqos mTeli Rame ar sZinebiaT.
TavCaRunulma. _ xom aravin elis aq biWunas, romelic Cawerili gvyavs
blonderstoneli mordstonis saxeliT da romelic TavisTavs koperfilds uwodebs? aq unda mosuliyvnen mis wasayvanad. ei! vis unda mordstoni an koperfildi?
aravis ar vundivar! Sewuxebulma mivixed-movixede yovel mxares, magram aman aravisze araviTari STabeWdileba ar moaxdina, garda calfexa jentlmenisa, romelmac SeniSna, rom urigo ar iqneboda, gaekeTebinaT CemTvis rkinis sayelo da TavlaSi davebi.
mitovebuli, martodmarto, rogorc robinzon kruzo udabur kunZulze, Sevedi kantoraSi da, morige mwerlis miwveviT, davjeqi did sasworze, daxls iqiT. saSineli fiqrebi erTimeores cvlidnen, _ vaiTuU aravin movides aq, diliJansebis kantoraSi! ramden xans damtoveben am alagas? nuTu am xis yuTebze unda daviZino da dilaobiT piri ezoSi, WasTan davibano? vaiTu mister mordstonma gangeb moigona es saSualeba Cemi Tavidan mosaSoreblad? maSin raRa vqna! rasakvirvelia, SimSiliT unda movkvde, roca Cem Svid Silings davxarjav; magram sad unda movkvde?
kantoraSi nebas ar momcemen, radgan aman SeiZleba usiamovno STabeWdileba moaxdinos mgzavrebze da amasTanave _ `lurji taxi~ an `xari~ am SemTxvevaSi iZulebuli iqneba Tavis sakuTari xarjiT dammarxos. xom ar gaviqce ukan, mSobliur saxlSi? es urigo ar iqneboda, magram rogor vipovo gza martokam, uTanamgzavrod? Svid Silingad ki aravin wamiyvans. Tumca isic safiqrebelia, rogor mimiReben saxlSi, rom mivaRwio kidec blonderstonamde? pegotis garda, vici, aravis ar gauxardeba Cemi dabruneba. xom ar mivmarTo adgilobriv mTavrobas, rom jariskacad an mezRvaurad Camweron? ara, me iseTi patara var, mTavroba usaTuod uarhyofs Cems winadadebas.
yvela am da sxva amgvar fiqrebisagan xan maciebda, xan macxelebda, ise rom, bolos srulebiT Tavbru damexva. roca Cemma mRelvarebam ukiduresobamde miaRwia, diiJansebis kantoraSi Semovida viRac mamakaci da morige mwerals yurSi raRac wasCurCula. mweralma xeli mkra, sasworidan gadmomagdo da xelidan xelSi gadamcers ucnobs ise, TiTqos amwones, miyides da rogorc savaWro saqonels, ise momeqcnen.
am myidvelTan xelixelCakidebuli gamovedi quCaSi da Cumad Sevxede mas. ucnobs ecva Savi, sakmarisad daZvelebuli fraki. am tansacmels viwro da mokle saxeloebi srulebiT gaxexoda. Sarvali arafriT ar iyo frakze ukeTesi. kiserze ekeTa gauxamebeli da mTlad daWmuWnuli TeTri sayelo. ise meCvena maSin, _ da, mgonia, arc vcdebodi, _ TiTqos es sayelo ucnobis erTaderT TeTreuls Seadgenda.
_ Tqven `axali~ xarT? _ mkiTxa man. _ diax, ser. me alalbedze vupasuxe. magram vivaraude, rom saxelwodeba `axali~,
yovel SemTxvevaSi, SeiZleboda me mkuTvneboda. _ me ki salem-hauzis erTi maswvlebelTagani var. Tavi davukari da maSinve pativiscema vigrZeni salem-hauzis
_ es axali mowafea, tunge, _ uTxra mas maswavlebelma. xisfexianma jentlmenma yuradRebiT amaTvalier-CamaTvaliera, daketa
Cvens ukan kari da gasaRebi gamoiRo.
salemis saswavlebeli warmoadgenda qvis oTxkuTxa Senobas fligelebiT; garedan srulebiT sada iyo. Sig sruli siCume da siwynare sufevda, da me gamovTqvi azri, rom ueWvelia bavSvebi saseirnod arian wasulni mecadineobis Semdeg-meTqi, magram mister melma, _ ase erqva maswavlebels, _ amixsna, rom yvela bavSvi amJamad saxlSia daTxovili. saswavleblis patroni, mister krili, isvenebs agarakze, zRvis piras, coliTa da qaliSviliT. xolo Sen imitom gamoggzavnes ardadegebis dros, rom cudi saqcielis gamo dagsajeso.
samecadino darbazi, sadac maswavlebelma Semiuyvana, mitovebuli da sevdismomgvreli meCvena. igi axlac cocxlad midgas Tvalwin. es grZeli da ganieri oTaxia, sadac amrigad magidebi dgas da eqvsrigad skamebi. WuWyiani iataki mofenilia mowafeTa rveulebis naxevebiT. magidebs zevidan ablabudas sqeli gaubams. WuWyiani muyaos pawia saxlSi ori TeTri Tagvi win da ukan darbis da Tavisi wiTeli TvalebiT msunagad eZeben, xom ar aris sadme raime saWmelio. pawawina galiaSi zis raRac Citi; igi frTxialebs da daxtis latanze, magram ar galobs da arc JRurtulebs. mTeli oTaxi gaJRenTilia ucnauri suniT: obisa, dampali vaSlebisa da Tagvebisagan daRrRnili rveulebis suniT. yvelgan auarebeli melnis laqaa; adamianma SeiZleba ifiqros, rom saxli usaxuraod dgas Tavisi aSenebis dRidan da rom mas SeuCerebliv dasdis melnis wvima, Tovli da setyva.
yvela es dakvirveba me mister melis oTaxSi aryofnis dros movaxerxe. roca oTaxis meore boloSi gavedi, erT-erT magidaze davinaxe muyaos dafa, romelzedac garkveviT ewera Semdegi sityvebi: `ufrTxildiT, ikbineba~. imwamsve magidaze avxti, radgan vifiqre, oTaxSi didi ZaRlia-meTqi. tyuilad veZebdi mousvenrad; ZaRli arsad Canda. me jer kidev am ZebnaSi viyavi, rom mister meli dabrunda oTaxSi da mkiTxa, rad amZvralxar magidazeo.
_ bodiSs vixdi, ser, _ vuTxari me, _ minda gavigo sad aris aq ZaRli? _ ZaRli? ra ZaRli? _ gana es ZaRli ar aris? _ sada? romeli ZaRli? _ ZaRli, romelic ikbineba. _ ara, koperfild, _ mipasuxa seriozulad maswavlebelma, _ es ZaRli
ar aris. es bavSvia. davalebuli maqvs, koperfild, es dafa zurgze CamogkidoT. Zalian mwyins, rom Cveni nacnoboba ase iwyeba, magram meti gza ara maqvs.
am sityvebTan erTad mibrZana magididan Camosvla da zurgze Camomkida dafa, romelic am mizniT iyo momzadebuli.
Zneli warmosadgenia, ra ganvicade am dafis gamo. micqerda vinme Tu ara, sul meCveneboda, rom Cems zurgze kiTxulobdnen warweras. tyuilad vtrialebdi yovel mxares, raTa davrwmunebuliyavi, rom aravin madevnebda Tvals. mainc zurgze ara mqonda Tvalebi da, Cemi fiqriT, uxilavi mkiTxveli kiTxulobda am sabediswero warweras. xisfexiani jentlmeni umowyalod mimatebda tanjvas. mas davalebuli hqonda edevnebina CemTvis Tvalyuri, da amis gamo, rogorc ki miveyudebodi xes an kedels, miyviroda saSineli xmiT:
kiTxulobda da yvelam icoda, rom unda momrideboda, radgan vikbinebdi. saqme iqamdis mivida, rom Cemi Tavisa TviTonve meSinoda da warmovidgine _ raRac eSvebiani boroti mxeci viyavi.
am ezoSi iyo erTi Zveli xis kari, sadac maswavleblis mowafeebs daniT Tavisi saxelebi amoeWraT. SiSiT vfiqrobdi Cemi momavali amxanagebis male dabrunebaze da maT gvarebs rom vukvirdebodi, windawinve warmodgenili mqonda, rogori rixiT warmoTqvamda yoveli maTgani: `ufrTxildiT, ikbineba~. aq iyo erTi Segirdi, vinme jems stirfordi; misi saxeli, Rrmad amoWrili ficarze, yvelaze xSirad meordeboda. warmovidgine, rom es jems stirfordi boxi xmiT waikiTxavda Cems warweras da Semdeg TmebiT maTrevs-meTqi. meore Segirds, tom tredelss, Cemis azriT, masxrad unda avegde, da igi iseT saxes miiRebda, TiTqos marTlac eSinoda Cemi. salemis saswavelbelSi sul ormocdaxuTi mowafe iyo, rogorc mister melma miTxra, _ vaiTu yvelam erTxmad daiyviros: `ufrTxildiT, ikbineba!~
aseTive SiSs miRvivebda klasis skamebi da magidebi, sawol oTaxSi mowafeTa loginebi da Cemi sakuTari loginic.
cxovrebis erTferovneba da mudmivi SiSi Zalian Zneli da mZime asatani iyo CemTvis. mister meli did gakveTilebs mitarebda yoveldRe, magram me Zalian kargad vswavlobdi, radgan aq ar iyvnen mis da mister mordstonebi. gakveTilebis Semdeg saseirnod gamovdiodi ezoSi, sadac xisfexa jentlmeni Tvalyurs madevnebda. o, ra kargad maxsovs obisa da notio suni saxlSi, damtvreuli filaqani ezoSi, Zveli daxeTqili kasri mis kuTxeSi da xeebis gayviTlebuli foTlebi!
naSuadRevis pirvel saaTze me da mister meli vdasilobdiT sasadiloSi, sadac araviTari aveji ar idga. garda cxvris qoniT gaJRenTili aryis xis magidebisa. saRamos, gakveTilebis Semdeg, Cais vsvamdiT: mister meli _ lurji finjanidan, me ki Tunuqis maSrafidan. Cven Seusveneblad vmuSaobdiT yoveldRe saRamos Svid an rva saaTamde. mister meli ujda magidas saswavlo darbazSi, mTlad garSemozRuduli kalmebiT, saxazavebiT, wignebiT, rveulebiT. male gavige, rom igi salemis saswavleblis ukanaskneli semestris angariSebs asworebda. roca mister meli aTavebda dRiur muSaobas, igi xels hkidebda Tavis stvirs da ise dauRalavad ukravda, rom zogjer meCveneboda, TiTqmis mTlad, xelfexianad, apirebda Sesvlas am sakravis WuWrutanaSi.
cocxlad warmomidgeba Cemi Tavi salemis saswavleblis mobnelo oTaxebSi. me vzivar mister melis pirdapir xelebze TaviT dayrdnobili, vusmen misi musikis gulsaklav xmas da naRvlianad vfiqrob xvalindel gakveTilebze. vkecav wignebs da flietis sevdiani xmebis smenis dros vigoneb mSobliur saxls, iarmauTs, zRvis napirs da patara emis. magram, ai, sawol oTaxSi var martoka, mitvebuli cariel oTaxebs Sua, vzivar Cems loginze da Cumad vtiri imis fiqrSi, rom Zilis win pegoti nugeSimscemeli sityvebiT ar mova CemTan.
diliT, rogorc ki mzis pirveli sxivebi gamoanaTeben, dabla Cavdivar da WuWyian sarkmelSi vxedav salemis zars, qoxis saxuravze rom hkidia flugeris qvemoT. male, male dadgeba dro, roca es zari gaaRviZebs jems stirfords da sxva mowafeebs!
jentlmenma, _ jer ar yofila SemTxveva. amgvari pasuxi, rogorc SevniSne, ewyina mister krikls, magram misi
coli da qali _ wynari da moridebuli arsebani, romlebic mxolod axla SevniSne pirvelad, etyobda, kmayofilni iyvnen xisfexa jentlmenis pasuxiT.
_ aq modi, _ miTxra mister kriklma da xeliT maniSna.
_ aq modi! _ gaimeora xisfexa jentlmenma da mister kriklis moZraoba gaimeora.
_ me Zalian kargad vicnob Sens maminacvals, _ waiCurCula mister kriklma... uRirseulesi jentlmenia, mtkice xasiaTisa. mordstoni micnobs me da me vicnob mordstons. Sena? micnob Tu ara, ymawvilo, ha? _ miTxra mister kriklma da yuri amiwia.
_ jer ara, ser, _ vupasuxe me da tkivilisagan SevkrTi. _ jer ara? ha? _ gaimeora mister kriklma. _ male gamicnob, ha. _ male gaicnob, ha? _ gaimeora xisfexianma. SemdegSi gavige, rom es xisfexa, romelsac Zlier xma hqonda,
yovelTvis Tarjimnad axlda mister kriklis pirovnebas, roca mas mowafeebiTan uxdeboda laparaki. Zalian SeSinebuli viyavi da vupasuxe, rom imedi maqvs male gavigo is, rac saWiroa.
_ me mtkice xasiaTi maqvs, _ sisinebda mister krikli, _ me vici Cemi movaleobis asruleba, icode es. Cemma sakuTarma sisxlma da xorcma rom winaRmdegoba gamiwios, uars vityvi Cems sisxlsa da xorcze (aq man mis krikls Sexeda). mas aRar CavTvli Cemad. is aramzada kidev iyo aq?
_ ara ser, _ upasuxa koWlma._ ara! _ Tqva mister kriklma. _ ai is micnobs, is ukeT micnobs. sjobia, rom arc movides. _ am sityvebTan mister kriklma muSti daartya magidas da gajavrebiT Sexeda Tavis cols. _ Sors daiWiros Tavi, igi micnobs me. ai, axal Senc TandaTan gamicnob, Cemo Zmao. wadi, waiyvane.
_ neba miboZeT, ser... _ ha? rao? _ gaisisna mister kriklma da misi Tvalebi ise
damaSterdnen, TiTqos Cemi dawva undodaT. _ me mindoda amexsna, ser, Tu naebas mibzebT... _ aba? _ me vwuxvar Cems saqcielze, ser. didi xania vnanob. xom ar ubrZanebT,
es dafa momxsnan, sanam amxanagebi... ar vici, marTla gajavrda mister krikli, Tu Cemi SeSineba undoda,
oRond is kia, rom swrafad wamoxta savarZlidan... kisristexiT gamovvardi oTaxidan da sawol oTaxSi gaviqeci. sabednierod, koWli ar gamomdevnebia. iq tanT gavixade da ori saaTis ganmavlobaSi vkankalebdi loginSi.
_ meore dRes, diliT, movida mister Sarpi, ufrosi maswavlebeli da meTvamyure, romlis xelqveiTad iTvleboda miter meli. mister meli sadilobda bavSvebTan erTad, mister Sarpi ki sadilobda da vaxSmobda mister kriklis surfaze. mas mudam Tavi gverdze hqonda gadaxrili, TiTqos amZimebda. mister Sarps Txelida xuWuWi Tma hqonda, magram pirvelmave skolaSi dabrunebulma mowafem miambo, rom mister Sarpi pariks atarebs, da rom yovel SabaTs igi midis sadalaqoSi xelovnuri Tmebis dasaxuWuWeblado. me isic ki gavige, rom mister Sarpis pariki naxmari iyo, meore-mesame xelidan nayidi.
yvela es cnoba Sematyobina tom tredelsma, romelic yvelaze uwin dabrunda saxlidan. misi adreuli dabruneba Zalian sasargeblo iyo CemTvis, man guli ijera cems dafaze masxaraobiT da uxerxuli mdgomareobidan gamomiyvana, radgan Tavs ido Cemi gacnoba amxanagebTan. tredelsi daurideblad mimaTrevda xeliT da yovelgvari rekomendaciis magivrad eubneboda axalmosuls: `erTi Sexede, ra sasaciloa~.
Cemda sabednierod, meti wili mowafeebisa naRvlianebi brundebodnen mSobliur saxlebidan, ise rom TiTqmis aravis ar mosvlia azrad Cemi masxrad agdeba.
magram Cemi formaluri wardgena moxda mxolod maSin, roca jems stirfordi dabrunda. es ymawvili eqvsi wliT iyo Cemze ufrosi da did swavlulad iTvleboda. me gamacnes igi, rogorc ufrosi, romlisganac damokidebuli iyo Cemi saboloo gasamarTleba. sarekreacio ezoSi jems stirfordi Seudga Cems gamokiTxvas... me vuambe yvelaferi ise, rogorc vgrZnobdi da vicodi. man didi yuradRebiT momismina da ganaCeni Semdeg sityvebSi gamoxata:
_ sisulelea, koperfild! nu inaRvleb! amisTvis samudamod madlobeli var misi. _ ramdeni gaqvs fuli, koperfild? _ mkiTxa stirfordma. _ Svidi Silingi. _ SenTvis ukeTesi iqneba, Tu mag fuls me momabareb Sesanaxad. Tumca
CemTvis sul erTia: momcem _ kargi, ara da _ rogorc ginda, me ar gaZaleb. magram im wuTSive avCqardi, mesargebla am megobruli winadadebiT, _
gavxseni pegotis safule da mTeli Cemi saunje xelisgulze gadmovuyare. _ Sen, iqneb yidva ginda risime? _ mkiTxa man. _ ara, gmadlobT. _ xom ar ginda daxarjo erTi Silingi tkbili sasmelis sayidlad?
Cven erTad davlevdiT mas saRamos, roca dasaZinelblad gagvrekaven. Sen, mgoni, CemTan erTad gZinavs oTaxSi?
_ diax, ser. _ maS ras ityvi amaze? _ raze, ser? _ tkbili sasmelis Sesaxeb. _ mgonia, urigo ar iqneba, _ vupasuxe me radgan SevniSne, rom
me gavige mravali ambavi salemis saswavleblis Sesaxeb. upirveles yovlisa, TviT mister kriklis Sesaxeb. Turme simkacriT da sisastikiT igi aRemateboda yvela maswavebels. igi yoveldRe scemda bavSvebs, vinc xelSi moxvdeboda. TviTn mas araviTari codna ara hqonda da mxolod Cxubi
SeeZlo. jems stirfordis azriT, ukanasknel Segirds skolaSi ufro meti esmoda mecnierebisa, vidre mister krikls. uwin igi vaWrobda sviiT londonis erT-erT bazarze da roca am vaWrobaSi CaRupa Tavisi colis mTeli qoneba, maSin saswavlebeli gaxsna.
me gavige agreTve, rom ufexo mekare, romelsac tunge erqva, namdvili barbarosi iyo da savsebiT Seefereboda Tavis patrons. uwin isic iRebda monawileobas sviiT vaWrobaSi, mister kriklis samsaxurSi moitexa fexi da masTan erTad Sedga fexi sapedagogo asparezze. igi aravis ar scemda pativs, garda mister kriklisa, da yvela Segirds Tavis mtrad Tvlida. mister riks hyavda erTi vaJi, romelic mas skolaSi mecadineobaSi Sveloda. erTxel mas usayvedura mamas bavSvebTan sastiki mopyrobis gamo; miTxres, rom amisTvis mister kriklma igi saxlidan gaagdo, da amis Semdeg misis da mis krili mudam sevdianebi ariano.
magram yvelaze metad am moTxrobaSi iman gamakvirva, rom skolaSi iyo erTi mowafe, romlis cemas mister krikli ver bedavda; es iyo jems stirfordi. man TviTan daadastura es da daumata, Zalian minda vnaxo, erTi rogor gabedavs mister krikli Cemi xelis xlebaso.
_ isic gavige, rom yvela darwmunebuli iyo, rogor uyvarda mis krikls stirfrdi, da es azri Zalian SesaZlebeli meCvena. stirfordi yovel mxriv unaklo ymawvili iyo. gavige agreTve, rom mister meli Zalian gulkeTili adamiania, magram gaxvretili groSic ar abadia, rom moxuci dedamisi, misis meli ukidures siRaribeSia Turme. gamaxsenda sauzme TavSesafarSi, sadaca mister mels `Cemo Carli uwodes, magram siamovnebiT magondeba, rom krintic ar damiZravs am SemTxvevaze, romelsac SeeZlo Seevso Cemi amxanagebis cnobebi mister melis Sesaxeb.
Cvenma qeifma SuaRames gadaacila. roca, bolos, yvelaferi SeWmuli da daleuli iyo, meti wili stumrebisa wavid-wamovidnen TavianT sawolebze; me da stirfordi ki isev vCurCulebdiT Cems loginze.
_ Rame mSvidoisa, koperfild, _ miTxra bolos stirfordma. _ Tqven Zalian keTili xarT, ser, _ vupasuxe me, _ didad gmadlobT. _ gyavs da, koperfild? _ ara, ser! _ Zalian mwyins. Sen rom da gyavdes, darwmunebuli var, igi lamazi,
wamovdeqi kidec, rom damenaxa mTvaris SuqiT ganaTebuli mSvenieri saxe stirfordisa, romelic piraRma gaWimuliyo da xelebi TavqveS amoedo. momavlis Savi farda ar efareboda mas, da araviTari Crdili ar idga im baRis bilikze, romelzedac me da is davseirnobdiT sizmarSi.
sabralo tredelsi! axlac Tvalwin midgas igi, Tavisi viwro SarvliTa da cisferi kurtakiT, romlebic SemowuTxuli hqonda xelebsa da fexebze, germanuli Zexvebisa an mrgval-mrgvali kupatebis magvarad. wlis pirveli naxevris ganmavlobaSi yoveldRe scemdnen joxiT, garda orSabaTisa, roca saxazavs urtyamdnen xelisgulze. yoveldRe apirebda igi werilis miweras amis gamo Tavis biZasTan, da mainc arasodes ar miuweria. dadebda Tavis magidaze, itirebda ori Tu sami wuTis ganmavlobaSi da Semdeg, moxedvas verc ki moaswrebdi, rom xedav, kidec SeuSria cremlebi da mxiaruli saxiT Tavis aspidis dafaze ConCxebsa xatavs. jer ver mivxvdi, rad uyvarda mas ase ConCxebis xatva; megona, mware fiqrebiT aRelvebuli, am sikvdilis simboloebSi eZebs Tavisi amqveyniuri vaebis bolos-meTqi, magram male davrwmundi, tredelsi mxolod imitom xatavda ConCxebs, rom amgvari xatva araviTar siZneles ar warmoadgenda.
magram igi Zalian kargi biWi iyo. es tredelsi yovelTvis da yovelgan mkerdiT icavda amxanagebs da arasodes aravin gaucia; Tavisi xasiaTis am Tvisebis gamo zogjer did usiamovnebas iTmenda xolme.
stirfordi ganagrZonda Cems mfarvelobas da sasargeblo megobari iyo CemTvis. veravin bedavda im bavSvis wyenas, romelsac stirfordi swyalobda. magram masac ki ar SeeZlo Cemi dafarva mister kriklisagan, romelic aTasgvarad msjida TiTqmis yoveldRe. samagierod, stirfirdi manugeSebda xolme yoveli dasjis Semdeg; madlobas vuxdidi mas suliT da guliT da moTminebiT vitandi Cems gaWirvebas. mainc, SeZlebisdagvarad, igi Seamdgomlobas miwevda mister kriklis winaSe, da am Semadgomlobis wyalobiT bolos gamaTavisufles Cemi dafisagan, zurgze rom mekida.
erTma SemTxveviTma garemoebam ufro gaaRrmava megobruli urTierToba Cemsa da stirfords Soris da im zomamde ganamtkica igi, rom Tavi momqonda am megobrobiT. erTxel roca ezoSi vTamaSobdiT da stirfordma laparaki damiwyo, SemTxveviT mivuTiTe raRac saganze, romelsac, Cemis azriT, sakvirveli msgavseba hqonda amgvarsave saganTan `peregrin pikSi~. im wuTSi stirfordma araferi miTxra, magram roca saRamos sawol oTaxSi wavediT, mkiTxa, xom ara gaqvs wignio.
me vupasuxe, rom ara-meTqi, da avuxseni, ra pirobebSi wavikiTxe `peregrin pikli~ da sxva wignebi.
_ da Sen gaxsovs yvelaferi? _ mkiTxa stirfordma. _ Zalian karagad maxsovs, _ vupasuxe me. _ maS yuri damigde, ras getyvi, koperfild: Sen unda miambo Sinaarsi
yvela wignsa, romelic wagikiTxavs. saRamoobiT didxans ara mZinavs da dilaobiTac yvelaze adre viRviZeb. Sen miyolebiT miambob yvela am moTxrobas erTimeoris Semdeg; es `aTas erTi Ramis~ msgavsad gamova.
me siamaye vigrZeni amgvari winadadebis gamo da im saRamosve SevudeqiT mis sisruleSi moyvanas.
yvelaferi Zalian kargad midioda, oRond xSirad ar mexaliseboda moTxrobis dawyeba, metadre saRamoobiT, roca Zalian meZineboda. am SemTxvevaSi Cemi Sroma metad mZime iyo, magram uaris Tqmas ver vbedavdi stirfordis wyenis SiSiT. dilaobiTac didi siamovnebiT viZinebdi kidev erT an or saaTs, magram meti gza ar iyo: vemorCilebodi stirfordis mtkice nebas, vdgebodi dilaadrianad da, rogorc Seherazada, viwyebdi grZel ambebs fantastikuri gmirebis Tavgadasavalze. me ar viyavi wagebuli: madlieri stirfodi mixsnida gakveTilebis gaugebar adgilebs
da xSirad misworebda rveulebs. yovelive amasTan, simarTle unda vTqva, araviTari angariSianoba ar iyo Cemis mxriv am SemTxvevaSi, _ miyvarda stirfordi, pativs vcemdi mas da misi qeba CemTvis umaRlesi jildo iyo.
xangrZlivi moTxrobebi RamRamobiT, saerTo siCumesa da sinleSi, xels uwoyobda romantikulobisa da ocnebis niWis ganviTarebas CemSi. rasakvirvelia, amas ar SeeZlo arsebiTi sargeblobis motana CemTvis, magram samagierod yvelas vuyvardi, da Cemi, rogorc niWieri mTxrobelis, saxeli swrafad moedo mTel saswavlebels. me saerTo yuradRebis sagani Seviqeni, da es ufro maxalisebda Cemi fantastikuri Semoqmedebis asparezze.
saWiro ar aris imis mtkiceba, rom mowafeebisagan imgvari skolisa, rogoric gaxldaT salemis pansioni, Zneli mosalodneli iyo raime warmateba mecadineobaSi, da vfiqrob, arc mister kriklis mowafeni grZnobdnen maincdamainc gansakuTrebul miswrafebas mecnierebisadmi: rozgi maT ukargavda swavlis yovelgvar xaliss.
me imdensave mcemdnen, ramdensac sxvas, Tu metad ara, ara naklebad, magram, Tandayolili Tavmoyvareobis wyalobiT da stirfordis magaliTiT waqezebuli, vcdilobdi, yvelgan, sadac ki SemeZlo, amekrifa sibrZnis namcecebi. am SemTxvevaSi, mgonia, me erTaderTi gamonaklisi viyavi.
stirfordis garda, Cemi xelmZRvaneli mecadineobaSi iyo mister meli, romelic Zalian kargad mepyroboda. amisaTvis, aqamdis didi madlieri var misi. Zalian mwyinda, roca vxedavdi, rom stirfordi araviTar pativs ara scemda am adamians da arc erT SemTxvevas ara hkargavda, rom damcirebna an ewyeninebina misTvis. stirfodris magaliTs sxva bavSvebic ahyvebodnen xolme. es Zalian mawuxebda, miT umetes, rom erTxel, gulaxdili laparakis dros wamovroSe stirfordTan im moxuci dedabris Sesaxeb, romelic mister melma cemTan erTad inaxula TavSesafarSi. ra meqna! araferi ar SemeZlo damemala Cemi mfravelisagan. axla meSinoda, rom stirfordi aqedan gamoiyvanda mister melis damamcirebel daskvnas. Cemi SiSi gamarTlda.
erTxel ise moxda, rom mister krikli SeuZlod gaxda da Tavis oTaxSi unda darCeniliyo mTeli dRe. mTeli skolisaTvis am sasiamovno garemoebam saSineli aurzauri gamoiwvia saswavlo darbazSi. yovlad SeuZlebeli iyo wesierebis aRdgena am celqebs Soris. tyuilad Semodioda klasSi koWli tunge da mTavar monawileTa saxelebs iwerda; bavSvebi ar cxrebodnen, radgan icodnen, rom sasjeli, sul erTia, ar ascdebodaT.
wigni, romelic man daanarcxa, me mekuTvnoda; videqi gverdiT da Tvals vadevnebdi misi Tvalebis gamometyvelebas. bavScebi uecrad CaCumdnen. bevris saxeze SiSi gamoitaxa; zogs, albaT, Sercxva.
stirfordis adgili klasSi oTaxis boloSi iyo. igi kedelTan zurgiT miyudebuli idga da xelebi jibeSi Caewyo. roca mister melma imis mxares gaixeda, stirfordma piri mokuma da odnav daustvina.
_ gaCumdiT, mister stirford! _ Tqven TviTon dajeqiT da Tqveni saqme gaakeTeT. TavdaWerilma sicilma da TanagrZnobis Cumma CurCulma mTel darbazs
daurbina, magram mister meli im zomamde gafiTrda, rom siCume isev Camovarda. erTma bavSvma, romelic win gamovida, im mizniT, rom yiramala gadasuliyo amxanagebis gasarTobad, uecrad gamoicvala Tavisi azri da iseTi saxe miiRo, TiTqos kalmis gaTlas apirebda.
_ Tu Tqven fiqrobT, stirford, _ uTxra mister melma, _ rom ver vamCnev im gavlenas, romelsac Tqvens amxanagebze axdenT, scdebiT.
am sityvebTan erTad mister melma, albaT uneburad, xeli Tavze damado.
_ Tu ggoniaT, _ ganagrZo melma, _ rom ver vamCnev, rogor aqezebT Tqven Cems winaaRmdeg, Cems masxarad asagdebad Tqvens amxanagebs, Zalian scdebiT, mister stirford!
_ me Tavs ar viwuxeb Tqvenze fiqroT, mister mel, _ uapsuxa stirfordma gulgrilad, _ amitomac, ser, ara mgonia, raSime vcdebode.
_ nuTu Tqven, _ ganagrZo mister melma da yuCebi auTrTolda, _ sargeblobT favoritis mdgomareobiT da nebas aZlevT Tavs SeuracxyoT jenltmeni...
_ vin? sad aris es jentlmeni? _ gaawyevtina stirfordma. _ grcxvebodes, stirford! _ gaisma uecrad xma. _ es saZaglobaa! es tredelsi iyo. magram mister melma gaaCuma igi. _ Tu Tqven, vimeoreb me, nebas aZlevT Tqvens Tavs Seuracxyofa
miayenoT im adamians, romelsac ara aqvs bedi cxovrebaSi, romelsac arasodes araferi ar dauSavebia TqvenTvis, romelsac Tqven ar unda awyeninoT mravali mizezis gamo, rac kargad gasagebi unda iyos Tqveni Wkuis ymawvili kacisTvis, _ ganagrZobda mister meli, _ aseTi saqcieli, mister stirford, ugvano da saZagelia. Tqven SegiZliaT idgeT, an dajdeT, _ rogorc geneboT, ser! ganagrZeT, koperfild!
_ moiTmine erT wuTs, koperfild! _ miTxra stirfordma da darbazis SuagulSi gamovida. _ ai, ras getyviT mister mel, erTxel da samudamod. Tu Tqven gabedeT da makadrebT saZagelisa da ugvanos saxelis wodeba, amis Semdeg Tqven TviTon usircxvilo maTxovari xarT. Tqven yovelTvis maTxovari iyaviT, magram am wuTidan Tqven usircxviloc gaxdiT.
ar vici, mas undoda gaertya mister melisTvis, Tu mister mels _ misTvis; SevniSne mxolod, rom mTeli klasi gaSeSda, _ bavSvebi gaqvavebuliviT isxdnen. darbazis SuagulSi idga mister krikli da mis gverdiT _ xisfexa tunge. mis da misis krikli karebSi iyurebodnen, SiSiT zardacemulebi. mister mels saxeze xelebi miefarebina da uZravad idga.
_ mister mel! _ uTxra mister krillma da xeli Camoswia; misi CurCuli, am jerze, iseTi garkveuli da mkafio iyo, rom tungem saWirod ar scno misi gameoreba. _ imedi maqvs, Tavi ar dagviwyebiaT?
_ ara, ser, ara, _ upasuxa maswavlebelma Tavis qneviT da Tan nerviulad xelebs isresda, _ ara, me Tavi ar damviwyebia, ser. me maxsovs Cemi Tavi, ser. me mxolod minda, ser, rom Tqvenc... odnav mainc... gaxsovdeT... ser. diax, es ukeTesi iqneboda Tqveni mxriv, ser. SesZlebelia, amas bevri usiamovneba aecdina CemTvis, ser.
susti xmiT, _ me mindoda meTqva, rom mowafeTagans aravis aqvs ufleba isargeblos Tavisi, rogorc favoritis mdgomarebiT da damamciros me.
_ Tqven dagamciroT! _ warmoTqva mister kriklma. _ o, vis mnaTobo! neba miboZeT, gkiTxoT, ser, miwevT Tu ara saTanado angariSs, roca Tqven Tavs nebas aZlevT da favoritebze melaparakebiT me, saswavleblis ufross?
_ me mzada var gamovtyde, ser, rom mourideblad moviqeci, _ Tqva mister melma. _ me ar vizamdi magas, damSvidebuli rom vyofiliyavi.
aq stirfordi isev gamovida scenaze da Tqva: _ magan miTxra kidev, rom umsgavso var, rom saZageli da usindiso
var, da amitom me magas maTxovari vuwode. mec rom guldamSvidebuli vyofiliyavi, albaT, mec ar vuwodebdi am saxels, magra me vTqvi _ da axlac mzad var pasuxi vago Cemi saqcielisaTvis.
am sityvebma, mrcxvenia gamovtyde, didi STabeWdileba moaxdina Cemze; me vtkbebodi Cemi megobris oratoruli niWiT da srulebiT ara vfiqrobdi misi sityvebis Sedegze. mowafeTa Soris gaisma guguni, magram aravis araferi uTqvams.
_ maSin inebeT da sajarod gamoacxadeT, _ uTxra mister kriklma, Tan Tavi erT mxares gadaxara da Tvalebi daabriala, _ vicodi Tu ara me es ambavi?
_ danamdvilebiT ar SemiZlia vTqva._ rogor? ra gnebavT magiTi TqvaT? _ Tqven icodiT, ser, rom ojaxuri mdgmareoba ar mqonda brwyinvale,
_ upasuxa TanaSemwem. _ Tqven icodiT, ser, ra garemoebaSi viyavi, roca aq movedi, da isic iciT, rasakvirvelia, rom es garemoeba ar gamocvlila.
_ maS Tu saqme magaze wavida, _ upasuxa mister kriklma da ZarRvebi Sublze ufro metad daebera _ unda mogaxsenoT, rom Tqven cdebiT. Cemi pansioni TavSesafari ar gaxlavT. mister mel, Cven unda gavSordeT erTmaneTs; rac ufro adre moxdeba es, miT ukeTesia.
_ ser! SesdeqiT! _ ara Rirs, mister krikl. gtovebT erTxel da samudamod Tqven da
yvela mowafes. jems stirford! yvelaze ukeTesi, rac SemiZlia gisurvoT, is aris, rom odesme moinanioT Tqveni saqcieli. axla ki ar visurvebdi Tqven megobrobas da Zalian minda, rom megobrobdeT imaT, vinc me miyvars.
bavSvebi martoni darCnen saswavlo darbazSi, da maxsovs, rogori mousvenrobiT SevcqerodiT erTmaneTs. gamarjveba sabralo mister melze, rogorca Canda, aravis gahxarebia. me Tavs vayvedridi da vnanobdi; SiSiT Sevyurebdi stirfords da Zlivs vikavebdi cremlebs. stifordi Zalian gajavrebuli iyo tredelsze da uTxra, rom am jerze mas samarTlianad moxvda.
_ amas ara uSavs ra, rom mcemes, _ Tqva sabralo bavSvma, _ es gaivlis! mawuxebs mxolod, rom mister mels Seuracxyofa miayenes.
_ mere, vin miayena Seuracxyofa? _ vina? rasakvirvelia, Sen! _ gana me ra vqeni? _ rogor Tu ra? Sen Seuracxyofa miayene mas da adgili daakargvine. _ xom ara ggonia, rom masac iseTive guli aqvs, rogorc Sen, mister
tredels? marTalia, man dahkarga adgili, magram amisTana adgili aseTi saunjea visTvis? TavisTavad cxadia, rom me werils mivwer saxlSi, da mas fuls miscemen.
amgvari ganzraxva Cven yvelas metad keTilSobiluri gveCvena. Cven vicodiT, rom stirfordis deda _ mdidari qvrivi iyo da araferSi uars ar eubneboda Tavis Svils. tredelsi damarcxebuli darCa. Cven camdis aviyvaneT stirfordis didsulovneba, metadre, roca gamoacxada, rom es nabiji gadadga mxolod Cveni saerTo sargeblobisaTvis. misi sityviT gamodioda, rom gi uangarod iqceoda da amasTan yvelas sikeTe moutana.
_ unda gamovtyde, rom im Rames mister melis Zveli fleita araerTxel momeCvena Tavisi gulsaklavi xmiT. Tavze sabani wavixure, magram fleita mainc ukravda sevdianad sadrac Sors, da Tas ubedurad vgrZnobdi.
magram male mTlad damaviwyda mister meli, radgan sul stirfordze vfiqrobdi. man Tavisi surviliT ikisra CvenTvis gakveTilebis micema sxvadasxva sagnebSi axali maswavleblis mosvlamdis. stirfordma TiTqos yvelaferi zepirad icoda da Tavisi leqciebis dros arasodes ar ixmariebda arc wigns, arc rveuls.
albaT, hkiTxa, vin arian stumrebio, da gadasca, sad mieRoT isini. me mibrZanes sxva kibiT gavsuliyavi da sufTa sacvlebi Cameca, rom wesieri saxiT vCvenebodi mosulebs. davemorCle am brZanebas mTrTolvare mRelvarebiT, rogoric ar migrZvnia arasodes im dromdis. vina mkiTxulobs? nuTu mister da mis mordstoni? an iqneb deda? am kiTxevbiT aRelvebuli ramdenime wuTiT SevCerdi sastumro oTaxis karebTan da ver vbedavd mis gaRebas.
Sesvlisas jer veravin gavarCie; magra roca Cems ukan kari daixura, me davinaxe mister pegoti da qami, isini kedels mihyrdnobodnen da qudebs miqnevdnen. Cven megobrulad CamovarTviT erTmaneTs xeli. me gavicine, isev gavicine da Semdeg jibidan cxvirsaxoci amoviRe cremlebis mosawmendad.
mister pegitim, romelsac am darbazobis ganmavlobaSi piri ar moukumavs, didi TanagrZnoba gamoiCina Cemi cremlebisadmi da aniSna qams, laparaki daewyo.
_ nuTu Tqven ggoniaT, rom gavizarde? _ vkiTxe me, cremlebis wmendiT. me vtirodi, ar vici rad, Zveli megobrebis danaxvaze Tu momeria cremlebi, sxva araviTari mizezi ar iyo.
_ gazrdilxarT, master devi! _ gaimeora qamma. _ Sexede, Zia, gana ar gazrdila?
madloba gadavuxade. mister pegotim Sexeda qams, romelic tomaras dascereboda da srulebiT ar fiqrobda biZamisis daxsnas am gaWirvebuli mdgomareobidan.
_ ase da amgvarad. ese igi, ase, mastre devi! _ miTxra mister pegitim. _ daubera marjve qarma, da Cvenc movediT Cveni patara naviT iarmauTidan greisvendSi. dam ki momwera, rom ese da eseo, Tu greisvendSi mogixdeT wasvla, SeiareT ama da am alagas, master devisTan, Cemi mokiTxva gadaeciT, yovelive sikeTe usurveT da uTxariT, rom saxlSi yvelaferi Zveleburad ariso. da ai, roca Cven davbrudebiT ukan, patara emi miswers Cems das, rom gnaxeT, master devi, da rom Tqvenc, isa, Zveleburad...
miuxedavad mister pegotis am mikibul-mokibuli laparakisa, yvelafers mivxvdi da suliT da guliT gadavuxade madloba. Semdeg, Tumca vgrZnobdi, rom vwiTldebodi, laparaki isev patara emize Camovagde da imedi gamovTqvi, rom igi, albaT, Zalian gamoicvala mas Semdeg, rac me da is erTad vagrovebdiT lokokinebs da kenWebs zRvis napirze-meTqi.
_ magas raRa laparaki unda! is male sul mTlad didi qali gaxdeba, _ miTxra mister pegotim, _ ai, amasa hkiTxeT!
ese igi qams, romelic mTlad brwyinavda siamovnebisagan da Tavs iqnevda Tanxmobis niSnad.
_ ra lamazia! _ wamoiZaxa mister pegotim gabrwyinebulma. _ da mere rogora swavlobs! _ daumata qamma.
qami gatacebuli iyo aranakleb, vidre biZamisi. ueWvelia, kidev mraval ambavs gavigebdi maTgan patara emis Sesaxeb, stirfords rom ar daeSala Tavisi moulodneli SemosvliT. roca stirfordma daminaxa kuTxeSi molaparake or ucnobTan, Sewyvita simRera da miTxra:
_ me ar vicodi, rom Sen aqa xar, koperfild! mapatie, Cemo kargo! stumrebis misaRebi oTaxi sxva iyo, stirfordma, marTlac, ar icoda,
rom me iq viyavi. mas undoda, SeuCereblad Caeara Cvens gverdiT, magram ar vici, ratom, SevaCere igi. SesaZlebelia, mindoda dametrabaxa iseTi amxanagis yola, rogoric stirfordi iyo, am misTvis amexsna, rogor moxda, rom mister pegotis davumegobrdi. magram rad momdis TavSi yovelive es axla, ramdenime aTeuli wlis Semdeg? ase iyo Tu ise, me vuTxari morcxvad:
_ stirford, nu waxval, geTayva. es iarmauTeli menaveebi arian, Zalian kargi xalxia, eseni Cemi gadiis naTesavebi arian da greisvendidan movidnen Cems sanaxavad.
kargad iyaviT oriveni. gisurvebT bednierebas, _ gviTxra man bolos da sabolood xeli daavlo Tavis quds.
qamma gaimeora misi gamosalmebis sityvebi, da Cven gavSordiT erTmaneTs, rogorc gulwrfeli megobrebi.
mTeli im saRamos ganmavlobaSi mindoda laparaki damewyo patara emis Sesaxeb da amewera misi mSveniereba, magram misi saxeli ver vaxsene, imis SiSiT, rom stirfordi masxrad amigdebda. aRelvebuli didxans vfiqrobdi imis Sesaxeb, rom emilia namdvili qali xdeboda, rogorc mister pegotim Tqva; magram bolos gadavwyvite, rom yovelive es mtknari sicruea-meTqi.
mTeli mosakiTxi, misis gumijis gamocdili xeliT gamzadebuli, Cumad gavitaneT sawol oTaxSi da saRamos didebuli vaxSami gavmarTeT. magram tredelss bedi ar wyalobda: sawyal biWs meti mouvida da im Ramesve avad gaxda. diliT mas gadaaylapes erTi duJini lurji abebi da daalevines uSvelebeli doza Savi miqsturisa, romelsac, rogorc samarTlianad SeniSna dimpla (am bavSvis mama eqimi iyo), SeeZlo cxenis sxeulic ki Seeryia. amis Semdeg sabralo ymawvilma, romelmac gadaWriT Tqva uari Tavisi avadmyofobis mizezis axsnaze, miiRo sasjeli aTi rozgi da berZnuli qrestomaTiidan eqvsi Tavi dasazepireblad.
danarCeni dro am wlis pirvel naxevrisa magondeba, rogorc dausrulebeli yoveldRiuri brZola da saswavleblis cxovrebis wvrilmani zrunva. zafxulma swrafad gaiara; dadga Semodgoma da masTan _ civi dilebi, roca daucxromeli zari loginebidan gviwvevda. kidev ori, sami kvira, _ da ai, movida susxiani, grZeli da bneli Rameebi, roca igive zari sawol oTaxSi gverekeboda. mosawyeni da erTferovani cxovreba! saRamoobiT saswavlo darbazi mkrTalad aris ganaTebuli da cudad gamTbari, dilaobiT igive darbazi srulebiT ar aris ganaTebuli da srulebiT ar aris gamTbari, ase rom, Cven yvelani vkankalebT da vikrunCxebiT sicivisagan. sauzmeebi, sadilebi, vaxSmebi: Zroxis xorci moxarSuli da Semwvari, cxvris xorci moxarSuli da Semwvari, gamxmari puri mZaRe karaqiT; wignebi daxeuli furclebiT, damtvreuli aspidis dafebi, rveulebi cremlebiT danamuli; saxazavebi, rozgebi, kinwiskvra, TmiT Treva, cema, avdriani uqmeebi, qoniani pudingebi, WuWyisa da melnis suni...
Zalian kargad maxsovs, rom zamTris ardadegebma, romelic jer warmodgenili ar mqonda, rogorc uZravi wertili usazRvro droTa wreSi, TandaTan daiwyo moaxloeba da zrda. maxsovs, rogor viTvlidiT dros jer TveobiT, Semdeg kviraobiT, Semdeg dReebiT da rogor dameufla bolos SiSi, _ gamiSveben ki aqedan dedis da pegotis sanaxavad-meTqi? magram stirfordma damamSvida da miTxra, rom saswavleblis gamgeobas ukve gadawyvetili aqvs Seni gaSvebao. rodisRa? Semdeg kviras, am kviras, zeg, dRes, _ da ai bolos, aiRes CemTvis bileTi iarmauTis diliJansis. mivdivar.
Tavi merve ardadegebi. erTi ganakuTrebiT bednieri saRamo jer kidev gaTenebamdis mivediT iarmauTSi. Zalian cioda, ase rom,
ver gamaTbo cxelma Caimac ki, romelic buxris win moewyoT, patara magidaze. miT ufro didi siamovnebiT Cavweqi loginSi, wavixure sabani da tkbilad daviZine.
mister barkisi dilis cxra saaTze unda mosuliyo Cems wasayvanad. swored rva saaTze avdeqi da movemzade droze dasaxvedrad. xanmokle dasvenebis gamo odnav Tavbrumexveoda. mister barkisma ise Semxvda TiTqos Cveni ukanaskneli Sexvedris Semdeg xuT wuTze mets ar gaevlo.
roca me da Cemi Cemodani etlSi movTavsdiT, meetle kofoze dajda, zanti jaglagi daiZra adgilidan da Tavisi Cveulebrivi nabijiT waCanCalda.
Semdeg, _ me erTi sityvac ar miTqvams misTvis. srulebiT arc vapireb masTan amaze laparaks. ra azri aqvs?
_ xom ar gindaT, mister barkis, rom me vuTxra Tqvens magivrad? _ kargi, Tu gsurT, _ mipasuxa mister barkisma da TavCaRunulma
Semomxeda. _ uTxariT, rom barkisi pasuxs elis. ra hqvia mas? _ pegoti, mister barkis. _ es xom misi gvaria? _ diax, es misi gvaria, mister barkis. _ ra hqvia mas, ese igi, ra aris misi saxeli? _ klara. _ marTla?.. rogorca Canda, mister barkisma am garemoebaSi ipova dauSreteli
_ aba! _ Tqva. man bolos. _ maS Tqven ase etyviT: `pegoti, barkisi pasuxs elis~. _ `gana rasa mwerdiT?~ _ `barkisi winadadebas gaZlevT~.
am SesaniSnavi sityviT damTavrebis Semdeg barkisma xeli mkra gverdSi. Semdeg man isev Cahkida Tavi da aRar dabrunebia am saintereso sagans; mxolod naxevari saTis Semdeg amoiRo jibidan carcis naWeri da Tavisi etlis kofoze dawera, ueWvelia, saxsovrad: `klara pegoti~.
ra ucnaurma grZnobam amitana, roca mivuaxlovdi saxls romelic axla Cemi aRar iyo, da sadac imave dros yovel sagans SeeZlo moegonebina CemTvis uwindeli, bednieri dro, romelic gahqra sizmariviT. dro, roca me deda da pegoti martoni vcxovrobdiT da aravin ereoda Cvens ojaxur saqmeebSi, Tvalwin medga da gamouTqmeli sevdiT mivsebda guls. rac ufro metad vuaxlovdebodiT blordestons, miT ufro metad mereoda sevda. bolos Cemma naRvelma iqamdis miaRwia, mzad viyavi isev salemis saswavlebelSi davbrunebuliyav, stirdforTan. magram ukve gvian iyo, ai isini, ai blonderstonis Wilyvavebi. vxedav maT gaCeCil budeebs titvela beber Telaze da mesmis qaris zuzuni Cvens baRSi.
Cven movediT. me mivdiodi saxlisken nacnobi bilikiT da Tan fanjrebs vucqerodi, sadac yovel wuTSi movelodi mister da mis mordstonebis danaxvas. neli da gaubedavi nabijiT mivuaxlovdu saxls, gavaRe kari da Sevedi.
ah, ramdeni saxeebi da xmebi, dakavSirebuli Cems bavSvobasTan, gaaRviZa CemSi dedaCemis xmam! igi mReroda sevdianad da nazad. momeCvena, TiTqos odesRac me vesvene mis xelze da igi me mimReroda am simReras, daxrili, Cems akvanTan.
im Cafiqrebuli gamometyvelebis mixedviT, romliTac igi mReroda, gadavwyvite, rom deda marto unda yofiliyo, da Cumad Sevedi oTaxSi. deda buxarTan ijda da ZuZus awovebda bavSvs, romelic Seugneblad iwvdida Tavis pawawina xels misi yelisken. dedis Tvalebi misCerebodnen bavSvis saxes.
_ dedilo! dedam makoca kidev da kidev da xeli momxvia yelze. am dros oTaxSi
Turme ar melodnen ase male, radgan meetle Cveulebrivze gacilebiT adre movida. isic gamoirkva, rom mis da mister mordstonebi sadRac iyvnen wasulni stumrad da saRamomdis ar dabrundebodnen Sin. srulebiT ar movelodiT aseT bednier garemoebas, _ megona, es ucxo xalxi arasodes, erTi wuTiTac aRar dagvanebebda Tavs. im wamSive vigrZeni, rom Zveli, bednieri dro dagvibrunda.
visadileT patara magidaze, buxris win. pegotis undoda mogvmsaxureboda, magram dedam ar daaneba da ZaliT dasva sufrasTan CvenTan erTad.
sadilis dros daviwye pegotisTan laparaki barkisis davalebis Sesaxeb, magram ori sityvis Tqmac ver movaswari, rom pegotim aifara saxeze winsafari da sicili morTo.
_ pegoti, _ uTxra dedam. _ raSia saqme? _ ai seiri! _ daiwyo pegotim. _ warmoidgineT, mas Cemi colad SerTva
unda! _ barkisi, mgonia, kargi adamiania, da es TqvenTvis Sesaferisi
SemTxvevaa, _ upasuxa dedam.
_ ah, ar vici! nu mkiTxavT! ar gavTxovdebi masze, mTlad rom oqrosi iyos; aravize ar gavTxovdebi!
_ maS ratom ar etyviT uars? _ mas vuTxra? _ SesZaxa pegotim. _ TviTon erT sityvasac ar meubneba
magis Sesaxeb. erTi xma amoiRos, vaCveneb seirs! deda iRimeboda, sanam pegoti ucqeroda mas, magram SevniSne, rom deda
daRunda da Cafiqrda. pirvel Sexedvaze gamakvirva dedaSi saocarma cvlilebam. misi mSveneri saxe, Zveleburad, sevdisa da mwuxarebis niSans atarebda; nazi da TeTri xelebis kani mTlad gaxdomoda, magram yvelaze metad gamaoca dedaSi ukiduresobamde gaubedavma da SemkrTalma moqcevam.
_ ah! _ SesZaxa dedam da gamoerkva Tavisi fiqrebidan. _ ra sisulele mogividaT TavSi, pegoti!
_ suleluri, me mgonia, aq ara aris-ra. mxolod mindoda gamego, rogor aris igi axla!
_ ucnauri survilia, pegoti!.. raRa axla mogividaT maincdamainc es azri? gana sxva safiqrebeli ara gaqvT-ra?
_ swore giTxraT, mec ar vici, rad momagonda. Cems sulel TavSi zlgjer ucnauri azrebi trialebs, da ai axla, yovlad umizezod, me damebada survili gamego. sad gahqra master devis papida?
_ nuTu Tqven gindaT, rom igi isev gvewvios stumrad? _ srulebiTac ar minda. _ maS raRa saWiroa amgvar usiamovno sagnebze laparaki. mis betsi,
ueWvelia, cxovrobs gandegilad Tavis saxlSi, zRvis piras, da mgonia,
_ diax, axla ki miT umetes ar apatiebs. _ viTom ratomao? _ Tund imitom, rom axla mas Zmaca hyavs, _ upasuxa pegotim. dedam tirili daiwyo. _ ra dagiSavaT am umanko arsebam? vis ras uSlis igi amqveynad? ara
_ imitom, Tu gnebavT, rom es didad asoamovnebda mis mordstons. _ ra boroti xarT, pegoti! _ upasuxa dedam. _ me Zalian kargad mesmis
Tqveni gulis pasuxi! Tqven TviTon gindaT CaigdoT xelSi yvela gasaRebi da idiasaxlisoT. asea Tu ara? da Tqven srulebiT ar gindaT, miiRoT mxedvelobaSi, rom yovelive amas igi naTesauri grZnobiTa sCadis. Tqven unda icodeT, rom mas keTili survili aqvs. ratom ar giyvarT igi? ra dagiSavaT? gana Tqven ar gagigiaT, aTasjer uTqvams, rom me, misi azriT, metismetad udardeli var da jer kidev...
_ lamazi, _ daumata pegotim. _ mere ra aris? _ pasuxa dedam odnavi RimiliT _ ra Cemi bralia, Tu
mis mordstoni me lamazad mTvlis? _ aravin arc bralsa gdebT. _ rasakvirvelia, aravin. mas hgonia, rom me ara maqvs diasaxlisobis
unari da darwmunebuli var, arc scdeba, diax, ar scdeba... Tqven xom iciT, rom mis mordstoni yvelaze gvian wveba da yvelaze adre dgeba? Tqven iciT, rom igi TviTon dadis sakuWnaoSi, sardafSi, iq, sadac naxSiria, da iq... sadac me, ueWvelia, arasodes ar wavidodi. da nuTu gindaT damarwmunoT, rom mis mordstonis yvela am moqmedebaSi ar aris Tavganwirva?
_ me arasodes ar miTqvams ega, _ upasuxa pegotim. _ styuiT, styuiT! rad ambobT uars? da roca Tqven, magaliTad,
laparakobT mister mordstonis keTil survilebze da TvalTmaqcobT, TiTqos arafrad afasebT maT, darwmunebuli var, rom Tqveni mxriv es mxolod TvalTmaqcobaa, ar SeiZleba adamiani ar afasebdes maT, radgan es marTla keTili survilebia. Tu mister mordstoni mkacrad moeqca aq vinmes... mkacrad da sastikad, _ Tqven gesmiT, pegoti, devisac unda esmodes es _ es simkacre warmodgeba mxolod sikeTis survilidan amave pirovnebisaTvis. mas uyvars es piroveneba da vici, rom gulwrfelad surs sikeTe CvenTvis, orivesTvis. is Cemze Wkviania, es yvelasTvis cxadia, da rasakvirvelia, gacilebiT Cemze ukeT SeuZlia msjeloba yvela am saqmeze. maS rogor gindaT? me susti, bavSviviT Tavqariani var... maSin rodesac mister mordstoni dinji, energiuli, mtkice xasiaTis kacia. mere ramden gaWirvebas itans igi Cemi gulisTvis mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi! _ ganagrZobda deda cremlebiT, romelic ukve didi xania Camosdioda naz saxeze. _ RmerTmani, pegoti, me madlobeli unda viyo mister mordstonisa da unda vemorCilebode mas yvela Cemi grZnobiTa da azrovnebiT; da Tu
Cemi guli ar memorCileba da ara grZnobs zogjer am madlobas, amis gamo yvelaze ubeduri me var da aRar vici, ra vqna...
pegoti Cumad ijda da Sehyurebda buxarSi baRverdals. _ maS ase, pegoti! _ uTxra dedam da kilo gamoicvala. _ SevrigdeT,
Cemo kargo... RmerTmani, Cven ar unda vCxubobdeT, me ver avitan amas. Tqven Cemi namdvili megobari xarT, pegoti, me vici es, da arvin myavs megobari mTels qveyanaze, Tqvens garda. Tu giwodebT Tqven sulel, sasacilo da usindiso arsebas, es imas niSnavs, pegoti, rom Tqven Cemi namdvili megobari xarT da yovelTvis iyaviT Cemi gulwrfeli megobari im wuTidan, roca mister koperfildma pirvelad momiyvana am saxlSi da Tqven karebTan damixvdiT.
pegotim bevri aRar axvewina dedas da maSinve daamtkica mSvidobianobis kavSiri imiT, rom me gadamkocna.
davlieT Cai, axali cecxli gavaCaReT da sanTlebi avanTeT. Cven sruli bednierebi viyaviT, da es bednieri saRamo, ukanaskneli Cems bavSvur cxovrebaSi arasodes ar wariSleba Cemi mexsierebidan.
TiTqmis aTi saaTi iyo, roca alayafis karebTan etlis xma moisma. Cven yvelani avdeqiT, da dedam saCqarod miTxra, rom ukeTesi iqneboda, wavsuliyavi loginSi Casawolad, radgan sakmaod gvian iyo da mis da mister mordstonebi ki adre Zils urCeven ymawvil xalxso. vakoce dedas da sanTliT xelSi wavedi zeviT, Cems sawol oTaxSi. da-Zma jer ar Semosuliyo oTaxSi.
meore dRes diliT gulisZgeriT Cavdiodi sauzmisaTvis sasadiloSi. me ar menaxa m-r mordstoni Cemi saqcielis Semdeg. orjer-samjer SevCerdi kibeze da erTxel oTaxSic ki davbrundi. bolos fexis TiTebze Cavedi Zirs.
_ mikvirs, rom Tqven amas mkiTxavT, klara, _ upasuxa mis mordstonma. _ me Cemi Tavis Semrcxveboda, rom ar mesmodes romlisac ginda bavSviviT xasiaTi, Tqveni iqneba igi, Tu sxvisa. me ar momaqvs Tavi Rrmaazrovan adamianad, magram saRi msjeloba, mgonia, SemiZlia.
_ klara! _ uTxra mister mordstonma STagonebuli kiloTi. _ Tu ara vcdebi, me da Cems das Senze miudgomlad SegviZlia viqonioT msjeloba am sagnis Sesaxeb.
_ rasakvirvelia, eduard, rasakvirvelia, _ upasuxa dedam, misi simkacriT SeSinebulma, _ Sen sakuTari msajuli xar yvela sakiTxSi, me ar vdavob. miss jenic agreTve. mindoda mxolod meTqva...
_ Sen sisuste gamoiCine, Cemo kargo, dauSvebeli sisuste. girCev, amis Semdeg ufro frTxilad iyo da Tvali adevno Sens Tavs.
dedas auTrTolda tuCebi, TiTqos undoda eTqva: _ diax, Zvirfaso eduard! magram araferi ara uTqvams-ra. _ me Zalian mwyins, daviT, _ ganagrZo mister mordstonma da momaStera
Tavisi boroti Tvalebi, _ me Zalian mwyins, rodesac vxedav, rom Sen gamogaCnda gulCaTxrobuli da kuSti xasiaTi. ganviTareba xasiaTisa amgvari mimarTulebiT, rasac uSualod vadevneb Tvalyurs, pirdapir ewinaaRmdegeba Cems Sexedulebas, da Cems movaleobad vTvli _ vixmaro yoveli, Cemgan damkidebuli Zal-Rone, rom aRmovfxvra igi saTaveSive. ecade gamosworde, daviT! girCev, gamoicvalo, sanam dro kidev aris.
_ bodiSs vixdi, ser, _ wavilaparake me. srulebiT ar mindoda gulCaTxrobili vyofiliyavi, roca aq movedi.
_ gTxovT, nu styuiT, ser, nu TvalTmaqcobT! _ damiyvira man iseTi gajavrebuli kiloTi, rom dedam uneburad aswia xeli, TiTqos undoda davefare misgan. _ Sen mudam Sens oTaxSi midixar, Sen yvelasagan imalebi, rogorc ucxvirpiro, romelsac ezareba xalxis sazogadoeba. icode, erTxel da samudamod, rom Seni adgili aq aris, da ara iq, da rom me moviTxov Sens mudam aq yofnas. Semdeg, me moviTxov Sengan sruls morCilebas. Cemi moTxovnileba unda Sesrulebuli iqnas. Sen me micnob, daviT.
mis mordstonma gaicina xrinwiani xmiT. _ me msurs da moviTxov, _ ganagrZo mister mrdstonma, _ rom Sen
saTanado pativiscemiT da yuradRebiT meqceoda me, jeni mordstons da dedaSens. nebas ar mogcemT, rom Sen suleluri, bavSvuri JinianobiT ufrTxode am oTaxs, rogorc Wirians. dajeqi!
man mibrZana, rogorc ZaRls, da mec ZaRliviT davemorCile. _ mivaqcev Sens yuradRebas kidev erT garemoebas, daviT. me SevniSne
SenSi siyvaruli dabal da vulgarul sazogadoebisadmi. Sen araferi ara gaqvs-ra da arc unda gqondes saerTo SinamosamsaxureebTan. im dedakacis Sesaxeb, romelic xels uwyobs Sens survilebs, me arafers vityvi, radgan Senc, klara, _ ganagrZobda mister mordstoni, da dedas mimarTa, _ Seni Zveli, fantastikuri Cveulebis gamo, iCen misdami ucnaur siyvaruls, yovlad dauSvebels SenTvis, rogorc dedisa da meuRlisaTvis. es sisuste, saubedurod, metad Rrmad gaqvs gamjdari.
_ warmoudgeneli, yovlad dauSvebeli dabrmaveba! SesZaxa mis mordstonma.
_ me vityvi mxolod, _ ganagrZo mister mordstonma da isev me mommarTa, _ rom ar momwons Seni siyvaruli dabal sazogadoebisadmi da erTxel da samudamod Tavi unda daanebo mis pegotis. axla, daviT, Sen gaige Cemi survili! SenTvis momindvia msjeloba imaze, Tu ra Sedegi mohyveba urCobas, Tu Cems survilsa da nebas ar aasruleb.
Zalian kargad vicodi da vxedavdi am Sedegebs, iqneb ufro ukeTesad, vidre TviTon is, sabralo dedaCemis magaliTze, da mis nebasa da brZanebas zedmiwevniT vasrulebdi. aRar mivdiodi Cems oTaxSi da aRar Cavdiodi saRamoobiT samzareuloSi, pegotisTan; magram sastumro oTaxSi vijeqi sevdiani, mowyenili, naRvliani, mTeli dRis ganmavlobaSi, mouTmenlad velodi Rames da Cems sawol oTaxSi wasvlis nebarTvas.
ver vbedavdi xelis an fexis ganZrevas imis SiSiT, rom ar Semewuxebina mis mordstoni, romelic mzad iyo esargebla yoveli SemTxveviT, rom uwesobaSi daveWire. ra saSineli wameba iyo amgvari jdoma xmisamouReblad da kedlis saaTis wikwikis smena!
vijeqi da vfiqrobdi... bevr rameze vfiqrobdi. usaqmobisagan vTvlidi mis mordstonis pawawa foladis mZivebs da usaqmurobisganve vcdilobdi, gadameWra sakiTxi; male gaTxovdeba Tu ara es qali? da visze? vin iqneba is ubeduri adamiani? usaqmurobisagan meased vsinjavdi saxeebs kedlis Spalerze.
ramdenjer mixetialia Cveni ubnis talaxian mixveul-moxveulebSi da yvelgan warmodgena Tan mdevda Cveni sevdiani sastumro oTaxi, yovelTvis danavsuli mis da mister mordstonebis saxeebiT, am majlajunebiT, romelTaganac verc erTi wuTiT ver gameTavisufebina Tavi!
rogori sevdiT vujeqi sasadilo magidas, roca instiqturad vgrZnobdi, rom me aq zedmeti, aravisTvis saWiro ar viyavi! meti iyo Cemi TefSi, meti iyo skami, romelzedac vijeqi, da Cemi gulisTvis meti kerZi mohqondaT!
da gamomyavda ჩemi ariTmetიkuli amocanebi, mowyenili vamTqnarebdi,
vTvlemdi, xSrad Sეvxtebodi xolme Zmisa da an dis mkacr daძaxebaze. iSviaTad viRebdi monawileobas sazogado saubrebSi da arasodes ar
mimiRia pasuxi ჩems raime kiTxvaze. zantad da nela miizlazneboda dro
cxra saaთamde; magram aq ki, saaTis zaris pirvel darekvasTan erTad, Cems
yurSi ismoda mis mordstonis boxi xma, rოmeლic meubneboda: _ wadi, daiZine! gaiara mTelma ardadegebma da bolos dadga dila, roca mis
mordstonma Tqva: _ ai, ukanaskneli dRec dadga!
da am sityvebთan erთad მomawoda ukanaskneli finjani ჩai. axla srulebiT ar menaneboda wasvla da dedaCemis saxlis moSoreba.
jer ki raRac buranSi viyavi, magram male movedi gons da Tvalwin warmomidga stirfordis manugeSebeli saxe, romelsac nawilobrv Crdilavda mister kriklis mkacri pirovneba. ai, isev movida alayafis karebTan mister barkisi, deda isev daixara Cems mosaxvevnad da sakocnelad, magram... isev da isev gaisma mis mordstonis gamafrTxilebeli xma:
_ klara1
miuxedavad amisa, mainc vakoce dedas, ჩems patara Zmas da guli
damimZimda. magraმ me sevdas is ki ar mgvrida, rom mivdiodi, aramed is, rom Cvens Soris iyo ufskruli, romelic dRiTi dRe ufro Rrmavdeboda. dedam ganSorebisas makoca, magram me arc is maxsovs, Tumca Zalian nazad da mxurvaled meambora, aramed magondeba is, rac maSin ganicada.
Tavi mecxre Cemi dabadebis samaxsovro dRe
gverds vuxvev ყvela imas, rac Tavs gadamxda pansionSi martamdis, rodesac Cveulebisamebr, Cemi dabadebis dRe unda medResaswaula. wlis
damlevs, Tu Tუ ufro adrec, stirfordi saxlSi unda dabrunebuliyo. amis gamo igi uwindelze ufro mxiaruli, gonebamaxvili da damoukidebeli
meCveneboda. meti ara maxsovs-ra. ჩemi cxovrebis didma ambavma, romlis
gamo es xana samudamod CamrCa gulSi, შTanTqa yevla sxva, wvrიlmani Tavgadasavali skolis cxovrebisa, da mxolod igi, erTi, cocxlad aRibeWda Cems mexsierebaSi.
verc ki warmmidgenia kargad, rom salemis saswavlebelSi dabrunebis
_ Sen jer Zalian ymawvili xar, Cemo kargo, _ miTxra misis kriklma, _ da, rasakvirvelia, ar ici, rom amqveynad yvelaferi icvleba. magram Cven yvelas, daviT, gviweria amis gageba gamocdilebiT da verc erTi adamiani ver ascdeba am sazogado xvedrs.
me didi yuradRebiT vusmendi da Cemi Tvalebi axla misis krikls misCerebodnen.
yvelafers mivxvdi. _ gardaicvala! saSineli kivili aRmomxda gulidan da sruli martooba vigrZeni. misis krikli Zalian alersianad momeqca. mTeli dRe gavatare
sastumro otaxSi, da mxolod ramdenime wuTiT mtovebda marto. vtirodi Ronis mixdamde, da xangamoSvebiT Zili uneburad mixuWavda misustebul Tvalebs; magram uecrad, gaRviZebisas, isev cxare da unugeSo cremlebiT vtirodi. bolos, roca movitire, fiqrebSi wavedi da saSinelma sevdam amivso guli. megona, rom Cems tanjvas bolo ar eqneboda.
im saRamos araviTar ambebze aRar vgqonda baasi. rogorc ki dortuarSi Sevedi, tredelsma daJinebiT SemomTavaza Tavisi baliSi. ar vici, ra unda gamoexata mas amiT, radgan me mqonda sakuTari baliSi, magram sabralo biWs amis meti ara ebada ra, rom CemTvis SemoeTavazebina.
meore dRes, saRamos, sabolood gamoveTxove salemis saswavlebels. Cven mTeli Rame viareT da mxolod dilis aTi saaTisTvis mivediT iarmautSi. Cvens etls mouaxlovda dabali, Casuqebuli moxuci kaci mxiaruli saxiT. mas farTokideebiani qudi exura, gamowyobili iyo Sav frakSi, abreSumis CulqebSi da Sav SarvalSi, romelic Savi lentiT hqonda Sekruli muxlebTan. igi RimiliT SeCerda etlis fanjarasTan da ikiTxa:
_ master koperfild? _ diax, ser. _ maS Tu asea, xom ar inebebT, axalgazrda jentlmeno, gamobrZanebas,
_ miTxra man da kari gamoRo. _ me meqneba bedniereba gagaciloT saxlamde. xeli gavuwode mas, Tumca ver warmomedgina, vin unda yofiliyo. Cven
omerma. _ diax, ser, bavSvi mokvda. am sityveba gamicxovela iarebi. sauzme mivatove da mivde Tavi patara
magidaze, otaxis kuTxeSi rom idga. minim saCqarod gaaTavisufla igi, imis SiSiT, rom cremlebiT ar gamefuWebina Talxi naWrebi, romelic zed elaga. mini keTili qali iyo. igi xels nazad misvamda Tavze da cdilobda, davemSvidebine; magram metad mxiaruli iyo da, ueWvelia, uxaroda, rom saqmes amtavrebda.
male Sesval karebs moadga raRac ucnauri etli Savada SeRebili da Savi cxeniT Sebmuli. am etlSi Caalages jer kalaTebi damTavrebuli sakeraviT, Semdeg Camsves me, Semdeg Cajda mister omeri Tavisi qaliTa da sasiZoTi. adgili yvelasTvis sakmarisi iyo.
ar maxsovs, rom odesme TavSi momsvlodes imisTana saSineli da ucnauri fiqrebi, rogorc maSin, roca am ucnauri xalxis sazogadoebaSi movxvdi. me, jer kidev ymawvili da gamoucdeli, verasgziT ver Sevguebodi, rogori SeiZleboda aseTi xelobis xalxi aseT mxiarul gunebaze yofiliyo. es mgzavroba maTTvis namdvili gasarTobi seirnoba iyo. me ar vjavrobdi maTze, maram meSinoda am xalxisa, TiTqos isini adamianTa sxva jiSs ekuTvnodnen. yvelani metad mxiarulad iyvnen.
roca, bolos, mivuaxlovdiT blonderstonis saxls, saCqarod Camovxti etlidan, rom aRar davrCeniliyavi am ucnaur sazogadoebaSi, am sevdiani fanjrebis win, mZimed rom iyvnen daxurulni, _ garedan _ darabebiT da Signidan _ CamoSvebuli fardebiT. ai, sabralo dedaCemis fanjara da mis gverdiT _ meore fanjara, im oTaxisa, romelic odesRac Cems sawol oTaxad iTvleboda.
pegotim Camixuta gulSi ufro adre, vidre kibeze avidodi. Cemi sabralo gadia mZime da gaubedavi nabijiT gamomyva, TiTqos eSinoda micvalebulis Sewuxebisa. miTxres, rom mas didi xania, rac aera sZinebia. mtel rameebs aTevda da micvalebuls hyaraulobda.
_ da arc davanebeb Tavs, Cems dauviwyars, sanam civs samares ar mivabarebT!
mister mordstonma araviTari yuradReba ar momaqcia, roca sastumro oTaxSi Sevedi. igi ijda did savarZelSi buxarTan da Cumad tiroda. mis
mordstoni fusfusebda sawer magidasTan, romelzedac auarebeli werilebi da qaraldebi eyara. man gamomiwoda Tavisi civi TiTebi da mkiTxa foladiseburi CurCuliT:
_ aiRes Seni zoma? _ diax, qalbatono. _ Seni perangebi wamoiRe? _ diax, mis mordston. yvela Cemi nivTi movitane saxlSi. da meti araferi. araviTari nugeSi aRar gamigia am energiuli
ledisagan. mis mordstoni, ueWvelia, amayobda Tavisi sulis simtkiciT. rogorca Canda, araferi ar axdenda did STabeWdilebas mis mordstonis rkinis bunebaze. im dRis bolomde, da meore dResac, adriani dilidan SuadRemde, igi sawer magidas ujda. misi kalami saSinlad fxaWnida qaRalds da aRuSfoTebeli CurCuliT mimarTavda yvelas. arc erTi kunTi ar Serxevia saxeze, arc erTi naoWi ar ganZreula mis kabaze.
mister mordstoni drogamoSvebiT xelSi wigns iRebda, magram misi furclebi ar gadauSlia, igi ijda mdumare da erTsa da imave gverds misCereboda. meore iwyebda winda ukan suaruls oTaxSi. igi iSviaTad elaparakeboda Tavis das da arc erTxel ar moumarTavs CemTvis. saaTis rekva da mister mordstonis fexis xma erTaderTi xmebi iyo, romelnic arRvevdnen saxlis mdumarebas.
am dReebSi, dasaflavebis win, iSviTad vxedavdi pegotis. igi mudam im sevdian oTaxSi ijda, sadac esvena Cemi sabralo deda da patara Zma.
es dasaflaveba rom guSin momxdariyo, maSinac ar mexsomeboda imaTze ukeTesad, rogorc axla maxsovs. axlac Tvalwin midgas Cveni sadResaswaulo darbazi da mesmis suni, romelic Siga trialebs. buxarSi gaCaRebulia cecxli; Rvino kiafobs brolis grafinebSi, surnelovani namcxvari devs did sinze. mis mordstoni vaJkacurad dadis yvela mimarTulebiT, TalxebSi gamowyobili. ai, bolos movida eqimi Cilipi, medicinisa da dostaqrobis doqtori.
ismis zaris rekva. mister omeri da misi axloblebi acxadeben, rom yevlaferi mzad aris. droa, Cvenc movemzadoT. pegotisagan didi xania vicodi, rom am oTaxSi odesRac ukanasknelad emzadebodnen mamaCemis dasaflavebisaTvis.
karebTan meCiraRdneni da tvirTis mzidavni mogvelian. isini midian baRis bilikiT da alayafis karebiT sasaflaoze gadian.
Cven saflavis napiras vdgavarT. es dRe, rogorc mgonia, srulebiT ara hgavs sxva dReebs, da horozonti, Cems TvalebSi, raRac nacrisfers iRebs. dgeba diadi dumili. Cven Tavdaxrilebi vdgavarT. sazogado dumilSi uecrad haerSi ismis mkafiod da garkveviT pastoris xma.
me vdgavar sxvebisagan moSorebiT da vxedav Cems keTilsa da erTgul gadias, romelic axla erTaderTi miyvars mTel dedamiwis zurgze. igi xmamaRla qviTinebs da loculobs.
yvelaferi gaTavda. samare aivso miwiT da gasworda. Cven vbrundebiT. Cvens win isev Cveni saxlia, mainc mudam Zvirfasi Cemi gulisaTvis. mis danaxvaze sevdiani fiqrebi ireva Cem TavSi, da me autanel dardsa vgrZnob. mister Cilipi xels mkidebs, ramdenime sityvas meubneba da wylis Wiqa moaqvs Cems tuCebTan; magram ara vsvam; guli meTanaRreba am gulcv xalxSi.
patara loginze, makoca xelze da Semdeg, Tan ualersebda Cems xels da
Tan dawvrilebiT miambobda yvelafers, rac daemarTa sabralo dedas bolo dros.
_ didi xania igi uqeifod iyo, _ daiwyo pegotim. _ roca bavSvi daibada, jer megona, rom es ukeTesi iqneboda misTvis, magram Sevcdi misi janmrTeloba mTlad ukan-ukan wavida, igi dRiTi dRe dneboda. ukanasknel dros SevniSne, rom metad mfrTxali da gaubedavi gaxda. yoveli mkacri sityva misTvis sikvdili iyo, magram CemTan mudam erTnairi darCa. diax, igi arasodes ar gamocvlila Tavisi suleli pegotisadmi, sabralo sabralo, sabralo tanjuli!
aq pegoti SeCerda da xeli gadamisva xelze. _ igi cdilobda gamxnevebas da kidev ramdenime xnis ganmavlobaSi
damSvidebiT iyo. es xalxi arwmunebda mas, rom igi Tavqariani da udardelia. masac sjeroda, sabralos eSinoda maTTan gulaxdilobisa da mxolod erTxel, Tavisi gardacvalebis erTi kviris win, gabeda eTqva mister mordstonisaTvis:
_ Cemo megobaro, mgonia, rom vkvdebi. _ am droidan me aRar movSorebulvar, _ ganagrZo pegotim, _ igi
xSrad elaparakeboda am xalxsac, radgan mainc uyvarda isini, oriveni. aseTi xasiaTi hqonda. mas uyvarda yvela, vinc ki gars exvia. magram rogorc ki isini moSordebodnen mis logins, yovelTvis me mommarTavda; melaparakeboda yvelafers, rac ki awuxebda, da damSvidebuli iZinebda Cems gverdiT. sabralo! TiTqos suleli pegoti rom iq ara yofiliyo, daZinebac ki ar SeeZlo! ukanasknel dRes, bindisas, makoca da miTxra: pegoti, Tu Cemi bavSvi mokvdes, sTxoveT, rom Cems gulTan daasvenon da erTad dagvmarxon. (misis survili asrulebulia). dae, Cemma sabralo biWma gagvacilos samaremde, da Tqven uTxariT, pegoti, rom ubeduri dedamisi ukanaskneli sulis aRmoxdis win locavda mas, erTxel ki ara, aTasjer!
gaTenda. mze amovida. man miTxra kidev, rogori keTili da yuradRebiani iyo mister koperfildi da rogor alersianad epyroboda mas.
_ pegoti, Cemo kargo! _ miTxra man mere. _ momiaxlovdi, ufro axlo, ufro axlo... momxvie Seni keTili xeli... mimabrune Sensken...
avasrule misi survili da, ai, swored am dros, Cemo TvalisCino, devi, asrulda Cemi sityvebi, romelic gamoTxovebisas giTxari: man sixaruliT miayrdno Tavisi sabralo Tavi suleli, beberi pegotis mxars. igi gardaicvala, rogorc bavSvi, Tavis akvanSi CaZinebuli.
ase daamTavra pegotim Tavisi moTxroba. am wuTidan srulebiT damaviwyda, ra iyo deda CemTvis bolo dros, Cems warmodgenaSi igi darCa adriandeli saxiT, ymawvili da mxiaruli, da me miyvarda mogoneba, rogor meTamaSeboda deda, an rogor cekvavda CemTan erTad sastumroSi, bindisas. pegotis moTxrobam sabolood daamkvidra Cems gulSi misi pirvandeli saxe da srulebiT damaviwyda misi meored gaTxovebis xana. SeiZleba ucnauri iyo es, magram asea. sikvdilma daubrunda igi mSvenieri siymawvilis xanas da waSala yvela Semdegi ambavi.
deda, romelic saflavSi asvenia, _ es Cemi siyrmis dedaa; bavSvi, mas rom gulTan usvenia, _ es me TviTona var, iseTi, rogoric dRemde viyavi, es Cemi samudamod wasuli siymawvilis xanaa.
TaviTavi meaTe
obloba dasaflavcebis meore dResve, diliT, mis mordstonma moixmo pegoti
da uTxra: _ SegiZliaT, TqvenTvis sxva adgili monaxoT. gaZlevT vadas _ erT
dauZravs. da-Zma, axla gansakuTrebiT garTulni Tavisi piradi saqmeebiT, albaT didi siamovnebiT momiSirebdnen Tavidan. erTxel me movikribe Zal-Rone da vkiTxe mis mordstons _ rodis mipirebdnen pansiaonSi gagzavnas. man Zalian mkvaxed mipasuxa, rom, albaT, aRar mogixdeba salemis saswavlebelSi dabrunebao.
mxolod erTi cvlileba moxda Cems mdgomareobaSi, sanugeSo CemTvis. saqme imaSia, rom srulebiT mimagdes bedis anabarad. winandels SezRudvasa da Zaldatanebaze axla laparakic aRar iyo. neba mqonda mevlo, sadac ki mindoda, oRondac mister mordstonis axlos ara vyofiliyavi, axla aRaravis moisdioda TavSi Cemi datuqsva vulgaruli sazogadoebisadmi midrekilebisa da pegotis siyvarulis gamo.
dedis sikvdiliT Tavzardacemuls, me TiTqmis srulebiT ar SemeZlo fiqri Cems bed-iRbalze. mxolod xandaxan momdioda TavSi azri, rom SesaZlebelia damtovon yovlad uyuradRebod da rom am SemTxvevaSi, ganaTlebas moklebuls, me bedovlaTi cxovreba momelis. am wuTebSi mebadeboda survili, gavqceuliyavi da amiT gadavrCeniliyav am ubedurebas; maSin ukve vgrZnobdi Tavs zRaprul moxetiale gmirad. magram amgvari fiqrebi bevri xniT ar abnelebdnen Cems suls.
erTxel videqi samzareuloSi aguzguzebul buxarTan. _ ras apireb axla, pegoti? _ vkiTxe Cems gadias. _ me mgonia, devi, rom iarmauTSi momixdeba wasvla da iq, ueWvelia,
raime saqmes viSovi CemTvis. _ xom SemeZleba iq Seni naxva, pegoti? Sen xom samudamod ar damanebeb
Tavs? _ o, ara! _ cxared warmoTqva pegotim. _ sanam Sen aq xar, Cemo
TvalisCino, devi, Cven yovel kviras vnaxavT erTmaneTs. TiTqos didi lodi momSorda gulidan, roca es sanugeSo ambavi
Cems ZmasTan davrCe, sanam adgils viSovide. xom ar ginda wamoxvide CemTan erTad? aq, mgonia, aravis ar sWirdeba Seni yofna, da darwmunebuli var, rom mister mordstoni nebas mogvcems.
verafers moifiqrebda adamiani CemTvis amaze sasiamovnos. is azri, rom male isev vnaxav iarmauTis qoxis keTil da stumarTmoyvare maspinZlebs, davtkbebi zRvisa da xomaldebis cqeriT, romelnic burusidan gamodian, xelixelCakidebuli viseirneb patara emisTan erTad, _ samkurnalo nugeSiT avsebda Cems sevdian guls.
pegotim saocari gabedulebiT mimarTa mis mordstons TxovniT Cemi gaSvebis Sesaxeb.
_ mere ras gaakeTebs iqa? _ ikiTxa mis mordstonma. _ usaqmuroba xom dedaa yovelgvari mankierebisa. Tumca igi aqac usaqmurad dadis; aseTia magisi buneba. mgonia, ukeTesi iqneba, Tu Tqvens Txovnas davTanxmdebi.
Tvis damlevs me da pegotim wasaswvlelad mzadeba daviwyeT.
Tumca barkisi Zalian cdilobda, rac SeiZleba martivad da sadad gamoeTqva Tavisi azri, magram mainc iseTi ucnauri idumalebiTa da mikibul-mokibulad laparakobda, rom SemeZlo mTeli saaTi vmdgariyavi mis win da imdenive gamego, ramdenic gaCerebuli saaTis win dgomiT. magram am dros pegitim damiZaxa. roca me da pegoti erTad mivdiodiT, man uecrad mkiTxa, raze laparakobdiT Sen da barkisio.
gaTxovebas, es rom Cems devis ar esiamovnebodes. _ Semomxede, pegoti! _ vupasuxe me. _ gana Sen ar xedav, rom suliTa da
guliT mixaria es qorwili? _ mjera, mjera, genacvale! dRe da Rame vfiqrobdi magaze, yvelaferi
movifiqre da bolos im daskvnamde mivedi, rom, mgonia, kargs vizam, Tu mister barkisis winadadebas davTanxmdebi. manam ki, devi, nuravis nu etyvi nurafers, yvelaferi Cinebulad wava! _ daumata man da mxiarulad gadaikiskisa.
mister pegotis saxli isev iseTi iyo, rogoric uwin, mxolod erTi ram aklda mas _ patara emi. me vkiTxe misi ambavi mister pegotis.
_ is axla skolaSia, ser, _ mipasuxa man, Sexeda saaTs da daumata, rom naxevari saaTis Semdeg saxlSi iqnebao.
vicodi gza, romliTac emi saxlSi unda dabrunebuliyo, da rogorRac uneburad gavCndi im bilikze, sadac imedi mqonda, Sevxvdebodi Cems patara megobars.
ager, viRac gamoCnda Sors; male masSi patara emi Sevicani; Zlivs meRirsa misi laJvardi Tvalebisa da vardisferi saxis naxva! ra moxdenili ram iyo da ra mxiaruli Rimili uTrToda alisfer tuCebze! magram am wuTSi ucnaurma survilma amitana: iseTi saxe mimeRo, TiTqos ver vicani igi, da gverdiT Camevlo ise, rom araviTari yuradReba ar mimeqcia misTvis.
emis srulebiT ar gahkvirvebia Cemi saqcieli. man, rasakvirvelia, micno, magram srulebiT damSvidebiT Camiara gverdiT; mere gaicina da gaqca. iZulebuli viyavi, gamovdevnebodi, magram emi ise swrafad mirboda, rom TiTqmis mxolod saxlTan davewie.
_ ah! es Sena xar? _ miTxra man. _ maS Sen mican, emi? _ TiTqos Sen ki ar micani! _ mipasuxa celqma. mas rogorc Canda, esiamovneboda Cemi wvaleba da gaRizianeba. amgvarma
cvlilebam imis mopyrobaSi Zalian gamakvirva. patara emi saerTod nebieri iyo; yvelaze metad ki mas TviT mister
pegoti anebivrebda, romelsac ar SeeZlo misTvis uari eTqva, roca igi gaexaxuneboda Tavisi nazi loyiT mis banjgvlian bakenbardebs. emi keTili da alerisani iyo da Tavis morcxvobasTan da patara cbierebasTan erTad iseTi sayvareli ram, rom yovlad SeuZlebeli iyo yvela ar moexibla.
roca Cais Semdeg cecxls mivusxediT da mister pegotim Tavis Cibuxs moukida, man moigona Cemi mdgomareoba. patara emis cremlebi moadga Tvalebze da iseTi grZnobiT Semomxeda, rom ar vicidi, riTi gadamexada madloba.
_ ai, esec iseTive obolia, rogorc Tqven, ser, _ SeniSna mister pegotim da Tan xels usvamda mis mSvenier kululebs. _ ai, kidev, _ ganagrZo man da xeli hkra qams, _ ai kidev oboli, Tumca srulebiT ara hgavs boganos.
da saxe ufro metad aenTo. uecrad igi gavarda oTaxidan da aRar dabrunebula im dromde, roca yvelani Cven-Cven oTaxebSi unda wavsuliyaviT dasaZineblad.
me isev Cems Zvel alagas, patara sawol oTaxSi movewyve, qari hqroda da zuzunebda zRvis piras, rogorc Cemi pirveli yofnis dros. am jerze meCvena, TiTqos qaris sazareli Rmuili micvalebulebis glova iyo.
dRe dRes misdevda da iseTive siamovnebiT vatarebdi dros, rogorc pirvelad, mxolod im gansxvavebiT, rom axla iSviaTad mixdeboda seirnoba zRvis piras, patara emisTan erTad. mxiaruli da celqi gogona axla gakveTilebs ujda xolme. an arada xelsaqmobda. amas garda, igi yoveldRe skolaSi daiareboda. esec rom ar yofiliyo, me rogorRac vgrZnobdi rom Cven mainc aRar mogvxdeboda Zvelebulad seirnoba. mTel Tavis bavSvur mxiarulebasa da mizezianobasTan erTad, emi mainc patara qalis magvars warmoadgenda, _ sul raRac erTiode wlis manZilze man Sors gamiswro ganviTarebaSi. me Zveleburad vuyvardi emis, magram axla igi siamovnebas poulobda Cems masxrad agdebaSi. xSirad, magaliTad, igi sxva gziT brundeboda saxlSi, da Semdeg dascinoda masTan Sexvedris Cems unayofo cdas.
Cveni misvlis pirvelsave saRamos gvestura mister barkisi, saocrad darcxvenili da uazro saxiT. man moitana Tan cxvirsaxocSi Sekruli forToxlebi. aravisTvis araferi uTqvams am xilis daniSnulebaze da amitom, misi wasvlis Semdeg, Cven gavifiqreT, rom mas SemTxveviT darCa es Sekruli. qami gamoudga ukan, magram male dabrunda cnobiT, rom forToxlebi pegotis ekuTvnoda. amis Semdeg mister barkisi modioda aucileblad yovel saRamos, mudam erTsa da imave dros, da Tan yovelTvis
mohqonda raime Sekruli, romelsac kars ukan tovebda xmaamouReblad. es saCuqrebi, _ damamtkicebelni im nazi grZnobisa, romelic mister barkisis mgrZnobiare gulSi ainTo, Seicavdnen mravalnairs da, SeiZleba iTqvas, erTgvar eqscentriul Sinaarss. aq iyo, rogorc maxsovs, sxvaTa Soris, ori wyvili goWis fexi, uzarmazari baliSi qinZisTavebibisaTvis, ori Tu sami aTeuli vaSli, giSris sayureebi, espanuri xaxvis ramdenime Tavi, patara yuTi dominos saTamaSoTi, iadoni galiaSi da taxis lori.
sazogadod, ramdenadac magondeba, mister barkisis arSiyoba metad Taviseburi iyo. Tavisi stumrobis dros igi ijda xolme Tavis etlis kofoze, da daJinebiT Sehyurebda pegotis, romelic mis ordapir ijda. erTxel saRamos, ueWvelia, grZnobiT gatacebuli, igi daswvda sanTlis namwvs, romliTac misi mijnuri Zafsa sanTlavda, Caido jibeSi da Tan waiRo. amis Semdeg igi udidesi siamovnebiT amoiRebda xolme jibidan, moTxovnilebisamebr, am Tavis saunjes da Semdeg isev inaxavda.
Cemi Svebulebis vada ukve Tavdeboda, roca uecrad gavigeT, rom mister barkisi da pegoti gaseirnebas apirebdnen da rom am samxiarulo seirnobaSi me da patara emisac unda migveRo monawileoba.
pegoti, Cveulebisamebr, Tavis sada, Sav kabaSi iyo gamowyobili; samagierod, mister barkisi morTuli iyo axali, cisferi frakiT, romelic iseTi grZeli da ganieri iyo, rom mis patrons srulebiT aRar esaWiroeboda xelTaTmanebis Cacma Zalian civs amindSic ki. frakis maRali sayelo am patiosan jentlmens maRla uwevda Tmebs kinkrxomde. misi priala Rilebi uzarmazari iyo. gamourkveveli feris maudis Sarvali da yviTeli Jileti amTavrebdnen am mSvenier morTulobas.
Cven erT eklesiasTan gavCerdiT. mister barkisi da pegoti erTad Sevidnen Sig; cxeni boZs miabes, me da patara emi ki etlSi dagvtoves. me visargeble am SemTxveviT da Cems patara megobars movexvie. vuTxari emis, rom axla cotaxaniRa momixdeboda iarmauTSi yofna da vTxove, rac SeiZleba meti alersianobiT mompyroboda da ar gaefuWebina Ceni im dRis netareba Tavisi mizezianobiT. patara emis dampirda Cemi Txovnis asrulebas da kocnis nebac ki momca.
mister barkisi da pegoti karga xans darCnen eklesiaSi; bolos isini dabrundnen da Cven isev gzas gavudeqiT. gzaze patiosani jentlmeni uecrad momibrunda da mkiTxa:
_ gaxsovs, ser, visi saxeli davwere me etlis kofoze? am sityvebTan erTad man Camikra Tvali iseTi gamometyvelebiT, rasac
srulebiT ar movelodi misgan. _ klara pegotisa, _ vupasuxe me. _ rogora ggoniaT, vis saxels davwerdi me axla? _ me mgonia, rom Tqven axlac klara pegotis saxels dawerdiT, _
SevniSne me. _ klara pegoti barkisis! _ mipasuxa man da ise saSinlad
gadaixarxara, rom etli mTlad SeinZra. mokled rom movWra, maT jvari daiweres da swored am mizniT Seiares
eklesiaSi. pegotis undoda, jvriswera rac SeiZleba Cumad momxdariyo; pastori dasTanxmda da amitom aravin ar daswrebia am ambavs.
Cven mivediT patara sastumroSi, soflis gzaze. iq ukve gvelodnen da Cvens misvlamde mSvenieri sadili moemzadebinaT.
SemdgomSi xSirad vigonebdi, ra originaluri, sasacilo da gulubryvilo iyo es qorwili. binisas isev etlSi CavsxediT da wynarad wamovediT saxlSi. gzaze SevyurebdiT varskvlavebiT moWedil cas da
vbaasobdiT bunebis saocrebaze. me vuxsnidi Cems Tanamgzavrebs cis mnaTobTa moZraobas da didad gavakvirve mister barkisi Cemi codniT. igi mismenda xmaamouReblad, didi yuradRebiT da mzad iyo, daejerebina yvelaferi, rac ki momivida TavSi am SemTxvevaSi.
karga gviani iyo, roca navis saxlSi davbrundiT. mister da misis barkisebi gamogveTxovnen da maSinve wavidnen TavianT binaze. maSin pirvelad vigrZeni, rom davkarge Cemi keTili pegoti! sxva saxlSi am Rames davwvebodi ganadgurebuli guliT, magram aq is fiqri mamSvidebda, rom patara emisTan erT WerqveS viyavi.
mister pegotim da qamma Cemze ukeTesad icodnen, ra xdeboda Cems gulSi da cdilobdnen, gaeqarwylebinaT Cemi dardi TavianTi gulRia maspinZlobiT. roca vaxSami moitanes, patara emi dajda Cems gverdiT skivrze _ pirvelad Cemi am saxlSi meore stumrobis ganmavlobaSi. es brwyinvale daboloeba iyo mSvenieri dRisa!
meore dilas pegoti gvestumra: igi misjdomoda Cems fanjaras, da gaRviZebisas gavifiqre _ sizmarSi xom ar momelanda guSindeli qorwili-meTqi. Cais Semdeg Cemma keTilma gadiam Tan wamiyvana, da Cven male mivediT mis saxlTan. ra sayvareli, sufTa, patara bina iyo misi saxli!
mTeli dRiT gamoveTxove navis saxlis mcxovrebT, roca stumrad wavedi Cems yofil gadiasTan da Ramis TviTonac ki pegotis saxlSi davrCi, patara oTaxSi, saxuravis qveS. iq, loginis TavTan, Taroze ido Cemi wigni niangebze. keTlma diasaxlisma gamomicxada, rom es oTaxi CemTvis aris daniSnuli da yovelTvis erTnair wessa da rigze iqnebao.
_ Cemo TvalisCino, devi, _ miTxra man, _ sanam cocxali var da sanam es bina Cemi iqneba, Sen yovelTvis naxav am oTaxs amgvari saxiT, TiTqos yovel wuTSi movelode Sens mosvlas. yoveldRe davalageb mas, rogorc valagebdi Sens uwindell sawol oTaxs. CineTSic rom mogixdes cxovreba, maSinac Seni oTaxi mudamdRe dalagebuli iqneba!
suliT da guliT mjeroda es sityvebi, radgan vicodi Cemi keTili gadias uzomo suyvaruli da erTguleba, da rogorc SemeZlo, madloba gadavuxade amgvari dapirebisaTvis. Tumca ar SemiZlia vTqva, rom es madloba Zalian mxurvale yofiliyo: yvelaferi es pegotim diliT miTxra da am diliT ki saxlSi vbrundebodi. gavemgzavre pegotisa da barkisTan erTad. isini metad danaRvlianebulebi gamomeTxovnen Cveni baRis WiSkarTan. guldawyvetili, sevdiT vucqerodi mimaval etls, romelsac Tan mihyavda Cemi Cemi pegoti da mtovebda martodmartos, Zveli Telebis CrdilSi im saxlis win, sadac imedic ki ara mqonda, rom Sevxvdebodi siyvaruls an megobrul dayvavebas.
am droidan sruls martoobaSi var, moklebuli yovelgvar megobrul daxmarebas, tolebis sazogadoebas, datovebuli Cemi sakuTari, sevdiani fiqrebis anabara.
ras ar mivcemdi, rom gavegzavneT yvelaze mkacr da sastik skolaSi! rom eswavlebinaT rame CemTvis! magram ara, amgvari CemTvis ararsebobda. vZuldi da vezizRebodi maT. Tu ar vcdebi, im dros mister mordstoni materialurad gaWirvebul mdgomareobaSi iyo, magram amiT ar SeiZleba aixsnas misi gulqva moqceva mcirewlovan obolTan. am adamians Zalian vejavrebodi da Tavidan miSorebda, mgoni, im mizniT, rom moekla CemSi yovelgvari imedi misi mfarvelobis Sesaxeb. man miaRwia Tavis mizans.
ar SemiZlia vTqva, rom cudad mepyrobodnen; me ar mcemdnen, SimSiliT ar mklavdnen, magram sistematurad ar amCnevdnen Cems arsebobas. dRe dRes misdevda, kvira kviras, Tve _ Tves, me sul isev gulcivi uyuradRebobis
msxverpli viyavi. xandaxan momdioda TavSi azri, ra moxdeboda, avad rom gavmxdariyavi? upatronod amomZvreboda suli Cems mitovebul oTaxSi, Tu mainc movidoda vinme Cemi tanjvis Sesamsubuqeblad?
savsebiT mesmoda Cemi mdgomareobis sruli uimedoba da ueWvelia, uubeduresi arseba viqnebodi, wignebSi rom ar mepova nugeSi. wignebi Seadgendnen Cems erTaderT nugeSs da imeds, da me Tavs ar vanebebdi maT, rogorc isini me; vkiTxulobdi kidev da kidev, aRar maxsovs, meramdened, erTsa da imave wigns.
axla me vuaxlovdebi Cemi cxovrebis im xanas, romelic arasodes ar wariSleba Cems xsovnaSi, sanam mexsomeba rame. es dro xSirad srulebiT uneburad momagondeba xolme da, rogorc Ramis moCveneba, guls mixeTqavda Cemi cxovrebis yvelaze bednier wuTebSi.
erTxel me sadRac wavedi ezodan da mivdiodi quCaSi metad mowyenili, rogorc yovelTvis. roca kuTxeSi Sevuxvie, uecrad SevefeTe mister mordstons, romelsac viRac jentlmeni mosdevda. srulebiT avirie am moulodnel Sexvedraze da xmaamouRebliv mindoda gamevlo, roca uecrad jentlmenma SemaCera da SesZaxa:
_ es Sen xar, bruqs? _ ara, ser, me daviT koperfildi mqvia, _ vupasuxe me. _ uars nu ambob! _ miTxra jentlmenma, _ Sen bruqsi xar, Sefildeli
bruqsi. me gicnob Sen. am sityvebze me meti yuradRebiT Sevxede mas. raRac nacnobi momeCvena
mis sicilSi da am jentlmenSi vicani mister kvinioni, romelTanac mivdiodi loustrofSi, mister mordstonTan erTad, roca... magram ar aris saWiro imis mogoneba, Tu rodis iyo es.
_ ras akeTeb, bruqs? sad swavlob? am sityvebTan erTad mister kvinionma mxarSi momavlo xeli da
Tavisken mimabruna. ar vicodi, ra mepasuxa, da mister mordstons Sevxede. _ es axla saxlSia, usaqmod daeTreva da daexeteba, _ uTxra Cemma
maminacvalma, _ skolaSi aRar ivlis. swori giTxraT, TviTonac ar vici, ra vuyo.
_ diax, uWkuo ar aris, _ Tqva mister mordstonma mouTmenlobiT, _ gauSviT, wavides Tavisi gziT. darwmunebuli iyaviT, madlobas ar getyviT am SeCerebisaTvis.
mister kvinionma xeli gauSva Cems mxars da saCqarod wavedi saxlSi. roca baRCasTan SevCerdi, davinaxe, rom mister mordstoni uaxlovdeboda sasaflaos da Tan Tavis Tanamgzavrs emusaifeboda. erTi wuTiT isini SeCerdnen da me Semomxedes; araviTari eWvi ar iyo, rom imaTi saubris sagani me viyavi.
_ daviT, _ miTxra mister mordstonma, _ am wuTisofelSi ymawvili kaci unda moqmedebdes da ara usaqmurobasa da mowyenilobaSi atarebdes dros. ymawvili amgvari xasiaTiT mudmivs meTvalyureobasa da radikalur gamosworebas Txoulobs yvelaferSi. amgvari ymawvili unda daumoCilo mSromeli wuTisoflis yvela pirobas, aRmofxvra masSi Zirianad yovelgvari uswormasworoba, gardatexo igi, gardaqmna. Sen, ueWvelia, ukve ici, daviT, rom me mdidari adamiani ara var. yovel SemTxvevaSi, Sen axla ici es. aqamdis Cven vcdilobdiT, mogveca SenTvis saTanado ganaTleba, da Sen ukve moaswari SegeZina aucilebeli. Semdegi ganaTleba Zviri Rirs da me ar SemiZlia Seni Senaxva skolaSi. Tumca, mdidaric rom viyo, maSinac ar daviwyebdi fulis flangvas Sens Sesanaxad pansionSi, radganac, Cemi Rrma rwmeniT, saskolo ganaTleba saTanado sargeblobas ar mogitans. Seni momavali garkveulia, _ unda SeebrZolo am qveyanas da, rac ufro male daiwyeb am brZolas, miT ukeTesia.
_ mister kvinioni marwmunebs, rom masTan SeiZleba gamoCndes raime samuSao Seni wlovanebis biWisTvis. ratom ar unda Sexvide Sen mister kvinionis kantoraSi.
_ ah, mordston! nuTu Tqven sxva araviTar perspeqtivas ara xedavT misTvis? _ SeniSna xmadabla mister kvinionma da Cems maminacvals mimarTa.
mister mordstonma yuri ar aTxova mis sityvebs, igi SeinZra mrisxaned da ganagrZo:
_ amgvarad, daviT, Sen unda Sexvide, garkveuli pirobebiT, sxva biWebTan erTad, kantoraSi. pirobebi xelsayrelia: gaWmeven, gasmeven da, amas garda, jibis fulic geqneba. Seni binis Sesaxeb ukve aris micemuli gankarguleba. rac Seexeba Sens sacvlebs...
_ es ki Cemi gankargulebisagan iqneba damokidebuli, _ gaawyvetina mis mordstonma.
_ sacvlebi da sazogadod mTeli tanisamosi SenTvis winaswar damzadebuli iqneba Cemi sakuTari xarjiT, _ ganagrZo mister mmordstonma, _ radgan imedi ar gvaqvs, rom Sen saSualeba geqneba Seni sakuTari xarjiT Caicva da daixuro. maS momismine, daviT, Sen midixar londonSi, mister kvinionTan erTad da iwyeb erTgvarad damoukidebel cxovrebas.
mSvenivrad mesmoda, rom mTeli es gegmas Cems Tavidan mosaSoreblad iyo mogonili, magram danamdvilebiT aRar maxsovs, _ mewyina Tu gamixarda maSin es ambavi. mgonia, CemTvis sul erTi iyo, darCenaca da wasvlac. droca ara mqonda fiqrisaTvis; mister kvinioni meore dilas midioda londonSi.
da TeTri tilos SarvliT, romliTac, mis mordstnis gankargulebis Tanaxmad, unda Sevdgomodi saSiS brZolas cxovrebasTan. mTeli Cemi qoneba Caetia momcro CemodanSi, da me Cavjeqi furgonSi, romelsac mister kvinioni unda mieyvana iarmauTSi, londonis diliJansamde.
napirze, blekfaieris ubanSi. es iyo Zveli, naxevrad dangreuli Senoba. TviT temzis piras, sadac patara xis navsadguri iyo. zRvis moqcevis dros igi wyalSi imaleboda da ukuqcevis dros ki talaxSi idga. virTxebi yoveli mxridan morbodnen aq koncerytis gasamarTavad. miwis piras mdebare oTaxebi, savse ukuneTis WvartliTa da axali WuWyiT, dabrecili kibeebi, Cangreuli iataki, SexuTuli sardafebi, sinotive, obi, Wvartli, _ ai sagnebi, romlebic jer kidev cocxloben Cems mexsierebaSi, mraval warsul welTa miuxedavad.
am savaWro saxlis mTavar operacias Seadgenda Rvinisa da aryis miwodeba im gemebisaTvis, romelnic ramdenadac maxsovs, indoeTSi dadiodnen. am miznisTvis aq yovel dRe asobiT mohqondaT carieli boTlebi. es boTlebi unda gamogverecxa, gagvevlo, gagveSro, Cagvesxa, dagvecva, dagvebeWda da zedac iarliyi dagvekra. es samuSao me Camabares.
Cemianad oTxi biWi iyo. me unda memuSava uzarmazari oTaxis kuTxeSi mister kvinionis meTvalyureobiT, romelic Tvalyurs madevnebda Tavisi adgilidan kantoraSi. ufros biWs daavales aexsna CemTvis dawvrilebiT Cemi xeloba. misi saxeli iyo mik uoker; gaqonili winsafari da TeTri CaCi Tavze _ misi Cacmulobis gansakuTrebuli kuTvnileba iyo. man meore biWi gamacno, Tavisi amxanagi, romelsac dawesebulebaSi ucnaur saxels _ `kartofilas~ eZaxdnen. me gavige Semdeg, rom am ymawvils es saxeli daerqva ferwasuli saxis gamo, romelic marTlac kartofilis fqvils waagavda. kartofilas mama orgvar movaleobas asrulebda: dRisiT menave iyo, ramiT ki _ melampe sataxto qalaqis erT-erT TeatrSi, sadac misi qaliSvili Winkebis rols asrulebda pantomimis warmodgenebSi.
kedlis saaTma pirvelis naxevari dahkra. mister kvinioni adga Tavisi adgilidan da damiZaxa. mis win Suaxnis vaJkaci idga, sqeli da mouxeSavi. uSvelebeli Tavi mTlad motvlepili hqonda da kvercxiviT uprialebda. Cemsken moqceuli saxe, farTo da daTenTili, TiTqos keTilad gamoiyureboda. muqi yavisferi serTuki da sarvali sakmarisad naxmari Canda, magram miT ufro efeqturad mouCanda perangis gaxamebuli sayelo.
_ ai swored es aris, _ Tqva mister kvinionma da Cemze miuTiTa. _ maS, ise gamodis, rom me maqvs pativi daviT koferfildis naxvisa, _
Tqva ucnobma mowyale kiloTi, _ rogor grZnobT Tavs, master koperfild? me vupasuxe, rom kargad var-meTqi, da imedi gamovTqvi, rom isic
janmrTelad aris. namdvilad, Zlivs videqi fexze daRlilobisagan, magram im dros xasiaTad ar mqonda Civili Cems ubedur mdgomareobaze.
ver vityvi danamdvilebiT, misgan gavige Tu sxvisgan, rom odesRac mister mikoberi flotSi msaxurobda, oRond Cems TavSi SemuSavda mtkice warmodgena, rom uwin igi sazRvao oficeri iyo, amJamad ki asrulebda sxvadasxva savaWro saxlebis davalebebs, Tumca verasodes da veravisgan gavige, raSi mdgomareobda es davalebani, romelTac mister mikobers andobdnen.
_ Tu movaleebi ar daacdian, _ ganagrZobda misis mikoberi, _ Sedegi maTTvisave iqneba saziano. rac moxdeba _ moxdes. rac ufro male moxdeba _ miT ukeTesi! qvas sisxls ver gamoaden; movales ver gamoswurav fuls, Tu misi qisa carielia. mister mikobers imdeni fulic ki ara aqvs, rom dafaros sasamarTlos xarjebi.
diasaxlisis amgvarma gulaxdilobam, romelic Cemis mxriv arafriT ar iyo gamowveuli, erTgavard gamaoca, da pirvelad ise meCvena, TiTqos mas meti xnisa vegone, vidre viyavi. magram saqmis viTareba, rogorc gamoirkva,
gacilebiT ufro martivi iyo: sabralo misis mikoberi ise iyo Sewuxebuli, rom mzad iyo Tavisi dardi yvelasaTvis SeeCivla, Tugind Tavisi, jer umecari tyupebisaTvis, Tu mis axlos ar iyo sxva msmeneli.
Semosavali karis Suaguls amSvenebda liTonis dafa, romelzedac ewera: `saswavlo dawseesebuleba misis mikoberisa ymawvil qalTaTvis~. magram arasodes arc erTi ymawvili qali ar yofila misis mikoberis pansionSi. saerTod arasodes ar SeminiSnavs masTan mdedrobiTi sqesis arsebani da arc arasodes SemimCnevia raime mzadeba romelime ymawvili qalis misaRebad. erTaderTi momsvlelebi, romlebic minaxavs maT saxlSi, mevaleni iyvnen. isini modiodnen yovel saaTSi da male davrwmundi, rom zogi maTgani araCveulebriv cxare xasiaTis jentlmeni iyo.
moxdeboda xolme, rom maTi gaSmagebuli yvirilis gamo mister mikoberi sasowarkveTilebamde midioda, da erTxel kinaRam yeli gamoeWra samarTebliT, rogorc misi meuRlisagan gavige. sabednierod, amgvari sasowarkveTileba metad xanmokle iyo; rogorc ki gavidoda saxlidan mousvenari mevale, mister mikoberi mzrunveli xeliT iwmendda Ceqmebs da Semdeg mxiaruli saxiTa da RiRiniT gadioda saxlidan. aseTive uzrunveli iyo misis mikoberi. erTxel, roca movida cnoba, rom sasamarTlos dadgenilebiT maTi qoneba unda aeweraT, misis mikobers guli wauvida da srulebiT CamoeSala Tma, magram imave saRamos, buxarTan, igi mSvenier gunebaze iyo da Seeqceoda xbos xorcis katletebs. am saRamos gavige misgan mravali saintereso ambavi imis Sesaxeb, Tu rigor cxovrobda winaT misi mamilo da dedilo, rogor qeifobdnen da vin hyavdaT stumrebad.
Cemi Tavis anabara darCenils, bavSvuris uzrunvelyobiT mimyavda Cemi saqmeebi. xSirad, roca diliT mivdiodi `mordstonisa da grinbis~ dawesebulebaSi, ver vuZlebdi saSaqarlamos fanjaraSi gamodgmuli tkbileulobis cdunebas da sadilis fuliT vyidulobdi raime gamxmar tkbil kvers. im dRes, usadilod darCenili, iolad mivdiodi erTi funTuSiT an pudingis naWriT. magram, Tu saSaqarlamos cdunebas gavuZlebdi xolme, maSin viRebdi sadils Zveli, WuWyiani duqnidan, saxelwodebiT `lurji lomi~, romelic Cveni kantoris pirdapir iyo. maSin CemTvis mohqondaT bivSteqsi oTx pensad, didi naWeri yveli da mTeli pitna ludi sam pensad.
Cven Caisac vsvamdiT, risTvisac naxevari saaTi dro gveZleoda. roca jibeSi sakmao fuli mqonda, maSin vukveTavdi yavas rZiT da buterbrodiT, magram Tu fuli ar mqonda, maSin quCaSi davexetebodi, an konvert-gartenis bazarze vtkbebodi forToxlebis cqeriT, an nerwyvs vylapavdi tkbileulobis danaxvaze.
roca axla yvela am wvrilmans vigoneb, srulebiTac ara maqvs azrad gavazviado imdrondeli Cemi mZime mdgomareoba. Tu mister kvinioni muyaiTi samsaxurisaTvis met Silings maZlevda wasaxaliseblad, imwamsve vxarjavdi am fuls an sadilze, an Caize. vmuSaobdi adriani dilidan SuaRamemde gafuWebuli da uzneo biWebis sazogadoebaSi, Tavisufal dros ki umiznod davexetebodi quCaSi. ar vici, rogor ar gavxdi an jibgiri an mawanwala.
Cemi mdgomareoba `mordstonisa da grinbis~ dawesebulebaSi TandaTan ganmtkicda. miuxedavad mister kvinionis Tavqarianobisa, me mainc ufro zrdilobianad meqceoda, vidre sxvebs. saWirod ar vTvlidi imis axsnas, Tu ra garemoebaTa mizeziT movxvdi am kantoraSi, da arc sityviT, arc saqmiT ar gamomiTqvams ukmayofileba Cemi adgilis gamo, Cumad da usityvod vitanjebodi. Cemi amxanagebis sazogadoebaSi vcdilobdi, mxiaruli saxe mimeRo da muyaiTad vasrulebdi Cem saqmes. yvelasTan
Tanasworad vmuSaobdi da male gaviwafe Cems xelobaSi. miuxedavad imisa, rom amxanagebTan mopyrobaSi sul ubralo viyavi, mainc, rogorca Cans, Cems qcevaSi iyo raRac gansakuTrebuli, biWebi da didi muSebi patara jentlmens an sufoklidan gamosuls meZaxdnen. am sazogadoebaSic momixda ramdenjerme meambna Cemi gmirebis fantastikuri Tavgadasavali, da Cemma TxrobiTma niWma gakvirveba gamoiwvia WuWyiani kantoris gulubryvilo msmenelebSi. erT maTgani, vinme gregori, romelic gasagzavnad amzadebda saqonels, did pativs mcemda; meore biWi, vinme tino, Sikriki, romelic irTveboda alisferi kurtakiT, Cems megobrobasac ki lamobda da ubralod daviTs meZaxda. yvela es warmatebis niSani aRSfoTebda `kartofilas~, magram mik uokerma male Caagdo gonebaSi.
mister mikoberis awewili saqmeebi erTgvarad xels uwyobda Cemi sulieri simSvidis darRvevas. martoxela mwiri am sataxto qalaqSi gulwrfelad SeveTvise am ojaxs da xSirad, quCaSi xetialis dros, vigonebdi saxsars, rom gaWirvebuli mdgomareobidan gamomeyvana es ojaxi. maTi valebi Cem SabaTis saRamoebsac ki miwamlavdnen. roca me, eqvsi an Svidi SilingiT jibeSi, mSvenier gunebaze vbrundebodi saxlSi da Tan yvela maRaziasa da duqanSi vixedebodi da vangariSobdi, ramdeni Zvirfasi ram SemeZlo meyida am fuliT swored maSin daiwyebda misis mikoberi Tavis dausrulebel maslaaTs Sinaur awewil-dawewil garemoebaTa Sesaxeb. kvira dilasac es ambavi iyo, roca me Cems ubralo sauzmes vamzadebdi.
Cems jibeSi amjerze ori Tu sami Silingi iyo (saidanac SeiZleba is davaskvnaT, rom es baasi oTxSabaTs saRamos moxda), da me saCqarod amoviRe es fuli, rom misis mikoberisaTvis mimerTmia. magram am ledim uari Tqva Cems winadadebaze, dedobrivi siyvaruliT makoca da isev ukan, Tavis alagas Camadebina Cemi Silingebi.
_ ara, Cemo kargo master koperfild! _ miTxra misis mikoberma. _ srulebiT ar vfiqrobdi magaze. Tqven, Cemo megobaro, sxvafriv SegiZliaT damexmaroT, da swored es daxmareba minda gTxovoT.
marTlac, kapitans ar uTqvams uari. mis pawawina oTaxSi davinaxe WuWyiani ledi da ori gamxdari gogona, misi qaliSvilebi, gawewili TmebiT. kidev kargi, rom dana-Canglis saTxovnelad gamomgzavnes, Torem, ueWvelia, savarcxlis Txoveba ar SeeZlo kapitan hopkinss.
ar vici, rogor moxda da visi saSualebiT, oRond ojaxuri garemoebis gamosasworeblad male binis avejic gaiyida. igi me ar gamiyidia, da aqamdis ar vici, vis miando misis mikoberma es misia. ase iyo Tu ise, aveji gayides da gaitanes saxlidan furgoniT, garda loginisa, eqvsi skamisa da erTi samzareulos magidisa, am nivTebiT Cven yvelani, ese igi misis mikoberi, bavSvebi, kliketa da me, gadavediT vinZoris terasaze dacarielebuli saxlis or oTaxSi. ar maxsovs, radeni xani vicxovreT
am dros isev `mordstonisa da einbis~ Rvinis sawyobSi vmuSaobdi. aq isev is amxanagebi, igive cxovreba da igive sagnebi mertya gars. sabednierod, aravisTan ar damiWiria axlo kavSiri da Cemi TavisTvis ar mimicia neba, gulaxdfili da megobruli baasi damewyo ymawvilTan, romelnic iq iyvnen. erTaderTi cvlileba Cems cxovrebaSi is iyo, rom jer erTi, sakmarisad usufTao gavxdi da Cveulebebic gamomecvala, da meorec isa, rom, Cemi megobrrebis cixeSi gadasaxlebis Semdeg, gavTavisufldi Cemi mZime da usiamovno movaleobisagan maTi bedis mowyobis Sesaxeb. gamoCndnen naTesavebi, romelTac miiRes monawileoba maTs mdgomareobaSi, da amis gamo mikoberebi moewyvnen savalo cixeSi, gacilebiT ufro meti komfortiT, vidre TavianT sakuTar saxlSi, vinZoris terasaze. axla maTTan erTad vsauzmobdi yoveldRe, raRac pirobis Tanaxmad, romelic axla aRar maxsovs.
saRamoobiT isev aucileblad cixeSi mivdiodi da Tan vaxldi mister mikobers seirnobis dros, an misis mikoberrs kazinos veTamaSebodi, ar vici, oRond `mordstonisa da grinbis~ Rvinis sawyobSi aravis velaparakebodi Ce pirad saqmeebze.
imis gamo, rom mister mikobers saqmeebi sruliad awewili hqnda, mTeli Tavisi sicocxle unda mjdariyo saxelmwifo savalo cixeSi, da es, ueWvelia, asec iqneboda, misi farTo, wminda jentlmenuri buneba rom ar aRSfoTebiliyo im azriT, rom mas mTeli mTeli sicocxle mouxdeboda am mosawyen oTx kedels Sua yofna! misis mikoberi ver SeeCvia WuWyian jentlmenebisa da ledebis vulgarul sazogadoebas. ase Tu ise, saWiro iyo cixidan Tavis daRweva, sufTa haerze gasvla da Sesvla cxovrebis axal sferoSi. mas Semdeg, rac mravaljer scades eTxovnaT Tavisi megobrebisa da naTesavebisaTvis `uaxloesi vadiT~ Tanxa, mkacri mevaleebis dasakmayofileblad, mister mikoberma sabolood gadawyvita _ gamoecxadebina Tavi `gakotrebul movaled~ da amis gamo Seitana sasamarTloSi saTanado gancxadeba. misis mikoberma Sematyobina, rom am SemTxvevaSi misi meuRle moqmedebda naTesavebis CagonebiT. sasamarTlos gadawyvetileba eqvsi kviris ukan unda gamocxadebuliyo. komerciul dadgenilebaTa kodeqsis Tanaxmad, `gakotrebuli movale~ Tavisufldeboda cixidan.
didxans vseirnobdi im saRamos londonis bnel quCebSi da xalxis brbos Sexvedraze mananeboda, rom aravis maTgans ar eRirsa kapitan hopkinsis mosmena.
daniSnul dros saxelmwifo sasamarTlom ganixila mister mikoberis Txovna da, Cemda uaRres sasixarulod, daadgina gaeTavisuflebina cixidan es jentlmeni. sxdomas, rasakvirvelia, mister mikoberic daeswro. yvelaferi bednierad gaTavda da mevaleebs, rogorc misis mikoberma miTxra, ar gamouCeniaT raime gansakuTrebuli siZulvili misi meuRlisadmi.
sxdomis Semdeg mister mikoberi, saboloo ganTavisuflebis win, savalo cixeSi unda dabrunebuliyo. klubma aRtacebiT miiRo igi da im saRamosve mis pativsacemad kreba daniSna. misis mikoberma, Tavisi ojaxis wevrebiT garSemoxveulma, ubrZana moetanaT bufetidan erTi ulufa
Semwvari xbos xorci da erTi boTli eli. am vaxSamSi mec miviRe monawileoba.
_ me da Tqven saukeTesod unda vidResaswauloT es dRe, master koperfild! _ miTxra misis mikoberma. _ da kidev TiTo Wiqa davlioT, Cemi dedisa da mamis xsovnisaTvis.
visargeble am SemTxveviT gulaxdili saubrisTvis da vkiTxe: _ neba miboZeT, qalbatono, gkiTxoT: ras apirebs mister mikoberi
axla, roca damTavrda misi gaWirvebuli mdgomareoba da Tavisufleba miiRo? gadawyvita Tu ara raime?
_ Cemi ojaxis wevrebi, _ mipasuxa misis mikoberma (am sityvebs igi mudam didebuli siamayiT warmoTqvamda xolme, Tumca verasgziT ver gavige, visa gulisxmobda am tituliT), _ Cemi ojaxis wevrebi im azrs adganan, rom mister mikoberma Tavi unda daanebos londons da asparezi Tavisi niWisTvis romelime provinciaSi ipovos. mister mikoberi didi niWis patronia, master koperfild! _ o rasakvirvelia! _ vupasuxe me.
_ Cemi ojaxis wevrebi srulebiT safuZvlianad fiqroben, rom jentlmens misi niWiT SeuZlia Tavisi kariera sabaJo samsaxuriT moawyos. amitom aqedan gamosvlis Semdeg igi, Cemi ojaxis saerTo survilis dasakmayofileblad, maSinve unda moemzados samgzavrod da plimutSi gadasaxldes.
me SeveCvie mikoberebs da srulebiT SeveTvise maT azrovnebasa da survilebs. maTi wasvlis Semdeg erTxel kidev gamomecvala bina, momanaxa axali xalxi da samudamod CavxSuliyavi am atmosferoSi. am fiqrebma isev gamiaxles guk\listkivili; isev Semrcxva Cemi Tavisa da bolos im daskvnamde mivedi, rom amgvari cxovreba CemTvis SeuZlebeli iyo.
vin gamaTavisuflebda am garemoebidan? aravin! cxadad vxedavdi amas da vicodi, rom xsna mxolod Cenganve SeiZleboda mosuliyo. arasodes ada araferi ar gamigia Cemi maminacvlisa da mis mordstonis Sesaxeb. mxolod orjer Tu samjer miviRe blonderstonidan amanaTi dakerebuli sacvlebiT da masTan Cem saxelze iyo baraTi, sadac ewera, rom jem mordstoni mtkiced darwmunebulia, rom daviT koperfildi gulmodgined asrulebs Tavis saqmes da cdilobs, daimsaxuros mister kvinionis madlobao. es iyo da es.
meore dRes Zalian aRelvebuli viyavi im axali azrebiT, romelic TavSi mitrialebdnen. mikoberebis ojaxi erTi kviriT dasaxlda im saxlSi, sadac me vcxovrobdi, am kviris bolos ki plimutSi unda wasuliyvnen.
amgvarad, mTeli danarCeni dro, vidre mister da misis mikoberebi londonSi iyvnen, isev erT WerqveS vicxovre maTTan da marTali unda vTqva, didi siamovnebiT vatarebdiT am saRamoebs. me mgonia, bolos Cven Segviyvarda kidec erTmaneTi. ukanasknel kvira dRes mikoberebma gamosaTxovar sadilze dampatiJes. wina dRiT saCuqrebi vuyide or ufros mikobers: xis cxeni patara vilkins mikobers da vardisferkabiani dedofala _ mis das.
_ mSvidobiT, Zvirfaso koperfild! _ miTxra misis mikoberma. _ mSvidobiT! bendieri iyaviT! Tu SemdgomSi gavigeb, rom Cemi mware bedi sasargeblo margalitad gamogadgaT, vityvi, rom uqmad ar micxovria. Tu bedma gamiRima (risi imedica maqvs), damijereT, vecdebi, gavakeTo rame Tqveni bednierebisaTvis.
me mgonia, roca misis mikoberi avida imperialze, Semomxeda iqidan da dainaxa, Tu arsebiTad rogor sabralo, migdebuli bavSvi viyavi, _ tirili daiwyo. imitom mgonia es, rom misis mikoberma maniSna, avsuliyavi masTan imperialze, da mis saxeze davinaxe dedobrivi sinazis gamometyveleba. diax, man makoca ise, rogorc sakuTar Svils akocebda... Zlivs movaswari Camoxtoma da _ diliJansic daiZra. erTi wuTis Semdeg igi miimala, radganac kuTxes Seuxvia, da masTan erTad gaqra cxvirsaxocebic _ ukanaskneli salami mgzavrebisa. marto davrCi da wavCanCaldi `mordstonisa da grinbis~ kantoraSi, rom damewyo Cemi mosabezrebeli samuSao.
magram gadavwyvite, aRar memuSava! ara, me gaqceva davapire. gadavwyvite, dameRwia rogorme Tavi londonidan, mepovna Cemi erTaderTi naTesavi, romelic dedamiwaze damrCenoda, da meambna misTvis mTeli Cemi mware ambavi! meambna misTvis, papidasaTvis, mis betsisTvis! rogor damebada es azri ar vici, oRond damebada Tu ara, Rrmad damijda TavSi da gulSi da mtkice gadawyvetilebad gadaiqca. srulebiT ar viyavi darwmunebuli, rom am saqmidan rame sikeTe gamovidoda, magram aRaraferi ar SeeZlo daeSala CemTvis am gegmis sisruleSi moyvana.
radganac arc ki vicodi sad cxovrobda mis betsi, amitom mivwere pegotis uzarmazari werili da TiTqos gakvriT vekiTxebodi, xom ar ici papidas binadroba-meTqi, radgan melaparaknen erTi ledis Sesaxeb, romelic Zalian hgavs papidas xasiaTiT da ama da am qalaqSi cxovrobso (qalaqi davwere pirveli, romelic momxvda), da viTomc amitom mainteresebda gamego, papidaze xom ar iyo laparaki. amave werilSi vwerdi pegotis, rom Zalian mWirdeba naxevari ginea, da Tu SegiZlia, masesxe es Tanxa; valis dabrunebisas agixsni, risTvis damWirda es fuli. pegotim ar damigviana pasuxi, da misi werili, rogorc yovelTvis, savse iyo siyvarulisa da erTgulebis grZnobiT. man gamomigzavna naxevari ginea. mis betsi, mwerda pegoti, cxovrobs sadRac duvrSi, oRond ar vici, TviT qalaqSi cxovrobs igi, Tu romelime midamoSi, rogorc, magaliTad, haiTSi, sandgetSi an foslstonSio. arc es iyo Zneli saqme: erTma Cveni sawyobis muSam amixsna, rom yvela es adgili erTimeoris gverdiT ariso. Cems ganzraxvas saidumlod vinaxavdi da gadavwyvite, kviris bolos sisruleSi momeyvana igi.
dadga SabaTi saRamo da masTan erTad Sewyda yovelkvireuli muSaoba `mordstonisa da grinbis~ Rvinis sawyobSi. Cemi amxanagebi, tipis meTaurobiT, wavidnen kantoraSi jamagiris misaRebad. me ganze gavixme mik uokeri da wavCurCule, gadaeca mister kvinionisaTvis, rom wavedi axal binaze gadasasvlelad; Semdeg RamemSvidobisa vusurve `kartofilas~ da gavedi karebSi, rom arasodes aRar davbrunebuliyavi `mordsonisa da grinbis~ Rvinis sawyobSi.
_ damanebeT Tavi! _ Sevyvire SeSinebuma. _ momeciT Cemi fuli! _ wamodi jer policiaSi, iq gaarCeven! _ momeciT Cemi Cemodani da fuli! damexseniT1 _ vyvirodi da Tan
cxare cremlebiT vtirodi. magram aylayuda policiiT maSinebda, Tan viris orTvalasken
mimaTrevda. dajda cems Cemodanze, gahqusla da Tan yviroda, rom policia gamiswordeba.
me gamovudeqi da mivrbodi rac Zala da Rone mqoda. vixrCobodi mRelvarebisa da daRlilobisagan, ar SemeZlo dameZaxa visTvisme saSvelad da verc vbedavdi dayvirebas.
amgvarad naxevari mili mainc gavirbine da da am dros ocjer mainc viyavi gansacdelSi, rom an gamWyletnen da an gamsresdnen. xandaxan srulebiT mekargeboda Tvalidan usindiso aylayuda da misi orTvala; xandaxan ki SoriT moCanda misi qudi. aq meetle mirtyamda Solts, iq talaxSi vvardebodi, vdgebodi, isev mivrbodi, vawydebodi mgzavrebs, vecemodi, vexeTqebodi farnis boZs, da Semdeg isev mivrbodi gamwarebuli. bolos, Ronemixdils, momeCvena, rom naxvari londonis mosaxleoba ukan momdevda, da Tavi davanebe am aylayudas devnas, Cemi fuli da Cemodani rom gaitaca. dae irbinos, sadac surs, ramdenic surs, Tundac qveynis bolomde! roca sulis mosaTqmelad SevCerdi, SevniSne, rom grinviCis mimarTulebiT mivrbodi, sadac, rogorc vicodi, duvris gza midioda. cxare cremlebi gadmomcvivda, roca movisazre, rom motyuebuli da gaqurduli davrCi. magram ra gaewyoboda! cremlebiT saqmes ver vuSvelidi. rogorc ambobda misis mikoberi. neli da gaubedavi nabijiT wavCanCaldi win, papidaCemis ucnobi binisaken, mis betsisaken, romelic, ueWvelia, am dros ufro nakleb fiqrobda Cemze, vidre im Rames, rodesac misi sulis simSvide davarRvie Cemi dabadebiT.
Tavi mecamete
Cemi gadawyvetilebis Sedegebi ukve daRamda da Cems yurebSi gaisma didi saaTis zaris xma, romelmac
aTi dareka, magram, miuxedavad im didi ubedurebisa, romelic Tavs damatyda, yvelaze naklebad vfiqrobdi ukan dabrunebaze; ar davbrundebodi aras SemTxvevaSi, Tundac Cemi yofiliyo dafaruli.
arasodes Cems sicocxleSi ar SemSinebia im zomamde, rogorc maSin, magram mainc wynarad vuTxari, rom fuli Zalian mWirdeba da amitom Tanaxma ara var, sxva raime aviRo kurtakis magivrad-meTqi.
me gamovedi gareT da davjeqi CrdilSi duqnis win. gaiara ramdenime saaTma; Crdilo mzis Suqma da mzis Suqi _ isev Crdilma. me isev vijeqi da fuls velodi.
beberi ramdenjerme gamovida Tavisi bunagidan da mTxova gacvlaze davTanxmebuliyav. mas gamohqonda xan ankesi, xan violino, xan qudi, xan fleita, magram ar avyevi mis cduneba; ganvagrZobdi karebTan jdomas da cremliT vTxovdi Cemi kurtakis fuls. bolos man daiwyo fulis gamotana naxevar-naxevari pensianebiT da am gasworebam ori saaTi gastana.
_ oh, damidges Tvalebi! _ daiyvira man bolos, roca didi xnis siCumis Semdeg gamohyo Tavi bunagidan. _ waeTrevi Tu ara aqedan, ori pensi rom mogce lawirako?
_ ar SemiZlia! maSin SimSiliT sikvdili momelis, _ vupasuxe me. _ oh, dameglijos nawlavebi! sam penss xom ar dasjerdebi? aiRe da
daikarge! _ me didi xani wavidodi, rom SemeZlos, maram Zalian miWirs fuli. _ aba, aramzadav! _ daiyvira man bolos. _ geyofa oTxi pensi: aiRe da
momwydi Tavidan! srulebiT datanjuli am vaWrobiT, bolos davTanxmdi oTx pensze,
mTrTolvare xeliT gamovarTvi fuli mxecuri TaTidan da mzis Casvlisas movSordi duqans. wyurvili da SimSili saSinlad mtanjavda, amitom davxarje sami pensi pursa da rZeze da cotaTi Sevmagrdi. am dRis ganmavlobaSi mxolod Svidi miliT waviwie win.
RamiT wyaros wyalSi davibane daavadebuli fexebi, Semoviwye zed axali foTlebi da cis qveS, Tvis bululTan movewyve dasasveneblad. roca meore dRes diliT gzas gavudeqi, vnaxe, rom Cemi gza gadioda xilis baRebsa da bostnebze da sviis plantaciebze. zafxuli miwuruli iyo; bRebSi mwife vaSlebi moCanda da zogan ukve agrovebdnen yviTel svias.
am dRis ganmavlobaSi TiTqmis yovel fexis gadadgmaze mxvdebodnen metad saeWvo mawanwalebi, romelnic warmoudgenel SiSsa mgvridnen. es SiSi aqamdisac ki cocxalia Cems gulSi. zogierT maTgani mainc namdvil sisxlismsmel yaCaRis STabeWdilebas axdenda. Cems danaxvaze isini SeCerdebodnen xolme da Tavisken mixmobdnen, magram roca me mivrbodi SeSinebuli, ukanidan qvebs mesrodnen.
bolos mivaRwie duvris udabur midamos da srulma sasowarkveTilebam amitana, roca daglejili perangiTa da fexsacmelebiT momixda siaruli ucxo qalaqSi.
pirveli SekiTxvebiT papidas Sesaxeb menaveebs mivmarTe da miviRe maTgan aTasnairi, magram metad aradamakmayofilebeli pasuxi. erTma miTxra, rom papidaCemma gahqusla cecxlovan mxares, mzis kunZulze da bakenbardebi Seitrusao; meorem _ rom is dasaxlda pabSi navsadgurs iqiT da stumrebs iRebs bindisas, zRvis miqcevasa da moqcevas Suao; mesamem miTxra, rom papidaCemi cixeSi Casves bavSvebis motacebis gamo; meoTxem daumata, rom igi ukanasknel qariSxlis dros, Weqa-quxilSi buxris mils ahyva da yvelam dainaxa, rogor Seajda cocxs da maRla RrublebSi afrindao. menaveebis Semdeg meetleebs mivmarTe; isini iseTive oxunjebi gamodgnen, da me SevniSne wyeniT, rom arc eri maTgani araviTar pativs ara scemda mis betsis. amgvarad, adgilze misvlisas uares mdgomareobaSi Cavvardi, vidre Cemi mawanwalobis dros. fuli gamomelia, gasayidi aRara
mTeli dila movundi am usargeblo Ziebas da kiTxvebs. bolos dauZlurebuli da sasowarkveTilebamde misuli davjeqi sabazro moednis axlos, romeliRac daketili duqnis karebTan da daviwye fiqri, Tu saiT wavsuliyavi. am dros mimaval meetles Culi Camouvarda. rodesac aviRe igi qvafenilidan da mivawode, SevniSne, rom meetles keTili saxe hqonda, da gadavwyvite mekiTxa, xom ar icis, sada cxovrobs mis trotvudi.
_ mis trotvudi... moiTmineT... mgonia, me vicnob am ledis, _ miTxra meetlem, _ xom moxucia?
_ diax, ser. _ da dadis swored, maRla TavaRebuli? _ dia, diax, es usaTuod is unda iyos _ mas yovelTvis CanTa uWiravs xelSi da SexedulebiT mkacria? Cqar-
qalaqis zRvis pirs nawilisaken, _ wadiT sul pirdapir da ager iq, marjvniv, SesaxvevSi gadiT. zRvis piras dainaxavT ramdenime lamaz saxls da iq, ueWvelia, getyvian, sad cxovrobs mis trotvudi. oRond ara mgonia, rom miiRoT rame misgan. ai, peni, Cemo kargo.
me didi madlobiT mivire es fuli da imwamsve puri viyide. rodesac puri SevWame, wavedi im mimarTulebiT, romelic meetlem maniSna. bolos, xangrZlivi siarulis Semdeg, Cems win gamoCnda zRvis piri, lamazi patara saxlebiT. Sevedi sawvrilmano duqanSi da vkiTxe: xom ver metyvian, sada cxovrobs aq mis trotvudi? am kiTxviT mivarTe meduqnes, romelic daxls ukan idga da brinjs uwonida ymawvil qals; magram am qalma warmodgina, rom es kiTxva Titqos mas miveci, swrafad momibrunda da miTxra:
_ Tqven Cems diasaxlisTan midixarT, ymawvilo? rad gindaT? _ saqme maqvs masTan. _ ese igi, Tqven mowyaleba gindaT sTxovoT mas? _ o, ara, ara! _ swrafad vupasuxe me, magram imwamsve gavifiqre, rom
Cems misvlas ar SeeZlo hqonoda sxva mizani. gavwiTldi da Tavi CavRune. am dros papidaCemis moaxlem aavso brinjiT patara kalaTa, gavida
duqnidan da miTxra, rom SemiZlia gavyve mas, Tu minda gavigo, sad cxovrobs mis trotvudi. gavyevi am ymawvil qals da male mivediT sufTa da lamaz patara saxlTan, TaRiani fanjrebi rom hqonda. am agarakis win, oTxkuTxed moedanze, mSvenieri yvavilnari iyo gaSenebuli.
_ mis trotvudi aq cxovrobs, ymawvilo, _ miTxra ymawvilma qalma. _ axla ise moiqeciT, rogorca gsurdeT. sxva saTqmeli ara maqvs-ra.
me davrCi baRCasTan da uimedod Sevyurebdi Sua fanjaras, romelic, ueWvelia, sastumro oTaxs ekuTvnoda. fanjaras farda hqonda Camofarebuli; SevniSne patara mrgvali magida da mis win didi savarZeli, romelSic, ueWvelia, sadils mere mosveneba uyvarda papidaCems.
fexsacmelebi saSinel mdgomareobaSi mqonda. Zirebi ramdenime alagas iyo gaxeuli, zeda pirebi ki ise daiZonZa, rom yovlad SeuZlebeli iyo maTi pirvandeli formis gamocnoba. qudi, romesac Ramec ar vixdidi, im
zomamde daiWmuWna da daisrisa, rom Zvel qvabs ufro hgavda, vidre Tavsaxuravs. perangi da sarvali, mosvrili talaxiT, siliTa da balaxiT, romelzedac RamRamobiT vegde, ZonZebad iyo qceuli, da me namdvil safrTxobelas warmovadgendi, gadmodgmuls papidas baRCaSi, frinvelis dasaSineblad.
ramdenime xnis Semdeg im daskvnamde mivedi, rom papida ar iyo sastumroSi, radgan aq sruli siwynare da siCume sufevda. maRla avixede; erTi fanjris win, meore sarTulSi, viRac jentlmeni idga gulkeTili gamometyvelebiT, WaRara TmiTa da vardisferi loyebiT. man Semomxeda, Tvali Camikra, ramdenjerme Tavi daiqnia, gamiRima da moSorda fanjaras.
gaocebulma am WaRara jentlmenis naxviT da misi ucnauri manWviT, ukve davapire movSorebodi iqaurobas, mivmaluliyav sadme kunWulSi da Tavisuflad momefiqrebina Cemi moqmedebis gegma, rodesac, uecrad, saxlidan gamovida xnieri ledi TavsafriT, romelic kideebze bafTebiT iyo Sekruli, da xelTaTmanebiT, romelTac saTiTeebi waWrili hqonda. qamarze mas didi Canta ekida, rogorc gadasaxadTa amkrefs, da xelSi baRis dana eWira. am adamianSi pirvel Sexedvisas umal mis betsi vicani; igi imave amayi nabijiT modioda, rogoriTac dedaCemis aRweriT vicodi, roca blonderstois saxlSi movida.
_ gaswi aqedan! _ Tqva mis betsim da Tavi gaiqnia, _ gaswi aqedan! aq biWebs araviTari saqme ara aqvT!
me vucqerdi mas gulisZgeriT da vgrZnobdi, rom sunTqva mekvroda. papida mivida baRCis kuTxeSi da raRac Zirs dauwyo Txra. sasowarkveTilebamde misuli, mivuaxlovdi fexis TiTebze, SevCerdi mis gverdiT da odnav Sevexe mis kabas.
_ neba miboZeT, qalbatono... _ daviwye me. papida SekrTa da mkacrad Semomxeda. _ rao-o-! _ Sehyvira mis betsim warmoudgeneli gaocebiT. _ papida! _ rogor! _ SesZaxa mis betsim da am sityvebTan erTad Caikeca iqve,
baRis bilikze, romelsac qviSa eyara. _ me daviT koperfildi var, blonderstonidan, sufoklidan. Tqven
iyaviT Cvensas im Rames, rodesac me davibade, da naxeT Cemi sayvareli deda. igi gardaicvala. mis Semdeg me didi ubeduri var, qalbatono! me mimagdes, araferi ar maswavles da iseTi xeloba mimiCines, romelic ar Semefereboda. gadavwyvite Tavi damenebebina am xelobisaTvis da TqvenTan gamovqceuliyavi. gamqurdes londonidan gamosvlisTanave da didi wvalebT movdiodi. mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi RamRamobiT balaxze meZina, cisqveS.
yovelgvari grZnoba gamoixata papidas saxeze, garda gakvirvebisa, rodesac igi ijda baRis bilikze, qvisaze da daSterebiT Semomcqeroda. magram rodesac man Cemi mware qviTini gaigo, uecrad wamoxta saocari siswrafiT, wamavlo kiserSi xeli da wamaTria sastumro oTaxSi. aq man, upirveles yovlisa, bufeti gaaRo da gamoiRo iqidan ramdenime boTli sxvadasxva sasmeliT; Semdeg TiTo-TiTo wveTi yevla boTlidan Camasxa pirSi. rogorca Canda, sasmelebs ganurCevlad iRebda, radgan me vylapavdi anisulis wyals, anCousis wvens, salaTisTvis Sezavebul Zmas da sxva amisTananas, magram yvela am wamalma ver moaxdina mosalodneli gavlena.
me uwindeburad mwared da gulamoskvniT vqviTinebdi. papidam damsva sofaze, momaxura Tavze Sali da fexqveS cxvirsaxoci gamiSala, ueWvelia, imisi SiSiT, rom xaliCa ar gamesvara.
ase gaiara ramdenime wuTma. bolos papidam moaxles dauZaxa. _ jeneta! _ uTxra papidam, roca moaxle Semovida. adiT zeviT da
moaxseneT mister diks, rom masTan molaparakeba msurs. me vijqei sofaze da ganZrevas ver vbedavdi. papidam xelebi zurgze
daiwyo da morTo oTaxSi win da ukan siaruli. male oTaxSi Semovida is jentlmeni, romelmac meore sarTulis fanjridan SemniSna.
_ mister dik! _ uTxra mas papidam. _ gTxovT, axla nu moisulelebT Tavs, radgan qveyanaze aravin aris Tqvenze Wkviani, Tu moisurvebT; Cven yvelam viciT es. maSasadame, srulebiT saWiro ara ris, rom Tqven sulelad gvaCvenoT Tavi. gagigiaT Tu ara Cemgan odesme daviT koperfildis Sesaxeb? gTxovT, nu miiRebT iseT saxes, TiTqos araferi ar gaxsovdeT, radgan Zalian kargad vici, rom Tqven mSvenieri mexsiereba gaqvT.
_ daviT koperfildi? _ upasuxa mister dikma da Tan cdilobda, gaexsenebina es saxeli, romelsac, etyoboda, verc ise advilad igonebda. _ daviT koperfildi? diax, diax, Tqven giTqvamT imis Sesaxeb.
_ Zalian kargi. maS ai, gTxovT, icodeT, rom es biWi misi Svilia. igi, rasakvirvelia, pirwavardnili mama iqneboda, ese rom ara hgavdes Tavis dedas.
_ marTla? _ SesZaxa mister dikma. _ es misi Svilia? ese igi, daviTis Svili?
_ da me unda mogaxsenoT, mister dik, _ ganagrZobda papida, _ rom es daviTis Svili gamoqceula! rogor mogewonaT es? ai, misi da ki, betsi trotvudi, igi arasodes ar gaiqceoda, es me vici.
papidam daiqnia Tavi, darwmunebulma am ymawvili qalis yofaqcevaSi, romelc arasodes ar dabadebula amqveynad.
_ maSasadame, axla Tqven hxedavT Tqvens win daviT koperfilds, da me minda gavigo Tqveni azri _ ra vuyo am bavSvs?
_ ra uyoT Tqven am bavSvs? _ gaimeora mister dikma susti da gaubedavi xmiT. _ ra uyoT mas? mag bavSvs?
_ diax, _ upasuxa papidam da saCvelebeli TiTi tuCebTan miitana, _ mardad, mister dik! me Tqvengan safuZvlian pasuxs moveli.
_ ra rCevaa saWiro? me rom Tqvens adgilas viyo, _ upasuxa mister dikma da dakvirvebiT momaStera Tavisi Tvalebi, _ me rom Tqvens adgilas viyo, Tqvens adgilas viyo... vabanebdi mas!
_ jeneta! _ uTxra papidam da swrafad miubrunda mas gamarjvebulis gamometyvelebiT, rac im dros gaugebari iyo CemTvis. _ mister dikma yvela Cveni safiqrebeli erTbaSad gamoarkvia. moamzadeT abazana.
am laparakiT dainteresebuli, gumlodgined vaTvalierebdi papidas, mister diks da jenetas, radgan am mokle xnis ganmavlobaSi sakmarisad naTeli warmodgeba Semeqmna am moqmed pirebisa da moqmedebis adgilis Sesaxeb.
mis betsi iyo maRali tanis ledi, mkacri, magram mainc sasiamovno saxis nakvTebiT. mis saxeSi, siarulSi, xmasa da Tavis daWeraSi iyo raRac simtkicis ieri, romlis gamo CemTvis gasagebi gaxda is STabeWdileba, romelic man sabralo dedaCemze moaxdina; magram miuxedavad mkacri gamometyvelebisa, mis betsis saxis nakvTebi swori da TiTqmis mSvenieric ki iyo misi wlovanebisaTvis. metadre gamaoca misi Tvalebis cocxalma
gamometyvelebam. mis WaRara, Suaze gayofil Tmas hfaravda qvrivis Tavsafari, romelic nikapTan ori lentiT hqonda Sekruli. papidas sufTa da faqizi nacrisferi kaba ise iyo Sekerili, rom araferSi ar uSlida moZraobas. maSin ise meCvena, TiTqos es kaba cxenosnobisaTvis iyo momzadebuli. magram SemdegSi gavige, rom papida arasodes ar mjdariyo cxenze.
mister dikis Sesaxeb ukve iyo naTqvami, rom mas WaRara Tmebi da dabrawuli loyebi hqonda. amiT SeiZleboda kidec gagveTavebina mister dikis aRwera, misi Tavi rom mudam dabla daxrili ar yofiliyo, rac moxucebulobisagan ar mosdioda. mis didron, nacrisfer TvalebSi mudam raRac bavSvuri siamovneba gamosWvioda, rodesac ki papida daiwyebda mis qebas. yvela am garemoebam, imis morcxv da gaubedav moqmedebasTan erTad im daskvnamde mimiyvana, rom es jentlmeni cotaTi Wkuaze iyo Semcdari. magram Tu ase iyo, raRad cxovrobda igi papidasTan? mister dikis tanisamosi arafriT ar ganirCeoda yvela wesieri jentlmenis tamisamosisagan: mas ecva nacrisferi dilis serTuki, TeTri Jileti da TeTri Sarvali. yelze saaTis Zewkvi ekida. serTukis erT jibeSi fuli eyara da mister diki yovel wuTs aCxarunebda mas.
jeneta iyo mSvenieri ymawvili qali, daaxloebiT cxrameti wlisa, da mTeli misi arseba warmoadgenda sisufTavis srul nimuSs.
oTaxi iseTive sufTa da faqizi iyo, rogorc papida da jeneta. roca am wuTSi vigoneb mas, davde Cemi kalami da myisve vigrZeni zRvisa da yvavilebis surneleba. me isev davinaxe Zveleburi wiTeli xis aveji gabrwyinebuli da gakrialebuli, papidas sakuTari savarZeli, mrgvali magida Tejiris ukan, veneciur fanjarasTan, sparsuli xalliCa iatakze, kata, kriala sayave, ori iadoni, faifuris finjnebi, Caidani, punSis jami gamxmari vardis furclebiT da karada boTlebiT da grafinebiT.
jeneta gavida abazanis mosamzadeblad da papida Seudga Cems kvebas sakuTari xeliT. Cems gancvifrebas sazRvari ar hqonda, roca igi uecrad wamoxta savarZlidan, daagdo kovzi, gasworda welSi da aRSfoTebulma Sehyvira:
saxlis win, staca xeli aRvirSi or virs, romlebzedac ori ledi ijda, da gaaTria isini am mindoris sazRvars iqiT. papida am dros gamwarebuli gavarda WiSkarSi da swvda aRvirSi mesame virs, romelzedac biWi ijda; man ukuRma miabruna viri da ori magari sila stkica ubedur biWs, romelmac gabeda am nakrZal adgilze Semosvla.
aqamdis ar vici, ra ufleba hqonda mis betsis am mwvane mindorze misi saxlis win, ase iyo Tu ise, erTaderTi Seuracxyofa, romelic aucilebel SurisZiebas moiTxovda, es iyo virebis Semosvla am akrZalul sazRvars aqeT. ra saqmeSic ar unda yofliyo garTuli mis betsi, rogori saintereso baasic ar unda hqonoda sastumro oTaxSi, viri imwamsve arRvevda mis azrTa msvlelobas, da gaSmagebiT mivardeboda xolme Tavis mters. wyliT savse WurWeli yovelTvis mzad hqonda farul alagas _ mtris Semosevis molodinSi, talanSi, karebs ukan, wvetiani joxebi iyo damaluli. sanam abazanas moamzadebdnen, es aliaqoTi samjer atyda da papidam gansakuTrebiT isaxela Tavi ukanasknelad, rodesac erTs TxuTmeti wlis wiTur biWTan mouxda brZola. man miaWylita sabralo biWi karebs da sakuTari xeliT waswvda wiTel TmaSi, sanam ubeduri biWi mixvdeboda, rad da risTvis scemdnen.
roca vibane, papidam da jenetam Camacves mister dikis perangi da Sarvali da ori Tu sami Sali Semomaxvies. ar vici, ras vgavdi am morTulobaSi, oRond mTel tanSi sasiamovno siTbom damiara. mivweqi sofaze da maSinve dameZina.
ar vici, cxadi iyo es, Tu sizmari, oRond meCvena, TiTqos papida didxans idga Cems TavTan daxrili da Tmas mivarcxnida. drogamoSvebiT mesmoda sityvebi: `sabralo bavSvi!~ magram rodesac gaviRviZe da Tvalebi gavaxile, papida ijda savarZelSi fanjarasTan da zRvas gahyurebda.
papidas brZanebis Tanaxmad, mister diks yuradRebiT unda moesmina mTeli Cemi Tavgadasavali. me vuambe yveaferi, rogorc SemeZlo, da dawvrilebiT vupasuxe yvela kiTxvaze. am moTxrobis ganmavlobaSi papida Tvals ar aSorebda mister diks da yovelvis, roca ki saxeze Rimili gadauvlida an daimanWeboda, papida warbebs Seikravda da mkacrad SeaCerebda xolme. amgvari gafrTxileba aucilebeli iyo, radgan sxvagvarad mister diki tkbil Zils miecemoda.
_ gaugebaria! _ warmoTqva bolos mis betsim. _ rad esaWiroeboda im ubedur bavSvs meored gaTxoveba! ver gamigia! igi rom ufro Wkviani yofiliyo, _ ganagrZobda papida, _ iseTi Svili eyoleboda, romlisTanac cotaa qveynaze. ra iqna, me Tqven gekiTxebiT, misi da, betsi trotvudi? Tqven metyviT, rom igi arc dabadebula? sisulelea! gTxovT, nu metyviT magas!
mister diks, rogorc etyoba, cota SeeSinda. _ is ar eyo, rom dahkarga is ubeduri betsi trotvudi, am bavSvis da!
ara! _ modi, erTi kidev kidev gavTxovdebio! da isic visze? viRaca mordererze! (Murderer _ mkvleli). axla _ ra gamovida misi Svilisagan? jer miwas ar ascilebia, da ukve daexeteba, rogorc kaeni, da mosalodnelic iyo.
_ momismine! _ miTxra bolos mis betsim, xangrZlivi siCumis Semdeg. mokrZalebiT aviRe Tavi da Sevxede Cemi naTesavis naTel Tvalebs. _ me werili mivwere Sens maminacvals. Sevatytyobine, rom CemTan
gamoiqeci. _ maS Tqven... gindaT masTan damabrunoT? _ warmovTqvi borZikiT. _ ar vici, _ mipasuxa papidam, _ vnaxoT! _ o! ra meSveleba, _ SevZaxe me, _ Tu isev mister mordstonis xelSi
momixdeba cxovreba! _ jer araferi ar vici. urigo ar iqneba, Tu zeviT airben da Cems
magivrad mister diks dilamSvidobisas usurveb. uTxari, rom mainteresebs, ra mdgomareobaSia misi memuarebi.
saCqarod avdeqi, rom sisruleSi momeyvana misi davaleba. mister diki, marTlac, muSaobaSi garTuli damxvda. igi werda
uSvelebeli kalmiT da Tavi TiTqmis zed qaRaldze daedo. ise iyo garTli Tavis saqmeSi, rom srulebiT ver SeniSna Cemi Sesvla. oTaxis kuTxeSi davinaxe uzarmazari frani (qaRaldis mgrinavi gveli), mTeli xrova xelnawerebi, auarebeli kalmebi da aTiode didi melnis SuSa. bolos mister dikma SeniSna Cemi iq yofna.
_ a! feb! _ miTxra man da kalami dado. _ rao? rogoria qveyniereba? iciT ra? _ daumata man da xma daidabla. _ me arc ki minda amaze laparaki. _ man yurSi wamCurCula: _ mTeli qveyana gadareulia, gadareuli, Cemo kargo, da msoflio _ sagiJeTia! es aRmoCena me mekuTvnis. _ aq man amoiRo burnuTi, usuna da mxiarulad gadaixarxara.
ver gavbede pasuxis gacema mis ucnaur sityvebze da daveCqare papidas davaleba dagameca misTvis.
didmniSvnelovnad da Cemi pasuxis Cawera daapira. _ Tu ar vcdebi, es moxda aTas eqvsas ormocdacxra wels. _ hm! _ Caaxvela mister dikma da kalmiT yuris Ziri moifxana. _
marTalia, ase weren wignebSi, magram yovlad SeuZlebelia, rom es ambavi ase adre momxdariyo! maS rogora xdeba, rom am pirs akuTvneben im azrebs, romelnic Cems TavSi trialeben?
friad gamaoca am ucnaurma kiTxvam, magram uZluri viyavi gadameWra es amocana.
_ sakvirvelia, metad sakvirvelia, _ ganagrZobda mister diki; igi naRvlianad dascqeroda Tavis xelnawers da xels isvamda Tavze. _ verasgziT ver gamovarkvie es sakiTxi. Tumca ara uSavs-ra! _ Tqva bolos da isev gamxnevda. _ dro sakmarisia. moikiTxeT mis trotvudi da gadaeciT, rom mSvenivrad vgrZnob Tavs.
me davapire wasvla, magram man isev SemaCera da mkiTxa: _ rogor mogwonT es frani? _ mSvenieria, _ vpasuxob me. _ es Cemi gakeTebulia. rodisme erTad wavideT mindorSi da avafrinoT. mister dikis saxes keTili da gulubryvilo gamometyveleba hqonda,
da misi garegnoba unebur pativiscemas iwvevda. me gaviRime, imanc gamiRima da Cven gulwrfel megobrebad gavSordiT erTmaneTs.
_ o, srulebiT! _ mipasuxa mis betsim. _ marTla? _ mTels qveyanaze ar aris adamiani, romelic ufro sruls gonebaze
iyos, _ SeniSna papidam dabejiTebiT. me ar vicodi, ra mepasuxa, da moridebiT vuTxari: _ nuTu? _ igi giJad gamoacxades, _ miTxra papidam. _ me Cems movaleobad
vTvli, yvelas vuambo misi ambavi, radgan ukve aTi welia, rac vsargeblob am jentlmenis sazogadoebiTa da brZnuli rCevebiT, im droidan, rac Senma dam betsi trotvudma molodini gamicrua, mister diki mudam CemTan cxovrobs. mTels qveyanaze ar aris arseba ufro wynari da gulkeTili. mere ra Wkviani! rogor keTilSobil rCevas iZleva mudam!. magram, samwuxarod, misi ambavi mxolod me vici.
_ mister diks hyavda da, _ ganagrZo papidam, _ keTili, mosiyvarule arseba, romelic mas suliTa da guliT uyvarda. saubedurod, es da ahyva sxva qalebis magaliTs da gaTxovda; misi qmaric ahyva sxva qmrebis magaliTs da Tavisi colis daRupvis mizezi gaxda. am ubedurebam iseTi saSineli gavlena iqonia mister dikis nervebze, rom igi avad gaxda cxelebiT, romelsac, rasakvirvelia, sigiJe ara hqvia. im dros igi jer ara
cxovrobda CemTan. aqamdis am SemTxvevis mogoneba mudam did sevdas hgvris mas. xom araferi uTqvams SenTvis Carlz pirvelis Sesaxeb?
_ rogor ara, miTxra. _ aki vicodi! _ Tqva mis betsim da cxviri moifxana iseTi saxiT,
TiTqos ewyina es mabavi. _ mas Cveulebad aqvs alegoriuli, ese igi, gadakruli laparaki. misi azriT gamodis, rom Carlz pirvelis tanjvas uSualo kavSiri aqvs mis sakuTar avadmyofobasTan. iqneb igi marTalic aris! siZnele mxolod imaSia, rom amrigad gamoTqmuli azri yovelTvis ar moswons brbos, romelic xelis faTuriT siaruls aris daCveuli. es sakuTari gamocdilebiTac vici, da amitom vurCev mister diks, rom amoSalos es alegoriuli wvrilmani Tavis mogonebaTa wignidan.
_ gana igi Tavisi cxovrebis mogonebasa wers? diax, _ mipasuxa papidam da isev cxviri moifxana. _ Zalian mwyins, rom mister diki aqamdis ver gaTavisuflda Tavisi alegoriuli laparakisa da werisagan; magram ara uSavs ra, dae, imuSaos. muSaoba misTvis aucilebelia.
marTlac, SemdegSi, gavige, rom mister diki aTi welia, rac cdilobda amoegdo Tavisi nawarmoebidan Carlz pirvelis saxeli, magram yoveldRe aviwydeboda da isev ubrundeboda am sagans.
bundovnad mivxvdi, rom pativcemuli papidaCemi, Tavisi eqscentruli moqcevisa da mkvaxe mopyrobis miuxedavad, didi piativiscemisa da sruli ndobis Rirsi iyo. am dRes, rogorc wina dResac, igi dauRalavad ebrZoda virebs da erTxel saSinlad gabrazda, rodesac viRac ymawvilma kacma fanjaraSi Semoixeda da Tvali Caukra jenetas. papidasTvis ar arsebobda amaze meti Seuracxyofa.
is dro, romelmac gaiara papidas werilsa da mister mordstonis pasuxs Soris, CemTvis uaRresi wuxilisa da mRelvarebis xana iyo; magram, SeZlebisdagvarad, vcdilobdi, Semekavebina Cemi grZnobebi; Tavi mxiarulad meWira da vcdilobdi, mesiamovnebina papidisaTvis da mister dikisTvis.
papida ise gaakvirva mis mordstonis daRvremilma simSvidem da gulgrilobam, rom erTi wuTiT igi uZravad darCa da Cveulebisamebr ar gavarda quCaSi joxiT xelSi. visargeble am wuTiT da davaCqare Semetyobinebina, vin iyo es utifari arseba, da amave dros avuxseni, rom jentlmeni, romelic cotaodeni moSorebiT mosdevda mas, iyo TviT mister mordstoni!
_ ra Cemi saqmea, vinc ginda iyos! aravis mivcem Cemi miwis gaoxrebis nebas! ei, moSordiT mandedan! jeneta, gaagdeT!
viri TavgamodebiT icavda Tavs oTxive fexiT, rodesac jeneta aRviriT mas ukan miaTrevda da mister mordstoni ki win mierekeboda. mis mordstoni qolgiTa scemda jenetas. quCis biWebi aRtacebiT Wyiodnen.
_ me gavide, papida? _ vkiTxe aTrTolebuli xmiT. _ rada? aq darCiT, ser. am sityvebiT papidam xeli mkra kuTxisken da momadga savarZeli
imrigad, rom Sig movemwyvdie, rogorc cixeSi an rogorc sasamarTloSi, mTavari veqilis kaTedrasTan. es pozicia mTeli am audienciis ganmavlobaSi mekava.
mis da mister mordstoni Semovidnen. _ ah, maS es Tqven iyaviT! _ uTxra maT mis betsim, _ me ki swored
mogaxsenoT, verasgziT ver warmovidgendi, rom es Tqvena xarT! Tumca sul erTia, aravis mivcem nebas iaros mwvaneze Cemi saxlis win. es Cemi wesia da aravisTvis ar vakeTeb gamonakliss. Tqven, Tu ara vcdebi, swored is mister mordstoni brZandebiT, romelmac SeirTo Cemi gansvenebuli Zmiswulis daviT koperfildis qvrivi?
_ diax, qalbatono, me Tqveni naTesavi myavda colad. _ da Zalian cudad moiqeciT, rom SeirTeT, ser! sabralo bavSvi
gacilebiT ufro bednieri iqneboda, Tavi rom dagenebebinaT misTvis. aseTia Cemi azri, ser. jeneta, sTxoveT mister diks, aq Camovides.
mister dikis Camosvlamde papida ijda xmaamouReblad, welSi gamarTuli, da mrisxaned Sehyurebda kedlebs. roca kari gaiRo, man saCqarod gaacno mister diki Tavis stumrebs.
_ mister diki, Cemi Zveli, erTguli megobari. mis azrsa da rCevas me savsebiT vendobi, _ daamTavra mis betsim gansakuTrebuli gamometyvelebiT da mkacrad Tvali gadaavlo mister diks.
_ mis trotvud, _ daiwyo mister mordstonma, _ Tqveni werilis miRebis Semdeg saWirod davinaxe, samarTlianobis aRsadgenad da umTavresad ki _ Tqvendami pativiscemis niSnad...
_ madlobas mogaxsenebT, _ uTxra papidam da Tan ar aSorebda Tavis gamWriax Tvalebs, _ Cems Sesaxeb nu SeswuxdebiT.
_ me varCie piradad, miwer-moweris gareSe, gameca TqvenTvis pasuxi, miuxedavad im zogierTi uxerxulobisa, romelic Tavad sdevda am mgzavrobas, _ ganagrZobda mister mordstoni. _ es ubeduri biWi, mis trotvud, araerTxel yofila mizezi ojaxuri aliaqoTisa da usiamovnebisa, rogorc Cemi Seudarebeli meuRlis sicocxlis dros, ise misi gardacvalebis Semdeg. mas mudam emCneoda autaneli, Tavawyvetili xasiaTi da iseTi midrekilebani, romelTa gamo yovlad SeuZlebeli iyo fiqri raime lmobierebaze. me da Cemi da vcdilobdiT SeZlebisdagvarad gamogvesworebina misi naklovanebani, magram mTelma Cvenma cdam unatyofod Cagviara. saWirod davinaxe, piradad mecnobebina TqvenTvis yvela es samwuxaro ambavi, da Tqven darwmunebuli unda brZandebodeT, mis trotvud, rom Cven viqceviT miudgomlad, sindisisa da patiosnebis Tanaxmad.
_ rac Seexeba misi aRzrdis sistemas, aq me, rogorc yvela sxva SemTxvevaSi, viqcevi Cemi sakuTari Sexedulebis Tanaxmad, _ daiwyo isev mister mordstonma, romlis saxe TandaTan iRrubleboda, rodesac misi Tvalebi hxvdebodnen mis betsis gamWriax Tvalebs.
_ Tqveni gansvenebuli meuRle ubeduri bavSvi iyo, ser, moklebuli yovelgvar gamocdilebas, rac aucilebelia, metadre imisaTvis, visac iseT qmarTan uxdeba saqmis daWera, rogorc Tqven brZandebiT, ser, _ upasuxa papidam da Tan daJinebiT sinjavda mister mordstons. _ Tqveni coli gulubryvilo, ususuri bavSvi iyo, Tu gnebavT, rom mokled da naTlad movWra. kidev xom aras inebebT, SematyobinoT?
_ me imisTvis movedi aq, rom Cems saxlSi waviyvano daviTi, _ waviyvano yovelgvari pirobebisa da SezRudvis gareSe. srulebiT movale ara var angariSi Cavabaro vismes da zedmetad vTvli raime pirobis micemas am bavSvis Sesaxeb. Tu Tqven, mis trotvud gadawyviteT _ am bavSvisa da Cems Soris CadgeT, es pozicia Tqven samudamod unda daikavoT. me ar vxumrob da aravis mivcem nebas, masxrad amigdos. me movedi aq pirvelad da ukanasknelad, im pirobiT, rom Tan waviyvano igi. mzad aris Tu ara wamosasvlelad? Tu mzad ar aris, icodeT, mis trotvud, rom Cemi saxlis karebi erTxel da samudamod iketeba misTvis, da Tqven kisrulobT gauRoT mas sakuTari saxlis karebi.
papida didi yuradRebiT ismenda mis laparaks da, rogorc Canda, cdilobda, arc erTi sityva ar gamorCenoda. roca mister mordstonma daamTavra sitva, mis betsim gaunZrevlad gaixeda iqiT, sadac mis mordstoni ijda, da hkiTxa lakonurad:
_ Tqven xom aRarafers brZanebT kidev? _ arafers, mis trotvud. upasuxa mis mordstonma. _ Cemma Zmam naTlad
da dawvrilebiT gamoTqva yvelaferi, rac ki me SemeZlo gadmomeca TqvenTvis.
_ axla unda gavigo, ras ityvis TviTon bavSvi, _ Tqva papidam da me momibrunda. _ mzada xar wahyve, daviT?
me vupasuxe, rom ara, da vTxovdi papidas ar moveSorebine arc axla, arc Semdeg, arasodes! vuTxari, rom aravin iyo am qveynad Cemze ubeduri, rodesac mag xalxTan vcxovrobdi. magaT dedaCemic gaaubedures Cemi gulisTvis; pegotim kargad icis yovelive es. ar maxsovs, ra sityvebiT vambobdi yovelive amas, magram maxsovs, rogori simwriT vlaparakobdi.
_ mister dik, _ uTxra papidam Tavis megobars, _ ra vuyo me am bavSvs? mister dikma ifiqra cota xans da Semdeg upasuxa gabrwyinebuli
miuxedavad amisa, mainc srulebiT ver midioda win, radgan Carlz pirveli yovel gverdze iCenda Tavs. roca mister diki gaafuWebda erT Tabaxs, igi meore Tabaxs hkidebda xels. ar SeiZleboda adamiani ar gaocebuliyo im moTmijebiT, romliTac mister diki itanda am ambavs, da imediT, romiTac isev da isev ubrundeboda Tavis Sromas. Carlz pirveli misi mudmivi damabrkolebeli sagani iyo da masze imsxvreoda mTeli misi niWi.
amgvari megobruli ganwyobilebis gamo mister dikTan, Zneli ar iyo papidas gulismogeba. mas ise Sevuyvardi, rom Cemi axali saxeli _ trotvudi _ trotad Seamokla da amasTan gamamxneva imediT, rom SemdegSi imave adgils daviWerdi mis gulSi, rogoric eWira Cem das, betsi trotvuds.
_ trot, _ miTxra papidam erT saRamos, _ Cven unda vifiqroT Sens swavlaze. xom ar ginda kenterberis pansionSi Sexvide?
me vupasuxe, rom Zalian minda, miTUumetes, rom kenterberi Sors ar aris duvridan.
_ Zalian kargi, _ miTxra papidam. _ xom ar ginda xval wavideT? ukve SeveCvie papidas swraf gadawyvetilebebs da amitom am kiTxvam
srulebiT ar gamakvirva. _ diax, papida. _ keTili. jeneta, daiqiraveT kabrioleti da lurja cxeni xval
dilis aTi saaTisTvis da CaalageT sagzaod mister trotvudis nivTebi. meore dilas papidam, romelic araviTar yuradRebas ar aqcevda
kabrioleti gaCerda, karebidan gamovida wiTelTmiani Wabuki momakvdavsaviT gafiTrebuli saxiT. mas ar hqonda arc warbebi arc wamwamebi da mowiTalo Tvalebi srulebiT moklebuli iyo am bunebriv Crdilsa da safarvels. am garemoebam Zalian gamakvirva da ver warmomedgina, rogor SeeZlo Zili amgvar adamians. grZelkalTebiani serTuki Sekruli hqonda yvela Rilze, yelamde.
_ gamarjobaT, uri hip! _ uTxra ymawvils papidam. _ Sin aris mister vikfildi?
_ mister vikfildi? Sin gaxlavT, mis trotvud, Tu inebebT, iqiT mibrZandiT, _ upasuxa uri hipma da Tavisi grZeli xeliT oTaxze miuTiTa.
CamovediT kabrioletidan, davutoveT cxeni wiTelTmian ymawvils da SevediT grZel, dabal sastumro oTaxSi, romlis fanjrebi quCaSi gadioda. maRali, Zveleburi buxris Tavze ekida ori portreti; erTze iyo gamoxatuli jentlmeni WaRara TmiT (Tumca srulebiT ymawvili saxiT) da Savi warbebiT, romelic dascqeroda wiTeli zonriT Sekrul raRac qaRaldebs; meore portreti iyo axalgazrda ledisa, nazi da momxiblavi saxiT, romelic TiTqos me miyurebda. oTaxSi meore boloSi gaiRo kari da Semovida jentlmeni. es iyo gacocxlebuli portreti, oRond ramdenime wliT ufro xnieri.
_ mis betsi trotvud! _ mimarTa jentlmenma papidas, _ gTxovT, mobrZandiT. romelma qarma dahbera da mogiyvanaT Cvens mxares? imedi maqvs, rom es zenaqari ar iyo?
_ ara, me sadavo saqmeze ar movsulvar. _ keTili da patiosani! didi xania droa, Tavi davaneboT yvela am
iuridiul saqmes. es jentlmeni gaxldaT mister vikfildi, veqili da mTavari gamge
romeliRac lordis mamulebisa. misi saxe Zalian sasiamovno meCvena. misi savse loyebi Seferadebuli iyo im mSvenieri feriT, romelic aixsneba portveinis mudmivi xmarebiT.
_ es bavSvi Cemi SviliSvilia, _ uTxra papidam. _ me viSvile igi am cota xnis winaT da axla moviyvane aq, rom mivabaro pansionSi, sadac kargad aswavlian yvela sagans da adamianurad eqcevian bavSvebs. miTxariT, sad aris aq aseTi pansioni?
_ ra uSavs mere? mas SeuZlia sxvagan icxovros da marto saswavlo saaTebSi iaros iq.
mister vikfildma es SesaZlebad scno. man kidev gamoTqva ramdenime mosazreba da Semdeg urCia papidas, TviTonve wasuliyo pansionSi, daeTvalierebina iqauri wesebi da ise gadaewyvita saqme.
papida daeTanxma am winadadebas da isini erTad wavidnen. karga xnis Semdeg isini dabrundnen kmayofilebi. maTma Sromam unayofod ar Caiara. pansioni mSvenieri aRmoCnda, oRond papidas ar moswoneboda Cems sacxovreblad arc erTi bina, romelic mas uCvenes.
_ raRa `magram~?.. vxedav, ra gaqvT azrad, mis betsi. nu ifiqrebT amaze. me srulebiT ar minda Tqveni Sewuxeba da ar minda ifiqroT, TiTqos Cemi movale xarT: Tu gnebavT, Tqven SegiZliaT gadaixadoT magisi Sesanaxi fasi.
_ am pirobiT ki didi moxaruli viqnebi, rom TqvenTan davtovo bavSvi, Tumca mainc didad mavalebT amiT.
_ maS axla unda gagacnoT Cemi patara diasaxlisi. wamobrZandiT. Cven avediT meore sarTulSi sakvirveli Zveleburi kibiT, romelsac
pirvel danaxvazedve SevniSne am haerovan arsebas is nazi da keTili gamometyveleba, romliTac miyurebda ledis suraTi qvemo sarTulis sastumroSi. mis TvalebSi krToda sruli kmayofilebisa da bednierebis grZnoba, Tumca imave dros mTeli misi arseba gamsWvaluli iyo raRac wynari, auSfoTebeli, seriozuli simSvidiT, romelic arasodes ar maviwydeboda da arasodes arc damaviwydeba.
patara diasaxlisi mSvenivrad uxdeboda mTel am Zveleburi saxlis morTulobas. pawawina gasaRebebis abmula ekida mas qamarTan. momxiblavi RimiliT mousmina mamas, rodesac mister vikfildma gaacno Cemi Tavi, rogorc axali mdgmuri. amis Semdeg Cven yvelani wavediT zeviT, Cemi oTaxis dasaTvaliereblad. patara diasaxlisi win midioda da gzas gviCvenebda. Cemi oTaxi, mSvenivrad mowyobili muxis avejiT, yovelmxriv Sesaferisi gamodga. papida da me sruli kmayofilebi viyaviT, da Cven yvelani CavediT qvemo sarTulis sastumroSi, Zalian mxiarulni da nasiamovnebi.
mister vikfildma bevri sTxova papidas sadilad darCeniliyo, magram man gadaWrili uari uTxra im mosazrebiT, rom usaTuod TvalnaTliv unda misuliyo saxlSi. amitom patara diasaxlisma gankarguleba moaxdina, saCqarod sauzme moemzadebinaT. sauzmis Semdeg Cven martoni dagvtoves, rom gamoTxoveba SegvZleboda, rogorc gvsurda.
papidam miTxra, rom mister vikfildma saukeTesod moawyo yvela Cemi saqme da araferi gamiWirdeboda.
_ trot, Svilo, RmerTma daglocos, _ miTxra papidam, _ ecade gaamrTlo imedebi; Seni sakuTari, Cemi da mister dikisa.
gulaCuyebulma, suliT da guliT gadavuxade madloba papidas da mokiTxva SevuTvale mister diks.
_ nu iqnebi sulmdabali, orpiri da sastiki. Tu medebi, aicdino es sami didi nakli, Cemi imedebi gamarTldeba, Svilo.
davpirdi papidas zedmiwevniTY amesrulebina misi rCeva. _ cxeni karebTan melis, _ Tqva papidam bolos. _ mivdivar. Sen aq
darCebi. am sityvebiT igi momexvia ukanasknelad, saCqarod gavida oTaxidan da
karebi gaixura. me jer gamakvirva papidas amgvarma swrafma wasvlam da SemeSinda
kidec, xom araferi vawyenine-meTqi. Cems keTilismyofels; magram rodesac fanjaraSi gavixede, sulieri tanjvis anareli davinaxe mis saxeze, roca igi kabrioletSi jdeboda, da ukeT vicani maSin Cemi papida.
ityoda, rom misi tanisamosi gansakuTrebiuli gulmodginebiT iyo gawmendili, an Tmebi hqonda wesierad da lamazad davarcxnili, _ srulebiT ara! Savi getrebi gaxsnili hqonda da fexsacmelebi, gverdze rom elaga xaliCaze, TiTqos amTqnarebdnen saSineli daRlilobisa da mowyenilobisagan. doqtor strongma mommarTa da miTxra, rom esiamovna Cemi naxva, da gamomiwoda Tavisi didi xeli, romlisTvisac ar vicodi, ra meqna.
mis Soriaxlos mSvenieri ymawvili ledi ijda xelis qnariT. Cveni Sesvlis erTi wuTis Semdeg igi swrafad adga, mxiarulad daeSva muxlebze doqtor strongis win da fexsacmelebi Caacva. rodesac gaaTava es saqme, Tavi dagvikra da yvelani gavediT samecadino darbazSi.
_ marTla, vikfild, _ Tqva doqtorma, SeCerda derefanSi da xeli damado mxarze, _ Tqven jer kidev ver uSoveT adgili jek maldons, Cemi colis biZaSvils?
_ ara, _ upasuxa mister vikfildma, _ ara, jer ver mominaxavs. _ Zalian samwuxaroa, rac ufro male gaTavdeba es ambavi, miT ukeTesi,
_ Tqven ki jer ar swavlobT pansionSi? _ vkiTxe me. _ o, rogor ara! me axlaca vswavlob... yoveldRe. _ magram Tqven saxlSi swavlobT da ara pansionSi? _ sxvagvarad SeuZlebelia, _ mipasuxa agnesam RimiliT, _ mama ar
daTanxmdeba Cems saswavlebelSi gaSvebaze, xom iciT, misi diasaxlisi mudam saxlSi unda iyos.
_ Zalian uyavrxarT mamas? _ sssu! modis! es Tqva Tu ara, agnesa gaiqca mamis Sesaxvedrad, da erTi wuTis Semdeg
isini erTad Semovidnen sastumroSi. mister vikfildi Zalian gulianad Semxvda da miTxra, rom CemTvis didi bednierebaa doqtor strongis xelmZRvaneloba, radgan, misi sityviT, es iyo yovelmxriv ukeTilSobilesi adamiania.
_ ar vici danamdvilebiT, magram SesaZlebelia, rom aris qveyanaze xalxi, romelsac esiamovneba borotad isargeblos amgvari adamianis ndobiT, _ miTxra mister vikfildma. _ erideT, trotvud, amgvari xalxis sazogadoebas da grcxvenodeT maTi mibaZvisa. qveyanaze ar aris arseba ufro gulubryvilo da mimndobi, vidre doqtori strongi.
nasadilevs avediT meore sarTulSi, sastumroSi, da aq ganmeorda isev is scena, rac winadRiT. agnesam dadga grafini da Rvinis Wiqa imave kuTxeSi, imave magidaze; mister vikfildi miujda portveins da Zalian bevri dalia. agnesa ukravda fortepianoze, ijda mamis gverdiT, icinoda, celqobda, xelsaqmobda, laparakobda da ramdenime partia domino meTamaSa.
bevrma zamTarma da zafxulma gaiara mas aqeT, mxiarulma da sevdianma, magram axlac, rodesac am striqonebs vwer, me isev vxedav mas, morcxvs, TavdaWerils, wynari moZraobiT mesmis misi mSvenieri, nazi xma.
Tavis droze agnesa gamogveTxova mamas da me da Tavis sawolSi wavida. martoni davrCiT. mec xeli CamovarTvi mister vikfilds da dasaZineblad wasvla davapire. man SemaCera da miTxra:
am siyvebiT xeli gamomiwoda da Semdeg zurgze momifaTura. me davinaxe sinaTle patara kantoraSi, imwamsve vigrZeni uri hipis
ucnauri Zala da uneburad iqiT wavedi. uri hipis ujda uzarmazar mwavne wigns da, rogorc Canda, Zalian guldasmiT kiTxulobda; misi saloki TiTi gadadioda erTi striqonidan meoreze da stovebda WuWyian da lorwovan kvals, TiTqos wignze lokokina micocavda.
_ Tqven dRes Zalian didxans muSaobT, mister hip, _ vuTxari me. _ me xom kantoris saqmeebs ar vakeTeb amJamad, master koperfild! _
miTxra man. _ maS ras akeTebT, mister hip? _ me vcdilob, SeviZino zogierTi iuridiuli codna da axla, rogorc
stumrebma daiwyes mosvla. yvelaze uwin movida ori maswavlebeli. gaiba saerTo saubari. umTavresad laparakobdnen jek maldonis Sesaxeb: mis Sor mogzaurobaze, im qveyanaze, sadac igi midioda, da mis mravalgvar gegmebze. jek maldoni imave Rames, navaxSmevs unda wasuliyo safosto etliT grevzendSi, sadac okeaneSi mimavali gemi moeloda.
misis strongi namdvili msaxiobiviT mSvenivrad mReroda. xSirad momismenia misi simRera, rodesac igi fortepianos ujda xolme sastumroSi, magram axla, ar vici, SekrTa mravalricxovani sazogadoebis winaSe, Tu xma ar emorCileboda, srulebiT ver SesZlo simRera. misis strongma scada, emRera dueti Tavis biZaSvilTan erTad, magram verc ki daiwyo. Semdeg daTanxmda saerTo Txovnas da scada simRera martom; man mSvenivrad daiwyo magram uecrad xma aukankalda da dauZlurebulma momReralma Tvi klaviSebze daxara. keTilma doqtorma SeniSna, rom mis meuRles drogamoSvebiT emarTeba amgvari nerviuli sisuste, da amis gamo sTxova stumrebs banqos TamaSiT garTuliyvnen, Tumca TviTon imdenive esmoda qaraldis TamaSisa, rogorc raime sakravze dakvrisa. `Zvelma husarma~ imwamsve Tavis amalaSi Caricxa doqtori da Tavis partniori uwoda. TamaSi daiwyo da ramdenime wuTis Semdeg mTeli vercxlis fuli doqtoris jibidan misi vaJkacuri sidedris jibeSi gadavida.
magram es araferi. banqos TamaSi gagarZelda Zalian mxiarulad da didis aRfrTovanebiT. misis strongma, nerviuli sisustis gamo, uari Tqva TamaSze mTeli saRamos ganmavlobaSi; misma biZaSvilma maldonmac uari ganacxada im mizeziT, rom nivTebi hqonda Casalagebeli sagzaod. igi gavida kidec oTaxidan am mizniT, magram Zalian male dabrunda da dajda sofaze, Tavisi biZaSvilis gverdiT. isini laparakobdnen dabali xmiT. ganmartoebulni stumrebisagan. drogamoSvebiT misis strongi miuaxloveboda xolme Tavisi qmris magidas da uxsnida TamaSis wesebs.
igi metad gafiTrebuli iyo da xelebi uTrToda, rodesac qaRaldze uCvenebda qmars. doqtori strongi bednieri iyo da arafers amCnevda.
magram vaxSamze sazogado mxiaruleba CaiSrita. yvela grZnobda, ra mZimea magvari ganSreba, da rac ufro axlovdeboda igi, miT ufro naRvlianni xdebodnen stumrebi.
doqtori im dros darwmunebuli iyo, rom misi iq yofna didad sasixaruloa mTeli sazogadoebisaTvis. igi bednieri iyo im azriT, rom mis garSemo yvelani metismetad mxiarulad iyvnen.
_ ani, Cemo kargo megobaro, _ uTxra doqtorma meuRles, Sexeda saaTs da aivso Wiqa. _ ai ukve dadga wasvlis wuTi Seni biZaSvilisaTvis. ar unda davayovnoT igi. dro da zRvis mimoqceva Tavisi gardauvali wesiT midian da ar elian arc adamians da arc mis mzadebas. me Tqven mogmarTavT, mister jek maldon! Tqvens win TviT mogzaurobaa da srulebiT ucnobi da ucxo qveyana. abobqrebulma qariSxalma STanTqa okeanis ufskrulSi aTasi gemi, datvirTuli yvela qveynis saunjiT, magram mTeli milionebi gemebisa uvneblad brundebian mdidari ganZiT. mSvidobiT, mister maldon! _ daamTavra doqtorma sityva, adga adgilidan da Cvenc yvelani avdeqiT. _ gisurvebT bednier mgzavrobas okeanis mRelvare zvirTebSi, bednier momavals okeanes iqiT da bednier dabrunebas samSobloSi.
Cven yvelam davlieT es sadRegrZelo da mxurvaled gamovemSvidobeT jek maldons, ris Semdeg man saCqarod Tavi daukra yvelas da karebisaken gaqiqca. me gaviqeci quCaSi, sadac idga safosto etli, da saerTo aliaqoTSi davinaxe, rogor Cajda Sig jek maldoni. mTrTolvare xelSi mas eWira raRac pirisferi sagani.
am gamoTxovebis ceremoniis Semdeg institutis mowafeebma daiZaxes `vaSa~, orjer _ doqtoris pativsacemad da samjer _ misi meuRlisa. Semdeg isini iqiT-aqeT daifantnen. me isev sastumro oTaxSi movxvdi. doqtori strongi idga sastumro oTaxis SuaSi, stumrebiT garSemoxveuli. uecrad misis marklhemma daiyvira:
_ sad aris ani? ar aris ani! tyuilad eZaxdnen mas yvelani sxvadasxva xmiT, igi pasuxs
ar iZleoda. yvelani gacvivdnen doqtoris meuRlis saZebnelad da darbazSi ipoves: misis strongi egdo iatakze da araviTari niSanwyali sicocxlisa aRar etyoboda. atyda saSineli aliaqoTi. ani gulwasuli iyo.
doqtorma daido muxlebze misi Tavi, gadauyara saxidan kululebi da Tqva nazi mxmiT:
_ sabralo ani! rogori erTguli da nazi guli aqvs, misTvis metad Zneli asatania ganSoreba Tavisi siymawvilis erTaderTi megobrisa, romelic mas ase uyvarda!
misis srtrongma aaxila Tvalebi. Semogvxeda yvelas da doqtoris daxmarebiT fexze wamodga; Semdeg, erTxel kidev Semogvxeda darcxvenili TvalebiT da miayrdno Tavi doqtoris mxars, _ ar vici, imitom, rom jer kidev sisustesa grZnobda gulis wasvlis Semdeg, Tu imitom, rom daefara aRelveba. Cven davapireT sastumroSi gasvla da misi datoveba dedisa da doqtor strongis xelSi, magram anim ganacxada, rom axla gacilebiT ukeT grZnobda Tavs da rom CvenTan undoda yofna. igi gadaiyvanes sastumroSi da divanze daawvines. me SevniSne, rom Zalian gafiTrebuli iyo.
am pirisfer bafTs misis strongi Cveulebrivad gulze ikeTebda. Cven daviwyeT misi Zebna, _ me yvelaze metad vcdilobdi, magram veravin ver ipova.
_ xom ar gaxsovs, ani, sada gqonda igi ukanasknelad? _ hkiTxa dedam. am kiTxvaze sikvdilisferi misis strongis saxeze Secvala cocxalma
vardisferma. man upasuxa, rom, rogorc axsovs, ramdenime wuTis win igi xelSi eWira, magram Tan daumata, rom arc ki Rirs misi Zebnao.
Cven mivdiodiT saxlSi nel-nela. agnesa da me mTvares SevcqerodiT, mister vikfildi Cumad modioda Tvalebdaxrili. Sesaval karebTan Tavisi patara xelis CanTa. gamexarda, rom SemeZlo riTime gamomeCina Cemi yuradReba da ukan gaviqeci.
Sevedi sastumro oTaxSi, sadac CanTa iyo datovebuli. aq aravin iyo da bneloda. kari doqtoris kabinetSi odnav Ria iyo da iqidan sinaTle moCanda. me Sevedi, rom amexsna Cemi dabrunebis mizezi da sanTeli ameRo.
daiqnia. _ nuTu me amdeni wlisa var? an iqneb aq Secdomaa rame. ise araferi, diax, es kaci, marTlac, pirvelad gamoCnda male imis Semdeg, rac Carlz pirvelis tvini gadmovida Cems TavSi. Cven gamovediT mis
trotvudTan erTad saseirnod Cais Semdeg. bindisas, da swored am dros igi gaCnda Cveni saxlis fanjrebis win.
_ mere, ras akeTebda is kaci? _ rogor Tu ras? iq srulebiTac ar iyo. oRond miepara ukanidan mis
trotvuds da wasCurCula... ra wasCurCula, ar vici. mis betsi mibrunda da Setortmanda. me videqi da vuqcerodi. is wavida..
_ da mas Semdeg aRar ginaxavT? _ saqmec imaSia, rom vnaxe, _ mipasuxa mister dikma da siamayiT Tavi
daiqnia. _ igi ar gamoCenila wuxandlamdis. Cven isev saseirnod gamovediT, igi isev miepara ukanidan, da me imwamsve vicani.
_ da isev SeaSina papida? _ igi akankalda, _ miTxra mister dikma. Semdeg miambo, rom SuaRamisas mTvaris Suqze davinaxe fanjaraSi,
rogor elaparakeboda papida am kacs baRis karebTan da rogor misca mas fulio. yovelive es Zalian awuxebda mister diks.
CemTan mosvla udidesi bedniereba iyo mister dikisaTvis, da mec bednieri viyavi masTan erTad. mokle xanSi igi monawileobas irebda yvela Cvens TamaSobaSi da ara erTxel uSvelia CvenTvis franis haerSi gaSveba. am dros iCenda saocar moxerxebas da siyoCaRes. am wuTebSi mister diks, rogorc Canda, aviwydeboda Carlz pirvelic _ misi tanjviT, mis betsic _ misi genialuri niWiT, da Tavisi dausrulebeli memuarebic.
_ es dRe, Cemo uri, unda davixsomoT, _ uTxra Svils misis hipma. _ Sen, rasakvirvelia, arasodes ar daiviwyeb, rom master koperfildma gagvabedniera Tavisi stumrobiT.
_ arasodes ar ar daviviwyeb, arasodes, dedilo, _ daudastura urim. _ o, neta mamaSeni moswreboda am dRes! _ SesZaxa misis hipma. _ maSin
samiveni gavixarebdiT amisTana stumriT. yvela es qaTinauri, cota ar iyos, meCoTireboda, radgan metad
gadaWarbebulad meCvena, magram mainc is azri, rom me amisTana did
misis hipi axlos mogvija, urim Cems pirdapir daidga skami. isini mTavazobdnen saukeTeso saWmels magidaze da yovel wuTs mexvewebodnen, rac SeiZleba meti meWama. saWmelma maincdamainc ar momtaca Tvali, magram vafasebdi dedisa da Svilis yuradRebas da suliT da guliT vuxdidi madlobas. maT damiwyes gamokiTxva papidis, dedis, maminacvalis Sesaxeb. rogor SeuZlia lursmans, winaaRmdegoba gauwios gazs, an norCi kbili rogor gauZlebs gamocdil kbilis eqims? urim da misis hipma amomwoves yvelaferi, rac ki esaWiroebodaT. Cemda samarcxvinod, vuambe iseTi rameebic, ris Sesaxeb winaswar Cems Tavs sityva miveci, krinti ar dameZra. es bavSvuri gulaxdiloba miT ufro suleluri iyo, rom Cemi gulubryvilobiT, Tavi warmodgenili mqonda namdvil mfarvelad am ori Cemi pativcemulis musaubrisa.
rodesac aRaraferi darCa saambobeli Cems Sesaxeb, dedam da Svilma daiwyes baasi mister vikfildze da agnesaze. es baasi, Seudarebeli xelovnebiT warmarTuli, hgavda burTis TamaSobas. urim pirvelma gadaugdo burTi Tavis dedas, misis hipma daiWira igi da ukan gadmougdo uris. mas eWira burTi xelSi ramdenime wuTis ganmavlobaSi da Semdeg isev gadaugdo misis hips. amgvarad isini isrodnen am burTs im dromdis, sanam srulebiT Tavbru ar damesxa da veRar varCevdi, vin da rogor agrZelebda am TamaSobas. TviT burTi icvleboda yovel wuTs da yovelgvar saxes iRebda. es xan mister vikfildi iyo, xan agnesa, xan mSvenieri guli mister vikfildisa, xan Cemi da agnesas nazi megobroba, xan praqtkuli muSaoba mister vikfildisa da misi yovelwliuri Semosavali, xan Cveni Sinauri cxovreba nasadilevs, xan portveini, romelsac mister vikfildi svamda, da rada svamda, ra mizeziT, da rogor sawyenia, rom svams. jadosnuri burTi iyo xan erTi, xan meore, xan mesame, xan yvelaferi da xan araferi. me wamovroSe yvelaferi, rac ki gulSi mqonda, Tumca meSinoda xmamaRla laparakisa, rom amiT Seuracxyofa ar mimeyenebina dedisa da SvilisaTvis da maTi sakvirveli TavmdablobisaTvis. araviTari eWvi ar iyo, rom isini sruli kmayofilebi iyvnen TavianTi stumriT.
im saRamos fanjridan didi gaocebiT da aRelvebiT davinaxe quCaSi mister mikoberi, xelixelgayriliri hipTan. isini daseirnobdnen qvafenilze da, rogorc Canda, Zalian saintereso baasi hqondaT. uri mdabrad Tavs ukravda da madlobas uxdida im pativiscemisaTvis, romelic mas am nacnobobiT akuTvnes; mister mikoberi didebul pozaSi idga da mzad iyo mfarveloba gaewia uri hipisaTvis, magram amiT ar gaTavebula es ambavi, rodesac meore dRes, oTx saTze, me mivedi restoranSi sadilad mister mikoberTan, man Sematyobina, rom wina saRamos stumrad iyo misis hipTan da iq punSiT gaumaspinZldnen.
_ ah, Cemo koperfild! _ miTxra mister mikoberma. _ Tqvens megobars, hips, didi niWi aqvs, da darwmunebuli var, Tavis droze mTavari veqili gamova. Tqven xom iciT, me fizionomisti var da Znelad Sevcdebi maggvar saqmeSi. me rom gamecno es ymawvili kaci im ubedur dros, rodesac saboloo krizisi moxda Cems saqmeebSi... me vxedav, rom SeiZleboda sxvanairad movqceodi Cems movaleebs.
sadili saucxoo iyo. Cven mogvarTves mSenivrad momzadebuli Tevzi, xbos Semwvari Tirkmlebi, Zexvebi, xoxobi da plum-pudingi. Rvino da Sotlandiuri ludi sakmarisi iyo. nasadilevs misis mikoberma sakuTari xeliT mogvimzada TiTo Wiqa punSi.
mister mikoberi Zalian mxiarulad iyo, jer arasodes ar menaxa igi aseT mSvenier gunebaze. saxe ubrwyinavda punSisgan, Tvalebi uelavda da Subli ise uprialebda, TiTqos laqi hqonda wasmuli. misi sityviT isa da misi meuRle mSvenivrad iyvnen mowyobilni sastumroSi, _ ise, rogorc ki SeiZleboda enatra ganaTlebul mogzaurs, da igi arasodes ar daiviwyebs im sasiamovno dros, kenterberiSi rom gaatra. Semdeg warmoiTqva Cemi sadRegrZelo. mister mikoberma moigona warsuli dro da Cveni pirveli nacnoboba yvela wvrilmaniT: rogor vSvelodi WurWlisa, wignebisa da avejis gayidvaSi.
erTi sityviT, me arasodes ar menaxa adamiani, aRsavse aseTi gulwrfeli mxiarulebiT, romelic im saRamos gamokrToda mister mikoberis saxis yvela nakvTSi. Cven gavSordiT erTmaneTs saukeTeso megobrebad, da eWvi ar mepareboda, rom bedma marTlac gauRima am keTil xalxs.
maT ver daminaxes da gadavwyvite, rom ukeTesi iyo, gverdze gamevlo da ar damerRvia maTi aRuSfoTebeli mSvidobianoba.
Sevuxvie uaxloes SesaxvevSi da saxlSi Seusvlelad wavedi doqtor strongis institutSi. didi tvirTi momeSva gulidan da mixaroda maTi wasvla, Tumca mainc Zalian miyvarda es xalxi.
Tavi meCvidmete ganvlili gza sad gahqriT, sad gafrindiT Cemi saskolo cxovrebis warsulno
dReno? araviTari kvali ar darCa Tqvengan, da iq, sadac uwin miiCqaroda
Rrma da swrafi mdinare, me vxedav mxolod viwro Reles, balaxiT dafaruls...
mainc vecdebi movigono is Soreuli xana. me ukanaskneli mowafe aRara var doqtor strongis institutSi.
ramdenime Tvis ganmavlobaSi movaxerxe bevri amxanagisTvis gameswro win, magram pirveli mowafe, vinme adamsi, jer isev exateba Cems warmodgenas, rogorc sxva jiSis uZlieresi qmnileba. agnesa tyuilad marwmunebs, rom mova dro, rodesac mec aval klasikuri sibrZnis imave safexurze. me vupasuxeb, rom es SeuZlebelia, radgan pirveli mowafe doqtor strongis institutSi didebuli geniosia da yvelafers erTi swrafi Tvalis gadavlebiT xvdeba. igi ar aris Cemi mfarveli, rogorc stirfordi, da ar iTvleba Cems megobarTa Soris, magram pativsa vcem mTeli Cemi arsebiT da maocebs misi niWi. ra gamova misgan, rodesac kursis damTavrebis Semdeg dastovebs doqtor strongis instituts? ar adgils moumzadebs mas kacobrioba? ai is kiTxebi, romlebic maintereseben, rodesac vfiqrob Cveni institutis pirvel mowafeze.
magram visi saxe gamoCnda uecrad Cemi gonebis Tvalwin? es aris mis Seperdi, romelic me miyvars.
mis Seperdi swavlobs ori dis, petingolebis pansionSi, me vaRmerTeb mis Seperds. igi jer isev bavSvia da mokle kabiT daiareba. magram me vaRmerTeb mis Seperds. mas mrgvari saxe aqvs da xuWuWi Tma, rbili, rogorc abreSumi. debi petingolebis mowafeni iqve dadian saseirnod kviraobiT, sadac Cvenc davdivarT. me Tvali ver momiSorebia mis SeperdisaTvis da Sin dabrunebisas aTasjer vimeoreb aRtacebiT: `o, mis Seperd, mSveniero mis Seperd!~
ramdenime xnis ganmavlobaSi eWvi maqvs mis seperdis grZnobebis Sesaxeb, magram, bolos, bedma Semibrala da Cven SevxvdiT erTmaneTs sacekvao skolaSi. aris Tu ara saWiro laparaki imaze, Tu visTan vcekvavdi me? vekarebi mis Seperdis xelTaTmanebs da vgrZnob, rogor mivlis mTel tanSi uneburi TrTolva. ara miTqvams-ra gansakuTrebuli, magram Cven gvesmis erTmaneTis. mis Seperdi da me vcxovrobT axla mxolod imisTvis, rom SeverTdeT ganuyreli kavSiriT, ra wamsac gamovalT saswavleblidan.
rad miveci, kacma rom mkiTxos, mis Seperds erTi duJuni braziliis kakali? kakali, yovel SemTxvevaSi, ar SeiZleba iyos Cemi siyvarulis emblema, radgan zeTis gemo aqvs da iseTi magaria, rom misi gatexva didi siZneliT SeiZleba karebsa da CarCos Sua. mainc vgrZnob, rom unda mimeca misTvis es kakali. amas garda, me mivarTvi mas erTi girvanqa saucxoo kamfeti da auarebeli forToxlebi. erTxel kidevac vakoce malulad mis Seperds, _ es moxda didi sacekvao saRamos Semdeg, derefanSi; magram ra kalami aRwers Cems aRSfoTebas, rodesac meore dRes gavrcelda xma, TiTqos debma petingolkebma kuTxeSi daayenes mis Seperdi imis gamo, rom mas wesierad ver eWira fexis wverebi romeliRac pozaSi.
didxans iyo mis Seperdi Cemi sicocxlis erTaderTi ocneba da mizani, da Rrmad viyavi darwmunebuli, rom araviTar Zalas amqveynad ar SeeZlo Cveni kavSiris darRveva. magram Cvens Soris xdeba ganxeTqileba, Tumca verc ki warmomidgenia, rogor moxda es. mis Seperdi da me sakmaod gulgrili gavxdiT erTimeorisadmi. Cems yuramde moaRwia xmam, TiTqos mis Seperds eTqvas erTxel, rom SemdegSi aRar gavbedo masze Tvalebis Stereba. male me mesmis, rom mis Seperdi garkveulad upiratesobas aZlevs mister jonss! es ki metismetia! jonsi srulebiTac ar aris riTime
SesaniSnavi biWi! kidev ramdenime dRe _ da Cvens Soris mTeli ufskruli gaixsna. erTxel, seirnobis dros, me Sevxvdi mis petingolebis mTel pansions. rodesac Cems gverdiT Caiara mis Seperdma, man tuCi amikra da Semdeg RimiliT gadaxeda Tavis amxanags. Cvens Soris yvelaferi gaTavebulia! me mzad viyavi misTvis sicocxle Semewira, iman ki!..
axla aRaravin arRvevs Cems sulier simSvides da swrafi nabijiT mivdivar win, klasikuri ganaTlebis gziT. ukve aRar vaqcev araviTar yuradRebas petingolebis pansionis ymawvil mowafe qalebs, dae, orjer an samjer metni iyvnen da yoveli maTgani silamazisa da mSvenierebis nimuSi iyos: axla me diogenis TvalsazrisiT vuyureb mTels mdedrobiT sqess. cekvis gakveTilebi saSinlad mobezrda. ratom martoni ar cekvaven es gogonebi da Tavs ar dagvanebeben? me mSvenivrad vwer laTinur leqsebs da srulebiT yuradRebas aRar vaqcev Cems tanisamoss. doqtori strongi yvelgan da yovelTvis laparakobs Cems Sesaxeb, rogorc ymawvil kacze, romelic brwyinvale imedebs iZleva. mister diki TrTis aRtacebulisagan; papida saCuqrad gineas migzavnis.
ai Cems Tvalwin isaxeba ymawvili yasbis saxe, rogorc moCveneba muzaradiani Tavisa makbetSi. vin aris es ymawvili yasabi? mTeli kenterberis biWebis SiSisa da Tavzaris damcemi. Cvens Soris dadis xma, TiTqos xaris qoni, romelsac igi Tmaze isvams, mas aniWebs araCveulebriv Zalas da amis gamo, vaJkacebTanac ki SeuZlia Widaoba. ymawvil yasabs ganieri saxe aqvs, sqeli da mokle kiseri, wiTeli loyebi da sazizRari ena, misi mTavari saqmea _ damcireba da gabiabrueba doqtor strongis axalgazrda mowafeebisa. sajarod acxadebs, rom institutis mowafeebs didxans exsomebaT igi, zogierT Cvengans, da mec maT Soris, igi asaxelebs da iqadis, rom galaxavs yvelas. im SemTxvevaSic ki, Tundac erTi xeli zurgze eqnes gakruli. misTvis erTi xelic sakmarisia, _ marjvena iqneba igi Tu marcxena, sul erTia. igi usafrTeba patara mowafeebs da TmebiT aTrevs. araerTxel gamiwvia sabrZolvelad quCaSi.
yvela esa da mravali sxva, erTad aRebuli mizezi, maiZuleben gamovide saWidaod ymawvil yasabTan.
dro _ zafxulis saRamo; asparezi _ mwvane kordi kedels ukan; moqmedni pirni _ me da ymawvili yasabi. Tan maxlavs institutis ramdenime mowafe; yasabis mowmeni arian _ duqnis biWi da milebis mwmendavis qargali. brZolis pirobebi winaswarve gamorkveulia. me da yasabi erTimeoris pirdapir vdgavarT. erTi wuTi da yasabma ise miTaqa, rom aTi aTasi sanTlis naperwkali gadmomcvivda marcxena Tvalidan. kidev erTi wuTi _ da aRarc vici, sad aris aq kedeli, sada var me, sad Cemi amxanagebi. Zlivs varCev, romeli var me da romeli _ yasabi. Cven vutrialebT, vuvliT erTmaneTs da gamwarebiT vibrZviT mwvane balaxze. xandaxan vxedav yasabs nacems, dasisxlianebuls, magram mxneobiT aRsavses; xandaxan arafers vxedav, vzivar Cemi sekundantis muxlebze da suls Zlivs viTqvam. magram uecrad isev gamovdivar asparezze da mlavebdakapiwebuli, gaSmagebuli vebrZvi Cems mowinaaRmdeges, romelic mainc kldesaviT magaria. bolos, gonebas vkargav da vecemi mwvane balaxze; me xelSi miyvanen da Tvals vaxel, rogorc mZime Zilis Semdeg. yasabi qurTuks icvams da saxlSi wasvlas apirebs. duqnis biWi da milebis mwmendavi esalmebian amxanags da gamarjvebis yiJiniT avseben haers. aqedan vaskvni, rom gamarjveba yasabis mxarezea.
me saxlSi var, Cems oTaxSi, sabralo mdgomareobaSi. Tvalebze um xorcs madeben. mkerdsa da saxeze aryisa da Zmris tiloebi madevs; zeda
tuCze uSvelebeli TeTri buSti mazis. sami Tu oTxi dRis ganmavlobaSi Cems oTaxSi vzivar dasaxiCrebuli, sazareli sanaxavi var; gasiebuli loyebi, wiTel-yviTeli rgolebi Tvalebis garSemo namdvil maxinjad mxdian, Zalian moviwyendi, agnesa rom ar iyos, romelic dis magivrobas miwevs. igi mivlis, TanamigrZnobs, swuxs CemTan erTad, xmamaRla mikiTxavs. amgvarad, dro male mirbis. me bednieri var agnesas sazogadoebaSi. arasdes da arafers ar vumalav agnesas. ambavi yasabisa da cxare brZolisa mwvane kordze man dawvrilebiT icis. agnesa meTanxmeba, rom marTlac yovlad SeuZlebeli iyo uaris Tqma brZolaze, magram guli uskdeba da TrTis, rodesac warmoidgens, rom me gavbede amisTana saSineli gmirobis Cadeba.
Tveebi da wlebi mihqrian. pirveli mowafe institutSi ukve adamsi aRar aris. didi xania, rac man daasrula kursi. rodesac mister adamsi modis sadarbazod doqtor strongTan, bevrni veRara scnoben mas, Cems garda. adamsi iuridiul saqmeebs swiravs Tavs; misi mizania veqiloba da parikis tareba. gakvirvebuli var, rom mister adamsi wynari, moridebuli ymawvili kacia da araferi gansakuTrebuli ar aris mis pirovnebaSi. aqamdis mas ar mouxdenia raime TvalsaCino gavlena msoflios saqmeebze. es Zalian, Zalian makvirvebs.
axla me var pirveli mowafe doqtor strongis institutSi. ra araraobas warmoadgenen is biWebi, umcros klasSi rom sxedan ukana skamebze! magram me ara var amayi da Tavbru ar mexveva am, CemTvis winaT miuwvdomel simaRleze dgomiT, gulwrfel monawileobas viReb patara mowafeebis bedSi da yoveli axali mowafe magonebs im bavSvs, romelic odesRac TviTon viyavi am skolaSi Semosvlisas! o, ra didi xania mas aqeT!.. patara koperfildi warmodgenili myavs, rogorc srulebiT gansakuTrebuli arseba, romelic me arafriT ar mgavs. marTla ki viyavi rodisme patara? ara, me davtove patara koperfildi Cems ukan, coxvrebis Saragzaze, Cacuare gverdiT da axla vigoneb mas, rogorc erT im axal mowafeTagans, romelTac araferi aqvT saerTo doqtor strongis institutis pirvel mowafesTan.
is patara gogona raRa iqna, romelic damxvda mister vikfildis saxlSi, pirvelad rom movedi? is aRar aris! mister vikfildis saxlSi axla diasaxlisobs im portretis originali, romelic sastumro oTaxSi buxris Tavze hkidia, da aRaraferi bavSvuri aRar aris mis saxeSi. agnesa, Cemi Zvirfasi da, rogorc vuwodeb mas Cems ocnebaSi, Cemi nugeSismcemeli, mrCeveli, megobari, mudam Tavgamodebuli, agnesa _ dasrulebuli qalia.
maS ase, me gavizarde, davvaJkacdi, SeviZine klasikuri ganaTleba. xom ar aris-ra CemSi kidev rame cvlileba? rogor ara! axla me vatareb oqros saaTs ZewkviT, oqros beWeds marcxena nekze, ganiersa da grZelkalTebian fraks da, amas garda, daTvis qons visvam Tmaze. yovelive es, erTad aRebuli, beWedTan erTad, arafer sikeTes ar moaswavebs. nuTu isev Seyvarebuli var? diax, me vaRmerTeb ufros mis larkinss.
ufrosi mis larkinsi ukve bavSvi aRar aris. sruliadac ara! igi maRalia, tanwerweti, Savgvremani, SavTvalwarba, maSasadame _ mSvenieri. mas ar SeiZleba ewodos norCi, radgan misi umcrosi dac ki gamovida am asakidan da igi sami Tu oTxi wliT mainc aris umcrosi Cemi grZnobis saganze. ufrosi mis larkisi, Cemi azriT, erTi ocdaaTi wlisa mainc aris da Cemi siyvaruli misdami aRemateba yovelive aRweras.
ufrosi mis larkisi bevr oficers icnobs am qalaqSi. es saSinelebaa da yovlad autaneli. xSirad vxedav, rogor elaparakeba igi oficrebs. isini gangeb gaCerdebian xolme an gzas gadmodian, rodesac qvafenilze
Tvals mohkraven ufrosi mis larkisis quds, romlis gverdiTac Cans meore qudi _ misi umcrosi disa. unda SevniSno, rom ufros mis larkiss mSvenieri gemovneba aqvs da yovelTvis saucxoo qudebi hxuravs. igi uRimis oficrebs, Zalian mxiarulad elaparakeba maT, da yvelafridan Cans, rom oficrebis sazogadoeba gansakuTrebiT moswons mis larkiss. Cemi Tavisufali drois umetes nawils axla qalaqSi seirnobas vandomeb da vcdiob, winaswarve gamovarkvio, sad ufro mosalodnelia mis larkinsis Sexvedra. mTeli dRis ganmavlobaSi bednieri var, Tu erTxel mainc momeca saSualeba mas Tavi davukra; es ar aris Cemis mxriv Tavxedoba, radgan bedniereba maqvs vicnobde mis larkisis mamas. drogamoSvebiT isic gamabednierebs xolme Tavis dakvriT. ai, daniSnulia didi sacekvao saRamo da vici, rom mis larkinsi oficrebTan icekvebs. ra wamebi Seedreba im sulier tanjvas, romelsac gavicdi am saRamos win?
grZnoba mikargavs madas da maiZulebs vataro axali abreSumis yelsaxvevebi. Cemi erTaderTi nugeSia axla sarkis win morTva Cems saukeTeso tanisamosSi; Ceqmebs viwmend diliT, SuadRisas da saRamos, Zilis win. morTuls da davarcxnils, gansakuTrebuli fasi medeba Cems TvalSi da meZleva imedi, davisaxuro mis larkinsis TanagrZnoba. yvelaferi, rac ki mas ekuTvnis an raime damokidebuleba aqvs masTan, Zvirfasia CemTvis.
rogora mwyins, rom aseTi axalgazrda var! tyuilad viTvli Cems wlovanebas xan ase, xan ise, mainc gamodis, rom mxolod Cvidmeti wlisa var da, maSasadame, SesaZleblobis TeoriiT, am asakSi ar vvargivar mis larkinsis meuRled. ra vuyoT mere! mova dro, _ da Zalian malec, _ rodesac ocdaerTi wlisa Sevsruldebi. am mosazrebiT me yovel saRamos davseirnob mister larkinsis saxlis win, Tumca guli mtkivneulad mewureba da sevdisgan mikvdeba, rodesac aq oficrebs vxedav am mesmis maTi xmebi sastumro oTaxSi, sadac ufrosi mis larkinsi arfaze ukravs. stumrebi wavidnen, sanTebi Caqra, mTels ojaxs sZinavs, me ki isev davdivar saxlis win da vcdilob, mivxvde, romel oTaxSi sZinavs ufros mis larkinss. xom SeiZleba, rom am saxls uecrad cercxli waekidos? xanZris ali metad da metad mZvinvarebs, auarebeli xalxi morbis da gaStrebuli ucqeris, rogor anadgurebs yvelafers abobqrebuli stiqioni. yvelani panikuri SiSiT arian gaqvavebulni. am dros gabedulad vadgam kibes sawoli oTaxis fanjaras, sadac wevs Cemi gulwasuli satrfo, vixuteb mas gulSi da sifrTxiliT veSvebi Cemi tvirTiT miwaze. mere isev imave kibiT avdivar misi nivTebis gadasarcenad da gmiruli sikvdiliT viRupebi alSi! rogorc hxedavs mkiTxveli, jer kidev SemeZlo maSin uangaro siyvaruli, Cemi natvra iyo, riTime mesaxelebina Tavi ufrosi mis larkinsis winaSe da Semdeg _ momkvdaryavi mis ferxTiT.
magram yovelTvis ara var aseTi uangaro. ai, am dReebSi larkinsebi did sacekvao saRamos marTaven, rac me ukve sami kviris win vicodi. mSvenieri Cveneba ireva Cems ocnebaSi. ori saaTiT adre vilamazeb Tavs sarkis win da ocneba mimafrens fantaziis samefoSi. warmodgenili maqvs, rom am saRamos vikreb mTels vaJkacobas da siyvaruls vucxadeb ufros mis larkinss. igi aenTeba gakvirvebisagan, mxarze momayrdnobs Tavs da metyvis:
_ o, mister koperfild! nuTu es marTalia? yvelaferi gaTavda. meore dilas, jer isev loginSi var, rodesac
modis mister larkinsi da meubneba:
_ Zvirfaso koperfild! Cemma qalma yvelaferi miambo. siymawvile ar aris dabrkolebs, me Tanaxma var. ai oci aTasi girvanqa sterlingi, _ bednieri iyaviT.
papida jer mijavrdeba aseTi uecari gadawyvetilebisaTvis, magram Semdeg isic molbeba da dalocavs Cvens kavSirs. mister diki da doqtori strongi eswrebian qorwils. me grZnobiT aRsavse, magram moridebuli var (ese igi, aseTi viyavi im Soreul xanaSi); miuxedavad amisa, mTeli es Tavxeduri ocneba Tavbrus maxvevs da guls sixaruliT mivsebs.
bali gaCaRebulia. musika, yvavilebi, epoletebi, da amaT Soris _ ufrosi mis larkinsi, romelic yvelas Crdilavs Tavisi brwyinvale silamaziT. igi cisfer kabaSia gamowyobili da Tavze cisferi yvavili ukeTia. misi mSvenierebis daviwyeba yovlad SeuZlebelia!
Cems sicocxleSi pirvelad var amgvar dids saRamoze, ufrosebs Soris, da Tavs Zalian uxerxulad vgrZnob. me aq ar vekuTvni arc erT wres da, rogorca Cans, aravis surs momaqcios raime yuradReba. mxolod mister larkinsi miaxlovdeba da mekiTxeba: ra aris axali Cvens institutSi da rogor arian Cemi amxanagebi. ucnauri kiTxvebia! nuTu imisTvis momiwvies, rom Seuracxyofa momayenon! ramdenime xnis ganmavlobaSi uZravad vdgavar kedelTan da Cemi Tvalebi mouSorebliv mimarTulia Cemi gulis mbrZanebelze. bolos, _ o, sixarulo! _ me SemniSna mis larkinsma, TviTon man, ufrosma mis larkinsma!
_ Tqven cekvavT? _ mekiTxeba mis larkinsi, momxiblavi RimiliT. _ TqvenTan, Tu nebas miboZebT, _ vupasuxe mdabali tavis dakvriT. _ da sxva aravisTan? _ me ar minda sxvebTan cekva. mis larkisi iRimeba da wiTldeba, ese igi, me momeCvena, rom igi
gawiTlda. _ Zalian kargi, _ meubneba mis larkinsi, _ didi siamovnebiT, mzad var
vicekvo TqvenTan, oRond kadrilis Semdeg: axla me ukve angaJirebuli var. me vTvli wamebs, da bolos, sanatreli wuTi dadga. daukres valsi.
vuaxlovdebi mis larkinss. _ gana Tqven cekvavT valss? _ mekiTxeba eWviT mis larkinsi. _ Tu ara
cekvavT, kapitani beili... magram me vcekvav valss da SemiZlia vTqva, rom urigod ar vcekvav. me
xelsa vkideb mis larkinss da amayad mimyavs igi kapitani beilis win. igi, rasakvirvelia, cofebsa yris sibraziT, magram me ar menaRvleba. me xelsa vxvev ufrosi mis larkinsis wels da Cven vtrialebT... sad, rogor, ra sagnebs Sua, didxans Tu mcire xans, _ araferi ar vici, da meCveneba, TiTqos davcurav dausrulebel sivrceSi, mivfrinav varskvlavTa sferoSi, burusSi gaxveuli, moxibluli, mojadoebuli, dabrmavebuli cisferi feriis mSvenierebiT. magram, ai, Cven martoni varT patara oTaxSi da sofaze vsxedvarT. mis larkinsi aRtacebaSi modis yvavilisagan, romelic Cemi frakis kiloSi mikeTia, _ es iyo pirisferi iaponuri kamelia, romelSic naxevari krona miveci. sixaruliT vTavazob am yvavils da veubnebi:
_ samagierod, me vTxoulob fasdaudebel jildos, mis larkins. _ mainc ras? _ yvavils Tqveni Taigulidan. me gavufrTxildebi mas, rogorc Zunwi _
igi mawvdis yvavils, ase meCveneba _ keTilganwyobilebis RimiliT. me mimaqvs igi jer tuCebTan da Semdeg Cems gulTan. mis larkinsi Zalian mxiarulad icinis, miwvdis xels da meubneba:
_ aba, axla ki wamiyvaneT kapitan beiltan. me jer gons ver movsulvar netarebisagan, valsisa da gamartoebuli
laparakis gamo, rodesac mis larkinsi isev miaxlovdeba da Tan mohyavs xnieri, srulebiT umniSvnelo jentlmeni, romelic mTeli am saRamos ganmavlobaSi qaRalds TamaSobda.
_ ai es, Cemi gabeduli megobari, _ ambobs mis larkinsi. mister Cestls Tqveni gacnoba surs, mister koperfild.
didad moxaruli var, radgan vxvdebi, rom es xanSiSesuli jentlmeni mis larkinsis ojaxis Zveli megobaria.
Cemi bavSvobis gamocdileba da dakvirvebani arafrad gamomadga da vucqerodi sicocxles, rogorc jadosnul zRapars, romlis wakiTxvac, me rogorc fantastikuri qveynis gmirs, momixdeboda gatacebiTa da aRtacebiT.
papidam da me saerTo TaTbirze didxans vimsjeleT imis Sesaxeb, Tu ragvar cxovrebas Sevdgomodi skolis damTavrebis Semdeg. TiTqmis ori wlis ganmavlobaSi vcdilobdi, mepasuxa Cemi TavisTvis mTavar sakiTxze: ra dargisken ufro mimiwvs guli gansakuTrebiT? magram ramdenic ar vimtvrie Tavi, bolos yovelTvis gamodioda, rom CemSi ar iyo raime gadaWrili midrekileba romelime garkveuli mecnierebisaken.
mister diki, rogorc Cemi meTvalyure da mzrunveli, aucileblad eswreboda yvela am TaTbirs.
_ ici ra, trot? _ miTxra papidam erTxel diliT, uqmeebSi rodesac ukve gamovedi institutidan. _ amdeni xania vlaparakobT am sakiTxze da mainc verc erTi nabijiT ver wavwieT win. me mgonia, urigo ar iqneba, Tu cotas moviTmenT da davicdiT. Sen ki, am xnis ganmavlobaSi, ecdebi, axali TvalsazrisiT Sexedo qveyanas, ara rogorc mowafem. ymawvili kacisTvis meti ar aris xalxis gacnoba da amave dros Tavis mdgomareobaSi garkveva, gesmis?
_ mesmi, papida. _ me azrad momivida, trot, rom patara mogzauroba Zalian
sasargeblo iqneboda SenTvis. Tanaxma xar? _ savsebiT Tanaxma var, papida. _ vTqvaT, pirvelad Tu moisurvebdi gaseirnebas Zveli adgilebisaken,
iq, sadac cxovrobs is dedakaci, umsgavsi saxeliT, _ ra hqvia? _ ikiTxa papidam da cxviri moifxana.
unda SevniSno, rom papidam ver apatia pegotis misi umsgavsi saxeli. _ o, amaze ukeTess Tqven verafers moifiqrebdiT, papida! _ wamiviZaxe
me aRtacebiT. _ Zalian kargi! didi xania vfiqrob magaze. jer azrad mqonda, rom
mogzaurobaSi SenTvis aucilebelia mister dikis Tanxleba, magram rodesac kargad movisazre, gadavwyvite, rom mister diki saxlSi unda darCes da me momiaros.
mister dikma erTi wuTiT moiwyina da Tavi Cahkida, magram mas isev gaubrwyinda saxe, rodesac gaigo, rom unda gaufrTxildes da daicvas yvelaze saocari qali dedamiwis zurgze.
yvela Tavisi gegma da survili papidas saocari siswrafiT mohyavda sisruleSi. axlac, rogorc ki gaTavda Cveni winaswari molaparakeba, Cemi Cemodani dauyovnebliv moamzades samgzavrod, da me miviRe papidasagan oqroebiT magrad gatenili qisa. gamomSvidobebisas papidam damajildova keTili rCeviT da unazesi kocniT. erTxel kidev gaimeora, rom Cemi mogzaurobis mizani mxolod qveynis gacnobaa da Cemi mdgomareobis awon-
dawonva. amitom papida mirCevda ramdenime dRe gametarebina londonSi, sufoklidan dabrunebisas, an, Tu msurs, sufoklSi wasvlis win. misi angariSiT Cemi mgzavroba unda gagrZelebuiyo sami kvira an erTi Tve. mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi sruli Tavisufleba meZleoda, mxolod im pirobiT, rom wesierad, kviraSi samjer werili mimewera papidasaTvis.
me, upirveles yovlisa, wavedi kenterberiSi, rom sabolood gamovTxovebodi agnesas, mister vikfilds da institutis pativcemul direqtors. agnesas Zalian gauxarda Cemi naxva da miTxra, rom Cemi wasvlis Semdeg maTi saxli aRar hgavs winandels.
_ miT umetes, me aRar vgavar Cems Tavs, agnesa, TqvenTan ganSorebis Semdeg, _ vuTxari me. _ uTqvenod, agnesa, TiTqos marjvena xeli maklia. metsac vityvi: uTqvenod Zlivs mesmis, rom Tavi Tanze mebas. Tqveni rCeva Zvirfasia yvelasTvis, vinc ki erTxel gagicnoT, agnesa!
_ me ki mgonia, rom yvela Cemma nacnobma piri Sekra Cems gasanebivreblad da gazviadebul qaTinaurebs meubnebian, radgan isini srulebiT ar damimsaxurebia, _ mipasuxa agnesam RimiliT.
uecrad agnesac momapyro Sewuxebuli Tvalebi da miTxra aRelvebulixmiT:
_ trotvud, me unda gkiTxo rame erT saqmeze, romlis Sesaxeb, iqneb, SemdegSi veRar movaxerxo laparaki. xom ar SegimCneviaT, es ramdenime xania, raime cvlileba mamaSi?
didi xania, rac SevniSne es cvlileba da xSirad mikvirda, rogor ar amCnevda amas agnesa.
es gakvirveba, rogorca Cans, axlac gamoixata Cems saxeze, imitom rom agnesam daxara Tvalebi da mis wamwamebze cremlebi SevniSne.
_ amixseniT, raSia saqme? _ miTxra odnav gasagoni xmiT. _ me mgonia, agnesa, masSi TandaTan daimkvidra im ubedurma Cvevam,
romelic advilad SevniSne Tqvens saxlSi SemosvlisTanave; da es Cveuleba sikeTes ar moutans mister vikfilds. igi xSirad aRelvebuli aris xolme da... Tumca, SeiZleba, vcdebode...
_ xelebi ukankalebda, ena srulebiT ar emorCileba da sul ubralo sityvac ver gamouTqvams, Tvalebi uelavs raRac araCveulebrivi cecxliT, da SevniSne, rom swored am ubedur wuTebSi masTan aucileblad modian raime saqmis gamo.
_ modis uri, _ miTxra agnesam. _ diax, advili SesaZlebelia, rom im dros igi srulebiT moklebulia
saqmis Cakvirvebis unars; yovel SemTxvevaSi, mas swyins, rom ucxo xalxi xedavs mas amgvar mdgomareobaSi. amis gamo meore dRes ufro cudad grZnobs Tavs, mesame dRes _ ufro uaresad, da TandaTan ecema suliT, daRvremili da moRuSuli xdeba.
me jer ar damemTavrebina laparaki, rom ymawvili qali mivarda karebs mamis misagebeblad da yelze moexvia mas.
diliT sabolood unda gamovTxovebodi Zvel saxls, romelic amdeni wlis ganmavlobaSi iyo ganaTebuli CemTvis agnesas keTili ganwyobilebiT. gulsevdianma daviwye Calageba Cemi tanisamosisa da im Zveli wignebisa, romelic Cemi wasvlis Semdeg unda gaegzavnaT duvrSi, papidasTan. Cemi sevda SeniSna uri hipmac ki, romelic Calagebas mSveloda. igi iseTi gulmodginebiT faTurobda Cems garSemo, rom uneburad TavSi momivida azri _ uri hips Zalian undoda Cemi aqedan wasvla.
bolos, gamoveTxove agnesas da mis mamas da am SemTxvevaSi srulebiT movaxerxe gamomeCina is sulis simtkice da xasiaTis Zliereba, romelic, Cemis azriT, umTavresi Tviseba unda yofiliyo vaJkacisa. me gavemarTe fostis kantoraSi da davjeqi londonis diliJansis imperialze.
roca diliJansi daiZra adgilidan da qalaqgareT gavida, Cemi pirveli sazrunavi iyo _ mimeRo srulwlovani, darbaiseli jenltmenis Sexeduleba, da am mizniT gadavwyvite, usaTuod boxi xmiT melaparaka. es Zalian Zneli iyo CemTvis, magram davarwmune Cemi Tavi, rom boxi xma Seadgens yvela dinji jentlmenis aucilebel kuTvnilebas. meetlem pirvelma damiwyo laparaki.
welSi gavimarTe da vupasuxe: _ ar vici, viliams, vinadireb Tu ara, es jer gadawyvetili ar maqvs. _ frinvelebi, amboben, Zalian frTxilebi arian axla, _ SeniSna
saxelis dacva; amitom Tavi davuqnie Tanxmobis niSnad da vagrZnobine, rom sufoklis pudingebs samarTlianad aqvT damsaxurebuli Tavisi kargi saxeli.
Cven gavCerdiT CernikosTan, `oqros irmis~ sastumroSi. sastumros msaxurma Semiyvana saerTo darbazSi; moaxle qalma miCvena Cemi patara sawoli oTaxi, gajRenTili Tavlis suniT, viwro da SexuTuli samaresaviT. arc aq, arc qalaqSi aravin mcemda saTanado pativs da vxedavdi, rom yvelani isev bavSvad mTvlidnen. sastumros moaxle qali araviTar yuradRebas ar aqcevda Cems sityvebs, laqia ki ise familarulad meqceoda, rom ramdenime megobruli rCevac ki momca.
nasadilevs karg gunebaze davdeqi da gadavwvite TeatrSi wasvla. Cemi arCevani koventgartenis Teatrze SeCerda. TamaSobdnen `iulius keisars~. udidesi siamovnebiT da aRtacebiT vucqerodi keTilSobil romaelebs, romelTac xorci Seisxes Cems Tvalwin. sul axlaxan ar iyo, rom isini mawvalebdnen institutis auditoriiis kedlebSi? axla gahqra maTi Cveulebrivi simkacre da isini aRsdgnen samaridan erTaderTi mizniT, _ esTetikuri aRtaceba gamoewviaT yofili mowafis gulSi. warmodgena Tormet saaTze gaTavda. rodesac Teatridan bnel, wvimian quCaSi gavedi, momeCvena, TiTqos uecrad Rrublebidan daveSvi WuWyian da Jriamulian qveyanaSi, sadac cxovroben sabralo arsebani, romelTac uweriaT mudam aWyapunon talaxSi kaloSebi da umsgavsi qolebiT SeebrZolon kokispiruli wvimis msxvil wveTebs.
meqanikurad gavwie sastumrosaken. aq, saerTo darbazSi vaxSmis dros, siamovnebiT vigonebdi yvela im mSvenierebas, romelic vnaxe da gavige koventgartenis TearSi.
SevniSne, rom saerTo darbazSi Semivida mSvenieri ymawvili kaci, ukanasknel modaze da didi gemovnebiT Cacmuli, Tumca mTel mis tanisamosSi gamosWvioda garkveuli uzrunveloba, rac, rogorc viciT, gansakuTrebul elfers aZlevs koxtaobas. igi Cems Soriaxlos dajda, magram yuradReba ar mimiqcevia.
rodesac wamovdeqi oTaxSi wasasvlelad da gverdze Cavuare am ucnobs, uneburad Sevxede saxeSi, _ Sevxede daadgilze gavSeSdi.
_ stirford! nuTu Sen gxedav? man Semomxeda, magram SevamCnie, rom ver micno. _ dagaviwydiT, mister stirfodr! _ vuTxari wyeniT. _ ah! es vin aris! _ SesZaxa man gaocebiT. _ nuTu es patara
koperfildia? rogor gaCndi aq? _ me mxolod dRes Camovedi aq kenterberis diliJansiT. im mxares
cxovrobs papidaCemi, iman Semifara. davamTavre kursi erT-erT insitutSi. Sen rogora xar, stirford?
_ me didi xania, rac pansioni davamTavre da axla, rogorc xedav, oqsfordSi var, universitetSi. iq mawvaleben semestridan semestramde, periodulad... ai, axla Svebuleba aviRe da dedasTan mivdivar. deda aq axlos cxovrobs, qalaqgareT; magram iseTi saZageli gzebia da saxlSi kidev iseTi saSineli mowyeniloba, rom gadavwyvite, am sastumroSi gavaTio Rame.
_ mere, ra eSmakma mogafiqrebinaT misi mowyoba am soroSi? _ gvapatieT, ser... Cven ar vicodiT... ver mivxvdiT, rom mister
koperfilds esaWiroeboda wesieri oTaxi. Tu gvibrZanebT, axlave gadavitanT mis bargs samocdameTormete nomerSi; es swored Tqvens gverdiT iqneba, ser, _ gnebavT?
_ rasakvirvelia, mnebavs, _ pasuxa stirfordma. _ axlave gadaitaneT. Cemi axali sawoli oTaxi, sufTa da mSvenieri, arafriT ar hgavda
uwindel WuWyian soros. oTaxis SuagulSi mSvenieri farTo logini idga, romelzedac, gaWirvebisas, Tavisuflad daeteoda xuTi an eqvsi adamiani. CaviZire baliSebSi da male Rrmasa da tkbil Zils miveci Tavi.
Tavi mecxramete stirfordis saxli _ dawvrilebiT unda gavigo, ras akeTeb, sad midixar, _ gavigo
yvelaferi, rac ki Sen Segexeba. ise mgonia, TiTqos me mekuTvni mTlianad, ganuyofelad da ucvlelad, _ miTxra stirfordma meore diliT, Tavis oTaxSi, sauzmis dros.
gaxarebulma am uecari aRmoCeniT, rom Cemi Zveli megobari ase gulmxurvaled mekideboda, vuambe yvelaferi da bolos isic vuTxari, rogor moigona papidam CemTvis es mgzavroba.
_ aqedan Cans, _ daaskvna stirfordma, _ rom Sen saSuri ara gWirs-ra, amitom Sen wamoxval CemTan haigetSi da mestumrebi ori-sami dRiT.
pirveli saqme sauzmis Semdeg is iyo, rom gavedi Cems oTaxSi da werili mivwere papidas: avuwere mas srulebiT moulodneli Sexvedra Zveli amxanagisa da megobrisa, romelTanac ori-sami dRiT stumrad mivdiodi.
Semdeg CavsxediT etlSi da wavediT londonis SesaniSnavi adgilebis dasaTvaliereblad. Cven vnaxeT panorama, samxece, viyaviT muxeumSi. gamaoca, rom yvelgan yvela sagnis Sesaxeb, stirfordi iCenda sakvirvel codnas, romelsac igi srulebiT ar afasebda, rogorc Canda.
ukve bindi iyo, rodesac Cveni etli gaCerda haigetSi, Zveli qvis Senobis karebTan, romelic maRali borcvis Tavze idga. Cven mogvegeba xaSiSesuli, Tumca arc ise moxucebuli ledi, amayi SexedulebiT da mSvenieri saxliT. mas `sayvareli jemsi~ uwoda stirfords da gulSi Caikra. es iyo misi deda, romelsac stirfordma Cemi Tavi gaacno, rogorc Tavisi saukeTeso megobari. misis stirfordi momesalma alersianad, magram RirsebiT.
Sevedi sasadiloSi. iq, diasaxlisis garda, damxvda meore ledi, Savgvremani, patara tanisa, srulebiT aramimzidveli saxisa. kupriviT Cavi Tma hqonda da savi Tvalebi saocari cecxliT enTo. igi Zalian wvrili iyo, da SeniSne Wrilobis niSani, romelic iwyeboda zeda tuCTan da nikapamde Cadioda. Wriloba Sexorceboda, magram kvali aCnda da daemaxinjebina zeda tuCi. im daskvnamde mivedi, rom es qali ukve gadacilebulia ocdaaT wels da gaTxoveba unda-meTqi. igi hgavda saxls, romelic ramdenime wlis ganmavlobaSi gasaqiraveblad aris, magram yovlad uSedegod.
igi gamacnes rogorc mis dartli, Tumca stirfordi da misi deda mis rozas eZaxnen. gavige, rom mis dartli ukve didi xania, rac am saxlSi cxovrobs, rogorc misis stirfodis kompanioni. yvelaze TvalsaCino mis dartlis moqmebaSi is iyo, rom arasodes ar mogmarTavdaT pirdapir; cdilobda gadakvriT gamoeTqva Tavisi azri da pasuxis magivrad yovelTvis kiTxvas iZleoda.
misis stirfordma mkiTxva, rad mivdiodi sufoklSi, vupasuxe, rom mivdivar Cemi moxuci gadiasi da mister pegotis ojaxobis sanaxavad.
_ rogori bednieri viqnebodi, stirford, Senc rom wamosuliyavi CemTan erTad! _ ganvagrZe me da Cems megobars mivmarTe. _ Sen nawilobrivad ukve icnob am ojaxs. gaxsovs is menave, pansionSi rom movida CemTan? maSin saCuqrad zRvis kiboebi momitana.
_ maS, ai, raSi yofila saqme! _ SesZaxa mis dartlma. _ nuTu marTla? _ ra marTla? _ hkiTxa stirfordma. _ xalxis es jiSi, ser, rogorc Tqven brZaneT! maS isini marTlac
ekuTvnian adamianTa gansxvavebul jiSs da ara aqvT ra saerTo CvenTan? es marTlac saintereso unda iyos!
_ tyuilad gikvirT, mis roza, iseTi frazebi, romelSiac ar aris araviTari dafaruli azri, _ uTxra stirfordma wynarad. _ Cven marTlac Zalian cota ram gvaqvs saerTo am xalxTan. daviwyoT Tundac iqidan, rom grZnobiereba maTSi gacilebiT ufro naklebad aris ganviTarebuli, vidre CvenSi. isini saocari simZimiT iTviseben raime STabeWdilebas da Znelia maTi delikatobis Seuracxyofa.
_ nuTu marTla? ras brZanebT! ra brZnulad aris yovelive es mowyobili! _ upasuxa mis dartlma. _ Tqven manugeSeT da damamSvideT, mister stirford. sasiamovnoa Tqvenis piriT darwmundes adamiani, rom es xalxi ugrZnobelia Tavis tanjvaSi. xSirad moxdeboda xolme, rom Zalian mebraleboda xalxis es jiSi; magram axla, Tqveni wyalobiT, srulebiT aRar vfiqrob am xalxze. rac ar vicodi uwin, axla igi CemTvis mzesaviT naTelia. swori mogaxsenoT, gacilebiT ufro xelsayrelia kiTxva, vidre pasuxis gacema... ase ar aris?
megona, rom stirfordi xumrobiT laparakobda yovelive amas, erTaderTi mizniT, rom gaebrazebina mis dartli, da velodi, rom misi oTaxidan gasvlis Semdeg amixsnida Tavis azrs. magram es ar moxda. rodesac nasadilevs orive ledi gavida Tav-Tavis oTaxsSi da Cven martoni davrCiT buxarTan, stirfordma mkiTxa mxolod, ra azris xar Cemi dedis kompanionis Sesaxebo.
_ rogori sakvirveli Wrilobis niSani aqvs tuCze, _ vuTxari me. stirfords saxe moeRrubla da erTi wuTiT Cafiqrda. _ es niSani, koperfild, _ miTxra man, _ Cemi xelis namoqmedaria. _ ra saSineli gaufrTxilebloblobaa! _ ara, es gaufrTxileblobiT ar momxdara. rodesac jer kidev bavSvi
viyavi, mis dartlma erTxel moTminebidan gamomiyvana da mas CaquCi vesrole.
Zalian mewyina, rom am sagans Sevexe, magram rac moxda, moxda. naTqvam sityvas ukan ver daibruneb.
_ im droidan, _ ganagrZo stirfordma, _ igi atarebs am niSans Tavis saxeze da, rasakvirvelia, atarebs mas waruSlelad, samaremde... Tuki eRirsa samareSi mosveneba. igi Svilia mamaCemis biZaSvilisa da aRzrdilia udedod. dedamisi gardaicvala misi dabadebis Semdeg sul male. rodesac misi mamac gardaicvala da mTlad oblad darCa, dedam, romelic swored
im dros daqvrivda, aiyvana igi kompanionad. mSoblebma dautoves mas memkvidreoba, ori aTasi girvanqa. es fuli bankSi Seitana da arasodes ar iRebs sargebels, ise rom misi Tanxa swrafad izrdeba. ai mTeli biografia mis roza dartlisa.
xvedri ar aris debis siyvaruli, da zogjer iseTi debic arian rom... Tumca, ai, Cven win mSvenieri Rvinoa, davlioT Seni sadRegrZelo da Semdeg vnaxoT, ra gamova aqedan.
Wmunvis Rrubeli erT wamSi moSorda mis saxes. es sadRegrZelo mxiaruli kiloTi iyo warmoTqmuli, da am wuTidan stirfordi isev Cveulebrivi iyo.
srulebiT ar mikvirda, rom misis stirfords ase uzomod uyvarda Tavisi vaJi. igi mudam Tavis Svilze laparakobda da, rogor Canda, mxolod masze fiqrobda. misis stirfordma maCvena medalioni Tavisi vaJis suraTiT, rodesac igi bavSvi iyo, amave medalionSi iyo misi siyrmis Tmebi; Semdeg maCvena meore suraTi, gadaRebuli im dros, rodesac pirvelad Sevxvdi mas; bolos gavige, rom misi stirfordi gulTan atarebda Svilis suraTs, misi axlandeli saxiT.
Svilisagan miRebuli yvela werils igi inaxavda mSvenier yuTSi, romelic mudam mis gverdiT idga. igi sixaruliT wamikiTxavda am werilebs, Svili rom win ar aRdgomoda mis survils.
_ jemsma miTxra, mister koperfild, rom Tqven misi uaxloesi megobari xarT da rom guSin, masTan Sexvedris dros, Tqven sixarulis cremlebic ki daRvareT. ar minda viTvalTmaqco da pirdapir getyviT. rom amgvari grZnobebi, romelsac Cemi Svili sxvebSi iwvevs, srulebiT ar makvirvebs; magram, miuxedavad amisa, mainc ar SemiZlia gulgrili davrCe im pirTadmi, romelnic Rirseulad afaseben Cemi Svilis gonebrivsa da zneobriv maRal Rirsebebs. didad moxaruli var, rom Cems saxlSi gxedavT, mister koperfild, da SemiZlia dagarwmunoT, rom Cems Svils gulwrfelad uyvarxarT. Tqven yovelTvis SegiZliaT imedi gqondeT misi mfarvelobisa.
stumarTmoyvare misis stirfordma daadastura Svilis sityvebi. stirfordma dezi miwoda da aman isev gamoiyvana scenaze mis dartli.
_ ah, marTla, mister koperfild? _ miTxra man. _ nuTu Tqven ase giwodeben? da rad giwodebT igi vard-gvirilas? nuTu marTla imitom, rom jer metad ymawvilad da umankod gTvliT? amixseniT, RvTis gulisaTvis, ar mesmis.
gavwiTldi da vupasuxe, rom mgonia, misi azri swori unda iyos. _ a, maS ase! _ ganagrZo mis dartlma. _ Zalian moxaruli var, rom am
SemTxvevaSi mainc ar Sevcdi. swored imitom vkiTxulob, rom SecdomaSi ar Sevide. igi umankod da ymawvilad gTvliT, amitom Tqven misi guliTadi megobari xarT! o, es SesaniSnavia!
am sityvebiT mis dartli wavida Tavis sawol oTaxSi. misis stirfordic male gavida. Cven kidev davrCiT buxarTan daaxloebiT erTi saaTi; vlaparakobdiT tredelsze da salemis saswavleblis sxva mowafeebze. amis Semdeg Cvenc zeviT wavediT.
nimuSad meCvena. igi emsaxureboda jems stirfords da Tan axlda oqsfordis universitetSi. igi dadioda usaTuod fexis TiTebze, iyo moridebuli, Cumi, dinji, yuradRebiani, mudam iqve iyo, rodesac mas kiTxulobdnen, da arasodes ar geCxilebodaT TvalSi, roca ar iyo saWiro. laparakobda Zalian dabali xmiT, TiTqos CurCuliT, magram garkveviT da mkafiod, yvelaferi TviT masze da mis garSemo aucileblad wesiers, respeqtabelur saxes iRebda. bunebas rom misTvis cxviri ZiraRma gadaebrunebina, es cxviric ki mis saxeze, wesier formas miiRebda. es laqia warmosadegi da seriozuli iyo yvela Tavis moZraobaSi. misi gvari iyo litimeri, da, rasakvirvelia, veravin momsaxureTagani litimers sityvas ver Seubrunebda.
litimers mohyavda CvenTvis Sekazmuli cxenebi da stirfordi, romelmac yvelaferi icoda qveyanaze, cxenze jdomas maCvevda. litimers mohqonda CvenTvis safarikao rapirebi da stirfordi farikaobas maswavlida. litimeri gvawvdida xelTaTmanebs da stirfordi maswavlida boqss, me srulebiT ar mrcxvenoda stirfordisa, romelic xedavda Cems srul umecrebas yvela am xelovnebis dargSi, magram verasgziT ver gavbede gamomemJRavnebina Cemi umecreba am respeqtabeluri msaxuris winaSe, Tumca araferi ar mafiqrebinebda, rom TviT litimeri kargi mcodne iyo yvela am xelovnebisa; mas araviTari sabuTi ar moucia amgvari eWvisaTvis, da mainc, rodesac igi eswreboda Cvens varjiSobas, sircxvilisagan viwvodi da srul uvicad vgrZnobdi Tavs.
gangeb gavagrZele laparaki am SesaniSnav adamianze, radgan SemdegSi mas mniSvnelovani roli hxvdeba wilad.
Cven gamovemSvidobeT orive ledis, suliTa da guliT gadavuxade madloba misis stirfords misi stumarTmoyvareobisa da Cemdami yuradRebisaTvis.
londonSi diliJansSi gadavsxediT da iarmauTisaken gavemgzavreT. ar SemiZlia gamovTqva Cemi grZnobebi, romelnic ganvicade am Zveli nacnobi adgilebis danaxvaze. maxsovs _ CemTvis iseTi saTuTi iyo iarmauTis keTili saxeli, rom, roca etli am qalaqis bneli quCebiT sastumrosken migvaqrolebda da stirfordma miTxra _ Cemis azriT, es mivardnili kuTxe arc ise urigo unda iyoso, _ didad gamaxara misma sityvebma. imave sastumroSi gavaTieT Rame, sadac odesRac movelodi londonis diliJanss. diliT, ukve karga mogvianebiT, visauzmeT sazogado darbazSi.
_ aba, axla saiT apireb? me mgonia, Seni moxuci gadias sanaxavad waxval? _ mkiTxa stirfordma.
_ diax, uwinares yovlisa, me pegoti unda vnaxo. _ momeci misi misamarTi, or saaTSi iq gavCndebi da gaviTamaSeb mis win
komikur an sentimentalur scenas, rogorc gagixardeba. zamTris mSvenieri dRe iyo. miwa gamagrebuliyo yinvebisagan; laJvardi
zRva uZravad idga da mas cis sivrce dahyurebda. Zalagamoleuli mze irgvliv abnevda sinaTlis talRebs. yvelgan xalisi igrZnoboda. me iseT sixalisesa da sicocxles vgrZnobdi mTels tanSi, rom mzad viyavi SemeCerebina quCaSi yvela gamvlel-gamomvleli da megobrulad xeli CamomerTmia.
rodesac davakakune, pegotim gamiRo karebi da mkiTxa _ ra gnebavTo. me Sevxede RimiliT, magram man ar gamiRima sapasuxod. Cveni miwer-mowera ar Sewyvetila bolo dromde, magram ukve Svidma welma ganvlo, rac erTmaneTi ar gevnaxa.
_ Sina brZandeba mister barkisi, qalbatono? _ vkiTxe boxi xmiT. _ Sin gaxlavT, ser; oRond nekresis qarebiT itanjeba da loginSi
wevs, _ mipasuxa pegotim. _ ganagrZobs Tu ara mogzaurobas blonderstonSi? _ diax, ser, rodesac janmrTelad gaxlavT. _ Tqven, misis barkis, axlac dadixarT blonderstonSi? man erTi nabiji ukan gadadga da gaubedavad xelebi aswia. _ pegoti! _ SevZaxe me. _ devi, Cemo sayvarelo! gadavexvieT erTmaneTs da orivem tirili daviwyeT. _ barkiss ise gauxardeba Seni naxva, Cemo Tvalis sinaTlev, rom es
yvela wamalze metad uSvelis, _ miTxra pegotim da winsafriT cremlebi moiwminda. _ xom ar vuTxra, rom aq xar? an xom ar ginda, Sen TviTon axvide zeviT da inaxulo?
_ gaxsovT Tu ara, mister daviT, visi saxeli davwere me odesRac Cemi etlis kofoze? _ mkiTxa mister barkisma da Tan cdilobda, mxiaruli Rimili gamoexata tanjul saxeze.
_ rogor ar maxsovs, mister barkis! _ me siamovnebiT mogaxsenebT, ser, rom klara pegoti barkisi yvelaze
gulkeTili da yvelaze ukeTesi dedakacia mTels qveyanaze. ar aris iseTi qeba, romlis Rirsic ar iyos, samarTlianad, klara pegoti barkisi. Sen gaisarje, genacvale, saukeTeso sadili moamzade; Zvirfasi stumari CvenTan erTad isadilebs. Rvinoc moamzade, Cemo kargo.
me gavafrTxile pegoti stirfordis mosvlis Sesaxeb. Cven Zalian cota xans mogvixda misi lodini. winaTve viyavi darwmunebuli, rom Cemi amxanagi miRebuli iqneboda, rogorc Cemi mfarveli, da amitom, rogorc Cemi gadias saukeTeso megobari; magram is, rac namdvilad moxda, aRemateboda yvela Cems molodins. stirfordis dauSretelma gonebamaxvilobam, udardelma mxiarulebam, Tavisufalma moqcevam, mSvenierma garegnobam da iSviaTma niWma yovelnairi rolis Sesrulebisa isa hqna, rom xuTi wuTis Semdeg savsebiT daipyro pegotis yuradReba, da gulwrfelad mjera, rom im droisTvis, rodesac Cven orivem davapireT wamosvla misi saxlidan, igi gagiJebuli iyo Cemi megobrisTvis.
pegotis undoda, aucileblad mis saxlSi gameTia Rame, im patara oTaxSi, romelsac `patara devis oTaxi~ erqva. gaubedavad Sevxede stirfords da ar vicodi, mimeRo Tu ara Cemi gadias winadadeba.
_ rasakvirvelia, rasakvirvelia, _ miTxra man, _ Sen aq daidZine, me ki Cems nomerSi waval.
saxls da vcdilobdiT, aravoTari xmauroba ar agvetexa. me vuTxari stirfords, rom momyoloda, da SeCveuli xeliT SevaRe kari.
rodesac oTaxSi SevediT, viRacam taSi daukra. mister pegoti icinoda, rac Zali da Rone hqonda, da xelebgaSlili idga, TiTqos gulSi unda Caekra patara emi. SemkrTal qams, mravalgvari grZnobebiT aRsavse, eWira emilias xeli, TiTqos apirebda mis miyvanas mister pegotisTan. patara emi, darcxvenili da aRelvebuli, mainc, rogorc Canda, iziarebda Tavisi biZis aRtacebas, da Cven swored im wuTs SeveswariT, rodesac igi gamosxlta qamis xelidan da undoda gulSi Caxuteboda mister pegotis. Cvens Sesvlaze SeCerda, radgan man pirvelma SeamCnia moulodneli stumrebi. aseTi iyo suraTi, romelmac gagvaoca, rodesac Cven Ramis wyvdiadis Semdeg, uecrad gavCndiT fantastikuri saxlis Tbil da gaCaRebul oTaxSi.
magram Cveni misvlisTanave yvelaferi gamoicvala da airia erT wuTSi, TiTqos arasodes arc yofiliyos es cocxali suraTi. me pirdapir mivedi mister pegotisTan da xeli CamovarTvi. pirveli gaocebis Semdeg qamma daiyvira mTeli ZalRoniT:
_ master devi! eriha! es xom master devia!
yvela axmaurda da dafacurda. Cven xels varTmevdiT erTmaneTs, vkiTxulobiT erTmaneTis ambavs, sixaruls gamovxatavdiT am moulodneli Sexvedris gamo. yvelani erTad, gauCerebliv vlaparakobdiT; ucxos rom Semoexeda am dros am sanaxaobisaTvis, SeeZlo is daskvna gamoetana, rom Cven yvelani gavgiJdiT.
mister pegotim TviTonac ar icoda, ras sCadioda an ras laparakobda. igi yovel wuTSi modioda xan CemTan, xan stirfordTan, xan orivesTan erTad; xels gvarTmevda, Tavs gvikravda, Tvalebs axamxamebda, uCeCavda aburZgvnil Tmas, xarxarebda da aTasjer imeorebda, rom Cven namdvili dResaswauli gavumarTeT mas.
_ ori jentlmeni, didi jentlmeni... ori jenltlmeni, _ daiwyo mister pegotim, _ ori jentlmeni gvestumra... arasodes Cems sicocxleSi ar momxdara... Cems WerqveS... emi, _ ganagrZo mister pegotim, _ modi axlos... Sexede... es master devis megobaria, swored is, romlis Sesaxeb amdens vlaparakobdiT; ori jentlmeni! es, ser, patara emia... igi Cemi qaliSvili ar aris, _ me ara myolia Svilebi, magram garwmunebT, arc erT mamas ar uyvars Tavisi Svili ise, rogorc me miyvars patara emi. Tumca igi aRar aris patara, _ axla igi gasaTxovari qalia, Tqven TviTonac hxedavT! _ aris erTi kaci, romelic icnobda Cvens patara emis jer kidev maSin, rodesac misi mama daiRupa. igi xelze atarebda mas, roca emi bavSvi iyo, eTamaSeboda, roca patara gogona iyo, da axla Tvals aRar aSorebs, roca igi gasaTxovari qalia. es ymawvili, iseve rogorc me, tlanqia zRvis zRarbiviT, magram guli sagules aqvs da, rac umTavresia, upatiosnesi adamiani.
qamma gaiRima da alersiani TvalebiT Semomxeda, imis aRsaniSnavad, rom laparaki mis Sesaxeb iyo.
_ maS Tqven nu gagikvirdebaT, Tu vityvi, rom emilia gasaTxovari qalia; Tqven TviTonac hxedavT amas. aqedan gamomdinare, rom me minda davabinavo emilia, minda davukavSiro misi bedi iseT adamians, romelic daicavs, rogorc Tavis kanonier meuRles.
_ erT saRamos, jentlmenebo, emilia, Tavisi dRiuri muSaobis damTavrebis Semdeg, gamodis maRaziidan da es ymawvilic, unda mogaxsenoT, Tan mosdevs. amaSi jer ara aris ra gansakuTrebuli; magram, moiTmineT, Semdeg, ra gamova, man moiyvana emi xelixelgayrili da damiyvira: _ `Sexede biZia dan! ai Cemi momavali patara coli!~ igi SekrTa, sayvareli gvriti, Sercxva, Tan icinis, tan tiris da meubneba: _ `diax, biZia, Tanaxma var, colad gavyve mas, Tu Tqvenc gnebavT!~ _ mec mnebavs! _ daiyvira mister pegotim da aRtacebiT aiCeCa aburZgvnili Tma, _ mec mnebavs! maS ra iyo Cemi erTaderTi survili mTeli sicocxlis ganmavlobaSi? mobrZandiT, Zvirfaso stumrebo, keTili iyos Tqveni mobrZaneba, gaicaniT Cemi diswulis saqmro.
me aRelvebuli viyavi suliT da guliT. _ mister pegoti, _ uTxra stirfordma, _ Tqven uRirseulesi adamiani
xarT da Rirsi xarT yovelnairi bednierebisa; ai, Cemi xeli, qam, momilocavs, Cemo megobaro, moita xeli. devi, mourie buxarSi cecxls da dae axalma alma gaanaTos Cveni saerTo sixaruli. ra iqna Tqveni mSvenieri diswuli, mister pegoti? dabrundes da daiWiros es carieli adgili kuTxeSi, Torem arc erTi wuTi aRar gavCerdebi am saxlSi. yvela bednieri unda iyos am saRamos, da me aravin, miT umetesad ymawvili qali, ar minda Sevawuxo Cemi aq yofniT.
mister pegoti wavida Cems uwindel patara sawol oTaxSi emilias mosayvanad da, rodesac ymawvili qali gajiutda, maSin qamic wavida. isini male dabrundnen, moiyvanes emic da buxarTan dasves. emilia jer darcxvenili da moridebuli iyo, magram TandaTan gadiyara morcxvoba da gasworda. stirfordi mowiwebiT da zrdilobiT eqceoda. man gaaba baasi mister pegotisTan navebze, gemebze, zRvis miqcevasa da moqcevaze, Tevzis Weraze; Semdeg mommarTa da moigona is dro, rodesac pirvelad naxa mister pegoti salemis saswavlebelSi. Cven TandaTan SevyeviT mas misi dauSreteli mWermetyvelebis jadosnur rkalSi, da Semdeg yvela daurideblad laparakobda, rac surda.
emilia yvelaze naklebad laparakobda am saRamos ganmavlobaSi. igi akvirdeboda axal stumars da yurs ugdebda didi gulisyuriT. saxe vardisfrad anTeboda da mSvenieri iyo.
_ mSvenieri qalia! _ Tqva stirfordma da xeli xelSi gamiyara. _ marTali xar, devi, Seni megobrebi marTlac Zalian originaluri xalxia, da am fantastikur sazogadoebaSi raRac ucnauri grZnobebi gebadeba.
_ ra kargia, rom SeveswariT maT ojaxur bednierebas! _ vupasuxe me. _ jer ar Sevxvedrilvar aseT bednier xalxs. ra sasiamovnoa monawileobis miReba maT saerTo sixarulSi!
_ Tumca, me mgonia, es suleli RreWia srulebiT Sesaferisi ar aris iseTi lamazi gogonasaTvis, ara? _ mkiTxa stirfordma.
am civma da yovlad moulodnelma kiTxvam srulebiT Tavbru damasxa, rodesac movigone, ra yuradRebiT da alersiT epyroboda stirfordi ymawvili qalis saqmros. swrafad mivubrundi mas, magram SevniSne eSmakuri Rimili TvalebSi da vupasuxe yovelgvari wyenis gareSe:
_ ah, stirford, rogor SeiZleba aseTi xumroba sabralo xalxze! Sen SegiZlia avarjiSo Seni gonebamaxviloba mis dartlze an Cemze. Tu gsurs, SegiZlia, ramdenic gnebavs, dacinvis niRabiT damalo Seni namdvili grZnobebi, magram me xom ver momatyueb... vici Seni keTili gulis ambavi. gacilebiT ufro ukeTesad gicnob, vidre Sen fiqrob. vici, rom Sen ar SegiZlia darCe gulcivi am bunebis SvilTa bedisadmi, _ naRvloben isini, tirian Tu mxiaruloben... amisaTvis, stirford, aTasjer metad miyvarxar da pativs gcem.
igi gaCerda, Semomxeda saxeSi da miTxra: _ devi! me mgonia, amas Sen seriozulad laparakob, Cemo megobaro, da
vxedav, rom marTlac keTili guli gqonia. netavi yvela Cvengani Sen ggavdes!
_ mere raRad Sli mag saxeebs? _ SevniSne me, rodesac man aiRo maSa da auria nakverCxlebi, _ gana ar ginda, rom mec vnaxo isini SenTan erTad?
_ Sen ver dainaxavdi maT. rogor mejavreba es bindi, _ aRarc dRea, arc Rame! rad daigviane dRes, devi! sad iyavi?
_ Cems samSoblos veTxovebodi, rogorc ici... _ me ki vijeqi aq, _ miTxra strfordma da oTaxs moavlo Tvali, _
vijeqi da vfiqrobdi, rom mova dro, adre Tu gvian, rodesac es xalxi, aseTi mxiaruli da udardeli Cveni pirveli mosvlisas, gaifanteba iqiT-aqeT. zogi mokvdeba, zogi qveynis meore boloSi wava, zogic... ra vici, cota sisulele mogiva adamians TavSi, rodesac aravin aris Sens garSemo? rogor mwyins, devi, rom Cemi sicocxlis am pirveli oci wlis ganmavlobaSi ar myavda mkacri da darbaiseli mama!
raRac Rrma sevdis amoZaxilma mis xmaSi gamaoca da damafiqra. am wuTSi stirfordi srulebiT ar hgavda Tavis Tavs. igi adga, daeyrdno buxris Tavs da ganagrZo ucnauris aRelvebiT:
_ sjobda, Raribi meTevze vyofiliyavi, vinme daniel pegoti, am misi suleli Zmiswuli, vidre is, rac me var... mdidari da Wkviani, rogorc amboben; magram ra gamovida am simdidrisa da Wkuisagan, rodesac xSirad iZulebuli var warmoudgeneli zneobrivi tanjva ganvicado?.. sad aris iseTi saunje, romelsac SeuZlia aminazRauros is jojoxeTuri fiqrebi, romelnic, magaliTad, mtanjavdnen am naxevari saaTis ganmavlobaSi, sanam martoka vijeqi am sacxovrebel navSi?
me gavSri. mxolod axla SevniSne, rom mTeli saxis nakvTebi saSinlad gamoecvala. igi idga Cafiqrebuli da Tvalebi buxarSi mociglige alisTvis mieyro. bolos davuwye xvewna megorobis mTeli gatacebiT, rom aexsna CemTvis Tavisi idumali fiqrebi.
_ rasakvirvelia, ar SemiZlia girCio raime, stiford, _ vuTxari me, _ magram CemSi Sen SeiZleba ipovo erTaderTi adamiani, romelic mzad aris gainawilos Seni mwuxareba.
magram, vidre laparaks gavaTavebdi, stirfoema gaicina da male misma saxem Tavisi Cveulebrivi, mxiaruli da udardeli gamometyveleba miiRo.
_ sisulelea, Cemo kargo dezi! _ mipasuxa man. _ mgoni, me miTqvams SenTvis londonSi, rom drogamoSvebiT mezareba Cemi Tavi. uecrad momeCveneba, rom yovlad umsgavsi biWi var, romelic mxecebma SeWames celqobisTvis. yvela es saSineleba, usaqmo dedabrebis mier gamogonili, isaxeboda Cems winaSe sazarel suraTebSi. me pirdapir SemeSinda Cemi Tavisa.
_ aba, maS ara uSavs ra, _ SevniSne me. _ iqneb ho, iqneb ara, garemoebaTa mixedviT, _ miTxra stirfordma. _
yvelaze ukeTesia Tavi davaneboT amaze laparaks. _ ra iqna aqauri maspinZeli Tavisi ojaxiT? _ vkiTxe me. _ ar vici, _ mipasuxa stirfordma. _ jer boranTan davexetebodi, Sen
gelodebodi. rodesac aq movedi dasasveneblad, saxlSi aravin iyo; aman momca dro zogierTi fantastikuri fiqrebisaTvis, Senc swored am fiqrebis dros Semoxvedi.
_ ici Tu ara, rom aq navi viyide? _ mkiTxa stirfordma, rodesac Cven saxlidan gavediT.
_ ra ucnauri fantaziaa, stirford, _ SevZaxe me. _ navis yidva, rodesac, iqneb, arasodes aRar mogixdes aq mosvla!
_ vin icis! me Semiyvarda iarmauTi da albaT samudamod ar veTxovebi aqaur mezRvaurebs, _ mipasuxa stirfordma da fexs auCqara. _ yovel SemTxvevaSi, viyide navi, romelic iyideboda... kargi navia, Cems aq aryofnaSi mister pegoti iqneba misi meTvalyure.
_ axla ki mesmis, stirford! _ vuTxari me aRtacebiT. _ Sen iyide navi viTom SenTvis da amiT ukeTeb zrdilobian saCuqars mister pegotis. sakvirvelia, ratom erTbaSad ar mivxvdi amas!
_ sssuu! rasac naklebs ilaparakeb amis Sesaxeb, miT ukeTesia, _ mipasuxa man da aenTo.
_ rogor mixaria, Cemo kargo stirford! gana ar geubnebodi, rom Sen SegiZlia monawileoba miiRo am keTili xalxis WirSic da lxinSic?
_ diax, diax, Sen ukve miTxari, es maxsovs, oRond Tavi davaneboT amaze laparaks.
gavCumdi, rom ar mewyeninebina megobrisTvis iseT saganze laparakiT, romelsac, rogorca Canda, araviTari mniSvneloba ara hqonda mis TvalSi. fexs avuCqareT.
_ marTla! giTxari Tu ara, rom litimeri aq aris? _ ara! _ litimeri Camovida dRes dilas, Tan dedaCemis werili Camomitana. Cveni Tvalebi Sexvdnen erTamenTs, da SevniSne, rom Cemi megobari
gafiTrda am sityvebTan erTad, Tumca misi saxe ar gamoxatavda araviTar Sewuxebas da pirdapir micqerda TvalebSi. me vifiqre, albaT stirfordma miiRo dedisagan datuqsvis werili da aman miiyvana igi im ucnaurs sulier ganwyobilebamde, romlis mowmec viyavi weRan navis saxlSi. me maSinve vuTxari es yvelaferi.
CrdiloeTis polusi. igi unda daeswros navis naTlobas. navis namdvili saxelia `qariSxala~, magram raSi enaRvleba mister pegotis qariSxali? Cems navs sxva saxeli erqmeva.
_ magaliTad ra? _ `patara emi~. man isev Semomxeda TvalebSi dakvirvebiT da aqedan davaskveni, rom ar
iyo saWiro Cemi megobris gulkeTlobis Camde ayvana. _ dae erqvas mas `patara emi~... magram Sexede, _ miTxra stirfordma da
win mimiTiTa, _ xsnebebaze TviT mSvenieri originalia Cvens winaSe!.. es biWic Tan axlavs, rogorc aucilebeli Tanamgzavri. ai, amas hqvia namdvili raindi; igi arasodes Tavs ar anebebs Tavis ledis.
Tavis samuSao tanisamosSi qami amJamad tlanqad da mouxeSavad gamoiyureboda, magram mainc adamiani erTi SexedviT ityoda, rom igi Rirsia iyos mfarveli im mSvenieri ymawvili qalisa, romelic gverdiT mosdevda. patiosani gulaxdiloba, siamaye Tavisi mSvenieri TanamgzavriT da uzomo siyvaruli misdami ixateboda misi saxis yovel nakvTSi. uneburad Tvali damrCa maTze da gulSi gavimeore, rom qami da emilia erTimeorisTvis arian gaCenili-meTqi. isini mogviaxlovdnen.
emiliam moridebiT gaiTavisufla xeli saqmros xelidan da awiTlebulma gamogviwoda me da stirfords. Cven erTi-ori sityva vuTxariT erTmaneTs da SeuCerebliv ganvagrZeT gzas; magram SevniSne, rom
emilias aRar undoda xelixelgayrili siaruli Tavis saqmrosTan; mas rcxvenoda sxvebTan amgvari siaxlovisa. yovelive es mimzidvel gulubryvilobad gveCvena me da stirfordsac. Cven Tvals vadevnebdiT maT axali mTvaris Suqze.
mTeli gzis ganmavlobaSi stirfordi aRelvebuli iyo, magram rodesac sastumrSi mivediT da gaSlil sufras mivusxediT gavarvarebul buxarTan, igi uecrad gamxiarulda da ukve sevdis aRaraviTari Crdili ar aCnda saxeze.
sadilis ganmavlobaSi litimeri idga oTaxis kuTxeSi da orives gvaTvalierebda, an, iqneb, mxolod me mswavlobda? rodesac mogvarTves ukanaskneli Tavi saWmeli, man gadmodga ramdenime nabiji da uTxra Tavis batons:
_ gTxovT, mapatioT, ser, damavales gadmomeca TqvenTvis rom mis mauCeri aq aris.
_ vin? _ SesZaxa gaocebulma stirfordma. _ mis mauCeri, ser. es adgili, mgonia, misi samSobloa, ser. mis
mauCerma miTxra, rom yoveldRe dadis iarmauTSi Tavis saqmeebis gamo. dRes igi quCaSi Semxvda da mTxova, mekiTxa TqvenTvis, SegiZliaT Tu ara miiRoT igi nasadilevs, ser?
_ icnob Sen am goliaTs, dezi? _ mkiTxa stirfordma. me iZulebuli viyavi gamovtexiliyavi, rom ar mqonda bedniereba misi
cnobisa. _ miiReT mis mauCeri, rodesac mova. kari gaiRo da litimerma aRuSfoTebeli siwynariT warmoTqva: _ mis mauCeri. me Sevxede karebs da viravin davinaxe. isev Sevxede, radgan megona, rom
mis mauCeri karebs ukan SeCerda; magram Cems gancvifrebas sazRvari ar hqonda, rodesac Cemi Tvali moxvda... sqel-sqel, Casuqebul qondris qals, igi daaxloebiT ormocdaxuTi wlisa iqneboda. stumari ukve oTaxSi iyo da fusfusebda savarZelTan, romelic Cvens Sua idga. es iyo arseba uzarmazari TaviT da nacrisferi eSmakuri TvalebiT. xelebi iseTi mokle hqonda, rom, rodesac stirfordis misalmebisaTvis moindoma cxviris boloze TiTis gartyma, dasWirda Tavis daRunva da mainc Zlivs miido saloki TiTi cxvirTan. misi nikapi ekuTvnoda Rababebis jiSs da iseTi sqeli da msuqani iyo, rom masSi ukvalod ikargeboda misi qudis Sesakravebi _ banti da yelis sxva morTuloba. mis mauCeri Sesdgeboda mxolod tanisagan, romelsac, dinamitis saxiT, midgmuli hqonda adamianis fexebismagvari kidurebi. Cveulebrivi zomis skami misTvis igive iyo, rac magida, da mas maRla uxdeboda Tavisi pawawina xelis aweva, rom daedo skamze xelCanTa. igi koxtad iyo Cacmuli, Tumca SesamCnevi daudevrobiT.
_ aba, Cemo vardo! _ daiwyo mis mauCerma da mxiarulad daiqnia Tavisi uzarmazari Tavi. _ maS Sen aqac gaCndi? erTi SexedeT! romelma bedma gadmogagdo am civ qveyanaSi! eSmakobas iwyeb, ara? me vici, rom es asea, ganebivrebulo jentlmeno. Tqven, albaT, sanaZleos dasdebdiT as girvanqa sterlingze, rom aq ver mnaxavdiT, ara? me ki aqa var! aq da yovelgan. yvelgan da arsad. swored ise, rogorc TvalTmaqcis naxevari krona, romelic, vin icis, rogor gaCnda erTi ledis cxvirsaxocSi.
misma saxis RmeWam da Tvalebis trialma gamaoca TiTqmis imdenadve, rogorc xelovnebam, romliTac mas SeeZlo droze Tavis daWera. es arseba, Cemi SexedulebiT mravali mxriT iyo originaluri. rodesac igi yurs ugdebda ras laparakobdnen, an pasuxs eloda Tavis kiTxvaze, erT gverdze
gadaigdebda xolme Tavs da cal Tvals kaWkaWis TvaliviT atrialebda. gaocebisagan garindebuli, vucqerodi gaSterebiT da srulebiT damaviwyda zrdilobianobisa da wesierebis zoma.
am dros mis mauCerma miiwia skami da Tavisi uSvelebeli CanTidan daiwyo nivTebis amolageba; mas yovel jerze uxdeboda xelis Cayofa TiTqmis mxramdis. nel-nela amoalaga CanTidan patara SuSebi, boTlebi, Rrublebi, savarcxlebi, jagrisebi, flanelis naWrebi, Tmis dasaxvevi maSa da aTasgvari sxva xelsawyo. rodesac es ambavi daasrula, uecrad miubrunda stirfords da hkiTxa:
_ es Tqveni megobaria, ser? _ diax, _ daudastura stirfordma. _ mere, ra hqvia? _ mister daviT koperfildi, _ uTxra stirfrdma. _ mas Tqveni gacnoba
unda. _ Tu unda, gamicnos. Tvalebze vatyob, rom unda, _ upasuxa mis
mauCerma da gorviT wamovida Cemken Tavisi carieli CanTiT, Tan mxiarulad xarxarebda: _ mSvenieri vaJkacia! SexedeT, saxe rogor atams mougavs! moxaruli var Tqveni gacnobisa, mister koperfild, Tqveni mona-morCili, ser.
me vupasuxe, rom mec bednieri viyavi misi gacnobiT. _ oh, rogori zrdilobianebi varT! _ SesZaxa mis mauCerma da moaxdina
yovlad uSedego cda _ xelebiT daefara Tavisi saxe, _ rogor vatyuebT erTmaneTs. erTmaneTs pirvelad vxedavT da maSinve qaTinaurebs veubnebiT! es imas niSnavs, rom Cven vicnobT maRal sazogadoebas.
Semdeg isev CauSva xeli Tavis dauSretel CanTaSi. _ ra gindaT magiT TqvaT, mis mauCer? _ hkiTxa stirfordma. _ araferi, Cemo kargo! me vambob, rom Cven yvelani matyuarebi da
aramzadebi varT, yvela Tavis yaidaze. xa, xa, xa,! _ gadaixarxara mis mauCerma da Tan afaTurebda xelebs Tavis CanTaSi.
stirfordma gaicina da mec mis magaliTs mivyevi. mTeli am xnis ganamvlobaSi mis mauCeri Tavs iqnevda da Tan apaWunebda Tavis kaWkaWis Tvalebs. bolos, man xelebi dairtya muxlebze da Tqva:
_ Zalian bevrs vybedob aq, TqvenTan, ymawvilo jentlmenebo; es ar varga. isev saqmes SevudgeT. stirford, miCveneT Tqveni polaruli mxare.
man xelSi aiRo ori Tu sami patara iaraRi, patara boTli da, Cemda gasaocrad, ikiTxa _ gauZlebs Tu ara magida. rodesac stirfordisagan dasturi miiRo, mis mauCerma moidga skami, didi siyoCaRiT Sexta zed da Semdeg, Cemi daxmarebiT magidaze avida.
stirfordi dajda zurgiT magidisken, moRimari saxiT _ Cemken. amgvarad, misi Tavi am jadoqris srul gankargulebaSi iyo. me mesmoda, rom stirfordi dasTanxmda am operacias mxolod dros gasatareblad. mis mauCeri daixara mis Tavze da dauwyo sinjva mis mSvenier wablisfer kululebs mrgvali, gadamdidebeli SuSiT, romelic jibidan amoiRo. es saocari sanaxaoba iyo.
_ rac marTalia, marTalia, mSvenieri ymawvili xar! _ SesZaxa mis mauCerma winaswar gasinjvis Semdeg. _ magram ici? me rom ar viyo, ise mogetvlipeboda Tavi Tormeti Tvis ganmavlobaSi, rogorc CineTis mandarins. cota moiTmine, Cemo kargo, da axlave ise gagxexav, rom Seni kululebi erTi aTi wlis ganmavlobaSi mainc SegrCes.
am sityvebiT man boTlidan raRac siTxe gadmoasxa flanelis naWerze, daasvela amave siTxeSi patara jagrisi da daiwyo udidesi gulmodginebiT
stirfodis Tavis xexva. mTeli am xnis ganamvlobaSi mis mauCeri ganuwyvetliv laparakobda.
Cems sicocxleSi ara minaxavs-ra mis mauCeris msgavsi, rodesac igi idga sasadilo magidaze, gulmodgined xexavda Tavs stirfords da orTav Tvals axamxamebda.
_ am yru da mivardnil alagas araferi Semosavali ara aqvs Cveni juris xalxs. male waval iarmauTidan. warmoidgine, Cemo megobaro jimi, rom aq ver Sevxvdi verc erT lamaz qals.
mimarTuli iyo gansakuTrebiT Cemi megobrisadmi. _ es Tqveni da xom ar aris, mister koperfild? _ SesZaxa man
xanmokle siCumis Semdeg da Tan Tvalebi Wers miapyro. _ asea, ser? ha? _ ara, _ uTxra stirfordma da Cems magivrad upasuxa. _ srulebiT ara.
piriqiT, Tu ar vcdebi, koperfildi odesRac TviTon iyo Seyvarebuli. _ ehe, axla ki aRar aris Seyvarebuli? _ SesZaxa mis mauCerma _ maS
magisTana Tavqariania? ah, sircxvilo! nuTu igi dahqris yvavilidan yvavilze, mas aqeT, rac uRalata Tavis polis? mas xom poli hqvia?
yvela am areuli kiTxviT davibeni da erTi wuTis ganmavlobaSi ar
vicodi, ra mepasuxa. _ ara, mis mauCer, _ vuTxari me bolos, _ mas emilia hqvia. _ aha! _ SesZaxa man imave kiloTi, rogorc uwin. _ ehe! oh! ra ybedi var!
ara, mister koperfild? mis TvalebSi iseTi gamometyveleba gamokrTa, romelic srulebiT ar
momwonda, da Zalian mwyinda, rom laparaki am saganze Camovarda. seriozuli saxe miviRe da vupasuxe:
_ es qali imdenadve mSvenieria, radenadac keTilzneobrivi, mis mauCer, Tu gnevavT, icodeT. igi ukve daniSnulia, da misi saqmro uRirseulesi ymawvili kacia, rogoric ki SeiZleba monaxos adamianma maTs wreSi. me pativs vcem am qalis gonierebas imdenadve, ramdenadac aRtacebaSi movyavar mis silamazes.
_ kargad aris naTqvami! _ SesZaxa stirfordma. _ mismineT, mismineT! igi marTlac daniSnulia, rogorc gamoacxada Cemma megobarma, Tavis biZaSvilze; misi saxeli _ qami; gvari _ pegoti; xeloba _ navebis keTeba; binadrobs am qalaqSi. misi sacole mSvenieri, momxiblavi feriaa, am sityvis sruli mniSvnelobiT, me miyvars igi gulwrfelad da Rrmad, iseve rogorc Cems megobars koperfilds. roca igi brundeba saRamoobiT maRaziidan, sadac muSaobs, Rames aTevs Tavis naTesavis saxlSi. misi saxeli ar vici; gvari _ pegoti; xeloba _ meTevzeoba; binadrobs am qalaqSi. emilia misi diswulia. me rom ar meSinodes Seuracxyofisa, romelic SeiZleba mivayeno am sityvebiT Cems megobars koperfilds, _
davumatebdi, rom mis emilia udides sisuleles sCadis qveyanaze, rodesac Tavis gulsa da xels aZlevs im adamians, romelic araviTar SemTxvevaSi ar aris misi Sesaferisi. misi momavali SeiZleboda gacilebiT ukeTesi yofiliyo. mjera da mzad var saqveynod vaRiaro, rom igi dabadebulia imisTvis, rom ledi gaxdes.
yvelaferi es iyo warmoTqmuli mkafiod, maRali xmiT, im cxadi ganzraxviT, rom dawvrilebiT Seetyobinebina mis mauCerisTvis ymawvili qalis yvela garemoeba. mis mauCeri usmenda udidesi yuradRebiT; Tavi erT mxares moeqcia, TvalebiT ki Wers misCereboda. rogorc ki stirfordma daamTavra laparaki, igi imwamsve gamofxizlda da isev daiwyo Tavisi ybedoba saocari siswrafiT.
_ oh! es aris yvelaferi? da sxva araferi? _ SesZaxa man da Tan patara makratliT ulvaSebs ukvecavda Cems megobars. es makrateli yvela mimarTulebiT trialebda misi Tavis garSemo. _ Zalian kargi. ymawvilo jentlmenebo, Zalian kargi! istoria grZelia, da ai misi bolo: `isini cocxlobdnen Zalian didans da srulebiT bednierebi iyvnen~. xom asea? rogorc fantis TamaSobaSi. mSvenieri TamaSobaa. miyvars mSvenieri e... imitom rom mSvenieria; mejavreba mSvenieri e..., imitom, rom igi sxvisi sacolea. me gadavuxade mas imiT, rom movitace igi erT saRamos da waviyvane Sors, Sors, aRmosavleTSi. mzeTunaxavis saxeli _ emilia. ha, ha, ha! ra ybedi ram var, mister koperfild, ara?
man swrafad Semomxeda da ar daucdia pasuxisaTvis, ise ganagrZo: _ aba, axla rogria? Tuki yofila odesme qveyanaze ymawvili aseTi
mSvenieri kululebiTa da momxiblavi ulvaSebiT,_ es Tqvena brZandebiT, mister stirford. Tu kargad mesmis visime Tavi, _ es Seni Tavia, Cemo kargo. gesmis, ras vambob? me vxedav Sen Tavs mTlad, TiTqos igi gamWvirvale iyos, mSveniero jentlmeno, _ uTxra mis mauCerma da saxeSi Sexeda. _ axla SegiZliaT, ser wabrZandeT Tqvens adgilze, rogorc sasamarTloSi amboben.
_ ramdeni mogarTvaT am operaciisTvis, mis mauCer? _ hkiTxa stirfordma.
_ xuTi Silingi, Cemo kargo... mis mauCerma gadaigdo mxarze Tavisi CanTa da karebisaken gaiqca,
magram sanam karebs gaaRebda, SeCerda da erTxel kidev mogvmarTa orives: _ xom ar gnebavT, jentlmenebo, saxsovrad TiTo kululi Cemi Tmebisa?
es daamSvenebda Tqvens medaionebs. xa, xa, xa! ra Tavqariani ram var! ara, maS?
am sityvebiT man gaixaxuna TiTi cxviris boloze, gaaRo kari da gavida.
stirfordma mxiarulad gadaixarxara, mec uneburad mivyevi mis magaliTs, Tumca, marTali rom vTqva, araviTari mizezi sicilisaTvis ar mqonda. rodesac guli vijereT siciliT, stirfordma miTxra, rom mis mauCers hyavs uzarmazari wre nacnobebisa da igi aTasnairad emsaxureba yvelas. zogjer saxlebSi masxaras rols TamaSobs; magram stirfordis dakvirvebiT, es iyo Zalian Wkviani da gamWriaxi dedakaci, romelic yvelafersa xedavda, yvelafers amCnevda. igi yvelas icnobda da yvelgan Sinauri iyo. me vkiTxe, rogori xasiaTi aqv mis mauCers, _ keTili adamiani igi, Tu misi zneoba ver aris saqebari-meTqi? stirfordma yuri ar aTxova am Cems kiTxvebs, Tumca orjer Tu samjer gavumeore, samagierod bevri ram miambo misi saocari xelovnebis Sesaxeb da, sxvaTa Soris, rekomendacia gaukeTa mas, rogorc kotoSebis dadgmis did mcodnes.
_ iqneba, _ daumata man bolos, _ Senc dagWirdes odesme mis mauCeris dostaqaruli niWi.
mTeli saRamos ganmavlobaSi vlaparakobdiT mis mauCeris Sesaxeb. bolos gamoveTxove stirfords da gadiasTan wavedi dasaZineblad.
barkisis saxls rom mivuaxlovdi, ganvcvifrdi, roca karebTan davinaxe qami, da ufro metad gamikvirda, rodesac gavige misgan, rom patara emi iq iyo, Cemi gadias oTaxSi.
_ Tqven raRas akeTebs aq, mister qam? _ vkiTxe me. _ ai xom xedavT, win da ukan davdivar, mister devi. _ mere, ratom oTaxSi ar SexvalT? _ ar SeiZleba, mister devi, ar SeiZleba. emilia saidumlod aris aq
mosuli visTanme mosalaparakeblad. molaparakeba ymawvil qalTan swarmoebs, ser. emilia icnobda mas uwin; axla ki uxerxulia misi cnoba. es ubeduri qalia, master devi, romelsac mTeli Cveni qalaqi sdevnis. mas marTa endeli hqvia, ser. igi ori Tu sami wliT ufrosia emiliaze, magram isini erTad swavlobnen pansionSi da Semdeg erTad muSaobdnen. mas sWirdeba emilias naxva. emilia ver miiRebda mas Tavis saxlSi, radgan biZaCveni saxlSia da igi nebas ar mogvcemda... emiliam aiRo fanqari da dauwera qaRaldis naglejze baraTi, romelic Semdeg gadasca Tavis yofil amxanags. _ `uCvene es baraTi deidaCems, mis barkiss, _ uTxra man fanjaraSi, _ deidaCemi siyvaruliT migiRebs Tavis buxarTan da, rodesac biZia wava, me maSinve moval SenTan~.
me aRtacebiT xeli CamovarTvi ymawvil kacs da mRelvarebisagan xma ver amoviRe. Cumad gaviar-gamoviareT saxlis win. ramdenime xnis Semdeg kari gaiRo da pegotim aniSna qams, rom SeeZlo Sesvla. gadavwyvite wasvla da ukve gadavdgi ramdenime nabiji, magram pegoti damewia da Semexvewa, saxlsi Sevsuliyavi. mindoda SeuCerebliv avsuliyavi zeviT, Cems oTaxSi, magram yovlad SeuZlebeli iyo, ar gamoevlo samzareulo dabla sarTulSi.
ymawvili qali Soriaxlos iyo kerasTan. igi iatakze ijda TavCaRunuli, erTi xeli savarZelze edo. mivxvdi, rom emilia es-es aris axla adga am savarZlidan da misi megobris daxrili Tavi mis muxlebze esvena. marTas naxevrad ufaravda saxes gawewili Tma, magram erTi SexedviT SevniSne, rom jer Zalian axalgazrda da lamazi iyo. pegoti tiroda.
emiliam pirvelma daiwyo laparaki. _ marTas londonSi unda wasvla, _ uTxra qams. _ ra unda londonSi? _ ikiTxa qamma. igi idga maT Soris da ucqeroda ubedur qals sibraluliT da Tan
raRac Sinagani wyeniT. rogorca Canda, eWvianobda da undoda, Tavis sacolesa da mis Sua gardauvali zRude daedga. es ormagi gamometyveleba ymawvili kacis TvalebSi samudamod CamrCa gulSi. isini oriveni ise laparakobdnen, TiTqos marTa avad iyo, _ laparakobdnen CurCuliT, Tumca maTi xma mkafiod ismoda.
_ mere, iq ras gaakeTebs? _ ikiTxa qamma. marTam aiRo Tavi, Sexeda mas sevdiani TvalebiT, Semdeg daRuna da
orive xeliT Tavis yels eca, TiTqos uecrad mexi daecao. _ ecdeba, iq kargad moiqces, _ uTxra patara emim. _ Sen ar ici, ras
_ diax, vecdebi gamovsworde, Tu Tqven damexmarebiT, rom am qalaqs Tavi davanebo, _ Tqva marTam. _ imaze uaresi, rac aq gadamxda, SeuZlebelia iq iyos. londonSi vecdebi, kargad daviWiro Tavi. miSveleT, Tavi davanebo am qalaqs, sadac yvelani bavSvobidan micnoben.
cremlebi wamoscvivda emilias, magram Tavi miibruna da Tavis megobarTan mivida. ra misca, ar vici; davinaxe mxolod, rom igi daixara da raRac Caudo ubeSi. Semdeg wasCurCula ramdenime sitva da hkiTxa:
_ sakmarisia es, marTa? _ o, es gacilebiT metia! _ upasuxa ubedurma da xelze akoca. Semdeg igi adga, gaiswora mxrebze Sali, miifara saxeze, xmamaRla
aqviTinda da mZime nabijiT wavida karebisaken. rodesac kari gaixura, patara emim Semogvxeda yvelas SeSinebuli
TvalebiT da uecrad tirili auvarda. _ kargi, emi! _ uTxra qamma da xeli Seaxo mis mxars. _ kargi, Cemo
sayvarelo! Sen ra gatirebs, Cemo mSveniero? _ o, qam! _ SesZaxa ymawvilma qalma, da Tan mwared tiroda. _ me
srulebiT ara var iseTi keTili, rogoric unda viyo. Cemi guli zogjer ar grZnobs im madlobas, romelic Sen gekuTvnis.
_ ra fiqrebia, emilia? _ upasuxa qamma. _ me vici, rom Sen keTili guli gaqvs.
_ me xSirad da metad gaufrTxileblad gtanjav Sen, Cemo kargo megobaro! _ qviTiniT ambobda emilia. _ gawvaleb Cemi mizezianobiTa da TavqarianobiT, maSin, rodesac Sen mudam sinaziTa da yuradRebiT xar savse. madlobis magivrad xSrad Seuracxyofas iTmen Cemgan! o, me mxolod imaze unda vfiqrobde, rom Sen bednieri iyo!
_ me bednieri var, Cemo sayvarelo, _ uTxra qamma, _ bednieri var Tun marto imiT, rom Sen gxedav; bednieri var dilidan saRamomde marto imiT, rom Senze vfiqrob.
_ deida, modi CemTan, _ qviTinebda emi, _ damamSvide Sens gulTan. me Zalian ubeduri var am wuTSi! ra vqna! srulebiT ar var iseTi kargi, rogoric Tqven ggonivarT. me vici es.
pegoti miuaxlovda skams buxarTan. emiliam xelebi moxvia mas yelze da mis win daiCoqa. mis TvalebSi warmouTqmeli sevda ixateboda.
emilia patara bavSvs ufro hgavda, vidre gasaTxovar qals, da es ufro umatebda elfers mis mSvenierebas. axla igi miekra Cemi Zveli gadias guls da Cumad tiroda. gadia ualersebda da arwevda mas, rogorc patara bavSvs.
qviTini TandaTan Sewyvita, Cven yvelam davuwyeT damSvideba, xan seriozulad, xan xumrobiT. emiliam aiRo Tavi da ukve damSvidebuli gvipasuxebda yvela Cvens SeniSvnasa da kiTxvaze.
am Rames emiliam is Caidina, rac winaT arasodes ar SeminiSnavs. man akoca loyaze Tavis saqmros da sinaziT miekra mis mouxeSav tans, TiTqos igi namdvili burji iyo misi sicocxlisa.
isini erTad wavidnen saxlSi mTvaris mkrTal Suqze. Tavi gavyavi fanjaraSi da SevniSne, rom emi magrad miekra Tavis saqmros.
Tavi ocdameore
me virCev profesias meore dilas, gamoRviZebisTanave, didxans vfiqrobdi patara emisa da
_ ara ser, didi xniT ara, _ mipasuxa litimerma, _ me mgonia, rom didi xniT ara.
_ man TviTonac ar icis, _ SeniSna udardelad stirfordma. _ man icis mxolod, ra unda gaakeTos aq da, rasakvirvelia, Seasrulebs kidec.
_ o, es yovel eWvs gareSea, _ vuTxari me, _ litimeri uTuod aasrulebs yvelafers, rasac mas daavaleben.
respeqtabeluri msaxuri Sexo Tavis quds Cemi azris sruli Tanxmobis aRsaniSnavad. diliJansi daiZra adgilidan, cxenebma gahqusles, da litimeri egviptis piramidiviT darCa qvafenilze, seriozuli da idumalebiT savse.
ramdenime xnis ganmavlobaSi Cveni laparaki ver moxerxda. stirfordi araCveulebrivad Cafiqrebuli iyo da xmas ar iRebda. mec vfiqrobdi imaze, momixdeboda Tu ara kidev odesme am mxareSi mosvla da ra cvlilebebi SeiZleboda momxdariyo aq Cemi aryofnis dros. magram stirfordma uecrad gadaiyara naRveli, gamxiarulda da alaparakda. man saxelo Camomiwia da miTxra:
_ ar vici, swori giTxra, ra gipasuxo magaze, _ Tqva stirfordma. ratom ar ivargeb? me mgonia, rom Sen Tavisuflad SegiZlia airCio es xeloba ise, rogorc yoveli sxva.
gamecina, rodesac davinaxe, rogori simsubuqiTa da sisadviliT eqceoda stirfordi yvela sazogadoebrivs Tanamdebobasa da wodebas.
_ mec Zalian vnanob axla magas. _ miTxra papidam. _ rac aq var, jer erTi wuTiTac ar momisvenia.
sanam movaswrebdi am Sewuxebis mizezis kiTxvas, papidam melanqoliuri simtkiciT daado xeli magidas da amgvarad ganagrZo:
_ darwmunebuli var, trot, rom mister diki, Tavisi mSvidi xasiaTis gamo, ver gaumklavdeba virebs. amisTvis mas ar eyofa arc vaJkacoba da arc sulis simtkice. sadac samarTalia, jeneti saxlSi unda dametovebina, maSin ufro damSvidebuli viqnebodi. TiTqmis danamdvilebiT vici, rom dRes oTx saaTze viri daseirnobda Cems mindorze, mTels tanSi makankalebs, da es ki imis niSania, rom viri usaTuod iq iyo.
vcade ramdenime sitviT nugeSi meca, magram papida unugeSo iyo. vaxSami mSvenivrad momzadebuli iyo da Tan cxeli, miuxedavad imisa,
rom papidas sastumroSi eWira yvelaze zeviTa sarTuli. arvici, imitom daeWira mas es bina, rom Tavisi fuliT undoda yvelaze meti qvis safexurebi aevlo, Tu imitom, rom yovel SemTxvevaSi axlos yofiliyo saxlis saxuravze gasasvlelad.
_ aba, trot, _ daiwyo papidam, _ ras ityvi proqtoris adgilis Sesaxeb? Tu jer arc ki gifiqria Cems gegmaze?
_ ara, papida, bevri vifiqre, da me da stirfordma didxans vilaparakeT magis Sesaxeb: Tqveni gegma Zalian momwons.
_ Zalian Zvirad xom ar dagijdebaT Cemi Sesvla am samsaxurSi? _ es, rogorc miTxres, swored aTasi girvanqa eRireba. _ mec eg mawuxebs, Zvirfaso papida, _ vuTxari da skami misken mivwie. _
aTasi girvanqa, _ es xom auarebeli fulia. Tqven uimisodac Zalian bevri daxarjeT Cems aRzrdaze. Tqveni uzomo xelgaSlilobis gamo araferSi nakleboba ar migrZvnia. mgonia, rom SeiZleba gauWirvelblad movnaxo iseTi samsaxuri, romelic ar moiTxovs aseT did Tanxas.
_ trot, Svilo! Cems sicocxleSi mxolod erTi nugeSi damrCenia, _ rom Sen keTili da bednieri adamiani gamoxvide. es erTaderTi mizania Cemi da mister dikisa... Cven didxans vimsjeleT am saganze, da Zalian mwyins, rom ucxo aravin daeswro Cvens baass. misi azri mudam saocrad SorsmWvreteli da gamWriaxia, oRond ras izam? Cems garda, aravis esmis am adamianis gonebis mTeli siRrme!
igi SeCerda erTi wuTiT, Semdeg momkida orive xeli da ganagrZo: _ trot, Svilo! nu movigonebT warsuls. vin icis, iqneb meti
siyvaruliT unda movpyrobodi Sens sabralo mamas da SesaZlebelia, rom savsebiT ar var marTali mis winaSe. rasakvirvelia, meti sibraluli unda gamomeCina Seni sabralo patara dedisadmi imis Semdegac ki, romdesac Senma umanko dam, betsi trotvudma, gamimtyuna imedebi. rodesac Sen moxvedi Cems saxlSi _ sabralo bavSvi, daglejili, datanjuli da WuWyiani, me iqneb gavifiqre yovelive es. im dRidan, trot, vidre am wuTamde, Sen xar Cemi erTaderTi nugeSi, siamaye da imedi. aravis sxvas ar aqvs ufleba Cems qonebaze, yovel SemTxvevaSi...
aq igi, Cemda gasaocrad, rogorRac daibna. _ diax, sxva aravin ar iqneba Cemi memkvidre. da Sen xar, trot, Cemi
erTaderTi Svili! oRond giyvarde me, beberi, da mapatie Cemi ucnauroba da Jinianoba. me ar minaxavs bedniereba Cemi sicocxlis ganTiadze, Cemma siymawvilemac usixarulod Caiara. Cemi damSvidebiT, trot, Sen gacilebiT met sikeTes moutan Cems moxucebulobas, vidre me SemiZlia SenTvis gavakeTo!
es pirveli SemTxveva iyo, rom papida Tavis warsulze laparakobda. misi didsulovani gulaxdiloba gulis siRrmemdi Camwvda da, rasakvirvelia, ufro meti pativiscemiT ganvimsWvalebodi misdami, uimisodac rom ar vyofiliyavi savse uzomo pativiscemiTa da siyvaruliT.
miuxedavad amisa, Cven kidev didxans visxediT buxarTan da vsaubrobdiT Cvens saqmeebze: Cemi da papidas oTaxebi erTsa da imave sarTulSi iyo, erTmaneTis gverdiT. Rame man ramdenjerme damikakuna karze da mekiTxeboda, xom ar mesmis mexanZreebis siaruli. mas awuxebda quCis etlebi da drogebi; magram SuaRamisas papida dawynarda da mec mSvidad meZina danarCeni Rame.
dilis TerTmet saaTze gavemgzavreT spenlosa da jorkinsis kantoraSi. sxvaTa Soris, papida im azris iyo, rom londonSi yvela gamvlel-gamomvleli qurdi an avazaki unda yofiliyo. amitom man Sesanaxad momca Tavisi qisa, romelSic iyo aTi ginea da ramdenime wvrili vercxlis fuli.
uecrad papidam nabijs auCqara. rogorc Canda, raRacis SeeSinda. amave dros SevniSne, rom mis axlos trialebda vinme moxrili, metaf Raribad Cacmuli kaci, saeWvo Sexedulebisa.
_ trot! Cemo trot! _ SesZaxa papidam SeSinebuli xmiT. _ me ar vici, ra vqna!
_ araferia, papida, nu swuxarT! _ SebrZandiT maRaziaSi: me gavuswordebi mag vaJbatons.
_ ah, ara, Svilo! nu elaparakebi! me gTxov, me gibrZaneb _ xma ar gasce! _ ra dagemarTaT, papida? gana ar xedavT, rom es Tavxedi glaxaa. neba
miboZeT, gavagdo. _ Sen ar ici, vin aris eg! _ mipasuxa mis betsim. _ Sen ar ici, ras
ambob! am laparakis dros gavCerdiT erTi saxlis karebTan; ucnobic SeCerda. _ nu uyureb mas, trot, _ miTxra papidam, rodesac aRSfoTebiT
_ dagicadoT, papida? _ diax, me martoka unda wavide. me magasTan erTad unda wavide. _ amasTan, papida? am mawanwalasTan erTad? _ gaCumdi, trot! me Cems Wkuaze var da vici, rasac vCadivar.
damiqirave etli. uaResad gakvirvebuli viyavi, magram mainc mesmoda, rom araviTari
ufleba ara mqonda, winaaRmdegoba gamewia mis betsis gadaWrili TxovnisaTvis, davuZaxe etls. papida swrafad Cajda Sig; ucnobic mas Sehyva. xelis swrafi moZraobiT papidam mibrZana movSordebodi, da isev iZulebuli viyavi misi neba amesrulebina. Semdeg papidam Tavi gamoyo etlidan da dauyvira meetles:
Sesaxeb, rom viRac kaci aSinebs mis betsis. maSin me es mister dikis sakuTari fantaziis nayofad CavTvale, magram axla eWvi ar mqonda, rom es ucnobi da mister dikis fantastikuri Cveneba erTi da igive piri iyo. magram ra damokidebuleba hqonda mas mis betsisTan, _ es CemTvis yovlad gaugebari iyo. daaxloebiT erTi saaTi momixda lodini eklesiis karebTan, sanam papidas etli davinaxe. meetlem Cems win gaaCera igi; etlSi papida marto ojda.
igi aRelvebuli iyo da, ra Tqma unda, amgvar gunebaze SeuZlebeli iqneboda sadarbazod misvla romeime Tanamdebobis pirTan. me Cavjeqi masTan etlSi.
_ uTxari meetles, trot, rom cotaTi win da ukan gaiar-gamoiaros. rodesac avasrule misi brZaneba, mis betsim erTi Rrmad amoioxrada
miTxra: _ Cemo sayvarelo Svilo, arasodes araferi mkiTxo amis Sesaxeb. TandaTan damSvidda da miTxra, rom axla SegviZlia etlidan
gadmovideTo. gamovarTvi qisa, rom meetles gavsworebodi; yvela ginea gamqraliyo da qisaSi mxolod wvrili vercxlis fuli damxvda.
Cven ramdenime bneli ezo gaviareT da bolos SevediT spenlos da jorkinsis kantoraSi. am kantoris wina oTaxSi, romelic Ria iyo yvela mimsvlelisTvis zaris daurekavad da karis dauraxuneblad, ijda sami Tu oTxi klerki da werda.
sanam mister spenlo movidoda, visargeble SemTxveviT, ro misi kabineti dameTvalierebina. sawer magidas gadafarebuli hqonda mwvane frizi, romelsac daekarga pirvandeli feri da gamxdari da sabralo moxucis STabeWdilebas stovebda. magidasa da Taroebze elaga uzarmazari qaRaldis Sekvrebi sxvadasxva warwerebiT, rogorc, magaliTad, `Cvenebani~, `pirispir wayeneba~, `mimarTva~, `cnobebi~ da sxva. am qaRaldebidan, rogorc warwerebidan Canda, zogi unda gadagzavniliyo TaRebis qveS, zogi _ prerogatiul sasamarTloSi, zogi _ sazRvao sasamarTloSi, da iyo, bolos, iseTi qaRaldebic, romlebic daniSnuli iyo veqilebis specialur sasamarTlosTvis. qaRaldebis garda elaga kidev uzarmazari sqeli xelnaweri wignebi, sqeli ydebiT, egreT wodebuli Books of Evidence, ese igi wignebi, romelnic Seicavdnen damTavrebuls, ficis miRebiT damtkicebul saqmeebs. yovelive aman Cemze didi STabeWdileba moaxdina da kargi azris gavxdi proqtoris saqmianobisa doqtorTa kavSirSi.
Cemi cnobismoyvareoba TandaTan izrdeboda da ganvagrZobdi didi yuradRebiT am sagnebis sinjvas, rodesac gaisma viRacis mZime fexis xma. kabinetis kari gaiRo da gamoCnda sasamarTlos Savwamosasxamiani mister spenlo. man moixada qudi da Tavi dagvikra.
es iyo dabali tanis qera jentlmeni, gakrialebuli fexsacmelebiT da magrad gaxamebuli yelsaxveviT, romlis qveSidan gamoiyureboda maRlis-umaRlesi sayelo. mister spenlos bakenbardebi didi mzrunvelobiT hqonda davarcxnili, da rogorc Canda, amayobda Tavisi saxis am morTulobiT. igi ise dadioda welSi gamarTuli, rom TiTqmis ver hxrida zurgs. rodesac dasWirda magidaze mdebare zogierTi qaRaldis gadaTvaliereba, iZulebuli gaxda mTeli taniT daxriliyo.
_ aba, mister koperfild! Tqven gnebavT, Cvens wreSi SemoxvideT? didad moxaruli var, didad moxaruli. imedi maqvs, rom ar inanebT am dargis samsaxuris arCevas, _ miTxra mister spenlom da mTeli taniT daixara. _ am dReebSi mis trotvudma pativi mca Tavisi darbazobiT, da me SemTxveviT SevniSne, rom CvenTan vakansia ixsneba-meTqi. mis trotvudma ineba metad droze brZaneba, rom mas hyavs SviliSvili, ymawvili kaci, romelmac es aris axla daamTavra swavla institutSi. amJamad, Tu ar vcdebi, maqvs pativi vesaubro mis trotvudis am Rirseul naTesavs.
Tavi davukari da vuTxari, rom ukve mqonda bedniereba, gamego es ambavi papidasagan, da Tan gamovTqvi imedi, rom, ueWvelia, Zalian momewoneba doqtorTa kolegia. Cveulebriv erTi Tve, romelsac amis gamo me Sesasvlel Tves vuqodeb. didi siamovnebiT daginiSnavdiT ors, sams, oTx Tves, ufro metsac, ramdensac isurvebdiT, magram am saqmeebSi me myavs amxanagi, da es amxanagi mister jorkisia.
_ diax, Sesasvleli premia, beWdisa da saRerbo qaRaldis xarjis CaTvliT, dajdeba aTasi girvanqa, _ gvipasuxa mister spenlom. _ me ukve mqonda pativi gamomecdadebina mis trotvudisaTvis, rom am SemTxvevaSi, rogorc yovelsave sxva SemTxvevaSic, arasodes ar mivcem nebas Cems Tavs vixelmZRvanelo raime mogebis angariSiT; magram me myavs amxanagi, mister
jorkinsi, da igi sxvanairad ucqeris saqmes. Tqven gesmiT, rom me movale var, pativi vce mister jorkinsis azrs, is ki fiqrobs, rom aTasi giranqa kidevac umniSvnelo premiaao.
_ neba miboZeT, is mainc gavigo, ser, _ vuTxari me, radgan msurda riTime amenazRaurebina papidas xarjebi. _ imedi maqvs, Tu klerki savsebiT gaecnoba Tavis Tanamdebobas da utyuar imedsac mogcemT, rom sargeblobas moutans Tavisi samsaxuris adgils (me gavwiTldi, rodesac movisazre, rom es Zalian hgavda Tavis qebas), albaT iseT klerks... Tvais droze... eniSneba... sakmarisi...
magram mister spenlom aRar maTqmevina sityva: jamagiri. man didi siZneliT aswia Tavi, gaiqnia da miTxra: _ ara! ar SemiZlia giTxraT mister koperfild, rogor moviqceodi
amgvar SemTxvevaSi piradad me; magram Tqven mogexsenebaT, rom me amxanagi myavs, da mister jorkinsi Seudrekelia.
warmoidgineT, ra azri unda Semqmnoda am saSineli jentlmenis Sesaxeb. SemdegSi gamoirkva rom mister jorkinsi yovlad uwyinari da umSvidesi arseba iyo yvela momakvdavs Soris, jentlmeni flegmaturi temperamentisa da moridebuli xasiaTisa. mister jorkinss ara hqonda raime gansakuTrebuli saqme kantoraSi; misi saqme iyo _ firmisTvis Seupovari da mkacri, mxecuri TvisebebiT dajildoebuli adamianis ideali warmoedgina. Tu klerki jamagiris momatebas Txoulobda, mister jorkinss amis Sesaxeb laparakis gagebac ar undoda. Tu klerki uars ambobda sasamarTlos xarjebis gadaxdaze, mister jorkinsi cixiT imuqreboda. ras izam! mister jorkinsi Seupovari iyo, rogorc klde. mister spenlo mzad iyo suliTa da guliT yovelgvari daxmareba gaewia TqvenTvis, magram es boroti suli _ jorkinsi _ mas xelsa da fexs uborkavda yovel nabijze.
gadawyda, rom Cemi Sesasvleli Tve maSinve daiwyeboda, rodesac movisurvebdi. mister spenlo dawvrilebiT mogvelaparaka yvela debulebis Sesaxeb da Tan winadadeba momca, eCvenebina CemTvis dawesebulebis darbazebi, raTa winaswarve gavcnobodi wesebsa da wyobilebas doqtorTa kolegiaSi. didi madlobiT daveTanxme am winadadebas da dauyovnebliv gavediT. papida ki mister spenlos kabinetSi darCa. mis betsi eWvis TvaliT uyurebda yvela amgvar sajaro dawesebulebas da warmodgenili hqonda isini denTis qarxnis msgavsad, romelic mcireodeni gaufrTxileblobis gamo SesaZloa, haerSi afeTqebuliyo.
Cven gavediT farTo ezoSi, romelic yovelmxriT SemozRuduli iyo uSvelebeli aguris SenobebiT. am Senobebs auarebeli karebi hqonda da yovel karze amoWrili iyo gvari romelime doqtorisa. ezos marcxena mxares iyo uzrmazari bneli darbazi, romelic Zalian hgavda saydars. am darbazis zemo nawili gadaRebili iyo danarCeni oTaxisagan, da aq, am platformis oriv mxares, Zvelebur sasadilo skamebze isxdnen wiTelwamosasxamebiani da WaRara parikebiani darbaiseli da warCinebuli jentlmenebi. swored eseni iyvnen veqilebi, kanonikur da samoqalaqo uflebaTa doqtorebi. am amfiTeatris SuagulSi sazogadoebisaken pirmibrunebuli sTvlemda magidasTan moxuci jentlmeni, romelic usaTuod bu megoneboda, frinvelebis ezoSi rom menaxa. es Tavmjdomare iyo. amfiTeatris dabal nawilSi iatakis simaRleze, grZeli magidis garSemo, isxdnen sxva jentlmenebi, imave rangisa, rogorc mister spenlo. yvela maT, rogorc mister spenlos, exuraT kideebze TeTrmovlebuli Savi wamosasxami da maRali, Zalze gaxamebuli sayeloebi ekeTaT. erTi SexedviT isini usaSinles amay xalxad momeCvennen, magram aRmoCCnda, rom Sevcdi;
rodesac ori Tu sami maTgani adga pasuxis gasacemad Tavmjdomaris SekiTxvaze, me wavikiTxe maT saxeebze metad mokrZalebuli da moridebuli gamometyveleba. mTels msmenel sazogadoebas warmoadgenda viRac quCis biWi da viRac daglejili jentlmeni, romelic frakis jibidan Cumad iRebda namcxvrebs da sWamda. isini oriveni buxarTan Tbebodnen, darbazis Sig SuagulSi. am adgilis samarisebur siCumes arRvevda mxolod gadamwvari qvanaxSiris tkacuni da erTi doqtoris xma, romelic dinjad da aRuSfoTeblad dabrZandeboda iuridiuli sibrZnis farTo gzaze da mxolod drogamoSvebiT SeCerdeboda klasikuri argunmentaciisa da citatebis viwro bilikze. erTi sityviT, Cems sicocxleSi ar menaxa aseTi mixrwnili, pirquSi da mZinare sazogadoeba.
me vikmare am dawesebulebis mTvlemare atmosfero da SevniSne mister spenlos, rom jerjerobiT es dakvirvebani sakmarisi iyo CemTvis. Cven davbrundiT papidasTan da masTan erTad davtove es mosawyeni adgilebi. papida saerTod kmayofili da mxiaruli iyo, mxolod drogamoSvebiT agondeboda londonis xanZrebi da jibgirebi, romelnic, misi sityviT, yovel fexis gadadgmaze dayialobdnen. amitom vTxove papidas, rac SeiZleba male dabrunebuliyo duvrSi da Cemi Tavi CemTvis moendo.
_ ho, genacvale, waval, mapatie ki, _ mipasuxa papidam. _ xval swored erTi kvira Sesruldeba, rac aq var. oRond wasvlamde bina unda giSovno da mogiwyo.
am sityvebiT jibidan amoiRo gazeTidan amoWrili gancxadeba da momawoda. me wavikiTxe:
Cven zeviT avediT. bina sul maRali iyo, saxuravis qveS. mas hqonda patara Sesavali
oTaxi, sadac TiTqmis araferi ara Canda, da pawawina sakuWnao, sadac ukve srulebiT ara Canda ra. magram garda am ori oTaxisa, iyo kidev naTeli sastumro da naTeli sawoli oTaxi.
me aRtacebaSi movedi. papida da misis kropi gavidnen bnel sakuWnaoSi mosalaparakeblad. maT ivaWres, ikamaTes, iCxubes, gacxardnen, magram bolos, rodesac dabrundnen, papidas da misis krops TvalebSi Sevatyve, rom saqme orive mxris sasiamovnod gadawyda.
amgvarad, bina daqiravebuli iyo sacdelad erTi TviT, im pirobiT, rom me vicxovrebdi Sig weliwads an ors, rogorc movisurvebdi. misis kropma
Cemi kvebac ikisra. unda gadmovsuliyavi erTi dRis Semdeg, misis kropis udides sasiamovnod, radgan gamoacxada, rom ukve SviliviT vuyvarvar.
dabrunebisas papidam gulwrfeli da mgrZnobiare sityviT gamoTqva imedi, rom axla, rodesac me gamovdivar cxovrebis farTo asparezze, ise moviqcevi, rogorc sakuTar Rirsebis grZnobiT gamsWvaluli adamiani. es imedi da rCeva meore dResac mravaljer iyo gamoTqmuli, rodesac vlaparakobdiT Cemi wignebisa da tanisamosis gadmotanis Sesaxeb, romelic mister vikfildTan iyo datovebuli. amis gamo uSvelebeli werili mivwere agnesas da papida dampirda, piradad gadaeca igi meore dResve, daniSnulebisamebr.
bolos papida da mis jeneti mSvidobiT Casxdnen duvris diliJansSi da oriveni savse iyvnen saSineli SurisZiebis grZnobiT im uvic da briyv virebisadmi, romelnic, ueWvelia, maTi aryofnis dros gaanadgurebdnen mwvane mindors saxlis win.
Tavi ocdamesame pirveli qeifi maS ase! me mqonda sakuTari cixe-darbazi RrublebSi. rodesac
pirvelad davkete am binis Sesavali kari, imasve vgrZndi, rasac robinzon kruzo, rodesac igi Tavis saxlSi Sevida da kibe Tan aitana. ra bednierebaa seirnobde qalaqSi da jibeSi Seni binis gasaRebi gedos, seirnobde, sadac ginda, da ramdenic ginda; seirnobde da Tan icode, rom SegiZlia dahpatiJo, vinc gsurs, da amiT aravis Seawuxeb, Seni Tavis garda! saucxooa! magram miuxedavad amisa, unda gamovtyde, rom zogjer martoobasa da mowyenilobas vgreZnobdi.
xmis gamcemi aravin myavda. agnesa ar iyo Cems gverdiT; sayvareli, nazi da, romelsac mudam vuziarebdi Cems azrebsa da grZnobebs, Sors iyo Cemgan! guli mewureboda da uzomo sicarieles vgrZnobdi Cems garSemo. visTan gametarebina mosawyeni dro? misis kropi iq, dabla cxovrobda, an ki ra mqonda salaparako misis kropTan?
ori dRis Semdeg ukve ise meCveneboda, TiTqos mTeli wlebia, rac am ganmartoebuls binaSi vcxovrob, da miuxedavad amisa, erTi saaTiTac ver davberdi! rodis iqneba, rom bavSvad aRar mTvlidnen?
stirfordi gahqra! avad xom ar aris? ueWvelia, avad aris! mesame dRes adre gavaTave Cemi mecadineoba doqtorTa kolegiaSi da gadavwyvite haitekSi wasvla. misis stirfords gauxarda Cemi naxva. man miTxra, rom misi Svili erT oqsfordel studentebTan erTad gaemgzavra meore studentis sanaxavad, romelic albaniis ubanSi cxovrobs. meore dRes unda dabrunebuiyo.
misis stirfordma sadilze mimiwvia. me davrCi, ramdenadac maxsovs, mTeli dRis ganmavlobaSi mxolod misi Svilis Sesaxeb vlaparakobdiT. vuambe, rogor Seuyvarda yvelas stirfordi iarmauTSi da rogori saxeli gaiTqva man mezRvaurebs Soris. mis dartli, idumalebiT aRsavse, udidesi yuradRebiT migdebda yurs da yovel wuTSi imeorebda: `nuTu?~ `marTla?~ `ah, rasa brZanebT!~ amgvari kiTxebiT man gamomwova yvelaferi, risi gagebac undoda.
meore diliT, rodesac yava Semomitanes, Cemi sastumro oTaxis kari gaiRo da Cemda warmouTqmel sasixarulod, stirfordi davinaxe.
_ Cemo stirford! _ SevZaxe me. _ Sen xar? me ki megona, verasodes veRar gnaxavdi!
_ ra vqna! _ mipasuxa stirfordma. _ TiTqmis ZaliT wamiyvanes, saxlSi dabrunebis meore dResve, aba, dezi, momilocavs. axla Sen namdvili Zveli dardimandi maspinZeli xar! ici ra, Cemo kargo? Seni bina Cemi binac iqneba mudam, rodesac londonSi momixdeba yofna. me vicxovreb SenTan, sanam saxlidan ar gamagdeb.
aman aRtacebaSi momiyvana. me azrad momivida medResaswaula Cemi axal binaze gadmosvla. rogorc
wesi da rigia namdvili jentlmenisa, da sadili gamemarTa. es azri stirfords gavuziare, igi dampirda, moeyvana sadilad Tavisi ori megobari. sadili eqvs saaTisTvis gavniSneT.
rogorc ki stirfordi gavida, im wamSive davureke misis krops da Cemi gegma gavacani. Cven TaTbiri daviwyeT sadilis Sesaxeb. aRmoCnda, Turme misis kropis Rumeli ostatis raRac windauxedaobis gamo ise ucnaurad iyo mowyobili, rom masSi SeiZleboda gakeTebuliyo mxolod katletebi da, iqneb, isic didi gaWirvebiT, kidev raRac sousi gaxexili kartofiliT.
_ rac Seexeba Tevzis qvabs, _ miTxra misis krpma, _ xom ar inebebT Tqven TviTon naxoT, rogor aris igi mowyobili?
amaze ukeTess igi veras metyoda! rad unda wavide, kacma rom mkiTxos, Cemi sdiasaxlisis Rumelis sanaxavad? TiTqos Wkua momemateboda am reviziisagan! uari movaxsene am winadadebaze da vuTxari:
_ Zalian kargi. Tevzi ar aris saWiro. _ ah, ara, nu ityviT magas! _ mipasuxa misis kkropma. _ Tevzi
aucilibelia karg sufraze. _ maS ise moiqeciT, rogorc sjobdes, _ vuTxari me da Cemi Tavi
gaSales sufra da moitanes pirveli Tavi saWmeli. radgan me Cems Tavs ymawvilad da gamoucdelad vgrZnobdi da, maSasadame, ar viyavi Sesaferi sufris xelmZRvanelad, amitom stirfords vTxove daeWira sufraze pirveli adgili; me ki mis pirdapir davjeqi. stirfordma brwyinvaled Seasrula Tamadis movaleoba.
male saocari udardeloba da mxiaruleba vigrZeni. yvela naxevrad daviwyebuli sagani momivida TavSi, tvini amimoZravda da vybedobdi SeuCereblad, rogorc yvelaze udardeli da Tavqariani Wabuki. vicinodi Cemsave gonebamaxvilobaze da Cemi stumrebis xumrobaze; vuyvirodi stirfords, Rvino daesxa; xmamaRla gamovTqvamdi oqsrofdSi wasvlis survils da bolos gamovacxade, rom ara ugvianes Semdegi kvirisa vmarTavdi grandiozul saRamos...
Rvino wyarosaviT modioda. boTlis sacobebi WerSi hxotdnen. bolos TviTon daviwye Rvinis dasxma. raxan es movaleoba vikisre, stirfodis sadRegrZelo gamovacxade. me vTqvi, rom igi Cemi megobaria, Cemi bavSvobis mfarveli. Cemi siWabukis safuZveli, amxanagi, mosaubre da amfsoni. vTqvi, rom aRtacebiT vsvam mis sadRegrZelos.
ganvacxade da warvadgine safuZvliani sawinaaRmdego debulebani. amgvari sadRegrZeloebi, _ vuTxari me, _ yovlad dauSvebelia Cems saxlSi. es uzrdelobaa, upativcemulobaa; Tu dalevaa, unda davlioT `mSvenieri ledis~ sadRegrZelo.
viRacam TuTuni moswia. Cven yvelam daviwyeT weva. vwevdi da vgrZnobdi, rom mTel tanSi JrJola mivlis. stirfordma brwyinvale sityva warmoTqva Cems Sesaxeb. vusmendi mas da Tan sixarulis cremlebs vRvridi. Rrma TanagrZnobiT, madlobisa da megobrobis grZnobiT aRsavsem, mivmarTe Cems stumrebs umorCilesi TxovniT _ mosuliyvnen CemTan sadilad xval, zeg, mazeg, ise, uceremoniod, rogorc miRebulia gulwrfel megobarTa Soris, movidnen sadilad mudamdRe swored xuT saaTze da mTeli saRamo CemTan darCnen. amis Semdeg udidesi survili vigrZeni kidev erTi sadRegrZelo damelia da mesurva dRegrZeloba, pativi da bedniereba papidaCemisaTvis, mis betsi trotvudisTvis, saukeTeso qalisTvis mTel dedamiwis zurgze.
viRac idga Cemi sawolis fanjarasTan da xarbad hylapavda haers. es me viyavi. me Cems Tavs `koperfilds~ vuwodebdi; me veubnebodi Cems Tavs: `rada swev, usindiso! lawirako! rogor ara grcxvenia?~ viRacam borZikiT ramdenime nabiji gadadga da sarkis win gaCerda. es isev me var, sarkeSi Zalian fermkrTali vCanvar; Cemi Tvalebi uazrod hxtian yovel mxares da Tmebi, _ mxolod Tmebi, me sxvaze aras vambob, _ mowmoben cxadad, rom me mTvrali var!
_ TeartSi? ratom ara? wavideT! aba, Tu mivdivarT _ wavideT. me mxolod lampas Cavaqrob, rom cecli ar gaCndes, da Tqven gamogyvebiT.
lampa Caqra; stumrebi dafacurdnen. kari daikarga, _ sad, gaurkvevelia. me daviwye misi Zebna fanjrebs Sua da kedels gaswvriv _ kari aRarsad aris. stirfordma gaicina, momkida xeli da oTaxidan gamiyvana. Cven kibeze CavdivarT mwkrivad. erT-erT ukanasknel safexurze viRac daeca da dagorda. mere viRacam SeniSna, rom es koperfildi Cagorda. avenTe am ciliswamebaze, magram male vigrZeni, rom derefanSi
vwevar Cems sakuTar zurgze; maSasadame, ciliswamebas hqonda erTgvari safuZveli. quCebi burusiania da notio. farnebis irgvliv ucnauri Crdilebis anareklia. amboben, TiTqos wvima scris. viRac upasuxebs, rom es sisulelea; ki ara scris, hyinavs. es me TviTon vTqvi. stirfordma mimiyvana farnis boZTan, gamiwminda zurgi da Tavze qudi damaxura. saidan gaCnda es qudi, vin moitana da rad, aravin icis. me maxsovda, rom oTaxidan gamosvlis dros Tavze qudi ar mexura. stirfordma miTxra:
gamoarTva viRacas fuli da ikiTxa, CemTvisac gadaixdian Tu ara? mas dadebiTad upasuxes, magram maxsovs, rom igi did eWvSi iyo, aeRo Tu ara fuli Cemganac. cota xnis Semdeg Cven gavCndiT sadRac maRla, Zalian maRla, Tbilsa da SexuTul TeatrSi da iqidan viyurebodiT raRac ormoSi, romelic TiTqos bolavda, da sadac auarebeli xalxi ireoda. scenaze sisufTave da sinaTle iyo, gacilebiT ufro meti sisufTave da sinaTle, vidre quCaSi. iq kacebi dadiodnen win da ukan da raRacaze laparakobdnen, magram raze _ ar vici. sanTlebi Zalian mwaxed anaTebdnen da musikac xmamaRla ukravda. loJebSi isxdnen mSvenieri ledi da jentlmenebi, da aq kidev iyo raRac, magram ra, gaurkvevelia. uecrad mTeli Teatri SeinZra, ledi da jentlmeni TiTqos curavdnen, _ sad, rad, risTvis? ar vici. yvelas ise ucnaurad eWira Tavi, rom davapire pasuxi momeTxova, ram gaagiJa yvelani-meTqi.
viRacam Tqva, rom urigo ar iqneba, foieSi CavsuiyaviT, sadac qalebi iyvnen. Cven CavediT. viRac mSvenivrad Cacmuli jentlmeni ijda savarZelSi durbindiT xelSi da ucnaurad micqeroda. davinaxe misi saxe sarkeSi, da iqve gaielva Cemma sakuTarma saxemac. Semdeg Semiyvanes romeiRac loJaSi, sadac davjeqi, magram uwinares raRac SeniSvna miveci garSemo myofT. viRacam viRacas dauyvira: `Cumad!~ da am dros ramdenime ledim aRSfoTebiT Seomxedes, _ rogor moxda? ucnauria, warmoudgeneli, magram me davinaxe agnesa! ai, igi zis Cems win, imave loJaSi; mis gevrdiT sxedan jentlmeni da ledi, romelTac me ar vicnob. am wuTSi me gacilebiT ufro kargad vxedav mis saxes, vidre maSin vxedavdi: Cemsken momarTul agnesas saxeze cxadad Canda sibralulisa da gaocebis gamometyveleba.
wynarad ijeqiT da usmineT. male waxvalT Sin? _ male waval? _ gavimeore me. me gamielva sulelurma azra _ mepasuxa rom warmodgenis bolomde
darCenas da is saxlSi gacilebas vapireb. mgonia, kidec waviburdRune amis magvari raRac; yovel SemTxvevaSi, eWvi ar iyo, rom agnesa mixvda Cems azrs. man Semomxeda gakvirvebiT da miTxra dabali xmiT:
_ me vici, rom Tqven SeasrulebT Cems Txovnas, Tu moisurvebT mixvdeT, rom seriozulad gelaparakebit. wadiT aqedan, trotvud, am wuTsve! wadiT Cemi gulisTvis da sTxoveT Tqvens amxanagebs, saxlSi gagacilon.
es ki metistemti iyo, TiTqmis davjavrdi agnesaze. miuxedavad amisa, Semrcxva, ar vici, rad. avdeqi, aviRe qudi, Tavi davukari da wavilaparake:
_ Rmm mSuddobiss! ese igi _ Rame mSvidobisa! Semdeg loJidan gamovedi da erT wamSi Cems
sawolSi gavCndi. strifordi mSveloda tanisamosis gaxdas da loginSi mawvenda. velaparakebodi mas da mgonia, Zalian mWetmetyvelurad, rom agnesa Cemi da aris; Cemi sayvareli, dauviwyari daiko, da vexvewebodi moenaxa axali boTli gasaxsnelad.
viRac Cawva Cems loginSi da daiwyo mTeli am dRis molenaTa gameoreba karikaturuli saxiT. es me TviTon viyavi da vbodavdi; ise meCveneboda, TiTqos Cemi logini aboboqrebuli, daudegari zRva iyo.
goneba mzis pirvel sxivebTan erTad damibrunda. sircxvili, sinanuli, saSineli sevda, _ ra kalami aswers yovelive imas, rac me vigrZeni, rodesac Tvalebi pirvelad gavaxile? gulisxeTqiT warmovidgine, rom ugonod myofs SemeZlo winaRames aTasgvari Seuracxyofa mimeyenebina bevri visTvisme, romelTa vinaoba Tavidan amomvarda axla, da rasac verasodes ver gamovasworeb. agnesas saxe, SeSinebuli da Tan sibraluliT aRsavse, waruSlelad CamebeWda gonebaSi. ras fiqrobs igi axla Cemze? rogor gavimarTlo Tavi? me verc ki vnaxav mas, radgan ar vici, rogor Camovida igi londonSi da sad Camoxta.
adre Camovida londonSi, ueWvelia, raime usiamovno saqmis gamo. _ es garemoeba, mgonia, Zalian gawuxebT, _ SevniSne me. _ ra saqmis
gamo SeeZlo mas Camosvla? _ me mgonia, uri emzadeba mamasTan amxanagobaSi Sesasvlelad. _ rogor? uri? usindiso, monuri arseba! SeiZleba mas amgvari azri
hqondes? _ SevZaxe aRSfoTebiT. _ da Tqven aravTar winaaRmdegobas ar uwevT amas, agnesa? Tqven unda molaparakebodiT mamas da gagefrTxlebinaT igi amgvari ugono saqcielisagan!
_ Tqven gaxsovT Cveni ukanaskneli saubari mamis Sesaxeb? ori Tu sami dRis Semdeg man pirvelma damiwyo laparaki am saqmis gamo. sabralo sanaxavi iyo, rodesac cdilobda, davejerebine, rom am SemTxvevaSi srulebiT Tavisi nebayoflobiT iqceva.
_ maS vis SeuZlia daatanos Zala? _ saqme imaSia, rom urim moaxerxa saWiro gamxdariyo mamisaTvis. man
Zalian moxerxebulad SeniSna yvela misi susti mxare da kidev ufro moxerxebulad isargebla amiT, da... erTi sityviT, rogor giTxraT... mamas eSinia am adamianisa.
_ cota adre, sanam am ambavs gavigebdi, _ ganagrZo agnesam, _ urim iTxova daTxovna da Tan arwmunebda mamas, Tumca didad samwuxaroa CemTvis am adgilis datoveba, magram maZleven sxvas, gacilebiT ukeTes adgilso. mama im dros Zalian Sewuxebuli da datvirTuli iyo saqmeebiT. igi moekida am azrs _ amxanagad gaexada TanaSemwe da amave dros TiTqos rcxvenoda, miemarTa am zomisTvis.
_ Tqven rogorRa miiReT es cnoba, agnesa? _ me mgonia, trotvud, _ mipasuxa man, _ ise moviqeci, rogorc saWiro
iyo. vgrZnobdi, rom es daamSvidebda mamas, da amitom savsebiT moviwone misi gadawyvetileba.
arasodes am wuTamde ar menaxa agnesas aseTi mware cremlebi. me menaxa, rogor tiroda igi sixarulisagan, rodesac raime saCuqriT vbrundebodi skolidan; menaxa, rogor ereoda Tvalebze cremlebi, rodesac mamamisis Sesaxeb vlaparakobdiT; vnaxe, rogor maridebda Tavis mSvenier saxes, rodesac erTmaneTs vSordebodiT; magram arasodes minaxavs agnesas aseTi Rrma sevda. male moeria sasowarkveTilebas da misma mSvenierma saxem
miiRo Tavisi mudmivi, wynari da nazi gamometyveleba, rogoric me arc erT sxva qalSi ar Semxvedria.
agnesam gamacno misis uaterbruki. am pativcemuli lediT cxvirSi meca Semwvari batknis suni. yvelafridan Canda, rom sadilze marto me ar viyavi miwveuli.
mister uaiterbruki Suaxnis kaci iyo, mokle kisriT da ufarToesi sayeloebiT. man didi siamovneba gamoTqva Cemi gacnobis gamo da, rodesac mivesalme diasaxliss, pativcemulma misma meuRlem mimiyvana viRac xanSi Sesul, metad uferul ledisTan, romelsac Savi xaverdis kaba ecva da Savi xaverdis bereti exura. me im wamsve gamielva azrma, rom igi, ueWvelia, cotaTi hamlets enaTesaveboda.
am ledis erqva misis henri spaiker; igi mosuliyo Tavis qmarTan erTad, romelsac iseTi civi gamoxedva hqonda, rom misi WaRara Tmebic ki TiTqos TrTviliT iyo dafaruli.
stumarTa Soris uri hipic iyo TaviT fexebamde SavebSi Cacmuli da, Cveulebisamebr, gamsWvaluli saocari TavmdablobiT, romelic axlos idga monur mliqvnelobasTan. xeli gavuwode da bedniereba mqonda momesmina uaRresi madloba amgvari didi yuradRebisaTvis.
verc sxva danarCenma stumrebma moaxdines Cemze savsebiT sasiamovno STabeWdileba. mxolod erTma maTganma amaRelva, jer kidev Tavis Semosvlamde: Cemda gasaocrad, msaxurma, romelic Semovida mosaxseneblad, warmoTqva tredelsis saxeli. Cems gonebas uceb warmoudga dro, gatarebuli salemis saswavlebelSi. me Zalian damainteresa mister tredelsma da cnobismoyvareobiT Sevxede mas, rodesac igi oTaxSi Semovida. rogorc Canda, es iyo metad moridebuli, dinji ymawvili kaci, ucnaurad davarcxnili TmiTa da cotaTi gadmokarkluli TvalebiT. Tumca Zlivs movkari Tvali, ise swrafad miefara igi Sor da myudro kunWuls.
me mivedi mister uaterbrukTan da vuTxari, rom, mgonia, bedniereba maqvs vnaxo aq erTi Cemi skolis megobarTagani-meTqi.
_ diax, diax, savsebiT SesaZlebelia, _ mipasuxa man gulgrilad. _ Tu es is aris, _ vTqvi me da isev tredelsisken gavixede, _ maSin
_ o, diax, tredelsi kargi ymawvilia, Zalian kargi, _ damidastura mister uaterbrukma Tavmdabali kiloTi. _ igi veqilobisTvis emzadeba. mxolod, Cemis azriT, im adamianTa ricxvs ekuTvnis, romelnic TviTonve iRobaven gzas. es xandaxan xdeba amqveynad. me darwmunebuli var, magaliTad, rom mas arasodes ar eqneba saSualeba Tundac xuTasiode girvanqa sterlingisa. igi urigod ar adgens werilebs; naTlad da mkafiod gamoxatavs saqmes. unda moewyos am ymawvilis bedi; me vapireb, erTi wlis Semdeg vuSovo mas Sesaferi adgili.
Semosulma laqiam moaxsena pativcemul sazogadoebas, rom sadili mzad aris. stumrebi adgnen da sasadilo oTaxSi gaemarTnen. mister uaterbrukma xeli gauwoda hamletis deidas; mister henri spaikerma waiyvana misis uaterbruki. me mindoda agnesasTvis gamewoda xeli, magram viRac fexmoqceulma da sulelurad momRimare jentlmenma damaswro. uri, tredelsi da me, rogorc sazogadoebis umcrosi wevrebi, uswor-masworod mivdiodiT yvelaze ukan. me jer mewyina, rom agnesas momaSores, magram male davmSviddi, rodesac kibeze Cems amxanags davewie. tredelsi momesalma megobruli aRtacebiT. uri hipi ki ise saZaglad imanWeboda da ibriceboda, rom udidesi survili aRmeZra moajiris iqiT gadamegdo.
sufraze me da tredelsi or sxvadasxva kuTxeSi dagvsves. mas ali ekideboda erTi sisxlmoWarbebuli ledis gverdiT, romelic morTuliyo mdidrul alisfer xaverdis kabaSi; me ki Caviferfle hamletis deidis maxloblad. sadili Zalian didxans gagrZelda.
rodesac nasadilevs qalebi zeviT avidnen, daveSure agnesas sazgadoebas mivkedlebodi da sixaruliT gavacani Cemi megobari tredelsi, romelic axlac, rogorc yovelTvis, moridebuli da mokrZalebuli iyo. samwuxarod, tredelsi male gamogveTxova, radgan meore dRes diliT sadRac unda wasuliyo mTeli erTi TviT. tredelsi nasiamovnebi darCa, roca gaigo, rom ganvaaxle Cemi megobroba stirfodTan, da iseTi gatacebiT daiwyo laparaki mis Sesaxeb, rom gavameorebine mas agnesas winaSe yovelive, rasac igi fiqrobda am mSvenier ymawvilze. magram agnesam sibraluliT Semomxeda da mxolod odnav daxara Tavi, rodesac tredelsma daamTavra Tavisi moTxroba.
tredelsis wasvlis Semdeg Cven orni davrCiT da agnesam miTxra, rom ramdenime dRis Semdeg saxlSi, kenterberiSi mivdivaro. amitomac vcdilobdi, gamegrZelebina Cemi yofna am saxlSi im dromde mainc, sanac yvela stumrebi ar daiSlebodnen. bolos, rodesac brwyinvale mnaTobi, romelnic anaTebdnen mister uaterbrukis saxls, Cahqrnen da miefarnen TandaTan, me aRar mqonda araviTari sababi darbazobis gasagrZeleblad. iZulebuli gavxdi, didi sinanuliT xeli momekida qudisTvis.
me vTqvi, rom yvela stumrebi daiSalnen, magram maT ricxvSi ar CamiTvlia mister uri hipi, romelic ar mogvSorebia mTeli saRamos ganmavlobaSi. igi momdevda kibeze Casvlisas da ukan gamomyva, rodesac quCaSi gavedi.
TavisTavad cxadia, rom ar mqonda araviTari survili am adamianTan saubari damewyo, magram momagonda agnesas Txovna da gafrTxileba da vTxove uri hips, Semosuliyo CemTan erTi finjani yavis dasalevad.
_ o, master koperfild... _ miTxra uri hipma, _ gTxovT, mapatioT, ser, me unda meTqva _ mister koperfild. me ar minda SewuxdeT Tqvens saxlSi iseTi umniSvnelo adamianis yofniT, rogoric me var.
_ ar araviTari Sewuxeba ar iqneba, _ vupasuxe me, _ gindaT CemTan SemoxvideT?
_ o, Zalian, minda! _ miTxra urim saZageli RmeWviT. _ maS wamodiT. uneburad ugulod velaparakebodi, magram uri TiTqos araviTar
wasvlis Semdeg iseTi ambebi moxda, remelTa Sesaxeb me, gaunaTlebeli da mokrZalebuli adamiani, ocnebasac ver vbedavdi. es RvTis wyalobaa, WeSmaritad. me mgonia, Tqven ukve gaigebdiT Cemi mdgomareobis bednieri cvlilebis Sesaxeb, master koperfild, _ ese igi, mindoda meTqva, mister koperfild.
igi ijda mokuzuli da mokecili Cems sofaze da kovziT urevda yavas finjanSi, romelic Tavisi grZeli fexebis muxlebze edga, xolo misi qudi da xelTTmanebi mis gverdiT iatakze ido. misi wiTeli uwamwamo Tvalebi uZravad misCerebodnen Cems saxes, Tumca iseTnairad, TiTqos srulebiTac ar micqerodnen. nestoebi ebereboda da ekumSeboda yovel amosunTqvaze, rogorc saberveli, igi mTeli taniT iklakneboda. mxolod am wuTSi momivida pirvelad TavSi, rogor mZulda es adamiani.
_ diax, gavige zogi ram, _ vupasuxe me.
_ mec ase mgonia, ser, _ mSvidad daadastura urim. _ mis agnesam daaxloebiT unda icodes Cemi saqmeebi. Zalian mixaria, rom man icis Cemi saqmeebis mdgomareoba. o, gmadlobT, master... ese igi, mister koperfild!
me mzad viyavi, Tavi gameWeWya misTvis fexsacmlis kalapotiT, romelic iqve, buxarTan, ido, _ ise mewyina, rom man gamomtyua agnesas naTqvami sityva. magram Tavi Sevikave da mSvidad ganvagrZobdi yavis smas.
_ ras izam. master koperfild! rogorca Cans, aseTi yofila wesi, rom zogjer Turme yogvlad umniSvnelo adamianic SeiZleba keTili saqmis iaraRi gaxdes. CemTvis didad sasiamovnoa is azri, rom me viyavi sikeTis iaraRi mister vikfildisaTvis, _ viyavi da, ueWvelia, kidevac viqnebi. igi, rogorc iciT, metad keTili adamiania, magram saocaria, rogori gaufrTxileblobiT iqceoda am bolo dros!
_ samwuxaroa. _ vTqvi me da mokle siCumis Semdeg davumate mniSvnelovani kiloTi: _ samwuxaroa yoveli mxriv!
_ diax, marTali brZanebaa, mister koperfild! yoveli mxriT samwuxaroa, rogorc Tqven inebeT SeniSvna, da gansakuTrebiT mis agnesasTvis!
meti mas ara uTqvams-ra. igi urevda yavas, srupavda, xels isvamda nikapze, iRrijeboda, qSenda, ucqeroda buxars, kedlebs, frutunebda da ibriceboda, magram aRarc erTi sityva aRar warmouTqvams. cxadi iyo, rom urim me damiTmo masTan laparakis ganaxleba.
_ maS ise gamodis, rom mister vikfildi, romelic xuTasjer ufro Rirseulia, vidre Tqven... an me, _ vTqvi me bolos, _ rom mister vikfildi gaufrTxileblad iqceoda am bolo dros. asea, mister hip?
_ diax, Zalian gaufrTxileblad, master kperfild, _ mipasuxa urim da Rrmad amoioxra, _ Zalian, Zalian gaufrTxileblad da daufiqreblad! oh igi saocari ugonobiT iqceoda, master koperfild. amis Sesaxeb mxolod TqvenTan SemiZlia vilaparako, isic mxolod saerTod, sagnis odnav SexebiT. me rom ar viyo mag kantoraSi, mister vikfildi dahkargavda mamuls, saxels, da aRar vici, ra ar mouvidoda. es man TviTonac icis. magram me vemsaxurebodi gulmodgined, gulwrfelad da Cemma SeumCnevelma moRvawobam gadaarCina igi, SeiZleba iTqvas, daRupvas. samagierod, xedavT, mister vikfilds avyevar iseT simaRleze, romelzedac ocnebasac ki ver vbedavdi. o! rogori madlobeli var imisi! Cemi guli qva ar aris, mister koperfild, da vgrZnob yovelive amas!
am sitvebiT xeli moaSora magidas, Cafiqrebulma miido mWle TiTebi nikapze, TiTqos piris gaparsvas apirebso, da Tan sisxlisferi Tvalebi me momaStera.
_ ara, me sakmaod gvian vwvebi. _ o, gmadlobT, master kooperfil! imedi maqvs, Tqven ar gamocvliT
Cemze azrs, Tu gagiziarebT Cems guliTad saidumlos. xom xom ase, master koperfild?
_ ar gamovicvli araviTar SemTxvevaSi. TqviT. _ saqme ai raSia, mister koperfild. mis agnesa... _ mere? _ agnesas saxe mudam cocxlobs Cems gulSi. o! rom icodeT, rogor
wminda siyvarulsa vgrZnob im miwisadmic ki, romelzedac dadis Cemi agnesa!
mzad viyavi, Wkuidan Sevmcdariyavi am wuTSi, Cemi pirveli azri iyo _ damevlo xeli gaxurebuli maSisTvis da vcemodi uris; magram nel-nela davmSviddi da TiTqmis mtkice xmiT vkiTxe:
_ mere? elaparakeT amis Sesaxeb agnesas? _ o, ara, master koperfild! _ mipasuxa man. _ ara, es rogor SeiZleba!
jer aravin icis es ambavi, Tqvens garda. me xom mxolod axla viwyeb amaRlebas im damcirebuli mdgomareobidan, romelSic vimyofebodi, ase vTqvaT, akvnidan. Cemi imedi umTavresad imas emyareba, rom mis agnesam sakuTari TvaliT unda dainaxos, ra zomamde var me auciebeli da sasargeblo mamamisisTvis, radgan, Tqven xom gesmiT, master koperfild, uCemod mister vikfildis daRuva aucilebeli iyo. ai, swored am mizeziT nebas vaZlev Cems Tavs imedi viqonioT, rom mis agnesa momaqcevs Tavis maRal yuradRebas.
agnesa! Zvirfasi agnesa! iseTi mosiyvarule da keTili, rom me veravin momenaxa misi Rirsi, nuTu misi xvedria am sazizRar adamianTan cxovreba!
_ rasakvirvelia, master koperfild, Cven ar avCqardebiT, _ ganagrZo urim Semparavi kiloTi. _ Cemi agnesa jer metad norCia, me da dedaCems zogierTi momzadeba dagvWirdeba, sanam am saqmes SevudgebodeT. sazrunavi, rogorc iciT, sakmarisi qneba. me ki, garemoebisda mixedviT, nel-nela gavacnob mas Cems imedebs. ah, rogor mixaria, master koperfild, rom axla Tqven win ar aRdgebiT Cems imedebs da gegmas da ar moisurvebT raime usiamovnebis Setanas ojaxSi.
man Caido Cemi xeli Tavis bayayis TaTSi, Zalian magrad mouWira da Semdeg saaTs Sexeda.
_ ah, ukve meore saaTia! _ SesZaxa man. _ ah, rogor mewyina! saqme imaSia, master koperfild, rom bina maqvs pansionSi `axal mdinaresTan~. iq, ueWvelia, ukve yvelasa sZinavs. me verc ki ki gavaRviZeb.
axsna aq. es araviTar interess ar warmoadgens arc TqvenTvis, arc CemTvis. _ marTals brZanebT, mis mordston. _ ar msurs ganvaaxlo mogonebaSi Cveni warsuli Cxubi da usiamovneba.
Seuracxyofa momayena pirovnebam, romlis saxeli ver warmoiTqmis aRuSfoTeblad. es pirovneba, samwuxarod, Cemive sqesis arsebaa. yvelaze ukeTesi iqneba, Tu Cven arc erTi sityviT ar vaxsenebT mas.
saSineli aRSfoTeba vigrZeni papidaCemis amgvar xsenebaze, magram meyo sulis simtkice, SemeniSna mis mordstonisTvis, rom igi Zalian kargs izams, Tu ar Seexeba am sagans.
_ me ar moviTmen papidaCemis udierad xsenebas, _ davumate me, _ da Tu Tqven azrad mogivaT laparaki mis Sesaxeb, iZulebuli viqnebi, Cemi azri ufro gadaWriT gamovTqva.
saRamo mSvenieri iyo; magram Cems mogonebaSi mxolod is darCa, rom Cemi gulismpyrobeli momxiblav frangul simReras mReroda da Tan ayolebda raRac mSvenier sakravs, romelic TiTqos gitaras waagavda. rodesac, bolos, mis mordstoni daesakuTra Tavis mowafes, rom dasaZineblad waeyvana, doram gamiRima da momxiblavi xeli gamomiwoda. amis Semdeg Cems oTaxSi gavemarTe. sarkem, romelSic Cavixede SemTxveviT, viRac gaborotebuli da gamosulelebuli adamianis saxe damanaxa.
dadga mSvenieri dila. me adre avdeqi. azrad momivida gavsuliyavi baRSi, sufTa haerze, rom iq Tavisuflad meocneba. talanSi mis doras patara finia Semxvda, saxelad jipi. mivuaxovdi mas megobruli grZnobiT aRsavse, magram finiam yvela Tavisi kbili miCvena, SeZvra skamqveS RreniT, rogorc namdvili mxeci, da ar isurva Cemi nazi sityvebis mosmena.
didxans ar miseirnia am baRSi martokas. rodesac kuTxes movucvie, mis doras Sevxvdi. guli aCqarebiT micems, rodesac am Sexvedras vigoneb, da kalami TrTis Cems xelSi.
_ kvira dilaobiT araviTari mecadineoba ara maqvs. _ mipasuxa doram. _ da xom unda gavakeTo rame? mec gamovucade mamas, rom saseirnod mivdivar-meTqi. miT umetes, rom es yvelaze naTeli droa dRis ganmavlobaSi.
saSineli gambedaobiT aRviWurve da vuTxari (Tumca enis borZikiT), rom CemTvis es yvelaze naTeli droa, Tumca erTi wuTis win Zalian bneloda.
_ amas Tqven qaTinaurs meubnebiT? _ Tu amindi marTlac gamoicavla? ufro metad dameba ena, magram garkveviT vuTxari, rom srulebiT ar
mifiqria qaTinaurze da sruls simarTles vambob, Tumca ar vici, iyo Tu ara amindis cvlileba-meTqi.
_ Tqven, mgonia, Zalian daaxloebiT ar icnobT mis mordstons? _ mkiTxa doram.
_ diax, sul cotaTi, _ vupasuxe me. _ Tqven ver warmoidgenT, ra mosawyeni ram aris! _ miTxra doram da
gaibuta. _ ver gamigia, rad amomirCia mamam damrigeblad aseTi buzRuna beberi! fi! mTeli Cemi ubedureba imaSia, rom deda ar myavs, da mamas hgonia, rom viRac avs, buzRuna bebers SeuZlia dedis magivroba gamiwios.
mis mordstoni dagveZebda mTels baRSi da bolos oranJereaSi gvipova. man sakocnelad gauwoda doras Tavisi danaoWebuli loya (Tumca naoWebi didi gulmodginebiT iyo Selesili pudriT) da dora iZulebuli iyo, ekocna misTvis. Semdeg mis mordstonma xeli gauyara doras mklavSi da Cven ise gavemarTeT sauzmisTvis, TiTqos vasaflavebdiT visme.
dRe gavatareT wynar myudroebaSi, stumrebi ar yofilan. Cven isev davseirnobdiT baRSi, oTxivem visadileT da saRamos vsinjavdiT wignebsa da suraTebs.
orSabaTs, diaadrian, londonSi davbrundiT. me vijeqi sazRvao sasamarTloSi da guldasmiT vismendi mTeli saqmis msvlelobas, magram ver vikisreb imis aRweras, Tu ra mdgomareobaSi iyo Cemi Wkua, da guli mTeli am dRis ganmavlobaSi. vecxrlis niCbis saxelurze, romelic sasamarTlos magidaze ido, rogorc umaRlesi sazRvao sasamarTlos emblema, vxedavdi doras, marto doras da sxvas arafers!
da ara marto am dRis ganmavlobaSi vocnebobdi doraze, _ ara, amis Semdeg yvela dRe erTimeores hgavda da sasamrTlos yovel krebaze erTi da imave sakiTxiT viyavi garTuli.
Cemi gatacebis pirvelive kviris ganmavlobaSi viyide oTxi araCveulebrivi Jileti da daviwye seirnoba quCebSi laikis xelTaTmanebiT. axla rom SeiZlebodes im fexsacmelebis Sovna, romelsac vatarebdi Cemi cxovrebis am SesaniSnav xanaSi, da misi Sedareba Cemi fexis bunebriv zomasTan, marto am Sedarebas SeeZlo daenaxvebina, ra sabralo da usaTuod arabunebrivs mdgomareobaSi vimyofebodi imjamad.
jer aravisTvis ar gameziarebina Cemi saidumloeba. agnesasTan werilSi mxolod gakvriT aRvniSne, rom `viyavi am dReebSi stumrad mister spenlosTan, da rom misetr spenlos ojaxi Sedgeba mxolod misi qaliSvilisgan~. meti araferi miTqams. miuxedavad amisa, misis kropi, ar vici, ra manqanebiT, mixvda Cems saidumlos _ Cemi gulis grZnobaTa ganviTarebis am adreul xanaSic ki. aqedan iZulebuli var davaskvna, rom misis kropi saocari gamWriaxi gonebis patroni iyo.
meore sarTulis baqanze TviT tom tredelsi damixvda. igi momexvia da sixaruliT Semiyvana Tavis binaSi. bina sufTa da movlili iyo, magram aveji Zalian Raribuli idga; igi mxolod erTi oTaxisagan Sedgeboda. tom tredelsis magida savse iyo qaRaldebiT, igi aq bejiTad muSaobda Tavis Zvel, nidayvebgamoglejil serTukSi...
_ tredels! _ vuTxari me da xeli CamovarTvi. _ rogor mixaria Seni naxva!
_ axla me rogor mixaria, koperfild, rom icode! _ mister uaterbrukma miTxra, TiTqos Sen veqilobisTvis emzadebi,
marTalia? _ diax, vemzadebi veqilobisTvis, _ mipasuxa tredelsma da kmayofilad
xelebi moifSvnita. _ saqme imaSia, rom ukve Sevudeqi iurispudenciis sistematurad da meTodurad Seswavlas. upirveles yovlisa, saWiro iyo as girvanqaze metis Sovna, rom warCinebuli klerkis ufleba mimeRo. es ki saxumaro saqme rodia. asi girvanqa steringi _ saxumaro saqme ar aris koperfild, _ gaimeora tredelsma.
_ mgoni, siyawvileSi Sen viRac biZa ginaxavda? _ vkiTxe me. _ marTalia, minaxavda. Cemi pansionidan gamosvlis Semdeg male
gardaicvala. odesRac igi maudiTa da tiloebiT vaWrobda da Tavis memkvidred damniSna; magram, rodesac gavizarde, guli aicrua Cemze, radgan, misi sityviT, srulebiTac iseTi ar gamovedi, rogoric undoda. amitom aiRo da Tavisi moaxle SeirTo.
_ mere? Sen raRa hqeni? _ araferi. me davrCi maTTan imis molodinSi, sanam raime samsaxurSi
momatyobdnen. saubedurod, biZaCemi mokvda, misi coli ymawvil kacze gaTxovda, me ki, rom ityvian, bedisanabarad gamagdes._ maS Sen araferi migiRia biZaSenis Semdeg?
_ rogor ara, miviRe! ormocdaaTi girvanqa. arsebiTad me ar mamzadebdnen arc erTi raime garkveuli TanamdebobisaTvis da amitom pirvelad, marTali giTxra, srulebiT ar vicodi, ra meqna; magram iauleris Svilis SemweobiT, romelic CvenTan erTad swavlobda salemis saswavlebelSi, daviwye iuridiuli dokumentebis gadawera. aba, rasakvirvelia, amiT kaci Tavs ver gaitanda; amitom male SevudeqiT sxvadasxva qaRaldebis Sedgenas veqilebis SekveTiT. saqme gaiCarxa. radgan amgvar saqmeebze momixda muSaoba, gadavwyvite iurisudenciis sistematuri Seswavla ise, rogorc amas studentebi sCadian, da am Seswavlaze mivaxarje mTeli Cemi ormocdaaTi girvanqa. Semdeg bedma gamiRima da gavicani erTi literatori, romelic encikloediur leqsikonebs scemda. xedav am qaRaldebs? es sul enciklopediuri leqsikonisTvis dagrovili malasaa. marTali rom vTqva, koperfild, urigo kompilatori ara var, magram mwerlis SemoqmedebiTi niWi ara maqvs. ara mgonia, kidev moiZebnebodes Cems garda, ymawvili kaci, am zomamde moklebuli originalur SemoqmedebiT niWs.
aq tredelsi SeCerda da Cems dasturs moeloda, rodesac Tavi davuqnie Tanxmobis niSnad, ganagrZo:
_ saocaria, koperfild! Sen iseTive gulkeTili xar, rogorc skolaSi iyavi, da Seni saxec uneburad gulaxdilobas iwvevs. amitom isic unda gaigo, Zvirfaso megobaro, rom me daniSnuli var!
_ daniSnuli?!
_ Cemi sacole pastoris qalia, devonSirSi cxovrobs. maTi ojaxi aTi sulisgan Sedgeba. diax, mSvenieri qalia, _ ganagrZo tredelsma. _ cotaTi Cemze ufrosia, magram mSvenieria yovelmxriv. Cven, yevelia, karga didxans mogvixdeba ase daniSnulebad yofna, magram Cveni devizia _ `moTmineba da imedi!~
_ sxva, mgoni, meti araferi maqvs SenTvis saambobi, _ daabolova tredelsma. _ rogorca hxedav, jerjerobiT vcxovrob ise, arc kargad, arc avad. patara Semosavali maqvs, xarjic pataraa. sadili saerTo maqvs qveda sarTulis mdgmurebTan. misis da mister mikoberebma ician cxovreba, da maT sazogadoebaSi adamians arasodes ar moswyindeba. sasiamovno xalxia!
_ tredels! _ SevZaxe me swrafad. _ ras laparakob! tredelsma gaocebiT Semomxeda da, rogorc Canda, ver gaego, ra
damemarTa. _ misis da mister mikoberebi! me maT Zalian kargad vicnob! am dros viRacam karebze orjer daakakuna, _ imgavarad daakakuna,
yvela Cveni kenterberis nacnobi? _ mkiTxa mister mikoberma. _ yvelani kargad arian, rogorc mweren. _ o, me aRtacebuli var am cnobebisagan. Zvirfaso koperfild, Tqven
gvxvdebiT im mdgomareobaSi, romelsac, sityvis viwro mniSvnelobiT, gaWirvebuli mdgomareoba hqvia; magram Tqven ukve iciT mravali SemTxvevidan, rom SeCveuli var amgvar dabrkolebaTa SebrZolebas da gamarjvebas. TqvenTvis cnobilia, rom Cvens mdgomareobaSi yofila iseTi xana, rodesac saqmeTa viTarebis gamo mixdeboda Cemi Cveulebrivi moRvaweobis SeCereba da velodi SesaZlebel cvilebebs garemoebaTa swraf srbolaSi. maSin vixevdi ukan, vicdidi da dakvirvebiT vemzadebodi sagmiro moqmedebisaTvis. maJamad swored aseT gardamaval xanaSi vimyofebi: ukan vixev, axal Zal-Rones vikreb da sabolood vimagreb guls, raTa gadamwyveti nabiji gadavdga.
me Cemi sruli siamovneba gamovTqvi, rodesac oTaxSi misis mikoberi Semovida. Cven daaxloebiT naxevari saaTi gavatareT mxiarul baasSi da vigonebdiT Zvel, bednier dros. sxvaTa Soris, me gavige, rom mikoberebis tyupebi `hyvavian~ da rom master da mis mikoberebi `namdvili bumberazebi~ gaizardnen, Tumca amjerze isini ar uCvenebiaT CemTvis.
mister mikoberi mexveweboda sadilad darCenas. me ara mqonda ra sawinaaRmdego, magram misis mikoberis TvalebSi advilad davinaxe, rom maTi tabla metad mcire iyo ucxo stumrisTvis. amitom vuTxari, rom sxva adgilas var miwveuli sadilad-meTqi, da Cemma uarma erT wamSi aRadgina misis mikoberis sulis simSvide.
rbili xelTaTmanebi mis xels daado. _ Rrmad darwmunebuli var, mister koperfild, rom Cemi qmari mSvenieri bankiri iqneboda, garemoebani xels rom uwyobdnen. piradad me rom Tanxa mqondes, sruli ndobiT Sevitandi
mas im sabanko saxlSi, romelsac saTaveSi eyoleboda mister mikoberis niWiT aRWurvili adamiani. magram, Tu yvela aqauri bankiri daJinebiT uars acxadebs imaze, rom TavianT sasargeblod gamoiyenon mister mikoberis niWi da zizRiTac ki ukuagdeben mis winadadebas, _ saWiroa Tu ara am ideaze SeCereba? rasakvirvelia, ara. da ai, mister mikoberi _ adamiani, Semkuli aTasgvari niWiT... adamiani didi niWiT... me gavbedav vTqva, _ geniosi adamiani, Tu ar CamiTvliT meuRlis gadaWarbebad...
me da tredelsma davarwmuneT, rom aq araviTari gadaWarbeba ar arias. _ miuxedavad amisa, rogorc Tqven TviTon xedavT, mister mikoberi
uadgilod aris da, rac yvelaze uaresia, ufulod. uneburad ibadeba kiTxva: vin aris yovelive amis pasuxismgebeli? cxadia _ sazogadoeba! mere ra aris saWiro am SemTxvevaSi? Cemis azriT, saWiroa mikoberma acnobos sazogadoebas es samwuxaro movlena da urCios mas _ gamoasworos Tavisi Secdoma. ramdenic ar vifiqre am saganze, Zvirfaso mister koperfild, Cemi saboloo daskvna erTi da igivea. mister mikoberma unda gadaugdos sazogadoebas Tavisi rainduli xelTaTmani da uTxras keTilSobiluri gabedulebiT: `romeli Tqvengani apirebs am xelTaTmanis aRebas? maCvene es adamiani. dae Cemi metoqe win gamovides!~
me gavbede mekiTxa _ ra saxiT SesZlebda mister mikoberi amis Cadenas? _ rogor? ver mixvdiT? mister mikoberma gancxadeba unda dabeWdos
_ gancxadeba, mgonia, Zalian Zviri Rirs, _ SevniSne me erTgvari eWviT. _ diax, Tqven marTals brZanebT! _ damidastura misis mikoberma da Tan
sastikad icavda logikur Tanmimdevrobas azrTa msvlelobaSi. _ ai swored umTavresad am mizezis gamo aucileblad mimaCnia, rom mister mikoberma valad aiRos garkveuli Tanxa TamasuqiT. moigoneT, rom amas moiTxovs samarTlianoba misdami, misi ojaxisadmi, da aucilebeli movaleoba samarTlianobisa TviT sazogadoebisadmi.
mister mikoberi, savarZelSi gadawolili, lornets aTamaSenda da Wers Sescqeroda; magram SevniSne, rom amave dros Tvals adevnebda tredelssac, romelic am dros cecxls misCereboda.
_ Cemi ojaxis wevrebi uars acxadeben yovelgvar naTesaur grZnobaze da ar undaT am saqmeSi dagvexmarnon, _ ganagrZo misis mikoberma. _ ras izam? Cemi azris gamosaxatavad arsebobs garkveuli komerciuli termini...
_ Tamsuqis ganaRdeba, _ mieSvela mister mikoberi da Tan Wers Sescqeroda.
_ me ise var gaocebuli, stirford, rom salamis mocema damaviwyda, _ vuTxari da xeli gavuwode.
_ aba, rogor xar, baxusis norCo Tayvanismcemelo? _ Zalian kargad, da dRes, yovel SemTxvevaSi, baxusisaTvis Tayvani ar
micia, Tumca Sen cotas gagscda, ar Sexvdi aq sam stumars. man gamiRima, odnav Tavi damiqnia da mkiTxa, xom ara maqvs-ra saWmeli?
me gamoviRe karadidan namcxvari mtredebiT. _ oho! devi! es xom namdvili mefuri vaxSamia! _ SesZaxa stirfordma
da magidas iujda. _ es miT ufro sasiamovnoa, rom es aris axla davbrundi iarmauTidan.
_ marTla? me ki megona, oqsfordidan moxvedi. _ ara, me mezRvauris xelovnebas vswavlobdi: es ukeTesia, vidre
oqsfordis leqciebi. _ didi xani iyavi iq? _ ara, sami Tu oTxi dRe. _ rogor arian Cveni megobrebi? rogor aris emi? jer xom ar
gaTxovila? _ jer ara. _ xom ar gagigia, rodis aris-meTqi maTi qorwili? _ mgoni, erTi kviris Semdeg, Tu erTi Tvisa, an orisa, marTali
giTxra, ar vici danamdvilebiT. me TiTqmis ar minaxavs isini. marTla, werili maqvs SenTan.
man dado dana-Cangali da werilis Zebna daiwyo jibeebSi. _ visgan? _ vkiTxe me. _ rasakvirvelia, Seni beberi gadiasagan, _ mipasuxa man da raRac
qaRaldebi amoaTRia jibidan. _ `jon stirfords, eskvairs, `mxiaruli Tavis~ sastumroSi~. ara, es ar aris. moiTmine, axlave vipovi.
werili Cemi keTili pegotisgan iyo, dawerili warmoudgenelis asoebiT. igi matyobinebda, rom misi qmari uimedo mdgomareobaSia; Tan aRniSnavda, rom barkisi am bolo dros ufro xelmoWeruli gaxda, vidre win, da amis gamo pegoti moklebuli iyo saSualebas ise moevlo misTvis, rogorc saWiroa. pegoti aras ambobda uZilo Rameebze da didi qebiT ixseniebda sabralo avadmyofs. werili dasrulebuli iyo gulwrfeli siyvarulis gamocxadebiT da umdablesi mokiTxviT.
im dros, rodesac am ieroglifebs varCevdi, stirfordi ganagrZobda Wama-smas.
_ usiamovno ambavia, _ mTxra man, rodesac kiTxva gavaTave, _ magram ras izam! mze yoveldRe Cadis da adamianebi yovel wuTSi kvdebian. saerTo xvedri aravis ar unda aSinebdes. Tu Cven SevyoymandebiT SevdgaT fexi uzangSi, mxolod imitom, rom sikvdilma kari daaraxuna, maSin yvelaferi wasulia. ara, Cemo megobaro! gaswi win Sens raSze! mouWire dezebi, sadac saWiroa da nu daecemi suliT nurasodes, TavgamodebiT gahqusle sul win, gadalaxe yvela dabrkoleba da gamarjveba Senia!
CemTan momewvie. rogorc ginda, devi, magram xvalindeli dRe Sen Cvens saxlSi unda gaataro. ramdenime saaTiT mainc wamodi. vin icis, rodis da sad mogvixdes kidev erTmaneTis naxva... iarmauTi arsad ar gaiqceva. aucileblad saWiroa, rom Sen Cagde Cemsa da roza dartls Soris. me viTxov Sengan am daxmarebas, devi.
_ rao? gana Tqven Zalian giyvarT erTmaneTi? _ gviyvars Tu gvZuls, sul erTia, oRond, geTayva, devi, gadade
zegisTvis Seni wasvla. me zegisTvis gadavde Cemo mogzauroba iarmauTSi. male am laparakis
werili amomvarda da mxolod maSin momagonda igi. `ser (me ver vbedav giwodoT Zvirfasi mister koperfildi)! unda
mogaxsenoT, rom qvemore xelmomweri sabolood ganadgurebulia. me ar mindoda meTqva es TqvenTvis dRes diliT da amexsna yvela garemoeba, Cems horizontze gahqra yoveli imedi da qvemore xelismomweri sabolood daiRupa.
am werils wers adamiani, romelmac srulebiT dahkarga Tavi da visi bedic CarCebis xelSia. am adamians ar SeuZlia Seitanos qira im binisa, romelSic cxovrobs da amitom misi qoneba aRwerilia. siaSi Setanilia ara
marto qvemore xelismomweris yvela nivTi, aramed moZravi qoneba misi mdgmurisa, mister tredelsisa, maTi ojaxis pativcemuli wevrisa.
qvemore xelismomweris bagesTan, ukvdavi poetis sityviT, mitanilia mware sasmeli, romelsac mxolod erTi wveTiRa aklia. zemore moxsenebulma mister tomas redelsma ikisra, gadaixados Cems magivrad 23 girvanqa, 4 Silindi da 9 1/2 pensi, magram uzrunvelyofa ar miuRia; da Tumca mTeli pasuxisgeba qvemore xelismomwers edeba, Tanxis sididis gamo erTi msxverplis magivrad _ ori iqneba, da es moxdeba araugvianes, vidre mTvare eqvsjer gaivseba da dacxreba.
am saqmis dawvrilebiT moxsenebis Semdeg zedmetad mimaCnia davumato, rom dReidan mtveri da nacari samaradisod Tavs eyreba
bedisgan damarcxebuls da bediswerisagan mokluls. vilkins mikobers~. sabralo tredelsi! gamocdilebiT vicodi, rom mikoberi, ase Tu ise,
kolegiaSi, gamovucxade mister spenlos, rom moulodnel garemoebaTa gamo iZulebuli var wavide mokle xniT. me damiTxoves yovelive dabrkolebis gareSe, radgan ujamagirod vmsaxurobdi da, maSasadame, ar vemorClebodi am mxriv jorkinsis gankargulebas, romelic ulmobeli iyo yvela klerkis mimarT. mister spenlosTan laparakis dros visargeble SemTxveviT da vikiTxe, rogor brZandeba mis spenlo-meTqi. xma mikankalebda am kiTxvaze, magram mister spenlom madloba gadamixada yuradRebisTvis d amiTxra, rom Cemi qali Zalian kargad grZnobs Tavso. yovelive es iseTi sada da umniSvnelo kiloTi mipasuxa, TiTqos laparaki sul ubralo adamianze yofiliyo.
misis stirfords gauxarda Cemi naxva; roza dartlsac agreTve. litimeri, Cemda sasiamovnod, saxlSi ar iyo. Cemi misvlis daaxloebiT naxevari saaTis Semdeg SevniSne, rom roza dartli midarajebda yuradRebiT da daJinebiT. ramdenjerac ki mivmarTe mas, SemTxveviT Tu gangeb, misi Savi Tvalebi aucileblad jer me damaSterdebodnen, an orives erTbaSad Tvals mogvavlebda. tyuilad vecade, meCvenebina misTvis, rom me vxedav, rogor awarmoebs igi Tavis zvervas. mis dartli ar SemkrTala da ar Sercxvenia. igi isev saocari dakvirvebiT maSterebda focxverisebur, gamWriax Tvalebs.
ase Canda, rom mTeli saxli misi aRelvebuli dakvirvebis sagani iyo am dRis ganavlobaSi. Tu me da stirfordi vlaparakobdiT oTaxSi, uaxloes derefanSi aucileblad ismoda mis dartlis kabis Sriali. rodesac me da stirfordi gavidodiT saxlidan mindorze, TamaSobaSi savarjiSod, mis dartli meteoriviT swrafad dahqroda erTi fanjridan meoremde, sanam ar damkvidrdeboda erT sadarajo adgilze.
sadilis win oTxiveni saseirnod gavediT. rogorc ki movcildiT saxls ramdenime nabijiT, mis dartlma swrafad wamavlo mklavSi Tavisi mWle xeli da SemaCera. rodesac stirfordi da misi deda TvalsaCino manZilze mogvSordnen, mis dartlma, romelsac aRar eSinoda rom mis laparaks gaigebdnen, amgvari baasi daiwyo:
_ didi xania ar yofilxarT Cvensas, mister koperfild! rad moxda es? nuTu Tqveni samsaxuri imdenad sainteresoa ymawvili kacisTvis, rom mTels Tqvens yuradRebas ipyrobs? amas imitom vkiTxulob, rom yvelaferi dawvrilebiT minda gavigo, radgan arafer ara vici-ra. samarTlianad vfiqrob? ha?
me vupasuxe, rom samsaxurs marTlac aqvs bveri saintereso mxare, magram, miuxedavad amisa, ara maqvs gansakurebuli siyvaruli Cemi Tanamdebobisa.
_ marTla? ah, ra moxaruli var! _ miTxra mis dartlma. _ maS vcdebodi da Tqven axla gamogyevarT swor gzaze. sasiamovnoa Secdomebis aRiareba. iqneb Tqveni samsaxuri cotaTi uinteresoa-meTqi, mister koperfild?
me vupasuxe, rom marTlac cotaTi uintereso iyo. _ marTla? mec swored ase vfiqrobdi. srulebiT bunebrivia,
maSasadame, Tu Tqven eZebT erTgvar gasarTobs, siamovnebas, cvlilebas. asec unda iyos. magram misTvis, iciT, iqneb es metismetia, _ ha? me vambob _ misTvis, da ara TqvenTvis, _ ha?
swrafma gaxedvam im mxares, sadac daseirnobdnen stirfordi da misi deda, cxadad damanaxa, vis Sesaxebac iyo laparaki; magram ai yvelaferi is, rac adamians SeeZlo gaego misi sityvebidan. Cemi misken mimarTuli Tvalebi, ueWvelia, did gaocebas gamoxatavdnen.
_ iqneb es ukve metismetia? me arafers vamtkiceb, mister koperfild, mxolod vfiqrob, vvaraudob, iqneb es Zalian arTobs mas, ara? da swored amitom xom ar xdeba, rom bolo dros igi ase iSviaTad naxulobs am brmasaviT mindobils... ara?
_ ah, mis dartl, _ vuapsuxe me, _ nu ifiqrebT, geTayva... _ me arc vfiqrob rasme, darwmunebuli brZandebodeT mister
koperfild. an rad mogeCvenaT, TiTqos vfiqrobde rasme? ara, damSvidebuli brZandebodeT. me ar var eWviani. me mxolod vkiTxulob _ da sxva araferi. araviTari gadaWrilli azri ar maqvs. Cemi azri damyarebuli iqneba mxolod imaze, rasac Tqven metyviT. maS es ase ar aris? didad moxaruli var.
_ Tu stirfordi bolo dros Cveulebrivze iSviaTad modis saxlSi, es verafriT ver amixsnia Cemi mxriT, es arc ki vicodi am wuTamde da Tqven pirvelma miTxariT. ar minaxavs igi mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi, wuxandel saRamomde.
_ marTla? _ diax, mis dartl. uecrad mas saxe gaufiTrda da Zveli Wrilobis niSanma gaiwia mTels
sigrZeze, zemo tuCudan qvemoze, nikapamdis. me pirdapir SemeSinda am simaxinjisa da uneburad SevkrTi, rodesac man damaStera Tavisi gamWvalavi Tvalebi da wailaparaka:
_ maS ras akeTebs? uneburad gavimeore misi sityvebi ufro CemTvis, vidre imisTvis.
_ maS ras akeTebs? _ warmoTqva man iseTis afeTqebiT, TiTqos gulze ali ekideboda. _ raSi exmareba mas es adamiani, romlis Cemdami momarTul TvalebSi mudam vamCnev raRac miuwvdomeli cbierebis, eSmakobisa da sicruis gamometyvelebas? Tu Tqveni guli savsea gulwrfeli megobrobiTa da keTilSobilebiT, srulebiT imisTvis ar gekiTxebiT, rom Tqven uRalatoT Tqvens megobars, mipasuxeT mxolod erTs kiTxvaze: riTi xelmZRvanelobs es adamiani Tavis moqmedebaSi? wyromiT? siZulviliT? musvenari daudegarobiT? Tu raime TavSeukavebeli, damTxveuli JinianobiT, an qineb siyvaruliT?
_ mis dartl, _ vupasuxe me, _ rogor dagarwmunoT, rom CemTvis stirfordi srulebiT iseTivea, rogoric uwin iyo, rodesac pirvelad movedi am saxlSi! Cemis azriT, masSi araviTari cvlileba ar momxdara. arafris eWvi ar maqvs, Rrmad darwmunebuli var, rom arc aris rame saeWvo. arc ki mesmis, raze laparakobT!
man isev damaStera Tavisi Savi Tvalebi da SevniSne, rom misi Wriloba gainZra da saSinlad aTamaSda. TiTqos igi isev xelaxla dasWreso. misi zeda tuCi aiwia da gasivda, TiTqos sibralulsa da zizRs gamoxatavda erTsa da imave dros. man saCqarod miifara Wrilobaze Tavisi wvrili, faifuriviT gamWvirvale xeli da piridan wamoskda sityvebi warmouTqmeli mZlavri da abobqrebuli grZnobebiT:
_ maS yovelive es saidumlod darCes Cvens Soris! da amis meti aRaraferi ar gamigia mis dartlisagan mTeli am
seirnobis dros. stirfordi-deda gansakuTrebiT bednieri iyo im dRes Tavisi Svilis
sazogadoebaSi, Svilic gansakuTrebuli yuradRebiTa da TavazianobiT iyo aRsavse dedisadmi. deda da Svili saocrad hgavdnen erTmaneTs. erTgvari siamayiT aRbeWdili mRelvareba, romelic axasiaTebda ymawvil jentlmens, Secvlili iyo xnieri ledis pirovnebaSi sakuTari Rirsebis wynari da damSvidebuli grZnobiT. ara erTxel, gatacebuls maTi cqeriT, mifiqria da gulSi madloba gadamixdia bedisTvis, rom ar iyo da, rasakvirvelia, SeuZlebelia yofiliyo raime seriozuli mizezi maT Soris ganxeTqilebisa; winaaRmdeg SemTxvevaSi, am ori xasiaTis _ an, ukeT rom vTqvaT, erTi da imave bunebis ori aCrdilis Serigeba metismetad Zneli iqneboda.
_ ah, marTla, miTxariT rame... me mTeli dRe vfiqrob amaze da Zalian minda vicode, _ daiwyo roza dartlma, rodesac sufraze davsxediT.
_ ra gindaT, rom icodeT? _ hkiTxa misis stirfordma. _ daanebeT Tavi mag idumalebas, roza, gTxovT.
_ es idumaleba urTierTobaSi TqvenTvis meore bunebad gadaiqca, _ ganagrZo misis stirfordma arc iseTis ukmayofilebiT, _ magram maxsovs, da, rasakvirvelia, Tqven TviTonac kargad gaxsovT, rom uwin ar gemCneodaT midrekileba am ucnaur gamocanebisadmi. maSin gacilebiT ufro gulaxdili iyaviT CvenTan da srulebiT ar frTxilobdiT ise, rogorc axla.
_ o, diax, rasakvirvelia, Tqven srul simarTles brZanebT, _ upasuxa roza dartlma. _ ra vqna! rogorc hxedavT, cudi Cveulebebi fesvebs ikidebs CemSi. SexedeT erTi! rogor moxda, rom SeumCnevlad gamovicvale? mes metad sakvirvelia. vecdebi, isev iseTi viyo, rogoric uwin. oRond
visgan aviRo magaliTi? Zalian kargi! me jemsisagan viswavli gulaxdilobas!
_ da Zalian kargsac imzamT, roza! ukeTes skolas Tqvne verc versad ipoviT.
saWiroa, aq kidev erTi patara garemoeba movixsenio mis dartlis Sesaxeb. me es SemdegSi momagonda, rodesac yvela warsuli scena aixsna. mTeli am dRis ganamvlobaSi, metadre nasadilevs, stirfordi yovel RonisZiebas xmarobda, rom moerjulebina da moeSinaurebina es ucnauri qali da sasiamovno, alersiani mosaubre gaexada. stirfordis gamarjveba ar unda gamkvirveboda, radgan igi yvelaferSi imarjvebda. mis dartls saxe TandaTan gaeSala, moqcevac nel-nela Seicvala. misma gamoxedvam dakarga pirvandeli ukmexoba da Zalian sustad ewinaaRmdegeboda ymawvil kacis momxiblav Zalas. da ai, bolos, Rimilma gaiTamaSa mis dartlis tuCebze; igi moSinaurebuli, damonavebuli iyo, da ukve aRaraferi saSineli aRar moCanda am moRuSul da pirquS arsebaSi. visxediT buxarTan da Cvens mxiarul laparaks Tan sdevda udardeli sicili, TiTqos uxilavma Zalam yvelani patara bavSvebad gadagvaqcia.
_ gesmis, devi, _ CurCuliT miTxra stirfordma da fexis TiTebze mivida odnav mixurul karebTan. _ me mgonia, dedas garda aravis ar gaugonia misi dakvra am ukanaskneli sami wlis ganamvlobaSi. wavideT masTan.
am sityvebs Tan sdevda damcinavi Rimili, romelic im wamSive gahqra misi saxidan. Cven SevediT. mis dartli marto iyo sastumro oTaxSi.
_ ah, nu adgebiT, roza! _ uTxra stirfordma, rodesac mis dartli ukve adga Tavisi adgilidan. _ erTxel mainc iyaviT keTili: gvimRereT irlandiuri simRera. ai, Cems megobars dezisac Zalian uyvars musika. gvimRereT irlandiuri simRera, roza, me ki davjdebi da mogismenT, rogorc uwin.
erT wuTs mis dartli idga Cafiqrebuli sakravTan; man gausva xeli simebs, magram, rogorc Canda, jer ver bedavda dakvras. bolos dajda, swrafi da moulodneli xelis moZraobiT moiwia qnari da daukra.
Cems sicocxleSi arasodes ara gamigia-ra am irlandiuri simReris msgavsi. verc erTma kompozitorma qveyanaze ver SesZlo am xmebis gadmocema musiakSi, da mis dartlis simReram TiTqos TavisTavad amoxeTqa gulidan, romelic aRsavse iyo abobqrebuli da veluri vnebiT. misi xma da simebi, rasakvirvelia, sul mcireoden gamoxatavdnen im saidumloTa saidumlos, romelic am gulSi imaleboda. ena dameba gaocebisagan. am dros mis dartlma daamTavra simRera da, TiTqos buranSiao, isev usvamda simebze marjvena xels.
stirfordi adga adgilidan, RimiliT miuaxlovda mis dartls, moxvia welze xeli da uTxra:
_ Sen CemTvis mudam erTi da igive xar _ Rirsi pativiscemisa da siyvarulisa, _ vupasuxe me.
maS rad Seuracxvyofdi am adamians Cems fiqrebSi usamarTlo eWvebiT? ise davRondi amis gamo da ise Semrcxva Cemi Tavisa, rom mzad viyavi, yvelaferi meTqva misTvis, aRsareba kinaRam enidan ar momwyda, magram Tavi Sevikave; jer erTi imitom, rom pirvel wuTSi ver movnaxe saSualeba, rogor Sevdgomodi am mZime ganmartebas.
_ Rame mSvidobisa, dezi! _ gaimeora stirfordma. xeli CamovarTviT erTmaneTs da gavSordiT. me avdeqi gaTenebisas, saCqarod Cavicvi da frTxilad Sevixede Cemi
megobris oTaxSi. mas Tavi erT xelze daedo da eZina wynari, udardeli ZiliT. amgvar mdgomareobSi xSirad minaxavs igi salemis saswavleblis dortuarSi.
Tavi ocdamerve glova im dResve, saRamoTi, Cavedi iarmauTSi da sastumroSi davdeqi. aTi saaTi iqneboda, rodesac quCaSi gavedi. duqnebi da maRaziebi
_ mere ra? _ Tqva qamma. _ emilia marTals ambobs. SexedeT mas! iseTi mfrTxali da sustia, darCes aq dilamdis. mec davrCebi.
_ ara, ara, _ uTxra mister pegotim. _ Sen ojaxis patroni an TiTqmis ojaxis patroni kaci xar da, maSasadame, ar unda moscde muSaobas. wadi saxlSi da xval modi. emilia sando xelSia xom xedav.
qamma aiRo qudi da akoca Tavis sacoles. am dros ucnauri mokrZaleba gamoixata yvela mis moZraobaSi, Tumca me vicodi, rom yvela sxva SemTxvevaSi igi gabeduli da mamaci iyo. emilia gadaixara saqmrosagan da ufro magrad miekra biZas. qami gavida, me nela mivxure quCis kari.
marto davrCi buxris cecxlTan da uneburad davufiqrdi patara emis beds.
bolos Camovida Cemi pegoti. man gulSi Camikra da madloba gadamixada im nugeSisaTvis, romelic, misi sityviT, me Cemis misvliT mivutane. Semdeg mTxova, zeviT avsuliyavi da Tvalcremlianma gamomicxada, rom barkiss mudam vuyvardi gulwrfelad.
me da mister pegoti gavCerdiiT loginis ferxTiT. Cemi gadia daixara qmris sasTumalTan da CasZaxa TiTqos mxiaruli xmiT:
_ barkis, Cemo megobaro... gesmis? ai, master devi... is vinc Cveni qorwili moawyo, barkis. gana Sen araferi ar ginda uTxra master devis?
am dros qamma mommarTa da miTxra: _ master devi, neba miboZeT gTxovoT erTi wuTiT kars ukan. me da
emilias gvinda, erTi ram gaCvenoT. man TiTqmis ZaliT gamaTria oTaxidan da mixura kari Cvens ukan. Cven
orni davrCiT.
_ ra dagemarTaT, qam? _ o, master devi! da mas waskda mware qviTini. gavqvavdi am uecari sevdiT zardacemuli.
raze vfiqrobdi am wuTSi, an risi meSinoda, me TviTonac ar vici. me mxolod Sevcqerodi mas gulgaxeTqili.
_ qam... sabralo qam! miTxariT, ra dagemarTaT? _ daiRupa yvelaferi! siamaye, imedi da bedniereba Cemi sicocxlisa. is,
visi gulisTvisac me mzad viyavi aTasjer Tavi gamewira, visTvisac axla movkvdebi... aRar aris!
_ maS ra iqna? _ emilia gaiqca!.. o! master devi! misTvis ukeTesia, mokvdes, vidre
samarcxvino sicocxle ataros! Tqven naswavli kaci xraT, mirCieT, ra vqna, rogor moviqce, ra vTqva saxlSi? rogor Sevatyobino es ambavi biZia dans, master devi?
am dros kari gaiRo; me xeli vtace sarazavs, rom kari Cameketa, magram ukve gvian iyo. mister pegotim gamoyo Tavi oTaxidan, da _ arasodes ar damaviwydeba misi saxis gamometyveleba, rodesac Cven orni dagvinaxa.
_ waikiTxeT es qaRaldi, ser! _ miTxra qamma mTrTolvare xmiT. _ waikiTxeT nela. ar vici, SevZleb Tu ara mis mosmenas.
samarisebur siCumeSi gavSale werili da daviwye kiTxva: `rodesac Tqven, visac aseTi sinaziT giyvardiT, gacilebiT ufro metad, vidre Rirsi viyavi, _ rodesac Tqven daiwyebT am werilis kiTxvas, me ukve Sors viqnebi Tqvengan. vtoveb sayvarel saxls... vtoveb xval diliT da ar davbrundebi arasodes, Tu igi Tavis meuRled ar gamxdis. am werils Tqven gadmogcemen saRamos, Cemi wasvlis ramdenime saaTis Semdeg. o, rogor kvnesis Cemi guli! Tqven verasodes ver mapatiebT, _ arc unda mapatioT, magram is mainc icodeT, rom tanjva, romelsac am wuTSi ganvicdi, warmoudgenelia. Tumca didi damnaSave var, rom Cems Sesaxeb vilaparako. inugeSeT im azriT mainc, rom arasodes ar viyavi Tqveni siyvarulis Rirsi, magram uTxariT, uTxariT biZia dans, rom arasodes ar myvarebia me igi ise, rogorc axla miyvars. damiviwyeT, daiviwyeT, rom odesRac me Tqveni sacole viyavi; daarwmuneT Tqveni Tavi, rom jer kidev ymawvilobaSi movkvdi da damarxuli var Sors Tqvengan, ucnob adgilas. da rodesac aRar viqnebi mand, gevedrebiT _ SeibraleT biZaCemi; anugeSeT, daamSvideT. uTxariT mas, rom Cems dReSi ise ar myvarebia igi, rogorc axla. SeiyvareT vinme sxva ymawvili qali, Cemze ufro Rirseuli; igi Tqveni erTguli iqneba da ar Searcxvens Tqvens saxels. mSvidobiT, mSvidobiT! Tu me ar miweria misi coloba, daviRupebi, magram arasodes ar dagiviwyebT. Cemi ukanaskneli salami biZia daniels. Cemi ukanaskneli cremlebi da ukanaskneli Cemi madloba _ biZia daniels!~
da meti araferi. biZia danieli idga gaqvavebuli qandakebasaviT da Semomcqeroda
_ am msaxurTan, _ ganagrZo qamma, _ enaxaT guSin Cemi... Cveni sabralo qali. es msaxuri qalaqSi imaleboda es ramdnime dRea.
pegotis xeli Semoexvia Cems kisers; magram me vgrZnobdi, rom uZravad davrCebodi, mTeli saxli rom Tavs damqceoda.
_ dRes diliT, gaTenebisas, _ ganagrZo qamma, _ unaxavT qalaqgareT, norviCis gzaze, cxenebi da etli. etlSi jentlmeni ijda _ swored is kaci, romelsac Sen kiTxulob!
_ o! _ Sehyvira mister pegotim, Tan ukan daixia da xelebi win gamoiwoda, TiTqos uku unda egdo raRac sagani. _ ar miTxraT, rom am kacis saxeli stirfordia!
_ mister devi! _ SesZaxa qamma CaxleCili xmiT. _ Tqven araferSi ar xarT damnaSave... magram im adamians stirfordi hqvia da igi aramzadaa!
mister pegotim ar daiyvira, ar aqviTinda da ar gainZra im dromde, sanam uecrad, TiTqos mZime Zilisagan gaRviZebuli, ar mivarda oTaxSi meore kuTxes da ar daiwyo lursmnidan Camoreba Tavisi wamosasxamis.
_ momexmareT vinme... ei! vinme! _ daiyvira man mouTmenlad. _ xelebi gamiSeSda, veRarafers ver vakeTeb.
davamsxvrev jer im wyeul navs da CavZirav iq, sadac TviT misi patroni unda CameZira, rom mcodnoda Tavis droze, ra qaji ijda am adamianSi. mSvidobiT, mivdivar Cemi diswulis saZebnelad.
Tund qveynis bolos. movZebni Cems sabralo bavSvs, Sercxvenils, Seginebuls, da saxlSi moviyvan. nu maCerebT. me vTqvi, rom Cemi diswulis saZebnelad mivdivar!
_ ara, ara! _ Sehyvira misi gumijma da Cavarda meTevzeTa Sua. _ ara, daniel! axla Sen arsad ar waxval! moiTmine, ramdenic saWiro iqneba, Cemo sabralo, daoblebulo daniel; axla ki me ar gagiSveb. dajeqi, daniel, da movigonoT is Zveli dro, rodesac Sen Seifare patara oboli, qami da me, _ yvelani Segvifare da gvipatrone...
amJamad igi unebo iyo da gaSmagebuli aRelvebisagan TandaTan dayuCda. Cemi pirveli azri iyo am scenis dasawyisSi _ muxlebze dameCoqa am
keTili xalxis winaSe, damweyevla stirfordi da meTxovna maTgan patieba im uneburi borotebisTvis, romelic maT mivayene. magram, rodesac mister pegoti aqviTinda, Cemi boRmiT savse gulic cremlebad daicala masTan erTad.
Tavi ocdamecxre Sori mogzaurobis dasawyisi
rac Cems Tvisebas Seadgens, is, albaT, mraval sxvaTa Tvisebac aris da amitom ar mrcxvenia gamovtyde, rom arasodes ise ar myvarebia stirfordi, rogorc am dros, rodesac TiTqos unda mZuleboda igi. me vgrZnobdi misgan Cadenili saqcielis mTel sisaZagles, magram imave dros ufro metad vfiqrobdi mis brwyinvale Tvisebebze, metad vgrZnobdi yovelive im sikeTes, rac masSi iyo, meti samarTlianobiT vafasebdi mis niWs, romelsac SeeZlo moexveWa misTvis brwyinvale saxeli. yovelive amaze vfiqrobdi axla gacilebiT ufro metad, vidre maSin, rodesac Cemi misdami siyvaruli araviTar safrTxes ar ganicdida. me axlac imdenad miyavrda igi, iseTi Zvirfasi iyo Cemvis mogoneba Cemi misdami siyvarulisa, rom isev ganvagrZobdi masze fiqrs, rogorc megobarze, Tumca aRaraviTari naxvis imedi aRar mqonda. me vgrZnobdi, rogorc ueWvelia, isic grZnobda, rom Cvens Soris yvelaferi gaTavebulia. ar vici, rogor migonebdi mas, rogorc dauviwyar megobars, romelic aRar myavda amqveynad.
_ Cven aqa vmsjelobdiT, ser, imis Sesaxeb, Tu rogor moviqceT. axla is mainc viciT, saidan daviwyoT.
me Sevxede qams da saSinelma azrma gamielva TavSi. araviTari wyromis niSani ar emCneoda mis saxes da adamiani veras waikiTxavda masze, garda mtkice gadawyvetilebisa; magram me vigrZeni, rom es adamiani moklavda Cems megobars, Tuki Sexvdeboda sadme.
_ Cemi gadawyvetileba uryevia, ser, _ miTxra mister pegotim. _ me mivdivar mis saZebnelad. axla es Cemi erTaderTi valia amqveynad.
Semdeg man mkiTxa, rom ar vapireb xval londonSi wasvlas. vupasuxe, rom dRes vapirebdi wasvlas da mxolod imitom davrCi, rom iqneb gamovdgomodi raSime.
_ Cemi survilia, ser, rom am navis saxlma yoveldRe da yovelRame, zamTarsa da zafxuls iqonios isev is saxe, ra saxiTac naxa igi patara obolma, rodesac igi, jer kidev bavSvi iyo, CemTan movida. Tu odesme mas uweria am adgilebSi dabruneba, me msurs, rom Zveli bina ar eucxovos. dae, piriqiT, yoveli nivTi mimzidveli iyos, rogorc uwin. vin icis, iqneb odesme, avdarsa da qariSxalSi, mas mouxdes am adgilebSi yofna; igi Seixedavs fanjaraSi da dainaxavs Tavis Zvel adgils buxris win; igi dainaxavs, rom oTaxSi aravin aris garda misis gumijisa, da, vin icis, mister devi, iqneb eyos gabeduleba da Sevides saxlSi. yovelRam sanTeli winandeburad idgeba fanjaraSi da, Tu rodisme mova am adgilas, es sinaTle etyvis mas: `dabrundi, Cemo Svilo, dabrundi!~
Cven SeumCnevlad mivuaxlobdiT navis saxls da Sig SevediT. misis gumiji fusfusiT amzadebda sauzmes. rodesac man gaSala sufra da dadga magidaze saWmeli CvenTvis, miujda fanjaras da Seudga mister pegotis sacvlebis kemsvas. igi swrafad muSaobda. rodesac misis gumijma gaaTava saqme, Caalaga Tavisi patronis sacvlebi muSambis CanTaSi. mTeli am xnis ganamvlobaSi SeuCereblad laparakobda damamSvidebeli kiloTi.
_ iyos neba Seni, daniel. viqnebi aq martoka zamTars da zafxuls. vecdebi, yvelaferi ise gavakeTo, Cemo megobaro, rogorc Sen gsurs da rogorc mibrZaneb. drodadro werilebsac mogwer. iqneb odesme Senc momwero oriode sityva, daniel, da miambo dawvrlebiT yvelaferi, rogor da sad ivli qveyanaze.
me gamovedi meTevzeebis qoxidan da ramdenime xans vixetiale qalaqis quCebSi, ise rom, ukve aTi saaTi iyo, rodesac mivedi saxlSi, Cems pegotisTan. davjeqi samzareuloSi buxarTan da daviwye fiqri ukanaskneli dReebis ambebis Sesaxeb. Cemi fiqrebi daarRvia quCis karze kakunma. gavaRe kari da, Cemda gansacvifreblad, ara davinaxe ra garda qolgisa, romelic TiTqos TavisTavad gaCnda karis win. magram male aRmovaCine qolgis qveS cocxali arseba, da es arseba iyo mis mauCeri.
_ mis mauCer! _ SevZaxe me. _ rogor gaCndiT aq? ra gnebavT? man maniSna Tavis pawawina xeliT, rom damekeca misi qolga, Semdeg
swrafad Camirbina gverdiT da Semovida samzareuloSi. davkete kari da ukan gavyevi qolgiT xelSi. am dros mis mauCeri afofxda dabali Rumelis Tavze, buxris win, romelzedac alagebdnen finjnebsa da TefSebs.
_ ra dagemarTaT, mis mauCer? _ wamoviZaxe isev. _ avad xom ara xarT? _ ymawvilo, _ mipasuxa mis mauCerma da akankalebuli xelebi gulTan
miido, _ me mtkiva da mikvnesis ai aq. vin ifiqrebda, rom saqme aqamdis mividoda! o! adreve rom mcodnoda yovelive es!
uzarmazari Tavsafari mis Tavze, srulebiT Seusabamo mis tanTan, irxeoda yovel mxares.
_ Tqven maocebT... _ daviwye me, magram mis mauCerma sityva gamawyvetina. _ diax, es mudam asea! _ SesZaxa man. _ Tqven me garTobT, rogorc
saTamaSo; damciniT da mexumrebiT, rodesac mogesurvebaT, da usaTuod gaocebT, Tu dainaxavT, rom vgrZnob cotaTi ufro mets, vidre xis cxeni an muyaos jariskaci, es asea. diax, ser, diax, es Zveli ambavia da me ukve didi xania, miveCvie mas.
_ Tqven SegiZliaT ifiqroT eg sxvebis Sesaxeb, mis mauCer, magram CemTan, ara mgonia, mosatani iyos es Zveli ambavi. me TiTqmis srulebiT ar gicnobT.
_ ase, ase. maS ras mibrZanebT, ra vqna? _ SesZaxa qondris qalma. _ SemxedeT. aseTive iyo Cemi sabralo mama. Cemi daca da Zmac me mgvanan TaniTac da moyvanilobiTac. mere? me vmuSaobdi mTeli es wlebi disa da Zmis gulisaTvis; vmuSaobdi gulmodgined, mister koperfild, yoveldRe da, SeiZleba yovel wams, aravis aras vafuWeb. da Tu yvela am Tavqarian da sastik xalxs azrad mouvida Cemi gamasxaraveba da saTamaSod qceva TavianT gasarTobad, maS ra damrCenoda, RvTis gulisaTvis, Tu ara maTi ayola? vin aris aq damnaSave? nuTu me?
_ ara, rasakvirvelia, Tqven ara, mis mauCer. _ me rom Tqveni megobris winaSeEmeTamaSa mgrZnobiare qondris qalis
roli, _ ganagrZo mis mauCerma da mware sayveduriT Semomxeda, _ nuTu ggoniaT, rom SeiZleboda imedi mqonoda misi daxmarebisa an Svelisa? warmoidgineT, rom me, sabralo qondris qali, moklebuli yovelgvar niWs, mivdivar romelime jentlmenis saxlSi da viwyeb gulsaklav ambavs Cems mware xvedrze. Tqvena ggoniaT es jentlmeni momaqcevs Tavis maRal yuradRebas? Tqvenc ar momikvdeT! patara mauCerma unda imasxros, ipranWos, ustvinos da icekvos sxvis salamurze, sanam ar mokvdeba cisqveS. Tu Tqven, goliaTebma, saTamaSod gaixadeT sabralo qondris qali, moiReT mowyaleba da, yovel SemTxvevaSi zizRiT nu ucqerT mas.
uzarmazari Tavsafari mis mauCeris Tavze da misi Crdili aTamaSda kedelze.
_ RmerTma daswyevlos Tqveni megobari! _ SesZaxa mis mauCerma da saloki TiTi aswia Tavis elvare TvalebTan. _ da aTasjer iyos dawyevlili misi garyvnili laqia! me xom darwmunebuli viyavi, rom Seyvarebuli Tqven iyaviT!
_ me? _ ah, bavSvo, bavSvo! _ wamoiZaxa mis mauCerma da xelebs imtvrevda
uecari sevdiT. _ rad mogindaT maSin iseTi aRtacebuli qebiT misi xseneba? rad wiTldebodiT, rad gebneodaT ena?
man isev amoiRo cxvirsaxoci da orive xeliT miido TvalebTan. _ rogor unda momesazra da momefiqrebina mTeli es veragobisa da
sicruis sistema? _ Tqva mis mauCerma. _ rogorc ki me dagtoveT da oTaxidan gamovedi, misi laqia damewia da miTxra, rom `ubedur ZuZumwovars Sehyvarebia sabralo gogona~. ZuZumwovara man Tqven giwodaT. Tqven gesiamovnebodaT, rodesac stirfordi aqebda mas, es aSkara iyo. Tqven pirvelma warmoTqviT misi saxeli da gamotydiT, rom pataraobidanve giyvarT igi. da mixaroda, rom gamocdili amxanagi, gamsWvaluli megobobis grZnobiT, cdilobs Tqveni sikeTisaTvis. maT eSinodaT, CemTavad ar mivmxdariyavi simarTles! _ SesZaxa mis mauCerma, Camoxta Rumelidan da win da ukan siaruli daiwyo samzareuloSi, _ maT icodnen, rom gamocnobaSi yoCaRi var; da ai, gamabriyves, rogorc ukanaskneli suleli! me TviTon, Cemi sakuTari xeliT gadaveci werili im sabralo qals!
am veragobam da muxanaTobam uaRresad gamaoca da xmaamouReblad Sevcqerodi mis mauCers, romelic ganagrZobda swrafi nabijiT win da ukan siaruls. bolos isev afofxda Rumelze, moiwminda cxvirsaxociT Tvalebi, ramdenime wuTis ganmavlobaSi Cumad ijda da mxolod Tavs iqnevda. me ar damirRvevia siCume.
_ Cemi wasvlis droa, _ miTxra man bolos. _ ukve gviania. imedi maqvs, eWvi Cemze ara gaqvT?
am kiTxvasTan erTad man dakvirvebiT Semomxeda. avirie da odnav gasagoni xmiT wavilaparake: `ara!~
mis mauCerma isev gadamavlo Tavisi gamWriaxi Tvalebi, gamomiwoda xeli, rom meSvela misTvis Camosvla Rumelidan, da miTxra:
_ Tqven savsebiT gulwrfeli ar xarT, ser. gamotydiT, rom araviTari eWvi ar dagebadebodaT, Cveulebrivi tanis qali rom viyo. eWvi mxolod qondris qalze gaqvT.
am sityvebSi bevri simarTle iyo da me Cemi Tavis Semrcxva. _ yuri damigdeT, ser. Tqven ymawvili kaci xarT da, maSasadame,
Tavisufali bevri cru azrebisagan, romelic fesvebs idgams CvenSi droTa ganmavlobaSi. miiReT gamoTxovebisas rCeva umniSvnelo sami futis simaRlis arsebisagan. nu aurevT erTmaneTSi sulisa da sxeulis simaxinjes, Cemo keTilo megobaro! aris maxinjTa Soris keTili xalxi, iseve, rogorc mSvenier sxeulSi imaleba zogjer maxinji suli. damijereT imdenad mainc, _ daamTavra qondris qalma da Cems xels Seexo, _ ramdenadac Tqven endobodiT da daujerebdiT Cveulebrivi tanis qals. Tu odesme kidev mogixdeT Cemi naxva imave rolSi, romelsac sastumroSi vTamaSobdi Tqvens win, gTxovT mxedvelobaSi miiRoT, ra sazogadoebaSi vasruleb mas. Tu gsurT samarTliani iyoT, warmoidgineT Cemi disa da Zmis wreSi, Cvens sakuTars ojaxSi, sadac vbrundebi Cemi Sromis damTavrebis
Semdeg. maSin Tqven aRar gagikvirdebaT, rom iseT glaxaks, rogoric me var, SeuZlia xandaxan Cafiqrebac da naRvlobac. Rame mSvidobisa!
me CamovarTvi xeli mis mauCers srulebiT sxva grZnobiT, vidre pirvelad.
dilaadrianad movidnen CemTan mister pegoti da Cemi gadia. yvelani erTad wavediT diliJansebis kantoraSi, sadac ukve gvelodebodnen misis gumiji da qami.
_ master devi, _ wamCurCla qamma da ganze gamixmo im dros, rodesac mister pegoti alagebda bargs. _ mister pegotis sicocxle, SeiZleba iTqvas, daRupulia. man TviTonac ar icis, sad midis da ra moelis. mas ganzraxuli aqvs mogzauroba, romelmac, garemoebisda mixedviT, SeiZleba mTeli sicocxle gastanos, _ erwmuneT Cems sitvas, _ Tu ver ipovna igi, visac eZebs. darwmunebuli var, master devi, rom Tqven misi erTguli megobari iqnebiT. asea Tu ara?
_ Tqven ar scdebiT, qam. yovelTvis vecdebi, sasargeblo viyo misTvis, _ vupasuxe me da gulwrfeli TanagrZnobiT CamovarTvi xeli.
_ gmadlobT, ser! suliT da guliT gmadlobT! Cven gamovemSvidobeT erTmaneTs, da arasodes ar damaviwydeba is
uRrmesi mwuxarebisa da mtkice gadawvetilebis gamometyveleba, romelic ixateboda im wamSi ymawvili kacis saxeze.
gzaSi mister pegotim gamomicxada, rom, uwinares yovlisa, igi apirebs misis stirfordis naxvas. Cems Tavs movaled vTvlidi Suakacad vyofiliyavi am Sexvedris dros da amitom im saRamosve mivwere werili misis stirfords da movamzade moulodneli stumris misaRebad.
daniSnul saaTs mivediT haigetSi da SevCerdiT im saxlis karTan, sadac sul ramdenime dRis win udardeli da bednieri viyavi. axla es saxli, moRuSuli da udaburi, daxSuli iyo CemTvis.
magram amgvar saqmeebSi me ara var msajuli. Zalian patiosani. aRzardeT ukeTesad.
_ vinaidan Tqven maiZulebT gulaxdil laparaks, _ rac srulebiT ar mindoda, _ movale var aRvniSno, rom Tqveni diswulis mdabio naTesaoba amisTvis gardauvali zRudea.
_ momismineT, qalbatono, ras getyviT amaze, _ upasuxa mister pegotim dinjad da wynarad. _ Tqven iciT, ras niSnavs Svilis siyvaruli. mec vici. Tqven ar iciT, ra aris Svilis dakargva, me ki vici. gadaarCineT igi am damcirebisagan da fics davdeb, rom Cven ar SevarcxvenT mas. arc erTi CvenTagani nebas ar miscems TavisTavs, Sexedos mis mSvenier saxes, arc erc erTi CvenTagani ar gamotydeba, rom icnobs mas. Cven vinugeSebT im fiqriT, rom igi Cvengan Sors, sxva cisa da mzis qveS cxovrobs.
mezRvauris tlanqma mWermetyvelebam, etyoba, erTgvari STabeWdileba moaxdina misis stirfordze. mas ar Seucvlia amayi da mediduri poza, magram xma daurbilda, rodesac upasuxa mister pegotis:
_ me aravis ar vamarTleb da aravis ar vamtyuneb, magram mwuxarebiT vimeoreb, rom es SeuZlebelia. amgvari jvariswera aucileblad daarRvevs Cemi Svilis karieras, daangrevs mTel mis momavals. Tu Tqven SegiZliT dakmayofildeT sxva raime anazRaurebiT...
_ Tqveni saxe, qalbatono, magonebs sxva saxes, romelic ase cota xnis winaT micqeroda Cems saxlSi, Cems kerasTan, _ gaawyvetina mister pegotim da miapyro mas Tavisi gacecexlebuli Tvalebi. _ es saxe, megobruli Rimilis qveS, uRirs azrebsa hfaravda. mere? nuTu saxe, romelic ise hgavs im saxes, ar iwvis sircxviliT, rodesac fuls sTavazobs Seuracxyofil mamas misi bavSvis SercxvenisaTvis? es ar mesmis, qalbatono, miT umetes, rom saxe, romelzedac me vlaparakob, ekuTvnis ledis!
misis stirfordi uecrad gamoicvala da mrisxanebis siwiTle gadaefina saxeze. misi xma TrToda, rodesac orive xeli staca savarZlis saxelurebs da warmosTqva sapasuxod:
_ Tqven? Tqven ki riTi SegiZliaT aminazRauroT Cemi danaklisi, is ufskruli, romelic gairRva axla Cemsa da Cems Svils Soris? ra aris Tqveni siyvaruli Cems siyvarulTan? ras niSnavs Tqveni ganSoreba Cvens ganSorebasTan SedarebiT?
mis dartli odnav Seexo mis mxars da raRac wasCurCua yurSi; magram misis stirfords ar surda misis mosmena.
_ ara, roza, ara! _ uTxra man mouTmenlobiT. _ dae am adamianma moisminos yvelaferi. Cemi Svili erTaderTi nugeSi iyo Cemi sicocxlisa, yvela Cemi survili da fiqri mxolod mas ekuTvnoda, da im wuTidan, rodesac is daibada, arasodes ar gamiyvia Cveni arseboba erTmaneTisgan. da mere? es Svili gaiqca Cemgan, da viRac sacodavma gogom damikarga erTaderTi Svili! misi gulisTvis uRirsi tyuiliT gadauxada dedis gulaxdilobas, misi gulisTvis gabeda dedis datoveba! rogor? gana me ar mqonda ufleba mis morCilebaze, siyvarulze, pativiscemasa da madlierebaze? mere, vin gabeda win aRdgomoda am wminda uflebebs? uRirsi, glaxaki gogo! gana es sawyeni ar aris?
isev scada roza dartlma misi Secereba, magram amaod. _ ara, roza, ara! nuTu mas hgonia, rom xangrZlivi moSoreba
Semarigebs masTan? maS Zalian cudad icnobs Tavis dedas! dae axlave CaixSos Tavisi uRirsi vneba _ da Cemi saxli isev Riaa misTvis. magram, Tu mas ar eyo keTilSobili gambedaoba ukuagdos igi Tavisgan, maSin icodes, rom arasodes ar miviReb! me msurs da moviTxov, rom dauyovnebliv daanebos mas Tavi, movides saxlSi da iTxovos sulgrZeli patieba. ai, Cemi ufleba! mxolod amas SeuZlia Cveni Serigeba, Tu ara da _ Cven veRar vnaxavT erTmaneTs amqveynad. gana es sawyeni ar aris? _ daabolova misis tirfordma da miapyro Tavis stumars mediduli da mrisxane Tvalebi.
rodesac Seuracxyofili deda aRelvebiT ambobda am sityvebs, ise meCveneboda, TiTqos mis Svils vxedav da misi xma mesmis-meTqi.
amis Semdeg misis stirfordma mommarTa winandeli simSvidiT da siamayiT da SeniSna xmamaRla, rom usargeblod Tvlis am Sexvedris gagrZelebas, radgan ukev Tqva yvelaferi da aRarafris mosmena aRar surs. Semdeg adga oTaxidan gasasvlelad. mister pegotim SeaCera.
_ nu geSiniaT, me ar vapireb metad Tqvens Sewuxebas, _ Tqva man da karisken gadadga nabiji. _ uimedod movedi aq da uimedod mivdivar. arafers ar movelodi am boroti saxlisgan!
Cven davbrundiT patara binaSi sawvrilmanos Tavze. aq movaswari meambna Cemi pegotisaTvis is, rac misma Zmam miTxra. manac CemsaviT ar icoda, sad midioda mister pegoti, magram darwmunebuli iyo, rom igi moqmedebda winaswar mofiqrebuli gegmiT.
Tavis dis fulidan mister pegotim miiRo mcire Tanxa im procentebis angariSze, romelic ergeboda naanderZevi Tanxidan. es Tanxa, Cemis varaudiT, unda hyofnoda ara umetes erTi Tvisa. igi dampirda drogamoSvebiT werilebis moweras; Semdeg gadaigdo mxarze muSambis CanTa, aiRo qudi da joxi da gamogveTxova.
_ gisurvebT yovelive sikeTes, keTilo adamiano, _ uTxra man das da moexvia, _ Tqvenc, master devi. _ man magrad CamomarTva xeli. _ Tu Cemi gogona TviTon dabrundeba Cemi aryofnis dros (netavi ase moxdebodes), an Tu movnaxe da moviyvane ukan, Cven iseT adgilas unda davsaxldeT, rom araodes aravin ar gabedos misi dayvedreba. magram Tu daviupebi am mogzaurobis dros, gaxsovdeT, rom Cemi ukanaskneli sityvebi sicocxlesTan gamTxovebisas iyo: `ucvlelia Cemi siyvaruli Zvirfasi bavSvisadmi. mipatiebia misTvis!~
man warmosTqva es sityvebi mgrZnobiare xmiT, qudmoxdilma. Semdeg daixura qudi da Cavida kibeze. igi karebamde mivacileT.
Tavi ocdameaTe
aRtaceba mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi Cemi siyvaruli dorasadmi dRiTi dRe
izrdeboda. ocneba mis Sesaxeb Cemi erTaderTi nugeSi iyo cxovrebis ukuRmarTobaSi da erTaderTi samagiero Cemi megobris dakargvisa. rac ufro meti grovdeboda Cems garSemo sicrue da mRelvareba am qveynisa, miT ufro wmindad da naTlad elvarebda mSvenieri doras varskvlavi...
siyvarulma ise gamitaca, rom gadavwyvite, pegotisTvis gameziarebina Cemi saidumlo. erT saRamos frTxilad vuambe mas mTeli Cemi gulis dardi. pegoti Zalian daainteresa am ambavma, magram sul sxvanairad Sexeda saqmes. ise Rrmad da usazRvro gadaWarbebiT iyo darwmunebuli Cems maRal RirsebebSi, rom verc ki warmoedgina, ra eWvi an mRelvareba SeiZleboda aRZruliyo Cems gulSi.
_ saqme dResaviT naTelia, _ miTxra pegotim gadaWrili kiloTi. _ axlagazrda ledis SeuZlia moulocos TavisTavs, rom aseTi saunje iSovna. imaze xom laparakic metia: ukeTesi ra unda?
magram miuxedavad amisa, mister spenlos proqtorobis wamosasxami da misi maRali, TovliviT TeTri da kaJiviT magari sayelo erTgvar mokrZalebis grZnobas iwvevda miuwvdomel msajulisadmi Cems keTil gadiaSic ki.
TviT pegotis damokidebuleba doqtorTa kolegiasTan ganisazRvreboda miT, rasac CvenSi Cveulebrivad ubralo iuridiul formas uwodeben da romelic aras SemTxvevaSi ar gagrZeldeboda didxans. rodesac yvela formaluri wesi Sesrulebuli iyo, waviyvane pegoti sammarTveloSi iuridiuli xarjebis gadasaxdelad.
me TavdaWeriT Tavi davukari jentlmens, magram pegitom Zlivs daxara Tavi.
igi TiTqmis srulebiT ar gamocvliliyo. Tmebi uwindeliviT xSiri, iseTive Savi hqonda da Tvalebic uwindeburad ar iwvevdnen araviTar ndobas. pirvel wuTSi igi, rogorc etyoboda, airia amnair Sexvedrisagan, magram imwamsve welSi gasworda da momiaxlovda.
_ imedi maqvs, kargad xarT? _ miTxra mister mordstonma. _ ara mgonia, rom es saintereso iyos TqvenTvis, _ vupasuxe me. _
Tumca me kargad var. _ Tqven rogorRa brZandebiT? gulwrfelad vwuxvar, rom meuRle
dakargeT. _ gamdlobT, ser, _ upasuxa pegotim da Tan akankalda TaviT
fexebamde, _ es pirveli danaklisis ar aris Cems sicocxleSi, mister mordston! suliT da guliT mixaria, rom veravis ver davemdurebi am ukanaskneli danaklisis gamo. aq aravin iyo damnaSave.
_ hm, es sasiamovno mosasmenia, _ Tqva mister mordstonma. _ maS Tqven SeasruleT Tqveni vali? es damamSvidebeli azria!
_ diax, ser! me aravis sicocxle ar amomiWamia, _ daumata pegotim. _ ara, mister mordston! Cemi gulisTvis arcerTi nazi, mSvidi, mSvenieri, sayvareli da umweo arseba ar Casula adreul samareSi. ara, ser, ara!
mister mordstonma gadaavlo mas mrisxane Tvalebi. Semdeg momibrunda, Cems magivrad Cems fexebs daacqerda da miTxra:
_ me mgonia, Cven male aRar SevxvdebiT erTmaneTs amis Semdeg. ueWvelia, es azri iseve sasiamovnoa TqvenTvis, rogorc CemTvis, radgan amgvari Sexvedra ver aris maincdamainc saxarbielo.
mxolod da mxolod Tqveni xasiaTis cudi Tvisebebis aRmofxvris winaaRmdeg iyo mimarTuli, _ ganagrZo mister mordstonma. _ maSasadame, araviTari imedi ar maqvs Tqveni madlobisa da, miT umetes, Tqveni keTili ganwyobilebisa Cemdami.
es laparaki swarmoebda gare kantoris kuTxeSi da mister mordstoni yru da odnav gasagoni xmiT laparakobda. Semdeg igi Sevida mister spenlos kabinetSi da uTxra xmamaRla mliqvnelis kiloTi:
_ Tqveni profesiis jentlmenebi, mister spenlo ueWvelia, daCveulni arian aTasgvari ojaxuri uTanxmoebis mowmed yofnas da, rasakvirvelia, ician, rogor daxlarTulia xolme es saqmeebi.
am sityvebiT man gadaixada fuli Tavis `licenciisaTvis~ da, rodesac miiRo es iuridiuli sabuTi mister spenlos xelidan, kantoridan gavida. pativcemulma proqtorma gaacila Tavisi klienti karebamde, gamoeTxova megobruli xelis CamrTmeviT da usurva yovelive sikeTe mas da mis momaval meuRles.
pegoti ise aaRelva am SemTxvevam, rom Zlivs davamSvide. rogorc Canda, mister spenlom srulebiT ar icoda, ra
damokidebuleba arsebobda Cemsa da mister mordstons Soris. misi azriT, am ojaxur uTanxmoebaSi usaTuod papidaCemi eria.
_ mis trotvudi gabeduli dedakacia, _ SeniSna mis spenlom, _ da yovel SemTxvevaSi, moaxerxebs Tavis dacvas. opozicia arafers ar moigebs. mudam makvirvebs mis trotvudis xasiaTi, da CemTvis didad sasiamovnoa, koperfild, rom Tqven marTlis mxareze xarT. rasakvirvelia, gaTiSva naTesavebs Soris didad sawyenia, magram, saubedurod, es Cveulebrivi ambavia. amgvar SemTxvevaSi umTavresia marTlis mxareze iyo... ese igi im mxareze, sadac fulia. mister mordstoni cols irTavs... partia, mgoni urigo ar aris. me mivxvdi mister mordstonis sityvebidan, _ xalxs xSirad wamoscdeba xolme amgvar SemTxvevaSi, _ rom es jvariswera xelsayreli unda iyos. misi da, mis mordstoni, jer kidev winaT laparakobda amis Sesaxeb.
_ Tqven brZaneT, rom fulis mxriT aris xelsayreli es jvariswera, ser? _ vkiTxe me.
amis Semdeg mister spenlom Sematyobina, rom am kviras doras dabadebis dRea da amis gamo imarTeba patara ojaxuri qeifi qalaqgareTo. man miTxra, rom Zalian masiamovneb, Tu mewvevi agarakze ojaxur dResaswaulSi monawileobis misaRebado. proqtoris mowvevam sabolood SemSala Wkuidan; da rodesac miviRe mosawvevi baraTi vardisfer qaRaldze warweriT: `mowvevas gagonebT~, mTeli dRis ganmavlobaSi giJiviT viyavi.
axlac maciebs da macxelebs, rodesac vigoneb am SemTxvevisTvis nayid yelsaxvevs. Cems fexsacmels udavod SeeZlo wamebis iaraRebis koleqciis gamdidreba. dResaswaulis winadRes viyide da norvudSi gavgzavne saRamos diliJansiT patara kalaTa, savse imgvari nivTebiT, romlebic, erTad aRebuli, siyvarulis formalur gamocxadebas udrida. dilis eqvs saaTze ukve kovengartenis bazarze viyavi da Taiguls vyidulobdi dorasTavis. aT saaTze mivaWenebdi lurja cxens da mSvenieri Taiguli mimagrebuli mqonda qudze, raTa uvneblad mimetana igi norvudSi.
rodesac, bolos mivedi mister spenlos agarakze da Camovxti cxenidan baRis karebTan, gavwie mwvane mindorze Cemi eqscentriuli fexsacmeliT im skamisken, sadac dora ijda.
masTan erTad ijda ymawvili ledi, daaxloebiT oci wlisa. misi gvari iyo mis milsi da dora mas julias uwodebda. mis milsi doras megobrad iTvleboda. bednieri mis milsi!
_ gixarodeT, mister koperfid, _ SesZaxa doram. is saZageli mis mordstoni axla aq ar aris. igi Tavisi Zmis qorwilSi wavida da sul cota _ sami kvira mainc darCeba iq. mSveniereba ar aris?
magram, ai, saxlidan mister spenlo gamovida. dora miegeba mamas da wamoiZaxa:
_ SexedeT, mamilo, ra mSvenieri yvavilebia! es mister koperfildma momarTva.
cxeniT mivdevdi etls, odnav moSorebiT. dora ijda zurgiT cxenebisken da miyurebda. Cemi Taiguli mis gverdiT iyo patara baliSze. igi xSirad iRebda mas xelSi da didi siamovnebiT iynosavda yvavilebis surnelebas.
Tu ara vcdebi, didi mtveri idga. mgoni, mister spenlo mirCevda, cotaTi moSorebiT mevlo etlisagan, rom mtveri ar damdeboda; magram ar vusmendi mister spenlos. erTnairad Cavfluliyavi siyvarulisa da mSvenierebis RrubelSi, romelic doras gars exvia. amis mets arafers vgrZnobdi.
ar vici, ramden xans viareT, da aqamdis ar vici, saiT mivdiodiT. gildfoldisken, albaT, an daaxloebiT iqiT. ueWvelia, romelime jadoqarma erTi dRiT gamoaCina es mSvenieri adgili da Semdeg samaradisod damala igi; ase rom, axla verc ki vityvi, sad viyavi. maxsovs mxolod, rom iq iyo mwvane moedani, xexiliT daCrdiluli, da, saerTod, mSvenieri sanaxaoba yoveli mxriT.
Zalian cudi mxolod is iyo, rom aTasgvari ucxo xalxi moeloda Cvens misvlas. eWvianobas sazRvari ar hqonda. yvela mamakaci, ganurCevlad, Cemi mosisxle mteri gaxda, metadre _ erTi wiTuri didulvaSa.
Cems TavSi mxolod bundovani warmodgena darCa imisi, Tu ra xdeboda ramdenime saaTis ganmavlobaSi. vici, rom saSinlad vmxiarulobdi, magram es iyo sasowarkveTilebis tragikuli mxiaruleba. me CavaCivdi vardisferkabian ymawvil ledis da saSineli daJinebiT vearSiyebodi. igi Zalian moxdenili iyo da patara TvalebSi cecxlis naperwklebi ukrToda.
warmosTqves doras sadRegrZelo. rodesac me vsvamdi Cems Wiqas, Tavi ise daviWire, TiTqos laparaki Semawtyvetines yvelaze saintereso adgilas, da imwamsve ganvagrZe igi winandelis aRfrTovanebiT. rodesac Tavi davukari, Tvali movkari doras Tvalebs da ise momeCvena, TiTqos igi sevdiani iyo; magram dora miyurebda wiTur didulvaSas Tavs iqidan da amis gamo ulmobeli davrCi, rogorc qva.
vardisferkabian ymawvil ledis hyavda mwvanekabiani deda da mas azrad mouvida Cveni ganSoreba raRac idumal garemoebaTa gamo, rac CemTvis gamoucnob saidumloebad darCa. Tumca, rodesac sadilis narCenebi kalaTebSi Caalages, yvelani isedac wavid-wamovidnen iqiT-aqeT. sasowarkveTilma da gamwarebulma, daviwye xetiali xeebs Soris. warmoudgenels gunebaze viyavi. avadmyofad xom ar gamovacxado Tavi, an xom ar gavquslo Cems lurjaze ugzo-ukvlod-meTqi? im dros, rodesac seriozulad viyavi garTuli am sakiTxebis gadaWriT, momiaxlovdnen mis milsi da dora.
_ mister koperfild, _ miTxra mis milsma, _ Tqven mowyenili xarT? _ srulebiTac ara! rad ggoniaT! _ dora! _ ganagrZo mis milsma ise, rom yuradReba ar miuqcevia Cemi
pasuxisTvis. _ dora,Sen mowyenili xar? _ o, ara, ara! srulebiT arc ki mifiqria! _ mister koperfild da dora! _ Tqva mis milsma. _ kmara, Cemo
gzaSi mis milsma Sematyobina, rom dora estumreboda mas ramdenime xniT, da mec mimiwvia. ar vici, ra manqanebiT, norvudi mogviaxlovda ramdenime miliT, da Cven gacilebiT ufro adre mivediT saxlSi, vidre unda mivsuliyaviT.
oTaxSi mogvarTves Rvino da buterbrodebi. Taflis sanTlebis Suqze dora iseTi siyvaruliT brwinavda, rom Tvali ver movaSore da veRar daviZari misi saxlidan; magram rodesac, bolos, mister spenlom mouridenlad xvrinva amouSva savarZelSi, cxadad davinaxe, rom didi xania Cemi saxlSi wasvlis dro iyo.
meore dRes loginSi gadavwyvite, gamomecxadebina dorasTvis siyvaruli da gamego Cemi bedi. samma dRem saSinel tanjvaSi gaiara.
bolos, movikribe mTeli Cemi Zal-Rone da gavwie mis milsis saxlSi garkveulis mizniT _ Cemi bedi gamego.
mister milsi saxlSi ar iyo, _ an ra saWiro iyo misi yofna? srulebiT ar mqonda misi piradi naxvis survili. mis milsi saxlSi iyo, _ es kmaroda.
amiyvanes meore sarTulSi, sastumroSi, sadac mis milsi da dora isxdnen. mis milsi notebs swerda; dora yvavilebs xatavda. es swored is yvavilebi iyo, romelic koventgartenis bazarze viyide. verasgziT ver vityvi, rom dedansa da pirs Soris raime msgavseba SemeniSnos. imis Tqmac ki Znelia, SesaZlebelia Tu ara saerTod arsebobdes mcenareTa samefoSi raime msgavsi am suraTisa; magram mainc mivxvdi, rom dora Cems Taigulsa xatavda.
mis milsi didad moxaruli iyo da mwuxareba gamoTqva, rom mamamisi saxlSi araa; Tumca Cven yvelani, Tu ar vcdebi, SesaniSnavi sulis simtkiciT vitandiT am danakliss.
me gamielva azrma, _ ukeTesi xom ar iqneboda, Cemi aRsareba xvalisTvis gadamedo.
_ imedi maqvs, Tqveni sabralo cxeni Zalian ar daiqanca guSin dabrunebisas? _ miTxra doram, rodesac mis milsi oTaxidan gavida.
me gavifiqre, rom ukeTesi iqneboda, dResve gameTavebina yvelaferi. _ diax, _ vupasuxe me, _ gza grZeli da mosawyeni iyo, radgan araferi
ar axalisebda mas dabrunebis dros. _ rogor? gana araferi aWames? sabralo cxeni! _ SesZaxa doram. me gadavwyvite, rom ukeTesi iyo, xvalisTvis gadamedo. _ ara, maZRari ki iyo, aWames, mxolod is mindoda meTqva, rom mas ar
SeeZlo egrZno is Seudarebeli bedniereba, romelsac vgrZnobdi Tqvens axlos yofniT.
doram Tavi daxara naxatze da xanmokle siCumis Semdeg Tqva: _ erT dros, mgoni, Tqven srulebiT ar eswrafebodiT am bednierebas... am wuTSi vigrZeni, rom dadga kritikuli wami da Cemi bedi unda
gadawyvetiliyo. _ Tqven srulebiT ar zrunavdiT am bednierebaze... srulebiT... rodesac
mis kitis gverdiT ijeqiT, _ miTxra doram warbebSekrulma da Tavi gaiqnia.
mis kiti iyo is vardisferkabiani ledi, romelsac mwavnekabiani deda hyavda.
ar vici, rogor moxda, magram me movexvie doras. mWermetyvelebam gadmoxeTqa Cemi piridan nakaduliviT. sityvebi erTimeores mosdevda SeuCerebad. vuTxari, rogor miyvars igi, vuTxari, rom movkvdebi uimisod, rom vaRmerTeb mas!
rodesac doram daxara Tavi, atirda da TrTolda, Cemma mWermetyvelebam abobqrebuli mdinaris xasiaTi miiRo. vuTxari, rom sakmarisia erTi sityva warmoTqvas da mzad var, misi siamovnebisaTvis avitano aTi aTasi sikvdili, mudam meyvareba igi, yovel wuTSi, gagiJebiT. yovelTvis iyo xalxi, romelic uyvardaT da yovelTvis iqneba xalxi, romelTac eyvarebaT; magram aravis da arasodes, qveynis dasabamidan am wuTamde, ar hyvarebia, ar uyvars, ar eyvareba da arc Seswevs niWi iseTi siyvarulisa, rogorc me miyvars dora.
nel-nela davwynardi. me da dora visxediT sofaze erTmaneTis gverdiT. mZime tvirTi momeSva mxrebidan. netarebaSi viyavi. me da doram
SevficeT erTmaneTs, rom mxolod erTmaneTisaTvis vicocxlebT amis Semdeg.
doram gamoTqva azri, rom misi mamis nebadaurTvelad verasgziT ver daviwerT jvars. gadavwyviteT, droebiT saidumlod Segvenaxa Cveni damokidebuleba mister spenlosagan; Tumca maSin azradac ki ar momsvlia, rom Cemi da misi Svilis damokidebuleba SesaZlebeli iyo dasaZraxisad sCveneboda vismes.
mis milsma suliT da guliT daloca Cveni siyvaruli. ra bednieri dro iyo! rogori suleluri, netarebis dro! rodesac vixedebi ganvlil gzaze, ar vici Cems sicocxleSi arc erTi
xana, romelzedac Cems mogonebas SeeZlos SeCereba meti siyvaruliTa da RimiliT!
damexata, ra bednieri viyavi da ra mSvenieri iyo dora. varwmunebdi agnesas, rom am grZnobis siRrme usazRvroa da rom amis magvari ara yofila-ra adamianis gulis istoriaSi.
stirfordis Sesaxeb araferi miTqvams. mxolod gakvriT movixsene, rom Cemi iarmauTeli megobrebi uzomod Sewuxebuli arian emilias gaqceviT da rom mec metad gaocebuli var. vicodi, rom agnesa TviTon mixvdeboda Cemgan damaluls WeSmaritebas, darwmunebuli viyavi, rom pirveli arasodes ar warmosTqvamda Cems winaSe Cemi megobris saxels.
am werilis pasuxi pirveli fostiTve miviRe. roca vkiTxulobdi, ise meCveneboda, TiTqos mesmoda agnesas megobruli xma.
Cemi saxlSi aryofnis dros, orjer Tu samjer tredelsi yofiliyo. mas gaecno Cemi keTili gadia, daaxloebiT erTi saaTi darCeniliyo da dro Cems Sesaxeb maslaaTSi gaetarebina. ase gadmomca pegotim, magram eWvi maqvs, rom laparakiT mxolod pegoti laparakobda, amasTan ufro met xans, vidre erTi an ori saaTi: gamocdilebiT vicodi, ra Zneli iyo misi SeCereba, rodesac igi Cems Sesaxeb daiwyebda laparaks.
aman momagona, rom tredelss daniSnuli hqonda dRe, rodesac igi CemTan unda mosuliyo, da rom es dRe ukve moaxlovda. Cemma Sinaurma pirobebma ukanasknel dros sxvanairi xasiaTi miiRo, rac erTgvar ganmartebas Txoulobs. misis kropma, sakuTari Rirsebis grZnobiT ganmsWvalulma, gadaWrili uari ganacxada aesrulebina raime movaleoba (garda fulis miRebisa) im dromde, sanam Cvens saxlSi ivlis dedakaci, romelsac pegoti ewodeba. amis gamo misis krops ara erTxel hqonda saidumlo bWoba Tavis kibeze, sadac elaparakeboda xmamaRla viRac uxilavsa da uCinar arsebas, ueWvelia, Winkas, radgan, arsebiTad, igi martodmarto cxovrobda da mTel saxlSi Cemsa da mis garda ar iyo arc erTi cocxali arseba, magram rodesac am krebebma ver gamoiRo saTanado Sedegi, misis kropma momwera werili, romelSic dawvrilebiT mixsnida Tavis miznebsa da survilebs. Cveulebrivi Sesavlis Semdeg, romelic, unda iTqvas, arafers gansakuTrebuls ar Seicavda, misis kropi mixsnida, upirvelesad yovlisa, rom igi TviTon dedaa da amasTanave iseTi dedakaci, romelsac bedis wyalobiT mravalnairi mdgomareoba gamoucdia
cxovrebaSi, mdidari grZnobebiTa da saqmeebiT. magram rogoric ar unda yofiliyo misi mdgomareoba, mainc misis krops, Tavisi arsebobis yvela xanaSi, instiqturad zizRsa gvrida yovelive is, rasac bezRoba an dasmena ewodeba. aq ar aris saWiro aRniSvna romelime pirovnebisa an raime saxelisa, _ ganagrZobda misis kropi, _ magram mabezRara da damsmeni, _ qali iqneba Tu kaci, mas WiriviT sZuls, miuxedavad yovelgvari qvrivis Tavsaxuravisa da Talxi kabebisa (ukanaskneli sityvebi xazgasmuli iyo). Tu romelime jentlmeni msxverpli xdeba am mabezRarisa da damsmenisa, es misi sakuTari nebaa. de ise moiqces, rogorc surdes. es misi kropis saqme ar aris. misis kropis erTaderTi survilia _ araferi saerTo ar iqnios amgvar xalxTan. amitom igi umorCilesad iTxovs, araviTari pretenziebi an gamoacxadon mis daxmarebaze, vidre saqmis viTareba pirvandel saxes ar miiRebs, rasac igi gulwrfelad isurvebs. bolos, misis kropi micxadebda saTanado pativiscemiT, rom misi patara angariSis wignaki yovel SabaTs Cems sasadilo magidaze ideba, da gamosTqvams imeds, rom, rogorc namdvili jentlmeni, dauyovnebliv naRdi fuliT davfaravdi am wignakSi aRniSnul valebs, boroti enebis ybedobisa da sxvaTa Sewuxebis Tavidan asacileblad.
amgvari foraluri deklaraciis Semdeg, misis kropi mxolod imas akeTebda, rom kibeze qoTnebisa da doqebis saSualebiT marTavda eSmakurad mowyonil maxeebs, keTilis mizniT _ fexebi moemtvria Cemi keTili gadiasaTvis. amgvari saalyo wesebi cxovrebis did uxerxulobas warmoadgenda, magram ise meSinoda misis kropisa, rom ver vbedavdi mimeRo mis winaaRmdeg raime zomebi da Setevaze gadavsuliyavi.
_ didad moxaruli var, rom gxedav, Zvirfaso tredels, _ vuTxari me. _ mapatie, Cemo Zmobilo, rom saxlSi ar dagxvdi. bolo dros bevri saqmeebi mqonda.
_ Seni satrfo londonSi cxovrobs, Tu ar vcdebi? _ rao, ra sTqvi? _ rogor Tu ra?.. mapatie, Cemo Zmao, _ es Cveulebrivi saqmea. mis d. _
ara? _ londonSi cxovrobs, Tu ar vcdebi? _ diax, londonis maxloblad. _ SesaniSnavia. Cemi ki _ Sen xom gaxsovs, rasakvirvelia? _ pastoris
qaliSvili, devonSirSi cxovrobs. maSasadame, me ise ara var garTuli, rogorc Sen.
_ me mikvirs, rogor SegiZlia dakmayofilde aseTi iSviaTi SexvediT Sens sacolesTan?
_ ra ggonia? _ Tqva tredelsma CafiqrebiT. _ marTlac gasakviria, magram ra vqna? amas ara eSveleba-ra! Zalianac minda misi xSirad naxva, magram SeuZlebelia.
_ mister mikoberi rogorRa aris? _ ara uSavs-ra. srulebiT janmrTelad aris. Tumca axla me aRar
vcxovrob maTTan. saqme ai raSia, _ TiTqmis CurCuliT miTxra tredelsma, _ Sinaur garemoebaTa droebiT garTulebis gamo, man saWirod dainaxa gvaris gamocvla, axlandeli misi fsevdonimi mortimeria. igi mxolod bindisas gamodis saxlidan da isic saTvaliT. binis qiris gadauxdelobis gamo maT nivTebi auweres. misis mikoberi am dros iseT saSinel mdgomareobaSi imyofeboda, rom meti gza iyo _ me gulistkeniT gadavwyvite, Semewira Cemi saxeli meore TamasuqisaTvis.
Cven kidev aTas rameze vipalarakeT da Semdeg Cems gadiasTan wavediT, romelTanac tredelss patara saqme hqonda. saqme isaa, rom mikoberis nivTebTan erTad tredelsis nivTebic waeRoT; axla mas eSvona fuli maT gamosasyidad da undoda, rom pegotis gamoetana isini. pegoti, rasakvrvelia, didi siamovnebiT dasTanxmda da, rodesac man Caabara tredelss nivTebi, tredelsma aRtacebiT gulSi Caikra isini, didi madloba gamogvicxada da Sinisken gaswia. me da pegoti wamovediT Cemi binisken, magram gzaSi Zalian xSirad vCerdebodiT maRaziebis win, romelTac uzomo aRtacebaSi mohyavdaT pegoti, ise rom, sakmarisma xanma gaiara, sanam Cems binas mivaRwevdiT.
rogor gadmogceT Cemi gancvifreba, rodesac dabrunebisas me da pegotim SevaReT Cemi oTaxis kari da _ davinaxeT papida da mister diki. papidas win ori galia idga misi CitebiT, mis kalTaSi ki kata mokalaTebuliyo. papida ijda oTaxis SuagulSi Tavis nivTebze da svamda Cais, rogorc axali robinzon kruzo qalis tanisamosSi. mister diki ijda sakmao manZilze misgan moSorebiT da dafiqrebiT Sescqeroda Tavis mSvenier frans, erT im franTagans, romelTac Cven xSirad vafrendiT masTan erTad kenterberiSi.
_ papida! _ Sevyvire me. _ ra moulodneli bednierebaa! Cven gadavexvieT erTmaneTs da gadavkocneT; mister dikma gatacebiT
_ me da Tqven Zveli nacnobebi varT, barkis, _ uTxra papidam. _ Tqven, vfiqrob, ar dagviwyebiaT, sad da rogor SevxvdiT erTmaneTs pirvelad. ra saTqmelia, ver iyo kargi Sexvedra! trot. kidev erTi finjani damisxi, Cemo kargo!
aq papidam mkacrad gadaxeda misis krops da uTxra: _ Cven SegviZlia Tqveni daxmarebis gareSec movewyoT, misis krop. _ xom ar mibrZanebT _ cota Cai davumato qalbatono? _ uTxra mis
kropma. _ ara, gmadlobT. _ xom ar mibrZanebT _ cota karaqi mogarTvaT, qalbatono? an xom ar
gnebavT axali kvercxebi... es-es aris axali dadebulia, qalbatono! an xom
ar gnebavT _ duqanSi gaviqce lorisTvis? xom aras moigonebT Tqveni Zvirfasi papidasaTvis, mister koperfild?
_ araferi ar aris saWiro, mis krop, _ upasuxa papidam. _ Cven TviTon movaxerxebT yvelafers.
am laparakis dros mis kropi sul iRimeboda da amgvarad gamoxatavda Tavis gulCvilobasa da gulkeTilobas; igi yovel wuTs Tavs hxrida erT mxareze _ Tavisi sxeulis saerTo sisustis saCveneblad da yovel wuTs xelebs ifSvnetda, daxmarebis surviliT aRsavse. magram am xrikebma tyuilad Cauara, da rodesac misis kropi daemorCila papidas daJinebul brZanebas da oTaxidan gavida, papidam sTqva:
_ dik! gaxsovs, ras gelaparakebodi mliqvnelebisa da pirmoTneebis Sesaxeb?
mister diks, etyoba, SeeSinda da SekrTa, TiTqos gonoebidan waSlodes papidas naTqvami; miuxedavad amisa, swrafad dasturi misca.
_ maS ai misis kropi erTi maTgania, _ uTxra papidam. _ barkis, gaisarjeT, CaumateT Cai da damisxiT kidev erTi finjani.
me ise kargad vicnobdi Cems papidas da mis Cveulebebs, rom cxadad vxedavdi _ mis gulSi raRac didi saidumlo iyo da misi Camosvla CemTan, yovel SemTxvevaSi, raRac araCveulebrivi garemoebiT iyo gamowveuli. xom ar vawyenine riTime mis betsis? Zalian SesaZlebelia: sindisi CamCurCulebda, rom jer araferi miTqvams misTvis doras Sesaxeb. nuTu igi Camovida raime xmebis gamo, rac amis Sesaxeb gavrcelda?..
vicodi, rom veraviTari Zala ver aalaparakebda papidas, sanam TviTon ar moisurvebda. davjeqi mis gverdiT, davuwye mis frinvelebs laparaki, veTamaSebodi mis katas da, sazogadod, gansakuTrebiT mxiarulad vaCvenebdi Tavs.
_ trot, _ miTxra papidam bolos. _ Tqveni wasvla saWiro ar aris, barkis, _ darCiT. trot, iswavle Tu ara TviTmoqmedeba da simtkice?
_ me mgonia, papida. _ darwmunebuli xar amaSi? _ me mgonia, rom darwmunebuli var. _ Zalian kargi. am SemTxvevaSi SemiZlia dagekiTxo, _ miTxra papidam
da Rrmaazrovnad gdamomxeda, _ hxvdebi Tu ara, Cemo kargo, rad mirCevnia am saRamos Cems sakuTrebaze jdoma?
_ ara, papida, ver vxvdebi. _ maS me unda agixsna. es sakuTreba erTaderTia, rac damrCa. me Cemi
sacxovrebeli davkarge, Cemo kargo. mTeli saxli saxuravidan saZirkvlamde rom dangreuliyo, anda Cven
yvelani wyalSi rom CavrCveniliyaviT, amaze mets SeSfoTebas ver gamoiwvevda CemSi.
_ mister dikma icis es ambavi, _ ganagrZo papidam da xeli mxarze damado. _ me gavRatakdi, Cemo kargo trot. yvelaferi, rac ki damrCa, am oTaxSia gadmotanili, garda duvris agarakisa, romelic jenetas Cavabare gasaqiraveblad. barkis, am jentlmens esaWiroeba sawoli oTaxi am RamisTvis. yairaTisaTvis Cemi logini aqve unda gaimarTos. gaisarjeT da moawyveT es, barkis. xval Cven ufro dawvrilebiT movilaparakebT amis Sesaxeb.
am sityvebTan erTad papidam uecrad momexvia yelze da qviTiniT miTxra, rom igi mxolod Cemi gulisTvis swuxs.
erTi wuTis Semdeg papidam daioka mRelvareba, damSvidda da miTxra didmniSvnelovnad:
_ gabedulad unda davuxvdeT cxovrebis ukuRmarTobas, Cemo kargo, da ar daveCagvrinoT mas. viTamaSoT Cveni cxovrebis piesa bolomde da nurafers mivaqcevT yuradRebas.
Tavi ocdameTormete gaWirvebuli mdgomareba mindoda gamego, icoda Tu ara mister dikma mizezi am uecari da didi
cvlilebisa papidas saqmeebSi. misi gamokiTxvidan Semdegi gavige: guSinwin papidam daibara mister diki da uTxra: _ aba, dik, me msurs gavigo, xarT Tu ara marTlac namdvili
filosofosi, rogorc aqamde gTvlidiT? amaze dikma upasuxa, rom imedi aqvs, es marTlac asea. maSin papidam
uTxra: _ dik, me gavRatakdi! mister dikma upasuxa: _ a? nuTu! papidam Zlier mouwona mister diks es pasuxi da mister diki Zalian
papida didi sulis simtkices iCenda da misi magaliTi gakveTili iyo CvenTvis, _ CemTvis, yovel SemTxvevaSi. igi metad alersiani iyo pegotisadmi da Tavs ise grZnobda, rogorc saxlSi; man gadawyvita, es Rame Cems sawol oTaxSi gaeTia, me ki sastumro oTaxSi unda davwoliliyavi, rom damefara papida yovelnairi xifaTisagan. papidas aimedebda is garemoeba, rom Cveni saxli mdinaris napiras mdebareobda, da davrwmundi, rom es garemoeba, metad mniSvnelovani xanZris SemTxvevaSi, cotaodenad amSvidebda papidas.
_ trot, _ miTxra papidam saRamos, _ sazogadod me ar mexaliseba ucxo xalxTan Sexvedra, magram gulaxdilad rom vTqva, unda gamovtyde _ Seni barkisis saxe Zlier momwons.
_ kargi, kargi! _ miTxra papidam. _ nu gewyineba, Svilo, me xom mxolod vkiTxulob. azradac ar maqvs misi damcireba. sabralo bavSvebi! Tqven seriozulad fiqrobT rom erTmaneTisTvis xarT gaCenili?
_ Cven amaSi eWvi ara gvaqvs, papida, es dResaviT naTelia! _ da imedi gaqvT, mTeli sicocxle gaataroT mtredebiviT, mxolod
kanfetebisa da nayinis WamaSi, ara? Semdeg Camovarda xangrZlivi suCume. _ Seni gataceba, trot, _ ganagrZo papidam, _ erTxel kidev magonebs im
im Rames srulebiT ar mZinebia. aTasi fiqri mawuxebda da, bolos brwyinvale azri momivida: xom ar SeiZleba, jorkinsisa da spenlos kantoridan ukan gamovitano is fuli, romelic cem premiad iyo SEtanili. gadavwyvite, rom `cda bedis monaxevrea~, da adrianad wamovxti.
ise adre mivedi kantoraSi, rom iZulebuli viyavi, naxevari saaTis ganmavlobaSi ezoSi mecada, sanam movidoda mister spenlo, gaxamebuli, gamowyobili, daxuWuWebuli TmiT.
avuxseni, rom TiTqmis usaxsrod vrCebiT im dromde, sanam TviTon raime saqmes ar daviwyeb.
_ momavlisa Cven srulebiTac ar gveSinia, _ vuTxari da gansakuTrebiT xazi gavusvi am sityvebs, saidanac, Cemi azriT, mister spenlos unda is daskvna gamoetana, rom jer kidev vvargivar misi qalis saqmrod, _ momavlisa Cven ar gveSinia, ser, magram amJamad Cemi mdgomareoba metad gaZnelebulia da TviTonac ar vici jer, Tu ra saqmisTvis momixdeba xelis mikideba.
_ Zalian mwyins amis mosmena Tqvengan, koperfild, _ miTxra mister spenlom, _ Zalian mwyins. xelSekruleba sasamarTlos dawesebulebebSi ar irRveva araviTar SemTxvevaSi, amisi magaliTi jer ar yofila. es pirdapir ewinaaRmdegeba Cvens profesias. amasTanave, minda SevniSno, rom xelebi Sekruli maqvs da yovelTvis ar SemiZlia moviqce Cemi survilisamebr. Tqven iciT, rom me myavs amxanagi, mister jorkinsi.
_ ki, magram, rom gavbedo da mivmarTo TxovniT mister jorkinss, xom ar fiqrobT, ser...
mister spenlom uaryofiT gaiqnia xeli da Semawyvetina laparaki. _ RmerTma damifaros, koperfild, _ miTxra man, rom Seuracxyofa
mivayeno visme usamarTlo azris gamoTqmiT, da miT umetes mister jorkinss. magram me vicnob Cems megobars, koperfild, da SemiZlia dagarwmunoT, rom mister jorkinsi araviTar yuradRebas ar miaqcevs amdagvar Txovnas. Tqven ar iciT, ra adamiania igi.
magram mxolod is vicodi mister jorkinsis Sesaxeb, rom igi yvelaze gvian modioda kantoraSi da yvelaze adre midioda. arasodes aravin mas arafers ekiTxeboda da miCenili hqonda pawawa WuWyiani oTaxi zemo sarTulSi. iq erTi magida idga da am magidaze ido, mgoni, mTeli oci wlis ganmavlobaSi, erTi da igive furceli, qaRaldi, mtvriani da gayviTlebuli, romelic melnis arc erTi warweriT ar iyo mosvliri.
_ iqneb Tqven ar gsurT, rom vacnobo mas es ambavi, ser, _ vkiTxe me.
_ o, ara, srulebiTac ara! _ mipasuxa mister spenlom, magram SemiZlia TiTqmis gadaWriT giwinaswarmetyveloT, rom mister jorkinsis azri ar iqneba am SemTxvevaSi Tqvens sasargeblod. ukeTesi iqneboda, rogorme sxvanairad mogvewyo es saqme, radgan me, Cemi mxriT, mzad var yovelnairad dagexmaroT. Tumca _ moiqeciT, rogorc gsurdeT; me srulebiT ar giSliT laparaks mister jorkinsTan, Tu Tqven aucileblad TvliT.
rodesac mister jorkinsi movida, daveSure Sevsuliyavi mis kabinetSi. SesvlisTaanave, Cveulebrivi misalmebis Semdeg, vuambe mas Cemi saqmis
viTareba, TiTqmis imave sityvebiT, rogorc mister spenlos. mister jorkinsi iyo maRali da wynari moxuci, daaxloebiT samoci wlisa, mis gansakuTrebuls Tvisebas Seadgenda burnuTis siyvaruli. mas ise xSirad xmarobda, rom doqtorTa kolegiis kantoris mosamsaxureTa Soris gavrcelebuli iyo azri, TiTqmis mister jorkinsi mxolod am narkotikuli mcenariT ikvebeboda, radgan mis sxeulSi aRar SeiZleboda yofiliyo adgili sxva sakvebi nivTierebebisaTvis.
mister jorkinsma momismina da Sewuxebulma mkiTxa: _ mere icis rame amis Sesaxeb mister spenlom? vupasuxe, rom mqonda pativi Semetyobinebina es ambavi mister
spenlosaTvis da rom man mirCia mister jorkinsisTvis mimemarTa. _ da man giTxraT, rom me ar davTanxmdebi? _ mkiTxa mister jorkinsma. iZulebuli viyavi meTqva, rom mister spenlo Zalian SesaZleblad
sTvlida amgvar pasuxs. _ maSin mapatieT, mister koperfild, magram me verafriT dagexmarebiT,
_ maSin Tqven fiqrobT, rom araviTari saSualeba ar aris am saqmis mosagvareblad?
_ araviTari! _ mipasuxa mister jorkinsma da karebTan SeCerda... _ Tqven xom iciT ukve, rom me Tanaxma ara var, _ daumata man da swrafad kari gaaRo. _ Tqven unda gesmodeT, ser, rom Tu mister spenlo ar aris Tanaxma...
_ ki magram, mister spenlo TviTon ar xedavs araviTar dabrlkolebas...
da gaiqca qveviT iseTi siswrafiT, rac Zneli warmosadgeni iyo samoci wlis moxucisaTvis. am SemTxvevis Semdeg, ramdenadac vici, mister jorkinsi ar mosula kantoraSi sami dRis ganmavlobaSi.
magram mindoda mecada yovelgvari RonisZieba; davucade mister spenlos da vuambe Cemi audienciis Sedegebi; amasTan erTad, vagrZnobine, rom jer savsebiT ar damikargavs imedi am saqmis mogvarebisa, Tu mister spenlo TviTon gairjeba da ecdeba, daiTanxmos ulmobeli mister jorkinsi.
_ koperfild! _ miTxra mister spenlom, _ Tqven ise ver icnobT mister jorkinss, rogorc me. neba miboZeT SevniSno, rom aTeuli wlebis ganamvlobaSi vswavlob mis xasiaTs. ara, koperfild, araviTar dajerebas ar SeuZlia Searyios mister jorkinsi. darwmunebuli iyaviT amaSi!
mZime sevdiT Sepyrobili gamovedi kantoridan da saxlSi wavedi. Cemi molaparakeba mister spenlostan miT ufro sawyeni iyo CemTvis, rom momavlisaTvis SeeZlo sabolood gaefuWebina Cemi saqme dorasTan.
saWiri iyo sxva, ufro saimedo zomebis miReba, romelTac SeeZloT uzrunveleyoT Cveni momavali; rasakvirvelia, yvelaferi es mxolod da mxolod Cemze iyo damokidebuli. am fiqrebSi viyavi garTuli, rodesac SemTxveviT Sevxede Cems win gaCerebul etls. qalis mSvenieri saxe gamoCnda misi fanjridan, da davinaxe saxe, romelic mudam simSvidesa da bednierebas mgvrida.
_ agnesa! _ SevZaxe me. _ o, rogor mixaria! arc erT cocxal arsebas ar SeeZlo ase gavexarebine, rogorc Tqven, agnesa!
_ viTom? _ garwmunebT! me ise mwyuria TqvenTan laparaki! _ agnesa midioda bukingemis quCaze, papidaCemis sanaxavad; magram amindi
iseTi mSvenieri iyo, rom dameTanxma gamosuliyo etlidan. etli gavistumreT da fexiT wavediT saxlisken. agnesas danaxvasTan erTad Cems gulSi uecrad gacocxlda yvela imedi da damaviwyda yvela Cemi dardi da varami.
duvridan wamosvlisas papidas lakonuri werili miewera agnesasaTvis. mis betsi werda, rom mis saqmeebSi moxda cvlilebani, romelnic aiZulebdnen, Tavi daanebos duvrs; miuxedava amisa, mSvenivrad vgrZnob Tavs da nuravin nurafriT nu Sewuxdeba amiTo. am werilis miRebis Semdeg agnesa dauyovnebliv wamosuliyo londonSi papidas sanaxavad, radgan maT Soris Zveli megobroba arsebobda. agnesa martoka ar Camosuliyo. masTan erTad iyvnen mister vikfildi da... uri hipi.
_ isini marTla firmis amxanagebi gaxdnen? _ vkiTxe me. _ diax, _ mipasuxa agnesam. _ isini aq saqmeebze Camovidnen da
visargeble am SemTxveviT, rom mis betsi vinaxulo. Tumca Cemi mosvla marto amiT araa gamowveuli; iqneb me Zalian eWviani var, trotvud, magram ar miyvars mamas martoka datoveba am adamianTan.
_ nuTu mas isev iseTi gavlena aqvs mister vikfildze, agnesa? man Tavi damiqnia, da es dasturis niSnad unda CameTvala. _ CvenTan iseTi cvlileba moxda, trotvud, _ miTxra agnesam, _ rom
axla verc ki icnobT Cvens Zvel saxls. isini xom CvenTan cxovroben. _ isini? _ mister hipi da misi deda. hips Tqvens yofil oTaxSi sZinavs, _ sTqva
agnesam da saxeSi Semomxeda. _ Zalian vwuxvar, rom misi sizmrebi Cemgan ar aris damokidebuli, _
SevniSne me: _ maSin uri hipi didxans ar iZinebda im saxlSi. _ mTavari uxerxuloba maTi yofnisa CvenTan is aris, _ ganagrZo
agnesam, _ rom aRar SemiZlia uwindeburad sul mamasTan viyo, radgan uri hipi gvaSorebs erTmaneTs mTeli dRis ganmavlobaSi. aRar SemiZlia movuaro mamas winandeli mzrunvelobiT. magram mwams, trotvud, rom WeSmatireba da namdvili siyvaruli Zlieria yvela borotebaze da ubedurebaze amqveynad.
Cven mivuaxlovdiT bukingemis quCas, agnesam swrafad gamocvala laparakis sagani da mkiTxa, _ vici Tu ara garemoebani, risi mizeziTac moxda uecari da arasasiamovno cvlileba papidas saqmeebSi. uariT vupasuxe, radagan papidas jer araferi eTqva CemTvis. agnesa Cafiqrda, erT wamSi Rimili gahqra mis saxeze da vigrZeni, rom misi xeli aTrTolda Cems xelSi.
papidas Zalian gaexarda agnesas naxva. daviwyeT laparaki saqmeebze da me vuambe Cemi am dilis Tavgadasavali.
_ umizno saqcielia, trot, _ miTxra papidam, _ magram didsulovani survili gamarTlebs; Sen keTili bavSvi xar da me vamayob amiT. axla, Cemo megobrebo, ganvixiloT betsi trotvudis saqmeebi.
_ betsi trotvuds, Cemo kargebo, _ daiwyo papidam, _ hqonda sakuTreba, da unda mogaxsenoT, rom betsi trotvudi TviTon ganagebda Tavis finansur saqmeebs. Sen xom gesmis, trot, rom amJamad vlaparakob ara Sens daze, betsi trotvudze, aramed Cems sakuTar Tavze. misi fulebi bankSi iyo, magram Semdeg, erTi saqmis kacis rCeviT, man es fuli sando xels gadasca. saqmeebi jer Zalian kargad midioda da betsi trotvudi Tavis droze, wesierad iRebda procentebs. aseTma gamarjvebam Tavbru daaxvia betsi trotvuds da isurva ufro momgebianad moeTavsebina Tavisi fuli. is saqmis kaci im dros srulebiT is ar iyo, rac amJamad, _ me mamaSenze vlaparakob, agnesa, _ da unda iTqvas, rom im dros betsi trotvudi mis rCevas xmis Seubruneblad misdevda. magram amjerze betsi trotvudma, romelsac TavisTavi did brZenad mohyavda, gadawyvita, emoqmedna sakuTari nebiT, da garkveulad waago fulis bankSi moTavsebiT. ar vici namdvilad, ramdenad fasobda im bankis aqciebi, sadac man fuli Seitana, _ mogebas, mgoni, as procentsac ki hpirdebodnen, magram es banki Zalian Sors iyo, qveynis meore boloSi da male, mgoni, srulebiTac miwam uyo piri. erTi sityviT, igi gakotrda da masTan erTad daikarga mis trotvudis fulic!
papidam daamTavra Tavisi moTxroba da gamarjvebuliviT miapyro Tvalebi agnesas.
_ da mets arafers ityviT Tqveni saqmis Sesaxeb, Zvirfaso mis trotvud? _ hkiTxa agnesam.
agnesa Tavidanve sulganabuli, didi yuradRebiT usmenda da misi saxis gamometyveleba yovel wamSi icvleboda; magram bolos Tavisuflad amoisunTqa. megona, mivxvdi, ras niSnavda yovelive es. sabralo qals eSinoda _ misi ubeduri mama xom ar iyo erTgvari mizezi am bedSavi ambisa betsi trotvudis cxovrebaSi. papidam orive xeli dauWira agnesas da RimiliT ganagrZo:
_ axla saqme ai raSia, agnesa, Tqven Wkviani gogona xarT. Senc, Cemo kargo trot, zogjer xar xolme Wkviani, Tumca yovelTvis ver mogamrTav aseTi qaTinauriT, _ daumata papidam. _ ra vqnaT? rogor moviqceT? me maqvs agaraki duvrSi, da am agarakis Semosavalia samocdaaTi girvanqa weliwadSi. meti araferi ara maqvs. mister dikic fuliani kacia, _ mas aqvs asi girvanqa wliuri Semosavali, magram, rasakvirvelia, es fuli masve moxmardeba. axla gadasaWrelia sakiTxi _ rogor da riTi vicxovroT me da trotma? ras ityviT amaze, agnesa?
_ me mgonia, papida, rom unda miviRo raime zomebi, _ gadavwyvite me. _ ra, magaliTad? xom ar apireb jariskacad wasvlas? an romelime
gemze Caweras? es sisulelea, Svilo! Sen proqtori unda gamoxvide da gamoxval kidec!
_ me mgonia, trotvud, _ daiwyo agnesam gaubedavi kiloTi, _ mgonia, Tqven rom Tavisufali dro gqondeT...
_ me Zalian bevri Tavisufali dro maqvs, agnesa. oTxi an xuTi saaTis Semdeg TiTqmis sul Tavisufali var, amas garda, ramdenime Tavisufali saaTi dilaobiTac maqvs.
_ ras ityviT mdivnis Tanamdebobaze, trotvud? imedi maqvs, damamcireblad ar CasTvliT mas TqvenTvis?
_ ra safiqrebelia, agnesa! _ maS, ai saqme raSia, _ ganagrZo man. _ doqtor strongma aisrula
Tavisi didi xnis natvra da am dReebSi gadmosaxlda sacxovreblad londonSi. me vici, man sTxova mamas, rom misTvis mdivani eSovna. xom ar gindaT es adgili daiWiroT? doqtori strongi, darwmunebuli var, Tqven, rogorc Tavis sayvarel mowafes, upiratesobas mogcemT yvela sxvasTan SedarebiT.
_ ah, agnesa! _ vuTxari me. _ ra meSveleboda uTqvenod! Tqven mudam iyaviT da yovelTvis iqnebiT Cemi mfarveli angelosi.
agnesas rCeviT imwamsve mivujeqi sawer magidas da mivwere doqtor strongs, rom me meore dRes, dilis aT saaTze, veaxlebi saqmis Sesaxeb mosalaparakeblad.
rodesac fostidan davbrundi, papidas galiebi frinvelebiT ukve ekida iseve, rogorc duvris agarakze, da Cemi didi savarZelic idga Ria fanjarasTan swored ise, rogorc mis betsis duvris savarZeli. mwvane ekranic ki, papidas mier motanili, idga Tavis Cveulebriv adgilas fanjarasTan. vicodi, vin moawyo yovelive es, radgan yvelaferi ise mxiblavad iyo dalagebuli, TiTqos TavisTavad mowyobiliyo. Cemi wignebic ki dalagebuli iyo swored ise, rogorc elaga Cemi institutSi yofnis bednier dros. agnesa aq iyo, Cems binaSi, da Cemi TvaliTa vxedavdi, rogor amTavrebda igi Cemi biblioTekis mowesrigebas.
pegoti ganagrZobda xmaurobas yvela kuTxeSi da monawileobas iRebda Cemi oTaxebis mowyobaSi. Sevyurebdi da mikvirda, ra cotas akeTebda Cemi dauRalavi pegotic ki agnesasTan SedarebiT, romelic amave dros Tavisi moZraobiT araviTar xmaurobas ar iwvevda. ramdenime wuTis Semdeg gaisma karis rakuni. agnesa gafiTrda.
_ mgonia, es mama unda iyos, _ Tqva man, _ igi dampirda mosvlas. gavaRe kari da SemovuSvi ara marto mister vikfildi, aramed uri
hipic. Cven ukve didi xania ar venaxa erTmaneTi; agnesas laparakis Semdeg movelodi did cvlilebas mister vikfildSi, magram mainc is, rac axla Cemi TvaliT davinaxe, yovelive molodins aRemateboda.
ver vityvi, rom igi Zalian moxucebuliyo. iman gamaoca, rom mister vikfildi, miuxedavad Tavisi cxadi upiratesobisa, ase aSkarad da savsebiT damorCileboda sazizRar qvemZroms _ uri hips.
rogorc Canda, mister vikfildi TviTonve grZnobda Tavisi mdgomareobis damamcireblobas; rodesac igi Cvens oTaxSi Semovida, SeCerda karebTan, TiTqos ver bedavda ganZrevas da Tavis aRebas. magram es mxolod erTi wami gagrZelda; agnesa miuaxlovda mas da uTxra:
_ mama! ai mis trotvudi da mister koperfildi, romelnic Tqven didi xania ar ginaxavT.
man gadmodga ramdenime nabiji da xeli gamomiwoda. am dros uri hips ise sazarlad daemanWa saxe, rom agnesam SeniSna es da ganze gaiwia.
_ aba, vikfild, _ uTxra papidam, da am dros sabralom pirvelad gabeda Tvali gaesworebina misTvis. _ es aris axla vuambe Tqvens qals, ra kargad moviqeci, rom CemTavad movawye Cemi Tanxa. Cven aq viTaTbireT da im daskvnamde mivediT, rom yvelaferi mSvenivrad midis. Cemis azriT, marto agnes mTels Tqvens firmad Rirs.
_ Tu nebas miboZebT gamovTqva Cemi azri, _ Tqva uri hipma, _ mzad var daveTanxmo mis trotvudis azrs, da Cven didi siamovnebiT SeviyvandiT mis agnesas Cvens amxanagobaSi.
am qaTinaurTan erTad igi ise daiklakna, rom mis pirdapir mjdomma papidam moTmineba dahkarga.
_ eSmakma waiRos am kacis Tavi! _ Sehyvira man aRSfoTebiT. _ ra emarTeba! nu ibricebiT, ser!
_ gTxovT mapatioT, mis trotvud, _ uTxra urim, _ damaviwyda, rom Tqven susti nervebis patroni brZandebiT.
_ Tavi damanebeT Tqveni SeniSvnebiT, ser! vin mogaxsenaT, rom me susti nervebi maqvs? Tu qvemZromi xarT, daiklakneT, ramdenic gsurdeT, da Tu adamiani xarT, ganzomeT Tqveni moZraoba. ar SemiZlia vuyuro, rogor iklakneba Cems win adamiani qvemZromiviT an burRiviT!
uri hipi momibrunda da miTxra mokrZalebuli xmiT: _ me vici, master koperfild, rom mis trotvuds, mTel mis sulier
sikeTesTan erTad, cotaTi anCxli xasiaTi aqvs. srulebiT bunebrivia, rom axlandel garemoebaSi igi ase gaanCxlda. me mxolod imis sakiTxavad movedi, _ xom ar SegviZlia davexmaroT riTime mis trotvuds. es xom ar ewinaaRmdegeba Cveni firmis gegmebs? _ hkiTx man damanWuli RimiliT Tavisi firmis amxanags.
_ uri hipi dauRalavad Sromobs firmis saqmeebze, trotvud, _ Tqva mister vikfildma monotonuri da naZaladevi xmiT. _ Tqven iciT, rom gulwrfel monawileobas viReb Tqvens saqmeebSi; yovel SemTxvevaSi, yvelafers, rasac ambobs uri hipi, mec vadastureb.
_ o! ra netarebaa da ra didi jildoa, ser, aseTi didi ndobis damsaxureba, _ Tqva uri hipma, gadmodga win erTi fexi da kiseri moiRrica, miuxedavad imisa, rom meored SeeZlo mieRo SeniSvna papidasan.
_ uri hipi didad mimsubuqebs Sromas, _ Tqva mister vikfildma isev im monotonuri xmiT. _ didi tvirTi momSorda zurgidan mas aqeT, rac misi saxiT kompanioni SeviZine, trotvud!..
_ jer xom ar midixarT, mama? _ hkiTxa agnesam SewuxebiT. _ xom ar gindaT, gaviseirnoT Semdeg trotvudTan erTad?
damemtkicebina papidasaTvis, rom misma Sromam unayofod ar Caiara da rom mec SemiZlia, Cemis mxriT, madlieri da didsulovani viyo. Sromas unda Sevdgomodi, mtkiced da gadaWriT xelSi culi unda ameRo da gamekafa gza dabrkolebaTa tye-RreSi, rom doramdis mimeRwia, da mec wavedi win swrafi nabijiT, TiTqos es saqmes rameSi uSvelida.
doqtori strongi cxovrobda Zvelebur saxlSi, romelic mas erTianad ganeaxlebina; es Canda zogierTi axladdamTavrebuli samuSaos mixedviT. rodesac WiSkari gavaRe da Sevedi, doqtori strongi seirnobda baRSi Tavis Cveulebriv tansacmelSi, TiTqos mas arasodes ar Seewyvitos seirnoba Cemi mowafeobis drois Semdeg.
gamocdilbiT vicodi, rom ar arsebobda araviTari saSualeba, romliTac SesaZlo iqneboda am swavluli adamianis yuradRebis mipyroba, Tundac patara manZilze. amitom Cumad gavyevi kvaldakval, mis win rom gavCeniliyavi, rodesac seirnobis dros Semobrundeboda. doqtori strongi mobrunda da momapyro Cafiqrebuli Tvalebi; magram uecrad misi saxe Rimilma gaaSuqa da xeli mtaca.
_ aseT SemTxvevaSi, Tanaxma var! _ Tqva doqtorma da xeli damkra mxarze.
didi gulmodginebiT Sevudeqi Cems muSaobas. vdgebodi dilis xuT saaTze da vbrundebodi saxlSi saRamos cxra an aT saaTze, miuxedavad amisa, es Sroma did siamovnebas mgvrida.
doram jer araferi icoda am uecari cvlilebis Sesaxeb Cems cxovrebaSi. ramdenime dRis Semdeg igi stumrad unda swveoda mis milss, da me am droisaTvis gadavde yovelgvari axsna-ganmarteba. erT-erT Cems werilSi mxolod is vacnobe, rom bevr rameze maqvs masTan mosalaparakebeli.
mister diki Zalian naRvlobda im didi ubedurebis gamo, romelic Tavs daatyda papidas. misi azriT, me weli mwydeboda jafisagan, radgan katorRelze mets vmuSaobdi. igi itanjeboda am fiqroT, rom piradad verafriT exmareboda gaRatakebil ojaxs; igi ufro metad, vidre odesme, grZnobda, rom ver daamTavrebda memuarebs, da, rac ufro meti gulmodginebiT Sromobda, miT ufro xSirad elandeboda ubeduri Carlz pirvelis saxe. meSinoda, avadmyofoba ar garTuleboda, Tu Cven ar davarwmunebdiT, rom igi sasargebloa CvenTvis, anda Tu namdvilad ar gamovnaxavdiT saSualebas _ sasargeblod gamogveyenebina mister dikis udidesi survili _ eSroma. amitom gadavwyvite, meTxova rCeva tredelsisaTvis da werili mivwere, romelSic dawvrilebiT vuambe yvelaferi, rac Tavs dagvatyda. tredelsma dauyovnebliv mipasuxa weriliT, romelic megobruli TanagrZnobiTa da siyvaruliT iyo savse, da misasvleli dRe daminiSna.
rodesac Cven mivediT, treelsi saqmeSi iyo garTuli; auarebeli qaRaldebi elaga win. man didi siyvaruliT migviRo da imwamsve daumegobrda mister diks.
_ ai raSia saqme, _ uTxra mister dikma Sewuxebuli saxiT, _ iqneb SeiZlebodes Cemi Sromis gamoyeneba, mister tredelss... iqneb SeiZlebodes, rom dolze an raime stvirze davukra...
sabralo mister diki! eWvi ara maqvs, amgvari Sroma mas yvelafers erCia. tredelsma sruli seriozulobiT upasuxa:
_ ki, magram, Tu ar vcdebi, Tqven mSvenieri xeli gaqvT, ser. _ mSvenieri, diax, _ davudasture me. marTlac, mister diki mSvenivrad werda. _ maSin, ser, _ ganagrZo tredelsma, _ xom ar SegiZliaT gadawera
xelnawerebisa, Tu amgvar samuSaos giSoviT? mister dikma Semomxeda da mkiTxa: _ ha, trotvud? Sen ras ityvi amaze? me Tavi gaviqnie. mister dikma amoioxra da manac Tavi gaiqnia. _ aba, erTi memuarebis Sesaxeb gadaukari sityva, _ miTxra mister
dikma. me avuxseni tredelss, rom mTavari dabrkoleba imaSia, rom mister
ar vici, vis ufro uxaroda es ambavi, _ me Tu tredelss. _ saocaria! _ miTxra tredelsma, amoiRo jibidan werili da gadmomca.
_ srulebiT damaviwyda mister mikoberis werili.
gavxseni werili da Semdegi wavikiTxe: `Zvirfaso koperfild! ueWvelia, ar gagikvirdebaT, rodesac gaigebT, rom Cemma saqmeebma
ukeTesi mimarTuleba miiRo; Tu moigonebT, amaswinaT gagrZnobineT, rom aucileblad movelodi amgvar cvlilebas.
me vsaxldebi Cveni dalocvili kunZulis erT-erT provinciul qalaqSi. misi sazogadeoba Sedgeba bednierad SerCeul miwaTmoqmedTa da sasuliero pirTagan, da iq uSualo damokidebulebaSi viqnebi erT-erT mecnierul profesiasTan. misis mikoberi da Cveni Camomavlobac Tan wagvyvebian. safiqrebelia, rom Cveni neSti miebareba im sasaflaos wminda miwas, romelic ekuTvnis didebul taZars, romlisaganac am qalaqma miiRo Tavisi saxeli, ganTqmuli, ase vTqvaT, CineTidan perumde.
vemSvidobebi axal babilons, sadac Cven ara erTxel gadagvitania, SeiZleba iTqvas, patiosnad, bedis ukuRmarToba. amasTan erTad, ar SegviZlia davmaloT, rom sinanuliT veTxovebiT, iqneb samudamodac, erT adamians, romelTanac gvakavSirebda uaxloesi megobroba. Tu saRamos, ganSorebis win, gvewveviT Cvens binaze mister tredelsTan erTad, raTa am SemTxvevis gamo vusurvoT erTmaneTs sikeTe da bedniereba, didad daavalebT mas, vinc mudam iyo da darCeba Tqveni erTguli.
me mivuloce misis mikobers bednieri cvlileba maT cxovrebaSi. _ CemTvis cxadia, Zvbirfaso mister koperfild, _ mipasuxa misis
mikoberma, _ rom bedad miweria ucxoeTSi gavataro danarCeni dReni Cemi cxovrebisa, radgan Cemi gvareulobis sxvadasxva wevrebma, romelTac mimarTa mister mikoberma da Seatyobina Tavisi ambavi, araviTari yuradReba ar miaqcies mis keTilSobilur werils. ras izam? iqneb me crumorwmune var, magram yovel SemTxvevaSi, mgonia, mister mikobers bedad uweria pasuxismiuRebloba yvela Tavis mravalricxovan werilze. Cemi gvareulobis wevrTa daJinebuli siCumidan is daskvna unda gamovitano, rom isini winaaRmdegni arian Cemi gadawyvetilebisa; magram darwmunebuli brZandebodeT, mister koperfild, rom veravin gadamaxvevinebs Cemi pirdapiri movaliobis asrulebisagan, TviT deda da mamac ki, cocxlebi rom iyvnen, da me yovelgan da yovelTvis Tan gavyvebi Cems meuRles!
me gamovTqvi is azri, rom amgvari gadawyvetileba savsebiT eTanxmeba patiosnebisa da samarTlianobis moTxovnilebas.
_ naTqvamis damatebiT, _ daiwyo mister mikoberma oficialuri kiloTi, _ movale var SegatyobinoT, rom Cemma iuridiulma gamocdilebam da misis mikoberis keTilgonierma STagonebam migviyvanes dRevandel mdgomareobamde. gaxsovT, ukanaskneli Sexvedris dros misis mikoberi rom laparakobda sazogadoebisadmi rainduli xelTaTmanis gadagdebis Sesaxeb?
es gegma dauyovnebliv iqna asisruleSi moyvanili gazeTebSi gancxadebebis saSualebiT. xelTaTmani aiRo Cemma megobarma hipma! Tqven uwyiT, ra saocari gamWriaxobiT aris dajildoebuli Cemi megobari hipi da msurs vilaparako mis Sesaxeb mxolod didi pativiscemiT. Cemma megobarma hipma jerjerobiT ar daminiSna garkveuli jamagiri, rogorc Tavis ndobiT aRWurvil klerks, magram sagrZnoblad damexmara da Semimsubuqa Cemi finanasuri mdgomareoba _ Cemi momavali Sromis xelfasis angariSSi. nebas vaZlev Cems Tavs vifiqro, rom amgvari misi angariSi araa Semcdari. mTeli Cemi cxovrebis gamocdileba da mTeli Cemi niWi, _ Tuki bunebam damajildova raime niWiT, _ dReidan savsebiT ekuTvnis Cems megobars _ hips!
es sityva ara erTxel iyo Sewyvetili misis mikoberis SeniSvnebiT mister mikoberi-Svilis mousvenari da daudegari moqcevis gamo. igi xan raRac ucnaurad Cakuntdeboda quslebze, xan ise eWira orive xeliT Tavi, TiTqos mxrebidan vardebao, xan fexsa hkravda magidis qveS mister tredelss, xan gadasdebda erT fexs meoreze, xan ise gaiCarxeboda, rac cxadad ewinaRmdegeboda bunebis kanonebs. mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi me xmaamouReblad vijeqi, gakvirvebuli mister mikoberis didmniSvnelovani sityvebiT. bolos, mis mikoberma isev daiwyo laparaki.
_ cxadia, rom mister mikoberi arafriT ar amcirebs Tavis Rirsebas, rodesac Tanxmdeba am iuridiul dabal Tanamdebobaze. rasakvirvelia, me vsji, rogorc qali, magram mudam im azrisa viyavi, rom mister mikoberi dajildoebulia imiT, rasac cxonebuli mamaCemi iuridiul fantazias uwodebda. araviTari eWvi ar mebadeba imaSi, rom amJamad mister mikoberi gamodis politikuri moRvaweobis farTo asparezze, romelic savsebiT ganaviTarebs mis Tandayolil niWs; rom igi gamarjvebiT gadalaxavs yvela wvrilman dabrkolebas da miaRwevs umaRles saxelsa da xarisxs saxelmwifoebrivi mmarTvelobis kibeze.
gulwrfelad darwmunebuli var, rom TviT mister mikoberi, Tavisi iuridiuli fantaziis saSualebiT, arsebuli sinamdvilis iqiT ukve xedavda Tavis Tavs parlamentis Tavmjdomared. man mowyalebis gamometyvelebiT gadaisva xeli motvlepil Tavze da Tqva:
_ genacvale! nu davaCqarebT ambebs! Tu miweria mosamarTlis parikis tareba, ukve mzada var, erTgvarad, am warCinebisaTvis, yovel SemTxvevaSi _ cemi garegnobiT mainc!
am sityvebTan erTad mister mikoberma erTbaSad gadahkra ori Wiqa punSi, ris gamo misma saxem Rrmaazrovani gamometyveleba miiRo. Semdeg ganagrZo gatacebiT:
_ erTi ram kidev maqvs gasakeTebeli ganSorebis am naRvlian ukanasknel wuTSi. Cemma pativcemulma megobarma, mister Tomas tredelsma xeli moawera or Tamasuqs. pirvel SemTxvevaSi mister Tomas tredelsi, Cemi mouldoneli gaWirvebis gamo, mokled rom vTqvaT, xafangSi gaeba. meore valdebulebis vada jer ar damdgara. pirveli valdebulebis Tanxa, Tu ar vcdebi (Tu ar vcdebi, aq mister mikoberma amoiRo jibidan qaRaldi), ocdasam girvanqas, oTx Silings da cxranaxevar penss udris; meore valdebuliebisa aris _ Tvrameti girvanqa, eqvsi Silindi da ori pensi. orive Tanxa, erTad aRebuli, Tu Cemi angariSi sworia, udris ormocdaerT girvanqas, aT Solings da TerTmetnaxevar penss. Cemi megobari koperfildi didad damavalebs, Tu Seiwuxebs Tavs da angariSis jamis siswores gasinjavs.
me gavsinje da im daskvnamde mivedi, rom jami swori iyo.
_ Cemi sindisi aseT autanel simZimes rogor gauZRveboda, neba mimeca Cemi TavisTvis, ise gavsuliyavi dedaqalaqidan, rom ar mimeRo winaswar saTanado zomebi Cemi pativcemuli megobris, Tomas tredelsis dasakmayofileblad, romelmac aRmomiCina megobruli daxmareba, Cemi cxovrebis erT-erT kritikul wuTSi. amitom davamzade mister tredelsisaTvis saTanado sabuTi. umorCilesad vTxov Cems pativcemul megobars, mister Tomas tredelss, miiRos Cemgan xelmowera ormocdaerT girvanqa, aT Silingsa da TerTmetnaxevar pensze. es sabuTi, imedi maqvs, savsebiT aRadgens Cems zneobriv Rirsebas da Cems Tavs bednierad vTvli, rom SemiZlia, isev amayad daviWiro Tavi, rodesac Cems TanamoZmesTan vimyofebi.
amis Semdeg mister mikoberma Caabara tredelss xelmowerili baraTi da uTxra, rom usurvebs sicocxleSi yovelgvar sikeTes. darwmunebuli var, rom es ambavi ara marto mister mikoberisaTvis udrida fulis gadaxdas, aramed TviT pativcemuli megobari Tomas tredelsi amgvarive TvalebiT uyurebda am saqmes im dromde, sanam gamocdilebam ar daanaxa, ra gansxvavebaa furcel qaRaldze daweril xelwerilsa da valis namdvilad gadaxdas Sua.
magram ai, ukve moaxlovda meore SabaTi; am SabaTs, saRamos, dora stumrad unda swveoda mis milss. Cven daTqmuli gvqonda winaswar, rom rogorc ki mister milsi wavidoda klubSi banqos saTamaSod, uxilavi xeli gadmosdgamda gaias sastumro oTaxis Sua fanjaraSi da es iqneboda CemTvis niSani, rom ukve SemiZlia mivide mis milsTan Cais dasalevad.
am xnis ganmavlobaSi Cveni ojaxuri saqmeebi bukingemis quCaze ase Tu ise mowesrigda. mister diki umagaliTo bejiTobiT ganagrZobda Sromas iuridiuli sabuTebis gadaweraze. Sinaur saqmeebSi sagrZnobi gaumjobeseba moxda, ise rom gaRaribebis magivrad TiTqos gavmdidrdi kidec. gonebamaxvilma yovelgvar gamogonebaSi, papidam, Cems kabinetad gadaaqcia bneli sakuWnao da miyida asakeci logini, gamarTuli imrigad, rom dRis ganmavlobaSi igi warmoadgenda wignis karadis magvar nivTs. me viyavi misi
mzrunvelobisa da dedobrivi yuradRebis erTaderTi sagani. TviT sakuTar dedasac ar SeeZlo metad hyvareboda erTaderTi Svili. yvela Cemi saWiroeba gaTvaliswinebuli iyo, yvela survili gagebuli, da iSviaTi komfortiT vtkbebodi.
pegoti, rasakvirvelia, did monawileobas iRebda yvela am saqmeSi da papidam aRWurva igi udidesi ndobiT, ase rom, isini saukeTeso megobrebi gaxdnen, Tumca Cems gadias, Zvelis mogonebiT, cotaTi kidev eSinoda mis betsisa. magram bolos dadga dRe, rodesac pegotim daamTavra yvela Tavisi saqme da saxlSi unda wasuliyo, iarmauTSi.
_ mSvidobiT, barkis! _ uTxra papidam gamoTxovebisas. _ verasodes warmovidgendi, rom ase damenaneboda TqvenTan ganSoreba.
me gavacile pegoti diliJansebis kantoraSi. _ ah, Cemo TvalisCino, devi! _ miTxra pegotim. _ ai axla Sen jer
swavlaSi xar, Cemo kargo, da vici, xSirad dagWirdeba fuli; Semdeg, rodesac mowyobas daiwyeb, fuli ufro metad dagWirdeba. vin unda gaZlios, Tu ara me, Senma sulelma, beberma gadiam? ar daiviwyo es, geTayva, devi!
vinaidan am mxriv srulebiT ar viyavi uzrunvelyofili, vupasuxe, rom Tu sesxeba damWirdeba, rasakvirvelia, visesxeb Cemi keTili gadiasagan. aman didad gaaxara da anugeSa pegoti, TiTqos ukve daveTanxme ameRo misgan didi Tanxa.
_ ai, kidev ra, Cemo kargo! _ CamCurCula pegotim. _ uTxari Sens patara mSveniers, rom Zalian, Zalian minda misi naxva, erTi wuTiT mainc, da uTxari isic, rom Tqveni qorwilis win vkisrulob Tqveni saxlis dalagebas. ise mogiwyobT, rogorc saTamaSos, Tuki nebas momcemT.
me gamovucxade, rom Cemi gadias garda aravis eqneba ufleba gabedos Cveni momavali binis dalageba. pegotis uzomod gauxarda es dapireba da mSvenier gunebaze wavida saxlSi.
mTeli dRis manZilze doqtorTa kolegiaSi ocnebis koSkebsa vqmnidi. saRamoc moaxlovda da daniSnuls vadaze gavCndi nacnob quCaze. mister milsi, romelsac saZageli Cveuleba hqonda nasadilevs Zilisa, jer ar amdgariyo, ise rom, sastumro oTaxis Sua fanjaraSi jer ar idga paemanis galia.
bolos, rogorc iyo, igi wavida Tavis klubSi da patara doram sakuTari xeliT Camohkida galia Sua fanjaraSi, gamoixeda aivanze da imwamsve oTaxSi Seirbina, rogorc ki daminaxa.
dora damxvda sastumro oTaxis karebSi. jipi gamwarebuli yefiT momvarda, rogorc avazaks, doram xelSi aiyvana igi da Cven SevediT oTaxSi sruli bednierebi, erTmaneTiT kmayofilni. magram male, Cemda uneburad, davarRvie Cveni saerTo sixaruli, rodesac srulebiT moulodnelad pirdapir vkiTxe doras _ SeuZlia Tu ara mas Seiyvaros Rataki?
dora da xelze damartya. _ vubrZaneb jips, rom gikbinoT!
_ dora! Cemo sicocxlev! me var Seni gaRatakebuli daviTi! _ geubnebiT, rom vubrZaneb jips, dagkbinoT Tqveni suleluri
xumrobisaTvis! magram iseTi seriozuli saxe mqonda, rom doram naRvlianad damado
mxarze Tavisi pawawina, mTrTolvare xeli. igi jer aRelda, SeSinda, Semdeg ki mware tirili daiwyo. me daviCoqe savraZlis win, vealersebodi Cems sacoles da vemudarebodi, ar daefliTa Cemi guli. pawawa dora isev tiroda da ramdenime wuTis ganmavlobaSi misi piridan mxolod nawyvet-nawyveti sityvebi ismoda. ah! ah! da oh! rogor SemeSinda! da ra iqna julia milsi! ah! wamiyvaneT julia milsTan! da wadiT, momcildiTo.
sasowarkveTlebaSi Cavvardi. bolos, didi xvewnisa da mudaris Semdeg, doram Semomxeda SeSinebulma; magram TandaTan SiSi gahqra da mis saxeze mxolod siyvaruliRa gamoixata. maSin movexvie yelze da vuTxari, rom miyvars uzomod, da rom, miuxedavad amisa, axla, rodesac gavRaribdi, mzad var gavaTavisuflo Tavisi pirobisagan. dae man sxva saqmro airCios, Tu unda; maSin me aucileblad movkvdebi. magram mainc bednieri viqnebi, Tu Cven isev ise daniSnulebi davrCebiT. siRaribe ar maSinebs srulebiT, radgan xeli maqvs mtkice, goneba _ naTeli da guli, doras mier aRfrTovanebuli, _ anTebuli uzomo vaJkacobiT, rac mxolod SeyvarebulTaTvis aris SesaZlebeli! da ra saTmelia, sakuTari SromiT SeZenili lukmapuri gacilebiT ufro tkbilia da gemrieli, vidre is mdidruli sadili, romelic wilad xvdeba xolme vinme muqTaxoras. didxans vlaparakobdi am saganze da Cemi mWermetyveleba, Cemda gansacvifreblad, swrafi nakaduliviT gadmosCqefda Cemi piridan.
_ maS isev me mekuTvnis Seni guli, Cemo dora? _ vkiTxe bolos, rodesac davrwmundi, rom dadebiT pasuxs miviRebdi, radgan igi sul ufro da ufro mekvroda.
_ o, diax, diax! Sen da sxvas aravis! _ SesZaxa doram. _ oRond nu iqnebi aseTi saSineli!
_ me _ saSineli? dora! _ maS risTvis laparakob siRaribeze, Sromaze, _ miTxra doram da
gamagonebT am lukmebze! ra lukmebia? doras bavSvurma gamoucdelobam aRtacebaSi momiyvana, magram,
miuxedavad amisa, vgrZnobdi, ramdenad daSorebuli iyo is praqtikul cxovrebas. Cemi guli, SromisTvis aRfrTovanebuli, cota ar iyos, daibinda im azriT, rom SeuZlebeli iyo dorasTvis gadamedo es gataceba. mainc erTxel kidev vcade:
_ Cemo kargo! SemiZlia seriozulad gelaparako? _ ah, geTayva, nu melaparakebi1 _ miTxra doram Semdegi kiloTi. _ Sen
maSineb, devi! _ kargi, genacvale, aq saSiSi araferia, garwmuneb. me mxolod minda,
rom Sen SeeCvio fiqrs am saganze. minda cot-cota migaCvio Cvens mdgomareobas, dora!
_ ah, gaCumdi, gaCumdi, gTxov! _ SesZaxa doram. _ es xom saSinelebaa, saSineleba!
_ ara, Cemo kargo, srulebiTac ara, _ vupasuxe mxiarulad. _ Sen rom am azriT Caixedo zogjer mamaSenis saojaxo davTarSi da ecado, nel-nela SeCvio... magaliTad, Sinauri xarjebis angariSs... da rom SegeZlos,
magaliTad, momce piroba, rom waikiTxav samzareulo wigns, romelsac giyidi, es Cven, orives, did sargeblobas mogvitans. Cven sakuTari Zal-RoniT unda gavikafoT gza win, cxovrebaSi. vaJkacoba, gambedaoba da sulis simtkice aucilebelia CvenTvis. auarebeli dabrkolebani arseboben Cven saerTo gzaze; mxned unda davuxvdeT maT da uSiSrad gadavlaxoT isini!
me gamitaca sakuTarma mWermetyvelebam; gaqanebuli mivqrodi am gziT, ise rom, saxe amenTo da xelebi TavisTavad momekumSa muStebad. magram araviTari saWiroeba ar moiTxovda aseT gatacebas; sakmarisad vilaparake saqmis xelaxla gasafuWeblad _ mas ise eSinia! ah, ra iqna julia milsi! oh! Tavi daanebeT mas, RvTis gulisaTvis!
axla ki momeCvena, rom sabolood movkali dora. me civ wyals vapkurebdi saxeze. daviCoqe mis win, sasowarkveTiT Sepyrobili Tmebs viglejdi da vuwodebdi Cems Tavs ugrZnobelsa da Seubralebel mxecs. cremliT vemudarebodi patiebas da vexvewebodi, erTxel mainc Semoexedna CemTvis. gulsaklavi sevdiT savsem, gadavaqoTe mis milsis samuSao yuTi, sadac surnelebas veZebdi; magram surnelebis magivrad wamovida nemsebi da daeyara doras Tavze da mxrebze. Cems sasowarkveTilebas sazRvari ar hqonda da bundovnad vgrZnobdi, rom gonebas vkargavdi. bolos oTaxSi mis milsi Semovida.
_ es vin Caidina? _ mkacrad ikiTxa mis milsma da Tan Tavis megobars exmareboda.
_ me, mis mils! me Cavidine es! me var damnaSave! me var borotmoqmedi! kidev mravali amgvari sisulele warmovTqvi. bolos, baliSi mivifare
saxeze da dauZlurebuli mivegde sofaze. TviT keTilma bedma gamomigzavna mis milsi _ Cven sanugeSod da
dasamSvideblad. mokled vuambe mas ubeduri cvlilebis Sesaxeb Cems mdgomareobaSi; igi swrafad mixvda yvelafers da erT wuTSi daamSvida dora, rodesac auxsna, rom me srulebiT ar vapirebdi ubralo Sav muSad dadgomas. amgvari ganmarteba aucilebeli iyo, radgan doram is daskvna gamoitana Cemi sityvebidan, rom ukve dRiur muSad davdeqi foraniT qviSis sazidavad. male Cven Soris mSvidobianoba Camovarda. rodesac dora gavida Tvalebis mosabanad, mis milsma daureka moaxles da ubrZana Cai moerTmiaT. visargeble am droiT da gamovucxade mis milss, rom igi Cveni erTguli megobaria, da rom maSinac ki, rodesac Cemi guli mtvrad iqceva civ samareSi, ar daiviwyebs mis TanagrZnobas da gulkeTilobas.
amis Semdeg saocari siadviliT avuxseni mis milss yovelive is, rasac aqamde yovlad uSedegod vcdilobdi amexsna dorasTvis. julia milsma mipasuxa moralistis toniT, rom Raribi qoxi, aRsavse siamovnebiT, gacilebiT ukeTesia, vidre civi palatebi _ amao simdidriT. `sadac siyvarulia _ iq yvelaferia!~ _ daamTavra mis milsma.
rodesac Cai moitanes, doram ubrZana jips ukana fexebze dadgoma, rom mieRo misgan Semwvari puris naWeri. rodesac jipi gajiutda, doram cxvirTan miutana cxeli Caidani, ise rom, jipi iZulebuli gaxda damorCileboda. es mSvenieri suraTi iyo. rogor SeiZleboda amis Semdeg misi SeSineba raime samzareulo wigniT? rasakvirvelia, es yovlad SeuZlebeli iyo, da Cems Tavs mtarvalad vgrZnobdi.
Cais Semdeg gitara gaCnda, da doram ise mSvenivrad Seasrula Zveli franguli simRerebi, rom fexebi uneburad cekvavdnen da Cvenc vimeorebdiT: `tra-la-la-la, tra-la-la-la!~ erTxel kidev vigrZeni Cemi Tavi mtarvalad, romelic yovelgvari sasjelis Rirsia.
saerTo mxiaruleba Sewyda mxolod Cemi stumrobis bolos da es iseve Cemive mizeziT. mis milsma rogorRac xvalindeli dila axsena; me SevniSne, srulebiT udrood, rom axla iZulebuli var, viSromo, da Cveulebrivad xuT saaTze vdgebi. ar vici, ra azri daebada doras am sityvebis gamo, _ Ramis guSagi vegone, Tu sxva amgvari ram, oRond am sityvebma udidesi sTabeWdileba moaxdina doraze, amis Semdeg mas aRar daukravs da aRarc umReria.
es azri mTeli saRamos ganmavlobaSi awuxebda da, rodesac veTxovebodi, miTxra nazi da alersiani xmiT, rogorc Cveulebrivad dedofalas elaparakebian.
_ nu dgebi xuT saaTze, umsgavso biWo! es sisulelea! _ sxvafriv SeuZlebelia, genacvale, unda viSromo! _ miqarvaa, srulebiT ar aris saWiro! _ mipasuxa man. _ ra saWiroa
Sroma! am mSvenieri, gaocebuli saxis Semyures, mxolod mxiaruli kiloTi da
xumrobiT SemeZlo pasuxis gacema. me vuTxari, rom Sroma CvenTvis aucilebelia.
_ fi! ra sasaciloa! _ mipasuxa doram. _ maS sxvafriv rogor vicxovroT, dora? _ vuTxari me. _ rogor? ra sakiTxavia! rogorme! _ mipasuxa doram. me miyvarda dora da ganvagrZobdi mis siyvaruls; magram Sromasac
ganvagrZobdi dauzogavad, ramdenadac es SesaZlebelia Seyvarebuli ymawvili kacisTvis. miuxedavad amisa, xSirad SuaRamisas meRviZeboda xolme gulis fancqaliT, magondeboda doras SiSi da, rodesac vufiqrdebodi yovelive amas, ise meCveneboda, TiTqos Tmebi miTeTrdeboda da guli miberdeboda.
man ar mipasuxa salamze, amayad Semomxeda da mkacrad mibrZana gavyoliliyavi. davemorCile da imwamsve mTel tanSi uneburi TrTolva vigrZeni. gulSi mware winaTgrZnoba damebada, rom man gaigo rame Cemi da doras damokidebulebis Sesaxeb.
Cemi winaTgrZnoba mkacr sinamdviled gadaiqca, rodesac man amiyvana zemo sarTulSi da iq, erT-erT oTaxSi, romelSic Cven SevediT, mis mordstoni davinaxe.
mis mordstonma gamomiwoda yinuliviT civi brWyalebi da gaSeSebuli dajda uaxloes skamze. mister spenlom daketa kari da gaCerda xaliCaze, buxris win.
_ gaisarjeT, mis mordston, _ daiwyo mister spenlom, _ uCveneT mister koperfilds, ra gaqvT CanTaSi.
mis mordstonma foladis balTasaviT mokuma tuCebi, gaxsna CanTa da amoiRo Cemi ukanaskneli werili dorasadmi.
am dros mis mordstonma amoiRo CanTidan mTeli dasta werilebisa, Sekruli cisferi Zvirfasi lentiT, da gamomiwoda.
_ unda gamovtyde, _ daiwyo mis mordstonma, _ rom didi xania eWvi damebada mis spenlosa da mister koperfildis urTierTobis Sesaxeb. Tvalyurs vadevnebdi maT ganuwyvetliv, maTi pirveli Sexvedridanve, da unda mogaxsoenoT, rom pirvelive sTabeWdileba, romelic moaxdina Cemze mis spenlos da daviT koperfildis daaxloebam, arafers sasiamovcnos ar Seicavda. msurda sabuTidan damemtkicebina Cemi eWvi, magram Cemi cda didxans darCa unayofod. rodesac davbrundi Cemi Zmis qorwilis Semdeg, _ ganagrZobda mis mordstoni uaRresi aRSfoTebis kiloTi, _ SevniSne, rom mis spenlos, romelic im xanebSi stumrad iyo Tavis megobar mis milsTan, uwindelze ufro ucnaurad uWiravs Tavi; Cemi eWvi gaZlierda da meti gulmodginebiT Sevudeqi mis spenlos yurisgdebas.
sabralo patara dora! rogor mogividoda fiqrad, rom am veSapis Tvalebi giTvalTvalebda dauRalavad, maradJams!
_ miuxedavad amisa, wuxandel Ramemdis ver mepovna veraviTari damamtkicebeli sabuTi, _ ganagrZobda mis mordstoni. _ Tumca Zalian saeWvod meCveneboda, rom mis spenlo ise xSirad iRebda werilebs Tavisi megobris, milsisagan, magram vinaidan megobroba am qalTan nebadarTuli iyo mamamisis mier, Cems Tavs nebas ar vaZlevdi, Cavreuliyavi maTs saqmeSi. wuxel saRamos, Cais Semdeg, SevniSne, rom patara finia darboda sastumroSi da Tan raRac nivTs daTrevda. me vuTxari mis spenlos: `dora! ra uWiravs pirSi tTqvens ZaRls? mgoni raRac qaRaldia~. mis spenlom imwamsve Caiyo xeli ubeSi, Sehyvira da gamoudga ZaRls. me SevaCere da vuTxari: `dora, Cemo megobaro, neba miboZe, me gamovarTva!~
o, jip! saZagelo jip! maS Sen gaeci Cveni saidumlo! _ meSinoda, rom ZaRli mikbenda, magram, rasakvirvelia, arafrad
Cavagde xifaTi da _ sabuTi Cems xelSi gaCnda! rodesac wavikiTxe, mivmarTe wyromiT mis spenlos da advilad davumtkice, rom ueWvelia, mas mravali unda hqonoda amgvari werili. amis Sedegia, rom mis spenlom gadmomca werilebis dasta, romelic axla daviT koperfildis xelSia.
amiT dasrulda misi sityva. mis mordstonma daketa CanTa, mokuma piri da mkacri gamomeyvelebis Seucvlelad moemzada, rogorc Canda, yovelgvari ieriSis ukusagdebad.
_ Tqven moismineT mis mordstonis moxseneba, _ miTxra mister spenlom. _ ra SegiZliaT sTqvaT Tavis gasamarTleblad, mister koperfild, sTqviT!
_ me ar SemiZlia Tavis gamarTleba, ser! damrCenia mxolod gamovtyde, rom mtTeli brali am SemTxvevaSi me medeba. dora...
_ mis spenlo, Tu inebebT, _ Semawyvetina doras mamam mediduri kiloTi.
_... Cems mier iyo darigebuli, _ ganvagrZe me, rodesac Cavylape es civi SeniSvna, _ me vurCie, daemala Tqvengan es saidumlo, da axla mwared vnanob.
_ vgrZnob amas, ser, garwmunebT, _ vupasuxe me, _ magram arasodes ar mifiqria es winaT, arasodes. patiosan sityvas gaZlevT, mister spenlo, rom amaze arasodes mifiqria uwin. me ise miyvarda mis spenlo...
_ fi, ra sisulelea! _ miTxra mister spenlom da gawiTlda sibrazisagan. _ pirSi mainc nu melaparakebiT, mister koperfild, rom giyvarT Cemi qali!
_ maS riTi SemiZlia gavamarTlo Cemi saqcieli ser? _ vuTxari me mokrZalebiT.
_ yvelaze naklebad _ raRac suleluri siyvaruliT. _ mipasuxa mister spenlom. _ miiReT Tu ara mxedvelobaSi Tqveni da Cemi qalis wlovaneba, ser? ifiqreT Tu ara mis mdgomareobaze sazogadoebaSi, Cems survilsa da imedebze misi amaRlebis gamo, da im anderZis Sesaxeb, romelic mis sasargeblod unda Sedgeniliyo? da saerTod, ras fiqrobdiT, mister koperfild? yovelive es sisulelea! rac ufro male gaTavdeba suleluri saqme, miT ukeTesia, aiReT eg werilebi da cecxlSi CayareT. momeciT mis spenlos werilebi, me Cavyri cecxlSi. Tqven mixvdebiT, rom Cveni momavali damokidebuleba dReidan mxolod kantoriT ganisaRvreba. arc erTi sityva momxdaris Sesaxeb. Tqven Wkviani adamiani xarT, mister koperfild, da maSasadame, gesmiT, rogor unda moiqceT. daviviwyoT es usiamovno ambavi!
_ Zalian kargi, mister koperfild! _ miTxra mister spenlom. _ maSin unda gamovcado Cemi gavlena Cems qalze!
xangrZlivi siCume Camovarda da aRar vicodi _ davrCeniliyavi Tu gavsuliyavi. bolos, neli nabijiT gavwie karebisaken da vagrZnobine, rom Cemi iq yofna usargebloa; magram mister spenlom Caiyo orive xeli frakis jibeebSi, risTvisac didi Sroma dasWirda, da miTxra xazgasmiT, gadaWriT, metismetad seriozuli kiloTi:
_ Tqven, rasakvirvelia, iciT, mister koperfild, rom me ar var moklebuli amqveyniur sikeTes da rom mis spenlo, Cemi uaxloesi naTesavi, Zvirfasia CemTvis.
me siswrafiT vupasuxe am kiTxvaze da daveSure meTqva, xom ar ebadeba eWvi mister spenlos Cemi angarebis Sesaxeb.
_ me arafers amgvars ar vambob, _ miTxra mister spenlom, _ TqvenTvisac da yvela CvenTvisac ukeTesi iqneboda, rom Tqven gqonodaT es angariSi... ese igi, ser, Tqven ar gaetacneT bavSvur grZnobebs. ara, me Tqven srulebiT sxva mizniT gekiTxebiT. iciT Tu ara, rom Cemi qoneba anderZiT Cemi qalis xelSi gadava?
warmoudgenelic aris, rom sxvafriv yofiliyo, _ miTxra mister spenlom dinjad, Tavis qneviT da Tan xan erT fexs eyrdnoboda, xan meores. _ da
Tqven gesmiT, rasakvirvelia, rom raime bavSvur saqciels ar SeuZlia gamocvalos Cemi gegmebi Cemi Svilis Sesaxeb; celqoba celqobad darCeba, ese igi _ sisuleled, sigiJed; magram Tu, miuxedavad yovelive amisa, es bavSvuri ambavi seriozul xasiaTs miiRebs, iZulebuli viqnebi movmarTo yovelgvar zomebs da mTel Cems gavlenas Cems Svilze, raTa gadavarCino igi suleluri Secdomis Sedegisagan.
raRac simSvide aRbeWdvoda am dros mis saxes, rac mzis Casvlis suraTs mogagonebdaT. igi iseT naTels, netar sulier ganwyobilebaSi imyofeboda, rom SeuZlebeli iyo misi cqera auRelveblad. cxadi iyo, rom misi sicocxle aRuSfoTebel da aumRvrevel nakadiviT miemarTeboda, da rom ukve didi xania, mtkice safuZvelze daamyara Tavisi amqveyniuri saqmeebi. mister spenlo, rogor Canda, TviTonve grZnobda amas am wuTSi, da me cremlebic ki SevniSne mis Tvalebze.
magram me ra meqna? uars xom ar vityodi doraze? rodesac man miTxra, rom erT kviras maZlevs yvela am sakiTxis mosagvareblad, iZulebuli viyavi mimeRo es winadadeba, Tumca winaswarve viyavi darwmunebuli, rom mTeli aTaseuli kvirebi araviTar cvlilebas ar sSeitandnen Cems grZnobaSi.
_ manamde ki hkiTxeT rCeva mis trotvuds an sxva romelsame pirs, visac esmis raime cxovrebisa, _ miTxra miser spenlom da sayelo gaiswora orive xeliT. _ Tqvens gankargulebaSi mTeli kviraa, mister koperfild.
rodesac kantoraSi davbrundi, xeli vtace kalams da saSineli werili mivwere mister spenlos. vemudarebodi, Seebralebina es nazi da saTuTi yvavili, da, saerTod, ramdenadac maxsovs, im kiloTi vwerdi, TiTqos igi doras mama ki ar iyo, aramed boroti jadoqari an veSapi. davbeWde es werili da davude kabinetSi. rodesac igi dabrunda, odnav gaRebul karebSi davinaxe, rom aiRo Cemi werili da waikiTxa.
mTeli dRis ganmavlobaSi mister spenlos xma ar gaucia CemTvis, magram saRamos, samsaxuris gaTavebis win, mixmo Tavis kabinetSi da miTxra, rom tyuilad vRebulob Cems Tavze Sromas, vizruno misi qalis bednierebisaTvis. misi sityviT, ukve moeswro dorasTan molaparakeba da daejerebina, rom yovelive es sisulelea da sxva araferi. igi metad lmobier mamad sTvlida Tavis Tavs (es marTlac ase iyo) da gadaWriT gamomicada, ar gaqvs araviTari sabuTi, Sewuxde amis gamoo.
_ Tu gajiutdebiT, _ SeniSna mister spenlom, _ imas miaRwevT, rom isev sazRvargareT gamagzavninebT Cems Svils ramdenime xniT; magram ukeTesi azris var Tqvenze. imedi maqvs, ramdenime dRis Semdeg moisazrebT yvelafers da daWkviandebiT.
_ ra iyo? _ Sevyvire me. _ ra moxda? _ gana ar iciT? _ ara, _ vTqvi da Tvali gadavavle iq myofT. _ mister spenlo... _ ra mouvida? _ gardaicvala! momeCvena, TiTqos kedlebi aTamaSdnen da datrialdnen Cems win. skamze
damsves, wyali damalevines. ramdenma xanma gaiara am aurzaurSi, ar vici. _ gardaicvala? _ gavimeore me. _ guSin man isadila qalaqSi, _ miTxra ufrosma mosamsaxurem tifim, _
da nasadilevs marto wavida etliT; meetles ki ubrZana, diliJansiT wamosuliyo, rogorc es xSirad uwinac uqnia. etli dabrunda saxlSi carieli, upatronod.
_ cxenebma gaitanes? _ ara mgonia. cxenebi Cveulebrivze metad ar iyvnen gaxurebulni,
ar SemiZlia avwero is sulieri mRelvareba, romelSic Camagdo am cnobam. grZnobas ver warmoedgina, rom es SesaZlebeli iyo! ai misi skami da magida Tavis Zvel adgilas, kabinetSi; ai, misi sakuTari xeliT dawerili xelnaweri magidaze; ase geCvenebodaT, rom axlave gaiReba kari, mister spenlo Semova da Zveleburad Seudgeba Tavis Cveulebriv saqmeebs.
vgrZnobdi, rom mamis sikvdili amomSlida doras fiqrebidan, da vitanjebodi raRac ucnauri, mwvave SuriT misi mwuxarebisadmi. mwyinda, rom dora sxvaTa winaSe hRvrida cremlebs da sxvebi anugeSebdnen mas. mindoda, yvelani momeSorebina dorasTvis am bedkrul dros da me mWeroda gansakuTrebuli adgili mis gulSi.
_ mobrZandiT, ser, _ miTxra mister jorkinsma, _ ai, Cven vsinjavT karadas, magidis ujrebs da yvela sxva adgils sadac micvalebuli debda Tavis qaraldebs. Cven vbeWdavT mis kerZo miwer-moweras da veZebT anderZs, magram jerjerobiT am sabuTis kvalsac ver mivageniT. dagvexmareT, mister koperfild!
Cven dauyovnebliv SevudeqiT Zebnas. mister jorkinsi aRebda ujrebs da iRebda iqidan qaRaldebs. Cven gadavaTvaliereT da davluqeT auarebeli sabuTebi da isev iseTi fusfusiT ganvagrZobdiT ujrebis Cxrekas.
_ me mgonia, rom mas srulebiTac ar dautovebia anderZi, _ Tqva uecrad mister jorkinsma.
_ o, ara, ser! _ vupasuxe swrafad, _ me vici, rom anderZi damzadebulia.
orivem gaocebiT Semomxeda.
_ swored im dRes, rodesac ukanasknelad vnaxe mister spenlo, _ ganvagrZe me, _ man miTxra, rom misi anderZi Sedgenilia da yvela misi saqmeebi winaswar wesrigSia moyvanili.
_ ah ras brZanebT! _ SevZaxe me. _ mister spenlom swored amgvari sityvebiT ilaparaka im ukanasknel dRes am sagnis Sesaxeb!
_ maSasadame, Zebnac zedmetia! darwmunebuli var, rom anderZi Sesrulebuli ar aris!
me uzomod gamaoca amgvarma ucnaurobam, magram namdvilad aRmoCnda, rom anderZi marTlac ar iyo Sedgenili. mister spenlos arc ki ufiqria mis Sesaxeb, rac cxadad Canda misi qaRaldebidan, radgan maTSi ar moipoveboda araviTari niSani, araviTari kvali, araviTari miTiTeba rame amgvar iuridiul sabuTze. aranakleb viyavi gakvirvebui im garemoebiT, rom mister spenlos saqmeebi saSinlad awewil-dawewili aRmoCnda. cot-cotaobiT gamoirkva, rom gansvenebuli proqtori xarjavda gacilebiT mets, vidre iRebda, da misi qonebrivi mdgomareoba Seryeuli iyo yovelnairad da yovelmxriv, ise rom, bolos, mTeli misi uZravi da moZravi qoneba norvudSi gaiyida sajaro vaWrobiT.
es samwuxaro ambebi gamoirkva eqvsi kviris ganavlobaSi. mTel am xanSi iseT tanjvaSi viyavi, rom seriozulad gadavwyvite Tavis mokvla. mqonda kidec mizezi! mis milsi mwerda, rom sabralo pawawa dora mudam, rogorc ki axsenebda Cems saxels, erTsa da imaves imeorebda: `o, Cemo sabralo mama! o, sayvarelo mama!~ imave wyarodan Sevityve, rom doras mTeli naTesaoba Sedgeboda ori mamidisagan _ mister spenlos debisagan. isini martodmartoni cxovrobdnen londonis erT-erT midamoSi, putniSi, da mravali wlis ganmavlobaSi ar enaxaT TavianTi Zma. `CxubiT _ ar waCxubebulan, _ mwerda mis milsi, _ srulebiTac ara! magram ai, ra ambavi moxda. rodesac doras naTlavdnen, mister spenlom dahpatiJa Tavisi debi Caize, maSin rodesac debi sadilze dapatijebas moelodnen. amis gamo orive dam werilobiT SemouTvala, rom ukeTesi iqneboda, Tu isini saxlSi darCebian da arc Caize da arc sadilad ar mivlen. asec moxda. amis Semdeg da-Zmebi aRar Sexvedrian erTmaneTs sicocxleSi~.
am SemTxvevaSi orive dam Tavi daaneba gandegilobas da winadadeba misces doras, gadasuliyo maTTan sacxovreblad putniSi. dora moexvia maT, Caexuta da SesZaxa tiriliT:
_ o, diax, Zvirfaso mamidebo! wamiyvaneT TqvenTan, mec, julia milsic, jipic, yvelani wagviyvaneT putniSi!
rogor da ranairad myofnida dro imisaTvis, rom putniSic mevlo, ver vityvi, radgan TviTonac ar vici; magram davxetialobdi am midamoebSi TiTqmis yoevldRe. mis milsi zedmiwevniT asrulebda megobris movaleobas da amitom dRiurs awarmoebda. Cven vxvdebodiT erTmaneTs drodadro da igi mikiTxavda Tavisi kalmis nawarmoebs. magram Tu mis milss ar ecala, maSin saxlSi mimqonda dRiuri da iq vkiTxulobdi. advili warmosadgenia, rogor vafasebdi am saunjes. momyavs zogierTi adgili mis milsis dRiuridan:
`orSabaTi. dora saSinlad naRvlobs, tiris da qviTinebs. Tavi stkiva.
jips ucqira _ SeniSna, rom Zalian kriala bewvi aqvs. moualersa.
gaRviZebulma mogonebam agxsna dafaruli sevdis nakadi. axali cremlebi. (cremlebi! _ xom ar SeiZleba vuwodoT maT gulis nami? j.m.)
`samSabaTi. dora sustad aris da nerviulobs. fermkrTalia, magram mSvenieria (mTvarec xom asea! jm). doram, jipma da julia milsma iseirnes karetiT. jipma Sehyefa karetis fanjridan muSas, romelic gzas hgvida da aman Rimili gamoiwvia misi diasaxlisis fermkrTal saxeze (ra susti rgolebisagan Sedgeba Cveni sicocxlis jaWvi! j.m.).
`oTxSabaTi. dora SedarebiT mxiarulad aris. vumRere mas nazi hangi: `saRamos zari~. magram sanugeSod ar imoqmeda. metismetad aaSkaravebs mgrZnobiarobas. damxvda oTaxSi marto, Tvalcremliani. wavukiTxe Sesaferi leqsi, sadac ymawvili qali SvelTan aris Sedarebuli. unayofod.
`xuTSabaTi. momjobinebis cxadi niSnebi etyoba. ufro mxiarulia da damSvidebuli. Zili uSfoTveli da Rrma hqonda, loyebi Seuvardisfrda... gavbede momegonebina daviT koperfildi. frTxilad Camovagde laparaki mis Sesaxeb seirnobis dros. dora saSinlad aRelda: `o, julia, Zvirfaso julia! o, mec cudi, gaugonari Svili viyavi!~ vecade damewynarebina da damemSvidebina. davuxate idealuri suraTi daviT koperfildisa, romelic saflavis piramdea misuli. mRelvareba gameorda uZlieresad: `o, ra vqna! o, wamiyvaneT sadme~ saSineli mwuxareba gamoxata. guli wauvida da uaxloesi sasturodan gamotanili wyliT movabruneT (poeturi Sedarebaa: sastumros aWrelebuli abra adamianis sulis siWreles waagavs. samwuxaroa! j.m.).~
mis milsi da misi dRiuri erTaderTi nugeSi iyo CemTvis im mZime wuTebSi!
Tavi ocdameTeqvsmete vikfildi da hipi Cemma mudmivma sevdianobam Zalian Seawuxa papida da moigona
wavsuliyavi duvrSi, rom dameTvalierebina misi agaraki zRvis piras da ufro meti vadiT gameaxlebina piroba mdgmurTan.
_ maS ra vqna, agnesa? _ vkiTxe xangrZlivi siCumis Semdeg. _ riT daviwyo?
_ me mgonia, _ mipasuxa agnesam, _ Tqven unda misweroT gulwrfeli werili Tqven sacoles im or naTesav qals. Cemis azriT, es yvelaferi ubralo da keTilSobiluri saSuleba dorasTan urTierTobis ganaxlebisaTvis.
_ raxan Tqven ambobT amas, agnesa, maS, asec unda iyos, geTanxmebiT. _ me gulwrfelad da gulaxdilad vuambobdi maT yvelafers, rac ki
aqamdis moxda, da Semdeg vTxovdi nebarTvas, drogamoSvebiT genaxaT dora maT saxlSi. yovel SemTxvevaSi, me vTxovdi, rom isini ar daCqarebuliyvnen uaris Tqmisas, sanam doras ar moelaparakebodnen.
guldamSvidebuli, Tumca imave dros Cemi saqmis udidesi mniSvnelobis Rrma SegnebiT Sevudeqi werilis Sedgenas qalbaton spenloebTan da mTeli saRamo movandome am saqmes.
magram manamde Cavedi qvemo sarTulSi mister vikfildisa da hipis sanaxavad. uri hips eWira axali kantora, romelic es iyo aeSenebinaT
baRSi. man mimiRo Tavisi Cveulebrivi breciT da ise daiWira Tavi, TiTqos araferi icoda Cemi misvlis Sesaxeb. Cven SevediT mister vikfildis oTaxSi, romelic axla aRarafriT ar hgavda mis uwindel kabinets, radgan mTeli saukeTeso aveji gadaetanaT axal kantoraSi, firmis axal amxanagTan.
_ o, damSvidebuli brZandebodeT! me mzad var gavaTavisuflo Tqveni uwindeli oTaxi, Tu gsurT, _ miTxra urim.
_ ara, ara, _ Tqva mister vikfildma, _ rad unda SewuxdeT. sxva oTaxs viSoviT, sxva oTaxs.
_ ki, magram Tqven xom iciT, rom CemTvis sasiamovno iqneba pativi meca mister koperfildisTvis. _ uTxra urim.
yovelgvari meti laparakis Tavidan asacileblad vuTxari, rom sxva oTaxSi davdgebi, an ara da sastumroSi gadaval. Semdeg gamoveTxove sadilobamde firmis warmomadgenlebs da isev zeviT avedi, agnesasTan. imedi mqonda, rom am dRes gavatarebdi mxolod agnesas sazogadoebaSi, magram Cven CamogveCxira sxva mobaase misis hipis saxiT. man iTxova neba, gadmosuliyo Tavisi saqsoviT imave oTaxSi, sadac Cven visxediT, radgan, misi sityviT, sastumroSi da sasadiloSi orpiri qari uberavda, rac metad mavnebeli iyo misi nekresis qarebisaTvis. igi Tavs ar gvanebebda da Tu gadioda oTaxidan, mxolod erTi wuTiT. me adre mivedi im dros da sadilobamde kidev sami an oTxi saaTi iyo, magram misis hipi ganuwyvetliv sul CvenTan ijda.
amgvarive dauRalavi yuradRebiT gvzveravda igi sasadiloSic. nasadilevs guSagoba Svils gadauloca da, rodesac me da mister vikfildi martoni davrCiT sasadiloSi, urim iseTi usindiso da utifari TvalebiT Semomxeda, rom kinaRam guli ameria. es ambavi sastumroSic gagrZelda, sadac Tavdauzogvelma dedam isev gadmoitana Tavisi saqsovi. mTeli im xnis ganmavlobaSi, sanam agnesa ukravda da mReroda, misis hipi fortepianos gverdiT iyo, uri ki am dros amTqnarebda, savarZelSi gaSxlarTuli. erTi piroba misis hipma sTxova agnesas emRera raRac balada, romlisagan, misi sityviT, uri mudam aRtacebaSi modioda. simReris ganmavlobaSi igi sul Tavis Svils Sehyurebda da Semdeg eubneboda agnesas, rom misi Svili gagiJebulia musikiT. Tu igi laparakobda, winaswave SegeZloT geTqvaT, rom misis laparakis sagani misi Svili iyo. amgvari moqceviT, rogorc Canda, misis hipi asrulebda movaleobas, romelic dakisrebuli hqonda.
ase gagrZelda gvian Ramemdis. meore dRes erTi wuTiTac ver vixile dro, rom agnesa marto menaxa,
mxolod movaxerxe, isic didi siZneliT, meCvenebina misTvis Cemi werili doras mamidebTan. bindisas gavedi saseirnod da Tan vfiqrobdi, rogor movqceuliyavi. ar vicodi, unda damemala Tu ara agnesasagan is, rac miTxra londonSi uri hipma. misi ganzraxva Zalian mawuxebda.
rogorc ki gavedi qalaqgareT, viRacis xmam SemaCera. movixede da davinaxe Cems ukan mobajbaje adamiani WuWyian mazaraSi. es iyo hipi, romelic miaxlovdeboda. SevCerdi.
_ ra gnebavT? _ vkiTxe me.
_ ah, ra swrafad midixarT, mister koperfild, _ mipasuxa urim. _ me sakmarisad grZeli fexebi maqvs, magram Tqven verasgziT ver dagewevaT adamiani.
_ sad midixarT? _ mindoda gamevlo TqvenT erTad, mister koperfild, Tuki Zveli
nacnobobis gulisaTvis aseT pativs damdebT. _ ar gewyinebaT, Tu marTals getyviT? _ ras brZanebT! rogor SeiZleba! _ me gamovedi saseirnod martoka da srulebiT ar msurs viyolio
amxanagi am dros. _ ratom mister koperfild? _ Tund imitom, rom amxanagebma dRisiTac momabezres Tavi. _ rogor unda gavigo Tqveni sityvebi, master koperfild? _ miTxra
urim sazizRari manWviT. _ nuTuUdedaCemma mogabezraT Tavi? _ diax, Tqven ar scdebiT, _ vupasuxe mtkice kiloTI. _ maS ra vqnaT, master koperfild? Cven patara xalxi varT,
_ maS Tqven Cemi gulisTvis dauyeneT yarauli mis vikfilds da tyved gyavT Tavis saxlSi?
_ ah, master koperfild! ra sastiki sityvebia, ser! _ yuri migdeT, uri! _ vuTxari me. _ mis vikfildis pativiscemisaTvis... _ Cemi agnesasi! _ Sehyvira man da daiklakna erT mxareze. _ keTili
inebeT, master koperfild, da pirdapir agnesa uwodeT mas! _ agnesa vikfildis pativiscemisaTvis da misi simSvidis gulisaTvis,
getyviT, rom me sxva ymawvili qali miyvars da ukve mis saqmrod var gamocxadebuli. imedi maqvs, es sakarisia TqvenTvis?
_ o, master koperfild, _ miTxra man. _ ratom ar inebeT da ar gamimJRavneT es saidumlo im RirSesaniSnav rames, rodesac Cemi guli gadagiSaleT da iZulebuli viyavi mesargebla Tqveni stumarTmoyvareobiT da Rame Tqveni buxris win gameTia! maSin eWvi ar Semepareboda Tqvenze, master koperfild... magram rac moxda, moxda. axla Tqveni siamovnebisaTvis, vecdebi, movaSoro dedaCemi agnesas.
mTeli am laparakis ganmavlobaSi igi xels marTmevda Tavisi sveli, bayayis TaTebiT, da amaod vcdilobdi, gavTavisuflebuliyabvi misi xelidan. man momiWira nidayvze, momekra da iZulebuli viyavi, uneburad mevlo masTan ase, xelixelCakidebuli.
_ gamotydiT mainc, master koperfild, rom Tqven arasodes ar gyvarebiaT ise, rogorc me miyvardiT. Tqven mudam metad umniSvnelo arsebad mTvlidiT. me vici es. ra vqnaT! Tqven ar cdebiT.
_ vici es! _ Tqva urim da saxe daugrZelda; mTvaris Suqze man miiRo sazareli tyviisferi. _ vici, Tumca isic ki unda iTqvas, rom Tqven, master koperfild, ara mgonia, gesmodeT, ras niSnavs morCileba da morideba Cems mdgomareobaSi myofi xalxisa. me da mamaCemi obolTa skolaSi varT gazrdili da dedaCemic saqvelmoqmedo saswavlebelSi gaizarda. dilidan saRamomde Cven morCilebas gvaswavlidnen da amis garda ara gvsmenoda-ra. jer kidev bavSvi viyavi, rodesac vicodi, sadamdis mihyavs adamiani
damcirebas sxvaTa winaSe, da ukve maSin daviwye warmatebiT gatareba cxovrebaSi yvela im wesisa, rac pataraobidanve mqonda Canergili. mokrZalebiT vWamdi gamxmar namcxvars, Tumca amave dros ar vanelebdi Cems madas; da kidev ufro meti morCilebiT mivCanCalobdi skolaSi yofnis dros Cemi amxanagebis kudSi. ai ra mizezis gamo mokrZalebiT vTqvi uari, rodesac Tqven winadadeba momeciT, laTinuri ena geswavlebinaT _ `rac ufro metad iwevs adamiani Senze maRla, _ meubneboda mamaCemi, _ miT ufro metad ecade, daimciro Tavis mis win~. mamis rCevam nayofi gamoiRo. me mSvidi adamiani var, master koperfild, wynari da umniSvnelo; magram Tqven xedavT, rom movipove erTgvari Zala da gavlena.
erTaderTi, rac movige am laparakiT, is iyo, rom urim, Tavisi mWermetyvelebiT gatacebulma, xeli momaSora, raTa mikapze miedo. erTxel gaTavisuflebulma, gadavwyvite, moSorebiT dameWira Tavi, da dabrunebisas Cven TiTqmis aRar gvilaparakia.
rodesac nasadilevs Cven, sami mamakaci, martoni davrCiT sasadiloSi, uri metad gamxiarulda da gambedavi gaxda.
guSin SevniSne, nasadilevs urim moiwadina daelevinebina Rvino mister vikfildisaTvis, magram ver gamouvida. agnesam oTaxidan gasvlis dros ise Semomxeda, rom Zneli ar iyo am Semoxedvis axsna. mxolod erTi Wiqa davlie da vuTxari Cems amxanagebs, mis vikfilds gavyolodiT. amas dResac ar vizamdi, magram gaiZvera urim damaswro.
_ Cven metad iSviaTad vxedavT Cvens Zvirfas stumars, ser, _ uTxra man mister vikfilds. _ Cems Tavs nebas vaZlev, warmovTqva mister koperfildis sadRegrZelo da amis gamo erTi an ori sityva vTqva, Tu Tqvenis mxriT ar iqneba dabrkoleba. Tqveni sadRegrZelo iyos, master koperfild.
_ aba, amxanagebo! _ SesZaxa uri hipma. _ axla Tqveni jeria. xom ar inebebT, warmosTqvaT visime sadRegrZelo, rac sasiamovno iqneboda mister koperfildisaTvis?
mister vikfildma warmosTqva papidaCemis sadRegrZelo, Semdeg mister dikisa, Semdeg doqtorTa kolegiis ayvavebisa, Semdeg urisa, mere britaneTis ayvavebisa da yovel jerze svamda or-or Wiqas, Tan cxadad emCneoda sircxvili Tavisi sisustis gamo.
_ vin ar dameTanxmeba, jentlmenebo, _ daiwyo isev urim, _ rom agnesa vikfildma unda udavod daiWiros pirveli adgili mSvenieri sqesis warmomadgenelTa DSoris? neba miboZeT, pirdapir gamovTqva Cemi azri megobarTan. dodo bednierebaa misi mamoba, magram mis meuRled yofna...
nurasodes nuRar gamegos is sazareli yvirili, romelic aRmoxda mis ubedur mamas. igi magididan wamoiWra.
_ ra mogividaT? _ SesZaxa urim, sikvdiliviT gafiTrebulma. _ Tu me vambob, rom maqvs maRali miswrafeba Tqveni qalis meuRle gavxde, amis Sesaxeb, me mgonia, iseTive ufleba maqvs vilaparako, rogorc yvela sxva mamakacs. metsac vityvi, Cemi ufleba cotaodnad ufro metia, vidre yvela sxva vaJkacisa. Tqven es unda icodeT, mister vikfild!
me movexvie mister vikfilds da vemudarebodi damSvidebuliyo. rogorc etyoboda, goneba srulebiT daekarga sabralo moxucs. igi Tmas iglejda, muStebs irtyamda TavSi, cdilobda, moveSorebine Tavidan; xmas ar iRebda, araferi esmoda, aras xedavda, brmasaviT miiwevda, Tumca sad da rad, TviTonac ar icoda, da uazrd Tvalebs abrialebda yovel mxares.
yovelnairad vcdilobdi,, Svilisken mimemarTa misi azri, da sayveduri vuTxari kidec, rom ar hyofnida sulis simtkice, es ambavi agnesasTvis daemala. ar vici, Cemi sityvebis Sedegi iyo, Tu TavisTavad moxda, magram TandaTan cotaoden damSvidda. bolos miTxra:
_ me vici, trotvud! Cemi sayvareli Svili da Tqven... me vici... magram SexedeT mas!
man mimiTiTa urize, romelic gafiTrebuli da mokrunCxuli ijda Tavis kuTxeSi. cxadi iyo, rom uri moulodnelad Sescda Tavis angariSSi.
_ me SeginarCuneT saxelic da reputaciac, simSvide da siwynare, Tqveni saxli da ojaxuri bedniereba, _ swrafad CamoarTva sityva urim. _ nu bavSvobT, mister vikfild! Tu cotaTi ufro Sors wavedi, vidre Tqven fiqrobT, me xom ukan daxevac SemiZlia. aq araferia iseTi.
_ me yvelafers vityvi! _ Sehyvira mister vikfildma. _ ratom yvelas xelSi ar unda viyo, Tuki Tqvens xelSi var!
_ momismineT ras getyviT! _ daiyvira urim. _ Tu ar mokumavT pirs, Tqven magisi megobari aRar xarT. gana ar xedavT, rom morCili da moridebuli adamiani var da mudam aseTi viqnebi? Tu Sevtope, pirveli meve vnanob amas. meti ra gindaT, ser!
_ oh, trotvud, trotvud! _ SesZaxa mister vikfildma da Tan xelebs imtvrevda. _ gana aseTi viyav im dros, rodesac pirvelad daminaxeT saxlSi?
igi Cavarda savarZelSi da akvnesda. araCveulebrivma aRelvebam gaiara da axla iseTive umweo iyo, rogorc bavSvi. uri win wamodga Tavisi kuTxidan.
_ me TviTonac ar vici yvelaferi, rac gagiJebis dros Cavidine, _ ganagrZo mister vikfildma da gamomiwoda xelebi, TiTqos mTxovda, ar gamekicxa igi. _ man Cemze ukeTesad icis es, radgan mudam Cems garSemo trialebda. Tqven TviTon xedavT, Tu rogor mazis igi axla kiserze. Tqven xedavT mas Cems saxlSi, da igi marTavs axla yvela Cems saqmes. meti ra unda vTqva?
_ araferi, mister vikfild! Tqven naxevaric ar undaT geTqvaT imisi, rac TqviT, _ SeniSna urim. _ siCume yvelaze metad SegSveniT axla, ser. Rvinom Tavbru dagaxviaT da ena aRar gemorCilebaT.
kari gaiRo da agnesa Semovida. igi moexvia mamas da uTxra mtkice xmiT:
_ mamilo, Tqven uqeifod xarT. wamomyeviT zeviT! man miayrdno Tavi agnesas mxars da masTan erTad gavida sasadilodan.
agnesas Tvalebi mxolod erTi wuTiT Sexvdnen Cems Tvalebs, magram mivxvdi, rom man icoda am scenis Sinaarsi.
_ rogor gaiwia, ver uyurebT! _ miTxra urim, rodesac martoni davrCiT. _ amas ki, swored mogaxsenoT, srulebiT ar movelodi. magram es araferia. xval Cven isev SevrigdebiT.
xma ar amomiRia sapasuxod, Cumad avedi maRla, Cems oTaxSi, sadac winaT agnesa ijda xolme Cems gverdiT, im bednier dros, roca skolis gakveTilebs vamzadebdi. aravin mosula CemTan SuaRamemdis. aviRe wigni da vecade, kiTxvisTvis gadameyolebina guli. saaTma dareka SuaRame da isev vkiTxulobdi, TviTonac ar vici, ras, rodesac uecrad agnesa Seexo Cems mxars.
_ xval diliT Tqven adre waxvalT, trotvud. me gamosamSvidobeblad movedi.
advili SesamCnevi iyo, rom etira, Tumca saxe damSvidebuli hqonda. _ Zvirfaso agnesa! _ vuTxari me. _ vxedav Tqvens TvalebSi, rom ar
gindaT, am ubeduri scenaris Sesaxeb vilaparako; magram nuTu amas araferi eSveleba? xom ar SemiZlia, riTime dagexmaroT, agnesa?
_ ara, Zvirfaso trotvud! _ moifiqreT, agnesa. metad Raribi var yvela im niWiT, romliTac Tqven
ase mdidrad xarT dajildoebuli. ver gagiwevT xelmZRvanelobas, magram mainc iciT, rogor miyvarxarT. miTxariT mxolod erTi ram: xom arasodes ar miitanT msxverplad Tqvens Tavs cru movaleobis gulisTvis?
o, didxans, didxans maxsovda me es saxe, romelic momibrunda am dros, da is erTwamieri Semoxedva, romelSic ar iyo arc sayveduri, arc kiTxva, arc sinanuli! o, didxans maxsovda misi mSvenieri Rimili, rodesac miTxra, rom srulebiT ar eSinia Tavisi Tavisa da rom am mxriv SemiZlia srulebiT damSvidebuli viyo. gamoTxovebisas man Zma miwoda da Cumad gavida oTaxidan.
jer isev bneloda, rodesac mivedi diliJansebis kantoraSi, rom adgili dameWira imperialze. etli gaTenebisas gadioda. davjeqi mgzavrebs Sua da agnesas bedze vfiqrobdi. uecrad uri hipis Tavi amoZvra diliJansze da aman gamomarkvia fiqrebidan.
_ koperfild! _ miTxra xrinwiani wurCuliT da Tan ebRauWeboda rkinis saxuravs. _ vfiqrob, TqvenTvis sasiamovno iqneba gaigoT wasvlis win, rom Cven Soris yvelaferi mowesrigda. viyavi masTan kabinetSi. Cven isev gulwrfeli megobrebi varT. ra vqna! umniSvnelo adamians warmovadgen, ar vdavob, magram Tqven xom TviTon xedavT, rom Zalian sasargeblo var misTvis, es mas TviTonac esmis, rodesac mTvrali ar aris.
_ maSasadame, mister vikfildma Tqven patieba gTxovaT, uri? _ o, ra patieba, ras brZanebT, master koperfild! Rirs ki bodiSis
moxda iseTi umniSvnelo da moridebuli adamianis winaSe, rogoric me var? erTi sityva da aRtacebiT vuwvdi xels. es sisulelea; magram saqme ai raSia, master koperfild. mogiwyvetiaT odesme mkvaxe msxali?
_ SesaZlebelia. mere? _ me ki vcade, es meqna wuxel saRamos, rogorc Tqven inebeT genaxaT.
Cemi msxali jer metad mkvaxes; magram es araferia, _ igi damwifdeba. saWiroa mxolod moTmineba. me ki mzad var moviTmino, master koperfild!..
doras mamidebs, magram araviTari pasuxi ar mimiRia. mis molodinSi Cemi samsaxuris saqmeebs vasrulebdi. erTxel doqtor strongisgan saxlSi vbrundebodi. mTeli dRis ganmavlobaSi saZageli dari iyo; civi, Crdilo-aRmosavleTis qari hqroda. bindisas qari Cadga da wamovida Tovli, romelmac ramdenime saaTis ganmavlobaSi quCebSi zvinebi daayena.
rodesac eklesiis gverdiT Caviare, uaxloes SenobasTan SevniSne qalis saxe. man dakvirvebiT Semomxeda da swrafad miimala kuTxis ukan.
es saxe mecnaura, magram sad da rodis menaxa, _ verasgziT ver movigone. eklesiis Sesavlis safexurze Cems win gamoisaxa moxrili adamiani, romelsac tvirTi rbil Tovlze daedo. Cven TiTqmis erTsa da imave dros SevxedeT erTmaneTs, da me gavSeSdi erT adgilas gaocebisagan. man swrafad Camoirbina safexurebi da CemTan movida. es iyo mister pegoti.
mxolod maSin momagonda ucnobi qalis saxe. es marTa iyo, is ubeduri qali, romelsac emiliam fuli misca londonSi wasasvlelad.
Cven xeli CamovarTviT erTmaneTs da pirvel xanSi vercerTma Cvenganma xma ver amoiRo.
_ ah, master devi! _ SesZaxa man bolos da Tan Cemi xeli isev xelSi eWira. _ guli lamis aris amovardes sixarulisagan, rodesac Tqven gicqeriT. keTili Sexvedraa, master devi, keTili Sexvedra!
_ diax, keTili Sexvedraa, Cemo kargo, Zvelo megobaro! _ vupasuxe me. _ iarmauTSi miTxres, rom Tqven papidasTan erTad cxovrobT, da ar
daiqnia. _ xval gaTenebisas isev mivdivar. am quCaze gamodioda ukana kari `oqros irmisa~, _ im sastumrosi,
sadac me institutis damTavrebis Semdeg saubedurod, Sevxvdi stirfords. kari Ria iyo, Cven ezoSi SevediT, sastumros or-sam oTaxSi sanTeli enTo. erT maTganSi aravin iyo. im oTaxSi Seviyvane mister pegoti.
buxarSi cecxli prialebda da pirvelad gavarCie rigianad Cemi Zveli megobris saxe. igi mTlianad gaTeTrebuliyo da Rrma naoWebs daesera misi Subli da loyebi. adamiani advilad mixvdeboda, rom mister pegoti mogzaurobda dauRalavad sicxesa da siciveSi, wvimasa da avdarSi; magram yovelive amasTan jer kidev mxne da Ronieri adamianis STabeWdilebas stovebda. sanam dakvirvebas vawarmoebdiT, igi Tovls ibertyavda qudidan da saxes iwmendda. Semdeg dajda da erTxel kidev CamomarTva xeli.
_ me giambobT, mister devi, _ miTxra man, _ sad viyavi am xnis ganmavlobaSi da ris gageba movaswari. Zalian Sors viyavi da Zalian cota ram gavige, magram mainc giambobT.
am dros kari gaiRo da oTaxSi Tovlis cotaodeni namqeri Semofrinda.
_ upirveles yovlisa, wavedi safrangeTSi, vipove iq ingliseli jentlmeni, warCinebuli piri, _ miambobda mister pegoti, _ da vuTxari, rom, ai, ser, me mivdivar Cemi diswulis saZebnelad. man alersianad mimiRo da momca qaraldebi, rom daubrkoleblad SemZleboda siaruli am mxareSi. mas undoda fulic moeca, magram madloba gadavuxade da vuTxari, rom ar aris saWiro keTili da Rirseuli jentlmeni iyo, master devi! madloba gadavuxade da Sevudeqi gzas safrangeTis am mxareSi.
romelic bazarSi midioda, mimiwvevda uremze dasajdomad. zogjer kidev konduqtorebi ufasod maZlevdnen adgils diliJansebSi. rogorc ki mividodi romelime qalaqSi, Cveulebrivad gavCerdebodi xolme sastumros ezoSi da velodi, xom aravin gamoCndeboda inglisurad molaparake. amgvari xalxi TiTqmis mudam mxvdeboda. avuxsnidi Cemi mogzaurobis mizans, isini meubnebodnen, vin da vin warCinebuli pirTagani iyvnen Camomxtarni sastumroSi. maSin velodi, xom ar gamoCndeboda maT Soris
Cemi diswuli, da, rodesac davrwmundebodi, rom iq ar iyo, isev gzas gavudgebodi.
karebSi marTa endeli idga da xarbad usmenda mister pegotis Txrobas. meSinoda, rom mister pegoti miixedavda da SeniSnavda mas.
_ bolos, zRvamdis mivedi. iseTi mezRvaurisaTvis, rogoric me var, Tqven warmoidgineT, Zneli ar iyo italiamde misvla! am qveyanaSic iseve vxetialobdi, rogorc safrangeTSi. italielebi alersianad mxvdebodnen, iseve, rogorc frangebi, da advilad gadavdiodi qalaqidan qalaqSi; magram aq miviRe cnoba, rom igi enaxaT Sveicariis mTebSi. kacs, romelic icnobda maT msaxurs, enaxa isini samiveni da gadmomca, sad mogzaurobdnen da sad SemeZlo maTi naxva. gavemgzavre mTebisken, master devi, da TiTqmis usvenebliv mivdiodi dRe da Rame. magram rac ufro mivdiodi, miT ufro Sors miiwevdnen Cemgan mTebi. bolos, Zlivs mivuaxlovdi maT. rodesac vuaxlovdebodi im adgils, sadac isini megulebodnen, fiqrma amitana: `ra vqna, rodesac mas davinaxav?~ viyide misTvis glexuri tanisamosi. darwmunebuli viyavi, rom oRond mepovna, da imwamsve gamomyveboda da ukve arasodes aRar damanebebda Tavs. mindoda momeglija misTvis maRali wodebis ledis tanisamosi da Camecmia glexuri kaba. maSin Cven ukan davbrundebodiT xelixelCakidebulmi da drodadro SevisvenebdiT keTil xalxTan. metze araferze ar vfiqrobdi. im kacs arc ki Sevxedavdi. magram, master devi, jer ar damdgara CemTvis is bednieri wuTi; davigviane da adgilze misvlisasa gavige, rom isini ukve wasuliyvnen. sad, ver gavige. da ai, axla samSobloSi var.
_ didi xania, rac dabrundiT, mister pegoti? _ ar aris didi xani, master devi, _ sul sami dRea. bindisas mivedi
Cems navis saxlTan da davinaxe sanTeli fanjaraSi. me mivipare da Sevixede Sig. erTguli moxuci, misis gumiji, zis Tavisi xelsaqmiT da aravin aris mis axlos. me vuTxari: `nu geSiniaT, misi gumij! es me var, danieli!~ _ kari gamiRo da Sevedi.
mister pegotim amoiRo jibidan sami Tu oTxi patara Sekruli, qaRaldSi Sexveuli, da magidaze dado.
_ ai es miRebulia Cemi wasvlis swored erTi kviris Semdeg, _ miTxra man da mimiTiTa erT Sekrulze. _ paketSi, romelic daedo Rame karebis win da romelsac Cemi misamarTi ewera, aRmoCnda ormocdaaTgirvanqiani bankis bileTi. emi cdilobda, xeli gamoecvala. magram me da ver vicnobdi mis xels!
man mzrunvelobiT daaxvia bankis bileTi, misca winandeli forma da ganze gadado.
Semdeg mister pegotim momawoda werili da miTxra Cumi xmiT: _ keTili inebeT, ser, waikiTxeT! me Semdegi wavikiTxe: `o, ras igrZnobT Tqven, rodesac am werils dainaxavT! magram moiReT
Cemze mowyaleba sul cota xniT mainc, _ Cemi gulisaTvis ki ara, _ biZaCemis didsulovnebis pativiscemisaTvis; momwereT qaraldis naglejze, rogor aris da ras laparakobda igi Cems Sesaxeb im sabediswero saRamos, romlis Semdeg Tqven samudamod uari TqviT Cemze. xom ar SegimCneviaT, rom igi isev ganagrZobda Cems molodins saRamoobiT, rodesac me vbrundebodi xolme saxlSi? muxlebze daCoqili gemudarebiT, nu iqnebiT Cemdami iseTi sastiki, rogorisac Rirsi var, nu miwodebT `pataras~ da nu miwodebT saxels, romelic Sevarcxvine. magram Cemi ubeduri biZis TanagrZnobis
am werilSic fuli ido _ xuTi girvanqa. es fuli iseve xeluxlebeli iyo, rogorc uwindeli Tanxa. werilTan erTad iyo misamarTi pasuxisaTvis, romelsac mraval xelSi unda gaevlo, sanam Tavis daniSnulebas miaRwevda.
_ mere? ra upasuxeT am werilze? _ vkiTxe mister pegotis. _ misis gumiji, rogorc mogexsenebaT, ar aris weris didi xelovani.
amitom qamma Seadgina werili da man mxolod gadawera. mas Seatyobines, rom wasuli var mis saZebnelad, da dawvrilebiT uambes, ras vlaparakobdi mis Sesaxeb gamoTxovebisas. me mivdivar axla mis saZebnelad, konvertis beWdis mixedviT.
da man miCvena konverti. masze aRniSnuli iyo qalaqi zemo reinze. iarmauTSi mister pegotis epova vaWrebi, romelnic icnobdnen am mxares. maT daexataT misTvis qaRaldze sakmarisad tlanqi ruka. mister pegotim gaSala igi magidaze, daeyrdno erT xelze nikapiT da meore xeliT miCvenebda im gzas, romlis gavlasac apirebda.
_ aba, ser, _ miTxra mister pegotim da Sexeda Tavis samgzavro CanTas. _ didad moxaruli var, rom isev gnaxeT, master devi. xval, gaTenebisas, isev gzas gavudgebi. yvelaze metad is mawuxebs, rom SeiZleba ise daviRupo, ver davubruno es fuli. Tu sikvdili miweria am mogzaurobaSi da fuli daikargeba, an moiparavs vinme, igi ver gaigebs, sad wavida misi fuli! magram mzad var, samaridan avdge, raTa davumtkico, rom ar mindoda am Tanxis aReba!
rom davubruno mas es dawyevlili fuli. Tu movaxerxe da vipovne Cemi emilia, _ meti ara minda ra. magram Tu ver vipovni, mainc rodisme mis yurTasmenamde miaRwevs, rom sabralo biZamisma daamTavra misi Zebna sicocxlesTan erTad, da marto es daabrunebs mas saxlSi. maSasadame, ase Tu ise, Cemi mizani miRweuli iqneba.
rodesac Cven gavSordiT erTmaneTs alayafis karebSi, SevniSne marTa engeli, romelic cdilobda, Tvalidan mogvfareboda. SevaCere mister pegoti raRac mizeziT da vilaparakeT im dromdis, sanam marTa ar miimala wyvdiadSi.
Tavi ocdameTvramete mis dora spenlos mamidebi movida bolos pasuxi ori moxucebuli ledisagan. isini pativiscemas
ucxadebdnen mister koperfilds da atyobinebdnen, rom saTanado yuradRebiT gadasinjes misi werili, `vinaidan mxedvelobaSi hqondaT orive mxaris bedniereba~. qalbatoni spenloebi dasZendnen, rom zogierTi mizezis gamo isini uxerxulad sTvlidnen TavianTi azris gamoTqmas miwer-moweris saSualebiT; magram Tu mister koperfildi inebebs da daniSnavs dRes darbazobisaTvis da Tu mobrZandeba maTTan puntiSi romelime Tavis megobarTan erTad, qalbatoni spenloebi didad moxarulebi iqnebian,
miiRon igi TavianT saxlSi, da maSin mister koperfildi gaigebs yvelafers, rac misTvis saWiroa.
amaze mister koperfildma dauyovnebliv upasuxa, rom mas eqneba pativi eaxlos sadarbazod ama da am dRes, Tavisi megobris Tomas tredelsis TanxlebiT. am werilis gagzavnis Semdeg mister koperfildi auwerel mRelvarebaSi iyo darbazobisaTvis daniSnul dRemde...
tanisamosis sakiTxi udides amocanas Seadgenda CemTvis am daniSnul dRes. erTi mxriv, meSinoda, rom gadaWarbebuli zrunva tanisamosze saqmes gamifuWebda qalbaton spenloebis TvalSi. vecade, saSualo xazi amerCia da am or ukiduresobas Soris. rodesac mzad viyavi, papidam momiwona Cacmuloba.
SemdegSi gavige, rom mis lavinia imitom iTvleboda avtoritetad siyvarulis saqmeSi, rom odesRac mis gulSi mefobda mister pikeri, vistis mSvenieri moTamaSe. ise iyo miRebuli, TiTqos mister pikeri iwvoda nazi grZnobiT laviniasadmi, Tumca unda gamovtyde, rom es srulebiT ar mjera, vinaidan TviT mister pikers aravisTvis ar gaumJRavnebia Tavisi siyvaruli arc werilobiT, arc piradad. magram mis lavinia da mis klarisac darwmunebulebi iyvnen, rom mister pikeri aucileblad auxsnida siyvaruls, dambla rom ar dascemoda samoci wlis asakSi myofs. misi
_ Cveni Zmiswulis mdgomareoba, _ miTxra mis laviniam _ bevrad gamoicvala Cveni Zmis frensis gardacvalebis Semdeg. amitom vfiqrobT, rom TviT azric Cveni Zmisa Tavisi qaliSvilis Sesaxeb unda agreTve Seicvalos. Cven eWvi ar gvaqvs, mister koperfild, rom Tqven brZandebiT ymawvili jentlmeni, mSvenieri niWiT da mSvenieri saxeliT; Cven srulebiT darwmunebuli varT, rom Tqven giyvarT Cveni Zmiswuli.
me vupasuxe, _ rogorc yovelTvis, _ rom jer aravis aravin hyvarebia ise, rogorc me dora miyvars!
_ gulis Rrma grZnoba, _ ganagrZo mis laviniam, _ gulwrfeli, didi erTguleba ase advilad ar gamoixateba. igi moridebulia da morcxvi, uyvars damalva adamianis TvalTagan da mzad aris icados, didxans icados. wlebi swrafad mihqrian, sicocxle dasasrulisaken miiswrafis, grZnoba ki kvlav ganagrZobs zrdas CrdilSi. aseTia namdvili grZnoba.
rasakvirvelia, maSin ar vicodi, rom aq laparaki mister pikeris molurjo cxviris Sesaxeb iyo.
_ ymawvili xalxis warmavali grZnobebi, ase vTqvaT, qviSa aris SedarebiT zRvis piris sal kldesTan, _ ganagrZo mis laviniam. _ aq Znelia winaswar gadawyveta, Tu ramdenad SeiZleba mtkice iyos maTi siyvaruli da iqneba Tu ara igi xangrZlivi. ai amitom me da Cemi klarisa didxans vyoymanobdiT, rogor movqceuliyaviT am SemTxvevaSi, mister koperfild.
me jer ar mimeRo dadebiTi pasuxi an waxaliseba, magram ukve vgrZnobdi, rom aq CemTvis imedis Suqi elvarebda. bednieri garemoebiT gamxnevebulma, aRgznebuli sityvebiT davuwye mtkiceba, rom yvelaferze metad sicocxleSi dora miyvars, rom es icis yvela Cemma naTesavma da megobarma, am sityvebis dasadastureblad mivmarTe tredelss, da tredelsma gatacebiT daumtkica, rom jer ar arsebula iseTi Seyvarebuli, rogoric me var. misma mtkicebam, rogorc Canda, CemTvis sasargeblo sTabeWdileba moaxdina orive daze.
mis laviniam Sexeda lornetiT Cems werils, gadaabruna igi im mxareze, sadac xelismowera iyo da sadac, rogorc SevniSne, fanqriT SeniSvnebi iyo miwerili.
_ Cven vfiqrobT, mister tredels, _ uTxra man, _ erTgvari gamocdis win davayenoT es grZnoba. amJamad Cven ar viciT ra am grZnobis Sesaxeb da, maSasadame, ar SegviZlia vimsjeloT, ramdenad namdvilia an Semcdari igi. amitom veTanxmebiT mister koperfildis winadadebis erT muxls da gadavwyviteT, rom mas SeuZlia iaros Cvensas sadarbazod.
_ o, me arasodes ar daviviwyeb Tqvens sikeTes, _ SevZaxe da vigrZeni, Tu rogor momSorda mZime tvirTi mxrebidan.
_ saqmeTa amgvar viTarebaSi, _ ganagrZo mis laviniam, _ Cven ufleba gvaqvs, moviTxovoT mister koperfildisagan, rom man patiosani sityva mogvces, araviTari urTierToba ar iqonios Cvens ZmiswulTan Cvenda nebadaurTvelad.
me imwamsve miveci mtkice piroba, tredelsi mowmed moviyvane da neba miveci CaveTvale umsgavs da usindiso adamianad, Tuki gavbedavdi ramenairad damerRvia micemuli piroba.
_ SeCerdiT! _ miTxra mis lavniam da xeli aswia _ Tqvens mobrZanebamde Cven gadavwyviteT, martoni dagvetovebineT TxuTmeti wuTiT,
raTa dro gqonodaT, es piroba moisazroT. amitom, jentlmenebo, neba gviboZeT giaxloT.
tyuilad varwmunebdi, rom yovelgvari fiqri zedmetia: qalbatoni spenloebi Tavisaze idgnen. isini gavidnen oTaxidan da TxuTmeti wuTis Semdeg isev Semovidnen iseTive RirsebiT da darbaislobiT.
me isev miveci sityva, davmorCilebodi yvela maTgan dadebul pirobas. _ daia klarisa, _ uTxra mis laviniam, _ danarCeni ki Sengan aris
_ o, Cemo Zvirfaso, sayvarelo dora! axla ki marTlac Cemi xar, Cemi samudamod!
_ ah,! gaCumdi, RvTis gulisaTvis! gaCumdi! _ mipasuxa doram. _ rogor? gana Sen ar ginda, Cemi iyo, dora? _ rasakvirvelia, me Seni var, magram gana ar xedav, me ise SemeSinda! _ SegeSinda? risi, Cemo kargo? _ ai imisi! me ar miyvars igi. rad movida? _ vin, Cemo sicocxlev? _ eg Seni megobari, _ miTxra doram. _ ra esaqmeba? ueWvelia, igi
Zalian sulelia! ra unda yofiliyo ufro mSvenieri, vidre es bavSvuri gulubryviloba,
arsebaa qveyanaze. _ mere, rad ginda es saukeTeso arseba? gana umagisod ki ver
gavZlebT? _ kargi, Cemo kargo! Sen gaicnob mas ufro axlos da ise Segiyvardeba,
rom meti ar SeiZleba. male aq Cemi papidac mova. Sen isic Segiyvardeba. _ o, ara, geTayva, nu moiyvan aq! _ miTxra doram da gulze xelebi
miido vedrebis gamometyvelebiT. _ moiRe mowyaleba, nu moiyvan, dodi! _ daasrula Cemma patara mbrZanebelma da ase originalurad gadaakeTa Cemi saxeli daviTi.
rCeva-mtkiceba aq usargeblo iyo. vicinodi, vtkbebodi misi cqeriT, vxumrobdi da uzomod bednieri viyavi. mindoda meTxova misTvis, rom tredelsi gaecno, magram ra wamsac vaxsene misi saxeli, dora gaiqca da oTaxSi Caiketa. meti ra gza mqonda, marto gamovedi tredelsTan da Sinisaken gavwieT.
rasakvirvelia, maSinve vuambe papidas Cemi darbazobis yvela Sedegi. mas uxaroda Cemi bedniereba da dampirda, dauyovnebliv wasuliyo doras mamidebTan stumrad.
imave saRamos, im dros, rodesac agnesas werils vwerdi, papidam daiwyo siaruli yvela oTaxSi, iseTi daucxromeli gamalebiT, rom SemeSinda _ xom ar apirebs igi putniSi wasvlas uTenebliv-meTqi.
mZime lodi momeSva gulidan, rodesac papidaCemma da doras mamidebma erTmaneTi gaicnes, arc Tu Zalian axlos, magram arc ise Sors, rogorc mosalodneli iyo Tavidan.
mxolod erTi garemoeba mawuxebda, mas Semdegac, roca yvelaferi TiTqos sabednierod moewyo. saqme is iyo, rom TiTqos yvelam piri Sehkra da doras patara saTamaSosaviT eqceodnen. papida, romelsac dora TandaTan daumegobrda, eZaxda doras `patara yvavils~. mis laviniasTavis udides siamovneba Seadgenda doras Tmebis varcxna, misi tanisamosis wesrigSi moyvana da misi daZineba bavSviviT. rasac akeTebda mis lavinia, imasve, rogorc damyarebul wess, imeorebda mis klarisa. isini ise eqceodnen doras, rogorc dora eqceoda finia jips.
qviTini da Tan sul amas imeorebda: risTvis vapireb mis Txovnas, Tuki srulebiT ar miyvars igi.
amis pasuxad araferi damrCenoda, imis garda, rom damekocna misi namtiralevi Tvalebi da damerwmunebina aTiaTasjer, rom miyvars igi mTeli suliT da guliT. asec moviqceci.
aRtacebaSi movedi, rodesac male amis Semdeg Tavisi sakuTari surviliT mTxova meyidna misTvis samzareulo wigni, romelzedac uwin iyo laparaki, da mTxova meCvenebina, rogor unda ewarmoebina ojaxis angariSi.
magram male samzareulo wignisagan doras Tavi astkivda da cifrebma cremlebi mohgvara: `ra vqna? ricxvebs ar undaT mimateba~, _ miTxra doram da am mizeziT wasala yvela es saZageli cifri, raTa imave cxrilebze daexata Taiguli da Cemi da jipis miniaturuli portretebi.
maSin visargeble SabaTis seirnobiT da ramdenjerme vecade piradad gadameca dorasTvis rCeva ojaxis gaZRolis Sesaxeb. erTxel, magaliTad, Cven gaviareT sayasbos win da me vuTxari:
_ warmovidginoT, Cemo kargo, rom Cven jvari daviwereT da Sen waxvedi xorcis sayidlad sadilisTvis. ici, rogor unda iyido?
doram ifiqra erTi wuTi da Semdeg gamarjvebulis RimiliT miTxra: _ yasabma xom icis xorcis yidva, me raRac minda amis codna? ah, Se
sulelo biWuna! da isev vubrundebodiT gitaras, vxatavdiT yvavilebs, vcelqobdiT da
vmRerodiT. Tavi ocdamecxramete mabezRara agnesa da misi mama Camovidnen ori kviriT stumrad doqtor strongTan.
srulebiT ar gamkvirvebia, rodesac agnesam gamomicxada, rom davalebuli aqvs iSovos maT axlos Sesaferisi bina misis hipisaTvis. am moxucebuls nekresis qarebi gauZlierda da haeris gamocvla esaWiroeboda. ar gamkvirvebia, rodesac meore dRes uri hipma, rogorc morCilma da pativismcemelma Svilma, moiyvana Tavisi Rirseuli deda axal binaze.
me da uri hipma gaviseirneT doqtoris baRSi. _ xedavT, mister koperfild, _ miTxra uri hipma, _ Seyvarebuli xalxi
mudam cotaTi eWviania. Cven, magaliTad, Tvals ar vaSorebT sayvarel arsebas.
_ mere nikapi moifxana Tavisi dakrunCxuli xeliT. _ Tqven, rasakvirvelia, SeniSnavdiT, rom arasodes ar viyavi qalebis
motrfiale _ da yvelaze naklebad misis strongisa. ase ar aris? _ ra gindaT amiTi sTqvaT? _ vkiTxe me. _ rodesac viyavi firmis mokrZalebuli mosamsaxure Cemi axlandeli
amxanagis kantoraSi, es ledi medidurad micqeroda. igi mudam hpatiJebda Cems agnesas saxlSi da agnesas uxdeboda xolme misi gacileba. Tqven igi gansakuTrebiT kargad gepyrobodaT yovelTvis, master koperfild! magram me, ra saTqmelia, metad dabla videqi, rom mimepyro Cemsken am qalis yuradReba.
_ mere? _ vTqvi me. _ vTqvaT rom asea. _ ...da metad dabla videqi am qalis megobarTan SedarebiT, _
ganagrZobda uri Cafiqrebuli kiloTi. _ nuTu Tqven ggoniaT, uri, rom doqtor strongs axsovs Tqveni
arseboba, Tu Tqven TviTon ar eCvenebiT mas? _ oh, eg rogor SeiZleba, master koperfild! me vlaparakob ara
doqtor strongze!.. sabralo qmari! ara, ser! me vgulisxmob mister maldons!
me guli gamewura, yvela Cemi eWvi da SiSi gameRviZa am adamianis cqeriT da megona, rom uri hipi mzad iyo sabolood daengria doqtor strongis bedniereba da simSvide.
_ igi xom yvelaze zrdili qalia, mister koperfild, da amitom misTvis saTakiloa iseTi adamianisadmi yuradRebis miqceva, rogoric me var. es Cven viciT. mis xelSi agnesa SeiZleba Tavis droze mSvenier saTamaSod gadaiqces. magram me maqvs Tvalebi da pirdaRebuli ar vmjdarvar, rodesac fxizlad yofna iyo saWiro. Cven, dabal safexurze mdgomi xalxi, marTali rom vTqva, mudam fxizlad varT; es araferia, rom sxva aravin gvamCnevs.
me vcdilobdi, iseTi saxe mimeRo, TiTqos araferi mesmoda, magram uri hipis Tvalebi cxadad amtkicebdnen, rom xedavdnen Cems SeSfoTebas.
_ Cemi motyueba, marTali rom vTqva, Znelia, Zvirfaso koperfild, _ ganagrZo urim. _ miviReb yovelgvar, Cemgan damokidebul zomebs, rom bolo moeRos am Seuferebel megobrobas. me igi srulebiT ar momwons, master koperfild.
_ me ar mesmis Tqveni laparaki, uri. _ marTla? Tqven maocebT, master koperfild, _ mipasuxa man miseburi
RreWiT. _ rogor? Tqven ar gesmiT sul ubralo ram _ Tqveni gamWriaxi gonebiT? SemdegSi me vecdebi, ufro naTlad vilaparako. es vin rekavs alayafis karebTan? mgoni, mister maldonia! cxeniT mosula?
_ mgoni, is aris, _ vupasuxe me, ramdenadac ki SemeZlo, udardeli kiloTi da daveSure wasvlas.
daaxloebiT am laparakidan ori dRis Semdeg me waviyvane agnesa doras gasacnobad. me winaswarve gavafrTxile mis lavinia am stumrobis Sesaxeb. agnesas Caize mielodnen.
vamayobdi Cemi patara sacoleTi da amave dros meSinoda, rom agnesas iqneb ar Sehyvareboda igi.
doras eSinoda agnesasi, imitom eSinoda, rom agnesa, rogorc mas egona Cemi sityvebidan, `Zalian Wkviani~ iyo, magram Cemi bavSvobis megobris danaxvisTanave Cemi patara sacole darwmunda, rom araferi saSineli ar SeiZleboda yofiliyo am Cafiqrebul qalSi, romelic aRsavse iyo gulkeTilobiT, sinaziT da siyvaruliT, doram odnav Sehkivla da imwamsve yelze moexvia agnesas.
mis lavinia da mis klarisa Taviseburad monawileobas iRebdnen Cems sixarulSi. saRamo mSvenieri iyo. mis lavinia gviyurebda alersianad, keTili TvalebiT, TiTqos misi mowyobili yofiliyo Cveni bednieri siyvaruli. erTi sityviT, yvelani mxiarulad viyaviT da erTmaneTiT kmayofilni.
agnesas alersianma da momxiblavma ubraloebam gaacocxla am qalis guli. man uaxloesi monawileoba miiRo yevlaferSi, rac ki ainteresebda doras, da imwamsve gaicno jipi. romelmac dauyovnebliv, sixarulis gamosaxatavad, kudis qneva daiwyo da xtoma morTo mis garSemo.
_ rogor mixaria! _ uTxra agnesas doram Cais Semdeg. _ srulebiT ar movelodi, rom SegiyvardebodiT; me ki ise mWirdeba megobari axla, rodesac aRar aris CemTan julia milsi.
saRamom swrafad gairbina, da bolos dadga dro, rodesac diliJansi unda mosuliyo Cvens wasayvanad. martoka videqi buxarTan Cafiqrebuli, rodesac dora momepara gamosaTxoveblad.
_ rogor ggonia, dodi? _ miTxra da Tan udardelad aTamaSebda Cemi frakis erT-erT Rils, _ me xom gacilebiT ufro Wkviani viqnebodi, winaTve rom davmegobrebodi agnesas? ara, dodi?
_ ra sisuleles laparakob, Cemo kargo, _ vupasuxe me. _ Sen ggonia, rom es sisulelea? _ mipasuxa diram da ar Semouxedavs
CemTvis. _ darwmunebuli xar magaSi? _ rasakvirvelia, darwmunebuli var. _ me damaviwyda, dodi, ra naTesavia Seni agnesa? _ Cvens Soris ar aris namdvili naTesaoba, _ vupasuxe me, _ magram
erTad vizrdebodiT da-ZmasaviT.
_ maS rogor moxda, rom Segiyvardi? _ Zalian ubralod, Seni naxva da arSeyvareba SeuZlebeli iyo. _ maS, rom ar genaxe? _ maS, me da Sen sul rom ar davbadebuliyaviT? _ vupasuxe mxiaruli
kiloTi. ver mivxvdi, raze fiqrobda Cemi dora. igi ganagrZobda buxarTan
dgomas; xmaamouReblad vtkbebodi misi nazi xelis cqeriT, romelic Cemi frakis Rilebs aTamaSebda, misi mSvenieri kululebiT, romelic dafeniliyo Cems mkerdze, da wamwamebiT misi daxrili Tvalebisa, romelnic Cafiqrebuli ucqerodnen misi pawawina TiTebis moZraobas. bolos Semomxeda saxeSi, dadga fexis TiTebze, makoca araCveulebrivi sinaziT da oTaxidan gavida.
daaxloebiT xuTi wuTis Semdeg mTeli Cveni patara sazogadoeba dabrunda sastumroSi da doras araCveulebrivi Cafiqreba erT wuTSi gahqra. igi dapirda agnesas werilebis weras, im pirobiT, Tu agnesa ar miaqcevs yuradRebas imas, rom misi werilebi mosulelo iqneboda. agnesac dapirda weras.
arasodes, arasodes ar myvarebia dora ise nazad da Rrmad, rogorc im saRamos!
rodesac varskvlavebiT moWedili cis Suqze vuaxlovdebodiT doqtor strongis saxls, me vuTxari agnesas, rom mTeli Cemi bedniereba misi saqmea.
_ da rodesac Tqven dajdebiiT mis gverdiT, _ ganvagrZe me, _ momeCvena, rom iseTive mfarveli angelozi xarT misTvis, rogorc CemTvis. sxvafriv verc ki warmomidgenixarT, agnesa!
_ da Tqven ara gagigiaT-ra axali... meSinia, ar gewyinoT, agnesa, magram es sakiTxi metismetad mawuxebs... Tqven ara gagigiaT-ra imis Sesaxeb, razedac Cven vlaparakobdiT ukanasknelad?
_ ara. rac SeiZleba naklebad ifiqreT amaze, trotvud, Cemi gulisTvis nu SewuxdebiT, _ daumata man xanmokle siCumis Semdeg. _ arasodes ar gadavdgam im nabijs, romlisac Tqven geSiniaT.
_ nu iwuxebT Cvens javrsa da varamze, _ miTxra agnesam da xeli gamomiwoda. _ SemiZlia bednieri viyo mxolod Tqveni bednierebiT, trotvud, da Tu damWirdeba sxvisi Svela, mogmarTvaT mxolod Tqven da _ da sxvas aravis.
rodesac agnesa saxlSi Sevida, me davinaxe sinaTle doqtor strongis kabinetSi da Sevedi, rom Rame mSvidobisa mesurva misTvis.
me Sevxede, magram ar miTqvams arc erTi sityva. Semdeg mivedi Cems maswavlebelTan da wavibutbute raRac uazro sityvebi. amiT vfiqrobdi mis damSvidebasa da nugeSiscemas. man alersianad damado xeli mxarze, magram Tavi ar auRia.
_ vinaidan maSin ver mixvdiT Cems laparaks, master koperfils, _ daiwyo isev uri hipma, _ nebas mivcem Cems Tavs mogaxsenoT, rom me mivaqcie doqtori strongis yuradReba misis strongis zogierT moqmedebas. ai, swored es mindoda meTqva, ser, Tqven ki amas ver mixvdiT. Tqveni Semosvlis win, ser, es aris axla, mivmarTe Cemi firmis amxanags am sityvebis dasadastureblad, radgan Cven, ase vTqvaT, yvelani varT amaSi gareuli. dae mister vikfildma, patiosnebisa da sindisis winaSe, sTqvas gadaWriT _ eTanxmeba Tu ara igi Cems sityvebs. aba, mister vikfild! gTxovT, daurideblad sTqvaT. ho, Tu ara?
_ mudam da yovelTvis mxolod erTi TvalsazrisiT vucqerodi yvelafers, _ Tqva mister vikfildma mTrTolvare xmiT, _ da amitom, Zvirfaso doqtor, nu miaqcevT did yuradRebas Cems maSindel azrs, ueWvelia, Semcdars da usamarTlos. sxla iZulebuli var gamovtyde, radgan ar aris CemTvis sxva gamosavali...
_ me ki ar vici! sadRaa gamosavali, mister vikfild, _ SeniSna urim. _ Tavis daRweva Znelia, ser, rodesac yvelani gaverieniT am saqmeSi.
mister vikfildma uimedod Sexeda Tavis amxanags da ganagrZo: _ diax, iyo marTlac dro, rodesac meCveneboda, rom es mSvenieri
ledi ar asrulebs Tavis movaleobas Tqvendami, ai ratom vcdilobdi Semewyvita, SeZlebisdagvarad, mtkice kavSiri agnesasa da mis strongs Soris. magram arasodes ar miTqvams amis Sesaxeb arc erTi sityva. arasodes arc ki mifiqria, rom es icis vinmem. TqvenTvis, ueWvelia, Znelia amis mosmena, _ daamTavra ubedurma mister vikfildma, _ magram Tqven rom icodeT, ra Znelia CemTvis amisi Tqma, SemibralebdiT, Zvirfaso doqtoro!
uri hipma raRac waisisina, ueWvelia, TanagrZnobis niSnad. _ me rom ar viyo amqveynad, _ ganagrZo doqtorma, _ Zvirfasi ani
arasodes ar gaxdeboda am gakicxvis sagani. jentlmenebo! metad
moxucebuli var, rogorc Tqvenc iciT, da axla ufro, vidre odesme, vgrZnob, rom didi xnis sicocxle ar damrCenia, magram am sicocxliT vageb pasuxs im umwikvlo ledis patiosnebisaTvis, romelic amjamad Cveni saubris sagans Seadgenda.
doqtorma strongma saocari RirsebiT warmosTqva es sityvebi. mudam makvirvebda is araCveulebrivi saTnoeba, romelsac iCenda doqtori strongi Tavisi ymawvili colisadmi; magram pativiscemam da sinazem, romelic man axla gamoxata yoveli Tavisi sityvebiT, da im mokrZalebam, romliTac igi cdilobda, aeSorebina misTvis yovelgvari eWvi, _ yovelive aman ufro aamaRla igi Cems TvalebSi.
_ me SevirTe colad es ledi, rodesac igi sul ymawvili iyo. aviyvane igi Cemi pasuxismgeblobis qveS, rodesac mis xasiaTs ar hqonda jer kidev miRebuli garkveuli mimarTueba.kargad vicnobdi mis mamas; kargad vicnbodi mas; vaswavlidi yvelafers, rac ki SeeZlo, da mudam gancvifrebaSi movyavdi am mSvenieri da mdidari pirovnebis marTal Tvisebebs. Tu usamarTlod moveqeci (albaT es asea, Tumca, saubedurod, es ar momsvlia TavSi), rodesac neba miveci Cems Tavs egoisturad mesargebla imisi madlobiT, suliT da guliT vTxov patiebas am ledis.
man gaiara oTaxSi da, rodesac dabrunda Zvel alagze, Cahkida mTrTolvare xelebi savarZlis zurgs.
_ Cemi cxovreba masTan bednieri iyo am saRramomde. mudam vlocavdi im dRes, erodsac aseTi usamarTloba cavidine da Cems colad gavxade igi. vacxadeb, jentlmenebo, rom araviTari eWvis odnavi Crdilic ki ar unda ixsenebodes Cemi colis saxelTan erTad.
misi Tvalebi aRfrTovanebiT aenTo da xma ganumtkicda. _ amrigad, pirvelad gavige axla, ra iyo am ledis ubedurebis mizezi.
vecdebi, avitano es da davemorCilo beds. ra maqvs masTan sasayveduro: es ufleba mas, mxolod mas erTs ekuTvnis. amis Semdeg Cemi mTavari da upirvelesi movaleobaa _ davifaro igi usamarTlo miTqma-moTqmis yovelgvari sababisagan, romlisgan, rogorc vxedav, Tavisufalni ar arian TviT Cemi saukeTeso megobrebic ki. rac ufro ganmartoebiT vicxovreb, miT ufro advili iqneba CemTvis am movaleobis asruleba. da rodesac dadgeba dro _ dae, dae adre dadges igi! _ rodesac Cemi sikvdili gaaTavisuflebs mas arabunebrivi Zaldatanebisagan, davxuWav Tvalebs misi patiosani saxis win uzomo ndobiT da siyvaruliT da davlocav mas usinanulod da uwyenad _ datkbes mSvidad ubednieresi cxovrebiT.
me ver vxedavdi mas, radgan Tvalebi cremlebiT amevso. man fexi gadadga karebisaken da daumata:
mister vikfildi daeSura, mieSvelebina Tavisi xeli da isini mZime nabijiT gavidnen oTaxidan. maT miacilebda uri hipis xarbi Tvalebi.
_ rogor mogwonT, master koperfild! _ sTqva urim da mommarTa. _ saqmem xom, Zveli pedagogis meoxebiT, srulebiT is mimarTuleba ar miiRo, romelic mosalodneli iyo! SesaniSnavi adamiania! brmaa, rogorc Txunela. yovel SemTxvevaSi, safiqrebelia, rom es ojaxi gadauxvevs axla Tavisi Zveli kalapotidan.
Cven pirispir videqiT da davinaxe mis saxeze faruli aRtacebis gamometyveleba. misi cqera autaneli gaxda CemTvis. misi gamxari loya
TiTqos silas Txoulobda. da gavartyi saxeSi iseTi ZaliT, rom xeli metkina, TiTqos damewvao.
man mtaca xeli am xelSi da ase gakavebulebi vucqerodiT erTmaneTs TvalebSi. ase videqiT ramdenime wuTis ganmavlobaSi, da es dro saocrad didi meCvena. Cemi TiTebis TeTri kvali TandaTan gaqra misi saxidan.
axla dagimtkiceT es. ar meSinia Tqveni sazizRari azrebis arc Cemsa da arc sxvaTa mimarT.
igi Zalian kargad mixvda, visac vgulisxmobdi da ra garemoebaTa gamo vikavebdi Tavs am adamianTan pirdapiri laparakisa da axsnisagan. SesaZlebelia, Semekavebina Tavi gartymisa da Seuracxyofisagan, agnesas rom ar davemSvidebine im saRamos gadaWrili pasuxiT.
isev xangrZlivi siCume Camovarda. _ koperfild! _ miTxra man da moiSora xeli saxidan. _ Tqven mudam
axla unda mivmarTo sxva garemoebas, vidre am Tavs davamTavrebde. mTeli im xnis ganamvlobaSi, sanam doqtorTan stumrad iyvnen misis kenterbereli megobrebi, vamCnevdi, rom fostalions yovel dilas mohqonda xolme ori an sami werili uri hipis saxelze. werilebis misamarTi dawerili iyo mister mikoberis xeliT. aqedan is unda dagveskvna, rom kenterberiSi yvelaferi wesze da rigzea, da rom mister mikoberi SeeCvia Tavis keTilSobil iuridiul saqmeebs da janmrTelad da bednierad sufevs. amitom Zalian mewyina da gamikvirda, rodesac miviRe misi meuRlisagan Semdegi werili:
zafxulis mzis Suqze, mwvane napirebs Sua, sadac kviraobiT me da dora vseirnobT, magram, ai, daubera Semodgomis qarma, aaboboqra talRebi da ufro swrafad, vidre odesme, gaeSura mdinare zRvisken. kidev cota xani _ da mdinare didi xniT daimala yinulis sqeli kanis qveS.
magram araviTari cvlileba ar momxdara im patara saxlSi, sadac ori iadoni _ debi cxovrobdnen. Seuwyvetliv wikwikebs saaTi buxris Tavze da barometri wynarad hkidia sastumroSi, sul erTsa da imave adgilas.
me mivaRwie srulwlovanebas. ocdaerTi wlis var. dro yvelas ajildoebs amiT; magram vnaxoT, risi gakeTeba movaswari am xnis ganmavlobaSi.
tredelsis rCeviT Silingad da eqvs pensad viyide ganTqmuli wigni, romelSic dawvrilebiT iyo dalagebuli yvela wesi da kanoni stenografiis saocari xelovnebisa, da imwamsve Caviyuryumelave yvela am ucnauri xrikebis zRvaSi, romelTac ramdenime kviris manZilze kinaRam ar gamagiJes. axirebuli cvalebadoba wertilebisa, romelnic ama da am mdgomareobaSi ama da am sagans aRniSnaven, maSin rodesac meore mdgomareobaSi, ramdenadme Secvlili, niSnaven ama da amas, srulebiT sawinaaRmdego ideas; cnebaTa saocari xlarTebi, gamosaxuli naxevari rgolebiT; auracxeli Sedegebi, gamomdinare sxvadasxvanairi niSnebidan, romelnic buzis fexebs hgavdnen; saSineli moqmedeba moxrilisa, daxrilisa, gadaxrilisa da gadmoxrilisa, CaniSnulebisa ualago alagas, _ yovelive es gunebas miSlida ar amarto dRis ganmavlobaSi, aramed Ramec sizmrebs miSxamavda. rodesac, bolos, rogorc iyo, xelebis faTuriT gaviare yvela es winaswari siZnele da daveufle stenografiul anbans, romelic TavisTavad ukve warmoadgenda Zveli egvipturi sakerpo taZris msgavs raRacas, amis Semdeg Tvaluwvdenel perspeqtivaSi gadaiSala Cems Tvalwin axali saSinelebani, romelTac ewodebodaT pirobiTi emblemebi, moklebulni yovelgvar gonivrul mniSvnelobas da logikur azrs. am emblemebis mixedviT umowyalo saxelmZRvanelo brZanebda, magaliTad, rom uazro figura, ablabudas msgavsi, niSnavda molodins, maSin rodesac SuSxunasmagvari najRabni niSnavda zedSesruls: es iyo labirinTi uaRresad despotur saxeebisa; da rodesac vitenidi TavSi am maxinjebs, gulis kankaliT vamCnevdi, rom am dros Cemi Tavidan hqreboda sxva niSnebi, ase rom, iZulebuli vxdebodi, xelaxla damewyo da isev xelaxla dameviwya. roca vagrovebdi emblemebs, vkravdi egreT wodebul xasiaTebs da piruku, erTsa da meore SemTxvevaSic Tavi miWeqavda da guli gaskdomaze mqonda.
da gamoskdeboda kidec, Tu ara dora, romelic CemTvis imedisa da xsnis Ruza iyo am aboboqrebul zRvaze. yoveli nafxaWni saxelmZRvaneloSi meCveneboda moudrekel muxad siZneleTa gauval tyeSi, da yoveli najRabni _ fexismosatex qvad am gauval gzaze. magram mainc win mivdiodi; vCexavdi da vkafavdi Zirianad xes xeze iseTi warmatebiT da gamarjvebiT, rom male Cem gzaze ar darCa arc erTi jirki. daaxloebiT oTxi Tvis Semdeg ukve SemeZlo gamomecada Cemi Tavi doqtorTa kolegiis erT-erT WaxWaxa oratorze. nuTu damaviwydeba odesme sazareli wuTi, rodesac am WaxWaxa oratorma mousva da gamiswro Tvaluwvdenel manZilze, vidre weras Sevudgebodi. Cemma sustma fanqarma daiwyo xtoma qaRaldze, rogorc Tavretdasxmulma, da darcxvenilma uari vTqvi Cems pirvel cdaze.
cxadad davinaxe, rom ase ar vargoda. metismetad maRla avfrindi da safrTxe meloda, rom Camovvardebodi da mTlad daviCexebodi. ra meqna? tredelss mivmarTe rCevisaTvis, tredelsma Tavisi araCveulebrivi gulkeTilobiT ikisra ekarnaxa CemTvis oratorebis sityvebi, auCqareblad, saTanado daskvnebiTa da pauzebiT, rogorc amas moiTxovda Cemi stenografiuli sisuste. sixaruliT miviRe es megobruli winadadeba da amis Semdeg TiTqmis yovelRames, rodesac vbrundebodi doqtor
Cven gadavsaxldiT bukingebis sasaxlidan mSvenier patara kotejSi, londonis midamoSi. papidas ar unda CemTan erTad cxovreba. man airCia TavisTvis Cems axlos pawawina saxli. ras niSnavs es yvelaferi? Cems colis SerTvas xom ara? diax!
diax! me virTav doras! mis laviniam da mis klarisam gamoacxades bolos TavianTi Tanxmoba.
dRes me da tredelsi mivediT doqtorTa klegiaSi. orives aRelvebuli saxeebi gvaqvs. raSia saqme? Cemi bavSvuri ocneba ganxorcielda. me viReb licenzias kanonier SeuRlebisaTvis.
_ imedi maqvs, Zvirfaso megobaro, rom meore jerze ukve Sen moxval doqtorTa kolegiaSi imave saWiroebisaTvis, ramac dRes me momiyvana aq, _ vuTxari tredelss. _ da imedi maqvs, rom es Zalian male moxdeba.
_ gmadlob keTili survilisaTvis, Zvirfaso koperfild, _ mipasuxa tredelsma, _ me TviTonac imedi maqvs, rom es male moxdeba. didi bednierebaa, rodesac ici, rom is Tanaxmaa gelodos, ra dromdisac ginda.
_ rodis unda waxvide diliJansebis kantoraSi mis dasaxvedrad? _ vekiTxebi me.
_ Svid saaTze, _ mipasuxa tredelsma, _ mis vikfildic xom am dros unda movides?
ai ukve mivdivar Ria etliT da sibraluliT vucqeri sacodav xalxs, romelsac ara aqvs saSualeba monawiloba miiRos Cems qorwilSi, hgvis duqnebs da midis sayoveldReo samuSaoze.
yvelaferi danarCeni sizmaria, uTavolo, gaurkveveli. me vxedav am sizmrisebur CvenebaSi, rogor Semodis dora Tavisi
amaliT, rogor gvayenebs sakurTxevlis win eklesiis daraji qali. da melandeba, TiTqos bolos modis pastori. iwyeba jvrisweris wesi,
sazeimod ismis pastoris xma da Cven yvelani didi yuradRebiT vusmenT. meCveneba, TiTqos mis lavinia, romelic patarZlis megobarTa Soris
imyofeba, pirveli iwyebs xmamaRla tirils da amgvarad igonebs dauviwyar mister pikers, misi lurji cxviriT. mis klarisa spirtsa sunavs; agnesa doras uvlis; papida warmoadgens Seuryeveli simtkicis nimuSs, Tumca cremlebi Camosdis orive loyaze; pawawa dora Cveulebriv aZlevs pasuxs pastors.
da vxedav, isev sizmarSi, rogor mimyavs xelixelgayrili Cemi pawawa coli auarebel xalxSi, rogor vambob raRac sityvas, magram ras, _ aravin icis da yvelaze naklebad TviTn me. yvelani Tavs bednierad da kmayofilad grZnoben, _ jipic ki, romelsac misces saqorwino namcxvris naWeri.
dgeba gadamWreli wuTi, me da dora mivdivarT erTad, xelixelCakidebulebi, magram dora Cerdeba, ukan ixedeba da iZaxis xmamaRali tiriliT:
_ Tu vawyenine vismes, daiviwyeT! da, ai, vxedav, TiTqos, bolos, gamovdivarT oTaxidan; igi erTxel
kidev dgeba, ixedeba, miiswrafis agnesasken, moexveva mas da hkocnis, radgan agnesa yvelaze Zalian uyvars.
safosto cxenebi daiZrnen adgilidan. Cven mivdivarT da vfxizldebi Zilisagan. es ki sicxadea: ai, gverdiT mizis Cemi patara coli, romelic suliTa da guliT miyvars.
_ bednieri xar axla, Cemo sulelo biWuna? _ mekiTxeba dora. _ darwmunebuli xar, rom ar inaneb?
im dReTa aCrdilebma gaiqroles Cems win burusian warsulSi da me ganvagrZob Cemi cxovrebis ambavs.
Tavi ormocdameerTe Cveni ojaxi gaTavda qorwili, patarZlis megobrebi wavid-wamovidnen. me da dora
martoni davrCiT Cvens patara saxlSi. ai Cven orni varT da sxvas aravis aRar ekiTxeba Cveni saqme, radgan
Cveni sicocxlis romani dasrulda. aRaravis vewonebiT... ese igi, axla mxolod erTmaneTs unda movewonoT, sxvas aravis, mTeli Cveni sicocxlis ganmavlobaSi.
rodesac zogjer karga dagvianebiT vbrundebodi parlamentis sxdomis Semdeg, metad ucnaurad meCveneboda xolme, rom saxlSi dora momeloda. ai me vaxSams mivujeqi da dora fexakrefiT moipareba CemTan salaparakod, _ ra SeiZleba iyos amaze sakvirveli?
rogorc wesia, Cven moaxlec gvyavda. mTeli saxli mas ebara. saSineli dro gamoviareT am meri-anas xelSi:
_ yuri damigde, dora, nu bavSvob. Sen ueWvelia, gaxsovs, rom guSin sadilidan avdeqi da guSinwin avadac ki gavxdi, radgan iZulebuli viyavi, meWama xbos umi xorci. dRes ki srulebiT ar vsadilob. isic ici, rogori CaiT gagvimaspinZlda dRes meri-ana. arc ki Seiwuxa Tavi, rom wyali aeduRebina. azrad ar maqvs gisayveduro, Cemo kargo, magram dameTanxme, rom es araa komfortabeluri.
_ ah, Se gulqva, gulqva, sastiko biWo! _ SesZaxa doram. _ me meubneba, rom cudi coli var!
_ Sen ici, genacvale, rom es arasodes ar miTqvams. _ Sen sTqvi, rom komfortabeluri ara var. _ srulebiT ara, me vTqvi, rom Cvens ojaxSi ar aris komforti. _ gana es erTi da igive ar aris? _ SesZaxa doram. doras patara gulma sagrZnobi Wriloba miiRo, igi verasgziT veRar
davamSvide, misi tirili da qviTini iseTi Rrma sevdiT iyo savse, TiTqos usaSinlesi wyena mivayene. saCqarod gavedi saxlidan. mTeli im xnis ganmavlobaSi, vidre saxlSi davbrundebodi, sindisi saSinlad mtanjavda da Cems Tavs vTvlidi borotmoqmedad, romelmac Seiwira umanko msxverpli.
ukve Ramis ori Tu sami saaTi iyo, rodesac saxlSi davbrundi. sastumro oTaxSi papida ijda da meloda.
_ xom araferi moxda, papida? _ vkiTxe uneburi TrTolviT.
_ araferi, trot! _ mipasuxa papidam wynari kiloTi. _ dajeqi, Cemo kargo, dajeqi. patara yvavili gunebaze ar iyo am saRamos da mindoda, cotaTi gamemxiarulebina. meti araferi.
_ Tqven ver warmodigenT, papida, rogor vitanjebodi mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi, rodesac doras mdgomarebaze vfiqrobdi, _ vuTxari me. _ magram azradac ar momsvlia misi Seuracxyofa. mindoda mxolod megobrulad da gulaxdilad movlaparakebodi Cvens Sinaurs saqmeebze.
papidam Tavi damiqnia Tanxmobis niSnad. _ Sen cota meti moTmineba unda iqonio, trot, _ miTxra man. _ saqme
imaSia, rom patara yvavili metad nazi yvavilia, rogorc ici, da qaris odnavi qrolva misTvis sagrZnobi xdeba.
gunebaSi madloba gadavuxade papidas aseTi sinazisTvis Cemi colisadmi, da man waikiTxa es madloba Cems TvalebSi.
_ rogor ggoniaT, papida, _ vuTTxari me da Tan buxarSi viyurebodi, _ Tqven rom drodadro urCioT xolme doras... Cveni saerTo sikeTisaTvis...
_ trot, _ mipasuxa papidam erTgvari aRlvebiT, _ ara, nu mTxov magas! Sen jer bavSvi xar, trot... diax, Cemo kargo! _ ganagrZo papidam. _ me rom Caverio Tqven saqmeebSi, vin icis, rogori ganxeTqileba moxdes Tqvens Soris da rogor daitanjeba amisgan patara yvavili. amaze laparakic metia. me minda, mas vuyvarde da mudam mxiaruli iyos, rogorc pepela. moigone meore col-qmroba Sens mSobliur saxlSi da nuRar mimarTav nurc mas, nurc me im SeniSvnebiT, rasac axla gulisxmobdi.
_ dro jer bevria win, trot, Tqveni cxovreba mxolod axla iwyeba, _ ganagrZo papidam. _ Seni arCevani Tavisufali iyo (kaeSnis Rrublebma, rogorc meCvena, erTi wuTiT daCrdila misi saxe) da Sen amoirCie lamazi, mosiyvarule, nazi arseba. Seni valia da, amasTan, sasiamovno movaleobac, pativi sce da daafaso is Rirsebani, romelic masSi hpove, da ara isini, romelic mas jer ar aqvs. Tumca yovelive es TvTonac ici da srulebiT ar vapireb gakveTilis kiTxvas, magram gaxsovdes, Cemo kargo, rom mTeli Tqveni momavali mxolod da mxolod Tqvens xelT aris da Tqvenze aris damokidebuli. aravis sxvas ar SeuZlia Tqveni Svela. ecadeT, TviTon moawyoT Tqveni bedi. amaSia colqmroba, Cemo kargo trot! Tqven axla iseT mdgomareobaSi xarT, rogorc ori bavSvi tyeSi.
da am sityvebiT, romelic mxiaruli kiloTi iyo warmoTqmuli, papidam nazad makoca, rom amrigad mtkiced eqcia Tavisi survili.
rodesac marto davrCi, dora gamovida CemTan Tavisi patara qoSebiT. igi qviTiniT gadamexvia da miTxra, rom sastikad moviqeci da rom isic, Tavis mxriv, ganebivrebuli da zviadi bavSvia. SevrigdiT da gadavwyviteT, rom es pirveli usiamovneba ukanasknelic iqneboda Cvens cxovrebaSi.
im angariSis mixedviT, romelsac warmogvidgenda xolme mewvrilmane-vaWari, SeiZleboda efiqra adamians, rom Cven SemoviReT eqscentriuli Cveuleba _ erbo mogvesva iatakze mTel qveda sarTulSi, imdens vxmarobdiT Turme am sanovages. imxanad ar momixda oficialuri
angariSebis wakiTxva, romelsac adens Sinagan gadasaxadTa departamenti, da ar vici, ra zomamde aiwia maSin moTxovnilebam pilpilze, magram Tu Cvenma moTxovnilebam cxadi gavlena moaxdina pilpiliT vaWrobaze, es imas niSnavs, rom mravalma ojaxma srulebiT uari sTqva pilpilis xmarebaze; da yvelaze sakviveli aq is garemoeba iyo, rom arasodes ar minaxavs es masala Cems saxlSi an Cems sufraze.
pirveli Cveni Sinauri wveuleba iyo patara sadili tredelsis pativsacemad. rodesac sufraze davsxediT, zalian mindoda, CvenTvis adgili yofiliyo. ar vici rogor gamodioda es, magram Cven mudam adgili ar gvyofnida, miuxedavad imisa, rom mxolod orni vcxovrobdiT. es, rogorc safiqrebelia, imitom xdeboda, rom arc erTi nivTi ar idga Cvens saxlSi Tavis adgilas.
aranaklebad vnatrobdi, rom jips erTxel da samudamod akrZaluli hqonoda sufraze seirnoba sadilobis dros. ukve marto misi magidaze yofna arRvevda surfis erTgvar wesierebas. am SemTxvevaSi, rogorc Canda, darwmunebuli iyo, rom mas evaleboda tredelsis SeSineba. uyefda Cems Zvel megobars da yovel wamSi ieriSi mihqonda mis TefSze iseTi daucxromeli sijiutiT, rom mTeli ufleba laparakisa sadilis dros mxolod mas darCa.
da miuxedavad yovelive amisa, araviTari SeniSvna ar gamikeTebia, radgan vicodi doras mgrZnobiare gulis ambavi, romelic mzad iyo sasowarkveTilebamde misuliyo sayvareli finias uflebaTa odnavi Selaxvis gamo. amgvarive mosazrebiT araferi miTqvams im arevdarevis Sesaxeb, romelic sufraze sufevda da romlis mizeziT TefSebi iatakze eyara. sadilis WurWeli magidaze idga, magram idga mTvraliviT da adamians SeiZleboda efiqra, rom yvelas es boTli da SuSa momduravad arian erTmaneTTano. tredelss am dros mTlad miyrili hqonda win Wiqebi da TefSebi, TiTqos gadavwyviteT misi alyis Semortyma. rodesac moitanes cxvris fexi, romelic me unda dameWra, gaocebiT davekiTxe Cems Tavs, rad iRebs yovelnairi xorci Cvens saxlSi aseT ucnaur saxes, da nuTu yasabma gardauval wesad daadgina, moeca CemTvis es yvelaze maxinji cxvari, romelic ki britaneTis bazarze moipoveba-meTqi.
Cven vWamdiT cxvris xorcs... ese igi, cxvris xorcis im nawils, romelic vargoda saWmelad. Tumca tredelsi, CvenTvis rom esiamovnebina, mzad iyo velurad gadaqceuliyo da eWama gaurCevlad umi xorci, magra srulebiT ar mindoda, rom mas aseTi msxverpli moetana megobrobis samsxverploze. sabednierod, sakuWnaoSi inaxeboda lori da amiTi gavumaspinZldi Cems megobars.
Cemi patara coli saSinel SiSSi iyo, rom gavujavrdebodi, magram miT ufro didi iyo misi sixaruli, rodesac dainaxa, rom ar vapirebdi gajavrebas. wuTierma wyenam, romelic moaxdina uweso sadilma, swrafad gaiara da Zalian sasiamovno saRamo gavatareT.
rodesac tredelsi wavida da misi gacilebis Semdeg sastumro oTaxSi davbrundi, doram moswia Cemsken skami da gverdze damijda.
_ me naRvlianad var, _ miTxra man. _ xom ar ginda maswavlo, dodi? _ me jer TviTon unda viswavlo, radgan iseTive gamoucdeli var,
rogorc Sen, dora.
_ ki, magram Sen SegiZlia iswavlo, dodi, radgan Sen Wkviani xar, Zalian Wkviani!
_ me srulebiT ar minda, sulelo biWuna, rom es saxeli Sen miwodo doras magivrad, srulebiTac ara! me mxolod minda, rom Sen amgvarad ifiqro Cems Sesaxeb. Tu Sen azrad geqneba _ me gamijavrde, winaswar uTxari Sens Tavs: `es xom Cemi pawawina colia!~ Tu me momewyineba xolme, Sen isev sTqvi: `me didi xania vicodi, ras unda movelode amisTana pawawina colisagan~. Tu Sen ver ipovi CemSi yvela im Tvisebas, romelic, rogorc mgonia, me arasodes ar meqneba, Sen ifiqre cotaTi da sTqvi: `mainc Cems sulel pawawina cols Zalian vuyvarvar!~ imitom rom, marTlac Zalian miyvarxar, dodi!
doras am momarTvam udidesi STabeWdileba moaxdina Cemze. dae misi mSvenieri, umanko saxe gamovides warsulis wyvdiadidan da dae isev momapyros Tavisi mSvenieri Tvalebi; vacxadeb, rom es patara sityva mudam cocxlobda Cems mexsierebaSi, SesaZlebelia, ver gavakeTe yvelaferi, rac saWiro iyo, radgan TviTonac ymawvili da gamoucdeli viyavi, magram arasodes ar davrCenilvar uyuradRebod am ubralo da sada Txovnisadmi.
wlovanebiT TviTonac ymawvili-qmari viyavi. Tu bevr SemTxvevaSi Secdomas Cavdiodi, Cemi Secdomis niadagi iyo cudad gagebuli siyvaruli da cxovrebis gamoucdeloba.
amrigad, me mxolod Cems Tavze aviRe mTeli simZime da Sroma ojaxuri cxovrebisa da ar myavda amxanagi Cems sakuTar saxlSi. Cven mouwyoblad vcxovrobdiT, magram ukve SeveCvie am Sinaur uwesobas da Zalian moxaruli viyavi, rom dora aRar naRvlobda... igi uwindeburad mxiaruli da celqi iyo, rogorc bavSvi, nazad vuyvardi da sruls bednierebas poulobda bavSvur garTobaSi.
rodesac parlamentis TaTbiri Zalian gagrZeldeboda da gvian vbrundebodi saxlSi, dora yovelTvis gamodioda Cems dasaxvedrad, rogorc ki gaismoda talanSi Cemi fexis xma. uCemod Cemi pawawina coli arasodes ar wveboda. Tu ar iyo stenografiuli samuSao, romelic aseT saSinel Sromad da moTminebad miRirda, Cveulebrivad literaturul muSaobas veweoda; dora mudam ijda Cems pirdapir, utyvi, rogorc Tevzi. zogjer meCveneboda, rom mas daeZina, magram yovelTvis, rogorc ki Tavs aviRebdi, misi cisferi Tvalebi momanaTebda dakvirvebuli da wynari yuradRebiT.
_ ah, rogori dauRalavi biWuna xar! _ miTxra doram erTxel RamiT, rodesac ujras vketavdi da mis Tvalebs Sevxvdi.
_ rogori dauRalavi gogona! _ vuTxari me. _ es ufro swori iqneba. meorec, Cemo suliko, girCev, waxvide xolme da daiZino. nuRar damiwyeb lodins. es metismetad gviania SenTvis.
_ o, ara, nu damiTxov, dodi! _ mevedreboda Cemi pawawina coli da Tan mekvroda. _ Zalian gTxov, nu damiTxov!
_ dora! Cemda gasocrad, man qviTini daiwyo Cems mkerdze. _ Sen uqeifod xar, Cemo kargo? ubeduri xar? _ ara, dodi! me srulebiT janmrTelad var da Zalian bednieric,
oRond Sen, geTayva, momeci neba _ vijde Sens kabinetSi da giyuro, rdesac wer.
_ ra sanaxaobaa es Seni JuJuna, naTeli TvalebisaTvis am SuaRames? _ gana Cemi Tvalebi JuJunaa? _ mipasuxa doram mxiaruli siciliT. _ me
ise mixaria, rom JuJunaa! Tu Sen Cemi Tvalebi marTlac lamazad migaCnia, dodi, maSin neba momeci, mudam vijde da giyuro, rogor wer. marTla lamazad sTvli Cems Tvalebs?
_ mSvenierebaa! _ maS vijdebi Sens kabinetSi da vuyureb Sens weras! _ meSinia, Cemo kargo, amisgan Tvalebs silamaze ar daekargos. _ ara, dodi, ara, garwmuneb! Sen xom Wkviani biWuna xar. imedi maqvs,
mTlad ar miviwyeb am musaobis dreos, rodesac Seni Tavi savsea fantaziebiT. ici ra, dodi? minda gTxovo erTi... Zalian suleluri ram, _ miTxra doram moridebiT.
_ vnaxoT, ra sakvirveli Txovnaa! _ neba momeci, dodi, kalmebi gagiTalo xolme. xom unda gavakeTo rame
mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi, sanam Sen micemuli xar Sens samuSaos. maS neba momeci, kalmebi gagiTalo, ha?
amis Semdeg yovelTvis, rodesac ki weras daviwyebdi, dora dajdeboda xolme Tavis alagas, kalmebis uSvelebeli koniT. axla igi amayobda imiT, rom uSualo monawileobas iRebda Cems SromaSi, da Zalian uxaroda, rodesac kalami damWirdeboda. rom mesiamovnebina misTvis, vicvlidi kalebs, rac SeiZleboda xSirad, da Cemi pawawina colis aRtaceba TviT CemTvis iyo axali siamovnebis wyaro. moxdeboda xolme, rom ise movCvenebdi, TiTqos CemTvis aucilebelia, gadawera xelnaweris erTi an ori gverdisa. maSin iyo dora did ambavSi. am didi Sromis samzadisSi igi icvlida ramdenime winsafars, mohqonda samzareulodan Cvrebi kalmebidan melnis mosaSoreblad da yovel wamSi Cerdeboda, rom eCvenebina Tavisi namuSevari jipisTvis. igi Rrmad darwmunebuli iyo, rom misi Sroma daumTavrebelia, Tu boloSi Tavis saxelsa da gvars ar moawerda. xelis moweris Semdeg igi gamarjvebuli warmomidgeboda xome Tavis naSroms samsjavrod. da rodesac Sevaqebdi mis namuSevars, pawawina coli yelze mexveoda aRtacebiT gulaCuyebuli. yvela es mogoneba, ubralo da wvrilmani sxvebisTvis, daufasebelia CemTvis.
male man miiRo Tavis gankargulebaSi gasaRebebis abmula da ganuwyvetliv aJRarunebda, rodesac win da ukan dadioda mTels saxlSi. bolos gamoirkva, rom es abmula mxolod saTamaSod gamoadga jips, da iSviaTad damxvedria daketili is adgilebi, romelTaTvisac es gasaRebebi iyo daniSnuli. magram doras Zalian uxaroda da mec mixaroda masTan erTad. igi savsebiT kmayofili iyo diasaxlisobis am fantastikuri aCrdilebiT da Cven oriveni Zalian vmxiarulobdiT, TiTqos bavSvebis saTamaSod agebul qaRaldis saxlSi vcxovrobdiT.
ase daiwyo da mimdinareobda Cveni ojaxis saqmeebi. doras Seuyvarda papida, TiTqmis iseve, rogorc me miyvarda, da xSirad uambobda im droze, rodesac warmodgenili hyavda papida, rogorc `braziani, buzRuna dedaberi~. papidas moqcevam sabolood dakarga uwindeli simkacre da ukmexoba. igi ualersebda jips, Tumca jipi arasodes ar pasuxobda alersiT; yoveldRe yurs ugdebda gitaras, Tumca winaT arasodes SeminiSnavs masSi gansakuTrebili siyvaruli musikisadmi. igi fexiT gadioda did manZils, mxolod da mxolod imisTvis, rom eyidna dorasTvis raime saCuqari da esiamovnebina misTvis. xSirad mTels saxlSi gaismoda papidas mxiaruli xma; igi kiTxulobda:
Cven mezoblad vcxovrobdiT da amitom sakmaod xSirad vxvdebodi mas. erTxel Tu orjer Cven, mTeli ojaxi, viyaviT maTTan sadilze da Cais dasalevad. Zveli husari samudamod moewyo binaze Tavis siZesTan. misis marklhems uyvarda sazogadoebaSi gamoCena da yovelgvari gasarTobebi gacilebiT metad. vidre mis qals. igi mzad iyo emxiarula yovelTvis, Tavs ki ise aCvenebda, TiTqos yovelive amas sCadioda Tavisi sayvareli Svilis gulisTvis.
_ Zalian minda, bednierad cxovrobdnen, magram ara mgonia, rom am saqmeSi maT uSvelos rame am meomarma megobarma (ase eZaxda papida Zvel husars), _ ambobda papidaCemi. samagierod, mas mtkice rwmena hqonda mister dikisa.
_ am adamians, _ ambobda papida, _ raRac aqvs azrad. adre Tu gvian, Tavs iCens rogorme araCveulebrivad.
mister diki, mgoni, eWviTac ki ar grZnobda, rom aseTi azri arsebobda mis Sesaxeb. doqtorsa da mis meuRlesTan damokidebulebaSi igi erT wertilze SeCerda da me darwmunebuli viyavi, rom mister diki srulebiT moklebuli iyo am adgilidan daZvris unars.
_ mgonia, rom cotaTi vicnob, _ vupasuxe me. _ es xom yvelaze saocari qalia dedamiwis zurgze, ser! am sityvebiT mister diki skamze dajda da Semomxeda. _ ra azris xarT Cemze, ser? _ mkiTxa dikma da gulxeli daikrifa. _ me gTvliT Cems WeSmarit megobrad, mister diks, _ vuapsuxe me. _ gmadlobT, trotvud, _ miTxra mister dikma da imwamsve skamidan
wamoxta, rom xeli CamoerTmia CemTvis. _ magram saqme amaSi ar aris. _ ganagrZo man da isev miiRo mSvidi da didmniSvnelovani gamometyveleba, _ minda vicode, ra azris xarT Tqven Cemze am mxriv?
aq man Tavis Sublze mimiTiTa.
gamakvirva am kiTxvam da ar vicodi, ra mepasuxa, magram mister dikma TviTonve gamomiyvana uxerxuli mdgomaroebidan.
_ susti var? _ ikiTxa man. _ diax, iqneb cotaoden, _ vupasuxe gaubedavi kiloTi. _ movisuleleb! papida ambobs, rom araferia, arc ki unda aTxovos
yuri amas, magram me vici! igi rom ar iyos Cemi megobari, Cemi mfarveli, Camamwyvdevdnen sadme. magram me vizruneb misTvis! araferi ar damixarjavs im fulidan, romelic miviRe gadaweraSi. ukve Sevadgine anderZi. vutoveb mas mTel Cems qonebas!
sityviT, me gavakeTeb imas, ris gakeTebac ver moaxerxa Wkvianma xalxma. Sevarigeb ubedur col-qmars. me ar gamiweven winaRmdegobas, ar miaqceven yuradRebas, Tu rame ise ar gamovida. me mxolod diki var, da vin aqcevs yuradRebas diks? ras niSnavs diki? srulebiT aarfers! fu! _ da man zizRiT Seubera, TiTqos Tavisi Tavi undoda aRegava dedamiwis zurgidan.
man ver moaswro saidumloebis gamJRavneba, radgan am dros baRis karebs moadga etli, romlitac brundebodnen seirnobidan papida da dora.
erT mSvenier saramos me da papida wavediT doqtoris agarakze. misis strongi es-es iyo dabrunebuliyo baRidan, sadac mister diki, daniT xelSi, jer kidev Sveloda mebaRes sarebis Casmas. doqtori garTuli iyo raRac saqmeSi viRac stumrebTan, Tavis kabinetSi, magram misis strongma dagvarwmuna, rom stumrebi male wavleno, da gvTxova mogvecadna.
_ ah, ani, ratom ar gamafrTxile, rom kabinetSi ucxo xalxia? _ SesZaxa misis marklhemma. _ warmoidgine Cemi grZnoba, rodesac Seveswari pativcemul doqtrors anderZis Sedgenis dros!
am sityvebze misi qali swrafad mobrunda fanjridan. _ diax, Zvirfaso ani, - daumata misis marklhemma, _ me Sevedi swored
im wuTSi, rodesac igi acxadebda Tavis ukanasknel nebas da xels awerda anderZs. dawvrilebiT unda giambo, rom samarTlianad pativi vce daufasebel doqtor strongs... `maSasadame, jentlmenebo~, _ Tqva doqtorma, _ ani, Cemo kargo, miaqcie yuradReba yovel sityvas: _ `imedi
maqvs, rom aq naTlad aris gamoxatuli is sruli ndoba, romelic maqvs misis stringisadmi, da Cemi survili _ gadavce mas yvelaferi uklebliv?~ _ erTma jentlmenma upasuxa: _ `yvelaferi uklebliv!~
am wuTSi gaisma Semosavali karis zaris reka da Cven gavigeT mimavali stumrebis fexis xma.
maxsovs, rom mister diki idga oTaxis bnel kuTxeSi da kecavda danas, rodesac kabinetSi SevediT. Cven davinaxeT doqtori ufro adre, vidre igi SegvamCnevda, Tavis magidasTan, sayvareli foliantebiT garemoculi. imave wuTs kabinetSi Semovida misis strongi, fermkrTali, mTrTolvare. igi mohyavda mister diks erTi xeliT; meore xeli man mxarze daado doqtors da moaxeda. rodesac pativcemulma moxucma aiRo Tvai, misi coli muxlebze daeSva mis win da mudariT gauwoda xelebi.
doqtoris keTili saxe, misi gaoceba, vedrebis poza colisa, mister dikis nazi monawileoba, seriozuli kilo, romliTac papidam warmoTqva: `da am adamians giJs uwodeben!~ _ yovelive es ise cxadad ixateba Cems mexsierebaSi, TiTqos am wuTSi xdebodes, rodesac am striqonebs vwer.
_ ani! _ SesZaxa doqtorma. _ adeqi, Zvirfaso an! _ GgTxov da gevedrebiT, nu gaxvalT aqedan. meuRlev Cemo da mamav,
mouReT bolo am dumils. dae orivem gavigoT Cveni gaTiSvis mizezi. _ ani! _ uTxra doqtorma sinaziT da xeli mohkida Tavis cols. _ Cemo
Zvirfaso megobaro! Tu Cvens cxovrebaSi moxda raime cvlileba, yovel SemTxvevaSi, Sen ar xar amaSi damnaSave. ara, damnaSave me var da mxolod me. Cems Sendami pativiscemaSi, Cems siyvarulSi Sendami ar momxdara araviTari cvlileba. gulwrfelad miyvarxar da pativs gcem. adeqi, ani, gTxov, adeqi!
magram igi ar adga. ramdenime wuTs xmaamouReblad ucqeroda qmars, Semdeg axlo miiwia, daeyrdno mis muxlebs, daRuna Tavi, mimarTa iq myofT da Tqva:
_ Tu aris aq adamiani, romelic pativs scems Cems meuRles da grZnobs Cemdami Tund odnav keTilganwyobas, adamiani, romelmac icis raime garemoeba, Cveni mdgomarehobis amsaxveli, _ Tqvas! vemudarebi mas, rogorc megobars!
`es iseTi didi cvlileba iyo, amas iseT did movlenad vTxvlidi, rom aRelvebuli da mowyenili viyavi. amis Semdeg ukve SeuZlebeli iyo igi imadve darCeniliyo CemTvis, rac uwin iyo. magram vamayobdi im didi pativiT, romelic man maRirsa, da Cven jvari daviwereT.
`arasodes mifiqria, _ ganagrZo anim da misi loyebi alisfrad aenTo, _ raime amqveyniur angariSebze am gaTxovebasTan dakavSirebiT. Cemi ymawvili gulisTvis romelic aRsavse iyo siyvaruliT da uRrmesi pativiscemiT saqmrosadmi, ucxo iiyo raime wvrilmani angariSi. deda, mapatieT, Tu vityvi, rom Tqven pirvelma CaminergeT azri amgvari eWvis SesaZleblobis Sesaxeb, romelic Seuracxmyofeli iyo CemTvisac da Cemi qmrisTvisac.
`es iyo pirveli ubedureba Cems axal cxovrebaSi, _ ambbda ani, _ pirveli sababi yvela im tanjvisa, romelic gamovcade SemdegSi. es tanjva bolos ise gaxSirda, rom SeuZlebelia misi CamoTvla. sakuTari pirovnebis damcireba, imis fiqri, rom me unda mTvlidnen arsebad, romelmac gayida Tavisi siyvaruli, _ es fiqri damawva mZime da daumsaxurebel tvirTad.
`am dros deda Zalian cdilobda Cemi biZaSvilis maldonis mowyobas. odesRac Zalian miyvarda es kaci, _ Tqva man nela, magram srulebiT aRuSfoTeblad, _ Cven Soris pataraobidan arsebobda bavSvuri siyvaruli. garemoebas rom sxva mimaTuleba mieRo, Cven jvars daviwerdiT da ubeduri viqnebodi mTel Cems sicocxleSi: colqmrobaSi uTanasworobis mizezi warmosdgeba azrebisa da survilebis sxvadasxvaobisagan. Cvens Soris ara iyo-ra saerTo. es didi xani SevniSne. sxva mizezi rom ar mqondes madlieri viyo Cemi meuRlisa, jer marto is, rom man gadamarCina gamoucdeli gulis pirveli Secdomisagan, Caminerga es grZnoba, magram mainc ar viyavi cudi azrisa maldonis Sesaxeb im saRamomdes, rodesac igi indoeTSi midioda. maSin davrwmundi misi gulis veragobaSi da Cavwvdi im orazrovani gamoxedvis azrs, im saRamos mister vikfildis TvalebSi rom ewera.
`am droidan velaparakebodi mas mxolod maSin, rodesac Sen CvenTan iyavi. daxmareba, romelsac Sen uwevdi mas da romlis Sesaxeb macnobebdi saidumlod, raTa gesiamovenebina CemTvis, damijere, ufro metad amZimebd Cemi saidumloebis tvirTs~.
igi nela daeSva muxlebze doqtoris win da uTxra cremlmoreulma: _ nu Semawyvetineb! momeci saSualeba yvelaferi gamovTqva! kargad
moviqeci Tu cudad, ar vici, mxolod vgrZnob, rom isev ise moviqceodi, im mdgomareobaSi rom momixdes yofna. metad ymawvili viyavi da arvin myavda gverdiT iseTi, visac SeeZlo moeca CemTvis mxsneli rCeva. dedasa da Cems Soris yvelaferSi, rac ki Sen gexeboda, uzarmazari ufskruli arsebobda. Tu gulSi Cavimarxe samarcxvino azri, Cemdami rom gaaCndaT, es mxolod imitom, rom ise Zlierad gcemdi pativs da ise Zalian mindoda damemsaxurebina Seni pativiscema!
_ ani, wminda arsebav! _ Tqva doqtorma. _ Cemo sayvarelo megobaro! _ me eWvi Semepara, rom ar vvargivar megobrad aseTi Wkviani da
ganswavluli adamianisaTvis. Tu yovelive amas maiZula gulCaTxrobili vyofiliyav, imis magivrad, rom gameziarebina SenTvis Cemi tanjva, es
mxolod imitom, rom Rrmad pativsa gcemdi da imedi mqonda, odesme dadgeboda dRe, rodeac mec veRirsebodi Sens pativiscemas.
_ es dRe didi xania dadga ani, _ uTxra doqtorma, _ mas SeiZleba mohyves mxolod dausrulebeli Rame, Cemo kargo.
_ mizezi im cvlilebisa, romelic SevniSne SenSi am bolo dros, cxadi gaxda CemTvis, da axla bednieri SemTxvevis gamo, gavige mTeli sidiade Seni ndobisa Cemdami, miuxedavad yvela am gaugebrobis.a ar maqvs imedi, rom uRrmes siyvaruls, gulwrfels erTgulebas SeZlos aginazRauros Seni didsulovneba da gamxados Seni ndobis Rirsi!
man moxvia xeli doqtors, romelmac miayrdno Tavi, da misi WaRara Tmebi Seerivnen ymawvili qalis muq-wablisfer kululebs.
papida dinjad, srulebiT auCqareblad mivida dikTan, sinaziT moexvia da akoca loyaSi. es didi bednieri garemoeba iyo dikisTvis, radgan gadaarCina igi Tavis Sercxvenas: SevniSne, rom swored im wuTSi igi apirebda fexze dadgomas, raTa Rirseulad gamoexata Tavis aRtaceba.
Tu ar matyuebs mexsiereba, romelic ricxvebs arc ise kargad ixsomebs. saRamo iyo. me vbrundebodi saxlSi seirnobis Semdeg da vfiqrobdi Cems Txzulebaze (am dros me Cems pirvel romans vwerdi). gaviare misis stirfordis saxlis win, rac axla, mas aqeT, rac haigetSi davsaxldi, xSirad mixdeboda xolme.
am Senobas mudam sevdiani da moRuSuli Sexeduleba hqonda. arc erTi sadarbazo oTaxi ar gamodioda quCisken. viwro, uSno, Zveleburi fanjrebi TiTqos samudamod miexuraT da farda CamoefarebinaT. ar maxsovs, SeminiSnavs Tu ara rodisme sinaTle am saxSi.
_ xom ar inebebT, ser, SemobrZandeT Cvensas da moelaparakoT mis dartls?
_ gana mis dartlma gamoggzavnaT CemTan? _ vkiTxe me. _ dRes ara, magram es sul erTia. mis dartlma orjer SeniSna, rom
saRamoobiT Tqven CaivliT xolme Cveni saxlis win, da mibrZana dagxvedrodiT gamosvlisas, rom meTxovna, mobrZanebuliyaviT masTan oriode sityvisTvis.
Sesvlis imalve gamiyvanes baRSi, sadac am dros imyofeboda mis dartli. ymawvili ledi ijda skamze terasis boloSi, saidanac iSleboda uzarmazari qalaqis suraTi.
man SeniSna Cemi miaxloeba da adga. saxe saSinlad gaufiTrda, elvare Tvalebi TiTqos uwindelze metad uelavdnen da Wrilobis niSani ufro mkafiod aCnda uferul saxeze.
_ gadmomces, mis dartl, rom gsurT CemTan laparaki, _ vuTxari me. xelis moZraobiT mTxova dajdoma, magram moveride es misi Tavazianoba
damekmayofilebina. _ erTi mibrZaneT, gamoCnda is qali? _ mkiTxa mis dartlma. _ ara. _ me ki vici, rom gaiqca. SevniSne, rom tuCebi uTrToda laparakis dros. _ gaiqca? _ gavimeore me. _ gaeqca mas, _ Tqva man CacinebiT. _ Tu aqamdis ar gamoCenila,
Tavi damikra ise, rom arafriT ar daumcirebia Tavis respeqtabeluroba, da dadga mis dartlis ukan.
_ uambeT mister koperfilds am gaqcevis ambavi, _ uTxra mas mis dartlma.
_ mister jemsi da me, qalbatono... _ me nu mommarTavT! _ gaawyvetina man da warbebi Sekra. _ mister jemsi da me, ser... _ gTxovT, me nu mommarTvaT, _ vuTxari me. mister limiteri srulebiT ar daibna da dauyovnebliv morCilebiT
gamoacxada, rom yvelaferi, ras sasiamovnoa CvenTvis, sasiamovnoa misTvisac. man ganagrZo:
_ mister jemsi da me viyaviT sazRvargareT ymawvil qalTan erTad, mas aqeT, rac davtoveT iarmauTi. Cven moviareT mravali adgili da mravali mxare vnaxeT. viyaviT safrangeTSi, SveicariaSi, italiaSi _ erTi styviT, TiTqmis yvelgan. mister jemsi araCveulebrivad SeeCvia am ymawvil qals da gacilebiT ufro metad iyo kmayofili Tavisi mdgomareobiT, vidre odesme, mas aqeT, rac masTan vmsaxurob. am qalSi yovlad SeuZlebeli iyo uwindeli soflis qalis cnoba. SevniSne, rom yvelgan, sadac ki mivdiodiT, mas gakvirvebiT Sehyurebdnen. ar vici, misi morTulobis brali iyo, Tu haerisa da mzisa, an imisi, rom mas ase usazRvrod anebivrebdnen, magram ase iyo Tu ise, misi Rirsebani marTlac sayovelTao yuradRebas iqcevda.
magram xSirad igi cud gunebaze iyo xolme; es cotaTi mobezrda mister jemss da Cveni saqmeebi Zalian cudad wavida. rac ufro mousvenrad iyo mister jemsi, miT ufro cud gunebaze iyo qali.
bolos, mravali laparakisa da yvedrebis Semdeg, mister jemsma erT mSvenier dilas datova neapolis midamoebi, sadac Cven vila gvqonda. igi
dahpirda qals, rom ori dRis Semdeg dabrundeboda, magram me damavala, gamomecxadebina misTvis, rom orives keTildReobisaTvis gadawyvita, samudamod daSorebodnen erTmaneTs. Tumca unda SevniSno, miser jemsi Zalian keTilSobilurad moiqca wasvlisas; damavala merCia qalisTvis, rom igi gaTxoviliyo adamianze, metad respeqtabelurze, romelic Tanaxma iyo, ar mieqcia yuradReba misi warsulisaTvis. ukeTes qmars igi verasdros ver iSovida amgvar mdgomareobaSi, radgan isic ubralo ojaxis Svili iyo.
darwmunebuli viyavi, rom es aramzada TavisTavze laparakobda. _ me unda gamomecxadebina misTvis es garemoebac. rodesac ymawvilma
qalma gaigo, rom mister jemsi samudamod wavida, misma sasowarkveTilebam yovel molodins gadaaWarba. kinaRam Wkuaze ar Sescda, ase rom, saWiro gaxda zomebis miReba, Torem igi, danis uqonlobis an zRvaSi gadavardnis SeuZleblobis gamo, Tavs gaitexda marmarilos svetze. magram, rodesac gamovicxade davalebuli meore nawili, am qalma srulebiT dahkarga goni. arasodes ar minaxavs adamiani am zomamde gacofebuli.
_ es amarTlebs mas Cems TvalSi, _ vTqvi aRSfoTebiT. mister litimerma daxara Tavi, TiTqos undoda eTqva: `marTla ser?
Tumca Tqven iseTi ymawvili xarT!~ _ da isev ganagrZo: _ mokled rom movWra, aucilebeli iyo, momeSorebina misTvis yvela
sagani, romliTac ki SeeZlo vneba mieyenebina Tavisi TavisTvis da sxvisTvisac, da daketilSi myavda ramdenime xans. miuxedavad amisa, erT Rames gamotexa fanjris CarCo, romeic sakuTari xeliT gavamagre, da gaiqca; igi Camococebuliyo kedelze axveul vazze. mas aqeT mis Sesaxeb aRara gagvigia ra.
rodesac aRar darCa araviTari eWvi, rom misi povna SeuZlebelia, wavedi mister jemsTan da gamovucxade, rac moxda. SemeZlo ametana, da kidev vitandi mister jemsisagan metad bevr usiamovnebas, magram am jerze man gadaaWarba: metad didi Seuracxyofa momayena. vinaidan vicodi ambavi dedaSvilis saubeduro ganxeTqilebisa, warmodgenili mqonda dedis SiSi Svilis bedis Sesaxeb da amitomac gavbede inglisSi dabruneba, raTa meambna...
Semdeg. _ me msaxuri var, rasakvirvelia, magram mec maqvs Tavmoyvareoba. mister koperfildi is ar aris, qalbatono, rac Tqven brZandebiT. Tu mister koperfilds surs gaigos raime Cemgan, gavbedav movagono, rom mas SeuZlia piradad me mommarTos kiTxviT.
_ ser, _ mipasuxa man, gaswia xelebi da isev SeaerTa TiTebis boloebi. _ ar SemiZlia mogceT pirdapiri pasuxi. gawbileba mister jemsis ndobisa misi dedis gulisTvis _ es srulebiT ar aris igive, rom
vuRalato mas Tqveni gulisaTvis. me mgonia, mister jemsi ar iyo momxre aseTi werilebis miRebisa, romelTac SeeZloT gaeZlierebinaT am qalSi cudi guneba, danarCeni kiTxvebisagan, ser, me visurvebdi gaTavisuflebuli vyofiliyavi.
_ es yvelaferia? _ mkiTxa mis dartlma? me vupasuxe xelis moZraobiT, rom meti aRara damrCenia saTqmeli. _ erTi ramis aRniSvna kidev aris saWiro, _ davumate me, rodesac
SevniSne, rom man wasvla daapira. _ kargad mesmis am kacis monawileoba am borot saqmeSi. vurCev mas _ ar gamoCndes qalaqis quCebSi, radgan azrad maqvs, _ vacnobo yvelaferi im patiosan xalxs, romelic mamis magivrobas uwevda bavSvobaSi im ubedurs.
rogorc ki laparaki daviwye, igi SeCerda da mismenda Cveulebrivi aRuSfoTebeli simSvidiT.
_ gmadlobT, ser. magram mapatieT, Tu SevniSnav, rom inglisis kanonebi sastikad ukrZalaven yovelgvar TviTgansjas. ai amitom srulebiT ar meSinia amgvari muqaris da vivli, sadac momesurveba!
man zrdilobianad dagvikra Tavi _ jer me, Semdeg mis dartls, da gavida baRidan imave gziT, ra gziTac movida. mis dartli da me videqiT ramdenime xans xmaamoureblad da erTmaneTs SevcqreodiT.
_ garda amisa, igi ambobs, _ SeniSna mis dartlma da tuCebi odnav SeukrTa, _ rom misis batoni daseirnobs axla espaneTis napirebTan da Semdeg apirebs Tavi misces sayvarel gatacebas _ zRvaze mogzaurobas, sanam es saqme ar mobezrdeba. am or amay arsebaTa _ dedasa da vaJs Soris axla ufro didi ufskrulia gaTxrili, vidre uwin. TiTqmis araviTari imedi ar aris, rom odesme gaTavdeba es saubeduro ganxeTqileba. orives erTi da igive xasiaTi aqvs da dro ufro gaakaJebs da Seupovrad gaxdis maT bunebas. am garemoebas, rasakvirvelia, TqvenTvis araviTari mniSvneloba ara aqvs, magram es Sesavalia imisa, rac me minda giTxraT. Tu is qali cocxalia, Tqven, ueWvelia, moisurvebT, rom aseTi Zvirfasi saunje moiZebnos, da miRirebT mas Tqveni mfarvelobis qveS. es CvenTvis sasurvelia, rom jemss aRar moelodes xifaTi, isev misi msxverpli gaxdes. ai rad mogiwvieT, rom mecnobebina TqvenTvis yvelaferi dawvrilebiT. axla Tqven iciT yvelaferi, rac saWiroa, icodeT.
misi saxis gamometyvelebis cvlilebaze mivxvdi, rom viRac gviaxlovdeboda. is iyo misis stirfordi. man gamomiwoda xeli ufro civad, idre uwin. saSinlad gamocvliliyo mas Semdeg, rac ukanasknelad vnaxe: werweti wani odnav moxroda; mSvenier saxeze Rrma naoWebi dasCenoda; Tmebi gasTeTreboda, magram TvalebSi jer kidev mouCanda is amayi, mediduri cecxli, romelic ise mitacebda Cems mowafeobis wlebSi.
_ mister koperfildma yvelafri icis, roza? _ yvelaferi. _ man TviT litimers moismona? _ diax, me avuxseni, rad gsurdaT Tqven es. _ Tqven keTili qali xarT, _ uTxra man mis dartls da mere me
momibrunda. _ drogamoSvebiT miwer-moweras vapireb Tqvens yofil megobarTan, ser, magram es srulebiT ar aRviZebs masSi dedaSvilur grZnobas. ai, amitom, am SemTxvevaSi, me ara maqvs sxva mizani, garda imisa, romlis Sesaxebac gelaparakaT roza. SesaZlebelia rom yofiliyo, cotaTi mainc Seemsubuqebina tanjva im sabralo adamianisa, romelic Tqven aq moiyvaneT, da Cemi Svilic mexsna gansacdelisagan, romelic, SesaZlebelia
brZandebodeT, rom yovelive naTqvami cudad ar gagigeT, magram me am Seuracxyofil ojaxs bavSvobidan vicnob da Tavs nebas mivcem, mogaxsenoT _ Tu Tqven ar migaCniaT, rom is gogona sastikad aris motyuebuli, cdebiT! me Rrmad gaxlavarT darwmunebuli, rom aTasjer sikvdils arCevda, vidre Tundac erTi Wiqa gamowvdil wyals aiRebda Tqveni Svilis xelidan.
_ araferia, roza, araferi! _ mimarTa mas misis stirfordma, raki Seatyo, rom igi laparakSi Carevas cdilobda. _ amas ara aqvs mniSvneloba, dae ase iyos. amboben, Tqven coli SeirTeT, ser?
me davudasture. _ da bednieri xarT? iSviaTad mesmis axali ambebi, magram gavige, rom
Zgerac ki SeeCerebina da Camoefarebina saxeze simSvidis saburveli. cotaodeni fiqris Semdeg gagonilis Sesaxeb saWirod vcani
mecnobebina yvelaferi mister pegotisTvis. mas isev is patara oTaxi eWira mewvrilmanis duqnis Tavze,
ungersfordis bazarze. gamovkiTxe sxva mdgmurebs mis Sesaxeb, gavige, rom jer ar gasuliyo saxlidan da rom misi naxva SeiZleboda mis patara oTaxSi.
rodesac Sevedi, igi fanjrasTan ijda da wigns kiTxulobda. mas ar gaugia karze dakakuneba da mxolod maSin aiRo Tavi, rodesac xeli davade mxarze.
_ mister pegoti, _ vuTxari da CamovarTvi skami, romelic momawoda, _ bevrs nu moeliT, magram miviRe zogierTi cnoba.
_ emilias Sesaxeb? man TrTolviT miido teCebze xeli, gafiTrda da TvalebSi Semomxeda. _ ar ician, sad aris igi, oRond masTan aRar aris! man yuradRebiT momapyro Tvalebi da xmaamouReblad moismina Cemi
Txroba. ar SemiZlia daviviwyo gamometyveleba Rirsebisa, silamazisac ki, da mSvidi siamayisa mis saxeze. mas ar SevuCerebivar arc erTi kiTxviT.
_ ras hfiqrobT amis Sesaxeb, master devi? _ mkiTxa bolos. _ me vfiqrob, rom is cocxalia, _ vupasuxe me. _ vin icis, iqneb metad Zlieri iyo es zari da mRelvare gulma ver
aitana! man CafiqrebiT warmoTqva es wynari xmiT da gaiar-gamoiara patara
_ Cveneburi? _ iciT, rom axla londonSia? _ Semxvedria quCebSi, _ mipasuxa aTrTolebulma. _ magram Tqven ar iciT, _ vuTxari me, _ rom emiliam gaqcevamde
daxmareba gauwia mas qamTan erTad. Tqven ar iciT agreTve, rom erTxel RamiT, rodesac me da Tqven SevxvdiT erTaneTs quCaSi da vlaparakobdiT sastumroSi, es qali yurs gvigdebda kars ukan.
_ master devi! _ SesZaxa man gakvirvebiT. _ im Rames xom ar iyo, rodesac ise saSinlad Tovda?
_ swored im Rames. arasodes mas aqeT aRar minaxavs es qali. rodesac gamogemSvidobeT, gavyevi ukan, magram ukve veRar vipove. ar mindoda maSin misi xseneba iseve, rogorc axla, magram CvenTvis aucilebelia misi povna, gesmiT?
_ saukeTesod, ser, _ mipasuxa man. TiTqmis CurCuliT vlaparakobdiT da am kiloTi ganvagrZobdiT
saubars. _ Tqven abobT, rom SexvedrixarT ramdenimejer. imedi gaqvT, rom
SexvdebiT isev? _ me mgonia, master devi, rom vici, sad unda veZebo. _ ukve bnela. xom ar gavemgzavroT mis saZebnelad axlave? igi dameTanxma da daiwyo mzadeba gamosasvlelad. iseTi saxe miviRe,
TiTqos ar vamCnevdi, ras akeTebda. TviTon mialaga Tavisi patara oTaxi, dadga magidaze sanTeli. mere gaSala logini, amoiRo ujridan Tavisi diswulis kaba da qudi, romelSic, rogorc maxsovs, ramdenjerme minaxavs emi. es nivTebi, axla wesierad dakecili, elaga emis tanisamosis sxva morTulobasTan erTad. pegotim frTxilad amoiRo es nivTebi da daawyo magidaze. Zneli misaxvedri ar iyo, rom yvela es kuTvnileba qalis tanisamosisa ewyoboda amave wesiT, yovel Rames, Tavisi patronis molodinSi.
gzaSi vikiTxe qamis ambavi, rom saubris masala gvqonoda, da nawilobriv cnobismoyvareobiTac. mister pegotim mipasuxa TiTqmis imave sityvebiT, rogorc uwin, rom ami isev iseTia, `muSaobs winandeburad da arafrad agdebs Tavis sicocxles~. magram yvelas uyvars qami da igi TiTqos morCilebiT itans ubedurebas.
Cven oriveni Cumad videqiT, sanam marTa cotaTi ar dawynarda. _ marTa, _ vuTxari me Semdeg da miveSvele adgomaSi. _ iciT, in aris
es? visTan var me? man mipasuxa Zalagamoleuli xmiT. _ vici! _ damSviddiT? _ vkiTxe me. _ SegiZliaT gvelaparakoT im sakiTxis
Sesaxeb, romelic, saSinlad gaTavda? igi kvlav aqviTinda da ramdenime sityva wailaparaka madlobisa, rom
ar gavagde maSin. _ ar aris saWiro laparaki Cems Sesaxeb, _ Tqva man ramdenime wamis
Semdeg. _ me soacdavi, daRupuli arseba var. magram uTxari mas, ise, TuUki Rirsad mTvliT amgvari daxmarebisa, rom arasodes ar vyofilvar misi ubedurebis mizezi.
rac moxda. yvelaze metad es fiqri mawuxebda: xalxi moigonebs, rom es didsulovani qali me melaparakeboda, da ueWvelia, ityvian, rom me Sevacdine igi. o, sixaruliT moviklavdi Tavs, rom davubruno mas keTili saxeli. me ar vadareb mas Cems Tavs... magram minda vTqva, rom miuxedavad mTeli Cemi damcirebisa da dacemisa, mudam viqnebi misdami aRsavse siyvaruliTa da madlobiT, nu ifiqrebT, rom srulebiT davkarge siyvarulis unari! xeli mkariT zizRiT, momkaliT, magram nu ifiqrebT, rom madlobisa da siyvarulis grZnoba srulebiT gaqra CemSi!
mister pegoti sevdianad Sehyurebda am momudare qals da alersianad aayena, rodesac igi gaCumda.
_ marTa! _ uTxra man. _ me ar var Seni msajuli! me ar var Seni gamkicxavi, sabralo, ubeduro qalo!
sacodavi qali moridebiT idga mis win da, rogorc Canda, eSinoda misi Tvalebis Sexvedrisa; magram misi mwvave naRveli miyuCda da marTa dadumebuli iyo.
_ ai, Tu Sen moismine, _ uTxra mas mister pegotim, _ rasac vlaparakobdiT me da mister devi im rames, rodesac iseTi sSineli Tovli movida, albaT ici, rom moviare TiTqmis mTeli qveyana da yvelgan veZebdi Cems Zvirfas diswuls. diax, Zvirfass, _ gaimeora man simtkiciT, _ igi axla ufro Zvirfasia CemTvis, vidre uwin iyo.
marTa SekrTa. mister pegotim aiRo miwidan Sali da mzrunvelobiT moafara igi qals mxrebze.
_ Sen abob, rom keTili da alersiani iyo Sendami. eWvi ara maqvs amaSi. igi mudam aseTi iyo yvelasTan. madlobasa da siyvarulsa hgrZnob mis mimarT? maS gviSvele, rom vipovnoT.
Tu meqneba TavSesafari, mavalebT, bolos SegaxvedroT masTan? orivem erTxmad vupasuxeT: `diax!~ aswia Tvalebi da daifica, rom mzad aris aasrulos es davaleba, rom
arasodes ar Seasustebs Zebnas, ar auxvevs mizans, sanam darCeba Tund mcireodeni imedi.
rodesac gavaTave, man gvkiTxa, sad SeeZlo Cveni naxva, Tu saWiro iqneboda. mivedi farnis mkrTal SuqTan gzis piras da davuwere misamarTi _ Cemi da mister pegotisa... me vkiTxe, sad cxovrobda TviTon is. cota xnis dumilis Semdeg mipasuxa, rom arsad ar cxovrobs didi xnobiT da rom amis Sesaxeb ukeTesia nu mekiTxebiTo.
mister pegotim maniSna CurCuliT erTi garemoeba, romelic TviTonac momivida TavSi. amoviRe qisa, magram verasgziT ver daviyolie es ubeduri, mieRo Cemgan cotaodeni fuli. imazedac ki ver daviTanxme, rom dampireboda _ SemdegSi mainc mieRo Cveni daxmareba. igi Seupovari darCa.
man gaiwoda mTrTolvare xelida Seexo mister pegotis, TiTqos masSi mkurnali Zala iyo; Semdeg wavida Cvengan udaburis gziT.
SuaRame iyo, rodesac salxSi vbrundebodi. Cemda gasaocrad, SevniSne, rom papidas saxlSi kari Ria iyo da iqidan gzisken mkrTali sinaTle gamodioda. rodesac saxls mivuaxlovdi, davinaxe viRac kaci, romelic baRSi idga.
mas xelSi boTli da Wiqa eWira. saCqarod Sevcerdi xis xSiri totebis qveS. male vicani swore is adamiani, romelsac odesRac mister dikis ocnebis nayofad vTvlidi da romelic dagvxvda erTxel me da papidas londonis quCebSi.
igi ara marto svamda, sWamda kidec, da sWamda didi sixarbiT. igi daixara rom miwaze daedga boTli, Sexeda fanjaras da daiwyo garSemo cqera, magram raRac idumalebiTa da mouTmenlobiT, TiTqos undoda rac SeiZleba male gasuliyo iqidan.
ramdenime wamiT SesavalSi sinaTle dabnelda da karebSi papida gamoCnda. igi aRelvebuli iyo da fuli gadauTvala ucnobs. me mesmoda fulis Sxarunis xma.
_ es cotaa! _ Tqva ucnobma. _ metis mocema ar SemiZlia, _ upauxa papidam. _ maSin ar waval, _ uTxra man, _ aha, ai, SegiZlia ukan waiRo Seni
fuli. _ ra saZageli adamiani xar, _ uTxra papidam aRelvebiT. _ gana
SeiZleba amgvarad moqceva CemTan? magram ras vkiTxulob! Sen ase imitom iqcevi, rom ici Cemi sisuste. rogor mogiSoro Tavidan? adre Tu gvian, iZulebuli viqnebi, migagdo bedis anabarad.
_ mere? raRas eli? _ hkiTxa man.
_ kidev mekiTxebi? _ upasuxa papidam. _ ra guli aqvs am adamians! kaci idga ukayofilo da fulebs aCxarunebda; Semdeg Tavi gaiqnia da
Tqva: _ maS mets arafers momcem? _ sul es aris, ris mocemac SemiZlia, _ upasuxa papidam. _ Sen xom ici,
rom qoneba davkarge da gavRaribdi. ukve giambe es. _ ra gulkeTili xar! magram, rac aris, aris, am jerze ase iyos,
_ trot, _ miTxra papidam wynarad, _ es Cemi qmaria! _ Tqveni qmari, papida? aki mokvdao? _ mokvda CemTvis, _ mipasuxa man, _ magram jer cocxalia. Sevyurebdi mas Cumi gaocebiT. _ betsi trotvudi ar hgavs iseT arsebas, romelsac SeiZleba hqondes
nazi grZnobebi, _ miTxra papidam mtkice, mSvidi saxiT, _ magram iyo dro, trot, rodesac igi savsebiT miendo am adamians, rodesac uyvarda igi suliT da guliT; rodeac mag adamianis gulisaTvis mzad iyo, yovelgvari msxverpli gageRo erTgulebis dasamtkiceblad. man imiT gadauxada madloba, rom gaflanga misi qoneba da moukla guli.
_ keTilo, Zvirfaso papida! _ mas mSvidad gavSordi, _ ganagrZo papidam da, Cveulebisamebr, xeli
xelze damado. _ igi iseTi sisastikiT meqceoda, rom SemeZlo gayris dros mimeRo saukeTeso pirobebi, magram ar mimimarTavs am zomisaTvis. man male gaflanga yvelaferi, rac ki miveci, da sul ufro da ufro dabla ecemoda. Tu ar vcdebi, coli SeirTo qaRaldis moTamaSe, gaiZvera. rogoria, axla Sen TviTon hxedav, magram Zalian lamazi iyo, rodesac gavTxovdi masze, _ miTxra papidam iseTi kiloTi, romelSic jer kidev ismoda Zveli siyvarulisa da aRtacebis anarekli, _ da mas vTvlidi... me xom suleli viyavi maSin... patiosnebis idealad.
es ubeduri paJi, raRac eSmakad daqiravebuli Cems mier, eqvs girvanqad da aT Silingad weliwadSi, dausrulebeli SiSis sagani gaxda CemTvis. vakvirdebodi mis zrdas, _ izrdeboda ki igi cercvis siswrafiT, _ da saSineli SiSi amitanda xolme im drois molodinSi, rodesac wveris parsvas daiwyebda, Semdeg gaTeTrdeboda, gaqaCldeboda... araviTari imedis Suqi am tvirTis Tavidan moSorebis ar Canda.
bolos Cems mtarvals miusajes samSoblodan gadasaxleba qurdobisaTvis. igi ganuwyvetliv gvwerda werilebs cixidan da iseT cxare survils acxadebda doras naxvisas wasvlis win, rom dora gaemgzavra cixeSi da, rasakvirvelia, maSinve guli wauvida, rogorc ki rkinis moajiris iqiT moxvda. mokled rom vTqvaT, ar mqonda arc erTi mosvenebuli wuTi, sanam es biWi ar gadaasaxles da mwyemsad ar daayenes (rogorc es SemdegSi gavige) sadRac `zRvis gaRma~, sad, niSandobliv ar vici.
yovelive aman seriozulad damafiqra da axali saxiT warmomidga Cveni ojaxuri saqmeebis awewiloba. miuxedavad Cemi siyvarulisa dorasadmi, ar SemeZlo ar gameziarebina misTvis Cemi azrebi amis Sesaxeb.
_ genacvale, _ vuTxari erT saRamos, _ safiqreladac saSinelia, rom Cveni uvicoba ojaxur saqmeebSi mavnebeli xdeba ara marto CvenTvis, vinc ukve miveCvieT amas, aramed sxvebisTvisac.
_ Sen mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi iseTi damSvidebuli iyavi, dodi, raRad ginda isev gamijavrde? _ miTxra doram.
_ mere, rad minda vicode Seni azri? _ miTxra doram. _ srulebiTac ar msurs vicode, ra gaqvs TavSi.
_ ki, magram me minda, dora, rom Sen gaigo, raSia saqme. misma mSvenierma saxem srulebiT seriozuli gamometyveleba miiRo. _ samqe imaSia, Cemo kargo, rom Cven raRac Wiri gvWirs, da es Wiri
gadadis yvelaze, vinc ki Cven gvekareba. me ase daviwye da ganvagrZobdi amgvar figuralur laparaks, magram
doras SeSinebulma saxem damanaxa, rom xumrobagaSvebiT SeeSinda da, mgoni, fiqrobda, rom vapirebdi yvavilis acris an amis magvari axali saSualebis SemoRebas Cveni saSineli senis winaaRmdeg. amitom gamovicvale kilo da vecade, rac SeiZleboda martivad gamomeTqva Cemi azri.
_ genacvale! _ vuTxari me. _ Cveni uzrunvelyofis gamo vkargavT ara marto fuls, komforts da drogamoSvebiT sulis simSvides, aramed vdgebiT pasuxisgebaSi sindisis winaSe; Cven xom pirdapir vxrwniT Cvens mosamsaxureebs! saubedurod, aq marto isini ar arian damnaSaveebi; xalxi iryvneba, radgan Cven TviTon ar vcdilobT, gamovasworoT Cveni nakli!
_ o, ra saSineli braldebaa! _ SesZaxa doram da Semomxeda gaocebuli TvalebiT. _ Tqma imisa, rom me saaTs viparav, o ra saSinelebaa!
_ Cemo kargo! _ vuTxari me. _ rogor SeiZleba amgvari sisulelis Tqma? gana me rame vTqvi saaTis Sesaxeb?
_ rasakvirvelia, sTqvi! _ miTxra doram. _ Sen TviTon ici es. Sen piradad Semadare mas!
_ vis? _ vis da im saZagel biWs, _ miTxra doram qviTiniT. _ ratom SerTvamde
ar gamomicxade Seni azri? ratom maSinve ar sTqvi, rom me gadasaxlebul paJze uaresi var? o, ra saSinelebaa!
_ damSviddi, Cemo kargo, gemudarebi. erTxel mainc miaqcie yuradReba imas, rasac vambob da ris Tqmasac vapireb Cveni saerTo sargeblobisaTvis. sanam TviTon ar SevignebT Cven movaleobas mosamsaxureTadmi, manamde maTac ar ecodinebaT TavianTi movaleoba Cvendami. Cven unda vifiqroT amis Sesaxeb. ai is, rac unda meTqva. kargi, damSviddi, Cemo kargo!
didxans qviTinebda Cemi pawawa coli da ar maZlevda nebas momeSorebina cxvirsaxoci mis TvalTagan. igi malavda saxes da butbutebda, rom srulebiT ar unda SemerTo coli, Tu aseTi ubeduri var. raki asea, ratom ar vgzavni mas mamidebTan putniSi, an julia milsTan indoeTSi? julias gauxardeba misi naxva da ar dauZaxebs mas gadasaxlebul paJs; julias arasodes ar uwodebia misTvis aseTi saZageli saxeli! vxedavdi srul usargeblobas yovelgvari axali cdisas am saxiT da gadavwyvite, sxva zomebisaTvis mimemarTa. magram ra? `colis Wkuis ganviTareba~. _ es sityvebi Zalian sasiamovnoa smenisaTvis da gamamxnevebeli ieri aqvs. gadavwyvite doras Wkuis ganviTareba.
amas dauyovnebliv Sevudeqi. dora celqobs, rogorc bavSvi, da TviTonac Zalian minda masTan erTad TamaSoba; magram viReb seriozul saxes da varRvev mis mxiarulebas _ da Cemsasac agreTve. vebaasebodi mas iseT sagnebze, romlebic itacebdnen Cems ocnebas, vukiTxavdi Seqspirs da vqancavdi sabralos ukiduresobamde. vcdilobdi, gadameca misTvis, TiTqos SemTxveviT, zogierTi sasargeblo cnobebi. mas eSinoda magvari darigebisa da yovelnairad erideboda maT, Tuki raime sababs iSovida. Cemi pawawina colis Wkuis ganviTarebas didi sifrTxiliT Sevudgebodi xolme, magram igi, rogorc Canda, mudam grZnobda, saiT mimyavda laparaki; isic cxadi
iyo, rom Seqspiri mas warmodgenili hyavda raRac saSinel arsebad. ganviTareba Zalian mZimed miiwevda win.
ganviTarebis am cdaSi tredelsic CaviTrie, ise, rom mas eWvic ar auRia. rogorc ki tredelsi movidoda xolme Cvensas, vafeTqebdi mis win Cems naRmebs doras Wkuis saswavleblad. praqtikuli sibrZnis raodenoba, romelic Sevatyobine tredelss amgvarad, uzarmazari iyo, magram doraze yovelive aman araviTari gavlena ar moaxdina garda imisa, rom mudam raRac nerviul SiSs ganicdida.
jer kidev imedi mqonda, rom dadgeboda dro, rodesac Cem da doras Soris sruli Tanxmoba damyardeboda, amitom dauRalavad miviswrafodi Cemi miznisaken ramdenime Tvis ganmavlobaSi. magram yovelive aqedan ara gamovida ra. maSin, sindisis dasamSvideblad gadavwyvite, rom doras Wkua sabolood ganviTarebuli iyo!
doras gauxarda es patara saCuqrebi da aRtacebiT gadamkocna, magram mainc raRac Crdili jer kidev darCa Cvens Soris da gadavwyvite, usaTuod gamefanta igi.
mivujeqi doras sofaze da gavukeTe sayureebi. mere vuTxari, rom bolo dros ise kargad ar vcxovrobdiT, rogorc winaT, da rom amaSi me var damnaSave. amaSi Rrmad viyavi darwmunebuli.
_ saqme imaSia, _ vuTxari me, _ rom mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi mindoda brZeni vyofiliyavi.
_ da mec brZeni gagexade _ miTxra doram moridebiT. _ ara, dodi? me Tavi davuqnie am momxiblavi kiTxvis pasuxad, romelic gamoixata
aweuli warbebiT, da davuWire tuCebi, romelic Cemi kocnis acilebas cdilobdnen.
_ aqedan araviTari sargebloba ar gamova, _ ganagrZo doram da Tavi gaiqnia: _ Sen TviTon ici, rogori bavSvi var! da ar dagviwyebia, rasakvirvelia, ra saxelic unda damiZaxo. da Tu Sen aRar ginda miwodo Seni pawawina coli, es imas niSnavs, Cemi azriT, rom arasodes ar gyvarebivar. Sen, albaT, arasodes ar mogsvlia TavSi azrad, rom ukeTesi iqneboda... rom...
_ ra rom, Cemo kargo? _ vkiTxe me, radgan igi uecrad SeCerda. _ rom ra?
_ araferi, _ miTxra man. igi momexvia yelze da damala Tavisi mSvenieri saxe Cems mxarze. _ darwmunebuli var, ukeTesi iyo, srulebiT araferi ar gamekeTebina,
vidre is, rom vcdilobdi, ganmeviTarebina Cemi pawawina colis Wkua, _ vuTxari me siciliT. _ ase ar aris? RmerTmani, me darwmunebuli var amaSi.
_ maS, ai rasa cdilobdi! _ SesZaxa doram. _ ah, Se sulelo biWuna! _ amis Semdeg aRar vizam, _ vuTxari me. _ me miyvars igi iseTi,
rogoric aris. _ marTla _ ikiTxa doram.
_ rad unda gamovcvalo, rac ase momwonda amdeni xnis ganmavlobaSi, _ vTqvi me. _ Sen yvelaze mSvenieri xan Seni axlandeli saxiT, Cemo kargo, isev vicxovroT Zveleburad da bednierebi viyoT.
_ da bednierebi viyoT! _ daadastura doram. _ diax, bednierebi mTel Cvens sicocxleSi! Sen arasodes ar ifiqreb, rom saqme ise ar midis, rogorc wesia?
_ da Sen arasodes aRar ityvi, rom Cven vafuWebT xalxs? _ miTxra doram alersiT. _ ara? Sen xom TviTonac ici, ra cudia es.
_ sjobs, rom Sen dora iyo, vidre sxva vinme, vinc ar unda iyos mTel dedamiwis zurgze.
_ mTel dedamiwis zurze? ha, dodi? es xom uzarmazari adgilia? man gaiqnia Tavi, momanaTa Tavisi aRtacebuli, naTeli Tvalebi,
gadamkocna, gadaikiskisa mxiarulad da gaiqca, rom jipisTvis axali sayelo gaekeTebina.
amgvarad dasrulda Cemi ukanaskneli cda colis gardaqmnisa. Cemma mecadineobam unayofod Caiara. uwindeli mZime grZnoba jer isev Crdilavda Cems arsebobas. igi Rrmad mqonda gamjdari da araviTari arsebiTi cvlileba ar momxdara masSi. uwindeburad igi gamourkveveli iyo, da TiTqos raRac sevdian xmas mohqonda CemTan SuaRameSi. gulwrfelad miyvarda Cemi coli da bednierad vTvlidi Tavs, magram es is bedniereba ar iyo, romelic odesRac exateboda Cems ocnebas. raRac menaneboda da raRac aklda Cems sruls keTildReobas.
rodesac vfiqrobdi Cemi siWabukis Seusrulebel ocnebebze, gonebaSi warmomidgeboda xolme is saukeTeso xana, romelic win uZRvis vaJkacobas, _ is asaki, romelic gaqra CemTvis samudamod, _ da maSin magondeboda bednieri dReebi, gatarebuli agnesasTan erTad, sayvarel Zvel saxlSi.
zogjer momividoda azri, _ ra iqneboda, me da doras rom arasodes gvenaxa erTmaneTi? magram dora ise mWidrod iyo dakavSirebuli Cems arsebobasTan, rom amgvari azri sisuleled mimaCnda, da male qreboda.
yovelTvis miyvarda Cemi pawawina coli. is, razedac me axla vlaparakob, Tvlemda Cemi gulis siRrmeSi da mxolod drogamoSvebiT iRviZebda odnav SesamCnevad. rom isev CaeZina Rrma ZiliT. arasodes ar warmomidgenia es fiqrebi cxadad, garkveuli saxiT, da ara mgonia, maT hqonodaT raime gavlena Cems sityvebze an moqmedebaze. marto vebrZodi da vereodi Cems patara dardebs da Cems sakuTar gegmebs. me vwerdi, dora kalmebs miTlida, da oriveni vgrZnobdiT, rom yoveli CvenTagani asrulebs im movaleobas, romelic wilad ergo. doras gulwrfelad vuyvardi da amayobda aseTi qmriT.
`pirveli Semcdari gataceba gamoucdeli gulisa~, _ es sityvebi warmoTqmuli doqtor strongis meuRlis mier, yovel wuTSi magondeboda da TiTqos ar mSordeboda. xSirad am sityvebiT viRviZebdi SuaRamisas.
`colqmrobaSi uTanasworobis mizezebi warmosdgeba survilebis, azrebisa da gemovnebis sxvadasxvaobisagan~, es azric ar manebebda Tavs. vcdilobdi, Semefardebina erTmaneTisTvis doras da Cemi azrebi, magram davinaxe, rom es SeuZlebeli iyo. erTiRa damrCenoda, _ TviTon SemeTvisebina doras azrebi; gamenawilebina masTan is, rac SesaZlebeli iyo, da bednieri vyofiliyavi; Cemi sakuTari zurgiT gadametana is, rac aucilebeli iyo, da mainc bednieri vyofiliyavi. vcdilobdi, mivCveodi am
Cems sakuTar SecdomaTa da sxvadasxva arasasurvel garemoebaTa gamo adamiani, romeic am wuTSi mogmarTavT weriliT, imyofeba, Tu nebas miboZebT, ase vTqvaT, qariSxaliT damsxvreuli gemis mdgomareobaSi.
Tu raime saqme ar dagiSliT, SexedoT yuradRebiani da mowyale TvaliT am sacodav werils, susti da gamoucdeli kalmiT dajRabnils, Tqven, wina striqonebis wakiTxvis Semdeg, ueWvelia, momcemT kiTxvas: ram maiZula momemarTa TqvenTvis am weriliT?
srulebiT ar vgulisxmob arc pirdapir, arc gadakvriT, rom SemiZlia mexis isari vtyorcno da movspo boroteba da simdable sasjelis STanmTqmelis aliT; mxolod SevniSnav gakvriT, rom mxiaruli da naTeli ocneba Cemi sicocxlisa samudamod gahqra, da vaglax! aRar aris CemSi aRarc sulis simSvide, aRarc sazogadoebis gamxiarulebis uwindeli niWi! me TviTon vTqvi uari Cems sakuTar pirovnebaze da ukve aRar SemiZlia, vucqiro TvalebSi Cems axloblebs sakuTari Rirsebis grZnobiT! sasowarkveTilebis matli budobs Cems gulSi da RrRnis Cems sicocxles, odesRac energiiT savses, da lamis daRupos Tavisi msxverpli, magram rac iqneba, iqneba! wili nayaria da, rac ufro male moeReba bolo yovelives, miT ukeTesi!
sasowarkveTilebam amitana im zomamde, rom yoveli Zala daekarga misis mikoberis gavlenasac ki, romelsac igi mudam axdenda Cems energiul xasiaaTze, rgorc qali, meuRle da Cemi bartyebis deda. ai amitom minda cotaTi gaverTo, daviviwyo Cemi namdvili mdgomareoba da aucilebeli daRupvis perspeqtiva. gadavwyvite, visargeblo Tavisufali dRiT, rom vnaxo sataxto qalaqSi adgilebi, CemTvis warsuli bednierebis mogonebiT. gacnobebT, rom zeg, swored saRamos Svid saaTze, viqnebi ubedur movaleTa datusaRebis adgils samxreT kedelTan, _ es aris erTaderTi mizani winamdebare werilisa Cemi siymawvilis megobarTan.
ver gavkadnierdebi imdenad, rom imedi viqonio, TiTqos Cemi uwindeli megobari mister koperfildi da Cemi Zveli megobari Tomas tredelsi daTanxmdebian mnaxon da ganaaxlon, ramdenadac SesaZlebelia, Cveni megobruli urTierToba. mxolod SevniSnav, rom daniSnul saaTsa da daniSnul adgilas iqneba sacodavi naSTi.
vilkins mikoberisa. a.S. saWirod vTvli davumato, rom misis mikoberi srulebiT ar aris
Caxeduli Cems saqmeSi~. ramdenjerme gadavikiTxe es werili. mxedvelobaSi rom miviRoT mister
mikoberis Cveuleba maRalfardovani sityvebis xmarebisa da misi gataceba grZeli werilebiT, yvela SesaZlebel SemTxvevaSi, mainc ar SeiZleboda, ar efiqra adamians, rom raRac saidumloeba, marTlac, imaleba mTel am maRalfardovan sityvaTa da winadadebaTa qaosSi. am dros Semovida tredelsi da am gaWirvebul mdgomareobaSi mnaxa.
_ ras melaparakebi? _ SesZaxa treredelsma. _ garemoebaTa rogori ucnauri damTxvevaa! me ki swored axla miviRe werili misis mikoberisagan!
am sityvebTan erTad tredelsma amoiRo jibidan gaxsnili konverti da Cven SevcvaleT werilebi.
ai ras werda misis mikoberi: `maqvs pativi gamovucxado Cemi udidesi pativiscema mister Tomas
tredelss. Tu am jentlmens ar daviwyebia arseba, romelsac odesRac bedniereba hqonda misi nacnobobisa, es pirovneba bedavs, sTxovos mas ramdenime wuTi Tavisufali dro. SemiZlia davarwmuno mister Tomas tredelsi, rom arasodes ar Sevawuxebdi amgvari TxovniT, sasowarkveTilebamde rom ar viyo misuli.
Cemda uaRres samwuxarod, unda gamovacxado, rom am werisa da Txovnis mizezi aris mister mikoberis ucnauri gagareuleba colisa da ojaxisagan, _ cvlileba, momxdari adamianSi, romeic mudam aRsavse iyo unazesi siyvaruliT ojaxisadmi. mister tredelsi verc ki warmoidgens kargad am cvlilebas, romelic moxda mister mikoberis qcevaSi; es odesRac nazi da mosiyvarule ojaxSi Tavi gadaiqca TavdauWerel, velur, sificxiTa da simkacriT aRsavse adamianad. es ubeduri sulis mdgomareoba TandaTan gaZlierda masSi da miiRo bolos sruli sigiJis saxe. gulCaTxrobiloba gaxda gansakuTrebuli Tviseba Cemi meuRlisa da Secvala uzomo ndoba colisadmi. mcireodeni mizezi, TviT iseTi kiTxvac ki, Tu ra gavakeToT sadilad, iwvevs mister mikoberSi gayris survils. wuxel saRamos patara tyupebma sTxoves ori pensi tkbili kveris sayidlad; gacofebulma mamam uCvena qarqaSidan amoRebuli dana da sikvdiliT daemuqra am bavSvuri, gulubryvilo Txovnis sapasuxod.
_ aseTi bedis var, _ gviTxra mister mikoerma da aqviTinda gulwrfeli cremlebiT. _ aseTia Cemi bedi, jentlmenebo, rom yvelaze keTilSobiluri grZnobani adamianis gulisa CemTvis saSineli tanjvis wyarod xdeba. Cemi erTguleba mis vikfildisadmi imis mizezi gaxda, rom aTasi isari daesva Cems ubedur guls!
mister mikoberma Caido cxvirsaxoci jibeSi, aiwia perangis sayelo da, gamvlelebis yuradReba rom ar mieqcia Tavis sevdisaTvis, gverdze moigdo qudi da dabali xmiT raRac mxiaruli simRerac ki daiRiRina. maSin SevniSne, rom didi siamovnebiT gavacnobdi mas papidas, Tu gamogvyveboda haigetSi, sadac Ramis TavSesafarsac iSovida.
_ jentlmenebo, _ gvipasuxa mister mikoberma, _ rac gsurdeT, is miyaviT. me Cala var, romelic micuravs ufskrulisaken stiqionebs minebebuli.
gzaSi raRac uxerxulobas vgrZnobdi. ar vicodi, ra meTqva an ra meqna; rogorc Canda, tredelsic aseT mdgomareobaSi iyo. mister mikoberi TiTqmis mTeli gzis ganmavlobaSi Rrma sevdas miscemoda.
Cven pirdapir papidas saxlSi SevediT, radgan dora avad iyo. papida alersianad daxvda mikobers. mister mikoberma akoca mas xelze, amoiRo cxvirsaxoci da fanjaras miuaxlovda.
mister diki saxlSi iyo. igi bunebiT iseTi mgrZnobiare iyo sxvisi sevdisadmi da iseTi alRo hqonda am mxriv, rom xuTi wuTis ganmavlobaSi eqvsjer mainc CamoarTva xeli mister mikobers. mister mikobers ise gaukvirda aseTi TanagrZnoba ucnobisagan, rom yovel axal xelis CamorTmevaze imeorebda: `ser, maocebT Tqveni gulkeTilobiT!~
arasodes ar menaxa adamiani am zomamde gamwarebuli. me vcdilobdi, damemSvidebina magram mikoberi ufro da ufro metad gamodioda moTminebidan.
_ me aravis CamovarTmev xels, _ Tqva mister mikoberma xvneSiT. aravis ar CamovarTmev xels, sanam ar gavsrisav... im saZagel qvemZroms... hips! arasodes ar mivcem Tavs nebas... visargeblo stumarTmoyvareobiT, sanam ar amovaxeTqineb... vezuvis... cxel lavas... am aramzada... hipze! me... aravis... ar minda... gavce xma... sanam,, sanam ar gavanadgureb... am usindiso orpir... hips!
ukve SemeSinda, rom mister mikoberi iqve ar momkvdariyo. saSineli sanaxavi iyo, rogori wvalebiT ambobda am odnav gasarCev sityvebs. bolos, Ronemixdili daeca skamze. miveSvele saCqarod, magram uarhyo yovelgvari daxmareba Cemis mxriT.
_ ara, koperfild! damanebeT... Tavi... ar SemiZlia miviRo... araviTari daxmareba... sanam ar gavasworeb mis ubedurebas... romelic mis vikfilds miayena im... aramzada... usindiso… hipma.
srulebiT darwmunebuli viyavi, rom igi sami sityvis Tqmasac ki ver esaZlebda, hipis saxels rom ar mieca misTvis gansakuTrebuli energia.
_ saidumlo... yvelasTvis... uklebliv... swored... erTi... kviris Semdeg... diliT... yvela aq damswre... da mis trotvudic... da es keTili... jentlmenic... sastumroSi... kenterberiSi... sadac me da misis mioberi vmrerodiT... idesRac Sotlandiur simRerebs... iq niRabs movglej am aramzada... hips!
am magiuri sityviT, rmelic bolos warmoTqmuli iyo gansakuTrebuli ZaliT, mister mikoberi gavarda oTaxidan da yvelani gaocebuli da Sewuxebuli dagvtova. magram aqac ar uRalata Tavis Tavs da im dros, rodesac yvelani ker kidev Tavzardacemulebi visxediT, Semogvitanes werili.
gamsWvaluli mtkice rwmeniT, rom bedi, adre Tu gvian, dakargul diswuls daubrunebda, mister pegoti mainc ar ijda usaqmod. zogjer igi wavidoda xolme SuaRamisas iarmauTSi, im varaudiT, rom iqneb, raime SemTxvevis gamo, sanTeli ar aris gamodgmuli Zveli navis axlis fanjaraSio. zogjer, rodesac waikiTxavda gazeTSi raime gancxadebas, romelsac SeeZlo hqonoda raime kavSiri emiliasTan, xelSi iRebda yavarjens da midioda Sor gzaze dakarguli qalis kvalis saZebnelad. rodesac gaigo, Tu ra miambo mis dartlma, igi wavida zRviT neapolSi da dabrunda ukan. mogzaurobisas Zalian mkacr pirobebs itanda da yovel groSs ufrTxildeboda, rom daezoga diswulis povnamde. arasodes ar gamigia, rom mas daeCivlos an Zebnis siZnele an daRla.
Cemi qorwinebis Semdeg dora xSirad xedavda xolme mas da mudam uxaroda misi mosvla. moxdeboda, rom igi Semoivlida CvenTan bindisas. miviwvevdi saxlSi Cibuxis mosawevad da orni vbaasobdiT, Tan wynarad davseirnobdiT baRis xeivanSi.
erT saRamos miambo, rom wina ramiT saxlis karebTan marTa daxvda. igi elodeboda mas da sTxovda, ar gasuliyo londonidan mis unaxavad.
_ xom ara uTqvam-ra, rodis gnaxavT kvlav? _ vkiTxe me. _ ara, master devi, _ mipasuxa man da Cafiqrebulma Camoisva xeli
saxeze. _ vkiTxe amis Sesaxeb, magram damarwmuna, rom ar SemiZlia gipasuxo am kiTxvazeo.
ori kviris Semdeg, saRamo Jams, marto davseirnobdi baRSi. mTeli dRis ganmavlobaSi wvimda da haeri sinestiT iyo gaJRenTili. sveli, damZimebuli foTlebi CamoSvebuliyvnen xeebze; ca jer kidec RrublebiT iyo dafaruli, Tumca aRar wvimda da Citebi mxiarulad JRurtulebdnen naTeli cis molodinSi. nel-nela bindi CamoeSva; frinvelebis nazi xma Sewyda buCqebSi da Rrma siCume Camovarda, rogorc icis xolme amgvar saRamos qalaqgareT, rodesac ar irxeva arc erTi furceli da mxolod iSviaTad ismis Camovardnili wveTi xma.
meetles daecadna, im ganzraxviT, rom iqneb etli dagvWirdeboda. marTam xeli Camavlo saxeloSi da wamiyvana erT bnel quCaSi, rogorc cota ar
aris qalaqis am nawilSi. saxlebi aq odesRac Zalian lamazs, kerZo sacxovreblebs warmoadgendnen, sadac TiTo ojaxi cxovrobda. magram axla isini ukve didi xania, rac daZvelebuliyvnen da qiravdebodnen cal-calke oTaxebad. Cven SevediT erT-erTi amgvar saxlis karebSi, marTam xeli gamiSva da maniSna, rom avyolodi kibeze.
Cven avdiodiT sul zemo sarTulSi. bindbundSi ramdenjerme momeCvena, TiTqos Cven win midis viRac, qalis tansacmelSi. rodesac kuTxes SevuxvieT, rom avsuliyaviT ukanasknel safexurze, isev is qali warmogvidga; erTi wuTiT SeCerda karebis win, Semdeg mohkida xeli karis saxelurs da Sevida oTaxSi.
_ es ras niSnavs? _ ikiTxa marTam CurCuliT. _ igi Cems oTaxSi Sevida. srulebiT ar vcnob, vin aris.
samagierod, me Zalian kargad vicnobdi am adamians. pirvelive Sexedvaze mis dartli vicani.
avuxseni Cems Tanamgzavrs, rom minaxavs es ledi winaT. is iyo movaswari amis Tqma, rom oTaxSi axladmosulis xma gaisma, magram Cven ar gvesmoda misi sityvebi. marTam gakvirvebT Semomxeda da nela wamiyvana kibeze. Semdeg miuaxlovda patara karebs meore mxridan; am kars klite ar hqonda da erTi xelis kvraze gaiRo. Cven SevediT viwro, cariel sakuWnaoSi. am sakuWnaosa da im oTaxs Sua, romelsac marTa Tavisas uwodebda, patara kari iyo, amjerze odnav gaRebuli. Cven aq SevCerdiT, Zlivs moviTqviT suli daRlilobisagan. Cemi Tanamgzavri odnav Seexo tuCebs Tavisi xeliT. SemeZlo mxolod damenaxa, rom mezobeli oTaxi sakmaod farTo iyo, rom iq idga logini da kedlebze gemebis suraTebi ekida. me ver vxedavdi mis dartls, verc mas, visac igi elaparakeboda.
ramdenime xnis ganamvlobaSi samariseburi siCume sufevda. _ ra menaRvleba, rom saxlSi ar aris, _ Tqva roza dartlma
medidurad. mas arc ki vicnob, da arc msurs vicnobde. me TqvenTan movedi. _ CemTan? _ upasuxa nazma xmam. am xnis gagonebaze TrTolvam gamirbina mTels tanSi; me vicani
Seuracxyofisa. isev siCume Camovarda. ar vicodi, ra meqna. Tumca Zalian mindoda Semewyvita es paemani, magram vfiqrobdi, rom neba ar mqonda TvaliT vCvenebodi ubedur qals. mxolod mister pegotis SeeZlo enaxa da daefara Tavisi diswuli.
_ ase! _ Tqva mis dartlma da zizRiT gaicina. _ Zlivs ara vnaxe igi! da is sacodavi adamiani mohyva amis qselSi! oinbazi!
_ o, SemibraleT! _ SesZaxa emiliam. _ vinc ar unda iyoT, Tqven iciT Cemi ubeduri bedi. SemibraleT, Tu gindaT, rom Tqvenc Segibralon!
_ rom me Semibralon! _ uTxra man siamayiT. _ ra SeiZleba iyos saerTo Sensa da Cems Sua?
mis dartli skamze dajda, odnav gaRebuli karis win, da dabla iyureboda, TiTqos emilia ferxTiT iyo garTxmuli. axla vxedavdi mis mTrTolvare tuCebs da sastik Tvalebs, romelnic erT wertils misCerebodnen aRtyinebuli gamarjvebis gamometyvelebiT.
_ yuri migdeT, ras getyviT. _ Sehyvira man, _ nuTu ggoniaT, rom guls momilbobT Tqveni cremlebiT? itireT, Tund icineT, _ es CemTvis sul erTia, gaTaxsirebulo monav!
_ o, SemibraleT odnav mainc! _ SesZaxa emiliam. _ moiReT mowyaleba ubedurisadmi, Torem gavgiJdebi da movkvdebi sasowarkveTIlebisagan!
_ es ar iqneba didi sasjeli! _ uTxra roza dartlma. _ iciT, ra moaxdineT? gifiqriaT odesme im ubedur saxlze, romelic daoblda Tqveni meoxebiT?
_ o, ar yofila arc erTi wuTi, arc cxadliv, arc sizmarSi, rom Tvalwin ar mqonoda es Zvirfasi saxli im saxiT, ra saxiTac davtove igi samudamod, im ubedur dRes. o, Cemo mSobliuro kerav! o, sayvarelo, dauviwyaro Ziav! Sen rom warmodgenili gqonoda, ra satanjvels momayenebda Seni siyvaruli Cemi dacemis pirveli wuTidanve, ecdebodi, dagefara Seni grZnoba, Tundac es Zalian Zneli yofiliyo SenTvis! Sen gamijavrdebodi erTxel mainc sicocxleSi, rom gadamdvileboda Cemi sircxvilis atana. ara, ara, CemTvis ar aris araviTari nugeSi amqveynad, imitom, rom yvela maT metismetad vuyvardi, yovelTvis, yovelTvis.
_ Tqven bedavT da meubnebiT amas me, usindiso arsebav? _ ganagrZo roza dartlma. _ Cems xelT rom iyos, vubrZanebdi sikvdilamde ecemnaT am gombiosaTvis.
igi izamda amas, me darwmunebui var. ar iyo qveyanaze wameba da sasjeli, romelsac ar inatrebda misTvis am wuTSi roza dartli.
_ SeiZleba ucnauri buneba maqvs, _ ganagrZo roza dartlma, _ magram ar SemiZlia Tavisuflad visunTqo im paeriT, romliTac Tqven sunTqavT. es haeri SemxuTavi da moSxamulia patiosani xalxisaTvis, minda gavwmindo igi Tqveni aq yofnisagan. amitom, Tu xvalamdis aq darCebiT, Tqveni ambavi, yvela saintereso wvrilmanebiT, mTel saxls ecodineba. Tu adgils gamoicvliT da isurvebT am qalaqSi darCenas, patiosani qalis saxiT, darwmunebuli iyaviT, rom yovelgan da yovelTvis vipovni saSualebas mohglijoT orpirobis nirabi. wadiT TqvenisTanebTan da garyvnilebis budeSi icxovreT; mxolod maSin iqnebiT Tavisufali Cemi devnisagan. winaaRmdeg SemTxvevaSi, Cemi risxva da SurisZieba Tan gdevT yovel adgilas. da am adgils aRmomiCens jentleni, romelic am cota xnis winaT cdilobda, Tqveni Rirseuli meuRle gamxdariyo.
o, nuTu arasodes ar mova mister pegoti? nuTu didxans momixdeba am scenis mowmed yofna? SevZleb ki mis atana?
_ ra, ra vqna? _ Sehyvira emiliam. _ ra hqnaT? _ gaimeora mis dartlma, _ Tqven ipoviT, ueWvelia,
netarebas da bednierebas sakuTar fiqrebSi. SeswireT Tqveni arseboba jems stirfordis nazi alersis mogonebas, _ mas xom undoda mieTxovebineT erT Tavisi laqiasaTvis, romelic mzad iyo mieRo Tqveni Tavi saCuqrad Tavisi Rirseuli batonis xelidan. icxovreT am amayi mogonebiT, aRtacebaSi modiT Tqveni iSviaTi Rirsebisagan da gixarodeT is bednieri mdgomareoba, romelic daWireT yvelas TvalSi. magram, Tu yovelive es mainc ar mogitanT sasurvel nugeSs, misTxovdiT im keTil kacs, romelzedac laparakobdiT, da bednieri iyaviT imiT, rom is SegibralebT. magram Tu amanac ar giSvelaT, maSin mokvdiT, _ es yvelaze ukeTesi iqneba.
rodesac roza dartlma warmoTqva ukanaskneli sityvebi, adga Tavisi adgilidan da me ukve veRar vxedavdi mas.
_ me Tqven ukve damtvreuli saTamaSo megoneT, romelmac sabolood dakarga Tavisi Sno, magram Sevcdi! Tqven jer isev prialebT oqrosaviT da namdvili ledis sTabeWdilebas axdenT. maS gaxsovdeT kargad! _ uTxra man da gaaRo kari gasasvlelad. _ me mZulxarT da gadavwyvite, gagsrisoT da gaganadguroT, Tu ar moixsniT mag niRabs da ar waxvalT erT-erTs garyvnilebis saxlSi, sadac fexs ver Sesdgams verc erTi patiosani qali. meti araferi maqvs saTqmeli.
fexze xma kibeze ufro mkafiod moisma. igi swrafad uaxlovdeboda am saSineli scenis adgils. roca roza dartlma gaixura kari, viRacam Cauara mas gverdiT da Sevida emilias oTaxSi.
gulwasuli diswuli. ramdenime wuTis ganmavlobaSi uyurebda mas saxeSi, Semdeg daixara mis sakocnelad. o, ra nazi iyo es kocna! man daafara emilias saxes Tavisi cxvirsaxoci.
_ ara, qalbatono, _ uTxra mister pegotim, _ didad damavalebT, Tu darCebiT CvenTan da inebebT Cemi ubedobis mosmenas.
_ marTla? maS davrCebi, _ upasuxa papidam. _ guSin saRamos, _ daiwyo mister pegotim, _ me gadaviyvane Cemi bavSvi
Cems oTaxSi, sadac didi xania movelodebodi da sadac misTvis ukve yvelaferi mzad iyo. didxans, Zalian didxans ver mcnobda da, roca micno, _ yvelaferSi gamomityda gulaxdilad da gulwrfelad, TiTqos aRsarebas ambobso.
_ rodesac emilia gaqceula im saxlidan, _ Tqva mister pegotim mkacri da mrisxane saxiT, _ sadac, rogorc master devim icis, im gvels daketili hyavda... wyeulimc iyos... sabralo, RamiT gaparuliyo. mirboda da Tan esmoda Tavisi kvnesa da tirili. fexebi wvetian qvebze daeWra, magram arafers ar grZnobda, TiTqos TviTonac qvisa yofiliyo. da mirboda sul Sors, Sors. Tvalebi uelavda, yurebi uwioda. uecrad... ese igi, Tqven gesmiT, ase moeCvena, TiTqos gaTenda da dadga dila, notio, qariani, igi qviSaze iwva, zRvis piras, Tavs adga viRac qali da iqaur enaze ekiTxeboda, ra daemarTa...
_ emis TvalT daubnelda, _ ganagrZo mister pegotim, _ magram rodesac daakvirda am qalis saxes, icno erTi im qalTagani, romelTanac ara erTxel useirnia da ulaparakia zRvis piras. emim uambo Tavisi ubedureba da ymawvilma qalma waiyvana Tavis saxlSi... diax, waiyvana saxlSi, _ gaimeora mister pegotim da xelebi miifara saxeze.
am keTilma saqcielma, rogor Canda, Zalian imoqmeda moxucze; arasodes ar menaxa mis saxeze aseTi gamometyveleba.
_ Tqven warmoidgineT, _ ganagrZobda mister pegoti, _ qoxi patara iyo, magram diasaxlisma iSovna adgili emisTvis... qmari am dros wasuli
yofila zRvaze... da igi saidumlod inaxavda am ambavs. mezoblebi cotani iyvnen; isini, vinc iyvnen, daiyolia saidumlos Sesanaxad. emi avad gamxdara cxelebiT da iqauri ena srulebiT daviwyebia; mxolod mSobliur enaze SeeZlo laparaki... da TiTqmis mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi eCveneboda, TiTqos is, vinc miiyvana igi am mdgomareobamde, viTomc fanjarasTan yaraulobs, xan oTaxSi dgas, da emi uyviroda diasaxliss, ar daenebebinaT igi misTvis; amave dros grZnobda, rom misis laparaki ar esmodaT da sul eSinoda, vaiTu axlave mtacon xeli da wamiyvanono. didxans iyo igi aseT mdgomareobaSi Tu ara, ar vici, oRond mere Zili moeria. am Zima daasusta... manamde ki zogjer iseTi Zala moecemoda, kargad myofze meti... axla ki dasustda bavSviviT.
_ naTeli dRe iyo, saRamo axlovdeboda, rodesac gaeRviZa. jer moeCvena, rom igi saxlSia da rom kvira dRea; magram vazis foTlebi fanjarasTan da mTebi, romlebic moCandnen SoriT, ucxoni iyvnen da ewinaaRmdegebodnen amgvar azrs. am dros Semovida diasaxlisi da dajda emis loginTan. amas moagona emis, rom igi Tavis saxlSi ar aris da rom Sors aris misgan! moagonda agreTve, sad iwva da risTvis, da atirda am keTili adamianis mkerdze...
mister pegotis ar SeeZlo ucremlod moegonebina es keTili dedakaci. tyuilad ecada, ganegrZo Txroba; cremlebi isev axrCobdnen.
_ rodesac emi momjobinda, _ ganagrZo mister pegotim cota xnis siCumis Semdeg, _ ecada, gamosTxoveboda am keTil adamians da samSobloSi wamosuliyo. am qalis qmari saxlSi dabrunda da orivem Casves igi gemSi, romeic livornoSi midioda da iqidan safrangeTSi. mas Tan hqonda cotaodeni fuli, magram am keTilma xalxma mciredze mciredi gamoarTves yvelafrisaTvis, rac misTvis gaakeTes.
emi mivida safrangeTSi da dadga moaxled sastumroSi navsadgurTan. aq erTxel uecrad isev gaCnda es gveli... erTi damxvdes sadme! me ar vici, ras vuzam! rodesam emim dainaxa is kaci... man ver moaswro misi danaxva... mTeli SiSi da zari isev Tavs daatyda da gamoeqca im haersac ki, romliTac igi sunTqavda. emi movida inglisSi da duvrSi gadmovida napirze.
igi movida londonSi, _ ganagrZo mister pegotim da xma daidabla, _ igi, romelsac arasodes sicocxleSi ar enaxa es qalaqi, movida londonSi... ufulod... ymawvili... lamazi... TiTqmis imwuTSive, rogorc ki emi gadmovida napirze, man ipova, rogorc mas egona, keTili megobari... patiosani dedakaci, romelic elaparakeboda mkeraobis Sesaxeb da dahpirda bevri samuSaos Sovnas; man aRuTqva TavSesafari Tavis salxSi, dahpirda agreTve, gaego saidumlod yvelaferi Cemsa da yvela danarCenis Sesaxeb. da rodesac Cemi bavSvi, _ daumata man xmamaRla, _ rodesac Cemi bavSvi idga ukve ufskrulis piras, romelsac me ver davasaxeleb da verc movigoneb, maSin marTam aasrula Tavisi sityva da gadaarCina igi.
me ver Sevikave sixarulis amoZaxili. _ master devi, _ miTxra mister pegotim da CamomarTva xeli Tavisi
Zlieri xeliT, _ Tqven pirvelma momagoneT marTa. gmadlobT, ser! man aasrula Tavisi danapirebi. igi, rogorc naTeli suli, saCqarod mivida, sadac emi iwva da eZina da uTxra: `adeqi! gaiqeci! aq Sen mgelis sikvdilze uaresi ubedureba! wamo, wamomyevi!~ man uambo emilias, rom mnaxa me, rom vapatie yvelaferi da miyvars Zveleburad. man saCqarod CaaCva kaba, dauWira
emis susti da mTrTolvare xeli, ar usmenda, rasac eubnebodnen garSemomyofni... man Cems sabralo qalTan gamoarRvia brbo da bnel rameSi bednierad gamoiyvana Savi, aSmorebuli jurRmulidan.
_ mTeli Rame, _ ganagrZo mister pegotim, _ me da emim erTad gavatareT. saaTebis mixedviT _ TiTqos bevri ar gvipalarakia, ufro naklebad movaswari misi Zvirfasi saxis danaxva, magram mTeli ramis ganmavlobaSi misi xelebi Cems yels exvia da Tavi aq esvena; Cven axla viciT, rom isev SegviZlia mivendoT erTmaneTs.
_ srulebiT gadawyvetili, master devi, _ ipasuxa man. _ me ukve vuTxari Cems emis, rom aqedan Sors aris didi, didi miwebi. iq, avstraliaSi, aravin aras daayvedris Cems saunjes, iq Cven axal cxovrebas daviwyebT.
_ me vkiTxe, daniSnuli gaqvs Tu ara wasvlis vada-meTqi. _ dRes diliT, _ ipasuxa man, _ viyavi navsadgurSi, rom gamego gemebis
wasvlis dro. eqvsi kviris Semdeg midis erTi gemi. ukve viyavi am gemze. kargi samgzavroa.
_ mere, Tqven martoni midixarT? _ vkiTxe me. _ diax, master dvei, _ mipasuxa man, _ Cem das ise uyvarxarT Tqven da
yvela Tqvenianebi da isea SeCveuli mxolod Tavis samSobloze fiqrs, rom ara mgonia, kargi iyo misi wayvana. amas garda, aris kidev erTi adamiani, romelic mas abaria, master devi, da Cven es ar unda daviviwyoT.
_ sabralo qami! _ SevZaxe uneburad. _ Cemi da, qalbatono, uvlis mis saxl-kars da qams. Zalian uyvars, _
ganumarta mister pegotim papidas. _ misis gumiji? _ vikiTxe me. _ Cven Soris rom darCes... ese igi Tqvens winaSe... da Tqvens winaSe rom
iTqvas, qalbatono... rodesac misis gumiji daiwyebs wuwuns, SeiZleba adamians ar esiamovnos. me rasakvirvelia, mesmis misi ambavi, magram yvelam xom ar icis es.
me da papidam davadastureT misi azri. _ amas garda, _ ganagrZo mister pegotim, _ Cems das SeiZleba eCvenos
zogjer... me ar vambob, rom usaTuod eCveneba, magram SeiZleba eCvenos... rom misis gumiji zogjer usiamovno adamiania. amitom ar vapireb Cemi disa da misis gumijis erTad dasaxlebas; mas vuSovni binas, sadac igi idiasaxlisebs, rogorc unda. amisTvis wasvlis win, vfiqrob, davuniSno misis gumijs pensia, rom eyos sicocxleSi. igi Cinebuli dedakacia. TavisTavad cxadia, yovlad SeuZlebelia, rom igi, sabralo, siberis dros dawrialebdes da daZrwodes gemze da Sori qveynis tyeebsa da udabnoebSi. ai, ra movigone me misTvis, _ daumata mister pegotim.
mas aravin daviwyeboda: igi zrunavda yvelaze, garda Tavisi Tavisa. _ emi, _ gangarZo man, _ CemTan iqneba, sabralo! mas siwynare da
papidam Tavi dauqnia am imedis dasturad, da am gamamxnevebelma moZraobam didad asiamovna mister pegoti.
_ Semdeg kidev ai ra, master devi, _ mitxra man da xeli Caiyo jibeSi, _ aq fulia... ormocdaaTi girvanqa. amas minda davumato is fulic, romeic emis Tan hqonda gamoparvis dros... me vkiTxe fulze, Tumca ar vuTxari, rad mindoda gamego. me marjve ara var TvlaSi. erTi gaisarjeT da daTvaleT, sworia Tu ara?
man momawoda qaRaldis furceli da TvalebSi micqeroda, sanam viTvlidi. angariSi swori iyo.
_ gmadlobT, aster devi, _ miTxra man, rodesac davubrune qaRaldi. _ am fuls, Tu nebas momcemT, wasvlis win saqaRaldeSi Sevaxvev da davawer, visTvis aris. amas ki, meores, mis dedas gavugzavni patara ganmartebiT da weriliT.
me vupasuxe, rom swored ase saWiro da rom mas yvelaferi moufiqrebia.
_ me vTqvi, rom erTi saqme darCa gasakeTebeli, da ori ki gamodga, _ Tqva man naRvliani RimiliT. _ rodesac dRes diliT gamovdiodi saxlidan, ar vicodi, Semetyobinebina Tu ara qamisTvis, rac moxda aq. mere davwere werili da fostaSi miveci. am werilSi yvelaferi vuambe, rogor iyo saqme, da mivwere agreTve, rom xval mival iarmauTTan sabolood gamosaTxoveblad.
_ da Tqven gindaT, mec wamogyveT? _ vkiTxe me, radgan vxedavdi, rom mas kidev hqonda saTqmeli raRac.
_ Tuki SegiZliaT, ase didad damavaloT, master devi, _ ipasuxa man, _ me vici, rom Tqveni naxva cotaTi gaamxiarulebs mas.
radgan Cemi patara dora mSvenier gunebaze iyo da Zalian undoda, rom wavsuliyavi, miveci sitva mister pegotis gamecilebina igi. meore diliT Cven CavsxediT iarmauTis diliJansSi da gavwieT Zveli gziT.
cota xans vixetiale qalaqSi da Semdeg qamis saxlSi mivedi. pegotis gaeqiravebina Tavisi saxli da masTan gadasaxlebuliyo. me Sevxvdi pegotis sufTa samzareuloSi; iqve iyo misis gumijic, romelic TviT mister pegotis moeyvana Zveli navis saxlidan. meeWveba, rom sxvas visme daeZra igi Tavisi sadarajodan. rogorc Canda, mister pegotis ukve yvelaferi eambna maTTvis. qami is iyo gasuliyo, rom cota gaevlo zRvis napirze. igi male dabrunda da zalian gauxarda Cemi danaxva.
ise meCvena, mas undoda CemTan calke laparaki. amitom gadavwyvite, meore saRamos gzaSi davxvedrodi, rodesac samuSaodan brundeboda. am rames pirvelad aiRes sanTeli Zveli navis saxlis fanjridan. mister pegoti qanaobda iq, Tavis Camokidebul sawolze da qari uwewavda WaRara Tmas.
mTeli meore dRe igi mounda Zveli saTevzao navisa da misi mowyobilobis saqmis mogvarebas. igi alagebda da londonSi gzavnida wvrilman saojaxo nivTebs, romelnic TavisTvis gamosadegad miaCnda, da stovebda iseT nivTebs, romelic misis gumijs gamadgeboda. misis gumijma mTeli dRe gaatara masTan erTad SromaSi. radgan me sevdiani miswrafeba mqonda am sayvareli Zveli saxlisadmi da mindoda erTxel kidev menaxa igi, Cven SevTanxmdiT, saRamoze SevxvedrodiT erTmaneTs am saxlSi. dro ise ganvsazRvre, rom amaze adre qami menaxa.
misi povna Zneli ar iyo. me vicodi, sadac muSaobda igi. gavemarTe imis Sesaxvedrad da marTlac Sevxvdi Suagzaze. Cven cota gaviareT erTad. man mkitxa ise, rom CemTvis ar Semouxedavs.
saxeliT, im SemTxvevaSi, Tu sityvierad SeuZlebeli iqneba Tqma... an iqneb gadacema gsurT risame Cemi saSualebebiT, me gavakeTeb amas.
_ amaSi darwmunebuli var, master devi. gmadlobT, ser. Tqven Zalian keTili xarT, didad gmadlobT, diax, aris raRac, rac me mindoda an meTqva misTvis, an mimewera.
_ ra? Cumad gaviareT ramdenime nabiji da Semdeg miTxra: _ is ki ara, rom me mas vapatie... ara, ufro meti. me mindoda meTqva
misTvis, rom vtxov mapatios, Zala rom davatane da Tavs movaxvie Cemi siyvaruli. zogjer vfiqrob, me rom ar CamomerTmia misTvis sityva, wamomyoloda colad, meti ndoba eqneboda Cemi da metyoda, rac awuxebda, mTxovda rCevas da, SesaZlebelia, gadamerCina kidec.
Cven isev gaviareT xmaamouReblad. _ me miyvarda igi... da miyvars misi xsovna... ise Zlierad, ise, rom ar
SemiZlia vuTxra, TiTqos axla bendieri adamiani var. me SeiZleba bednieri vyofiliyav mxolod maSin... rodesac srulebiT daviviwyebdi mas... me ki meSinia, rom ver avitan, Tu mas etyvian, rom marTlac daviviwye igi. magram Tu Tqven... Tu Tqven SegiZliaT moigonoT rame iseTi, rom afiqrebinoT, TiTqos arc ise Zalian vitanjebi... da rom jer isev masze vnaRvlob... rame iseTi, rac Seumsubuqebs mas sabralo suls da mainc ar afiqrebinebs TiTqos SesaZlebelia, rom rodisme coli SevirTo an vinme gaxdes CemTvis igive, rac is iyo CemTvis... me gTxovT _ uTxariT yovelive mas... igi mudam sayvareli da keTili iyo.
me CamovarTvi xeli mis vaJkacur xels da davpirdi, rom avasrulebdi mis davalebas, rogorc ki movaxerxebdi.
_ gmadlobT, master dvei, _ mipasuxa man, _ es didi pativiscemaa Tqvenis mxriT, rom moxvediT Cems Sesaxvedrad da iseTi keTili xarT, rom nugeSsa scemdiT biZias da ebaasebodiT mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi. esec xom bevrs niSnavs. Zalian kargad mesmis, master devi, rom mamida ki wava londonSi, sanam isini gamegzavrebian, da kidev naxaven erTmaneTs wasvlamdis, magram me veRar vnaxav Zias. es me vici... Cven ar veubnebiT amas erTmaneTs, magram es ase iqneba, da ukeTesic aris. rodesac Tqven ukanasknelad naxavT biZaCems, sul ukanasknelad, gadaeciT mas erTxel kidev Cemi salami da guliTadi madloba oblisa, romlisTvisac igi mSobel mamaze ukeTesi iyo.
me amasac davpirdi. _ erTxel kidev gmadlobT, _ miTxra man da magrad CamomarTva xeli. _
me vici, sad gindaT wasvla, mSvidobiT, master devi. man odnav gaiqnia xeli, TiTqos undoda eTqva, rom ar SeuZlia im
adgilis naxva, da piri miibruna. me gavxede mas, rodesac midioda mTvaris Suqze am udabur alagas, da davinaxe, rom ramdenjerme Sexeda mTvaris vercxlisfer zols, zRvaze gawolils, da TandaTan miefara Cems Tvalebs.
kari Ria iyo, rodesac saxls mivuaxlovdi. Sesvlisas davinaxe, rom yvela nivTi ukve gatanili iyo gareT, garda Zveli skivrisa, romelzedac ijda misis gumiji kalaTiT xelSi da Sescqeroda mister pegotis.
_ marTlac, Tqven yvelafris Calageba mogiswriaT, _ vuTxari me. _ eh! rasakvirvelia, Cven ar gvizarmacia! misis gumiji ise gaisarja,
ise... rogorc, ar vici, kidev vin gaisarjeboda amgvarad, _ miTxra mister pegotim, Tan uyurebda misis gumijs da ar icoda, kidev ra sityva moenaxa sakmarisad saqebari.
_ daniel, _ uTxra misis gumijma uecrad, dadga Tavisi kalaTa da xelze Camoekida mister pegotis. _ Zvirfaso daniel! ai Cemi ukanaskneli sityva, romelsac vityvi am saxlSi: Sen ar unda damtovo me; nu ifiqreb Cems aq datovebas, daniel, nu ifiqreb!
_ gemudarebi, Zvirfaso daniel, nu ifiqreb! _ saCqarod SesZaxa misis gumijma. _ wamiyvane Tan, daniel, SenTan da emisTan! me Tqveni mosamsaxure viqnebi, momTmeni da erTguli. Tu arian monebi im qveynad, sadac Tqven midixarT, Tqveni mona gavxdebi da viqnebi, oRond nu damtoveb aq, daniel! Sen iseTi keTili da sayvareli xar!
_ Cemo kargo! _ upasuxa mister pegotim da Tavi gaiqnia. _ Sen ar ici, ra Soria gza da ra mZime iqneba iq cxovreba.
_ o, rasakvirvelia, vici, daniel! me SemiZlia warmovidgono! _ SesZaxa misis gumijma. _ magram ai Cemi ukanaskneli sityva am WerqveS: me davwvebi aq da movkvdebi, Tu Tan ar wamiyvanT. ar mivekarebi im pensias, romelic Sen daminiSne; movkvdebi, magram SenTan da emisTan erTad. qveynis bolomde wamogyvebiT, Tuki Tan wamiyvanT. vici... ratom... me vici, Sen fiqrob, rom wuwuna da buzRuna var, magram Zvirfaso, sayvarelo, axla is aRar var, tyuilad ki ar vijeqi aq amdeni xnis ganmavlobaSi; vyaraulobdi da vfiqrobdi Sens ubedurebaze, usargeblod ar davmjdarvar, master devi! uTxariT rame Cems Sesaxeb. me vici yvela misi Cveuleba da naRveli. zogjer SemiZlia vanugeSo, da vimusaveb beTitad. daniel! keTilo daniel! nu damanebeb Tavs!
misis gumijma staca xeli da akoca mas. Cvee gamovaTrieT skivri, CavaqreT sanTeli, davketeT kari garedan da
davtoveT Zveli navis saxli. meore dilas, rodesac diliJansiT londonSi mivediT, misis gumijsa da mis kalaTas eWiraT erTi saukeTeso adgilTagani. misi gumiji bednieri iyo!
_ me xmas ar gagcemT, _ gamoucxada doram papida da Searxia Tavisi kululebi. _ gagajavrebT, mogisevT jips, rom mTeli dRe giyefoT. darwmunebuli viqnebi, rom marTlac beberi, braziani ledi xarT, Tu ar waxvalT.
_ Cemo yvavilo, _ upasuxa papidam siciliT, _ Sen xom ici, rom uCemod ar SegiZlia yofna.
_ ras melaparkebiT! _ uTxra doram. _ srulebiT ar mWirdebiT. gana Tqven Cemi gulisaTvis darbixarT mTeli dRis ganmavlobaSi zeviT da qveviT kibeebze? gana Tqven zixarT Cems gverdiT da miambobT dolis ambavs, rogor movida igi TqvenTan daglejili fexsacmelebiT da mTlad mtvriani... ah, rogori sabralo, saZageli biWi iyo! Tqven xom arasodes ar sCadixarT imas, rac me mesiamovneba, _ marTali ara var? xom asea, Zvirfaso papida?
am sityvebiT saCqarod akoca papidas daumata: _ o, rasakvirvelia, Tqven yvelafers akeTebT! me xom vxumrob! magram
axla yuri migdeT, _ ganagrZobda dora da Tan ealerseboda. _ Tqven aucileblad unda waxvideT. gamovigoneb TqvenTvis aTasgvar usiamovnebas, jipic amas izams. Tqven Zalian inanebT, rom ar gameqceT. amas garda, _ daumata doram da gakvirvebiT Semogvxeda jer me da Semdeg papidas, _ ratom ar unda waxvideT oriveni? gana ise mZimed var avad?
_ ras laparakob! ra sakiTxavia! _ Sehyvira papidam. _ ra sisulelea, _ davumate me. _ Tqven dabrundebiT da imden axal ambavs moitanT Tan, rom mTeli
kvira dagWirdebaT saamboblad da asaxsnelad. vici, ron ase advilad ver mivxvdebi, Tu rame saqmiania. da Tu kidev Tvlac damWirdeba, me ar vici, rogor movaxerxeb. aba! axla xom waxvalT, ara? Tqven xom mxolod erT Rames ar gaaTevT saxlSi, uTqvenod ki jipi damicavs. wasvlis win dodi amiyvans zeviT da Tqvens mosvlamde ar Camoval.
saRamos Cven oTxiveni, ese igi: papida, mister diki, tredelsi da me gavemgzavreT duvris safosto karetiT kenterberiSi.
gviTxra mister mikoberma. _ Tqven metad keTili brZandebiT, ser, _ daumata man da mimarTa mister diks, romelic, rac Zali da Rone hqonda, xels uWerda.
_ isauzmeT kidec, ser? _ hkiTxa mister dikma. _ xom ar inebebT katlets?
_ arafris gulisaTvis, mister dikson! _ SesZaxa mikoberma. _ mada da me, ukve didi xania, rac gavSordiT erTmaneTs.
`mister diksons~ ise gauxarda Tavisi axali saxeli da, rogor Canda, iseT did pativiscemad miiRo, rom isev magrad CamoarTva xeli mister mikobers da gaicina bavSviviT.
agnesas Semosvlam, romlis mosayvanad wavida mikoberi, Sewyvita es saubari.
me vxedavdi, rogor uTvalTvalebda uri agnesas, rodesac igi Cven gvesalmeboda. am dros mikoberma raRac aniSna tredelss da igi yvelasaTvis SeumCnevlad gavida oTaxidan.
_ Tqven aq meti saqme ar gaqvT, mikober, _ uTxra urim, magram mister mikoberi uZravad idga karebTan da saxazavi gulTan eWira.
_ raRas eliT, mikober? _ hkiTxa urim. _ gana ver gaigeT, rom aq saqme aRara gavqT-ra?
_ gavige, _ upasuxa erT adgilze gaqvavebulma mikoberma. _ maS raRas eliT? _ hkiTxa urim. _ imas, rom... mokled rom vTqva, me ase momwons, _ upasuxa mikoberma
mouTmenlad. uris saxe daemanWa. man dakvirvebiT Sexeda mikobers. _ gaswiT aqedan! male mogelaparakebiT. _ Tu aris qveyanaze aramzada, romelsac ukve metismetad didi xania,
uri ise gadaxta, TiTqos daartyeso. nela mogvavlo Tvali yvelas da Tqva dabali xmiT:
_ oho! es xom SeTqmulebaa! maT piroba SeukravT, rom aq moeyaraT Tavi. isini Cems msaxurTan erTad muxanaToben Cems winaaRmdeg. ara, koperfid? maS kargi! mifrTxildiT mikober! gaswiT aqedan! me axlave gagiswordebiT!
_ mister mikober, _ vuTxari me, _ moiqeciT ise, rogorc Rirsia. _ ra karg xalxSi Cavvardi, _ waisisina urim. _ mis trotvud, Tqven
ukeTess izamT, Tu ubrZanebT, rom aq SeCerdnen, Torem me Tqvens meuRles iseT `gaCerdis~ vubrZaneb, rom arc Tqven gaicinebT. dameTanxmeT, CemTvis ar aris sasiamovno Cavrio aseT saqmeebSi aseTi pativcemuli xnieri ledis ambavi. mis vikfild, Tq Tqven giyvarT mamaTqveni, gTxovT, aq nu CaereviT. me gavaRatakeb mas, Tu ar damijerebT! aba, gadiT axla! sad aris deda? _ ikiTxa man uecrad da mxolod maSin SeniSna tredelsis iq ar yofna. _ es kargi ambavia! da yvelaferi es Cems sakuTar saxlSi!
_ misis hipi aq aris, mister hip, _ uTxra am dros tredelsma, romelic oTaxSi Semovida Rirseuli Svilis Rirseul dedasTan erTad, _ gavbede da TviTon gavacani Cemi Tavi.
_ `uRirseuleso mis trotvud da Tqven jentlmenebo...~ _ RmerTma nu qnas! _ miTxra papidam dabali xmiT. _ Tu
borotmoqmedeba didia, man, ueWvelia, erTi ozma qaRaldi mainc daxarja! mikobers ar gaugia es SeniSvna. igi ganagrZobda:
_ `vinaidan me gamovdivar Tqvens winaSe, raTa brali davdo da vamxilo, ueWvelia, yvelaze SesaniSnavi aramzada, romelic ki odesme arsebula dedamiwis zurgze... (aq mikoberma, TvalebauReblad saxazaviT, rogorc jadosnuri kverTviT, uri hipze miuTiTa), gTxovT umorCilesad, ar momaqcioT yuradReba piradad me. im dgomareobaSi, rodesac sircxvilma, gaWirvebam da sasowarkveTilebam umaRles wertils miaRwies, Sevedi vikfildisas... da hipis firmis kantoraSi, Tumca namdvilad mas marTavda mxolod hipi. hipi da mxolod hipia am manqanis Carxi. hipi da mxolod hipia matyuara da gaiZvera!~
am sityvebTan, uri, ufro galurjebuli, vidre gafiTtebuli, mivarda mister mikobers, rom gamoeglija misTvis es werili, magram mikoberma saocari xelovnebiT Caartya mas saxazavi gawvdils TiTebSi.
_ amasac mogagoneb, damacade! _ Sehyvira urim da daiklakna tkivilisagan.
_ `jamagiri, romelsac viRebdi... hipis kantoraSi, ar aRemateboda umniSvnelo Tanxas, ocdaor Silingsa da aqevs penss kviraSi. mgonia, saWiro ar aris imis axsna, rom male iZulebuli gavxdi mimemarTna... hipisTvis fulis sasesxeblad, misis mikoberisa da Cveni ubeduri, magram mravalricxovani ojaxis gamosakvebad. mgonia, es aucilebloba winaswar navaraudevi hqonda... hips... saWiro ar aris amaze laparaki, rom am sesxs maZlevdnen TamasuqebiT, sesxis werilebiT, valis sabuTebiT, saxelmwifosagan dadgenili kanonebis Tanaxmad, da, amgvarad, male davinaxe, rom gabmuli var badeSi, romelsac... hipi TandaTan swnavda Cems garSemo, Cems dasaRupavad~.
is netareba, romelsac hgvrida mister mikobers misi epistolaruli niWi am saqmeTa ubeduri mdgomareobis aRweraSi, TiTqos askecad unazRaurebda mas mTel im SiSsa da naRvels, romelic sinamdvilem mianiWa! man ganagrZo:
_ `ai maSin... hipma daiwyo gamoCena Cemdami swored imdeni ndobisa, ramdenic saWuro iyo misi jojoxeTuri gegmis sisruleSi mosayvanad. Cemi daxmareba swored iq iyo mudam saWiro, sadac saqme Seexeboda raime siyalbes, an sadac navaraudevi iyo SecdomaSi Seyvana erTi pirovnebisa, romelsac davasaxeleb, rogorc mister v-s. rodesac gadavWeri Sinagani brZola jamagirianobasa da ujamagirobasa, purianobasa da upurianobasa, sicocxlesa da sikvdils Soris, davisaxe miznad, mesargebla yvela am SemTxveviT, raTa memxilebina da naTelmeyo yvela is sisaZagle da veragoba, romelic Caidina… hipma mister vikfildis dasaRupad.
`Cemi braldeba hipis winaaRmdeg, _ kiTxulobda igi, Semdeg Sexeda Tavis mowinaaRmdeges da yoveli SemTxvevisaTvis moimarjva saxazavi iRliis qveS, _ Semdegia: jer erTi, _ rodesac mister vikfildis goneba da mexsiereba, im mizezebis gamo, romelTa ganxilvas aq arc saWiroeba da arc adgili ar moiTxovs, dasustda da dauClungda... hipma auria da gaafuWa kantoris yvela saqme. rodesac mister vikfilds yvelaze naklebad seeZlo xolme saqmis marTva... hipi usaTuod swored maSin gamoCndeboda da miaCeCebda raime qaRalds. amgvar SemTxvevebSi... hipi Soulobda mister vikfildis xelmoweras didmniSvnelovan sabuTebze, romelTac moaCvenebda sruliad ubralod, Semoudebda magidaze, rogorc yovlad umniSvnelos. ase, magaliTad, man aiZula mister vikfildi mieca misTvis... hipisTvis sruli mindobiloba, raTa mas, hips, hqonoda ufleba gankarguleba moexdina da kantorisaTvis mindobili Tanxa _ oci aTas eqvsas Tormeti
da mikoberma isev daatkbo Tavisi smena sityvebis raxaruxiT, romelic, rasakvirvelia, sasacilo da metic iyo, magram, unda SevniSno, es garemoeba mxolod mikobers ar emarTeba. Cemi sicocxlis ganmavlobaSi bevrjer SemiSinavs es gataceba zedmeti sityvebiT. igi raRac saerTo wesad aris xolme miRebuli yvela sazeimo SemTxvevaSi da masze emyareba mravali formaluri da sasamarTlos sabuTi. maTi kiTxvisa an warmoTqmis dros xalxi TiTqos gansakuTrebiT tkbeba, rodesac Sexvdeba WaxaWaxa sityvebis wyebas, romelic erTsa da imave cnebas aRniSnavs, rogorc, magaliTad: `minda, moviTxov da msurs~, anda kidev: `vutoveb, vuanderZeb da ganvsazRvrav~ da sxvani. Cven vlaparakobT enis siZneleze da Cvenve ki vawamebT enas; gvixaria, rom gvaqvs zedmeti sityvebis maragi, rmelic SegviZlia movixmaroT sazeimo SemTxvevaSi, da gveCveneba, rom es didebulia da keTilxmovani.
_ `saxeldobr, amrigad, ese igi, vinaidan mister vikfildi metad mZime mdgomareobaSi imyofeboda janmrTelobis mxriv da Zalian advilad SesaZlebeli yo, rom misi sikvdili gamoiwvevda mravali siyalbis gamomJRavnebas da hipis uflebis damxobas vikfildis ojaxobaze, rogorc me, qvemore xelismomwers, vilkins mikobersa mgonia, da rac SeiZleba momxdariyo, Tu misi asulis mamisadmi siyvaruli ar iqneboda winaswardajerebuli, rom kanonier ganxilvamde ar miiyvanos orive amxanagis kantoris saqmeebi, _ amis gamo am dasaxelebulma hipma saWirod dainaxa, hqonoda maragad sesxis valdebuleba zemoaRniSnuli Tanxis, oci aTas eqvsas ToTxmeti girvanqisa, procentebiT, romel valdebulebaSic naTqvamia, TiTqos es Tanxa sesxad hqondes micemuli hips mister vikfildisTvis, raTa gadaerCina igi sircxvilisagan, Tumca es Tanxa sinamdvileSi arc gacemula arasdros, arc arsebula da arc miRebula. xelmowera am sabuTze, viTomc Sedgenili mister vikfildis mier da Semowmebuli vilkins mikoberis mier, _ yalbia. me maqvs ubis wignaki, romelSic mravali nimuSia amgvari yalbi xelmowerisa mister vikfildis mier~.
uri wamoxta, amoiRo jibidan gasaRebebis abmula, gaaRo magidis ujra, magram Semdeg gadaifiqra da ar Cauxednia Sig, isev mogvibrunda Cven.
_ sabuTi CemTan aris, _ sTqva mikoberma da gamarjvebuliviT gadmogvxeda yvelas, _ ese igi, dRes diliT, rodesac es werili iwereboda, igi me mwonda, magram Semdeg gadaveci mister trdelss.
_ sruli simarTlea, _ daadastura tredelsma. _ uri, uri! damorCildi da sTxove patieba am jentlmenebs! _ yviroda
dedaberi. _ me vici, jentlmenebo, rom Cemi Svili dagmorCildebaT, Tu adroveT. mister koperfild, Tqven xom iciT, rogori moridebuli da morCili iyo igi mudam.
_ dedi, gaCumdi! ukeTess izamdi, rom Tofi ageRo da gulSi gesrola CemTvis!
uri erTi wuTiT gaCumda, Semdeg warbebebSekrulma Semomxeda da Tqva: _ aba, kidev ra gaqvT? aris kidev rame? moitaT. ras miyurebT ase? mikoberi isev Seudga Tavisi braldebis kiTxvas; igi didi xalisiT
daubrunda am saqmes, romelic amden siamovnebas hgvrida mas. _ `me SemiZlia davamtkico, rom mTeli sisuste, nakli da TviT sikeTe,
TviT mSobliuri siyvaruli da patiosnebis grZnoba ubeduri, motyuebuli da gaZarcvuli mister vikfildisa raimdenime wlis ganmavlobaSi mxolod imas emsaxureboda, rom xeli Seewyo Zunwi, qvawvia da muxanaTi... hipis gamdidrebisaTvis; rom hipis erTaderTi mizani, garda gamdidrebisa, iyo survili savsebiT xelSi Caegdo mister vikfildi da misi asuli. mister vikfildma, romelsac eSinoda, rom moelis gakotreba da patiosani saxelis dakargva, mTeli Tavisi imedi daamyara am adamianis saxes majlajunaze (mikoberma es axali gamoTqma gansakuTrebuli rixiT warmosTqva), am majlajunaze, romelmac moaxerxa, saWiro da aucilebeli gamxdariyo, da amis saSualebiT moamzada Tavisi keTilismyofelis daRupva. yoveli amis damtkicebas me vkisrulob da, ueWvelia, ufro metsac davamtkiuceb~.
me ramdenime sityva wavCurCule agnesas, romeic Cems gverdiT idga da sixarulisa da mwuxarebis cremlebs Rvrida erTsa da imave dros. msmenelTa Soris atyda moZraoba, TiTqos mikoberma daamTavra kiTxva, magram man araCveulebrivi RirsebiT warmosTqva: `umorCilesad gTxovT, mapatioT~, da erTdroulad Rrma sevdisa da udidesi aRtacebis gamometyvelebiT waikiTxa:
_ `me gavaTave. darCenia mxolod, davamtkico es braldeba sabuTebiT da Semdeg, Cems ojaxobasTan erTad, samudamod movSorde qveyanas, sadac, rogorc Cans, Cven metni varT. es male iqneba Sesrulebuli. warmomidgenia, rom Cveni ZuZuTa bavSvi pirveli dautevebs suls kvebis uqonlobis gamo da rom mas Cveni tyupebi mihyvebian. iyos neba RvTisa! rac Semexeba me, Cemma kenterberiSi gadmosaxlebam ukve gamoiRo nayofi. Cemi Camwyvdeva savalo cixeSi, kanonier safuZvelze, da SimSili daamTavreben danarCens. kmayofili viqnebi, Tu Cemze, rogorc es naTqvami iyo erT mamac da ganTqmul zRvis gmirze, romelTanac Tavis Sedarebas me, rasakvirvelia, ver gavbedav, _ ityvian, rom Sevasrule yovelive es ara raime jildos an saxelis moxveWis imediT, aramed mxolod da mxolod
inglisis, mamulisa da mSvenierebisaTvis. vilkins mikoberi~. vilkins mikoberma dakeca qaRaldi da mdabali Tavis dakvriT miarTva
mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi Rrma dumilSi iyo wasuli, uecrad mivarda uris da orive xeliT swvda sayeloSi.
_ Sen ici, rasac vTxoulob? _ Sehyvira man. _ tusaRis tanisamoss, Tu ras? _ uTxra urim. _ ara, Cems qonebas!. agnesa, Cemo gulo! sanam megona, rom mamaSenma
gaflanga igi, xma ar amomiRia imis Sesaxeb, rom Cemi fuli aq iyo micemuli sawarmood; trotisTvisac ki, rogorc TviTonac icis, araferi miTqvams; magram axla, rodesac gavige, rom es adamiani pasuxisgamcemi, axla moviTxov Cems qonebas. tot, midi, gamoarTvi, waarTvi!
xom ar egona papidas am wuTSi, rom misi fuli uris ubeSi edo. amas ver vityvi danamdvilebiT; magram igi ise ajanjRarebda uris, TiTqos fuli mas marTlac Tan hqonda. saCqarod davarwmune papida, _ vecdebiT gamovarTvaT mas yvelaferi, rac ki miTvisebuli aqvs motyuebiT-meTqi. am laparakma da wuTierma dafiqrebam daamSvida papida.
am dro misis hipi cremlebiT evedreboda Svils, damorCileboda jentlmenebs; gviCoqebda win TiTo-TiTod yvelas da gvpirdeboda aTas ucnaur rames. bolso urim dasva igi skamze, borotebiT savse TvalebT Semomxeda da miTxra.
_ ra gindaT axla? _ axlave getyiT, rac aucilebelia, _ uTxra tredelsma. _ gana koperfilds ena ara aqvs? _ waibutbuta urim. _ me bevrs
mogcemdiT, Tu metyodiT, rom mas ena marTlac moWrili aqvs. _ ai ra aris amJamad aucilebeli, _ Tqva tredelsma. _ upirveles
yovlisa, am wuTSive unda CamabaroT xelSekruleba Tqveni amxanagobaSi Sesvlis Sesaxeb da moZravi qonebis savalo mowmoba.
_ ki, magram, vTqvaT, rom ar maqvs es xelSekruleba, _ gaawyvetina urim.
_ ki, magram Tqven gaqvT igi, _ upasuxa tredelsma, _ Cven araferi ar gvinda vicodeT Tqveni warmodgenis Sesaxeb.
unda gamovtyde, rom am wuTSi pirvelad davafase saTanadod naTeli goneba da mtkice, momTmeni praqtikuli Wkua yofili skolis amxanagisa.
_ Semdeg, _ ganagrZo tredelsma, _ unda gadmogvceT ukanasknel groSamde yvelaferi, rac ki xelSi CaigdeT. yvela davTari, yvela sabuTi kantoris saqmeebisa CvenTan unda iyos Sesanaxad, da agreTve yvela Tqveni wigni, angarSi, baraTi, _ erTi sityviT _ yvelaferi, rac ki aq aris.
_ viTom es aucilebelia? _ upasuxa urim. _ me mWirdeba dro, rom movifiqro.
_ sruli simarTlea, _ SeniSna tredelsma, _ magram saqmis garCevamde es sabuTebi Cven gveqneba. gTxovT, ara-da, gaiZulebT Tqvens oTaxSi ijdeT da aravisTan ar iqonioT kavSiri.
_ magas ar vizam, _ sTqva urim wyevliT.
_ maSin cixe sakmarisad saimedo binaa, _ SeniSna tredelsma, _ da Tumca kanoni, SesaZleeblia, ufro gvian dagvibrunebs yvelafers, rac gvergeba, da iqneba man ver gaakeTos es iseTi sisruliT, rogorc Tqven TviTon, samagierod, araviTari eWvi ar aris, rom igi dagsjiT, yovel SemTxvevaSi, es Tqven Cemze ukeT iciT. koperfild, gaisarjeT, wadiT gildholSi policielis mosayvanad.
_ moexmareT, mister dik. gviyaviT wyaloba, _ uTxra tredelsma. mister dikma, am davalebiT gaamayebulma, gaacila moxuci. igi male
dabrunda da moitana ara marto xelSekruleba, aramed is yuTic, romelSic igi ido da romelSic vipoveT saangariSo davTari da sxvadasxva qaRaldebi, romlebic Zalian gamogvadga SemdegSi.
_ kargi, _ Tqva tredelsma. _ axla, mister hip, Tqven SegiZliaT wabrZandeT da moifiqroT Tqveni mdgomareoba, amasTan, gaisarjeT da gansakuTrebiT iqonieT mxedvelobaSi, rom... amas gicxadebT yvela aq damswris saxeliT... Tqven dagrCeniaT mxolod erTi gamosavali, romelic agixseniT, da rom igi aucileblad unda Seasruldes dauyovnebliv.
uri TvalauReblad gaZvra karebSi. mioberma TvaliT gaacila igi, sanam uri ar miimala karebs ukan, da
maSin winadadeba momca `mowmed vyofiliyavi erTierT ndobis aRdgenis dros misis mikobersa da mas Soris~. Semdeg mTeli danarCeni sazogadoebac miiwvia Tavis saxlSi.
agnesa daubrunda avadmyof mamas, tredelsi darCa hipis sayaraulod, _ ise rom, mxolod me, papida da mister diki gavyeviT mikobers.
imedi mqonda, rom vilkinsi mgaloblad moewyoboda taZarSi. magram vakansia ar iyo tenorisTvis im pativcemul SenobaSi, romlis wyalobiT es qalaqi sargeblobs aseTi didi, Riseulad damsaxurebulis saxeliT, da... mokled rom vTqvaT, man Cveulebad gaixada simRera maRali sazogadoebisaTvis.
papida Cafiqrda daaxloebiT erTi wuTiT da uTxra:
_ mikvirs, mister mikober, rom jer azrad ar mogsvliaT inglisidan gadasaxleba.
_ ah, qalbatono! _ upasuxa mikberma. _ es ocnebaa Cemi siymawvilisa da unayofo survili vaJkacobisa!
me darwmunebuli var, rom mTel Tavis sicocxleSi mas azrad ar mosvlia es!
_ marTlac, _ Tqva papidam da me Semomxeda, _ es xom Zalian kargi iqneba TqvenTvisac da Tqveni ojaxobisTvisac. mister mikober, gadasaxleba rom gadavwyvitoT. ai, devi icnobs xalxs, romlebic avstraliaSi apireben gamgzavrebas. Tu Tqven gadawyvetT gadasaxlebas, ratom ar unda waxvideT erTad? moifiqreT es, mister da misis mikober, dro jer kidev aris, _ kargad awon-dawoneT.
_ me msurda mxolod erTi ram mekiTxa, keTilo miledi, _ Tqva misis mikoberma, _ rogor ggoniaT, jansaRi hava aris iq?
_ mec darwmunebuli var, qalbatono, _ daumata mister mikoberma – rom dRevandel pirobebSi mxolod es mxare varga CemTvis da Cemi ojaxisaTvis, da rom im napirebze Cveni bedi aucileblad miiRebs sxva, ukeTes mimarTulebas da saxes.
arasodes ar damaviwydeba, rogor uecrad gaitaca igi momavali keTildReobis ocnebam, ase rom, gacilebis dros igi uyurebda mimaval xarebs ukve avstralieli fermeris TvalebiT.
Tavi ormocdameaTe ganvlili gzis isev Tvalis gadavleba me iZulebuli var, erTxel kidev SevCerde, o, Cemo pawawina colo! ai, im saxeebSi, romelnic mwkrivad iSlebian mogonebaSi Cems Tvalwin,
erTi saxea, wynari da mSvidi. igi Tavisi umanko siyvaruliT da bavSvuri mSvenierebiT meubneba: SeCerdi, momigone!
me avasrule amas. yvelaferi danarCeni bindeba da hqreba. isev dorasTan var, Cvens patara saxlSi, londonis midamoSi. ar vici, didxans iyo Tu ara igi avad. kvirebisa da Tveebis angariSiT _ cota xans; magram imis mixedviT, rac gamoviare, dro iyo didi, Zalian didi dro.
TandaTan Semepara SiSi, rom arasodes aRar dadgeba is dRe, rodesac davinaxav Cems pawawina cols, mzeze rom darbodes Zvel megobar jipTan erTad.
dora wevs da giRimis. igi aocrad sayvarelia, da ar ismis misgan arc erTi mouTmeneli sityva, arc erTi sayveduri. igi ambobs, rom Cven yvelani Zalian keTilebi varT; rom man icis, Tu rogor itanjeba misi sayvareli, keTili biWuna; rom papida sul hyaraulobs, sul uvlis, sul fusfusebs, emsaxureba mas. zogjer ori moxuci ledi, debi _ iadonebi, modian doras sanaxavad, da maSin vigonebT Cveni qorwilis dRes da mTel im bednier xanas.
dilaa. dora, papida mier morTuli, miCvenebs, rogor jer isev kululebad ixveva misi mSvenieri Tmebi gSlil baliSze, ra grZeli da mbzinavia isini da rogor uyvars mas maTi tareba badeSi.
_ imitom ki ara, rom aqamde vamayobde Cemi TmebiT, Cemo biWuna, _ meubneba igi, rodesac viRimebi, _ ara, mxolod imitom, rom odesRac Sen maT lamazad Tvlidi, da kidev imitom, rom, rodesac pirvelad daviwye fiqri Senze, Cavixede sarkeSi da Cems Tavs davekiTxe: gagexardeba Tu ara, rom miiRo am Tmebis kululi! ah, ra suleli bavSvi iyavi, rodesac gaCuqe aseTi kululi!
_ es im dRes iyo, rodesac Sen yvavilebs xatavdi, me rom mogitane, da rodesac giTxari, rom miyvarxar, dora.
_ magram maSin srulebiT araviTari survili ar mqonda meambna SenTvis, rogor davtirodi maT, TviTonac ar vici, ratom, _ miTxra doram. _ rodesac isev SeviZleb sirbils uwindeburad, wavideT da vnaxoT is adgilebi, sadac Cven iseTi sulelebi viyaviT, ara dodi?
_ aucileblad. da isev gavataroT ramdenime bednieri dRe. magram unda daeCqaro morCenas, genacvale!
_ o, me male movrCebi! Sen ar ici, ramdenad ukeT var axla. saRamoa. vzivar imave skamze, imave loginTan da igive saxe miyurebs me.
Cven ramdenime xans vdumdiT. mis saxes Rimili dasTamaSebda. aRar damaqvs Cemi msubuqi tvirTi kibeze, zeviT da qveviT; igi mTeli dRe aq wevs.
_ dodi! _ ra, genacvale, dora? _ me agnesas naxva minda. Zalian minda vnaxo igi. _ me mivwer, Cemo kargo. _ marTla miswer? _ am wamSive mivswer. _ Sen axla Zalian mowyenili xar, dodi, rodesac qveviT zixar xolme?
_ iCurCulebs dora da mexveva yelze. _ maS rogor viqnebi, genacvale, rodesac vxedav Sens cariel skams. _ Cems cariel skams! (igi magrad momekra da daaxloebiT erTi wuTi
dumda). _ da Sen marTla amCnev Cems iq aryofnas, dodi? _ mekiTxeba igi RImiliT da TvaelbSi Semomyurebs.
_ Cemo sulo! maS visi aryofna iqneba CemTvis ufro SesamCnevi, vidre Seni!
_ Cemo kargo dodi! ah, me ise mixaria da Tan mainc menaRvleba! Ramea, da jer isev dorasTan var. agnesa movida, CvenTan gaatara mTeli
dRe da saRamo. Cven bevri ar gvilaparakia, magram dora Zalian kmayofili da mxiaruli iyo. axla Cven martoni varT.
vici Tu ara, rom Cemi pawawina coli male damtovebs? me miTxres es. axali araferi uTqvamT CemTvis. magram verc ki warmomidgenia. angariSi ver mimicia Cemi TavisTvis. dRes ramdenjerme gavedi satirlad. miWiravs misi xeli, vikrav gulSi, vxedav mis siyvaruls Cemdami, da me, sicocxliTa da ZaliT savses... ar SemiZlia uari vTqva mkrTal, bundovan imedze!
_ me zogi ram maqvs gulSi, rac minda giTxra, dodi, Sen xom ar gamijavrdebi? _ miTxra man.
davde Tavi baliSze mis gverdiT. igi TvalebSi micqeris da saocari sinaziT melaparaeba. TandaTan misi laparakis dros vamCnev Rrmad daWrili guliT, rom igi TavisTavze laparakobs, rogorc raRac warsulze.
_ me mgonia, sayvarelo, rom metismetad ymawvili viyavi! vlaparakob ara marto wlovanebis Sesaxeb, aramed gamocdilebaze da saerTod yvelaferze. mgonia, ukeTesi iqneboda, rom Cven gvyvareboda erTmaneTi, rogorc patara biWsa da gogos, da Semdeg dagveviwyna. mgonia, rom ar vvargodi colad!
vcdilobdi, Semekavebina cremlebi, da vupasuxe: _ o, dora, genacvale! iqneba imitom, rom mec ar vvargodi qmrad! _ ar vici, _ mipasuxa man da Taviseburad Searxia kululebi, _
SesaZlebelia. magram me rom metad vyofiliyavi momzadebuli ojaxuri cxovrebisaTvis, SesZlebelia maSin Senc ufro dalagebuli qmari gamxdariyavi.
_ Cven Zalian bednierebi viyaviT, cemo sayvarelo dora. _ me Zalian bednieri viyavi, Zalian; magram Cven rom didxans gvecxovra erTad, Cems bavSv-qmars moswyindeboda aseTi coli. igi sul ufro da ufro naklebad ivargebda mis megobrad. igi TandaTan sul metad ifiqrebda, ra aklia mis saxls, da coli ki veRar gamoicvleboda. ase ukeTesad gamovida.
_ dora, genacvale, nu melaparakebi magas! _ aq ar aris arc erTi sityva sayvedurisa, _ mipasuxa man da makoca. _
me metismetad miyvarxar, dodi, rom gisayveduro rame! es siyvarulia mTeli Cemi damsaxureba, garda, iqneb, imisa, rom gonji ar viyavi... an rom Sen lamazad mTvlidi. iq, dabla, sicariela, dodi?
_ saSineli sicarielea! _ nu tiri! Cemi skami iq aris? _ iq aris. Tavis Cveulebriv adgilas. _ ah, rogor tiris Cemi sabralo biWuna! gaCumdi! gaCumdi! axla mneba
momeci, dapirebulis asruleba gTxovo. minda aglesas movelaparako. rodesac dabla Caxval, uTxari agnesas, amovides CemTan, da, sanam mas velaparakebi, nuravis SemouSveb, papidasac ki. minda martodmarto movelaparako agnesas, srulebiT marto.
davpirdi, maSinve amesrulebina yvelaferi, magram ver movSordi. _ me vTqvi, rom ase ukeTesia, _ miCurCulebs igi da yelze mexveva. _
RmerTmani, dodi, ramdenime wlis Semdeg Sen aRar geyvareba Seni pawawina coli, ise, rogorc axla giyvars. vici, rom metismetad ymawvili da suleli viyavi. ase ukeTesia.
agnesa dabla iyo, rodesac Cavedi. avasrule doras davaleba. igi avida zeviT da damtova marto jipTan.
mivujeqi cecxls da yru samduraviT vigonebdi yvela idumal grZnobas, romelic dambadebia colis SerTvis Semdeg. vigonebdi yovel sisuleles, momxdars Cemsa da doras Soris, da vgrZnobdi, ra didi simarTlea imaSi, rom cxovreba wvrilmanebidan dgeba. nuTu marTlac ukeTesi iqneboda, rom Cven gvyvareboda erTmaneTi, rogorc bavSvebs, da Semdeg dagveviwyebina erTmaneTi? gamucdelo gulo, mipasuxe!
ramden xans viyavi wasuli fiqrebSi, ar vici. me gamomiyvana am mdgomareobdian Cemi pawawina colis Zvelma megobarma. ufro mousvenrad,
kvnesis... da... kvdeba. _ agnesa! Sexede! Sexede! me vxedav saxes, sibraluliTa da sevdiT aRsavses... cremlebis
nakaduls... Cumi naRvelis saSinel gamoxedvas da didad zeawvdil xels! _ agnesa! yvelaferi gaTavebulia! wyvdiadi mibnelebs Tvalebs da yvelaferi
hqreba mexsierebidan. Tavi ormocdameTerTmete mister mikoberis moRvaweoba axla arc droa da arc adgili imisTvis, rom Cemi imdroindeli
sulieri ganwyobilebis ganxilvaSi Sevide. maSin megona, rom Cemi momavali qvis kedliT iyo amoqolili da rom bolo moeRo Cems Zal-Ronesa da moRvaweobas cxovrebaSi-meTqi, garda samarisa veRarsad ver vxedavdi TavSesafars Cemi daoblebuli gulisaTvis.
ar SemiZlia danamdvilebiT vTqva, rodis mirCies pirvelad mogzauroba, da rogor moxda, rom damajeres, sulis simSvidis Zieba adgilebis gamocvlaSiao. agnesas suliT ise iyo gamsWvaluli yvelaferi, razedac ki Cven vfiqrobdiT, vlaparakobdiT da vakeTebdiT im kaeSnis xanaSi, rom, mgonia, es gegmac mis gavlenas SemiZlia mivawero.
_ moawyveT es saqme ise, rogorc gsurdeT, _ uTxra papidam. _ qalbatono, _ upasuxa mikoberma, _ Cemi meuRle da me vgrZnobT, ra
uzomo sikeTiT gveqcevian Cveni megobrebi da keTilismyofelebi. axla, rodesac vfurclav Cemi cxovrebis srulebiT axal gverds da amjerze arasaxumaro gaqanebiT vapireb araCveulebrivi naxtomis gakeTebas, mimaCnia, rom sakuTari Rirsebis SegnebisaTvis uaRresad mniSvnelovania da Cemi SvisisaTvis samagaliTod aucilebeli, rom momavali xelSekruleba Sesrulebuli iyo, rogorc or saqmian adamians Soris.
papidam SeniSna, rom saqme ar gaZneldeba iq, sadac orive mxare yvelaferze Tanaxmaa. mister mikoberic amave azris iyo.
_ Cveni axal sarbielze moRvaweobisTvis mzadebis Sesaxeb, qalbatono, _ gangarZobda mikoberi Tavmomwoned, _ nebas viTxov, ramdenime sityva mogaxsenoT. Cemi ufrosi qali yoveldRe, dilis xuT saaTze, midis erT-erT mezobel rZiT savaWroSi, raTa Seiswavlos iq Zroxebis wvelis xelovneba. umcrosi bavSvebi akvirdebian Rorebsa da Sinauri frinvelebis zneCveulebebs, romlebic moSenebuli hyavT am qalaqis uRaribes nawilSi, Cemi ufrosi vaJi vilkinsi dadis joxiT xelSi da varjiSobs mwyemsobaSi, rodesac ki amisi SemTxveva eZleva; es arc ise xSirad xdeba, radgan uxeSi xalxi, umetes SemTxvevaSi, lanZRviT aiZulebs xolme mas Tavi daanebos am saqmes.
amis Semdeg mister mikoberma xeli gauwoda misis mikobers, Sexeda qaRaldebis grovas, romelic win edo tredelss magidaze, da gviTxra, rom gvtovebs saqmeebis gasarCevad, da oriveni didi ceremoniiT gavidnen oTaxidan.
_ Zvirfaso koperfild, _ miTxra tredelsma mikoberebis gasvlis Semdeg, _ ar vixdi bodiSs, rom am saqmeebiT gawuxeb, radgan ici, did monawileobas iRebs yovelive amaSi, da, amas garda, iqneb am saqmeebma cotaTi gagarTos. imedi maqvs, Zvirfaso megobaro, rom SeiZleba mogvismino.
_ me srulebiT damSvidebuli var, _ vupasuxe xanmokle siCumis Semdeg, _ upirvelesad yovlisa, yvelam papidaze unda vifiqroT. Sen xom ici, ramdeni gaakeTa man CvenTvis?
_ magram es jer yvelaferi ar aris, _ ganvagrZe me. ukanaskneli ori kviris ganmavlobaSi raRac axali sevda ewia. igi midioda yovel dilas londonSi da xSirad mxolod Rame brundeboda saxlSi. Sen ici, tredels, ramden monawileobas iRebs igi sxvebis bedSi. mas ar surs miTxras, ra daemarTa.
_ araferi, trot, araferi, es aRar ganmeordeba, Sen yvelafers male gaigeb. axla ukeTesia agnesas saqmes SevudgeT.
_ me samarTlianad unda davafaso mister mikoberi, _ daiwyo tredelsma, _ mas, ueWvelia, arasodes ar umuSavia Zalian bevri Tavis TavisTvis, magram dauRalavi adamiania, rodesac sxvebisTvis muSaobs. ver warmoidgen, rogori sicxariT Seudgeboda xolme saqmes; rogori
gaSmagebiT iyo Cafluli dRe da Rame qaRaldebSi da saanariSo davTrebSi; amas daumatoT uamravi werilebi, romelTac mwerda xolme aqedan vikfildis saxlSi da zogjer aqve, magidis meore mxridan, rodesac, rasakvirvelia, gacilebiT ufro advili iyo piradi axsna.
_ mister dikic saswauls axdenda, _ gangarZo tredelsma. _ rodesac igi morCa uri hipis yaraulobas, man Seswira Tavi mister vikfilds.
_ diki SesaniSnavi adamiania, _ Tqva papidam. _ yovelTvis vambobdi amas. Sen ici, es trot.
_ Semdeg, Tqven, mis vikfild, Cemda udides sasiamovnod, SemiZlia giTxraT, rom mister vikfildma agreTve SesamCnevad ibruna piri mokeTebisaken am bolo dros, _ ganagrZobda tredelsi nazi sifrTxiliT. _ drodadro mas ubrundeba mexsierebis Semokrebisa da azris erT saganze SeCerebis unari. ise rom, bevr SemTxvevaSi Zalian dagvexmara, metadre zogierT saqmeSi, romelic, Tavisi daxlarTulobis gamo, srulebiT auxsneli darCeboda CvenTvis. magram amJamad Cemi movaleobaa warmogidginoT Sedegebi da ar viybedo yvela am Cemgan SemCneul saimedo garemoebaze, Torem ase verasodes gavaTaveb.
_ maS ase, _ Tqva tredelsma da gaSala magidaze qaRaldebi. _ rodesac davTvale yvela Tanxa da erTgvar wesrigSi moviyvane, aRmoCnda, jer erTi, auarebeli uneburi Secdomebi da, meorec, imdenime, Tu metic ara, ganzraxi daxlarTuloba da siyalbe. Cven gamorkveulad vTvliT, rom mister vikfilds SeuZlia likvidacia uyos Tavis kantoras agentis saSualebiT, dauyovnebliv da daubrkoleblad.
_ o! ra bednierebaa! _ SesZaxa agnesam. _ Tu mamaCemi patiosnad gamodis am daxlarTuli saqmeebidan, meti raRa unda visurvo! mudam imaze vocnebobdi, rom menaxa igi odesme ganTavisuflebuli mdgomareobidan, romelic mas hboWavda; maSin Sevwirav mas Cems sicocxles da, imedi maqvs, nawilobriv mainc samagieros mivuzRav misi mzrunvelobisa da unazesi siyvarulisaTvis. yvela mis valdebulebisa da pasuxismgeblobisagan ganTavisuflebis Semdeg CemTvis udidesi bedniereba iqneba, Cems Tavze aviRo Cveni momavlis mowyoba.
_ ki, magram ra saSualebiT apirebT amas, agnesa? _ ukve didi xania nafiqri maqvs, trotvud, da darwmunebuli var,
gavimarjveb. aq bevrni micnoben kargad da iseTi keTili TvaliT micqerian, rom SemiZlia amaSi darwmunebuli viyo. Tqvenc nu SegeparebaT eWvi. Cven didi moTxovnileba ara gvaqvs. Tu daviqiraveb Cven sayvarel Zvel saxls da pansions gavxsni, amiT sasargebloc viqnebi da bednieric.
tredelsma. _ mas meti arc hqonda, _ Tqva papidam imave simSvidiT. _ sami aTasi me
davinarCune, erTi aTasi Sevitane Sens magivrad, Cemo trot, doqtorTa kolegiaSi, danarCeni ori ki me maqvs. radgan mTavari Tanxa davkarge, saWirod vcani aRar meTqva-ra da Savi dRisTvis Sevinaxe. mindoda menaxa. rogor gamoxvidodi gaWirvebidan, trot, da Sen sakuTari Zal-RoniT
mSvenivrad gamoxvedi, moTminebiTa da muyaiTobiT. agreTve dikic... nu melaparakebiT... me mgonia, rom nervebi cotaTi aSlili maqvs.
amas veravin ver ityoda mis betsis Semyure. igi ijda sruliad mSvidad, welSi gamarTuli, gulxeldakrefili; papidas saocrad eWira Tavi.
_ maS ase, Zvirfaso megobrebo, _ gangarZo papidam, _ Tqven marTlac waarTviT es fuli im yaCaRs?
_ saqme imaSia, _ upasuxa tredelsma, _ rom mister mikoberma yoveli mxridan Semoartya alya da yvela mis uarze mzad hqonda axali dasamtkicebeli sabuTi. ase rom, mas arasgziT ar SeeZlo uari eTqva. SesaniSnavi aq is aris, rom uri hipma miiTvisa es fuli imdenad ara Tavisi gaumaZRari sixarbis gamo, ramdenadac koperfildis siZulviliT. amaSi srulebiT darwmunebuli var. TviTon gamomicxada es gulaxdilad. sTqva, rom Seswiravda, ramdensac ginda Tanxas, oRond evno koperfildisaTvis.
_ ar vici, _ upasuxa tredelsma, _ is da misi deda wavidnen erTad londonSi Ramis diliJansiT.
_ kargi, maS ra gadavwyviteT mikoberis Sesaxeb? _ ikiTxa papidam. _ ho, marTla! _ Tqva tredelsma da gamxiarulda. _ movale var,
erTxel kidev sruli samarTlianobiT davafaso mister mikoberi. igi rom aseTi muyaiTi da mtkice ar yofiliyo, Cven verafers ver mivaRwevdiT, verafers da, mgonia, mxedvelobaSi unda viqonioT da ar daviviwyoT, rom mister mikoberi ase iqceoda mxolod da mxolod samarTlianobisaTvis, metadre Tu warmovidgenT, rogor SeeZlo mas kargad mowyoba hipTan, gaCumeba rom gadaewyvita.
_ mec ase vfiqrob, _ SevniSne me. _ maS ra mivceT mas? _ ikiTxa papidam. me da tredelsma gadavwyviteT _ gadagvexada mikoberisaTvis valebi.
mogvemzadebina da gagvestumrebina igi Tavisi ojaxiT avstraliaSi da pirvel xanebSi iq mosawyobad migveca asi girvanqa sterlingi, oRond im pirobiT, rom xumrobagaSvebiT, gamogverTmia fulis gadaxdis valdebuleba, rogorc TviTon man isurva, radgan mister mikoberisaTvis ukeTesi iqneboda, Tu igi TavisTavs movaled CasTvlida. amas davumate kidev, rom gavafrTxileb mister pegotis, romelsac savsebiT SeiZleba endos adamiani, misi momavali Tanamgzavris xasiaTis ESesaxeb da davavaleb, misces mister mikobers kidev asi girvanqa, rodesac amas mister pegoti saWirod dainaxavs-meTqi.
_ imedi maqvs, _ daiwyo tredelsma gaubedavad, _ rom Tqven, mis trotvud, da Sen, koperfild, mapatiebT, Tu, Cemda didad samwuxarod, Sevexebi TqvenTvis mtkivneul sakiTxs; magram saWirod mimaCnia mogagonoT... im dRes, rodesac mikoberi gamvida Tavisi SesaniSnavi braldebiT, hipma muqariT daasaxela... papidaSenis qmari.
aq tredelsma SesamCnevad auria ena da Tqva, rom mas TviTon ar SeuZlia Seexlos am sagans; rom saWirod dainaxa, ar Sexeboda mas saqmis garCevis dros iseve, rogorc mikoberis valebis pirobebs; rom Cven ukve gavuSviT uri hipi xelidan da rom es adamiani, ueWvelia, riTac ki SesaZlebeli iqneba, siaves uzams yvelas, vinc ki am saqmeSia Careuli.
grZnobis aseTi gamomJRavneba xangrZlivi ar iyo. rodesac papidam cremlebiT guli moioxra, male damSvidda da TiTqmis gamxiarulda kidec. SeniSna, rom bolo dros cota nervebi moeSala, Torem ar gamoamJRavnebda mwuxarebas.
v. m. P.S. me vxsni am werils, raTa davumato, rom Cvenma saerTo megobarma
Tomas tredelsma, ukeTilSobilesi mis trotvudis saxeliT, gadaixada valic da sasamarTlos xarjic. ase rom, me da Cemi ojaxi netarebis umaRles mwvervalze vimyofebiT~.
ucxoeTSi mimavalTa gamgzavrebis vada axlovdeboda. Cemi beberi gadia Camovida londonSi. mudam masTan da mis ZmasTan viyavi, iseve, rogorc mikoberebi. rogorc Canda, isini cdilobdnen, daaxloebuliyvnen; magram emilia ar minaxavs.
erT saRamos, gamgzavrebamde sul cota xnis win, Cven samni visxediT; me, pegoti da misi Zma. laparaki qamze Camovarda. pegoti gviambobda, rogori sinaziT gamoemSvidoba igi mas, rogor vaJkacurad da mtkiced eWira Tavi, metadre bolo dros, rodesac, misi azriT, qami yvelaze metad itanjeboda.
im dros me da papidam Tavi davanebeT Cvens binebs haigetSi. me _ imitom, rom mogzaurobas vapirebdi; papidam _ imitom, rom duvrSi moisurva dabruneba. Cven mokle xniT daviqiraveT bina koventgartenSi. rodesac saxlSi vbrundebodi am laparakis Semdeg, momagonda Cemi ukanaskneli Sexvedra qamTan iarmauTSi da uecrad Sevyovndi Cemi winandeli gadawyvetilebis Sesaxeb, rom emiliasTvis daniSnuli werili mxolod ukanasknel wuTSi gadameca mister pegotisaTvis; vifiqre, rom ukeTesi iqneboda, axlave mimewera emiliasTvis yovelive is, rasac qami melaparakeboda. azrad momivida rom Cemi werilis miRebis Semdeg emiliam, SesaZlebelia, moisurvos ukanaskneli salamis gagzavna Tavisi ubeduri saqmrosaTvis. unda mimeca misTvis amisi sababi.
amitom im saRamosve davjeqi werilis dasawerad. vuambe emilias, rogor vnaxe qami, rogor mTxova man, rom gadameca emilisaTvis yvelaferi is, rasac axla vwerdi; Tan davurTe mokle baraTi mister pegotisadmi, rom mas gadaeca es werili daniSnulebisamebr. orive werili davde talanSi, rom gaegzavnaT, da gaTenebisas Cavweqi loginSi.
gamaRviZa papidam, romelic Cems logins mouaxlovda. _ Cemo trot, _ miTxra man da xeli CamomaRva, _ gadaveci emilias
Tqveni werili; man dawera ai es da damavala mekiTxa TqvenTvis, xom ar isurvebT waikiTxoT, da Tu cuds aras naxavT, xom ver gvizamT iseT sikeTes, rom gadasceT igi?
_ Tqven waikiTxeT? _ vkiTxe me. man sevdianad damiqnia Tavi. gavxseni werili da Semdegi wavikiTxe: `me gadmomces Tqveni davaleba. ah! riTi da rogor SemiZlia
gamogicxadoT Cemi madloba Tqveni aseTi umagaliTo sikeTisaTvis! yvela Tqveni sityva Rrmad CameWra gulSi. me maT sikvdilamde
Sevinaxav iqve. es _ mWreli danaa da mainc nugeSia. rodesac vxedav iseT xalxs, rogoric Tqven xarT, keTilo Cemo megobaro, da biZaCems, maSin mesmis sicocxlis usazRvro sikeTe.
Cemo Zvirfaso, Cemo megobaro, mSvidobiT! samudamod amqveynad! o, netavi SemeZlos, isev bavSvad gaviRviZo, rom neba mqondes mogiaxlovdeT; gmadlobT suliTa da guliT! mSvidobiT saukunod!~
werili cremlebiT iyo danamuli. _ SemiZlia gadavce, rom arafers cuds ar xedavT am werilSi da
wavide da davbrunde gemis gamgzavrebamde. igi, Tavisi martooobiT, Tavidan ara mSordeba. me rom gadavce axla es werili, emilias xeliT dawerili, da amiT mogceT saSualeba gamgzavrebis wuTSi uTxraT emilias, rom qamma miiRo igi, _ es didi nugeSi iqneba orivesTvis.
_ mec arasodes ar minaxavs, _ mipasuxa fostalionma. _ es qariSxlis caa, ser. me mgonia, zRvaze axla saSineleba xdeba, an arada, male daiwyeba saSineleba.
caze mihqroda Wreli Rrublebi, adgil-adgil raRac ucnauri alisferiT Seferilebi. zog adgilas isini grovdebodnen da mTebs Seadgendnen. maT Soris mogelandebodaT ufskrulebi, yvela miwier napralebze uRrmesi. da am mTebis mwvervalebze moxetiale mTvare TiTqos uecrad vardeboda ufskrulSi, viTomc bunebis kanonebis am saSinel darRvevaSi mas Tavzari daeca. mTeli dReE hqroda qari, magram axla qariSxali gaSmagda da, rac dro midioda, miT ufro da ufro saSinlad da sazarlad Rmuoda Cvens garSemo.
daRamda. Rrublebi Seikra da mTlian Sav sqel nabadiviT moedo cas, qariSxali zmuoda da ustvenda. misi qrolva imdenad Zlieri iyo, rom cxenebs Zala eleodaT; xSirad ukan ixevdnen, ase rom, Cven yovel wuTs gadabrunebis molodinSi viyaviT. Rameebi am dros isedac bneli icis. seqtembris bolo iyo.
gaTenda, magram qariSxali ar dawynarebula. vyofilvar iarmauTSi iseT dros, rodesac, mezRvaurebis sityviT, `mTeli ZaliTa da RoniT uberavda~, magram arasodes ar qariSxlismagvari ar menaxa-ra. Cven Zalian gvian mivediT iJviCSi, radgan ukanaskneli aTi milis manZilze yovel nabijs viRebdiT, ase vTqvaT, brZoliTa da ieriSiT. savaWro moedanze auarebeli xalxi mogroviliyo. RamiT yvela mcxovrebs daetovebina logini da gareT gamosuliyo kedlebisa da saxuravebis Camongrevis SiSiT.
rodesac zRvisken gavwieT, saidanac hqroda es sazareli qari, misi Zala ufro da ufro matulobda. jer kidev zRvasTan miaxloebamde Cven ukve vgrZnobdiT tuCebze mlaSe qafs da Zval-rbilSi gvatanda zRvis sineste. zRvis talRrebma ramdenime milis manZilze dahfares iarmauTis dabali midamoebi, yoveli gube azvirTebuliyo qarisagan; magram, rodesac Cvens Tvalwin gaiSala zRva, davinaxeT horizontze sazareli talRebi, romlebic uzarmazari mTebiviT imarTebodnen mdurare ufskrulebis piras da TiTqos meore, droebiT napirs warmoadgendnen koSkebiTa da SenobebiT.
Severie am xalxSi da vnaxe mtirali qalebi, romelTa qmrebi zRvaSi iyvnen gasuli Tevzebisa da lokokinebis saWerad. WaRara mezRvaurebi cas Sescqerodnen, Tavs iqnevdnen da CurCulebdnen erTmaneTSi. gemebis patronebi mRelvarebiTa da SiSiT elodebodnen raRacas; bavSvebi grovdebodnen ufrosebis win da TvalebSi Sescqerodnen maT. yvelaze mamaci mezRvaurebi mRelvarebiT gahyurebdnen zRvas, TiTqos mtersa zveravdnen; zRva ki, mrisxane da sazareli, isroda talRas talRaze, Rrialebda da qafdeboda; qari stveniT atrialebda da hfantavda koriantelSi qviSasa da qvebs.
me ver vipove qami im brboSi da wavedi masTan saxlSi. kari daketili damxvda da aravin pasuxi ar gamca Sems daraxunebaze. mixveul-moxveul quCebiT gavedi navsaSenSi, sadac igi muSaobda. iq miTxres, rom qami
aseT sulier mdgomareobaSi laparaki daRupuli gemebis Sesaxeb, Cemda uneburad, magonebda qams da aZlierebda Cems mRelvarebas. raRac ucnauri winaTgrZnoba mqonda, rom igi zRviT dabrundeboda loustoftidan da usaTuod daiRupeboda. es SiSi ise gaZlierda CemSi, rom gadavwyvite, sadilobamde erTxel kidev wavsluliyavi navsaSenSi da mekiTxa patronisaTvis, _ SesaZlebeli iyo Tu ara, rom qami zRviT dabrunebuliyo.
saCqarod SevukveTe sadili da wavedi navsaSenSi. misi patroni, sanaTuriT xelSi, alayafis karebTan idga da daketvas apirebda. man gadaixarxara Cems kiTxvaze. mipasuxa, rom arc erTi Wkuaze myofi adamiani, da giJic ki, amisTana darSi ar moscildeba napirs, da yvelaze naklebad iseTi mezRvauri, rogoric aris qami pegoti.
davbrundi sasrumroSi cotaTi darcxvenili, magram mainc ver davmSviddi. grigali ki, _ meCveneboda ase, _ sul Zlierdeboda, Tuki SesaZlebeli iyo misi meti gaZliereba. qaris Rmuili Rumelis milebSi da saxlis WuWrutanebSi aTasgvar xmebze, Wriali da xeTqeba kariebisa da darabebisa, saxuravebis raxuni, kedlebis zanzari da zRvis yru Rrena _ axla ufro saSineli meCveneboda, vidre diliT. Camowolilma sibnelem ufro gaaZliera saSineleba, namdvili da molandebuli.
me ar SemeZlo arc Wama, arc oTaxSi yofna; ar SemeZlo aragfris keTeba. qamis bediT Sewuxebuli, verc erTi wuTiT ver visvenebdi.
xan oTaxSi davdiodi winda ukan, xan gazeTs vkiTxulobdi, vusmendi sazarel xmaurs, buxris alSi vakvirdebodi ucnaur saxeeb... bolos, kedlis saaTis erTgvarma da aRuSfoTebelma wikwikma ise momabezra Tavi, rom loginSi Cawola gadavwyvite.
sanugeSo iyo imis gageba, rom sastumros zogierT momsaxures gadaewyvita, ar dawolilivnen am Rames. saSinlad daqanculi viyavi, magram rogorc ki loginSi Cavweqi, mTeli daRliloba da Zili uecrad gamiqra da srulebiT gamovfxizldi.
ramdenime saaTis ganmavlobaSi viweqi da vusmendi qariSxals; xan meCveneboda, TiTqos mesmis yvirili zRvaze; xan sasignalo srola daRupulebisa, xan saxlebis dangreva. ramdenjerme avdeqi, rom fanjaraSi gamexeda. magram fanjris SuSaSi vxedavdi mxolod sanTlis mkrTal Suqs da Cems sakuTars, samarisfrad gafiTrebul saxes, romeic TiTqos Cemsken moiwevda Savi wyvdiadidan.
bolos, Cemi mRelvareba iqamde mivida, rom avdeqi da Cavedi dabla, farTo samzareuloSi, sadac Segroviliyvnen yvela mosamsaxureni da gars Semohxveodnen did magidas, romeic sifrTxilisaTvis Sua oTaxSi iyo gamoweuli.
daaxloebiT ori saaTi davyavi samzareuloSi. Semdeg gavaRe kari da gavixede dacarielebul quCaSi. qviSa, zRvis balaxi da qafis Sxefebi isev mohqrodnen koriantelSi da iZulebuli viyavi, meTxova daxmareba karis misaketad.
carieli da saSineli meCvena Cemi oTaxi, rodesac zeviT avedi, magram iseTi daqanculi viyavi, rom bolos Rrma Zils miveci Tavi.
viRacam damiraxuna karze. _ ra ambavia? _ vikiTxe me. _ napiris axlos gemi iRupeba. wamovxti da vikiTxe, ra gemia-meTqi. _ xomaldia espaneTidan an portugaliidan, ouriTa da RviniT.
dauCqareT, ser, Tu gnebavT dainaxoT. napirze fiqroben, rom yovel wuTSi mosalodnelia misi sruli damsxvreva.
msaxuri gaiqca. saCqarod Cavicvi da gavvardi quCaSi. iq ukve bevri xalxi iyo. yvela zRvis pirisken mirboda da mec iqiT
wvalebiT miviwevdi win qaris pirispir, ar vicodi, saiT gamexeda da arafers vxedavdi, garda mRvrie wylisa da qafisa. viRac naxevradSiSvelma mezRvaurma mimiTiTa marcxniv da maSin davinaxe, napirTan sakmaod axlos, TiTqmis srulebiT damsxvreuli gemi.
erTi anZa gadatexiliyo da erT mxareze egdo, gaxlarTuli ialqnebsa da TokebSi. rodesac gemi, romelsac talRebi iqiT-aqeT isrodnen, cxviriT mobrunda Cvensken, davinaxeT mezRvaurebi, romelnic culebiT muSaobdnen. maT Soris gansakuTrebiT gamoirCeoda erTi Zalian mxne vaJkaci grZeli, xuWuWa TmiT. uecrad gaisma sasowarkveTili kivili, romelic qariSxlis RrialSic ki gairCeoda. talRebi gaSmagebiT eZgernen gems, mohglijes qimis nawili da Tan Caitanes xalxi, ialqnebi, ficrebi...
meore anZa jer kidev idga da zed dafleTili ialqnis nakuwebi da daxlarTuli Tokebi iweweboda qarSi. gemi meCeCze dadga, rogor meubneboda CaxleCili xmiT igive mezRvauri, Semdeg aixsna da isev dadga. mere isev Cvensken mobrunda da Cven davinaxeT darCenil anZaze oTxi kaci. yvelaze maRla iyo grZelxuWuWTmiani vaJkaci.
talRebma isev dafares gemi, Semdeg igi isev gamoCnda. ori adamiani ukve aRar iyo. nairze sasowarkveTileba matulobda. vaJkacebi kvnesodnen da xelebs imtvrevdnen; qalebi kiodnen da saxes ifaravdnen. zogni giJebiviT darbodnen napirze win da ukan da emudarebodnen Svelas, rac SeuZlebeli iyo. ukanasknelTa ricxvs vekuTvnodi da gonebadakarguli vexvewebodi nacnob mezRvaurebs _ ar daeSvaT am ubedurTa daRupva Cvens Tvalwin.
am dros SevniSne, rom xalxi aCoCqolda. es qami moiwevda win am brboSi.
mivvardi da mgoni, gavimeore Cemi Txovna. magram, rogori Sewuxebulic ar viyavi am sazareli sanaxaobiT, mainc qamis saxis mtkice gamometyvelebam da Taviseburma gaxedvam zRvisken, - swored imgvarma gaxedvam, rogorc im dilas, roca emi gaiqca, _ uecrad gons momiyvana da davinaxe, ra xifaTi moeloda mas. moveWide orive xeliT da vevedrebodi imave mezRvaurebs _ ar egdoT misTvis yuri da ar miecaT neba zRvaSi gadaSvebuliyo.
_ master devi, _ miTxra man naTeli saxiT da orive xeli CamomarTva, _ Tu Cemi aRsasrulis dRe dadga _ dadga; Tu arada _ jer kidev davcdi mas. amxanagebo momexmareT, me mivdivar.
gverdze gamwies da iq daWerili vyavdi mezRavurebs; isini cdilobdnen, gaegebinebinaT CemTvis, ramdenadac es SesaZlebeli iyo Cems gaSmagebaSi, rom qams mtkiced aqvs gadawyvetili curviT wavides damsxvreuli gemisaken, da rom me mxolod SemiZlia avrio da avaRelvo isini, vinc napiridan unda moexmaron mas. ar vici, ras vpasuxobdi me da ras melaparakebodnen isini, oRond vxedavdi, rom napirze yvelani
awrialdnen; moitanes Tokebi da yovelmxridan moexvivnen qams. Semdeg davinaxe igi zRvis napirze. man moiba erTi Toki welze, meore daiWira da xelis garSemo daixvia. erTi am TokTagani, gorgalad daxveuli, eWiraT mezRvaurebs, rom gaeSalaT Semdeg igi, ramdenic saWiro iqneboda, da bolo xelSi hqondaT.
Tumca gamucdeli viyavi, magram mainc mivxvdi, rom gemi wuTiT wuTSi unda damsxvreuliyo. cxadi iyo, rom igi Suaze gaskdeboda, masze myofi ukanaskneli adamianis sicocxle bewvze ekida. igi jer isev anZaze iyo. Tavze exura wiTeli qudi, mezRvaurebis qudismagvari, magram ufro Ria da lamazi ferisa. drogamoSvebiT igi iqnevda am quds, im dros, rodesac ficrebi ukve WaxWaxebdnen da izniqebodnen xan erTsa da xan meore mxares; gemis zari ki cocxliv urekavda mas glovis zars. Wkuaze vireodi saSinelebisa da sasowarkveTilebisagan. ar vici ratom, es qudis qneva magonebda Cems odesRac Zvirfas megobars.
qami martoka idga. zRvas gascqeroda. ai didi talRa moaskda napirs da ukan gaiqca. qamma moxeda Tokis mWeravebs, gadaeSva talRaSi da Seudga medgar brZolas. igi xan amodioda talRis mwvervalze, xan vardeboda ufskrulSi da Tvalidan gvekargeboda. mere ukan gamoagdo talRam da saCqarod gamoaTries.
daSavebuliyo; me Soridan davinaxe sisxli mis saxeze, magram igi srulebiT ar zrunavda am Wrilobaze. igi, ase hgavda, brZanebas iZleoda, meti Tavisufleba miecaT Tokis moSvebiT; ase davaskveni qamis moZraobidan, da igi isev zRvaSi gadaeSva.
didi brZolis Semdeg, bolos, miuaxlovda gems. ise axlos iyo misgan, rom kidev cota _ da erTi Zlieri gaweviT xels stacebda... magram, ai modis uzarmazari, mwvane, saSneli zvirTi, gemis Tavze gadadis da napirisken moemarTeba. movarda da isev ukan gaiqca.
vSordebodi da sxvebTan erTad vRebulobdi yovel zomas, rom sicocxlisaTvis damebrunebina. magram talRam mokla igi!
jer isev mis loginTan vijeqi; ukve aRar iyo aRaraviTari imedi da yvelaferi nacadi da gaTavebuli iyo, rodesac erTma meTevzem, romelic gvicnobda me da emilias, Cumad damiZaxa. mzisgan damwvar saxeze cremlebi Camosdioda; gafiTrebuli tuCebi uTrToda.
_ xom ar mobrZandebiT aqeT, ser? _ miTxra man. mis saxeze TiTqos warsuli dReebis mogoneba wavikiTxe. SiSiT vtace xeli da vkiTxe: _ rao, damxrCvali gamoagdo? _ diax, _ mipasuxa man. _ me vicnob? man araferi mipasuxa. wamiyvana zRvis napirze, swored im adgilas, sadac emilia da me
bavSvobisas kenWebs vagrovebdiT da sadac axla eyara damsxvreuli navis saxlis nafotebi, romeic grigalma gafanta warsul rames; aq, am stumarTmoyvare Weris nangrevebSi, davinaxe igi mwoliare, TavqveSxelamodebuli, swored im saxiT, rogorc odesRac xSirad menaxa mZinare, SuaRamisas, mister kriklis pansionSi.
Tavi ormocdamecamete axali da Zveli Wriloba ar unda geTqva, stirford, Cveni ukanaskneli gamoTxovebis dros,
rodesac azradac ki ar momsvlia, rom es Seni ukanaskneli naxva iyo... ar unda geTqva: `momigone xolme im saxiT, ra saxiTac yvelaze kargi geCvenebodi~. mudam ase viqceodi da gana SemeZlo mefiqra sxvanairad axal, rodesac Cems win aseTi suraTi iyo?
magram, rodesac karebTan mividnen, meTevzeebi SeCerdnen, gadaxedes erTmaneTs da Semdeg me Semomxedes. mivxvdi am Sexedvis mniSvnelobas: maTi azriT, kargi ar iyo am ori micvalebulis erTad dasveneba.
qalaqisken wavediT da sastumroSi davasveneT micvalebuli. gadavwyvite, RamiT gamesvenebina igi, rom naklebi yofiliyvnen
cnobismoyvareebi. ukve SuaRame iyo, rodesav etli moadga sastumros ezos, magram mas mainc bevri xalxi moexvia. quCebSi da did Saragzazedac ki gvxvdeboda xalxi; magram bolos, rogorc iyo, gavedi gaSlil mindorSi.
naTeli Semodgomis dReE iyo, sadilobis dro, rodesac haigetSi mivediT. miwas Camocvenili foTlebis suni asdoda da wiTel, yviTel da yavisfer foTlebze mzis sxivebi Tamaobda. ukanaskneli manZili fexiT gaviare, rom amewon-damewona mdgomareoba da momefiqra Cemi moqmedebis gegma. etls ki vubrZane, gaCerebuliyo da moecada.
saxli isev iseTi iyo, reogorc ukanasknelad vnaxe. arc erTi farda ar iyo aweuli, araviTari niSani sicocxlisa cariel, mokirwylul ezoSi, da karic ki iseT STabeWdilebas stovebda, TiTqos Zalian iSviaTad iReboda.
ymawvili moaxle gamovida gasaReiT xelSi, da rodesac Semomxeda, miTxra:
_ ra dagemarTaT ser? uqeifod xarT? _ ara, araferia; me aRelvebuli var. _ ra moxda? mister jemsi xom kargad aris? _ Cumad, _ vuTxari me. _ misis stirfordi unda vnaxo. saxlSia? SeSinebulma moaxlem mipasuxa, rom miledi Zalian iSviaTad gamodis
oTaxidanac ki da TiTqmis aravis ar iRebs, magram me ki mimiRebs. igi zeviT aris da mis dartlic mas axlavs. ras vubrZaneb gadasces?
me vubrZane, araferi ar eTqva da mxolod gadaeca Cemi sadarbazo baraTi. pasuxis molodinSi davjeqi sastumro otaxSi.
am oTaxis uwindeli sasiamovno sanaxaoba srulebiT gamqraliyo. darabebi sanaxevrod mixuruli iyo; qnari didi xania mouxmareblad idga Tavis alagas. patara ymawvilis suraTs mtveri dasdeboda. aqve idga magida, sadac deda Svilis werilebs inaxavda. SevekiTxe Cems Tavs: kiTxulobs Tu ara igi am werilebs axla, da kvlavac waikiTxavvs?
saxlSi iseTi siCume iyo, rom mesmoda moaxle qalis msubuqi fexis xma kibeebze. igi dabrunda pasuxiT, rom misis stirfordi uqeifod aris da
amitom ar SeuZlia Camovides dabla, magram Zalian gauxardeba Cemi naxva, Tu vinebeb da zeviT aval masTan. erTi wuTis Semdeg mis win vijeqi.
misis stirfrdi Svilis oTaxSi ijda. cxadi iyo, rom Svilis siyvarulma aiZula igi gadmosaxlebuliyo am oTaxSi da rom imave mizeziT mis garSemo elaga sxvadasxva nivTebi, romlebic odesRac mas ekuTvnoda. magram pirveli sityvebidanve misis stirfordi cdilobda, aexsna CemTvis, TiTqos mxolod imitom gadmovida am oTaxSi, rom moswyinda erTferovani sanaxaoba misi fanjridan, da misi saxis amayi gamometyveleba nebas ar gaZlevdaT, raime eWvi SegetanaT am sityvebis WeSmaritebaSi.
mas, rogorc mudam, roza dartli axlda. misi Savi Tvalebis Semoxedvaze davinaxe, _ igi mixvedrilia, rom sazareli ambavi movitane.
rom misis stirfods mobrunebisas ar daenaxa cxadad is, risTvisac igi jer ar iyo sakmarisad momzadebuli, daveSure Sevxvedrodi mis Tvalebs; magram davinaxe, rom roza dartlma Tavzardacemulma da sasowarkveTilma, xelebi aswia da Semdeg saxeze miifara.
mSvenierma ledim, romelic ase saocrad hgavda mas, Semomxeda dabneuli TvalebiT da xeli Sublze miido. vTxodi, damSvidebuliyo da momzadebuliyo Cems mosasmenad, magram ukeTess vizamdi, Tu vTxovdi, rom etira, radgan igi uZravad ijda, rogorc qva.
_ rodesac ukanasknelad viyavi aq, _ vbutbutebdi me, _ mis dartlma, miambo, rom igi xSirad daseirnobs zRvaze... TuU im Rames zRvaze iyo, saxifaTo napirTan axlos... rogorc amboben... da Tu gemi, romliTac...
misis stirfordma, uZravma, gaqvavebulma gadaiwia savarZlis zurgze; igi mxolod kvnesoda da giJiviT Sehyurebda mis dartls.
_ diax! diax! _ yviroda roza da xels gulSi icemda. _ SemomxedeT, _ daumata man da Tavisi Wrilobis niSanze miuTiTa, _ SexedeT Tqveni gardacvalebuli Svilis mSvenier nawarmoebs!
ubeduri ledis kvnesa guls miglejda. es kvnesa sul isev iseTi mtkivneuli da yru iyo da Tan sdevda Tavis uRono moZraoba, magram saxes jer ar gamoecvala Tavisi gamometyveleba. tuCebi magrad hqonda mokumuli da saxis kunTebi TiTqos gahyinvoda.
_ gaxsovT, rodis Caidina es! miyureT me, romeic iZulebuli var, vataro es daRi, da itireT, rom Tqven gazardeT igi aseTi!
_ mis dartl!.. SesdeqiT! _ vemudarebodi me. _ Tavi damanebeT! minda vilaparako! _ Sehyvra man da momanaTa
aRgznebuli Tvalebi. _ SemomxedeT me, miledi, mediduro dedav amayi, gulqva Svilisa! ikvneseT, rom Tqven SobeT igi! itireT, rom Tqven gaafuWeT igi! itireT, rom Tqven dahkargeT da rom mec davkarge igi!
man mokumSa muStebi da mTeli gamxmari sxeuli auTrTolda. _ mis dartl! rogor ar grcxveniaT!.. ra sisastikea! _ me minda velaparako mas da veraferi Zala amqveyanaze ver damiSlis
amas, sanam aq vdgevar! me imdeni xnis ganmavlobaSi vdumdi, rom SemiZlia axla vilaparako! miyvarda igi ufro Zlierad, vidre Tqven, _ ganagrZo man da amayad miubrunda dedas, _ me ise miyvarda, rom ar vTxoulobdi madlobas. me rom misis coli gavmxdariyavi, mona viqnebodi misi survilebisa, erTi alersiani sityvis gulisTvis. diax, me SemeZlo es. vin icis es Cemze ukeTesad? Tqven iyaviT momTxovni, amayi, wvrilmani! Cemi siyvaruli tavgametebiT iyo savse!
_ SemomxedeT aq! _ ganagrZobda igi da erTxel kidev uwyalod dairtya xeli Wrilobaze. _ rodesac igi ukeT mixvda Tavis saqciels, moinania, maSin vmRerodi misTvis, velaparakebodi da uaxloes monawileobas viRebdi yvelaferSi, rasac ki is akeTebda an laparakobda. siyvarulis aliT aRfrTovanebuli, vcdilobdi, meswavla da SemeTvisebina yvelaferi, rac ki mas acocxlebda. da me movxible, gavitace igi. jer wmindas suliT da umankos guliT Sevuyvardi mas maSin... diax, vuyvardi mas! im dros igi xSirad mogiSorebdaT xolme ramdenime mizeziani sityviT da gulSi mikravda me!
_ Semdeg, _ ganagrZobda roza, _ me damamcires; winaTve unda mcodnoda es, dabrmavebuli rom ar vyofiliyavi misi bavSvuri siyvaruliT. saTamaSo dedofala viyavi, romiTac erTobodnen erTi an ori saaTis ganmavlobaSi, usaqmurobisagan, Semdeg miagdebdnen da isev aiRebdnen, rogorc wuTier gasarTobs. Cven gavSordiT xmaamouReblad. Tqven iqneb xedavdiT amas da gixarodaT. mas aqeT orive TqvenTvis me viyavi mxolod da mxolod damaxinjebuli aveji, nivTi, uTvalo, uyuro, ugrZnobeli... Tqven kvnesiT! itireT, ra gamovida Tqveni siamayis gamo! me Tqven getyviT: iyo dro, rodesac me miyvarda igi metad, vidre Tqven SegeZloT gyvarebodaT mTeli sicocxlis ganmavlobaSi.
_ mis dartl! _ vuTxari me. _ nuTu iseTi sastiki xarT, rom verafers grZnobT am ubeduri adamianis Semyure...
_ mere? vin ras grZnobda Cems magivrad? _ damiyvira man gamwarebuli xmiT. _ am dedam xom TviTOnadaTesa es. dae momkas axla mosavali, rodesac igi damwifda.
_ da Tu Svilis Secdomani... ganvagrZobdi me.
_ Secdomani! _ Sehyvira man da uecrad aqviTinda, vin bedavs mis gakicxvas! mas hqonda suli, romelic mravalis umravles im sulebad Rirda, visac igi Tavis megobrobas aniWebda!
_ SesaZlebelia, rom aravis ar uyvarda igi CemsaviT; aravin ar afasebda mas Cemze metad, _ vupasuxe me, _ magram mindoda mxolod SemeniSna, rom Tu tqvenSi araviTar TanagrZnobas ar iwvevs dedamisis ubedureba, da Tu misma saqcielma Tqven im zomamde gagamwaraT...
_ sicruea! _ Sehyvira man da Tan iglejda Savs Tmas. _ me miyvarda igi! _ Tu aseT dros ar SegiZliaT daiviwyoT Tqveni Tavi, _ ganvagrZe me, _
ise mainc SexedeT am adamians, rogorc ucxos, rogorc qals, romelic Tqven arasodes ar ginaxavT, da daexmareT rogorme!
mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi misis stirfordi imave uZrav mdgomareobaSi imyofeboda; giJiviT mieSterebina cariel sivrceSi Tavisi dabrmavebuli Tvalebi da isev ise ucnaurad kvnesoda. uecrad mis dartli mivarda mas da dauwyo tanisamosis gaxda.
_ wyeulimc iyaviT! _ daiyvira man mwuxarebisa da siavis gamometyvelebiT. _ cud fexze moxvediT Tqven aq pirvelad! wyeulimc iyaviT! wadiT aqedan!
ukve gasuli viyavi oTaxidan, magram davbrundi da davreke, rom dameZaxa mosamsaxureTaTvis. mis dartli moxveoda ubedurs, dastiroda mas, hkocnida, arwevda Tavis mkerdze, roigorc bavSvs, da yovelgvar zomebs xmarobda, rom gamoewvia Camqrali grZnoba. axla me aRar meSinoda maTi marto datoveba da gamovedi.
saRamos davbrundi da micvalebuli misi dedis oTaxSi davasveneT. deda, rogorc miTxres, imave mdgomareobaSi iyo; mis dartli Tavs ar anebebda arc erTi wuTiT. eqimebi moiwvies, aTasgvari zomebi iyo miRebuli, magram igi iwva, rogorc qandakeba da mxolod yrud kvnesoda drogamoSvebiT.
gaviare mTeli es sevdiani saxli da fardebi CamovuSvi. im oTaxis fanjrebi, sadac igi esvena, yvelaze ukanasknelad Camovafare. avwie tyviasaviT mZime xeli da Cems gulTan mivide. mTeli qveyana sikvdilis dumilSi wasuli meCvena da mxolod misi ubeduri dedis gminva arRvevda mas.
Tavi ormocdameToTxmete gadasaxlebulni me jer kidev bevri saqme mqonda gasakeTebeli da ar SemeZlo
mivcemodi ukanaskneli dReebis STabeWdilebas. saWiro iyo damemala okeanes iqiT mimavalTaTvis es sazareli ambavi. dro cotaRa iyo. imave Rames vinaxule mister mikoberi da davavale, yoveli RonisZieba exmara, rom mister pegotis yuramde ar mieRwia cnobas am ubedurebis Sesaxeb. man sruli TanagrZnobiT ikisra, SeeCerebina yovelgvari cnoba.
Zneli iyo pasuxis gacema yvela kiTxvaze da ufro Zneli iyo, rodesac mikoberma moiyvana mister pegoti da CavCurCule moxucs, rom werili gadacemulia da yvelaferi rigze aris; magram Sevasrule erTica da merec da gavabednere Cemi Zveli megobari. Tu metyoboda is, rasac vgrZnobdi, me Cemi sakuTari sevdac sakmarisi mqonda, ase rom, aravis ar aRZvria eWvi.
_ SemTxveva rogor ar iqneba, _ SeniSna mister mikoberma. _ okeane savsea gemebiT da TviT avstraliac ra Sors aris? sul axloa! _ daumata man da Tan lornetiviT aTamaSebda Tujis fialas. _ xelad gadavcuravT.
axla magondeba, rogori ucnauri, magram amasTan damaxasiaTebeli iyo mikoberisaTvis, rom londonidan kenterberiSi wasvlis Sesaxeb laparakobda, rogorc qveynis boloze mogzaurobis Sesaxeb da inglisidan avstraliaSi wasvlas ki uyurebda, rogorc raime arxze gadacurvas.
_ imedi maqvs, Zvirfaso mister koperfild, _ miTxra misis mikoberma, _ rom Cven odesme isev mogvixdeba cxovreba Zvel inglisSi, Cveni gvareulobis wevrTa Soris, nu ikrav warbebs, mikober. amJamad vlaparaob ara Cems gvareulobaze, aramed Cvens SviliSvilebsa da SviliSivilis Svilebze. swori mogaxsenoT, rogori mimzidvelic ar unda iyos axali samSoblo, _ ganagrZo mas dafiqrebiT, _ mainc Zalian Znelia daviwyeba Zvelisa; da Tu Cveni gvari miaRwevs odesme simdidresa da didebas, visurvebdi, rom es simdidre britaneTis salaros Seematos.
_ britaneTi unda daemorCilos Tavis xvedrs, Cemo kargo, _ upasuxa mikoberma, _ igi, rogorc me vici, Zalian cotas zrunavda Cemze da mec ar vgrZnob gansakuTrebul gulistkivils mis mimarT.
_ ai, xedav, mikober! Sen ar xar marTali! _ upasuxa misis mikoberma. _ Sen xom imitom midixar Soreul qveyanaSi, rom daamkvidro kavSiri im qveyanasa albions Soris, da ara imitom, rom Sewyvito igi.
_ es kavSiri, Cemo kargo, _ upasuxa mister mikoberma, _ gimeoreb, srulebiT ar matkbobda im zomamde, rom raime survilsa vgrZnobde isev gavaba igi.
_ ai, mikober, _ upasuxa misis mikoberma, _ isev iZulebuli var giTxra, rom Sen ar xar marTali! Sen arc ki ici, ramdeni SegiZlia, mikober! Sen aucileblad daamkvidreb kavSirs britaneTTan!
_ Zvirfaso mister koperfild, _ ganagrZobda misis mikoberi, _ visurvebdi, rom mikoberi saTanadod grZnobdes Tavis mdgomareobas. mgonia, Zalian didi mniSvneloba aqvs imas, rom mikoberma im wuTidan, rodesac fexs Sesdgams gemze, savsebiT daafasos da igrZnos Tavisi mdgomareoba. Cvenma didi xnis nacnobobam, mister koperfild, daganaxaT, rom ar var sangvinikuri temperamentis adamiani; Cemi temperamenti, Tu nebas momcemT ase gamovTqva, ufro praqtikuli midrekilebisaa. vici, rom es mogzauroba Zalian Soria; vici, rom mas axlavs mravali uxerxuloba da gaWirveba. ar SemiZlia Tvalebi davxuWo am garemoebaze. magram amave dros vici, rac aris mikoberi. vici, ra Zala aris mikoberSi, da amitom metad mniSnelovan sasicocxlo sakiTxad vTvli im garemoebas, rom mikoberma angariSi gauwios Tavis mdgomareobas.
_ ramdenadme, magram savsebiT ki ara, mikober, _ daumata misis mikoberma, _ es metad didi sakiTxia. Zvirfaso mister koperfild, mikoberis mdgomareoba ar aris Cveulebrivi. mikoberi midis Soreul qveyanaSi mxolod da mxolod im mizniT, rom pirvelad iyos dafasebuli da gagebuli Rirsebisamebr. Cemi azriT, mikoberma mtkice xmiT unda sTqvas: `movedi am qveynis dasapyrobad! Tu aq aris pativi, dideba, simdidre da sakmarisad xelsayreli Tanamdeboba, moitaT aq! isini Cemia!~
mister mikoberma Semogvavlo yvelas Tvali, TiTqos fiqrobda, rom am azrSi iyo sakmarisi nawili simarTlisa.
_ vsvam yvela Tqvens sadRegrZelos gamosalmebisas da gisurvebT, yovel Tqvengans Tan sdevdes keTildReoba da warmateba, _ Tqva papidam da Tavi daukra mister pegotis.
bavSvebsac misces neba, amoeRoT Tavisi kovzebiT es saxelovani sasmeli, raTa daeliaT saerTo sadRegrZelo. amis Semdeg papida da agnesa
adgnen da gamoemSvidobnen iq myofT. naRvliani iyo es gamoTxoveba. bavSvebi ukanasknel wuTamde ebRauWebodnen agnesas da sabralo misis mikoberi mtirali davtoveT.
meore dRes, nasadilevs, me da Cemi pegoti gavemgzavreT grevzendSi. gemi Semosuliyo mdinareSi da gars auarebeli navebi exvia. samgzavro qari hqonda da gamgzavrebis niSani ukve frialebda mTavari anZis wevrze. maSinve daviqirave navi, gavarRvie mimavali navebis rkali da gems mivadeqiT.
mister pegoti baqanze gveloda. miambo, rom mikoberi, es-es aris, datusaRebuli iyo hipis sarCelis gamo da rom man, pegotim, Cveni davalebis Tanaxmad, gadaixada fuli. Semdeg man wagviyvana me da Cemi gadia dabla da ukanaskneli SiSi, rom mis yurTasmenamde miaRwevda cnoba ubedurebis Sesaxeb, gaifanta. mikoberma megobruli da amave dros mfarvelobis gamometyvelebiT gauyara xeli mister pegotis da gamomicxada, rom isini es mesame dRea, ar moSorebian erTmaneTs TiTqmis arc erTi wuTiT.
jer ver gavarCie bnelSi, magram cot-cota Cemi Tvalebi SeeCvivnen sibneles da meCvena, TiTqos raRac ucnauri suraTis Sua vdgevar. didi direebis, gemis gadaxidulebis da gadasaxlebulTa ficris sawolebs Soris, skivrebsa, boxCebsa, kasrebsa da auarebeli bargis xrovas Sua, romelic alag-alag ganaTebuli iyo WerqveS moqanave sanaTuriT da dRis mkrTali SuqiT, Ria fanjrebSi rom Semodioda, _ ireoda auarebeli xalxi, romelic axlad ecnoboda erTmaneTs, eTxovebodnen. laparakobdnen, yvirodnen, tirodnen, icinodnen, sWamdnen da svamdnen. zogierTni ukve SesCveodnen axal samyofels, mowyobiliyvnen da daesvaT bavSvebi _ zogi skamze, zogi bargze. zogni ki ver Soulobdnen adgils da sevdianad daexetebodnen kuTxidan kuTxeSi. aq, am patara adgilas, erT grovaSi iyo moqceuli yvela wlovanebis xalxi, dawyebuli axladdabadebuli bavSvebiT, da gaTavebuli Rrma moxucebiT, romelTac, iqneb, ramdenime dReRa darCenodaT sicocxlisa, da amasTan yvela xelobis warmomadgeneli, miwis muSebiT dawyebuli, romelTac fexsacmelebis ZirebiT mihqondaT TavianTi qveynis miwa, da gaTavebuli mWedlebiT, romelTac kanze jer kidev SerCebodaT inglisis Wvartlisa da kvamlis kvali.
rodesac mivixed-movideT, meCvena, TiTqos erT-erT Ria sarkmelTan emilia ijda, mis gverdiT _ erTi tyupTagani. am jgufma imitom ufro miiqcia Cemi yuradReba, rom mjdomare qals akoca gamoTxovebisas sxva qalma, wynarad gaiara brboSi da miimala. es meore qali agnesad Sevicani, magram saSineli aurzaurisa da TviT Cemi mRelvarebis gamo, imwamsve davkarge igi mxedvelobidan. am dros gamcileblebs gamoucxades, droa gemi datovoTo. aq SevniSne, rom Cemi gadia ijda raRac skivrze da mwared tiroda, xolo misis gumiji, viRac sxva, Savtanisamosian qaltan erTad, fusfusebda mister pegotis nivTebis garSemo...
_ xom aras metyviT kidev, master devi? _ mkiTxa mister pegotim. _ xom ar moigonebT rasme daviwyebuls, vidre ukansknelad gamovesalmebodeT erTmaneTs?
_ mxolod erTi ram, _ vupasuxe me. _ ra iqna marTa? man xeli axlo mxarze qals, romelic misis gumijis gverdiT idga, da
me marTa davinaxe. _ Tqven keTili adamiani xarT, _ vuTxari me. _ Tan migyavT? marTam cremlebiT mipasuxa. mec veraferi veRara vuTxari da mxolod
magrad CamovarTvi xeli mister pegotis. albaT, arasodes aravin ar
myvarebia ise, aravisadmi iseTi pativiscema ar mqonia, rogorc moxuc mister pegotisadmi.
gemi swrafad daicala gamcileblebisagan. me jer kidev damrCenoda yvelaze Zneli saqme. gadaveci mister pegotis is rac damavala meTqva misTvis samudamo gamoTxovebisas qamma. CemTvis ufro mZime da Zneli iyo imis mosmena, rodesac moxucma mTxova, gadameca pasuxad uamravi sityvebi siyvarulisa da sibralulisa misTvis, visac aRar SeeZlo maTi mosmena!
wasvlis wuTi dadga. gadavexvie moxucs, xeli gavuyare Cems gadias da saCqarod avedi baqanze. iq gamoveTxove sabralo misis mikobers; misi ukanaskneli sityvebi is iyo, rom arasodes Tavs ar daanebebs mister mikobers.
CavsxediT navSi da Soriaxlos SevCerdiT, rom gvenaxa, rogor daiZroda gemi.
rodesac ialqanebi gaivso, gaiSala qarze da gemi daiZra adgilidan. garSemo myof navebidan igriala samjer `vaSam~, romelic aitaces gemze, gamoZaxilma gaimeora igi da gahfanta midamoSi. guli gamewura am xmaze. afrialda cxvirsaxocebi, qudebi, da am dros davinaxe igi, emi!
igi idga da Tavisi biZis mxars miyrdnoboda. biZam saCqarod mouTiTa Cvensken da man gamogvigzavna ukanaskneli salami. diax, emiliav! mSveniero, daRupulo yvavilo! miende da mieyrdne mas Seni daTrgunvili guliT, radgan mas eWire Sen mTeli misi siyvarulis ZaliT.
vnaRvlobdi Cems pawawina colze, romelic sikvdilma xelidan gamomtaca siyvarulisa da silamazis srul asakSi; vnaRvlobdi im adamianze, romelsac SeeZlo daemsaxurebina aTasi xalxis iseTive siyvaruli da gakvirveba, rasac vgrZnobdi misdami bavSvobidan, da romlis brwyinvale niWi yovelTvis makvirvebda; vtirodi sabralo damsxvreul guls, romelmac moisvena boboqari zRvis talRebSi, da vdardobdi meTevzis im sacodavi qoxis nangrevebze, sadac odesRac, bavSvobaSi, vismendi RamiT qariSxlis zuzuns.
zogjer meCveneboda, rom yvelaze ukeTesi iqneboda _ samSobloSi movkvdariyavi; maSin ukan vixevdi Cems mogzaurobaSi, rom rac SeiZleba male mimeRwia samSoblos sazRverbs. sxva dros ki Seugneblad miviswrafodi win, sul win; daveZebdi _ ar vici, ras, gavurbodi _ ar vici, ras.
mravali Tvis ganmavlobaSi vmogzaurobdi Rrubliani guliT; raRac bundovani da gaurkveveli sulieri ganwyobileba aryevda Cems dabnelebul gonebas, miSlida samSobloSi dabrunebas, da ganvagrZobdi mogzaurobas, Sewuxebuli da mousvenari, zogjer SeuCerebliv gadavdiodi adgilidan adgilze; magram zogjer, piriqiT, didi xniT vbinavdebodi erT alagas. erTsa da meore SemTxvevaSic ar mqonda araviTari garkveuli mizani da miswrafeba.
SveicariaSi viyavi. italiidan movedi aq, alpebi gadmovlaxe da mas aqeT davexetebodi mTian bilikebze gzis maCvenebelTan erTad. ar vici, eubneboda Tu ara rasme Cems guls es Rrma xeobebi, ufskrulebi da maRali mTebi. sazareli gamoqvabulebi da napralebi, myinvarebi da mgrgvinavi CanCqerebi mavsebdnen TrTolviTa da gakvirvebiT, magram sxvas arafers vgrZnobdi.
erTxel, saRamoJams, mzis Casvlis win, Cavdiodi dabla velSi, sadac rame unda gameTia. Cavdiodi mTis ferdobze mixveul-moxveuli bilikebiT da davinaxe Cems dabla gaSlili mindvrebi; uecrad amavso raRac didi xnis daviwyebulma netarma grZnobam, romeic Cems gulSi gamoaRviZa midamoebis mSvenierebam da saRamos siwynarem. maxsovs, _ uecrad SevCerdi raRac sevdiT gulSi, magram es sevda ar iyo arc mZime, arc uimedo. maxsovs, _ TiTqmis imedi momeca, rom jer kidev SesaZlebelia CemTvisac ki sasikeTo cvlileba.
vels im dros mivaRwie, rodesac Camavali mze anaTebda Tovlian mwvervalebs, romlebic gars Semohxveodnen mas RrublebiviT. mTis Ziri Rrma xevSi, sadac sofeli iyo, xasxasa mwvaniT iyo dafaruli da am mSvenier, mdidar mcenareulobis zemoT amarTuliyo Savi fiWvebi, romlebic bunebas zvavebis SesaCereblad daeniSna. maT Tavze ayudebuliyvnen Savi, yinuliani, WaRara kldeebi; adgil-adgil mTis ferdobze gafantuliyvnen cal-calke qoxebi, romlebic ise patarad moCandnen am goliaTebis mezoblad, rom saTamaSoebi egoneboda adamians. aseve saTamaSod moCanda sofeli velSi, xis bogiriT, romlis qveS moCxrialebda mTis nakaduli; igi mixtoda kldidan kldeze da SxuiliT miiswrafoda xexilebs Soris. saRamos wynar haerSi moismoda Sori simRera, _ es mwyemsebis simRera iyo. am diad siwynareSi buneba pirvelad damelaparaka da, misis xmis morCili, davemxe balaxebSi daRlili TaviT da avqviTindi ise, rogorc aRar metira mas ukan, rac dora davkarge.
rodesac Sin mivedi, iq werili damxvda, ramdenime wuTiT amaze adre motanili. TviTon inglisidan wamosvlis Semdeg Zalian iSviaTad vwerdi da ramdenime sityviT vacnobebdi xolme, rom kargad var da ama da am
alagas mivedi. ufro dalagebiT da dawvrilebiT wera Cemi mdgomareobis Sesaxeb arc SemeZlo da arc xalisi mqonda.
paketi xelSi meWira, gavxseni da agnesas werili wavikiTxe. igi bednieri iyo da sasargeblo Tavisi axloblebisaTvis. misi
saqmeebi warmatebiT midioda, rogorc moeloda kidec. amaze meti Tavis Sesaxeb ara mouweria-ra; werilis danarCeni Sinaarsi me Semexeboda.
agnesa ar maZlevda araviTar rCevas, arc melaparakeboda Cemi movaleobis Sesaxeb. gulwrfeli TanagrZnobiT da simpaTiiT gamsWvaluli, ambobda mxolod, rom swams da imedi aqvs Cemi. CemisTana adamiani, mwerda igi, moaxerxebs da sikeTisken mimarTavs yovelgvar varamsa da dards. igi amayobda Cemi saxeliT da imedi hqonda, rom igi TandaTan gaizrdeboda. mas sjeroda, rom dauRalavad viSromebdi arCeul asparezze. Tu Cemi bavSvuri dReebis mware gamocdilebam gamomiyvana is, rac var, miT ufro meti imedi hqonda, rom axlandeli namdvili didi ubedureba aucileblad gamamagrebda da gamaumjobesebda. TviTon gamocdils, miT ufro meti warmatebiT SemeZleboda sxvebis swavleba. igi amayobda ara marto imiT, rac ukve gakeTebuli mqonda, aramed ufro metad imiT, rac unda gamekeTebina.
gulze davide Zvirfasi werili da movigone is unugeSo wuTebi, romelsac erTi saaTis win ganvicdidi. Sveicarieli mwyemsebis xmebi miwyda Sors mTebSi; mSvidi saRamos Rrublebi Caqra, velis aTasgvari ferebi miiCrdila da Tovliani mTebis brwyinvale mwvervalebi SeuerTdnen Ramis cis Soreul mkrTal kideebs; magram cxadad mivxvdi, rom saSineli Rame, misi sazareli moCvenebiT, samudamod gaifanta Cems gulSi da ar aqvs saxeli im siyvaruls, romelic am wuTidan vigrZeni am erTaderTi qalisadmi mTels qveyanaze, romelic ase ganuzomlad Zvirfasia CemTvis.
ramdenjerme gadavikiTxe misi werili da im saRamosve mivwere pasuxi. avuxseni, ra zomamde iyo saWiro CemTvis misi Svela axlandel garemoebaSi; uimisod arc viqnebodi da arc viqnebi is, radac igi mTvlis, igi aris Cemi aRmafrTovanebeli, da davpirdi, Zala dametanebina Cemi TavisTvis da Sromas davbrunebodi.
gaiara samma Tvem. gadavwyvite, gamourkvevel dromde gamegrZelebina sazRvargareT yofna.
ar melaparaka Cemi sulis uidumales miswrafebaze: axla am garemoebaze unda vilaparako.
ar SemiZlia niSandoblivad vTqva, rodis gavifiqre pirvelad, rom Cemi adrindeli da naTeli imedebi SeiZleboda agnesaze SeCerebuliyo. ver vityvi, Cemi sevdis romel xanaSi gavifiqre pirvelad, misi siyvarulis saunje. es azri daibada Cems TavSi axali sayvedurebisa da axali sinanulis saxiT, rodesac Cemi sevdis anabarad mitovebuli, oblad davrCi amqveynad.
me rom im dros mudam agnesas sazogadoebaSi vyofiliyavi, ueWvelia, sasowarkveTilebis zegavleniT vuRalatebdi am Cems saidumlos. swored amisi meSinoda instiqturad, rodesac pirvelad warmomidga inglisSi dabrunebis aucilebloba. dakargva misi TanagrZnobis Tundac umciresi nawilisa autaneli iqneboda CemTvis, da amave dros, Tu Cems Tavs vuRalatebdi da gamovtydebodi, amiT aucilebels sazRvars davdebdi Cven Sua da uwindeli gulaxdiloba ukve veRar iarsebebda Cemsa da agnesas Soris.
Tavidan ver momeSorebina is azri, rom grZnobda, romliTac igi amJamad meqceoda, warmoiSva pirvelad Cemi sakuTari arCevanisa da mopyrobis gamo. Tu vuyvardi mas rodisme sxva siyvaruliT, _ da iyo dro, rodesac ase megona, _ TviTon ukuvagde es siyvaruli. Cemi pirveli siyvaruli, nazi da Zlieri, sxvas ekuTvnoda. ise ar moviqeci, rogorc unda movqceuliyavi, da Tu agnesa CemTvis mxolod dad darCa, es Cemi sakuTari survili iyo, Semagrebuli da sisruleSi moyvanili misi mSvenieri gulis didsulovnebiT.
yovelTvis vgrZnobdi Cems sisustes mis sulier ZalasTan da simtkicesTan SedarebiT. es Segneba axla ufro Rrmad Camenerga. ar viyavi misTvis is, rac SeiZleboda vyofiliyavi warsul wlebSi, da igi ar iyo CemTvis is, rac SeeZlo yofiliy, Tu misi xelis Rirsi gavxdebodi. dro wasulia, TviTon davkarge igi samudamod. amas veravis davabraleb!
bevri vitanje am brZolaSi, magram patiosani kacis movaleobad vTvlidi, samudamod Sors ukumegdo fiqri am Seudarebeli qalis Sesaxeb. axla aRar iyo saWiro imisi damalva, rom miyvarda igi da suliT da guliT mas vekuTvnodi; magram varwmunebdi Cems Tavs, rom ukve gviania da SeuZlebelia im naTesauri damokidebulebis darRveva, romelic didi xania damyarda Cvens Soris.
amgvari iyo mudmivi meryeoba da mRelvareba Cemi sulisa gamgzavrebis Semdeg, saxlSi dabrunebamde. samma weliwadma ganvlo mas Semdeg, rac gaiSala ialqnebi gemze, romelmac gadasaxlebulni avstraliaSi waiyvana. mzis Casvlisas, imave saaTs da imave adgilas videqi im gemis baqanze, romelic inglisis napirs miadga.
sami weli! swrafad gairbines maT ucxoeTSi, Tumca DdRiTidRe mZimed midiodnen. mogesalmebi Sen, samSoblo mxarev, da Sen, agnesa! magram Cemi ara xar! Sen ar SegiZlia Cemi iyo! Sen SegeZlo Cemi yofiliyavi uwin, magram am drom ganvlo da aRar dabrundeba arasodes!
Tavi ormocdameTeqvsmete dabruneba
Semodgomis civi saRamo iyo, rodesac londonSi movedi. wvimiani da moRuSuli dari idga, ase rom, wuTi wuTis ganmavlobaSi gacilebiT meti talaxi da burusi vnaxe, vidre SemeZlo menaxa sazRvargareT mTeli wlis ganmavlobaSi. saxlebi Semomyurebdnen Zveli megobrebiviT, magram ar SemeZlo ar meTqva, rom es megobrebi metismetad WuWyianebi iyven da rom bevri ram gamocvliliyo maTSi.
zogierT cvlilebas Cemi axloblebis mdgomareobaSi ukve movelodi. papida gadasaxlda duvrSi; tredelsi veqilobas Seudga da axla TandaTan saxels ixveWda. igi cxovrobda greis skverTan, da misi ukanaskneli werilebidan vicodi, rom hqonda erTgvari imedi, male SeerTo umSvenieresi qali dedamiwis zurgze.
saxlSi saSobaod momelodnen, ase rom, aravin Cem megobarTagan ar fiqrobda, rom ase adre davbrundebodi. gangeb Seviyvane isini SecdomaSi, rom gameocebina Cemi moulodneli misvliT. da miuxedavad amisa, rodesac martodmarto, xmaamouReblad mivdiodi burusian quCebSi, mwyinda, rom aravin damxvda.
nacnobma maRaziebma TavianTi mxiaruli sinaTliT male gafantes Cemi sevda da TiTqmis gavmxiaruldi, rodesac gamovedi karetidan greis skverTan, yavaxanis win.
_ xom ar iciT, sad cxovrobs aq mister tredelsi? _ vkiTxe msaxurs, rodesac vTbebodi buxarTan sazogado darbazSi.
rodesac kibeze avdiodi, uecrad momeCvena, rom sadRac iq, RrublebSi, ismis mxiaruli da sasiamovno sicili, romelsac, cxadia, ver miawerdiT verc veqilisa da, Tu gnebavT, verc veqilis mwerlebs. cxadze ucxadesi iyo, icinoda ori an sami mxiaruli ymawvili qali. rom davrwmunebuliyavi amaSi, SevCerdi yuris dasagdebad, magram am dros fexi Camivarda ficarsa da ficars Sua; ueWvelia, am xmaurobam miRwia mxiaruli sazogadoebis yurTasmenamde, radgan uecrad Rrma dumili Camovarda, sanam viTavisuflebdi fexs am xafangidan.
tredelsma da xmas dauwia. _ mas karolina hqvia. sarac aq aris; am qals, rogorc uwinac miTqvams SenTvis, raRac stkiva xerxemalSi, Tumca amJamad misi janmrTeloba damakmayofilebelia. ori umcrosi da, romelTac sofi zrdida, aq arian. luizac ar aris.
_ marTla? _ diax! axla unda SevniSnoT, rom Cveni bina sul sami oTaxisagan
Sedgeba. uneburad mivixed-movixede, rom gamego, sad Tavsdebian TviT misis da
mister tredelsi. tredelsi mimixvda. _ araferia, Cemo kargo! _ iTxra man. _ me xom ukve giTxra, rom
momzadebuli varT, uSiSrad SevxedeT yovelgvar qariSxalsa da gaWirvebas. wasul kviras Cven logini gavimarTeT ai aq, iatakze; magram, moulodnelad, aRmoCnda kidev erTi patara sakuWnao zeviT, saxuravis qveS; mSvenieri oTaxia, rogorc Sen TviTonac naxav. sofim, rom esiamovnebina CemTvis, TviTon gaakra Spaleri, da axla Cven iq gavimarTeT sawoli. namdvili boSebis karavia!
_ erTi sityviT, Zvirfaso tredels, Sen sruli bednieri xar colis SerTviT. uzomod mixaria!
_ gmadlob, megobaro! _ miTxra tredelsma da xeli CamomarTva. _ diax, iseTi bednieri var, rogorc ki SeiZleba iyos adamiani! ai Cveni qalebic! unda gagacno, mister koperfild. mis karolina kruler, mis sara, mis luiza, margarita da liusi.
eseni namdvili vardebi iyvnen, jansaRni, ayvavebulni, mSvenierni. mis karolina yvelaze brwyinvale moCanda, magram sofis naTel TvalebSi imdeni sinaze, gulwrfeloba da siyvaruli gamosWvioda, rom igi garkveviT Crdilavda dis silamazes, da me davrwmundi, rom Cemi megobari ar Semcdara arCevanSi. misis tredelsma dagvisxa yvelas TiTo finjani Cai, mijda kuTxeSi buxarTan da Seudga tortis mzadebas.
es saqme ar uSlida Cvens mSvenier diasaxliss, mxiarulebaSic mieRo monawileoba, da gavige, upirvelesad yovlisa, rom misis tredelss enaxa agnesa. Tomasma qorwilis Semdeg waiyvana igi kenterberiSi da iq man Cemi papidac naxa. agnesa da papida maSin Zalian kargad iyvnen. isini sul Cemze laparakobdnen. Toma sul Cemze fiqrobda, sanam sazRvargareT viyavi, rogorc marwmunebda sofi. igi darwmunebulia, romOmas me yvelaze metad vuyvarvar. Toma misTvis udidesi avtoriteti iyo yvela SemTxvevaSi, rac ar unda moxdes, mas mudam sjera Tomas sityva da eyvareba igi mTeli suliTa da guliT.
sofi da tredelsi iseT gansakuTrebul pativiscemas iCvendnen `mzeTunaxavisadmi~, rom es ufro mokrZalebul morCilebas mogagonebdaT. es Zalian marTobda, Tumca saerTod maT Tavazianobasa da Tavganwirvas aRtacebaSi movyavdi. Tu misis tredelsma mTel saRamos erTxel sTxova meuRles moetana rame, an Seedga maRla raime nivTi, amgvari TxovniT da davalebiT mister tredelss mimarTavda TiToeuli vardisferi qali Tormetjer mainc, erTi saaTis ganmavlobaSi. isini ver sZlebdnen agreTve sofis gareSe. Tu romeli maTgans gaewewa kululi, mxolod sofis SeeZlo misi wesrigSi moyvana, radgan igi uxvevda Tmebs da Tavs varcxnida yvela Tavis das; Tu romelime maTgans daaviwydeboda raime simReris hangi, mxolod sofis SeeZlo misi mogoneba. dagvWirda, mogvegonebina romeliRac dabis saxeli devonSirSi, _ mxolod sofis SeeZlo scodnoda, ra erqva
mas. raRacis gamo saWiro iyo werilis miwera saxlSi, _ sofi miswerda am werils xval diliT, Cais win. erTi sityviT, vardisferi ymawvili qalebi batonobdnen am saxlSi udavod. da yovlad SeuZlebeli iyo maTTvis ufro erTgulis da ufro bejiTi mosamsaxureebis Sovna, vidre iyvnen tredelsi da sofi. ar vici, ramdeni bavSvi gamozarda sofim Tavis sicocxleSi, magram man icoda yvela asakis bavSvis simRerebi, romlebic ki odesme SeTxzula inglisur enaze. sufTa, wkriala xmiT man im saRamos, Tavisi debis brZanebiT, imRera erTi Tormetjer mainc sul sxvadasxvanairi hangebi. me sruliad moxibluli da gaocebuli viyavi. yvelaze ukeTesi is iyo, rom yvela am moTxovnilebasTan erTad, yvela es qali uaRres sinazesa da pativiscemas grZnobda sofisa da tredelsisadmi. darmwunebuli var, rom arc erT aburZgvnil Tavs da, saerTod, arc erT Tavs, ara hrgebia kocnis iseTi setyva, rogoric tredelss Tavs daatyda, roca igi wamovida Cems gasacileblad sastumroSi.
me gavSordi tredelss saerTo darbazSi da misi wasvlis Semdeg didxans siamovnebiT vigonebdi mTel am scenas. es imas hgavda, rom uecrad damenaxa aTasi vardis buCqi, gazrdili da gafurCqvnili am mxcovani Senobis zemo sarTulSi, romeic mowodebuli iyo britaneTis kanonebis Sesaswavlad. devonSireli qalebi yofna saweri masalebiT datvirTul mtvrian Taroebs Soris, Cai da torti, TamaSobda da bavSvuri simRerebi am burusian samefo etratebisa, wiTeli Tasmebisa, Savi ydebisa, melnis SuSebisa, saweri qaRaldebisa, iuridiuli ganaCenebisa, gancxadebebisa, _ yovelive es iseT fantastikur da sasacilo suraTs warmoadgenda, TiTqos sizmarSi vnaxe, rom veqilebis siaSi moxvda sulTanis ojaxi `aTas erTi Ramidan~ da moitana Tan molaparake frinveli, momRerali xe da oqros wyali.
mividgi skami erT-erT buxarTan saerTo darbazSi da vfiqrobdi sevdiT, magram unaRvlod, Cems warsul bedze, da SemeZlo uSiSrad Semexeda Cemi momavlisaTvis. saxli, am sityvis saukeTeso mniSvnelobiT, ar arsebobda CemTvis. is, visSic SemeZlo aRmeZra siyvaruli Cemdami, me TviTon mivaCvie im azrs, rom mxolod da yofiliyo CemTvis. igi gaTxovdeba; Cems magivrad sxva waradgens Tavis uflebas mis gulze da igi arasodes ar gaigebs im siyvaruls, romlTac savse iyo Cemi guli.
_ me davsaxldi ramdenime milis siSoreze qalaq sentedmondsidan, ser, _ mipasuxa mister Cilipma. _ Cemma meuRlem miiRo aq memkvidreobiT patara mamuli; me ki viyide aqve patara praqtika da vSromob damakmayofilebeli warmatebiT. iqneb, gesiamovnoT gaigoT, Cemi qaliSvili axla gasaTxovari qalia, ser. dedamisi warsul kviras iZulebuli iyo, ori gojiT CamoeSva misi kaba, ser. ase mirbis dro, mister koperfild! Tqven ar gyavT ojaxoba, ser?
me uaryofiT gaviqnie Tavi. _ Tqven am cota xanSi didi ubedureba gewviaT, ser, _ miTxra mister
Cilipma, _ me es gavige Tqveni maminacvlis disgan. _ mere, sad naxeT igi, mister Cilip! _ rogor Tu sad? gana ar iciT, rom Tqveni maminacvali Cemi mezobeli
gaxda? _ ara, ar vicodi. _ diax, mister mordstoni Cemi mezobelia. man SeirTo ymawvili qali
Cveni provinciidan, da am qalma mziTvad mSvenieri mamuli moutana. sabralo! Tqveni tvini ki, ser, vfiqrob, mudam muSaobaSi imyofeba, ara? es literaturuli Sroma, ueWvelia, metismetad damqancvelia, ara, ser?
magram avuxvie am kiTxvas da isev mordstonebs davubrundi. _ eh, ra bevri vilaparako! Cven xom mSvenivrad gvaxsovs Zveli dro
sayvareli da sasiamovno yovelmxriT. misis Cilipi pirdapir darwmunebulia, rom misi goneba srulebiT Seirya am ubeduris gaTxovebis Semdeg, da amJamad igi ise dadis, rogorc giJi. aseTia Cemi meuRlis azri, da Tqven xom iciT, _ daumata mister Cilipma idumali kiloTI, _ rom qalebs didi dakvirvebis unari aqvT amgvar SemTxvevebSi.
_ ueWvelia, da-Zma SeerTebuli ZaliT cdilobdnen mis morjulebas Taviseburad! _ vuTxari me. _ da, ueWvelia, miaRwies Tavis mizans.
_ TiTqmis asea,, diax, _ damidastura mister Cilipma. _ jer maT Soris didi dava da Cxubi iyo, magram axla SemiZlia dagarwmunoT, is sabralo aCrdiliviT dadis. rodesac da movida Zmis misaSveleblad, orivem pirdapir suli amoarTves im sacodavs, ase rom, igi misulia fizikur da gonebriv umweobamde.
me vuTxari, rom es advili dasajerebelia. _ da Tu gulaxdilobaze wavida, _ ganagrZo mister Cilipma da isev
mosva glintveini, _ SemiZlia mogaxsenoT saidumlod, rom misi deda javrisagan gardaicvala, rodesac darwmunda Svilis ubedurebaSi. vin icis? mTeli es sulieri tanjva da sastiki mopyroba, ueWvelia, adrian samareSi Caiyvanen TviT misis mordstonsac. gaTxovebamde ki igi mxiaruli da jansaRi qali iyo, magari agebulebisa. qmari da muli namdvil cixis mcvelebad hyvanan sabralos!
_ unda SevniSnoT, rom isini Zalian ar uyvarT Cvens kuTxeSi, _ gangarZo mister Cilipma, _ Tumca maT es arafrad enaRvlebaT da sruli TavisuflebiTa da sindisis uqenjnavad uqadian samudamo daRupvas yvelas, vinc ki maT siZulvilsa bedavs. amgvarad ganwiruli mravalia Cvens mxareSi da maTi ricxvi dRiTi dReE matulobs; magram misis Cilipi samarTlianad sjis, rom da-Zma TviTon arian ganwiruli, iTminon saukuno sasjeli, radgan gaurbian xalxis sazogadoebas da iZulebulni arian, ikvebon TavianTi sakuTari gulebiT; da unda mogaxsenoT, rom maTi guli cudi sakvebia! neba miboZeT axla SegekiTxoT Tqveni tvinis Sesaxeb, ser... es sakiTxi Tavidan ara mSordeba. ueWvelia, Tqven did Zalas atanT mas, _ ase ar aris, mister koperfild?Y
magram vinaidan TviT mister Cilipis sakuTar tvins erTgvari Zala adga zedmeti glintveinis xmarebiT, CemTvis Zneli ar iyo misis gadayvana am Temidan. sxvaTa Soris, gavige, rom mister Cilipi Camosulia amJamad greisinSi, raTa waradginos medikur komitetSi Cveneba erTi SesaniSnavi pirovnebis Sesaxeb, romelmac Searyia Tavisi tvini uzomo loTobiT. es pirovneba misi pacienti iyo.
ar iyo misTvis udidesi qeba, ar iyo CemTvis uaresi sayvedri. o, rogor Sors avcdi pirdapir gzas!
_ Tu igi zrdis ymawvil qalebs da aswavlis maT, iseTebi iyvnen, rogoric TviTon aris, _ gangarZo papidam didis grZnobiT da cremlebi moadga Tvalebze, _ eWvi ar aris, trot, rom misi cxovreba kargad midis. iyos bednieri TavisiT da sasargeblo Tavisi axloblebisaTvis, _ ai, misi mizani. ase sTqva man TviTon, da gana SesaZlebelia sxvafriv iyos, rodesac laparakia aseT araCveulebriv qalze?
_ hyavs Tu ara agnesas vinme... xmamaRla viqrobdi, magram ver gavbede Cemi firebis daboloeba. _ ra, tot! ra gindoda geTqva? hyavs Tu ara... vin mainc? _ saqmro. _ saqmroebi aTeulobiT, _ mipasuxa papidam raRac siamayiT. _ Cemo
kargo, mas ocjer mainc SeeZlo gaTxoveba Sens aq aryofnaSi. _ araviTar eWvi ar mepareba amaSi, papida, magram minda vicode, hyavs
Tu ara agnesas vinme, misi Rirsi? erTi wuTis ganmavlobaSi papida sdumda, nikapiT xelze dayrdnobili;
Semdeg nela moabruna Tvalebi Cemsken da miTxra: _ me eWvi maqvs, rom agnesas uyvars... _ da, rasakvirvelia, bednieria, _ gavawyvetine me. _ trot, _ mipasuxa papidam dinjad. _ ar SemiZlia amis pasuxi mogce,
araviTari ufleba ar mqonda meTqva is, rac vTqvi,. agnesas ar moundvia CemTvis es saidumlo, magram eWvi mepareba.
da papidam iseTi dakvirvebuli da aRelvebuli yuradRebiT Semomxeda (igi SekrTa kidec), rom ufro metad, vidre odesme davrwmundi, igi marTlac misdevda Cems fiqrTa mimdinareobas. saboloo daskvnamde miviyvane yvela Cemi bolodroindeli gadawyvetileba da vcdilobdi, SeZlebisdagvarad, Semekavebina gulis Relva.
_ srulebiT ar vici, asea Tu ara, _ mipasuxa papidam, _ Sen ar unda daemyaro Cems eWvebs. iqneb es eWvebi usafuZvloa. me ar maqvs laparakis ufleba.
_ Tu es asea, _ gavimeore me, _ agnesa, ueWvelia, gamiziarebs Tavis gulis saidumlos. arasodes araferi damimalavs misgan, rogorc disgan, da imedi maqvs, arc igi damimalavs rames.
papidam mZimed moaSora Tvalebi Cems saxes da, Cafiqrebulma, Tvalebze xeli miifara. meore misi xeli Cems mxarze ido. ase visxediT da vigonebdiT warsuls da aRarc erTi sityva aRar gviTqvams erTmaneTisTvis, sanam dasaZineblad ar gavSordiT.
dilaadrian kenterberiSi gavemgzavre. ver vityvi, viTom srulebiT bednieri viyavi imediT, rom gavimarjve Cems TavTan brZolaSi; verc imas vityvi, rom Cemi bedniereba izrdeboda Cqari Sexvedris molodinSi.
male gadaviare nacnobi mindvrebi da Sevedi Zveli qalaqis wynar quCebSi, sadac yoveli qva ncnobi iyo CemTvis pataraobidan. mivuaxlovdi Zvel saxls da ukuvdeqi, radgan Cemma gulma metismetad Zlieri safrTxe igrZno. davbrundi mZime nabijiT da kuTxis mrgvali oTaxis fanjaraSi Sevixede, sadac odesRac kantoris wignebs usxdnen: jer _ uri hipi da Semdeg _ mikoberi. es oTaxi axla patara sastumrod iyo mowyobili da masSi aRar iyo aRaraviTari niSani winandeli kantorisa. yvela sxva mxriT darbaiseli Zveli saxli, faqizi da sufTa, isev isieTi iyo, rogoric pirvelad vnaxe igi. Cems dakakunebaze gamovida axali moaxle, CemTvis ucnobi. vTxove moexsenebinaT mis vikfildisaTvis, rom misi naxva surs jentlmens, axladdabrunebuls sazRvargareTidan, misi megobrisagan davalebiT. amiyvanes Zveli kibiT sastumro darbazSi, romelsac savsebiT Seenaxa Tavisi uwindeli saxe. wignebi, romelTac vkiTxulobdiT odesRac me da agnesa, isev im Taroebze elaga da patara magida, sadac gakveTilebs vamzadebdi xolme saRamoobiT, isev im kuTxeSi idga. yvela cvilileba, Semotanili hipebis SemoseviT, wareSalaTa da yvelaferi isev Zvel wesze iyo dalagebuli, rogorc didi xnis warsuls bedniers dros.
gaiRo patara kari; SevkrTi da mivbrundi. mSvenieri, naTeli Tvalebi Cemi bavSovis megobrisa Sexvda Cems Tvalebs. me gadavexvie mas.
_ o, ara, ara! me mixaria Tqveni naxva, trotvud! _ ar damijerebT, agnesa, ra bednieri var, rom isev gxedavT! me gulSi Cavikari da oriveni xmaamouReblad videqiT ase ramdenime
wuTs, Semdeg davsxediT erTad da misma mSvenierma saxem SemomanaTa iseTi alersiT, romelzedac cxadad Tu sizmrad, wlobiT vocnebobdi.
_ o, rasakvirvelia, Cven bednierebi viyaviT! _ davudasture me. gaiRima da gavida imave karebSi, romelSiac Semovida. es da-Zmuri siyvaruli iyo da axla erTaderTi saunje da Cems
movaleobad vTvlidi _ xeluxleblad da mowiwebiT gavfrTxilebodi mas. me rom neba mimeca Cemi TavisTvis da Semeryia is megobruli ndoba, romelic warmoiSva xangrZlivi Cveulebis gamo, vfiqrob, aucileblad da samudamod davkargavdi am saunjesac. es azri Rrmad Camenerga axla gulSi da masze vcdilobdi damemyarebina Cemi momavali damokidebuleba agnesasTan. rac ufro metad miyvarda igi, miT ufro metad vcdilobdi, ar momeSorebina gonebidan es azri.
simSvide da siwynare damyarda isev Zvelebur saxlSi, rodesac sadili gaTavda, yvelani avediT zeviT sastumroSi, radgan mister vikfildi aRar svamda axla Rvinos, da, maSasadame, ar iyo saWiro darCena sasadiloSi tkbilis Semdeg. agnesam da misma mowafeebma daiwyes TamaSoba, simRera da xelsaqme. Cais Semdeg bavSvebi gamogeTxovnen da wavidnen dasaZineblad. Cven visxediT samni da vbaasobdiT Zvel droze.
_ Cemi roli warsuli drois ganmavlobaSi iseTi iyo, _ Tqva mister vikfildma da gaiqnia WaRara Tavi, _ rom unda vinano, Rrmad vinano da vivaglaxo. ratom, Tqven es iciT, trotvud! magram giTxraT sruli simarTle? ar vindomebdi, rom es warsuli wameSala, SesaZlebeli rom yofiliyo kidec.
advilad davujere am sityvebs, rodesac Sevxede saxes, romelic am WaRara moxucis gverdiT iyo.
_ me rom warsuli wavSalo, _ ganagrZo mister vikfildma, _ iZulebuli viqnebodi wameSala masTan erTad umagaliTo moTmineba, erTguleba, Tavis gawirva, bavSvuri siyvaruli... ara! ufro adre daviviwyeb Cems sakuTar Tavs vidre am warsuls, rogoric ar unda iyos masSi Cemi roli.
maSin vitanjebodi ganukurnebeli seniT. mets arafers vityvi amaze.
vlaparakob Cems Sesaxeb ki ara, trotvud, aramed mis dedaze da TviT masze. Tu me gandobT Cemi sicocxlis am kvanZs, imedi maqvs, Tqven moaxerxebT mis gaxsnas, da vici _ mixvdebiT, rad gavxdi iseTi, rogorsac Tqven micnobdiT, trotvud, im didi xnis warsul dReebSi. me yvelaferi vTqvi.
moxucis daxrili Tavi da misi qalis saTnoebiT savse saxe amTavrebdnen am moTxrobis azrs. saWiro rom yofiliyo gansakuTrebuli xaziT aRmeniSna Cveni Sexvedris xasiaTi im saRamos, es suraTi unda damexata.
ramdenime wuTis Semdeg agnesa mivida fortepianosTan da daukra ramdenime Zveli hangi, romlebic warsul dros xSirad mogvismenia am oTaxSi.
_ xom ar apirebT kvlav sazRvargareT wasvlas? _ mkiTxa agnesam, rodesac gverdiT davudeqi.
_ ras ityvis amaze Cemi daia? _ imedi maqvs, rom ar waxvalT. _ am SemTxvevaSi arc damebadeba es ganzraxva, agnesa. _ radgan Tqven mekiTxebiT, unda giTxraT gulaxdilad, trotvud, rom
aRar unda waxvideT. _ diax, Cemo Zvirfaso dao, _ vuTxrai me da davixare misken, _ Tqveni
madlobeli unda viyo yvelaferSi. dRes Cveni pirveli SexvedrisTanave unda meTqva TqvenTvis is, rac mudam cocxlobda Cems fiqrebSi doras sikvdilis Semdeg. gaxsovT, agnesa, rogor SemoxvediT Cvens patara oTaxSi xelawvdili?
_ o, trotvud, _ miTxra cremlmoreulma agnesam, _ ra mosiyvarule, gulubryvilo, norCi arseba iyo! rogor SemiZlia daviviwyo Tqveni dora!
erTxel rogorRac londons gavemgzavre, rom cotaTi gavsxvairebuliyav sataxto qalaqis aurzaurSi da tredelsi menaxa. Cemi inglisSi aryofnis dros igi bevrs zrunavda Cemze da mSveniers wesrigSi damxvda yvela Cemi saqme.
rodesac, Cemi saxelis gamo, auarebeli werlebi momayares da am CemTvis srulebiT ucnobi xalxis werilebze pasuxis gacema Zalian Zneli iyo Sevexvewe tredelss, gamoekra Cemi saxelis warwera Tavis karebze, da dauzarebeli fostalionebi iq aZlevdnen CemTvis daniSnul mTel dasta werilebs. aqve, drogamoSvebiT, vSromobdi am werlebis garCevaze, rogorc romelime stats-mdivani, oRond ujamagiro.
am werilTa Soris zogjer mxvdeboda werilebi sxvadasxva winadadebiT Tavisuflad momuSave veqilebisagan, romlebic yovelTvis jogobiT Tavs dastrialebdnen doqtorTa kolegias. winadadeba Cveulebriv Semdegi Sinaarsisa iyo: xom ar vinebeb neba davrTo amas da amas, imuSaos Cemi saxeliT; am SemTxvevaSi igi valdebuli iqneba gadamixados amdeni da amdeni procenti mogebisa.
jer mikvirda, rom sofis xSirad vxedavdi rveulTan, romelsac igi, Cems SesvlisTanave, swrafad hkecavda da magidis ujraSi malavda. magram saidumloeba male gamoirkva. erTxel tredelsa, romelic is iyo dabrunda sasamarTlodan, gamoiRo Tavisi magidis ujridan qaRaldi da mkiTxa, ra azrisa var am xelis Sesaxeb.
_ eh, geTayva, Toma! _ SesZaxa sofim, romelic am dros fostlebs uTbobda qmars buxris win.
_ ratom ar vuCveno, genacvale? _ mxiarulad upasuxa tredelsma. _ ras ityvi am xelis Sesaxeb, koperfild?
_ Zalian mkafio da swori, araCveulebrivi mtkice xelia, _ vuapsuxe me. _ qalis xels ar hgavs, ara? _ mkiTxa tredelsma. _ qalisas? _ gavimeore me. _ ras ambob! ra ugavs amas qalis xels? tredelsma aRtacebiT gadaixarxara da gamomityda, rom amas sofi
swers. vinaidan mas male dasWirdeba klerki, sofi TviTon apirebs am Tanamdebobis daWeras. man amoirCia erTi nimuSi, hbaZavda mas, da axla SeuZlia daweros dReSi, aRar maxsovs, ramdeni Tabaxi. sofi Zalian darcxvenili iyo am ambis gamo da SeniSna, rom Toma, rogorc Cans, Tavis mosamarTled daniSvnasac ki ar gamoacxadebda ise saswrafod, rogorc igi
moiqca Tavisi colis gadamwerlobis Sesaxeb. Tomam upasuxa, rom es aris marTali da rom igi, yovel SemTxvevaSi, amayobs Tavisi klerkiT.
_ Sen marTlac SegiZlia aqo. bednieri kaci xar. mgonia, rom yvelaze bednieri wyvili xarT dedamiwia zurgze!
_ es marTalia; Cven marTlac ubednieresi xalxi varT, mipasuxa tredelsma. _ swori giTxra, rodesac vxedav, rogor dgeba igi gaTenebisas da bazarSi midis, vidre klerkebi movlen samsaxurSi; sul ubralo ramisgan akeTebs mSvenier sazeimo sadilebs, pudingebsa da paStetebs; yvelaferi iseT wessa da rigze aqvs da TviTonac mudam iseTi morTuli da mimzidvelia; RamRamobiT zis CemTan erTad, ra dromdisac ar unda vmuSaobde, da mudam iseTi nazia, mudam ise mamxnevebs... da yovelive es mxolod CemTvis! rodesac vukvirdebi, pirdapir am mjera, koperfild!
mas axarebda colis mier gamTbari fostlebic ki, da, rodesac Caicva es fostlebi, siamovnebiT gawvarTa fexebi buxris pirze.
_ swori giTxra, zogjer marTlac ar mjera, _ gaimeora tredelsma. _ axla Cveni garToba! igi araviTar xarjs ar moiTxovs da ra mxiaruli kia! Tu kargi daria, saseirnod mivdivarT. vixedebiT ganaTebuli maRziebis fanjrebSi; vuCveneb sofis, rogor braslets vuyidi mas, briliantebiTa da iagundebiT morTuls, fuli rom mqondes; sofi miCvenebs, romel saaTs miyidda. minanqrians, SeZleba rom hqondes. an mivdivarT romelsame moedanze an did quCaze, davinaxavT romelsame lamaz saxls da vmsjelobT imis Sesaxeb, rom urigo ar iqneboda misi daqiraveba, rodesac msajulad gamxdian. da daviwyebT oTaxebis ganawilebas, _ es qalebs, es Cven, da sxva, sanam bolos urTeirTsasiamovno dar gadavwyvetT, rom es SesaZlebelia, moxdes kidec, da SesaZlebelia, arc moxdes, garemoebaTa mixedviT. zogjer TeatrSic davdivarT iaffasian bileTebiT da vtkbebiT. sofi da, marTali giTxra, TviT mec, piesis yovel sityvas sinamdviled viRebT. Sin dabrunebisas, gzaSi viyidiT rame tkbileuls sasaqarlamoSi, an zRvis kibos _ Tevzis duqanSi, movitanT saxlSi, gavmarTavT vaxSams da vmusaifobT imis Sesaxeb, rac vnaxeT. Senc xom kargad ici, koperfild, rom es SeuZlebeli iqneboda, rom rom lord-kancleri viyo.
melaparakebi? _ axla isic im megobarTa ricxvSia, romelTac izidavT Cemi saxeli da
qoneba da romlebic marwmuneben, rom mudam vuyvardi. krikli amJamad saswavleblis direqtori aRar aris. mas Tavi daunebebia skolisaTvis da cixis zedamxedveli gamxdara midlsekSi.
megona, rom tredelss gaukvirdeboda es ambavi, magram ar gahkvirvebia.
_ igi mwers, rom didad moxaruli iqneba, maCvenos cixis disciplinis SesaniSnavi sistema da erTaderTi swori gza, romliTac SeiZleba borotmoqmedi miiyvano gulwrfel monaniebamde. es sistema, rogorc cnobilia, Sedgeba tusaRis martodmarto CamwyvdevaSi. ras ityvi amaze?
_ sistemis Sesaxeb? _ mkiTxa tredelsma seriozulad. _ ara, imis Sesaxeb, rom miviRo misi miwveva da Senc Tan wagiyvano. _ kargi. Tanaxma var. _ mipasuxa tredelsma. _ maSin mivwer amis Sesaxeb. Sen gaxsovs, ueWvelia, rom swored am
kriklma gaagdo saxlidan sakuTari Svili da ra cxovrebas eweoda igi Tavisi coliTa da qaliSviliT, Tu aRaras vityvi Cvendami mopyrobis Sesaxeb.
_ mSvenivrad maxsovs, _ mipasuxa tredelsma. _ da miuxedavad amisa, rodesac am werils waikiTxav, dainaxav, rom igi
unazesi arsebaa qveyanaze, gamsWvaluli siyvaruliT patimrebisadmi, romlebic daWerilebi arian yvelgvar SesaZlebel da SeuZlebel sisaZagleTa gamo. am jentlmenebis garda misi siyvaruli, rogorc Cans, sxva aravisze ar vrceldeba.
Cven amovarCieT dRe da gadavwyviteT wasvla; im dResve mivwere werili mister krikls.
daniSnul dros me da tredelsi gavemarTeniT cixeSi. es iyo uzarmazari, mtkice Senoba, romlis aSeneba auarebel fulad daujda saxelmwifos.
sadilis dro iyo, ase rom, Cven gavwieT jer uzarmazar samzareuloSi, sadac udidesi zedmiwevniT anawilebdnen yoveli damnaSavis xvedr sadils, da Semdeg sakanSi urigebdnen. Cumad vuTxari tredelss, rom ara mgonia, an jariskacebi, an mezRvaurebi, an mojamagireni da sxva muSakebi aseT gemriel saWmels sWamdnen, rogorc es borotmoqmedni-meTqi. magram Semdeg gavige, rom amas Txoulobda maTi `sistema~, da TiTqos aravis ar undoda efiqra, rom am sistemis garda SesaZlebeli iyo sxva sistemac.
rodesac mivdiodiT mSvenieri talanebiT, me vkiTxe mister krikls, raSi mdgomareobs mTavari wesi da upiratesoba am yovlismomdreki da yovlisSemcveli sistemisa-meTqi, da Sevityve, rom igi warmoadgens srulebiT ganmartoebuls datusaRebas, ase rom, arc erT tusaRs ar aqvs saSualeba, gaigos rame meoris Sesaxeb, da, amas garda, am sistemiT tusaRi unda mieyvanaT iseT sulier ganwyobilebamde, romelic gulwrfel aRsarebas aTqmevinebda mas.
magram sxvadasxva nomris daTvalierebis dros da talanSi gavlisas davrwmundi, rom damnasavebi kargad icnobdnen erTmaneTs da rom urTierTSoris kavSiris dasamareblad maT SesaniSnavi sistema hqondaT. mgonia, SemeZlo damemtkicebina es, magram amgvari eWvi cxadi Seuracxyofa iqneboda am `sistemisa~ da amitom vecade, ramdenadac SemeZlo, mepovna gulwrfelad momnaniebelni.
magram aqac TvalSi gecemodaT iseTi garemoebani, rac samarTlian eWvebs iwvevdnen. movismine mravali monanieba da gulwrfeli aRsareba, romlebic Zalian hgavdnen erTmaneTs da TiTqmis erTi da imave sityvebisagan Sesdgebodnen, rac zalian saeWvod momeCvena. vnaxe mravali mela, romelic uars acxadebda venaxebze, romlis xili matTvis miuwvdomeli iyo, da Zalian cota vnaxe iseTi, romelic gauZlebda cTunebas, mis win rom daedoT erTi mtevanic ki am yurZnisa.
cixis daTvalierebis dros ramdenjerme yuri movkari laparaks viRac ocdameSvide nomris Sesaxeb, romelic, rogorc Canda, saerTo sayvareli iyo da samagaliTo yvela damnaSavisaTvis. amitom gadavwyvite, ar gamometana Cemi saboloo daskvna, sanam am adamiansac ar vnaxavdi. miTxres, rom ocdamerve nomeric pirveli xarisxis mnaTobs warmoadgens, magram mas erTgvarad Crdilavs araCveulebrivi brwyinvaleba sxivosani mezoblisa. imdeni ram miTxres am ocdameSvide nomris SesaniSnavi werilebis Sesaxeb, romelTac igi mudam swres Tavis dedas, rom mouTmenlad movelodi mis naxvas. bolos Cven mivediT misi saknis karebTan da mister kriklma Seixeda karis WuWrutanaSi; man gamogvicxada udidesis aRtacebiT, locvans kiTxulobso.
imwamsve ramdenime Tavi mivarda karebs sanaxavad, Tu rogor kiTxulobda locvans ocdameSvide nomeri, da karis WuWrutanas alya Semoartya eqvsiode cnobismoyvarem. rom aecilebina es uxerxuloba da rom SesaZlebeli gamxdariyo, Tavisuflad gvexila ocdameSvide nomeri, mister kriklma ubrZana gaeRoT kari da gamoiwvia igi CvenTan. rodesac es aasrules, vin davinaxeT me da tredelsma, Cvenda gansacvifreblad? uri hipi!
imwamsve gvicno da gviTxra uwindeli RmeWiT: _ rogor brZandebiT mister koperfild? xom kargad xarT, mister
tredels? am scenam saerTo gakvirveba gamiwvia. mgonia, yvelas ukvirda, rom igi
ar amayobda da ubralod gvelaparakeboda. _ aba, `ocdameSvidev~! _ uTxra mister kriklma da Tan Sescqeroda
sibraluliTa da gakvirvebiT. _ rogor grZnobT Tavs dRes? _ uRrmes sasoebasa da morCilebas vgrZnob, ser! _ upasuxa urim. _ Tqven mudam aseTi xarT, `ocdameSvidev~! _ uTxra mister kriklma. am dros erTma iq damswreTaganma hkiTxa saocaris mzrunvelobiT: _ xom kargad grZnobT aq Tavs? _ gmadlobT, ser, _ upasuxa uri hipma. _ gacilebiT ukeT, vidre
Tavisuflebis dros; me vxedav axla Cems Secdomebs, ser, da amitomaa, rom ase kargad vgrZnob Tavs.
bevrni iq myofni Zalian aReldnen amis gamo; erTi maTgani win gamovida da hkiTxa Rrma sibraluliT:
es xma. _ guSin igi ufro magari iyo, vidre msurda, magram Cemi valia moviTmino. me did Secdomebs Cavdiodi, jentlmenebo, _ aq man wynari RimiliT Tvali mogvavlo yvelas, _ da unda xmaamoureblad avitano maTi Sedegebi.
damwreTa Soris gaisma CurCuli, romelic gamoxatavda aRtacebas `ocdameSvide nomris~ sasoebiT savse sulier ganwyobilebisadmi, da Tan usiamovnebas zedamxedvelisadmi, romelTac sababi misca saCivlelad (es
var. _ Tu gaqvT rame saTqmeli, gviTxariT gulaxdilad. _ ser, _ upasuxa litimerma TvalebdaxriT, _ Tu Tvalebi ar matyueben,
damswreTa Soris SevniSne erTi jentlmeni, romelic micnobda warsul wlebSi. iqneb misTvis sasargeblo iyos gaigos, rom yvela Cems warsul Secdomas vawer im garemoebas, rom mTel Cems dros vatarebdi axalgazrdebSi, da Cems Tavs neba miveci, gavetacne maT sisustes, rasac ver gavuZeli. imedi maqvs, ser, rom es gasafrTxileblad gamoadgeba am jentlmens da mapatiebs Cems SerniSvnas.
me SevniSne, rom bevrma Tvalebze miifara xelebi, ise, rogorc amas sCadian anglikanur eklesiaSi Sesvlis dros.
_ es didad saqebaria `ocdamervev~. me movelodi amas Tqvengan. xom aras ityviT kidev?
_ ser, _ upasuxa litimerma aweuli warbebiT, magram Tvalebdaxrilma, _ iq iyo kidev erTi ymawvili qali, romelic cudi gziT wavida da romelic ver gadavarCine. vTxov am jentlmens, Tu es SesaZlebelia, gadasces Cems magivrad am qals, rom mipatiebia misTvis misi cudi mopyroba Cemdami da vurCev, moinanios igi.
aq `ocdamerve~ Sebrunda Tavis sakanSi. Sesvlamde man da uri hipma gadaxedes erTmaneTs. rodesac kari daketes, iq damswreTa Soris gasima CurCuli, rom es Rirseuli adamiania da mSvenieri nimuSi momnaniebeli codvilisa.
_ aba, `ocdameSvidev~, _ uTxra mister kriklma, _ xom ara gaqvT-ra raime survili, romelic SegviZlia agisruloT? Tu gaqvT, gviTxariT gulwrfelad.
_ Tqveni survili asrulebuli iqneba, _ uTxra mister kriklma. _ gmadlobT, ser, me meSinia, rom deda avad aris!
_ Tqven daasaxeleT mister koperfild, `ocdameSvidev~, xom ar gsurT uTxraT mas rame?
_ Tqven micnobdiT gacilebiT ufro adre, vidre aq moxvdebodi da ase gamovicvlebodi, mister koperfild, _ miTxra urim da Semomxeda. arc erT SemTxvevaSi, TviT mis TvalebSic ki, arasodes ar menaxa aseTi gaiZveruli Semoxedva. _ Tqven micnobdiT maSin, rodesac me, miuxedavad Cemi Secdomebisa, SevinarCune mokrZaleba amayTa winaSe da morCileba gabrazebulTa winaSe. Tqven TviTon iyaviT sastiki Cemdami, mister koperfild; erTxel Tqven saxeSic gamartyiT, gaxsovT?
saerTo sibraluli. me Semomyureben aRSfoTebiT. _ magram me gapatieT, mister koperfild! _ miTxra urim. _ yvelas
vapatie, codva iqneboda Cem mxriv, vinme rom mZuldes. gulwrfelad, suliT da guliT gapatieT, da imedi maqvs, SemdegSi Tavs SeikavebT amgvari saqcielisagan. Tqven ubedureba gewiaT da imedi maqvs, es sasargeblo iqneba TqvenTvis; magram ufro sasargeblo iqneboda, rom aq moxvedriliyaviT. mister vikfildisTvis, iseve rogorc mis vikfildisTvisac Zalian sasargeblo iqneboda, rom aq moxvedriliyvnen. yvelaze ukeTesi survili, romelic SemiZlia gamovTqva, mister koperfild, TqvenTvis, da yvela TqvenTvis jentlmenebo, is aris, rom Tqven yvelani dagiWiron da aq mogaTavson. rodesac vigoneb Cems warsul Secdomebs, da vfiqrob Cemi sulis mdgomareobaze, savsebiT darwmunebuli var, rom am survulis Sesruleba yvelaze sasargeblo iqneboda TqvenTvis. mebraleba yvela, vinc ki ar zis aq, calke sakanSi.
igi Sevida Tavis nomerSi da saerTo qeba Tan sdevda mas; magram me da tredelsma Tavisuflad amovisunTqeT, rodesac igi isev Cahketes.
ver moviTmine da vikiTxe, risTvis sxedan es ori adamiani-meTqi, magram es, mgonia, iseT umniSvnelo garemoebad iTvleboda, rom laparakadac ki ar Rirda. aravin mipasuxa. amitom me mivmarTe erT darajTagans, romelsac, rogorc SevniSne, sakmaod kargad esmoda am warmodgenis namdvili azri.
_ xom ar iciT, _ vkiTxe me mas, rodesac mivdiodi talanSi, _ ra borotmoqmedebisTvis zis aq es `ocdameSvide~?
eg da ramdenime sxva. eg iyo maTi meTauri. es iyo kargad mogvarebuli da kargad mofiqrebuli SeTqmuleba did Tanxaze. ganaCeni: mudmivi gadasaxleba. `ocdameSvide~ yvelaze moxerxebuli iyo am brboSi da cotas gawyda xelidan ar dauZvraT. bankma Zlivs moaxerxa misi daWera.
_ xom ar iciT, `ocdamervem~ raRa Caidina? _ `ocdamervem~, _ mipasuxa Cemma mosaubrem Cumad da Tan iqiT-aqeT
ixedeboda, rom darwmunebuliyo, xom aravis esmoda, rogor sruliad upativcemulod laparakobda am umwikvlo arsebaTa Sesaxeb, _ `ocdamervem~ (masac gadasaxleba aqvs misjili) miiRo adgili da gaqurda Tavisi ymawvili batoni; oras ormocdaaTi girvanqa sterlingi fulad da Zvirfasi nivTebi mohpara misi gamgzavrebis win. gansakuTrebiT kargad maxsovs es SemTxveva, radgan damnaSave daiWira qondrisqalma. oRond damaviwyda misi saxeli.
_ mis mauCeri xom ara? _ diax, swored mis mauCeri. qurdi gaeparaT wiTeli parikiTa da
amgvarive bakenbardebiT, rac sruliad scvlida mis garegnobas, da mzad
iyo amerikaSi wasasvlelad, magram es qondrisqali Sexvda mas qucaSi, icno da fexebSi moeWida, rom waeqcia.
_ yoCaR, mis mauCer! _ SevZaxe me. _ diax, Tqven aucileblad ityodiT amas, rom genaxaT igi mowmeTa
Soris, _ gangarZo darajma. _ igi scemda mas ise, rom mTeli saxe dausivda, da saSinlad sTelavda fexebiT, rodesac mis mauCeri fexebSi swvda. magram mis mauCerma iqamde ar daaneba Tavi, sanam ar dainaxa igi klitiTa da gasaRebiT Caketili. igi ise Caafrinda am kacs, rom policielebi uZulebullni iyvnen, orive waeyvanaT policiaSi. man naTlad da garkveviT misca Cveneba sasamarTloSi, ase rom qeba da madloba daimsaxura msajulisagan, da xalxma ki didi zeimiT gaacila igi saxlSi. mosamarTleTa winaSe igi ambobda, rom yvela im sisaZaglisaTvis, rac icis am aramzadaze, swvdeboda da ar gauSvebda, Tundac erTi xeli hqonoda da litimers ki samsonis Zala. mgonia, mis mauCeri marTlac izamda amas.
mec ase vfiqrobdi da amisTvis didi pativiscema vigrZeni mis mauCeris mimarT.
Cven davaTvaliereT yvelaferi, rac ki Rirsi iyo yuradRebisa am dawesebulebaSi. rasakvirvelia, srulebiT zedmeti iyo axsna iseTi adamianisaTvis, rogoric mister krili iyo, rom `ocdameSvide~ da `ocdamerve~ aramzadebi arian; rom isini isev iseT aramzadebad darCnen, rogoric iyvnen; rom es pirmoTne orpirebi swored imisTvis varganan, rom aseT alagas da xalxis win gamoaCinon Tavisi sinanuli. rom maT mSvenivrad ician, ra sargebloba SeuZliaT miiRon aqedan, rodesac gadaasaxleben, an gaanTavisufleben, erTi sityviT, rom yovelive es tyuili Sromaa fuWs, uvargissa da xelidan wasul saqmeze. Cven gulamRvreulni davbrundiT saxlSi.
rodesac vukiTxavdi agnesas Cems xelnawerebs da Tan Tvalyurs vadevnebdi misi yuradRebiT savse saxis cvalebadobas, rodesac igi icinoda an tiroda, dainteresebuli im fantastikuri msoflioTi, romelSiac vcxovrobdi, _ uneblied vfiqrobdi imaze, rogori iqneboda Cemi bedi, rom...
papidasa da Cems Soris Cemi dabrunebis dRidanve moxda raRac, rasac ver varqmev verc uxerxulobas, verc gulCaTxrobas, aramed Cum mixvedras
imisas, rom oriveni vfiqrobdiT erTsa da imave saganze, Tumca aras vambobT amis Sesaxeb. rodesac saRamoobiT, Zvelidanve darCenili CveulebiT, mivusxdebodiT xolme buxars, xSirad Cveni azrebi erTi da imave mimarTulebiT mimdinareobdnen da orivem vicodiT es, TiTqos Cvens Soris sruli gulaxdili laparaki momxdariyos. amasTanave srul dumils vicavdiT. darwmunebuli viyavi, rom papidam nawilobriv mainc waikiTxa Cemi azrebi Camosvlis pivelsave saRamos, da rom mas mSvenivrad esmis, rom ar minda amis Sesaxeb laparaki.
uqmeebi dadga, magram agnesam jer ara Sematyobina-ra Tavisi grZnobebis Sesaxeb. ratom? nuTu mas esmoda Cemi gulis namdvili viTareba da eSinoa, Seuracxyofa ar mieyenebina CemTvis Tavisi gulaxdilobiT? es eWvi axla Zalian mawuxebda, magram Cemi msxverpli umniSvnelo iyo da sul ubralo movaleobac ki ver Sevasrule misdami. saWiro iyo, ase Tu ise, davrwmunebuliyavi Cems eWvebSi da, Tu marTlac arsebobda Cvens Soris es zRude, gadavwyvite, erTbaSad damerRvia igi mtkice xeliT. rac ufro male, miT ukeTesi!
zamTris civi dRe iyo. o, ramdeni mizezi maqvs, davixsomo es dRe Cemi sicocxlis bolomde! ramdenime saaTis ganmavlobaSi Zlier Tovda, da Tovli axla yinvas magrad miekra miwisaTvis. zRvis usazRvro sivrceze, Cemi fanjridan rom moCanda, boboqrobda CrdiloeTis qari.
namdvilad amisTvis movedi. man gadado xelsaqme, rogorc Cveulebriv sCadioda, rodesac
seriozulad vapirebdiT laparaks. _ Zvirfaso agnesa! nuTu Tqven eWvi geparebaT Cems erTgulebaSi? _ araviTari! _ mipasuxa man da gakvirvebiT Semomxeda. _ xom ar fiqrobT, rom me is aRar var Tqvendami, rac mudam viyavi? _ ara! gaxsovT, samSobloSi dabrunebisas, me vcdilobdi gamomeTqva,
ra uzomo madlobeli var Tqveni, Zvirfaso agnesa? _ kargad maxsovs, _ mipasuxa man rbilad. _ Tqven saidumlo gaqvT. gamiziareT, agnesa! agnesa SekrTa da Tvalebi daxara. _ arsebobs adamiani, romelsac Tqven, bolos, daTanxmdiT, SeswiroT
Tqveni siyvaruli... sakvirvelia rom es gavige ara Tqveni piridan, agnesa! rad mimalavT ase gulmodgined yvelafers, rac Tqvens bednierebas exeba? SegiZliaT momendoT me, _ rasakvirvelia, SegiZliaT, radgan Tqven TviTon sTqviT es, _ neba miboZeT, viyo megobari da Zma Tqveni sicocxlis am gadamWrel wuTSi.
_ agnesa! Zvirfaso dao! Cemo megobaro! ra vqeni? riT gawyenineT? _ Tavi damanebeT, trotvud! me SeuZlod var! ar SemiZlia laparaki.
sxva dros mogelaparakebiT! mogwerT! nuras metyviT axla. gaCumdiT, trotvud!
_ agnesa! ar SemiZlia Tavi daganeboT aseT mdgomareobaSi. Zvirfaso dao, sayvarelo megobaro. Tu Tqven ubeduri xarT, gamiziareT Tqveni ubedureba. Tu Tqven Svela an rCeva gWirdebaT, neba miboZeT dagexmaroT erTiTac da meoriTac. maS visTvisRa vcocxlob axla, agnesa, Tu ara TqvenTvis?
_ o, SemibraleT, trotvud! aRar SemiZlia. sxva dros! ai yvelaferi, risi garCevac movaxerxe misi pasuxidan. ra iyo es? nuTu
brma egoizmi erTxel kidev maxvevinebda swori gzidan? an, piriqiT, yovelive es Sesavali iyo imisi, razedac jer kidev ase cota xnis win verc ki vbedavdi ocnebas?
_ ara, me unda vilaparako. gulaxdilad unda mogelaparakoT. Tu Tqven gawuxebT is ari, rom SemSurdeba im adamianis bedniereba, romelic Tqven giyvarT, rom ar davuTmob Cems adgils morCilad mas, vinc Tqven airCieT, _ daanebeT Tavi am azrs da darwmunebuli iyaviT, rom aseTi undobloba ar damimsaxurebia. tyuilad ar vitanje. Cems Tqvendami damokidebulebaSi ara aqvs adgili egoistur grZnobas.
axla igi damSvidebuli iyo. man momaqcia gafiTrebuli saxe da miTxra mZimed da nawyvet-nawyvetad, magram srulebiT mkafiod:
_ Tqveni megobroba, trotvud, gulwrfeli da wminda, maiZulebs giTxraT, rom Tqven scdebiT. amaze mets veras vityvi. Tu am ukanaskneli wlebis ganmavlobaSi mWirdeboda Svela da daxmareba, isini TavisTavad modiodnen CemTan. Tu odesme ubeduri viyavi, aman gaiara. Tu maqvs raime saidumlo, igi axali ar aris da, yovel SemTxvevaSi, is ar aris, rac Tqven ggoniaT. ar SemiZlia gagiziaroT igi; ar SemiZlia giamboT. didi xania mxolod da mxolod me mekuTvnis da samudamod darCeba CemTan...
_ agnesa, SeCerdiT!.. mas undoda gasvla, magram SevCere da xeli movxvie. `es saidumlo
axali ar aris~ aTasi fiqri da imedi datrialda Cems TavSi da yvelaferi axali SuqiT ganaTda.
_ Zvirfaso agnesa! SemiZlia gamovTqva Cemi azri gulwrfelad da ar davarRvio Cemi uzomo patviscema Tqvendami? rodesac dRes TqvenTan wamosasvlelad vemzadebodi, darwmunebuli viyavi, rom yveqanaze veraviTari Zala ver maiZulebas amis gamoTqmas. megona, rom igi samudamod darCeba gulSi im dromde, sanam Cven oriveni movxucdebiT. magram Tu axla, agnesa, axladdabadebuli imedi masuldgmulebs, imedi, rom SemiZlia giwodoT ara dis saxeli, aramed sul sxva...
igi isev atirda, magram mis cremlebs axla ar hqonda araferi saerTo im cremlebTan, romlsac igi erTi wuTis win Rvrida. am cremlebSi CemTvis didi imedi acimcimda.
_ agnesa, Cemo Zvirfaso megobaro! o, netav im dros, rodesac Cven orni erTad vizrdebodiT am salxSi. maSin rom Tqven meti yuradRebiT moqceodiT Tqvens Tavs da naklebi yuradrebiT me _ Cemi frTaSesxmuli fiqri, ueWvelia, arasodes ar mogSordebodaT Tqven; magram Tqven metismetad kargi iyaviT, miuwvdomlad maRla ideqiT, CemTan SedarebiT, da amitom gaxdiT CemTvis aucilebeli yovel Cems bavSvur ocnebaSi. TqvenTvis yvela Cemi saidumlos gaziareba da Tqveni imediT yofna Cemi cxovrebis yvela garemoebaSi CemTvis meore bunebad iqca, da am axalma meore bunebam droebiT Secvala pirveli, ufro maRali, romliTac me miyvardiT ise, rogorc axla miyvarxarT.
igi isev tiroda, magram axla es sixarulis cremlebi iyo. me gulSi Cavikari igi.
_ rodesac me miyvarda igi, Cemi siyvaruli maSinac ki ar momcemda iseT bednierebas Tqveni TanagrZnobis gareSe. da rodesac davkarge Cemi pawawina coli, Zvirfaso agnesa, ra viqnebodi, Tqveni megobruli daxmareba rom ar mqonoda?
ufro magrad Cavikari gulSi da ufro magrad momekra isic. misi xeli TrToda Cems mxarze da misi naTeli Tvalebi brwyinavdnen sixarulis cremlebiT.
vcdilobdi, amexsna misTvis Cemi Sinagani brZola da is daskvna, romelsac davadeqi am brZolis Semdeg, Tu me vuyvarvar iseTi siyvaruliT, romelic nebas aZlevs mas Cemi coli gaxdes, SeuZlia Rirsi gamxados am bednierebisa, ara imitom, rom es Cemi moqmedebiT damemsaxurebina, aramed mxolod imitom, rom Cemi siyvaruli misdami, gamobrZmedili brZolaSi da gazrdili sicocxlis aurzaurSi, WeSmaritia, uzomo da Seuryeveli! o, agnesa, Seni naTeli Tvalebidan am wuTSi micqeroda Cemi pawawina colis naTeli suli da mamxnevebda.
_ me uzomod bednieri var, trotvud! aris mainc erTi garemoeba, romelic unda agixsna.
_ ra, Cemo sulo? mxrebze damado orive xeli da wynarad Semomxeda TvalebSi. _ Tqven ver vxdebiT, ra minda giTxraT? _ ara, Cemo kargo, me meSinia axla gamocanebisa, amixseni genacvale. _ me miyvardiT mudam, mTels Cems sicocxleSi! meore dRes Cven mivediT duvrSi papidasTan. igi Cems kabinetSi iyo,
rogorc pegotim gviTxra. papida saTvaliani ijda buxarTan. _ ah! _ warmosTqva papidam da Tan cdilobda daenaxa bindbundSi. _ vin
_ ra, genacvale? _ mas kavSiri aqvs im saRamosTan, rodesac dora gardaicvala. gaxsovs
TavisTan rom amiyvana?
_ ki. _ man miTxra, rom damitova zogi ram. SegiZlia mixvde, ra iyo es? mivxvdi da amis gamo ufro mZlavrad movexvie Cems Zvirfas cols. _ man miTxra, rom mommarTavs ukanaskneli TxovniT da mitovebs
anderZs. _ mere, raSi mdgomareobda igi? _ imaSi, Cemo kargo, rom me dameWira mis Semdeg misi dacarielebuli
mivaRwie ufro did saxelsa da simdidres. Cemi ojaxuri keTildReoba hyvaoda gavatare colqmrobaSi aTi bednieri weli. erTxel gazafxulze, rodesac me da agnesa buxarTan visxediT Cvens londonis saxlSi da Cveni sami Svili iqve TamaSobda, momaxsenes, rom viRac ucnobs surs Cemi naxva.
mas hkiTxes, saqmeze xom ar iyo mosuli. magram epasuxna, arao. igi movida mxolod Cems sanaxavad da movida Soridan. igi moxuci iyo, rogorc sTqva msaxurma, da garegnobiT soflis meournes hgavda.
swored imis win agnesa uambobda bavSvebs maT sayvarel zRapars da, TiiTqos gangeb, im alagas SeCerda, rodesac unda mosuliyo kudiani dedaberi, mteli kacobriobis moZule. viRac ucnobis mosvlam SeaSina patarebi. Cvenma biWikom xifaTis Tavidan asacileblad damala Tavi dedis kalTaSi; ufrosma gogonam, patara agnesam ki, daagdo skamze dedofala da daimala fanjarasTan, fardis ukan, drogamoSvebiT igi gamohyofda xolme iqidan Tavis oqros kululebs.
dedamisi ki swrafad wamoxta Tavisi adgilidan da SesZaxa aRelvebulis xmiT: `es mister pegotia!~
rodesac pirvelma mRelvarebam gaiara, igi dajda buxarTan da muxlebze bavSvebi daisva. am dros buxris alma gaaSuqa misi patiosani saxe. am pozaSi mister pegoti meCvena iseT Ronier, Warmag da, maSasadame, iseT mSvenier moxucad, rogorc ar menaxa metad.
_ master devi... _ daiwyo man. ra sasiamovno iyo CemTvis mosmena am pataraobis saxelisa, romelsac
Cemi Zveli megobari miwodebda! _ ra bednierebaa, master devi, rom erTxel kidev momixda naxva Tqveni
da Tqveni mSvenieri meuRlisa! _ bednierebaa, diax, Tqven marTali xarT, Zvirfaso, Zvelo megobaro! _ es pawawinebi, master devi, xom namdvili yvavilebia! Tqven ai am
_ saambobeli TiTqmis araferia, master devi. jer, rasakvirvelia, saqme ar moewyo uwvaleblad, magram male yvelaferi mowesrigda saukeTesod, da Cveni meurneobac ayvavda. mudam xom ase, master devi, rodesac gulmodgined SeudgebiT saqmes. ar gamovida guSin, _ gamova dRes; bedi ar gqonda dRes, _ usaTuod geweva xval.
_ rogor aris emilia? _ vikiTxeT me da agnesam erTxmad. _ mas ukan, rac Tqven gamoeTxoveT, qalbatono, emilia jer Zalian
naRvlobda, magram es ar uSlida, mudam sikeTiT moexsenebineT. Zalian kargi hqeniT, rom dagvimaleT maSin is sazareli ambavi. emilia ver gadaitanda im dros... diax, saSinlad naRvlobda sabralo, ise rom guli mewureboda misi cqeriT.
_ maS rodis gaigo sabralo qamis gardacvaleba? _ vkiTxe me. _ am saidmulos, master devi, Zalian gulmodgined vumalavdi, TiTqmis
erTi wlis ganmavlobaSi, _ miTxra mister pegotim. _ Cven maSin ganmartoebul alagas cxovrobdiT. erTxel ise moxda, rom, rodesac samuSaod viyavi gasuli, movida CvenTan mgzavri inglisidan, sufolkeli iyo Tu norfolkeli, kargad ar maxsovs. am mgzavrma Tan moitana Zveli gazeTi, romelSic dawvrilebiT iyo aRwerili is qariSxali. _ ai, amrigad gaigo emiliam yvelaferi im ubedurebis Sesaxeb.
mister pegotim xmas dauwia am sityvebTan. _ da aman araviTari cvlileba ar gamoiwvia masSi? _ vkiTxeT Cven. _ ah, ras brZanebT, master devi, _ miTxra man da Tavi gaiqnia, _ didi
cvlileba moaxdina, didi xniT, iqneba dRemdec, rogorc me mgonia. mainc ganmartoebam erTgvari sargebloba moutana. amasTan mas bevri saqme aqvs. frinvelebs uvlis da saxlis wesrigs ugdebs yurs. amrigad, mwuxareba neldeba, Tu mTlad ara, cotaTi mainc. Tumca, _ daumata man CafiqrebiT, _ Tqven, mgonia, veRarc icnobT Cems emilias, axla rom naxoT.
_ nuTu ase gamoicvala? _ vkiTxe me.
_ me yoveldRe vxedav da amitom Znelia CemTvis amisi Tqma, magram mainc mgonia, rom asea. wvrili, susti, _ ganagrZobda mister pegoti da Tan buxarSi muguzlebs Sehyurebda, _ gamxdari saxe, savdiani cisferi Tvalebi, Cacvivnili loyebi, patara Tavi, mudam odnav daxrili, wynari xma, mokrZalebuli mixra-moxra, TiTqos sul raRacis eridebao, _ ai, rogori gaxda Cemi emi!
Cven xmaamouReblad SevyurebdiT, rodesac igi buxris als misCereboda.
_ zogi fiqrobs, rom emi ubeduri iyo siyvarulSi, zogi _ rom sikvdilma CaSala misi gaTxoveba, _ namdvili aravin icis. ocjer mainc SeeZlo gaTxoveba am xnis ganmavlobaSi. `ara, Zia, _ mipasuxebs xolme, _ Cemi dro wasulia~. CemTan igi mudam mxiarulia, magram sxvebTan _ yovelTvis Cumi da Cafiqrebuli. momTmenia uzomod da Tavisi biZac Zalian uyvars. ymawvil xalxs da moxucebs _ yvelas uyvarT da yvelani mas mimarTaven xolme rCevisaTvis.
_ marTa isev TqvenTan cxovrobs? _ vkiTxe me. _ marTa gaTxovda, master devi, Cveni Casvlis meore wels. erTma
ymawvilma kacma, muSam mezobeli mamulidan, erTxe bazarSi mimavalma, Cvens win gaiara, marTa moewona da maSinve winadadeba misca, radgan, rogorc mogexsenebaT, qalebi iq iSviaTia. saqme gaiCarxa udavidarabod. marTam mTxova, meambna misi saqmrosTvis daumalavad mTeli misi ambavi. me vuambe. mT jvari daiweres da axla cxovroben mamulSi, romelic ramdenime asi milis moSorebiT aris Cvengan.
_ misis gumiji rogorRa aris? _ vikiTxe me. am kiTxvaze mister pegotma uecrad gadaixarxara. _ xom ar damijerebT, master devi, _ miTxra man, - rom masac misces
TanamoZme-kolonistis da Tanamoqalaqis, eskvairis, midlbeis olqis generaluri msajulis vilkins mikoberis pativsacemad. mravali xalxi daeswro am zeims. gamoangariSebuli iyo, rom mxolod magidas gars usxda aranakleb ormocdaSvidi sulisa, imaT garda, vinc kibeze da talanSi idgnen. pirveli adgili sufraze, rogorc prezidents, eWira doqtor mels, port midlbeis gimnaziis direqtors, mis marjvniv ijda TviT saxelovani stumari. rodesac mravali sadRegrZelo, rac erTsulovani aRtacebiT iqna miRebuli. aiRo ra pirveli Wiqa sadRegrZeleblad `saxelovani stumrisa, romelic Cveni qalaqis mSvenebas Seasdgens~, doqtor melma warmoTqva SesaniSnavi sityva, savse grZnobiTa da Rrma azriT: `dae saxelovani iyos igi Cven Soris aw da maradis, da yvela saqme ayvavdes im zomamde, rom mis guls arasodes ar miekaros survuili datovos Tavisi Tanamoqalaqeni, romelnic erTsulovnad arian aRsavseni misdami gulwrfeli siyvaruliTa da pativiscemiT~. mquxare `vaSa~, romiTac miRebuli iyo es sadRegrZelo, yovel aRweras aRemateba. bolos, yvela dadumda da viklins mikoberma, eskvairma, wamoTqva sazogadoebis winaSe samadlobeli sityva. SeuZlebeli iyo auRelvebad moesmina adamians is adgili, sadac mWermetyveli oratori igonebda Tavisi karieris dasawyiss da afrTxilebda axalgazrdobas, romelic auditoriis mniSvnelovan nawils Seadgenda, im xifaTisagan, rac moevlineba xolme adamians sacduneblad finansur valdebulebaTa saxiT, da SemdegSi, miuxedavad yovelgvari survilisa, SeuZlebeli xdeba dahfaro. am dros tirodnen ara marto axalgazrdebi, aramed xangrZlivi gamocdilebis cecxlSi gamobrZmedili vaJkacebic. Semdegi sadRegrZeloebi iyo doqtor melisa, misis mikoberisa (romelmac moxdenili Tavis dakvriT gadauxada madloba damswre sazogadoebas) da sxvaTa. zeimis bolos yvela magida gaqra TiTqos jadosnuri kverTxis gaqneviT da darbazi daicala mocekvaveTaTvis. terfsiqoris Tayvanismcemelni stkbebodnen amomavali mzis pirvel sxivebamde, da maT Soris gansakuTrebiT Tavi isaxeles: vilkin mikoberma-Svilma da mSvenierma mis elenem, doqtor melis meoTxe qaliSvilma.
me damafiqra am mister melis gvarma da Zalian gamexarda, rodesac gavige, rom igi swored is sabralo Raribi maswavlebeli da klasis damrigebeli iyo, romelic odesRac siRaribis gamo daiTxoves mister kriklis pansionidan. am dros mister pegotim mimiTiTa gazeTSi werilze, da aq Cems gvars wavawydi. me wavikiTxe:
`daviT koperfilds, eskvairs, saxelganTqmul mwerals. Zvirfaso ser! mravalma welma ganvlo mas aqeT, rac veRar vtkbebi im saxis mzeriT,
kivis sazareli xmiT: _ roza, modi CemTan, igi mokvda! roza iCoqebs mis winda xan ualersebs, xan uwyreba, xan veluri
siamayiT Sehyvirebs: `me Tqvenze metad miyvarda igi!~ xan, bolos cdilobs, daamSvidos Tavis mkerdze, rogorc avadmyofi bavSvi. aseT mdgomareobaSi vtoveb maT, da ase mxvdeba mudam es ori ledi; ase atareben isini mTel Tavis dros, dRiTi dRe, wliTiwlobiT.
es ra gemi modis indoeTidan da romeli ingliseli qali misTxovebia beber Sotlandiel krezs, uSvelebeli, Camoyrili yurebi rom aqvs?
nuTu es julia milsia? diax, es julia milsia, Tavisneba da mSvenieri. zangs daaqvs misi
sadarbazo baraTebi da oqros sinze miarTmevs werilebs. spilenZisfer dedakacs, julia milsis moaxles, mSveniers buduarSi moaqvs misTvis sauzme. julia aRar wers dRiurebs, aRar mReris paTetikur simRerebs, _ ara! _ axla igi mudam eCxubeba da ebuteba bebet Sotlandiel krezs, romelic yviTel daTvs hgavs, gamoqnilis tyaviT. julia laparakobs da fiqrobs mxolod oqroze.
julias mSvenieri saxli aqvs, brwyinvale stumrebi da saucxoo sadilebi yoveldRe, magram mis ver vxedav mwvane norC rtoebs, romlebic izrdebodnen da hyvaodnen. me vxedav, vis uwodebs Tavis `sazogadoebas~ julia milsi. misi mudmivi stumaria jon maldoni. man maRali Tanamdeboba mipova da dascinis im xels, romelmac es saqme mouwyo. doqtori strongi, mister maldonis TvalSi, `namdvili antikia~. diax, fuqsavati jentlmenebi da fuqsavati qalbatonebi gaxvevian gars, julia mils!
ai TviT doqtori strongic, dauzareblad momuSave Tavis leqsikonze (sadRac ase e-sTan). igi bednieria Tavisi coliT da saxliT. `Zveli husari~ isev mis ojaxSi cxovrobs, magram ukve araferSi aRar ereva da araviTar gavlenas aRar axdens, rogorc uwin iyo xolme.
yvelaze xSirad vxvdebi Cems keTil megobars tredelss. igi templSi cxovrobs da Sromobs dauzarelad. misi Tmebi (iq, sadac motvlepili ar aris) sasamarTlos parikis mudmvi tarebisagan ufro ucnaurad aris aburZgvnili. tredelsis magida savsea qaRaldebis uSvelebeli dastiT. gars vixedebi da veubnebi tredelss:
_ sofi rom axlac Seni mdivani iyos, tredels, mas didi Sroma dasWirdeboda.
_ Sen marTali xar, Zvirfaso koperfild; Cemi klerkebi usaqmod ar sxedan. magram mainc dameTanxme, rom is dReebi, golbornis sasamarTloSi, mSvenieri dReebi iyo, ara?
_ maSin sofim giwinaswarmetyvela, rom Sen mosamarTle iqnebi, da axla amis Sesaxeb ukve ismis laparaki qalaqSi.
_ mere ra? _ ipasuxebs tredelsi. _ Tu me mosamarTle viqnebi... _ Zalian kargad ici, rom iqnebi. _ agre iyos, Zvirfaso koperfild. mainc vityvi, rom is dro mSvenieri
_ Cveni ori vaJi warmatebiT ganagrZoben ganaTlebas da saukeTeso mowafeebad iTvlebian skolaSi. Cemi colis sami da mSvenivrad gaTxovda. Semdegi samni CvenTan cxovroben da sami danarCeni ki, misis kruleris gardacvalebis Semdeg, saxlSi diasaxlisoben. yvelani bednierebi da kmayofilebi arian.
_ garda, iqneba... _ `mzeTunaxavisa~? diax. es Zalian samwuxaroa, rom saqmrod man aseTi
aramzada airCia; magra is ymawvili lamazi iyo, iseTi koxta da kopwia, da sakvirveli ar aris, rom `mzeTunaxavs~ Tavbru daexva. Tumca amJamad damSvidda da CvenTan cxovrobs. Cven Tavidan moviSoreT misi qmari. iqneba rogorme gavamxiaruloT Cveni `mzeTunaxavi~.
ise moxda, rom tredelsma SeiZina swored is saxli, romelic gansakuTrebiT moswondaT mas da mis cols, rodesac warsul wlebSi,
TavianTi saRamos seirnobis dros, saxlebs aTvalierebdnen. es uSvelebeli saxlia, magram miuxedavad amisa, tredelsis kantora mainc sapirfareSoSia moTavsebuli. da aqve, qaRaldebis gverdiT, misi Ceqmebi alagia. TviT tredelsi da sofi didis SeviwroebiT mowyobilan sadRac zemo oTaxebSi, im dros, rodesac saukeTeso darbazebi `mzeTunaxavsa~ da mis debs uWiravT. mTel saxlSi ar moiZebneba Tavisufali oTaxi, da ar vici, rad, magram es qalebi mudam stumrad arian am keTil meuRleebTan. ai axlac, rodesac Cven avdivarT kibeze, mTeli grova qalebisa gamorbis karebidan da imdensa hkocnian tredelss, sanam suli ar ugubdeba. sofis dabadebis dRes maT sufras gars usxedan: sofis sami gaTxovili da Tavisi sami meuRliT da kidev erTi Zma romeliRac meuRlisa, da kidev erTi biZaSvili meore meuRlisa, da kidev da, romeliRac meuRlisa, mgoni, daniSnuli im biZaSvilze. sazogadoeba mravalferovania da sasiamovno. tredelsi, iseTive keTili, rogoric iyo, zis namdvili mamamTavariviT uzarmazari magidis TavSi da sofi sufris meore bolodan momxiblavad uRimis mas.
axla, rodesac davamtavre Temi wigni da gulSi viklav survils, ganvagrZo misi wera dausruleblad, yvela saxe qreba; mxolod erTi saxe, romelic minaTebs gansakuTrebulis sinaTliT da romlis SuqiTac vxedav Cems irgvliv yvela sagans, dgas yvelaze maRla da arasodes ar efareba Cems TvalTagan.
Tavs vibruneb da vxedav mas Cems gverdiT, gabrwyinebuls wminda SuqiT. sanaTuri sustad anTia da weraSi SuaRames gadamicilebia; magram sayvareli arseba fxizlobs Cems gverdiT.
o, agnesa! Cemo sulo! dae Seni saxe Cems gverdiT iyos im wuTamde, rodesac me davasruleb Cems sicocxles. dae erTxel kidev, ukanasknelad daginaxon Cemma Tvalebma, rodesac yvela miwieri sagani da xalxi daiCrdileba, rogorc am damTavrebuli wignis Crdilebi. dae daginaxo maSinac aseTive wminda SuqiT Tvalebgabrwyinebuli!