MTargmneli ivane maWavariani

XVI
aq moTxrobilia, Tu rogor amaod

eZebda zars kancleri segie, raTa winandeburad daereka
SeuZlebelia im STabeWdilebis warmodgena, romelic ludoviko mecameteze am ramdenime sityvam moaxdina. sisxli TavSi auvarda, mere gayviTlda, kardinalma maSinve igrZno, rom erTi xelismoqneviT daibruna, rac sabolood dakargulad miaCnda.

_ bukingami parizSi? _ Sehyvira mefem, _ mere, ra undoda? risTvis mobrZandeboda?

_ nuTu ar iciT? Tqvens mtrebTan _ hugenotebTan da espanelebTan undoda SeTanxmeba.

_ ara, RmerTsa vficav, ara! Cemi Sercxvena undaT da amisaTvis SeTqmulebas awyoben qalbaton de SevrezTan, qalbaton de longvilTan da kondeebTan!

_ oh, mefeo, ras ar warmoidgenT! metismetad keTilgonieria dedofali da Zalianac uyvars Tqveni yovladudidebulesoba.

_ susti qmnilebaa qali, batono kardinalo, _ miugo mefem, _ rac Seexeba siyvaruls, me Cemi azri maqvs amis Sesaxeb.

_ miuxedavad magisa, me mainc vamtkiceb, rom bukingami politikuri ganzraxviT iyo parizSi, _ Tqva kardinalma.

_ me ki darwmunebuli gaxlavarT, rom sul sxva ganzraxva hqonda, batono kardinalo. magram, Tu daaSava rame dedofalma, vai misi brali!

_ ah, marTla, _ daiwyo kardinalma, _ Tumca WiriviT mezizReba maggvar Ralatze Cemi fiqris SeCereba, magram Tqvenma yovladudidebulesobam momagona erTi garemoeba: Tqveni brZanebis Tanaxmad, qalbatoni de lanua davkiTxe ramdenjerme. am dilas miTxra, rom guSinwin Rame Zalian gvian daiZina dedofalma. dRes diliT bevri itira da mTeli dRe raRacas werdao.

_ aki vTqvi! _ wamoiZaxa mefem, _ mas swerda, raRa Tqma unda. kardinalo, dedoflis naweri minda!

_ mere, rogor gamovarTvaT, mefeo? me mgonia, rom verc Tqven ikisrebT da verc me amgvari davalebis asrulebas.

_ marSal d'ankris cols rogor gamoarTves werilebi? _ Sehyvira mefem saSineli gabrazebiT, _ gaCxrikes misi ganjinebi da bolos TviTon is qalbatonic.

_ marSal d'ankris coli marSal d'ankris coli gaxlavT da sxva araferi, viRac bedis maZiebeli florencieli. Tqveni yovladudidebulesobis meuRle ki safrangeTis dedofalia, espaneTis mefis asuli, maSasadame, dedofalTa Soris uaRresad didebuli.

_ miT ufro ar epatieba danaSauli! ramdenadac metad daiviwya maRali mdgomareoba, romelic bedma arguna, imdenad metad daeSva. didi xania gadawyvetili maqvs, sabolood movspo politikisa da siyvarulis yvela es patara xrikebi... viRac de la porti hyavs dedofals...

_ ramdenadac me vici, swored isaa umTavresi zambara am xrikebisa _ moaxsena kardinalma.

_ maS, Tqvenc CemsaviT fiqrobT? mRalatobs dedofali? _ hkiTxa mefem.

_ me vfiqrob da kvlav movaxseneb Tqven yovladudi­debulesobas, rom dedofali raRac SeTqmulebas umzadebs Tavis mefes. magram is ki ar miTqvams, TiTqos Tavisi saxelis Sercxvenas apirebdes.

_ me ki gadaWriT geubnebiT! geubnebiT, rom me dedofals ar vuyvarvar, geubnebiT, rom sxva uyvars, geubnebiT, rom is uyvars, is Sercxvenili bukingami! ratom ar daaWerineT, manam parizSi iyo?

_ rogor davaWerinebdi hercogs? inglisis mefis mTavar ministrs? ras brZanebT magas? xom SevrcxviT mTel qveyanaze! erTic vnaxoT, marTla safuZvliani gamodges Tqveni eWvebi, rac me dResac SeuZleblad mimaCnia. mTel qveyanas moedeba Cveni sircxvili.

_ Tuki ise iqceva, rogorc mawanwala, rogorc yaCaRi? unda...

TviTonve Sewyvita Tavisi sityva ludoviko mecametem, imiT SeSinebulma, ris Tqmac ver gabeda. kardinals ki waegrZelebina kiseri da mouTmenlad eloda mefis bageebze SemSral sityvas, magram amaod.

_ ra unda gveqna?

_ araferi, _ upasuxa mefem, _ araferi. es mibrZaneT, Tvalyuri geWiraT, rac xani parizSi iyo? xom arsad agcdeniaT?

_ ara, mefeo.

_ bina sad hqonda?

_ la harpis quCa #75-Si.

_ eg sad aris?

_ luqsemburgis mxares.

_ darwmunebuli brZandebiT, rom erTmaneTi ar unaxavT mas da dedofals?

_ darwmunebuli gaxlavarT, mefeo, rom dedofali wmindad asrulebs Tavis movaleobas.

_ diax, magram mimowera ki hqondaT! vis swerda dRes dedofali, Tu ara imas? kardinalo, is werili unda maCvenoT.

_ mogaxseneT, mefeo...

_ radac unda dagvijdes, werili minda!

_ unda mogaxsenoT, rom...

_ maS, Tqvenc mRalatobT, batono kardinalo, yovelTvis ase rom ewinaaRmdegebiT Cems survils? iqneba Tqvenc migimxres espanelebma da ingliselebma, qalbaton de SevrezTan da dedofalTan erTad?

_ mefeo, me ki megona, rom daculi gaxldiT maggvari eWvianobisagan, _ upasuxa amooxvriT kardinalma.

_ batono kardinalo, xom moismineT Cemi naTqvami? me unda vnaxo is werili.

_ erTaderTi saSualeba gaxlavT...

_ ra saSualeba?

_ marTlmsajulebis kanclers, baton segies davavaloT magis asruleba. es saqme swored misi movaleobis farglebSia.

_ ubrZaneT, axlave daibaron.

_ CemTan unda gaxldes, mefeo, vTxove, Cemken gamoevlo, da TqvenTan mosvlis gamo, brZaneba davtove, damicados.

_ maS, axlave aq moiyvanon.

_ asrulebuli iqneba brZaneba Tqveni yovladudide­bulesobisa, magram...

_ magram ra?

_ magram, SeiZleba, dedofalma ar inebos damorCileba.

_ ar inebos Cemi brZanebis damorCileba?

_ diax, ar daijerebs, rom mefis brZanebaa.

_ maS, eWvic rom ara hqondes ra, axlave waval da me TviTonve Sevatyobineb.

_ imedi maqvs, ar daiviwyebs Tqveni yovladudidebulesoba, rom me gavakeTe yvelaferi ganxeTqilebis Tavidan asacileblad.

_ diax, batono, vici, metad Semwynarebeli brZandebiT dedoflisa, iqneba metismetad Semwynarebelic. magram gafr­TxilebT, amaze Cven SemdegSi gveqneba baasi.

_ rodesac keTilinebebs Tqveni yovladudidebulesoba. oRond, me yovelTvis bednieri viqnebi da amayi, Tu movaxerxe da veRirse Tqvens da safrangeTis dedoflis keTilgan­wyobilebas.

_ kargi, kardinalo, kargi! manamde ki gagzavneT vinme marTl­msajulebis kancleris mosayvanad, me dedofalTan Seval.

oTaxidan gavida ludoviko mecamete da dedoflis oTaxisken mimavali derefnis kari SeaRo.

dedofals gars exvia Tavisi amala, qalbatoni de gito, qalbatoni de sable, qalbatoni de monbazoni da qalbatoni de gemene. erT kuTxeSi mikunWuliyo espaneli dona estefania, romelic dedofals madrididan gamohyva. qalbatoni de gemene wigns kiTxulobda da yvelani yuradRebiT ismendnen, garda dedoflisa, romelsac, piriqiT, im ganzraxviT moewyo es kiTxva, rom SesZleboda, mTeli Tavisi arsebiT fiqrebs miscemoda.

dedoflis fiqrebs oqro mohfenoda siyvarulis ukanas­kneli tkbili aTinaTiT, magram mainc mware iyo da dasaRo­nebeli. dedoflisadmi ndoba dahkargoda mis qmars, SeZulebuli hyavda kardinals, romelic yvelgan uTvalTvalebda, ver moenelebina, rom dedofalma uaryo misi, viTom ufro tkbili siyvaruli da Tavisi dedamTilis, mariam mediCis magaliTs mihbaZa.

devnili iyo dedofali da xedavda, rogor uRupavdnen misTvis Tavdadebul, erTgul msaxurebs, ndobiT aRWurvil guliTad megobrebs, mis sayvarel mxevlebs. ubedur borotsvians hgavda dedofali; ubedurebiT avsebda, rasac ki xels Seaxebda. kargi TvaliT rom gadaxedavda vinmes, vinc unda yofiliyo, igi usaTuod kardinalis msxverpli gaxdeboda. qalbatoni de Sevrezi da qalbatoni de verne gandevnil iyvnen parizidan, de la portic ar umalavda Tavis mfarvels, rom dRe-dReze moeloda dapatimrebas.

swored am sevdian fiqrebs miscemoda dedofali, rodesac mefem misi darbazis kari SeaRo da Sevida.

maSinve Sewyda wignis kiTxva, fexze wamodgnen qalebi. darbazSi samariseburi siCume Camovarda.

mefe aravis misalmebia, ise Sevida darbazSi. pirdapir mivida dedofalTan, win gamoeWima da Secvlili xmiT uTxra:

_ Tqven geaxlebaT, qalbatono, marTlmsajulebis kancleri da is gagacnobT Cems davalebas.

ubeduri dedofali, romelsac mudam gayriT, gandevniT da samarTalSi micemiTac ki emuqrebodnen, gafiTrda, Tavi ver Seikava da hkiTxa:

_ ra saWiroa kancleris gamogzavna? ra unda miTxras kanclerma iseTi, rom Tqven TviTon ar SegeZloT Tqma?

mefem pasuxi ar aRirsa, quslebze Semotrialda da karisken gabrunda.

TiTqmis maSinve Sevida damcveli razmis kapitani batoni de gito da dedofals kancleris mosvla moaxsena.

kanclers darbazSi mefe ar daxvda; misi yovladudide­bulesoba sxva kariT gavida.

kancleri darbazSi Sevida saxeawiTlebuli, naZaladevi RimiliT. am kacs Cven kidev SevxvdebiT am istoriaSi da amitom, vfiqrobT, cudi ar iqneba, mkiTxvelma axlave inebos misi gacnoba.

Zalian moqnili kaci iyo es kancleri. parizis RvTismSoblis taZris moZRvarma de roS le-malma, kardinalis yofilma msaxurma, urCia mis yovladuwmindesobas baton segies samsaxurSi miReba, rogorc sando da moxerxebuli pirovnebisa. kardinalma miiRo da metismeti kmayofilic darCa misi samsaxuriT.

cudi xmebi dadioda baton segies Sesaxeb. ai, sxvaTa Soris, erTi:

mudmiv qeifSi gaetarebina ymawvilkacoba da Semdeg monasterSi Sesuliyo siymawvilis codvebis mosananieblad. magram sawyalma codvilma am wminda saxlSi SesvliT ver moaxerxa swrafad moeketa monastris karebi, rom Sig ar Sesuliyvnen is vnebani, romlebsac monasterSi emaleboda. Tavs ar anebebdnen codviT savse sulis wamwymedni da manac gulwrfelad moaxsena monastris winamZRvars Tavisi gaWirveba. winamZRvarma moisurva, SeZlebisdagvarad, ganeSorebina mor­Cilisagan avi, da urCia: rogorc ki igrZno macduris moaxloeba, maSinve zaris Toks mivardi da magrad darekeo. am xmis gagonebaze berebi mixvdebian, rom mavne suli misdgomia erT ZmaTagans da maSinve locvas daiwyebs mTeli monasterio.

es rCeva Zalian moewona momaval kanclers da axla wminda berebis locviTa da vedrebiT SeebrZola avsulebs. magram arc ase advilad Tmobs mavne suli adgils, sadac ukve Seuyvania Tavisi mecixovne jari. monasteri rom zaris rekvas axSirebda wminda berebis warmwymedi macduris gansadevnad, macduric ufro da ufro aZlierebda cdunebas. ise rom, dRedaRam Seuwyvetliv rekavda zari sruli xmovanebiT da auwyebda qveyanas daucxromel survils erTi codvilisas, romelic codvaTa ganSorebas cdilobda.

erTi wami aRar rCebodaT berebs dasasveneblad. ise gadioda mTeli dRe, rom monastris kibeze asvla-Camosvlis garda sxvas veRaras akeTebdnen. garda Ramisa da ciskris locvisa, iZulebulni iyvnen, ocjer mainc wamomxtariyvnen sawolidan, muxli moeyaraT TavianTi savanis filaqanze da vedrebiT eTxovaT yovladSemZleblis daxmareba.

gamourkveveli darCa, damarcxda am brZolaSi macduri Tu daiRalnen berebi da moaSlevines zaris rekva. asea Tu ise, sami Tvis Semdeg batoni segie monastridan gamovida, isev sazogadoebaSi gaeria da Tan miitana iseTi mZvinvare kacis saxeli, romlis dari jer qveyanaze ar yofila.

monastridan gamosvlis Semdeg sasamrTloSi Sevida moxeled da kardinalis partias miemxro, rac kargad amtkicebda mis gonierebas. mere kancleri gaxda. gulmodgined emsaxura kardinals, romelic sicocxles umwarebda dedoflis dedamTils da ukan ar ixevda dedoflis javris amosayreladac. kardinalis sruli ndobiT aRWurvili batoni segie axlac am ucnauri davalebis asasruleblad Sevida dedofalTan.

dedofali jer isev fexze idga, magram baton segies danaxvaze maSinve Tavis savarZelSi Cajda da qalebsac aniSna, TavianT baliSebze damsxdariyvnen. Semdeg segies mimarTa mediduri xmiT:

_ ra gindaT, batono, risTvis moxvediT?

_ geaxeliT, raTa Tanaxmad mefis brZanebisa da im didi pativiscemis miuxedavad, romelic yvela moxeles unda hqondes Tqveni yovladudidebulesobisadmi, mTlianad unda gavCxriko Tqveni qaRaldebi.

_ rogor, Cemi qaRaldebis gaCxreka gnebavT?! Cemi qaRal­debisa? mag sazizRrobisaTvis moxvediT?

_ mapatieT, qalbatono, dameTanxmebiT, am SemTxvevaSi me mxolod saSualeba gaxlavarT, mefis iaraRi. gana es aris, axla aq ara brZandeboda misi yovladudidebulesoba? gana ara gTxovaT TviTon mefem, momzadebuliyaviT Cems misaRebad?

_ maS, gaCxrikeT, batono, rogorca Cans, saSineli damnaSave vyofilvar. estefania, moarTviT Cemi magidebisa da qaRaldebis sacavis gasaRebebi.

segiem formis gulisTvis gasinja dedoflis magida, radgan kargad icoda, iq ar Seinaxavda dedofali im mniSvnelovan werils, romelsac mTel dRes werda.

ocjer axada da daxura kanclerma dedoflis saidumlo yuTebi; axla saWiro iyo saqmis daboloeba, ese igi, TviTon dedoflis gaCxreka. amitom ana avstrielTan mivida da dabne­ulma, Secbunebulma moaxsena:

_ mxolod mTavari damrCa...

_ ra? _ hkiTxa dedofalma, romelsac ver gaego, an ufro ukeT, ar undoda gaego misi sityva.

_ misi yovladudidebulesoba darwmunebuli brZandeba, rom dRes Tqven erTi werili dagiweriaT, icis, rom is werili jer daniSnulebisamebr ar gagigzavniaT. aq arsada Cans is werili, arc Tqvens magidaSi da arc qaRaldebSi, namdvilad zed unda hqondes vinmes.

_ iqneba gabedoT da xeli SeaxoT Tqvens dedofals? _ Seutia ana avstrielma, wamodga, welSi gasworda da muqaris TvaliT daacqerda Tavxeds.

_ me Cemi mefis erTguli qveSevrdomi gaxlavarT, qalbatono, da gulmodgined vasruleb yovel mis brZanebas.

_ marTalia, marTali! _ Tqva dedofalma, _ erTgulad emsaxurebian mefes kardinalis jaSuSebi. erTi werili davwere dRes, jer ar gamigzavnia, ai, aq maqvs, _ da gulze daido Tavisi lamazi xeli.

_ maS, miboZeT eg werili, qalbatono.

_ TviTon mefes mivarTmev, sxvas aravis!

_ mefes rom ndomeboda mag werilis Tqvengan miReba, qalbatono, TviTonve gTxovdaT da gamogarTmevdaT. me mogax­seneT da gimeorebT, rom davalebuli maqvs mag werilis mirTmeva, da Tu ar momcemT, maSin...

_ maSin ra?

_ mefem damavala, wagarTvaT.

_ rao? ra gsurT magiT TqvaT?

_ brZaneba maqvs, yoveli saSualeba vixmaro, qalbatono, da ufleba maqvs, TviTon dedofalic gavCxriko.

_ saSinelebaa! _ Sehyvira dedofalma.

_ nu maiZulebT, qalbatono, keTilad damamTavrebineT saqme.

_ sazizRari Zaldatanebaa Tqveni saqcieli! nuTu ara grZnobT mag Tavxedobas?

_ mefis brZanebas vasruleb, qalbatono, mapatieT.

_ ara, me magas ver avitan! ara, sikvdili mijobs mag Seurac­x­­yofas! _ Sehyvira dedofalma, romelSic espanel da avstriel mefeTa sisxli boboqrobda;

kanclerma mdablad daxara Tavi, mere dedoflisaken wavida im ganzraxviT, rom iotisodenadac ki ara daeklo ra brZanebis asrulebisaTvis.

sibrazis cremli waskda Seuracxyofil ana avstriels. rogorca vTqviT, dedofali Zalian lamazi qali iyo. gaCxrekisas SeiZleba xeliT Sexeba dasWirveboda segies, magram mefe ise iyo bukingamisadmi eWviT gadareuli, rom amas aRar moerida.

kanclerma segiemac am wams TvalebiT Zebna monastris saswaulebrivi Toki, rom zari daereka da ganedevna macduri suli, magram Toki arsad iyo da raRas izamda, xeli aRmarTa, raTa Sehxeboda dedoflis mier miTiTebul adgils, sadac werili inaxeboda.

dedofalma erTi nabijiT ukan daiwia da ise gafiTrda, rom ifiqrebdiT, sikvdils veRar gadaurCebao. rom ar waqceuliyo, marcxena xeliT mis ukan mdgar magidas daeyrdno, marjvena xeliT gulispiridan dakecili qaRaldi amoiRo da kanclers gauwoda.

_ ai, waiReT! aha! Cemi werili! _ Seutia nawyvet-nawyvetad, aTrTolebuli xmiT, _ waiReT da momSordiT, sazizRaro.

Tavis mxriv, baton kanclersac moreoda mRelvareba da TaviT fexebamde kankalebda. man werili CamoarTva, Tavi miwamde daukra da wavida.

gaixura kari Tu ara, dedofali wabarbacda, magram mxevlebi mieSvelnen da waqcevas gadaarCines.

kancleri maSinve mefesTan mivida da werili miarTva ise, rom erTi sityvac ar waekiTxa.

mefem akankalebuli xeliT CamoarTva es baraTi, eZeba misamarTi, romelic jerac ar iyo dawerili, feri ecvala, nel-nela gaxsna, mere, rodesac naxa, rom werilis pirveli sityva mimarTuli iyo espaneTis mefisadmi, swrafad gadaikiTxa. am werilSi mocemuli iyo kardinalis damxobis mTliani gegma. dedofali swerda Tavis Zmasa da avstriis imperators, romlebic Seuracxyofilni iyvnen riSelies politikiT, radgan kardinalis mudmiv sazrunavad gamxdariyo avstriis impera­toris karis damcireba. sTxovda, mosaCveneblad omi gamoec­xadebinaT safrangeTisaTvis da zavis pirobad moeTxovaT riSelies gadayeneba... erTi sityvac ar iyo werilSi siyvarulis Sesaxeb.

aRtacebulma mefem ikiTxa, kardinali xom arsad wasulao.

maSinve moaxsenes, rom isev Tavis kabinetSi brZandeboda misi yovladuwmindesoba da misi yovladudidebulesobis brZanebas eloda.

isic kardinalisaken gaeSura.

_ inebeT, batono! Tqven marTali xarT. politikaze agebuli intrigaa da arc erTi sityva ar weria siyvarulze. ai, inebeT, samagierod, Tqvens Sesaxeb bevri weria am werilSi.

kardinalma CamoarTva werili, uaRresi yuradRebiT waikiTxa da rodesac bolomde Cavida, erTxel kidev TaviT bolomde gadaikiTxa.

_ xom xedavT, Tqveno yovladudidebulesobav, ras miqadian Cemi mtrebi, or mxriv Semogviseven jarebs, Tu me ar damiTxoveT. me rom Tqvens adgilas vyofiliyavi, mefeo, davyvebodi am mZlavr daJinebul moTxovnas. me, Cemis mxriv, marTlac bednieri viqnebi, Tu gamaTavisuflebT amdeni saqmisgan.

_ ras ambobT magas, kardinalo?

_ imas mogaxsenebT, rom davdni kaci amodena autanel brZolaSi da gauTavebel saqmianobaSi; imas mogaxsenebT, rom ara mgonia, avitano is jafa, romelsac laroSelis garemocva miqadis da saqmisaTvis is emjobineba, iq daniSnoT batoni de konde an batoni basompieri, an sxva vinme saxelovani, romlis sicocxlis mizans brZola Seadgens. me, mefeo, eklesias vekuTvni da, miuxedavad amisa, erTi wami ver momiclia Cemi daniSnu­lebisaTvis, radgan iseT saqmeebs mandobT mosagvareblad, romlisTvis araviTari niWi ara maqvs. Tqvenc ufro bednieri iqnebiT Tqvens ojaxSi. darwmunebuli gaxlavarT, ucxoeTSic ufro meti dideba geqnebaT.

_ mesmis, batono kardinalo, _ upasuxa mefem, _ kargad mesmis, damSvidebuli brZandebodeT: dasjili iqnebian yvelani, vinc dasaxelebulia am werilSi, da TviTon dedofalic.

_ rasa brZanebT, mefeo? ise ar gamwiravs RmerTi, rom Cems gamo raime, Tundac sul umciresi usiamovneba miayenoT dedofals. marTalia, yovelTvis Tavis mtrad mivaCndi, Tumca Tqvens yovladudidebulesobas SeuZlia damemowmos, rom yovelTvis vcdilobdi mis daxmarebas, da maSinac ki veqo­magebodi, rodesac Tqvens sawyens cdilobda. oh, rom eRalata TqvenTvis da SeebRala didebuli Tqveni saxeli, es sul sxva iqneboda, da pirveli me daviZaxebdi: `araviTari Sewyaleba, mefeo! araviTari Sewyaleba moRalatisa~! Cvenda sabednierod, aq samagiso araferia da Tqvens yovladudidebulesobas amis dasamtkiceblad xelTa aqvs erTi axali sabuTi.

_ marTali xarT, batono kardinalo, _ daeTanxma mefe, _ maSinac marTali iyaviT, rogorc yovelTvis, magram dedofali mainc majavrebs da kidevac ganvurisxdebi.

_ Tqven TviTonve xarT, mefeo, damnaSave mis mimarT. da kidec rom gagebutoT, kidec rom SemogwyreT, me mainc imas gavamarTleb. metad mkacrad eqceviT, mefeo, Tqvens dedofals...

_ me, batono, Cems da Tqvens mtrebs, rac unda warCinebuli gvaris warmomadgenlebi iyvnen, yovelTvis ase moveqcevi, Tundac aseTi simkacris samagierod saSineli gansacdeli momelodes.

_ dedofali Cemi mteria, mefeo, Tqveni ki ara; piriqiT, Tavganwiruli meuRle gaxlavT, morCili da erTguli, maS, neba miboZeT, erTxel kidev viSuamdgomlo da gTxovoT...

_ Tavi daimciros da pirvelad is movides CemTan.

_ piriqiT, mefeo, Tqven uCveneT magaliTi. pirvelad xom Tqven awyenineT, Tqven aRgeZraT eWvi da amiT SeuracxhyaviT dedofali.

_ pirvelad me mivide? Tavi davimciro? ara da ara!

_ gevedrebiT, mefeo.

_ magram rogor unda mivmarTo, ra movimizezo?

_ moawyveT raime iseTi, rom dedofali asiamovnoT.

_ magaliTad?

_ erTi kargi bali... xom iciT, rogor uyvars dedofals cekva. garwmunebT, rogorc ki gaigebs, mis saamodaa daniSnuli bali, maSinve daaviwydeba Tavisi wyromac da samduravic.

_ batono kardinalo, xom iciT, rom me ar miyvars eg sajaro dros tareba?

_ miT ufro asiamovnebT dedofals da guls mougebT. manac kargad icis, rom ar gexalisebaT aseTi mejlisebi. garda amisa, saSualebas miscemT, gaikeTos Tqven mier amaswinaT dReobaze mirTmeuli briliantis burnuki. uxmareblad uwyvia dRevan­dlamde Tqveni saCuqari da am mejlisSi mainc gaikeTebs.

_ vnaxoT, batono kardinalo, vnaxoT, _ Tqva mefem, romelic aRtacebuli iyo sixaruliT. dedofali damnaSave gamodga politikur sakiTxebSi, am sakiTxs ki mefe araviTar mniSvnelobas ar aZlevda. dedofali sruliad wminda aRmoCnda im siyvarulSi, romelic saSinlad tanjavda mefis Tavmoyvareobas. aRtacebuli mefe mzad iyo, dauyovnebliv Serigeboda dedofals. _ vnaxoT, batono, vnaxoT, magram garwmunebT, metad lmobieri da Semwynarebeli brZandebiT.

_ miandeT, batono, aseTi simkacre ministrebs. lmobiereba da Semwynarebloba mefis saTnoebaa. iyaviT lmobieri da Semwyalebeli, maSin naxavT, ra sanetaro iqneba Tqveni cxovreba.

am sityvebis Semdeg kardinali wamodga, _ swored am dros saaTma TerTmeti dahkra, _ mdablad daukra Tavi mefes da wasvlis nebarTva sTxova. damSvidobebisas kvlav gaumeora Txovna, rom dedofals Serigeboda.

werilis warTmevis Semdeg sayvedurs moeloda dedofali da gancvifrebuli Sescqeroda mefes, romelic meore dilas sayveduris nacvlad gars evleboda da sul imas cdilobda, rogorme Serigeboda.

eCoTira ana avstriels mefis wadili, radgan metad Se­uracxyofilad grZnobda Tavs da dedoflis Rirsebas. karga xans ebrZoda Tavis guls, rom damorCileboda garemoebas, magram Tavisi sefeqalebis rCevas dahyva da cdilobda ise moqceuliyo, viTom daaviwyda yovelive sawyeni. mefem isargebla am Serigebis pirveli wuTebiT da ganucxada, rom am dReebSi didi balis mowyobas apirebda.

iseTi iSviaTi ram iyo sabralo dedoflisaTvis mxiarulad dros gatareba, rom am ambavma sruliad gauqarwyla Tavisi samduravi. Tu gulSi ara, garegnulad mainc daaviwyda ukmayofileba. hkiTxa, saxeldobr, rodis apirebda mejlisis gamarTvas. magram es TviTon mefemac ar icoda, radganac unda SeTanxmeboda kardinals. da marTlac, yoveldRe ekiTxeboda mefe riSelies, rodisTvis daeniSnaT mejlisi. misi uwmindesoba yoveldRe axal mizezs Zebnida. amgvarad aTi dRe gavida.

merve dRes Cven mier naambobi scenis Semdeg, kardinalma werili miiRo, romelSic mxolod ramdenime sityva ewera:

`isini me maqvs, magram ufulobis gamo ar SemiZlia davtovo londoni. gamomigzavneT xuTasi pistoli da fulis miRebidan oTxi-xuTi dRis Semdeg parizSi geaxlebiT~.

im dResac, rodesac es werili miiRo kardinalma, kidev imave kiTxviT mimarTa mefem.

TiTebze CamoTvala riSeliem dReebi da Tan fiqrobda: iwereba, fulis miRebidan oTxi-xuTi dRis Semdeg mand viqnebio. oTxi-xuTi dRe fulis iq misvlas moundeba, amdenive miledis dabrunebas. es ukve aTi dRe. axla patara wili pirqarsac davudoT, mosalodnel xifaTs, qalis sisustes da sul Tormeti dRe vakmaroT.

_ ha, ras ityviT, batono kardinalo? ver iangariSeT?

_ ai, mefeo! dRes seqtembris oci gaxlavT. qalaqis TviTmmar­Tvelobis moxeleni apireben bals oqtombris sams. esec xels giwyobT. aravis mouva azrad, rom Tqven Serigebas eZebT.

mcire xnis Semdeg daumata:

_ ar dagaviwydeT, mefeo, moagonoT dedofals Tqveni survili, rom balze naxoT igi Tqvens mier naCuqari briliantis burnukebiT morTuli.

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col-qmari bonasie
es meored axsena mefesTan kardinalma dedoflisadmi miZRvnili briliantis burnukebi. gaukvirda ludoviko mecametes aseTi axireba da gaifiqra, rom aq raRac saidumloeba ifareboda, xSirad Seuracxyofili rCeboda mefe, radgan kardinalma Tavisi policiis daxmarebiT masze ukeT icoda yoveli wvrilmani misi ojaxuri cxovrebisa. imedi hqonda mefes, rom dedofalTan saubarSi naTels mohfenda am saidumloebas.

mefe dedoflis sanaxavad wavida, Tavis Cveulebis Tanaxmad, baasi mis maxlobelTa muqariT daiwyo. ana avstrielma araferi upasuxa, Tavi daRuna, danebda mozRvavebul niaRvars. imedi hqonda, rom adre Tu gvian, morCeboda mefe am muqaras. magram es dumili ara nebavda ludoviko mecametes, mas saqmis garkvevisaTvis kamaTi surda. igi darwmunebuli iyo, rom aq kardinalis avi ganzraxva imaleboda da rom misi yov­laduwmindesoba, Cveulebisamebr, axlac raRac moulodnel sazarel xriks umzadebda. mefis muqaram da sayvedurma Sedegi gamoiRo.

_ gismenT, mefeo, _ Sehyvira moTminebidan gamosulma dedofalma, _ Tqven mainc ar meubnebiT yvelafers, rac gulis siRrmeSi gaqvT! raSi mamtyunebT, ra davaSave? erTi mibrZaneT, ra SegcodeT? ver warmomidgenia, rom Zmisadmi miwerili erTi werilis gamo amdeni sayveduri davimsaxure Tqvengan.

dedoflis aseTi ieriSis Semdeg mefem ar icoda, ra pasuxi mieca. gadawyvita, rom Sesaferisi SemTxveva eZleoda eTqva is, rac mejlisis winadRes unda eTxova.

_ qalbatono, _ mimarTa man didmniSvnelovnad, _ am dReebSi bali iqneba, imedi maqvs, rom pativsa scemT qalaqis erTgul moRvaweT da sazeimod morTuli mobrZandebiT mejlisze, mokazmuli briliantis burnukiT, romelic me mogarTviT Tqvens dReobaze. ai, Cemi pasuxi.

saSineli iyo es pasuxi. dedofali darwmunda, rom mefisaTvis yvelaferi naTeli iyo, da mxolod kardinalis gavleniT, Svidi-rva dRis ganmavlobaSi ise undoda moeCvenebina Tavi, TiTqos araferi icoda. aseTi saqcieli damaxasiaTebeli iyo ludoviko mecametisaTvis. feri ecvela sabralos, magidas daabjina Tavisi mSvenieri xeli. gulgaxeTqili Sehyurebda mefes da aras eubneboda pasuxad.

_ gesmiT, qalbatono? _ mimarTa mefem, romelic xarobda dedoflis dabneulobiT, magram mizezisTvis ki ver miegno, _ gesmiT, qalbatono?

_ diax, mefeo, gavigone.

_ maS, balze iqnebiT?

_ diax.

_ Tqveni burnukebiT?

_ diax.

ufro metad wauvidoda feri dedofals, SesaZlebeli rom yofiliyo. mefe xedavda amas da tkbeboda im gulqva simkacriT, romelic erT borot Tvisebada hqonda mis xasiaTs.

_ Zalian kargi, maS, mgoni, SevTanxmdiT, da mec swored amis saTqmelad geaxeliT.

_ rodisTvis gaxlavT daniSnuli eg bali? _ hkiTxa dedofalma.

ludoviko mecametem zedmetad CaTvala pasuxis gacema, _ am dReebSi, qalbatono, oRond danamdvilebiT aRar maxsovs dRe da ricxvi, kardinals vkiTxav, _ mainc upasuxa man.

_ maS, kardinali dagpirdaT mag balis gamarTvas? _ Sehyvira aRSfoTebulma dedofalma.

_ diax, qalbatono, _ upasuxa gakvirvebulma mefem, _ mere, ra mniSvneloba unda hqondes magas?

_ manve girCiaT, mec mimiwvioT im mejlisze Tqveni saCuqriT morTuli?

_ rogor giTxraT...

_ is aris, is, mefeo! kardinalia!

_ mere ra? ra mniSvneloba aqvs magas? gana sul erTi ar aris, me momagondeboda es bali Tu mas? ra danaSauls xedavT am mipatiJebaSi?

_ araviTars.

_ maS, mobrZandebiT?

_ diax, mefeo.

_ Zalian kargi! _ uTxra mefem da gamoeTxova, _ Zalian kargi! maS, Tqveni imedi meqneba.

reveransi gaukeTa dedofalma, magram ara zrdilobis gamo, aramed imitom, rom muxli ekeceboda da Zlivs imagrebda Tavs.

aRtacebuli wavida mefe.

_ daviRupe, _ mosTqvamda Cumad dedofali, _ daviRupe. kardinalma yvelaferi icis da is aqezebs mefes. cxadia, TviTon mefem jer ara icis ra, magram yvelafers gaigebs am cota xanSi. daviRupe! oh, RmerTo! RmerTo! RmerTo!

muxli moiyara baliSze, aTrTolebul xelebSi Camala Tavi da RmerTs vedreba dauwyo.

marTlac, saSineli iyo dedoflis mdgomareoba. bukingami londons dabrunda, qalbatoni de Sevrezi turSi iyo. dRes ufro meti jaSuSi exvia, vidre odesme, grZnobda, rom misi sefeqalebidan viRac Ralatobda, magram danamdvilebiT ar icoda, romeli unda yofiliyo. la ports ar SeeZlo sasaxlis datoveba... qveyanaze aravin hyavda iseTi, rom mindoboda.

did ubedurebas uqadda momavali. martodmarto rCeboda mis molodinSi da sasowarkveTili cxare cremliT qviTinebda.

_ nuTu verafriT davexmarebi Tqvens yovladudidebu­lesobas? _ moesma dedofals sitkboebiTa da TanagrZnobiT savse xma.

swrafad mibrunda dedofali. marTlac ar Semcdara, mas megobari elaparakeboda.

dedoflis oTaxis erT-erT karTan gamoCnda mSvenieri qalbatoni bonasie. rodesac mefe Sevida dedofalTan, igi gverdiT oTaxSi dedoflis kabebs da sarecxs alagebda, amitom gamosvla veRar gabeda da iqve darCa.

dedofalma Sehkivla, Sercxva, rom am mdgomareobaSi mouswres. Sewuxebulma veRarc ki icno la portis mier moyvanili Tavisi moaxle.

_ oh, nu geSiniaT, qalbatono, _ uTxra axalgazrda qalma, xelebi gulze daikrifa da sacodaobiT TviTonac tirili daiwyo. _ suliT xorcamde Tqveni var, dedofalo, da Tumca Zalian Sors gaxlavarT Tqvengan gvariSvilobiT, mainc vfiqrob, mivagno saSualebas, rom am gansacdels gadavarCino Tqveni yovladudidebulesoba.

_ Tqvena? oh, RmerTo! Tqvena? _ iZaxda gakvirvebuli de­dofali, _ pirdapir TvalebSi Semomxede, Ralatis mets veRaras vxedav, gars mxolod moRalateebi maxvevia. rogor mogendoT, me ubeduri?

_ oh, qalbatono! _ Sehyvira axalgazrda qalma da daiCoqa, _ Cems sulsa vficav, mzad gaxlavar, Tunda axlav movkvde, oRond Tqven SegimsubuqoT eg vaeba.

gulis siRrmidan aRmoxda sityvebi bonasies cols da gulwrfel TanagrZnobad eCvena igi dedofals.

_ diax, qalbatono, marTali brZaneT, jaSuSebiT da moRalateebiT savsea aqauroba, _ ganagrZo bonasiem, _ magram RvTismSoblis wminda saxels vficav, rom veravin hpovoT Cemze erTguli da Tavganwiruli. is burnuki, romelsac mefe gTxovT, Tqven xom hercog bukingams mieciT? patara, vardisfer xis kolofSi gqondaT daketili. xom marTals mogaxsenebT? xom araferSi vcdebi?

_ oh, RmerTo! RmerTo! _ kvnesoda dedofali da Tavzar­dacemuli kbilebs akawkawebda.

_ unda davibrunoT rogorme is burnuki, _ ganagrZo qalbatonma bonasiem.

_ diax, unda davibrunoT! _ Sehyvira dedofalma, _ magram rogor? ra saSualebiT?

_ unda gavgzavnoT vinme hercogTan.

_ mere, vin gavgzavnoT? vin? vis vendoT?

_ Cemi ndoba gqondeT, qalbatono, me momaniWeT es wyaloba, Cemo dedofalo, da me movZebni iq gasagzavn kacs.

_ mere, werilic xom unda mivwero?

_ ho, unda misweroT, umagisoba SeuZlebelia. ori sityva Tqveni xeliT dawerili da Tqveni sakuTari beWedi.

_ diax, swored eg ori sityva iqneba Cemi ganaCeni _ gayra an gandevna!

_ diax. Tu Tqveni werili vinme unamusos Cauvarda xelSi, magram me garwmunebT, rom Tqveni ori sityva pirdapir mas miuva, visac Tqven ugzavniT.

_ oh, RmerTo! RmerTo! maS, Tqven unda mogandoT Cemi Rirseba, Cemi saxeli, Cemi sicocxle?

_ diax, diax, qalbatono, me unda momandoT da, geficebiT, yvelafers gadavarCen, yvelafers.

_ mere, rogor? es mainc gamagebineT!

_ Cemi qmari es ori Tu sami dRea cixidan gamouSves, ver movicale da jerac ar minaxavs. patiosani kacia, moxerxebuli. mas arc aravin uyvars da arc aravin sZuls. rasac ki movisurveb, yvelafers gavakeTebineb. vubrZaneb wasvlas da ise wava, rom arc ecodineba, ra miaqvs an visgan igzavneba. Tqveni yovlad­udidebulesobis werils misamarTisamebr miarTmevs.

dedofalma aRfrTovanebiT CamoarTva axalgazrda qals orive xeli, Tan daacqerda, TiTqos cdilobda, misi gulis siRrmidan amoekiTxa Tavisi eWvis pasuxi, da raki mis lamaz TvalebSi gulwrfeli erTgulebis meti vera amoikiTxa ra, moexvia da gulSi Caikra.

_ sikvdils, sircxvils da Tavlafis dasxmas gadamarCen, Tu mag sikeTes mizam!

_ oh, nurc ase gaazviadebT im daxmarebas, romelsac, Cemda sabednierod, me mavalebT. Tqven gadasarCeni ara gaqvT ra, qalbatono. mxolod veraguli SurisZiebis msxverpli brZan­debiT.

_ marTalia, marTali, Cemo bavSvo, _ uTxra dedofalma, _ Sen marTals ambob.

_ maS, miboZeT qalbatono, is werili; ar ivargebs dayovneba.

dedofali saswrafod mivida patara magidasTan, romel­zedac sawer-kalami da qaRaldi ewyo. dawera ori striqoni, werili Tavisi beWdiT dabeWda da qalbaton bonasies misca.

_ friad saWiro da aucilebeli ram gvaviwydeba, _ Tqva dedofalma.

_ ra, qalbatono?

_ fuli.

qalbatoni bonasie gawiTlda.

_ diax, marTalsa brZanebT, unda mogaxsenoT, Tqveno yovladudidebulesobav, rom Cemi qmari...

_ Sens qmars fuli ara aqvs, eg gindoda geTqva?

_ diax, diax... ara... fuli aqvs, magram metad Zunwi gaxlavT; es aris imisi nakli, magram Tavs nu SeiwuxebT magisTvis, qalbatono, fulsac viSoviT rogorme.

_ ubedureba isaa, rom arc me maqvs, _ Tqva dedofalma, _ magram cota momiTmineT.

dedofali Tavis salarosTan mivida.

_ ai, es waiRe, rogorc marwmuneben, Zalian Zvirfasi beWedi unda iyos, Cemi Zmis _ espaneTis mefis saCuqaria. beWedi Cemia da rogorc minda, ise movixmar. waiRe, beWedi fulad gadaaqcie da Seni qmari gaistumre.

_ erTi saaTis ganmavlobaSi asrulebuli iqneba Tqveni brZaneba.

_ xom xedavT misamarTs, _ daumata dedofalma iseTi Cumi xmiT, rom bonasies cols Zlivs esmoda misi sityvebi, _ milord hercog bukingams, londons.

_ mis garda sxva veravin waikiTxavs am werils.

_ didsulovani qali yofilxar! _ Sehyvira sixaruliT dedofalma.

qalbatonma bonasiem dedofals xelze akoca. werili gulispiris qveS Camala da mercxlis siwrafiT gaqra.

aTi wuTis Semdeg ukve Sin iyo. rogorc dedofals moaxsena, cixidan gamoSvebis Semdeg jerac ar enaxa Tavisi qmari, da, cxadia, ar ecodineboda is cvlilebebi, romelic misma qmarma ganicada. or-samjer naxa bonasie grafma roSforma, guliTadad daumegobrdnen erTmaneTs da kardinalis yurmoWril monad gardaiqmna Cveni vaWari. igi sabolood darwmunda, rom misi colis motaceba politikuri ganzraxviT moxda.

qalbaton bonasies qmari Sin marto daxvda, sawyali kaci didi gaWirvebiT cdilobda mielagebina Tavisi bina. avejeuloba TiTqmis sul damtvreuli iyo, ganjinebi _ carieli. marTl­msajuleba ar ekuTvnis im sam arsebaTagans, romlebic, solomon brZenis sityvebiT, gavlisas kvals arsad toveben; rac Seexeba moaxle gogos, igi maSinve gaiqca, rogorc ki misi batoni Seipyres; ise SeSineboda sawyals, rom fexiT wasuliyo pa­rizidan Tavis samSoblo burgundiamde.

Cvenma Rirseulma vaWarma saxlSi dabrunebisTanave acnoba cols Tavisi bednierebis ambavi. qalbatonma bonasiem Semo­uTvala, rogorc ki movicli, maSinve Sens sanaxavad gamove­Surebio.

xuTi dRe gavida, manam igi moiclida. sxva SemTxvevaSi es dro xangrZlivad moeCveneboda baton bonasies, magram imdeni ram ganicada baton kardinalisa da roSforis naxvis Semdeg, imdeni ram hqonda mosafiqrebeli, rom sxva aRara agondeboda ra. xolo fiqri, rogorc mogexsenebaT, yvelaze metad amoklebs dros.

bonasies fiqrebs ki, miTmutes, vardisferi edo. grafi roSfori mas megobrad Tvlida. Zvirfas, keTil bonasies eZaxda da sul imas umtkicebda, rom kardinalic Zalian afasebda da swyalobda mas.

aRtacebuli iyo Cveni vaWari, win dideba da simdidre elandeboda.

Tavis mxriv, qalbatoni bonasiec bevrs fiqrobda, mxolod ara simdidresa da pativmoyvareobaze. misi fiqri dastrialebda im mSvenier da mamac ymawvils, romelic siyvaruliT gatacebuls hgavda. Tvrameti wlis asakSi baton bonasieze gaTxovili konstancia misi qmris megobar vaWrebSi trialebda, magram maT Soris aravin iyo iseTi, TviTon bonasies CaTvliT, rom siyvarulis grZnoba aReZra axalgazrda qalSi, romlis guli ufro mets natrobda. qalbatoni bonasie gulcivad xvdeboda am mdabioT, miT ufro, rom im dros keTilSobilis wodebas metad didi gavlena hqonda burJuaziaze. d'artaniani ki aznauri iyo. garda amisa, igi razmelis tanisamosiT iyo morTuli, romelic muSketeris samosis Semdeg yvelaze metad uyvardaT qalebs. erTi sityviT, kidev erTxel vimeorebT, d'artaniani axalgazrda, Tvaltanadi, mamaci ymawvili iyo, siyvarulze ise laparakobda, rogorc adamiani, romelsac uyvars da swyuria Seiyvaros. mas yvelaferi gaaCnda imisaTvis, rom moexibla ocdaxuTi wlis axalgazrda qali. xolo qalbatonma bonasiem swored am dros miaRwia am bednier asaks.

erT kviraze meti iyo, rac erTmaneTi ar enaxa col-qmars. am xnis ganmavlobaSi maT cxovrebaSi mravali ram moxda didmniSvnelovani. odnavi fiqriT moculni Sexvdnen erTmaneTs. es kia, rom bonasies marTla gauxarda colis danaxva da xelgaSlili gaeqana misagebeblad. qalbatonma bonasiem Subli dauTmo sakocnelad.

_ saqme maqvs TqvenTan, movilaparakoT, _ uTxra colma.

_ rogor? _ gaukvirda qmars.

_ seriozuli saqme maqvs, pasuxsagebi da, amasTan, metad saCqaro. ai, momismineT, movilaparakoT.

_ maS, Tu asea, mec maqvs TqvenTvis momzadebuli ramdenime metad mniSvnelovani SekiTxva, amixseniT, Tu giyvarvarT, Tqveni motacebis mizezi.

_ amJamad saqme Cems motacebas ar Seexeba, _ upasuxa colma.

_ maS, ras Seexeba? Cems dapatimrebas?

_ Tqveni Sepyrobis ambavi im dResve gavige, magram raki araviTari danaSauli ara gqondaT, araviTar veragobaSi monawileoba ar migiRiaT da ara icodiT ra iseTi, rom gamtyu­nebuliyaviT an Tqven, an vinme Tqveni maxlobeli, mec araviTari mniSvneloba ar miveci am garemoebas.

_ Zalian advilad laparakobT, qalbatono, _ upasuxa bonasiem. ewyina, rom ase umniSvnelod aRniSnavda misi coli am ambavs.

_ ici Tu ara, rom mTeli dRe-Ramis ganmavlobaSi bastiliis sakanSi vegde?

_ male garbis dRe-Rame. Tavi davaneboT Tqveni Sepyrobis ambavs da davubrundeT im saqmes, romlis gamo wamovedi Tqvens sanaxavad.

_ rogor, saqmis gamo wamoxvediT Cems sanaxavad? maS, naxvis survili ara gqoniaT qmrisa, romlisagan gaSorebuli iyaviT mTeli rva dRis ganmavlobaSi? _ hkiTxa gulnatkenma bonasiem.

_ jer saqme iyos da mere sxva.

_ brZaneT.

_ metad didmniSvnelovani saqmea, mis Sesrulebazea damokidebuli Cveni momavali keTildReoba.

_ mas Semdeg, rac ukanasknelad gnaxeT, sakmaod kargad Seicvala Cveni mdgomareoba, qalbatono bonasie, da sruliadac ar gamikvirdeba, Tu am ramdenime Tvis Semdeg igi SeSurdebaT kidec Cvens nacnobebs.

_ diax, metadre, Tu inebebT im davalebis asrulebas, romelsac me mogandobT.

_ me momandobT?

_ diax, erTi kargi saqmea, wminda saqme, gasarigebeli, Cemo batono, da Tanac bevr fulsac moipovebT. _ qalbatonma bonasiem kargad icoda, rom fulis xseneba da misi qmris dayolieba erTi iqneboda. fuli batoni bonasies xasiaTis susti mxare iyo.

_ bevr fulsa? _ wamoiZaxa bonasiem da tuCebi waigrZela.

_ diax, bevr fuls.

_ mainc ramdens? daaxloebiT mainc...

_ iqneba aTasi pistolic iyos.

_ maS, Zalian didi saqme yofila Sesasrulebeli.

_ Zalian didi.

_ ra unda gavakeTo?

_ axlave gaemgzavrebiT. qaRalds gagatanT, romelsac araviTar SemTxvevaSi ar moiSorebT, da miscemT marto mas, visTvisac aris gankuTvnili.

_ saiT unda gavemgzavro?

_ londonisaken.

_ me, londonisaken? xom ar damciniT? londonSi ra minda? me iq saqme ara maqvs.

_ saqme sxvebsa aqvT.

_ vin brZandebian eg sxvebi? gafrTxilebT, xels aRar gavanZrev TvaldaxuWuli! me minda vicode, ra saSiSroeba momelis da visTvis vigdeb Tavs am gansacdelSi.

_ Tqveni gamgzavni brwyinvale pirovnebaa da didi pirovnebaa isic, visTanac ggzavnian.

_ kidev veragoba! riT ar mogbezrdaT? madlobas mogaxsenebT, me mag saqmisa ara mwams ra da batonma kardinalmac gamagebina, rom...

_ kardinalma? _ Sehyvira qalbatonma bonasiem, _ maS, kar­dinali naxeT?

_ TviTon kardinalma damibara, _ upasuxa amayad qmarma.

_ Tqvenc maSinve gaeSureT misi survilis asasruleblad? ra daufiqrebeli xarT!

_ unda mogaxsenoT, rom me ar mekuTvnoda arCevani, ori policieli madga Tavze. amasTan, isic unda giTxraT, rom me maSin ar vicnobdi mis yovladuwmindesobas da rom SemZleboda, sixaruliT avicdendi masTan misvlas.

_ maS, ukmexad mogeqcaT? dagemuqraT?

_ xeli CamomarTva da Tavisi megobari miwoda. gesmiT, qalbatono? me gaxlavarT megobari im Cveni didebuli kardinalisa!

_ didebuli kardinalisa?

_ iqneba gabedoT da uarhyoT misi didebuleba?

_ me ar uarvyof! magram unda giTxraT, rom mswraflwar­mavalia kardinalis keTili ganwyobileba. giJi unda iyos kaci, rom sandod miiRos misi sityva, magram arsebobs sxva Zala. mis Zalaze ufro maRali _ Zala, romelic vinmes axirebas ki ar misdevs da arc raime saqmis daboloebas. ai, am Zalas unda emsaxuroT.

_ Zalian vwuxvar, qalbatono, magram kardinalze ufro didi Zalis mqones me aravis vicnob, amitom maqvs pativi, mas vemsaxuro.

_ kardinals emsaxurebiT?

_ diax, qalbatono, da rogorc misi msaxuri, ar mogcemT uflebas, saxelmwifos mSvidobianobis damrRvevTa SeTqmu­lebaSi CaerioT. xeli SeuwyoT veragobas im qalisas, romelsac guli espanelisa aqvs. Cvenda sabednierod, didebuli kardinali Tavis fxizel Tvals adevnebs cxovrebas da gulis siRrmeSi Cascqeris qveynis mtrebs.

bonasie sityvasityviT imeorebda frazas, romelic grafma roSforma baasSi uTxra. saSinel mdgomareobaSi Cavarda sawyali qalbatoni bonasie. darwmunebulma, rom qmari Seusrulebda am davalebas, sityva misca dedofals. sawyali qali im gansacdelis SiSiT kankalebda, romelsac TviTonve imzadebda. magram icoda Tavisi qmris xasiaTis sisuste _ fulisadmi siyvaruli, da imeds ar kargavda, rom daiyoliebda.

_ maS, Tqven kardinalisti brZandebiT, batono? _ daiZaxa qalbatonma bonasiem. _ ha, maS, Tqvenc maTi momxre brZandebiT, vinc awvalebs Tqvens meuRles da Seuracxyofs Tqvens dedo­fals?

_ kerZo interesebi araferia sazogadoebriv interesebTan SedarebiT. me maTken var, vinc saxelmwifos keTildReobas emsaxureba! _ wamoiZaxa medidurad bonasiem.

es frazac graf roSforisagan iyo nasesxebi, misgan gaigona vaWarma, moewona da SemTxveviT isargebla, rom Tavisad gaesaRebina.

_ iciT ki, ra aris saxelmwifo, ase Tamamad rom gaiZaxiT? _ hkiTxa colma da mxrebi aiCeCa. _ ikmareT Tqveni mdgomareoba, nu daiCemebT SorsmWvretelobas, romlis iotis odenic ara­feri gagaCniaT, imisi mxare daiWireT, visac ufro mets gamorCebiT.

_ he, he, _ gaecina bonasies, xeli dahkra savse parks da vercxlis fuli aawkaruna. _ amaze raRas brZanebT, qalbatono mqadagebelo?

_ vin mogcaT eg fuli?

_ ver mixvdiT? kardinalma.

_ kardinalma?

_ kardinalma da Cemma megobarma grafma roSforma.

_ grafma roSforma? gana roSfori ar iyo, me rom momitaca?

_ SeiZleba, qalbatono, is yofiliyos.

_ mere, Tqven fuls iRebT im kacisagan?

_ Tqven ar miTxariT, rom motacebas marto politikuri safuZveli edoo?

_ diax, magram am motacebis mizani iyo Ralati Cemi qalbatonisadmi. ganzraxva hqondaT, vewvalebineT, vewamebineT, raTa ZaldatanebiT iseTi ram meTqva, rac safrTxis winaSe daayenebda mis patiosnebasa da TviT sicocxlesac.

_ Tqveni yovladudidebulesi qalbatoni erTi muxTali espaneli gaxlavT da Zalian kargs Svreba kardinali, rom ase eqceva.

_ vicodi, rom laCari, Zunwi da yeyeCi iyaviT, magram is ki ar vicodi, rom flidic yofilxarT, _ brazmoreviT warmoTqva qalbatonma bonasiem.

_ ras ambobT, qalbatono? _ gaikvirva bonasiem, romelsac jer ar enaxa Tavisi coli ase ganrisxebuli da Zalian erideboda ojaxSi uTanxmoebas, _ ras ambobT, qalbatono?

_ me imas vambob, rom Tqven Sercxvenili kaci xarT! _ Seutia colma, radgan xedavda, rom nel-nela qeds ixrida misi qmari. _ maS, Tqvenc politikosoba damiwyeT, ara? da isic kardi­naliseburi politikosoba? eSmakis kerZi xdebiT suliT xorcamde mag fulis gulisTvis.

_ ara, kardinalisaTvis.

_ es erTi da igivea! _ Sehyvira axalgazrda qalma,

_ gaCumdiT, qalbatono, erTic vnaxoT, yuri mohkran da...

_ diax, marTali xarT. Sercxvenili davrCebi Tqveni laC­robiT.

_ ra vqna? ar metyviT, ra gindaT Cemgan?

_ xom giTxariT, amwamsve waxvalT da patiosnad aasrulebT im davalebas, romelsac me gandobT! Tu amas amisrulebT, daviviwyeb yvelafers da gapatiebT. kidev meti, giwvdiT xels da kvlav Zveleburad megobrad miguleT.

mxdali da Zunwi iyo bonasie, magram Tavisi colic uyvarda. guli moulba. ormocdaaTi wlis kaci didxans ver gauZlebs ocdaxuTi wlis colis gajavrebas. qmars yoymani Seatyo qalbtonma bonasiem.

_ ha, aba ras ityviT?

_ ra unda vTqva, Cemo kargo megobaro? cota Tqvenc daufiqrdiT da gansajeT, ras mavalebT: londoni Sors aris parizidan, Zalian Sors, da is saqme, romlisTvisac me mgzavniT, safrTxes ar unda iyos moklebuli.

_ ra genaRvlebaT, Tuki aicdenT?

_ ara, qalbtono, ara ai, gadaWriT geubnebiT, me magas ver vikisreb, Zalian meSinia veragobisa, isic meyofa, rac bastiliaSi vigeme, oh, ra saSinelebaa bastiliis cixe! mis mogonebaze TaviT fexamde vkankaleb. memuqrebodnen: dagtanjavT, jajiT gawamebTo! mere ici ra aris jaji? magari xis soli. CagirWoben fexebs Sua da gcemen, manam Zvlebi ar gaskdeba! ara, ara, me arsad waval. ucnauria swored! ratom Tqven TviTon ar mibrZandebiT? Tu marTali gnebavT, me vfiqrob, rom dRevandlamde Zalian vcdebodi TqvenSi. mgonia, rom Tqven qali ki ara, vaJkaci xarT, amasTan, Zalian guladi vaJkaci!

_ Tqven ki, Tqven dedakaci xarT, uqnara dedakaci, suleli da gadayruebuli! maS, geSiniaT? icodeT, rom Tu axlave ar waxvalT, amwamsve, dagaWerinebT dedoflis brZanebiT da vecdebi, swored iq Cagagdon, bastiliis sakanSi, romlis mogonebaze SiSiT gakankalebT.

Rrmad Caufiqrda Tavis mdgomareobas bonasie. kargad awona Tavisi gonebis sasworiT ori mosalodneli mrisxaneba: erTi - kardinalis mxriv, meore _ dedoflis mxriv. darwmunda, rom kardinalisa gacilebiT saSineli iyo, vidre dedoflisa.

_ ra vqna? damapatimreT dedoflis brZanebiT, me kidev mis yovladuwmindesobasTan viCivleb.

axla ki darwmunda qalbtoni bonasie, rom Zalian Sors Setopa, da SeSinda, Seatyo, rom meti Tqva, vidre SeiZleboda, gulgaxeTqili Sehyurebda Tavis gamoSterebul qmars, romelsac sabolood mieRo mtkice gadawyvetileba da SiSiT zarda­cemuls, sulelis gamometyveleba exateboda saxeze.

_ ase iyos, ra gaewyoba! _ uTxra qmars qalbatonma bonasiem, _ rom dafiqrdes adamiani, iqneba kidec dageTanxmoT. kacma ufro meti icis politikisa, metadre Tqven, batono bonasie, miT umetes, rom kardinalTanac gqoniaT saubari, magram, samwuxaroa, rom Cemi qmari, romelzedac vamyarebdi imeds, ar akmayofilebs Cems survils da ase ukmexad meqceva.

_ imitom, rom Tqvens survils Zalian Sors mivyavar da me ver vendobi maT, _ upasuxa qmarma gamarjvebulis sixaruliT.

_ maS, me uars vetyvi, _ uTxra oxvriT axalgazrda qalma, _ kargi, nuRar davubrundebiT am sakiTxs.

_ is mainc geTqvaT, risTvisa mgzavniT londonSi? vin unda vnaxo? ra unda vuTxra? _ daiwyo xelaxla bonasiem, romelsac mxolod axla moagonda roSforis darigeba, raime saidumlo daecincla colisaTvis.

_ ra saWiroa TqvenTvis magis codna? _ upasuxa axalgazrda qalma, romelmac alRoTi igrZno undobloba da cdilobda Seesworebina daSvebuli Secdoma, _ ubralo saqmea; samkauli iyo sayideli, romlisTvisac gagiJebuli arian xolme qalebi, samagierod, fuls bevrs moigebdiT.

magram ramdenadac metad cdilobda coli Secdomis gaqarwylebas, imdenad metad rwmundeboda qmari, rom saidumloeba, romelsac mas ar andobda qalbatoni bonasie, metad didmniSvnelovani unda yofiliyo. man gadawyvita, saCqarod graf roSforis sanaxavad gaqceuliyo da ec­nobebina, rom dedofali sando kacs daeZebs londonSi gasagzavnad.

_ mapatieT, rom marto gtovebT, Cemo sayvarelo, _ mimarTa cols, _ ar vicodi, rom moxvidodiT. erT Cems megobars paemani davuniSne. axlave davbrundebi, Tu inebebT da naxevar wuTs damicdiT, rogorc ki gavaTaveb saqmes Cems megobarTan, maSinve Tqvenken gamoveSurebi, da radgan ukve Ramdeba kidec, luvrSic me migacilebT.

_ gmadlobT, batono, _ upasuxa colma, _ Tuki imdeni vaJkacoba ara gaqvT, rom sasargeblo saqmeSi damexmaroT, martodmartoc kargad mivagneb sasaxles.

_ rogorc geneboT, Cemo qalbatono, _ ar iwyina bonasiem, _ isev male gnaxavT?

_ Zalian male, imedi maqvs, am kviras gnaxoT, cota Tavisufal dros vipovi Tu ara, wamoval, rom mivalago aqauroba da movawesrigo Cveni saqmeebi.

_ Zalian kargi. maS, gelodebiT, xom ar miwyrebiT?

_ me? ra maqvs gasawyromi?

_ maS, naxvamdis im imediT, rom male SevxvdebiT erTmaneTs!

_ diax, naxvamdis!

bonasiem Tavis cols xelze akoca da Cqari nabijiT saxlidan gavida.

_ xedavT am sulels? __ wamoiZaxa qalbatonma bonasiem, rodesac qmarma quCis kari miixura da marto darCa. _ esRa aklda am sulels, rom kardinalis kaci gamxdariyo! mec ra momivida! ra pasuxi gavce dedofals, romelsac piroba miveci da dauyovnebliv davalebis asruleba aRvuTqvi. oh, RmerTo Cemo, RmerTo Cemo! _ mec albaT erTi im moRalateTagani vegonebi, romlebic matlebiviT fuTfuTeben sasaxleSi... oh, batono bonasie, guliT arasodes ar myvarebixarT da axla miT umetes mZulxarT da mezizRebiT! qali ar viyo, Tu Zvirad ar dagisvaT eg ambavi.

swored am wuTSi, rodesac am sityvebs ambobda qalbatoni bonasie, Weridan daukakunes. aixeda da nacnobi xma gaigona:

_ Cemo imedo, qalbatono bonasie, gamiReT xeivnis patara kari, rom TqvenTan Camovfrinde.