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- aqedan holdernes-holis karibWemde ori milia. ai, im gziT, marcxiv gauyvebiT.

ezodan kuSti mzeriT gagvacila.

arc ise Sors mogvixda wasvla, radgan holmsma pirvelsave mosaxvevSi SeCereba ineba, darwmunebulma, rom aRaravin gviTvalTvalebda.

- im saymawvilo TamaSobaSi Zalian `cxeli~ dRe ki dagvadga, - miTxra megobarma. - da rac ufro vSordebiT sastumros, ufro da ufro civa. ara, aqedan wasvla adrea!

- darwmunebuli var, am ruben heizma yvelaferi icis. ufro boroti saxe Cems sicocxleSi ar minaxavs!

- xom marTalia? namdvili borotmoqmedia, ara? axla cxenebi, samWedlo? ho! marTlac, saintereso adgilia es `mebrZoli mamali!~ modiT, Tvalyuri vadevnoT, ra xdeba iq, oRond Zalian frTxilad unda moviqceT.

Cvens ukan ruxi kaWrebiT mofenili damreci goraki iyo aRmarTuli. roca mis ferdobze asvlas SevudeqiT, holdernes-holis mxares gavixedeT da uecrad gzaze swrafad msrboli velosipedisti davinaxe.

- daikuzeT, uotson! - SesZaxa holmsma da Tavisi mZime xeli mxarze damado.

Zlivs movaswariT kaWrebis ukan mimalva, rom velosipedistma gverdiT Cagiqrola. velosipedis borblebisagan avardnil mtverSi davinaxe, rogor gaielva Cems win fermkrTalma, aRelvebulma saxem, romlis yoveli nakvTidan gamosWvioda elda: es iyo Cveni guSindeli nacnobi jeims uailderi, romelsac piri daeRo, velurad gadmokarklul TvalTa mzera gaSeSeboda da raRac kopwia, sulelur karikaturas miagavda.

- hercogis mdivani! - SesZaxa holmsma. - Cqara, uotson! vnaxoT, ra esaqmeboda iq.

ferdobze qvidan qvaze xtunviT avediT da iqidan davinaxeT sastumros kari. uailderis velosipedi kedelze miyudebuli moCanda. saxlSi araviTari moZraoba ar SeiniSneboda, fanjaraSic aravin ixedeboda.

mze holdernes-holis maRali koSkis iqiT Cadioda da velze nel-nela wveboda bindi. male Camobnelebul ezoSi sastumros sajinibodan gamogorda aqeT-iqidan farnebiT ganaTebuli orTvala, romelsac erTi-ori wuTis Semdg daoTxili cxeni Cesterfildisaken miaqrolebda. etlma Cven gverdiT Caigriala.

- es rogor avxsnaT, uotson? - CurCuliT mkiTxa holmsma.

- gaqcevas hgavs.

- orTvalaSi ramdenadac gavarCie, mxolod erTi mxedari ijda. magram es ar iyo mister jeims uailderi. karis kargad ganaTebul kvadratSi mdivnis figura Savad, Tumca garkveviT moCanda. mas kiseri win waegrZelebina, bnelSi ixedeboda da aSkarad viRacas eloda. ramdenime wuTis Semdeg gzidan nabijis xma mogvesma. karebidan gamomaval Suqze viRacis Crdilma gaielva. kari daxures da sastumro sibneleSi CainTqa. Semdeg zemo sarTulis erT-erT fanjaraSi lampa aanTes.

- ucnauri muStrebi midian `mebrZol mamalSi~, - Tqva holmsma.

- samikitnoSi Sesasvleli sxva mxridanaa.

- marTalia. es orni ubralo muStrebi ki ara, albaT maspinZlis stumrebi arian. magram ra dasWirda mister jeims uailders am bunagSi, isic ase gvian? vis dauniSna iq paemani? uotson, riski gavwioT da ufro axlos mivideT.

gzaze gavediT da sastumros karebTan uCumrad mivediT. uailderis velosipedi uwindeburad kedelze eyuda. holmsma anTebuli asanTi velosipedis ukana borbalTan miitana da gavigone rogor aRmoxda gaocebis wamoZaxili, roca danlopis saburavze sakerebeli SeniSna. fanjara, romlidanac lampis Suqi gamodioda, pirdapir Cven zemoT iyo.

- rogorme sarkmelSi unda SeviWyitoT, uotson. Tu kedels mieyrdnobiT da zurgze SemiyenebT, ramenairad movaxerxeb oTaxSi myofTa SeTvalierebas.

imave wams fexebiT damadga zurgze da maSinve Zirs gadmoxta.

- wavideT, Cemo megobaro. - miTxra, - dReisaTvis gveyofa. Cven gavakeTeT yvelaferi, rac SegveZlo. dros nuRar davkargavT. skola xom arc ise axlosaa.

vidre oriveni, daRlil-daqanculni, nela mivabijebdiT velze, holmss TiTqmis sityvac ar dascdenia da depeSebis gasagzavnad pirdapir sadgurze wavida ise, rom skolisaken ar Seuxvevia. Semdeg gavigone, rogor anugeSebda maswavleblis tragikuli sikvdiliT SeZrwunebul doqtor haksteibls da ukve gvian RamesRa vnaxe Cems oTaxSi - iseTive mxne da Zal-RoniT savse, rogorc dilas iyo.

- yvelaferi Cinebulad midis, Cemo megobaro, - miTxra, - gpirdebiT, xval saRamos amovxsniT am saidumlos.
meore dRes dilis TerTmet saaTze me da holmsi holdernes-holis saxelganTqmuli urTxelis xeivans mivyvebodiT. laqia didebul karibWesTan Segvxvda da misi brwyinvalebis kabinetSi SegviZRva. iq Cvens winaSe warmodga mister jeims uailderi. Tavi ubralod Tavazianad eWira, magram mis daRmeWil saxeze da TvalebSi, romelTac aqeT-iqiT acecebda, jer kidev gamosWvioda elda.

- hercogis naxva gindodaT? afsus! misi brwyinvaleba Tavs SeuZlod grZnobs. pirdapir gaaTava im tragediam, rac guSin doqtor haksteiblma depeSiT Segvatyobina.

- me aucileblad unda vnaxo hercogi, mister uailder.

- magram is Tavisi oTaxidan ar gamodis.

- maSin iq Seval.

- wevs.

- miuxedavad amisa, Sexvedris nebas moviTxov.

holmsis yinuliviT civma kilom da Seuvalobam mdivani daarwmuna, rom am kacTan kamaTi usargeblo iyo.

- kargi, mister holms, movaxseneb.

TiTqmis saaTi gavida, vidre hercogi kabinetSi vixileT. Tvalebi kidev ufro Rrmad Cavardnoda, mxrebi umweod daeSva dabla - guSindeli dRis Semdeg TiTqos daberebuliyo. natifi TavazianobiT dagvikra Tavi da savarZelSi Cajda.

- gismenT, mister holms.

magram Cemi megobari Seupovrad Sescqeroda mdivans, romelic Tavisi mbrZaneblis gverdiT idga.

- Tqveno brwyinvalebav, mister uailderis aq yofna, cota ar iyos, mboWavs.

mdivani gafiTrda da holmss boroti mzera styorcna.

- Tu Tqveni brwyinvaleba inebebs...

- diax, diax, dagvtoveT... amrigad, mister holms, ra gaqvT CemTvis saTqmeli?

Cemma megobarma daicada, vidre mdivanma kari gaixura.

- Tqveno brwyinvalebav, - daiwyo holmsma, - me da Cemma kolegam, eqimma uotsonma doqtor haksteiblis sityvidan viciT, rom fulad gasamrjelos dahpirdiT mas, vinc TqvenTvis saintereso saqmes gamoiZiebs. me amis mosmenas piradad Tqvenganac visurvebdi.

- siamovnebiT, mister holms.

- Tu sworad miTxres, xuTi aTas girvanqas dahpirdiT mas, vinc Tqveni Svilis adgilsamyofels giCvenebdaT.

- savsebiT sworia.

- da aTassac imas, vinc dagisaxelebT im adamians, an adamianTa jgufs, romelTac Tqveni vaJi hyavT damwyvdeuli.

- savsebiT sworia.

- aq, rasakvirvelia, igulisxmeba ara gamtaceblebi, aramed isinic, romelTac gataceba ganizraxes.

- diax, diax! - mouTmenlad SesZaxa hercogma. - Tu am gamocanas amoxsniT, mister holms, Tqven Cems siZunweze Civili ar mogixdebaT.

Cemma megobarma xarbad moifSvnita xeli, ramac gamaoca, radgan aqamde, rogorc uaRresad mcire moTxovnilebis adamians, ise vicnobdi.

- es Cekebis wignia magidaze? - hkiTxa hercogs. - Tqvens brwyinvalebas vTxov gamomiweros eqvsi aTasi girvanqis Ceki! gadasaricxi Ceki oqsfordstritis bankis im ganyofilebaSi, sadac piradi angariSi maqvs gaxsnili.

hercogi savarZelSi gasworda da Cemi megobari yinulovani mzeriT gazoma.

- Tqven xumrobT, mister holms? gana es Sesaferisi Temaa xumrobisaTvis?

- rasa brZanebT, Tqveno brwyinvalebav! aseTi seriozuli Cems sicocxleSi sxva dros arc vyofilvar.

- es ras niSnavs?

- es niSnavs, rom gasamrjelos miviReb damsaxurebisamebr. CemTvis cnobilia, sad imyofeba Tqveni Svili da vici adamianebi - ukeT, adamiani, romelsac is Sepyrobili hyavs.

hercogis wiTeli wveri TiTqos cecxlad aenTo mis micvalebuliviT ferwasul saxeze.

- sadaa Cemi Svili? - Zlivs Cailaparaka man.

- sastumro `mebrZol mamalSi~, or milze Tqveni parkidan. yovel SemTxvevaSi, iq iyo guSin.

hercogi savarZlis sazurges mieyrdno.

- vis sdebT brals?

Serlok holmsis pasuxma gamaoca, elvis siswrafiT wadga win nabiji da hercogis mxars Seexo:

- me brals gdebT Tqven. axla ki, Tqveno brwyinvalebav, keTili inebeT da momeciT eqvsi aTasi girvanqis Ceki.

verasodes daviviwyeb, rogor wamovarda savarZlidan hercogi da xelebi krunCxviT gaasavsava haerSi, TiTqos ufskrulis piras Tavis Sekavebas cdilobso. Semdeg araadamianuri nebisyofis daZabviT moixmo Tavisi aristokratuli TavSekaveba, isev miujda magidas da saxe xelebSi Cargo. gavida wuTi, meore...

- ra iciT saxeldobr? - ikiTxa ubedurma ise, rom Tavi ar auwevia.

- me gnaxeT masTan guSin saRamos.

- vin icis es kidev, Tqveni megobris garda?

- me aravisTvis araferi miTqvams.

hercogma acaxcaxebuli xeliT aiRo kalami da Cekebis wigni gadaSala.

- ar davarRvev Cems sityvas, mister holms. Tqven miiRebT dapirebul Ceks, Tumca es fuli im cnobis gasamrjelo iqneba, ramac ubedurebis meti araferi momitana. magram gana SemeZlo mefiqra gasamrjelos gamocxadebis dros, rom movlenebi ase warimarTeboda! ise vfiqrob, mister holms, rom Tqven da Tqveni megobari keTilgonieri adamianebi xarT!

- ar mesmis, risi Tqma gnebavT amiT, Tqveno brwyinvalebav.

- keTili, vilaparakoT gulaxdilad, mister holms. Tu am ambis wvrilmanebi Tqven oris garda aravin icis, maSin saqmes Semdgomi msvleloba ar unda mieces. me Tqveni Tormeti aTasi girvanqa mmarTebs, xom marTalia?

magram holmsma gaiRima da Tavi gaaqnia:

- samwuxaroa, Tqveno brwyinvalebav! magram am saqmis mogvareba arc ise advilia, rogorc SeiZleba pirveli SexedviT gveCvenos. vinmem pasuxi xom unda agos maswavleblis mkvlelobisTvis.

- magram jeimsi aq arafer SuaSia! ar SeiZleba danaSaulis misTvis gadabraleba: mkvleloba - im mxecis saqmea, im aramzadisa, romlis daxmarebiT sargeblobac jeimss Tavisda saubedurod mouxda.

- me ki im Sexedulebisa var, Tqveno brwyinvalebav, rom Tu adamiani erTxel mainc daadgeba danaSaulis gzas, man moraluri pasuxi unda agos Tavisi qcevis yvela SedegisaTvis.

- moraluri - ki. magram nu aiZulebT pasuxi agos kanonis winaSe! ar SeiZleba adamianis dasja mkvlelobisaTvis, romlis Cadenis dros is mkvlelobis adgilze arc ki yofila, danaSaulisTvis, ramac Tqvenze aranakleb aRaSfoTa. rogorc ki Seityo, sindisis qenjnas ver gauZlo da yvelaferSi gamomityda. mister holms, ixseniT igi, ixseniT! gevedrebiT, daixseniT!

ra qvesknelma STanTqa hercogis aristokratuli TavSekaveba. igi aqeT-iqiT awydeboda oTaxSi da saxedaRrejili, krunCxviT aqnevda xelebs. bolos isev sZlia Tavs, magidas miujda da Tqva:

- vafaseb, rom pirvelad CemTan moxvediT. yovel SemTxvevaSi, moviTaTbiroT mainc, ra zomebi miviRoT, rom sircxvils Tavi davaRwio.

- moviTaTbiroT,- miugo holmsma, - magram maSin, Tqveno brwyinvalebav, erTmaneTTan bolomde gulaxdilni unda viyoT. me yvelafers gavakeTeb, rac Cems xelT aris, Tu am ambis yvela garemoebas gamandobT. ramdenadac saqmis arss Cavwvdi, Tqveni sityvebi exeboda mister jeims uailders - maSasadame, Tqven amtkicebT, rom mkvleli is ar aris?

- diax, mkvlelma moaswro mimalva.

holmsma TavSekavebiT gaiRima.

- Tqveno brwyinvalebav, Cans, rogorc Ziebis saqmis mcodnes, ar micnobT, Torem ar ifiqrebdiT, rom Cemgan damalva ase advilia. guSin Cemi miTiTebiT CesterfildSi, saRamos TerTmet saaTze daapatimres mister ruben heizi. iqauri policiis ufrosma es ukve macnoba am diliT. misi depeSa skolidan wamosvlis win miviRe.

hercogi savarZlis sazurges mieyrdno da Cems megobars gaocebiT miaSterda.

- aqvs Tu ara sazRvari Tqvens SesaZleblobas, mister holms? - SesZaxa man bolos. - maS, ruben heizi dapatimrebulia? vfiqrob, es mxolod sasixarulo ambavia, magram misi dapatimreba jeimsis bedzec xom ar moaxdens zegavlenas?

- Tqveni mdivnis bedze?

- ara, ser, Cemi Svilis bedze.

amjerad holmsi gaocda.

- unda mogaxsenoT, Tqveno brwyinvalebav, rom es ar gamiTvaliswinebia. iqneb ufro dawvrilebiT amixsnaT.

- arafers ar davfarav. Tqven marTali TqviT: Tumca es CemTvis damtanjveli ambavia, magram mxolod srul gulaxdilobas SeuZlia Seamsubuqos saSineli mdgomareoba, romelSic SuriT gagiJebulma jeimsma Tavisi Tavi Caagdo da mec zed mimayola. axalgazrdobis wlebSi, mister holms, mec miyvarda ise, rogorc sicocxleSi mxolod erTxel uyvarT xolme. roca sayvarel qalze qorwineba ganvizraxe, man uaryo Cemi winadadeba, radgan eSinoda, rom aseTi qorwineba karieras gamifuWebda. is rom cocxali darCeniliyo, sxvas aRaravis SevirTavdi. magram gardaicvala da vaJi damitova. Sevxarodi mas, rogorc CemTvis yvelaze Zvirfasi qalis xsovnis simbolos da Svebas masze zrunvaSi vxedavdi. saqveynod ver ganvacxade, Cemi sisxli da xorcia-meTqi, magram Cemma Svilma saukeTeso ganaTleba miiRo da roca gaizarda, mudmivad CemTan cxovrobda. Cemma vaJma SemTxveviT gaigo Cemi saidumlo da im droidan yovelnairad cdilobda gamoeyenebina Tavisi, rogorc Zisa da memkvidris, uflebebi. mas mudam mxilebis SiSSi vyavdi. holdernes-holSi misi yofna gaxda colTan Cemi ganSorebis nawilobrivi mizezi. da rac yvelaze ufro mZime iyo, - pirveli dRidanve mZvinvare siZulviliT Seijavra Tavisi naxevari Zma, Cemi kanonieri memkvidre.

mkiTxavT, yovelive amis Semdeg, ratom Tavidan ar moviSore jeimsi. Cemi pasuxi aseTi iqneba: imitom, rom misi saxiT vxedavdi dedamiss da viTmendi misi gulisaTvis. marto saxis nakvTebiT ki ara, moZraobiTa da manerebiTac yovel wams dedamisis sayvarel saxes magonebda. raki ver Sevelie, SevSindi arturs - lord soltairs araferi autexos-meTqi da bavSvi doqtor haksteiblTan internatSi gavagzavne.

jeimsi Cemi mamulis saqmeebs ganagebda da ase gaicno heizi, romelic Cemi erT-erTi moijaradre iyo. ra hqonda saerTo im pirSav aramzadasTan, ar vici, magram damegobrdnen ki. Tumca jeimss yovelTvis vamCnevdi cudi sazogadoebisaken midrekilebas. lord soltairis gataceba rom moindoma, Tanamzraxvelad heizi gaixada.

gaxsovT, bavSvis gauCinarebis win Cemi minaweri werili arturTan? jeimss konverti gauxsnia da Secvlil baraTSi arturisTvis miuweria, rom igi mrude solis WalaSi, skolis maxloblad Sexvedroda. bavSvi daniSnul adgilze gamocxadebula, radgan werili TiTqos hercogis meuRlis TxovniT yofila gagzavnili. jeimsi WalaSi mivida velosipediT - raSic Semdeg TviTonve gamomityda - daarwmuna arturi, rom deda iqve axlos imyofeboda da Tu igi SuaRamisas WalaSi movidoda, cxenosani gamyoli daxvdeboda da monatrebul dedas Seaxvedrebda. ubeduri bavSvi maxeSi gaeba. daniSnul dros daTqmul adgilze mivida da iq heizi daxvda. is aramzada ponize mjdara da sadave xelT sWeria. arturi unagirze Semosjdomia da gzasac gasdgomian. rogorc Semdeg gamoirkva, jeimsma es mxolod guSin gaigo - maT mdevari dasweviaT. heizs mdevarisaTvis ramdenjerme daukravs TavSi kombali da sasikvdilo Wriloba miuyenebia. heizs arturi sastumroSi miuyvania, zemo sarTulze Caumwyvdevia da tyveqmnilze Tvalyuris devneba colisaTvis miundvia. mis heizsac keTil, magram sastiki qmris savsebiT morCil qals, misi brZaneba pirnaTlad Seusrulebia.

ai, mister holms, rogori iyo saqmis viTareba am ori dRis win, roca me da Tqven erTmaneTs SevxvdiT. am ambisa maSin Tqvenze meti arc me vicodi. Tu mkiTxavT, ram aiZula jeimsi, rom aseTi nabiji gadaedga, gipasuxebT: mas raRac brmad da fanatikurad sZulda lordi soltairi. jeimsi fiqrobda, rom yvela Cemi mamuli arturis xelSi gadavidoda da ar SeeZlo damSvidebiT laparaki memkvidreobis CvenSi arsebul kanonebze. isic sworia, rom mas ara marto siZulvili, aramed zusti angariSic amoZravebda. igi moiTxovda anderZiT dametovebina misTvis samemkvidreo mamulebi maioratis sawinaaRmdegod da samagierod Svilis dabrunebas mpirdeboda. icoda isic, rom mis winaaRmdeg policias ar mivmarTavdi. aseTi iyo jeimsis ganzraxva, magram ganzraxva ganzraxvad darCa, radgan movlenebi iseTi siswrafiT ganviTarda, rom mas Tavisi gegmis gansaxorcieleblad dro ar darCa.

Tqven ipoveT mokluli haidegeris gvami da amiT ukve bolo mouReT am veragul ganzraxvas. jeimss Tavzari dasca maswavleblis ambavma. es Cven guSin gavigeT. kabinetSi visxediT, roca doqtor haksteiblis depeSa mogvitanes. aman ise daabnia jeimsi, ise Seawuxa igi, rom bundovani varaudi, mudam Tan rom mdevda, mawuxebda, mtkice rwmenad meqca da braldeba pirdapir wavuyene. yvelaferi gulwrfelad aRiara, moinania, magram iqve damiwyo vedreba, raTa kidev sami dRe medrovebina, rom mis sazizRar Tanamzraxvels Tavis daZvrena moeswro. davuTme, rogorc vuTmobdi yovelTvis yvelaferSi da maSin jeimsi sastumroSi gaiqca, raTa heizisaTvis Seetyobinebina da gaqcevaSi daxmareboda. Cemi iq wasvla dRis sinaTleze ar SeiZleboda, radgan es Worebis sababad gadaiqceoda. daRamebas davucade da Cems sayvarel patara arturTan gaveSure. igi uvnebeli damixvda, magram ver warmoidgenT, ra saSineli STbeWdileba moexdina bavSvze mkvlelobas, rac mis Tvalwin moxda! micemuli sityva maxsovda, guli gavimagre, arturi sami dRiT kidev davtove sastumroSi heizis mzrunvelobis amara. yovelive amis Setyobineba policisaTvis ise, rom mkvleli ar gagveca, ar SeiZleboda, radgan heizis Sepyroba Cems ubedur jeimss daRupavda.

erTmaneTis mimarT gulaxdilebi viyoT-meTqi, mister holms, da neba momeciT, mec igive mogTxovoT. ukve giambeT yvelaferi, ara damimalavs ra, ara Semirbilebia ra. Tqvenc bolomde gulaxdili iyaviT CemTan.

- kargi, Tqveno brwyinvalebav, - miugo holmsma. - upirveles yovlisa, unda giTxraT, rom kanonis winaSe Tqveni mdgomareoba uaRresad seriozulia. Tqven dafareT sisxlis samarTlis danaSauli, daexmareT mkvlels gaqcevaSi, radgan misi gaqcevisaTvis saWiro fuli jeimsma uTuod Tqveni jibidan amoiRo.

hercogma usityvod daxara Tavi.

- diax, saqme friad seriozulia, magram, Cemi SexedulebiT, umcrosi Svilis winaSe Tqveni saqcieli kidev met kicxvas imsaxurebs, Tqveno brwyinvalebav. gana SeiZleba sami dRiT misi mitoveba im bunagSi?!

- ficiT damarwmunes...

- gana SeiZleba am xalxis ficze dandoba?! darwmunebuli xarT, rom sadme ufro Sors ar gadamalaven? damnaSave ufrosi Svilis saameblad safrTxeSi agdebT sruliad udanaSaulo bavSvs! ara, Tqveni saqcielis gamarTleba ar SeiZleba!

amayi hercogi ar iyo Cveuli aseTi sayvedurebis mosmenas da mere sad? sakuTar sasaxleSi! saxeze sisxli moawva, magram sindisma aiZula gaCumebuliyo.

- dagexmarebiT, oRond erTi pirobiT: gamouZaxeT msaxurs da Cemi gankarguleba dauyovnebliv aRasrulos.

hercogma usityvod daaWira TiTi eleqtrozars. kabinetSi laqia Semovida.

- albaT gesiamovnebaT, - uTxra holmsma, - rom lordi soltairi moiZebna. hercogi gibrZanebT dauyovnebliv gagzavnoT mis mosayvanad etli sastumro `mebrZol mamalSi~... axla ki, - dasZina holmsma, roca sixaruliT saxegabrwyinebuli laqia kabinetidan sirbiliT gavida, - roca, uzrunvelyaviT uaxloesi momavali, SegviZlia ufro lmobierad moveqceT axlo warsuls. ramdenadac samarTlianoba aRdgeba, me, rogorc araoficialur pirs, ar mimaCnia aucileblad Sevatyobino xelisuflebas yvelaferi, rac vici. heizi - sxva saqmea. mas saxrCobela elis da me TiTsac ar gavanZrev imisTvis, rom misi sicocxle vixsna. gaamJRavnebs Tu ara Tqvens saidumlos - ar vici, winaswarmetyvelebas ver vikisreb, magram Tqven ueWvelad SegiZliaT SeagonoT, rom zedmeti laparaki sargeblobas ar moutans, policiaSi heizs bralad wauyeneben gamosasyidis miRebis mizniT bavSvis gatacebas. Tu iq am saqmes Rrmad ar gaqeqen, me gavCumdebi da maT gezs ar mivcem. magram Tqvens brwyinvalebas ki unda vuTxra, rom mister jeims uailderis Semdgomi yofna Tqvens saxlSi sikeTes ar moitans.

- es TviTonac vici, mister holms, da misi bedi sabolood gadavwyvite. samudamod datovebs holdernes-hols da bednierebis saZebnelad avstraliaSi gaemgzavreba.

- Tqveno brwyinvalebav, Tqven ambobdiT, rom mister uailderi iyo ganxeTqilebis mizezi Tqvensa da meuRles Soris. xom ar SeurigdebiT axla hercogis qals da xelaxla xom ar moawesrigebT Tqvens ojaxur cxovrebas?

- amaze mec vifiqre, mister holms da dRes diliT ukve werili mivwere Cems colyofils.

- am SemTxvevaSi, - Tqva holmsma da adga, - me da Cems megobars SegviZlia erTmaneTs mivulocoT, rom Cvenma xanmokle yofnam Tqvens mxareSi sasikeTo nayofi gamoiRo. gamosarkvevi damrCa mxolod erTi sakiTxi. heizis cxenebi ise iyo daWedili, rom Zroxis Cliqebis kvals tovebdnen. vin aswavla es heizs, mister uailderma xom ara?

erTi wuTiT hercogi dumda, warbSekruli da erT wertilSi miCerebuli. Semdeg gverdiTa oTaxis kari SeaRo. Cven Tvalwin namdvili muzeumi gadaiSala. man Soreuli kuTxis vitrinasTan migviyvana da minis qveS amodebuli warwera gviCvena:

`es nalebi, - gvauwyebda warwera, - napovnia gaTxrebis dros holdernes-holis simagris TxrilSi. gankuTvnili iyo cxenebisaTvis, magram Weddnen Zroxis gaorebuli Cliqis formisas. etyoba, holdernesholeli feodalebi, romlebic Sua saukuneebSi Zarcvas eweodnen, amas kvalis asabnevad sCadiodnen~.

holmsma aswia minis saxuravi, TiTi nerwyviT daisvela da erT-erT nals gaayola. TiTze muqi laqa darCa - Waobis Slami jer kidev wesierad ar iyo SemSrali.

- madlobeli var, - uTxra Cemma megobarma. - ai, meore sagani, ramac Tqvens mxareSi metismetad damainteresa.

- pirveli?

holmsma frTxilad dakeca Ceki da ubis wignakSi Cado.

- mdidari kaci ara var, - Tqva da ubis wignaki pijakis gulis jibeSi saimedod Seinaxa.

meore laqa
aRar megona, Tu Cemi megobris - Serlok holmsis saxelovan sagmiro saqmeebze wera momixdeboda. masala ki ar Semomklebia. piriqiT, auarebeli Canaweri iseT saqmeebze, romlebic arasodes mixsenebia, jer kidev Semonaxuli maqvs. arc imisi Tqma SeiZleba, rom mkiTxvelebs am SesaniSnavi adamianis Taviseburi kvleva-Ziebis uCveulo xerxebisadmi interesi ganelebodeT. Cemi dumilis mizezi is gaxldaT, rom TviTon Serlok holmss aRar surda presaSi gamomzeurebuliyo moTxrobebi mis Tavgadasavalze. vidre Ziebis saqmeebs Camocildeboda, am dargSi mopovebul warmatebebze dawerili moTxrobebis gamoqveyneba misTvis garkveul praqtikul interess Seicavda, magram roca londoni miatova da saseqsis gorakebze futkris moSenebas mihyo xeli, saxeli da dideba SesZagda da daJinebiT moiTxovda, momeSviT da momasveneTo. mxolod mas Semdeg, rac Cemi dapireba Sevaxsene, Tavis droze am moTxrobas davbeWdav-meTqi, da davarwmune, rom drouli iqneboda moTxrobebis mTeli cikli aseTi mniSvnelovani epizodiT damesrulebina, rogorc iqna, miviRe misi Tanxmoba damestamba da saaSkaraoze gamometana dRemde ase gulmodgined dafaruli es saqme. Tu Cemi moTxrobis zogierTi detali burusiT moculi mogeCvenebaT, albaT iolad mixvdebiT, rom Cems TavSekavebas sakmaod safuZvliani mizezi gaaCnia.

erTxel, Semodgomaze, samSabaTs diliT (weli da aTeuli welic ki ar SeiZleba aRniSnul iqnas), Cvens karis zRurbls beikerstritze mTel evropaSi cnobilma orma kacma gadmoabija. erTi maTgani, mkacri, zviadi, arwiviseburi ieriTa da uflebismoyvare adamianis mzeriT aRWurvili, gaxldaT lord belinjeri, romelsac orjer eWira didi britaneTis premier-ministris posti. meore, koxta, Savgvremani axalgazrda, romelsac jer kidev saSualo asakisaTvis ar mieRwia, ara marto saxis swori nakvTebiTa da silamaziT iyo Semkuli, aramed bunebas misTvis maxvili Wkuac miemadlebina. es gaxldaT treloni houpi, inglisis peri da evropis saqmeTa ministri, saxelmwifo moRvawe, romlisganac Cveni qveyana yvelaze mets moeloda.

mosulebi qaRaldebiT savse divanze erTimeoris gverdiT Camosxdnen. aRelvebul da daqancul saxeebze iolad SeatyobdiT, rom CvenTan uaRresad mniSvnelovan da saswrafo saqmes moeyvana. premieris gamxdari, ZarRviani xelebi mousvenrad eWidebodnen qolgis Zvlis saxelurs. igi frTxilad da pirquSad Semogvcqeroda xan me, xan - holmss.

evropis saqmeTa ministri nerviulad iwiwknida ulvaSs da saaTis Zewkvs krialosaniviT aTamaSebda.

- rogorc ki saidumlo dokumetis dakargva SevniSne, mister holms, - es ki am diliT rva saaTze moxda, - dauyovnebliv vacnobe es samwuxaro ambavi premier-ministrs, da misi winadadebiT orivem Tqvenken gamovwieT.

- policias SeatyobineT?

- ara, ser! - Tqva premier-ministrma misTvis Cveuli sisxartiT da gadamwyveti kiloTi. - ar Segvityobinebia da Cveni azriT, aseTi saqcielis Cadena gaumarTlebelic iqneboda. Cven, uwinares yovlisa, saqmis gaxmaurebas veridebiT.

- ratom, ser?

- es saidumlo dokumenti, ris gauCinarebis Taobazec TqvenTan movediT, imdenad mniSvnelovania, rom misi dakargvis gaxmianeba SeiZleba gaxdes, da, warmoidgineT, mocemul momentSi ueWvelad gaxdeba kidec saerTaSoriso konfliqtis mizezi. SemiZlia gauzviadeblad vTqva, rom qveynis mSvidobis SenarCunebis sakiTxi im dokumentzea damokidebuli. Tu misi dakargvisa da Zebnis ambavi sruli idumalebiT ar iqna moculi, umjobesia Zebnaze sruliad aviRoT xeli, vinaidan es dokumenti swored im mizniT moipares, rom misi Sinaarsi saqveynod gaexmianebinaT.

- mesmis. axla ki, mister treloni houp, Zalian dagimadlebT, Tu dawvrilebiT momiyvebiT, ra garemoebebSi gaqra is dokumenti.

- mister holms, yovelives oriod sityviT gadmogcemT... es dokumenti - erT-erTi ucxoeli monarqis werili - eqvsi dRis win miviReT. werils imdenad didi saxelmwifoebrivi mniSvneloba hqonda, rom misi Senaxva saministros seifSi ver gavbede da yovel saRamos Sin mimqonda, uaitholterasze, da vinaxavdi sawol oTaxSi, oficialuri qaRaldebisaTvis gankuTvnil Caketil zardaxSaSi. iqve iyo guSin saRamosac, amaSi darwmunebuli var. roca sadilis win tansacmels vicvlidi, zardaxSasTan mivedi, gavaRe da dokumenti adgilze ido. dRes diliT ki werili gaqra. zardaxSa mTeli Rame sarkis gverdiT, Cemi tualetis magidaze idga. mec da Cemma meuRlemac fxizeli Zili viciT. orive mzad varT davificoT, rom RamiT oTaxSi aravin Semosula.