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samSabaTs, Teqvsmet marts, roca nasauzmevs TuTuns vabolebdiT da, Cveulebisamebr, torfis WaobebSi saseirnod vemzadebodiT, Cvens patara sastumro oTaxSi es ori kaci SemoiWra.

- mister holms, - Tqva aRlevebulma mRvdelma, - wuxel RamiT saSineli tragedia datrialda, pirdapir gaugonari ambavia! albaT TviTon gangebam mogiyvanaT ase droulad Cvens mxareSi, Cven xom viciT, inglisSi Tu vinmes SeuZlia Cveni daxmareba, es Tqvena xarT!

arc Tu Zalian megobrulad gadavxede mRvdels, magram holmsma piridan Cibuxi gamoiRo da, rogorc gamocdilma meZebarma monadiris Zaxilze, yurebi dacqvita. holmsma mRvdels aniSna, dajeqio da Cveni awrialebuli stumari Tavis TanamgzavrTan erTad divanze Camojda. mister mortimer trijeniss ufro rigianad eWira Tavi, magram misi gamxdari xelebis uneburi krunCxva da muqi Tvalebis ciebianiviT cimcimi mowmobda, rom isic gvarianad Sefucxunebuli iyo.

- vin mouTxrobs, me Tu Tqven? - hkiTxa mRvdelma.

- me xom ar vici, ra moxda TqvenTan, - Tqva holmsma, - magram raki ise Cans, rom pirvelad es ambavi Tqven aRmoaCineT, Tqvenve moyeviT: mRvdelma xom es Tqvengan gaigo.

saxeldaxelod Cacmul mRvdels gadavxede, mere mis koxtad Cacmul mdgmurs Sevavle Tvali da gulSi sasiamovno xicini vigrZeni im gaocebis gamo, rac maT saxeebze holmsis ubralo logikurma daskvnam gamoiwvia.

- neba miboZeT, ramdenime sityva giTxraT, - daiwyo mRvdelma. - da maSin Tqven TviTon gadawyvetT, mister trinejiss mousminoT da saqmis viTareba dawvrilebiT SeityoT, Tu dauyovnebliv unda gaeSuroT adgilobrivi daTvalierebis Casatareblad, SemTxvevis adgilze. me ki ai, ra minda gauwyoT: guSin saRamos Cveni megobari stumrad iyo Tavis ZmebTan, ouenTan da jorjTan. iqve iyo maTi da brenda. maTi saxli tridenik uorTSi, torfis WaobebSi, Zveli qvis jvris maxlobladaa. TerTmeti saaTi rom daiwyo, mister trijenisi ukan gamobrunda. manamde sasadiloSi banqos TamaSobdnen, Tavs yvela janmrTelad da mxiarulad grZnobda. dRes diliT, jer kidev sauzmobamde, Cveni megobari (romelic yovelTvis adre dgeba) saseirnod wavida Tavisi dedmamiSvilebis saxlisaken. gzaze wamoewia eqim riCardsis etli. aRmoCnda, rom eqimi is-is iyo tridenik uorTSi gamoeZaxaT. ra Tqma unda, mister mortimer trijenisic masTan erTad gaemgzavra. adgilze misulebi raRac gaugonari ambis mowmeni Seiqnen. da-Zmebi magidas isev ise usxdnen, rogorc mortimerma wina Rames datova. win isev is banqo hqondaT gaSlili, magram sanTlebi bolomde Camwvariyo. brenda savarZelSi mkvdari egdo, aqeT-iqiT ki Zmebi isxdnen: yvirodnen, mRerodnen, xarxarebdnen... erTi sityviT namdvili giJebiviT iqceodnen. samives, mkvdar dasa da or Wkuadakargul Zmas saxeebze hqondaT Seyinuli gamouTqmeli SiSi da zari, romlis xilvac saSiSi da eldis damcemia. araviTari kvali ara Cans, rom saxlSi vinme gareSe yofiliyo. misis porterma, moxucma mzareulma, araferi icis, mnem ganacxada, rom mTeli Rame eZina da araferi gaugia. moparuli araferi araa, yvela nivTi Tavis adgilzea da amitom sruliad gaugebaria, ase ram daaSina is sabralo adamianebi, rom qalma sicocxle dakarga, xolo Zmebi ki Wkuidan SeiSalnen. ai, mokled yvelaferi, mister holms da Tu Tqven dagvexmarebiT momxdari ambis garkvevaSi, did saqmes gaakeTebT.

me jer kidev imedi mqonda, Cems megobars daviyoliebdi, efiqra dasvenebaze, rac Cveni iq yofnis mizans Seadgenda. magram holmsis Cafiqrebul, daZabul saxes rom Sevxede da misi Seyrili warbebi davinaxe, maSinve mivxvdi, rom yvela imedi fuWi iyo. holmsi dumda. igi mTlianad STaenTqa im araCveulebriv dramas, romelic Cvens wynar cxovrebaSi SemoiWra.

- me am saqmis kvlevas dauyovnebliv Sevudgebi - Tqva bolos. - ramdenadac mesmis, sruliad gansakuTrebuli SemTxvevaa. TviTon iyaviT iq, mister raundhei?

- ara, mister holms. rogorc ki gavige mister trijenisisgan es ubedureba, maSinve TqvenTan gamoveSureT rCevisTvis.

- Sorsaa is saxli, sadac es sazareli tragedia datrialda?

- aqedan erTi mili manZili iqneba.

- maS erTad wavideT. magram jer, mister mortimer trijenis, minda ramdenime kiTxva mogceT.

trijenisi dumda, xma-krinti ar dauZravs, magram SevniSne, rom sulis siRrmeSi is ufro SeSfoTebuli iyo, vidre mcqmutavi da sityvauxvi mRvdeli. is ubeduri gafiTrebul, dabRnejil, mousvenar mzeras holmss ar acilebda da gamxdari xelebi nerviulobisagan xan ekumSeboda da xan eSleboda. mRvdeli rom im saSinel ambavs hyveboda, trijeniss ferwasuli bageebi uTrToda, da momeCvena, TiTqos is saSineli suraTi mis TvalebSi irekleboda.

- yvelaferi mkiTxeT, rasac saWirod CaTvliT, mister holms, - TiTqos xalisiT warmoTqva trijenisma. - CemTvis Znelia amaze laparaki, magram arafers dagimalavT.

- momiyeviT guSindeli saRamos ambavi.

- rac mister raundheim mogaxsenoT, yvelaferi ise gaxldaT. erTad visadileT, Semdeg ufrosma Zmam jorjma vistis TamaSi SemogvTavaza. banqos cxra saaTze mivusxediT. TerTmetis TxuTmetze Sin dasabruneblad movemzade. magidas usxdnen, janmrTelebi da mxiarulebi.

- Tqven rom wamoxvediT, vin gamogacilaT da kari vin daxura?

- misis porteri ukve dawolili iyo, aravis gamovucilebivar, TviTon movixure kari. fanjara im oTaxisa, romelSiac da-Zmebi davtove, daxuruli iyo, magram fardebi ar hqondaT CamoSvebuli. dRes diliTac kar-fanjara iseve daxuruli aRmoCnda. cxadia, daxurul karsa da sarkmelebSi ucxo vinme ver Seipareboda. da mainc agre mgonia, rom SiSma Wkuidan gadaiyvana Cemi Zmebi, SiSmave mokla brenda... rom genaxaT, rogor egdo, savarZlis saxeluridan gadmokidebuli... sikvdilamde ra damaviwyebs im oTaxs!

- rasac Tqven ambobT, ubralod, gaugonari ambavia, - Tqva holmsma. - magram ramdenadac mesmis, momxdaris mizezi CvenTvis sruliad ucnobia? Tqven xom ara gaqvT raime varaudi, an mosazreba momxdari ubedurebis mizezsa da sababze?

- es eSmakis saqmea, holms, eSmakis saqme! - SesZaxa mortimer trijenisma. - am saqmeSi uwminduri sulis xeli urevia, raRac saSineleba moxda da adamianebma Wkua dakarges. gana adamians SeuZlia, aseTi ram moimoqmedos?

- Tu momxdari ambis dasadgenad adamianuri Zala da unari ara kmara, maSin gamocnoba da gamoZieba mec gamiWirdeba, - SeniSna holmsma. - magram, vidre Tqvens versias daveTanxmebi, yvela realuri mizezi, varaudi, mosazreba da eWvi unda avwon-davwono, Sevamowmo, uarvyo, anda davadasturo, mxolod da mxolod samxiliTa da faqtebiT. mister trijenis, Tqven raRac uTanxmoebac geqnebodaT Tqvens naTesavebTan, - Tqven xom calke cxovrobT, ara?

- diax, asec gaxldaT, mister holms, Tumca es warsulis saqmea. Cvens winaprebs redrutSi kalis sabadoebi hqondaT, magram Semdeg kompanias mivyideT, saSualeba mogveca gvarianad gvecxovra da iqaurobas gavecaleT. ar davfarav, rom gayofis dros waviCxubeT da erTxans kidev vemdurodiT erTmaneTs. magram rac iyo, iyo, ukmayofileba warsuls CavabareT da Cven isev erTgul megobrebad davrCiT.

- Cven mainc guSindel ambavs mivubrundeT. xom ver gaixsenebT raimes, rac odnav mainc, Tundac arapirdapiri gziT, am idumalebiT mocul ambavs Suqs mohfenda? kargad dafiqrdiT, mister trijenis, momxdari ubedurebis asaxsnelad yoveli miniSneba gamomadgeba.

- ara, ser, araferi aseTi ar magondeba.

- Tqven rom wamoxvediT, Tqveni naTesavebi Cveulebriv gunebaze iyvnen?

- diax, Zalian karg gunebaze.

- xom ar nerviulobdnen. metismetad aRgznebulni, aforiaqebulni xom ar iyvnen, moaxloebuli safrTxis winaTgrZnoba xom ara hqondaT?

- ara, ara.

- maS, metiT arafriT SegiZliaT damexmaroT?

mortimer trijenisma mexsiereba daZaba.

- ai, ra momagonda, - Tqva bolos, - roca banqos vTamaSobdiT, zurgi fanjrisken mqonda miqceuli. xolo Cemi Zma, jorji Cemi partniori, fanjaraSi icqireboda. uceb SevniSne, rom Cemi mxrebis ukan, daZabulad umzerda raRacas. mec movbrundi da gavixede. fanjara daxuruli iyo, magram fardebi ar gvqonda CamoSvebuli, da mindorze buCqebi SevniSne. momeCvena, TiTqos im buCqebSi raRac moZraobda. ver gavarkvie, kaci iyo Tu cxoveli, magram darwmunebuli var, rom iq viRac iyo. roca Zmas vkiTxe saiT gaiyurebi ase daJinebiT-meTqi, mipasuxa, raRac momeCvenao. ai, sul es iyo.

- mere, ar dainteresdiT, ra iyo es?

- ara, imwuTas damaviwyda.

- roca gzas gaudeqiT, cudi winaTgrZnoba xom ara gqondaT? xom ar geSinodaT?

- sulac ara.

- kargad ver gavige, rogor SeityeT ase adrianad axali ambavi?

- Cveulebriv, adre vdgebi da sauzmobamde saseirnod gavdivar xolme. dRes diliT gzaze eqimis orTvala etli damewia. eqimma miTxra, es aris, moxucma mis porterma ymawvili gamogzavna da saswrafod mixmoo. mec orTvalaSi Cavxti da erTad wavediT. rogorc ki adgilze mivediT, maSinve oTaxSi SevcvivdiT. sanTlebi da buxarSi cecxli didi xnis Camqrali iyo, oTaxSi gaTenebamde wyvdiadi yofila. eqimma Tqva, brenda eqvsi saaTis win momkvdarao. Zaladobis araviTari kvali da niSnebi ar emCneoda. iwva savarZelSi saxelurze gadakidebul da saxeze SiSis zari exata. jorji da oueni sxvadasxva xmaze mRerodnen da raRacas maimunebiviT burtyunebdnen. o, es saSineli sanaxaoba iyo! me Zlivs moviTmine, Zlivs gavuZeli, xolo eqimi tilosaviT gaTeTrda, cudad gaxda da savarZelSi Cavarda. kidev kargi, Cveni mosavleli ar Seiqna.

- Zalian sayuradRebo ambavia... Zalian sayuradRebo! - warmoTqva holmsma, adga da qudi aiRo. - vfiqrob, dro rom ar davkargoT, pirdapir tridenik uorTSi gaveSuroT. unda vaRiaro, iSviaTad Semxvedria saqme, romelic Tavidanve esoden uCveulod momCvenebia.

im diliT Cvens Ziebas didi warmateba ar ewera. Tumca dasawyisSive moxda erTi SemTxveva, ramac Cems gonebaze Zalze damTrgunvelad imoqmeda. SemTxvevis adgilisaken viwro Sukas mivuyvebodiT. moulodnelad, mixveul-moxveul gzaze moraxraxe etli gamoCnda. gzispirs gadavuxvieT, rom gza dagvecala. etli rom gagvisworda, aweuli minis qvemodan gamoCnda Tvalebgadmokarkluli, kbilebdakreWili, moqceuli saxe. daWyetilma Tvalebma da gadmoyrilma kbilebma marTlac saSinel molandebasaviT Cagviqrola.

- Cemi Zmebi! - SesZaxa erTianad gaTeTrebulma mortimer trijenisma, - isini helstonSi mihyavT!

SeZrwunebulebma gavayoleT Tvali Sav karetas, gzas rom gamayruebeli raxraxiT miuyveboda. Semdeg im saxlisaken gavwieT, sadac im ubedurebs marTlac ucnauri bedi ewiaT.

es iyo farTo, naTeli saxli, ufro vila eTqmoda, vidre koteji, didi baRiT, sadac, rbili kornueluri havis wyalobiT, gazafxulis yvavilebi ukve surnels afrqvevdnen. am baRSi sastumrodan gadioda fanjara, saidanac, mortimer trijenisis mtkicebiT, saxlSi avi suli SeiWra da saxlis patronebi daasapyra da mokla kidec. vidre aivanze avidodiT, holmsma nela, dafiqrebulma daaTvaliera yvavilnarebi da baRis gzebi miiar-moiara. maxsovs, igi ise iyo fiqrebSi garTuli, rom sarwyuls wamoedo, wyali daRvara da fexebi dagvisvela. saxlSi dagvxvda moxuci mne, misis porteri, romelic axalgazrda mosamsaxure gogos daxmarebiT meurneobas uZRveboda. igi xalisiT pasuxobda holmss yvela kiTxvaze. ara, RamiT araferi gamigiao, Tqva. batonebi ukanasknel dros Zalian karg gunebaze iyvnen. ar maxsovs, odesme ase mxiarulebi da kmayofilebi yofiliyvnen. diliT rom avdeqi, oTaxSi Sevedi da vnaxe, ra yofaSic usxdnen Zmebi magidas, gulwasuli Zirs davecio. gons rom movedi, fanjara gamovaRe, oTaxSi haeris gasawmendad, mere gzaze gavvardi, fermeris ymawvils davuZaxe da eqimTan gavagzavneo. Tu daxedva gindaT, diasaxlisi Tavis sawolSi asvenia. oTxi janmagari sanitari Zlivs moeria or gagiJebul Zmas da etlSi ris vaivaglaxiT Casves. xvalamdec veRar davrCebi am saxlSi, dauyovnebliv sentaivsSi, Cems saxlSi unda wavideo, ganacxada bolos mnem.

zemoT avediT da vnaxeT brenda trinejisis gvami. marTalia, Suaxans gadacilebuli iyo, magram axlac yvela mxilveli ityoda, axalgazrdobaSi mzeTunaxavi yofilao. sikvdilis Semdegac ki mis mSvenier, Tumca Savgvreman, saxis natif nakvTebze SiSis daRi irekleboda - es iyo misi ukanaskneli gancda sikvdilis win. sawolidan CamovediT sastumroSi, sadac moxda es umagaliTo tragedia. buxarSi cecxli jer kidev bJutavda. magidaze oTxi Camwvar-CaRvenTili sanTeli moCanda. banqo aqeT-iqiT iyo mimobneuli. skamebi kedlebTan iyo midgmuli, sxva nivTebs aravin Sexeboda. holmsma msubuqi, swrafi nabijebiT daiara oTaxi. skamebze jdeboda, sxva adgilze gadahqonda da dgamda ise, rogorc wina saRamos iqnebodnen midgmul-modgmulni. arkvevda, ramdenad Canda baRi sxvadasxva kuTxidan. gasinja iataki, Weri. buxari, magram erTxelac ver SevniSne mis TvalebSi is gaelveba, verc mokumuli bageebi, rac CemTvis imisi dasturi iqneboda, rom Tavsatexis gasaRebi mignebuli hqonda. - risTvis enTo buxarSi cecxli? - ikiTxa uceb, - nuTu aseT patara oTaxs gazafxulzec aTboben?

mortimer trijenisma ganmarta, rom saRamos cioda da sineste iyo. amitom, roca is mivida, buxarSi cecxlic gaaCaRes.

- Semdeg ras apirebT, mister holms? - hkiTxa mere TviTon.

Cemma megobarma RimiliT damado xeli mxarze.

- iciT, uotson, me albaT isev momixdeba Cibuxis qaCva da Tqveni samarTliani sayvedurebis mosmena. Tqveni nebarTviT, batonebo, Cven Sin davbrundebiT, radgan aq raime axalis povnis imedi aRara maqvs. yvela cnobil faqts didi yuradRebiT gavaanalizeb, mister trijenis, da, Tu raime damijdeba WkuaSi, dauyovnebliv SegatyobinebT Tqvena da mRvdels. jer ki, neba miboZeT, dagemSvidoboT.

kotejSi rom davbrundiT, holmsi daZabul dumils mieca. Rrma savarZelSi ijda, Tambaqos bolqvebiT garemoculi. Savi warbebi dabla daeSva, Subls ise Wmuxnida, rom naoWebi gauCnda, gandegilis natanj saxeze fiqris daRma ielva da Tvalebi jiutad aSterdebodnen erT wertils. bevri fiqris Semdeg Cibuxi gadaagdo da zeze wamoiWra.

- araferi ar gamodis, uotson! - gaicina, - jobs, wavideT, gaviaroT, kaJiani isrebi vipovoT. umal aseT iSviaTobas vnaxavT, vidre am Tavsatexis pasuxs. tvini rom aiZulo, maSin imuSaos, roca araa sakmao masala samuSaod - es igivea, rom motori gaaxuro da gadawva. tvini namsxvrevebad iqceva. zRis haeri, mze da moTmineba - ai, ra gvWirdeba, uotson, danarCeni ki mogvardeba.

- axla ki damSvidebiT ganvsajoT Seqmnili mdgomareobis avkargi, - ganagrZo man, roca xramis Tavze biliks mivuyvebodiT. - mtkiced unda davimaxsovroT is mainc, rac gagvaCnia, im droisaTvis, roca axali faqtebi gamoCndeba. jer erTi, SevTanxmdeT, rom eSmakis manqanebi aq arafer SuaSia. es azri Tavidan unda amovigdoT. Cinebulia. Cvens Tvalwinaa sami ubeduri msxverpli romeliRac ganazraxi an uneburi danaSaulisa, rac adamianma Caidina. ai, esaa sayrdeni wertili CvenTvis. axla wavideT win. rodis moxda ubedureba? Tu mortimer trijeniss verwmunebiT, saxlidan misi wasvlisTanave. es Zalze mniSvnelovani wvrilmania. etyoba, yvelaferi misi wasvlidan ramdenime wuTis Semdeg daiwyo da dasrulda. Turme mag droisaTvis, Cveulebriv, dasaZineblad wvebodnen xolme. isini ki isev sxedan, skamebic ki arsaiT miudg-moudgamT. amrigad, vimeoreb: es moxda dauyovnebliv stumris wasvlis Semdeg da ara ugvianes saRamos TerTmeti saaTisa.

axla kvaldakval mivyveT, ramdenad aris SesaZlebeli is, rac mortimer trijenisma Caidina, oTaxidan rom gavida. es sulac araa Zneli saqme da igi TiTqos eWvs gareSe dgas. Tqven icnobT Cems meTodebs da sarwyavze daudevrobiT fexis wamokvrac imisaTvis damWirda, rom misi fexis mkafio anabeWds davkvirvebodi. svel qviSaze Cinebuli anabeWdi dautovebia. guSin saRamosac, rogorc gaxsovT, niadagi sveli iyo da me iolad mivyevi mis nakvalevs. yvelafridan Cans, rom is kaci mRvdlis saxlisaken miiswrafoda.

raki mortimer trijenisi scenidan qreba, maSasadame, banqos moTamaSeebs viRac sxva gamoecxadaT. vin iyo is kaci da riT gamoiwvia aseTi elda? misis porteri gamoricxulia. igi aSkarad arafer SuaSia. SeiZleba Tu ara imis mtkiceba, rom viRaca baRidan gamovida, fanjaras miadga da Tavisi gamoCeniT aseTi ubedureba daatriala? Cven amis Taobaze erTaderTi Cveneba gvaqvs da is Cvenebac isev mortimer trijeniss ekuTvnis. es man SeamCnia, rom misma Zmam buCqebSi viRaca dalanda. baRSi viRaca Tu raRaca moZraobda. es ucnauria, radgan bneli saRamo iyo, wvimda, da Tu vinme marTla apirebda trijenisebis daSinebas, im adamians fanjris minaze cxviri da piri zed unda mieWylita. fanjris qveS ki didi yvavilnaria da iq fexis araviTari nakvalevi araa. Zneli warmosadgenia, rogor unda moexerxebina ucnobs ase Soridan egzom sazareli STabeWdileba moexdina. amas garda, vera vxedav Sesaferis motivs aseTi amouxsneli saqcielisaTvis. xvdebiT, ra siZneleebia Cven win, uotson?

- oRondac! - dabejiTebiT vupasuxe me.

- da mainc, Tu mcireodeni axali monacemebi movipoveT, am siZneleebs iolad davZlevT. Cemi fiqriT, Cvens uzarmazar arqivebSi, uotson, bevri iqneba aseTive amouxsneli SemTxveva. es saqme manamde unda gadavdoT, vidre ufro zust cnobebs SevkrebT. es dila ki neoliTis adamianis Zebnas SevwiroT.

mgoni, mogaxseneT, rom Cemi megobari Ziebidan sxva saqmeze gadarTvis saocari unariT ganirCeoda. magram arasodes es ambavi ise Zlier ar gamkvirvebia, rogorc im gazafxulis dilas kornuelSi, roca TiTqmis mTeli ori saaTi igi keltebze, Tavis qalebze da kaJis bunikebze msjelobda da Tanac ise udardelad irjeboda, TiTqos avbediTi saidumlo sulac ar awuxebda. Sin dabrunebulebs iseTi stumari gveloda, romelmac maSinve sinamdvilis sarbielze dagvabruna. Cven mas kargad vicnobdiT. axmaxi aRnagoba, tlanqi naoWebiT daRaruli saxe, cecxlovani Tvalebi, arwiviseburi kexiani cxviri, SeWaRaravebuli Tavi, TiTqmis Wers rom uswordeboda, oqrosferi wveri aqa-iq SeTeTrebuli da bageebis garSemo sigarisagan CayviTlebuli - es niSnebi kargad iyo cnobili londonsa da afrikaSi da SeiZleboda mxolod erTi adamianisaTvis migekuTvnebinaT, es gaxldaT eqimi leon sterndeili, saxelganTqmuli mkvlevari da lomebze monadire.

gagonili gvqonda, rom igi sadRac Cvens maxloblad cxovrobda da araerTxel dagvinaxavs kidec es zorzoxi kaci torfis WaobebSi. Cveni gacnoba mas ar ucdia, da miZaleba gasacnobad arc Cven mogvsvlia azrad, radgan vicodiT, rom ganmartoebisadmi siyvaruliRa aiZulebda mogzaurobidan mogzaurobamde dro am miyruebul kuTxeSi gaetarebina, aq cxovrobda igi sruliad marto, wignebiTa da rukebiT garemoculi, TviTonve awarmoebda Tavis martiv meurneobas da sulac ar ainteresebda, riT suldgmulebdnen misi mezoblebi. amitom Zalian gamaoca misma sificxem, riTac holmss ekiTxeboda, moaxerxeT Tu ara am miuwvdomeli saidumloebidan raimes gamocnobao.

- policia CixSi moeqca, - Tqva man, - magram iqneba Tqvenma mdidarma gamocdilebam iZalos da saqmis gamoZieba SeiZloT. gTxovT, mendoT, radgan am mxaris xSiri stumari var, trijenisebis ojaxs axlos vicnob, dedis mxridan naTesavebadac ki momxvdebian. Tavadac mogexsenebaT, maTma saSinelma bedma damamwuxra. afrikaSi mivemgzavrebodi, ukve plimutSi viyavi, roca am diliT es Semzaravi ambavi gavige da maSinve aqeT gamomiwia gulma, rom ZiebaSi dagxmarebodiT.

holmsma warbebi azida.

- amisaTvis CamoxvediT gemidan?

gemebs ra gamolevs, sxvas gavyvebi.

- RmerTo Cemo, ai megobrobac aseTi unda!

- aki mogaxseneT, naTesavebi varT-meTqi.

- diax, maxsovs, dedis mxridan. bargi ukve gembanze iyo?

- nawili. meti wili jer kidev sastumroSi mqonda.

- mesmis. magram Tqveni naTesavebis daRupvis cnoba dRes diliTve xom ver moxvdeboda pilmutis gazeTebSi?

- ara, ser, depeSa miviRe.

- neba momeciT, gkiTxoT, visgan miiReT depeSa?

mkvlevars gamxdari saxe moequfra.

- Tqven metismetad cnobismoyvare xarT, mister holms.

- aseTi gaxlavT Cemi profesia.

eqimma sterndeilma Zlivs daibruna uwindeli simSvide.

- ratom unda dagimaloT simarTle, - Tqva man. - depeSa gamomigzavna mister raundheim, mRvdelma.

- madlobeli var, - sityva CamoarTva holmsma. - rac Seexeba Tqvens kiTxvas, SemiZlia aseTi pasuxi gagceT, jer kidev ver gavrkveulvar saqmis arsSi, magram mtkiced mwams, rom WeSmaritebas mivagneb. jerjerobiT sul esaa.

- xom ver metyviT, eWvi Tu gaqvT vinmeze?

- amaze pasuxs ver gagcemT.

- maSin tyuilad movsulvar, mets aRar SegawuxebT.

saxelganTqmuli eqimi farTo nabijebiT gavida oTaxidan, igi sagrZnoblad Sewuxebuli gaxldaT. xuT wuTSi holmsic Tan gahyva. Cemi megobari saRamomde aRar gamoCenila. roca dabrunda, daRlili da ukmayofilo gamometyveleba hqonda, riTac davrwmundi, rom Ziebam kvlav uSedegod Caiara. Sin depeSa eloda. Tvali gadaavlo da buxarSi isrola.

- plimutidanaa, uotson, sastumrodan, - amixsna, - mRvdels SekiTxva gavugzavne da depeSiT Sevamowme eqim sterndeilis sityvebis simarTle. mas marTla gauTevia iq Rame da misi bargis nawili marTlac afrikaSi wasula. TviTon ki dabrunda, rom kvleva-ZiebaSi monawileoba miiRoso. ras ityviT, uotson?

- Cans, es saqme gulTan axlo miutania.

- Zalian. ai, es unda iyos is Zafi, rasac jer kidev ver mivyolivarT da rasac SeuZlia labirinTidan gamogviyvanos. mxned iyaviT, uotson, darwmunebuli var, rom yvelaferi jer kargad ar viciT. roca mets gavigebT, yvela siZnele ukan dagvrCeba.

veranairad ver vivaraudebdi, rom holmsis sityva ase male acxaddeboda. verc imas warmovidgendi, ra ucnauri da sazareli aRmoCndeboda Cveni aRmoCena, romelmac Zieba sul sxva, axali gziT warmarTa. diliT, roca pirs viparsavdi, cxenis floqvebis xma Semomesma. fanjaraSi gavixede da orTvala etli davinaxe. etli didi siswrafiT mohqroda. igi Cvens WiSkarTan gaCerda, orTvalidan mRvdeli gadmoxta da, rac Zali da Rone hqonda, baRis gzaze gamoiqca. holmsi ukve mzad iyo da Cven saCqarod SevegebeT.

mRelvarebisagan Cveni stumari Zlivs laparakobda, magram bolos, rogorc iqna, qoSiniT amoRerRa:

- Cven eSmakis xelSi varT, mister holms! Cemi ubeduri mrevli eSmakis xelSi moxvda! - gaiZaxoda da Tan suli exuTeboda. - TviTon satana dasaxlda iq. dagvimona, dagvasapyra. mRelvarebisagan adgilze cekvavda da es sasacilo iqneboda, nacrisferi saxe da giJuri Tvalebi rom ara. naTqvams saSineli axali ambavi moayola:

- mister mortimer trijenisic iseve mokvda wuxel, rogorc misi da-Zmani daixocnen.

naTqvamze energiiT aRsavse holmsi pirdapir Sexta da Semotrialda.

- Tqveni orTvala Cven ors SemTxvevis adgilze ver migviyvans?

- rogor ara!

- uotson, mere visauzmoT. mister raundhei, Cven mzada varT! Cqara, Cqara, vidre iq yvelaferi xeluxlebelia!

mortimer trijeniss mRvdlis saxlSi kuTxis ori oTaxi eWira, orive gancalkevebuli, erTi meoris Tavze. pirvel sarTulze sastumro iyo, meoreze sawoli. fanjrebi kroketis moedans gadahyurebda. Cven eqimsac gavuswariT da policiasac. ase rom, SemTxvevis adgilze yvelaferi marTlac xeluxlebeli dagvxvda. neba momeciT, aRvwero mTeli scena, rac martis Tvis im nislian dilas vnaxeT. samudamod CamrCa xsovnaSi is suraTi da Cemi gonebidan mas vera Zala ver amoSlis.

oTaxSi daxuTuli, maxrCobela-mgudavi haeri idga. mosamsaxure gogos rom diliT fanjara ar gaeRo, sunTqva SeuZlebeli iqneboda. nawilobriv es imiT aixsneboda, rom magidis Suaze idga da jer kidev xrColavda navTis lampa. magidasTan mdgari savarZlis sazurgeze miyrdnobili mkvdari mortimeri ijda. Txeli wveri aburZgnoda, saTvale Sublze hqonda aweuli, xolo fanjrisken miqceul Savgvreman, gamxdar saxeze iseTive SiSis daRi Sehyinvoda misi gansvenebuli dis saxeze rom vixileT. dakrunCxuli xel-fexiTa da dagrexil-dawmawnuli TiTebiT iolad gamoicnobdiT, rom SiSis paroqsizmiT daRupuliyo. Cacmuli iyo, Tumca isic SeiniSneboda, rom tansacmeli haiharad hqonda gadacmuli. raki vicodiT, rom saRamos dawva, unda gvevarauda, rom aRsasruli alionze ewvia.

rogorc ki sabediswero oTaxSi SevediT, holmsi gardaiqmna. misi garegnuli flegmaturoba uceb Secvala mozRvavebulma energiam. igi jer mTlad yuradRebad iqca, Tvalebi gaubrwyinda, saxegaqvavebuli ciebianiviT swrafad moZraobda, aRgznebulad da gamalebulad. igi gareT, molze gaiWra, mere fanjridan ukan, oTaxSi SemoZvra, Semoirbina oTaxi, airbina zemoT, - mokled, mwevariviT iqceoda, romelmac nadiris siaxlove igrZno da geSi aiRo. swrafad moaTvaliera sawoli oTaxi da fanjara gamoaRo. etyoba, raRac axali mizezi aRmoaCina. isev aRegzno, fanjaraSi Tavi gahyo da sixarulis xmamaRali SeZaxili aRmoxda. mere dabla daeSva, baRSi gavarda, balaxSi gaiSxlarTa, wamoxta da isev oTaxSi Sevarda. yvelaferi es moimoqmeda im monadiris mRelvarebiT, romelic nadiris kvalze midis. gansakuTrebiT dainteresda lampiT, romelic, erTi SexedviT, sruliad Cveulebrivi iyo, gazoma misi rezervuari, Semdeg linzis meSveobiT gasinja Suqfari, romelic lampis minas zemodan faravda, gareTa zedapiridan cota Wvartli Camofxika, konvertSi Cayara, konverti ki safuleSi Seinaxa. bolos, policiisa da eqimis gamocxadebis Semdeg, mRvdels aniSna da Cven molze gavediT.

- moxaruli var SegatyobinoT, rom Cemma Ziebam uqmad ar Caiara, - ganucxada yvelas. - ar vapireb am saqmis gansjas policiis TandaswrebiT, magram Tqven, mister raundhei, gTxovT Cemi Rrma pativiscema inspeqtoris mimarT damidasturoT sityvierad da misi yuradReba sawoli oTaxis fanjarasa da sasadilos magidaze mdgar lampas miaqcioT. erTic da meorec garkveul eWvs badebs, orive erTad ki garkveuli daskvnis safuZvels iZleva. Tu inspeqtors raime cnobebi dasWirdeba, moxaruli viqnebi misi xilviT. axla ki, uotson, jobs, aqaurobas gavecaloT.