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- rasac movelodi, swored is SevniSne.

- qvafenilze raRas urtyamdiT Tqvens xeljoxs?

- Cemo Zvirfaso uotson, axla adgilis daTvaliereba movamTavroT da mere vimaslaaToT. Cven amJamad mtris teritoriaze moqmedi mzveravebi varT da seqs-koburgskverSi cota ram viynoseT. axla am saxlebs gadaRma mdebare quCebi unda davzveroT.

rogorc ki seqs-koburgskveris mosaxvevs gavcdiT, Cvens Tvalwin iseTi kontrastuli suraTi gadaiSala, rogorc Zfirfas mxatvrul namuSevars da mis ukana mxares Soris arsebobs. seqs-koburgskveris mosaxvevidan pirdapir qalaqis mTavar quCaze gavediT, romelic sitis qalaqis Crdilo da dasavleT mxareebTan aerTebda. mTavari quCa savse iyo orive mxares or-or wyebad mavali etlebiT. trotuarze ki uamravi xalxi mimodioda. Zneli warmosadgeni iyo, rom am mSvenieri maRaziebisa da brwyinvale kontorebis ukan usicocxlod Camkvdari, miyruebuli skveri iyo.

- minda Zalian kargad davaTvalieroT am rigSi mdgari saxlebi, rom davimaxsovro romeli Senoba romels mosdevs. kargad mogexsenebaT, Cemi sayvareli saqme londonis yovelmxrivi Seswavlaa. jer mort-meris Tambaqos savaWro saxlia, mere gazeTebiT savaWro, mas mosdevs qalaqisa da gareubnis bankis koburgis ganyofileba, mere vegetarianelTa restoranelTa restorani, is ki markferlenis etlebis saxelosno saxlia, amis mere ki sxva kvartali iwyeba. Cveni samuSao ukve damTavrebulia, uotson, da SegviZlia cota gaverToT. axla sandviCi da yava Zalian mogvixdeba. mere ki CavefloT violinos tkbil, naz, harmoniul hangebSi, iq, sadac ver mogwvdebian JRalTmiani klientebi da veRar Segvawuxebs maTi Tavsatexi amocanebi.

Serlok holmss Zalze uyvarda musika. igi ara marto kargi Semsrulebeli, aramed kargi kompozitoric gaxldaT. mTel saRamos xmaamouReblivijda xolme savarZelSi da Tavis grZel TiTebs musikis taqtze amoZravebda. misi Rimilgadafenili saxisa da siamovnebis buranSi CaZirul TvalTa isris danaxvaze sruliad gadagaviwydebodaT, rom igi maZebari Serlok holmsi gaxldaT, is gamWriaxi Serlok holmsi, romelic damnaSaveTa samyaros SiSis zars scemda. mis xasiaTSi dualisturad monacvleobdnen sakvirveli gamWriaxoba da sagnebis da movlenebis poeturi Wvreta. mis xasiaTSi erTmaneTs ecileboda ukidresi daqanculoba da yovlisSTanTqavi uzarmazari energia. rogorc Semoqmeds, saRamoobiT, Tavdaviwyebamde swvavda sakuTari improvizaciebi da notebi. magram masSi uecradve ifeTqebda monadiris avxorculi vneba da misi brwyinvale intuicia da SesaniSnavi gonebrivi Zala axla am asparezze Seisxamda xorcs. vinc ar icnobda holmssa da mis meTods, swored amitom Tvlida mas uCveulo arsebad da, rogorc arabunebrivi niWiT dajildoebul adamians, eWviT ucqeroda.

im saRamos sent jeims holSi musikis hangebSi Caflul holmss rom vucqerdi, vgrZnobdi, rom, vinc mis klanWebSi moeqceoda, kargi dRe ar daadgeboda.

- albaT saxlSi wasvlas apirebT ara, uotson? - mkiTxa man, roca koncertis dasasruls gareT gamovediT.

- diax, ra Tqma unda.

- me ki koburgskverze unda davbrunde da erTi saqme movamTavro, romelsac ori-sami saaTi dasWirdeba. Zalian seriozuli saqmea.

- seriozuli?

- iq mzaddeba Zalian mniSvnelovani danaSauli. Cemi azriT, jer kidev SeiZleba misi Tavidan acileba. magram saqmes is arTulebs, rom dRes SabaTi dRea. Tqveni daxmareba damWirdeba, uotson.

- romel saaTze?

- aTze.

- aT saaTze beikerstirtze gavCndebi.

- Zalian kargi. mxolod gaiTvaliswineT, rom saxifaTo saqme mogvelis da jibeSi revolveris Cadeba ar dagaviwydeT. - xeli damiqnia, quslebze Semobrunda da xalxSi gauCinarda.

me mjera, rom gonebrivad sxvebze dabla ar vdgavar, magram holmsis siaxloves sakuTari Tavis rwmena mekargeba. yvelaferi, rac man moismina, mec movismine, yovelive, rac man naxa, mec sakuTari TvaliT vixile, magram Tu raime danaSauli mzaddeboda, Cemi goneba amas ver Caswvda. aqedan daskvna, holmsma ara marto is icis, rac moxda, aramed isic, rac unda moxdes. me ki jerjerobiT yvelaferi miuRwevel amocanad mesaxeboda. kensingtonisaken rom mivemgzavrebodi, yovelive wvrilad gavixsene: uilsonis ucnauri monaTxrobi JRalTmianTa kavSirsa da britaneTis enciklopediis gadaweraze da seqs-koburgskverSi Cveni viziti, gavixsene holmsis sityvebic, amaRam saxifaTo saqme mogveliso. bevri vifiqre imazec, ratom unda SeviaraRebuliyavi da ras niSnavda Cveni saRamos eqspedicia? saiT unda gavmgzavrebulyiaviT da ra unda mogvemoqmeda? gavixsene isic, holmsma rom miTxra, uilsonis qosa TanaSemwe didi gaiZveraa da misgan Zalian mZime danaSaulia mosalodneli. yvelaferze bevri vifiqre, Tavi vimtvrie, magram Sedegs rom ver mivaRwie, gadavwyvite, holmsTan saRamos Sexvedramde aRaraferze mefiqra.

9-dan TxuTmeti wuTi iyo gadasuli, rom Sinidan gamovedi, haidparki gadavWeri, oqsfordstritze gavedi da beikerstritze gavCndi. saxlTan ori kebi SevniSne. holSi Sesuls oTaxidan sxvadasxva xm aSemomesma. oTaxSi Sevedi Tu ara, davinaxe, holmsi or kacs esaubreboda. erTi maTgani skotlendiardeli maZebari, piter jounzi, imwamsve vicani. meore ki viRac maRal-maRali, gamxdari, uJmurad gamometyveli, mbrwyinav cilindriani da SesaniSnav frakSi gamowyobili kaci iyo da cxovel monawileobas iRebda maT saubarSi.

- yvelani aqa varT, - warmoTqva Cems danaxvaze holmsma, mokle qurTukis Rilebi Seibnia da xeli monadiris rkinistarian maTraxs wamoavlo. - uotson, Tqven piter jounzs icnobT, ara? maSin neba momeciT gagacnoT mister meriuoTeric, visTan erTadac mogvixdeba amaRamindeli eqspediciis Catareba.

- rogorc xedavT, eqimo, holmsTan erTad vnadirobT, - wamoiwyo jounzma. - Cveni megobari didi fasdaudebeli monadirea, magram nadiris gamosagdebad gamocdili beberi ZaRli sWirdeba.

- me mgonia nadiris nacvlad nadirobis dasasruls xelT bati SegvrCeba, - uJmurad Cailaparaka meriuoTerma.

- holmsi iseTi Citi araa, ase advilad Secdes, - gamoepasuxa jounzi, - mas Tavisi sakuTari, Teoriuli da, marTalia, cota fantastikuri meTodebi gaaCnia, magram sakvirvel Sedegebs aRwevs. gadaWarbebuli ar iqneba, Tu vityviT, rom bevrjer Cven SevmcdarvarT xolme da eg ki marTali gamomdgara. magaliTad, Soltos mkvlelobis saqme, agras ganZis saqme da sxv.

- Tu Tqven am azrisa xarT, mister jounz, maSin yvelaferi kargad yofila, - ukve sxvagvari simRera wamoiwyo ucnobma. - mainc Zalian vwuxvar, rom SabaTi dRea da robers movcdebi. am ocdaSvid weliwadSi es pirveli SabaTi iqneba, roca karts ver viTamaSeb.

- amaRamindeli TamaSi ufro did Tanxazea, vidre mTeli ocdaSvidi wlis manZilze CasulxarT, mister meriuoTer, Tanac TamaSi ufro warmtaci da madis aRmZvreli gvelis. TqvenTvis am TamaSs raRac ocdaaTi aTasi girvanqa sterlingis fasi eqneba, xolo TqvenTvis, mister jounz, im adamianis fasi, romlis Sepyrobac ager amdeni xania gulSi gidevT.

- jon klei mkvleli, qurdi, moZalade da yalbismqmnelia. marTalia, mister meriuoTer, igi axalgazrdaa, magram Tavis profesiaSi daxelovnebulia. mTel londonSi iseTi mondomebiT aravis Sevuborkavdi xelebs, rogorc kleis. axalgazrda jon klei mTlad gansacvifrebeli kacia. misi papa hercogi gaxldaT, TviTon itonisa da oqsfordis universitetebSi swavlobda. Wkua iseve moqnili aqvs, rogorc TiTebi da miuxedavad imisa, rom misi namoqmedaris kvals xSirad vawydebiT, TviTon versad movixelTeT. erT danaSauls rom SotlandiaSi Caidens, meore danaSaulze ukve konuelSi vxvdebiT. ager ukve meramdene welia kvaldakval davdev da TvaliT arc ki minaxavs.

- imedi maqvs dRes saRamos gagacnobT. erT-or saqmeSi mister jon kleis mec Sevxvedrivar da geTanxmebiT, rom mTel inglisSi Znelad moiZebneba aseTi daxelovnebuli qurdi da gaiZvera. axla ki, me mgonia, droa gzas gavudgeT. Tu Tqven orni pirvel etlSi moTavsdebiT, meoreSi me da uotsoni CavjdebiT da ukan gamogyvebiT.

Serlok holmss mTeli gza xma ar amouRia da koncertze mosmenil melodiebs stvenda. gaziT ganaTebuli quCebis labirinTebSi aRma-daRma siaruls morCiT da, rogorc iqna, faringdonstrits mivaRwieT.

- axla ki axlosa varT, - SeniSna Cemma megobarma. - es ymawvili meriuorTi bankis direqtoria da am saqmiT sisxlxorceuladaa dainteresebuli. jounzi cudi ymawvili araa, marTalia, Tavisi saqmisa ara gaegeba ra, magram buldogiviT mamacia da kiborCxalasaviT moeWideba rames, Tuki klanWi gamosdo. ai, Cvenc movediT, isini ki ukve gvelian.

Cven isev im xalxmraval quCaze amovyaviT Tavi, sadac diliT videqiT. meetleebi gavistumreT da meriuoTers mivyeviT. romeliRac Zalian viwro derefani gaviareT da mere gverdiT karSi SevediT, aqedan Tavi mokle talanSi amovyaviT, mis boloSi ki rkinis masiuri kari dagvixvda. kari gamovaReT, xveul kibes dabla CavyeviT da kidev erT kars mivadeqiT. mister meriuoTeri SeCerda, raTa sinaTle aenTo da mere bnel talanSi wagviZRva. cxvirs miwis suni miRizianebda, kidev erTi kari movitoveT ukan da Tavi uzarmazar sardafsa Tu akldamaSi amovyaviT. igi mZime yuTebiTa da kalaTebiT iyo savse.

holmsma farani maRla aswia, Weri daaTvaliera da mere warmoTqva, - zevidan arc iseTi advili misadgomia.

- arc qvevidanaa advili SemosaZromi, - gamoepasuxa meriuoTeri da xeljoxi hkra filaqans, romelic, etyoboda, iatakad iyo dagebuli. - daswyevlis RmerTi, iseTi xma aqvs, TiTqos gamofuRruliao! - gakvirvebiT warmoTqva man.

- dabejiTebiT gTxovT, xmamaRla nu laparakobT, - mkacrad uTxra holmsma. - Tqveni saqcieliT krialosaniviT awyobili saqme CagvefuSeba. imdeni sikeTe gviyaviT, romelime yuTze CamojeqiT da xels nu SegviSliT.

zviadi meriuoTeri holmsis xmaSi aJRerebulma foladma mainc daimorCila da ganawyenebuli kacis ieriT yuTze Camojda. holmsi muxlebze daemxo da maSuqiTa da gamadidebeli linziT filebs Soris napralebis Zebnas Seudga. ramdenime wamis gafacicebuli kvlevisa da Ziebis Semdeg igi wamodga, linza jibeSi Caido da saxeze iseTi ieri gamoexata, etyoboda, Tavisi kvlevis SedegebiT kmayofili unda yofiliyo.

- Cven erTi saaTi dro mainc gvaqvs, radgan isini saqmes manamde ar Seudgebian, sanam uilsoni Rrma Zils ar miecema. mere ki wuTsac ar dakargaven, radgan saqmes moamTavreben Tu ara, gauCinarebisaTvis ufro meti dro moitovon. Tqven albaT ukve mixvdiT, uotson, rom Cven axla vimyofebiT londonis erT-erTi umdidresi bankis sardafSi. mister meriuorTi am bankis direqtori gaxlavT da agixsniT, ra sjidaT inglisis damnaSaveTa samyaros gabedul warmomadgenlebs, rom TavianTi yuradReba am sardafze gadmoetanaT.

- amisi mizezi is franguli oqroa, romelsac bankSi vinaxavT, - CurCuliT Tqva meriuorTma. - Cven ramdenjerme gagvafrTxiles, oqros gatacebas Seecdebiano.

- saidana gaqvT franguli oqro?

- am ramdenime xnis winaT Sina resursebis Sesavsebad ocdaaTi aTasi napoleondori safrangeTis banks davesesxeT. rogorc gamoirkva, Turme araviTari Sevseba ar gvesaWiroeboda da es fuli rogorc miviReT, isev ise awyvia. am yuTSi, romelzedac me vzivar, tyviis furclebSi Cawyobili ori aTasi oqroa. Cveulebriv, oqros amden marags arc erTi bankis ganyofileba ar inaxavs da Cemi SeSfoTebis mizezic esaa.

- SeSfoTebisa da xifaTis molodinis mizezi namdvilad aqvT, - CaurTo holmsma. - axla ki, Cemi azriT, droa movemzadoT. Cemi varaudiT, am erT saaTSi yovelive unda damTavrdes. eg maSuqic unda CavaqroT, mister meriuoTer.

- da bnelSi davrCeT?

- meti gza araa. me Tan wamoviRe karti, rom Tqven dRevandeli SabaTi ar dagekargaT da roberi geTamaSaT. magram, vatyob, mteri ise momzadebula, rom sinaTlis datoveba saxifaToa. pirvel yovlisa, adgilebi SevicvaploT, isini Zalian gambedavi da Tavze xelaRebuli xalxia. marTalia, Tavs moulodnelad davesxmebiT, magram Tu frTxilad ar moviqeciT, SeuZliaT didi ziani mogvayenon. me am yuTis ukan davimalebi, Tqven ki ai, im yuTs amoefareT. rogorc ki Suqs mivanaTeb, maSinve eciT da xelebi SeuborkeT. Tu srolas daiwyeben, uotson, Tqvenc uyoymanod amoiReT mizanSi.

fexSemarTuli revolveri yuTze davde da TviTon yuTs amovefare. holmsma faranas raRac gadaafara da srur ukuneT sibneleSi dagvtova. gacxelebuli liTonis sunma mimaxvedra, rom Suqi Cambrali ar iyo da saWiroebis SemTxvevaSi sinaTlis sxivi erTbaSad ielvebda. am ukuneTSi daZabuli molodinisa da miwis sinotivisagan raRac eniT uTqmel depresias ganvicdidi da TiTqos suli damimZimda.

- maT erTi gasaqcevi gza rCebaT, esaa ukan gabruneba, - waiCurCula holmsma. - albaT SeasruleT, rac gTxoveT, ara jounz?

- seqs-koburskverze, uilsonis saxlis karTan maT inspeqtori da ori oficeri elodebaT.

- mas mere, rac yvela xvreli davgmaneT, isRac dagvrCenia, nadirTa gamoCenas ganabulni velodoT.

oh, rogor miizlazneboda dro. sinamdvileSi erTi saaTi ar iyo gasuli da me ki isev meCveneboda, rom Rame gaicrica da albaT aRmosavleTi ukve ciskarma cexlisfrad SeReba-meTqi. gaunZrevlad Cayunculsa da daZabulad momlodines fexebi damibuJda da ZarRvebSi sisxli gameyina, magram mainc ar vinZreodi. Cemamde aRwevda Cems TanamosangreTa sunTqva, magram imdenad moTenTili viyavi, rom zorzoxi jounzis qSena aylayuda meriuoTeris fSvinisagan ver gamerCia. iseTi pozicia meWira, rom pirdapir filaqans Sevcqerodi. uecrad sinaTlis sxivis ciali SevniSne.

pirvelad filaqanidan sinaTlis patara sxivi gamokrTa. cotac da is sxivi ukve did sinaTled gadaiqca. mere mTlad uxmaurod filaqani viRacis uxilavma xelma ahyara da male TeTri, qaluri xelic vixile. iatakidan amoSverili is xeli TiTqos TiTebiT raRacas daeZebda bnelSi. amoSverili TeTri xeli iseve uceb gauCinarda, rogorc gamoCnda, da yvelaferi isev ukunma moicva. Camtvreuli filaqnidan, saidanac cota xnis winaT TeTri xeli gamoCnda, axla odnav mbJutavi sinaTle gamokrToda.

uecrad erTma ganierma filam iseTi xma gamosca, TiTqos gaapeso, Tu gaglijeso, da mis adgilze karga mozridili xvreli gaCnda. iqidan farnis Suqma ielva. im xvrelis Tavze sufTad gaparsul, biWur saxes movkari Tvali. an irgvliv guldasmiT SeaTvaliera yvelaferi, mer exvrelis orive mxares xelebs daeyrdno da maRla amoZvra. amovida Tu ara, axla viRacas uxmo da amoZromaSi daexmara. isic Cia tanisa Canda, fermkrTali da JRalTmiani.

- yvelaferi kargadaa, - CurCuliT Tqva man, - saWreTeli da tomrebi xom Sena gaqvs?.. ukanve Caxti, arCi, ukanve da amaT me movuvli.

roca Serlok holmsi mZarcvels kiserSi swvda, meore mZarcveli xvrelSi CaZvra da gauCinarda. jounzs undoda daeWira, magram, etyoba, ver moaxerxa. tansacmlis fxrewa-glejis xma moswvda Cems smenas. es albaT maSin moxda, roca mZarcveli jounzs xelidan gausxlta. sinaTleze revolveris lulam ielva, magram holmsma mZarcvels maTraxis rkinis tari dahkra xelSi da revolverma filaqanze moiRo zriali.

- wnaaRmdegobas azri ara aqvs, jon klei, - mSvidad uTxra holmsma.

- vxedav, rom Cavvardi, - upasuxa mZarcvelma gulgrilad. - magram Cemma megobarma moaswro gaqceva da mis magier xelSi falasfulasi SegrCaT.

- iq mas gamosasvlel karSi sami kaci elodeba.

- Zalian ki gimuSaviaT, namdvilad qebis Rirsad mimaCnixarT.

- mec igive unda giTxraT, Tqveni gamogneba JRalTmianTa kavSiris Taobaze axali iyo da Zalian efeqturic.

- axlave naxavT Tqvens megobars, - CaurTo jounzma, - is Cemze ukeT daZvreba xvrelebSi, magram cudubralod gaisarja da axlave gaqaCaven. Tqven ki xelebze borkilebi unda dagadoT.

- Tavidan momaSoreT Tqveni binZuri xelebi, - warmoTqva dapatimrebulma, rogorc ki xelborkili daado jonzma. - iqneb ar iciT, rom Cems ZarRvebSi mefuri sisxli Cqefs? keTili inebeT da momarTvisas miwodeT `ser~ da `inebeT~.

- Zalian kargi, - daeTanxma jounzi; Tan Tvalebi daaWyita da CaixiTxiTa. - keTili inebeT, ser, maRla abrZandiT, iq kebs daviWerT, Sig CagabrZanebT da Tqvens brwyinvalebas policiaSi miviyvanT.

- ai, ase jobia, - mSvidad warmoTqva jon kleim. man medidurad dagvikra Tavi da maZebars uSfoTvelad gahyva.

- mister holms, wamoiwyo meriuoTerma, sardafidan rom gamogviyvana, - ar vici, Cvenma bankma riT unda gadagixadoT madloba, rom Tavidan aacileT aseTi ubedureba. Cemi azriT, es i qneboda udidesi Zarcva, rac ki odesme gamigonia.

- me jon kleisTan sakuTari angariSic mqonda, - uTxra holmsma. - fuli am saqmeze bevri ar damixarjavs, ase rom imedia, Tqveni banki aminazRaurebs, Tumca ukve dajildoebuli var imiT, rom `JRalTmianTa kavSirze~ aseTi SesaniSnavi ambavi Sevityve.

- xedavT, uotson, - wamoiwyo meore diliT holmsma, roca beikerstritze sodian viskis SeveqceodiT, - CemTvis Tavidanve naTeli iyo, rom JRalTmianTa kavSirze fantastikuri gancxadeba da britaneTis enciklopediis gadawera mxolod imisTvis moigones, rom is Wkuiskolofi uilsoni saxlidan ramdenime saaTiT gamoetyuebinaT xolme. marTalia, amis misaRwevad Zalian kuriozuli gza airCies, magram amocana brwyinvaled gadawyvites. mTeli es gamogoneba, kleis gamWriax gonebas albaT misi Tanamzraxvelis JRalma Tmam Caagona. kviraSi oTxi girvanqa sterlingi maT uilsonis sacTuneblad gadayares. magram, aba, raa oTxi girvanqa im aTasebTan SedarebiT, rasac gamoelodnen. maT gancxadeba gamoaqveynes gazeTSi. erTma kontora daiqirava, meorem Tavisi ufrosi acTuna, gansazRvrul saaTebSi uilsoni Tavidan moiSora da oriveni Tavisuflad Seudgnen ganzraxulis sisruleSi moyvanas. rawams gavigone, uilsonis TanaSemwe naxevar xelfasze muSaobso, maSinve eWvi aRmeZra, rom mas sul sxva, xelfasze ufro Zlieri motivi amoZravebda.

- magram rogor miuxvdiT ganzraxuls?

- uilsonis saxlSi rom qali yofiliyo, eWvs aseT SemTxvevaSi sasiyvarulo ambavze mivitandi da vifiqrebdi, qmris gamotyueba ramdenime saaTiT imis gamo surT, rom colTan dro gaataron-meTqi. magram es ambavi gamoricxuli iyo, xolo Cveni JRalTmiani klientis savaxSo salaro ki imdenad patara dawesebulebaa, rom aravisTvis araviTar interess ar warmoadgenda. maSasadame, mizezi unda saxlis gareT meZia. ra unda yofiliyo es? momagonda uilsonis naambobi, rom Cemi TanaSemwe fotosaqmeze Wkuas kargavs, sul aparats aCxakunebs da mere sardafSi imis gamomJRavnebas undebao. sardafi, ai, sad unda yofiliyo damarxuli ZaRlis Tavi. mere uilsons wvrilad gamovkiTxe Tavisi TanaSemwis ambavi da davadgine, rom igi londonis damnaSaveTa samyaros erT-erTi yvelaze gabeduli da guladi warmomadgenelTagania. igi ori Tve yoveldRiurad Cadioda sardafSi da iq saaTobiT rCeboda. ra unda ekeTebina sardafSi, Tu ara romelime Senobis misadgomi saidumlo gvirabi? maSin gadavwyvite dameTvalierebina misi moRvaweobis adgili. gaxsovT, qvafenils orm xeljoxi davkari? mindoda gamego, gvirabi saxlis win gamodioda Tu saxls ukan miimarTeboda. rogorc davadgine, igi win ar gamodioda. maSasadame, uilsonis TanaSemwes gvirabi saxls ukan romelime Senobisaken gahyavda. zari davreke da rgorc movelodi, kari TvanaSemwem gamiRo. Cven winaTac SevxvdrivarT saqmeSi erTmaneTs, magram kleis saxiT ar vicnobdi. saxeze arc axla Semixedavs. me mxolod misi muxlisTavebis naxva mewada. Tqven TviTonve naxeT, muxlisTavebs rogori WuWyiani, daWmuWnili da gacveTili Sarvali ufaravda. swored Sarvlis totebi iyo gvirabSi gatarebuli mravali saaTis utyvi mowme. axla imis dadgena iyo saWiro, romeli Senobisaken miimarTeboda gvirabi. roca skveridan SevuxvieT da sitiSi uilsonis saxlis gadaRma bankis Senoba davlande, imwamsve mivxvdi, rom mZarcvelebi swored am Senobis qveS Txridnen gvirabs. koncertis damTavrebis Semdeg Tqven rom Sin waxvediT, me skotlend-iardSi Sevirae, jounzs moveTaTbire, droc davuTqvi da mere bankis direqtoric vnaxe. danarCeni ambavi ki Tqven Tvalwin moxda.

- is rogorRa daadgineT, rom mZarcvelebi swored wuxel apirebdnen bankSi gvirabiT Sesvlas?

- maT rom JRalTmianTa kavSiri daxures, amiT aSkarad mivxvdi, rom muSaoba daamTavres, gvirabi gaamzades da uilsonis saxlidan gatyuebas maTTvis ukve azri aRara hqonda. raki gvirabi mzad iyo, isini ecdebodnen, rac SeiZleba male gamoeyenebinaT igi da ZiriTadi miznisaTvis mieRwiaT. jer erTi, imitom, rom gvirabis arseboba ar gamJRavnebuliyo da, meorec, xom SeiZleboda, oqros sxva adgilze gadaetanaT. SabaTi dRe ki maTi saqmisaTvis pirdapir zedgamoWrili ram iyo, vinaidan Tavis gadasarCenad maT gankargulebaSi ori dRe iqneboda. yvela am mizezebis gamo vvaraudobdi, rom Zarcva wuxel RamiT moxdeboda.

- Tqveni msjeloba adamians aRtacebas hgvris, - gulwrfelad wamoviZaxe me, - ramsigrZe jaWvia da yoveli rgoli ra mtkice marjveniTaa naWedi.

- maS, saqmem karga xniT mixsna mowyenilobisagan, - mTqnarebiT Tqva holmsma. - magram axla vgrZnob, rom Wmunva kvlav meZaleba da albaT damjabnis kidec! mTeli Cemi cxovreba - esaa yoveldRiur erTferovnebasTan ganuwyveteli Widili da am erTferovnebiT gamowveul sevda-naRvelTan brZola. aseTi patar-patara Tavsatexi ambebi miqarveben sevdas da gulidan gadamiyrian xolme SemoCveul dards.

- Tqven is qvelmoqmedi xarT, romlis mowyale gulic kacobriobisaTvis aris saWiro.

holmsma mxrebi aiCeCa.

TiTqosda Cemi saqmianobiT marTlac sargebloba momaqvs adamianebisaTvis, - dasZina man. -

`dZrwqqub sZuTe kSut - dZwugmkub sZuTe ewge~ - `adamiani araraa - saqmea yvelaferi~, rogorc Tavis baraTSi swerda gulstav floberi JorJ sands.

gaTeTrebuli mebrZoli
erTi megobrobis ambavi, moTxrobili TviTon Serlok holmsis mier
rogorc me meCveneboda, Cemi megobris uotsonis Sexedulebani erTgvari SezRudulobiTa scodaven. samagierod, raime gadawyvetilebas rom miiRebs, Tavs ar daizogavs da didis daJinebiT Seecdeba xolme mis ganxorcielebas. ase, didxans CamCiCinebda, romelime Seni profesionaluri SemTxveva mainc aRwereo. SesaZlebelia, me TviTon miveci saamiso sababi, sul rom vsayvedurobdi, xalxis gemovnebas nu ki misdev kudSi, mSral faqtebs daeyrdeni-meTqi.

- Tqveni aRwera najaxirevia, - veubnebodi xSirad.

- TviTon scadeT, holms, mohkideT saqmes xeli, - aseT pasuxs maZlevda yovelTvis uotsoni.

ai, mec vcade, mis rCevas mivyevi. unda vaRiaro, rom axla ukve mesmis Cemi megobris gasaWiri, aseve yvela danarCenisa, vinc kalams xelsa hkidebs. sainteresod wera arc ise ioli saqme yofila, rogorc pirvelad mqonda warmodgenili, xolo is SemTxveva, romlis moyolasac vapireb, am moTxovnilebas unda akmayofilebdes. amas garda, es ambavi Cems cxovrebaSi yvelaze ufro ucnaur SemTxvevaTa ricxvSi Sedis, Tumca uotsoni Tavis CanawerebSi mas ratomRac ar axsenebs.

Cems ubis wignakSi aRniSnulia, rom is movlenebi, romelTa gadmocemiTac unda daviwyo Cemi moTxroba, moxda 1903 wlis ianvarSi, inglis-burebis omis damTavrebidan cota xnis Semdeg. im dros ukve marto vcxovrobdi. Cemma erTgulma uotsonma coli SeirTo da Cveni saerTo bina, beikerstritze rom gvqonda daqiravebuli, samudamod miatova. unda giTxraT, rom Cveni megobrobis mravali wlis manZilze, es qorwineba, misi mxriv, egoizmis erTaderT gamovlinebas warmoadgenda.

hoda, im dRes mister jeims k. m. dodi mestumra, maRali, farTo mxarbeWiani, mziT garujuli ingliseli. me Cveulebriv, fanjrisgan zurgSeqceviT vjdebi xolme, klients ki Cems pirdapir vsvam ise, rom Suqi saxeze scemdes. axlac ase gavakeTe.

mister dods, etyoboda, uWirda. ver gadaewyvita, saidan daewyo Txroba. arc me davxmarebivar, radgan mogebuli dro saSualebas maZlevda mis garegnobas davkvirvebodi. mcire dumilis Semdeg gadavwyvite, Cemi daskvnebiT gameocebina igi. gamocdilebiT vicodi, es uaRresad sasargeblo iyo, radgan klientebis gulaxdilobasa da ndobas iwvevda mudam.

- vgoneb, axlaxan unda iyoT dabrunebuli samxreT afrikidan, ara? - vkiTxe ucnob stumars.

- diax, ser, - mipasuxa gakvirvebulma.

- getyobaT, cxenosanTa nawilSi msaxurobdiT.

- savsebiT sworia, mister holms, Tqven jadoqari yofilxarT! - dabneulad warmoTqva mosulma.

gaviRime.

- yvelaferi ubralo ambavia. gana cxadi ar aris, rom aseTi vaJkacuri, warmosadegi, mxedruli ieris kaci, isic mzedakruli, londoneli ar unda iyos da es aris Camosula brZolis velidan, ese igi samxreT afrikidan? Tanac, wveri dagiyenebiaT, maSasadame, kadris mosamsaxure ara xarT. mixra-moxra ki iseTi gaqvT, uTuod kavaleristi iqnebiT da ase Semdeg.

- sakvirvelia, mister holms! Tqven yvelafers xedavT, TviT umniSvnelo wvrilmanebsac ki. - wamoiZaxa dodma.

- me Tqvenze mets verafers vamCnev, magram Tqvenze ukeT vaanalizeb imas, rasac vxedav, - vupasuxe me da ganvagrZe: - magram ara mgonia, mxolod imisaTvis mosuliyaviT, rom Cems dakvirvebis unarSi darwmunebuliyaviT. ra moxda Zveli taqsbergis parkSi?

- o, mister holms! - Caibutbuta dodma.

- Cemo Zvirfaso ser, araferia zebunebrivia imaSi, rac me giTxariT. Tqveni werilis konvertze ai, es beWedia dasmuli. saswrafod mimiReTo, mTxovT. maSasadame, moxla raRac mniSvnelovani ambavi.

- diax, marTali brZandebiT. magram mas Semdeg ambebma kidev ufro cudi saxe miiRo. polkovnikma emsuordma pirdapir gamomagdo...

- ese igi, rogor gamogagdoT?

- swored ase. arc acia, arc acxela da maiZula, rom guda-nabadi amekra. erTi gaCvenaT, ra kacia es polkovniki emsuordi! godfri rom ara, mis siaxloves erT wamsac ar gavCerdebodi.

auCqareblad movukide Cibuxs da skamis zurgs gadaveyrdeni.

- iqneb amixsnaT rogorme, ra moxda, mister dod?

Cemma stumarma Tvali eSmakurad moWuta.

- me ki megona, Cemze ukve yvelaferi icodiT, - miTxra man. - magram vilaparakoT seriozulad: me gadmogiSliT yvela faqts, Tqven ki amixseniT, ras unda niSnavdes es. wuxel Tvali ar momixuWavs, Tavs vitexdi, iqneb rames mivxvde-meTqi. magram rac metsa vfiqrob, miT ufro warmoudgenlad da daujerebelad meCveneba momxdari ambavi.