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oTx saaTze oTxive megobari aTosis binaze Seikriba. aRWur­vilobaze zrunva ukve damTavrda. axla maT saxeebze mxolod piradi da saidumlo wuxili ixateboda, radganac yvela miRweuli bednierebis ukan imaleba momavlisadmi SiSi.

moulodnelad Semovida planSe da Tavis batons ori werili miarTva.

erTi patara baraTi iyo sigrZeze koxtad dakecili, mwvane cviliT dabeWdili, romelzedac gamosaxuli iyo mtredi. mtreds pirSi mwvane toti eWira.

meore ufro didi werili iyo, oTxkuTxi, konvertSi moTav­sebuli, romelzedac misi yovladuwmindesobis, kardinal-hercogis gerbi brwyinavda.

patara baraTis danaxvaze d'artanians guli aufancqalda, TiTqos ecnaura xeli, da miuxedavad imisa, rom mxolod erTxel hqonda nanaxi misi naweri, mainc aRbeWdoda mexsi­erebaSi da gulis siRrmeSic.

d'artanianma aiRo patara baraTi da swrafad moaSora beWedi.

ai, rasa swerdnen am baraTSi:

`momaval oTxSabaTs, saRamos eqvsidan Svid saaTamde, saseirnod wamobrZandiT Saios gzaze da mimaval karetaSi SeixedeT. magram Tu radme giRirT Tqveni sicocxle da agreTve imisi sicocxle, visac uyvarxarT, xma ar amoiRoT, araviTari moZraobiT ar SeimCnioT, rom icaniT is qali, romelic araviTar gansacdels ar erideba, oRond erTi wamiT mainc daginaxoT~.

werils xels aravin awerda.

_ maxes gigeben, _ Tqva aTosma, _ nu waxval, d'artanian.

_ xeli rom vicani? rogor ar wavide.

_ gana ar SeiZleba, mibaZviT iyos dawerili? _ ganagrZo aTosma, _ eqvs-Svid saaTze Saios gzaze kacs ver Sexvdebi: es igive iqneba, rom bondis tyeSi iseirno.

_ erTad rom wavideT? _ wamoiZaxa d'artanianma, _ eSmakma daswyevlos, oTxives xom ver gadagvylapavs, amas daumate axla oTxi msaxuri, cxenebi da iaraRi.

_ amiT kargi SemTxvevac gveZleva, davanaxvoT Cveni morTuloba, _ Tqva porTosma.

_ kargi, magram Tu am baraTis damweri qalia da ar unda, rom sxvamac dainaxos, dameTanxmebiT, d'artanian, saxels ga­utexT mas. patiosan kacs ar SeSvenis siyvarulis ase Selaxva, _ SeniSna aramisma.

_ Cven ukan davrCebiT, _ Tqva porTosma, _ marto d'artaniani wava win.

_ kargiT, magram gaqanebuli karetidanac kargad SeiZleba dambaCis srola.

_ eh, sulerTia, tyvia ar momxvdeba, _ wamioZaxa d'arta­nianma, _ mesvrian? davewioT karetas da sul erTianad amovwyvitoT, vinc Sig iqneba! mtris ricxvs SevamcirebT, sxva xom araferi.

_ marTals ambobs d'artaniani, _ daemowma porTosi, _ brZola mogvelis, miT ukeTesi! am iaraRs mainc gamovcdiT.

_ maS, Tu asea, ratom ar unda visargebloT am siamovnebiT? _ Tqva aramisma Tavisi tkbili da daudevari ieriT.

_ rogorc geneboT, _ daeTanxma aTosic.

_ xuTis naxevaria, batonebo, _ mimarTa d'artanianma, _ Zlivs movaswrebT Saios gzaze eqvs saaTamde gasvlas.

_ Tu Zalian gvian gavediT, _ daumata porTosma, _ dabinddeba da veRaravin dagvinaxavs, rac Zalian sawyenad damrCeba. maS, modiT, movemzadoT, batonebo.

_ es meore werili rom gaviwydebaT? _ daiZaxa aTosma. _ me ki mag werilis beWedi mafiqrebinebs, rom igi gaxsnisa da wakiTxvis Rirsia. pirdapir unda gamogitydeT, Cemo d'arta­nian, es werili ufro mawuxebs, vidre eg patara baraTi, ase mSvidad rom CamaleT ubeSi, gulTan axlos.

d'artaniani gawiTlda.

_ ra gaewyoba? maS, axla es wavikiTxoT. _ Tqva ymawvilma kacma, _ vnaxoT, batonebo, ra unda Cemgan mis yovladuw­mindesobas!

d'artanianma werili gaxsna da waikiTxa:

`baton d'artanians, mefis gvardiels de zesaris razmidan, dRes saRamos rva saaTze elodebian kardinalis sasaxleSi.

la hudinieri, gvardiis kapitani~.

_ egRa gvaklia! _ Tqva aTosma, _ ai, kidev erTi paemani, gacilebiT ufro Semawuxebeli, vidre pirveli.

_ pirvels rom gavaTaveb, mere meoreze waval, erTi Svid saaTze aris daniSnuli, meore _ rvaze. orives movaswreb, _ Tqva d'artanianma.

_ eh, me ki ar wavidodi, _ Tqva aramisma, _ patiosani kaci ver umtyunebs qalis mier daniSnul paemans. magram kaci Tu gonieria, yovelTvis moaxerxebs raime moimizezos, bodiSi moixados, rom ver eaxla mis yovladuwmindesobas. metadre, rodesac safuZveli aqvs fiqrobdes, rom qaTinaurebiT ar Seamkoben.

_ mec aramisis azrs viziareb, _ Tqva porTosma.

_ batonebo, amaze adre erTxel kidev miviRe kardina­lisagan baton kavuas xeliT aseTi mowveva. yuradReba ar mivaqcie, ar wavedi da meore dRes didi ubedureba damemarTa, konstancia gaqra. amaRam ki, rac unda momivides, mainc waval, _ miugo d'artanianma.

_ Tu es gadawyvetileba uryevia, wadiT, _ uTxra aTosma.

_ bastiliis cixe xom ar gaviwydebaT? _ hkiTxa aramisma.

_ mere ra moxda! iqidanac xom gamomiyvanT! _ upasuxa d'artanianma.

_ ra Tqma unda, gamogiyvanT! _ daiZaxes aramisma da porTosma erTxmad, gasakvirveli TavdaimedebiT, TiTqos sul ubralo rames hpirdebodnen, _ ra Tqma unda, gamogiyvanT! oRond raki zeg wasvlas vapirebT, kargs izamT, Tu bastiliis cixes moeridebiT.

_ modi, ase moviqceT, _ Tqva aTosma. _ amaRam Tavs nu davanebebT d'artanians. kardinalTan rom wava, Cvenc ukan gavyveT, TiToeuli Cvengani sam-sami muSketeris TanxlebiT, sasaxlis yovel karTan gavnawildeT da sanam gamova, iq davelodoT. Tu davinaxeT Cvenken momavali daxuruli saeWvo kareta, daveceT da vnaxoT, vin mihyavT. didi xania, saqme aRara gvqonia baton kardinalis razmelebTan da baton de trevils albaT daxocilebi vgonivarT.

_ gadawyvetiT unda vTqvaT, aTos, _ mimarTa aramisma, _ rom swored sardlad gauCenixarT bunebas! Tqven ras ityviT, ymawvilebo, aTosis winadadebis Sesaxeb?

_ mSvenieria! _ daiZaxes erTxmad megobrebma.

_ maS, me axlave waval da Cvenebs Sevatyobineb, rom mzad iyvnen rva saaTisaTvis. kardinalis sasaxlis moedanze Sev­xvdebiT erTmaneTs. Tqven ki biWebi gagzavneT cxenebis Sesa­kazmavad.

_ me rom ara myavs cxeni? _ wamoiZaxa d'artanianma, _ ra gaewyoba, baton de trevils vTxov.

_ rada, barem romelime Cemi cxeni waiyvaneT, _ SesTavaza aramisma.

_ ki magram, gana Tqven ramdeni gyavT? _ gaikvirva d'arta­nianma.

_ sami, _ upasuxa RimiliT aramisma.

_ unda mogaxsenoT, Cemo aramis, rom Tqvenze mdidari poeti ara hyavs safrangeTs da navarias, _ uTxra aTosma.

_ erTi miTxariT, ra eSmakad gindodaT sami cxeni? arc ki iciT, raSi gamoiyenoT, ara? ver gamigia, ram gayidvinaT erTbaSad sami cxeni.

_ ara, me ori viyide, mesame am diliT momiyvana erTma msaxurma, romelsac verafriT ver vaTqmevine, visgan iyo. ase mibrZana Cemma batonmao.

_ ese igi, Cemma qalbatonmao, _ gauswora d'artanianma.

_ magas mniSvneloba ara aqvs, _ gawiTlda aramisi da ganagrZo: _ ho, qalbatonma ase mibrZana, Tqvens TavlaSi davaba es cxeni, da visia an visgan aris, amisi ara vTqva-rao.

_ poetebis mets aravis uRimis ase tkbilad Cveni cxovreba, _ Tqva darbaislurad aTosma.

_ maS, Tu asea, ufro ukeT movagvaroT saqme, _ uTxra d'artanianma, _ es miTxariT, romeli cxeni gindaT TqvenTvis? Tqveni nayidi, Tu naCuqari?

_ raRa Tqma unda, naCuqari! aba, Tqven TviTonve warmo­idgineT, d'artanian, rogor vawyenineb, aseTi pativiscema rom davuwuno...

_ ucnob pativismcemels, _ daabolova d'artanianma.

_ anda saidumloebiT mocul qalbatons, _ Seuswora aTosma.

_ ase rom, usargeblod grCebaT Tqveni nayidi?

_ diax, TiTqmis usargeblod.

_ Tqven TviTonve amoirCieT, roca yidulobdiT?

_ mere ra dakvirvebiT, rom icodeT, Tqvenc kargad iciT, rom mxedris bedi brZolaSi TiTqmis yovelTvis cxenzea damokidebuli.

_ maS, me damiTmeT im fasad, rac Tqven mieciT.

_ me TviTon vapirebdi magis Tqmas, Cemo d'artanian, inebeT cxeni. rac Seexeba mis fass, nu aCqardebiT, maSin gadamixadeT, rodesac SegeZlebaT.

_ mainc, ra Rirs Tqveni cxeni?

_ rvaasi livri.

_ ai, ormoci orpistoliani, Cemo megobaro, _ uTxra d'artanianma da jibidan fuli amoiRo, _ vici, rom aseT fulebs Tqven poemebis fasad RebulobT.

_ maS, mdidari xarT, d'artanian?

_ mdidari! kreziviT mdidari, megobaro! _ da d'artanianma jibeSi fuli aaCxaruna.

_ maS, gagzavneT unagiri muSketerebis TavlaSi da Tqvens cxensac aq mogiyvanen CvenebTan erTad.

_ Zalian kargi, oRond avCqardeT, ager, xuTi saaTi sruldeba.

TxuTmeti wuTis Semdeg ferus quCis boloSi gamoCnda porTosi mSvenier espanur raSze, ukan muSketoni mosdevda patara, magram koxta overnuli cxeniT. porToss siamayisa da sixarulis grZnoba ubrwyinavda saxeze.

imav dros quCis meore boloSi gamoCnda aramisi saucxoo inglisur fexmard bedaurze mjdari, ukan bazeni mosdevda ruanuli cxeniT da aRviriT kidev erTi meklenburguli merani mohyavda d'artanianisaTvis.

aTosis karebTan Sexvdnen erTmaneTs Cveni mxedrebi. aTosi da d'artaniani fanjridan gadmoscqerodnen.

_ marTlac rom Zalian kargi cxeni gyoliaT, porTos, _ mouwona aramisma.

_ diax, kargia. swored es unda gamoegzavnaT CemTvis imTaviTve. qalbatonis qmarma eSmakurad Semicvala, magram aseTi cudi xumrobisaTvis, merwmuneT, kargadac daisaja. ase rom, savsebiT davkmayofildi.

am dros planSe da grimoc gamoCndnen, TavianTi bato­nebisaTvis Sekazmuli cxenebi mohyavdaT. d'artaniani da aTosi dabla Camovidnen, cxenebs moaxtnen da oTxive megobari gzas gaudga.

aTosi Tavisi nacolaris beWdiT nayid cxenze ijda, aramisi _ Tavisi sayvarlis mier gamogzavnilze, porTosi _ veqilis saganZuridan miRebuli fuliT nayidze da d'artaniani ki im cxenze, romelic bedma uboZa.

ukan msaxurebi misdevdnen.

porToss natvra ausrulda: Zalian kargi STabeWdileba moaxdina Cvens megobrebze, qalbatoni koknaric ki rom daxvedrodaT sadme gzaSi da espanur raSze ase medidurad gamoWimuli porTosi daenaxa, srulebiT aRar inanebda, rom imdeni fuli moaklo Tavisi qmris saganZurs.

luvrTan Cveni megobrebi sen-Jermenidan momavalma batonma de trevilma Seayena. muSketerTa kapitans Zalian moewona maTi aRWurviloba da undoda madloba eTqva. maSinve garSemo doylapiebis mTeli grova SemoexviaT.

d'artanianma isargebla SemTxveviT da baton de trevils moaxsena, rom werili miiRo kardinalis wiTeli beWdiT da hercogis gerbiT damSvenebuli. meore werilze, TavisTavad cxadia, xma ar amouRia.

batonma de tervilma mouwona gadawyvetileba da Sehpirda: Tu meore diliT ar gamoCndeboda, sadac unda yofiliyo, usaTuod ipovida.

am dros samaritenis samreklom eqvsi saaTi dahkra. megob­rebma trevilis winaSe bodiSi moixades, _ paemani gvaqvs daniSnulio, _ da isev Tavis gzas gaudgnen.

WenebiT gavidnen Saios gzaze, ukve binddeboda. karetebi xan erTi da xan meore mxridan modiodnen. d'artaniani, ro­melsac ramdenime nabijis dacilebiT mcvelebad Tavisi megob­rebi hyavda, yvela karetis fanjrebs didi dakvirvebiT sinjavda, magram verc erTSi ver xedavda nacnob saxes.

bolos, TxuTmeti wuTis lodinis Semdeg, rodesac kargad Sebindda, gamoCnda sevris mxridan momavali kareta, romelic swrafad axlovdeboda. raRac winaswarma grZnobam d'artanians CasCurCula, rom swored am karetaSi unda yofiliyo is qali, romelmac mas paemani dauniSna. TviTonve ukvirda ymawvil kacs, rom ase mRelvarebiT ucaxcaxebda guli. kareta d'artanians gausworda da TiTqmis im wuTSive misi fanjridan qalis Tavi gamoCnda, qalma tuCze ori TiTi miido, TiTqos amiT gaCumebas sTxovs an Soridan kocnas ugzavniso. mis danaxvaze d'artanianma sixarulisagan Sehyvira. es qali an, ufro swori iqneba, Tu vityviT, es moCveneba, qalbatoni bonasie iyo.

miuxedavad gafrTxilebisa, d'artanianma Tavisda uneburad dezebi hkra cxens da ramdenime naxtomiT daewia karetas, magram gvianRa iyo. fanjara mWidrod iyo daketili da moC­veneba aRarsad Canda.

mxolod maSin moagonda d'artanians gafrTxileba: `Tu radme giRirT Tqveni sicocxle da agreTve imis sicocxle, visac uyvarxarT, xma ar amoiRoT, araviTari moZraobiT ar SeimCnioT, rom icaniT is qali~.

cxeni Seayena. mTeli taniT kankalebda, magram Tavis Tavze ki ar wuxda, mas aSinebda bedi sawyali qalisa, romelic albaT am paemanis daniSvniT Tavs did gansacdelSi igdebda.

kareta kvlav didi siswrafiT midioda. parizSi Sesvlis Semdeg miimala.

SeSinebuli d'artaniani ki isev iqve idga da ar icoda, ra efiqra. Tu marTla qalbatoni bonasie iyo da parizs midioda, ra saWiro iyo es swrafmavali paemani? ra saWiro iyo es maluli, wamieri Tvalis gadakvra an haerSi dakarguli kocna? magram, meore mxriv, Tu is ar iyo (rac advili SesaZlebelia, radgan ukve bneloda da SesaZloa Semcdariyo), ra unda yofiliyo es paemani, Tu ara veragulad mowyobili, momxib­lavi qalis saxeliT dagebuli maxe, romelSic qalbaton bonasiesadmi siyvaruliT upirebdnen gabmas?

samive megobarma d'artanianTan moagdo cxeni. karetis fanjridan samives kargad daenaxaT qalis Tavi, magram aTosis garda aravin icnobda d'artanianis satrfos. misi azriT ki is qali namdvilad qalbatoni bonasie iyo. aToss, romelic d'artanianiviT marto lamazi qalis saxiT ar iyo dainte­resebuli, karetis siRrmeSi kacis Tavic SeemCnia.

_ Tu asea, eWvi ar aris, erTi sapyrobilidan axla meoreSi gadahyavT, netavi ra undaT im sawyali qalisagan? netavi kidev meRirseba misi naxva? _ Tqva d'artanianma.

_ megobaro, _ uTxra CafiqrebiT aTosma, _ gaxsovdeT, rom amqveynad erTmaneTs mxolod mkvdrebi ver xvdebian. amis Sesaxeb cotaodeni ram Tqvenc iciT ukve, Cemo d'artanian. da, maSasadame, Tu mkvdari ar aris Tqveni sayvareli da Tu marTlac is im karetiT mihyavdaT, icodeT, adre iqneba Tu gvian, mainc SexvdebiT sadme erTmaneTs. da iqneba ufro adrec, diax, ufro adrec, vidre Tqven gnebavT, _ daumata, man Tavisi Cveulebrivi naRvliani toniT.

rvis naxevari dahkra saaTma. kareta paemaniT daniSnul droze oci wuTis dagvianebiT movida. megobrebma moagones d'artanians, rom axla kardinalTan unda misuliyo, Tumca isic uTxres, rom jer kidev SeiZleboda uari eTqva am vizitze.

magram d'artaniani sakmaod kerpi da, amasTan erTad, cnobismoyvare iyo. mas mtkiced hqonda gadawyvetili, wasuliyo kardinalis sasaxleSi da gaego, ra undoda misgan mis yovladuwmindesobas. xolo raki erTxel gadawyvita, veRaraferi Seacvlevinebda Tavis ganzraxvas.

gaiares sent-onores quCa da kardinalis sasaxlis moedanze daxvdaT dabarebuli Tormeti muSketeri, romlebsac mxolod aq auxsnes Cvenma megobrebma, risTvis dasWirdaT maTi daxmareba.

d'artanians Zalian kargad icnobdnen mefis muSketerebis razmSi. icodnen, rom dRes-xval isic muSketerebSi Cairic­xeboda, da amxanagurad eqceodnen yvelani. amitom muSke­terebma siamovnebiT miiRes aTosisa da misi megobrebis winadadeba da guliTadi daxmareba aRuTqves. garda amisa, yvelasaTvis naTeli iyo, rom muSketerebi baton kardinals da imis erTgul monebs umzadebdnen patara gamaRizianebel oins, xolo aseTi ganzraxvis asasruleblad yovelTvis mzad iyvnen keTilSobili aznaurebi.

aTosma isini sam jgufad gaanawila, erTis meTauroba TviTon ikisra, meore aramiss Caabara da mesame _ porToss. mere sasaxlis gamosasvleli sxvadasxva karebis pirdapir Caimalnen es jgufebi.

Tavis mxriv, d'artanianic guladad Sevida sasaxlis mTavari kariT.

d'artanians mSvelelad Tavisi Zalovani megobrebi egu­leboda, magram mainc neli nabijiTa da gulis fancqaliT adioda sasaxlis did kibeebze. aTasi fiqri utrialebda TavSi. misi miledisTan damokidebuleba Ralats hgavda. marTalia, danamdvilebiT ar icoda, magram mainc fiqrobda, rom raRac urTierToba unda hqonoda am qalbatons kardinalTan. garda amisa, grafi de vardi, romelic man cocxalmkvdari datova tyis piras, kardinalis erTguli mona iyo, xolo d'artanianma kargad icoda, rom mtrebis mimarT daundobeli da saSiSi misi yovladuwmindesoba metismetad mfarvelobda Tavis megobrebs.

`Tu grafma de vardma uambo kardinals Cveni Setakebis ambavi da, eWvi ar aris, uambobda, amasTanave, Tu micno kidec, Cemi saqme wasulia, _ fiqrobda TavisTvis d'artaniani da Tavs aqnevda, _ magram amden xans raRas ucdida?! es savsebiT naTelia, albaT miledi Tavisi Cveulebrivi moCvenebiTi mwuxarebiT mivida Cems dasabezReblad, rac mas marTlac rom Zalian uxdeba, da am ukanasknelma danaSaulma kardinals albaT moTmineba daakargvina~.

`Cemi bedi, _ ganagrZo isev fiqrebSi triali, _ rom aqve arian Cemi megobrebi da ubrZolvelad Cems Tavs aravis daanebeben, Tumca marto baton de trevilis muSketerebi xom ver dauwyeben oms kardinals, romlis xelT aris mTeli safrangeTis Zala da Zliereba; romlis winaSe uZluria dedofali da mefesac daukargavs Tavisi ufleba. frTxili biWi xar, Cemo d'artanian, yoCaRi biWi xar, magram qalebi dagRupaven, icode!~

aseTi samwuxaro daskvniT Sevida igi mosacdel oTaxSi da morig moxeles gadasca kardinalTan dabarebis werili. am ukanasknelma igi misaReb oTaxSi Seiyvana da TviTon sadRac gaqra.

kardinalis xuTi Tu eqvsi gvardieli icdida am misaReb oTaxSi, maSinve icnes d'artaniani da radgan icodnen, rom man daWra Jusaki, ucnauri RimiliT dauwyes cqera.

cudad eniSna d'artanians maTi Rimili, magram arc ise advili iyo Cveni gaskonelis SeSineba, rogorc yvela mis Tanamemamules, masac sakmaod dahyoloda bunebrivi siamaye da ise advilad ar daanaxvebda vinmes Tavis sulier mdgo­mareobas, metadre Tu SiSi iyo misi mRelvarebis aRmZvre­li mizezi; igi amayad gamoiWima gvardielebis win da Tvali gadaavlo maT, TiTqos eubneboda, Tqvenc Jusaks migayolebTo, da mediduri saxiT daiwyo lodini.

Semovida morige da d'artanians aniSna, ukan gahyoloda. gaskonels moeCvena, rom misi adgomis da wasvlisTanave kar­dinalis razmelebma Tvali gaayoles da CurCuli daiwyes.

d'artaniani moriges gahyva, gaiares derefani, Semdeg didi darbazi, da biblioTekaSi Sevidnen. aq igi pirispir aRmoCnda viRaca kacis winaSe, romelic sawer magidasTan ijda da werda.

morige xmisamouRebliv gavida biblioTekidan. d'artanianma pirvelad gaifiqra, rom es kaci msajuli iyo da momCivanTa saqmeebs sinjavda, magram isic SeniSna, rom igi werda, an ukeT, asworebda sxvadasxva zomis striqonebs, da TiTebiTa Tvlida marcvlebs. d'artaniani darwmunda, rom poetis pirispir idga. ramdenime wuTis Semdeg poetma dakeca xelnaweri, romelsac ydaze ewera: `mirami, xuTmoqmedebiani tragedia~. dakeca Tu ara xelnaweri, maSinve d'artanians gadaxeda.

d'artanianma icno kardinali.

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idayviT daeyrdno kardinali Tavis xelnawers da ymaw­vilkacs daacqerda, aravis ar hqonda ise gamgmiravi Tvali, rogorc kardinal riSelies. d'artanians TaviT fexebamde Jruantelma dauara.

magram aqac Rirseulad dauxvda gansacdels: amayad idga, xelSi qudi eWira da damSvidebuli saxiT, arc gadaWarbebuli medidurobiT, magram arcTu metismeti TavmdablobiT, eloda baton kardinalis brZanebas.

_ Tqven, batono, bearneli d'artaniani xarT? _ hkiTxa kardinalma.

_ diax, Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav, _ miugo ymawvilma kacma.

_ tarbSi da imis midamoebSi d'artanianebs ramdenime gan­Stoeba aqvT, _ ganagrZo kardinalma, _ Tqven romels eku­TvniT?

_ me Svili gaxlavarT im d'artanianisa, romelic sarwmu­noebrivi omebis dros Tan axlda didebul mefe henrixs, misi yovladudidebulesobis mamas.

_ diax, diax. Tqven daaxloebiT am Svidi Tu rva Tvis winaT wamoxvediT mSobliuri soflidan parizSi bedis saZieblad.

_ diax, Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav,

_ mengze gamoiareT, sadac raRac usiamovneba SegemTxvaT, ar maxsovs, saxeldobr ra, magram raRac ki SegemTxvaT.

_Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav, _ daiwyo d'artanianma, _ mengSi rom gamoviare...

_ saWiro ar aris, saWiro ar aris, _ Seawyvetina kardinalma iseTi RimiliT, romelic cxadad mowmobda, rom TviTon riSeliemac iseve kargad icoda es ambavi, rogorc man, vinc amis moTxrobas apirebda, _ baton de trevilTan midiodiT rekomendaciiT, ara?

_ diax, Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav, magram swored im ubeduri SemTxvevis dros, mengSi rom gadamxda Tavs...

_ werili, romelic baton de trevilisaTvis unda miger­TmiaT, dagekargaT; diax, egec vici. batoni de trevili Zalian daxelovnebuli fizionomisti gaxlavT. erTi SexedviT scnobs adamians, man Tqven maSinve Tavisi qvislis, baton de zesaris razmSi CagricxaT da Tan imedi mogcaT, rom am axlo momavalSi Tqvenc muSketerebSi gadagiyvandaT.

_ WeSmaritad marTali cnobebi hqonia Tqvens yovladuw­mindesobas.

_ mas Semdeg mravali ram gadagxdaT! erT dRes karmelis­tebis monastris ukan brZandebodiT saseirnod, ukeTesi ki iqneboda, rom sxvagan yofiliyaviT sadme. mere, Tqvens megobrebTan erTad, forJis wylebisken waxvediT samgzavrod. isini gzaSi CamogrCnen, Tqven ki martodmartom ganagrZeT mgazvroba. asec unda yofiliyo, Tqven saqme gqondaT inglisSi.

_ Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav, _ mimarTa gancifrebulma d'artanianma. _ me mivemgzavrebodi...

_ sanadirod uinZorSi an sxvagan sadme, es Tqveni saqmea da sxvas aravis Seexeba, me es imitom vici, rom Cemi Tanamdeboba mavalebs yvelafris codnas. iqidan dabrunebuli, erTma udidebulesma pirovnebam migiRoT da siamovnebiT vxedav, rom ase kargad SeginaxavT mis saxsovrad naboZebi saCuqari.

d'artanianma xeli mouWira dedoflis mier naCuqar beWeds, xelisgulisken miiqcia Zvirfasi Tvali, magram ukve gvianRa iyo.

_ meore dResve batoni kavua movida Tqvens sanaxavad, _ ganagrZo kardinalma, _ man sasaxleSi migiwviaT stumrad, Tqven pativi ar eciT am mowvevas, ar mixvediT, da amiT Secdoma dauSviT.

_ meSinoda, Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav: me megona, gamirisxdebodiT.

_ mere, rad unda gagrisxebodiT, batono? imisTvis, rom gonierad da mamacurad aasruleT Tqveni ufrosebis brZaneba, rac sxvas iqneba verc ki ekisra? jildos Rirsi iyaviT da me gagirisxdebodiT? me imaT vsji, vinc brZanebas ar asrulebs da ara imaT, vinc TqvensaviT... metismetad kargad asrulebs davalebas da dasamtkiceblad amisa, gaixseneT TariRi im dRisa, rodesac me Tqven mogiwvieT da kargad moZebneT Tqvens mexsierebaSi, ra moxda swored im saRamos?

es swored is saRamo iyo, rodesac qalbatoni bonasie moitaces.

d'artanians gaaJrJola. mas moagonda rom sul am naxevari saaTis win mas gverdiT Cautares sawyali qali, eWvs gareSea, imave ZaliT gatacebuli, romelic iyo mizezi misi gaqrobisa.

_ da radganac ramdenime dRes Tqvens Sesaxeb araferi gamigia ra, _ ganagrZo kardinalma, _ mindoda gamego, ras akeTebdiT, isic unda icodeT, rom ramdenadme madlobelic unda iyoT: Tqven TviTonac SeniSnavdiT, rom yvela SemT­xvevaSi uvneblad gadarCiT.

d'artanianma mowiwebiT daukra Tavi.

_ es iyo Sedegi, _ ganagrZo kandinalma, _ ara marto samarTlianobisadmi bunebrivi grZnobisa, aramed agreTve erTi gegmisa, romelic Tqvens Sesaxeb Sevadgine.

ufro da ufro gakvirvebuli Sehyurebda d'artaniani.

_ me mindoda igi im dRes gamecno TqvenTvis, rodesac Cemi pirveli mowveva miiReT, magram Tqven ar moxvediT. Cvenda sabednierod, am dagvianebiT araferi wamxdara, da ai, dRes moismenT Cems gegmas. dabrZandiT, batono d'artanian, ai, aq, Cems pirdapir. sakmarisad patiosani gvariSvili xarT da SegiZliaT fexze dgomiT ar ismendeT Cems sityvas, _ da kardinalma TiTiT skamze aniSna.

d'artaniani ise gancvifrebuli iyo yovelive imiT, rac mis garSemo xdeboda, rom sanam meored ar miuTiTa riSeliem, skamze dajdoma ver moaxerxa.

_ Tqven mamaci xarT, batono d'artanian, _ ganagrZo misma yovladuwmindesobam, _ da rac ufro mniSvnelovania, _ gonieri da windaxeduli, me Zalian miyvars gonieri da gulmxurvale vaJkacebi, nu SeSindiT, _ uTxra man siciliT, _ gulmxurvalobas rom vambob, me mamacur brZolas vgulis­xmob. Tqven jer sruliad ymawvili kaci xarT, cxovrebaSi axlad fexSedgmuli, magram amis miuxedavad, mainc Zlieri mtrebi gyavT, Tu frTxilad ar moiqeciT, icodeT, dagRupaven!

_ diax, Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav, _ miugo ymawvilma kacma, _ da, ueWvelia, Zalian adviladac damRupaven, radganac isini marTlac Zlierni arian da mfarvelebica hyavT. me ki sul martodmarto var.

_ eg marTalia, magram martodmartomac bevri ram gaakeTeT da, darwmunebuli var, kidev bevrs gaakeTebT. Tumca, Cemi azriT, aucileblad xelmZRvaneli gesaWiroebaT im saxifaTo gzaze, romelic Tqven agirCeviaT cxovrebaSi: mgoni, ara vcdebi, Tqven xom didebis mosaxveWad da karieris gasakeTeb­lad CamoxvediT parizs!

_ Cemebr Wabuk kacs, Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav, giJuri ocnebebi aqvs xolme, _ Tqva d'artanianma.

_ marto sulels epatieba giJuri ocneba. batono, Tqven ki Wkviani kaci xarT. es miTxariT, ras ityviT, leitenantis wodeba rom SemogTavazoT Cems gvardiaSi, xolo omis damTavrebis Semdeg _ aseulis meTauroba?

_ ah, Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav!..

_ Tanaxma xarT. xom?

_ Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav, _ daiwyo xelmeored d'ar­tanianma Sewuxebuli saxiT.

_ rogor? uars meubnebiT? _ Sehyvira gakvirvebulma kardinalma.

_ misi yovladudidebulesobis gvardiaSi gaxlavarT, Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav, da araviTari sabuTi ara maqvs, vemdurebode.

_ kargi, magram, me mgoni, Cemi gvardiac misi yovladudi­debulesobis gvardiaa, da safrangeTis romel razmSic unda iyoT, sul erTia, safrangeTis mefes emsaxurebiT.

_ bodiSs vixdi, Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav, me magisi Tqma ar mindoda.

_ Tqven sababi gindaT, ara? me mesmis. Zalian kargi, Tqven igi gaqvT: dawinaureba, romelsac Tqven gTavazoben, laSqroba, romelic iwyeba da SemTxveva, romelsac me gaZlevT. ai, sababi amxanagebSi Tavis gasamarTleblad, piradad TqvenTvis ki _ Zlieri mfarvelis saWiroeba, radgan icodeT, batono d'arta­nian, Zalian didi saCivrebi miviRe Tqvenze. vici, rom mTel dReebsa da Rameebs mefis samsaxurs ar andomebT.

d'artaniani gawiTlda.

_ sxvaTa Soris, Tqven Sesaxeb me aq mTeli saqme maqvs, _ Tqva kardinalma da xeli daado erTad Sekrul qaRaldebs, _ magram mindoda, jer Tqven moglaparakebodiT, vici, rom mtkice xasiaTis kaci xarT da Tqveni samsaxuri, Tu mas kargad warmarTaven, gaWirvebis magivrad did sikeTes da keTil­dReobas SegZenT. maS, dafiqrdiT da gadawyviteT.

_ usazRvro sikeTes miqadiT, Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav, _ miugo d'artanianma, _ vxedav, rom usazRvro lmobierebiTa da didsulovnebiT aRsavse brZandebiT da gnebavT, fexze wamomayenoT miwaze mcocavi matli, magram raki nebas maZlevT, rom gulwrfelad mogaxsenoT...

d'artaniani gaCumda.

_ diax, ganagrZeT.

_ ai, mogaxsenebT. Tqvens yovladuwmindesobas moexseneba, rom Cemi megobrebi yvelani mefis gvardiaSi da muSketerebSi arian, xolo Cemi mtrebi ki, raRac warmoudgeneli avbedi­TobiT, Tqvens gvardiaSi gaxlavan. ase rom, Tu Tqveni wina­dadeba miviRe, Tqvenebi cudad mimiReben da Cvenebic kargi TvaliT ar Sexedaven Cems wamosvlas.

_ iqneb metismetad pativmoyvare gaxdiT da Tqveni Rirsebis Sesaferi adgili ver SemogTavazeT? _ hkiTxa kardinalma zizRnarevi dacinviT.

_ ara, Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav, piriqiT, Tqven gaci­lebiT metad mafasebT, vidre amis Rirsi var, miT ufro, rom arafriT ar damimsaxurebia Tqveni wyaloba. ai, batono, sadacaa daiwyeba laroSelis garemocva, me Tqveni yovlad­uwmindesobis Tvalwin momiwevs samsaxuri da Tu am brZolebSi vewie bednierebas, miviqcio Tqveni yuradReba, ai, maSin, yovel SemTxvevaSi, ufleba meqneba, Cemi Tavi im mfarvelobisa da wyalobis Rirsad vcno, romelsac Tqven mTavazobT, Tavis droze unda moxdes yelaferi, batono kardinalo, Torem Tqveni winadadebis miReba dRes Tavis gayidvas emgvaneba.

_ sxva sityvebiT rom vTqvaT, Tqven uaryofT, ara gnebavT CemTan gadmosvla, _ uTxra kardinalma ukmayofilod, Tumca ukmayofilebasTan erTad mis saxeze erTgvari pativiscemac aRibeWda. _ kargi, batono, darCiT Tavisuflad da Tqvenve gauZeliT megobrebsac da mtrebsac.

_ Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav...

_ kmara, kmara! _ Seawyvetina kardinalma, - me aq CemTvis sawyens verasa vxedav, Tqvenc, vgoneb, kargad gesmiT, rom mxolod megobrebs uweven mfarvelobas da Rirseulad ajildoeben, mtrebisagan ki arafriT arian davalebulni. miuxedavad amisa, erT rCevas mainc mogcemT: frTxilad iyaviT, batono d'artanian, kargad geWiroT Tavi, icodeT, im wuTi­danve, rogorc ki mogakldebaT mzrunveloba, Calis fasad eRireba Tqveni sicocxle.

_ vecdebi, Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav, _ miugo gaskonelma didebulis damajereblobiT.

_ hoda, Tu momavalSi raime ubedureba gewiaT, _ uTxra kardinalma orazrovnad, _ nu daiviwyebT, rom me mogmarTeT winadadebiT da rac ki SemeZlo, yoveli Rone vixmare, raTa mag ubedurebas amecdineT.

gulze xeli daido d'artanianma, mdablad daukra Tavi da moaxsena:

_ rac unda ubedureba mewios, Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav, arasodes ar daviviwyeb dRevandel dRes da mudam Tqveni madlobeli viqnebi.

_ maS, rogorc Tqvenve TqviT, batono d'artanian, omis Semdeg vnaxavT erTmaneTs. mec iq viqnebi, brZolebSi, da Tvali meWireba Tqvenze, _ uTxra kardinalma da TiTiT aniSna mSvenier abjarze, romliTac omSi wasasvlelad unda aRWur­viliyo misi yovladuwmindesoba. _ diax, omis Semdeg vnaxavT kidev erTmaneTs da maSin gadavwyvetT.

_ manamde ki gevedrebiT, _ Sehyvira d'artanianma, _ Tan nu gamatanT Tqvens risxvas. Tuki darwmundebiT, rom Rirse­ulad miWiravs Tavi, piruTvneli iyaviT.

_ Wabuko, _ warmoTqva kardinalma, _ es moxdeba im Sem­TxvevaSi, Tu erTxel kidev meqna SesaZlebloba, gagimeoroT is, rac dRes giTxariT.

kardinalis am ukanasknelma sityvebma Tavzari dasca d'artanians. am gafrTxilebaze ufro metad mas pirdapiri muqarac ar SeaSinebda. kardinalma icoda, rom d'artanians raRacas upirebdnen mtrebi da cdilobda mis gadarCenas. ymawvilma piri gaaRo pasuxis misacemad, magram kardinalma mediduri xelis daqneviT aniSna, TqvenTan Sexvedra damTav­rebuliao.

d'artaniani gamovida, magram karebTan rom mivida, kinaRam umtyuna vaJkacobam; cota gawyda, isev ukanve Sebrunda, kidev kargi, rom am dros aTosis darbaisluri da mkacri saxe moagonda: kardinalis winadadeba rom mieRo, Tavis dReSi xels aRar CamoarTmevda aTosi, Seijavrebdnen megobrebi, swored am garemoebam d'artanians nabiji win gadaadgmevina da imave kibes Cahyva, romliTac zemoT avida.

karebTan aTosi da oTxi muSketeri dauxvda. isini ukve wuxdnen megobris Segvianebas. d'artanianma daamSvida amxa­nagebi. planSe aramisisa da porTosisaken gaiqca Sesatyo­bineblad, rom saWiro aRar iyo darajoba, radganac misi batoni cocxali da jansaRi gamovida kardinalis saxlidan.

isev aTosTan moiyares Tavi megobrebma, d'artanians am ucnauri Sexvedris ambavi gamohkiTxes, magram Cvenma gaskonelma mokled upasuxa: winadadeba momca, rom oficrad gadavsuliyav imis gvardiaSi, me uari movaxseneo.

_ Zalian kargadac moqceulxarT, _ Sehyvires erTxmad porTosma da aramisma.

Rrmad Cafiqrebuli ijda aTosi da araferi Tqva. magram rodesac isa da d'artaniani martod darCnen, uTxra:

_ Tqven ise moiqeciT, d'artanian, rogorc saWiro iyo, magram, vin icis, iqneba kidec SecdiT.

d'artanianma amoikvnesa, radgan aTosmac igive uTxra, rasac Tavisi sulis idumali xma Cumad CasZaxoda, _ mravali ubedureba da gansacdeli mogeliso.

meore dRes wasasvlelad momzadebas moundnen. d'artaniani baton de trevilTan wavida gamosaTxoveblad, im dros jer isev sjerodaT, rom metad xanmokle iqneboda gvardielebisa da muSketerebis ganSoreba, radgan mefe im dResve apirebda parlamentis mowvevas da meore diliT brZolis velisken gamgzavrebas, muSketerebi mefes Tan unda gahyolodnen, batonma de trevilma d'artanians hkiTxa, xom araferSi gWir­deba Cemi daxmarebao, magram gaskonelma amayad upasuxa, rom mas yvelaferi hqonda, rac ki dasWirdeboda.

Rame erTad Seiyarnen baton de zesaris razmis gvardielebi da baton de trevilis muSketerebi, romlebsac erTmaneTSi megobruli ganwyobileba hqondaT. gvardielebi saomrad midiodnen, muSketerebi mefes unda xlebodnen, erTmaneTs eTxovebodnen megobrebi.

didi lxiniT d simxiaruliT gaatares is Rame, amas uCvenodac warmoidgens mkiTxveli, radgan uaRresad mZime sazrunavis gaqarwyleba uaRresi uzrnvelobiT, lxiniTa da TavdaviwyebiT SeiZleba.

meore dRes, sayviris pirveli xmisTanave, megobrebi erTma­neTs gamoeTxovnen. muSketerebi baton de trevilis sasax­lisken wavidnen, gvardielebi _Ç baton de zesarisken. kapit­nebma razmebi maSinve luvrSi waiyvanes, sadac mefes Tavisi jarebis aRlumi unda Caetarebina.

daRonebuli iyo mefe da avadmyofs hgavda, rac cotaTi mainc almobierebda mis medidur saxes. marTlac, guSin parlamentis sxdomis dros, rodesac igi samefo taxtze brZandeboda gamoWimuli da sazeimod mimarTavda parlaments, cieb-cxelebam aitana. mefes sabolood hqonda gadawyvetili, am saRamosve wasuliyo, mravali Txovnisa da gafrTxilebis miuxedavad, mainc ar iSlida jarebis aRlumis Catarebas. imedi hqonda, magrad dauxvdeboda avadmyofobas da moereoda kidec.

aRlumis damTavrebis Semdeg gzas marto gvardielebi gaudgnen, radgan muSketerebi mefesTan erTad unda wasu­liyvnen. amiT isargebla porTosma da didebulad morTul-mokazmulma daTvis quCisken gaatara Tavisi raSi.Ë

veqilis colma lamaz cxenze amxedrebuli dainaxa mSveniv­rad morTuli porTosi. mas metismetad uyvarda Tavisi mijnuri da ase Soridan ver gamoeTxoveboda, aniSna, cxenidan Camomxtariyo da masTan misuliyo, _ sagangebo sanaxavi iyo porTosi: dezebs awkarunebda, beqTari ubrwyinavda, xmali amayad scemda muxlebSi. mis danaxvaze mosamsaxureebs ukve aRar aRZvriaT survili, sicili daewyoT.

stumari jer veqilTan Seiyvanes. ase mdidrulad morTul colis deidaSvilis danaxvaze baton koknars risxvis ali moedo TvalebSi, magram erTma mosazrebam mas nugeSi misca: yvelgan da yvelani ambobdnen, rom es laSqroba metad Zneli iqneboda da veqils gulis siRrmeSi tkbili imedi hqonda, rom porTosi cocxali aRar dabrundeboda brZolis velidan.

porTosma pativiscemiT moikiTxa Tavisi sayvarlis qmari da male gamoeTxova. batonma koknarma gamoTxovebisas yovel­gvari warmateba usurva. rac Seexeba qalbaton koknars, man ver Seikava cremli, magram amaSi saZraxisi araferi iyo, radgan yvelam icoda, rom Zalian uyvarda Tavisi naTesavebi, ris gamoc yovelTvis usiamovneba mosdioda meuRlesTan.

magram sayvarlebis namdvili gamoTxoveba qalbaton kok­naris oTaxSi moxda da Zalian mgrZnobiaredac Catarda es scena.

qalbatoni koknari fanjaraze ise gadaeyuda, TiTqos gadavardnas apirebso, Tan cxvirsaxocs uqnevda Tavis mijnurs, sanam Tvals miefareboda. porTosma ise miiRo siyvarulis es niSnebi, rogorc Seefereboda am saqmeSi daxelovnebul adamians. man mxolod meore quCis mosaxvevSi moixada fetris qudi da gamoTxovebis niSnad dauqnia.

Tavis mxriv, arc aramiss aviwydeboda damSvidobeba, ijda da grZel ustars swerda. vis? es aravin icoda, meore oTaxSi keti eloda: isic am saRamos unda gamgzavrebuliyo turisken.

aTosi ki nel-nela wrupavda espanuri Rvinis ukanasknel boTls.

d'artaniani, amasobaSi, Tavis razmTan erTad ukve brZolis velisaken midioda. sent-antuanis ubanSi Sesvlisas igi mobrunda, rom mxiarulad gadaexeda bastiliis cixisaTvis. uyurebda bastilias da srulebiT ver SeamCnia Calisfer cxenze mjdari miledi, romelic boroti saxis mqone or kacs d'artanianze aniSnebda, isinic maSinve razmelebs miauxlov­dnen, rom kargad daenaxaT da sxvaganac ecnoT. es ariso? _ TvaliT aniSnes miledis. qalmac aniSna, eg ariso, da Semdeg, rodesac darwmunda, rom is kacebi aRaraviTar Secdomas ar dauSvebdnen misi brZanebis SesrulebaSi, cxeni gaaWena.

ori ucnobi isev razms Seeria da mxolod sent-antuanis ubnidan gasvlisas Seaxtnen maTTvis gamzadebul Sekazmul cxenebs, romlebic ubralod Cacmulma msaxurma daaxvedra.