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laroSelis garemocva
laroSelis garemocva ludoviko mecametis mefobaSi didmniSvnelovani politikuri movlena da kardinalis erT-erTi didi samxedro RonisZieba iyo. amitom saintereso da saWiroa mis Sesaxebac vTqvaT ramdenime sityva, miT ufro, rom am qalaqis garemocvis mravali garemoeba mWidrod aris dakavSirebuli Cvens ambavTan. ase rom, mas dumiliT ver avuvliT gverds.

laroSelis garemocviT kardinali did politikur miznebs isaxavda. pirvel rigSi gagacnobT maT, xolo Semdeg gadavalT mis pirad miznebzedac, romlebsac naklebi gavlena rodi hqonda mis yovladuwmindesobaze, vidre politikur gan­zraxvas.

henrix meoTxis mier naboZeb mraval did qalaqTagan hugenotebs axla mxolod laroSeli SerCenodaT. es iyo maTi ukanaskneli cixesimagre. amitomac saWiro iyo kalvinizmis am ukanaskneli sayrdenis moSla-mospoba, radgan swored aq Rvivdeboda Sinagani omebisa da xalxTa ukmayofilebis Tesli.

safrangeTis momduravi espanelebi, ingliselebi, itali­elebi, avantiuriT gatacebuli yvela eris Svilebi, xmliTa da nadavliT mcxovrebi jariskacebi pirvelsave daZaxilze ikribebodnen protestantebis droSis qveS da qmnidnen farTo erTsulovan asociacias, romlis Stoebi Tavisuflad vrcel­deboda mTel safrangeTSi.

laroSels ufro didi mniSvneloba mieca mas Semdeg, rac kalvinistebs xelidan gamoacales sxva qalaqebi. amgvarad, laroSeli uTanxmoebisa da pativmoyvaruli zraxvebis kera gaxda. ufro metic: laroSelis navsadguri erTaderTi Ria kari iyo, romliTac Tavisuflad Sediodnen safrangeTSi misi ZvelisZveli mtrebi _ ingliselebi, xolo maTTvis am ukanaskneli navsadguris daxSviT, kardinali agvirgvinebda Jana d'arkisa da hercog gizis mier dawyebul saqmes.

amitom iyo, rom basompieri, romelic erT da imave dros protestantic iyo da kaTolikec (protestanti _rwmeniT da kaTolike _ suliwmindis ordeniT). _ basompieri, _ STamomavlobiT germaneli da guliT frangi, basompieri, _ laroSelis garemocvis erT-erTi razmis ufrosi, ramdenime masaviT protestanti didebulis TandaswrebiT ambobda:

_ ai, naxavT, batonebo, imdenad sulelebi viqnebiT, rom laroSelsac aviRebT!

marTali gamodga basompieri: res kunZulze zarbaznebis griali dragonadis¹ momaswavebeli iyo. laroSelis aReba ki nantis brZanebis Secvlis winasityvaoba gamodga.

magram, rogorc ukve aRvniSneT, politikur ganzraxvebTan erTad, romelic kardinals gzas uxsnida absoluturi monarqiisaken, mematiane iZulebulia siyvaruliT gata­cebulisa da eWviani metoqis wvrilmani miznebic gamo­amJRavnos.

riSelies, rogorc yvelasaTvis cnobilia, gagiJebiT uyvarda dedofali. ra iyo es siyvaruli? sul ubralo politikuri mizani Tu is Rrma vneba, romelsac aRuZravda xolme dedofali yvelas, vinc ki gars exvia? Cven amaze verafers vityviT, magram erTi ram cxadia: rogorc am isto­riis wina Tavebidan aris cnobili, bukingamma ajoba mas da or-sam SemTxvevaSi, metadre burnukebis saqmeSi, d'ar­tanianis mamacobisa da sami muSketeris Tavdadebis wyalobiT, sastikad Searcxvina kidec kardinali.

amgvarad, hercog riSelies swyuroda ara marto safran­geTis mtrisagan ganTavisufleba, aramed Tavisi metoqis javris amoyrac. amasTan, marTlac didi unda yofiliyo es Suris­Zieba, brwyinvale, da yvelafriT Rirsi adamianisa, romelsac sabrZolo xmlad xelSi mTeli samefos Zalebi eWira. riSeli­esaTvis mTavari iyo ara marto safrangeTis mtris damarcxeba, aramed metoqeze SurisZiebac. man kargad icoda, rom ing­lisTan brZola iyo bukingamTan brZola, rom inglisze gamarjvebiT is bukingamze imarjvebda, xolo mTeli evropis TvalSi inglisis SercxveniT, bukingams Searcxvenda da daamcirebda dedoflis TvalSi.

Tavis mxriv, bukingamic, uwinares yovlisa, inglisis saxelis gandidebas cdilobda, magram masac, kardinaliviT, piradi SurisZieba edo gulSi. bukingams araviTari sababiT ar SeeZlo safrangeTSi elCad dabruneba da amitom undoda, gamarjve­buli Sesuliyo Tavisi satrfos qveyanaSi.

ori Zlieri samefo erTmaneTs ebrZoda im mTavari mizeziT, rom siyvaruliT gagiJebul da SurisZiebiT aRgznebul metoqeebs gamarjvebis SemTxvevaSi safrangeTis dedoflis Rimili daemsaxurebinaT.

pirvelad bukingamisken iyo upiratesoba. sruliad mo­ulodnelad miadga igi kunZul res ormocdaaTi gemiT da, daaxloebiT, oci aTasi kaciT. moumzadeblad daxvda grafi tuaraki, romelic, mefis davalebiT, kunZuls icavda. sisx­lismRvreli brZolis Semdeg bukingamma kunZulze Tavisi jari gadmosxa.

unda mogaxsenoT, rom am brZolaSi daiRupa baroni de Santali, romelsac darCa wlinaxevris gogona, SemdegSi qalbaton sevined cnobili.

grafma tuarakma razmTan erTad Tavi sen-martenis cixe­simagres Seafara da asamde kaci gadaisrola lapres saxeliT wodebuli simagris dacvis gasaZliereblad.

res kunZulis aRebam daaCqara kardinalis gadawyvetileba. vidre TviT riSelie da mefe wavidodnen laroSelis garemocvaSi mTavarsardlobis gasawevad, man mefes Tavisi Zma gaagzavnina pirveldawyebiTi samxedro operaciebis sawarmoeblad da Tan brZaneba gasca, brZolis velze gaeyvanaT mis gankargulebaSi myofi yvela jari.

swored am mewinave razmSi eria Cveni megobari d'artaniani.

mefe, rogorc cnobilia, parlamentis krebis Catarebis Semdeg TviTonac unda gahyoloda jars. magram 23 ivniss, krebis damTavrebisTanave, isev cieb-cxelebam Seutia. igi mainc ar iSlida Tavisas, magram ufro uaresad Seiqna da bolos iZulebuli gaxda, vileruaSi gaCerebuliyo.

sadac mefe gaCerdeboda, unda SeCerebuliyo muSketerTa razmic, amitom moxda, rom de zesaris samsaxurSi myofi d'artaniani droebiT mainc CamoSorda Tavis karg megobrebs _ aToss, aramissa da porToss. es ganSoreba sawyen garemoebad miaCnda gaskonels, magram ufro samwuxarod da saSiSrad eCveneboda imis warmodgena, Tu ra farul gansacdels umzadebda Tavisi mteri.

d'artaniani, yovelgvari xifaTis gareSe, 1627 wlis seqtembris aTSi mSvidobianad mivida laroSelTan, sadac jari iyo dabanakebuli.

jerjerobiT isev ise iyo yvelaferi: kunZul res baton-patronebi, lordi bukingami da misi ingliselebi ganagr­Zobdnen brZolas sen-martenis cixesimagrisa da lapres simagris asaRebad, magram veras xdebodnen.

laroSelisaTvis brZola daiwyo ori Tu sami dRis Semdeg, rodesac hercogma angulemelma cixesimagre aaSena qalaqgareT.

baton de zesaris gvardielebs minimSi hqondaT bina.

rogorc viciT, d'artaniani gatacebuli iyo zviaduri surviliT, rac SeiZleboda male gadasuliyo muSketerebSi, amitom igi ar megobrobda gvardiel amxanagebTan da ufro xSirad martodmarto iyo, Tavisi fiqrebiT daRonebuli.

samxiarulo ara hqonda ra sawyal biWs: mas Semdeg, rac parizSi Camovida, metismetad Rrmad Setopa sazogado saqmeebSi, Tavisi piradi saqmeebisa ki bevri veraferi moeg­varebina, _ arc didebis, arc simdidrisa da arc siyvarulis mxriv.

siyvaruliT mxolod erTaderTi qali uyvarda _ qal­batoni bonasie, da isic ise gamqraliyo, rom d'artanianma ver miagno mis gzasa da kvals.

rac Seexeba didebas, man ara Tu moipova igi, aramed piriqiT, uCinari, ubralo gvardieli mtrad gaxdomoda kardinals, ese igi, im kacs, romlis winaSe SiSiT TrTodnen safrangeTis udidebulesi warCinebulni da TviTon mefec.

kardinals SeeZlo matliviT gaesrisa igi, magram jer­jerobiT daindo. SorsmWvreteli kaci iyo d'artaniani da am garemoebaSi Tavis keTil momavals xedavda.

garda amisa, erTi sxva mteric gadaikida, naklebad saSiSi, rogorc TviTon egona, magram instinqturad mainc grZnobda, rom arc ise abuCad asagdebi. es meore mteri gaxldaT miledi.

yovelive amis samagierod, man dedoflis mfarveloba da keTilmosurneoba daimsaxura; magram dedoflis keTil­mosurneoba im drois garemoebaTa mixedviT, SeiZleboda devnis sababad gadahqceoda, misi daRupvis erT umTavres mizezad gamxdariyo. yvelasaTvis cnobili iyo, rom dedoflis mfarveloba Zalian cudad ifaravda adamians. amis dasam­tkiceblad Sale da qalbatoni bonasiec kmaroda.

erTaderTi, rac amdeni davidarabis Semdeg SeiZina, es iyo brilianti, romelic TiTze ubrwyinavda, beWedi xuTasi-eqvsasi aTasi livri mainc Rirda, magram gandidebis ocnebiT gatacebuli d'artaniani TvalisCiniviT uvlida mas, xelidan ar icilebda da araviTar SemTxvevaSi ar yidda im imediT, rom erT dRes dedofalTan saTxovnelad misuls, am beWdiT daemsaxurebina misi yuradReba. amJamad ki am briliants igive fasi hqonda, rac mis fexqveS dagdebul ubralo kenWebs.

rogorc ubralo kenWebso, vTqviT Cven, radgan ase fiqrobda d'artaniani, romelic martodmarto daseirnobda lamaz sacalfexo gzaze. es gza banakidan sofel angutenamde midioda. fiqrebma gaitaces ymawvili kaci da SeumCnevlad imaze Sors wavida, vidre ganzraxuli hqonda. ukve binddeboda, rodesac uecrad d'artanianma Camavali mzis ukanasknel sxivze RobeSi gamoSverili Tofis lulas mohkra Tvali.

Tvali swrafi hqonda d'artanians da goneba sazriani. mas maSinve gauelva fiqrma, rom Tofis lula marto ar movidoda da is, visac igi malviT eWira Robis gadaRma, keTili gan­zraxviT ar iqneboda mosuli. gadawyvita gaqceuliyo, magram gzis meore mxaresac, did qvaze, misken damiznebuli lula dainaxa.

cxadi iyo, d'artanians Casafrebodnen da mokvlas upi­rebdnen.

Wabuki daakvirda pirvel muSkets da Sewuxebulma SeamCnia, rom igi pirdapir misi mimarTulebiT ixreboda. bolos erT adgilze gaCerda.

d'artanianma isargebla amiT da pirdaRma daeSva miwaze, im wuTSive gavarda Tofi, tyviam zuzuniT zemodan gadauara.

SeuZlebeli iyo dros dakargva. swrafad wamoxta da drozedac uSvela Tavs. meore mxridan nasrolma tyviam swored im adgilas ahyara kenWebi, sadac erTi wuTis win d'artaniani iwva.

d'artaniani ar ekuTvnoda iseT mamacTa ricxvs, romlebic brmad eZeben sikvdils, rom xma gauvardeT: gansacdelSi iyo da ukan daxeva ar ikadrao. esec rom ar yofiliyo, amao iqneboda aq vaJkacoba. maxeSi hyavda gabmuli Casafrebul mters.

`Tu mesamedac mesroles, me aq cocxali ver gadavrCebi~, _ gaifiqra d'artanianma da ise mokurcxla, rom fexebs kiserze irtyamda.

d'artaniani gaskonelebisaTvis Cveuli siswrafiT mif­rinavda banakisken. magram misi aseTi siCqaris miuxedavad, RobeSi mimaluls erTxel kidev moeswro Tofis gatena da axla ukve aRarc aacdina mizans: tyviam gaskonels qudi Tavidan gadaaZro da aT nabijze gadaisrola.

d'artanians sxva qudi ar hqonda. amitom miwidan swrafad aitaca da sirbiliT ganagrZo gza. banakSi rom mivida, Zlivs sunTqavda, ofli wurwuriT Camosdioda saxeze. aravis araferi uTxra, daRlil-daqanculi skamze Camojda da Tavis mdgomareobas daufiqrda.

am SemTxvevas safuZvlad SeiZleboda sami mizezi hqonoda: pirveli da ufro bunebrivi, rom es iyo Tavdasxma, mowyobili laroSelelebis mier, romlebic siamovnebiT moklavdnen misi yovladudidebulesobis yovel mcvels, jer marto imitom, rom erTi kaciT mainc SeemcirebinaT mtris Zala, garda amisa, SesaZloa mters jibeSi kargad gatenili qisa hqonoda.

d'artanianma qudi aiRo, natyviar adgils daakvirda da Tavi gaiqnia: aq ar Canda muSketis kvali. qudi Cveulebrivi siaTis tyviiT gaexvritaT.

SeiZleboda es saqme baton kardinalis mowyobilic yo­filiyo. mkiTxvels kargad emaxsovreba, rom swored im dros, rodesac d'artanianma Camaval mzis sxivebze Tofis lulas mohkra Tvali, imis fiqrSi iyo garTuli, Tu ra lmobierad moeqca kardinali.

magram d'artanianma uaryofis niSnad Tavi gaaqnia. kardi­nali iseT adamianebze, romelTa dasasjelad misi xelis erTi daqnevac kmaroda, iSviaTad mimarTavda xolme aseT saSuale­bebs.

iqneba es miledis SurisZieba iyo? mas es ufro SesaZ­leblad eCvena.

d'artaniani didxans cdilobda, Casafrebulebis saxe an tanisamosi moegonebina, magram amaod, iseTi siswrafiT mokurcxla banakisaken, Tofis lulis meti veraferi dainaxa.

_ ah, Cemo megobrebo! _ dudunebda d'artaniani, _ sada xarT, sad? rom icodeT, rogor mWirdebiT!

Zalian mousvenrad gaatara es Rame d'artanianma. samjer Tu oTxjer gamoeRviZa da wamovarda. loginTan elandeboda kaci, romelic xanjliT akuwvas upirebda. magram ise gaTenda, rom Ramis wyvdiads araviTari xifaTi ar moutania.

kargad icoda d'artanianma, rom mteri SemdegisaTvis gada­itanda ganzraxvis sisruleSi moyvanas.

im dRes Cvens gmirs fexi arsad gaudgams. Tavisi Tavis winaSe imiT imarTlebda Tavs, rom avi dari idga.

meore dRes, dilis cxra saaTze, gaisma sayviris xma, romelic brZolisken uxmobda. hercogma orleanelma sagu­Sagoebi daaTvaliera. gvardielebi iaraRis asaRebad gar­bodnen. d'artanianic mwyobrSi Cadga Tavis amxanagebTan erTad.

hercogma frontis xazi Camoiara. amis Semdeg mas gars Semoexvia maRali wodebis yvela oficeri, rom Tavi moewo­nebinaT ufrosisaTvis, maT ricxvSi iyo gvardiis kapitani batoni de zesaric.

cota xnis Semdeg d'artanians moeCvena, TiTqos batoni de zesari aniSnebda, rom masTan misuliyo. gaskoneli adgilidan ar daiZra. SeSinda, ar vcdebodeo, da eloda, kidev erTxel eniSnebina. de zesarma ganmeorebiT dauqnia xeli. d'artaniani maSinve gamovida mwyobridan da Tavisi ufrosisken wavida brZanebis misaRebad.

_ baton mxedarTmTavars erTi saxifaTo davalebis Sesas­ruleblad ramdenime mamaci da moxerxebuli kaci das­Wirdeba. mis pativs daimsaxurebs is, vinc SeZlebs am saqmis mogvarebas. mec Tqven imisTvis mogixmeT, rom mzad iyoT.

_ gmadlobT, Cemo kapitano! _ upasuxa d'artanianma, romelic sul imis natvraSi iyo, mefis Zmis Tvalwin sasaxelo ram Caedina.

marTlac, wina Rames laroSelelebi qalaqidan gamosu­liyvnen da brZoliT aeRoT erTi simagre, romelic ori dRis winaT mefis jars eWira. imis gasagebad, Tu ra ZaliT icavdnen laroSelelebi im simagres, TavzexelaRebuli gmiri mzvera­vebis gagzavna iyo saWiro.

ramdenime wuTis Semdeg hercogma xmamaRla gasZaxa jars:

_ erTi mniSvnelovani davalebis Sesasruleblad sami-oTxi yoCaRi biWi minda, sando kacis xelmZRvanelobiT.

_ ai, aq myavs, batono, eg sando kaci, _ moaxsena de zesarma da d'artaniani daanaxva, _ rac Seexeba oTx-xuT biWs, Tqven davaleba gvibrZaneT, biWebic TviTonve gamoCndebian.

_ oTxi yoCaRi biWi gvinda, rom CemTan erTad ar SeuSindnen sikvdils! _ gadasZaxa jars d'artanianma da xmali maRla aswia.

ori misi gvardieli amxanagi maSinve gamovida mwyobridan, maT kidev ori jariskaci miemata da ucbad Sesrulda saWiro ricxvi. d'artanianma sxvebs yvelas uari uTxra. ar undoda, upiratesoba waerTmia maTTvis, vinc pirveli gamoexmaura mis Zaxils.

frangebs warmodgenac ar hqondaT imis Sesaxeb, Tu rogor moeqceodnen laroSelelebi aRebul simagres. Sig jari hyavdaT dayenebuli Tu carieli datoves. amis gamosarkvevad saWiro iyo simagris axlo manZilidan dazverva.

d'artaniani Tavisi oTxi amxanagiT swored am davalebis Sesasruleblad wavida. sangrebs mihyvebodnen vaJkacebi: ori gvardieli masTan erTad win midioda, ori jariskaci ukan misdevdaT.

ase, sangars amofarebulebi, miuaxlovdnen simagres da asiode nabijiRa iqneboda gasavleli, rodesac d'artanianma ukan moixeda. ori jariskaci aRarsad Canda.

albaT SeeSindaT da ukan CamorCneno, _ gaifiqra da kvlav ganagrZo siaruli. samoci nabiji rCeboda simagremde.

aravin Canda. upatronod mitovebuls hgavda simagre.

gvardielebi SeCerdnen da bWoba gamarTes, rogor moqce­uliyvnen: kvlav win wasuliyvnen Tu ara. swored am dros erTi uzarmazari qva bolSi gaexvia da Tormetamde tyviam zuzuniT gauara d'artaniansa da mis or amxanags.

ukve gaiges is, ris codnac ainteresebdaT: simagres jari icavda. am saSiS adgilze dayovneba sruliad usargeblo gambedaoba iqneboda. d'artanianma da misma amxanagebma piri ukan ibrunes da iseTi siswrafiT wamovidnen, rom gamoqcevas ufro hgavda, vidre ukandaxevas.

sangris kuTxesTan miaRwies, romelic safrad gamodgeboda. erT-erTi gvardieli Zirs daeca: tyvia gulSi moxvda. meore ki, romelic uvneblad gadarCa, banakisken garboda.

d'artanians ar undoda amxanagis mitoveba da is iyo mis asayvanad daixara, rom Tofi kidev orjer gavarda, erTi tyvia TavSi moxvda ukve daWril gvardiels, meore tyviam ori gojis dacilebiT gauara d'artanians da qvaze daeca.

d'artaniani swrafad mibrunda ukan. simagridan wamosuli tyvia ver miaRwevda sangris kuTxemde. mxolod maSin moagonda Cvens gasoknels is ori jariskaci, romlebic weRan miimalnen, da gaaxsenda guSindeli Tavdasxma. d'artanianma gadawyvita, amjerad ukve gaego, visTan hqonda saqme. amitom mosaCveneblad mkvdariviT daeSva daWrilze.

im wuTSive ocdaaTiode nabijiT dacilebuli safaridan ori adamianis Tavi gamoCnda. es is jariskacebi iyvnen, rom­lebic dazvervis dros ise uecrad CamoSordnen gaskonels.

d'artaniani ar Semcdara. es ori kaci simagris dasazveravad mxolod imitom gamohyva, rom gzaSi moeklaT igi da laroSe­lelebisaTvis daebralebinaT.

SeiZleboda d'artaniani mxolod daWrili yofiliyo da gaeca maTi saidumloeba. amitom jariskacebi swrafad wamovidnen d'artanianisken, raTa bolo moeRoT misTvis. sa­bed­nierod, ise kargad gaWra gaskonelis oinma, rom maT arc ki mohgonebiaT Tofebis gatena.

aTiode nabijze rom miuaxlovdnen jariskacebi, xmal­amoRebuli d'artaniani zeze wamoiWra da orives win daudga.

kacismkvlelebma kargad icodnen, rom d'artanianis coc­xlad datoveba da banakisken gaqceva kargs arafers moutanda maT: gamomJRavndeboda Ralati da sasjels ver gada­urCe­bodnen. pirvelad gaifiqres mtris mxareze gadasvla. erT-erTma Tofis lulas mosWida xeli da kondaxi iseTi saSineli ZaliT mouqnia d'artanians, rom suls gaanTxevinebda, ganze rom ar gamxtariyo.

gadaxtomiT gza gaexsna yaCaRs, romelic isariviT gaeqana laroSelelebis simagrisken. magram mterma ar icoda, ra ganzraxviT garboda igi cixisken, amitom mecixovneebma cecxli gaxsnes. moRalates mxarSi moxvda tyvia da Zirs daeca.

amasobaSi d'artaniani meore mowinaaRmdeges mivarda. jariskaci gauteneli TofiT igeriebda d'artanianis xmals. didxans ar gagrZelebula brZola: gvardielis xmali Cacurda Tofis lulaze da barZaySi gaerWo gaskonelis mopirdapires, romelic im wuTSive Zirs daeca. d'artanianma maSinve yelze xmlis wveri daabjina.

_ oh, nu momklavT! _ Sehyvira man, _ SemibraleT! Semib­raleT, Cemo oficero, da sul yvelafers mogaxsenebT.

_ ra unda momaxseno iseTi, rom Sendobad Rirdes? _ hkiTxa ymawvilma kacma ise, rom xmali adgilidan ar dauZravs.

_ SemibraleT, batono, SemibraleT, Tu gwamT Tqveni sicocxlis fasi. Tqven xom jer ocdaori wlisa xarT da TqvenisTana lamazsa da mamacs SeuZlia bevr rames miaRwios.

_ aramzadav! aba, Cqara miTxari, vin dagavala Cemi mokvla!

_ erTma qalma, me mas ar vicnob, mxolod vici, rom miledis uwodeben.

_ Tu qals ar icnob, saidan ici misi saxeli?

_ Cemi amxanagi icnobda da sul miledis uwodebda. im qalmac saqme Cems amxanags miando da ara me. masa aqvs jibeSi im qalbatonis werili da, Cemi amxanagis TqmiT, didi mniSvneloba unda hqondes TqvenTvis im werils.

_ mere, Sen rogor Caerie am binZur saqmeSi?

_ Cemma amxanagma winadadeba momca, sanaxevrod agveRo gasamrjelo, da mec davTanxmdi.

_ ramdeni mogcaT miledim am sagangebo davalebis Sesru­lebisTvis?

_ asi lui.

_ kidev kargi! _ wamoiZaxa siciliT ymawvilma kacma, _ cotaTi mainc davufasebivar. asi lui TqvenisTana aram­zadebisaTvis marTla kargi fulia. rogorc vxedav, fuliT moxiblulebs migiRiaT es samarcxvino winadadeba, amitom gapatieb erTi pirobiT.

_ ra pirobiT? _ hkiTxa SiSiT jariskacma, radgan xedavda, rom amiT ar Tavdeboda saqme.

_ Tu waxval Sens daWril an mkvdar amxanagTan da im werils momitan, jibeSi rom udevs.

_ gana sul erTi ar aris, batono, aq momklavT Tu iq gamgzavniT sasikvdilod? _ Sehyvira ubedurma, _ rogor unda mivide iqamde, rodesac sangridan setyvasaviT modis tyviebi.

_ ha, mixval Tu ara? gadawyvite male! Torem geficebi, Cemi xeliT mogiReb bolos.

_ SemibraleT, batono, SemibraleT! im axalgazrda qalis gulisTvis, Tqven rom giyvarT, ramdenadac me vici, mkvdari ggoniaT, is ki cocxali gaxlavT, _ evedreboda muxlebze daCoqili da Tan xeliT d'artanians eWideboda, radgan sakmaod misustebuli iyo sisxlis deniT.

_ eg saidanRa ici, rom axalgazrda qali, romelic miyvars, mkvdari mgonia? _ hkiTxa gakvirvebulma d'artanianma.

_ im werilidan, jibeSi rom udevs Cems amxanags.

_ hoda, xom xedav, rom CemTvis Zalian saWiro yofila is werili? maS, nuRar igvianeb, nuRar yoymanob, Torem, Tumca Zalian mezizReba da ar minda, Cemi xmali SenisTana aramzadis sisxlSi gavsvaro, vficav Cems patiosnebas...

am sityvebTan erTad iseTi muqariT mouRera xmali, rom daWrili kaci gulgaxeTqili wamovarda.

_ moiTmineT! moiTmineT! _ yviroda SeSinebuli da Zal-Rones ikrebda, rom werilis mosatanad wasuliyo, _ mivdivar, batono, mivdivar!

d'artanianma am jariskacis Tofi aiRo, is ki win gaagdo da xmlis wveri ataka ukanidan, rom aeCqarebina.

sazareli sanaxavi iyo ubeduri: midioda da sisxlis kvalsa tovebda. mosalodneli sikvdilis SiSiT mkvdrisferi das­deboda. cdilobda, ise misuliyo Tavisi amxanagis gvamamde, romelic iqve, oc nabijze egdo, rom tyvia aecdina. d'artanians Seebrala, daacqerda mis SeSinebul saxes, romelzedac Wiris ofli gadasdioda, da zizRiT uTxra:

_ kmara, kargi! ai, me gaCveneb, riT ganirCeva guladi kaci SenisTana laCrisagan, aq daegde! me waval.

Cqari nabijiT gaeqana daWrilisaken, Tan frTxilad adevnebda Tvals mtris moZraobas, moxerxebulad iyenebda safrad yvelafers, rac ki gzad xvdeboda, male miaRwia meore jariskacamde.

d'artanians ori saSualeba hqonda Tavisi miznis misaR­wevad. iqve gaeCxrika daWrili an isic Tan wamoeyvana, mxolod ise amohfareboda, rogorc fars, da samSvidoboze rom gaiyvanda, iq gaeCxrika.

meore saSualeba irCia Cvenma gaskonelma da zurgze swored im dros wamoikida, rodesac simagridan Tofi gavarda.

odnav Seirya d'artanianis tvirTi, yru xma sami tyviisa, romlebic daWrils moxvda, misi ukanaskneli amooxvra da sulTmobrZavis TrTola umtkicebda d'artanians, rom sikvdils swored iman gadarCina, vinc mis mosaklavad iyo mosyiduli.

d'artaniani sangarSi Sevida da mkvdariviT fermixdil daWrils miugdo misi mkvdari amxanagi.

gaskoneli maSinve Seudga Cxrekas: tyavis qisa, safule, romelSic albaT miledisgan miRebuli fulis nawili, stviri da kamaTlebi inaxeboda, es iyo moklulis mTeli memkvidreoba.

stviri da kamaTlebi, sadac dacvivda, iqve datova, qisa daWrils gadaugdo da swrafad gaSala safule.

ramdenime umniSvnelo qaRalds Soris iyo is werilic, romlis gulisTvisac d'artanianma safrTxeSi Caigdo sicoc­xle.

`raki dagikargavT kvali im qalisa, romelic amJamad sruliad uSiSrad aris erT-erT monasterSi, sadac igi, Tqven rom vargebuliyaviT, verasodes ver moaxerxebda Tavis Sefarebas, axla imdens mainc ecadeT, rom kaci ar gagisxlteT xelidan, Torem, xom iciT, metad grZeli xeli maqvs da Zvirad dagijdebaT is asi lui, romelic Cemgan gaqvT miRebuli~.

xels aravin awerda, magram cxadi iyo, miledi swerda. d'artanianma werili jibeSi Caido, rogorc damamtkicebeli sabuTi, da radgan SiSi arafrisa hqonda, sangris kuTxeSi migdebul daWrils dauwyo gamokiTxva. jariskaci gamotyda, rom man Tavis amxanagTan erTad, romelic mkvdari egdo iqve, mis gverdiT, Tavs idves motaceba erTi axalgazrda qalisa, romelsac parizidan lavilietis kariT unda gamoevlo da isinic iq elodnen, magram is da misi megobari duqanSi Sesuliyvnen Rvinis gadasakravad da aTi wuTiT daigvianes. karetas ukve Caeqrola.

_ mere, ras upirebdiT im qals? _ hkiTxa SeSinebulma d'artanianma,

_ mefis moedanze unda migveyvana, erT sasaxleSi, _ upasuxa daWrilma.

_ ho, swored iq! _ CurCulebda d'artaniani, _ maS, ase, miledisTan unda migeyvanaT.

mxolod axla igrZno d'artanianma, Tu SurisZiebis rogori daucxromeli wyurvili amoZravebda miledis, romelsac surda, daeRupa igi da, masTan erTad, yvela isini, vinc mas uyvarda. ramdenad kargad unda scodnoda am qalbatons sasaxlis cxovreba, rom yvelaferi aRmoaCina. SeuZlebeli iyo daeWveba: usaTuod kardinalisagan hqonda miRebuli saWiro cnobebi.

magram am samwuxaro fiqrebiT moRuSuls, tkbili sixaru­liT moagonda, rom dedofals miugnia im sapatimrosaTvis, sadac misi erTgulebisaTvis Tavganwiruli sawyali qalbatoni bonasie itanjeboda, da uxsnia igi sapatimrodan.

axla d'artanianisaTvis ukve gasagebi Seiqna amas winaT qalbaton bonasiesagan miRebuli werili da Saios gzaze karetiT misi moCvenebasaviT Camoqroleba.

maS, amieridan, rogorc amas aTosic winaswarmetyvelebda, SesaZlebeli xdeboda qalbaton bonasies povna. monasteri xom miuvali cixesimagre ar iyo.

am fiqrma guli sabolood moulbo da mibrunda daWri­lisaken, romelic SeSinebuli, mwuxare TvalebiT Sescqeroda misi saxis gamometyvelebas, xeli gauwoda da uTxra:

_ aba, ha. wavideT, ar minda, ase upatronod dagtovo am sangarSi. wamodeq, mklavze dameyrden da Cveni banakisken gavwioT.

_ batoni brZandebiT, _ miugo daWrilma, romelsac ver warmoedgina, rom SesaZlebeli iyo amdeni didsulovneba, _ geaxlebiT, magram... imisTvis xom ar migyavarT, rom Camomaxr­CoT?

_ weRan mogeci sityva da axla meored geubnebi, miCuqebia SenTvis sicocxle!

daWrilma daiCoqa, fexebze xelmeored akoca Tavis keTi­lismyofels, magram d'artanians ukve aRaraviTari mizezi ar hqonda, rom ise axlos yofiliyo mterTan da TviTonve Seawyvetina amgvari saxiT madlobis gadaxda.

gvardieli, romelmac simagridan pirveli srolisTanave gamoqceva moaswro, ukve banakSi misuliyo da ambavi mietana, rom mters misi oTxive amxanagi moekla, amitom legioni metad gakvirvebuli da, amave dros, metad gaxarebuli iyo cocxali da sruliad uvnebeli d'artanianis danaxviT.

jariskacis Wriloba erTgvari improvizaciiT ganmarta d'artanianma, uambo meore jariskacis sikvdili da am daz­vervaSi gancdili sxvadasxva safrTxe. es ambavi misTvis namdvil triumfad gadaiqca: im dRes mTel jars amis meti salaparako araferi hqonda. mefis Zmam, mTavarsardalma, madloba SemouTvala ymawvilkacs da gamarjveba miuloca.

saerTod, yovel keTilmoqmedebas Tan axlavs Tavisi jildoc da d'artanianis didsulovnebasac is mohyva Sedegad, rom dakarguli simSvide daubrunda. `SeiZleba, sruliad damSvidebuli viyoo, _ fiqrobda sixaruliT, _ radgan Cems mosaklavad gamogzavnilTagan erTi mkvdaria, xolo meore _ Cemi erTgulio~.

es simSvide imas amtkicebda, rom d'artaniani jer kidev ar icnobda miledis.