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feltonma xelze akoca miledis da ise gamoeTxova, rogorc RviZli Zma gamoeTxoveba xolme Tavis das saseirnod wasvlis win.

feltoni, rogorc yovelTvis, sruliad damSvidebuli iyo, magram saxe Cveulebrivze metad gafiTreboda, Tvalebi ise uelvarebdnen, TiTqos didi sicxe hqonodes. piri magrad moekuma da pasuxs nawyvet-nawyvetad iZleoda, rac imis niSani iyo, rom raRac bneli fiqrebi utrialebda gonebaSi.

naviT ukan dabrunebuli feltoni Tvals ar Sorebda karWapis gembanze mdgom miledis, romelic TvaliT misdevda Tavis mxsnels.

oriveni damSvidebulni iyvnen, mdevari veRar daeweodaT. miledis oTaxSi cxra saaTze adre aravin Sedioda da cixe-darbazidan londons misasvlelad saWiro iyo sami saaTi.

feltoni napirze gadmovida, aiara patara qedi, romelic zRvis piras mTaze adioda. erTxel kidev, ukanasknelad gamoeTxova miledis da qalaqisaken gaeSura.

asi nabijis Semdeg ukve daRmarTs dahyva da marto karWapis anZis wversRa xedavda.

feltoni gaCqarebiT midioda portsmutisaken. mas TavSi utrialebda yoveli is braldeba namdvili Tu usafuZvlo, romelsac ori wlis ganmavlobSi da merec didxans, puri­tanebTan cxovrebis dros, igrovebda gulSi iakob pirve­lisa da karlos pirveli favoritis _ bukingamis winaaRmdeg, da rodesac im mtarvalis mier Cadenil sxvadasxva sazarel danaSauls, didmniSvnelovans mTeli evropisaTvis, Tu SeiZleba ase iTqvas, adarebda im ciliswamebas, romliTac bukingami saxels utexda da Tavs Wrida miledis, feltons daskvna gamohqonda, rom ori adamiani SeerTebuliyo lord bukingamSi. da am orTagan uaRresad boroti da avsuli swored is iyo, romlis kerZo cxovrebisa ara icoda ra sazo­gadoebam. ras izamda? axalgazrda kaci gagiJebuli iyo siyva­ruliT, axlad aRgznebuli ucnauri siyvaruliT da amis gamo miledis mier wamoyenebul braldebas ise uyurebda, TiTqos gamadidebeli SuSa miedo Tvalebze; uzarmazar urCxulad eCveneboda yoveli wvrilmani.

swrafi siaruli ufro uduRebda sisxls. imis gafiqreba, rom martodmarto datova sayvareli, ufro swored rom vTqvaT, wmindad saTayvanebeli qali, romlis javris amosay­relad araviTar borotebas ar iukadrisebda misi jalaTi, kidev ufro aRagznebda feltons.

dilis rva saaTi iqneboda, rodesac gaoflianebuli da mtverSi amosvrili portsmutSi Sevida, misi Cveulebrivad fermixdili saxe brazsa da sicxes gaewiTlebina.

fexze idga mTeli qalaqi, naRaris xma gaismoda quCebSi, navsadgurisaken moiwevdnen laroSels mimavali jarebi.

feltoni saadmiralosken gaeSura, iq eguleboda bukingami, magram guSagma ar SeuSva, maSin feltonma moixmo saguSagos ufrosi, jibidan werili amoiRo da uTxra:

_ saswrafo davaleba maqvs lord uinterisagan.

lord uinteris saxelis xsenebam gaWra. yvelam icoda bukingamisa da uinteris guliTadi megobrobis ambavi. sagu­Sagos ufrosma brZaneba gasca, gaetarebinaT feltoni, miT ufro, rom TviTon feltonsac mezRvauris forma ecva.

feltoni sasaxleSi Sevida. darbazis wina oTaxis karebSi igi Seejaxa masaviT mtverSi amoganglul da metad daqancul kacs..

feltoni da es kaci erTad mividnen patrikTan, hercogis sando SinamsaxurTan. feltonma lordi uinteri daasaxela, ucnobma aravin daasaxela da Tqva, rom marto hercogs moaxsenebda, vin iyo da risTvis mosuliyo. orive cdilobda, pirveli Sesuliyo bukingamTan.

patrikma icoda, rom lord uinters samsaxurebrivi damokidebuleba hqonda bukingamTan da guliTadi megobrobac akavSi­rebda maT, amitom misgan gamogzavnils akuTvna upira­tesoba. meore iZulebuli iyo moecada, magram saxeze ki etyoboda, rom mwared gmobda am dagvianebas.

msaxurma feltoni did darbazSi gaatara, sadac bukingams laroSelidan princ subizis xelmZRvanelobiT gamogzavnili elCebi ucdidnen da Seiyvana kabinetSi, romelSic bukingami, romelsac es-es iyo ebanava, tanT icvamda da koxtaobda.

_ leitenanti feltoni gaxlavT, lord uinteris dava­lebiT, _ moaxsena patrikma.

_ lord uinteris davalebiT? SemoiyvaneT!

feltoni Sevida. bukingams is iyo savarZelze daegdo Zvirfasi oqromkediT amoqarguli xalaTi da TvalmargalitiT daqargul xaverdis qurTuks icvamda.

_ ratom TviTon ar mobrZanda lordi? _ hkiTxa bukingamma. _ me am diliT movelodi.

_ mibrZana momexsenebina Tqveni brwyinvalebisaTvis, rom Zalian undoda gxlebodaT, magram iZulebuli iyo, Sin darCeniliyo, radgan TviTon darajobs cixes, _ miugo fel­tonma.

_ diax, diax, vici, _ Seawyvetina bukingamma, _ patimari qali hyavs Tavis cixe-darbazSi.

_ swored mag patimari qalis Sesaxeb mindoda zogi ram momexsenebina Tqveni brwyinvalebisaTvis.

_ aba, TqviT!

_ Cemi saTqmeli mxolod Tqven unda moisminoT, milord!

_ dagvtove, patrik! _ ubrZana bukingamma, _ oRond axlos iyaviT, male damWirdebiT.

patriki gavida.

_ martoni varT, batono, _ uTxra bukingamma, _ ras ityviT?

_ amas winaT, milord, werili mogweraT baronma uinterma da gTxovaT, xeli mogeweraT erTi ymawvili qalis, Sarlot baksonis gadasaxlebis brZanebaze.

_ diax, batono, mec vTxove moetana an gamoegzavna is brZaneba da xels movawerdi.

_ ai, aq gaxlavT, milord.

_ momeciT!

bukingamma gamoarTva qaRaldi. brZanebas swrafad gadaavlo Tvali da darwmunda, rom swored is iyo, rasac uinteri sTxovda. qaRaldi magidaze dado, kalami aiRo da xelis moweras apirebda.

_ ukacravad, milord, _ mimarTa feltonma, _ icis Tqvenma brwyinvalebam, rom saxeli Sarlot baksoni namdvili saxeli da gvari ar gaxlavT im ymawvili qalisa?

_ diax, batono, vici, _ upasuxa bukingamma da samelneSi kalami Caawo.

_ maS, im qalis namdvili saxelic gecodinebaT? _ hkiTxa feltonma aRelvebuli xmiT, _ namdvili vinaoba?

_ diax, vici!

bukingamma qaRaldisaken waiRo kalami. feltons feri ecvala.

_ namdvili vinaoba iciT, batono, im qalisa da mainc xels awerT?

_ ueWvelad, _ miugo bukingamma, _ diax, erTis magivrad, orjer movawer.

_ ver warmomidgenia, batono, _ moaxsena feltonma aTrTo­lebuli xmiT, _ magas brZanebdeT, Tu marTla iciT, rom qalbaton uinters Seexeba es brZaneba...

_ Zalian kargad vici, Tumca mikvirs, rom Tqvenc gcodniaT.

_ da mainc, batono, sruliad gulgrilad moawerT xels?

bukingamma medidurad gadaxeda ymawvil kacs.

_ ra mogdiT? nuTu ver xedavT, ra ucnaur kiTxvebs maZlevT? didi moTminebis kaci vyofilvar, rom gpasuxobT.

_ pasuxi momeciT, milord, _ uTxra feltonma, _ mdgo­mareoba bevrad ufro saSiSi gaxlavT, vidre Tqven ggoniaT.

bukingamma ifiqra, lord uinteris gamogzavnili ymawvili kaci albaT lordis danabarebs meubnebao, da maSinve molba.

_ xels vawer sruliad gulgrilad. baronma iseve kargad icis, rogoradac me, rom miledi uinters mravali danaSauli aqvs da Tu gandevniT gvinda imisi dasja, eg TiTqmis danaSaulis patiebaa. _ da kalami daado qaRalds.

_ Tqven xels ver moawerT mag brZanebas, milord, _ uTxra feltonma da bukingamisaken waiwia.

_ xels ver movawer am brZanebas? ratom? _ hkiTxa bukingamma da gakvirvebiT Sexeda.

_ imitom, rom Tqven CaixedavT Tqvens gulSi da samar­Tlianad moeqceviT miledis.

_ savsebiT samarTliani iqneboda misi taiburnSi gagzavna, miledi biwieri qalia.

_ miledi angelozia, milord, Tqven es kargad iciT da me gTxovT mis ganTavisuflebas.

_ ra vqna, Tqven giJi xom ara xarT? rogor laparakobT?

_ mapatieT, milord, me ise mogaxseneT, rogorc SemiZlia, mxolod gevedrebiT: daufiqrdiT, ras apirebT, da ecadeT, ar gadaaWarboT Tqvens uflebas.

_ rao?.. RmerTo, Seminde! _ Sehyvira bukingamma, _ mgoni, muqarasac mibedaven!

_ ara, milord, me gTxovT da mogaxsenebT: erTi wveTi kmara fialis asavsebad. mcire Secdoma kmara im adamianis Rirseulad dasjisaTvis, romelsac mravali avkacobisa da borotebis miuxedavad, wyalobis TvaliT uyureben da indoben.

_ gabrZandiT aqedan, batono felton, Tqven dapatim­rebuli xarT da mcvelebs CabardiT.

_ bolomde momismineT, milord! Tqven gaaupatiureT saw­yali qali, namusi axadeT, SearcxvineT! axla ki gamoasworeT Tqveni misdami danaSauli. gauSviT, Tavisuflad wavides, sadac nebavdes, sxvas me arafers mogTxovT.

_ sxvas aRaras momTxovT? _ yoveli marcvlis xazgasmiT uTxra bukingamma da gancvifrebuli TvaliT daacqerda fel­tons.

_ milord, _ ganagrZo feltonma, mas ufro da ufro ereoda mRelvareba, _ frTxilad, milord, moiqanca inglisi Tqveni usamarTlobiT! milord, Tqven avad gamoiyeneT mefis ufleba, romelic veragobiT gamoscancleT mefes! milord, Tqven sazizRroba xarT adamianisaTvis da RvTisaTvisac, mova dro da RmerTi dagsjiT codvils, dRes ki me minda Tqveni dasja!

_ ah, es ki metismetia! _ Sehyvira bukingamma da karebisaken waiwia.

feltoni win daudga.

_ umorCilesad gTxovT, _ mimarTa feltonma, _ dawereT brZaneba ledi uinteris sruli ganTavisuflebis Sesaxeb. nu dagaviwydebaT, rom es aris is qali, romelzedac Tqven Zala ixmareT da gaaupatiureT.

_ gadiT aqedan! _ Seutia bukingamma, _ Torem davuZaxeb da borkilebs dagadebT.

_ ver dauZaxebT! _ upasuxa feltonma da gza gadauWra bukingams, romelic patara Severcxlili magidisaken mibrunda zaris dasarekad, _ frTxilad, milord! RvTis gangebaSi xarT da nu scodavT!

_ qajis gangebaSi var da ara RvTisaSi! _ dauyvira xmis amaRlebiT milordma, radgan undoda amiT moexmo vinme saSvelad.

_ dawereT, milord! dawereT sruli ganTavisufleba miledisa! _ ar eSveboda feltoni da xelSi qaRalds aCeCebda.

_ maS, Zalas matanT? damciniT kidec? patrik, Cqara!

_ dawereT, milord!

_ arasodes!

_ ara?

_ momexmareT! _ Sehyvira hercogma da gadaxta, rom xmali aeRo.

magram xmlis amoReba ver moaswro, feltons gulTan hqonda Camaluli gaxsnili dana, romliTac Tavis mosaklavad sisxli idina miledim. iZro is dana da bukingams mivarda.

am dros darbazSi patriki Semovarda yviriliT:

_ milord, werili safrangeTidan!

_ safrangeTidan? _ Sehyvira gaxarebulma bukingamma, myisve daaviwyda yvelaferi.

am wamiT isargebla feltonma da ferdSi dana taramde CaarWo.

_ ah, moRalatev! _ Sehyvira bukingamma, _ xom momkal....

_ gviSveleT! _ yviroda patriki.

feltonma gaqceva ganizraxa, irgvliv mimoixeda da Ria karis danaxvaze sirbiliT gaswia im didi darbazisaken, sadac laroSeleli elCebi icdidnen, kibes eca, magram kibis TavSive lord uinters SeeCexa. feltonis fermixdili, gadareuli saxisa da sisxliani xelebis danaxvaze mixvda grafi, rac momxdariyo da yelSi swvda yviriliT:

_ vicodi! mivxvdi! erTi wuTiT damagvianda! oh, ra ubeduri var, ra ubeduri!

feltons araviTari winaaRmdegoba ar gauwevia, lordma guSagebs gadasca ymawvili kaci da TviTon bukingamis kabinetSi Sevarda.

patrikis yvirilze kabinetSi Sevarda is kaci, romelic feltonTan erTad movida da cdilobda, pirveli Sesuliyo lordis sanaxavad.

bukingami divanze iwva da mokrunCxul xels Wrilobaze iWerda.

_ la port, _ mimarTa momakvdavis xmiT bukingamma, _ man gamoggzavnaT?

_ diax, batono, _ upasuxa dedoflis erTgulma msaxurma, _ magram, rogorc vxedav, metad davigviane.

_ Cumad, la port! SeiZleba gaigonon... patrik, aq aRaravin SemouSvaT, oh, mgoni, veRarc ki movaswreb misi dabarebulis mosmenas! RmerTo, RmerTo! vkvdebi!

bukingams guli wauvida.

magram kabinetSi ukve Sesuliyvnen lordi uinteri, laro­Selelebi, mxedarTmTavrebi, bukingamis sasaxlis oficrebi. yvelas daWrilTan moeyara Tavi. moTqma da tirili gaismoda sasaxleSi. lord bukingamis daWris samwuxaro ambavi swrafad moedo mTel qalaqs.

zarbazani gaisroles moulodneli ubedurebis aRsaniS­navad.

Tmas iglejda lordi uinteri.

_ erTi wuTiT davigviane! sul erTi wuTiT! oh, RmerTo! RmerTo! ra ubedurebaa!

marTlac, Turme dilis Svid saaTze Seatyobines, rom sasaxlis erT fanjaraze Tokis kibe ekida. igi maSinve gaiqca miledis oTaxisaken, magram iq aRar brZandeboda qalbatoni, fanjara gaRebuli daxvda, moajiri _ gatexili, da maSinve moagonda d'artanianisagan miRebuli sityvieri gafrT­xileba, romelic planSem moaxsena. lord uinters SeeSinda, rom bukingamis sicocxle safrTxis winaSe ar yofiliyo. swrafad Sevarda TavlaSi, arc ki Seakazmvina cxeni, rom dro ar dahkargoda, moaxta da WenebiT Sevida bukingamis sasaxlis ezoSi. Camoxta cxenidan, sirbiliT avarda kibeze da kibis TavSi, rogorc vTqviT, feltoni SeeCexa.

jer ar momkvdariyo bukingami, mxolod guli wasvloda. nel-nela mosulierda, Tvali gaaxila da yvela iq myofs imedi aReZra.

_ batonebo! _ patara xans martod damtoveT patrikTan da la portTan... _ sTxova milordma, _ ah! Tqvena xarT, uinter? raRa is giJi gamomigzavneT am dilas? xedavT, ra yofaSi Camagdo?

_ ah, milord, Cems sicocxleSi ver movinanieb am Secdomas.

_ da Zalianac Secdebi, Cemo megobaro, _ uTxra bukingamma da xeli CamoarTva. _ me ar minaxavs iseTi kaci, romelic Rirsi iyos meore kacis mier mTeli sicocxlis manZilze sinanulisa. magram martod damtoveT, gTxov.

lordi uinteri qviTiniT gavida.

samni darCnen kabinetSi: daWrili hercogi, la porti da patriki.

eqims eZebdnen da versad epovaT.

_ gadarCebiT, milord, gadarCebiT! _ CasZaxoda bukingams mis win muxlmodrekili erTguli msaxuri safrangeTis dedoflisa.

_ ras mwerda? _ hkiTxa misustebuli xmiT bukingamma, jerac isev ise sdioda sisxli da saSinel tkivils itanda, rom raime gaego misi, vinc ase uyvarda, _ ras mwerda? wamikiTxe misi werili.

_ oh, milord! _ SeSinda la porti.

_ ha, Cqara, la port, gana vera xedav, rom dros dakargva aRar SeiZleba?

la portma beWedi gatexa, gaxsna werili da Tvalwin dauWira bukingams baraTi, magram momakvdavi amaod cdilobda werilis wakiTxvas.

_ Sen wamikiTxe, Sen, me veRaras varCev! wamikiTxe, Torem pataraxans ukan veRaras gavigoneb da ise movkvdebi, rom ver gavigeb, rasa mwerda.

la ports winaaRmdegoba aRar gauwevia da waikiTxa:

`milord!

gaficebT im tanjvas, romelsac ganvicdi mas aqeT, rac Tqven gagicaniT, Tu cota radme mainc giRirT Cemi mSvidoba, SeaCereT didi SeiaraReba, romelsac safrangeTis winaaRmdeg amzadebT da mospeT omi, romlis Sesaxeb xmamaRla gaiZaxian, sarwmunoeba mxolod TvalTasaxvevi sababiao; omis namdvil mizezad ki Tqvens Cemdami siyvaruls saxaven. es omi SeiZleba did gansacdels umzadebdes safrangeTs da ingliss. garda amisa, piradad Tqvenc, milord, giqadiT iseT ubedurebas, romlis asatanad me sanugeSo aRara damrCeba ra

Tqveni erTguli ana~.

bukingamma werilis mosasmenad darCenili sicocxlis Zala moikriba. xolo rodesac la portma gaaTava kiTxva, iseTi toniT ikiTxa, TiTqos imedi gaucruvdao:

_ sxvas verafers metyviT? sityvierad araferi dagabaraT?

_ rogor ara, Tqveno brwyinvalebav, dedofalma damavala, gadmogceT, rom Zalian frTxilad brZandebodeT. radgan ucnobebiaT, rom Tqven mokvliT gemuqrebian.

_ meti aRaraferi? aRaraferi? _ ekiTxeboda bukingami mouTmenlad.

_ damavala mogaxsenoT, batono, rom kvlav uyvarxarT.

_ ah, madloba RmerTs! _ warmoTqva sixaruliT bukingamma, _ maS, ucxo adamianis sikvdilad ar eCveneba Cemi sikvdili!..

la ports cremlebi wamoscvivda.

_ patrik! _ ubrZana lordma, _ momitaneT is kolofi, almasis burnukebi rom ewyo.

patrikma moarTva kolofi. maSinve icno la portma dedofliseuli nivTi.

_ TeTri atlasis CanTa, margalitiT rom aris amoqarguli dedoflis saxeli! _ ubrZana patriks.

patrikma isic maSinve moarTva.

_ ai, la port, amis meti araferi gamaCnia dedoflisa. es vercxlis kolofi da ori misi werili miarTvi mis yovlad udidebulesobas, Cemi ukanaskneli saxsovari _ TvaliT eZebda igi raime nivTs... _ amas miumateT... bukingami ganagrZobda raRac nivTis Zebnas, magram moaxloebuli sikvdiliT mibne­dilma Tvalebma veRaraferi dainaxes, garda feltonis xelidan gavardnili danisa, romelsac jer kidev sisxlis orTqli asdioda.

_ aha, es danac miumateT, _ daamTavra hercogma da la ports xeli CamoarTva.

imdeni Zala hqonda kidev, rom vercxlis kolofSi Cado patara atlasis CanTa, Sigve dana da aniSna la ports, rom ena aRar emorCileboda. mere erTxel kidev ukanasknelad moikrunCxa, da raki Zala aRara hqonda, savarZlidan Camo­curda da Zirs daeSva.

patrikma daiyvira.

bukingami cdilobda, erTxel kidev ukanasknelad gamoesaxa Rimili, magram sikvdilma Sublze SeaCera misi survili da ise gamosaxa, rogorc ukanaskneli kocna siyvarulisa.

am dros Semovarda hercogis gulgaxeTqili eqimi: igi ukve saadmiralos gemze yofiliyo da iq gaegzavnaT kaci mis mosayvanad.

mivida bukingamTan, maja gausinja da cota xans Semdeg uimedod Zirs dauSva misi xeli.

_ gvianRaa, _ Tqva man. _ hercogi gardaicvala.

_ gardaicvala! gardaicvala! _ Sehyvira patrikma.

am yvirilze kabinetSi Sevarda yvela, irgvliv tirili ismoda.

rogorc ki darwmunda uinteri, rom hercogi gardaicvala, maSinve feltons mivarda, romelic jerac sasaxlis terasze hyavdaT darajebs.

_ aramzadav, es ra hqeni, ra? _ Sehyvira man axalgazrda oficers, romelsac, bukingamis sikvdilis Semdeg, kvlav Cveuli simSvide dabruneboda. _ es ra hqeni, aramzadav?!

_ javri amoviyare, _ upasuxa feltonma.

_ Seni javri? _ Seutia lordma, _ is ar jobia, gulwr­felad Tqva, rom im dawyevlilma qalma Tavis iaraRad gamogiyena? magram garwmuneb, es im avsulis ukanaskneli boro­tebaa.

_ ar vici, ris Tqma gnebavT, milord, _ upasuxa mSvidad feltonma, _ arc is vici, vis gulisxmobT avsulad. me movkali bukingami imitom, rom orjer giTxraT uari piradad Tqven da ar maRirsa kapitnoba. me davsaje igi usamarTlobisagamo. ai, namdvili mizezi.

gancvifrebiT Sehyurebda lordi uinteri, Tu rogor ukravda jariskaci xelebs feltons da ver mimxvdariyo, riT aexsna misi aseTi ugrZnobeloba.

mxolod erTi ram hfenda feltonis Subls Rrubels: sul mcire xmauris gagonebazedac ki miamiti puritani warmo­idgenda, TiTqos miledi moeSureboda misken, movidoda, gulSi Caikravda Tavis feltons da gamoacxadebda, mec dam­naSave var amasTan erTado.

ucbad ymawvili SekrTa, Tvali miaStera zRvaSi erT wertils; mezRvauris orbis TvaliT sadRac Sors SeamCnia ialqani karWapisa, romelic safrangeTisaken midioda.

feri ecvala feltons. xeli daido gulze, romelic mkerdidan amovardnas lamobda. axalgazrda kacma Seigno, Tu rogor gaasulela da uRalata Tavisma miledim.

_ ukanasknelad SegawuxebT, milord! _ mimarTa uinters.

_ ra ginda?

_ romeli saaTia?

lordma saaTi amoiRo.

_ aTi wuTi aklia cxras.

saaT-naxevriT daeCqarebina miledis safrangeTisaken was­vla. miledim gaigona Tu ara zarbaznis xma, riTac bukin­gamis sikvdils iuwyebodnen, brZaneba gasca, gzas gasdgomodnen.

`RvTis gangeba iyo albaT~, _ fiqrobda feltoni fanati­kuri morCilebiT, magram Tvali ver moeSorebina patara karWapisaTvis. iq, gembanze, TeTr aCrdilad elandeboda miledi, romelsac ase motyuebiT Seswira sicocxle.

uinterma Tvali gaayola feltonis mzeras, Caufiqrda mis tanjvas da yvelafers mixvda.

_ jer marto Sen daisjebi, ubeduro! _ uTxra feltons, romelic jer isev karWaps gascqeroda, _ jer Sen daisjebi, magram vficav Cemi Zmis saxels, romelic Zalian miyvarda, rom verc Seni Tanamoziare gadarCeba sastik sasjels.

feltonma Tavi daRuna, xma ar amoiRo.

uinterma swrafad Cairbina kibe da navsadgurSi Cavida.

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inglisis mefe karlos pirveli Zalian SeSinda, bukingamis sikvdili rom gaigo, laroSelelebma iaraRi ar dayarono. igi cdilobda, rogorc amas wers riSelie Tavis mogonebebSi, rac SeiZleba didxans daemala es ambavi da amitom daaketina Tavisi samefos yvela navsadguri da mkacri brZaneba gasca, arc erTi gemi ar gasuliyo inglisis navsadguridan, sanam bukingamis mier aRWurvili floti da jari safrangeTisaken ar daiZroda. bukingamis sikvdilis Semdeg mefem TviTon ikisra mTavarsardloba.

karlos pirveli imdenad mkacrad icavda Tavis brZanebas, rom inglisidan daniis elCebic ki ar gauSva, romelTac Svebuleba hqondaT da dasasveneblad samSobloSi apirebdnen wasvlas. ar gauSva arc holandiis elCi, romelsac flesin­genSi unda mieyvana ost-indoeTis gemebi, romlebic karlos pirvelma niderlandebis gaerTianebas daubruna.

magram es brZaneba Zalian gvian iqna gamocxadebuli, bukin­gamis sikvdilidan xuTi saaTis Semdeg, ese igi, dRis or saaTze, ori gemi ukve gasuli iyo navsadguridan. erTs, rogorc ukve vTqviT, safrangeTisken mihyavda gamarjvebuli miledi, rome­lic alRoTi grZnobda, ra ambavic unda momxdariyo, xolo saadmiralo gemze afrialebulma Savi droSis danaxvam sabolood daarwmuna Tavis varaudSi.

rac Seexeba meore gems, Cven SemdegSi mogiTxrobT, vin mihyavda mas da rogor moaxerxa am gemma navsadguridan gasvla.

am xnis ganmavlobaSi axali araferi momxdara laroSelTan dabanakebul safrangeTis jarSi. mxolod esaa, rom mefem, romelic, Cveulebrivad, mudam mowyenili brZandebola, kidev ufro moiwyina, man gadawyvita, Cumad gaparuliyo sen-JermenSi da wminda ludovikos uqmeebi iq gaetarebina. mefem kardinalsa sTxova, oci cxenosani muSketeri gaeyolebina.

kardinalma, romelsac xSirad gadaedeboda xolme mefis mowyeniloba, siamovnebiT Seusrula survili yovlad­udi­debules TanaSemwes, romelmac aRuTqva, TxuTmeti seqtem­brisaTvis isev banakSi davbrundebio.

misma yovladuwmindesobam trevils acnoba mefis survili. trevilic maSinve Seudga muSketerebis amorCevas. man icoda, rogor enatrebodaT mis megobrebs parizSi dabruneba, grZnobda, rom raRac sabediswero garemoeba moiTxovda maT iq yofnas da Cveni megobrebi daniSna mefis gamyolebad. riSeliesTan molaparakebidan TxuTmeti wuTis Semdeg oTx ymawvil kacs es sasixarulo ambavi TviTon batonma de trevilma acnoba.

d'artanianma gansakuTrebiT axla daafasa kardinalis wya­loba. mis yovladuwmindesobas muSketerebSi rom ar gada­eyvana, igi iZulebuli iqneboda, banakSi darCeniliyo im dros, rodesac misi megobrebi parizisaken wavidodnen.

parizSi dabrunebis survils, TavisTavad cxadia, is ufro ucxovelebdaT, rom eSinodaT, sawyali qlbatoni bonasie beTunis monasterSi pirispir ar Sexvedroda Tavis mosisxle mters _ miledis. amis gamo, rogorc ukve vTqviT, aramisma maSinve werili miswera maria miSons, im turel mosarecxes, romelsac warCinebuli nacnobebi hyavda, da sTxova rogorme moexerxebina qalbaton bonasiesaTvis dedoflis nebarTva gamoeTxova monastridan gamosvlisa da lotaringiaSi an belgiaSi cxovrebis Sesaxeb. pasuxma didxans ar daigviana, rva-cxra dRis Semdeg aramisma aseTi Sinaarsis werili miiRo:

`sayvarelo biZaSvilo!

gigzavni Cemi dis nebarTvas beTunis monastridan Cveni patara moaxlis gamoyvanis Sesaxeb, radgan, Tqveni azriT, igi ver gauZlebs monastris haers da dasneuldeba, Cemi da siamovnebiT gigzavnis am nebarTvas. mas Zalian uyvars is patara gogona da momavalSic hpirdeba daxmarebas.

gkocni

maria miSoni~.

am werilTan erTad iyo dedoflis nebarTva.

`winamZRvari beTunis monastrisa miscems am brZanebis momtans ymawvil qals, romelic Cemi SemweobiT Semovida monasterSi.

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mkiTxveli TviTonac kargad mixvdeba, ramden sicils da xumrobas aRZravda Cvens mgobrebSi aramisis es naTesauri ganwyobileba mosarecxe qalTan, romelic Tavis Tavs dedof­lis das eZaxda. aramisi porTosis xumrobaze orjer Tu samjer Tvalis garsebamdisac ki gawiTlda da bolos gabrazebulma ganucxada Tavis megobrebs, rom Tu kidev vinme krints daZravda amaze, aRarasodes ar Seawuxebda Tavis biZaSvils da Suakacad ar Cadgeboda amgvari saqmeebis mosagvareblad.

amitom oTx muSketers xmac ar amouRia maria miSonis vinaobis Sesaxeb. miT ufro, rom ymawvilebs xelT hqondaT brZaneba _ gamoeyvanaT beTunis karmelistebis monastridan qalbatoni bonasie. marTalia, es brZaneba amaod edoT jibeSi da amaodve darCeboda, sanam laroSelis banakSi, safrangeTis meore mxares iqnebodnen. amitom d'artaniani trevilis naxvas apirebda, undoda ecnobebina Tavisi gulis varami da Svebuleba eTxova. warmoidgineT misi da, agreTve, misi megob­rebis sixaruli, rodesac trevilma TviTonve acnoba, rom mefe parizs mibrZandeboda oci muSketeris TanxlebiT da isinic mis amalaSi iyvnen Caricxulni.

usazRvro iyo Cveni muSketerebis sixaruli. msaxurebi bargiT winaswar gaistumres da TviTon meore diliT mefesTan erTad wavidnen.

kardinalma surJeridan mozemde gamoacila misi yovlad­udi­debulesoba. aq mefe da misi pirveli ministri erTmaneTs Zalian megobrulad gamoeTxovnen.

mowyenili mefe, romelsac drostareba enatreboda, didi siswrafiT miaWenebda cxens. mas undoda, ocdasam agvistos ukve parizSi yofiliyo, Tumca xandaxan Cerdeboda da kaW­kaWebze nadirobiT erToboda, es iyo misi sayvareli gasar­Tobi. oci muSketeridan Teqvsmeti did sixaruls ganicdida mefis yovel SeCerebaze, oTxi ki wyevlida am Sesvenebas, metadre d'artaniani, romelsac Seuwyvetliv uwioda yuri. porTosi ase xsnida yuris wivils:

_ erTi didebuli qalisagan vici, roca yuri giwivis, maSin Tqvenze laparakobeno.

bolos, ocdasam agvistos RamiT, mefe parizSi Sevida. man madloba gadauxada trevils da neba darTo, oTxi dRis Svebuleba mieca Tavisi muSketerebisaTvis morigeobiT. oRond im pirobiT, rom aravis gaebeda sazogadoebaSi gamoCena, Torem bastiliis cixes ver ascdeboda.

pirveli oTxi dRis Svebuleba, rogorc mkiTxvelic mixvdeba, Cvens megobrebs ergoT. magram oTxi dRe ar ikmara aTosma da ori kidev daamatebina trevils. TviTonac daumata kidev ori Rame, radgan megobrebi parizidan ocdaoTxs gavidnen, saRamos xuT saaTze, maSasadame, batoni de trevili maTi Svebulebis dasawyisad aRniSnavda ocdaxuTs dilas.

_ eh, RmerTo, RmerTo! _ iZaxda d'artaniani, romelsac, rogorc viciT, arasodes saeWvod ara miaCnda ra: _ me mgoni, metad varTulebT sul ubralo saqmes: or dReSi erT-or cxens gaviRebdi msxverplad, ra moxda, fuli xom maqvs; da beTunSi Cavidodi, dedoflis werils mivarTmevdi monastris winamZRvars da waviyvandi Cems sayvarels lotaringiaSi an belgiaSi ki ara, aramed parizSi, sadac ufro kargad iqneba damaluli, metadre sanam kardinali laroSelSi brZandeba. mere, raki es omianoba gaTavdeboda da mec davbrundebodi, cotas aramisis deidaSvili Semeweoda, cotas kidev dedoflis winaSe Cveni piradi damsaxureba da, ra vici, ras ar gviw­yalobebda misi yovladudidebulesoba. amaze aTosma Cveuli simSvidiT upasuxa:

_ fuli Cvenca gvaqvs, Cemo d'artanian. me jer mTlad ar damlevia Seni beWdis fuli, porToss da aramissac jer ar SeuWamiaT TavianTi simdidre. cxenebs ityvi, Cvenc kargad vinacvlebT Cvenebs, magram nu gaviwydebaT, d'artanian,_ daumata aTosma iseTi daRvremili saxiT, rom kankali daawyebina ymawvilkacs, _ nu gaviwydebaT, rom beTuni, sadac kardinalma paemani dauniSna qals, romelic yvelgan ubedu­rebas daatarebs Tan, patara qalaqia, Tqven mxolod oTx kacTan rom gqondeT saqme, d'artanian, martos gagiS­vebdiT. magram vai, rom saqme dedakacTana gaqvT! maS, modi, erTad wavideT, RmerTma inebos, oTxive gavumklavdeT yovel­gvar moulodnelobas, Tundac amaSi Cveni msaxurebic davixmaroT.

_ guls mixeTqavT, aTos! _ Sehyvira d'artanianma, _ RmerTo Cemo! netavi vicode, ra gaSinebT ase!

_ yvelaferi, _ upasuxa aTosma.

d'artaniani Tavisi amxanagebis saxis gamometyvelebas daac­qerda. naxa, rom maTac Rrmad awuxebdaT raRac fiqri Tu SiSi. megobrebi Cqari nabijiT gaudgnen gzas. xmas aRaravin iRebda.

ocdaxuTs saRamos arasSi Sesvlisas d'artaniani cxenidan Camoxta da `oqros baronis~ traqtirSi Sevida, rom piri RviniT gaesvelebina. swored im dros fostis ezodan gamovida viRac mxedari. mas is iyo gamoecvala cxeni da kargad dasve­nebuli raSiT parizisaken aeRo gezi. rodesac es kaci ala­yafis karebidan quCaSi gamodioda, qarma qudi gadaugdo da gadauReRa wamosasxami, romelSic kargad mobudnuliyo, Tumca jer isev agvisto idga. ucnobma qudi saCqarod Camo­ifxata Tvalebze.

d'artaniani Tvals ar aSorebda am kacs. uceb feri ecvala, sasmisi xelidan gauvarda.

_ ra dagemarTaT, batono? _ mivarda planSe, _ miSveleT! guli misdis Cems batons!

megobrebi mocvivdnen da gulwasulis magivrad, Tavisi cxenisaken sirbiliT mimavali d'artaniani dainaxes. megobrebma karebSi Seayenes igi.

_ ra dagemarTa? ra moxda? sad eSmakebSi mirbixar ase kisristexiT?! _ Seutia aTosma.

_ is aris! _ Sehyvira braziT fermixdilma d'artanianma. _ is aris! gamiSviT, davewio!

_ vin aris? _ hkiTxa aTosma.

_ is, is Sercxvenili!

_ vin Sercxvenili?

_ is SeCvenebuli, Cemi mdevneli boroti suli, romelsac yovelTvis vxedavdi, rodesac raime ubedureba momeloda. is kaci, romelic Tan axlda im avsul dedakacs, pirvelad rom Sevxvdi; es is kacia, romlis devnaSi Cemi megobari aTosi gamoviwvie duelSi; es is kacia, romelic Semxvda im diliT, rodesac qalbatoni bonasie moitaces, Cemi TvaliT vnaxe! is iyo, is!

_ daswyevlos RmerTma, _ Tqva Cafiqrebulma aTosma, _ aba, cxenebze, batonebo, gamovudgeT, davewioT da mere me vici.

_ nu gaviwydebaT, d'artanian, rom is sul ki sxva gziT midis, Cven sxva gza gvaqvs, _ uTxra aramisma, _ mas dasvenebuli cxeni hyavs, Cven _ daqanculebi, maSasadame, Cvens cxenebs davxocavT, xolo imas mainc ver daveweviT. modi, d'artanian, Tavi davaneboT kacs da qali gavaTavisufloT.

_ hei, batono! _ Sehyvira mejinibem da sirbiliT gamoudga parizisaken mimaval mgzavrs. _ hei, batono! es qaRaldi gamogivardaT qudidan!

_ megobaro! _ dauZaxa d'artanianma, _ naxevari pistoli mogce qaRaldSi?

_ oh, didi siamovnebiT, batono! ai, inebeT.

am bednieri SemTxveviT gaxarebuli mejinibe xtunva-xtun­viT ezoSi Sebrunda.

d'artanianma qaRaldi gaxsna.

_ rao, ra weria? _ hkiTxes megobrebma da gars Semoexvivnen.

_ erTaderTi sityvaa, sxva araferi! _ upasuxa d'artanianma.

_ diax, _ Tqva aramisma, _ magram es sityva SeiZleba saxeli iyos qalaqis an soflisa.

_`armantieri~, _ waikiTxa porTosma, _ armantieri! araso­des gamigonia.

_ maS, kargad SevinaxoT es qaRaldi, _ Tqva d'artanianma.

_ iqneba amaod ar Camiaros ukanaskneli pistolis daxar­jvam. aba, SevsxdeT, batonebo, SevsxdeT!

Cvenma muSketerebma beTunisaken gaqusles.