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`eqimi uotsoni kumb-tresiSi gaemgzavra~.

mTeli wuTi uZravad videqi. werili xelSi meWira da am mokle baraTis Sinaarsze vfiqrobdi. logikurad erTi daskvnis gakeTeba SeiZleboda: ucnobi nadirobda ara ser henrize, aramed Cemze da TviT ki ar mzveravda, aramed viRac sxva momiCina - iqneba es ymawvili? aq iyo misi ukanaskneli cnobac. mas Semdeg, rac aq vcxovrob, albaT Cems yovel nabijs zveravdnen. mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi xom ganuSorebeli grZnoba mqonda, rom aq raRac uxilavi Zalebi moqmedeben da Cven garSemo frTxilad da marjved xlarTaven uwvriles bades, romlis msubuq Sexebas yvelaze ufro kritikul momentebSi vgrZnobdiT.

es ar iqneba erTaderTi baraTi-meTqi, gavifiqre. qoxs Tvali movavle, magram msgavsi veraferi vipove. verc raime kvali aRmovaCine, rom imis mixedviT memsjela adamianze, romelmac sacxovreblad aseTi ucnauri qoxi airCia, an mis zraxvebze. mxolod imis Tqma SeiZleboda, rom ucnobi Tavisi CveulebebiT spartanels miagavda da cxovrebis moxerxebulad mowyobas albaT araviTar mniSvnelobas ar aZlevda. ukanaskneli dReebis kokispiruli wvimebi rom momagonda da pirdaRebul saxuravs avxede, vigrZeni, ramdenad garTuli iyo es kaci Tavisi saqmiT, raki misi gulisaTvis aseT sadgomsac ki urigdeboda. vin aris? mosisxle mteri, Tu mfarveli angelozi? da me Tavs fici miveci ar gavsuliyavi am qoxidan, vidre yvelafers bolomde ar gavigebdi.

mze ukve Cadioda da ca dasavleTisken oqrosfrad brwyinavda. Camavali mnaTobis aTinaTi mowiTalo zolebad wveboda grimpenis WanWrobis Soreul gubeebSi. Sors aRmarTuliyvnen baskervil-holis koSkebi, xolo maTgan daSorebiT Zlivs Canda kvamli, rac grimpenis saxuravebidan adioda. am kvamlsa da baskervil-hols Soris, gorakis iqiT, stepltonebis saxli idga. saRamos oqrosferi Suqi yovelives iseT mSvenier saxesa da iers aZlevda, iseT uSfoTvel simSvides, rom Tvali tkbeboda, magram Cemi guli bunebaSi gamefebul simSvides ver erwmuneboda. ucnobi garemo, romelSiac ifareboda raRac garduvali, yovel wams sul ufro moaxloebuli Sexvedris molodini Cems aforiaqebul guls erTianad acaxcaxebda. nervebi daZabuli mqonda, magram vijeqi mtkice gadawyvetilebiT bnel qoxSi da pirquSi jiutobiT velodi misi binadris dabrunebas.

dabolos, momesma kidevac avismaniSnebeli xmauri. ai, misi fexsacmlis qusli qvas moxvda. erTxel kidev... kidev... sul ufro axlovdeba.. ubneles kuTxes mivaSure da revolveris Caxmaxi fexze Sevayene. gadawyvetili mqonda, rom vidre ucnobs wesierad ar davaTvalierebdi, arc gamovCeniliyavi. gareT yvelaferi miwynarda. etyoboda, SeCerda. mere nabijis xma isev gaisma, da qoxis Semosasvleli viRacis Crdilma dafara.

- dRes saucxoo amindia, Zvirfaso uotson, - Tqva CemTvis kargad nacnobma xmam. - risTvis zixarT daxuTul qoxSi, gana sufTa haerze yofna ar sjobia!

Tavi X||

sikvdili WaobebSi
mTeli ori wuTi mainc videqi da sakuTar yurs ar vujerebdi. moulodnelobisagan sulis moTqma ar SemeZlo. Semdeg metyvelebis unari damibrunda da vigrZeni, ra uzarmazari simZime momexsna mxrebidan. es civi, gesliani, gamqirdavi xma dedamiwis zurgze mxolod erT adamians SeiZleba ekuTvnodes.

- holms! - SevZaxe. - holms!

- gamodiT, - miTxra, - cota frTxilad, geTayva, revolverTan xumroba rodi varga!

viwro xvrelSi gavZveri da davinaxe igi. holmsi qvaze ijda. rux TvalebSi kadnieri Suqi Casdgomoda da Semcbars ase miyurebda. am xnis ganmavlobaSi Zlier gamxdariyo, magram mxne, mSvidi saxe hqonda, mziT damwvari da brinjaosferi. sportul yaidaze gamoWrili kostiumi ecva, turistis kepi exura da ase daseirnobda WaobebSi! aqac erTguli darCeniliyo Tavisi WeSmaritad katiseburi gulmodginebisa sikoxtavesa da sisufTaveSi - saxe Cinebulad hqonda gaparsuli, perangs erTi laqac ar etyoboda. TiTqos yvelaferi es beikerstritze xdeboda!

- sxvas vis SeeZlo Tavisi gamoCeniT ase gavexarebine, - vTqvi me, roca xels varTmevdi.

- da amave dros ase gaekvirvebineT?

- diax, marTali xarT!

- magram garwmunebT, marto Tqven ar gagkvirvebiaT. verc ki warmovidgendi, Tu moaxerxebdiT Cemi droebiTi TavSesafris mignebas, da arc velodi aq TqvenTan Sexvedras. es gairkva mxolod qoxidan oc nabijze.

- Cemi kvali icaniT?

- ara, uotson! vSiSob, rom Tqveni kvalis garCeva im sxva mravalTa naterfalisagan, romlebic qveynad arseboben, dauZleveli amocana iqneboda. Tu momavalSi Cems motyuebas moindomebT, pirvelad girCevT gamoicvaloT Tambaqos maRazia, radgan sakmarisia davinaxo papirosi `bredli oqsfordstritis~ markisa, rom maSinve gamovicno, Cemi megobari uotsoni sadme maxloblad imyofeba-meTqi. ai, Tqveni papirosis namwvi, gzis maxloblad egdo. albaT maSin gadaagdeT, roca Cemi qoxis ieriSiT aReba gadawyviteT?

- sruli simarTlea.

- mec ase vfiqrobdi... Tanac Tqveni gamobrZmedili xasiaTi rom vici, mivxvdi, qoxSi iqnebodiT Casafrebuli, amasTanave revolvermomarjvebuli da mis binadarTa dabrunebas daelodebodiT. amrigad, namdvilad damnaSaved mimiReT, xom?

- ar vicodi, vin iyaviT, magram gadawyvetili mqonda, gamomerkvia.

- Cinebulia, uotson! Cemi sacxovrebeli rogorRa ipoveT? albaT maSin daminaxeT, roca Cemi daudevrobiT mTvarisaken zurgSeqceviT videqi da Tqven ki katorRels midevdiT?

- swored maSin daginaxeT.

- da TanmimdevrobiT yvela qoxis Tvalierebas moh-yeviT, vidre ar mipoveT, ara?

- ara, Tqvens kvalze im ymawvilma damayena, saWmels rom gizidavdaT. zogierTebma mas ukve zvervac dauwyes.

- ah! moxuci jentlmeni saWvreti miliT? me vnaxe, rogor cimcimebs mzis sxivebze misi lupa, da pirvelad verc mivxvdi, Tu ra ucnauroba iyo es! - adga da qoxSi Seixeda. - aha! kartraiti aq ukve yofila. es ra qaRaldia? maS, Tqven iyaviT kumb-tresiSi?

- diax.

- misis laura laionsis sanaxavad?

- savsebiT sworia.

- Cinebulia! Cvens ZiebaSi me da Tqven, etyoba, paraleluri gzebiT mivdiodiT, raRas vayovnebT, erTmaneTs unda gavuziaroT mopovebuli cnobebi, da maSin am saqmeze metnaklebad sruli warmodgena gveqneba.

- yvela im saidumloebisa da pasuxismgeblobis simZime, rac mZime tvirTad mewva, Tqveni gamoCeniT erTbaSad momexsna da Zalian moxaruli var. axla is mainteresebs, aq rogor moxvdiT da ras akeTebT? me ki vfiqrobdi, rom holmsi uwindeburad beikerstritzea da SantaJis saqmeze muSaobs-meTqi.

- me mindoda, rom swored ase gefiqraT.

- maS, Tqven sargeblobT Cemi daxmarebiT da imave dros ar mendobiT! - gavbrazdi me. - es ar damimsaxurebia, holms!

- Cemo megobaro, am saqmeSiac da bevr sxvaSic Tqveni daxmareba CemTvis fasdaudebeli iyo. Tu geCvenebaT, rom mogatyueT, gevedrebiT, nu gewyinebaT! gulaxdilad rom giTxraT, axla Tu aqa var, es nawilobriv Tqvenive gulisaTvis Cavidine. vgrZnobdi, rom Tavs safrTxeSi igdebdiT da Zieba rom piradad mewarmoebina, imisaTvis Camovedi. me rom Tqveni da ser henris gverdiT vyofiliyavi, Cemi Tvalsazrisi arafriT ar iqneboda gansxvavebuli Tqveni mosazrebebisagan da Cveni mowinaaRmdegeebic ufro fxizlad iqnebodnen. baskervil- holSi Camosvla Zalian SemboWavda. ase ki Tavisuflad SemeZlo moqmedeba, radgan kulisebSi vrCebodi da scenaze gamosasvlelad mxolod yvelaze ufro gadamwyvet wams velodi.

- magram raSi dagWirdaT Cemgan damalva?

- Tqven rom gcodnodaT, me aq viyavi, es veraferSi dagexmarebodaT da am ambavs, SesaZloa, Cemi aq yofnis gamomJRavnebac ki gamoewvia. albaT mogindebodaT mogeTxroT CemTvis zogi ram, an TqvenTvis Cveuli gulkeTilobiT aq Cems ukeT mowyobasa da momaragebas moisurvebdiT. ra saWiroa zedmeti riskis gaweva? me Tan wamoviyvane ymawvili kartraiti. gaxsovT, Sikrikebis kantoraSi rom bavSvi muSaobs? - ai, swored is, da SesaniSnav samsaxursac miwevs. Tqven kargad iciT, rom me didi moTxovnilebis kaci ara var. erTi naWeri puri da sufTa sayelo, sxva raRa unda adamians? garda amisa, kartraiti erTi zedmeti wyvili Tvalia, erTi zedmeti wyvili fexi, da isic Zalze swrafi. erTic da meorec CemTvis metad saWiro aRmoCnda, pirdapir saunjea!

- maSasadame, yvela Cemi angariSi tyuilad iwereboda! - vTqvi SemkrTalma, roca gamaxsenda, ramdeni Sroma da siamaye iyo maTSi Caqsovili.

holmsma jibidan werilebis dasta amoiRo.

- ai, Tqveni werilebi, Cemo megobaro, Seswavlili uaRresi gulmodginebiT, raSiac eWvi ar unda SegeparoT. yvelaferi ise movawyve, rom es werilebi CemTan mxolod erTi dRis dagvianebiT modioda. miiReT Cemi mxurvale molocva. Seupovroba da dakvirvebis unari, rac Tqven am araCveulebrivad rTul saqmeSi gamoamJRavneT, yovelgvar qebas aRemateba.

jerac verafriT Sevrigebodi im ambavs, rom ase moxerxebulad pirSi Cala gamomavles, magram holmsis gulTbilma sityvebma gafantes Cemi eWvebi. amas garda, gulis siRrmeSi vgrZnobdi Cemi megobris simarTles da vaRiarebdi, rom saqmis interesebi moiTxovdnen ar mcodnoda holmsis aq Camosvlis ambavi.

- hoda, ase! - Tqva holmsma Cemi ganaTebuli saxis danaxvaze. - axla ki momiyeviT misis laura laionsTan Sexvedris ambavi. maSinve mivxvdi, rom am qalTan gaemgzavreT, radgan axla CemTvis ukve cxadia, kumb-tresiSi igi erTaderTi adamiania, romlisganac SegviZlia raime gavigoT. gulaxdilad getyviT, Tqven rom masTan am diliT ar SegevloT, albaT xval diliT TviTon vestumrebodi.

mze ukve Casuli iyo, WaobebSi bindi Camowva. haerSi susxi trialebda da Cven qoxSi SevediT. iq naxevrad bnelSi movuyevi holmss misis laionsTan Cemi saubris Sinaarsi da igi ise dainteresda, rom bevri ramis gameoreba damWirda.

- yvelaferi es Zalze sayuradReboa, - Tqva holmsma, roca Txroba davasrule. - saqme metismetad rTulia da masSi iyo erTi xarvezi, risi Sevsebac aqamde arafriT ar SemeZlo. Tqven albaT iciT, rom stepltoni misis laionsTan megobrobs?

- ara, megobrobaze ara vici ra.

- es faqtia. erTmaneTs xvdebian, miwer-mowerac aqvT. saerTod maT Soris sruli Tanxmobaa, rac SegviZlia saWiro momentSi gamoviyenoT. maTi megobroba SeiZleba stepltonis colze zemoqmedebisaTvis gamogvadges...

- stepltonis colze?

- axla, Tqveni aRmoCenebis samagierod, mec zogierT rames gagiziarebT. qali, romelsac stepltoni mis stepltons uwodebs, sinamdvileSi misi colia.

- RmerTo Cemo! amaSi darwmunebuli xarT? mere, stepltonma rogor mouyrua yuri da daibrmava Tvali, roca ser henri cols ekurkureboda?

- ser henris romantikuli grZnobebi ubedurebiT mxolod ser henrisave emuqrebian. rogorc SeniSneT, stepltoni yovelnairad cdilobs moaridos qali baronetis arSiyobas. vimeorebT, es ledi da ki ara, stepltonis colia.

- magram risTvis dasWirda aseTi qamandebi?

- ai risTvis: stepltonma gaiTvaliswina, rom es qali met samsaxurs gauwevda Tavisufali qaliSvilis rolSi.

yvela Cemi gaurkveveli eWvi, alRoTi nakarnaxevi, yvela winaTgrZnoba zedapirze amotivtivda da naturalistis garSemo Seikra. am mSvidi, uferuli kacisagan, romelsac Calis qudi exura da xelSi peplebis saWeri bade eWira, raRac saxifaTo qari qroda. TavSekavebulsa da da momTmens, Turme bageebze cbieri Rimili dasTamaSebda, gulSi ki RvarZli edo...

- maSasadame, is aris Cveni mowinaaRmdege! maSasadame, es kaci gvzveravda londonSi?

- diax, ase avxseni es gamocana.

- xolo gafrTxileba... im qalma gamogzavna?

- savsebiT sworia.

wyvdiadidan, romelSiac aqamde vexetebodi, gamoCnda naxevrad danaxuli, naxevrad ki Cem mier gamocnobili sazRapro borotmoqmedebis konturebi.

- nuTu es simarTlea, holms? saidan gaigeT, rom is qali stepltonis colia?

- TqvenTan pirveli Sexvedrisas stepltoni ise gaitaca laparakma, rom Tavisi avtobiografiis nawili gagandoT, rasac albaT dResac nanobs. mas namdvilad hqonda skola CrdiloeT inglisSi. maswavleblis povna ki yvelaze ioli saqmea. saskolo saagentoebi romel maswavlebelzec gindaT cnobebs uceb mogawvdian. vikiTxe da male gavige, rom erT skolaSi namdvilad moxda Zalian arasasiamovno ambebi da direqtori - romlis namdvili gvaric sul sxvaa da ara stepltoni - colTan erTad miimalao. yvela garegnuli niSani zustad daemTxva stepltonis aRweras, xolo roca gavige misi entomologiiT gataceba, ukve yovelgvari eWvi gamefanta da davrwmundi, rom es gaqceuli direqtori swored stepltonia.

wyvdiadi, riTac garemoculi viyavi, TandaTan ifanteboda, magram bevri ram jer kidev CrdilSi rCeboda.

- Tu es qali misi colia, maSin ra SuaSia misis laura laionsi? - vkiTxe holmss.

- esaa am ambis bneliT moculi kunWuli, rasac nawilobriv Tqven mohfineT Suqi. kumb-tresiSi Tqveni gamgzavrebis Semdeg, bevri ram gairkva. me, magaliTad, ar vicodi, rom misis laionss qmarTan gayra undoda. albaT imedi aqvs, rom stepltoni iTxovs - am qalma xom ar icis, rom stepltoni coliania!

- magram, roca gaigebs simarTles?

- maSin es ledi SeiZleba CvenTvis Zalian sasargeblo Seiqnes. xvalve unda vinaxulo. axla ki, uotson, rogor fiqrobT, dro ar aris movaleobis Sesrulebas daubrundeT? Tqveni adgili xom baskervil-holSia?

Camavali mzis ukanaskneli wiTeli anarekli Caqra dasavleTiT da Waobebze bindi Camowva. Camuqebul caze kantikuntad acimcimdnen varskvlavebi.

- kidev erTi, ukanaskneli kiTxvac, holms, - vuTxari da avdeqi. - erTmaneTTan dasamali xom araferi gvaqvs. ras niSnavs yovelive es? ras awyoben?

holmsma yru xmiT mipasuxa:

- mkvlelobas, uotson... gulgrilad mofiqrebul mkvlelobas. nu mkiTxavT dawvrilebiT. stepltoni Tavis badeSi xvevs ser henris, me ki Cems badeSi minda TviTon stepltoni gavaba. Tqveni daxmarebiT igi TiTqmis Cems xelTaa, axla gvemuqreba mxolod erTi saSiSroeba - mas SeuZlia dagvaswros da pirvelma dagvkras. kidev erTi dRe, SeiZleba oric, da yvelaferi mzad meqneba, manamde ki gaufrTxildiT ser henris, rogorc moyvaruli deda ufrTxildeba avadmyof bavSvs. Tqveni sxvagan yofna dRes savsebiT bunebrivia da sapatio, magram me ki, getyviT, rom vamjobinebdi, ar migetovebinaT... gesmiT?

tanjviTa da saSinelebiT aRsavse sazarelma gambulma gminvam SesZra uecrad mdumare Waobebi. vusmendi da vgrZnobdi, rogor meyineboda sisxli ZarRvebSi.

- RmerTo Cemo! ra unda iyos?

holmsi wamovarda adgilidan da misma aTleturma tanma qoxSi Semosasvleli dafara. igi odnav daixara, kiseri waigrZela, mTeli yuradRebiT miaSterda sibneles, da mxolod amis Tqma moaswro CurCuliT:

- Cumad! Cumad!

es gulisgamgmiravi yvirili, ramac ase gagvaoca, Waobebis ukuneTi siRrmidan modioda. magram ai, ufro axlodan moisma da ufro mkafiodac...

- es ra xmaa, an saidan modis? - CurCuliT Tqva ho-lmsma, da imis mixedviT, Tu rogor gaebzara xma am rkinis nervebian adamians, mivxvdi, rom es godeba holmss sulis siRrmemde Caswvda. - sad yvirian, uotson?

- mgonia, im mxares, - xeli gaviSvire sibneleSi.

- ara, ai iq!

mtanjveli yvirili isev gaisma mdumare RameSi, magram axla ufro axlos, ufro xmamaRla. amjerad mas Tan erTvoda raRac sxva xmebic - yru, xmadabali bdRvinva, gabmuli zmuili, rac zRvis erTferovan bubunsac waagavda.

- es ZaRlia! - Sehyvira holmsma. - gaviqceT, uotson, gaviqceT! RmerTo Cemo! oRond ar dagvagviandes!

am sityvebze bnelSi gadaxta, mec ukan mivyevi. da uecrad sadRac win, kaWrebis iqiT, adamianis sasowarkveTili amoZaxili gaisma, romelsac yru dartymebis xma mohyva. SevCerdiT. yuri mivugdeT. magram metad aRarafers daurRvevia uqaro Ramis mZime dumili.

me vnaxe, rogor giJiviT itaca holmsma TavSi xeli da fexi miwas dahkra.

- dagvaswro, uotson! davagvianeT!

- ara! es SeuZlebelia!

- ras vayovnebdi, me suleli! Tqvenc kargi vinme xarT, uotson! miatoveT baskervili marto, da ai, riT gaTavda yvelaferi! ara! Tu arafris gamosworeba aRar SeiZleba, sul erTia, im aramzadas mwared gadavuxdi.

gzas vinRa daeZebda, pirdapir iqiT gavvardiT, saidanac saSineli yvirili mogvesma. xan ferdobze mivbobRavdiT, xan dabla veSvebodiT, bnelSi lodebs vejaxebodiT, Sambnars mkerdiT mivarRvevdiT. yovelive borcvis Tavidan Cemi megobari swrafad aTvalierebda garemos, magram Waobebze gamefebuliyo sruli wyvdiadi da maTs pirquS zedapirze veraviTar moZraobas ver SeniSnavdiT.

- xedavT rames?

- verafers.

- moiTmineT! es ra aris?

yru kvnesa Semogvesma. marcxnidan modioda es xma. qviani borcvis iqiT uecrad iwyeboda kaWrebiT mofenili ferdobi, da iq didron lodebs Soris raRac Savi sagani moCanda. axlos mivirbineT da Savma saganma ufro gamokveTli moxazuloba miiRo. es iyo adamiani, romelic miwaze pirdaRma egdo. Tavi raRac saswaulebrivad moqceoda, mxrebi wamoewia da zurgic amozneqili hqonda. am arabunebrivi sanaxaobiT SeZrwunebuli, pirvelad ver mivxvdi, rom kvnesa, romelic Semogvesma, momakvdavis ukanaskneli gabrZoleba iyo. Tavdaxrilni videqiT da arc xrotini gvesmoda, arc raime Cqami. holmsi Seexo uZrav sxeuls, Sehyvira da maSinve xeli moaSora. asanTi gavkariT, sustma Suqma gaanaTa gasisxlianebuli TiTebi da is saSineli gube, rasac micvalebulis damsxvreuli Tavis qalidan gadmonadeni sisxli ayenebda. guli SegvekumSa, - roca asanTis Suqze Cven winaSe ser henri baskervili vixileT.

gana SeiZleboda am araCveulebrivi mowiTalo-yavisferi kostiumis daviwyeba - swored im kostiumisa, romliTac pirvelad gamoCnda baroneti beikerstritze! erTi wamic sakmarisi iyo imisaTvis, rom gvecno daRupuli, Semdeg ki asanTi Caqra, rogorc Cveni ukanaskneli imedi. holmsma daikvnesa da me bnelSiac ki davinaxe, ra mkvdris feri daedo saxeze.

- aramzada! aramzada! - xelebi TavisTavad SemekumSa muStebad. - holms! arasodes ar vapatieb Cems Tavs, rom ser henri bedis anabara mivatove.

- Cemi danaSauli metia, uotson. me Seviwire klienti, vimsxverple mxolod imisaTvis, rom Semejamebina, ase vTqvaT, momemTavrebina es saqme. mTeli Cemi muSaobis manZilze ar maxsovs aseTi mZime dartyma moeyenebinos vismes, magram vis SeeZlo eTqva, vis SeeZlo scodnoda, rom miuxedavad Cemi gafrTxilebisa, igi risks gaswevda da WaobebSi marto gamovidoda.

- Cven gavigoneT misi yvirili, RmerTo Cemo, ranairi yvirili! gavigoneT da ver miveSveleT! magram sad gaqra is sulTamxuTavi ZaRli - misi sikvdilis mizezi? iqneb axlac aq aris sadme? an sad aris stepltoni? yvelafrisaTvis mivuzRav samagieros!

- diax, is agebs pasuxs yvelafrisaTvis, amaze me vizruneb. biZac da Zmiwulic - orive mkvdaria. erTi SiSiT mokvda, roca Tavis Tvalwin dainaxa urCxuli, romelsac zebunebriv arsebad sTvlida, meore ki mokvda maSin, roca gaqceviT cdilobda misgan Tavis daRwevas. magram axla unda davamtkicoT, rom im ZaRlsa da mis msxverpls Soris aris mizezobrivi kavSiri. marTalia, ymuili gavigoneT, magram es jer kidev ar aris sabuTi, ser henrim SeiZleba dacemis dros gaitexa Tavi. me mainc vficav, ra cbieric ar unda iyos Cveni mowinaaRmdege, xval is Cems xelT iqneba!

uecari da gamousworebeli ubedurebiT SeZrwunebulni, dasaxiCrebuli gvamis win videqiT. ra cudad dasrulda Cveni xangrZlivi da mZime Sroma. roca Rrublebidan mTvarem gamoixeda, qvis grovaze avediT, saidanac Cveni ubeduri megobari gadmovarda da iqidan SevaTvaliereT mTvaris Suqze vercxlisfrad mbzinavi Waobebi. Sors, grimpenis mxares Canda yviTeli cecxli. es Suqi SeiZleboda mxolod stepltonebis ganmartoebul sacxovrebelSi nTebuliyo. wyevla-krulva aRmomxda da im mxares muStiT davemuqre.

- raRas vucdiT? dauyovnebliv unda SevipyroT!

- saqme jer ar aris damTavrebuli, is ki iseTi frTxili da cbieri kacia! mere ra, rom Cven yvelaferi viciT? aba scadeT da daumtkiceT! erTi gaufrTxilebeli nabiji da aramzada xelidan gagvisxlteba.

- maS ra vqnaT?

- xval sazrunavi yelamde gveqneba. dRes ki isRa dagvrCenia, ukanaskneli samsaxuri gavuwioT ser henris.

Sveul ferdobze daveSviT da mTvaris sxivebze vercxlisfrad moelvare qvebs Soris dagdebul uformo Sav sxeulTan mivediT. tanjviT mokrunCxuli sxeulis danaxvaze guli SemekumSa da simwrisagan Tvalebi cremliT amevso.

- davuZaxoT vinmes, holms. marto Cven gvams saxlamde ver mivitanT. RmerTo Cemo, ra mogdiT? xom ar SeiSaleT?

holmsma Sehyvira da ser henris gvamze daixara. uecrad cekvas mohyva, xarxariT Camavlo xelSi xeli da njRreva damiwyo. nuTu es Cemi sastiki, mudam TavSekavebuli megobaria? ai Turme ra xdeba, roca dafaruli ali gareT gadmoxeTqavs xolme!

- wveri aqvs! wveri!

- wveri?

- es ser henri ar aris... RmerTo, es Cemi mezobelia, - katorReli! - elvis siswrafiT veciT gvams, gadavabruneT gulaRma da gasisxlianebuli wveri axla pirdapir civ, naTeli mTvaris badr saxes miaCerda. saeWvo aRaraferi iyo! dabali Subli, maimuniviT Rrmad Camjdari Tvalebi, - es igive saxe iyo, romelmac Cem Tvalwin im Rames napralSi gaielva.

mokluli borotmoqmedi seldeni gaxldaT. aq ki yvelafers mivxvdi. momagonda, rom berimors baronetma TiTqmis mTeli Tavisi samoseli aCuqa. maSasadame, berimorma es tansacmeli misca seldens, raTa wasasvlelad gamzadebuliyo. fexsacmeli, perangi, kepi - yvelaferi erT dros ser henris ekuTvnoda. marTalia, tragedia tragediad rCeboda, magram seldenma, ase Tu ise, mainc daimsaxura sikvdili. sixaruliT aRar viyavi, ise vuambe holmss, Tu rogor moxda yvelaferi.

- maSasadame, es ubeduri kostiumma daRupa, - Tqva holmsma. - ZaRls, ra Tqma unda, ser henris raime nivTi aynoses - uTuod swored is fexsacmeli, otelSi rom moipares - da mere katorRelis kvalze miuSves, auxsneli rCeba mxolod erTi ram: rogor dainaxa sibneleSi seldenma, rom viRac misdevda?

- albaT, moesma.

- moesma ZaRlis xma WaobebSi da mSvelels uxmo ise, rom daWeris safrTxes ar moerida? ara, katorRels amiT ver SeaSineb. ai, ra: rogor dainaxa seldenma, rom ZaRli misdevs?

- me mgonia, amaze sakvirveli ambebic aris. Tu davuSvebT, rom Cveni yvela varaudi sworia, maSin es ZaRli...

- me arafers ar vvaraudob.

- keTili. ratom gauSves es ZaRli WaobSi am RamiT. ara mgonia, yovelTvis aseTi TavisuflebiT sargeblobdes. stepltoni albaT eloda, rom ser henri dRes Waobebisaken gamoivlida.

- Cemi amocana ufro rTulia. Tqvensaze pasuxs male miviRebT, Cemi ki albaT isev amouxsneli darCeba. axla ki gadavwyvitoT am ubedurs ra vuyoT. xom ar SeiZleba meliebisa da Zerebis saZiZgnad aq davtovoT?

- romelime qoxSi davasvenoT, vidre policias SevatyobinebT.

- marTalia, qoxamde, yovel SemTxvevaSi, mivitanT. SexedeT, uotson! es ra aris? nuTu TviTon isaa? ara, ra kadnierebaa! arc erTi sityva Cvens eWvebze, arc erTi sityva! Torem yvela Cemi gegma CaifuSeba.

Waobebis siRrmidan adamiani gviaxlovdeboda. misi sigaris mkrTali kvamli Soridan gamoCnda. mokaSkaSe mTvare dascimcimcebda da maSinve vicani swrafad, xtunva-xtunviT momavali naturalistis kafandara sxeuli. dagvinaxa, SeCerda, mere isev Cvenken wamovida.

- eqimo uotson! nuTu es Tqvena xarT? arafriT ar velodi, rom am WaobebSi gnaxavdiT! RmerTo Cemo! es ra aris? ra moxda? ara! SeuZlebelia! nuTu es Cveni megobari ser henria!

stepltonma Camiara da gvamze daixara...

uecrad sigara xelidan gauvarda:

- es... es vin aris? - borZikiT Cailaparaka.

- seldenia, katorReli, prinstaunis cixidan gaqceuli.

stepltonma mkvdariviT gafiTrebuli saxe mogvapyro. nebisyofis uCveulo daZabviT sZlia Tavs, arafriT ar gaucia Tavisi gaoceba da sasowarkveTileba. jer holmss miaSterda, mere me.

- RmerTo Cemo! ra saSinelebaa! rogor moxda?

- etyoba, ai im ferdobidan gadmovarda da kiseri moitexa. me da Cemi megobari WaobebSi vseirnobdiT da viRacis yvirili gavigoneT.

- mec am yvirilma gamomiyvana saxlidan. mawuxebda ser henris bedi.

- raRa saxeldobr ser henris bedi gawuxebdaT? - ver moviTmine me.

- dRes saRamos Cvensa unda Semoevlo da ratomRac ar movida. aman Zalian gamaoca, xolo roca WaobebSi yvirili gavigone, bunebrivia, ser henri momagonda da Sevwuxdi. sxvaTa Soris, - stepltonma mzera Cemgan isev holmsze gadaitana, - am yvirilis garda araferi gagigoniaT?

- ara, - Tqva holmsma. - Tqvena?

- arc me.

- maSin risTvis gvekiTxebiT?

- Tqven xom iciT, rom aq ZaRlis aCrdilze da sxva msgavs saswaulze laparakoben! aqauri fermerebi yvebian, RamRamobiT ZaRli WaobebSi daZrwiso. ai, mec mainteresebs: iqneb Tqvenc gaigoneT?

- ara ZaRli yefa ar gagvigonia, - vTqvi me.

- maS, am ubeduris daRupvas rogorRa xsniT?

- darwmunebuli var, gamudmebuli SiSisagan goneba daubnelda da sul imas fiqrobda - vaiTu damiWirono. albaT sigiJis Semotevis dros WaobSi darboda, bolos ferdobze dagorda da kiseric moitexa.

- ho, es namdvilad dasajerebelia, - Tqva stepltonma da aSkarad Seetyo, rom Tavisuflad amoisunTqa. - Tqven raRas fiqrobT amaze, mister Serlok holms?

- Zalze mixvedrili adamiani yofilxarT! - Tqva Cemma megobarma da mdablad daukra Tavi.

- rac aq eqimi uotsoni gamoCnda, im dRidan yovel cismare dRe Tqvens molodinSi viyaviT. swored rom karg dros CamoxvediT, tragedias pirdapir sulze mouswariT.

- marTlac agrea! magram darwmunebuli var, rom Cemi megobari momxdar ambebs sworad gaarkvevs da amitom xval londons mivemgzavrebi. am usiamovno ambebma guli Camwyvites, magram londons wasvlas mainc ar gadavdeb.