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- rogor! xvalve miemgzavrebiT?

- vapireb.

- magram Tqveni Camosvla, ra Tqma unda, Suqs moh-fens yvela im movlenas, romelTac pirdapir CixSi mogvaqcies.

holmsma mxrebi aiCeCa.

- warmateba mudam iolad rodi modis. gamokvlevis dros faqtebs unda davemyaroT da ara legendebs. am saqmes verc Tavi gavuge da verc bolo mivadevne.

Cemi megobari sruliad bunebrivi da mSvidi kiloTi laparakobda. stepltoni ki yuradRebiTa da daJinebiT Sescqeroda. mere me momibrunda da miTxra:

- siamovnebiT SemogTavazebdiT gvamis Cems saxlSi gadatanas, magram Cemi da ise SeSindeba, rom umjobesia amaze xeli aviRoT. modiT, saxeze raime gadavafaroT da aqve davtovoT. dilamde araferi mouva.

asec gavakeTeT. me da holmsma uari vuTxariT stepltons meripit-hausSi mipatiJebaze, Sin marto gavuSviT da baskervil-holisaken gaveSureT. ramdenime nabiji gadavdgiT, ukan mivixedeT da Waobebis siRrmisaken nel-nela mimavali stepltoni davlandeT. iqiT ki, mis ukan mTvariT ganaTebul ferdobze - erTaderTi Savi laqa moCanda, im adgilas, sadac aseTi saSineli sikvdiliT daRupuli adamiani egdo.

- rogorc iqna, xelCarTul brZolaSi CavebiT! - Tqva holmsma, romelic Cems gverdiT moabijebda. - magram ra simtkicea! ra swrafad moego gons da rogor Seikava Tavi! dartyma ki WeSmaritad Tavbrudamxvevi iyo - danaxva imisa, rom Seni msxverplia ara is, visac umiznebdi, aramed sxva. uotson, londonSiac miTqvams da axlac gimeorebT: ufro Rirseuli mowinaaRmdege Cven jer ar Segvxvedria.

- mainc vnanob, rom daginaxaT!

- pirvelad es mec vinane. magram, bolos da bolos, ra moxda!

- rogor fiqrobT, TqvenTan Sexvedra mis gegmebze imoqmedebs?

- diax. ufro frTxilad moiqceva, an raime gadamwyvetsa da saxifaTo nabijs gadadgams. rogorc araCveulebriv damnaSaveTa umravlesoba, stepltonic albaT metimetad did imeds amyarebs Tavis eSmakobaze da fiqrobs, rom pirSi Cala gamogvavlo.

- ratom ar gindaT misi Sepyroba?

- Cemo Zvirfaso uotson, Tqven swrafi moqmedeba giyvarT. Tqveni instinqtebi yvelaze ufro gadamwyveti zomebis miRebas gkarnaxoben: aba, davuSvaT, rom RamiT es kaci daviWireT. ras mogvcems es? verafers ver davumtkicebT. ai, sad aris misi Canafiqris mTeli jojoxeTuri eSmakoba! stepltonis Tanamzraxveli rom adamiani yofiliyo, sabuTebs movagrovebdiT, kvals mivagnebdiT, magram aba scadeT samsjavroze uzarmazari ZaRlis gamoyvana! gana es dagvexmareba imaSi, rom mis patrons kiserze saxrCobelas sabeli CamovacvaT?

- magram danaSaulis Sedgeniloba xom saxezea?

- srulebiTac ara! jer yvelaferi mxolod savaraudoa. sasamarTloSi Tu aseTi fantastikuri istoriebis moyola daviwyeT, masxarad agvigdeben.

- ser Carlzis ambavi?

- mkvdari ipoves. Zaladobis kvali ar aRmouCeniaT. me da Tqven viciT, rom SiSiT mokvda, viciT isic, Tu ram SeaSina. magram rogor davarwmunoT amaSi is Tormeti damTxveuli, romlebic nafic msajulTa rolSi iqnebian? ra safuZvelze davaskvniT, rom am saqmeSi gareulia ZaRli? sadaa misi kbilebis kvali? me da Tqven isic viciT, rom ZaRlebi mkvdrebs ar kbenen da rom ser Carlzi mokvda umal, vidre ZaRli Tavs daesxmoda. magram amas xom damtkiceba unda, Cven ki verafriT ver davamtkicebT.

- mere, dRevandeli Rame?

- araferi gansakuTrebuli mas ar moucia. mizezobrivi kavSiri ZaRlsa da katorRelis daRupvas Soris mainc ar aris. aravis ar unaxavs es ZaRli. marTalia, ymuili gavigoneT, magram is xom ar gvinaxavs, rom ZaRli katorRels gamoedevna. sabuTebi ar gvyofnis! ara, megobaro, faqti faqtad rCeba: danaSaulis Sedgeniloba ver davadasatureT da damamtkicebeli sabuTebis Tavmoyrac ver SevZeliT, magram damnaSaves rom braldeba davumtkicoT, yovelnairi riski unda gavwioT.

- ras apirebT?

- me did imeds vamyareb misis laura laionsze. roca misTvis saqmis namdvili viTareba gaxdeba cnobili, es qali seriozul samsaxurs gagviwevs. garda amisa, me meore, sakuTari gegmac maqvs, magram winaswar bevri laparaki ar aris saWiro, Tumca mainc imedi maqvs, rom xval gamarjveba Cven dagvrCeba.

holmsisagan meti veraferi gavige. fiqrebSi CanTqmuls baskervil-holis karebamde xma aRar amouRia.

- SemoxvalT?

- diax. axla ukve aRara aqvs azri damalvas. magram kidev erTi sityva, uotson. ser henris ZaRlze araferi uTxraT. de, seldenis sikvdili imave mizezebs miaweros, romelTa Cagonebasac stepltoni CvenTvis lamobda. ser henri ase ufro iolad gadaitans am gansacdels, rac xval moelis, roca meripit-hausSi wava sadilad - Tu sworad gavige Tqveni ukanaskneli angariSi.

- magram iq mec var miwveuli.

- maSin Tqven miwvevaze uaris Tqma mogixdebaT. ser henri marto unda wavides. amisi mowyoba advili saqmea. ...diax, asea. sadilze davagvianeT, magram vaxSams ki swored droze SeveswariT.

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maxe dagebulia
axali stumris xilva ser henris ise ar gahkvirvebia, rogorc gauxarda. mas Rrmad sjeroda, rom roca Serlok holmsi ukanaskneli dReebis ambavs gaigebda, londonSi aRar gaCerdeboda. amis miuxedavad, roca gamoirkva, rom Cemi megobari uxelbargod iyo Camosuli da arc cdilobda es ambavi aexsna, baronetma gaocebiT aswia warbebi. holmsi maSinve moamarages yvelafriT, rac esaWiroeboda, da gviani vaxSmis Semdeg baronets gavumxileT Cveni Tavgadasavlis is nawili, risi codnac misTvis saWiro iyo. magram manamde erTi metad mZime movaleobis Sesruleba momixda - berimorsa da mis meuRles Sevatyobine seldenis daRupva. laqias TiTqos zurgidan Zalian mZime tvirTi moxsneso, ise Tavisuflad amoisunTqa, magram misis berimorma saxe winsafriT daara da mwared atirda. mTeli qveynis TvalSi seldeni saSineli borotmoqmedi iyo, raRac saSualo eSmaksa da nadirs Soris, das ki, etyoboda, igi uwindeburad oinbaz bavSvad miaCnda, romelic pataraobaSi xelze ebRauWeboda. WeSmaritad, urCxuli unda iyos sicocxleSi adamiani, Tu sikvdilis dros mduRare cremliT damtirebeli qali ar gamouCndeba.

- mas Semdeg, rac Tqven gaemgzavreT, uotson, sul Sin vzivar da mowyenilobisagan gavTavdi. - Tqva baronetma. - imedi maqvs, aseTi morCileba CameTvleba? TqvenTvis mocemuli sityva rom ara, cxvirs gareT ar gamovyof-meTqi, am saRamos bevrad ufro mxiarulad gavatarebdi WaobebSi, radganac stepltonma dampatiJa.

- diax, saRamos bevrad ufro mxiarulad gaatarebdiT, - civad Tqva holmsma. - sxvaTa Soris, Tqven albaT arc dagvifasebT im damsaxurebas, rom roca weRan kisermotexil kacs davcqerodiT, Tqven dagtirodiT?

ser henrim Tvalebi daaWyita.

- es ratom?

- imitom, rom bedSavi katorReli Tqvens kostiumSi iyo gamowyobili. berimors, romelmac kostiumi misca seldens, amis gamo seriozuli usiamovnebani moelis policiisagan.

- ara mgonia, ramdenadac maxsovs, tanisamosze araviTari niSani ar iyo.

- ho, maS misi bedi yofila - da Tqvenic, ramdenadac yvelani gareuli xarT kanonis sawinaaRmdego moqmedebaSi. kacma rom Tqvas, me, rogorc keTilsindisier maZebars, yvelani unda dameWireT, Tqvens TanamzraxvelebTan erTad. mamxilebel dokumentad uotsonis werilebi gamomadgeboda.

- umjobesia is gviamboT, rogor aris saqme? - uTxra baronetma. - moaxerxeT Tu ara am daxlarTul saqmeSi Tavis da bolos garCeva? me da uotsonma, rac vicodiT, imaze meti vera gavigeT ra.

- me vfiqrob, rom uaxloes droSi bevri ram gairkveva. es saqme erTob rTuli da daxlarTulia. CemTvisac ki zogi ram aqamde burusiTaa moculi... magram burusi gaifanteba da yovelive keTilad dasruldeba.

- uotsonma albaT giamboT is, rac WaobebSi gavigoneT. ase rom, es carieli crumorwmuneoba ar aris. me mqonia iseTi saqmeebi, romlebSiac ZaRlebic iyvnen gareulni da amitom Cemi motyueba Znelia - ZaRlis ymuili ar SeiZleba ver gaarCio. Tu Tqven im qofaks pirze alikaps gaukeTebT da jaWviT daabamT, dedamiwis zurgze udides maZebrad CagTvliT.

- Tu damexmarebiT, alikapsac gavukeTeb da jaWviTac davabam.

- rasac mibrZanebT, yvelafers gavakeTeb.

- Cinebulia! magram me viTxov brma morCilebas, yovelgvari `ratom~ da `risTvis~ zedmeti iqneba.

- rogorc geneboT.

- Tu amaze meTanxmebiT, maSin gadavWriT am amocanas. eWvi ar mepareba, rom...

holmsi Sua sityvaze SeCerda da Cems Tavs zemoT raRacas daaSterda. lampa pirdapir holmss anaTebda. saxe iseTi uZravi da gaqvavebuli gauxda, TiTqos klasikuri qandakebaao. mTeli Tavisi arsebiT SeSfoTebasa da daZabulobas gamoxatavda.

- ra moxda? - erTxmad SevZaxeT me da ser henrim.

holmsma mzera Cvenze gadmoitana da vigrZeni, rom mRelvarebis dafarvas cdilobda. misi saxe uwindeburad arafers ar gamoxatavda, magram Tvalebi sazeimod uimcimebda.

- mapatieT, magram ar SemeZlo aRtacebis Sekaveba, - Tqva da mopirdapire kedelze Camwkrivebul suraTebze migviTiTa. - uotsoni amtkicebs, rom me mxatvrobaSi araferi gamegeba, magram es Cemi jibrT mosdis, radgan xelovnebis sferoSi Cveni azrebi erTmaneTisas ar emTxveva. es portretebi ki namdvilad Cinebulia.

- moxaruli var, - Tqva ser henrim da gaocebulma Sexeda Cems megobars. -suraTebisa bevri mec araferi mesmis. ai, cxeni an xari sxva saqmea. magram vin ifiqrebda, rom Tqven xelovnebiT datkbobisaTvis dros SoulobT.

- Tqven magis dardi nu gaqvT, karg sagans yovelTvis SevniSnav. sanaZleos vdeb, rom is mandilosani, cisferi abreSumis kaba rom acvia, neleris funjis nayofi unda iyos. xolo sqeli, parikiani jentlmeni ueWvelad reinoldsis daxatuli iqneba. es albaT sagvareulo portretebia?

- diax, yvelani.

- maTi saxelebi Tu iciT?

- berimori didxans mavarjiSebda am dargSi da vgoneb, gakveTils wauborZikeblad gipasuxebT.

- vin aris is jentlmeni, Wogriti rom uWiravs?

- esaa kontr-admirali baskervili, romelic ost-indoeTSi msaxurobda. es ki, lurjserTukiani, xelSi rom gragnili uWiravs, ser uiliam baskervilia, uiliam pit ufrosis dros TemTa palatis komisiis Tavmjdomared yofila.

- ai, es kavaleri Cem pirdapir, Savi xaverdis bafTebiani kamzoli rom acvia?

- o! amas ki unda gaecnoT. esaa yvela ubedurebis mizezi - ser hugo. borotmoqmedi, romelmac dasabami misca legendas baskervilebi ZaRlze. albaT bevri wyali Caivlis, vidre mas daviviwyebT.

portrets didi interesiTa da cota SeSfoTebuli Sevcqerodi.

- RmerTo Cemo! - Tqva holmsma. - saxe ki iseTi aqvs, mSvidi, wynari. marTalia, TvalebSi jojoxeTuri naperwkali uelavs, margam me Tqveni hugo raRac goliaTad warmomedgina, romelsac yaCaRis gamometyveleba unda hqonoda.

- portreti namdvilad misia. amaSi SeiZleba eWvi ar SegeparoT. ukan tilos aweria misi saxeli da TariRi - aTas eqvsas ormocdaSvidi weli.

mTeli danarCeni saRamo holmsma metwilad mdumared gaatara, magram garyvnili hugos portretma TiTqos moajadova, da vaxSamze suraTisaTvis TiTqmis Tvali ar moucilebia. magram holmsis azrTa msvleloba CemTvis mxolod mas Semdeg gaxda naTeli, roca ser henri dasaZineblad wavida Tavis oTaxSi. holmsma Ramis patara magididan sanTeli aiRo, sanadimo darbazisaken wamiZRva da droisagan CaSavebul portretTan mimiyvana.

- verafers amCnevT?

didxans Sevcqerodi farTofarflebian quds, TeTr bafTian sayelos da grZel kululebs, romlebic sastiksa da viwro saxes TiTqos CarCod Semovlebodnen. am saxes veravin daswamebda verc nakvTebis uxeSobas, verc gamometyvelebis simkacres, magram mis mokumul Txel bageSi, civsa da Seupovar mzeraSi iyo raRac gulqva, sastiki da qedmaRluri...

- aravis ar mogagonebT?

- saxis qveda nawili ser henris miugavs.

- sruli WeSmritebaa. magram cota moicadeT!

holmsi skamze Sedga, marcxena xelSi sanTeli eWira, marjvenaTi ki suraTs qudis farflebi da grZeli kululebi daufara.

- ciuro Zalno! - SevZaxe gaocebisagan Wkuadakargulma.

tilodan stepltonis saxe Semomcqeroda.

- aha! naxeT? Cemi Tvalebi xom miCveulni arian TviT saxis gamoyofas imisgan, rac garSemo akravs. mzeriT niRbis siRrmeSi Cawvdoma - maZebris mTavari Tvisebaa.

- ganacvifrebelia! TiTqos stepltonis portreti iyos!

- dix, sulierad da fizikurad warsulisaken dabrunebis sagulisxmo cdaa. Tu sagvareulo portretebis Seswavlas SevudgebiT, sulTa Casaxleba-gadasaxlebas viwamebT. isic baskervilia, es savsebiT aSkaraa.

- da memkvidreobisaTvis ibrZvis.

- uTuod. es SemTxveviT TvalSi moxvedrili portreti damexmara erTi yvelaze ufro rTuli xarvezis SevsebaSi. axla ki Cvens xelTaa, uotson, axla ki daviWireT es stepltoni! da geficebiT, xval am dros ukve Cvens badeSi ifarTxalebs, rogorc peplebi farTxaleben mis badeSi. qinZisTavi, sacobi, iarliyi da beikerstritis koleqcia kidev erTi egzemplariT Seivseba.

holmsma xmamaRla gadaixarxara da portrets moSorda. igi iSviaTad icinoda, magram gavigonebdi Tu ara mis sicils, vicodi, rom vinmes didi ubedureba eloda.

meore dRes, diliT rom vdgebodi, sarkmlidan holmss movkari Tvali, Cemze adre amdgariyo, sadRac wasuliyo da ukan dabrunebac moeswro.

- diax, dRevandeli dRe CemTvis cota davidarabiani iqneba, - Tqva mxiarulad holmsma da xelebi moifSvnita, TiTqos winaswar grZnobda mTel am davidarabas. - male saqmes SevudgebiT. maxe dagebulia. saRamos ki vnaxavT, es kbilbasri Rlavi gaeba, Tu xelidan dagvisxlta.

- ukve moaswariT Waobebis monaxuleba?

- grimpenamde mivedi da iqidan prinstaunSi seldenis sikvdili depeSiT vacnobe. vfiqrob, am saqmeze arc erTs aRar Segawuxeben. amas garda, me davukavSirdi Cems erTgul kartraits, romelic Cemi dardiT aRar iyo. igi iseTi erTgulia, rom mzad iyo qoxis zRurblze momkvdariyo, rogorc ZaRli daakvdeba xolme Tavis patronis saflavs.

- saidan daviwyebT dRes?

- upirveles yovlisa, vnaxoT ser henri. ai, TviTon baronetic.

- dila mSvidobisa, holms! - Tqva ser henrim. - Tqven im generals momagonebT, romelic brZolis dawyebis win Stabis ufross esaubreba.

- asedac aris. uotsoni brZanebebis misaRebad movida.

- mec magitom geaxeliT.

- Cinebulia! Tu ara vcdebi, stepltonebma dRes sadilad migipatiJes, ser?

- imedi maqvs, Tqvenc wamoxvalT? stumarTmoyvare xalxia da Tqveni misvla Zalian gaaxarebT.

- samwuxarod, me da uotsoni londons unda gavemgzavroT.

- londons?

- diax. iseTi viTareba Seiqmna, rom umjobesia iq viyoT.

baronets TiTqos saxe moeqcao.

- me ki megona, rom bolomde ar mimatovebdiT! gulaxdilad rom giTxraT, baskervil-holi erTi adamianisaTvis arc ise sasiamovno samyofelia.

- Cemo megobaro, Tqven unda damemorCiloT usityvod da gaakeToT yvelaferi, rasac Tqvengan moviTxov. uTxariT Tqvens megobrebs, rom siamovnebiT vewveodiT, magram gadaudebeli saqmeebi londonisaken gvixmoben. Tumca devonSirSi isev male davbrundebiT. xom ar dagaviwydebaT amisi Tqma?

- raki Tqven iTxovT.

- garwmunebT, sxva gamosavali ar aris.

imis mixedviT, rogor Seikra amis gagonebaze baronetma Subli, mivxvdi, rom ganawyenda da Cveni gamgzavreba dezertirobad miiCnia.

- rodis apirebT gamgzavrebas? - civad ikiTxa ser henrim.

- rogorc ki visauzmebT. cxenebiT gavemgzavrebiT kumb-tresimde. uotsoni Tavis nivTebs datovebs windad, rom ukanve dabrundeba. uotson, baraTi miswereT stepltons da mipatiJebaze uaris TqmisaTvis bodiSi mouxadeT.

- mec mindoda londons wamosvla, - Tqva baronetma. - ra unda vakeTo aq marto?

- Tqveni adgilsamyofeli da mamuli baskervil-holia. Tqven sityva momeciT damemorCiloT saqmis damTavrebamde da, Cemi Rrma rwmeniT, baskervil-holSi unda darCeT.

- kargi, davrCebi.

- kidev erTi Txovna. meripit-hausSi etliT gaemgzavreT. etli gaistumreT da stepltonebs uTxariT, rom Sin fexiT dabrundebiT.

- fexiT, WaobebSi?

- diax, magram aki Tqven TviTon ara erTxel gamafrTxileT, rom ase ar movqceuliyavi.

- axla ki sruliad damSviddiT da ise gaemgzavreT stepltonebTan. me moviTxov amas imitom, rom Tqveni vaJkacobis imedi maqvs.

- kargi, ase moviqcevi.

- da Tu odnav mainc ramed giRirT sicocxle, ar gadauxvioT im bilikidan, romelic meripit-hausidan baskervil-holamdea gatkepnili. miT umetes, rom es aris umoklesi gza.

- yvelafers ise gavakeTeb, rogorc Tqven meubnebiT.

- ai, es kargia. Cven ki SevecdebiT sauzmis Semdeg maSinve gavemgzavroT, raTa sadilobisas ukve londonSi viyoT.

moqmedebis aseTma programam Zalian gamaoca, Tumca maxsovda, rogor afrTxilebda wina saRamos holmsi stepltons Tavis gamgzavrebaze. magram vin ifiqrebda, rom igi CemTan erTad irCevda gamgzavrebas da isic iseT dros, romelsac TviTonve sTvlida kritikul momentad! magram sxva ra gza mqonda, megobris neba-survils usityvod unda davmorCilebodi. male davemSvidobeT kidec Sewuxebul baronets. ori saaTis Semdeg etli ukanve gavagzavneT da kumb-tresis sadguris platformaze gavediT. iq tanmorCili ymawvili gveloda.

- ras mibrZanebT, ser?

- kartrait, Cajeqi matarebelSi da londonSi gaemgzavre. rogorc ki Caxval, ser henri baskervils Cemi saxeliT depeSa gamougzavne. moswere, xom ar upovia sadme Cemi ubis wigni, romelic davkarge. Tu ipova, banderoliT beikerstritze gamomigzavnos.

- mesmis, ser.

- axla ki sadguris kantoraSi ikiTxe, Cems saxelze xom araferia mosuli.

imwamsve ukan mobrunebul biWs xelSi depeSa eWira. holmsma waikiTxa Tu ara, me gadmomca. teqsts Tvali gadavavle da Semdegi amovikiTxe:

`depeSa miviRe. movdivar dapatimrebis orderiT. viqnebi xuTsa da ormocze... lestreidi~.

- es Cemi dilandeli depeSis pasuxia. lestreidi saukeTeso profesionali maZebaria, SeiZleba misi daxmareba dagvWirdes. aba, uotson, dro gvaqvs, da swored axla unda vestumroT Tqvens nacnob mandilosans, misis laura laionss.

holmsis mier Sedgenili Ziebis gegma CemTvis yovel wams ufro naTeli xdeboda. albaT, baronetis saSualebiT daarwmunebs stepltons, rom Cven aq ar vimyofebiT, namdvilad ki davbrundebiT ukan im droisaTvis, roca Cveni daxmareba yvelaze ufro saWiro iqneba. Tu ser henri holmsisagan londonidan gamogzavnil depeSas axsenebs, es xom sruliad gafantavs stepltonis ukanasknel eWvs da is iqneba, me gonebis TvaliT ukve vWvretdi, rogor TandaTanobiT exveoda Cvens badeSi kbilbasri qariylapia.

misis laura laionsi Tavis samuSao oTaxSi ijda. Serlok holmsma iseTi pirdapirobiTa da ise gulRiad daiwyo laparaki, rom qals gaocebisagan Tvalebi gaufarTovda.

- me ser Carlz baskervilis sikvdilis garemoebebs varkvev, - daiwyo Cemma megobarma. - uotsonma gadmomca yvelaferi, rac amasTan dakavSirebiT mas gaumxileT da isic, razedac dumili amjobineT.

- raze vamjobine dumili? - ikiTxa qalma.

- Tqven aRiareT, rom ser Carlzi saRamos aTi saaTisaTvis WiSkarTan daibareT. rogorc vici, is mokvda swored im dros da imave adgilas. Tqven dafareT kavSiri, rac am or faqts Soris arsebobs.

- maT Soris araviTari kavSiri ar arsebobs.

- aseT SemTxvevaSi es ori faqti erTmaneTs WeSmaritad gansacvifreblad daemTxva. magram me vfiqrob, rom bolos da bolos am kavSirs davadgenT. me Tqven winaSe sruliad gulaxdili viqnebi, misis laions... laparakia mkvlelobaze, xolo sabuTebi ki am saqmeSi iseTi xasiaTisaa, rom SeiZleba ZiebaSi moxdes ara marto Tqveni megobari stepltoni, aramed misi colic.

misis laionsi savarZlidan wamoiWra.

- coli!

- es ukve aRaravisTvis aRar aris saidumlo. qali, romelzec stepltoni gaiZaxoda, Cemi da ariso, sinamdvileSi misi colia.

misis laionsi ise Cajda savarZelSi da iseTi ZaliT CasWida xelebi mis saxelurebs, rom frCxilebi gadauTeTrda.

- misi coli! misi coli... magram is xom ucoloa!

Serlok holmsma mxrebi aiCeCa.

- damimtkiceT! damimtkiceT! Tu SeZlebT... - qalis TvalTa mZvinvare elvareba yovelgvar sityvaze ukeT metyvelebda.

- damtkiceba ar gaWirdeba, - Tqva Serlok holmsma da jibidan raRac qaRaldebi amoiRo. - ai, am col-qmris fotosuraTebi, iorkSi gadaRebuli am oTxiode wlis winaT, ukana mxares warweraa: `m-r da m-s vandelerebi~. magram Tqven, ra Tqma unda, amoicnobT stepltons da im qalsac, Tu odesme SexvedrixarT. Semdeg ixileT es sami dokumenti, romlebic xelmowerilia im adamianebis mier, vinc Rirsni arian yovelgvari ndobisa. es gaxlavT aRwera mister da misis vandelerebisa, romelTac odesRac kerZo skola `sent-oliveti~ hqondaT. waikiTxeT da Tqven ueWvelad mixvdebiT, rom es namdvilad TqvenTvis nacnobi adamianebi arian.

misis laionsma swrafad gadaavlo Tvali qaRaldebs da mzera Cvenze gadmoitana. sasowarkveTilebam misi saxe uZrav niRbad aqcia.

- mister holms, - wamoiwyo misis laionsma, - am aramzadam sityva momca, colad SegirTav, Tu qmars gaeyrebio. maSasadame, ar SeiZleba vendo mis arc erT sityvas? maSasadame, yovelTvis matyuebda? risTvis? risTvis? me megona, CemTvis idageboda, namdvilad ki, mxolod iaraRi vyofilvar mis xelSi. risTvis Sevunaxo saidumlo imas, vinc ase tyuis? risTvis unda davafaro xeli? de, pasuxi agos Tavisi borotmoqmedebisaTvis! mkiTxeT, rac gnebavT, aRarafers davfarav. ise ki ficiT SemiZlia davadasturo, rom Cems werils Tu Cemi saukeTeso megobris ser Carlzis daRupva SeeZlo, ver warmomedgina.

- yoveli Tqveni sityva mjera, qalbatono, - Tqva Serlok holmsma. - albaT Zalian gimZimT amaze laparaki. modiT, ase gavakeToT. me TviTon vilaparakeb, da Tu raime arsebiTi SemeSalos, SemisworeT. werili mister stepltonis karnaxiT daiwera, ara?

- swored ase gaxlavT.

- albaT geubnebodaT, ser Carlzi TviTon gaiRebs yvela xarjs, rac dakavSirebuli iqneba ganqorwinebasTano?

- diax.

- Semdeg roca werili gaigzavna, dagarwmunaT, rom paemanze ar unda wasuliyaviT?

- miTxra, sakuTari Tavisadmi pativiscemis grZnoba sruliad damekargeba, Tu procesisaTvis saWiro Tanxas sxva vinme gadaixdiso. ificeboda, mTeli Cemi siRaribis miuxedavad, ukanasknel penis gadavixdi, oRond movspo is dabrkoleba, rac Cven erTmaneTs gvaSorebso.
- saqcielSi etyoba, Zalian Tanmimdevruli adamiania! amrigad, sxva ambebisa Tqven ara gecodinebaT ra da ser Carlzis sikvdili mxolod gazeTebidan SeityveT?

- diax.

- da stepltonma piroba CamogarTvaT, rom sityvas aravisTan dasZravdiT paemanze?

- diax. miTxra, ser Carlzis sikvdili uaRresad gaurkvevel garemoebaSi moxda, da Tu werilis arsebobas gaigeben, Senze SeiZleba ieWvianono. SemaSina da mec dumili varCie.

- mesmis. magram mcire eWvi xom mainc gqondaT?

misis laionsma Tvalebi daxara, etyoboda, pasuxis gacema uWirda.

- me kargad vicnobdi am adamians, - Tqva bolos. - magram rom ar movetyuebine, ar gavcemdi.

- saerTod, kargad gadarCiT. - Tqva Serlok holmsma. - stepltoni Tqvens xelT iyo, TviTonac mSvenivrad icoda es da mainc cocxali darCiT. ukanasknel TveebSi Tqven SeiZleba ufskrulSi gadaCexiliyaviT. axla ki, misis laions, neba momeciT yovelive kargi gisurvoT. magram Cven albaT kidev mogvixdeba Sexvedra.

- amrigad, saqmes nel-nela efineba Suqi, - Tqva holmsma, roca londonis eqspresis Sesaxvedrad isev gamovediT sadguris platformaze. - male SevZleb sruli TanmimdevrobiT aRvadgino borotmoqmedebis mTliani suraTi. vgoneb, es iqneba Cveni drois yvelaze ufro sensaciuri borotmoqmedeba: kriminalistebi albaT ityvian, rom raRac misi msgavsi ukve momxdaria da, ra Tqma unda, gaixseneben 1866 w. ukrainaSi, grodnoSi momxdar mkvlelobas, anda Crdilo karolinaSi andersonis mokvlasTan dakavSirebul faqtebs, magram axlandel Cvens saqmeSi aris sruliad Taviseburi niSnebi. Cven jerac ver wavuyenebT pirdapir damamtkicebel sabuTebs am veragsa da cbier eSmas. magram gaxsovdeT Cemi sityva, uotson: im droisaTvis, roca dasaZineblad dawvebiT, yvelaferi garkveuli iqneba.

londonis eqspresi grialiT moadga sadguris platformas, da pirveli klasis vagonidan baqanze gadmoxta buldogis msgavsi, patara jmuxi kaci, romelsac didis ambiT mivesalmeT. im mokrZalebam, riTac lestreidi Cems megobars eqceoda, CemTvis naTeli gaxada, rom es profesionali maZebari bevr rames mimxvdariyo im droidan, rac holmsTan erTad muSaoba daiwyo. saucxood maxsovda, odesRac rogor agdebulad ucqeroda lestreidi Cveni Teoretikosis deduqciur meTods, logikur daskvnebs da msjelobebs.

- aba, ras itviT, didi saqmea? - ikiTxa lestreidma.

- aseTi ram karga xania ar momxdara, - Tqva holmsma.-ori saaTi Tavisufali dro gvaqvs. modiT, visadiloT, Semdeg ki, lestreid, Cven gagimaspinZldebiT dartmuris uwmindesi haeriT da dagexmarebiT, rom londonis nislisagan yeli gaisufTavoT. aq arasodes ar yofilxarT? maSin didxans dagamaxsovrdebaT Tqveni pirveli gacnoba am adgilebTan.

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Serlok holmsis erT-erTi nakli - Tu SeiZleba amas nakli ewodos - is iyo, rom igi arasodes aravis ar uziarebda Tavis gegmebs manam, vidre maTi aRsrulebis Jami ar dahkravda. aseTi gulCaxveuloba aixsneboda, nawilobriv, am kacis Zlieri bunebiT, brZaneblobis siyvaruliTa da surviliT ganecvifrebina adamianebi, nawilobriv ki profesionaluri sifrTxiliT. ase iyo Tu ise, Serlok holmsis xasiaTis es Tviseba bevr usiamovnebas ayenebda maT, vinc masTan muSaobdnen, rogorc agentebi da TanaSemweebi. me TviTonac xSirad vuwvalebivar, magram is, rac im bnelSi mogzaurobis dros gadamxda, yvela Cems winandel tanjvas aRemateboda. mZime gamocda gveloda, mzad viyaviT gadamwyveti ieriSisa da ukanaskneli dartymisaTvis, holmsi ki jiutad dumda, da me mxolod varaudiT SemeZlo mis gegmebs Cavwvdomodi. Cemma nervulma daZabulobam ukidures sazRvars miaRwia, roca uecrad saxeSi civi qari gveca. bnelSi mimovixede da gzis orsave mxares gadaWimuli udaburi sivrce rom SevigrZeni, maSin mivxvdi, isev WaobebSi viyaviT. cxenebis yoveli nabiji, borblebis yoveli gadatrialeba am movlenaTa kvanZis gaxsnasTan gvaaxloebda.

kumb-tresiSi daqiravebuli meetlis TandaswrebiT ar SeiZleboda laparaki da amitom mTeli Cveni mRelvarebis miuxedavad, mxolod raRac wvrilmanebze vsaubrobdiT. Tavisuflad mxolod maSin amovisunTqe, roca gzis iqiT gamoCnda frenklendis koteji, saidanac sul raRac ori-sami mili rCeboda baskervil-holsa da im adgilamde, sadac tragediis ukanaskneli, Semajamebeli scena unda gaTamaSebuliyo. mTavar SesasvlelTan ar gavCerebulvarT, ise gavediT urTxelis xeivnis patara WiSkarTan, meetles angariSi gavusworeT. kumb-tresiSi davabruneT, Cven ki meripit-hausis mimarTulebiT wavediT.