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- es dakvrazea damokidebuli, - vupasuxe me. - violinos kargi dakvra - RmerTebis ziaria, cudi dakvra...

- yvelaferi rigzea, - mxiarulad gaicina holmsma. - SegviZlia saqme mogvarebulad CavTvaloT, Tu binac mogewonebaT.

- maS, wamovide da gavsinjo?

- SemoiareT xval, ase, Tormeti saaTisaTvis, erTad wavalT.

- Zalian kargi, zustad Tormetze, - vupasuxe da xeli CamovarTvi.

holmsi davtoveT da stemfordTan erTad Cems otels mivaSureT.

- sxvaTa Soris, - vkiTxe amxanags. - Zalian mainteresebs, saidan gaigo, rom avRaneTidan Camovedi?

Cemma Tanamgzavrma ucnaurad gaiRima.

- swored es gaxlavT am kacis Tavisebureba. bevrma ukve scada imis gamocnoba, Tu ranairad gebulobs aseT rameebs.

- es pirdapir saidumloebiT moculi ambavia. Zlier madlobeli var, rom erTmaneTs SegvaxvedreT.

- daakvirdiT da SeiswavleT es saintereso kaci, - miTxra stemfordma gamomSvidobebisas. - es ioli amocana rodia... sanaZleos davdeb, mas axla ukve meti ecodineba Tqvenze, vidre Tqven masze Semdeg SeityobT. naxvamdis!

- naxvamdis! - vupasuxe mec da Cemi nacnobiT Zalze dainteresebulma otels mivaSure.

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daskvnis gamotanis xelovneba
meore dRes erTmaneTs SevxvdiT da davaTvaliereT beikerstritze mdebare bina #221-b. ori kargi sawoli oTaxi iyo da koxtad mowyobili farTo sastumro, romelsac ori didi fanjara hqonda. imave saRamos gadavedi otelidan, meore dRes ki Serlok holmsma gadmoitana Tavisi yuTebi da portpledebi.

holmsTan Sewyoba advili saqme aRmoCnda. xmauri ar uyvarda da wesier cxovrebas eweoda. cxraze adre iSviaTad wveboda da sauzmobas Cems adgomamde aswrebda. zogjer mTel dRes qimiur laboratoriaSi atarebda, xan prozeqturaSi dadioda, xan ki saaTobiT daexeteboda qalaqSi da Tanac saseirnod londonis yvelaze saeWvo ubnebs irCevda. roca Tavisi gunebis saqme Sexvdeboda, warmoudgeneli gatacebiT Seudgeboda muSaobas, magram drogamoSvebiT guneba ecvleboda da maSin mTeli dReebi iwva xolme sastumroSi divanze, dana pirs ar uxsnida da sityvas majaganiT ver amoarTmevdi.

Cemi daintereseba holmsiT da cnobismoyvareoba im miznebiT, romelTac is cxovrebaSi isaxavda, dRiTi dRe izrdeboda. igi Tavisi garegnobiTac iqcevda yuradRebas. eqvsi futi simaRle hqonda da iseTi aRnagobisa iyo, rom ufro maRali mogeCvenebodaT. cocxali, gamWriaxi Tvalebi da viwro qoriseburi cxviri mis saxes sifxizlisa da Seupovrobis iers aZlevda. TvalSi gecemodaT misi win wamowvdenili, kuTxovani, Zlieri nebisyofis adamianebisaTvis damaxasiaTebeli nikapi. xelebi yovelTvis dalaqavebuli hqonda melniTa da yovelgvari qimiuri nivTierebiT, magram miuxedavad amisa, araCveulebrivad faqizi Sexebis grZnoba gaaCnda, rac ara erTxel SeminiSnavs, roca myife xelsawyoebze manipulaciebs awarmoebda.

medicinas ar swavlobda. mgoni, arc erTi iseTi saswavlebeli ar hqonda damTavrebuli, swavlulTa samyarosaken gzas rom gauxsnida. amis miuxedavad, gansakuTrebuli gulmodginebiT awarmoebda Tavis kvleva-Ziebas, da, marTalia, garkveul CarCoebSi, magram misi codna gansacvifreblad farTo da detaluri iyo. ra Tqma unda, ase Seupovrad zusti cnobebis kvlevaze muSaobas aravin gamoedevneba, Tu garkveuli mizani ara aqvs.

beikerstritze Cveni cxovrebis pirvel kviras aravis Semouvlia, da is iyo gavifiqre, holmsic albaT CemsaviT martoxela, uTvistomo kacia-meTqi, rom male davrwmundi, mas mravali nacnobi hyavda, da Tanac sul sxvadasxva wreebSi. erTi patara fermkrTali kaci daiareboda, virTxasaviT saxe hqonda da Savi Tvalebi. mister lestreidad gamacno. kviraSi orjer-samjer mainc naxulobda holmss.

erTxel diliT kargad Cacmuli qaliSvili movida, naxevari saaTi darCa, Tu meti ara. imave dRes WaRara kaci gvestumra, sacodavi garegnoba hqonda da Zlier aRelvebuli Canda. maSinve xnieri dedakaci mohyva. cota xnis Semdeg Cems TanamobinadresTan sabaasod viRac moxuci jentlmeni movida, meore dRes ki - rkinigzis daraji. roca mnaxvelebi modiodnen, Serlok holmsi Cveulebisamebr mTxovda, sastumro damiTmeo, da mec Cems oTaxSi gavdiodi. aseTi uxerxulobisaTvis yovelTvis bodiSs mixdida.

am oTaxs samuSao kabinetad viyeneb, sxva gza ara maqvs, es adamianebi ki Cemi klientebi ariano, metyoda xolme.

SemeZlo pirdapir mekiTxa holmsisaTvis, ra muSaobas ewevi-meTqi, magram ver gamebeda, ver Sevkadre, gulaxdiloba gamoeCina Cem winaSe. maSin jer kidev meCveneboda, rom mas seriozuli safuZveli hqonda dumilisaTvis, magram Semdeg TviTonve Camomigdo amaze sityva.

erTxel diliT, rogorc maxsovs, es iyo 4 marts, Cveulebrivze adre avdeqi da Serlok holmss sauzmeze Sevuswari. davreke, yava moviTxove da magidaze dagdebuli gazeTi aviRe. erT-erTi statia fanqriT iyo gaxazuli da, raRa Tqma unda, Tvali gadavavle. cota ar iyos, ucnauri saTauri hqonda: `cxovrebis wigni~. laparaki iyo imaze, Tu ra bevri ram SeiZleba gaigos kacma, Tu yuradRebiT iqneba, zustad da sistematurad adevnebs Tvalyurs yvelafers, rac gzaze Sexvdeba. gamaoca gamWriaxobisa da absurdulobis sakvirvelma narevma. msjeloba Tanmimdevruli da damajerebeli iyo, magram daskvnebi metismetad farTo da gazviadebuli meCvena. avtori irwmuneboda, SeiZleba adamianis idumalesi azrebis gamocnoba misi saxis wamieri gamometyvelebiT, kunTis moZraobiT, ucabedi mzeriTo. SeuZlebelia dakvirvebasa da analizis saqmeSi gamocdili adamianis motyueba. Cemi daskvnebi da ganaCenni iseve Seumcdari iqneba, rogorc evklides gamoangariSebanio. ucodinarTaTvis Cemi daskvnebi da dakvirvebaTa Sedegebi SesaZloa, miuwvdomeli iyos da jadoqrobac ki damwamon, vidre ar Seityoben, Tu ra gziT mivedi aseT daskvnamdeo.

`wveT wyalze dakvirvebiT, - naTqvami iyo statiaSi, - logikurad moazrovne goneba iolad daaskvnis atlantis okeanisa da niagaris arsebobas, Tundac winaswar araferi icodes erTis an meoris arsebobaze. mTeli sicocxle erTi didi jaWvia, romlis bunebas iolad SevicnobT misi erTi rgolis mixedviT. msgavsad yvela sxva xelovnebisa, daskvnebisa da analizis mecniereba SegviZlia aviTvisoT mxolod xangrZlivi da Seupovari mecadineobis Sedegad, xolo cxovreba metismetad xanmoklea, rom adamianma SesaZlebeli srulyofilebis Tundac sazRvars miaRwios. amitom mkvlevarma ufro elementaruli problemidan unda daiwyos. de, iswavlos pirveli SexedviTve adamianis warsulis, misi xelobis da profesiis gamocnoba. ra bavSvuric ar unda gveCvenos aseTi varjiSi, igi aRrmavebs damkvirveblobas da gvaswavlis, rogor unda SevxvdeT, ras unda mivaqcioT yuradReba. xelis TiTebis frCxilebi, kostiumis saxeloebi, fexsacmeli, Sarvlis totebi, koJrebi Sua da saCvenebel TiTebze, saxis gamometyveleba, perangis samajeebi Tu saxeloebi - yvela es wvrilmani saSualebas gvaZlevs gamovicnoT adamianis profesia. TiTqmis daujerebelia, rom romelsame SemTxvevaSi yvela aq CamoTvlili niSani, erTad aRebuli, gamocdili mkvlevarisaTvis sakmarisi ar iyos~.

- ra warmoudgeneli abdaubdaa! - SevZaxe da gazeTi ganze visrole. - Cems sicocxleSi ar wamikiTxavs aseTi sisulele!

- raze laparakobT? - mkiTxa Serlok holmsma.

- ai, am statiaze, - vupasuxe da Cais kovziT gazeTze mivuTiTe. - Tqvenc wagikiTxavT, fanqriT daginiSnavT. ar uarvyof, saucxoodaa dawerili. magram TviTon statia aRmaSfoTebelia da maRizianebs, etyoba, romeliRac usaqmuris Teoriaa, Tavisi kabinetis myudroebaSi rom paradoqsebs Txzavs. yvelaferi es metismetad Sorsaa cxovrebisagan. erTi menaxa avtori miwisqveSa gzis mesame klasis vagonSi, mgzavrebs Soris Cakvexebuli da meTxova misTvis Tavisi Tanamgzavrebis profesiis gamocnoba. sanaZleos davdeb, rom verafers gaxdeboda.

- waagebdiT mag sanaZleos, - mSvidad mipasuxa holmsma. - xolo rac Seexeba am statias, Cemi dawerilia.

- Tqveni?

- diax. me maqvs dakvirvebisa da daskvnebis gamotanis midrekileba. aq gadmocemuli Cemi Teoria, Tqven rom qimerad geCvenebaT, sinamdvileSi metismetad cxovrebiseulia, imdenad cxovrebiseuli, rom misi wyalobiT maqvs mopovebuli puri Cemi arsobisa.

- es ranairad?

- ras izamT, me Cemi xeloba maqvs. vfiqrob, mTel qveynierebaze erTaderTi maZebar-konsultanti var. londonSi mravali saxelmwifo maZebaria da mravalic kerZo. roca es batonebi saqmes Tavs ver moabamen, CemTan cxaddebian da mec swor gzaze vayeneb xolme. yvela faqts momiyvebian da Cveulebriv, mec danaSaulobaTa istoriis codnis safuZvelze vaxerxeb maT gamoyvanas Zneli mdgomareobidan. arsebobs didi msgavseba danaSaulobaTa saxeobebs Soris, da Tu aTasobiT danaSaulis wvrilmanebi iciT, raRa Tqma unda, aTas meerTeSi garkvevasac moaxerxebT. lestreidi - cnobili maZebaria. amas winaT erTi TaRliTobis saqmeSi Caflavda da me mTxova daxmareba.

- Tqveni sxva mnaxvelebi?

- maT Cveulebriv kerZo agentebi migzavnian. es is adamianebi arian, romelTac ubedureba SeemTxvaT da Svelas iTxoven. me vusmen maTs monaTxrobs, TviTonac mismenen da gaweuli samsaxurisaTvis honorars vRebulob.

- nuTu imis Tqma gindaT, rom oTaxidan gausvlelad SegiZliaT gaxsnaT kvanZi, rasac ver xsnian is adamianebi, romelTa Tvalwinac xdeboda yvelaferi?

- sruliad marTali xarT. am saqmeSi kargad gawafuli gaxlavarT da cotaodeni intuiciac maqvs. zogjer ufro rTuli saqmeebic mxvdeba. maSin cota jaxiric mixdeba da piradad vecnobi saqmis viTarebas. iciT, saqmis gasacnobad da amocanis gadasawyvetad specialuri codniT vsargeblob da es Zalian mSvelis muSaobaSi, mimartivebs saqmes. am statiaSi gadmocemuli deduqciis meTodebi fasdaudebel daxmarebas miweven praqtikul muSaobaSi. dakvirveba iqca Cems meore bunebad. ai, Tqven gancvifrebuli darCiT, pirvelsave Sexvedrisas rom giTxariT, avRaneTidan CamosulxarT-meTqi.

- es ambavi, ra Tqma unda, vinmesgan moismineT.

- Zalian cdebiT, magas rom ambobT. darwmunebuli viyavi, rom avRaneTidan CamoxvediT. Cemi goneba xangrZlivi varjiSis wyalobiT ise swrafad muSaobs, rom Sualeduri rgolebis Seucnoblad erTbaSad davaskveni: `ai, medicinis msaxuris tipi, oRond mxedruli ieriT. aSkaraa: samxedro eqimia. axlaxan Camosula tropikebidan, radgan metismetad Savgvremania, es ki misi kanis bunebrivi feri ar aris, radgan majebze TeTria. didi gaWirveba da avadmyofoba gadautania, razedac misi gatanjuli saxe metyvelebs. marcxena xeli dazianebuli aqvs, radgan arabunebrivad uWiravs. sad gamoivlida ingliseli samxedro eqimi amden Wir-varams da sad daiWreboda? ra Tqma unda, avRaneTSi~. mTelma am azrTa msvlelobam sekundi dro moiTxova, da mec giTxariT, avRaneTidan CamosulxarT-meTqi. Tqven gagikvirdaT.

- yovelive es sakmaod ubralo ambavia, - vuTxari RimiliT. - Tqven maZebar diupens magonebT, edgar alan pos gmirs. arafriT ar megona, rom aseTi adamianebi sinamdvileSic arseboben.

Serlok holmsma Cibuxs moukida.

- Tqven, ra Tqma unda, fiqrobT, raki diupens SemadareT, amiT maameT, - SeniSna dinjad. - ara, sulac ara var didi warmodgenisa Tqvens diupenze. Tumca, usaTuod hqonda analizis erTgvari niWi, magram iseTi fenomenic ar yofila, rogoradac po xatavs.

- gaborios Txzulebani Tu wagikiTxavT? - vkiTxe me. - lekoki Seefereba maZebris ideals?

Serlok holmsma agdebulad Caicina.

- lekoki ubeduri doylapia iyo, - Tqva gabrazebiT. - mxolod erTi upiratesoba hqonda - energia. es wigni pirdapir guls mirevs. misi amocana is iyo, rom ucnobi patimari unda gamoecno. amas erT dRe-RameSi gavakeTebdi. lekoks ki eqvsi Tve dasWirda. es wigni SeiZleba ma-Zebrebs gamoadgeT saxelmZRvanelod, saidanac gaigeben, Tu ras unda moeridon.

`es ymawvili kaci metad Wkviania, - vTqvi CemTvis. - magram metismetad didi warmodgena aqvs Tavis Tavze~.

- Cvens droSi aRar xdeba danaSauli da aRar arian damnaSaveni, - ganagrZobda gabrazebuli holmsi. - aRar xdeba-meTqi iseTi danaSauli, romlis Ziebac iqneba saWiro. Tu maincdamainc moxda, SeiZleba ise ioli gamosacnobi wvrilmani saZagloba da siflide iyos, rom skotlend-iardis agentebic ki gaarTmeven Tavs.

maRizianebda misi zviadi kilo da umjobesad CavTvale saubris Tema Semecvala.

- sainteresoa, ra unda undodes im ucnobs? - vkiTxe da vuCvene samoqalaqo samoselSi gamowyobili warmosadegi kaci, romelic quCis mopirdapire mxares miuyveboda da saxlebis nomrebs aTvalierebda. mas xelSi didi lurji konverti eWira.

- flotis gadamdgar serJantze ambobT? - mkiTxa holmsma.

`mkvexara! - gavifiqre CemTvis. - icis, rom mis varauds ver Sevamowmeb~.

amis gafiqreba verc ki movaswari, rom kacma, romelzedac vlaparakobdiT, Cveni saxlis nomeri waikiTxa da myisve quCa gadmoWra. maSinve zaris xmamaRali wkriali mogvesma. amas mohyva xmadabali laparaki Semosasvlel karTan da mZime nabijis xma kibeze.

- paketia mister Serlok holmsis saxelze, - Tqva Sikrikma da oTaxSi Semovida. SemTxveva momeca holmsisaTvis niSni momego.

- neba miboZeT gkiTxoT, - vuTxari Semosuls Tavazianad, - ra saqmianobas eweviT?

- Sikriki gaxlavarT, ser, - mipasuxa xrinwiani xmiT. - Cemi forma dasakerebladaa Cabarebuli.

- adre ra saqmianobas eweodiT? - vkiTxe stumars da damcinavi TvalebiT Cems Tanamobinadres gadavxede.

- serJanti gaxldiT, ser. samefo flotis fexosani, ser. pasuxi ar iqneba?

- aris, ser!

qusli quslze miartya, xeli qudis winafrasTan miido da gavida.

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saidumloebiT moculi ambavi

lauristongardenze
gamogitydebiT, rom holmsis Teoriis praqtikulma vargisianobam da sabuTiT dadasturebam gamaoca. misken gavixede. werilis kiTxva is iyo daemTavrebina da sivrceSi iyureboda. etyoboda, misi goneba sadRac Sors qroda.

- mainc ranairad mixvediT aseT daskvnamde? - vuTxari me.

- ra daskvnamde? - mkiTxa gajavrebulma.

- rom is kaci flotis gadamdgari serJantia?

- wvrilmanebisaTvis ara mcalia, - mipasuxa mkvaxed. Semdeg RimiliT daumata: - mapatieT Cemi uxeSi saqcieli. Tqven fiqris Zafi gamiwyviteT, magram ara uSavs. amrigad, Tqven marTla ver mixvdiT, rom is kaci flotis serJantia?

- vera.

- gamocnoba ise ar miWirs xolme, rogorc imis axsna, Tu rogor gamovicani. quCis meore mxarezec ki SevniSne mis xelze didi lurji jvaris sviringi. es zRvis Ruza unda yofiliyo. mxedruli mixra-moxra hqonda da qilvaSebic iseTi, rogoric flotis wesdebiTaa gaTvaliswinebuli. esec Tqveni samxedro-sazRvao floti. igrZnoboda sakuTari Rirsebis Segneba da brZaneblobis Cveva. saSualo asakis darbaiseli, pativsacemi adamiania - yovelive aman mafiqrebina, rom is kaci serJantia.

- sakvirvelia! - SevZaxe me.

- sruliad ubralo ambavia, - mipasuxa holmsma. - es aris vTqvi, damnaSaveni aRar arian-meTqi. rogorc Cans, Sevcdi. SexedeT! - da Sikrikis motanili werili gadmomigdo. - xmamaRla xom ver wamikiTxavT?

ai, werili, romelic holmss wavukiTxe:

`Zvirfaso mister Serlok holms! am Rames lauristongardenze, briqston-roudis #3 saxlSi saSineli ambavi moxda. Cvenma policielma Semovlis dros, ase Ramis or saaTze, erT mitovebul saxlSi Suqi SeniSna da raki saxli ukacuri iyo, daeWvda, raRac urigo saqme unda xdebodeso. kari Ria daxvda da pirvelsave, sruliad cariel oTaxSi kargad Cacmuli mamakacis gvams waawyda, romlis jibeSic aRmoCnda sadarbazo baraTebi: `enoq j. dreberi, klivlendi, ohaio, aSS~. Zarcvis kvali ar Cans. sikvdilis mizezic auxsnelia. oTaxSi aris sisxlis kvali, magram gvamze Wriloba ara Cans. gaugebaria, ranairad moxvda adamiani cariel saxlSi. Zalian ucnauri saqmea. Tu dRis Tormetamde romelsame dros mobrZandebiT, miTiTebul misamarTze mnaxavT.

Tqveni erTguli tobias gregsoni~.

- gregsoni skotlendiardeli agentebidan yvelaze marjve da mosazrebuli kacia. - SeniSna holmsma. - is da lestreidi sxvebs sjobian. orive mkvircxlia da energiuli, magram banaluri, saSinlad banaluri. amas garda, kriWaSi udganan erTmaneTs da ise qiSpoben, rogorc ori mSvenieri banovani. Zalian TavSesaqcevi iqneba, Tu orive erT kvalze miuSves.

me gaocebuli viyavi misi simSvidiT, is ki laqlaqs ganagrZobda.

- wuTis dakargvac ar SeiZleba, - SevZaxe bolos. - gnebavT, Caval da kebs davuZaxeb.

- jer ar vici, waval, Tu ara. warmoidgineT, rom es saqme gavxseni. sul erTia, gregsoni, lestreidi da kompania mTel pativs TviTon miiweren, Tumca, wavideT da vnaxoT. me Ziebas Cemeburad Cavatareb, yovel SemTxvevaSi, maTi seiriT mainc Seviqcev Tavs. gavemgzavroT!

erTi wuTis Semdeg etlSi visxediT da briqstonroudisaken giJuri siCqariT miveSurebodiT. Cemi Tanamgzavri karg gunebaze iyo da raze ar ybedobda. kremonel meviolinoeebze, stradivariusisa da amatis violinoebis gansxvavebaze.

- rogorc vatyob, arc Tu ise bevrs fiqrobT saqmeze, romlis xelis mokidebac ikisreT. - Sevawyvetine bolos holmss musikaluri laqlaqi.

- jer araviTari faqti ar viciT, - mipasuxa man. - uxeSi Secdomaa Teoriuli sja-baasi, rodesac araa monacemebi. aseT dros sworad azrovneba Wirs da danaSaulis gaxsnac brkoldeba. - SeCerdi, meetlev, SeCerdi!

asi iardiT viyaviT daSorebuli saxlidan, magram holmsi etlidan gadmovida da gza fexiT ganvagrZeT.

lauristongardenze mdebare #3 saxli pirquSi da avbediTi ieriT gamoirCeoda. es iyo erT-erTi im oTx saxlTagani, gzis Soriaxlo rom idga. am oTxi saxlidan orSi Casaxlebuli iyvnen, oric ukacuri gaxldaT. yovel saxls quCis mxridan patara baRi ekra, baRebSi galeuli buCqebi mimofantuliyo da maTze viwro gza gadioda. yviTeli niadagi, etyoboda, Tixisa da xreSis narevisagan Sedgeboda. RamiT wvimda da miwa Zalian sveli iyo. baRs garSemo evleboda sami futis simaRlis aguris zRude, romelsac zemoT xis Robe gasdevda. Robeze warmosadegi konstebli idga, cnobismoyvareTa jgufiT garSemortymuli, kiserwagrZelebulni da TvalebdaWyetilni rom lamobdnen imis danaxvas, rac saxlSi xdeboda.

saqme ise mqonda warmodgenili, rom holmsi maSinve Sevardeboda saxlSi da mondomebiT Seudgeboda saidumloebiT moculi SemTxvevis gamokvlevas. magram Tqvenc ar momikvdeT! udardeli kacis ieriT mohyva qvafenilze bolTis cemas, uazrod ixedeboda cisken, xan miwas dahyurebda da xan quCis miRma saxlebs aTvalierebda. daTvalierebas rom morCa, nela gahyva gzas, ufro gzis gaswvriv wavida balaxze da Tan miwas Tvals ar acilebda. orjer SeCerda da SevamCnie, kmayofilebis wamoZaxilTan erTad gaeRima. svel TixnarSi aSkarad Canda nafexurebi, magram policielebs ukve daetkepnaT gza da araviTari imedi ar mqonda, rom holmsi raimes aRmoaCenda.

saxlis karebSi erTi maRali, fermkrTali, moyviTalo saxis kaci Semogvxvda, xelSi ubis wignaki eWira. holmss mivarda da mxurvaled CamoarTva xeli.

- didi Tavazianobaa Tqveni mxriv, rom mobrZandiT, - uTxra man. - yvelaferi xeluxleblad davtove.

- amas garda! - upasuxa Cemma megobarma da gaTelil gzaze miuTiTa. - kameCebis jogic ver arev-darevda aqaurobas ase. magram, cxadia, Tqven ukve gaakeTeT Tqveni daskvnebi, gregson, vidre amas CaidendiT?

- SigniTac Tavze sayrelad mqonda saqme, - banze augdo sityva maZebarma. - Cemi kolega lestreidi aq imyofeba da imedi mqonda, rom am saqmes is moagvarebda.

holmsma Semomxeda da warbebi gesliani RimiliT azida.

- ori iseTi gamocdili kacis namuSevris Semdeg, rogoric Tqven da lestreidi brZandebiT, - Tqva holmsma, - Zalian cota ram darCeboda gasakeTebeli.

gregsonma TviTkmayofilebiT moifSvnita xelebi.

- vfiqrob, ukve gavakeTeT yvelaferi, risi gakeTebac SeiZleboda, - Tqva man dasasruls.

- aq kebiT xom ar mosulxarT?

- ara, ser.

- arc lestreidi?

- ara.

- maS, SevideT oTaxSi.

holmsi gregsonis TanxlebiT saxlSi Sevida. gregsonis saxeze ukiduresi gaoceba aRbeWdiliyo.

patara mtvriani ficruli derefani samzareuloSi gadioda. derefans ori kari hqonda. erT-erTi kari, aSkara iyo, am ukanaskneli kvireebis ganmavlobaSi aravis gaeRo. meore kari gadioda samzareuloSi, sadac ucnauri ambavi moxda. holmsi oTaxSi Sevida da mec ukan mivyevi.

didi, kvadratuli formis oTaxi kidev ufro mozrdili Canda imis gamo, rom Sig aveji ar idga. kedlebze mdare da Wyetela Spaleri iyo gakruli, alag-alag sinestes gamoeJona da laqebiT aeWrelebina TeTri qaRaldi. zogan kidev Spaleris mTeli zolebi aglejili ekida, qveS moyviTalo baTqaSi Canda. karis pirdapir Cinebuli buxari iyo, romelsac wina nawils TeTri xelovnuri marmarilos fila umSvenebda. filis kideze cvilis wiTeli sanTlis namwvi iyo mikruli. mqrqali Suqi aRwevda erTaderT WuWyian fanjaraSi da yvela sagans rux ferad buravda. irgvliv yvelaferi mtvris sqeli feniT iyo dafaruli.

magram es me gvian SevniSne. pirvelsave wuTs Cemi yuradReba miipyro kuStma, uZravma gvamma, iatakze rom egdo. es iyo ase ormocdasami-ormocdaoTxi wlis mamakaci, saSualo tanisa, farTo mxarbeWiani, Savi xuWuWa Tma hqonda da ajagruli patara wveri. sqeli maudis serTuki da Jileti ecva, Ria feris Sarvali, TovliviT qaTqaTa samajeebi da sufTa sayelo mouCanda: kargad gawmendili, axali cilindri mis gverdiT ido iatakze. xelebi gaSlili darCenoda, TiTebi erTmaneTze midebuli, fexi fexze gadadebuli. gegonebodaT, sikvdilis win mis gaqvavebul saxeze aRbeWdiliyo SiSis zari, da rogorc meCvena, iseTi siZulvili, rogoric manamde arasodes ar SemeniSna adamianis saxeze. avbediTad mokrunCxuli poza, dabali Subli, CaWyletili cxviri da win wamoSverili yba micvalebuls maimuns amsgavsebda. jer arasodes ar momCvenebia sikvdili egzom zardamcemi saxiT, rogorc aq, am bnel, WuWyian oTaxSi vnaxe, saidanac fanjrebi gadioda londonis gareubnis erT-erT mTavar quCaze.

lestreidi, gamxdari da qrcvinis msgavsi maZebari, karebSi idga da ise mogvesalma.

Serlok holmsi gvams miuaxlovda, daiCoqa da daTvalierebas Seudga.

- darwmunebuli xarT, rom Wriloba ara aqvs? - ikiTxa man da maZebrebs sisxlis laqebze miuTiTa.

- ueWvelad! - erTxmad miugo orTavem.

- maSin es sisxli meore pirisaa, albaT mkvlelisa, Tu es mkvleloba iyo.

holmsis wvrili TiTebi xan aq gaielvebda xan iq, Cqmetda, aWerda, xsnida, ikvlevda, amave dros ki misi Tvalebi inarCunebda im ganurCevel gamometyvelebas, rac adre SevniSne. bolos holmsma micvalebulis tuCebi daynosa da misi fexsacmelis Zirebi gasinja.

- sruliad ar dagiZravT adgilidan? - hkiTxa moulodnelad man maZebrebs.

- gasinjvisas davZariT.

- axla SegiZliaT sacxedreSi gadaasvenoT. mets veRarafers gavigebT.

gregsons sakace gaemzadebina, mis brZanebaze oTxi mejinibe Semovida, gvami aswies da gaitanes. gvams rom swevdnen, beWedi davarda da iatakze gagorda. lestreidma beWeds xeli staca da daaSterda.

- aq qali yofila! - SesZaxa maZebarma. - es qalis niSnobis beWedia!

man beWedi xelisgulze daido. yvelani gars SemovexvieT lestreids. saeWvo ar iyo, rom es priala oqros beWedi qals ekuTvnoda.

- es beWedi saqmes arTulebs, - Tqva gregsonma, - ambavi ki uamisodac sakmaod daxlarTulia!

- Tqven ar fiqrobT, rom es, piriqiT, amartivebs saqmes? -SeniSna holmsma. - ra naxeT jibeebSi?

- yvelaferi aqaa Tavmoyrili, - Tqva gregsonma, da holmsi winkarSi Seiyvana. - oqros saaTi #97163, londonuri, beros firmisa; oqros Zewkvi, Zalian mZime da msxvili; masonTa niSniani oqros beWedi; buldogisTaviani oqros qinZisTavi, romelsac Tvalebi lalisa aqvs; tyavis safule sadarbazo baraTebiT `enoq d. dreberi, klivlendi~, rac Seesabameba TeTreulis niSans e.d.d. didi qisa ar Cans, magram jibeSi fuli aqvs - Svidi girvanqa da cameti Silingi; bokaCios `dekameroni~ patara jibis formatiT gamocemuli, romlis satitulo furcelze jozef stangersonis saxeli aweria; ori werili, erTi e.d.dreberis, meore ki - jozef stangersonis saxelze.

- ra misamarTiT?

- ameriqan-eqsCeinj strendi, mokiTxvamde. orive werili hiionis saxomaldo sazogadoebidanaa da liverpulidan mimavali xomaldebis reisTan aqvT kavSiri. aSkaraa, es bedasli kaci niu-iorkSi dabrunebas apirebda.

- stangersonze cnobebi miiReT?

- es maSinve gavakeTe, ser, - uTxra gregsonma. - gancxadebebi davagzavne yvela gazeTSi da erTi Cemi agentTagani gavuSvi ameriqan-eqsCeinjSi, magram jer ar dabrunebula.

- klivlendSi gagzavneT depeSa?

- diax, dRes diliT.

- rogor gaaformeT Tqveni moTxovna?

- dawvrilebiT SevatyobineT saqmis garemoeba da SevuTvaleT, rom madlobeli viqnebiT yovelgvari cnobisaTvis, ramac SeiZleba daxmareba gagviwios.

- xom ar giTxoviaT zogierTi wvrilmani raime iseT ambebze, rac am saqmeSi gadamwyveti geCvenaT?

- vTxove stangersonze.

- sxva araferze? gana aq araferia iseTi, rac SeiZleba mTeli saqmis berketi aRmoCndes? kidev xom ar apirebT depeSis gagzavnas?

- ukve moviTxove yvelaferi, risi moTxovnac saWirod mimaCnda, - Tqva gregsonma nawyeni kiloTi.

Serlok holmsma gaicina da raRacis Tqma daapira, rom am dros oTaxSi darCenili lestreidi winkarSi gamoCnda. kmayofili Canda da xelebs ifSvnetda.

- mister gregson, - mimarTa kolegas. - es aris aRmovaCine uaRresad mniSvnelovani garemoeba, rac SeumCneveli darCeboda, rom kedlebis gulmodgine kvleva ar Cametarebina.

patara kacunas Tvalebi ise ucimcimebda, rom egzaltacias Zlivs ikavebda.

- SemodiT aq! - Tqva da ukan Sevarda. - dadeqiT aq!