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asanTi Ceqmaze gahkra, aanTo da kedelTan miitana.

- erTi SexedeT! adre vambobdi, alag-alag Spaleri kedels moscilebia-meTqi. oTaxis am kuTxeSi Spaleris didi mozrdili nawili moglejili iyo da yviTeli baTqaSis kvadrati Canda. cariel adgilze wiTeli, sisxlisferi asoebiT ewera erTi sityva: `kfsru~.

- ras ityviT amaze? - SesZaxa maZebarma. - es oTaxis yvelaze bneli kuTxea da fiqrad aravis mosvlia aq Semoxedva. mkvlelma es sityva Tavisi sisxliT dawera. SexedeT, warweris qveS gubea. es, yovel SemTxvevaSi, aqarwylebs TviTmkvlelobis varauds. ratom SearCia warwerisaTvis swored es kuTxe? mogaxsenebT, xedavT sanTels buxarze? im dros es sanTeli anTebuli iyo da swored es kuTxe iyo yvelaze ukeT ganaTebuli.

- ra mniSvneloba aqvs Tqvens aRmoCenas saqmisaTvis? - hkiTxa gabrazebulma gregsonma.

- ra mniSvneloba aqvs? es gviCvenebs, rom damwers undoda gamoeyvana qalis saxeli kfsrud, magram mkvlels weraSi xeli SeuSales. daimaxsovreT, roca am saqmes Suqi moefineba, aRmoCndeba, rom masSi gareulia viRac qali, saxelad raSeli. tyuilad iciniT, mister Serlok holms. Tqven Zalian gamWriaxi gonebis patroni xarT, magram nu daiviwyebT, rom moxuci adamianebi iSviaTad cdebian.

- gTxovT mapatioT, - Tqva Serlok holmsma, romelmac Tavisi TavSeukavebeli siciliT es patara kacuna wonasworobidan gamoiyvana. - Tqven, ra Tqma unda, aq myofTa Soris pirvelma aRmoaCineT da sworad SeniSneT, rom warwera am saidumloebiT moculi ambis meore monawilem gaakeTa. jer kidev ar mqonia dro oTaxis Sesaswavlad, magram Tqveni nebarTviT am saqmes axla Sevudgebi.

holmsma jibidan amoiRo ruleti da gamadidebeli SuSa. am ori xelsawyoTi SeiaraRebuli, uxmaurod dadioda oTaxSi. drodadro SeCerdeboda da daiCoqebda xolme. erTxel pirqvec ki dawva iatakze. Tavisi saqmianobiT garTulma, mgoni, kidevac daiviwya Cveni arseboba, - da ganuwyvetliv raRacas butbutebda. ociode wuTi gagrZelda misi kvleva-Zieba, Tan zustad zomavda manZilebs nakvalevebs Soris, romelTac me sul ver vamCnevdi. Tavisi ruletiT kedelze CemTvis sruliad gaugebar gazomvebs axdenda. erTgan mtveri aiRo da konvertSi Cado. bolos linzis SemweobiT Seamowma warwera kedelze, Semdeg linza da ruleti jibeSi Seinaxa.

- amboben, rom genialoba Sromisa da garjis dauSreteli unaria, - SeniSna man RimiliT.- es Zalian cudi gansazRvraa, magram sruliad gamosadegi kia maZebrisaTvis.

gregsoni da lestreidi didi yuradRebiTa da erTgvari siZulviliT adevnebdnen Tvalyurs moyvaruli maZebris manevrebs. aSkarad ar esmodaT is, rac axla CemTvis naTeli xdeboda: ver amCnevdnen, rom Serlok holmsis mTeli moqmedeba mimarTuli iyo erTi garkveuli praqtikuli miznisaken.

- ra azrisa xarT mkvlelobis ambavze? - ikiTxa orTavem erTdroulad.

- Cemi mxriv Tavis amao daimedeba iqneba imis varaudi, rom SemiZlia raime daxmareba gagiwioT, - SeniSna Cemma megobarma. - Tu macnobebT xolme, rogor mimdinareobs Tqveni kvleva-Zieba, siamovnebiT dagexmarebiT, riTac SevZleb. jer ki minda movelaparako im konstebls, romelmac gvami aRmoaCina. xom ver metyviT imis saxelsa da misamarTs?

lestreidma Tavis ubis wignakSi Caixeda.

- jon rensi, - Tqva man. - axla Tavisufalia, scalia. SegiZliaT naxoT odlei-kortSi, kensington park-geitis #46 saxlSi.

holmsma misamarTi Caiwera.

- wavideT, uotson, - momibrunda. - movnaxoT. raRac minda giTxraT, gamogadgebaT, - mimarTa maZebrebs. - Cadenilia mkvleloba, mkvleli mamakacia, eqvs futze maRali, axalgazrda, Tavisi simaRlisaTvis metismetad patara fexebi aqvs. uxeSi fexsacmeli acvia, farTo lanCebiani da triqinopolur sigarebs eweva. aq Tavisi msxverplis TanxlebiT Camovida oTxborbliani kebiT, romelSiac Sebmuli iyo cxeni, daWedili sami Zveli da erTi axali naliT. axali nali wina fexze aqvs... mgoni, mkvleli loyebRaJRaJaa, marjvena xelis frCxilebi ki metismetad grZeli unda hqondes.

lestreidma da gregsonma erTimeores gadaxedes da undoblad gaiRimes.

- Tu es kaci mokles, ranairad? - hkiTxa lestreidma.

- SxamiT, - mokled miugo Serlok holmsma da gasasvlelisaken gaemarTa. - erTic, lestreid, - daumata man, karTan rom mivida. - `kfsru~ germanuli sityvaa da niSnavs `SurisZiebas~. amitom metismetad bevr dros nu davkargavT vinme raSelis mosaZebnad.

isariviT gesliani sityva rom warmoTqva, holmsi gareT gavida da gakvirvebisagan pirdaRebuli maZebrebi ukacur saxlSi datova.
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ra gviambo jon rensma

dRis pirvel saaTze gamovediT lauristongardenis #3 saxlidan. Serlok holmsi telegrafis uaxloes ganyofilebaSi Sevida da grZeli depeSa gagzavna. Semdeg kebi daibara da ubrZana im misamarTiT wasvla, lestreidma rom mogvca.

- veraferi Seedreba pirad STabeWdilebas, - Tqva man. - me ukve maqvs sruli warmodgena am saqmeze, magram ras davkargavT, Tu yvelafers gavigebT, risi gagebac ki SeiZleba?

- Tqven maocebT, holms, - SevniSne me. - ra Tqma unda, Tqveni varaudisa Tqven TviTon ara gjeraT, magram iseT saxes iRebT, viTom am wvrilmanebidan gamotanili yvela daskvna srul WeSmaritebad migaCniaT.

- aq ar SeiZleba dakvirvebuli da fxizeli kacis gonebam mcdari daskvna gamoitanos, - mipasuxa holmsma, - pirveli, rac me SevniSne Camosvlisas, es iyo kebis borblebis ori kvali. guSindel Ramemde mTeli kvira ar yofila wvima. maSasadame, es Rrma kvali kebs RamiT dautovebia. vnaxe agreTve nalebis kvali, amasTan erTi ufro garkveulad Canda, saidanac aSkaraa, rom es erTi nali danarCenebze axali yofila. ramdenadac kebi aq iyo wvimis dawyebamde da dilas aRar gaxldaT, risi Tavdebicaa gregsoni, aqedan davaskveni, rom kebi aq yofila RamiT, da maSasadame, mitovebul saxlSi mouyvania es ori subieqti.

- amis dadgena sakmaod iolia, - vuTxari me. - magram meore kacis simaRle rogorRa daadgineT?

- ubralod, aTi SemTxvevidan cxraSi simaRlis gansazRvra xerxdeba nabijis mixedviT. me gavzome im ymawvilis nabiji Tixnar gzaze da iatakis mtverSic... amas garda, Sevamowme Cemi angariSi. roca adamiani kedelze wers, instinqturad wers Tavisi Tvalebis simaRleze. warwera iatakidan daaxloebiT eqvsi futis simaRleze iyo gakeTebuli.

- asaki?

- Tu mamakaci yovelgvari Zaldatanebis gareSe oTxnaxevarfutian nabijs dgams, arc ZuZumwovari iqneba da arc berikaci. am zomisa iyo gube baRSi, momaval gzaze, romelzec mkvlels gadaubijebia. Zvirfasi tyavis Ceqmebs tborisaTvis SemouvliaT, farTolanCebian, uxeS fexsacmelebs ki zed gadaubijebiaT. kidev gaocebT rame?

- frCxilebi da triqinopoluri sigarebi?

- kedelze warwera gakeTebulia mamakacis sisxlSi amovlebuli saCvenebeli TiTiT, Cemi lupiT gavarkvie, rom baTqaSi gaCxapnilia, rac ar moxdeboda, damwers frCxilebi wakveTili rom hqonoda. iatakidan cotaodeni ferfli avxvete, muqi da fantelis msgavsi. aseTi ferfli mxolod triqinopolur sigarebs aqvT. specialurad maqvs Seswavlili es sigara da Sromac ki damiweria amaze. vamayob imiT, rom ferflis mixedviT SemiZlia gavarkvio yovelgvari Tambaqos an sigaris xarisxi.

- RaJRaJa saxe?

- aa! es ki ufro Tamami mtkiceba iyo, Tumca darwmunebuli var, rom ar Sevmcdarvar.

- TavSi ise mereva yvelaferi, rom erTi garkveuli azri ver gamomitania, - SevniSne me. rac mets vfiqrob, Cemi azriT, miT ufro meti idumalebiTaa moculi es saqme. rogor moxvda es ori kaci - Tu marTla orni iyvnen - ukacur saxlSi? ra mouvida kebmens, romelmac isini aqamde moiyvana? rogor aiZula erTma adamianma meore, rom Sxami daelia? saidanaa sisxli? ra mizani amoqmedebda mkvlels, Tu gaZarcvis ganzraxva ar hqonia? saidanaa qalis beWedi? da, upirveles yovlisa, risTvis dasWirda mkvlels wasvlis win germanuli sityvis `kfsru~-s dawera?

Cemma Tanamgzavrma Tavmomwoned gaiRima.

- Tqven Zalian marjved da zustad CamoTvaleT Seqmnili mdgomareobis siZneleni, - miTxra man. - bevri ram jer kidev bundovania, Tumca mTavari faqtebis sisworeSi eWvi ar mepareba. rac Seexeba sabralo lestreidis aRmoCenas, es mxolod imisi cdaa, rom policia mcdar gzaze daeyenebinaT. ise aso a, rogorc SeniSneT, goTursa hgavs. amasTan namdvili germaneli yovelTvis laTinuri SriftiT wers. me sxva rames getyviT: Zvirfasi tyavisa da farTolanCiani iaffasiani fexsacmlis patronebi kebiT erTad Camosulan, gzazedac erTad uvliaT, mxardamxar, SeiZleba xelixelCakidebulTac. saxlSi rom Sesulan, win da ukan erTad uvliaT, an ufro sworad rom vTqvaT, Zvirfasi tyavisCeqmebiani kaci erT adgilze mdgara, farTolanCiani fexsacmlis patroni ki, etyoba, bolTas scemda. es yvelaferi mtverze amovikiTxe, da isic wavikiTxe, rom mosiarule kaci sul ufro Relavda, wiwmatdeboda. amaze metyvelebs misi nabijis sigrZe, romelic sul ufro da ufro izrdeboda, etyoba, igi ganuwyvetliv laparakobda da gaSmagebamde misula, maSin gaTamaSda tragediac. ukve yvelaferi giTxariT, rac vici. Cven kargi baza gvaqvs Semdgomi muSaobisaTvis.

ase vsaubrobdiT, vidre kebi talaxian quCebsa da pirquS mosaxvevebSi miikvlevda gzas. yvelaze ufro talaxian da pirquS adgilas kebmenma uecrad SeaCera etli.

- ai, odleikorti, - warmoTqva da gviCvena viwro gasasvleli aguris Senobebs Soris. - aq dagelodebiT.

am viwro gasasvlels gavyeviT da ubadruki namceca saxlebiT garSemortymul patara moedanze gavediT. CavuareT pirdaubaneli bavSvebis gunds, gavcdiT sarecxis Tokebze gafenil Raribul TeTreuls da mivaRwieT #46 saxlamde, romlis spilenZis firfitaze ewera rensis saxeli. konstebli loginSi iwva da Cven patara sastumro oTaxSi dacda gvibrZanes.

maspinZeli maSinve gamovida. etyoboda, ukmayofilo iyo imiT, rom simSvide davurRvieT.

- ganyofilebaSi ukve yovelive movaxsene, - gviTxra man.

holmsma jibidan oqros moneta amoiRo da SeaTamaSa.

- Cven gvindoda yovelive es Tqvengan mogvesmina, - uTxra man.

- siamovnebiT mogiyvebiT, rac vici, - miugo konsteblma da mzera oqros diskos miapyro.

rensi divanze mokalaTda da warbebi Seikra, TiTqos Seecada Tavisi moTxrobidan araferi gamoetovebina.

- Cemi morigeoba grZeldeba saRamos aTi saaTidan dilis eqvsamde, - daiwyo man. - saRamos Semovlisas yvelaferi Tavis rigze iyo. Ramis pirvel saaTze gawvimda. hari marSers Sevxvdi, erTad videqiT henrietastritze da vsaubrobdiT. mogvianebiT, or saaTze, Tu cota ufro gvian, gadavwyvite, gamevlo da gamego, yvelaferi wesrigSi Tu iyo briqstonroudze. gzad kaciSvili ar Semxvedria, Tumca erTma Tu orma kebma Camiara. uceb, swored im saxlSi Suqi davinaxe. vicodi, rom am or saxlSi lauristongardenze aravin cxovrobda. amitom Zalian SemaSina cecxlma, fanjridan rom davinaxe, da gavifiqre, ubedureba xom araferi momxdara-meTqi. roca karTan mivedi...

- Tqven SeCerdiT da ukanve waxvediT WiSkrisaken, - Seawyvetina Cemma megobarma. - ratom moiqeciT ase?

- verafers vityvi, es ase iyo, ser, - miugo konsteblma. - Tumca verafriT gamigia, saidan iciT es! karTan rom mivedi, iseTi siCume idga da iseTi Tavzari dameca, rom gavifiqre, xom aravis davuZaxo-meTqi. hoda, ukan wavedi WiSkrisaken, iqneb sadme marSeri vnaxo-meTqi, magram verc is vnaxe da verc sxva vinme.

- quCaSi aravin iyo?

- kacis WaWaneba ar Canda, ZaRlic ki arsad iyo. Semdeg guli gavimagre, saxlisaken gamovbrundi da kari SevaRe. Sig siwynare sufevda da mec Sevedi oTaxSi, sadac Suqi enTo. buxarze sanTeli cimcimebda - wiTeli cvilis sanTeli - da mis Suqze me davinaxe...

- diax, yvelaferi vici, rac dainaxeT. Tqven ramdenjerme SemouareT oTaxs, daiCoqeT gvamis win, mere gamoxvediT, samzareulos karis SeReba scadeT, Semdeg...

- sad imalebodiT? - Sehyvira rensma. - Tqven bevrad meti iciT, vidre unda icodeT.

holmsma gaicina da magidaze Tavisi sadarbazo baraTi daagdo.

- nu daapirebT Cems dapatimrebas mkvlelobaSi eWvmitanis gamo, - uTxra man konstebls. - me ZaRlebis xrovidan gaxlavarT da ara mgeli. ganagrZeT! Semdeg ra gaakeTeT?

rensi isev dajda divanze.

- WiSkarTan davbrundi da davustvine. sastvenis xmaze movida marSeri da oric sxva.

- quCaSi am dros aravin iyo?

- ho, SeiZleba iTqvas, rom aravin, Tu raimeSi gamosadeg adamianebs miviRebT mxedvelobaSi.

- amiT ra gindaT TqvaT?

- bevri mTvrali minaxavs Cems cxovrebaSi, - Tqva rensma, - magram arasodes ar minaxavs, rom adamiani ase galeSili yofiliyo. WiSkridan rom gamovbrundi, is kaci zRudeze iyo miyrdnobili da xmaCaxleCili gah-yviroda raRac simReras. fexze ver idga da Cven miT umetes ra daxmarebas gagviwevda!

- rogor gamoiyureboda? - hkiTxa Serlok holmsma.

- erTi gamtyvral-galeSili axmaxi kaci iyo. ase moucleli rom ar vyofiliyaviT, ganyofilebaSi moxvdeboda.

- ranairi saxe hqonda, ra ecva, nuTu es ar SeginiSnavT? - mouTmenlad Seawyvetina holmsma.

- rogor ara, SevniSne. me da marSerma xom xeliT SevakaveT. maRali iyo, saxe uRaJRaJebda, mosasxamSi gaxldaT gaxveuli...

- sakmarisia! - SesZaxa holmsma. - saiT wavida?

- uimisodac gvyofnida saqme, - gabrazebiT miugo konsteblma, - Tavdebi var, Sin mSvidobiT mividoda.

- ra ecva?

- yavisferi mosasxami.

- xelSi wkneli eWira?

- wkneli? ara.

- Cans, daaviwyda aReba, darCa wkneli, - Caibutbuta holmsma. - amis Semdeg ar daginaxavT kebi? borblebis xma ar gagigoniaT?

- ara.

- inebeT es naxevari sovereni, - uTxra Cemma Tanamgzavrma da wamodga. - me mgonia, rens, rom samsaxurSi verasodes win ver waiwevT. Tavi adamians saqmisaTvis unda ebas, marto samkaulad ki ara. Tqven SegeZloT guSin RamiT serJantis niSani dagekerebinaT. kaci, Tqven rom xelT gekavaT, swored is gaxlavT, romelsac veZebT. amaze dava aRar Rirs. wavideT, eqimo.

wavediT ise, rom Cveni maspinZeli mainc sakmaod gunebawamxdari davtoveT.

- ra gamoTayvanebuli lenCia! - mwared Cailaparaka holmsma, Sin rom miveSurebodiT, - aseTi Seudarebeli SemTxveva mieca, TviTon ki, doylapioba gamoiCina da ver gamoiyena.

- araferi mesmis. marTalia, im kacis aRwera Seesabameba Tqvens warmodgenas dramis meore monawileze. magram risTvis dasWirda imave saxlSi dabruneba? gana damnaSaveebi ase iqcevian?

- beWedi! beWedi! gaigeT! beWdisaTvis dabrunda. Tu mkvlelis Sepyrobis sxva RonisZieba ver gamoinaxa, es beWedi SegviZlia gamoviyenoT satyuarad. me daviWer im vaJbatons, eqimo! SemiZlia naZlevi davdo, rom Sevipyrob. Tqveni madlobeli unda viyo. Tqven rom ara, ar wavidodi da xelidan gavuSvebdi am friad saintereso devnas, rogoric ki Cems praqtikaSi Semxvedria, alisferi kvalis miyolasa da devnas. mkvlelis kvali alisferi Zafivic gasdevs cxovrebis daxlarTul qsels, da Cveni valia mivyveT am Zafs, aRmovaCinoT igi da gamovamJRavnoT Zafis uwvrilesi nawilakebi. axla ki visauzmoT da mere norman nerudis mosasmenad koncertze waval.

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Cvens gancxadebas stumari gamoexmaura

holmsi Zalian gvian dabrunda. amden dros koncerti ver waarTmevda. roca dabrunda, sadili ukve magidaze dauxvda.

- ra mogsvliaT? - momibrunda me. - cudi gamometyveleba gaqvT. briqstounroudis ambavma xom ar SegawuxaT?

- gamogitydebiT, da swored asea.

- mesmis. es saqme saidumloebiTaa moculi, saidumloeba ki gvaRelvebs. naxeT saRamos gazeTebi?

- ara.

- sakmaod vrcladaa aRwerili momxdari ambavi. magram qalis niSnobis beWedze araferia naTqvami. Zalian kargi, rom naxsenebic araa.

- riTaa kargi?

- naxeT gancxadeba? - mkiTxa holmsma. - me gavagzavnine gancxadebis es teqsti yvela redaqciaSi maSinve, rogorc ki lauristongardenis saxlidan davbrundiT.

gazeTi gadmomca da wavikiTxe pirveli gancxadeba im svetSi, romlis saTauri iyo: `napovnia~.

`briqstonroudis raionSi, uaitgartis traqtirsa da holandgrovs Soris gamaval gzaze napovnia saqorwino oqros beWedi. mimarTeT doqtor uotsons 221-b, beikerstriti, saRamos rvidan cxra saaTamde~.

- mapatieT, rom Tqveni saxeliT visargeble, - miTxra holmsma. - Cemi saxeli rom momeTavsebina, romelime skotlendiardeli Steri Seecdeboda am saqmeSi Carevas.

- sawinaaRmdego araferi maqvs, magram davuSvaT, rom vinme movida. me xom beWedi ara maqvs!

- o, beWedi gaqvT, - miTxra holmsma da beWedi gadmomca. - saucxood gamodgeba. TiTqmis zusti aslia.

- Tqveni azriT, vin gamoexmaureba am gancxadebas?

- yavisfermosasxamiani kaci, Cveni loyebRaJRaJa megobari, blagvcxviriani Ceqmebis patroni. Tu TviTon ar mova, Tavis Tanamzraxvels gamogzavnis.

- mere aseT saqciels saxifaTod ar miiCnevs?

- sruliadac ara. Tu saqmis Sinaarsi sworad gavige, da safuZveli maqvs, ase vifiqro, maSin is kaci yvelafers sasworze dadebs, oRond beWedi daibrunos. Cemi varaudiT beWedi maSin dauvarda, rodesac dreberis gvamze daixara. xolo misi dakargva maSinRa SeamCnia, roca saxlidan gamovida. imwamsve ukan gaeSura, magram SeefeTa policielebs, romlebic anTebuli sanTliT sakuTar kvalze TviTonve daayena. eWvi rom Tavidan aecilebina, simTvrale moigona. Tqveni Tavi warmoidgineT mis mdgomareobaSi. mogvianebiT yvelaferi rom gansaja, rac moxda, SesaZlebelia, im azramde mivida, rom beWedi sadme gzaSi dakarga, mas Semdeg, rac saxlidan gamovida. ras izams aseT SemTxvevaSi? mouTmenlad daelodeba saRamos gazeTebs im imediT, rom dakargul beWeds ipovis. am gancxadebas waikiTxavs da aRtacebuli darCeba. ratom unda SeeSindes xafangis? araviTari safuZveli ara aqvs ifiqros, rom napovni beWedi SeiZleba vinmem mkvlelobas daukavSiros. erTi saaTis Semdeg Tqven mas naxavT.

- maSin? - vkiTxe me.

- o, me momandeT masTan angariSsworeba. iaraRi gaqvT?

- Cemi revolveri maqvs da ramdenime vazna.

- kargs izamdiT, Tu gawmenddiT da sasrolad moamzadebdiT. igi Tavze xelaRebuli kacia, da Tumca Tavs moulodnelad davesxmi, magram sifrTxiles Tavi ar stkiva.

Cems oTaxSi gavedi da holmsis rCevas mivyevi. ukan rom davbrundi, magida aulagebeli damxvda. holmsi Tavis sayvarel violinos ukravda.

- kvanZi Seikra, - Tqva man. - es-esaa amerikaSi gagzavnil depeSaze pasuxi miviRe, Cemi Tvalsazrisi marTldeba.

- saxeldobr?

- revolveri jibeSi CaideT, roca is vaJbatoni gamocxaddeba, sruliad Zaldautanebeli kiloTi elaparakeT. danarCeni Cemze iyos. metismetad Cacivebuli mzeriT ar SeaSinoT.

- ukve rva saaTia, - vTqvi da saaTi vuCvene.

- diax. albaT ramdensame wuTSi aq gaCndeba. odnav gamoaReT kari. kmara. gasaRebi Signidan CatoveT. gmadlobT! mgoni, modis.

am dros gaisma zaris wkriali. Serlok holmsi adga da Tavisi savarZeli karTan miswia. gavigoneT vestibiulisaken mimavali mosamsaxure qalis nabijis xma, mere gare karis urdulma xmamaRla gaiCxakuna.

- aq cxovrobs doqtori uotsoni? - ikiTxa mkafio, magram sakmaod uxeSma xmam. mosamsaxuris xma ar gagvigonia, magram gavigoneT, rogor gaiWriala karma SemosasvlelSi. viRac kibeze amodioda. uTanabro, gaubedavi nabijis xma iyo, ucnobi fexebs moaflatunebda. Cems megobars saxeze gaocebis Crdilma gadauqrola. nabijebis xma derefanSi axlovdeboda, bolos karze sustad daakakunes.

- SemobrZandiT! - daviZaxe me.

mrisxane mamakacs velodiT, magram mis nacvlad karebSi koWli, daRmeWili moxucebuli dedakaci gamoCnda. etyoboda, kaSkaSa Suqma Tvali mosWra, da ramdenjerme Tavis dakvris Semdeg SeCerda, usicocxlo Tvalebi daaxamxama da Tan acaxcaxebuli TiTebiT jibis qeqva daiwyo. Cems megobars gadavxede da mis saxeze iseTi sasowarkveTileba amovikiTxe, rom Tavis Sekaveba gamiWirda. kudianma bebrucunam, rogorc iqna, amoiRo saRamos gazeTi da Cveni gancxadeba gviCvena.

- imisaTvis movedi, keTilo batonebo, - da isev dagvikra Tavi, - oqros saqorwino beWedi gipovniaT briqstonroudze. igi Cems asuls salis ekuTvnis, romelic sul am erTi wlis win gaTxovda, misi qmari ki gemze mimtanad msaxurobs. imis gafiqrebac ki maSinebs, ras ityvis, Sin rom movides da sali ubeWdod dainaxos. isedac avi znisaa da rom daTvreba, maSin xom pirdapir ubedurebas gadaveyrebiT. guSin cirkSi wavida sali da...

- es aris misi beWedi? - vkiTxe me.

- madli Senda, ufalo! - Sehyvira dedaberma. - sali bednieri iqneba. swored imisi beWedi gaxlavT.

- Tqveni misamarTi? - CavekiTxe isev me.

- saxli #13 dunkanstritze, hundsdiSSi. aqedan Zalian Sors gaxlavT.

- briqstonroudi ar aris hundsdiSidan cirkSi mimaval romelime gzaze, - mkvaxed uTxra holmsma.

dedaberi mobrunda da Tavisi patara anTebuli TvalebiT gamWoli mzera miapyro Cems megobars.

- batonma misamarTi mkiTxa, - auxsna holmss. - salis bina aqvs daqiravebuli meifild-pleisze, pekhemze, #33 saxlSi.

- Tqveni gvari?

- soieri, misi gvari ki denisia, radganac tom deniszea gaTxovili. mkvircxli, sandomiani ymawvilia, vidre zRvazea, da masze ukeTesi mimtani mTel saxomaldo kompanias ara hyavs. magram roca napirzea, sul qalebsa da dalevaze fiqrobs.

- ai, Tqveni beWedi, misis soier, - Sevawyvetine holmsis niSnis Tanaxmad. - ueWvelia, Tqvens asuls ekuTvnis, da Zalian moxaruli var, rom saSualeba meZleva Tavis kanonier mflobels davubruno dakarguli nivTi.

dedaberma locva-kurTxevis butbutiT Caido beWedi jibeSi da kuskusiT Caiara kibe. rogorc ki dedaberi wavida, Serlok holmsi wamovarda da Tavis oTaxSi gaiqca. ramdensame sekundSi grZel palto mosxmuli dabrunda.

- gavyvebi, davzverav, - Tqva aCqarebiT, - uTuod im kacis Tanamzraxvelia da masTan mimiyvans. melodeT!

Semosasvleli kari dedabris zurgs ukan jer kidev ar iyo daxuruli, rom holmsi ukve dabla gaCnda. fanjridan davinaxe Cveni stumari: quCis mopirdapire mxares midioda koWlobiT, holmsi ki fexdafex mihyveboda.

kidec rom ar eTxova, dabrunebamde damelodeo, vgrZnobdi, ver daviZinebdi, vidre misi gaseirnebis Sedegebs ar Sevityobdi.

holmsi saxlidan daaxloebiT cxra saaTze gavida. warmodgena ara mqonda, rodis dabrundeboda. moTminebiT vijeqi da Cibuxs vabolebdi. aTma dahkra, msaxuri gogoebis fexis xma Semomesma, dasaZineblad midiodnen. TerTmetze kars iqiT ufro dinji nabijis xmac gaisma. es ukve Cveni diasaxlisi midioda dasaZineblad. TiTqmis Tormeti sruldeboda, roca amerikuli klitis mkveTri Cxakuni gavigone. rogorc ki holmsi Semovida, saxeze Sevatyve, rom marcxi ganecada. mis saxeze sicili da wyena ebrZoda erTmaneTs, bolos sicilma gaimarjva. holmsma mxiarulad gadaixarxara.

- ai, es ambavi ki ar minda gaigon skotlendiardSi! - SesZaxa da savarZelSi CaeSva.

- ra moxda? - vkiTxe mouTmenlad.

- o, ar moveridebodi Cemi marcxis aRiarebas. im wyeulma dedaberma erTi ubani rom gaiara, koWlobas umata. bolos gaCerda da iqve gaCerebul kebs dauZaxa. axlos videqi da gavigone, SemeZlo guldamSvidebiT vyofiliyavi, ise xmamaRla dauyvira, rom quCis meore mxares gaigonebda kaci: `wadiT dunkanstritze #13-Si, hundsdiSSi~. - momeCvena, rom es Tvalis axveva ar iyo, da rogorc ki kebSi Cajda, mec ukan avekide. am xelovnebas yoveli maZebari zedmiwevniT unda flobdes. SeuCerebliv mivqrodi, vidre naCveneb misamarTs ar mivaRwieT. vidre saxlTan mividodiT, gadmovxti da daudevrad, taatiT gavyevi quCas. davinaxe, rogor gaCerda kebi #13 saxlTan. kebmeni gadmoxta, kari gaaRo da daeloda. magram aravin gadmosula. roca axlos mivedi, igi gaSmagebiT daeZebda viRacas cariel kebSi da Tan piridan lanZRva-ginebas afrqvevda. dedabris kvali ki ar Canda da vSiSob, kebmeni male ver miiRebs damsaxurebul gasamrjelos. kiTxva-kiTxviT gavige, rom saxli #13 ekuTvnis pativcemul nayaSs kesviks da maT soierisa da denisis gvari arasodes smeniaT.

- Tqven imas fiqrobT, rom es akankalebuli susti dedaberi kebidan ise gadmoxta, rom verc Tqven da verc kebmenma ver SeniSneT?

- eSmakma dalaxvros! - mkvaxed Tqva holmsma. - romeli dedaberi! es me da Tqven aRmovCndiT dedabrebi da davrCiT pirSi Calagamovlebulebi. es gaxldaT axalgazrda kaci, metad marjve da Tanac Seudarebeli msaxiobi. ra Tqma unda, man SeniSna, rom uTvalTvaleben, da xelidan dagvisxlta. maSasadame, axalgazrda kaci, romelsac Cven veZebT, arc ise martoxelaa, rogorc megona, hyavs megobrebi, romlebic mzad arian misi gulisaTvis wyalSi gadaeSvan. aba, eqimo, Tqven gawamebuli saxe gaqvT, mihyeviT Cems rCevas, daweqiT da daiZineT.

Zalze motexilad vgrZnobdi Tavs da davweqi. holmsi ki darCa buxarSi Caferflil nakverCxlebTan. didxans mesmoda Ramis dumilSi misi violinos wynari, melanqoliuri Civili, vgrZnobdi, rom misi goneba kvlav utrialebda ucnaur Tavsatexs, romelic gadawyvetili hqonda amoexsna, radac ar unda dasjdomoda.
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tobias gregsoni Tavis xelovnebas gviCvenebs

meore dRes gazeTebi gaWedili iyo cnobebiT `briqstonis saidumloebaze~. yvela gazeTi vrclad aRwerda momxdar ambavs. zogierTi faqti CemTvis axali aRmoCnda. `deili telegrafi~ werda, danaSaulebaTa istoriam bevri ar icis egzom didi idumalebiT moculi saqme. msxverplis germanuli saxeli, angarebis motivis ararseboba da avbediTi warwera kedelze - yovelive es gviCvenebs, rom mkvleloba CaudeniaT emigrantebsa da revolucionerebs. socialistebs ganStoebuli organizaciebi aqvT amerikaSi. gansvenebulma, etyoba, daarRvia maTi dauwereli kanoni, mis kvals miagnes da mokleso.

dasasrul statia mouwodebda xelisuflebas, gaeZlierebinaT zedamxedveloba inglisSi mcxovreb ucxoelebze.