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axla ki mTavari sakiTxi: mkvlelobis motivi unda ganmesazRvra. Zarcva gamoricxuli iyo, radganac waRebuli araferi aRmoCnda. xom ar gvqonda saqme politikur motivebTan an am saqmeSi qali xom ar iyo gareuli? Tavidanve am ukanaskneli motivisaken vixrebodi. politikuri motiviT mkvlelobis Semdeg mkvlelebi, Cveulebriv, swrafad gaqcevas cdiloben. es mkvleloba, piriqiT, guldinjad iyo Cadenili, da mkvlelma mourideblad warwerac ki datova oTaxSi. es ki imas mowmobda, rom mkvleli am oTaxSi didxans yofila. aseT meTodur SurisZiebas iwvevs piradi mtroba da ara politikuri, kedelze aRmoCenilma warweram amaSi kidev ufro damarwmuna. es aSkara niRabi iyo. roca beWedi vipovneT, sakiTxi sruliad naTeli gaxda. mkvlelma usaTuod gamoiyena es beWedi imisaTvis, rom Tavisi msxverplisaTvis moegonebina romelime gansvenebuli an sxvagan myofi qali. aman maiZula mekiTxa gregsonisaTvis, xom ar moiTxova Tavis depeSaSi cnobebi dreberis pirad cxovrebaze warsulSi. rogorc gaxsovT, amaze gregsonma uaryofiTad mipasuxa.

maSin oTaxis dawvrilebiT Seswavlas Sevudeqi. aman daadastura Cemi varaudi mkvlelis tanadobaze da momca damatebiTi cnobebi misi sigarebis xarisxisa da frCxilebis sigrZeze. raki brZolis niSanwyali ar Canda, maSasadame, sisxlis laqebi iatakze rom iyo, mowmobda, rom mkvlels mRelvarebisagan cxviridan sisxli waskdomoda. SevniSne, rom sisxlis wveTebi misi nabijebis kvals efareboda. sisxlisdenis es SemTxvevebi mRelvarebis Sedegia da Cveulebriv sisxlWarb adamianebs aqvT xolme. amitomac gamovTqvi mosazreba, rom mkvleli albaT magari aRnagobis, loyebRaJRaJa kacia-meTqi. ambavTa msvlelobam daadastura Cemi simarTle.

saxli rom mivatove, gavakeTe ise, rac ar gaukeTebia gregsons, - depeSa gavagzavne klivlendis policiis ufrosTan da Semovifargle kiTxviT enoq dreberis qorwinebis Taobaze. Sematyobines, rom drebers erTxel ukve miumarTavs kanonisaTvis da Tavisi Zveli metoqis jeferson houpisagan dacva uTxovia. momweres isic, rom amJamad houpi evropaSi imyofebao. maSin gavige, rom am saidumloebiT moculi saqmis gasaRebi xelT mqonda. rCeboda mxolod mkvlelis mikvleva.

Cems gulSi ukve gadavwyvite, rom dreberis TanxlebiT saxlSi Sesuli kaci sxva aravin iqneboda, Tu ara is, vinc kebiT iq miiyvana. kvali miCvenebda, rom kebSi gabmuli cxeni Tavisuflad daseirnobda. amas pirutyvi ver moaxerxebda, Tu kofoze patroni an vinme ijdeboda. maS, sad iqneboda meetle, Tu ara saxlSi? amas garda, pirdapir sisulele iqneboda imaze fiqri, rom vinme aseT danaSauls Caidens mesame piris TandaswrebiT, romelic usaTuod gascemda. dabolos, davuSvaT, rom erTma kacma ganizraxa meoris gatyueba sadme qalaqgareT. saamisod yvelaze ufro moxerxebuli iqneba, Tu kebmenad dadgeba. yvela am mosazrebam im mtkice daskvnamde mimiyvana, rom jeferson houpi sadme londonel kebmenebs Soris unda momeZebna.

araviTari safuZveli ar mqonda mefiqra, rom is kaci dauyovnebliv miatovebda Tavis saqmes. misi azriT, profesiis aseTi anazdeuli gamocvla, piriqiT, mis winaaRmdeg eWvs aRZravda. albaT ramdenime xniT mainc amjobinebs muSaobis gagrZelebas-meTqi, vifiqre. arc imisi mizezi arsebobda, rom mkvleli saxelsa da gvars gamoicvlida. risTvis unda gamoecvala saxeli im qveyanaSi, sadac misi namdvili saxeli aravin icoda? amitom davibare usaxlkaro biWebis Cemi divizia da davavale mTel londonSi eZebnaT kebmeni jeferson houpi. Tqven gaxsovT, ra kargad gaarTves Tavi am davalebas, da ra swrafad gamoviyene maTi aRmoCena? stangersonis mkvleloba CemTvis sruliad moulodneli ambavi iyo. misi wyalobiT miviRe abi, romlis arsebobac ukve varaudiT vicodi. Tqven xedavT, rom yvelaferi es ganuwyveteli logikuri daskvnebis jaWvs Seadgens.

- gansacvifrebelia! - SevZaxe me. - Tqveni damsaxureba oficialurad unda iqnas aRiarebuli. unda gamoaqveynoT angariSi am saqmeze. Tu gnebavT, amas Tqven magier me gavakeTeb?

- Tqven SegiZliaT gaakeToT, rac gnebavT, eqimo, - mipasuxa holmsma, - ai, SexedeT! - ganagrZo da gazeTi gadmomca.

statia, romelic maCvena, jeferson houpis saqmes exeboda.

`mister enoq dreberisa da mister jozef stangersonis mkvlelobaSi eWvmitanil houpis uecarma sikvdilma sazogadoebas moaklo siamovneba Tvalyuri edevnebinaT sensaciuri sasamarTlo procesisaTvis. am danaSaulis dawvrilebiTi istoria albaT arasodes ar iqneba gamoqveynebuli, Tumca saimedo wyaroebidan viciT, rom mkvleloba gamowveuli iyo mravalwliani da romantikuli mtrobiT, raSiac Careuli iyo siyvaruli da mormonizmi. Cans, axalgazrdobaSi orive msxverpli ekuTvnoda `ukanasknel dReTa wmindanebis~ seqtas da houpsac, cixeSi gardacvlil mkvlels, mlaSe tbis raionSi ucxovria. es saqme, yovel SemTxvevaSi, brwyinvaled gviCvenebs Cveni samZebro policiis energiasa da unarianobas. aravisTvis ar aris saidumlo, rom damnaSavis aRmoCenisa da Sepyrobis pativi mTlianad ekuTvniT skotlend-iardis cnobil agentebs - mister lestreidsa da mister gregsons. damnaSave Seipyres vinme Serlok holmsis binaSi. holmsma moyvaruli maZebris saxiT erTgvari unari gamoamJRavna Ziebis saqmeSi. SeuZlia imedi iqonios, rom saqmis aseTi ostatebis gverdiT droTa manZilze erTgvar warmatebasac miaRwevs. unda vivaraudoT, rom gaweuli samsaxurisaTvis orive agenti jildos miiRebs~.

- gana kudianiviT es Tavidanve ar viwinaswarmetyvele? - SesZaxa Serlok holmsma. - ai, `alisferi kvalis~ mTeli Cemi Ziebis Sedegebi, - sxvisTvis jildoebis mopoveba.

- fiqri nu geqnebaT, - vupasuxe me. - Cems dRiurSi Cawerilia am saqmesTan dakavSirebuli mTeli simarTle da Tavis droze xalxi yvelafers gaigebs.

mocekvave kacunebi

Serlok holmsi ramdenime saaTs ise iyo gayursuli, sityva ar dascdenia. igi Tavdaxrili dascqeroda minis sinjaras, romelSiac saocrad myrali raRac ixarSeboda. Tavic imgvarad gadaexara gverdze, rom SavqoCrian, SimSilisagan galeul, ruxfrTian frinvels miagavda.

- uotson, - miTxra anazdad, - Tqven aRar apirebT samxreTafrikul fasian qaRaldebSi Tqveni danazogis dabandebas?

gakvirvebisagan SevkrTi. marTalia, ukve vicodi, rom mas mixvedrilobis araCveulebrivi niWi da unari hqonda, magram es moulodneli SeWra Cems fiqrTa samyaroSi sruliad amouxsneli meCvena.

- es saidanRa gaigeT? - vkiTxe me.

mbrunav skamze mjdomi holmsi Cemken Semotrialda; xelSi sinjara eWira, saidanac orTqli amodioda. mis Rrmad Camjdar TvalebSi damcinavi naperwkali gamokrTa.

- aRiareT, uotson, rom Tavgza agebnaT.

- marTali xarT! marTlac davibeni.

- rom gaiZuloT amis qaRaldze dawera da xelic mogawerinoT, kargi iqneba.

- risTvis?

- imisaTvis, rom xuTi wuTis Semdeg ityviT, yovelive es Zalze ubralo saqme yofila da ram damabniao.

- darwmunebuli var, amas arasodes ar vityvi.

- Zvirfaso uotson... - holmsma sinjara sadgarze daamagra da leqciis kiTxva ise damiwyo, TiTqos profesoria da auditorias mimarTavso, - dakvnebis gakeTeba arc ise Znelia, Tu yoveli momdevno daskvna sruliad ubralod gamomdinareobs wina daskvnidan. Tu amis Semdeg yvela SuaTana rgols gamovtovebT da msmenelamde mxolod ambis dasawyissa da bolo daskvnas mivitanT, SeiZleba masze Tavzardamcemi STabeWdileba movaxdinoT. mas Semdeg, rac Tqveni marcxena xelis cersa da saCvenebel TiTs Soris arsebul CaRrmavebas davukvirdi, aRar gamWirvebia im daskvnis gamotana, rom Tqveni mcire kapitaliT oqros sabadoebis aqciebis SeZena gaifiqreT.

- magram me am or garemoebas Soris veraviTar kavSirs ver vxedav.

- savsebiT SesaZlebelia. me ki ramdensame wuTSi dagarwmunebT, rom aseTi kavSiri arsebobs. ai, am ubralo jaWvis rgolebi: jer erTi, roca guSin saRamos klubidan dabrundiT, Tqveni marcxena xelis cersa da saCvenebel TiTs Soris CaRrmavebuli adgili carciT iyo dasvrili; meore, roca Tqven biliards TamaSobT, am adgilze carcs isvamT, raTa biliardis joxma xelze ar isrialos; mesame, biliards eTamaSebiT mxolod serstons; meoTxe, erTi Tvis win miTxariT, rom serstonma SemogTavazaT, masTan erTadSeiZinoT samxreTafrikuli fasiani qaRaldebi, romelTac erTi Tvis Semdeg gayidian; mexuTe, Tqveni Cekis wignaki Caketilia Cemi saweri magidis ujraSi, da Tqven ar giTxoviaT CemTvis am ujris gasaRebi; meeqvse, aqedan gamomdinare, Tqven aRar apirebT fulis dabandebas samxreTafrikul qaRaldebSi.

- ra ubralo ramea! - SevZaxe me.

- cxadia, - mipasuxa man da wyena odnav daetyo, - yoveli amoxsnili amocana ioli gveCveneba. magram ai kidev erTi Tavsatexi, igi jer araa gadawyvetili. vnaxoT, Cemo megobaro, rogor gaarTmevT mas Tavs.

qaRaldis furceli magidaze daagdo da TviTon isev sinjarasa da qimiur analizs daubrunda.

gaocebulma Sevxede qaRaldze gamoxatul raRac uazro ieroglifebs.

- momiteveT holms, es xom bavSvis naxatia! - SevZaxe me.

- Tqven ase fiqrobT?

- maS, Tqveni azriT, ra unda iyos?

- norfolkel mister hilton kubitsac swored eg ainteresebs. es patara rebusi man fostiT gamogvigzavna. albaT sadacaa TviTonac aq gaCndeba. gesmiT zaris xma, uotson? namdvilad isaa.

kibeze mZime nabijebis xma gaisma da wuTis Semdeg CvenTan maRali, loyebRaJRaJa, sufTad gaparsuli jentlmeni Semovida. misi naTeli gamoxedva da saxis ieri imas metyvelebda, rom es adamiani nisliani londonis mkvidri ar iyo. ise momeCvena, TiTqos Cvens stumars Tan mohyva aRmosavleTis sanapiros magari, grili qaris qrolva. xeli CamogvarTva da is iyo Camojdomas apirebda, rom uecrad swored im ucnauri niSnebiT aWrelebul furcels mohkra Tvali, cota xnis winaT xelSi rom meWira da magidaze davagde.

- ras fiqrobT am ieroglifebze, mister holms? - wamoiZaxa stumarma, - me miTxres, rom Tqven gitacebT saidumloebiT moculi ambebi, ucnauri SemTxvevebis amocnoba da kvanZebis gaxsna. Cemi azriT, amaze ufro ucnaur SemTxvevas versad waawydebiT. es furceli windawin imitom gamogigzavneT, rom Cems mosvlamde masze gamoxatuli niSnebi SegeswavlaT.

- marTlac Zalian sagulisxmo naxatebia, - Tqva holmsma. - erTi SexedviT SeiZleba adamians bavSvis celqobad moeCvenos. ar vici, ra azri unda hqondes aseT pawawina mocekvave kacunebis xatvas, an Tqven ratom aZlevT raime mniSvnelobas aseT ucnaur wvrilmans?

- Cemi coli rom ara, aseT ucnaur naxats marTlac araviTari yuradRebis Rirsad ar miviCnevdi, magram mas SiSisagan lamis guli gauskdes. arafers meubneba, magram vxedav, mis TvalebSi eldam daisadgura. ai, ratom mivitane es saqme ase axlos gulTan.

holmsma qaRaldi sarkmelTan miitana. es iyo ubis wignidan amoxeuli furceli. zed fanqriT iyo gamoyvanili ai aseTi patara figurebi:

holmsma furceli yuradRebiT daaTvaliera da safuleSi frTxilad Seinaxa.

- es saqme bevrs sainteresosa da uCveulos gvpirdeba, - Tqva man. - zogi ram ukve miambeT Tqveni weriliT, mister hilton kubit, magram Zalian madlobeli dagrCebiT, Tu Tavazianad daTanxmdebiT mis gameorebaze, raTa Cemma megobarma, eqimma uotsonmac, sakuTari yuriT mogisminoT.

- veraferi Svili mTxrobeli gaxlavarT, - Tqva Cvenma stumarma da Tan Tavisi didi, Ronieri xelebi nerviulad SekumSa da gaSala. - Tu Cems monaTxrobSi raime bundovnad mogeCvenebaT, keTili inebeT da kiTxvebi momeciT. daviwyeb iqidan, rom SarSan coli SevirTe. winaswar unda giTxraT, rom Tumca mdidari ara var, magram Cveni gvari ridling-torpSi ukve xuTi saukunea cxovrobs da mTel norfolkis sagrafoSi yvelaze warCinebulad iTvleba. SarSan dResaswaulebze londonSi Camovedi da raselskverze mdidrulad morTul oTaxebSi gavCerdi, radganac iq Cveni mrevlis moZRvari parkeri dabinavda. iqve erTi axalgazrda amerikeli ledi, gvarad patriki, ilsi patriki cxovrobda. me da es qaliSvili male davmegobrdiT. erTi Tvec ar gasula, rom is mgznebared Semiyvarda. davqorwindiT da sacxovreblad Cems mamulSi, norfolkSi gadavediT.

albaT ucnaurad mogeCvenebaT, mister holms, rom warCinebuli gvaris kaci Txoulobs qals, romlis warsulsa da ojaxze araferi icis, magram ilsi patriki rom genaxaT da gagecnoT, Cemi saqcielis gageba ar gagiWirdebodaT. ilsi CemTan Zalian gulaxdili gaxldaT. man sruli ufleba momca uari meTqva qorwinebaze, Tu amas visurvebdi. `warsulSi bevri arasasiamovno nacnobi myavda, - miTxra ilsim, - minda yovelive daviviwyo. ar minda davubrunde Cems ganvlil cxovrebas, radgan warsulis ubralo gaxsenebac ki tkivils mgvris. Tu me SemirTav, hilton, Sen daqorwindebi im qalze, romelsac TviTon urigo araferi Caudenia, magram Cems sityvas unda erwmuno da neba momce gavCumde yvelaferze, rac iyo manamde, vidre Seni gavxdebodi. Tu es piroba Zalian mZimed geCveneba, dabrundi norfolkSi da neba momeci, isev martoxelad vicxovro~.

es qorwinebamde erTi dRiT adre miTxra. me vupasuxe, rom mzad viyavi davmorCilebodi mis nebas da Cemi sityva arc gamitexia. ukve erTi wlis col-qmari varT da es weliwadi Zalian bednierad gavatareT. magram am erTi Tvis win, ivnisis miwuruls, SevamCnie moaxloebuli ubedurebis pirveli niSnebi. Cemma colma amerikidan gamogzavnili werili miiRo. es imiT davadgine, rom konvertze amerikuli marka ekra. ilsim werili waikiTxa Tu ara, cecxlSi Seagdo da saxeze sikvdilis ferma gada-hkra. mas mere im werilze erTxelac ar dauZravs sityva da arc me mikiTxavs raime, radgan sityva sityvaa. magram werilis miRebis Semdeg ver iqna da veRar damSvidda. erTTavad SeSinebulia da yvelafridan Cans, rom raRac ubedurebas moelis.

axla gadaval Cemi ambis yvelaze ucnaur nawilze. am erTi kviris win, mgoni samSabaTs, erT-erTi fanjris rafaze vnaxe carciT daxatuli mocekvave kacunebi, swored iseTebi, am qaRaldze rom arian gamosaxulni. vifiqre, kacunebi sajiniboSi momuSave ymawvilma daxata-meTqi, magram man miTxra da Semomfica kidec, mag ambisa araferi vicio. naxati RamiT gaCnda. rafa gavrecxe da ilsTan saubarSi viTom SemTxveviT sityva am kacunebze Camovagde. Cemda gasaocrad, colma es ambavi gulTan Zalian axlos miitana da mTxova, Tu imnair kacunebs kidev naxav, maCveneo. mTeli kvira ise gavida, msgavsi araferi SemimCnevia. guSin diliT ki baRSi mzis saaTze ai, es furceli davinaxe. ilsis vuCvene da maSinve guli Seuwuxda. mas Semdeg sizmareuliviT daborialobs da TvalebSi gamudmebiT SiSi aqvs Camdgari. ai, ratom mogwereT, mister holms, da risTvis gamogigzavneT es furceli. policiaSi wasvla ar SemeZlo, radgan iq usaTuod sasacilod amigdebdnen. Tqven ki mirCieT, rogor moviqce, mdidari kaci ara var, magram Tu Cems cols safrTxe emuqreba, mzad var ukanaskneli groSi davxarjo, oRond imas ara evnos ra.

kargi Sesaxedavi vaJkaci ki iyo es cisferTvaleba bumberazi! colis siyvaruli da erTguleba misi saxis yovel nakvTze iyo aRbeWdili. holmsma am kacis monaTxrobi gulisyuriT moismina, mere Cafiqrda da didxans dumda.

- xom ar ggoniaT, mister kubit, - Tqva bolos man, - rom yvelaze swori iqneboda pirdapir migemarTaT Tqveni colisaTvis da geTxovaT, saidumlo TqvenTvis gaemJRavnebina?

hilton kubitma uaris niSnad Tavi gaaqnia:

- dapireba dapirebaa, mister holms. Tu ilsi moisurvebs, TviTonve yvelafers miambobs. xolo Tu ar indomebs, ZaliT ver movTxov, guli gadamiSalos.

- aseT SemTxvevaSi mTeli suliT da guliT dagexmarebiT. miTxariT, Tqvens mezoblad axali binadari xom aravin gamoCenila?

- ara.

- ramdenadac vici, Tqven Zalian miyruebul kuTxeSi cxovrobT. axali kacis Camosvla, imedi maqvs, SeumCneveli ar darCeba.

- axlomaxlo vinme ucxo rom gamoCeniliyo, ra Tqma unda, gavigebdi. magram Cvens maxloblad aris ramdenime zRvispira sofeli kargi plaJebiT. fermerebi Camosul moagarakeebs aqiraveben xolme oTaxebs.

- am ucnaur naxatebSi usaTuod raRac dafaruli azri unda iyos. im warweras, romelic Tqven gamomigzavneT, simciris gamo, veraferi gavuge, xolo faqtebi, Tqven rom mauwyeT, ise gaurkvevelia, rom maTgan raime daskvnis gamotana Zalze saZnelo saqmea. Cemi azriT, isev norfolks unda miaSuroT da yvelafers, rac garSemo xdeba, Tvalyuri adevnoT. rogorc ki axal mocekvave kacunebs SeamCnevT, uaRresi gulmodginebiT gadaxateT. ra samwuxaroa, rom ar gadaxateT is figurebi, carciT rom dauxatavT fanjris rafaze! SekribeT cnobebi yvela axlad Camosulze, romelTac ar icnobT. rogorc ki raime axals SeniSnavT, maSinve CemTan gamoeSureT. ai, saukeTeso rCeva, mister hilton kubit, romlis mocemac axla SemiZlia. Tu saWiro gaxdeba, yovelTvis mzad var, Camovide norfolkSi da vinaxulo Tqveni saxli.

mister hilton kubitTan Sexvedris Semdeg Serlok holmsi xSirad iyo Rrmad Cafiqrebuli. ara erTxel minaxavs, safuledan rogor frTxilad amoiRebda xolme furcels da zed gamoxatul TavSesaqcev figurebs didxans dascqeroda. magram CemTan am saganze mxolod ori kviris Semdeg Camoagdo sityva. erTxel sadRac wasvla davapire, ucbad SemaCera:

- umjobesi iqneba, Sin darCeT, uotson.

- ratom?

- imitom, rom dRes diliT hilton kubitisagan depeSa miviRe. gaxsovT hilton kubiti da misi mocekvave kacunebi? pirvel saaTsa da oc wuTze londonSi iqneba. yovel wams SeiZleba karze mogvikakunos. misi depeSidan Sevityve, rom CvenTvis uaRresad sagulisxmo axali ambebi aqvs.

cda didxans ar mogvixda, radgan norfolkeli skvairi, etyoba, sadguridan pirdapir Cvenken gamoeSura. naoWebisagan daRaruli Subli da fiqriani, ugunebo saxe hqonda. daqanculi TvalebiT xan me Semomcqeroda, xan holmss akvirdeboda.

- es ambavi nervebs miSlis, mister holms, - Tqva kubitma da savarZelSi moceliliviT CaeSva. - sazizRari mdgomareobaa, roca yoveli mxridan garemoculi xar ucxo, ucnobi, uxilavi adamianebiT, romlebic cdiloben raRac ufskrulSi CagiTrion, magram kidev ufro autaneli ambavia - uyurebde, rogor TandaTanobiT klaven Sens cols! qali Tvalsa da xels Sua dneba.

- sruliad araferi uTqvams?

- ara, mister holms, araferi uTqvams. aris wuTebi, roca im sacodavs Zalian unda yvelaferi miambos, magram gambedaoba ar hyofnis. vcdilobdi davxmarebodi, magram yvelaferi ise uxeSad gamomivida, rom mxolod davafrTxe. ilsi xSirad Camomigdebs xolme sityvas imaze, ra ZveleburiyovelTvis vgrZnob, raRac unda dasZinos, magram saTqmels Suaze wyvets da dumdeba.

- Tqven TviTon veraferi aRmoaCineT?

- bevri ram aRmovaCine, mister holms. gamosakvlevad mogitaneT axali mocekvave kacunebis mTeli dasta. da, rac mTavaria, vnaxe is...

- is, vinc am kacunebs xatavs?

- diax, vnaxe muSaobaSi garTuli. magram neba momeciT, yvelaferi dawvrilebiT da TanmimdevrobiT giamboT... Tqvengan rom davbrundi, meore diliTve vipove fardulis Savi xis karze daxatuli axali mocekvave kacunebi. es farduli Zalian kargad Cans Cveni saxlis fanjridan. yvelani gadavixate, naxeT...

qaRaldis furceli amoiRo, gaSala da magidaze dado. ai, ra ieroglifebi iyo zed gamoxatuli:

Cinebulia! - Tqva holmsma. - Cinebulia! ganagrZeT, geTayva.

- gadavixate kacunebi da mere karze daxatulebi wavSale, magram ori dRis Semdeg imave karze gaCnda axali warwerebi. ai, isic:

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holmsma xeli moifSvnita da sixaruliT gaicina.

- Cveni masala swrafad izrdeba, - Tqva man.

- sami dRis Semdeg mzis saaTze aRmovaCine qaRaldze dawerili mTeli epistole, romelsac zed qva edo. ai, es qvac. rogorc xedavT, amaze daxatulia igive figurebi, rac wina werilSi iyo. maSin gadavwyvite, am ucnob mxatvars davdarajebodi. revolveri aviRe da Cems kabinetSi davjeqi. fanjridan kargad Canda kordic da baRic. Ramis or saaTze, roca fanjarasTan vijeqi da mTvaris SuqiT ganaTebul baRs gavcqerodi, Cems zurgs ukan nabijis xma gaisma, Semovbrundi da xalaTmosxmuli Cemi meuRle davinaxe. man vedreba damiwyo, daweqio. gulaxdilad vuTxari, minda Sevityo, am sulelur oinebs vin sCadis-meTqi. yvelaferi es uazro xumrobaa, rac Seni yuradRebis Rirsi ar aris da Tu es ase gaRizianebs, wavideT samogzaurod da aravin aRar Segvawuxebso, - miTxra.

`rogor! neba mivce viRac masxaras sakuTari binidan gagvagdos? ase xom mTeli sagrafo ybad agviRebs~. - vTqvi me.

`wadi, daiZine da amaze diliT vilaparakoT~, - mipasuxa man.

uecrad saxe ise gaufiTrda, rom es mTvaris Suqzedac ki SevamCnie. fermixdilma ilsim TiTebi ise momiWira, lamis mxarSi Camaso. fardulis CrdilSi raRac moZravi sxeuli SevamCnie. mere davinaxe, rogor gamoZvra kuTxidan Savi, moxrili figura da karis win Cajda. revolverze xeli vitace da win gaviWeri, magram colma acaxcaxebuli xelebi CamWida da adgilzeve SemaCera. Tavis ganTavisufleba vcade, magram ilsi kidev ufro meti sasowarkveTilebiT Camafrinda mklavSi. bolos, rogorc iqna, movaxerxe Tavis daRweva, magram vidre kari gavaRe da fardulamde mivirbine, is kaci ukve gaqra, Tumca kvali mainc datova: karze ramdenime mocekvave kacuna miexata. mTeli baRi Semovirbine, magram misi asaval-dasavali veRarsad vipovne, Tumca, Rrmad mwamda, rom iqve axlos imyofeboda. diliT, fardulis karis daTvalierebis dros, aRmovaCine, rom im warweraze kidev ramdenime axali kacuna miematebina.

- gadaixateT?

- diax. Zalian cota ram ki iyo gadasaxati. ai, naxeT.

isev qaRaldis furceli gvaCvena. axla cekvas aseTi saxe mieRo:

miTxariT, - hkiTxa holmsma, romlis TvalTa gamometyvelebaze mivxvdi, rom Zalian Relavda, - es kacunebi damatebuli iyo wina warweraze, Tu Semdeg daxates?

- isini daxatulebi iyvnen karis qveda nawilze.

- Cinebulia! es CvenTvis yvelaze ufro mniSvnelovania. es imeds minergavs. gTxovT, mister hilton kubit, ganagrZoT Tqveni saintereso Txroba.

- dasamatebeli araferi maqvs, mister holms, garda imisa, rom Zalian gavbrazdi colze imis gamo, rom im aramzadas SepyrobaSi xeli SemiSala. marwmunebda, Senze vwuxdio. jer vSiSobdi, Cemze ki ara, im ucnobze wuxs-meTqi, radgan eWvi aRar mepareba imaSi, rom Cemma colma icis, vinc aris ucnobi mxatvari da ras niSnavs misi ucnauri ieroglifebi. magram Cemi meuRlis yovlisSemZle xma da gamoxedva, mister holms, myisve mifantavs xolme yovelgvar eWvs da axla darwmunebuli var, rom marTla Cemze swuxda... ai yvelaferi, rac moxda. axla ki veli Tqvens rCevas, Tu rogor moviqce momavalSi. guli ar maZlevs nebas, Torem buCqebSi davmalavdi xuT-eqvs Cvens marjve Tanasoflels da im ucnobs ise gaxdidnen, samudamod mogveSveboda.

- Cemi azriT, amnair rTul saqmes aseTi ubralo wamliT ver gankurnavT, - Tqva holmsma. - ramdeni xniT SegiZliaT darCeT londonSi?

- dResve unda gavbrunde. Rame ar SemiZlia colis mitoveba. Zalian Relavda da mTxovda, male davbrunebuliyavi.

- ho, Tqven marTali xarT. magram darCena rom SegZlebodaT, erTi an ori dRis Semdeg TqvenTan erTad mec gamovemgzavrebodi. yovel SemTxvevaSi, es qaRaldebi damitoveT. male Camoval da imedi maqvs, am saqmes cotaoden Suqs movfen.

Serlok holmss Cveuli profesiuli simSvidiT eWira Tavi, magram me, vinc ase kargad vicnobdi am adamians, vatyobdi, rom Zlier aRelvebuli iyo. rogorc ki hilton kubitis farTo zurgi kars miefara, Cemi megobari magidas mivarda, qaRaldebi gadaSala, mocekvave kacunebs daakvirda da gamoTvla daiwyo. mTeli ori saaTi cifrebiTa da asoebiT aWrelebda yvelafers. am samuSaom ise gaitaca, rom Cemi arseboba sulac gadaaviwyda. roca kvleva-Ziebis saqme kargad miudioda, stvenasa da simReras iwyebda, xolo roca CixSi eqceoda, didxans ijda SublSekruli, Tvalebs mousvenrad atrialebda da mzeras erT saganze ver aCerebda. bolos kmayofilebiT Sehyvira, skamidan wamoiWra, oTaxSi sirbils mohyva da Tan xelebs ifSvnetda. Semdeg grZeli depeSa Seadgina da sadRac gaagzavna.

- Tu ise mipasuxeben, rogorc vvaraudobT, uotson, Tqveni wigni axali saTavgadasavlo ambis aRweriT gamdidrdeba, - miTxra holmsma. - xval albaT Cven erTad wavalT norfolkSi da sabolood amovxsniT im saidumloebas, ramac mister hiltons amdeni usiamovneba miayena.

unda vaRiaro, rom cnobismoyvareoba mtanjavda, magram vicodi, holmss axsna-ganmartebis micema mxolod maSin uyvarda, roca amas TviTon CaTvlida saWirod da mouTmenlad velodi, rodis gamiziarebda Tavis azrs.

depeSaze pasuxma daigviana. mTeli ori dRe holmsi mouTmenlad apyrobda yurs zaris xmas. meore dRes saRamos movida hilton kubitis werili. gvatyobinebda, sruli siwynarea, mxolod mzis saaTis sadgamze dRes diliT uaRresad grZeli warwera gamoCndao. werils am warweris aseTi asli erTvoda:

holmsi am uCveulo naxats daakvirda, uecrad zeze wamovarda, gaocebulma gajavrebiT Sehyvira da saxe moequfra.

- metismetad mivuSviT es saqme, - Tqva man, - romeli matarebeli gadis nort-uelSemisaken saRamoobiT?

ganrigi gadavaTvaliere. ukanaskneli matarebeli axali gasuli iyo.

- adre mogvixdeba sauzmoba, dilis pirvelsave matarebels unda gavyveT, - Tqva holmsma. - Cveni iq yofna aucilebelia. aha! ai depeSac, me rom velodi. erTi wuTiT momiTmineT, misis hadson, iqneb saWiro gaxdes pasuxis gagzavna. ara, yvelaferi isea, rogorc velodi. es depeSa sabolood adasturebs, rom ufleba aRara gvaqvs, ar vacnoboT mister hilton kubits saqmis viTareba, radganac Cveni gulubryvilo norfolkeli skvairi metismetad saxifaTo qselSia momwyvdeuli.

Tavdapirvelad mTeli es ambavi suleluri da TavSesaqcevi megona, magram axla, roca Cemi naambobi dasasruls uaxlovdeba, xelaxla ganvicdi mTel im saSinelebas, risi gadatanac maSin momixda. rogor mindoda, SesaZlebloba mqonoda da mkiTxvelebisaTvis Semetyobinebina, yovelive sayovelTao keTildReobiT damTavrda-meTqi, magram Cemi wigni utyuari matianea faqtebisa, da iZulebuli var mivyve dasasrulamde mTel ucnaur jaWvs movlenebisa, romelTa wyalobiTac ramdenime dRis Semdeg ridling-torp-menoris mamulze mTeli inglisi alaparakda.