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ukve mTeli Tvea, rac aq vcxovrob. fermaSi davsaxldi. Cemi oTaxi imiT iyo kargi, rom qveda sarTulze gaxldaT, RamRamobiT ise SemeZlo gamosvla, rom saxlis patronTa yuradRebas ar miviqcevdi. ra ar viRone, rom ilsi Cems mxares gadmomebirebina. vicodi, kiTxulobda Cems aCxabaCxa nawers, radganac erTxel Cems nawers qveS pasuxi miawera. bolos moTmineba davkarge da muqaraze gadavedi. maSin momwera werili, romelSiac mevedreboda, amerikaSi davbrunebuliyavi, marwmunebda, Tavs moviklav, Cemi qmari raime skandalur saqmeSi rom gaerioso. aRmiTqva, Ramis sam saaTze, roca qmari daiZinebs, fanjridan dagelaparaekbi im pirobiT, rom amis Semdeg gaemgzavrebi da momasvenebo.

molaparakebis dros fuli SemomTavaza, rom Cemgan Tavi daexsna. aman gamaSmaga, xeli vtace da mindoda fanjridan gadameyvana. swored im wams moirbina misma qmarma, xelSi revolveri eWira. ilsi ugrZnoblad daeSva iatakze, me da is kaci ki erTimeores pirispir SevrCiT. mec SeiaraRebuli viyavi da revolveri SevmarTe, raTa SemeSinebina da wasvlis SesaZlebloba momcemoda. mesrola da amacdina. mec TiTqmis masTan erTad gavisrole da Cemi mowinaaRmdege iatakze daeca. iqaurobas gavSordi, baRi gadavirbine da gavigone, rogor daxures fanjara. yvelaferi es simarTlea, jentlmenebo, da meti am saqmisa araferi vicodi, vidre CemTan erTi patara ymawvili ar gamocxadda da baraTi ar gadmomca. werili wavikiTxe, aqeT gamoviqeci da Tqvens xelSic Cavvardi...

amasobaSi saxlTan kebic movida. Sig ori polismeni ijda.

inspeqtori martini wamodga da dapatimrebuls mxarze xeli Seaxo.

- droa wavideT!

- ar SeiZleba wasvlis win ilsi vnaxo?

- ara, jer kidev grZnobaze ar mosula... mister Serlok holms, me isRa damrCenia, imedi viqonio, rom roca isev gamagzavnian raime didi saqmis gamosarkvevad, bedniereba meqneba kvlav TqvenTan erTad vimuSao.

fanjarasTan videqiT da mimaval kebs gavcqerodiT. roca movbrundi, SevniSne baraTi, rac damnaSaves magidaze daetovebina. es swored is baraTi gaxldaT, holmsma mas rom gaugzavna.

- scadeT amisi wakiTxva, uotson, - miTxra RimiliT holmsma.

furcelze daxatuli iyo ai, aseTi mocekvave kacunebi:

- Tu Cems axsna-ganmartebas gaixsenebT, aq weria: `mogeli, ar malodino~. eWvi ar mepareboda, rom aseTi mopatiJeba amerikels CvenTan moiyvanda, radganac darwmunebuli iyo, rom misis kubitis garda ase wera aravis SeeZlo. erTi sityviT, Cemo Zvirfaso, uotson, es kacunebi, romlebic ase didxans emsaxurebodnen borotebas, axla vaiZuleT, sikeTes emsaxuron... mgonia, SegisruleT danapirebi da Tqveni ubis wigni axali CanawerebiT gavamdidre. Cveni matarebeli sam saaTsa da ormoc wuTze gadis da beikerstritze swored sadilobisas viqnebiT.

kidev ramdenime sityvac da davasrulebT. amerikel ab lenis norviCis sasamarTlos zamTris sesiam sikvdiliT dasja gadauwyvita, magram mxedvelobaSi miiRo ra danaSaulis Semamsubuqebeli motivebi, da rac mTavaria, is garemoeba, rom hilton kubitma pirvelma esrola, sikvdili sakatorRo samuSaoebiT Seucvala. misis hiltonis Sesaxeb CemTvis cnobilia mxolod is, rom igi sruliad ganikurna, jer kidev qvrivia da Tavis sicocxles Raribebze zrunvas axmars.

ucolo didgvarovani
lord sent-saimonis qorwineba Zalian ucnaurad dasrulda, magram im warCinebul wreSi, romelSic TviTon ubeduri saqmro trialebda, am ambavze miTqma-moTqma didi xania Sewyda. ufro SfoTianma da aurzauris gamomwvevma pikanturma detalebma da ambebma daviwyebis ferfliT dafara lord sent-saimonis qorwinebis garSemo atexili Worebi da laqlaqi, miT umetes, rom mas mere bare oTxma weliwadma ganvlo. unda vaRiaroT, rom Cemi Rrma rwmeniT, farTo sazogadoebriobisaTvis am ambis garSemo arsebuli yvela faqti cnobili ar aris. vinaidan es saqme Cemma megobarma gamoiZia da yovelives man mohfina naTeli, Cems movaleobad mimaCnia holmsis Tavgadasavals, misi srulyofis mizniT, kidev erTi moTxroba davumato.

TviTon Cems qorwinebamde ramdenime kviriT adre, - maSin jer kidev holmsTan erTad, erT WerqveS, beikerstritze vcxovrobdi, - Cemi megobari nasadilevs saseirnod gavida. Sinmobrunebuls, mis saxelze, magidaze dadebuli werili dauxvda. me mTeli is dRe Sin gavatare, vinaidan amindi uceb Seicvala, ca moiqufra da kokispiruli wvima wamovida. avRaneTidan sakuTari fexiT wamoRebul Zvirfas reliqvias - tyviasa da naWrilobevs metic ar undoda, Tavi Semaxsena da mTeli dRe yru tkivilebi mtanjavda. savarZelSi movkalaTdi, fexi fexze gadavide da yoveldRiuri saWirboroto ambebiT gadaWrelebuli gazeTebis kiTxvas Sevudeqi. kiTxva rom momwyinda, Tvali magidaze dadebuli werilisaken gameqca. konvertze gamosaxuli uzarmazari Rerbi da monograma mzeras TavisTavad itacebda da Tavi sagonebels miveci. netav romel bobolasTan aqvs mimowera-meTqi, sul imas vfiqrobdi.

- viRac maRali wris kacis namoRvawari epistole geliT. ai, iq magidaze devs, - Sevexmiane holmss, rogorc ki oTaxSi Semovida. - Tu mexsiereba ara mRalatobs, garda am ustarisa, diliT TevziT movaWrisa da navsadguris sabaWo moxelis werilebic mogividaT.

- mTeli sixalise swored korespondenciebis mravalferovnebaSia, - miTxra gaRimebulma holmsma, - da Cveulebriv, ubralo adamianebis werilebi ufro sainteresoa xolme. am werilSi ki, mipatiJebis baraTi unda iyos da, albaT iseT adgilas mimiwveven, sadac an mowyeniloba momklavs, anda sadac aucileblad unda vicruo.

man daluquli konverti gaxsna da werili Tvalis daxamxamebaSi gadaikiTxa.

- raRac saintereso ambavi unda iyos, - Tqva holmsma.

- maS, miwvevis baraTi ara yofila?

- ara.

- da viRac didgvarovnis piradi werilia, ara?

- diax.

- gilocavT, Cemo Zvirfaso megobaro.

- merwmuneT, uotson, gulwrfelad gTxovT Cems naTqvams moCvenebiT sityvebad nu miiRebT. gulaxdilad unda vaRiaro, rom me klientis sazogadoebriv mdgomareobaze ufro maRla im SemTxvevisa Tu ambis istorias vayeneb, romelic mas Tavs gadaxda. es SemTxveva ki, marTlac, cxoveli interesis aRmZvreli unda iyos. me mgonia, am bolo dros, Tqven didi gulisyuriT kiTxulobdiT gazeTebs.

- mec ase mgonia, - vTqvi naRvlianad da kuTxeSi dayril gazeTebis dastaze vaniSne, - an ki meti ra saqme mqonda.

- bedad, iqneb, swored Tqven gqondeT wakiTxuli am ambis garSemo gamoqveynebuli masalebi, Torem me xom kriminaluri saqmeebisa da ugzo-ukvlod dakargulTa Taobaze gazeTebis pirvel gverdebze moTavsebuli gancxadebebis garda aRarafers vkiTxulob. Wkuis saswavli ambebi xom swored iq ibeWdeba. Tu yvela gazeTs gulisyuriT kiTxulobdiT, albaT lord sent-saimonisa da misi qorwinebis ambavic mogxvdebodaT TvalSi.

- diax, TvalSic momxvda da didi interesiTac gadavikiTxe.

- es Zalian kargia. werili swored lord sent-saimonisaganaa. me wagikiTxavT werils, Tqven erTxel kidev gadaaTvaliereT gazeTebi da mere miambeT, rac am saqmes Seexeba. ai, ras mwers:

- `Cemo Zvirfaso mister Serlok holms, lordma beikuoterma miTxra, rom savsebiT SemiZlia vendo Tqvens gamWriaxobas. manve gadmomca, rom rogorc jentlmens Sehferis, Tqven sxvis saidumlos aravis gaumxelT. amitom usityvod gadavwyvite, rCevisaTvis mogmarToT da gagimxiloT is samwuxaro ambavi, rac Cems qorwinebas mohyva. marTalia, am saqmes mister lestreidi ikvlevs, magram igi araTu winaaRmdegia Tqvenc CaerioT Cems saqmeSi, aramed miaCnia kidec, rom es saqmisaTvis sasargeblo iqneba. me TqvenTan, naSuadRevis oTx saaTze gavCndebi, da gTxovT, am droisaTvis sxva saqmeebidan moicaloT, vinaidan Cemi ambavi Zalian seriozuli da yuradsaRebia.

Tqveni erTguli robert sen-saimoni~.

- werili gamogzavnilia grosvenoris sasaxlidan, dawerilia batis frTiT da saxelovan lords marjvena neki melniT dausvria, - CamikenWa Taviseburad holmsma da werili dakeca.

- oTx saaTze mand gavCndebio, axla samia, ase rom mis mosvlamde erTi saaTiRa darCa.

- es dro sruliad sakmarisia, rom Tqveni daxmarebiT am saqmeSi gaverkvio. gadaxedeT gazeTebs da TariRebis mixedviT gaamzadeT gadasaTvaliereblad, me ki manamde lord robert sent-saimonis vinaobas gavecnobi. holmsma buxris gverdze moTavsebul Tarodan wiTelydiani wigni CamoiRo, savarZelSi Cajda, wigni muxlebze daido da furcvlas Seudga. rasac eZebda, male miagno da xmamaRla waikiTxa: - robert uilsingem de ver sent-saimoni, hercog balmoralis meore vaJi - hm! sagvareulo Rerbi: lurj fonze gezad siasamuris zoli da zed gamosaxuli sami ekalTava RiRilo. dabadebulia 1846 wels. amJamad ormocdaerTi wlis gamodis. swored rom droze gadauwyvetia colis SerTva. mTavrobis yofil SemadgenlobaSi koloniebis saqmeTa ministris moadgile. hercogi, mamamisi erT xans sagareo saqmeTa ministri yofila. aRmavali StoTi plantagenetebis Camomavalia, daRmavaliT - ki tiudorebisa. ha! aq iseTi saintereso veraferi amovikiTxe. me mgonia, Tqven mainc waawydebodiT gazeTebSi yuradsaReb cnobebs.

- sruliad ar gamWirvebia imis povna, rasac veZebdi, - vuTxari me, - faqtebi jer kidev cxelia da ambavi imdenad sensaciuri, rom yvelas yuradReba erTbaSad miipyro. Tu am ambis Taobaze TqvenTan krinti ar damiZravs, mizezi advili misaxvedria; Cvulebriv, Tqven roca erT romelime saqmes iZiebT, sxva saqmeSi gareva ki ara, misi Sinaarsis mosmenac ar gindaT xolme.

- oh, Tqven grosvenorskveridan furgoniT rom aveji gaitaces, im saqmeze ambobT, ara? is saqme amJamad damTavrebulia, Tumca iq dasamTavrebelic ara iyo ra, Tavidanve yvelaferi dResaviT naTeli gaxldaT. axla ki smenad gadaqceuli veli, am saqmis irgvliv Tqvens mier gazeTebSi amokiTxuli ambebis dawvrilebiT moyolas.

ai, pirveli cnoba am saqmeze, romelic `morning postSi~ piradi cxovrebis saqmeTa svetebSi amovikiTxe. gazeTis es nomeri am ramdenime kviris win gamovida: `moxda niSnobis Taobaze garigeba da Tu miTqma-moTqmas davujerebT, amas male mohyveba qorwinebac. balmoralis hercogis meore vaJi -lord robert sent-saimoni jvars daiwers sanfranciskoeli eskvairis, aloizius doranis mxolodSobil qaliSvilze, mis heti doranze~.

- mokled da mkafiod, - SeniSna holmsma, - da grZeli gamxdari fexebi cecxls miuficxa.

- wina kviras, erT-erT, maRali wreebisaTvis gankuTvnil gazeTSi, am saqmeze ufro dawvrilebiT iyo laparaki. ai, isic: ukve moTxovnilebad iqca qorwinebis bazris dasacavi kanonis gamocema, vinaidan am saqmeSi arsebuli Tavisufali vaWroba-garigebis principebi Cvens samamulo produqcias Zalian mZime daRs asvams. didi britaneTis didgvarovan ojaxisSvilebs TandaTanobiT xelT igdeben okeanisgaRmeli mSvenieri asulni da maTze batonoben. warsul kviras maT naalafevs daemata kidev erTi uZvirfasesi SenaZeni. lordma sent-saimonma, romelic ager oci welia amuris mier natyorcn isrebs gulcivad igeriebda, saqveynod ganacxada, rom colad irTavs kalifornieli milioneris mxolodSobil asuls - mis heti dorans. mis doranma, momxiblavma tankenarma da mSvenierma asulma, uisberis sasaxleSi gamarTul mejlisze yvelas yuradReba miipyro, igi gaxlavT mxolodSobili qaliSvili amerikeli eskvairisa, da misi mziTevis odenoba eqvsniSna cifriT gamoixateba. yvelasaTvis cnobilia, rom hercogma balmoralma Tavisi suraTebis galerea am ramdenime wlis winaT gayida da lord sent-saimons, birCmuris sasaxlis garda sxva uZrav-moZravi qoneba ar gaaCnia. savsebiT naTelia, rom es qorwineba momgebiania ara marto respublikeli qaliSvilisaTvis, romelic ingliseli ledi gaxdeba, aramed meore mxrisTvisac Zalze sasargeblo da sarfiani saqme iqneba.

- kidev sweren rames? - mTqnarebiT ikiTxa holmsma.

- oh, rogor ara. `morning postSi~ kidev aris am saqmeze gamoqveynebuli sakmaod mozrdili SeniSvna, iuwyebian, rom qorwineba nacvlad didi zarzeimisa mSvidad Caivlis, jvariswera hanoverskverze, wminda giorgis taZarSi moxdeba, mipatiJebuli iqnebian yvelaze uaxloesi megobrebi da maTi ricxvi eqvss ar aRemateba. meqorwineni dabrundebian mister aloizius doranis mier daqiravebul savarZlebiT gawyobil saxlSi, lankaster-geitze. ori dRis ukan, warsul oTxSabaTs, gazeTSi amovikiTxe kidev erTi patara cnoba, saidanac Sevityve, rom qorwineba Sedga da jvardawerilni Taflobis Tves, pitersefildis axlos, lord beikuoteris mamulSi gaatarebeno. ai, yvela cnoba, rac patarZlis gauCinarebamde daibeWda gazeTSi.

- patarZlis gauCinarebamdeo? ase TqviT, ara? - ikiTxa holmsma da fexze wamoiWra.

- diax, patarZlis gauCinarebamde, - gavumeore me.

- mereda, rodis gauCinarda?

- saqorwino vaxSmobis dros.

- am saqmes WeSmaritad imaze saintereso piri uCans, vidre vfiqrobdi. Zalian dramatuli ambavi kia.

- diax, am samwuxaro ambavma Cemzec Zlieri STabeWdileba moaxdina.

- qalebi xSirad qorwinebis dRemde miimalebian xolme, xandaxan TviT Taflobis TveSic gauCinardebian, magram saqorwino vaxSmobis dros rom vinme gadakarguliyos, amnair SemTxveva ara da ar magondeba. Zalian gTxovT, yvela wvrilmani gaixsenoT.

- winaswar gafrTxilebT, rom es wvrilmani ambebi sruli ar iqneba.

- iqneb TviTonve SevavsoT.

- guSindel gazeTSi am saqmis Taobaze kidev gamoqveynda erTi cnoba, romelsac wagikiTxavT da yvelaferi amiT damTavrdeba. cnobis saTauri gaxlavT: `maRal sazogadoebaSi qorwinebis dros momxdari ucnauri SemTxveva~... - `lord robert sent-saimonis ojaxi SesZra im saSinelma da ucnaurma ambavma, rac Tan moh-yva mis qorwinebas. jvrisweris ceremoniali, rogorc gazeTebi ityobineba, guSin diliT Sedga, magram mxolod dRes SeiZleba davadasturoT im ucnauri miTqma-moTqmis safuZvlianoba, sazogadoebaSi rom dairxa. lordis megobrebis gulwrfelma cdam, rogorme mieCqmalaT saqmis garSemo atexili aurzauri, sasurveli Sedegi ver gamoiRo da xalxis cnobismoyvareoba kidev ufro gaaRiziana. amJamad araviTari azri aRar aqvs imis damalvas, razec ukve mTeli sazogadoeba laparakobs. jvrisweris ceremonia, hanoverskverze, wmida giorgis taZarSi Sedga. yvelaferi Zalian uxmaurod da mSvidad Catarda. jvrisweras eswrebodnen sapatarZlos mama, mister aloizius dorani, qalbatoni balmorali, lordi beikuorti, lordi iustasi, ledi klara sent-saimoni (nefis umcrosi da-Zma) da ledi alisa uitingtoni. jvrisweris ceremonialis damTavrebis Semdeg meqorwineni uklebliv gaemarTnen mister aloizius doranis mier daqiravebuli saxlisaken, sadac maT saqorwino lxini elodaT. rogorc amboben, iq yvelasaTvis moulodnelad, meqorwineTaTvis gza gadauWria viRac ucnob qals, romelsac ganucxadebia, lord robert sen-saimonis Tavs aravis davanebebo. saxlis mouravsa da laqias didi garja da davidaraba dasWirvebiaT, rom ucnobi qali Tavidan moecilebinaT. sabednierod, mis dorans araferi gaugonia, vinaidan igi ucnobi qalis gamoCenamde Sesula saxlSi. patarZalic sxvebTan erTad misjdomia magidas, magram male daRliloba moumizezebia da Tavisi oTaxisaTvis miuSurebia. igi karga xans ar gamoCenila, rasac yvela iq damswre SeuSfoTebia. mister aloizius dorani qaliSvilis gamosayvanad misi oTaxisaken daZrula, magram sapatarZlos msaxur gogos mister doranisaTvis uTqvams, heti oTaxSi erTi wuTiT Semovida, paltos da quds dastaca xeli da gasasvlelisaken gaiqcao. erT-erT laqias ganucxadebia, saxlidan sagareo tansacmliT morTuli qalis gamosvla mec SevniSne, magram, aba, ras warmovidgendi, Tu patarZali saqorwino magididan adgeboda da gareT gamovidodao. mister aloizius dorani da siZe, rogorc ki darwmunebulan, patarZali sadRac gauCinardao, imwamsve policiaSi gaqceulan. samZebro organo albaT Zalian male gaarkvevs mis moranis gauCinarebis mizezs da yvelafers farda aexdeba. jerjerobiT ltolvilis adgilsamyofeli ucnobia. xmebi dadis, am saqmes Ralatisa da SantaJis suni asdiso. policiam daapatimra qali, romelic saxlSi SeWras cdilobda. fiqroben, eWvianobisa, Tu sxva raRac motiviT is qali SeiZleba patarZlis gauCinarebis mizezi iyoso~.

- sul esaa, rac viciT am ambis garSemo?

- ara, erT-erT dilis gazeTSi Zalian patara, magram sagulisxmo cnobaa moTavsebuli.

- rao, ras weren?

- aurzauris amtexi namdvilad flora mileria da igi dapatimrebuliao. irkveva, rom igi `alegroSi~ yofila mocekvaved da lord sent-saimonTan ramdenime wlis nacnoboba hqonia. gazeTSi amis meti araferi gamoqveynebula, ase rom, rac wavikiTxe, yvela cnoba Tqvens xelTaa.

- Zalian saintereso saqme unda iyos da kidev kargi, rom uCemod ar `moaxrCves~. magram zaris xmaa, uotson, ukve xuTis xuTi wuTia da albaT Cveni didgvarovani klienti movida. oTaxidan gasvlaze arc ifiqroT, uotson. mirCevnia yvelaferi mowmis TandaswrebiT moxdes, miT umetes, rom iqneb rame gadamaviwydes.

- lordi robert sent-saimoni, - gvauwya Cvenma mosamsaxure biWma da kari farTod gamoaRo. oTaxSi Semovida sasiamovno Sesaxedaobis, daxvewilnakvTebiani, didcxvira, tuCebabzuebuli, mtkiced gamomzirali saSualo xnis mamakaci. misi mediduri da amayi gamometyveleba mowmobda, rom igi brZaneblobas da usityvo morCilebas iyo Cveuli. Tumca, mkvircxli da moZravi kaci Canda, magram Tavis asakTan SedarebiT ufro xnierad gamoiyureboda, vinaidan beWebSi odnav moxrili iyo, Tanac siarulisas muxlebi SeumCnevlad eRuneboda. safeTqlebTan Tma Severcxloda, da roca daxveulfarflebiani qudi moixada, SevniSne, rom kefasTan Tma Raribi kacis yanasaviT SemeCxereboda. yelsa da kiserze maRali sayelo mouCanda, Savi serTuki, TeTri Jileti, yviTeli xelTaTmani, sandalozis fexsacmeli da Ria feris getrebi ecva. oTaxSi dinjad Semovida, mimoixeda da marjvena xelSi oqrosbudiani lorneti aaTamaSa.

- gamarjobaT, lord sent-saimon, - warmoTqva holmsma da stumris Sesagebeblad wamodga. - ai, am mownul savarZelSi CabrZandiT: es Cemi megobari da kolega uotsoni gaxlavT. cecxlTan axlos dabrZandiT da movilaparakoT Tqvens saqmeze.

- rogori samwuxaro da saSineli ambavi SememTxva, mister holms, moulodnelobisagan gaognebuli var. vici, rom amgvari saqmeebi TqvenTvis ucxo xili ar aris, magram ara mgonia odesme saqme Cemi wris kacTan gqonodeT. im klasis RviZl SvilTan, romelsac me vekuTvni.

- diax, marTals brZanebT. me axla dabla veSvebi.

- mapatieT, eg rogor gavigoT?

- Cemi ukanaskneli klienti mefe gaxldaT.

- marTla?! ar vicodi, namdvilad ar vicodi. romeli qveynis mefe?

- skandinaviisa.

- rao, manac coli dakarga?

- ra Tqma unda, Tqven gesmiT, - STagonebuli xmiT wamoiwyo holmsma, - rom me mevaleba Cemi klientis saidumloebis dacva da iseve unda gavufrTxilde sxva klientebis saidumlos, rogorc piradad Tqvensas.

- marTali brZandebiT, mister holms! batoni brZandebiT, imedia mapatiebT. rac Seexeba Cems pirad ubedurebas. mzada var gagandoT yovelive wvrilmani cnoba, romelic ki saqmis naTelsayofad gamogadgebaT.

gmadlobT, unda mogaxsenoT, rom gamoqveynebuli masalebi guldasmiT Seviswavle. saqmis garSemo meti araferi vici. me mgonia, gazeTebSi simarTlea moTxrobili. magaliTad, ai, Tqveni meuRlis gauCinarebis ambavi xom marTalia?

lord sent-saimonma gazeTSi moTavsebuli cnoba gadaaTvaliera da nela warmoTqva: diax, es ase Tu ise, simarTles Seeferebao.

- Tqvens saqmes, jer kidev, bevri kvleva-Zieba da damatebiTi sabuTebis mopoveba sWirdeba, vidre garkveul azrs gamovitandeT. me vfiqrob, umjobesi iqneba, Tu dasmul kiTxvebze mipasuxebT.

- Tanaxma var.

- rodis SexvdiT pirvelad heti dorans?

- erTi wlis win, san-franciskoSi.

- Tqven ra, amerikaSi mogzaurobdiT?

- diax.

- iq xom ar dainiSneT heti doranze?

- ara.

- magram xvdebodiT da earSiyebodiT, xom?

- diax, me masTan yofna msiamovnebda da is grZnobda amas.

- mamamisi Zalian mdidaria?

- diax, wynari okeanis sanapiroze is yvelaze mdidar kacad iTvleba.

- xom ar iciT, rogor gamdidrda?

- samTamadno saqmem aqcia igi umdidres kacad. ramdenime wlis win Turme groSi ar ebada. mere oqros sabados waawyda, fuli daabanda da ama soflis ZlierT qeCoze moeqca.

- Tqveni STabeWdilebis mixedviT rogori xasiaTi aqvs axalgazrda ledis - Tqvens meuRles?

lord sent-saimonma ufro swrafad Seatriala lorneti xelSi da cecxls daaSterda. - Cemi meuRle ukve oci wlisa gaxldaT, mister holms, roca mama gaumdidrda. igi Tavisuflad danavardobda tyeebsa da mTebSi da misi aRzrda daqiravebuli maswavleblebis nacvlad bunebas hqonda mindobili. diax, mis heti dorani erTi axtajana, qalabiWa, Tavneba, Zlieri xasiaTis, qariviT Tavisufali qalia. misi, me vityodi, veluri buneba araviTari tradiciiT araa SezRuduli. igi mZafria, rogorc amosafrqvevad gamzadebuli vulkani. swrafad icis gadawyvetilebis miReba da arc mis sisruleSi moyvanis gadadeba da gaWianureba uyvars. magram me darwmunebuli var mis keTilSobilur bunebasa da xasiaTSi. amitomac gadavwyvite mivce mas is saxeli, - aq lord sent-saimonma odnav Caaxvela, - romlis tarebis pativic maqvs. me mjera, rom mis dorans SeuZlia gmiruli Tavganwirva, da veraviTari uwminduri saqcieli mis guls ver gaekareba.

- misi fotosuraTi xom ara gaqvT?

- diax, movitane. - lordma medalioni gaxsna da iqidan Zalian lamazi qalis saxem SemogvanaTa. magram es ar iyo fotografiuli suraTi. es iyo spilos Zvalze amokveTili mis heti doranis saxe. etyoboda, mxatvars mTeli mondomebiTa da STagonebiT emuSava mSvenieri mbzinavi Savi Tmis, didroni Savi Tvalebisa da SesaniSnavi moyvanilobis bageebis miniaturis Sesaqmnelad. holmsi karga xans, didi yuradRebiT umzerda mis heti doranis miniaturas, mere medalioni daxura da patrons daubruna.

- ...Semdeg axalgazrda ledi londonSi Camovida da Tqveni nacnoboba aq ganaaxleT, ara?

- diax, mamam heti londonSi Camoiyvana, ramdenjerme SevxvdiT erTmaneTs, daviniSneT da mere viqorwineT kidec.

- albaT karga mozrdili mziTevic mohyva.

- diax, magram es Cvens ojaxSi Cveulebrivi ambavia.

- vinaidan qorwineba ukve `momxdari faqtia~, mziTevi, raRa Tqma unda, Tqven dagrCebaT.

- amis Taobaze veras getyviT.

- bunebrivia| ase iqneba. qorwinebis wina dRiT Tu naxeT sacole?

- diax?

- rogor xasiaTze iyo?

- amaze ukeTes xasiaTze winaT TiTqmis arc minaxavs. sul imaze metitineboda, rogor unda mogvewyo Cveni momavali cxovreba.

- es marTla saintereso ambavia. meore dilas?

- Zalian mxiarulad gaxldaT, yovel SemTxvevaSi, qorwinebis ritualis damTavrebamde sul ase iyo.

- mere, qorwinebis ritualis dasasruls SeamCnieT rame?

- marTali unda vTqva, pirvelad maSin SevniSne, rom hetis raRac fxukiani, gulficxi xasiaTi unda hqonoda. magram es iseTi umniSvnelo ram iyo, rom masze laparakic ara Rirs da amas, Cemi azriT, saqmisaTvis araviTari mniSvneloba ar eqneba.

- yovel SemTxvevaSi mainc miambeT.

- didi siamovnebiT, magram es iseTi bavSvuri ambavia... eklesiis salaros rom CavuareT, hetis xelidan Taiguli dauvarda. swored am dros mlocvelTa merxebis pirvel rigs gavuswordiT da Taiguli skamqveS Securda. erT wams yvelani SevcbiT da SevyovndiT, magram viRac jentlmenma, romelic iqve ijda, uvneblad gadarCenili Taiguli hetis daubruna. roca hetis Taigulis davardnis Taobaze sityva Camovugde, mkvaxed mipasuxa da mere mTeli gza etlSi Zalian aRelvebuli, gulmosuli da gaficxebuli Canda.

- maS, samlocvelos skamze viRac jentlmeni ijda... erTi sityviT, eklesiaSi Tqven garda sxva xalxic iyo?

- raRa Tqma unda, mlocvelT xom Ria eklesiaSi Sesvlas ver aukrZalav.

- is jentlmeni Tqveni colis nacnobi xom ar iyo?

- oh, ara, ara, - itkica lordma, - me is jentlmenad zrdilobis gulisTvis movnaTle, Torem viRaca ubralo kaci Canda. ise Cavuare gverdiT, rom Sexedvis Rirsadac ar Camigdia. magram, me mgoni, Cven saubris ZiriTadi Temidan gadavuxveieT.

- ase rom, ledi sent-saimoni qorwinebis ritualis damTavrebis Semdeg Sin aRelvebuli dabrunda, ara? xom ver metyviT, ras akeTebda, roca mamis mier naqiraveb saxlSi Semodga fexi?

- igi Tavis Sinamosamsaxure gogos elaparakeboda.

- vin aris misi mosamsaxure?

- saxelad alisa hqvia, amerikelia, imaT Camohyva kaliforniidan.

- xom ar SegimCneviaT, endoboda Tu ara Tqveni meuRle mosamsaxures?

- me mgonia, endoboda ki ara, erTmaneTs sulSi usxdnen. Cemi meuRle mosamsaxure gogos Zalian bevri ramis uflebas aZlevda. Tumca amerikelebi am ambavs cota sxvagvarad uyureben.

- didxans laparakobdnen?

- mgoni, cota xans maslaaTobdnen. me sxva saqmec bevri mqonda da yuradReba ar mimiqcevia.

- raze saubrobdnen, yuri xom ar mogikravT?

- maxsendeba, ledi sent-saimonma, raRac amerikuli gamoTqma ixmara, mgoni, `sxvisi kuTvnilis xelSi Cagdebao~, Tu raRac amdagvari. igi metyvelebaSi xSirad xmarobs xolme kuTxur gamoTqmebs. namdvilad ar vici, ras gulisxmobda, an risi Tqma surda.

- xSirad amerikuli Jargoni azrs Zalian mkafiod gamoxatavs. ras akeTebda Tqveni meuRle mas mere, rac msaxur gogosTan laparaki moamTavra?

- sasadilo oTaxSi gavida.

- xelkaviT SeiyvaneT sasadilo oTaxSi?

- ara, cal-calke SevediT. aseT rameebs Cemi meuRle did yuradRebas ar aqcevda. igi Zalian Tavisuflad da damoukideblad iqceva. roca davsxediT, erTi aTi wuTis Semdeg, swrafad wamodga, moibodiSa, oTaxidan gavida da mas mere aRarc minaxavs. rogorc gadmomces, mosamsaxure gogom Ziebas uCvena, qalbatoni Tavis oTaxSi Sevida, saqorwino kabaze grZeli palto Semoicva, qudi daixura da sadRac wavidao.