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me da holmsi Seunelebeli interesiT vusmendiT mis monaTxrobs. stumari mousvenrad, nawyvet-nawyvet laparakobda, romelic im adamians Sehferis, vinc ukidures mRelvarebas moucavs. Cemi megobari Cafiqrda da erT xans nikapiT xelze dayrdnobili usityvod ijda.

- miTxariT, geTayva, - Tqva bolos. - SegiZliaT danamdvilebiT TqvaT, rom fanjaraSi mamakacis saxe dainaxeT?

- yovelTvis iseTi siSoridan vxedavdi, rom verafers mogaxsenebT...

- da mainc arasasiamovno STabeWdilebas tovebda?

- meCveneboda, rom Zalian arabunebrivi feri hqonda. nakvTebi micvalebuliviT gaqvavebuli da miaxloebisTanave qreboda xolme.

- didi xania, rac colma asi girvanqa gTxovaT?

- TiTqmis ori Tvea.

- odesme misi pirveli qmris fotosuraTi xom ar ginaxavT?

- ara. misi sikvdilis Semdeg Zalian male atlantaSi didi xanZari moxda da yvela ojaxuri qaRaldi daiwva.

- magram qmris sikvdilis mowmoba xom Tqvens meuRles xelze aqvs. Tqven xom TqviT, rom naxeT es mowmoba?

- diax, qalma xanZris Semdeg dublikati miiRo.

- xom aravin ginaxavT iseTi, vinc Tqvens meuRles icnobda amerikaSi?

- ara.

- arasodes uTqvams, amerikaSi wasvla msurso?

- ara.

- werilebs Tu iRebda iqidan?

- radenadac vici, ara.

- madlobeli var. es saqme karga gvarian Cafiqrebas moiTxovs. Tu koteji samudamodaa mitovebuli, es mdgomareobas arTulebs. magram me vfiqrob, rom misi mcxovreblebi Tqveni iq Casvlis Taobaze winaswar gaafrTxiles da vidre Tqven iq CaxvidodiT, isini cota xniT adre iqaurobas gaecalnen. Tu asea, SeiZleba dabrundnen da maSin yvelafers advilad gavarkvevT. girCevT, ukan norberiSi dabrundeT da isev kotejis fanjrebs adevnoT Tvalyuri. Tu safuZveli geqnebaT ivaraudoT, rom iq vinme cxovrobs, saxlSi nuRar SeiWrebiT, depeSa gamogvigzavneT da me Cems megobarTan erTad erT saaTSi iq gavCndebi. vfiqrob, Zalian swrafad gavarkvevT erTi SexedviT am Zalian daxlarTul saqmis arss.

- da Tu koteji carielia?

- maSin xval moval da TqvenTan erTad moviTaTbirebT yvelaferze. naxvamdis, da uwinares yovlisa, suliT nu daecemiT, vidre saamisod raime realuri mizezi ar gaqvT...

- rame urigo ambavi ar iyos, uotson, - miTxra Cemma megobarma, romelmac is iyo karamde miacila mister grant monro. - Tqven ras fiqrobT am saqmeze?

- me mgonia, es sakmaod binZuri saqmea, - vupasuxe holmss.

- diax. es SantaJia, an arada didad vcdebi.

- mere vin eweva SantaJs?

- yvelaze ufro safiqrebelia, rom esaa kaci, romelic erTaderT fufunebiT morTul oTaxSi cxovrobs da buxarze monros colis suraTi aqvs. patiosnebas geficebiT, uotson, ratomRac Zalian mafiqrebs fanjarasTan mdgari yviTeli saxe. da arafriT ar visurvebdi am saqmis ganze gadadebas.

- gaqvT raime hipoTeza?

- jerjerobiT mxolod savaraudo. magram saxtad davrCebi, Tu ar dadasturdeba. kotejSi im qalis pirveli qmaria.

- ratom fiqrobT ase?

- aba, ratom eSinoda agrerigad qals, rom misi meore qmari kotejSi ar Sesuliyo? me mgonia, saqme ase iyo: es qali amerikaSi gaTxovda. mere qmari SeiZula - vTqvaT, kaci raime ukurnebeli seniT daavadda an idiotad iqca. bolos da bolos qali gaeqca, inglisSi dabrunda, aq saxeli gamoicvala da rogorc TviTon fiqrobda, xelaxla cxovreba daiwyo. sami wlis win meored gaTxovda da Tavisi saqme sabolood mokvaraxWinebulad CaTvala. axal qmars viRacis gardacvalebis mowmoba uCvena, gvaric imisi uTxra da daarwmuna, Cemi pirveli qmari gardacvliliao. magram, ai moulodnelad mis adgilsamyofels miagno am pirvelma qmarma, an, vTqvaT romelime usircxvilo qalma, romelic avadmyofs aekida. qals mosweres muqaris werili: CamovalT da qveynis ybaSi CagagdebTo. qalic as girvanqas iTxovs qmrisagan imisaTvis, rom ar amxilon. amis miuxedavad, isini Camodian, da roca qmari SemTxveviT eubneba, kotejSi xalxi dasaxldao, mixvda, rom es misi mdevrebi iyvnen. qali daeloda, vidre qmari daiZinebda, mere kotejSi gaiqca da cdilobda SantaJistebi daerwmunebina, miRebuli asi girvanqis mets veRar gamomrCebiT da CamomexseniTo. radgan pirveli molaparakebiT verafers miaRwia, diliT kvlav kotejisaken gaeSura da iqidan ukan dabrunebisas Tavis qmars gadaeyara. mere mtkice piroba misca qmars, iq fexsac aRar mivadgamo, magram ori dRis Semdeg darwmunebulma, rom saSinel mezoblebs Tavs daaRwevda, xelaxla scada maTTan molaparakeba. fotosuraTic TviTonve gadasca, rac, ra Tqma unda, imaT mosTxoves. Sua laparakSi rom iyo, mosamsaxure gogom Seatyobina, monro dabrundao. qali SeSinda, qmari pirdapir kotejSi gamoeSurebao, ris gamo ukana gasasvleliT, albaT mezobel naZvnarSi saCqarod gaxizna binadarni. amrigad, Cvenma klientma saxli ukacrieli naxa. magram Zalian gakvirvebuli davrCebi, Tu am saRamos saxlis daTvalierebis Sedegad aRmoCndeba, rom koteji isev carielia... ras fiqrobT Cems hipoTezaze?

- Cemi azriT, es mxolod kargi varaudia.

- diax, magram is yvelafers Suqs hfens. Tu axali faqtebi gamoCndeba, romelTa axna axla Wirs, Cven dro sakmao gveqneba, rom Cemi hipoTeza gadavsinjoT. sul erTia, vidre Cveni megobrisagan raime cnobas ar miviRebT, arafris gakeTeba ar SeiZleba.

cda didxans ar dagvWirvebia. sauzmes rom movrCiT, depeSac movida:

`koteji dakavebulia. isev vnaxe fanjaraSi is yviTeli saxe. Svid saaTze sadgurze dagxvdebiT. Tqvens Camosvlamde arafers viRoneb~.

monro baqanze gveloda. sadguris farnebis Suqze advilad SevniSne, rom mRelvarebisagan feri mixdoda da erTianad caxcaxebda.

- jer kidev iq arian, mister holms, - Tqva da Cems megobars xeli mohkida. - gverdiT rom Cavuare, kotejSi Suqi SevniSne. am saqmes erTxel da samudamod unda bolo movuRoT.

- ra gegma gaqvT? - hkiTxa holmsma, vidre bnel xeivans qvemoT mivyvebodiT.

- me minda Tundac ZaliT SeviWra kotejSi da Cemi TvalebiT davinaxo, vin aris im saxlSi. gTxovT orives, Cemi mowmeebi iyoT.

- Tqveni mxridan es aRTqmis darRveva iqneba, - uTxra holmsma.

- me mtkiced gadavwyvite radac ar unda damijdes, kotejSi SeviWra.

- keTili. vfiqrob, marTali xarT. yovelnairi simarTle jobs eWvsa da gaurkvevlobas. yvelaze kargi iqneba pirdapir gaveSuroT. ra Tqma unda, kanons varRvevT, magram Citi bdRvnad Rirs kidec.

Zalian bneli Rame iyo. farTo gzidan im bilikisken SevuxvieT, orsave mxares rom nakvalevvi Cahyveboda. JinJRvla daiwyo. mister grant monro mouTmenlad miiswrafoda win, Cvenc Tvalebdacecebulni borZikiT mivyvebodiT ukan.

- ai, iq Cemi saxlidan gamomavali Suqi moCans, - wailuRluRa man da xeebs Soris mocimcime sinaTleze migviTiTa. - es ki kotejia da axla me iq Seval.

bilikze SevuxvieT da zed kotejTan mivediT. kari naxevrad Ria iyo. Sav miwaze Canda Suqis yviTeli zoli. zeda sarTulze erTi fanjara kargad iyo ganaTebuli. fardaze raRac laqasaviT moCanda.

- is pirutyvi iqaa! - SesZaxa grant monrom. - xom xedavT, rom iq viRac aris! axla momyeviT da male yvelafers gavigebT.

kars mivuaxlovdiT. uecrad sibnelidan qali gamovida. misi saxe ver SevniSne, magram davinaxe, rom mavedrebeliviT xelebi win gaiSvira.

- RvTis gulisaTvis, jek! - SesZaxa qalma. - rad gindaT yvelaferi gaigoT. asec vicodi, rom moxvidodiT. damSviddiT, Zvirfaso! isev damijereT da arasodes ar inanebT.

- metad didxans gendobodiT, efi, - miugo qmarma mkacri kiloTi. - gamiSviT, gamatareT. eseni Cemi megobrebi arian. Cems dasaxmareblad movidnen, raTa am saqmes samudamod mouRon bolo.

rac daiJina, gaitana kidec. qals xeli hkra, gzidan Camoicila da Cvenc mivyeviT. roca kari gaaRo, viRac dedaberi Cvens Sesaxvedrad gamoeSura. cdilobda gza gadaeWra, magram grant monrom isic Camoicila da erTi wuTis Semdeg kibes avuyeviT.

es iyo myudro, kargad morTuli oTaxi. ori sanTeli magidaze cimcimebda. oric buxarze. kuTxeSi patara magidasTan Cvenken zurgSeqceviT viRac patara gogona ijda. wiTeli kaba da grZeli TeTri xelTaTmanebi ecva. Cvenken rom Semobrunda, gaocebisa da SiSisagan Sevyvire. mkvdris feri edo. mkrTalsa da ucnaur saxeze sicocxlis niSanwyali ar SeiniSneboda.

Tvalis daxamxamebaSi saidumloebas farda aexada. holmsma gaicina da bavSvs yurze xeli Camousva. niRabi davarda, da xelSi SemogvrCa patara naxSiriviT Savi zangi gogona. gagviRima da misma TeTrma kbilebma gaielves. Cveni gakvirvebuli saxeebis xilvam gaacina. misi sixarulis TanagrZnobis niSnad mec gadavixarxare. magram grant monro gaSeSda. bavSvisaTvis Tvali ar moucilebia, xeli ki mkerdze midebuli hqonda.

- RmerTo Cemo! - SesZaxa man. - ras niSnavs es?

- mogaxsenebT, rasac niSnavs, - warmoTqva am dros oTaxSi Semosulma, amayi da mtkice gamometyvelebis qalma. - Tqven maiZuleT Cemi survilis winaaRmdeg TqvenTvis yvelaferi gamemxila. axla orives mogvixdeba sinamdvilesTan Serigeba. Cemi qmari atlantaSi mokvda, bavSvi ki gadarCa.

- Tqveni bavSvi?

qalma mkerdidan moixsna didi vercxlis medalioni:

- arasodes ar ginaxavT es medalioni gaxsnili?

- me vfiqrobdi, rom is ar ixsneba.

monros colma zambaras TiTi daaWira Tu ara, medalioni gaiRo. Sig gansacvifreblad lamazi da Wkviani afrikuli ieris mqone adamianis suraTi aRmoCnda.

- ai, is jon hibroni atlanteli, - Tqva mandilosanma. - masze ufro saTno adamiani arasodes Sobila dedamiwaze. me naTesavebi davkarge, rom am kacs gavyolodi, da vidre cocxali iyo, Cemi saqcieli arc minania. rogorc xedavT, Cveni bavSvi ufro misi tomis adamianebs hgavs. msgavs qorwinebebSi aseTi SemTxvevebi xSiria da patara lusi Tavis mamaze bevrad ufro Savi gaCnda. magram TeTria Tu Savi, igi Cemi RviZli Svilia, Cemi sisxli da xorci da CemTan unda iyos.

dedis sityvebis gagonebaze gogonam masTan miirbina da magrad Caexuta.

- amerikaSi davtoveT, - ganagrZo qalma, - mxolod imis gamo, rom susti iyo da havis gamocvlas SeeZlo misi janmrTelobisaTvis ziani mieyenebina. bavSvis aRzrda mivande Cvens erTgul Sotlandiel qals, romelic odesRac gvemsaxureboda. arasodes, arc erTi wuTiT ar mifiqria lusis dedobaze uari meTqva. magram roca Tqven SegxvdiT, jek, da SegiyvareT, SemeSinda amisi Tqma, Svili myavs-meTqi.

momiteve, RmerTo! magram me meSinoda Tqveni dakargvisa da siTamame ar meyo, yovelive gamemxila. arCevanis winaSe davdeqi Tqvensa da asuls Soris.

Cemi sulmokleobis wyalobiT Svils davemSvidobe. sami weli gimalavdiT mis arsebobas. ZiZa yvelafers matyobinebda da vicodi, rom bavSvi sruliad janmrTelia. bolos, Svilis naxvis dauZleveli survili vigrZeni. vicodi, ra saSiSic iyo es, magram mainc gadavwyvite ramdenime kviriT bavSvis Camoyvana. me gavugzavne ZiZas asi girvanqa da am kotejze mivuTiTe, raTa aq ubralo mezobeliviT dasaxlebuliyo da Cveni urTierToba arafriT gaeca. imdenad vfrTxilobdi, rom vubrZane, dRisiT Sin Caeketa bavSvi, Tanac ise daefara saxe da xelebi, rom mezoblebsac ar daewyoT miTqma-moTqma, aq zangi gogona cxovrobso. umjobesi iqneboda naklebi sifrTxile gamomeCina! ase ufro gonivruli iqneboda, magram me TiTqmis SeSliliviT viyavi da sul imas vcdilobdi, am ambavs Tqvens yuramde ar moeRwia.

pirvelad Tqvengan gavige, rom koteji gaqiravebulia. sxva ra Rone iyo, dilamde unda mecada, Tumca mRelvarebisagan daZineba ar SemeZlo. bolos gadavwyvite bavSvis sanaxavad Rame gavparuliyavi Rrmad darwmunebuli, rom kvlavindeburad magrad geZinebodaT. magram Tqven SeniSneT Cemi gaparva, da es iyo mTeli Cemi ubedurebis dasawyisi. meore dRes ukve Tqvens xelT iyo Cemi saidumloebis gamomJRavneba, magram keTilSobilurad TqviT uari da Zala ar damataneT gamemxila raime. sami dRis Semdeg ki ZiZam da gogonam Zlivs moaswres ukana karidan gasvla, roca saxlSi Tqven SeiWeriT... ai, axla ukve iciT yvelaferi, da gekiTxebiT, ra mogvelis Cven - me da Cems bavSvs?

monros meuRlem xeli xels mouWira da pasuxis molodinSi gaCumda.

gavida aTi grZeli wuTi, vidre grant monro xmas amoiRebda. misi pasuxi iseTi iyo, rom axlac sixaruliT vigoneb.

gogona aiyvana, Semdeg cols gauwoda xeli da masTan erTad karisaken gaemarTa.

- ukeTesi iqneba yvelaferze Sin movilaparakoT, - esa Tqva mxolod. - me ara var Zalian kargi adamiani, efi, magram vfiqrob, rom imaze bevrad ukeTesi ki var, rogorc Tqven warmodgenaSi vyofilvar.

me da holmsi gavediT. Cemma megobarma xelSi xeli Camavlo, ukan gamwia da xmadabla miTxra:

- mgoni, londonSi ufro saWiro viqnebiT, vidre norberiSi.

metad am saqmeze sityva aRar dauZravs, mxolod gvian saRamos, daZinebis win Tqva:

- uotson, Tu odesme mogeCvenoT, rom metismetad dajerebuli var Cems TavSi, an imaze naklebs vmuSaob saqmeze, vidre saWiroa, - geTayva, yurSi CamCurCuleT: `norberi~, da Zalian dagimadlebT.

cisferi karbunkuli
qristeSobis meore dRes, dResaswaulis misalocad Cemi megobari - Serlok holmsi movinaxule. mas mewamuli feris xalaTi ecva da divanze wamowoliliyo. xelmarjvniv misawvdomze Cibuxebi ewyo, xelmarcxniv ki daWmuWnili, dilis gazeTebis zvini idga. etyoboda, gazeTebi is-is iyo, gadaekiTxa. taxtTan SevniSne zurgiani xis skami, romelzec Zalze gacrecili da xmarebisagan alag-alag daWmuli qudi ekida. skamze dagdebuli qudi, optikuri mina da qirurgiuli sataci imwamsve migaxvedrebdaT, rom Serlok holmss qudi dakvirvebiT daeTvalierebina, kargad gaesinja da guldasmiT Seemowmebina.

- albaT dakavebuli xarT da xeli SegiSaleT, ara? -vuTxari me.

- sruliadac ara. piriqiT, moxaruli var, rom am wams Cems gverdiT iqnebiT da SesaZlebloba meqneba, Cemi daskvnebi gagiziaroT. ambavi rogorRac gacveTili Cans (da ceriT qudze maniSna), magram am saqmesTan, me mgoni, Zalian saintereso da Wkuissaswavli Tavgadasavali unda iyos dakavSirebuli.

me savarZelSi Cavjeqi da xelebi buxarSi mogizgize cecxls mivuficxe. gareT ise saSinlad yinavda, rom sarkmlis minebi Wirxls erTianad moexata da karga gvarianadac gaesqelebina.

- Cemi azriT, - wamoviwye me, - am erTis SexedviT ubralo qudTan, raRac ubeduri ambavi unda iyos dakavSirebuli. albaT es qudi iqneba TqvenTvis idumalebiT moculi saqmis gasaRebi da damnaSavec daisjeba.

- ara, ara. araviTari danaSauli, - Tqva Serlok holmsma siciliT. - es mxolod erTi patara, ucnauri SemTxvevaa, romelic yovelTvis moxdeba iq, sadac oTxi milioni adamiani Zalian patara sivrceze saxlobs da erTmaneTSi ireva. am auareba xalxis yovel moqmedebasa da ukumoqmedebas Tan jaWviviT gadabmul aTasgvar SemTxvevaTa kombinacia axlavs. xSirad bevri patara ambavi, erTis SexedviT, Zalian ucnauri da sakvirvelia, magram danaSaulis niSnebs sruliad ar Seicavs. me mqonda bevri aseTi SemTxveva.

- swored agrea, - CavurTe me, - eqvsi SemTxvevidan, romelic Cemi SeniSvnebis wignSi Sevitane, sami araviTar danaSaulis niSnebs ar Seicavs.

- marTalia. Tqven airen adleris, mis meri sauTerlendis da tuCgaxeTqili kacis Tavgadasavlis saqmeebze gadamikariT xom sityva? Zalian kargi. eWvi ar mepareba, rom es patara ambavic, amnair ucodvel saqmeTa kategorias ganekuTvneba. Tqven xom icnobT petersons, Sikriki romaa?

- diax.

- es nadavli imas ekuTvnis.

- petersonis qudia?

- ara, ara, petersonma ipova. patroni vinaa, ucnobia. me gTxovT, qudi ise daaTvalieroT, rogorc Znelad amosaxsnel amocanas Sehferis da ara, rogorc raime Zvelmani sagani. pirvel yovlisa imas giambobT, eg qudi aq rogor moxvda. pirvelad igi vnaxe qristeSobis dilas, erT msuqan batTan erTad, romelsac axla albaT petersoni cecxlze atrialebs. ai, am ambis istoria: Soba diliT, daaxloebiT oTx saaTze, petersoni, romelsac Tqven kargad icnobT, Zalian patiosani kacia, odnav Seqeifianebuli totenhem kortis gziT Sin brundeboda. gazis farnis Suqze man SeniSna, rom viRac aylayudas, TeTri bati mxarze gadaekidebina da mis win odnavi barbaciT midioda. gujis quCis kuTxes rom miaRwia, viRac avarebma ucnobs gapampuleba moundomes. erTma maTganma qudi moxada da gadaugdo. ucnobma Tavdasacavad joxi daatriala, magram ucabedad maRaziis vitrinas moaxvedra da SuSa erTianad Calewa. petersoni uecrad gamovarda win, rom ucnobs gamosarCleboda, magram es ukanaskneli SuSis Camsxvrevam da formaSi gamowyobili kacis danaxvam ise SeaSina, rom bati xelidan gaagdo, ukan mouxedavad mohkurcxla da totenhem kort-roulis ukan mdebare quCis labirinTebSi gauCinarda. petersonis gamoCenaze avarebic aqeT-iqiT miimalnen. brZolis velis baton-patroni petersoni Seiqmna da gamarjvebis nayofi: - gacveTili qudi da SesaniSnavi msuqani batic, manve moimko.

- romelic man patrons ukanve daubruna, ara?

- swored mandaa ZaRlis Tavi damarxuli. marTalia, batis marcxena fexze Camokidebul qaRalds, misis henri beikeri aweria, isic sworia, rom inicialebi h.b. qudis caze Signidanaa aRniSnuli, magram vinaidan qalaqSi aTasobiT beikeri cxovrobs da asobiT maTgans saxelad monro hqvia, Znelia maTSi batis namdvili patroni aRmoaCino da dakarguli qoneba daubruno.

- maS, rogor moiqca petersoni?

- raki icoda, rom gamosakvlevi saqmis yvela wvrilmani mainteresebs xolme, petersonma batica da qudic qristeSobis dRes, sisxam diliT, CemTan moarbenina. bati dRevandlamde CemTan iyo. dRes diliT ki, yinvebis miuxedavad, gadavwyvite, rom misi xorciT yelis Cakoklozineba ufro mizanSewonili iqneboda da petersons davubrune. im bats albaT ewera, rom patronis nacvlad bolos petersoni mouRebda. me ki im ucnobi jentlmenis qudi SemomrCa, vinc qristeSobis dRis sadili dakarga.

- damkargavs gazeTSi gancxadeba xom ar mouTavsebia?

- ara.

- aba, ra gziTa da gasaRebiT unda miakvlioT batis yofil patrons?

- mxolod isRa dagvrCenia, rom goneba avamuSaoT, vifiqroT da Cveni mixvedrilobis wyalobiT vakeToT daskvnebi.

- da yvela mixvedrisa da daskvnis amosavali wertili es qudi iqneba?

- ra Tqma unda.

- Tqven xumrobT, holms. aba am WuWyiani, gacrecili da Zveli qudidan ra daskvnebi unda gamovitanoT.

- ai, aq aris linza, kargad daaTvaliereT qudi da Cemi meTodis gamoyenebiT Tamamad gamoTqviT Tqveni azri, im adamianis individualur Taviseburebebze, visac es qudi ekuTvnis.

daglejil-dafleTil quds xeli davavle da sasowarkveTilma didxans vukirkite. igi savsebiT Cveulebrivi, mrgvali, xeSeSi da xmarebisagan lazaTdakarguli ram gaxldaT. qudis odesRac wiTeli abreSumis sarCuli gacrecili da fergadasuli gamoiyureboda. romeli saxelosnos nawarmi iyo, iarliyze aRar etyoboda, Tumca, rogorc holmsma SeniSna, h. b. inicialebi erT kunWulSi viRacas aCxabaCxad mieCxapna. qudis kideSi sawmendi rezinis nasvreti aRmovaCine, magram rezini Sig aRar ido. erTi sityviT, qudi lazaTdakarguli, WuWyiani da dalaqavebuli iyo. dakvirvebisas SeimCneoda, rom am laqebis dasafaravad patrons melani exmara.

veraferi SevniSne-meTqi, warmovTqvi uxerxulad da qudi holmss davubrune.

- piriqiT, uotson Tqven yvelafers amCnevT, magram azris xmamaRla gamoTqmisa geSiniaT. Tqveni daskvnebis gamotanisas simxdales iCenT da meti araferi.

- maSin Tqven TqviT, ra daskvnebis gakeTeba SegiZliaT.

holmsma quds wamoavlo xeli da damaxasiaTebeli gulisyuriTa da dakvirvebiT daacqerda. - bevri ram, - wamoiwyo Cemma megobarma, - aq savaraudebeli ufroa, vidre garkveuli. erTi sityviT, Zalian cota ramaa cxadi da ufro meti ram saegebio da sagulisxmo. is ambavi, rom qudis patroni maRalniWieri kacia, aSkaraa. isic cxadia, rom sami wlis winaT xelgaSlilad ucxovria, magram, amJamad Savi dRe dasdgomia da gasaWirSi Cavardnila. - etyoba, sagnebs, movlenebs da momavals winaswar Wvretda da windaxedulebac ar aklda, magram es uwin yofila. aSkaraa, mere raRac avi zne Seeyara, ramac misi bedi CarxukuRma daatriala - albaT galoTda da amitom nivTieradac daqveiTda. isic naTelia, rom masze colsac auyria guli.

- Zvirfaso holms!.. - CavurTe me, magram Cemma megobarma sulmoTqmelad ganagrZo. - sakuTari Rirsebis grZnoba, ase Tu ise, mainc SeunarCunebia. Tanac etyoba, iseT saqmianobas eweva, rom didxans jdoma uxdeba. saxlidan iSviaTad gamodis, saSualo xnisaa, sxeulis wvrTnas ar dagidevT, WaRariT mosilia da am cota xnis winaT Tma SeukreWinebia. barem imasac getyviT, rom saxlSi gazis ganaTeba ara aqvs.

- Tqven namdvilad xumrobT, holms.

- araviTar SemTxvevaSi. nuTu, roca Cemi dakvirvebis Sedegad miRweuli Sedegebi ase dawvrilebiT gagacaniT, axlac ver xvdebiT, rogor mivaRwie maT amoxsnas?

- Steri da miuxvedreli rom var, kargad vici. magram mainc unda vaRiaro, rom Tqvens azrTa dinebas ver mivyvebi xolme. aba, saidan aiReT, rom is kaci maRali niWierebiT gamoirCeva? - pasuxis magier holmsma qudi sakuTar Tavze daixura, romelmac Subli daufara da cxviris kexamde uwia. - aq kubikuri tevadobis sakiTxia, - Tqva man, - aseTi didi moculobis Tavi carieli xom ar iqneba!

- is saidanRa moitaneT, axla Sav dReSi Cavardnilao?

- es qudi sami wlisa gaxlavT. brtyeli da boloSi aprexilkideebiani, aseTi qudi maSin iyo modaSi, Tanac umaRlesi xarisxisaa. aba, lentsa da abreSumis sarCuls daakvirdiT. Tuki adamianma am sami wlis winaT aseTi Zvirfasi qudi SeiZina da mas mere veRar gamoicvala, cxadia, saqmeebi kargad ar unda miudiodes.

- is, rac ganmarteT, naTelia, magram winaswar Wvretasa da windaxedulebas rogor axsniT, an raRac avi zne Sehyriao, rom sTqviT, saidan moitaneT?

holmsma gaicina. - winaswarWvretasa da winaswardaxedulebas rogor axsniTo, mekiTxebiT, ara? axlave giCvenebT, - Tqva da ybis qveS amosadeb patara rezinisaTvis gankuTvnil naCvrets TiTi daado. xom mogexsenebaT, rom rezini qudTan erTad ar iyideba. Tu qudis patronma rezini qudis dasamagreblad SeiZina, rom qarian amindSi uSiSrad evlo - aqedan mxolod erTi daskvna gamomdinareobs, rom igi windaxeduli da SorsmWvreteli adamiani yofila. magram, rogorc xedavT, rezins elastiuroba daukargavs da patrons mis Secvlaze aRar uzrunia. aqedan cxadia, rom qudis patroni amJamad Tavis Tavs nakleb yuradRebas aqcevs da daudevari adamiani gamxdara. meores mxriv mas gulmodgined ucdia qudze arsebuli laqebi melniT daefara, rac imaze metyvelebs, rom qudis patrons sakuTari Rirsebis grZnoba jer kidev SerCenia.

- Tqveni mosazrebani damajereblad JRers, - vuTxari me.

- maS, momdevno ambebi, rom qudis patroni saSualo xnisaa, WaRara SeRebili Tma aqvs, romelic amas winaT SeikriWa, qudis sarCulis gulmodgine daTvalierebiT davadgine. gamadidebel SuSaSi mSvenivrad moCans SekreWili patar-patara Tma, romlebsac saRebavis surneli da webovneba kidev SerCeniaT. qudi quCis ruxi qviSanarevi mtveriT ki araa dafaruli, aramed saxlis mtvris raRac RinRlovani, bususiani, yavisferi navli da buqi ayria. es imis maCvenebelia, rom qudi umetes wilad saxlSi ekida, xolo qudis SigniTa mxaris danotieba imiT unda aixsnas, rom misi patroni moZraobas gadaeCvia da siarulisas male ofliandeba xolme.

- magram, colze rom TqviT, etyoba, qmrisadmi Zvelebur mzrunvelobas veRar iCens da gagulgrilebulao?

- qudi ukve ramdenime kviraa, aRaravis gauwmendia, uotson! Cemo Zvirfaso megobaro, Tu SevniSne, rom Tqvens quds erTi kviris mtveri zed adevs, aucileblad vifiqreb, rom colma Tqvenze guli aiyara.

- iqneb am qudis patroni ucoloa?

- ara, Cemo tkbilo megobaro, bati Sin swored colis gasaxareblad mihyavda. gaxsovT is baraTi, bats fexze rom eba?

- Tqven pasuxi yvelafrisaTvis momzadebuli gaqvT, magram is saidanRa daaskveniT, qudis patrons Sin gazis ganaTeba ara aqvso?

- sanTlis cximis erTi laqa SeiZleba SemTxveviT iyos, magram Tu qudze erTi xuTi mainc aRmoaCine, aqedan im daskvnas gavakeTeb, rom misi patroni qonis sanTliT sargeblobs. albaT RamRamobiT, maRla sarTulze asvlisas, cal xelSi qudi uWiravs xolme, xolo meoreSi sanTeli. rogorc ar unda iyos, quds gazisagan cximovani laqebi ar gauCndeboda. kmayofili xarT Tu ara Cemi pasuxiT?

- pasuxebi Zalian marjve da sazriania, - vuTxari me siciliT, - magram rac Tqven sTqviT, imaSi danaSaulis kvali ar moCans, batis dakargviT zarali patrons garda aravis unaxavs da Tqvenc cud-ubralod gaisarjeT.

Serlok holmsma piri gaaRo, rom CemTvis pasuxi gaeca, magram swored im wams oTaxSi aRelvebuli da loyebRaJRaJebuli Sikriki petersoni Semovarda.

- bati, mister holms! bati, ser! - Zlivs amoTqva man.

- ra iyo, peterson? ra naxeT aseTi gasaocari? nuTu bati gacocxlda da samzareulos fanjridan gagifrindaT?

taxtze mjdomi holmsi Semotrialda, rom aRelvebuli Sikriki ufro kargad SeeTvalierebina.

- aba SexedeT, ser! SexedeT erTi, Cemma colma batis CinCaxvSi ra aRmoaCina! - man win wamoswia xeli, romlis Suagulze Cven lurjad moelvare, lobios marcvlisodena qva SevniSneT. qva petersonis CaSavebul xelSi eleqtronis sxiviviT cimcimebda da bzinavda.

Serlok holmsma gaocebisagan daustvina. - eSmakma dalaxvros yoveli cudi saqme, peterson! - wamoiwyo man, - Tqven WeSmariti ganZi gipoviaT, iciT, rac ipoveT, ara?

- almasi, ser! Zvirfasi qva! SuSas yveliviT Wris.

- es marto Zvirfasi qva ki araa, swored is Zvirfasi qvaa.

- nuTu grafis meuRle morkaris cisferi karbunkulia, - wamoviZaxe me.

- swored isaa. am Zvirfas qvaze ukve yovelive vici, vinaidan `taimsis~ gancxadebebs yoveldRiurad vkiTxulob. es almasis Zvirfasi qva absoluturad unikaluria da is aTasi girvanqa, rasac mis mpovnels gancxadebebSi hpirdebian, misi namdvili fasis meoced nawilsac ar Seadgens.