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unda vaRiro, rom Cemi Ziebis Sedegebma ixtibari gamitexes. vvaraudobdi, sakmarisia Zvel dokumentSi naCvenebi adgili vipovo, yvelaferi TavisTavad naTeli gaxdeba-meTqi, da ai, videqi miniSnebul adgilas, magram amoxsna im saidumloebisa, rasac ase gulmodgined faravda mesgreivebis ojaxi, iseve Sors Canda, rogorc Tavdapirvelad. marTalia, Suqi movfine brantonis beds, magram axla unda damedgina, ranairad hpova msaxurTufrosma aseTi aRsasruli da ra roli iTamaSa am ambavSi dakargulma qalma. kasrze Camovjeqi da gonebis TvaliT momxdari ambis yvela wvrilmani avwon-davwone...

Tqven icnobT Cems meTods aseT saqmeebSi, uotson: Cems Tavs moqmedi piris adgilze vayeneb xolme, da pirvel rigSi misi gonebrivi donis gaTvaliswinebiT vcdilob warmovidgino, rogor moviqceodi analogiur SemTxvevaSi. brantoni, rogorc ramdenjerme ukve giTxariT, iyo araCveulebrivi gonebis kaci. swored amitom Cemsa da mis gonebriv doneTa Soris gansxvavebis gaTvaliswineba ar damWirda. brantonma icoda, rom sadRac damalulia raRac Zvirfasi ganZi. kidevac gansazRvra, sad. darwmunda, rom qva, rac miwisqveS CaRwevas abrkolebda, asawevad, erTi adamianisaTvis metismetad mZime ram iyo. rogor unda moqceuliyo? gareSe damxmares ver moiyvanda. amitom TanaSemwe TviT saxlSi unda epova. magram visTvis unda miemarTa brantons? reCel hauelzi odesRac misi erTguli qali iyo da brantonma aki coladac SeirTo. mamakacs, ra cudadac ar unda moeqces qals, arasodes ar sjera, rom qalis siyvaruli samudamod dakarga. etyoba, raRac yuradRebis niSnebis safuZvelze brantoni Seecada reCelTan Serigebas, Semdeg ki Tanamzraxvelobaze daiTanxma. RamiT erTad daeSvnen sardafSi da saerTo ZaliT moaxerxes qvis adgilidan daZvra. aqamde maTi moqmedeba CemTvis ise naTeli iyo, TiTqos maT moqmedebas sakuTari TvaliT vzveravdi.

magram ori adamianisaTvisac ki, metadre Tu erTi maTgani susti qali iyo, qvis gadaweva advili saqme ar iyo. Cven TviTon ors - me da Ronier saseqsel polismens gagviWirda im filis gadaweva. ra moimoqmedes Tanamzraxvelebma, rom TavianTi amocana gaeadvilebinaT? albaT igive, rasac maT adgilze gavakeTebdi. yuradRebiT davaTvaliere iatakze dayrili SeSis napobebi da vipove is, ris povnasac velodi. samiode futis sigrZis erT-erT naCexs Tavi odnav watexili hqonda, ramdenime sxvac gabrtyelebuli aRmoCnda. etyoboda, mniSvnelovani simZime daswolodaT. rogorc Cans, filis awevis dros brantoni da misi TanaSemwe qali SeSis Rerebs berketebad xmarobdnen. maT imdenze gadaswies qva, rom SesaZlebeli gaxda dabla CaRweva. jerjerobiT yvela Cemi varaudi sruliad safuZvliani iyo.

rogorRa unda memsjela Semdeg, raTa savsebiT aRmedgina RamiT momxdari dramis suraTi? aSkaraa, ormoSi Casvla SeeZlo mxolod erT adamians, da es erTi iyo brantoni. qaliSvili albaT maRla icdida. brantonma zanduki gaaRo da qals amoawoda is, rac Sig naxa (es aSkara iyo, radgan yuTi carieli aRmoCnda), Semdeg ki... ra moxda Semdeg?

albaT SurisZiebis wyurvili, rac didi xani Rvioda am ficxi qalis gulSi, cecxlis alad aenTo, roca naxa, rom is, vinc awyenina, - xolo es wyena ki albaT bevrad ufro mZimec iyo, vidre me SemeZlo warmomedgina - mis xelTaa. an iqneb qvas SemTxveviT gamoecala sayrdeni da uzarmazarma filam brantoni qvis kuboSi Caketa? asea Tu ise, reCeli damnaSavea mxolod imaSi, rom gaCumda da momxdar ambavze araferi ara Tqva. an iqneb ganzrax gamoacala qvas sayrdeni da qvis fila Tavis adgilze dauSva, rom brantoni cocxlad daemarxa. Tvalwin medga Suris maZiebeli reCeli, albaT gaalmasebuli ikravda napovn saunjes mkerdSi da xveul kibeze arboda, raTa kvaldakval dadevnebuli yru kvnesis, sasowarkveTili adamianis godebisa da qvis filaze kakunis xmisaTvis Tavi daeRwia. im qvis filis qveS xom misi moRalate mijnuri iSToboda.

ai, ra edo safuZvlad meore diliT reCelis ferwasulobas, mis mRelvarebas da isteriuli sicilis Semotevebs. magram mainc ra iyo zandukSi? ra uyo qalma monapovars? ueWvelia, es iyo igive namusrevi Zveli liTonisa da qvis namtvrevebi, rac pirvelsave SemTxvevaSi guburaSi isrola, raTa Tavisi danaSaulis kvali daefara...

ociode wuTi Rrma fiqrebSi wasuli uZravad vijeqi. fermixdili mesgreivi idga, farans arxevda da Zirs, ormoSi icqireboda.

`es karlos pirvelis monetebia, - miTxra da zandukidan amoRebuli ramdenime Zveli fuli gamomiwoda, - xedavT, sworad gagvirkvevia Cveni `sagvareulo wesis~ SemoRebis dro~.

`mgoni, karlos pirvelis memkvidreobidan zog raimes kidev vipoviT, - SevZaxe me, roca dokumentis pirveli ori kiTxva momagonda. - miCveneT tbidan amoRebul tomaraSi napovni qoneba~.

mesgreivis kabinetSi avediT, maspinZelma win damilaga namtvrevebi. rogorc ki Sevxede, mivxvdi, ratom ar misca maT mesgreivma araviTari mniSvneloba: liToni CaSavebuli iyo, kenWebi ki mqrqali da uferuli. magram erTi maTgani saxeloze gadavisvi da xelisgulze naRverdaliviT aelvarda. liTonis nawilebs ormagi saltis forma hqondaT, magram daRunul-dagrexilebi iyvnen da Tavdapirveli forma dakargodaT.

`albaT gaxsovT, - vuTxari mesgreivs, - rom mefis partia ufrosobda inglisSi misi gardacvalebis Semdegac ki. advili SesaZlebelia, rom misma wevrebma sadme Seinaxes yvelaze ufro Zvirfasi nivTebi, raTa ufro mSvidobian dros dabrunebuliyvnen da waeRoT~.

`Cems winapars, ser ralf mesgreivs, TvalsaCino adgili sWeria sasaxlis karze da karlos meoris marjvena xeli yofila~.

`ah, ai, ra yofila! - SevZaxe maSinve. - esaa jaWvis is ukanaskneli rgoli, rac gvaklda. gilocavT, mesgreiv! Tqven gaxdiT mflobeli - marTalia, friad tragikul garemoebaSi, - erTi reliqviisa, rac uzarmazar Rirebulebas warmoadgens TavisTavad, da amas garda gaaCnia kidev ufro meti mniSvneloba, rogorc istoriul ganZs da iSviaTobas~.

`ra aris aseTi?~ - mkiTxa saSinlad aRelvebulma.

`arc meti, arc naklebi, inglisis mefeTa Zveli gvirgvini~.

`gvirgvini?~

`diax, gvirgvini. gaixseneT, ra aris naTqvami dokumentSi: `vis ekuTvnis es? - imas, vinc wavida~. es dawerilia karlos pirvelis dasjis Semdeg. `visi kuTvnileba iqneba? - imisi, vinc mova~. laparakia karlos meoreze, romlis taxtze asvla im dros ukve iyo mosalodneli. amrigad, yovelgvar eWvs gareSea, rom amJamad es daWyletili da uformo diadema, erT dros, stiuartebis dinastiis mefeTa Tavebs amSvenebda~.

`magram ranairad moxvda guburaSi?~

`ai, am kiTxvaze ki adamiani uceb ver upasuxeb~.

me TanmimdevrobiT gadmovuSale mesgreivs Cemi varaudebi da sabuTebi. mosaRamovda. mTvare ukve karga xnis amosuli iyo, roca Cemi moTxroba davasrule.

`magram sainteresoa, ratom ar miiRo Tavisi gvirgvini karlos meorem, roca dabrunda?~ - ikiTxa mesgreivma da tilos tomaraSi Caabruna Zvirfasi reliqvia.

`iseTi sakiTxi wamoWeriT, me da Tqven ver gadavWriT. etyoba, Tqvenma winaparma mesgreivma, romelic saidumloSi gandobili iyo, sikvdilis win Tavis pirdapir STamomavals dautova is, rasac Tqven mesgreivTa sagvareulo wess eZaxiT, magram ratomRac ar auxsna memkvidres misi mniSvneloba. im dRidan Cvens dromde dokumenti mamidan Svilze gadadioda, vidre xelT ar Cauvarda im kacs, romelmac SeZlo misTvis saidumlos gamogleja, magram sicocxlis fasad ki daujda...~

aseTia `mesgreivTa saxlis sagvareulo wesis~ istoria, uotson. gvirgvini axlac herlstonSia, Tumca cixe-darbazis mflobelT bevri davidaraba dasWirdaT da sakmaod bevri fuladi Tanxac daxarjes imisaTvis, rom memkvidreobiT maTi kuTvnili ganZi, Cvens mesveurT, maTTanve daetovebinaT. Tu azrad mogivaT misi naxva, ra Tqma unda, siamovnebiT giCveneben, oRond Cemi saxeli uxseneT.

rac Seexeba im qals, igi ugzo-ukvlod gaqra. rogorc Cans, samSoblo miatova da okeanis gadaRma romelime qveyanaSi waiRo mogoneba Tavis danaSaulze.

ukacrieli saxli

graf ronald aderis mkvlelobam, rac, 1894 wlis gazafxulze, Zalian uCveulo da idumalebiT mocul garemoebaSi moxda, mTeli londoni uaRresad daainteresa, xolo maRali sazogadoeba SeaZrwuna. am danaSaulis calkeul detalebs, romelTa mikvleva policiam moaxerxa, Tavis droze farTo sazogadoebrioba gaecno, magram Ziebis masalebi iseTi mniSvnelovani gaxldaT, rom umravlesoba dafares da ar gamouqveynebiaT. da mxolod axla, TiTqmis aTi wlis Semdeg, saSualeba meZleva Sevavso faqtebis es gansacvifrebeli jaWvi im rgolebiT, romlebic am saqmes aklia. danaSauli xom TavisTavad iyo saintereso, magram misi miuwvdomeli Sedegebi CemTvis aTasjer ufro yuradsaRebi Seiqmna. im Sedegebma ufro metad ganmacvifres da SemaZrwunes, vidre yovelive iman, rac Cems sicocxleSi gamomicdia. Cemi cxovreba ki yovlad ucnauri TavgadasavlebiT gaxldaT aRsavse. axlac, amdeni wlis Semdeg, Tavzari damecema xolme, roca am saqmes vixseneb, isev undobloba, gaoceba da sixaruli meufleba, maSin rom mozRvavdnen da suli amiforiaqes. dae, mkiTxvelebma, romelTac SesaniSnavi adamianis saqmeebsa da zraxvebze, Cem mier Seqmnili moTxrobebisadmi cxoveli interesi gamoiCines, mapation, rom Cemi aRmoCena maSinve ar gavuziare. Cems upirveles movaleobad CavTvlidi mTeli am istoriis gulwrfelad gadmoSlas, SeboWili rom ar vyofiliyavi imave adamianis piriT warmoTqmuli kategoriuli akrZalviT, rac sul axlaxan, gasuli Tvis sami ricxvidan moixsna.

sruliad bunebrivia, rom Serlok holmsTan megobrobis dawyebis dRidan aRmeZra sisxlis samarTlis sxvadasxva saqmisadmi Rrma interesi, xolo mas Semdeg, rac Cemi megobari sarbielidan gaqra, gazeTebSi gamoqveynebul gauxsnel danaSaulobaTa angariSebis sinjva gansakuTrebuli gulmodginebiT daviwye. xSirad, sakuTari siamovnebisaTvis vcdilobdi maT axsnas, amasTan, vsargeblobdiT imave meTodebiT, romelTac Cemi megobari iyenebda, Tumca iseTive warmatebebiT ver davikvexni. unda vaRiaro, rom verc erTma bneliT moculma danaSaulis istoriam ver amaRelva ise, rogorc ronald aderis tragikulma daRupvam. guldasmiT gavecani Ziebis masalebs. dadgenili mxolod is iyo, rom `mkvleloba Cadenilia ganzrax, erTi an ramdenime ucnobi piris mier~, da ufro Rrmad, vidre odesme, vigrZeni, rom Cvenma sazogadoebam Serlok holmsis dakargviT Zalian mZime danaklisi ganicada. am ucnaur saqmeSi iyo iseTi ambebi da garemoebebi, romlebic aucileblad miiqcevdnen holmsis gansakuTrebul yuradRebas, da policiis kvleva-Zieba uTuod Seivseboda, anda holmsis rCeva-darigebis safuZvelze swori gziT warimarTeboda. rCeulTa Soris rCeul evropel maZebars Tavisi fxizeli Wkuisa da daxvewili damkvirveblobis wyalobiT WeSmaritad SeeZlo aseTi amocanis warmatebiT daZleva.

davdiodi Cems pacientebTan da azriT isev da isev aderis saqmes vubrundebodi, magram verc erTi iseTi axsna ver movnaxe, rom damakmayofileblad momCveneboda. Tumca risks vewevi, rom vimeoreb imas, rac yvelasaTvis cnobilia, mainc minda mogagonoT faqtebi im saxiT, rogorc Ziebis damTavrebis Semdeg sazogadoebas Seatyobines.

ser ronald aderi avstraliis erT-erTi Cveni koloniis gubernatoris, graf meinusis meore Svili iyo. aderis deda avstraliidan inglisSi im ganzraxviT Camovida, rom librgadakruli Tvali qirurgis daniT moerCina. qalbatoni aderi vaJiSviliTa da asuliT parkleinze #427 saxlSi dabinavda. ymawvili saukeTeso sazogadoebaSi trialebda, arc mtrebi hyavda da arc raime cudi manki hqonia. erT dros igi edit vudlize iyo daniSnuli, magram axalgazrdebi Tavisi nebiT dascildnen erTurTs da guli arc erTs ar daswyvetia. ise rom, axalgazrda aderis cxovreba Sinaurobasa da im maRal wreSic, romelSiac yofna uxdeboda, mSvidad da myudrod miedineboda. wynari xasiaTisas gemovneba da Cvevebic zomieri hqonda. ai, swored aseTi udardeli axalgazrda aristokratis guli gangmira ucnaurma da sruliad moulodnelma tyviam. es moxda 1894 wlis 30 marts Tormetis aTidan oc wuTamde.

ronald aderi banqos moTamaSe iyo, mudam TamaSobda, magram keTilgonierebis sazRvrebidan ar gadadioda. igi sami klubis: boldvinis, kevendiSisa da bagatelis wevrad iTvleboda. daadgines, rom sikvdilis dRes, sadilis Semdeg, ronalds erTi roberi da ramdenime xeli visti uTamaSia, es momxdara bagatelis klubSi. uTamaSia sadilobamdec. partniorebma - mister mereim, ser jon hardim da polkovnikma moranma - uCvenes, rom swored vists TamaSobdnen, da TamaSi TiTqmis yaimiT damTavrda. aderma albaT xuT girvanqamde waago, magram meti ki namdvilad ar waugiao. sakmaod didi SeZlebis patrons aseTi wageba verc gaanawyenebda. igi Turme, TiTqmis yoveldRe TamaSobda da Cveulebriv igebda. mowmeTa Cvenebebidan gairkva isic, rom sikvdilamde erT-naxevari Tvis win aderma, romelic polkovnik moranTan erTad TamaSobda, erT saRamos godfri milnersa da lord belmorans oTxas oci girvanqa mougo. ai, yvelaferi, rac cnobili gaxda misi sicocxlis ukanaskneli ramdenime kviris Sesaxeb.

im sabediswero saRamos klubidan zustad saRamos aT saaTze dabrunebula. da da deda stumrad yofilan wasuli da Sin ar daxvedrian. mosamsaxure gogom ficiT daamtkica, aderis oTaxSi Sesvla gavigeo. es oTaxi meore sarTulze iyo, fanjrebi quCisaken hqonda da patroni Turme sastumrod iyenebda. axalgazrda grafis mosvlis win mosamsaxure gogos buxarSi cecxli daunTia da fanjarac gauRia, radgan buxari axrColebula. mosamsaxures Tormetis oc wuTamde oTaxidan Cqamic ar gaugonia. am dros dabrunebulan Sin ledi meinusi da misi qaliSvili. ledi meinuss vaJTan Sesvla moundomebia, raTa misTvis Rame nebisa esurvebina, magram oTaxis kari Signidan yofila daketili da Tumca bevri uyviria da ukakunebia, xma aravis gaucia. maSin gangaSi autexavs, kari ZaliT SeulewiaT da Tvalwin saSineli suraTi gadaSliaT: bedSavi Wabuki magidis axlos iatakze gaSxlarTuliyo. Tavi revolveris tyviiT hqonda saSinlad damaxinjebuli, magram oTaxSi araviTari iaraRi ar aRmoCnda. magidaze ido ori aTgirvanqiani sakredito bileTi da Cvidmeti girvanqa da aTi Silingi oqros da vercxlis fuli. monetebi dawyobili iyo sxvadasxva sididis patara svetebad. iqve magidaze ido qaRaldis furceli, romelzedac cifrebi da aderis klubis ramdenime amxanagis saxeli ewera. aqedan im daskvnis gamotana SeiZleboda, rom sikvdilis win axalgazrda kaci banqoSi mogebisa da wagebis angariSiT iyo garTuli.

yvela garemoebis gulmodgine gamokvlevis Semdeg saqme kidev ufro idumalebiT moculi aRmoCnda. upirveles yovlisa, gaugebrobas iwvevda Signidan karis Carazva. marTalia, mkvlelsac SeeZlo kari Signidan Caeketa da mere fanjaraSi gadamxtariyo, magram fanjara miwidan oci futis simaRleze iyo. amasTanave ayvavebuli zafranis kvali mis pirdapir sruliad dauzianebeli aRmoCnda. erTi yviTeli yvavilic ki ar iyo gaTelili. araviTari kvali ar Canda arc kordis viwro zolze, saxls rom gzidan yofda. etyoboda, saxli TviTon ronald aders daeketa. magram ranairad ewvia sikvdili? ise xom veravin gadaZvreboda fanjaraSi, rom kvali ar daetovebina? xolo Tu vivaraudebT, rom mkvlelma msxverpls fanjridan esrola, gamoCenili Cubini unda yofiliyo, radgan revolveris tyviiT aseT manZilze adamianis mokvla metismetad Znelia. amas garda, park-leini - xalxmravali quCaa, da saxlidan raRac as iardze ki etlTa sadgomia. magram mTavari mainc is iyo, rom srolis xma aravis gaugonia. amasTan erTad - utyuari faqtebi - mokluli da revolveris tyvia, romelic meore mxares gasuliyo, saxeze gaxldaT. Wrilobis xasiaTis mixedviT Tu vimsjelebT, Wabuki tyvias anazdeulad unda moekla.

aseTi iyo park-leinze momxdari idumali mkvlelobis garemoebani - mkvlelobisa, romlis idumaleba kidev ufro Zlierdeboda imiT, rom mkvlelobisaTvis araviTari TvalsaCino motivi ar arsebobda: aki, rogorc mogaxseneT, axalgazrda aders TiTqos araviTari mteri ar hyavda, xolo fuli da Zvirfaseuloba oTaxSi xeluxlebeli aRmoCnda.

mTeli dRe gonebis sasworze vwonidi yvela am faqts, vcdilobdi mimeyenebina maTTvis romelime Teoria, rac erTmaneTis sapirispiro movlenebs SeaTanxmebda, mepova `winaaRmdegobis wertili~, rasac Cemi sawyali megobari yovelgvari kvleva-Ziebis amosaval punqtad miiCnevda. unda vaRiaro, rom es ver movaxerxe. saRamos parkSi vseirnobdi da ase eqvs saaTze moulodnelad park-leinisa da oqsfordstritis kuTxeSi aRmovCndi. iq, trotuarze, Tavi moeyaraT usaqmurebs, romlebic daJinebiT acqerdebodnen erT sarkmels. maSin momagonda, rom mec swored am saxlis sanaxavad movedi. maRali, gamxdari, SavsaTvaliani kaci, romelic, Cemi azriT, gadacmuli maZebari unda yofiliyo, momxdar ambavTan dakavSirebiT raRac Teorias ayenebda, sxvebi usmendnen da garSemo mWidrod Semortymodnen. ufro axlos mivedi, magram misi msjeloba imdenad suleluri meCvena, rom zizRi momgvara, ukan davixie da ganrideba vcade. am dros ucabedad davejaxe Cems ukan mdgar welSi moxril berikacs, romelsac iRliaSi amoCrili wignebi Zirs daucvivda. dasaxmareblad daxrilma, SevniSne erTi wignis saTauri: `xeebis kultis warmoSoba~, da gavifiqre, albaT romelime sawyali bibliografia, romelic gamorCenis an xelovnebis siyvaruliT iSviaT gamocemebs agrovebs-meTqi. is iyo bodiSis moxda davapire, magram wignebi, romelTac saubedurod ase ukadrisad moveqeci, etyoba, maT mflobels Zalian Zvirad uRirda, vinaidan gajavrebulma raRac Caiburtyuna, zizRiT mibrunda da male moxrilbeWebiani da WaRara qilvaSebiani berikaci brboSi gauCinarda.

Cemi dakvirveba, park-leinze mdebare #427 saxlze, im amocanis gadawyvetaSi, ramac damainteresa, bevrs verafers damexmara. saxli quCidan meseriani dabali kedliT iyo gamoyofili. Robis simaRle xuT futsac ver aRwevda. maSasadame, baRSi, vinc moisurvebda, Zalian iolad Sevidoda. samagierod fanjara sruliad miudgomeli aRmoCnda. mis siaxloves arc wyalsadenis mili iyo da arc mcireodeni Sverili. ase rom, kedelze acocebas TviT yvelaze ufro daxelovnebuli tanmovarjiSec ver SeZlebda.

uwindelze ufro Sefiqrianebuli Sin davbrundi. kabinetSi xuTi wuTic ar damixanebia, roca msaxurma gogom momaxsena, viRac ucnobi gelodebaTo. Cemda gansacvifreblad, igi aRmoCnda is moxuci bibliofili, romelsac park-leinze gadaveyare. WaRariT mosili, gamokveTili, daRaruli saxe hqonda da iRliis qveS aTiode Zvirfasi wigni amoeCara.

- ra Tqma unda, Cemi mosvla gagikvirdebodaT, ser? - miTxra man Tavisi ucnauri, Cxavana xmiT.

davumowme, gamoicaniT-meTqi.

- xedavT, ser, mec Tavaziani kaci var. koWlobiT mogyvebodiT ukan da ucbad SevniSne, rom am saxlSi SemoxvediT. gadavwyvite, aseT zrdil da wesier adamianTan unda Sevide da bodiSi movixado-meTqi. marTalia, cota uxeSad mogeqeciT, magram Tqveni wyena namdvilad ar mqonia gulSi da Zlier madlobelic var, rom dabla dayrili wignebis akrefaSi damexmareT.

- ar Rirs laparaki aseT wvrilmanebze, - vupasuxe. - neba miboZeT gkiTxoT, ranairad gaigeT Cemi vinaoba?

- gavbedav da mogaxsenebT, ser, rom Tqveni mezobeli gaxlavarT, CerCstritis kuTxeSi wignis savaWro patara duqani maqvs da bednieri viqnebi, Tu odesme minaxulebT. iqneb Tqvenc agrovebT wignebs, ser? ai `britaneTis frinvelebi~, `katuli~, `saRvTo omi~. SeiZineT, ser. muqTad mogcemT. xuTi tomi swored Seavsebda cariel adgils Tqveni wignebis karadaSi, Torem raRac ulamazo ieri aqvs, ase ar aris, ser?

Sevtrialdi, rom Taroze amexeda. roca Tavi xelaxla movabrune, Cemi saweri magidis gverdiT momRimari Serlok holmsi idga. gaocebisagan Sevxti da ramdenime xans munjiviT Sevcqerodi, Semdeg ki albaT grZnoba davkarge - Cems sicocxleSi pirvelad da, imedi maqvs, ukanasknelad. maxsovs, rom TvalebSi raRac muqi nisli Camidga, xolo roca buranidan gamoverkvie, sayelo gaxsnili aRmomaCnda da bageze koniakis gemo vigrZeni. Tavs holmsi madga, romelsac xelSi koniakis boTli eWira.

- Cemo Zvirfaso uotson, - Tqva kargad nacnobma xmam, - aTasi bodiSi momiTxovia. verafriT ver warmovidgendi, rom Cemi dabruneba Tqvenze ase Zlier imoqmedebda.

xeli Cavavle da gaognebulma Sevyvire: - holms! es Tqvena xarT? nuTu marTla cocxali xarT? gana SesaZlebelia, rom im saSineli ufskrulidan cocxali amosuliyaviT?

- erTi wuTi madroveT, - mipasuxa man. minda gkiTxoT, SegwevT Tu ara unari saRad imsjeloT? radgan Cemma gamocxadebam Zalian Zlier agaRelvaT.

- axla ukeT var, magram, simarTle giTxraT, holms, Cems Tvalebs ar vujereb. RmerTo didebulo! RmerTo mowyaleo! nuTu es Tqvena xarT?

isev wavavle xeli da misi wvrili kunTovani xeli movsinje.

- ara, es ambavi sulis gamocxadebas ara hgavs, es udavoa, - vuTxari me. - Cemo Zvirfaso megobaro, ramdenad bednieri var, rom giyurebT! dabrZandiT da miambeT, ranairad moaxerxeT im ufskrulidan Tavis daRweva.

holmsi Cem pirdapir dajda da daudevari nacnobi maneriT papirosi gaabola, mas bukinistis gacveTili serTuki ecva, magram am maskaradis mTeli danarCeni mowyobiloba - bRuja WaRara Tma da Zveli wignebis Sekvra - magidaze eyara. Cemi megobari kidev ufro gamxdariyo da mzerac ufro gamWoli hqonda. saxeze saSineli feri dasdeboda, etyoboda, iseTi cxovreba, rasac ukanasknel wlebSi eweoda, misi janmrTelobisaTvis sikeTis momtani ar unda yofiliyo.

- ra sasiamovnoa welSi gasworeba, uotson! - miTxra holmsma, - maRali kacisaTvis mTeli futiT damokleba da ramdenime saaTs ase darCena, ioli saqme rodia. axla ki, Cemo Zvirfaso megobaro, vilaparakoT seriozul ambebze... saqme is aris, rom minda daxmareba gTxovoT, da Tu Tanaxma iqnebiT, mTel Rames mZime da saxifaTo muSaoba mogvelis. xom ar ajobebs Cemi Tavgadasavlis Txroba im dromde gadavdoT, roca es samuSao ukve damTavrebuli gveqneba?

- marTali giTxraT, cnobismoyvareoba cecxlis aliviT mwvavs, holms, da vamjobinebdi Tqveni ambavi axlave momesmina.

- Tanaxma xarT meaxloT am Rames?

- jojoxeTSiac rom CaxvideT, Tan CamogyvebiT.

- swored ise, rogorc dalocvil Zvel dros. mgoni, wasvlis win danayrebasac movaswrebT... ho, axla im ufskrulis ambavi gavixsenoT. simarTle giTxraT, iqidan amosvla arcTu Zalian gamWirvebia im ubralo mizeziT, rom ufskrulSi arc vyofilvar.

- ar yofilxarT?!

- ara, uotson, ar vyofilvar. magram Cemi baraTi Tqvendami sruliad gulwrfeladaa dawerili. roca viwro bilikze anazdeulad gansvenebuli profesori moriarti gamoCnda da xsnis erTaderTi gza Camiketa, sruliad darwmunebuli viyavi, rom CemTvis yvelaferi dasrulda. mis rux TvalebSi uwyalo gadawyvetileba amovikiTxe. erTmaneTs ramdenime sityva gavuziareT da man Tavazianad damrTo neba damewera mokle baraTi, rac Tqven miiReT kidec SemdegSi. werili Cems portsigarsa da alpenStokTan erTad davtove, TviTon ki biliks gavyevi. moriarti fexdafex momyveboda. bilikis bolos rom mivaRwie, SevCerdi - iqiT gza aRar iyo. Cems mowinaaRmdeges iaraRi ar uxmaria, xeldaxel meca da Tavisi grZeli mklavebi Semomxvia. icoda, rom misi wirva gamosuli iyo, da CemTvis samagieros gadaxda ewada. erTmaneTs xels ar vuSvebdiT, videqiT da ufskrulis piras vbRlaZunobdiT. mogexsenebaT, rom me vici iaponuri Widaobis `baritsus~ ileTebi, romelTac ara erTxel vuxsnivar. rogorc iqna, profesors xelidan davusxlti. man giJurad Sehyvira, ramdenime wami zed ufskrulis piras barbacebda, haers eWideboda, xelebs asavsavebda, rom wonasworoba daecva, magram, yovelgvarma cdam amaod Cauara; darRveuli wonasworoba veRar aRadgina da ufskrulSi gadaeSva, qvesknelSi gadavixede da kidev didxans vucqerodi, rogor mifrinavda Zirs Cemi mowinaaRmdege. Semdeg kldis Sverils daenarcxa da wyalSi CaiZira.

Rrma mRelvarebiT vusmendi holmss, romelic Tavis ambavs ise momiTxrobda, TiTqos sxvisas yveboda da Tan papiross mSvidad abolebda.

- mere, kvali? - SevZaxe uecrad. - TviTonve, Cemi sakuTari TvaliT vnaxe ori wyvili fexis kvali, Zirs rom miyveboda biliks da ukan aRar brundeboda.

- es ase moxda. imave wams, roca profesori ufskrulis siRrmeSi Caikarga, vigrZeni, rom bedis rCeuli me viyavi. magram isic kargad vicodi, moriarti ar iyo erTaderTi adamiani, romelsac Cemi sikvdili surda. sul cota, sami misi Tanamzraxveli mainc rCeboda. meTauris daRupvas ki maT gulebSi mxolod SurisZiebis cecxlis gaRviveba SeeZlo. samive uaRresad saSiSi adamiani iyo da romelime maTgani usaTuod moaxerxebda uaxloes droSi CemTan angariSis gasworebas. gonebis ZaliT ganvWvrite: Tu maT ecodinebodaT, rom cocxali aRara var, ufro iolad gascemdnen TavianT Tavs, da adre Tu gvian maT ganadgurebas movaxerxebdi. mere ki SemeZlo TavisTavad gamomecxadebina, rom cocxali var! adamianis tvini swrafad muSaobs. vidre profesori moriarti raixenbaxis CanCqeris Ziramde CaaRwevda, es gegma ukve mofiqrebuli mqonda.

Cems ukan kldovani kedeli iyo aRmarTuli. Cemi daRupvis ambavi, rac esoden mxatvrulad dagiweriaT, cxoveli interesiT wavikiTxe ramdenime Tvis Semdeg. Tqven amtkicebT, kedeli Sveuli da sriala iyoo. es mTlad ase ar gaxldaT. kldes hqonda ramdenime Sverili, romlebzedac SeiZleboda fexis mokideba. garda amisa, zogierTi niSnis mixedviT gavige, rom cota zemoT Rrmulic arsebobda... simaRlis gamo kldis Tavamde acoceba SeuZlebeli iyo, aseve SeuZleblad meCvena dasvelebuli bilikis ukvalod gavla. marTalia, SemeZlo Ceqmebis ukuRma Cacma, rogorc es kvalis asabnevad gamikeTebia xolme, magram erTi mimarTulebiT mimavali sami wyvili kvali mnaxvels ganzrax motyuebaSi aucileblad eWvs aRuZravda.

amrigad gza xsnisa kldeze acoceba iyo. es arc iseTi advili aRmoCnda, uotson. qvemoT CanCqeri Rmuoda da kldeni bans eubnebodnen. ficxi Wkuis kaci ara var, arc cecxlovani fantazia gamaCnia, magram geficebiT, momeCvena, TiTqos Cemamde aRwevda profesor moriartis xma, romelic ufskrulidan mixmobda. mcireodeni daudevroba da Sedegic sabediswero gaxdeboda. ramdenjerme, xelebSi balaxis Reroebi SemrCa, an kldis svel Sverilebze fexi damisxlta da, vifiqre, yvelaferi gaTavebulia-meTqi. magram mainc mivcocavdi, bolos, rogorc iqna, sakmaod Rrma, rbili mwvane xavsiT dafarul naprals mivaRwie, iq SemeZlo SeumCnevlad davwoliliyavi da damesvena. am dros, ki Tqven, Zvirfaso uotson, da yvelani, vinc Tqven moiyvaneT, ase gulis amaCuyeblad, magram uSedegod cdilobdiT aRgedginaT Cemi sikvdilis suraTi.