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holmsma gaiRima da saxeze didad momTmeni kacis gamometyveleba gamoexata.

- abano, abanoa Turquli da ara waRebi! ratom mimasustebeli da Zalian Zvirad Rirebuli Turquli abano da ara Cveni sakuTari abazana, Sin?

- imitom, rom daxanebuli revmatizmi mawuxebs, Turquli abano ki swored isaa, rasac Cven, medikosebi aseT SemTxvevaSi vurCevT adamianebs. karga lazaTiani dazela kunTebisa da tanis Sexureba, ris Semdegac TiTqos xelaxla ibadebi, yvelas uxdeba.

- sxvaTa Soris, holms, - ganvagrZe me, - logikurad moazrovne adamianisaTvis Cems fexsacmelsa da Turqul abanos Soris kavSiri TavisTavad cxadia, magram Zalian dagimadlebT, Tu mainc amixsniT Tqven ras gulisxmobT da swor kvalze damayenebT.

- mixvedra, gonisa da Wkuis moxmoba, swavleba da yovelive es arc ise miuwvdomeli ramaa, Zvirfaso uotson. holmsis TvalebSi damcinavi naperwklebi gakrTa. - am saqmeSi sruliad ubralo daskvnebis gamotanaa saWiro. riTac me xSirad vsargeblob xolme. SeiZleba aseTi kiTxvac daibados: vin mgzavrobda dRes kebiT TqvenTan erTad?

- es ukve dakiTxvaa da ara axsna, - cota sayvedurgareuli kiloTi mivuge me.

- yoCaR, uotson, piradi Rirsebis grZnobiT da savsebiT logikuradaa naTqvami. maS, saidan daviwyeT? modiT, gavarCioT jer kebis ambavi. Tqveni paltos marcxena mxarze da saxeloze talaxis Sxefebia. Sua adgilas rom mjdariyaviT, albaT sulac ar moisvrebodiT, an paltos orive kalTa erTnairad dagesvrebodaT. maS, marcxena mxares ijeqiT, da maSasadame, marto ar yofilxarT.

- ho, axla yovelive naTelia.

- ise Cveulebrivi ambavia, rom sasaciloc kia, ara?

- magram abano da waRebi?

- o, es kidev ufro bavSvur gasarTobad mogeCvenebaT. Tqven xom fexsacmelis yaiTnebs yovelTvis erTnairad ikravT. axla ki vxedav iklikanturi ormagi maryuJi gagikeTebiaT. romelic sulac ara hgavs Tqvens naxelavs. vis SeeZlo Tqveni yaiTnebis Sekvra? an xarazs, an mosamsaxures abanoSi. xarazi gamoricxulia, radgan fexsacmeli sruliad axalia. ra rCeba? rCeba abano. Zalian ubralo ambavia, ara? magram rogorc ar unda yofiliyo, uotson, Turqulma abanom mainc keTili saqme giyoT.

- ras gulisxmobT?

- Tqven aRiareT, rom iq waxvediT sxeulis SesanjRrevad, karga lazaTianad dazelvisa da gamococxlebis mizniT. neba miboZeT kvlav mogceT tanis SenjRrevisa da gamococxlebis SesaZlebloba. ras ityviT lozanaSi gamgzavrebaze, Zvirfaso uotson, - pirveli klasis salon-vagoniT, yvela xarji ukve gadaxdilia da Tanac princiviT imgzavrebT, ha?

- Cinebulia! magram risTvis?

holmsi Taviseburad gadawva savarZelSi da jibidan ubis wignaki amoiRo.

- amqveynad adamianTa modgmis yvela warmomadgenels Soris - daiwyo Cemma megobarma, - yvelaze ufro saSiSia martoxela qali, usaxlkaro da umegobro. es, erTi SexedviT, yovlad uwyinari da SesaZloa yvelaze ufro sasargeblo wevric ki sazogadoebisa ucvleli mizezia bevri da bevri danaSaulisa. es umweo arseba dRes aqaa da xval sxvagan, mas sakmao saxsrebi aqvs, qveynidan qveyanaSi xetialobs, erTi sastumrodan meoreSi gadadis da ai, romelime cnobil saeWvo pansionSi, an tolebSi, misi kvali gaqreba; TiTqos wiwila iyos, meliebis qveyanaSi gzaabneuli. da Tu gadasansla vinmem, momkiTxvelic aravin aRmouCndeba. albaT, ledi frensis karfeqsis Tavs faTeraki unda iyos.

zogadi msjelobidan konkretul ambavze aseTma swrafma gadasvlam gamaxara. holmsi furclavda ubis wignakis patara furclebs da ganagrZobda:

- ledi frensisi - erTaderTi pirdapiri STamomavalia graf raftonisa. am gvarSi, miwebi, iqneb gaxsovT kidec, vaJiSvilebis xelSi gadadioda. ledi frensisma mcire qoneba miiRo, magram mas darCa uiSviaTesi Zvirfaseuloba, Zveli espanuri namuSevrebi, araCveulebrivi ostatobiT dawaxnagebuli, vercxlSi Camjdari briliantebi. es samkaulebi qals imdenad uyvarda, rom ar surda maTi datoveba Tavis bankirTan da yovelTvis Tan dahqonda. Zalian manaRvlebs ledi frensisis yismaTi. gunebisa Tu RvTis ucnauri axirebiT am lamaz, jerac axalgazrda qals bedis ganCinebaSi uweria iyos am raRac oci wlis win jerac mZlavri da gafurCqnuli xis ukanaskneli toti, romelic xmeba.

- ki, magram, ra mouvida?

- ra mouvida ledi frensis karfeqss? cocxalia Tu mkvdari? ai, am dilemis winaSe vimyofebiT. igi mkacri Cveulebebis mqone adamiania. oTxi welia, or kviraSi erTxel Tavis moxuc guvernant qals, mis dobnis, romelic kamberuelSi cxovrobs da ukve didi xania aRar muSaobs, werilebs swers. amJamad saqmis viTareba aseTia: mis dobnim mommarTa da miTxra: ai, ukve xuTi kviraa, rac ledi frensiss arc erTi striqoni aRar mouweriao. ukanaskneli werili lozanidan, otel `nacionalidan~ movidao, saidanac ise wasula, rom misamarTi ar dautovebia. axloblebi SfoTaven. metismetad SeZlebuli xalxia da ra Tqma unda, araviTar xarjs ar daeridebian, Tu gavarkvevT, ra moxda.

- da es mis dobni - erTaderTi wyaroa, saidanac cnobebis miReba ZalgviZs? nuTu ledi frensiss sxva korespondentebi ar hyolia?

- hyavda, uotson, hyolia erTi korespondenti, da swored misgan gavige bevri ram sagulisxmo. es korespondenti banki gaxlavT. ledi frensisis fuli silvestris bankSi Zevs. me gavsinje misi angariSi. ukanasknelis win fuli gamoutania lozanis otelSi angariSis gasasworeblad, magram didi Tanxa auRia, ase rom xelzec kai Zali fuli darCeboda. Semdeg gasanaRdeblad mxolod erTi Ceki iqna wardgenili.

- vis mier da sad?

- madmuazel mari devinisaa, magram sad gamoweres, ar Cans. is Tanxa sami kviris win bank `lionis kreditis~ monpelies filials dauxuravs. jami - ormocdaaTi girvanqaa.

- madmuazel mari devini vinRaa?

- amisi garkvevac movaxerxe. davadgine, rom madmuazel mari devini ledi frensis karfeqss emsaxureboda, rogorc moaxle, magram risTvis dasWirda mis frensiss, rom Tavisi fuli moaxlisTvis gadaeca, es jer kidev ver damidgenia. ise, erTi wuTiTac ar mepareba eWvi, rom Tqveni Zieba mokle xanSi amis garkvevaSic dagvexmareba.

- Cemi Zieba?

- diax, Tqven xom lozanaSi miemgzavrebiT, raTa cota gavarjiSdeT. Cemi wasvla ki londonidan ar SeiZleba, vidre abrahamsis sicocxles safrTxe emuqreba. isedac, mravali mosazrebiT, Cemi wasvla inglisis sazRvrebs iqiT amJamad SeuZlebelia. skotlend-iardi uCemod moiwyens, sisxlis samarTlis samyaroSi ki gamococxleba daiwyeba. Tqven gaemgzavreT, Cemo Zvirfaso megobaro, da Tu Cemi moridebuli rCevis yoveli sityvisaTvis ori pensi gadasaxadi metismetad Zviri ar mogeCvenebaT, dRisa da Ramis nebismier dros mzad viqnebi Tqvenda samsaxurad kontinenturi telegrafisaTvis misawvdom farglebSi.

ori dRis Semdeg lozanis otel `nacionalis~ kari SevaRe. otelis saxelganTqmuli mmarTveli musie mozeri gansaxierebuli Tavazianoba iyo. diax, ledi frensisma maTTan ramdenime kvira icxovra otelSi. yvela moxibla. madami ha da ha, albaT, ormocisa Tu iqneba, metis araa. axlac Zalian kargi Sesaxedavia, da aba warmoidgineT, jeelobisas ra mSvenieri iqneboda; ojaxuri ganZisa musie mozerma araferi icoda, magram msaxurebisagan gaugonia, rom madam karfeqsis mZime Cemodani sawol oTaxSi mudam daketili iyo. moaxle mari devinic yvelas ise uyvarda, rogorc misi qalbatoni. mari devini daniSnulic ki yofila otelis erT-erT oficiantze da misi misamarTis gageba sulac ar aRmoCnda rTuli saqme. `monpelie, traianes quCa, saxli 11~, - Cavwere Cems wignakSi da gavifiqre, rom TviTon holmss SeSurdeboda is simarjve, riTac es cnobebi movipove.

erTi ram rCeboda bneliT moculi da vera da ver movaxerxe am kuTxisaTvis naTeli mimeyenebina, ratom wavida ase moulodnelad ledi frensisi lozanidan? misi cxovreba aq xom Zalze sasiamovnod aewyo! bunebrivi iqneboda, rom mTeli sezoni lozanaSi gaetarebina. is ki, erT mSvenier dRes, uceb moemzada da wavida, dakarga erTi kviris gadaxdili qira mSvenieri binisa, romlis fanjrebic tbas gadahyurebda. am amocanis amoxsna veravin SeZlo. erTaderTi varaudi gamoTqva moaxlis saqmrom jiulis vibarma: frensisis uecari wasvla otelidan dakavSirebulia erTi Savgvremani, wvermoSvebuli, maRali mamakacis gamoCenasTano, otelSi is kaci wina dRes mosula. `gt Tfgmfpub gt mukSefidu Tfgmfpu1~ (veluri, namdvili veluri) - gaiZaxoda jiulis vibari. is kaci Cvens qalaqSi sadRac daqiravebul binaSi unda cxovrobdeso. bevrs daunaxavs, rom, erTxel, roca madami sanapiroze seirnobda, is kaci miuaxlovda da aRelvebiT laparaki dauwyo. ingliseliao, ambobdnen, magram misi saxeli aravin icoda. meore dRes madami sadRac gaemgzavra. jiulis vibarica da rac mTavaria, misi daniSnulic amtkicebdnen, rom im vaJbatonis gamocxadeba iyo mizezi madamis wasvlisa. ledi frensis karfeqsis gauCinareba momxdari ambebis Sedegia. jiulis vibarma uari Tqva mxolod erTi ramis axsnaze: Tu ratom wavida mari, risTvis miatova Tavisi qalbatoni. an ar icoda, an ar surda amaze laparaki. `Tu es gainteresebT, CabrZandiT monpelieSi da TviTon mas hkiTxeTo~, - Tqva.

ase dasrulda Cemi Ziebisa da kvlevis pirveli nawili. axla unda gamerkvia, saiT wavida ledi frensis karfeqsi lozanidan. raki es garemoeba damala, maSasadame, ganzraxuli hqonda, Tavisi wasvliT viRacisaTvis kvali aebnia. sxvagvarad rogor unda agvexsna, rom misi bargis furclakze badeni ar iyo aRniSnuli? TviTonaca da misi bargic rainis dasaxelebul kurortze ara pirdapiri, aramed Sori gziT, SemovliT gaemgzavrnen. kukis adgilobrivi ganyofilebis biuroSi rom es gavige, me badenSi gaveSure, winaswar ki holmss Sevatyobine telegrafiT mTeli Cemi moqmedeba, rac man gulkeTili xumrobiT momiwona da Semaqo.

badenSi iolad vipove TiTqos dakarguli kvali. ledi frensisi gaCerebula otel `albionSi~ da iq ori kvira ucxovria. iqve gaucvnia viRac eqimi Slezingeri, samxreT afrikeli misioneri da misi coli. rogorc TiTqmis yvela martoxela qali, ledi frensisi nugeSsa da Svebas religiaSi eZiebda. am qalze araCveulebrivi zegavlena moexdina doqtor Slezingeris pirovnebasa da mis mtkice rwmenas. im xanebSi Slezingers Turme tanjavda is sneuleba, romelic maSin Seyroda, roca samxreT afrikaSi TavganwirviT moRvaweobda. ledi frensisi gulmodgined exmarebodao misis Slezingers wmindanis movlaSi, rogorc es ambavi otelis mmarTvelma miambo. wmindani mTeli dRe aivanze ijda xolme, Rrma savarZelSi, or mandilosans Soris da wminda miwis rukis Sedgenaze muSaobdao. igi gansakuTrebiT midielebis istoriiT yofila dainteresebuli, razedac Turme monografias amzadebs. bolos doqtoris janmrTeloba sagrZnoblad gaumjobesebula da is colTan erTad londonSi dabrunebula. ledi frensisic maT gahyoliaT. es ambavi sami kviris win momxdara da Semdeg im samis Taobaze mmarTvels aRaraferi smenia. rac Seexeba moaxle maris, ledi frensisis gamgzavrebamde sami dRiT adre, is qalbatonisagan namtiralevi gamosula, otelis mosamsaxure gogoebisaTvis SeuCivlia, qalbatonTan aRar vimsaxurebo da saSinlad danaRvlianebuli gamgzavrebula. doqtor Slezingers Tavisi angariSica da ledi frensis karfeqsis danaxarjebic TviTon gadauxdia.

- da iciT, - Tqva bolos otel `albionis~ mmarTvelma, - ledi frensiss marto Tqven ki ara, sxvebic daeZebeno. erTi kviris win misi ambis sakiTxavad CvenTan viRac mamakaci movida.

- saxeli Tqva?

- ara. ingliselia, Tumca garegnoba tipuri ingliselisa ara aqvs.

- velurs hgavs, ara? - vkiTxe da amiT Cemi megobris saxelovani holmsis, meTodis Tanaxmad, Sevapirispire CemTvis cnobili faqtebi.

- diax, diax, swored velursa hgavda. es sityva mis saqcielsa da garegnobas Zalian Seefereba. aylayuda, mziT damwvari, wverosani, aseTis adgili soflis traqtiria da ara feSenebeluri sastumro. kaci ki ara, raRac mrisxane urjukia, sul cofebsa yris, CemdaTavad aseTis ganawyenebas moveridebodi.

rogorc iqna, idumalebis fardis axda daiwyo - ase TandaTan ufro naTlad da mkafiod vxedavT quCebSi mosiaruleebs, roca nisli ifanteba. RvTisnier qals, yvelas rom endoba, kvaldakval dasdevs bediTi aCrdili. qals eSinia Tavisi mdevrisa, Torem lozanidan ase anazdad ar wavidoda. adre Tu gvian daeweva. an iqneb ukve daewia? amiT xom ar aixsneba ledi karfeqsis xangrZlivi dumili? maSadasame, badenSi gacnobil keTil adamianebs ar SesZlebiaT daecvaT qali muqarisa da devnisagan. ra saSineli saidumlo, ra miuwvdomeli ganzraxva aiZulebs im velur kacs, rom ledi frensiss kvaldakval sdios? es kiTxvebi mTeli sigrZe-siganiT aRimarTnen da Cems wminda gadawyvetilebas elodnen.

yvelaferi mivwere holmss, kmayofilma, rom saqmis arss ase male Cavwvdi. pasuxad miRebul depeSaSi holmsi mTxovda, amewera doqtor Slezingeris marcxena yuri. raRac Taviseburi iumoris grZnoba moevlineba xolme holmss, zogjer sxvisi Seuracxmyofelic. me, ra Tqma unda, uyuradRebod davtove misi ualago xumroba, - sxvaTa Soris, misi depeSa miviRe ukve monpelieSi, sadac mari devinis sanaxavad wavedi.

yofili moaxlis saxli iolad vipovne. man yvelaferi, miambo, rac icoda. mari devins Zalian hyvareboda Tavisi qalbatoni da mxolod imitom damSvidobebia, rom, misi azriT, axla ledi karfeqss gars megobrebi exvia. amaSi mari devini darwmunebuli iyo, isedac Cemi qorwinebis dRe axlovdeboda da maSin, sulerTia, qalbatons unda davSorebodio, miTxra. Sewuxebulma yofilma msaxurma aRiara isic, rom misis frensisi badenSi yofnis dros xSirad miwyreboda, TiTqos Cems erTgulebaSi eWvi epareboda da erTxel dakiTvac ki momiwyoo. amitom masTan ganSoreba arc ise mimZims, rogorc vfiqrobdio. ledi frensiss saqorwino saCuqris saxiT mari devinisaTvis Turme ormocdaaTi girvanqa gaumetebia. rogorc me, ise moaxle gogosac seriozul safrTxed migvaCnda is ucnobi kaci, romelsac qalbatoni lozanidan gaecala. mosamsaxure gogom Tavisi TvaliT naxa is veluri ledi karfeqss yvelas Tvalwin xelSi rogor Caafrinda. saSineli kacia, viRac cofiani da oxeri. ledi frensisi albaT imitom gaemgzavra londonSi SlezingerebTan erTad, rom im kacisa eSinodao. qalbatons CemTan im kacze arasodes ulaparakia, magram bevri niSnis mixedviT vxedavdi, rom qalbatons erTTavad mZime SiSi tanjavdao.

- eger, SexedeT! - uceb Sewyvita laparaki gogom da skamidan wamovarda, - naZirala kidev imis kvals eZebs.

sastumros Ria fanjaraSi me davinaxe Zalian maRali kaci, romelsac Savi xuWuWa wver-ulvaSi hqonda. nela midioda quCaSi, qvafenilze, da saxlebis nomrebs gulmodgined aTvalierebda. ueWvelia isic ledi karfeqsis mosamsaxures daeZebda. daufiqreblad gaviWeri gareT da SevaCere.

- Tqven ingliseli xarT? - vkiTxe.

- mere Tqven ra, Tundac ingliseli viyo? - agdebulad miTxra ucnobma.

- neba momeciT gkiTxoT, ra gqviaT?

- ra Tqveni Wkuis saqmea, - momiWra sityva Tavxedma.

viTareba daiZaba. gadavwyvite jiqur misvla - pirdapiri gza xom yvelaze moklea! - da mkacrad vkiTxe:

- sadaa ledi frensis karfeqsi?

gaocebuli momaSterda.

- ra daatexeT Tavs? ratom devniT im qals? me pasuxs viTxov!

rogorc vefxvi, iseTi gaSmagebuli RmuiliT meca is kaci. araerTxel gamilaxavs mowinaaRmdege CxubSi. magram im giJs rkinis TaTebi da cofiani xaris Rone aRmoaCnda. sami wamic ar gasula, rom yelSi mwvda, wamiWira da ukve grZnobas vkargavdi, rom Cems beds, uceb, iqve samikitnodan gamovarda viRac gauparsavi frangi, lurjxalaTiani Segirdi, Cems damjabnels marjved Cascxo mxrebSi keti da xeli gaaSvebina. is oxeri wuTiT kidev idga, meryeobda cofmoreuli da albaT fiqrobda, kidev xom ar veceo, Semdeg borotad Caiburtyuna raRac da im kabaresken wavida, saidanac is iyo gamovedi. Semovbrundi, rom madloba meTqva Cemi mxsnelisaTvis, romelic jer kidev qvafenilze idga, da uecrad gavigone:

- aba, gilocav, uotson, saqmis ase gafuWebas mofiqreba ar unda? Cans, CemTan erTad mogixdebaT Ramis eqspersiT londons dabruneba.

erTi saaTis Semdeg Serlok holmsi, ukve Tavisi sakuTari saxiT, rogorc yovelTvis sufTa da eleganturi, Cems gverdiT ijda otelSi. misi moulodneli bednieri gamoCena ubralod ar momxdara: garemoebebma saSualeba misces, londonidan wamosuliyo da gadauwyvetia gamoveWire iq, sadac, misi varaudiT, imJamad unda vyofiliyavi. muSis samosi Caucvams da Cems molodinSi samikitnoSi mokalaTebula.

- da rogor Tanmimdevrulad moqmedebdiT, Zvirfaso uotson! yvela im Secdomidan, rac SeiZleboda kacs mosvloda, xelidan arc erTi ar gauSviT. sabolood yvela daafrTxeT da verc veraferi gaarkvieT.

- iqneb verc Tqven moaxerxebdiT metis gagebas, - wyeniT mivuge mec.

- araviTari `iqneba~ ar arsebobs, rakiRa me marTlac meti movaxerxe. ager didad pativcemuli filip grinic gamoCnda, igi Tqveni mezobelia sastumroSi. SesaZloa, misi daxmarebiT saqme ufro warmatebiT waviyvanoT.

laqiam siniT mogvarTva sadarbazo baraTi da oTaxSi Semovida is wverosani xuligani, romelic quCaSi Tavs damesxa, me rom Semomxeda, SekrTa da SeCerda.

- es ras niSnavs, mister holms? - ikiTxa man. - Tqveni baraTi miviRe da aqeT gamoveSure. magram rogor avxsna aq am kacis yofna?

- es kaci - Cemi Zveli megobari da kolega, eqimi uotsonia, igi Cvens samZebro saqmeSi daxmarebas gviwevs.

ucnobma mziT damwvari mixakisferi TaTi gamomiwoda da ramdenime sabodiSo sityva miTxra: - mgoni didi ziani ar mogayeneT. roca Tqven brali damdeT, viTom im qalis winaSe raime dameSavebinos, veRar moviTmine. am dReebSi ise vcxovrob, rom Cemi movaleoba da pasuxismgebloba kargad aRar mesmis. nervebma miRalata, magram yvelaze Zalian is mainteresebs, mister holms, saerTod rogor gaigeT Cemi arseboba?

- me velaparake ledi frensisis guvernant qals, mis dobnis.

- sayvareli moxuci susan dobni Tavisi uzarmazari CaCiT! kargad maxsovs!

- imasac axsovxarT. iseTi, rogoric iyaviT uwin, afrikaSi wasvlamde.

- maS, Tqven mTeli Cemi cxovrebis ambavi iciT! kargia, rom damalva da dafarva arafrisa mWirdeba, mister holms. geficebiT, qveynad ar moinaxeba kaci, romelsac eyvareboda qali ufro Zlier, vidre me miyvarda ledi frensisi. magram axalgazrdobaSi TavaSvebul cxovrebas veweodi, rogorc Cveni wris mravali axalgazrda kaci, Tumca sxvebze cudi ar vyofilvar. im qalis suli ki ubiwo TovliviT spetaki iyo. yovelive tlanqi da mdabali, mouTmeneli da autaneli iyo misTvis. roca Cemgan Cadenili ambebi mis yurs miswvda, Cemi naxva aRar moisurva. arada me vuyvardi am wminda qals - ai, raa sakvirveli! vuyvardi ise, rom Cemi gulisaTvis mTeli sicocxle gauTxovari darCa.me barbertonSi wavedi. gavida mravali weli, movixveWe simdidre da bolos gadavwyvite Zveli satrfos povna, iqneb guli movulbo-meTqi. vicodi, rom ar gaTxovila. lozanaSi aRmovaCine, warsuli gavaxsene, Sevevedre, patieba vTxove. mgonia, Cems Txovnas yrud ar Sexvedria, magram gautexeli nebisyofisa iyo da, roca meore dRes masTan mivedi, Sevityve, rom lozana mietovebina: movaxerxe imis gageba, rom badenSi wasula, xolo cota mogvianebiT isic davadgine, rom aq cxovrobs misi moaxle. uxeSi, tlanqi kaci var, gamovlilma cxovrebam gamxada aseTi da, roca doqtorma uotsonma im qalze laparaki damiwyo, vifeTqe. magram, RvTis gulisaTvis, miTxariT, ra SeemTxva ledi frensiss?

- swored es gvinda gavigoT, - Tqva holmsma Zalian seriozulad. - Tqven sad gaCerdebiT londonSi?

- otel `langhemSi~.

- maSin gTxovT dauyovnebliv gaeSureT londons da, Tu dagvWirdebiT, mzad iyaviT. auxdeneli imedebiT ar minda agavsoT, mister grin, magram ledi frensisis gadasarCenad, garwmunebT, gakeTdeba yvelaferi, rac SesaZlebelia. axla metis Tqma ar SemiZlia. ai, Cemi sadarbazo baraTi. roca geneboT, damikavSirdiT. axla ki, uotson, Tu Tqven gaemzadebiT, me gavvardebi telegrafSi da vTxov misis hadsons, xval rva saaTze or damSeul kacs Tavisi, rogorc mzareulis, xelovneba gviCvenos.

beiker-stritze depeSa gveloda. holmsma xarbi interesiT waikiTxa da gamomiwoda. depeSa gamogzavnili iyo badenidan da sul erT sityvas Seicavda: `moglejili~.

- ra aris es? - gamikvirda.

- am erT sityvas uzarmazari azri aqvs, - Tqva holmsma. - imedi maqvs, gaxsovT Cemi Txovna, rac erTi SexedviT suleluri mogeCvenebodaT: me gTxovdiT, ageweraT pativcemuli misioneris marcxena yuri. Tqven is depeSa upasuxod datoveT.

- me arc SemeZlo mag cnobis mowodeba, me xom im dros badenSi ar viyavi.

- marTals brZanebT. swored amitom gavugzavne igive depeSis asli `albionis~ mmarTvels da ager pasuxi.

- mere, raze metyvelebs misi pasuxi?

- imaze, Cemo Zvirfaso uotson, rom saqme gvaqvs uaRresad eSmak da saSiS kacTan. misioneri samxreT afrikidan, doqtori Slezingeri holi piters-wmindani, gaxlavT erT-erTi yvelaze ufro gamobrZmedili borotmoqmedTagani, romelic avstraliidan mogvevlina. es axalgazrda qveyana ukve mravali samagaliTo nimuSis akvania. pitersi martoxela qalebze monadirea, igi maT Tavis maxeSi abams, borotad iyenebs maTs religiur grZnobebs, xolo ingliseli qali, saxelad freizeri, misi egreTwodebuli coli, am saqmeSi exmareba. doqtor Slezingeris taqtikam momca safuZveli daveWvebuliyavi, rom Slezingeri ki ara, piters-wmindania, misi marcxena yuris is aRweriloba ki, romelic depeSaSia mocemuli, Cems eWvs adasturebs. piters-wmindans marcxena yuri miaknites mTvralebma q. adelaidaSi Cxubis dros. 1889 wels sabralo ledi frensisi saSineli adamianebis xelSia Cavardnili, uotson. isini arafris winaSe ar daixeven ukan. Zalian advili SesaZlebelia, rom qali cocxalic aRar iyos. Tu cocxalia, albaT cxraklitulSi hyavT gamomwyvdeuli da werilis daweras veRar axerxebs. SesaZloa, londons verc CaaRwia, Tumca vin icis, kontinentur policiasTan xumroba saxifaTo ramaa, maT registraciis iseTi sistema aqvT, rom Slezingeri da misi amfsoni qals ver gamoaparebdnen; an iqneb Sorsac wavida, magram es naklebad sarwmunoa, radgan londoni erTaderTi adgilia mTels inglisSi, sadac aramzadebs SeuZliaT qali ise Seinaxon, eWvi aravin aiRos. instinqtiT vgrZnob, rom ledi karfeqsi londonSia, magram isic ar vici, sad veZioT. amitom gamosavali erTia: moTmineba. axla visadiloT, mogvianebiT ki skotlend-iardSi Sevivli da Cvens megobar lestreids gavesaubrebi.

dro gadioda, magram verc policiam, verc holmsis informaciis sakuTarma biurom - patara, magram uaRresad moqmedma organizaciam - ver SeZlo ledi karfeqsis adgilsamyofelis aRmoCena. adamianebi, romelTac veZebdiT, ise daikargnen mravalmilionian londonSi, TiTqos amqveynad arc yofiliyvnen. vaqveynebdiT gazeTebSi gancxadebebs, fxizlad vmeTvalyureobdiT yvela bunags, sadac SeiZleboda pitersi gamoCeniliyo, mxedvelobis areSi gvyavda xalxi, romelTanac mas odesRac kavSiri hqonia, magram yvelaferi amao iyo. mTeli kviris unayofo Ziebasa da mtanjvel fiqrebs Sedegad is mohyva, rom uecrad Cvens rudunebasa da garjas naTeli moefina. bevingtonis lombardSi vestminster-roudze Zveli espanuri namuSevari, briliantebiT gawyobili vercxlis sakidi moitanes. nivTi CacmulobiT samRvdelom, tanmaRalma, uwverulvaSo kacma daagirava. etyoba, mogiravnes saxelica da misamarTic yalbi dautova. mister bevingtons ar SeumCnevia, damgiravebels ranairi yuri hqonda, magram, sityvieri portretis mixedviT, igi udavod Slezingeri iyo.

Cveni wverosani megobari otel `langhemSi~ cxovrobda, igi samjer gvestumra ambis gasagebad. mesamed swored im dros mogvadga, roca briliantis Cabarebis ambavi gavigeT. dardma igi ramdenime wliT daabera, tansacmeli tanze ise ekida, rogor sakidze. `netav raimeTi SemeZlos Tqveni daxmareba!~ - gveubneboda sasowarkveTili. rogorc iqna, holmsma misTvis saqme gamonaxa.

- raki Zvirfasi qvebis dagiravebas mihyo xeli, axla namdvilad SevipyrobT.

- magram es xom imas niSnavs, rom ledi frensiss raRac ubedureba daemarTa?

holmsma Tavi raRac saeWvod gadaaqn-gadmoaqnia.

unda vivaraudoT, rom isini aqamde tyveobaSi tanjavdnen qals. misi ganTavisufleba maT ar SeuZliaT, radgan es ambavi daRupavT. mister grin, Cven uaresi da uaresi ambebis molodini unda viqonioT.

- me ra unda gavakeTo?

- Tqven xom ar gicnoben isini?

- ara.

- SesaZlebelia, meored is sxva oqromWedelTan mivides. maSin yvelaferi Tavidan unda daviwyoT. Tumca bevingtonTan kargi fasi aiRo da arc araferi ukiTxavs vinmes, amitom Cemi varaudiT, roca fuli isev dasWirdeba, albaT masTanve micunculdeba. bevingtons werils gavugzavni da gavagebineb, rom am dReebSi mis maRaziaSi Tqveni yofna aucilebelia: Tu pitersi mova, mas saxlamde unda mihyveT da sdioT. oRond naCqarevi nabiji ar gadadgaT da, rac mTavaria, araviTari Zaladoba! momeciT kacuri sityva, rom CemTan SeuTanxmeblad arafers moimoqmedebT.

ori dRe ise gavida, pativcemul grinisagan araviTari cnoba ar migviRia (sxvaTa Soris, is saxelganTqmuli admiralis grinis Svili iyo. admirali grini xom yirimis omSi azovis flots sardlobda). mesame dRes grini akankalebuli da ferdakarguli Semovarda beiker-stritis sastumro oTaxSi.

- xelSi Cagvivarda, xelSi Cagvivarda, - rogorc iyo amoTqva, rac undoda.

mRelvarebisagan xma uwydeboda. holmsma igi savarZelSi Casva da dasamSvideblad ramdenime tkbili sityva uTxra.

- yvelaferi dalagebulad gviambeT, - sTxova bolos.

- qali am erTi saaTis win movida. diax, amjerad coli mobrZanda da zustad iseTive sakidari moitana, rogoric pirvelad. maRali, fermkrTali qalia, qrcvinis Tvalebi aqvs...

- es is qalia, - daudastura holmsma.

- gavyevi. kenington-roudze Seuxvia, kudSi mivdevdi. uceb mekubovis duqanSi Sevida...