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- ar velodi Tqvens vizits, polkovniko emsuord, - wamoiZaxa kacma. - meSinia, rom es Cvens gegmebs xels SeuSlis.

- verafers gavxdi, mister kent, - ugunebod miugo polkovnikma. - iZulebuli gavxdi es nabiji gadamedga. SeuZlia mister godfris Cveni miReba?

- ki, ra Tqma unda, gelodebaT.

am sityvebze kenti Sebrunda saxlSi da SegvipatiJa. did, farTo oTaxSi SevediT. buxarTan, zurgSeqceviT mamakac idga.

- godfri, Zvelo megobaro! Zlivs ar gixile, - Sehyvira dodma da mivarda. magram godfri swrafad gaxta ganze.

- ar Semexo, jimi. Sors dadeqi, megobaro. Soridan SegiZlia datkbe Cemi mzeriT. xom vgavar im mamac kaprals - godfri emsuords, kavaleriis eskadronis sayvarel ymawvils?

godfris garegnoba marTlac uCveulo iyo. misi odesRac mSvenieri, mzedakruli swornakvTiani saxe TeTr naSrevebs daeRara. Subli arabunebrivad TeTri hqonda, nikapi - muqi, cxviris erTi naxevari - TeTri, meore naxevari - Savi, ris gamoc kidev ufro Savad moCanda. SeZrwunebuli dodi gaocebuli miaCerda Tavis megobars.

- ai, ratom ar vwyalob xolme mnaxvelebs, jimi, - kuSti ieriT Cailaparaka godfrim. - Cemi damaxinjebuli garegnoba mnaxvels zizRsa hgvris. vici, es Senze ar iTqmis, jimi, Cemo Zvelo megobaro, magram mainc martoobas vamjobineb.

- godfri, me ki rogor maSinebda Seni bedi! meCveneboda, rom safrTxe gemuqreboda da unda damexseni. pirdapir Wkuas vkargavdi...

- ralfisagan Sevityve, rom aqa xar. ici, ra Zlieri iyo es cTuneba? gadavwyvite, cali TvaliT mainc Sevxedav-meTqi. magram Sen SemniSne. da iZulebuli gavxdi, Tavqudmoglejili gamovqceuliyavi Cems bunagSi.

- RmerTo, godfri, mereda ras niSnavs es yvelaferi?

- oh, ra gaewyoba, yvelafers giambob, rac gadamxda. es daiwyo pretoriaSi, im brZolis Semdeg, sadac daviWeri.

- es gagonili maqvs, magram dawvrilebiT araferi vici.

- Cveni sami mebrZoli: simsoni, anderCeni da me CamovcildiT nawils da alyaSi movxvdiT. ori mokles, me ki mZimed daviWeri. rogorc iyo, cxenze Sejdoma movaxerxe da gaviqeci, ar vicodi, saiT. viqrole, vidre cnoba ar davkarge da cxenidan ar gadmovvardi.

gons rom movedi, ukve Rame iyo. sisxlisagan daclili mTlad dauZlurebuli viyavi, Tanac jojoxeTurad cioda. gaxsovs is uCveulo sineste, Zvalsa da rbilSi rom gvatanda da sulac ara hgavs Cveni mxris jansaR, sasiamovno yinvas? mokled, kbils kbilze maceminebda da vgrZnobdi, rogor mecleboda Zal-Rone.

Cemda gasaocrad, uceb sakmaod mozrdili saxli davinaxe, mravalfanjriani. vgrZnobdi, sicocxlis SenarCunebis erTaderTi imedi axla isRa iyo, rom xoxviT mimeRwia im saxlamde. mec im TavSesafars mivaSure. mivdiodi barbaciT, xan vecemodi, xan vdgebodi da bolos, sanaxevrod grZnobadakargulma, mivaRwie saxlis aivans. karSi Sevedi, bundovnad gavarCie didi oTaxebi da ramdenime logini. erT-erT loginTan mivedi, carieli iyo, Cavweqi da grZnobac davkarge...

diliT, gamomeRviZa Tu buranidan gamovfxizldi, ar vici. sanaxaoba, rac maSin Tvalwin damidga, dRemde maZrwunebs.

warmoidgine didi oTaxi, mziT gasxivosnebuli, da Sig Camwkrivebuli erTnairi sawolebi, TeTr kedlebs Soris Cem maxloblad idga arseba, romelsac Znelad Tu uwodebdi adamians. es iyo juja, uzarmazar Taviani, TiTqos mxrebze daudgamT burTi da Tanac sruliad meloti. igi raRacaze gacxarebuli laparakobda, mgoni, holandiurad da Tanac Zlier iqnevda xelebs. me gaocebuli Sevyurebdi. aman, etyoba, kidev ufro gaabraza, radgan saSineli Savi, mrude xelebi gamomiwoda, romelic gareuli mxecis sacecebs ufro hgavda.

loginidan cota moSorebiT adamianTa jgufi idga da cnobismoyvareobiT Semomcqerodnen. maT danaxvaze guli SiSisagan gameyina.

eseni iyvnen Sesabralisi, damaxinjebuli, gasiebuli arsebani, romelTac daWmul-gadagvarebuli kidurebi hqondaT, saxeebi ki wylulebiT dafaruli. yvelani yayanebdnen, xiTxiTebdnen, Semomcqerodnen da ise xalisianad icinodnen, rom muceli xeliT eWiraT. maTi jojoxeTuri xarxari axlac Camesmis yurSi.

sastikma jujam, albaT loginis patronma, Tavisi sazareli sacecebi Camavlo mxrebSi. Cvens Soris brZola gaimarTa. Cemi Wrilobidan sisxlma iTqriala. magram Cemi mtanjveli aman ver SeaCera. ZalTa upiratesoba aSkarad mis mxareze iyo. uceb reti damesxa da grZnoba davkarge.

gons meore oTaxSi movedi. Cems gverdiT veRarc juja davinaxe, veRarc is safrTxobelebi. fanjarasTan idga xnieri, CemTvis ucnobi adamiani. roca dainaxa, rom gons movedi, momibrunda:

`Tavs rogora grZnobT? axlave SegixvevT Wrilobas~.

`sada var, eqimo?~ - susti xmiT vkiTxe me.

eqims saxe moeRrubla.

`jobs, ar ikiTxoT, axalgazrdav. Tqvens Wrilobebs ganvkurnavT, magram aq bevrad ufro didi safrTxe gemuqrebaT, vidre brZolis velze. Tqven keTrovanTa TavSesafarSi moxvdiT. bedSavni, romlebic dilas naxeT, keTrovnebi arian~.

eldanakravma davikvnese.

`maS es Rame keTrovnis loginSi gavatare?~ - CurCuliT vTqvi SeZrwunebulma.

`diax, uaRresad sarisko saqcielia, - damidastura eqimma. - me keTrisagan Seuvalad vTvli Tavs, magram aseT nabijs verc me gadavdgamdi~.

yvelaferi gaTavebuli iyo, jimi. ganwiruli viyavi sasicocxlod, romelsac sikvdili jobda. da mainc, mas Semdeg, rac pretoriis hospitalSi mimiyvanes, sul saswaulis imedi mqonda: iqneb gadavurCe sens-meTqi? - meaTased vekiTxebodi Tavs. hospitlidan rom gamovewere, Sin wamovedi. aq ki vnaxe, rom sazareli sneulebis niSnebma Cems saxeze ukve iCines Tavi. mSoblebs yvelaferi vuambe. erTaderTi gamosavali iyo xmebis dayra, viTom xangrZliv mogzaurobaSi viyavi wasuli, TviTon ki aqve davsaxldi, saxlis maxloblad, eqimis meTvalyureobis qveS, im imediT, rom ar gascemda Cems saidumloebas. sxva SemTxvevaSi me Tavs mikravdnen leprozoriumSi, sadac sicocxlis dasasrulamde unda dameyo Cemebr ubedur adamianTa Soris. kaciSvilisaTvis ar SeiZleboda am saidumlos gandoba. arc SenTvis, jimi, Cemo megobaro. vicodi; Cemi daSoreba SenTvis mZime iqneboda, magram ra unda meqna? ai, mTeli Cemi Tavgadasavali.

godfri dadumda. me davinaxe, raoden SeaZrwuna dodi megobris monaTxrobma. ijda welSi moxrili da Tavi xelebSi Caergo.

- Cemi brali ar aris, rom am adamianebma Cvens saidumloebas miakvlies, - ametyvelda godfris mama. - ai, es kaci, - da Cemze mouTiTa, - yvelafers mixvda. maSin gadavwyvite, misTvis yvelaferi gamendo.

- swored moiqeciT, polkovniko, - vupasuxe me. - SeiZleba Cemi Careva sasargeblo gamodges. miTxariT, - mivubrundi me kents, - Tqven xom aseT daavadebaTa specialisti xarT?

- me am dargSi imdenive codna maqvs, ramdenic yovel ganaTlebul eqims, - civad mipasuxa mkurnalma.

- eWvi ar mepareba Tqvens kompetenturobaSi, eqimo, - ar davayovne pasuxi. - magram aseT SemTxvevaSi aucilebelia kidev erTi specialistis konsultacia. vfiqrob, mister godfri arc erT sxva eqimisTvis ar giCvenebiaT, radgan geSinodaT saidumlos gacemisa.

mister emsuordma Tanxmobis niSnad Tavi daaqnia.

- es gaviTvaliswine, - ganvagrZe me. - etlSi imyofeba Cemi Zveli nacnobi ser jeims sondersi, amgvar daavadebaTa cnobili specialisti. vfiqrob, ser jeimssac vTxovoT, gasinjos es avadmyofi da gviTxras Tavisi azri.

- vis ar smenia saxelovani profesoris sondersis saxeli! - SesZaxa gawiTlebulma doqtorma kentma. - siamovnebiT gavecnobodi aseT SesaniSnav eqims.

- maSin vTxovoT ser jeimss, mobrZandes, - ganvagrZe me, - da...

magram polkovnikma Semawyvetina.

- Cven ki gadavideT Cems kabinetSi, sadac, imedi maqvs, mister Zolmsi agvixsnis, ranairad axada farda Cvens saidumloebas.

aq ki mivxvdi, rogor maklda TvalSi erTguli uotsoni. magram samwuxarod Cemi megobari CemTan aRar iyo. amitom TviTon momixda sityviT gamosvla patara auditoriaSi, romelsac godfris dedac Semoemata.

- me Cveulebriv iqidan viwyeb, rom gamovricxav xolme yvelafers, rac SeuZlebelia, - daviwye isev. - is, rac rCeba, simarTle unda iyos, rarig SeuZlebelic ar unda Candes. amasTan yoveli darCenili varianti frTxilad unda gavarCioT da SevamowmoT.

igive principi gamoviyene am samwuxaro ambavSiac. SesaZleblad miviCnie samgvari axsna am ucnauri SemTxvevisa, rac misterma dodma miambo. risTvis unda hyolodaT axalgazrda kaci karCaketili da mTeli gare samyarosagan mowyvetili?

upirveles yovlisa, raRac danaSaulSi unda yofiliyo CaTreuli. meore SesaZlebloba iyo is, rom saqme SeSlilTan gvqonoda da mSoblebs ar surdaT misi moTavseba sagiJeTSi.

dabolos, mesame. axalgazrda kaci Sepyrobilia seniT, rac srul izolacias moiTxovs. samive SesaZlebloba erTnairad mosalodneli iyo da yvela moiTxovda gulmodgined Semowmebas.

danaSaulis varianti seriozul kritikas ver uZlebda. jer erTi, araviTari danaSaulis ambavi ara msmenia, am aremareze rom vinmes Caedinos. meorec, aseT SemTxvevaSi godfris mSoblebi Seecdebodnen sadme Sors gaegzavnaT Svili da ara aqve yurisZirSi hyolodaT.

sigiJis varianti ufro damajerebeli Canda. amaze metyvelebda is garemoeba, rom axalgazrda kaci viRacis meTvalyureobis qveS imyofeboda, albaT eqimisa. gasxovT, mister dod, me rom gkiTxeT, ras kiTxulobda-meTqi Tqvens megobarTan myofi kaci? imedi mqonda, rom mis xelSi samedicino Jurnals naxavdiT.

magram am variantis winaaRmdeg laparakobdnen Semdegi faqtebi. axalgazrda emsuordi rom giJi yofiliyo, Znelad Tu eqneboda aseTi Tavisufleba, rom parkSi evlo, Tundac RamiT. amas garda, ratom iyo yvelaferi mis garSemo aseTi saidumloebiT moculi? bolos da bolos, araferi kanonis sawinaaRmdego ar aris imaSi, rom suliT avadmyofi kargi eqimis meTvalyureobis qveS imyofebodes pavilionSi. ara, arc sigiJis Teoria vargoda.

amrigad, rCeboda mesame varianti, marTalia, yvelaze ufro daujerebeli, magram faqtebiT yvelaze ukeT dadasturebuli.

axalgazrda kaci samxreT afrikaSi ibrZoda. keTri im adgilebSi xSiri daavadeba gaxlavT. rogor moiqceodnen moyvaruli mSoblebi, Tu maTi Svili am saSineli seniT daavaddeboda?

uwinares yovlisa, saWiro iqneboda, sastiki saidumloebiT dacva sneulis adgilsamyofelisa. kanonis Tanaxmad keTrovani dauyovnebliv unda gaigzavnos leprozoriumSi. amitom axalgazrda emsuordi mSoblebma sakmaod dafarul adgilze moaTavses, rom gareT samyarosTan kavSiri ar hqonoda. bolos, mas miuCines saimedo kaci, albaT eqimi...

aseT SemTxvevaSi gasagebia saxis saocari gaTeTrebac - saSineli senis Cveulebrivi Sedegi, agreTve sneulis seirnoba RamiT da bevri sxva faqti.

gadavwyvite ise memoqmeda, TiTqos es mesame Teoria savsebiT dadasturebuli yofiliyo. mamulSi rom CamovediT, me SevniSne kidev erTi detali, ramac yvela eWvi gamifanta. ralfi, romelic pavilionSi saWmels ezideba, tyavis xelTaTmanebs icvams. kari rom gagviRo, es xelTaTmani ecva. Cemi maxvili ynosviT mivxvdi, rom xelTaTmanebi sadezinfeqcio nivTierebiT iyo gaJRenTili.

am adgilas Cemi Txroba ser jeimsis mosvlam Sewyvita. saxelovani doqtoris Cveulebisamebr pirquS saxes msubuqi Rimili dasTamaSebda. swrafad miuaxlovda misis emsuords da xeli magrad CamoarTva.

- ufro xSirad mudam ubedurebis mauwyebeli viyavi xolme, - mogvibrunda yvelas ser jeimsi. - magram dRes SemiZlia gagaxaroT, batonebo. eWvic ar SegeparoT... godfri emsuords araviTari keTri ara sWirs. o, vxedav, dedamisi gancvifrebulia aseTi sasiamovno axali ambiT. eqimo kenti, mixedeT, geTayva, misis emsuords. maS ase, - ganagrZo ser jeimsma. - kanis gaTeTreba marTlac xSiri Sedegia keTrisa. magram am SemTxvevaSi saqme gvaqvs daavadebasTan, rac kanis araswor pigmentacias iwvevs da rasac fsevdokeTri ewodeba. es Seupovari da Znelad gansakurnavi sneulebaa, magram sulac araa infeqciuri, da araferi aqvs saerTo keTrTan. sainteresoa, rom am daavadebaTa simptomebi saocrad hgvanan erTmaneTs, xolo daavadebis mizezebi ucnobia. ar aris gamoricxuli, rom aq did rols TamaSobs fsiqologiuri faqtorebi, romelTac jer kidev naklebad vicnobT. SesaZlebelia, fsiqiurma travmam, usazRvro daZabulobam da SiSma, rac ganicada axalgazrda kacma xangrZlivi drois ganmavlobaSi im momentidan, rac keTrovanTa Soris moxvda, bolos da bolos gamoiwvia sxeulis cvlileba, msgavsi imisa, risic avadmyofs eSinoda. magram me vxedav, - dasZina ser jeimsma, - rom misis emsuordi ukve gons modis. ra kargia, rom bednierebisagan adamianebi ara kvdebian!

eqvsi napoleoni

skotlendiardeli maZebari, mister lestreidi, saRamoobiT Cveni xSiri stumari iyo. Serlok holmss siamovnebda xolme misi mosvla. igi CvenTvis iqca policiaSi momxdari yovelnairi ambebis macned, rasac holmsi didad umadlida. Cemi megobari gulisyuriTa da siamovnebiT ismenda lestreidis moTxrobebs im saqmeebze, romlebic davalebuli hqonda maZebars da Tan TiTqos uneburad aZlevda rCeva-darigebebs, Tavisi gamocdilebisa da farTo codnis saganZuridan.

erT saRamos lestreidi mxolod amindsa da sagazeTo cnobebze laparakobda. mere uecrad gaCumda da Cafiqrebulma sigara daferfla. holmsi daJinebiT daacqerda:

- CemTvis raime saintereso saqme xom ara gaqvT?

- ara, mister holms, saintereso araferi momxdara.

- mainc momiyeviT.

lestreidma gaicina:

- Tqven xom kaci verafers dagimalavT, mister holms. marTlac, maqvs SeniSnuli erTi SemTxveva, magram ise umniSvnelo, rom Tqveni Sewuxeba ar mindoda, Tumca erTi SexedviT ubralo da umniSvnelo ambavia, magram sakmaod ucnauri kia da me vici, ucnauri da uCveulo yvelaferi gizidavT. simarTle rom iTqvas, am saqmem ufro doqtori uotsoni unda daainteresos, vidre me da Tqven.

- avadmyofobaa? - vkiTxe me.

- sigiJe. Tanac sakmaod ucnauri sigiJe. Zneli warmosadgenia, rom adamians, romelic Cvens saukuneSi cxovrobs, imdenad sZuldes imperatori napoleon pirveli, rom anadgurebdes mis yvela gamosaxulebas, rac ki xelT moxvdeba.

holmsi savaoZlis sazurges miehrdno:

- es Cemi saqme ar aris.

- ai, aki geubnebodiT. magram is adamiani ar erideba qurdobas, saxlebs texs da anadgurebs napoleonis im gamosaxulebaT, romlebic ekuTvnian ara mas, aramed sxvebs.

holmsi welSi gaimarTa:

- saxlebs texs da Zarcvavs? es Zalian saintereso ambavia. barem am saqmis yovelive wvrilmani kunWulebic gamacaniT.

lestreidma samsaxuris saqmeTaTvis gankuTvnili ubis wignaki gadafurcla, raTa mexsierebaSi yoveli wvrilmani aRedgina.

- pirvel SemTxvevaze am oTxi dRis win Segvatyobines, - Tqva man, - es ambavi moxda morz hadsonis duqanSi. hadsoni suraTebiTa da qandakebebiT vaWrobs keningtonroudSi. noqari erTi wuTiT gavida maRaziidan da uecrad raRac Waxani Semoesma. ukan Sebrunda Tu ara, naxa, rom xelovnebis sxva nawarmoebebTan erTad daxlze mdgari napoleonis TabaSiris biusti namsxvrevebad qceuli eyara iatakze. nobari quCaSi gaiWra, da, Tumca gamvlelebi amtkicebdnen, am wuTSi duqnidan viRac kaci gamovardao, ucnobi cam Caylapa Tu miwam, misi asaval-dasavali veRar gaigo. etyoba, esec erTi iseTi uazro xulignobaa, romlis msgavsic drodadro xdeba xolme... asec moaxsenes adgilze misul konstebls. napoleonis TabaSiris biusti sul ramdenime Silingi fasobs, da mTeli saqme ise wvrilmani Canda, rom Ziebis warmoebad ara Rirda.

axali SemTxveva ki ufro seriozulia da Tan ara nakeb ucnauri. es wuxel RamiT moxda. keningtonroudSi, morz hadsonis duqnidan sul ramdensame aseul nabijze, cxovrobs cnobili eqimi, doqtori barnikoti, romelsac Temzis samxreT napirze karga gvariani praqtika aqvs. doqtori barnikoti napoleonis mxurvale Tayvanismcemelia. mTeli saxli safrangeTis imperatoris wignebiT, suraTebiTa da reliqviebiT aqvs gamoWedili. amas winaT morz hadsonTan SeuZenia frangi moqandake devinis mier TabaSirisagan Camosxmuli napoleonis Tavis ori erTnairi asli. erTi Tavis binaSi daudgams, keningionroudze, meore ki lauer-briqstonroudze mdebare qirurgiul kabinetSi buxris Tavze. dRes diliT Sin dabrunebul doqtor barnikots unaxavs, rom RamiT misi saxli gauZarcvavT, oRond araferi ar wauRiaT garda TabaSiris biustisa, SesasvlelSi rom edga. mZarcvels gautacnia biusti da baRis meserze daumsxvrevia. diliT Robis Ziras namsxvrevTa zvini upoviaT.

holmsma xelebi moifSvnita.

- SemTxveva marTlac araCveulebrivia! - Tqva man.

- darwmunebuli viyavi, rom es SemTxveva dagainteresebdaT. magram jer ar damisrulebia. doqtori barnikoti Tormet saaTze misula qirurgiul ganyofilebaSi, da warmoidgineT misi gaoceba, roca qirurgiuli kabinetis fanjara Riad daxvedria da mTeli iataki napoleonis meore biutis namsxvrevebiT mofenili unaxavs. qandakeba viRacis msaxvral xels sul nacartutad uqcevia. orive SemTxveva guldasmiT gamovikvlieT, magram damnaSavis vinaoba ver davadgineT... giJi Tu, aseT saqmeebs rogor sCadis. mister holms, yovelive wvrilmani am saqmis garSemo, rac giambeT, esaa.

- originaluri da Tan uCveulo faqtebia, - Tqva holmsma. - sainteresoa, daadgineT Tu ara, ra msgavsebaa doqtor barnikotsa da qirurgiul ganyofilebaSi damsxvreul biustebsa da morz hadsonis duqanSi gatexil nepoleonis biusts Soris.

- isini erT yalibSia Camosxmuli.

- maSasadame, uazrobaa imis mtkiceba, TiTqos kacs, romelmac es biustebi daamsxvria, napoleonis siZulvili amoqmedebdes. Tu mxedvelobaSi miviRebT im garemoebas, rom londonSi didi imperatoris gamomsaxveli ramdenime aTasi biustia, Zneli warmosadgenia, rom ucnob fanatikoss SemTxveviT daewyo es ucnauri TamaSi da sami sruliad erTnairi biusti gaenadgurebina.

- es mec vifiqre, - Tqva lestreidma. - Tqven ras fiqrobT, doqtor uotson?

- sulieri aSliloba usazRvrod nairsaxovania, - vupasuxe maZebars. - arsebobs movlenebi, romelTac Tanamedrove fsiqologebi uwodeben `akviatebul ideebs~. es idea SeiZleba iyos sruliad umniSvnelo, da amiT Sepyrobili adamiani yvela sxva urTierTobaSi sruliad normaluri gaxldeT. davuSvaT, rom maniakma adamianma metismetad bevri ram waikiTxa napoleonze, an Seityo raime wyenis ambavi, mis winaprebs rom napoleonis omebis dros miayenes. ase Seiqmneba `akviatebuli idea~, da misi zegavleniT gamomuSavdeba unari uaRresad fantastikuri oinebis Casadenad.

- Tqveni Teoria CvenTvis gamousadegaria, Cemo sayvarelo uotson, - miTxra Tavis qneviT holmsma, - radgan veraviTari `akviatebuli idea~ ver ukarnaxebda im ucnaur maniaks, romelzec lestreidma mogviTxro, Tu sad da vis binebSi unda eZebna napoleonis biustebi.

- TviTon rogorRa xsniT am ambavs?

- me arca vcdilob kvanZis winaswar gamoxsnas. me mxolod vxedav, rom am jentlmenis ucnaur saqcielSi aris raRac sistema.

Semdgom movlenebi ufro swrafad warimarTa da ufro tragikuladac dasrulda, vidre vvaraudobdiT. meore diliT, roca Cems sawol oTaxSi vicvamdi, holmsma karze damikakuna da Semovida. mas xelSi depeSa eWira, romelic xmamaRla waikiTxa:

`saswrafod CamodiT kensingtonSi, pitstritis 131. lestreidi~.

- es ras niSnavs? - vkiTxe megobars.

- ar vici. rac gnebavT, yvelaferi mosalodnelia, magram me mgonia, esaa biustebis istoriis gagrZeleba. Tu ar vcdebi, aqedan Cans, rom Cvenma megobarma maniakma Tavisi saqmianoba qalaqis meore nawilSi gadaitana... yava magidazea, uotson, da kebi karTan gvelodeba.

naxevari saaTis Semdeg ukve pitstritze viyaviT - viwro mosaxvevSi, londonis erTi yvelaze ufro mRelvare magistralis paralelurad rom miemarTeba. saxli #131 aRmoCnda erTi ulazaTo nageboba, romelSiac romantikuli veraferi SevniSne. roca saxls mivaRwieT, misi baRis RobesTan usaqmurebis jgufi Semogvxvda, holmsma daustvina:

- eSmakma dalaxvros, aq, me vfiqrob, mkvleloba unda iyos!

lestreidi Semogvegeba da cxvirCamoSvebulma gagviyvana sastumro oTaxSi, sadac araCveulebrivad gaCeCili, TivTikisxalaTiani xnieri kaci adgils ver poulobda da iqeT-aqeT awydeboda. gagvacnes. ojaxis ufrosi aRmoCnda, mister hores harkeri, beWdviTi sityvis centraluri sindikatis gazeTis muSaki.

- napoleonis biustebis istoria grZeldeba, - Tqva lestreidma. - guSin saRamos Tqven am ambiT dainteresdiT, mister holms, da vifiqre, rom gesiamovnebodaT am saqmis ZiebaSi monawileoba, metadre axla, roca mas aseTi savalalo Sedegi mohyva.

- ra moxda?

- mkvleloba. mister harke, geTayva, uambeT am jentlmens yvelaferi, rac moxda.

xalaTianma, xnierma jentlmenma Tavisi dabneuli saxe mogvapyro.

- ucnauri ambavia, - Tqva man. - mTeli sicocxlis ganmavlobaSi gazeTebSi im ambebwe vwerdi, rac Tavs sxvebs gadaxdeniaT, xolo roca bolos me TviTon gadamxda Tavs ucnauri ambavi, ise davibeni, ori sityvis dawerac ar SemiZlia. magram Tqveni saxeli CemTvis cnobilia, mister Serlok holms, da Tu SeZlebT, amoxsnaT es saidumloebiT moculi saqme, amiT aminazRaurebT am ambis xelaxla moyolis arasasiamovno aucileblobas.

holmsi dajda da smenad iqca.

- es mkvleloba dakavSirebulia napoleonis biustTan, romelic oTxi Tvis win, haistritis vogzlis axlos, Zmebi hardingebis maRaziaSi iaffasad SeviZine. sagazeTo werilebs Cveulebriv RamiT vwer da zogjer sawer magidasTan vaTeneb xolme. ase moxda wuxel RamiTac. Cems soroSi vijeqi, roca daaxloebiT sam saaTze qvemodan raRac xmauri Semomesma. yuri mivugde, magram xmauri aRar ganmeorebula, da mec xeli Caviqnie, albaT quCidan Tu momeyura-meTqi. magram xuTi wuTis Semdeg sazareli godeba gavigone - jer kidev arasodes ar msmenia, mister holms, aseTi saSineli xma. es godeba albaT sikvdilamde ar moasvenebs Cems yurTasmenas. erTi Tu ori wuTi SiSisagan garindebuli uZravad vijeqi, Semdeg gela aviRe da dabla daveSvi. am oTaxSi rom Semovedi, vnaxe, rom fanjara Riaa da buxarze mdgari biusti sadRac gamqraliyo. verafriT ver gavige, risTvis unda daxarbeboda mZarcveli im biusts. Cveulebrivi nivTi gaxldaT da mosaparad ara Rirda. rogorc TviTon kargad xedavT, vinc am fanjridan gadaxteba, moxvdeba sadarbazo Semosasvlelis kibis safexurebze. raki mZarcvels swored es gza erCia, wina oTaxi gaviare da gareT gavedi. bnelSi rom mivabijebdi, raRacas fexi wavkari da kinaRam micvalebulze davvardi. ukan davbrundi da sanaTi waviRe. mokluls yelze Rrmad aCnda naWrilobevi. yvela zeda safexuri sisxliT iyo mosvrili. zurgze iwva, muxlebi aewia da piri daeRo. saSineli sanaxaoba vixile, albaT, yovelRame damesizmreba. Cemi policiuri sastveni davustvine da maSinve grZnoba davkarge. meti aRaraferi maxsovs. gons rom movedi, SevamCnie, wina oTaxSi viyavi da gverdiT policieli medga.

- vinaa mokluli? - hkiTxa holmsma.

- es ver davadgineT, - Tqva lestreidma. - SegiZliaT gvami TviTonve daaTvalieroT lazareTis micvalebulTa ojaxSi gadaitanes. Cven ukve yvelaferi vcadeT, vikvlieT, magram veraferi SevityveT. tanadi, mziT damwvari, Zalian Ronieri mamakaca, ocdaaTi wlisac ar iqneba. Raribulad acvia, magram muSas ara hgavs. mis gverdiT, sisxlis gubeSi, is dasakeci Zvlistariani dana egdo. ar vici, mkvdars ekuTvnoda Tu mkvlels. micvalebulis samoselze ar iyo araviTari niSani, riTac SesaZlebeli gaxdeboda misi saxelis gamocnoba, gaCxrekisas jibeSi upoves vaSli, Toki, londonis ruka da fotosuraTi. ai, es suraTic.

es iyo, patara aparatiT, naucbaTevad gadaRebuli suraTi. fotoze gamosaxuli iyo gamokveTilnakvTebiani, xSirwarbeba, pavianiviT win wamoSverili ybebis patroni axalgazrda mamakaci. saerTod masSi iyo raRac maimuniseburi.

- ra mouvida biusts? - ikiTxa holmsma, romelic yuradRebiT akvirdeboda fotosuraTs.

- biustis aRmoCena mxolod Tqveni mosvlis win moxerxda. kempdenhauroudze, ukacuri saxlis win, baRSi damsxvreuli ipoves. swored iqiT mivdivar, minda Cemi TvaliT vnaxo iqauroba. gnebavT wamosvla?

adgili, sadac biustis namsxvrevebi ipoves, sul ramdenime iardiT iyo daSorebuli saxlidan. pirvelad vnaxe iseTi SemTxveva, roca didi imperatoris gamosaxulebam aseTi giJuri siZulvili gamoiwvia viRac ucnobis gulSi. biusti balaxSi egdo, daqucmacebuli. holmsma ramdenime namsxvrevi aiRo da yuradRebiT gasinja. mis daZabul saxeze amovikiTxe, rom kvals miagno.

- ras ityviT? - hkiTxa lestreidma.

holmsma mxrebi aiCeCa.

- kidev bevri jaxiri mogvixdeba am saqmesTan dakavSirebiT, - Tqva holmsma. - da mainc... zogierTi ram... gvaqvs kvleva-Ziebis dasawyisasaTvis. es ramdenimegroSiani biusti im axirebuli damnaSavis TvalSi adamianis sicocxleze Zvirad fasobs. ai, pirveli faqti, rac Cven davadgineT. aris meore faqtic, ara nakleb ucnauri. Tu damnaSavis erTaderTi mizani iyo biustis damsxvreva, ratom ar daamsxvria saxlSi an sadme saxlis maxloblad.

- albaT Tavgzaabneuli iyo im kacTan SexvedriT, romelic Semoakvda da TviTonac ar esmoda, ras akeTebda.

- eg naTqvami simarTles hgavs. magram minda Tqveni yuradReba mivaqcio im saxls, baRSi rom dgas, iq, sadac biusti daamsxvria.

lestreidma irgvliv mimoixeda.

- es saxli ukacrielia, - Tqva man, - da damnaSavem icoda, rom aq xels aravin SeuSlida.

- diax, - gamoepasuxa holmsi, - magram am quCaze aris meore ukacrieli saxli, da imis win unda Caevlo, rom aqamde moeRwia. ratom ar daamsxvria biusti pirvel ukacriel saxlTan? xom icoda, erTi zedmeti nabiji da SeiZleboda vinmes gadahyroda!

- amas ki ver mivaqcie yuradReba, - Tqva lestreidma.

holmsma TiTiT aniSna quCis faranze, Tavze rom dagvnaToda, da Tqva: