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- aq im kacs SeeZlo daenaxa, Tu ras akeTebs, iq ki ar SeeZlo. ai, ram moiyvana swored am adgilze.

- Tqven marTali xarT, dalaxvros eSmakma! - Tqva maZebarma. - axla momagonda, rom doqtor barnikotis kuTvnili biusti misi wiTeli lampis axlos gatexa. magram ra vuyoT axla am faqts, mister holms?

- davimaxsovroT. SemdegSi SeiZleba iseT ambebs wavawydeT, rac gvaiZulebs am faqts ukanve davubrundeT. ra zomebis miRebas apirebT axla, lestreid?

- Cemi azriT, axla yvelaze ufro saWiro is gaxlavT, rom moklulis vinaoba davadginoT. es saqme arc ise Znelia. roca gvecodineba, vin aris da vin hyavs amxanagebi, imasac gavigebT, ras akeTebda pitstritze, vis Sexvda da vin mokla mister hores harkeris kibeze. ar meTanxmebiT?

- geTanxmebiT. magram me am amocanas sul sxva mxridan mivudgebodi.

- ra mxridan?

- me ar minda Tqvenze zegavlena movaxdino. Tqven Tqveneburad warmarTeT Zieba, mec Cemeburad vimoqmedeb. Semdeg Cveni Ziebis Sedegebs SevaerTebT da ase davexmarebiT erTmaneTs.

- Cinebulia! - Tqva lestreidma.

- Tqven axla dabrundebiT pitstritze da, ra Tqma unda, mister hores harkers SexvdebiT. gadaeciT mas, rom Cemi azriT, wuxel misi saxli inaxula napoleonis mZulvarebis maniiT Sepyrobilma sisxlismsmelma giJma. es gamoadgeba mas sagazeTo statiisaTvis.

lestreidma gaocebiT Sexeda holmss.

- nuTu namdvilad ase fiqrobT?

holmsma gaiRima:

- iqneb sruliad sawinaaRmdego azri maqvs, magram aseTi versia Zalian sainteresod moeCvenebaT mister hores harkers da beWdviTi sityvis centraluri sindikatis xelismomwerlebs... aba, uotson, dRes davidarabiani dRe mogvelis. bednieri viqnebi, lestreid, Tu saRamos eqvsi saaTisaTvis, beikerstritze SemogvivliT. manamde ki fotosuraTs CemTan davitoveb.

me da Serlok holmsi fexiT wavediT haistritze da SevediT Zmebi hardingebis duqanSi, sadac biusti iyides. axalgazrda noqarma gviTxra, mister hardingi mxolod dRis bolos iqneba, me ki araferi cnobis micema ar SemiZlia, radgan Zalian cota xania, rac aq vmuSaobo. holmsis saxeze imedgacueba da ukmayofileba gamoixata.

- ras izamT, uotson, xom ar SeiZleba adamians mudam warmateba hqondes, - Tqva Cemma megobarma. - kidev mogvixdeba aq Semovla, raki mister hardingi saRamomde ar iqneba. cxadia, mimixvdiT, am biustebis Camosxmis istoria minda Seviswavlo. unda dadgindes, iyo Tu ara maTi Seqmnisas raime ucnauri garemoeba, ramac imperatoris biustebis sakvirveli bedi ganapiroba. jer ki keningtonroudze vewvioT mister morz hadsons da vnaxoT, misi dakiTxva xom ar mohfens cotaoden Suqs am Tavsatexs.

suraTebiT movaWris duqnamde gzas mTeli saaTi movundiT. hadsoni Cia tanis, sqeli, ucxvirpiro, wiTuri kaci aRmoCnda.

- diax, ser, Cems daxlze daamsxvries, - Tqva man. - risTvis vixdiT gadasaxadebs, Tu yoveli aramzada SemoiWreba Cvens duqanSi da saqonels gaafuWebs! diax, ser, doqtor barnikots orive biusti me mivyide. sircxvili da Tavis moWra, ser! anarqistuli SeTqmulebaa, Tu ra? Cemi azriT, mxolod Tavze xelaRebul anarqists SeuZlia daamsxvrios qandakeba. saidan viSove es biustebi? ar mesmis, ra saerTo SeiZleba hqondes amas saqmesTan. ra gaewyoba, raki gainteresebT, mogaxsenebT. CerCstritze, stepniSi heldesa da kompaniisagan SeviZine; kargad cnobili firmaa, ukve oci welia arsebobs. ramdeni cali viyide? sami. ori mivyide doqtor barnikots, erTic dRisiT-mzisiT daamsxvries Cems sakuTar daxlze. xom ar vicnob am fotosuraTze gamoxatul adamians? ara, ar vicnob. Tumca, vicnob. esaa bepo, italieli xelosani. zogjer Cems duqanSi patar-patara samuSaoebs asrulebs. SeuZlia xeze figurebis amokveTa, CarCoebis movarayeba, cot-cota yvelaferi exerxeba. erTi kviris win wavida Cemgan da mas Semdeg misi asaval-dasavali aRar vici. arc is vici, saidan movida. sad imyofeba axla? arc eg vici. mis winaaRmdeg arafris Tqma ar SemiZlia. cudad ar muSaobda. ori dRiT adre demaTxova, vidre biusts damimsxvrevdnen...

- ra gveTqmis, morz hadsonma imaze meti cnobebi mogvca, vidre velodiT, - Tqva holmsma, roca duqnidan gamovediT. - amrigad, italieli xelosani bepo monawileobas iRebda im movlenebSi, romlebic keningtonSi moxda. aseTi faqtis dadgenisaTvis aTi milis gavlas arc inaneb. axla ki, uotson, stepnisaken gavwioT da biustebis samSoblos, heldersa da kompanias vestumroT. eWvi ar mepareba, iq bevrs rasme sagulisxmos SevityobT.

swrafad gadavsereT feSenebeluri sastumroebis, Teatraluri, literaturuli, komerciuli da sazRvao londoni, da bolos SevediT sanapiro raionSi, romelic Semosavliani saxlebiT aris dafaruli. aq buziviT ireva evropis oTxive kuTxidan gadmosrolili Raribi xalxi. aq, farTo quCaze, vipoveT is qandakebaTa saxelosno, romelsac veZebdiT. saxelosno sasaflaos ZeglebiT gaWedil farTo ezoSi iyo moTavsebuli. igi Sedgeboda erTi didi oTaxisagan, romelSiac amokveTasa da dayalibebaze dasaqmebuli ormocdaaTamde xelosani muSaobda.

tanmaRalma qera maspinZelma Tavazianad migviRo da holmsis yvela kiTxvaze, naTeli, amomwuravi pasuxebi mogvca. misi Canawerebis wigni mowmobda, rom devinis namuSevari - napoleonis Tavis mravali asli iqna dayalibebuli, magram is sami biusti, romlebic daaxloebiT erTi wlis win gadaugzavnes morz hadsons, Seadgenda eqvscaliani calke partiis naxevars. am partiis danarCeni sami cali kensingtoneli Zmebi hardingebisaTvis mieyidnaT. ara, is eqvsi cali biusti arafriT ar ganirCeoda yvela danarCenisagan. man ar icis, ra mizeziT SeiZleba TavSi mouvides vinmes biustebis ganadgureba, msgavsi azri mas ubralod sasacilod miaCnda. biTumi fasi am biustebisa - eqvsi Silingia, magram saTiTaod SeiZleba TiToSi Tormetis da metis aRebac. es biustebi ase mzaddeba. Camoasxamen TabaSiris or tvifars saxis ori naxevrisagan da Semdeg orsave profils erTad SeakavSireben. mTel am samuSaos Cveulebriv asruleben italielebi ai, am oTaxSi, roca biusti mzadaa, mas derefanSi dgamen magidaze, rom gamoSres, Semdeg ki sawyobSi gzavnian. meti mosaTxrobi araferi maqvso, Tqva.

magram, roca holmsma maspinZels fotosuraTi uCvena, am ambavma SemaZrwunebeli STabeWdileba moaxdina. misi saxe brazisagan aenTo, cisferma Tvalebma cecxli daakveses.

- ah, aramzada! - SesZaxa man. - diax, amas kargad vicnob. Cveni saxelosno sayovelTao pativiscemiT sargeblobs, mTeli misi arsebobis manZilze aq mxolod erTxel iyo policia... ai, am vigindaris mizeziT! es erT welze meti xnis winaT moxda. Turme, viRac Tavis Tanamemamules dana Casca, policia daedevna da is ki Cems saxelosnoSi Semovarda. aq daiWires. bepo hqvia. gvari ar vici. samarTlianad davisaje imisaTvis, rom samuSaoze aviyvane kaci, romelsac aseTi saxe hqonda. Tumca kargi muSa ki iyo, saukeTesoc.

- ra miusajes.

- daWrili gadarCa da amitom mxolod erTi wlis patimroba akmares. eWvi ar mepareba, ukve Tavisufalic iqneba, magram aq cxviris Semoyofas ver gabedavs. CemTan misi biZaSvili muSaobs. me mgonia, misgan SeiZleba gaigoT, sadaa bepo.

- ara, ara, - SesZaxa holmsma, - mis biZaSvils arc erTi sityva ar unda vuTxraT... arc erTi sityva! es saqme Zlier seriozulia. rac ufro Rrmad Cavukirkimaldi, miT ufro seriozuli meCveneba. Tqvens savaWro wignSi aRniSnulia, rom es biustebi SarSan sam ivniss gayideT. xom ver metyviT, romel ricxvSi daapatimres bepo?

- es SemiZlia sagadasaxado uwyisis saSualebiT davadgino, - miugo maspinZelma. - diax, - dasZina Tavis qaRaldebSi Cargulma, - ukanaskneli gasamrjelo oc maiss miuRia.

- madlobeli var, - uTxra holmsma. - met dros aRar wagarTmevT da Tqveni moTminebiT borotad ar visargebleb.

gamomSvidobebisas vTxoveT Cveni saubris Taobaze aravisTvis araferi eambna, Semdeg saxelosnodan gavediT da dasavleTisaken gavuxvieT.

SuadRe didi xnis gadasuli iyo, roca sauzmoba movaxerxeT. restoranSi SesasvlelTan gazeTebs yiddnen. ukanasknel ambebSi msxvili SriftiT ewera: `danaSauli kensingtonSi. SeSlili mkvleli~. gazeTSi rom CavixedeT, davrwmundiT, rom mister hores harkers mainc moexerxebina Tavisi statiis dawera. ori sveti eTmoboda im sensaciuri ambis aRweras, rac hores harkeris saxlSi moxda. holmsma gazeTi magidaze gaSala da kiTxva ise daiwyo, rom Wama ar Seuwyvetia. erTi-orjer nela-nela Caicina kidec.

- yvelaferi rigzea, uotson, - Tqva man. - sasiamovnoa imis Segneba, rom ar SeiZleba am movlenaze ori azri arsebobdes, radgan policiis erTi yvelaze gamocdili maZebari mister lestreidi da saqveynod cnobili konsultanti da eqsperti mister Serlok holmsi imaze SeTanxmdnen, rom ase tragikulad damTavrebuli ucnauri movlenebis jaWvi mowmobs sigiJes da ara danaSauls. Cven mier moTxrobili faqtebi, Tu ara SeSlilobiT, sxvanairad ver aixsneba. beWdviTi sityva ZiebaSi namdvili saganZuria, uotson, Tu adamiani mas unarianad gamoiyenebs. axla ki, Tu ukve isauzmeT, kensingtonSi davbrundeT da movisminoT, ras gvetyvis `Zmebi hardingebis~ patroni.

am didi savaWro saxlis damaarsebeli aRmoCnda mkvircxli, mousvenari, mosazrebuli da ybedi kaci.

- diax, ser, saRamos gazeTebidan ukve yvelaferi vici. mister hores harkeri - Cveni mudmivi muStaria. safrangeTis imperatoris biusti mas ramdenime Tvis win mivyideT. sami biusti heldersa da kompaniisagan miviReT stepniSi. ukve gavyideT. vin da vin iyida? erTi Cavixedo Cems savaWro wignSi da maSin gipasuxebT. ager, yvelaferi weria. erTi biusti - mister hores harkerisaTvis migviyidnia, meore - mister jozaie braunisaTvis, CizikSi rom saxlobs, mesame ki - redingSi, lauergrovroudze mcxovreb mister sendfordisaTvis.

vidre mister hardingi laparakobda, holmsi raRacas iwerda. metismetad kmayofili saxe hqonda. magram axsniT ki araferi uaxsnia CemTvis da mxolod miTxra, unda viCqaroT, radgan lestreidi gvicdiso. marTlac, roca beikerstritze mivediT, maZebari mouTmenlad scemda bolTas oTaxSi. mis saqmian gamometyvelebaze SevniSne, rom imdRevandeli dRe unayofod ar daekarga.

- rogoraa saqme, mister holms? - hkiTxa Cems megobars.

- daZabuli muSaoba mogvixda da dro fuWad arc Cven dagvikargavs, - miugo holmsma. - orive meduqne da saxelosnos patroni movinaxuleT. yoveli biustis bedi Tavidan bolomde gavige.

- yoveli biustis bedi? - SesZaxa lestreidma. - kargi, kargi, mister holms, yvelas Tavisi meTodi aqvs, da TqvenTan davas ar vapireb, magram meCveneba, rom am saqmis ZiebaSi Tqvenze mets mivaRwie. me davadgine moklulis vinaoba.

- rasa brZanebT!

- da gavarkvie danaSaulis mizezi.

- Cinebulia!

- erTi inspeqtori gvyavs, londonis italiur ubnebs Tavisi xuTi TiTiviT icnobs. mokluls yelze kaTolikuri jvari aRmoaCnda. amas garda, misi kanis Camuqebulma ferma uneburad gvafiqrebina, rom samxreTeli unda yofiliyo. inspeqtorma hilma mokluls daxeda Tu ara, imwamsve icno. igi aRmoCnda pietro venuCi, warmoSobiT neapoleli, londonis erTi yvelaze ufro Tavze xelaRebuli avazaki. rogorc xedavT, yvelafers Suqi efineba. albaT mkvlelic italieli iqneba. pietro mkvlels gadarajebia, roca is saxlSi Sesula, Tan ki misi fotosuraTi hqonia, rom mis magier sxva vinme ar Semokvdomoda. diax, pietro venuCim Tavisi mtris kvals miagno, dainaxa saxlSi Sesuli, gareT daeloda, Tavs daesxa da Setakebis dros sasikvdilod daWra... ras fiqrobT amaze, mister Serlok holms?

holmsma aRelvebiT CamoarTva xeli.

- Cinebulia, lestreid, Cinebuli! - SesZaxa man, - magram naTlad ver gavige, biustebis gatacebas, damtvrevas da ganadgurebas rogorRa axsniT.

- isev biustebi! verafriT ver gamogigdiaT Tavidan es biustebi. bolos da bolos maTi istoria ra sayuradRebo ambavia. eg xom wvrilmani qurdbacacobaa, risTvisac damnaSaves, sul didi, eqvsi Tvis patimrobas miusjian. ai, mkvlelobis saqme ki Rirs xelis mokidebad, da rogorc xedavT, saqmis gaxsnas bevri araferi miklia.

- ras apirebT, ra unda moimoqmedoT?

- Zalian ubralo gegma maqvs. hils gavyvebi italiur ubanSi, vipoviT suraTze gamosaxul kacs, davapatimrebT da mkvleli xelSi gveyoleba, Tan xom ar wamomyvebiT?

- ra mogaxsenoT. mgoni, ver gamogyvebiT. me mgonia, Cven ufro iolad mivaRwevT warmatebas. dabejiTebiT Tqma ar SemiZlia, radganac es damokidebulia... erTi sityviT, es damokidebulia erT garemoebaze, rac Cvens xelT ar aris. Cemi azriT, mkvleli amaRam maxeSi Tavisi fexiT unda gaebas. Tu Tqven gamomyvebiT, amaRamve SevipyrobT.

- italiur kvartalSi?

- ara. Cemi azriT, igi CizikSi unda veZioT. Tu dRes RamiT CizikSi gamyvebiT, lestreid, xval italiur kvartalSi me geaxlebiT. damerwmuneT, italiur kvartaSi dRevandeli wausvleloba araviTar zians ar moitans. axla ki cota waviZinoT, radganac TerTmet saaTze adre gasvlas azri ara aqvs, xolo dabruneba ki albaT, diliT mogviwevs. isadileT CvenTan erTad, lestreid, da am divanze daweqiT. Tqven ki, uotson, darekeT da Sikriki ixmeT. werilis gagzavna aucilebelia da dauyovnebliv unda gavagzavnoT.

holmsi mTeli saRamo iqeqeboda Zvel gazeTebSi, riTac savse gvqonda erT-erTi sakuWnao. roca sakuWnaodan gamovida, Tvalebi sazeimod ubrwyinavda, magram Tavisi Ziebis Sedegebze sityva ar dascdenia. Cemi megobris meTodebs ise kargad viyavi dauflebuli, rom ukve vxvdebodi, ra gziT fiqrobda damnaSavis Sepyrobas, Tumca im wuTas mis axal Canafiqrs ver Cavwvdi. es axirebuli damnaSave axla albaT Seecdeboda danarCeni ori biusti moespo, romelTaganac erTi, rogorc davimaxsovre, amJamad CizikSi idga. ueWvelia, Cveni Ramis laSqrobis mizani is iyo, rom borotmoqmedi adgilze Segvepyro. Cemi megobris eSmakobiT aRtacebuli viyavi. man xom ganzrax gamoaqveyna saRamos gazeTSi sruliad Semcdari varaudi, raTa damnaSave daerwmunebina, yovelgvari riskis gareSe SegiZlia moqmedebao. TviTon ki Tavis sayvarel iaraRs - monadiris argans wamoavlo xeli, romlis tarSi tyvia iyo Casxmuli.

TerTmet saaTze Cvens karTan etli gaCerda, romelmac hamersmiTis xidiT Temzis meore napirze gagviyvana. meetles iq davacdevineT, Cven ki fexiT ganvagrZeT gza da male koxta saxlebiT garemocul udabur gzaze aRmovCndiT. patar-patara saxlebi mzrunvel xels walkotSi Caesva. quCis farnis Suqze erTi maTganis WiSkarze aseTi warwera amovikiTxeT: `vila laburnumi~. saxlis patronebs albaT ukve eZinaT, radgan mTeli saxli wyvdiads moecva. mxolod Sesavali karis Tavze mrgvali patara fanjridan bJutavda Suqi da baRis bilikze efineboda. WiSkarSi SevediT da baRsa da gzas Soris meseris xSir Crdils amovefareT.

Cveni molodini xangrZlivi ar aRmoCnda da sruliad moulodnelad da ucnaurad damTavrda. anazdad, yovelgvari sifrTxilis gareSe, baRis kari gaiRo da maimuniviT moqnili, Savi sxeuli biliks sirbiliT gahyva. yvelam davinaxeT, rogor gaielva im sxeulma fanjridan gamomaval Suqze da Sav CrdilSi gaqra. xangrZlivi dumili Camowva. yvelani sunTqvaSekrulni videqiT. bolos Cvenamde sarkmlis anjamebis sustma Wrialis xmam moaRwia. amas isev dumili mohyva. damnaSave ukve saxlSi daZvreboda. uecrad davinaxeT, rogor gaanaTa oTaxSi misi jibis farnis Suqma. rasac eZebda, etyoboda, iq ar aRmoCnda, radgan wuTis Semdeg Suqma meore oTaxSi gadainacvla.

- fanjarasTan mivideT da roca gadmoxteba, maSinve SevipyrobT, - CurCuliT Tqva lestreidma.

magram damnaSave fanjridan ufro adre gadmoxta, vidre adgilidan daviZrodiT. igi sinaTlis Suqze SeCerda. iRliis qveS raRac TeTri sagani amoeCara. garemo qurdulad SeaTvaliera, magram udaburi quCis dumilma simSvide mohgvara. zurgi Semogvaqcia, tvirTi miwaze dauSva, da erTi wamis Semdeg Cvens smenas jer Zlieri dartymis xma moswvda, mere ki kakunisa da msxvrevis xmac gavigoneT. igi Tavisi saqmianobiT imdenad iyo gatacebuli, rom Cveni mimparavi nabijis xmac ar gaugonia. holmsi vefxviviT daaxta zurgze, me da lestreidma ki xelebi gavukariT da zed xelborkilebi CamovacviT. roca Semotrialda, gonji, ferwasuli, daRrejilsaxiani adamiani warmogvidga. me imwamsve davrwmundi, rom es iyo swored fotosuraTze gamosaxuli mamakaci.

magram holmsma Sepyrobil mZarcvels Tavi anea da uaRresad guldasmiT gamoikvlia is, rac Cvenma tyvem saxlidan gamoitana. es iyo napoleonis damsxvreuli biusti, tyupis cali imisa, rac im diliT vnaxeT. holmss rigrigobiT mihqonda Suqze yoveli namusrevi, erTic ar dautovebia uyuradRebod, magram isini arafriT ar ganirCeodnen TabaSiris sxva natexebisagan. Cemma megobarma Tavisi kvlevis damTavreba Zlivs moaswro, rom kari gaiRo da Cven win warmodga saxlis patroni - perangiTa da SarvliT Semosili gulkeTili msuqani mamakaci.

- mister jozaia brauni, Tu ar vcdebi? - Tqva holmsma.

- diax, ser. Tqven k, ueWvelad, mister Serlok holmsi unda iyoT? Sikrikma momitana Tqveni werili, da ise moviqeci, rogorc mirCieT. yvela kari davketeT da velodiT, ra moxdeboda. moxaruli va, rom aramzada ver gageqcaT. gTxovT, mewvioT, jentlmenebo, vidre gzas gaudgebiT, cota gadavkraT.

magram lestreids droze undoda patimris miyvana saimedo adgilze, da ramdenime wuTis Semdeg kebi oTxives londonisaken migvaqrolebda. Sepyrobils sityvac ar dauZravs, Tumca avi TvaliT ki Semogvcqeroda.

sapolicio ubanSi gulmodgined gaCxrikes, magram ramdenime Silingisa da grZeli xanjlis garda, romlis tarzec sisxlis laqebi aRmoCnda, veraferi upoves.

- yvelaferi rigzea, - Tqva lestriedma, roca gvemSvidobeboda, - hili icnobs am xalxs da ar gauWirdeba misi vinaobis dadgena. ai, naxavT, Tu Cemi varaudi mTlianad ar dadasturdeba. magram me didi madlobeli var Tqveni, mister holms, rom damnaSaves ase moxerxebulad daugeT maxe. me axlac ver mivmxdarvar, rogor mogividaT es TavSi.

- vgoneb, Zalian gvianaa da axla ara Rirs axsna-ganmartebis mocema, - - Tqva holmsma. - amas garda, zogierTi wvrilmani jerac ar aris dadgenili. amasTan es saqme iseTia, rom bolomde unda miviyvanoT. Tu xval eqvsi saaTisaTvis beikerstritze SemoixedavT, dagimtkicebT, rom es Taviseburi saqme CvenTvis jer kidev bneliTaa moculi.

momdevno saRamos rom gvinaxula, lestreidma Segvatyobina, dapatimrebulis vinaoba davadgineT. gvari ucnobia, saxelad bepo hqviao. Turme italiuri koloniis aramzadebSi TavzexelaRebulobiT gamoirCevao. odesRac daxelovnebuli moqandake yofila, magram Semdeg gzas acdenia da cixeSi orjer moxvedrila: erTxel bacacobisaTvis daupatimrebiaT, meored - Tavisi Tanamemamule dauWria. inglisurad Cinebulad laparakobs. dResac gaurkvevelia, risTvis amsxvrevda biustebs. Seupovrad dums da imis Taobaze laparakis gagonebac ar unda. magram policiam SeZlo imis dadgena, rom TviTon SeuZlia biustebis keTeba da ukeTebia kidec, roca helderisa da kompaniis saxelosnoSi umuSavnia.

lestreidis monaTxrobi ambebidan umravlesoba CvenTvis ukve cnobili iyo, Tumca holmsma didi TavazianobiT mousmina, magram me kargad vicnobdi Cems megobars da iolad SevniSne, rom raRacas eloda, cmukavda da mousvenrobda. bolos Tvalebgabrwyinebuli, skamidan wamovarda. swored am dros Cemamde zaris xmam moaRwia. wuTsac ar gauvlia, rom nabijis xma Semogvesma da oTaxSi xnieri, wiTurqilvaSiani kaci Semovida, romelsac marjvena xelSi Zveleburi patara Cemodani eWira. mosulma Cemodani magidaze dadga da xmadabla ikiTxa:

- SeiZleba Serlok holmsis naxva?

Cemma megobarma Tavi daukra da saxeze Rimilma gadaurbina.

- Tu ar vcdebi, redingeli mister sendfordi unda brZandebodeT, ara? - hkiTxa stumars.

- diax, ser. mgoni, cota Semagvianda, magram matereblebis ganrigeba ise mouxerxebladaa Sedgenili... Tqven napoleonis biustze mwerdiT xom?

- marTali brZandebiT.

- Tqveni werili Tan wamoviRe. Tqven mwerT: `msurs SeviZino devinis namuSevari napoleonis biustis tvifari da mzad var gadavixado aTi sterlingi im aslisaTvis, romelic Tqven gaqvT~. asea?

- diax, ase gaxlavT.

- Tqvenma werilma pirdapir ganmacvifra. veranairad ver mivxvdi, saidan gaigeT, rom es biusti mqonda.

- savaWro saxlis `Zmebi hardingebis~ patronma mister hardingma miTxra, rom am biustis ukanaskneli cali Tqven mogyidaT da Tqveni misamarTic momca.

- mesmis. is Tu giTxraT, ramdeni gadavuxade am biustSi?

- ara, ar uTqvams.

- me patiosani kaci va, Tumca arcTu iseTi mdidari gaxlavarT. am biustSi mxolod xuTmeti Silingi miveci, da es minda gauwyoT umal, vidre Tqvengan aT girvanqas miviReb.

- aseTi keTilsindisiereba pativsa gdebT, mister sendford, magram TviTonve aRgiTqviT es fasi da sityvas ar gadaval.

- es, Tqveni mxriv, metismetad keTilSobiluri saqcielia, mister holms. ai, biustic, igi Tan wamoviRe. - mister sendfordma Cemodani gaaRo. bolos da bolos gveRirsa da damsxvreuli biustisa da misi natexebis nacvlad, sruliad mTeli biusti vixileT.

holmsma jibidan qaRaldis nagleji da aTgirvanqiani sakredito bileTi amoiRo.

- keTil inebeT, mister sendford da mowmeTa TandaswrebiT xeli moawereT am qaRalds. aq naTqvamia, rom miTmobT am biustis mflobelobis, sargeblobisa da gankargulebis, erTi sityviT, yvela uflebas. rogorc xedavT, windaxeduli kaci var. SeuZlebelia windawin imis codna, Tu ra moxdeba SemdegSi, rogor icvlebian garemoebani... gmadlobT, mister sendford. inebeT Tqveni fuli. gisurvebT yovelive kargs.

roca Cveni stumari gagvecala, Serlok holmsma xelaxla gagvakvirva. ganjinidan gaqaTqaTebuli sufra gadmoiRo da magidas gadaafara. Semdeg axlad nayidi biusti zed Sua sufraze dadga. mere aswia Tavisi sanadiro argani da mZime tari napoleons Sig kefaSi Cahkra. biusti namsxvrevebad iqca da holmsma mTeli gulmodginebiT gasinja misi yoveli natexi. bolos sazeimo SeZaxiliT gamogviwoda erTi natexi, romelSiac pudingSi Careuli qiSmiSis marcvlis msgavsi raRac muqi mrgvali sagani aRmoCnda.

- jentlmenebo! - SesZaxa man, - neba miboZeT warmogidginoT borjiebis saxelganTqmuli margaliti.

me da lestreidi gaocebuli vdumdiT. Semdeg, uecrad aRgzneba dagveufla da taSis cemas movyeviT ise, rogorc es TeatrebSi dramis kargad gaxsnili kvanZis pativsacemad xdeba xolme. holmss fermkrTali loyebi auvardisferda da Tavi ise dagvikra, rogorc dramaturgma, romelsac taSis quxiliT kvlav scenaze iwveven.

- diax, jentlmenebo, - Tqva man, - es dedamiwis zurgze yvelaze ufro saxelganTqmuli margalitia da sabednierod, Cemi meTodis wyalobiT movaxerxe misi bedis kvaldakval miyola Tavad kolonas sawoli oTaxidan sastumro `dakrSi~, sadac daikarga, vidre napoleonis im meeqvse biustamde, romelic helderisa da kompaniis saxelosnoSi damzadda, da Tqvenma monamorCilma, Tqvens Tvalwin davamsxvrie.

Tqven, ra Tqma unda, gaxsovT, lestreid, am Zvirfasi qvis dakargvis sensaciuri ambavi da londonis policiis amao cda epovaT igi. - maSin daxmarebisaTvis mec mommarTes, magram mec uZluri aRmovCndi. eWvi Tavadis qalis pirisfareSze hqondaT, romelic CamomavlobiT italieli iyo. mas londonSi hyavda RviZli Zma, magram, imxanaJ, maT Soris naTesauri kavSiri ver daadgines. im mosamsaxure gogos erqva lukrecia, gvarad venuCi da eWvi ar mepareba, rom pietro venuCi, romelic am ori dRis win mokles, misi Zma iyo. Zveli gazeTebi gadavsinje da aRmoCnda, rom margaliti bepos dapatimrebamde ori dRiT adre gaqra. bepo ki helderisa da kompaniis saxelosnoSi swored im dros daapatimres, roca es biustebi mzaddeboda.

axla TqvenTvis naTelia ambavTa Tanmimdevroba. margaliti bepos hqonda. SeiZleba pietros mohpara. SeiZleba pietro bepos Tanamonawilec iyo. an pietsrosa da mis das Suamavlobda. arsebiTad, CvenTvis ar aris mTavari, romeli am varaudTagania swori. CvenTvis mTavaria, rom margaliti Tan hqonda swored maSin, roca policia misdevda.

bepom Tavi Seafara saxelosnos, sadac muSaobda. man mSvenivrad icoda, rom sadacaa gaCxrekdnen da Tu Zvirfasi nadavlis gadamalvas ver moaswrebda, udavod upovidnen. am dros saxelosnoSi napoleonis TabaSiris eqvsi biusti Sreboda. erTi maTgani jer kidev sruliad rbili iyo. daxelovnebulma ostatma bepom elvis siswrafiT Cado jer kidev svel TabaSirSi Savi margaliti da biusts karga xnis Camosxmulis saxe misca. es iyo SesaniSnavi sacavi da margalits iq veravin ipovnida. magram bepos erTi wlis cixe miusajes, amasobaSi ki eqvsive biusti gayides. bepom ar icoda, romel maTganSi iyo misi margaliti. amitom ganizraxe yvela maTganis damtvreva da ganZis aRmoCena.

bepo Zebnas Seudga STagonebiT da Tanmimdevrulad. helderTan momuSave biZaSvilis daxmarebiT gaigo, romel firmebs mihyides biustebi. morz hadsonTan moewyo da moaxerxa gaego sami biustis bedi. am samSi margaliti ar aRmoCnda. naTesav-TanamemamuleTa daxmarebiT daadgina, vis mihyides danarCeni sami biusti. pirveli maTgani harkerTan iyo. swored aq bepos kvals miagno misma Tanamoziarem, romelic mas Tvlida margalitis dakargvis mizezad, da maT Soris moxda xelCarTuli brZola.

- Tu pietro misi Tanamzraxveli iyo, risTvis atarebda mis fotosuraTs? - vkiTxe me.

- raTa gareSeebisaTvis gamoekiTxa bepos ambavi, es yvelaze ufro sarwmuno varaudia. erTi sityviT, im rwmenamde mivedi, rom mkvlelobis Semdeg bepom ara Tu gadasdo, aramed daaCqara kidec Tavisi Zieba. imiT SeSinebuli, rom misi saidumlo ar gamomJRavnebuliyo da margaliti ar daekarga, is cdilobda daeswro policiisaTvis da, radac unda dasjdomoda, margalitisaTvis miekvlia. ra Tqma unda, me ar SemeZlo mtkiceba, rom harkeris kuTvnil biustSi margaliti ar upovia. ras daeZebda, arc ki vicodi. magram CemTvis naTeli iyo, rom raRac Zvirfas sagans daeZebda, radganac motacebul biustebs amsxvrevda mxolod iseT adgilebSi sadac Suqi iyo. roca harkeris biusti daamsxvria, ori biustiRa darCa da aSkara iyo, daiwyebda imiT, romelic londonSi eguleboda. me gavafrTxile saxlis mcxovrebni, raTa Tavidan ameridebina meore tragedia, da brwyinvale Sedegebs mivaRwieT. am droisaTvis ukve mtkiced mjeroda, rom Cven borjiebis margalitze vnadirobdiT. mokluli pietro yvela faqts erTad akavSirebda. rCeboda mxolod erTi biusti - is, romelic redingSi gaiyida da margaliti SeiZleboda yofiliyo mxolod im biustSi. me es biusti Tqveni TandaswrebiT SeviZine da margalitic swored Sig aRmoCnda.