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- es Zalian sayuradRebo qvaa, - Tqva man seriozuli kiloTi. - Cemi azriT, marjvniv mevelis saxli unda idges. me morans movinaxuleb, patara baraTs davwer da wamogeweviT.

aTi wuTis Semdeg etls ukve rosisaken mivyavdiT. holmss isev is qva eWira xelSi, romelic wiflis qveS ipova.

- am qvam TqvenSi garkveuli interesi unda aRZras. lestreid, mkvleloba swored am iaraRiTaa Cadenili, - uTxra holmsma.

- magram araviTari niSani qvas ar amCnevia.

- diax, ar amCnevia.

- aba, rogor SeatyveT, rom mkvleloba am qviT moxda?

- qvisqveS balaxi iseve Tavisuflad iyo nazardi, rogorc TviTon mis SemogarenSi. verc is adgili vipove, saidanac qva aiRes, vinaidan mkvlelobis sxva iaraRi araa aRmoCenili, am qvas borotmoqmedebasTan pirdapiri kavSiri aqvs.

- mkvleli vinRaa?

- igi maRalia, cacia, marjvena fexiT koWlobs, monadiris Ceqmebs atarebs, ruxi wamosasxami axuravs, mundStukiT eweva indur sigarebs da jibeSi blagvi dana udevs. kidev sxva niSnebzec SemiZlia mivuTiTo, magram mis sapovnelad esec kmara.

lestreidma Caicina.

- me jer skeptikurad vuyureb Tqvens namoRvawars, - uTxra man holmss. - Zalian kargi Teoriaa, magram gaviwydebaT, rom Cven saqme uniWo inglisel nafic msajulebTan gveqneba.

- vnaxoT, - mSvidad upasuxa holmsma. - Tqven muSaobis Tqveni meTodi gaqvT da me kidev Cemi. mgonia, saRamos matarebliT dRes londonSi davbrundebi.

- da saqmes Sua gzaze miatovebT?

- ara, davamTavreb.

- saidumloeba rom amoxsnili araa?

- amoxsnilia.

- mkvleli vinaa?

- is jentlmeni, romelic me agiwereT.

- saxeldobr vin?

- igi arc ise Zneli sapovnia. aq axlomaxlo bevri xalxi ar cxovrobs.

lestreidma mxrebi aiCeCa.

- me praqtikuli kaci var, - warmoTqva man. - da ar SemiZlia Zebna davuwyo kacs, romlis Sesaxebac marto is vici, rom caciaa da marjvena fexiT koWlobs. maSin xom mTeli skotlandiardis sasacilo Seviqnebi.

- keTili, - swrafad gamoepasuxa holmsi, - me mkvlelobis saidumloebis gasaRebi xelT mogeciT, Tu saqmeSi Caxedva ar gindaT, Zalas ver dagatanT. ai, Tqveni sadgomic da kargad brZandebodeT. wasvlis win werils mogwerT.

lestreidi Tavisi oTaxis win davtoveT da Cven hotelisaken gaveSureT. sauzme gawyobili dagvixvda. holmsi wynarad ilukmeboda da raRac fiqrSi iyo wasuli. etyoba, raRac mZime da mtanjveli azri aekviata, ise Camostiroda cxvirpiri.

roca magida aalages, igi momibrunda da miTxra:

- Zvirfaso uotson, rCeva minda gkiTxoT. ijeqiT mag savarZelSi da yuri migdeT. pirdapir ar vici, rogor moviqce. sigaras moukideT da yvelafers wvrilad mogiyvebiT.

- didi siamovnebiT mogismenT.

- roca am saqmis gansjas SevudgebiT, Cven makarTis CvenebaSi or punqtze daviwyeT WoWmani. me, rogorc gaxsovT, is ori punqti mkvlelobaSi eWvmitanilis sasargeblod miviCnie, Tqven ki piriqiT. es punqti gaxldaT: erTi is, rom mamam `goii~, Svilis danaxvamde daiZaxa, xolo meore is, rom momakvdavis ukanaskneli sityvebidan jeims makarTim marto `eret~1 gaigona. Cveni kvleva-Ziebac am ori punqtidan unda daiwyos, Tanac winaswar unda davuSvaT, rom braldebulma Ziebas absoluturi simarTle uTxra.

- maSin sakiTxavia, ras niSnavs `goii~?

- faqtia, rom makarTi amiT Svils ar uxmobda, radgan igi bristolSi eguleboda. am Zaxilze axalgazrda makarTis gamocxadeba mamisaTvisac moulodneli iyo. `goiis~ Zaxili im adamianisadmi iyo mimarTuli, visTanac makarTis Sexvedra hqonda daniSnuli. `goiis~ avstraliuria da `modi, gelis~ niSnavs. ase rom, am SemTxvevaSi makarTis Zaxili ise unda gavigoT, rom igi avstraliel an avstraliaSi namyof da nacxovreb adamians eloda.

- ras unda niSnavdes momakvdavis ukanaskneli sityva ~eret~.

Serlok holmsma jibidan dakecili qaRaldi amoiRo da magidaze gaSala.

- es kolonia viqtorias rukaa. me is bristolidan gamoviTxove. - man rukis erT nawils xeli daafara, mere me momibrunda da miTxra: - aba, ra waikiTxeT?

`eret~ - wavikiTxe-meTqi, vuTxari.

mere xeli aswia da kvlav waikiTxeo, miTxra.

`baleret~, - wavikiTxe.

- diax, swored waikiTxeT, - miTxra holmsma. - esaa is sityva, rac mkvlels hqvian da romlis mxolod bolo nawili gaigona jeims makarTim. momakvdavs undoda SvilisaTvis eTqva Tavisi mkvlelis saxeli. diax, mkvlels an balereti hqvia, anda baleretidanaa.

- SesaniSnavad mignebuli ambavia, - wamoviZaxe me.

- diax, es savsebiT naTeli ambavia. axla Tqven xedavT, rom borotmoqmedebis are TandaTan viwrovdeba. miT ufro, rom arsebobs mesame punqtic - ruxi wamosasxami. axla Cven mkvlelis Sesaxeb sami monacemi gagvaCnia: igi avstralielia, balereti hqvia an baleretidanaa da ruxi wamosasxami aqvs.

- ufro garkveulad?

- adgilobrivi mcxovrebia, radgan tbors, fermisa da mister terneris saxlis meti, garSemo araferi akravs da gadamTieli aq aravin daZrwis.

- marTali brZandebiT.

- mere dRevandeli Cveni eqspediciac erT ramed Rirda. miwaze kvalis aRmoCeniTa da sxva dakvirvebebiT, me SevZeli mkvlelis vinaobis dadgena, rac gamoTayvanebul lestreids ganvucxade kidec.

- magram rogor daadgineT mkvlelis vinaoba?

- Tqven icnobT Cems meTods. is xom umniSvnelo wvrilmani ambebis erTobliobas da maT urTierTdapirispirebas emyareba.

- diax, albaT misi simaRle nabijis saSualebiT gamoiangariSeT, xolo fexsacmlis ambis garkvevaSi kvali dagexmaraT.

- raRac gansakuTrebuli fexsacmeli ki scmia.

- misi xeibroba saidanRa daadastureT?

- mis marjvena fexs WenWyobSic ki ufro zerele nakvalevi daetovebina, vidre marcxenas. aqedan is daskvna gamomdinareobs, rom igi tanis mTeli simZimiT marjvena fexs ar awveboda, ese igi, koWli unda iyos.

- caciaao, saidan moitaneT?

- qirurgis CvenebaSi dazianebis aRweram Tqven TviTonve gagaocaT. uecari dartyma mokluls ukana mxridan hqonda miyenebuli da isic marcxena mxares. aba, raRa kiTxva unda, rom es cacias naxelavi unda yofiliyo. mama-Svilis walaparakebis dros igi xis qveS mdgara da sigarac gaubolebia. adgilze sigaris ferfli aRmovaCine da mivxvdi, rom mkvleli indur sigaras eweoda. rogorc iciT, papirosis ferflze me Sroma gamovaqveyne, romelSic as ormoci sxvadasxvagvari Tambaqos ferfli maqvs Seswavlili da gamokvleuli. ferfls rom wavawydi, sigaris namwvis Zebnas mivyavi xeli da isic vipovne. diax, is marTlac roterdamSi damzadebuli induri sigara gamodga.

- mundStuki?

- namwvs rom davakvirdi, zed nakbilarebi ar emCneoda. ese igi, mkvleli sigaras mundStukiT eweoda. namwvis bolo uswormasworod iyo moWrili da amitom vivaraude, mkvlels jibeSi blagvi dana unda hqondes-meTqi.

- holms, - vuTxari me, - Tqven mkvlelis garSemo iseTi bade moqsoveT, romelsac igi ver dausxlteba, da amiT daumsaxurebeli sasjelisagan ixseniT ucodveli adamiani. Tqven jeims makarTi pirdapir saxrCobelidan CamoxseniT. me getyviT mkvlelis gvarsa da saxels...
- mister jon terneri, - mogvaxsena hotelis msaxurma da oTaxSi jon terners SemouZRva.

oTaxSi Semosuls ucnauri da didi STabeWdilebis momxdeni Sesaxedaoba hqonda. fexiT saxiCroba da dabla Camoyrili mxrebi mnaxvelis TvalSi jon terners moxucebul kacad aqcevdnen, xolo uzarmazari sxeuli da uxeSad gamokveTili saxis nakvTebi mis Zlier xasiaTsa da did fizikur Zalas metyvelebdnen. gawewili wveri, WaRara Tma da dafanCuli warbebi amayi da Zalauflebis moyvare kacis Sexedulebas aZlevdnen. saxeze moTeTro nacrisferi gadahkravda da cxviris nestoebis boloebsa da tuCebze silurje moreoda. rogorc ki Sevxede, myisve Sevatyve, misTvis raRac ukurnebel sens daeria xeli.

- savarZelSi dabrZandiT, - uTxra zrdilobianad holmsma. - albaT Cemi werili miiReT?

- diax, mevelem momitana. mwerdiT, rom TqvenTan movsuliyavi, raTa Tavidan amecilebina Sercxvena da aurzauri.

- vfiqrob, rom xalxSi erTi miTqma-moTqma Seiqmneboda, Tu sasamarTloSi gamosvla damWirda.

- raSi dagWirdaT? - ternerma iseTi sasowarkveTili TvalebiT gahxeda holmss, TiTqos dasmul kiTxvaze pasuxi ukve mieRos.

- diax, - ufro terneris gamoxedvas upasuxa holmsma, vidre dasmul kiTxvas, - makarTis mkvlelobis ambavi wvrilad vici.

moxucma saxe veeba xelebSi Cargo.

- RmerTo miSvele! - warmoTqva man. - magram ymawvili kacis daRupvas arc vapirebdi. patiosan sityvas gaZlevT, rom Tu saqme nafic msajulT gadaecemodaT gansaxilvelad, yovelives vaRiarebdi.

- moxaruli var, rom magas ambobT, - mkacrad Tqva holmsma.

- Tu Cemi patara gogona ara, yovelives axlac vityodi. magram simarTlis gageba mas guls gauxeTqavs. Cemi dapatimreba misTvis Zalian Zneli asatani iqneba.

- SeiZleba arc dagapatimron? - warmoTqva holmsma.

- rogor?

- me xom policiis oficialuri TanamSromeli ara var. me swored Tqvenma qaliSvilma momiwvia aq da misi interesebi unda davicva: axalgazrda makarTi sapyrobiledan unda gamovides.

- me momakvdavi var, - Tqva moxucma ternerma. - karga xania, rac Cems sxeuls diabeti xravs. eqimis aziT, albaT erT Tvesac ver gavatan, magram sapatimroSi sulis amoxdas, mainc Cems WerqveS sikvdili mirCevnia.

holmsi wamodga, sawerkalami da qaRaldi moimarjva da magidasTan mivida.

- aba, moyeviT hovelive da mokled Caviwer. Tqven xels moawerT, uotsoni ki daamowmebs. Tqvens Cvenebas sasamarTlos mxolod im SemTxvevaSi warvudgen, Tu axalgazrda makarTi ise ver gavaTavisuflebine. Tu mxolod es aucilebeli ukiduresoba ar maiZulebs, Tqveni saidumlo CemTan erTad daimarxeba.

- keTili da patiosani, - Tqva moxucma da daiwyo: - me mgonia, nafic msajulTa sasamarTlos Sekrebamde verc gavatan da Cemi ambavi arc mawuxebs. mxolod alisas gadarCena mwadia. axla ki yovelives Tavidan giambobT. es ambavi didxans gaWianurda, magram moyoliT male mogiyvebiT.

- Tqven ar icnobdiT gardacvlil makarTis. is kaci ki ara, namdvili satana gaxldaT. mis klanWebSi moxvedras mtersa da avs ar vusurvebdi. ukanaskneli oci weliwadi suli amomxada da sicocxle momiwamla. jer imas moiTxrobT, rogor aRmovCndi pirvelad mis xelSi. es ambavi am saukunis samocian wlebSi oqros sabadoebze moxda. maSin axalgazrda, jan-RoniT savse kaci viyavi, sisxli miduRda da yovelgvar sisaZagleze mivdiodi. cud wreSi movxvdi da xeli smas mivyavi. maRaros is nawili, romelsac me vamuSavebdi, mwiri aRmoCnda. TandaTan Sevijavre Sroma da cota xanSi Saragzis mZarcvelad viqeci. eqvsni viyaviT da Tavisufal aRviraxsnil cxovrebas veweodiT. xan rkinigzis sadgurs vecemodiT da vZarcvavdiT, xanac oqros sabadoebidan momaval furgonebs. swored maSin Semarqves balereteli Savi jeki da Cvens koloniaSi aqamed axsovT baleretis banda...

erTxel baleretidan melburnisaken dacvis TanxlebiT oqro gaagzavnes. Cven CavusafrdiT gzad momavlebs da Tavs davesxiT. dacva eqvsi kacisagan Sedgeboda da Tavdamsxmelebic eqvsni viyaviT. pirveli gasroliT oTxi mcveli movkaliT. magram roca nadavls davepatroneT, Cvenc samniRa davrCiT. revolveris lula meetles zed Sublze mivabjine da adgilidan daZvra vubrZane. is meetle gaxldaT makarTi. RmerTo, netav maSinve momekla, magram davinde, Tumca SevniSne, iseTi avi TvalebiT Semomyurebda, Cemi saxis damaxsovreba eweda. ase davepatroneT oqros, gavmdidrdiT da samSobloSi gamovemgzavreT. Cems Zvel amfosnebTan yovelgvari kavSiri gavwyvite da wesier cxovrebas Sevudeqi. es mamuli swored maSin iyideboda da mec ar damiyovnebia misi SeZena. mindoda wesieri cxovrebiT da saqmianobiT nawilobriv mainc gamomesyida is danaSauli, rac oqros gatacebiT Cavidine. davqrwindi da, marTalia, coli axalgazrdobaSive gardamecvala, magram man patara alisa damitova. CemTvis misi namceca ususuri xelebi iyo is jaWvi, romelmac patiosan gzaze damaba da avsa da borot saqmes amacdina. misma gaCenam sabolood amaRebina xeli borotebaze da Cemsa da Cems warsul cxovrebas Soris ufskruli aRimarTa. erTi sityviT, yvelaferi kargad midioda, vidre makarTis Cavuvardebodi klanWebSi.

fuladi saqmeebis mosagvareblad qalaqs gavemgzavre da rijentstritze Camoglejil da daqiaqebul tansacmelSi gamoxveul makarTis gadaveyare.

- Cven aqa varT, jek, - miTxra man da xeli mklavze momkida, - Cven ara varT Sengan mosaZulebeli dasakargavi xalxi. me da Cemi biWi amieridan Sen unda Segvinaxo, Torem inglisi kanonebis moyvaruli mSvenieri qveyanaa da polismenebiTaa savse.

ase Casaxlda makarTi qveynis dasavleT nawilSi, ase Caigdo Cemi mamulis saukeTeso nawili xelSi da yovelgvari gadasaxadisagan Tavisufali cxovrobda uzrunvelad, Tanac aqeTac memuqreboda. am dRis mere mosveneba aRar mqonda, sadac wavidodi, Tanamdevi suliviT win ametuzeboda, an erTTavad kudSi damdevda. alisa rom wamoizarda, makarTim axla sulSi damiwyo faTuri, SeniSna, rom policiaze ufro imas vufrTxildebodi, bavSvs ar gaego Cemi warsuli. rasac makarTi moisurvebda, - fuli iqneboda, saxli, Tu miwa, yvelafers vaZlevdi, vidre bolos is ar moisurva, risi micemac ar SemeZlo. gaTavxedebulma alisa momTxova Tavis SvilisaTvis. am droisaTvis misi biWic wamoizarda da, raki yvelam icoda, rom janze veRar viyavi, makarTim axla mTeli Cemi qonebis dapatroneba ganizraxa. magram aq ki gamoviCine sulis simtkice. ar mindoda, rom makarTis binZuri sisxli Cems sisxlSi aTqvefiliyo. ara imitom, rom misi vaJiSvili ar momwonda, biWis ZarRvebSi xom mamis sisxli Cqefda da mis SesaZuleblad CemTvis esec sakmao iyo. me magrad videqi. maSin makarTi damemuqra. Cven unda SevxvedrodiT erTmaneTs tborTan, Cveni saxlebidan Tanabar manZilze.

roca daniSnul adgilze mivedi, davinaxe, rom Tavis vaJiSvils elaparakeboda. sigara gavabole da davelode rodis damartovdeboda. magram uneburad misi laparaki rom movismine, rac ki CemSi odesme cudi da boroti zne yofila, yvelaferma erTbaSad ifeTqa da xeli damria. makarTi Svils Cem qaliSvilze daqorwinebas aZalebda. biWi eurCeboda, xolo makarTi dahkioda da Zalas atanda, TiTqos imisi gageba, rogor Sexvdeboda Cemi qaliSvili am ambavs, sruliad ar iyo saWiro. iman, rom meca da Cemi qaliSvilic, romelic sicocxleze ufro Zvirfasia CemTvis, aseTi kacis xelSi unda CavvardniliyaviT, gamacofa. jobs exlave davglijo is marwuxebi, romliTac Seborkili vyavar-meTqi, vifiqre. me xom avadmyofi, sasikvdilod ganwiruli kaci var da ori dRis paraskevi damrCenia. marTalia, goneba saRi maqvs da jerjerobiT Zalac momdevs, magram bedisagan mainc sasikvdilod ganawiri gaxlavarT. magram Cemi xsovna da Cemi qaliSvilis momavali raRad unda wabilwuliyo? orive SeiZleboda gadamerCina, Tuki makarTis enas samudamod davadumebdi. me movkali igi da misi gacocxleba rom SeiZlebodes, kvlav movklavdi. marTalia, cisa da qveynis winaSe didi Semcode gaxlavarT, magram Cemi martviloba-mowameobiT sakuTari danaSauli nawilobriv mainc gamovisyide. xolo Cemi ucodveli alisa ki ra SuaSi iyo, rom imave gaiZveras maxeSi gabmuliyo, romelmac me damtanja da bolo momiRo? makarTi movkali da sindisi ar mqenjnis, movkali im sikvdiliT, rogorc Sxamian gvelsa da geslian mxecs ekadreboda, makarTis dayvirebam aremare SesZra da misi vaJiSvili ukanve daabruna, magram me tyeSi mivimale, Tumca mkvlelobis adgilze davardnili Cemi wamosasxamis wamosaRebad meoredac mivedi iq. es ambavi, jentlmenebo, namdvilad ase moxda da yovelive gulaxdilad mogaxseneT.

- TqvenTvis msjavris gamotana Cems movaleobaSi ar Sedis, - Tqva holmsma, roca mister ternerma Cvenebas xeli moawera, - me mgonia, saqmis sasamarTloze gadacema arc dagvWirdeba.

- maS, ra unda gaakeToT?

- Tqveni janmrTelobis Semxedvarem, araferi. Tqven Zalian male warsdgebiT ufro maRali msajulis winaSe, vidre nafic msajulTa sasamarTloa. Tqvens aRiarebas saidumlod Sevinaxav, Tu jeims makarTis dasacavad ar maiZules simarTlis gamxela. Tu makarTis gadasarCenad ar damWirda, garwmunebT, Tqvens aRiarebas Ze-xorcielis Tvali ver ixilavs da Tqveni saidumlo, cocxali iqnebiT Tu mkvdari, mokvdavTaTvis samudamod daimarxeba.

- aba, mSvidobiT brZandebodeT, - mozeime xmiT warmoTqva moxucma, - roca Tqveni aRsasrulis Jami dadgeba, ufro advilad da wynarad SexvdebiT sikvdils, radgan samudamo gansasvenebelSi wasvlis win simSvide da naTeli SeitaneT Cems sulSi. - Tqva esa da acaxcaxebuli uzarmazari sxeuli barbaciT gaitana oTaxidan.

- RmerTo, gviSvele! - Tqva holmsma karga xnis dumilis Semdeg. - netav ratom gvaTamaSebs Cven ubedurT da usaSvelod STenilT ase uwyalod bedi mdevari?

nafic msajulTa sasamarTlom, holmsis mier wardgenili auracxeli gamamarTlebeli sabuTis safuZvelze, jeims makarTi gaaTavisufla. moxucma ternerma kidev Svidi Tve iara am codvil miwaze, - axla ki samudamo gansasvenebelSia davanebuli. albaT jeimsi da alisa ukve daqorwindnen da maT bednierebas Savi Rrublebi aRar emuqreba.

bohemiaSi momxdari aurzauri

holmsisaTvis is mudam WeSmariti qali iyo. ar maxsovs, igi sxva ram saxeliT exsenebinos. misi azriT, airen adleri mTel saqaleTSi yvelas Crdilavda da yvelaze maRla idga. uyvarda-meTqi, ver vityvi. yvela grZnoba da maT Soris siyvaruli, holmsis darbaislur, zust azrovnebasa da civ gonebas axlosac ar ekareboda. ar Sevcdebi, Tu vityvi, holmsi gaxldaT yvelaze yuradRebiani, dakvirvebuli da Wkuadamjdari manqana, romelic ki odesme amqveynad Seqmnila. Seyvarebuli holmsi me ver warmomidgenia. da albaT, am rolSi igi Zalian yalbi iqneboda. igi uzenaessa da saTuT grZnobebze mxolod dacinviTa da masxrobiT laparakobda. misi azriT, aseTi grZnobebi warmoadgenda mxolod Soridan damkvirvebelTa Seswavlis sagans, romelic adamianTa moqmedebis uCinar xlarTebs Camoacilebda idumal safarvels da naTels mohfenda am moqmedebaTa aRmZvrel motivebs. magram Tu gamocdili da Wkuadamjdari adamiani am grZnobebs sakuTar sulSi dabudebis saSualebas miscemda, amiT nebayoflobiT gauxsnida gzas damangrevel Zalebs Tavis aRuSfoTvel gonebriv samyaroSi. sxeulSi SeWrili aseTi grZnoba ufro damangreveli Zalisaa, vidre mgrZnobiare instrumentSi moxvedrili qviSa, an uzarmazar sarkeze gaCenili bzari. miuxedavad amisa, arsebobda erTaderTi qali da isic metad saeWvo yofaqcevisa - aw gardacvlili, airen adleri, romlisadmi SenamsWvalebic aRmoCnda Cemi keTili megobari.

holmss bolos dros iSviaTad vxvdebodi xolme. Cemma qorwinebam erTmaneTs dagvaSora. piradma bednierebam, agreTve im interesebma, romelic kacis daojaxebisTanave iCens Tavs da misi baton-patroni Seiqmneba, erTbaSad STanqTa mTeli Cemi yuradReba. bohemur cxovrebas Cveuli yolmsi, sazogadoebrivi cxovrebis yoveli formis moZule gaxldaT da iseTadve darCa. Zvel wignebSi Cafluli Cemi megobari isev beikerstritze cxovrobda. kviridan kviramde kokainis cTunebas ayolili, pativmoyvareobis Semotevas narkotikuli saSualebebiT igeriebda da Tavis araadamianur, uxv energiasa da Zlier bunebas alkoholiT iClungebda. igi uwindeburad sagamomZieblo saqmeebiT iyo gatacebuli. Tavis udides Zalasa da araCveulebriv dakvirvebis unars isev im daxlarTuli, awewil-dawewili da bneliT moculi saqmeebis gaxsnas da saaSkaraoze gamotanas axmarda, oficialuri policiis mier uimedo `mkvdar saqmeebad~ rom iyo miCneuli. dro da dro Cemamde aRwevda monaWori Tu marTali ambebi mis saqmianobaze. miTxres, vinme trepovis mkvlelobis saqmeze holmsi odesaSi miiwvieso. manve mohfina Suqi trikomaleli Zmebis - atkinsonebis saqmes; dabolos, gavige holandiis samefo karze momxdari ambavi, romelic holmsma didis gulmodginebiTa da saqmis codniT gamoikvlia. garda yoveldRiur presaSi gamoqveynebuli cnobebisa, me Zalian cota ram vicodi Cemi yofili megobrisa da kompanionis cxovrebiseul wvrilmanebze.

1888 wels oc marts erTi avadmyofi movinaxule da ukan vbrundebodi. am dros uecrad SevniSne, rom gzad beikerstritze unda gamevlo. Tvali movkari Tu ara kargad nacnob kars, wamsve gamaxsenda Cemi daqorwinebisa da `alisferi kvalis~ Savbneli ambavi, Tanac dauZleveli survili dameufla, menaxa Cemi megobari da gamego, imJamad ra Tavsatexi amocanis gadawyvetaze muSaobda. misi gaCaxCaxebuli samuSao oTaxidan sinaTlis Suqi uxvad iRvreboda da me orjer movkari Tvali fanjaraSi Cemi megobris maRal. gamxdar siluets. mxrebSi TavCargul holmss xelebi ukan Semoewyo da gamalebuli bolTasa scemda. me, romelmac kargad vicodi misi Cvevebi da xasiaTis Taviseburebani, maSinve mivxvdi, rom igi, im wams, raRac daxlarTuli saqmis kvanZis gamoxsnaze fiqrobda. axalma amocanam, etyoba, aiZula gamabruebeli saSualebebisaTvis Tavi mienebebina da bunebiT fxizeli goneba vinmes sasikeTod aemuSavebina. zari davreke da SemiSves im oTaxSi, romelic odesRac, nawilobriv, Cemic gaxldaT.

holmsi xmamaRali SeZaxilebiTa da sixarulis cremlTa frqveviT ar Semomgebebia. amdagvar rames igi Zalian iSviaTad sCadioda, magram me aSkarad SevniSne, rom Cemma danaxvam gaaxara. keTili mzeriT usityvod maniSna, savarZelSi moikalaTeo, sigarebis yuTi Cems siaxloves moaCoCa da Rvino SemomTavaza. mere cecxlis win dadga da Tavisi maxvili mxera momapyro.

- colis SerTva mogxdeniaT, uotson. - miTxra holmsma, - mgoni, qorwinebis mere, erTi Svid-naxevari girvanqa mainc mtgimatebiaT wonaSi.

- Svidi girvanqa da arc erTi misxali meti, - vupasuxe me.

- marTla? magram me ratomRac mgonia, rom Svid girvanqaze meti unda gqondeT momatebuli, uotson. rogorc vxedav, praqtikisaTvisac kvlav mogikidniaT xeli. Tqven CemTvis ar giTqvamT, rom aseT daZabul SromaSi apirebdiT Cabmas.

- saidan gaqvT aseTi informacia?

- me rasac vxedav, daskvnebi iqidan gamomaqvs. aba, saidan unda vicode, rom Tqven amas winaT karga magrad dasveldiT, rom Zalian udardeli da WriWinobelasaviT uzrunveli msaxuri gogo gyavT?

- es ki metismetia, Zvirfaso holms. Tqven rom am ramdenime saukunis winaT gecxovraT, albaT jadoqrobisaTvis, eretikosiviT dagwvavdnen koconze. marTlac, warsul xuTSabaTs qalaqgareT viyavi da magradac davsveldi, magram tansacmeli mTlianad gamovicvale da saidan ra SematyveT, veraferi gamigia. rac Seexeba meri jeins, igi marTlac zarmaci da uqnaraa. colma gaafrTxila kidec, gagagdebo. unda giTxraT, rom Tqvenma mixvedrilobam mainc Zalian gamaoca.

holmsma Caicina da Tavisi grZeli, nervulad mocaxcaxe xelebi erTmaneTs magrad gadaaWdo.

- aba, ra mixvedra unda, Zvirfaso uotson, Tu Cemi sakuTari TvaliTa vxedav, rom Tqveni marcxena fexsacmeli, swored iq, sadac sinaTlis sxivi ecema, SigniTa mxares eqvs alagasaa paralelurad gakawruli. cxadia, es ganakawrebi im adamianis daudevrobis bralia, vinc fexsacmels zedmimxmari talaxi moacila. aqedan me ormagi daskvna gamovitane. pirveli, rom Tqven wvimian amindSi iyaviT qalaqgareT da meore, - zarmaci da uqnara msaxuri gyavT. rac Seexeba Tqvens samedicino praqtikas, rodesac Cems oTaxSi iodiformis surneliT gaJRenTili mamakaci Semova, romelsac marjvena saCvenebel TiTze tutis Savi laqa etyoba, da steteskopisagan odnav gamoberili cilndri axuravs, Steri unda viyo, rom ver mivxvde, Cem win eqimia-meTqi.

Tavi ver Sevikave da gulianad gamecina, am ubralo axsna-ganmartebasa da daskvnebze.

- rldesac Tqvens daskvnebs gadmomcemT, yovelive ise ubralod meCveneba, rom vfiqrob, amas mec mivxvdebi-meTbi. magram yoveli axali SemTxvevis dros, winaswar verafers vxvdebi da Tqveni daskvnebi, TiTqos Tavzars mcems, Tumca amixsniT Tu ara, rogor mixvediT am daskvnamde, yvelaferi kvlav Zalze iolad meCveneba. pirdapir unda giTxraT, rom Tvali da mxedveloba Tqvenze naklebi rodi maqvs.

- sruliad marTali brZandebiT, - mipasuxa holmsma, sigareti moqaCa da savarZlidan wamoiwia. - Tqven yovelives xedavT, magram ar akvirdebiT. mxolod es gangvasxvavebs erTmaneTisagan. magaliTad, Tqven albaT xSirad ginaxavT kibe, romelic am oTaxs amouyveba?

- diax.

- mainc ramdenjer.

- albaT, aTasjer da metjerac.

- aba, miTxariT, ramdeni safexuri aqvs am kibes?

- ver getyviT.

- ver metyviT, imitom rom ar dakvirvebixarT. miuxedavad imisa, rom ramdenjerme ginaxavT es kibe. swored aqaa ZaRlis Tavi damarxuli. me ki getyviT, rom Cvidmeti safexuria, radgan ara marto minaxavs, aramed davkvirvebivar kidec. Tumca, Tqvenc gainteresebT xolme iseTi patar-patara problemebi, romelTa aRweriTac Tavi SeiwuxeT da gamoaqveyneT kidec. amitom TqvenTvis interesmoklebuli ar iqneba es werili. - Tqva esa da holmsma magidaze dagdebuli, vardisferi, sqeli baraTi aiRo da gadmomigdo, - axlaxan miviRe, - miTxra da mTxova, werili xmamaRla wamekiTxa.

werili uTariRo, uadresato da xelmouwereli iyo. `dRes saRamoTi rva saaTsa da TxuTmet wuTze, - iuwyeboda baraTi, - TqvenTan Zalian mniSvnelovan saqmeze sakonsultaciod mova erTi jentlmeni. is daxmareba da samsaxuri, rac Tqven am cota xnis winaT gauwieT evropis erT-erT mefuri warmoSobis ojaxs, srul safuZvels iZleva, rom mogandoT friad saidumlo da sayuradRebo saqme. sadac ki ar gavikiTx- gamovikiTxe, yvelam dadebiTad dagaxasiaTaT. daniSnuli droisaTvis Sin damxvdiT da cuds nurafers gaifiqreqT, Tu Tqveni stumari niRabafarebuli gamogecxadebaT~.

- es marTlac saidumloebiT moculi ambavi unda iyos, - vTqvi me, - Tqven ras fiqrobT, holms?

- jerjerobiT daskvnebisaTvis araviTari monacemebi ar gamaCnia. praqtikas mowyvetili Teoria mudam ganwiruli da Semcdaria. aseT dros adamiani iseT faqtebs daeZebs, romlebic mis Teorias ganamtkicebs, imis nacvlad, rom faqtebze aagos Tavisi naazrevi. Tumca, werili TavisTavad faqtia. ra daskvnebi SegiZliaT gaakeToT am baraTidan?