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saxlidan Svidis TxuTmet wuTze gamovediT da roca serpentains mivaRwieT, aTi wuTi kidev iyo Cvens gankargulebaSi. ukve binddeboda da aqa-iq Suqic aanTes. Cven bolTis cemas movyeviT da gafacicebulni velodiT braioni-lojis mkvidrTa gamoCenas. saxli swored iseTi gamodga, rogoric holmsma amiwera, magram quCa ufro xalxmravali meCvena, vidre velodi. qalaqis ganapira quCa, myudro da wynari ki ara, xalxmravali gamodga da TiTqos gamvlelTagan teva aRar iyo. quCis erT kuTxeSi viRac naZiralebi udardelad abolebdnen da icinodnen, iqiT danebis mlesavi mimodioda, gvardielebi mosamsaxure gogos earSiyebodnen. iqve, Soriaxlo, ramdenime kargad Cacmuli, sigaragaCrili axalgazrda ymawvili mimodioda.

- iciT, - wamoiwyo saubari holmsma, - es qorwineba ufro amartivebs Cvens saqmes. is fotosuraTi axla aRaraa qalisaTvis gamosadegi. arc iaren adlerisaTvis iqneba sasiamovno, rom igi mister nortonma ixilos. nortonisTvis fotosuraTis Cvenebas adleri iseve unda ufxrTxodes, rogorc Cveni klienti ufrTxis, rom igi misma princesam ar ixilos. axla sakiTxavi isaa, sad veZioT fotosuraTi?

- marTlac Zalian saintereso ambavia.

- ara mgonia, airen adlers suraTi Tan dahqondes. fotosuraTi, Cveni klientis aRweriT, iseTi zomisaa, rom qali ubeSi ver damalavs. amave dros qalma SesaniSnavad icis, rom SeiZleba mefem igi Seityuos sadme da gaaCxrekinos. orjer xom ukve ucdiaT aseTi ram. maSasadame, Cven sruli safuZveli gvaqvs vifiqrobT, rom fotosuraTi qals Tan ara aqvs.

- aba, sad unda inaxavdes?

- me mgonia, Tavis veqilTan, an Tavis bankirTan. SesaZlebelia, magram me erTic meeWveba da meorec. qalebs bunebiT uyvarT idumalebiT moculi ambebi, magram sakuTar xvaSiads aravis andoben. ratom unda gaendo vinmesTvis Tavisi saidumloeba airens? am SemTxvevaSi qals SeuZlia endos mxolod sakuTar Tavs. radgan Tu vinme saqmian kacs gaandobda am ambavs, im adamians SeeZlo politikuri karieris an, fuladi gamorCenisa da angarebis mizniT qalisaTvis eRalata da saidumlo gaeca. garda amisa, aireni xom daemuqra mefes, Sens sacoles suraTs swored niSnobis dRes gavugzavnio. ese igi, fotosuraTi mas xelTa aqvs da sakuTar saxlSi inaxavs.

- magram saxli xom orjer gaqurdes.

- im briyvebma ar icodnen, sad unda eZebnaT fotosuraTi.

- Tqven rogorRa ipoviT?

- me saguldagulod Zebnas arc davuwyeb.

- aba ras izamT?

- saqmes ise movawyob, rom aireni suraTs TviTonve miCvenebs.

- aireni amas arasgziT ar izams.

- sxva gamosavali ar eqneba. Tumca axla musaifis dro aRaraa, gaxsovdeT, uotson, Cemi miTiTebani da yovelive zustad SeasruleT.

am dros, mosaxvevSi, landos gverdiT Suqs movkari Tvali da Tvalis daxamxamebaSi wyvilcxeniani mSvenieri etli braioni-lojis win dadga. rogorc ki etli SeCerda, viRac quCis naZirala etlis kars mivarda, rom gamoeRo da am gziT yelis Casasvelebeli uzalTuni eSova, magram meorem ar acala da isic, imave mizniT landos kars daejajgura. atyda maT Soris xelCarTuli Cxubi da Widili, romelic gvardielebisa da danebis mlesavis CareviT kidev ufro gaZlierda. landodan gadmosuli ledi, erT xans muStiTa da joxebiT dauzogavad moCxubarTa SuagulSi moeqca. holmsi moCxubarTa wreSi SeiWra, rom ledisaTvis eSvelna. magram qalTan mivida Tu ara, erTi saocrad Sehyvira da saxegasisxlianebuli miwaze gaiSxlarTa. rogorc ki dacemul, sisxlSi mosvril kacs mohkres Tvali, gvardielebma imwamsve mokurcxles, quCis mawanwalebma rom SeniSnes, saqme cudadaao, imaTac mousves. viRac wesierad Cacmulma gamvlelebma axla ki moxedes ledisa da miwaze gaSxlarTul dazaralebuls. airen adlerma uceb airbina kibis safexurebi, magram kibis Tavze Seyovnda da quCas gaxeda. misi kenari tani holidan gamomaval Suqze raRac zRaprulad ixreboda da ikvalTeboda.

- sawyali jentlmeni, mZimed daiWra? - ikiTxa man.

- mokles, - upasuxa ramdenime xmam.

- ara, cocxalia! - daiyvira viRacam. - magram vidre saavadmyofoSi miiyvanen, mokvdeba.

- ai, gabeduli kaci, - Tqva viRac qalma, - eg rom ara, ledis safulesa da saaTs wahglejdnen. eg mawanwalebi ki ara, namdvili mZarcvelebi iyvnen. ah, mgoni, mobrunda da sunTqva daiwyo.

- daWrils quCaSi xom ar davtovebT, Tu nebas dagvrTavT, Tqvens saxlSi SemoviyvanT, qalbatono.

- raRa Tqma unda. ai, sastumro oTaxSi savarZelze daawvineT.

nela, rogorRac zar-zeimiT Seiyvanes holmsi braioni-lojSi da divanze daawvines. saxlSi Suqi aanTes, magram darabebi ar mouxuravT. Cemi saTvalTvalo adgilidan yovelives kargad vxedavdi. ar vici, ganicdida Tu ara holmsi sindisis qenjnas imis gamo, rom am, mis mierve mowyobil TamaSSi monawileobda. rac Semexeba me, imaze uxerxulad Cems cxovrebaSi ar migrZnia Tavi, roca Sevxede, is ulamazesi da uturfesi qali, romlis sawinaaRmdego SeTqmulebaSic me Camabes, ra gulmodginebiTa da mzrunvelobiT dahkankalebda Tavs Cems megobars. magram Tu holmsis miTiTebebs zustad ar Sevasrulebdi, esec megobris Ralati iqneboda da Cems cxovrebas mudam Sav laqad daaCndeboda. guldamZimebulma amoviRe jibidan raketa. bolos da bolos Cven xom mas zians ar vayenebdiT, mxolod xels vuSlidiT, rom TviTon sxvisTvis ara evno ra.

holmsi divanze wamojda da ise daiklakna, TiTqos haeri ar yofniso. mosamsaxure fanjaras mivarda da gamoaRo. imave wams SevniSne, rom holmsma daTqmisamebr xeli aswia. raketa oTaxSi Sevagde da rac Zala da Rone mqonda viyvire, xanZaria, xanZari-meTqi. sityva damTavrebulic ara mqonda, rom mTeli brbo amyva. oTaxSi avardnili raketis bolo jer adgilze datrialda, mere ki Ria fanjridan gareT gamoiWra. me davinaxe, rogor darbodnen oTaxebSi SeZrwunebuli adamianebi. cota xnis mere holmsis xmac Semomesma, irwmuneboda, gangaSi cud-ubralod ataxes da araviTari xanZari ar momxdarao. xalxSi gavZveri da quCis bolosaken gavemarTe. aT wuTSi Cemi megobaric wamomewia, xelkavi gamikeTa da SfoTisa da aurzauris adgils swrafad gavSordiT. igi xmaamouRebliv da Zalze swrafad moabijebda, vidre Tavi ar amovyaviT im quCaze, romelic edjvar-roudze gadioda.

- Tqven davaleba pirnaTlad SeasruleT, uotson, - miTxra holmsma.

- fotosuraTi Tqvens xelTaa?

- ara. magram vici, sadac inaxeba.

- rogor SeityveT?

- airenma TviTonve miCvena. xom giTxariT, TviTonve miCvenebs-meTqi.

- CemTvis mainc yvelaferi gaurkvevelia.

- maincdamainc didi saidumlo ambavi araa, - siciliT warmoTqva holmsma. - piriqiT, yovelive Zalian ubralod moxda. Tqven albaT mixvdiT, rom quCaSi myofni me daviqirave da Cems miTiTebebs asrulebdnen.

- diax, magas maSinve mivxvdi.

- moCxubrebSi rom SeviWeri, xelSi Txevadi wiTeli saRebavi meWira, Zirs daveci, xeli saxeze movisvi da Tavgatexilisa da mZimed daWrilis scena gaviTamaSe - es xom ZvelisZveli xrikia.

- amasac mivxvdi.

- mere saxlSi Semiyvanes. airen adleri iZulebuli iyo, sastumro oTaxSi davewvine. es swored is oTaxi gaxldaT, romelzec eWvi mqonda. magram SeiZleboda fotosuraTi sawol oTaxSi hqonoda damaluli. Cemi amocana naTeli iyo, unda gamerkvia, sad inaxeboda igi. Cemma daqiravebulma xalxma savarZelze damasvena. mere saqme ise warmovadgine, TiTqos haeri ar myofnida. mosamsaxure gogom fanjara gamoaRo da TamaSSi Tqvenc CaebiT.

- riT dagexmaraT sabolebeli raketa?

- gadamwyveti roli swored raketam iTamaSa. roca qali fiqrobs, rom misi saxli cecxlis alSia gaxveuli, igi imis gadarCenas cdilobs, rac misTvis yvelaze Zvirfasia. es yvelaze mZlavri impulsia da misi gamoyenebiT mravali warmatebac momipovebia. darlingtonsa da arnsvorTis koSkSi momxdari ambebis Ziebis drosac es meTodi gamoviyene. gaWirvebaSi Cavardnili gaTxovili qali bavSvs gadaarCens, xolo gauTxovari - Zvirfaseulobas. axla CemTvis naTelia, rom am fotosuraTze uZvirfasesi ganZi airen adlerisaTvis araferi moiZebneba. gansacdelis Jams igi swored fotosuraTis gadarCenas cdilobda. man marTlac irwmuna Tqvens yvirilze, xanZari moxdao. misi rkiniseburi nervebic Sedrka da me Sevityve, rom fotosuraTi zaris dasarek adgilas, saidumlo samalavSi aqvs saguldagulod Senaxuli. igi Tvalis daxamxamebaSi gaCnda samalavTan. cdilobda gadaerCina fotosuraTi, magram swored im dros me daviyvire, araviTari xanZari ar momxdara da tyuilad gahkivian-meTqi. airenma fotosuraTi isev Tavis adgilas datova, raketas gadaxeda, oTaxidan gavarda da mere TvaliTac aRar minaxavs. wamovdeqi, bodiSi movixade da oTaxidan haiharad gamovedi. erT xans Sevyoymandi, vifiqre. samalavidan fotosuraTs dResve waviReb-meTqi, magram oTaxSi meetle Semovida da avi TvaliT damiwyo cqera. vaiTu aCqarebiT yvelaferi wavaxdino-meTqi, vifiqre da wamovedi.

- mere ra unda iRonoT, - SevekiTxe me.

- saZiebo samuSao praqtikulad davamTavreT. xval mefesa da TqvenTan erTad, Tu Tqven gindaT monawileoba miiRoT am saqmeSi, airen adlers Tavze davadgebiT. Cven dagvacdevineben sastumro oTaxSi. roca ledi stumrebis sanaxavad sastumro oTaxSi Semova, iq arc Cven da arc fotosuraTi aRar daxvdeba. iqneb misma udidebulesobam moindomos da sakuTari xeliT amjobinos fotosuraTis samalavidan amoReba.

- rodis SeatyobinebT mefes?

- dilis rva saaTze Cven braioni-lojSi viqnebiT. ledi jerkidev loginSi iqneba da Cven ueWvelad warmateba mogvelis. unda viCqaroT, Torem iqneb qorwinebam airen adlers xasiaTi da Cvevebi Seucvalos. mefes axlave unda gavugzavno depeSa.

amasobaSi beikerstrits mivaRwieT da saxlis win gavCerdiT. holmsi jibeebSi gasaRebebs daeZebda, roca viRac gamvlelma Rame mSvidobisa usurva.

qvafenilze ramdenime kaci ireoda, magram mSvidobis Rame, mgoni, viRac maRalma axalgazrdam usurva da ucbad gagvcilda.

- es xma sadRac gamigonia. - Tqva holmsma da naxevrad ganaTebul quCas gaxeda, - diax, gamigonia, magram veRar gamixsenebia, sad da rodis?

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is Rame beikerstritze gavatare. Cven jer isev yavasa da Sebrawul purs SeveqceodiT, roca karebSi bohemiis mefe SemoiWra.

- marTla waarTviT fotosuraTi? - mxiarulad wamoiZaxa man da holmss mxrebze xelebi mouTaTuna, Tanac saxegabrwyinebulma TvalebSi Caxeda.

- jer ara.

- magram imedi gaqvT, rom auicleblad xelSi CavigdebT, ara?

- namdvilad.

- maSin axlave wavideT, radgan moTmineba aRar myofnis.

- Cven xom etli gvesaWiroeba.

- Cemi etli gareTaa.

- aba, gavwioT.

Cven dabla CavediT da etlSi CavsxediT.

- airen adleri gaTxovda, - Tqva holmsma.

- gaTxovda? rodis?

- guSin.

- vis gahyva?

- inglisel veqils. gvarad nortons.

- magram usiyvarulod gahyolia.

- me mgonia, uyvars.

- ratom ggoniaT?

- imitom, rom es siyvaruli Tqvens umacRlesobas daifaravs momavalSi yovelgvari usiamovnebisagan. Tu airen adlers Tavisi qmari uyvars, maSasadame, Tqveni umaRlesoba aRar uyvars da amitom arc gzaze gadageRobebaT.

- marTalia, magram netav aireni mefuri Camomavlobisa yofiliyo! o, ra dedofali iqneboda! - mere iyuCa da vidre serpentain-aveniuze ar gavediT, xma aRar amouRia.

braioni-lojis kari Ria dagvixvda da kibis Tavze viRac moxuci qali Semogvegeba. etlidan rom CamovdiodiT, is qali raRac damcinavi RimiliT Semogvcqeroda.

- romelia TqvenSi mister Serlok holmsi? - ikiTxa moxucma.

- me gaxlavarT, - upasuxa Cemma megobarma da saxeze gaoceba gamoexata.

- diax, Cemma qalbatonma gamafrTxila, aucileblad Semoivliso. igi qmarTan erTad am diliT, xuT saaTsa da TxuTmet wuTze Caring-krosis vogzlidan kontinentisaken gaemgzavra.

- rao, - wamoiZaxa Serlok holmsma da ukan daixia. igi gaocebuli da aRelvebisagan fergamkrTali meCvena. - Tqven gindaT TqvaT, rom airen adleri inglisidan gaemgzavra?

- diax, da aRarc dabrundeba.

- da qaRaldebi, yvelaferi daiRupa? - mTrTolare xmiT ikiTxa mefem.

- vnaxoT, - Tqva holmsma, moxuc qals gverdi auara da oTaxSi Sevarda. Cvenc Tan SevyeviT. aveji miyril-moyrili dagvixvda, ujrebi Ria da carieli. etyoboda, ledis gaqcevis win mTeli saxli haiharad aeforiaqebina. holmsi samalvs eca da iqidan fotosuraTi da werili amoiRo. fotosuraTidan saRamur tansacmelSi gamokvalTuli airen adleri Semogvcqeroda. werili ki holmsis saxelze iyo datovebuli. Cemma megobarma uceb waaxia konverts Tavi da samivem werilis kiTxva daviwyeT. werili wina Ramis ricxviT gaxldaT daTariRebuli da ai, ra ewera Sig:

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Zvirfaso mister Serlok holms. yvelaferi ise kargad gaiTamaSeT, rom eWvi araferSi Semparvia. magram xanZarze rom midga saqme, maSin ki daveWvdi. roca vnaxe, rogor daudevrad gaveci sakuTari Tavi, mere yovelives Cavufiqrdi. ramdenime xnis winaT gamafrTxiles, Tu mefe Seecdeba vinme maZebars miandos Tavisi saqme, is maZebari aucileblad werlok holmsi iqnebao. es vinc miTxra, Tqveni misamarTic manve gadmomca. Tqven mainc miaRwieT imas, rom Cems saidumlos farda axadeT. Cemi eWvis miuxedavad im Zvirfas, keTil da moxuc mRvdleze cudi mainc ar mindoda mefiqra. Tqven kargad iciT, me TviTon viyavi msaxiobi. mamakacis tansacmlis gadacma CemTvis axali xili araa. me Tqvens saTvalTvalod meetle joni gamovgzavne, TviTon ki zeviT avedi, mamakacis tansacmeli gadavicvi da ukan agedevneT.

swored Tqvens saxlis karamde mogyeviT da davrwmundi, rom Cemi saqmiT TviTon brwyinvale Serlok holmsi iyo dainteresebuli. mere sakmaod daudevrad gisurveT Rame nebisa da qmarTan templSi gavemgzavre.

Cven orTavem bevri vifiqreT. magram iseT mowinaaRmdegesTan Sebmas, rogoric Tqvena xarT, gaqceva vamjobineT. ase rom, Cvens binaSi mosuls, Cveni bude carieli dagxvdebaT. rac Seexeba fotosuraTs. Tqvens klients SeuZlia damSvidebuli brZandebodes. me igi aRar miyvars da masze ukeTes mamakacs vuyvarvar. mefes, rogorc moenebeba, ise moiqces. me misTvis vnebis miyenebas ar movindomeb. Tumca TviTon ki gamamwara. fotosuraTs mxolod Tavdacvis mizniT Sevinaxav. Sevinaxav, rogorc iaraRs, im SemTxvevisaTvis, Tu mefe Cem winaaRmdeg kvlav saqmes wamoiwyebs. me vtoveb aq Cems fotosuraTs da Tu mefe moindomebs, Tan waiRos. davrCebi Tqveni erTguli, airen adleri, nortonisa~.

- oh, ra qalia, oh, ra qalia! - wamoiyvira bohemiis mefem, roca werili CavaTaveT. - aki geubnebodiT. Wkviani da Zalian moxerxebulia-meTqi! oh, ra saTayvanebeli da sagogmanebeli dedofali iqneboda? samwuxaro mxolod is aris, rom mefuri sisxlisa ar iyo.

- mas mere, rac es qali Sevicani, mec im azrisa var, Tqveno umaRlesobam, rom igi Tqveni toli marTlac ar aris, - civad warmoTqva holmsma. - Zalian vwuxvar, Tqveno umaRlesobav, rom saqmis ufro ukeT daboloeba ver SevZeli.

- piriqiT, Zvirfaso, ser, - wamoiZaxa mefem. - amaze ukeTesi daboloeba arc SeiZleboda. me vici, ra Seuvali sityvis patronia aireni. fotosuraTi axla iseve uvnebelia, viTom Cveni xeliT dagvewvas.

- moxaruli var, rom Tqveni umaRlesobis piridan aseTi sityvebi mesmis, - uTxra holmsma.

- me Tqvengan Zalian davalebuli var da minda riTime gadagixadoT, ai es beWedi... - Tqva es, xelidan zurmuxtisTvliani beWedi waiZro da holmss gauwoda.

- Tqvens umaRlesobas ufro Zvirfasi ganZi gaaCnia, - uTxra holmsma.

- damisaxeleT da mzada var.

- ai, es fotosuraTi.

mefem Cems megobars gaocebiT Sexeda.

- airenis fotosuraTi? - wamoiZaxa man,- inebeT. Tu ase gindaT.

- madlobT, Tqveno umaRlesobav. maSasadame, saqme amiT damTavrebulia.

- pativi maqvs, mSvidobis dila gisurvoT, - holmsma Tavi daukra mefes da mis mier gamowvdili marjvena arc ki SeumCnevia, ise wamovida CemTan erTad beikerstritisaken.

ai, ra mizeziT moxda aurzauri bohemiaSi da Cemi megobris SesaniSnavi gegma rogor iZlia qalis Wkuisa da moxerxebis wyalobiT. qalis Wkuaze rom sityva Camovardeboda, holmss es sasacilod ara yofnida xolme, magram bolo dros ratomRac am sakiTxze saubrisas dumils arCevs. - Tumca, roca airen adlers axsenebs an mis fotosuraTs daxedavs xolme, mxolod erTi epiTetiT amkobs mas: `ai, WeSmariti qali!~