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SesaZloa, inspeqtors Tavmoyvareoba Seulaxa kerZo maZebris saqmeSi Carevam, iqneb egona kidec, rom swor gzaze idga, yovel SemTxvevaSi, momdevno ori dRis manZilze is CvenTan ar gamoCenila. im dReebSi holmsi Sin iSviaTad rCeboda da, Tu rCeboda, Tvlemda an eweoda. igi xangrZlivad seirnobda sruliad marto. krints ar Zravda imaze, Tu sad iyo. misma erTma cdam mainc mimaxvedra, sadac dadioda. man iseTive lampa iyida, rogoric mortimer trijenisis oTaxSi tragediis Rames enTo. lampaSi navTi Caasxa, rogorc amas mRvdlis saxlSi sCadiodnen da zustad gamoTvala, ramden xans gaZlebda anTebuli. misi meore cda erTi SexedviT bevrad ufro martivi iyo, magram arc Tu ise uwyinari. me is aRsasrulis dRemde ar damaviwydeba.

erT saRamos holmsi alaparakda. - albaT gaxsovT, uotson, yvela CvenebaSi, rac Cven gvsmenia, aris raRac saerTo xazi. mxedvelobaSi maqvs is, Tu rogor moqmedebda oTaxSi dagubebuli haeri yvelaze, vinc iq pirveli Sedioda. Tu gagondebaT, roca mortimer trijenisi aRwerda Tavis ukanasknel misvlas Zmebis saxlSi, Tqva, eqimma iq SesvlisTanave kinaRam grZnoba dakarga da skamze moceliliviT davardao, nuTu dagaviwydaT? me ki mSvenivrad maxsovs. mere, xom gaxsovT, mne misis porteri rom gveubneboda, Sevedi oTaxSi da cudad gavxdi, fanjara gamovaRe, Torem gavigudebodio! mortimer trijenisis sikvdilis Semdeg, nuTu dagaviwydaT, ra saSineli SexuTuli haeri iyo oTaxSi, Tumca mosamsaxure gogos ukve moeswro fanjrebis gaReba. rogorc Semdeg Sevitye, is mosamsaxure gogo ise cudad gamxdara, rom loginad Cavardnila. dameTanxmebiT, uotson, es Zalian saeWvo ambavia. orsave SemTxvevaSi erTi da igive movlenaa: haeris mowamvla. orsave SemTxvevaSi oTaxSi raRac enTo. pirvel SemTxvevaSi - buxari, meored - lampa. cecxli ucilod daisaWiroves, magram meorejer lampa aanTes mas Semdeg, rac gaTenda, - amaze metyvelebs navTis done. ratom? imitom, rom aris raRac kavSiri sam sagans Soris: wva, haeris mowamvla da sabolood sigiJe, an im ubedurTa sikvdili, romliTac yvelaferi moTavda. imedi maqvs, gamigeT?

- ki, TiTqos gasagebia.

- yovel SemTxvevaSi, SegviZlia es samuSao hipoTezad davitovoT. davuSvaT, rom iq orsave SemTxvevaSi enTo raRac nivTiereba, romelic haers wamlavs. Cinebulia. pirvel SemTxvevaSi trijenisebTan es nivTiereba buxarSi Seagdes. fanjara daxuruli iyo, magram Sxamiani anaorTqli, raRa Tqma unda, sakvamurSi adioda. amitom zemoqmedebac ufro susti aRmoCnda, vidre meored, roca anaorTqls gareT gamosavali ara hqonda. es Cans danaSaulebrivi Sedegebidan: pirvel SemTxvevaSi mxolod qali mokvda, rogorc ufro susti arseba, mamakacebi ki droebiT SeiSalnen an sabolood gagiJdnen, rac mowamvlis pirveli niSania. meore SemTxvevaSi sasurveli Sedegi savsebiT miRweulia. amrigad, momxdari faqtebi adastureben raRac nivTierebis wviT gamowveul mowamvlas.

aqedan gamomdinare, me vcdilobdi mortimer trijenisis oTaxSi im nivTierebis naSTisaTvis mimekvlia. yvelaze ufro mosalodneli iyo im nivTierebis danaleqis povna lampis WvartlSi, Suqfarze. rogorc vvaraudobdi, iq marTlac iyo Wvartlis fantelebi, iqve aRmoCnda kideebze mixakisferi fxvnili, romelmac dawva ver moaswro. Tu gaxsovT, am fxvnilis naxevari Camovfxike da konvertSi Sevinaxe.

- ratom marto naxevari, holms?

- policiisTvis xelis SeSla da maT gzaze gadadgoma Cemi cxovrebis wesi ar gaxlavT, uotson. me maT yvela samxili davutove. naxaven rames Suqfarze Tu vera, es ukve maTi sazrianobis saqmea. axla ki, uotson, avanToT lampa, magram jer Cvens sazogadoebas, rom ori Rirseuli wevri ar davuRupoT, fanjrebi gavaRoT. dajeqiT am fanjarasTan am savarZelSi... Tu, rasakvirvelia, rogorc jansaRad moazrovne adamiani, Tanaxma xarT monawileoba miiRoT Cems mier dayenebul cdaSi. rogorc vxedav, ukan daxevas ar apirebT! tyuilad ki ar mwamda Tqveni yovelTvis, Zvirfaso uotson! TviTon Tqvens pirdapir davjdebi, saxiT Tqvenken, da Cven erTnairi manZiliT viqnebiT daSorebuli lampidan. kari naxevrad Ria davtovoT. axla SegviZlia erTimeores Tvali vadevnoT da Tu simptomebi sagangaSo iqneba, cda maSinve unda Sewydes. gasagebia? maS viReb konvertidan fxvnils, an ufro sworad, rac misgan darCa, da anTebul lampaze vyri. mzadaa! axla, uotson, dajeqiT da ucadeT movlenaTa ganviTarebas.

cda didxans ar mogvixda. Zlivs movaswari dajdoma, rom mZime, msuye, gulisamrevi suni vigrZeni. pirvelive CasunTqvis Semdeg goneba TiTqos damibnelda, Tavs veRar vereodi. Tvalwin xSiri Savi Rrubeli Camomefara da uecrad vigrZeni, rom masSi imalvoda yvelaferi saSineli, jojoxeTuri, boroti, rac ki qveynad arsebobs, da es uCinari Zala mzad iyo Cems mosakvdineblad. am Sav nislSi vtrialebdi da virweodi, bundovani landebi mauwyebdnen, rom ueWvelad gamoCndeba raRac saSineli arseba da marto amis gafiqrebazec lamis guli orad gamepo. SiSisagan gaviyine. Tma yalyze damidga, Tvalebi gadmomekarkla, piri farTod gavaRe da ena abediviT gamixda. TavSi iseTi araCveulebrivi xmauri atyda, rom momeCvena, tvini veRar gauZlebs, Tavi namsxvrevebad iqceva-meTqi. dayvireba vcade, magram xrinwiani CxaviliRa aRmomxda. Zlivs movisazre, rom es Cemi sakuTari xma iyo. imave wams gaWirvebiT gavarRvie avbediTi sudara da Tvalwin warmomidga TeTri niRabi, SiSisagan daRmeWili iseTi sifaTi, trijenisebis saxlSi rom vixile... axla amas holmsis saxeze vxedavdi. aq wamiT goneba gaminaTda. savarZlidan wamovxti, holmss xelebi Semovxvie da barbaciT gasasvlelisaken gavemarTe. mere balaxze viweqiT da vgrZnobdiT, rogor fantavda mze SiSis zars, ramac ase SegvboWa. nel-nela tovebda Cvens sxeulebs elda, msgavsad dilis nislisa, bolos gonic dagvibrunda da masTan - sulieri simSvidec. balaxze wamovjeqiT, civ ofls viwmenddiT da SiSiT SevcqerodiT Cveni saxifaTo cdis nakvalevs erTimeoris saxeebze.

- RmerTmani, uotson, Zalian vnanob, rom aseT xaTabala saqmeSi gagxvieT, - monanie xmiT Tqva bolos holmsma, - patiebas viTxov Tqvengan. ar SeiZleboda aseTi cdis mowyoba. da miT umetes aseT saZagel saqmeSi megobris CaTreva. merwmuneT, gulwrfelad vnanob.

- Tqven xom iciT, - vupasuxe, holmsis gaugonari guliTadobiT aRelvebulma, - rom Tqveni daxmareba CemTvis udidesi pativi da sixarulia.

aq is kvlav Cveulebrivi, naxevrad xumrobis, naxevrad skeptikuri xmiT ametyvelda: - mainc, Zvirfaso uotson, nametani ki iyo aseT xifaTSi Tavis Cagdeba: ra Tqma unda, garedan mayurebeli ifiqrebda, rom Cven ukve am cdis dawyebamde SeviSaleT Wkuidan. unda vaRiaro, ar velodi, rom fxvnilis moqmedeba aseTi uecari da Zlieri iqneboda. es rom Tqva, - saxlSi Sevarda, anTebuli lampa Sors gawvdili xeliT gareT gamoitana da mayvlis buCqebSi isrola. - dae, cota gasufTavdes oTaxi. axla, uotson, albaT eWvi aRar geparebaT, Tu rogor gaTamaSda trijenisebis saxlSi is ubedureba orjer?

- araviTari eWvi aRar maqvs.

- magram mizezi im ubedurebisa iseve auxsnelia, rogorc aqamde iyo. gavideT fanCaturSi da iq movilaparakoT. me axlac yels mixuTavs im sazizRari fxvnilis anaorTqli. yvela faqti imaze migvaniSnebs, rom borotmoqmedi pirvel SemTxvevaSi mortimer trijenisi iyo. meored ki igi TviTon aRmoCnda msxverpli. arc imisi daviwyeba SeiZleba, rom ojaxSi jer waiCxubnen da mere Serigdnen. me, mortimer trijenisi, is namdvili kacuna, meliis wripina nikapi rom hqonda da eSmakis Tvalebs aWyetda saTvalis qvemodan, sakmaod borot adamianad da gulRrZod meCveneboda. gaxsovT Tanac, manve gviTxra, baRSi viRac SevniSneo - es iyo cnoba, ramac Cveni yuradReba mTavar mizezs droebiT CamoaSora. mas sWirdeboda, rom CvenTvis kvali aeria. es man Cayara fxvnili wasvlis win buxarSi. aki yvelaferi misi wasvlisTanave moxda! axali stumari rom mosuliyo vinme, ojaxi, cxadia, aiSleboda da stumars miegebeboda. magram gana mSvidobian kornuelSi stumrebi saRamos aTi saaTis Semdeg modian? amrigad, yvela faqti imas mowmobs, rom mortimer trijenisi damnaSave iyo.

- maS, man Tavi moikla?

- diax, uotson, Zalauneburad ase unda vifiqroT. iseT mZime damnaSaves, romelmac daRupa dedmamiSvilebi, iolad SeeZlo TviTmkvlelobamde misvla. magram aris sawinaaRmdego azrisa da misi mtkicebis sarwmuno monacemebic. sabednierod, inglisSi aris adamiani, romelmac yovelive wvrilad icis am saqmis irgvliv, da me vizrune imisaTvis, rom yvelaferi misi piridan movisminoT, Tanac dResve. ager isic! aqeT, aqeT, am bilikiT, mister sterndeil! Cven kotejSi qimiuri cda CavatareT da iseTi gamoCenili stumris misaRebad, rogoric Tqven brZandebiT, Cveni sastumro aRar gamodgeba.

baRis WiSkris Wriali gavigone, da gzaze gamoCnda afrikis cnobili mkvlevari. man odnav gaocebulma moaSura fanCaturs, sadac Cven visxediT.

- Tqven gamomigzavneT kaci, mister holms. Tqveni baraTi am erTi saaTis win miviRe da Tqvenken gamoveSure, Tumca namdvilad ar mesmis, ratom unda Sevasrulo Tqveni moTxovnebi.

- vfiqrob, Cveni saubris msvlelobaSi yvelafers gaigebT, - miugo holmsma. - axla ki didad madlieri var, rom moxvediT. gvapatieT, rom am fanCaturSi gxvdebiT, magram me da uotsonma kinaRam axali msxverpli mivumateT `kornuelis saSinelebas~, rogorc uwodeben am ubedurebas gazeTebi, amitom sufTa haers vamjobinebT. iqneb asec jobdes, radgan ise visaubrebT, rom ucxo msmenelis SiSi ar gveqneba, miT umetes, rom amas TqvenTan uSualo damokidebuleba aqvs.

mogzaurma piridan sigara gamoiRo da Cems megobars mkacrad Sexeda.

- bolos da bolos gamagebineT, ser, ras gulisxmobT, roca ambobT, rom amas pirdapiri damokidebuleba aqvs CemTan?

- mortimer trijenisis mkvlelobas pirdapiri damokidebuleba aqvs TqvenTan, - miugo holmsma.

im wuTas vinane, rom SeiaraRebuli ar viyavi. sterndeili saxeze WarxaliviT wamowiTlda, gaSmagda, Tvalebi aubrialda, Sublze ZarRvebi daeWima, mtevnebi muStebad Sekra da pirdapir Cems megobars eca. bedze imave wams gons moego, Sedga, zebunebrivi ZaldatanebiT kvlav daioka Tavi, daibruna simSvide, romelSiac albaT meti safrTxe ifareboda, vidre im wamier afeTqebaSi.

- me ise didxans vicxovre velurTa Soris, rom kanoni ar vici - Cems Tavs TviTonve vudgen kanonebs. ar daiviwyoT es, mister holms da gaiTvaliswineT isic, rom Tqveni dasaxiCreba ar moviwadine!

- arc me msurda TqvenTvis zianis moyeneba, doqtor sterndeil! amis sabuTad isic kmara, rom werili gamogigzavneT Tqven da ara policias.

sterndeili dajda, igi mZimed qSinavda. mTeli misi mdidari, faTerakebiani cxovrebis manZilze man albaT pirvelad igrZno mowiweba, ridi, krZalva da SiSi. SeuZlebeli iyo holmsis udreki simSvidis winaSe qedi ar mogexaraT. Cveni stumari ki ayovnebda, xelebs muStad kravda da isev Slida.

- ras gulisxmobT, - jiqur ikiTxa bolos. - Tu es Cemi gamowvevaa, mister holms, cota SegeSalaT, CemTan TamaSs ar girCevT. me is kaci ara var, visi gacucurakebac SeiZleba, axla pirdapir miTxariT, ras gulisxmobT?

- axlave getyviT, miugo holmsma. - getyviT imitom, rom imedi maqvs gulaxdilobas gulaxdilobiT upasuxebT. Tu rogori aRmoCndeba Cemi Semdomi nabiji, es damokidebuli iqneba mxolod imaze, Tavs rogor imarTlebT.

- me vimarTleb Tavs?

- diax, ser.

- Tavi unda vimarTlo?

- diax, mortimer trijenisis mkvlelobaSi unda imarTloT Tavi.

sterndeilma cxvirsaxociT Subli moiwminda.

- es braldeba saidanRa SeTiTxneT, aRSfoTda bumberazi. - nuTu mTeli Tqveni dideba aseT xelovnur oinbazobazea agebuli?

- es Tqven eweviT oinbazobasa da ufro metsac, doqtoro sterndeil, da ara me, - mkacrad upasuxa holmsma. - axlave mogaxsenebT faqtebs, romelTac Cemi daskvna emyareba. Tqvenma dabrunebam plimutidan im dros, roca Tqveni bargi ukve afrikaSia gagzavnili, im azramde mimiyvana, rom Tqven am saqmiT gansakuTrebiT xarT dainteresebuli.

- me davbrundi, raTa...

- ukve movismine Tqveni ganmarteba da naTqvami mizezebi damajereblad ar mimaCnia, magram amas moveSvaT. Semdeg CemTan moxvediT, raTa gagegoT, visze maqvs eWvi. amaze ar gipasuxeT. Tqven gaeSureT mRvdlis saxlSi, iq icdidiT, SigniT ar SesulxarT, Semdeg ki Sin dabrundiT.

- saidan iciT?

- Tvals gadevnebdiT.

- me aravin SemimCnevia.

- diax, Tqven me ver SemamCnieT, mTeli Rame mousvenrad gaatareT. Tvali ar mogixuWavT, gegmebs adgendiT, diliT rogor gemoqmedaT. is iyo inaTa, roca saxlidan gamoxvediT, Tqvens WiSkarTan dayrili xreSidan ramdenime wiTeli kenWi aiReT, jibeSi CaiyareT da haiharad iqaurobas gaecaleT.

sterndeili SekrTa da gaocebuli holmss miaSterda.

- Semdeg swrafad waxvediT mRvdlis saxlisaken, romelsac karga manZili gaSorebdaT. sxvaTa Soris, igive tenisis daRarulZiriani fexsacmeli gecvaT, axla rom gacviaT. iq baRi gadakveTeT, zRudeze gadaxvediT da pirdapir trinejisis fanjarasTan gaCerdiT. ukve gaTenebuli iyo, magram saxlSi jerac eZinaT. Tqven jibidan kenWebi amoiReT da meore sarTulis fanjaras esroleT.

sterndeili wamoxta.

- Tqven TviTon eSmaki xarT! - SesZaxa Cvenma stumarma.

holmss gaeRima. - orjer-samjer isroleT, bolos trinejisi fanjarasTan movida. Tqven aniSneT, Zirs Camodio. man saCqarod Caicva tansacmeli da sastumro oTaxSi Cavida. fanjaraSi gadaZveriT da Tqven Soris gaimarTa mcire laparaki, amasobaSi bolTas scemdiT. bolos isev gadmoZveriT fanjridan da sarkmeli mixureT. mere molze dadeqiT, karga xans dahyaviT, sigaras qaCavdiT da Tvals adevnebdiT, Tu ra xdeboda sastumroSi. roca mortimer trijenisi mokvda, Tqven imave gziT gamobrundiT ukan. aba, doqtoro sterndeil, riT axsniT Tqvens aseT moqmedebas da ra aris mizezi Tqveni aseTi saqcielisa? cud-ubralod ara scadoT Tavis daZvrena da Cemi motyueba cbierebiT, gafrTxilebT, maSin am saqmes sxvebi mohkideben xels.

holmss sabraldebo sityva ar daemTavrebina, rom Cvens stumars saxeze nacrisferi gadaekra. axla saxe xelebiT daifara da Rrma fiqrs mieca. Semdeg swrafi moZraobiT Sida jibidan fotosuraTi amoiRo da gaurandav magidaze daagdo.

- ai, amis gamo Cavidine es ambavi.

- es iyo Zalian lamazi qalis suraTi. holmsma didxans uyura da mere wynarad Tqva - brenda trijenisia.

- diax, brenda trijenisia, - daumowma stumarma. - wlebis manZize misi siyvarulis saxmili mwvavda. wlebis manZilze vuyvardi masac. amitom, ra gasakviria, rom kornuelSi gandegiluri cxovreba momwonda. mxolod aq viyavi axlos qveynad yvelaze ufro Zvirfas arsebasTan. brendaze daqorwineba ar SemeZlo, radgan coliani var. Tanamecxedrem ramdenime wlis win mimatova, magram suleluri inglisuri kanoni ganqorwinebis nebas ar maZlevs. wlobiT velodi brendas. da ai, ras Seveswari. - sterndeilis giganturi sxeuli ucnaurad Seirxa da man krunCxviT itaca yelze xeli, rom qviTini ar daewyo. rogorc iqna, Seikava Tavi tirilisagan. da ganagrZo: - mRvdelma icoda es ambavi. Cveni saidumlo gavandeT. is giambobT, ra angelozic iyo is qali. ai, ratom gamomigzavna depeSa mRvdelma plimutSi da mec aqeT gamoveSure, ra jandabad mindoda bargi da afrika, roca Sevityve, Cems sayvarel adamians ra bedic ergo? ai, Cemi saqcielis gamarTleba, mister holms!

- ganagrZeT, - uTxra Cemma megobarma.

doqtorma sterndeilma jibidan amoiRo qaRaldis Sekvra da magidaze dado. Cven wavikiTxeT: `kfvSC zuvST vSfiwdS~, wiTel iarliyze ewera `Sxami~. Sekvra Cemken gamoaCoCa.

- vici, rom eqimi xarT. gagigoniaT aseTi Sxam-sawamlavi?

- eSmakis fexis fesvi? pirvelad mesmis.

- es ambavi ar amcirebs Tqvens profesionalur codnas, - SeniSna mister sterndeilma, - radgan esaa evropaSi erTaderTi nimuSi, Tu ar CavTvliT imas, romelic budas laboratoriaSi inaxeba. es Sxam-sawamlavi ucnobia rogorc farmakopeaSi, aseve toqsikologiur literaturaSi. fesvi formiT fexs mogvagonebs. igi adamianis fexsaca hgavs da Txisasac, ai, risTvis misca misionerma botanikosma aseTi uCveulo saxelwodeba. dasavleT afrikis zog raionSi jadoqrebi mas TavianTi miznebisaTvis iyeneben da saidumlod inaxaven. es nimuSi ubanghis qveyanaSi viSove, am sityvebze qaRaldis Sekvra gaSala da Cven davinaxeT muqi-wiTeli fxvnili, romelic burnuTs miagavda.

- ganagrZeT, ser, - mkacrad uTxra holmsma.

- me TiTqmis ukve davasrule, mister holms. Tqven TviTon Zalian bevri ram iciT Cemze, magram mainc minda bolomde yvelaferi icodeT. me ukve giTxariT trijenisebTan Cemi naTesaobis ambavi. dis pativiscemiT ZmebTan megobroba mqonda. fulis gayofis ambavs rom Cxubi moayoles, imis Semdeg mortimeri calke gamoeyoT da marto cxovrobda. Semdeg TiTqos yvelaferi mogvarda da masac iseve vxvdebodi, rogorc mis Zmebs. igi cbieri, pirferi intrigani iyo da sxvadasxva mosazrebaTa gamo arc vendobodi, magram Cxubis mizezi ara mqonda.

am ori kviris win, man kotejSi Semomiara, me Cemi afrikuli iSviaTi rame-rumeebi vuCvene. roca saqme am fxvnilamde mivida, movuyevi misi ucnauri Tvisebis ambavi, Tu rogor aRagznebs fxvnili nervul sistemas, SiSis makontrolebel centrebs da rogor ixocebian an giJdebian sacodavi velurebi, romelTac jadoqari am wamals uniSnavs. vuTxari isic, evropuli mecnieruli azri jerjerobiT im doneze ar aris, rom am Sxam-sawamlavis moqmedebaze kontroli daawesos-meTqi. ver gamigia, rogor awapna fxvnilis nawili, radgan oTaxidan ar gavsulvar. etyoba, es maSin Caidina, roca karadebs vaRebdi an yuTebSi viqeqebodi. kargad maxsovs, rogor damayara kiTxvebi, Tu ramdenia saWiro es fxvnili an rogor unda xmareba, ramden xanSi moqmedebs, magram azradac ar momsvlia, ra ganzraxva hqonda gulSi. amas mxolod maSin mivxvdi, roca plimutSi mRvdlis depeSam momiswro. aramzada trijenisma albaT is ivarauda, rom me ukve zRvaSi viqnebodi gasuli da afrikis uRran tyeebSi ise gavatarebdi ramdenime weliwads, rom momxdar ambavs ver Sevityobdi. magram me dauyovnebliv davbrundi. rogorc ki dawvrilebiT gavige momxdari ambavi, mivxvdi, mortimerma Cemi fxvniliT daRupa brenda da misi Zmebi. Sevityve rom Ziebas Tqven uZRvebodiT da gamoveSure, raTa danamdvilebiT gamego, momxdari ambis sxva axsna xom ar arsebobs-meTqi. magram am dramis meoregvari axsna ar arsebobs. davrwmundi, mkvleloba mortimer trijenisma Caidina angarebiT. Tu misi ojaxis wevrebi SeiSlebodnen, an amowydebodnen, mTels sagvareulo qonebas TviTon daepatroneboda. amitomac isargebla eSmakis fexis SxamiT, gaagiJa Zmebi da mokla brenda, erTaderTi, vinc me miyvarda da erTaderTi arseba, visac me vuyvardi. ai, ra iyo misi danaSauli. ra ekuTvnoda amisaTvis samagierod! sasamarTloSi meCivla? ra damamtkicebeli sabuTebi gamaCnda? cxadia, faqtebi udavoa, magram daijerebdnen nafici msajulebi aseT fantastikur ambavs? an - ki, an - ara. me saegebiod verafers gavxdi da sasworis pinaze veras davdebdi. Cemi suli SurisZiebas iTxovda. ukve giTxariT, mister holms, rom mTeli sicocxle kanonis gareSe gavatare, bolos me TviTon daviwye sakuTari kanonebis dadgena CemTvis. axla swored aseTi SemTxveva momeca. mtkiced gadavwyvite, mortimers unda gaeziarebina misi veragobiT daxocili da-Zmebis xvedri. Tu fxvniliT misi daRupvis gegmas ver ganvaxorcielebdi, Cemi sakuTari xeliT unda gavswordebodi. mTels inglisSi ar moiZebneba kaci, romelic Tavis sicocxles Cemze naklebad afasebdes.

axla yvelaferi iciT. marTalia isic, rom uZilo Ramis Semdeg saxlidan gavedi. vicodi, mortimeris gaRviZeba advili ar iqneboda, amitom xreSis grovidan kenWebi wamovkrife da ise wavedi. fanjaraSi kenWebis sroliT gavaRviZe. brali davde danaSaulSi. vuTxari, rom mis winaSe dgas mosamarTle da jalaTi. revolveri rom dainaxa, moceliliviT Cavarda savarZelSi. lampa avanTe, abaJurze Sxami davyare, oTaxidan gavedi da gareT davdeqi. gaqceva rom daepirebina, tyvias vesrodi. xuT wuTSi gaTavda. RmerTo, rogor itanjeboda! magram guli gamiqvavda, radgan aseve itanjeboda Cemi sayvareli brenda, man rom ar daindo. esaa yvelaferi, mister holms. Tqvenc rom ise gyvarebodaT, rogorc me brenda miyvarda, albaT aseve moiqceodiT. asea Tu ise, me Tqvens xelTa var. gadadgiT iseTi nabiji, rogorsac saWirod CaTvliT. rogorc giTxariT, sicocxle arafrad miRirs.

holmsi dumda.

- SemdegisaTvis ra gegmebi gqondaT? - CaekiTxa bolos.

- samudamod davrCebodi centralur afrikaSi. Cemi samuSao mxolod sanaxevrodaa Sesrulebuli.

- gaemgzavreT da daasruleT, - uTxra holmsma. - yovel SemTxvevaSi, me ar vapireb xeli SegiSaloT.

axmaxi da mosuli sterndeili wamoimarTa, sazeimod dagvikra Tavi da fanCaturidan gavida. holmsma Cibuxi gaabola, momibrunda da Tunuqis qisa gamomiwoda.

- imedi maqvs, amisi kvamli bevrad ufro sasiamovnod mogeCvenebaT, - miTxra, - uotson, albaT Cven ara gvmarTebs am ambavSi gareva? Cven kerZod viZiebdiT am saqmes da Semdegac zustad aseve SegviZlia ganvagrZoT. brals xom ar sdebT am kacs?

- ra Tqma unda, ara, - mivuge me.

- me aravin myvarebia, uotson, magram vinme rom ase Semyvareboda, albaT marTla iseve moviqceodi, rogorc moiqca es lomebze monadire kaci, romelsac sZags kanonebi. vin icis... aba, uotson, ar minda gawyeninoT da agixsnaT is, rac isedac kargad iciT. sawyisi wertili, saidanac saqmis Zieba daviwye, iyo kenWebi fanjris rafaze. mRvdlis baRSi xreSi ar eyara. kenWebis ambavi ki maSin gavige, roca sterndeilis pirovnebiTa da saxliT davinteresdi. dRisiT-mzisiT anTebuli lampa da mis abaJurze aRmoCenili fxvnili ukve rgolebi iyo savsebiT naTeli jaWvisa. axla ki, Zvirfaso uotson, moviSoroT gonebidan es amazrzeni ambavi da sufTa sindisiT davubrundeT qaldesa da qaldevelTa enis Zirebis Zebnas, rac didi kelturi enis kornuelis gantotebaSi usaTuod moiZebneba.

gamosaTxovari Tavisdakvra

ori agvistos saRamos cxra saaTi iyo. mTels msoflio istoriaSi, albaT amaze usaSinlesi agvisto arc yofila. kaci ifiqrebda, rom sibilweSi Caflul dedamiwas ukve daatyda Tavs uflis risxva. irgvliv zardamcemi dumili sufevda. uZravi haeri gamasavaTebel lodins kidev ufro autanels xdida. mze karga xnis Casuli iyo, magram dasavleTSi, zed horizontze, Ria WrilobasaviT Rvioda raRac sisxlisferi laqa. caze mkafiod cimcimebdnen varskvlavebi, dabla yureSi gemebidan dafrqveuli sinaTle kiafobda. baRis bilikze, qvis zRudesTan, ori saxelovani germaneli baasobda. maT zurgs ukan idga qvismoajiriani grZeli dabali, saxli, yovel mxares rom frontonebi hqonda. germanelebi SvebiT dascqerodnen farTod gaSlil zRvis molivlive zedapirs carcis kldis Ziras, romlis Tavzec, oTxi wlis win, mZlavri gadamfreni arwivis msgavsad erT-erTi mosaubre, batoni fon borki, dajda. isini Cumad musaifobdnen. maTi sigarebis anTebuli boloebi, Tu qvevidan SexedavdiT, SeiZleboda im sibneleSi jojoxeTis mociquli satanis moelvare Tvalebad migeCniaT.

araCveulebrivi pirovneba gaxldaT es fon borki. kaizeris uerTgules agentebs Soris aseTs meores ver naxavdiT. yvelaze sapasuxismgeblo `inglisis misia~ swored iSviaTi niWis wyalobiT miandes. im wuTidan ki, rac mis Sesrulebas Seudga, misi niWi sul ufro mkafiod ifurCqneboda, ris mowmec iyo mxolod xuTi gandobili kaci. erT-erTi im xuTeulTagani iyo mis win mdgari saelCos pirveli mdivani baron fon herlingi. uzarmazari, asi cxenis Zalis mqone `benci~ fon herlings soflis TemSaraze daeyenebina da gza mTlianad Caexerga. idga dadumebuli manqana soflis TemSaraze imis molodinSi, rodis gaaqrolebda patroni londonisken.

- Tu imis mixedviT vimsjelebT, rogor ganviTardeba movlenebi, kviris bolos, albaT, ukve berlinSi iqnebiT, - Tqva mdivanma. - Sexvedra, rasac iq gimzadeben, Cemo Zvirfaso fon bork, gagaocebT. CemTvis cnobilia, ra maRal Sefasebas aZleven Tqvens moqmedebas am qveynis maRal wreebSi.

mdivani iyo Zalze soliduri, seriozuli kaci, axovani da mxarbeWiani, laparakobda xmadablda, mZime-mZimed da damajereblad, ramac gansazRvra misi winsvla diplomatiur sarbielze.

fon borkma gaicina.

- maTi gacureba arc ise Znelia, - SeniSna fon borkma. - warmoudgenelia ufro damyoli da gulRia xalxi.

- ar vici, ar vici, - fiqrianad Cailaparaka misma Tanamosaubrem. - maT xasiaTSi aqvs raRac zRvari, mijna, Tu samani, romlis iqiT ver SeaRwev, romlis iqiTac ver gadaabijeb, da es unda gvaxsovdes. xalxis swored es ubraloeba da gulubryviloba ugebs ucxoelebs xafangs. pirveli STabeWdileba macTunebelia. TiTqos aseTi morCili, rbili xalxia da uecrad waawydebi raRac mtkicesa da Seuvals. xedav, rom esaa mijna, iqiT ver gadaxval. ar SeiZleba ar gaviTvaliswinoT es faqti, amasTan yvelafers unda Segueba. maT aqvT sakuTari, mxolod maTTvis damaxasiaTebeli adaTobrivi pirobiToba, romelsac aucileblad angariSi unda gavuwioT.

- Tqven mxedvelobaSi gaqvT `kargi etiketi~, `yofa-qcevis wesebi~ da sxva misTanebi?

fon borkma Rrmad amoioxra, riTac sacnauryo, rom am ceremoniuli ambebidan bevri usiamovneba hqonda nanaxi da gancdili.

- me mxedvelobaSi maqvs tipiuri britanuli pirobiToba mTeli Tavisi mravalferovnebiT. magaliTisaTvis SemiZlia giTxraT erTi ambavi, rac me SememTxva, roca saSineli Secdoma davuSvi. SemiZlia Tavs neba mivce da vilaparako sakuTar marcxze, radgan sakmaod kargad icnobT Cems muSaobas da iciT, raoden warmatebuli da nayofieria igi. es ambavi aq Cemi pirveli Camosvlisas gadamxda. `uikendze~ viyavi miwveuli ministrTa kabinetis wevrTan qalaqgareT saxlSi. saocrad mouridebeli da gaufrTxilebeli laparaki gvqonda.

fon borkma Tavi dauqnia. - vyofilvar iq, - Tqva civad.