MTargmneli ivane maWavariani

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muSketerebis Sinauri cxovreba
luvridan gamosvlis Semdeg d'artanianma rCeva hkiTxa megobrebs, raSi gamoeyenebina Tavisi fuli. aTosma urCia, kargi sadili SeekveTa restoran `naZvis girCebSi~, porTosma ki urCia, msaxuri aiyvaneo.

sadili im dResve SeukveTes da sufrasac axali msaxuri emsaxureboda. sadili aTosma SeukveTa, xolo msaxuri porTosma mouyvana. saxelovanma muSketerma turnelis xidze SeamCnia es pikardieli biWi, saxelad planSe, romelic wyalSi afurTxebda da uyurebda, rogor keTdeboda wreebi wylis zedapirze. muSketeri iqve gaurigda da d'artanians mihgvara. porTosis azriT, amgvari saqmianoba adamianis simSvidisa da Sors­mWvretelobis niSani iyo. amitom amiT dakmayofilda da yovelgvari rekomendaciis gareSe aiyvana.

aznauris didebuli ieri momxibvleli eCvena planSes, miT ufro, rom darwmunebuli iyo, Tavis msaxurad mihyavda porToss da, cota ar iyos, nawyeni darCa, rodesac gaigo, rom es adgili ukve mis TanamoZmes, muSketonad wodebuls daekavebina. porTosma ganumarta, rom mas ojaxuri mdgomareoba ar aZlevda ori msaxuris yolis saSualebas da amitom igi msaxurad d'artanianTan unda damdgariyo. magram rodesac planSem naxa, rogori kargi sadiliT gaumaspinZlda misi batoni Tavis megobrebs, rogor iRebda jibidan muWiT oqros fuls, ifiqra, bedi mewiao, da madloba Seswira zecas amisTana krezis¹ saxlSi samsaxurisaTvis. am rwmeniT aRtacebuli ganagrZobda sufris alagebas da sadilis narCenebiT iklavda didi xnis SimSils. magram rodesac daRamda da Tavisi batonis loginis dalagebas Seudga, ucbad gauqra oqros sizmrebi sawyal planSes: d'artanianis or oTaxSi mxolod erTaderTi logini iyo. planSe wina oTaxSi dawva, d'artanianis loginidan gamoZrobil sabanze, romelic im dRidan man daisakuTra.

Tavis mxriv, aTossac hyavda msaxuri, saxelad grimo, romelic gansakuTrebulad hyavda gawvrTnili, metismetad Cumi iyo es Rirseuli didebuli (cxadia, aTosze gvaqvs laparaki), xuTi-eqvsi wlis manZilze masTan guliTadi megobroba hqondaT porTossa da aramiss. megobrebs xSirad SeumCneviaT aTosis saxeze Rimili, magram misi sicili ki arasdros unaxavT. Tu ityoda rasme _ mokled, mkveTrad; ambobda marto imas, ris Tqmac undoda. zedmets arafers ityoda, ar Sealamazebda da ar Seaferadebda.

miuxedavad imisa, rom aTosi jer ocdaaTi wlisa arc ki iqneboda, metad warmosadegi da Wkviani vaJkaci iyo. aravin icoda, hyavda Tu ara mas sayvareli. qalebze arasodes laparakobda, Tumca amxanagebs ar uSlida misi TandaswrebiT qalebze gaebaT saubari, romelSic is marto mware sityviT da mizanTropiuli SeniSvnebiT ereoda. TavdaWerili, ganmar­toebuli da TiTqmis munji aTosi moxucebuls ufro hgavda. grimoc Tavisi xasiaTisamebr hyavda gawvrTnili, romelsac usityvodac, munjurad, tuCebis moZraobiT an sul ubralo xelis aweviT saucxood esmoda batonis brZaneba. aTosi mas sityviT gansakuTrebul SemTxvevaSi mimarTavda.

grimos ise eSinoda Tavisi batonisa, rogorc cecxlisa. Tumca Zalian uyvarda da Tayvans scemda mis geniosobas. xandaxan, darwmunebuli, rom kargad gaigo aTosis survili, Cqarobda brZanebis asrulebas da sawinaaRmdegos ki akeTebda. maSin aTosi mxrebs aiCeCda, ar gajavrdeboda, magram kargad mibegvavda xolme. im dReebSi igi SedarebiT mets laparakobda.

porToss, rogorc mkiTxvelic dainaxavda, sul sxva, aTosisagan gansxvavebuli xasiaTi hqonda. is ara marto bevrs laparakobda, aramed xmamaRlac; sul erTi iyo misTvis, yurs ugdebdnen Tu ara, laparakobda imitom, rom siamovnebas hgvrida laparaki da tkbeboda Tavisi naTqvamiT. Tavisuflad la­parakobda yvelaferze, garda mecnierebisa; amas imiT asabuTebda, rom bavSvobidanve Tandayolili hqonda mecnierebis siZulvili, Tvalad da tanad iseTi warmosadegi ar iyo, rogorc aTosi; amas TviTonac grZnobda da xSirad iCenda ukmexobas aTosisadmi. metadre daaxloebis pirvel xanebSi, rodesac porTosi sagangebod morTuli dadioda, raTa tanisamosis mSvenierebiT mainc ejobna amxanagisaTvis. magram aTosi muSketerebis ubralo wamosasxamSi ise koxtad gadaiqnevda Tavs ukan, ise koxtad wamoswevda fexs, rom maSinve ikavebda Tavis kuTvnil adgils da yovelTvis ukan rCeboda porTosi, romelsac erTi kargi sanugeSo hqonda: baton de trevilis kabinetis wina darbazSi da luvris razmelebSi sul Tavis saxelovan sayvarlebze da lamaz qalebSi axal-axal gamarjvebaze laparakobda. mas satrabaxod swored is hqonda, rasac arasodes erTi sityviTac ar Seexeboda aTosi.

Zveli andazaa: rogoric batoni, iseTi msaxurio. maS, aTosis msaxuris Semdeg porTosis msaxuri vnaxoT. grimos Semdeg muSketoni gavicnoT.

muSketoni normandieli iyo. mSvidobiani saxeli erqva, `bonifasi~, magram es saxeli ufro keTilxmovani sityviT Seucvala Tavisma batonma da muSketoni uwoda. porTosTan igi im pirobiT dadga msaxurad, rom mxolod tanisamosi da bina hqonoda, magram orive saucxoo. garda amisa, mas dReSi ori saaTi Tavisufleba esaWiroeboda sxva samuSaosaTvis xelis mosakideblad, rac saSualebas miscemda, daekmayofilebina Tavisi danarCeni moTxovnilebani. porTosi maSinve daTanxmda, radgan aseTi pirobebi zedmiwevniT Sesaferisi iyo misTvis. muSketonisaTvis kamzolis Sesakerad porTosi Tavis Zvel tanisamoss da wamosasxams ugzavnida erT nacnob TerZs, romelic Cveuli ostatobiT TiTqmis aaxlebda am naWrebs, da muSketoni mudam kargad Cacmuli gamodioda.

mesame amxanagis, aramisis xasiaTi, vgoneb, sakmarisad cnobilia. miT ufro, rom mis daxasiaTebas, rogorc misi megobrebisas, kargad vnaxavT am ymawvilebis yofacxovrebaSi. aramissac hyavda msaxuri, saxelad bazeni. aramiss imedi hqonda, rom berad aRikveceboda sadme monasterSi da bazenic yovelTvis Savi tanisamosiT imoseboda, rogorc sasuliero piris msaxuri. es iyo berieli ocdaTxuTmeti-ormoci wlis gulCvili, mSvidobiani, Cafiqrebuli kaci. Tavisufali dro Tu darCeboda, maSinve saRvTo wignebs Caujdeboda, sadilze bevrnairs ara, magram Zalian gemriel saWmels amzadebda. erTob munji, brma, yru da erTguli msaxuri iyo.

axla, rodesac zereled mainc gavicaniT batonebic da msaxurebic, maTi binebic davaTvalieroT.

aTosi ferus quCaze cxovrobda. luqsemburgis axlos. eWira Zalian sufTad mowyobili ori patara oTaxi, romlis diasaxlisi, jer isev axalgazrda da lamazi qali, momxiblavad uRimoda yovelTvis. magram amaod. am ubralo binis kedlebze aqa-iq didebuli warsulis brwyinvalebis naSTi moCanda: aseTi iyo, magaliTad, francisko pirvelis drois damaskuri xelovnebiT SeWedili xmali, romlis Zvirfasi TvlebiT damSvenebuli tari orasi pistoli eRireboda.

aTosi xSirad ganicdida xelmokleobas, magram mas mZime wuTebSic azradac ar mosvlia am xmlis dagiraveba an gayidva. yovelTvis es xmali hqonda sanatrelad porToss. igi Tavisi sicocxlis aT weliwads miscemda, oRond is xmali misi sakuTreba yofiliyo.

erT dRes porToss paemani hqonda didebul qalbatonTan da man aToss sTxova xmali. aTosma xmis amouReblad daicariela jibeebi, moagrova rac Tval-margaliti moepoveboda: _ qisebi, oqros Zewkvi, beWdebi _ da porToss miarTva, xmalze ki uari uTxra. _ xmali miWedilia Tavis adgilze da marto maSin daiZvris, rodesac TviTon misi patroni miatovebs am binas da sxvagan gadavao. am xmlis garda kedlebze ekida henrix mesamis droindeli didebulis portreti, metad moxdenili tan­sacmliT da suliwmidis ordeniT mkerdze. es suraTi ramdenadme hgavda aToss saxis nakvTebiT, STamomavluri TvisebebiT, da yovelive es imaze miuTiTebda, rom aTosis winapari unda yofiliyo es didebuli mefis raindi.

da bolos, erTi sagangebod gakeTebuli oqromWedluri yuTi, imave gerbiT, romelic xmals da portrets hqonda. sadad mowyobil oTaxSi igi daufasebel ganZad moCanda, aToss yovelTvis jibeSi edo am yuTis gasaRebi. mxolod erTxel, porTosis TandaswrebiT, gaxsna da sabolood daarwmuna megobari, rom yuTSi qaRaldebisa da werilebis garda sxva ara iyo ra: albaT, samijnuro werilebi da mamapapiseuli qaRaldebi.

porToss Zveli samtredis quCaze ekava sakmaod farTo da lamazad mowyobili oTaxebi. yovelTvis, rodesac igi amxanagebTan erTad gaivlida Tavisi binis fanjrebTan, sadac erT-erTSi aucileblad idga sazeimo tansacmelSi gamowyobili muSketoni, zeviT aixedavda xolme, xels aiSverda da megobrebs etyoda: _ ai, Cemi bina, _ magram arasodes aravis daxvdeboda `Tavis binaSi~, aravis miiwvevda stumrad da aravin iyo iseTi, rom danamdvilebiT scodnoda, ramdenad Seefereboda Sinauri mowyobiloba da simdidre am garegan fufunebas.

rac Seexeba aramiss, mas sami patara oTaxi eWira: sastumro oTaxi, sasadilo da saZinebeli. samive oTaxi pirvel sarTulze iyo moTavsebuli. sawoli oTaxi patara amwvanebul, maCrdi­lebel baRSi gadioda da, amave baRis meSveobiT, mas gamvlelis Tvali vera swvdeboda.

d'artanianis bina Cven ukve viciT da msaxur planSesac vicnobT.

d'artaniani bunebiT Zalian cnobismoyvare iyo, rogorc yvela isini, vinc intrigis niWiT arian dajildoebulni. man yoveli RonisZieba ixmara, raTa Seecno, vin iyvnen sinamdvileSi aTosi, porTosi da aramisi, radganac am mogonili saxelebiT faravdnen isini Tavis namdvil keTilSobilur gvarebs. metadre aTosi, romelic Soridanve moCanda didebuli gvariSvilis STamomavlad. d'artanianma porToss mimarTa da aTosis da aramisis warsulis moyola sTxova. Semdeg ki aramiss porTosis vinaoba hkiTxa.

samwuxarod, porTosma Tavisi gulCaTxrobili megobris cxovrebidan ara icoda ra imaze meti, rac yvelasTvis ukve cnobili iyo. ambobdnen, rom siyvarulma ar gaumarTla da saSinelma Ralatma samudamod mouSxama sicocxle, magram ra Ralati iyo es, aravin icoda.

rac Seexeba porToss, misi namdvili gvari da saxeli, msgavsad misi ori megobrisa, mxolod batonma de trevilma icoda, xolo misi cxovrebis gacnoba sulac ar iyo Zneli. es iyo pativmoyvare, mouridebeli. masSi cxadad moCanda misi adamianoba rogorc gamWvirvale minaSi, da mxolod maSin Secdeboda kaci mis SefasebaSi, Tu daijerebda yvelafer imas, rasac porTosi Tavis Tavze ikvexnida.

aramiss rom SexedavdiT, ityodiT, amas araviTari saidum­loeba ar gaaCniao, magram sinamdvileSi igi mTlianad saidum­loebiT iyo moculi. sxvis ambavs rom hkiTxavdnen, igi TiTqmis arafers ityoda, xolo saubars sxva saganze gadaitanda, rodesac Tavis Sesaxeb SeekiTxebodnen. erTxel d'artanianma baasi gauba porTosze da gaigo, rom viRac hercogis colis guli moenadirebina porToss. imedi mieca d'aratanians, iqneba Tavisi samijnuro Tavgadasavlebis Sesaxebac miTxraso rame, da hkiTxa:

_ Tqvena, Cemo kargo megobaro, sxvebis samijnuro ambebi mSvenivrad iciT. Tqvens Tavze raRas ityviT?

_ ukacravad, _ Seawyvetina aramisma, _ me amas vambob imitom, rom TviTon porTosi meubneba daufaravad. igi xmamaRla gahyviris Tavis ambavs, magram, damijereT, Cemo keTilo d'ar­tanian, me rom sxva wyarodan vicode, an misganve mqondes mondobili es ambavi, porTosi Cemze ukeTes moZRvars versad ipovida aRsarebis dasafaravad.

_ darwmunebuli var, _ daiwyo xelaxla d'artanianma, _ da eWvi ar mepareba, rom Tqven kargad icnobT didebulebis gerbsa da niSnebs, raSic is moqarguli cxvirsaxocic damemowmeba, romlis wyalobiTac movaxerxe Tqveni gacnoba.

amJamad ar gajavrebula aramisi, magram Taviseburi mokr­ZalebiT da alersianad upasuxa:

_ nu gaviwydebaT, megobaro, rom gadawyvetili maqvs, eklesiis msaxuri gavxde, da gavurbivar amqveyniuri cxovrebis yovelgvar cTunebas. is cxvirsaxoci, romelic fexqveS gamomacaleT, CemTvis aravis moucia, igi erT megobars darCa CemTan saxlSi. cxadia, cxvirsaxoci unda Semenaxa, rom ar Semercxvina megobari da saxeli ar gametexa im qalisaTvis, romelic mas uyvars. xolo Cems ambavs Tu ikiTxavT, me sayvareli arca myavs da arc minda myavdes, amaSi mec aTosis brZnul magaliTs vbaZav, romelsac, agreTve, aravina hyavs.

_ eSmakma dalaxvros! jer xom isev muSketeri xarT da ara mRvdeli?

_ muSketeri droebiTa var, Cemo keTilo, kardinalis sityviT rom vTqvaT, me Cemda uneburad var muSketeri, guliT ki, merwmuneT, eklesiis mona-morCili var. Cemi garTobis mizniT aTosma da porTosma CamCxires muSketerebSi. swored im dros, rodesac mRvdlad kurTxevas mipirebdnen... momivida patara uTanxmoeba erT... magram ra saWiroa TqvenTvis es Cemi warsuli, Zvirfas dros gakargvinebT tyuilubralod.

_ srulebiTac ara! piriqiT, me Zalian mainteresebs eg ambavi, _ miugo d'artanianma, _ garwmunebT, amJamad araviTari saCqaro saqme ara maqvs.

_ diax, magram locvani maqvs wasakiTxi! _ upasuxa aramisma, _ garda amisa, qalbatonma d'egilonma mTxova, ramdenime leqsi unda davwero. Semdeg sent-onores quCaze var gasasvleli, wiTeli saRebavi unda vuyido qalbaton de Sevrezs. xom xedavT, Cemo keTilo, rom Tqven Tu ar geCqarebaT, me Zalian bevri saqme maqvs saswrafod mosagvarebeli.

siyvaruliT CamoarTva xeli aramisma ymawvil amxanags da Tavisi saswrafo saqmeebis gasarigeblad gaeSura.

ramdens ar ecada, ramdens ar ewvala d'artaniani, magram amaze meti vera gaigo ra Tavis axal megobrebze. gadawyvita, jerjerobiT amas dasjereboda da momavlis imedi hqonoda, rom ufro safuZvlian da sarwmuno cnobebs Seagrovebda maTze. manamde ki aTosi aqilevsad miaCnda, porTosi _ aiaqsad, xolo aramisi _ iosebad.

saerTod ki mxiarulada cxovrobda es oTxi megobari: aTosi TamaSobda da yovelTvis agebda, magram arasdros erT susac ar isesxebda Tavisi megobrebisagan, Tumca misi qisa yovelTvis gaxsnili iyo maTTvis. roca fuli ara hqonda da ndobiT TamaSobda, meore dResve, dilis eqvs saaTze, gamarjvebulis karebTan iyo, rom wina dRiT wagebuli fuli Caebarebina.

porTosi xSirad ar TamaSobda. mogebis SemTxvevaSi igi Tavxedi da brwyinvale iyo, wagebisas ramdenime dRis gan­mavlobaSi sruliad ikargeboda da mere isev gamoCndeboda CayviTlebuli, daRvremili saxiT, magram savse jibiT.

rac Seexeba aramiss, is arasodes ara TamaSobda. urigo iyo, rogorc muSketeri da ufro mosawyeni da autaneli, rogorc stumari. uaress veras warmoidgens adamiani lxinSi da dros tarebaSi. mas yovelTvis raRac saqme hqonda saCqarod mosagvarebeli. xSirad, rodesac sufras usxdnen megobrebi, RviniT gamxiarulebulni da gacxarebuli baasiT garTulni, darwmunebulni, rom or-sam saaTs kidev gastanda es tkbili lxini... aramisi wamodgeboda, saaTs daxedavda, momxiblavi RimiliT bodiSs moixdida imis gamo, rom paemani hqonda daniSnuli viRac RvTismetyvelTan, da gamoeTxoveboda sazogadoebas. xan kidev moimizezebda, disertaciaze unda vimuSaoo, da amxanagebs sTxovda, ar moecdinaT igi. amaze aTosi upasuxebda momxiblavi RimiliT, romelic metad amSvenebda mis didebul iers. porTosi Rvinos moiwafebda da Tan hficavda, rom aramisi Tavis dReSi veras eRirseboda da miyruebuli soflis mRvdlad mokvdeboda.

planSem, d'artanianis msaxurma, Rirseulad Seifera bedis wyaloba. ocdaaT sus aZlevda yoveldRe batoni da isic usazRvrod madlieri iyo Tavisi bedisa. ase gaiara erTma Tvem, magram, rodesac gaWirvebis qarma dauqrola mesaflaveebis quCis mdgmurs, ese igi, rodesac TiTqmis ukve SeWmuli aRmoCnda mefe ludoviko mecametis naCuqari ormoci pistoli, Civili dauwyo planSem. es wuwuni aToss sazizRrad eCvena, porToss _ Seuwynareblad, aramiss _ sasacilod. aTosma urCia d'ar­tanians, kinwiskvriT gaegdo es briyvi. porTosma urCia _ jer kargad gaelaxa da Semdeg panRuri ekra. aramisma daariga, yuri moeyruebina; batons Tavisi msaxurisgan qebisa da madlobis meti araferi unda eyuradebodeso.

_ Tqven advilad ambobT magas, _ upasuxa d'artanianma, _ Tqven, Cemo aTos, erTxelac ar gamoelaparakebiT grimos, romelsac xmis amoRebas ukrZalavT da, maSasadame, ukadris sityvas ver gaigonebT misgan; Tqven, Cemo porTos, didebulad cxovrobT da amitom gaRmerTebT Tqveni muSketoni; xolo Tqven, Cemo aramis, yovelTvis erTguli xarT Tqveni RvTismetyvelebisa da saTayvaneblad hyavxarT Tqvens msaxurs, gulCvilsa da RvTismosav bazens. me ki jer arc saxarbielo mdgomareoba maqvs, arc SeZleba. muSketerobas rom Tavi davaneboT, razmelic ki ara var da ra unda movifiqro iseTi, rom Cemdami siyvaruli da pativiscema Cavunergo Cems planSes?

_ Zalian mniSvnelovani sakiTxia! _ uTxres megobrebma, _ Sinaur yofa-cxovrebas Seexeba. msaxursac ise unda moeqces kaci, rogorc cols, saxlSi SemoyvanisTanave is adgili unda miuCinoT, romelzedac gindaT, sabolood darCes. kargad daufiqrdiT amas.

d'artanianic daufiqrda am debulebas da gadawyvita, SeSinebis mizniT, samagaliTod gaelaxa planSe. man Cveuli keTilsindisierebiT aasrula Tavisi ganzraxva. kargad scema da ubrZana, fexi ar moecvala, nebadaurTvelad sxvagan sadme ar gadasuliyo. saerTo gauxdaT cxovreba oTx megobars. provinciidan Camosul d'artanians Tavisi Cveuleba ara hqonda ra, ucnob sazogadoebaSi uxdeboda cxovreba, amitom maSinve Seegua axal moTxovnilebebs da Tavisi megobrebis Cveulebebs.

zamTarSi, daaxloebiT, rva saaTze dgebodnen, zafxulSi _ eqvsze, da baton de trevilis sasaxlisaken mieSurebodnen brZanebis misaRebad. d'artaniani jer muSketerebSi ar iyo Caricxuli, magram sakvirveli bejiTobiT asrulebda muSketeris movaleobas. ar Sordeboda Tavis megobrebs da sadac isini iyvnen sadarajod, isic iq midioda, maTTan erTad asrulebda movaleobas. yvela muSketeri icnobda mas da karg amxanagad miaCndaT. de trevilma provinciidan Camosuli maSinve Rir­seulad daafasa: uyvarda, exmareboda da xSirad aqebda mefesTan.

Tavis mxriv, sam muSketersac Zalian Seuyvarda ymawvili amxanagi. megobroba aerTebda am oTx kacs da cxovrebis mimdinareoba moiTxovda, rom dReSi sam-oTxjer enaxaT erTmaneTi. xan duelis, xan saqmis gamo, xan ki saqeifod da dros gasatareblad. CrdiliviT dasdevdnen erTmaneTs. am ganuSorebel megobrebs qalaqSi yovelTvis erTad xedavdnen an erTmaneTis mZebnelebs luqsemburgidan sen-sulpisis moednamde, an Zveli samtredis quCidan _ luqsemburgamde.

amasobaSi baton de trevilis dapirebebic TandaTan sruldeboda. erT mSvenier dRes mefem ubrZana baton de zesars, mis razmSi Caericxa d'artaniani umcros razmelad. oxvriT Caicva d'artanianma razmelis tanisamosi, romelsac netarebiT gacvlida muSketeris samosSi, Tundac aTi wlis sicocxle mieca sarTad. magram batoni de trevili ori wlis Semdeg hpirdeboda mas am bednierebas, Tan imeds aZlevda, Tu SemTxveva mogecaT da TvalsaCino ram samsaxuri gauwieT mefes an Tavi isaxeleT vaJkacobiT, am vadis Semcirebac SeiZlebao.

d'artaniani dasjerda am dapirebas da meore dRes dilidanve Seudga Tavis razmSi samsaxurs.

axla aTosis, porTosis da aramisis rigi iyo, axla isini iyvnen d'artanianTan erTad sadarajoze. amgvarad, d'artanianis samsaxurSi miRebiT baton de zesaris razmma, erTis magivrad, oTxi kaci SeiZina.

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mijnurobis kvanZi
gavida xani da bolo moeRo ludoviko mecametis naCuqar ormoc pistols, iseve rogorc amqveynad yvelafers aqvs Tavisi sawyisi da dasasruli, da im ubeduri dRidan did gaWirvebaSi Cavarda Cveni oTxi megobari. jer aTosma Seinaxa karga xans amxanagebi, Semdeg porToss daawva es movaleoba da manac Taviseburad gaariga saqme: cota xniT sadRac gaqra da rom dabrunda, mTeli ori kviris ganmavlobaSi akmayofilebda Tavisi megobrebis yovelgvar moTxovnilebas. bolos aramisis jeric movida da manac es movaleoba pirnaTlad Seasrula. rogorc TviTon ambobda, Zalian karg fasad gayida RvTismetyvelebis wignebi da amiT ramdenime pistoli iSova.

mere, rodesac ufro gaWirda saqme, TavianTi Cveulebisamebr, daxmarebisaTvis mimarTes baton de trevils, romelmac winaswar misca momavali Tvis jamagiri, magram miRebuli Tanxa Sors ver waiyvanda sam muSketers, romlebsac uamisodac mravali vali hqondaT vadagadacilebuli.

bolos, rodesac mTlianad daucarieldaT qisebi, rogorc iyo moagroves rva Tu aTi pistoli da porToss misces saTamaSod. saubedurod, bedi ar swyalobda im dros porToss da es fulic waago, zed ocdaxuTi pistolic sxva miayola da sityva misca, meore dRes gadauxdida.

gaWirvebas SimSili mohyva. damSeulebi, Tavis msaxurebTan erTad, sasadilod nacnobebTan garbodnen. aramisis mcnebas icavdnen _ manam gaqvs, sTese sadil-vaxSami, gagiWirdeba _ moimkeo.

oTxjer dapatiJes nacnobebma aTosi da oTxjerve Tan waiyvana megobrebi maTi msaxurebiTurT. amgvarive eqvsi SemTxveva hqonda porToss da masac Tan dahyavda megobrebi da msaxurebi. aramisi rvajer miiwvies sadilze nacnobebma. rogorc ukve mkiTxvelic SeamCnevda, igi iseT adamianTa ricxvs ekuTvnoda, romelsac ar uyvarda xmauris atexa da saqmiT ki bevrs akeTebda.

rac Seexeba d'artanians, is jer aravis icnobda qalaqSi da mxolod erTxel miiwvies sauzmeze Tavis Tanamemamule mRvdelTan da sadilad kidev _ razmel mebairaResTan. Tavisi jariT miadga mRvdels, romelsac sauzmeze ori Tvis maragi SeuWames. razmelTanac kargad gaumaspinZldnen, magram planSesi ar iyos, ramdenic unda Wamo, mxolod erTxel gaZRebi.

Zalian wuxda d'artaniani, rom amxanagebs CamorCa da sadilnaxevris meti ver moaxerxa. mRvdelTan mirTmeuli sauzme naxevar sadiladac Zlivs CaiTvleboda, maSin, rodesac aTosis, porTosisa da aramisis maspinZlebi lxiniTa da qeifiT uxv­debodnen stumrebs. wuxda gaskoneli, muqTaxorad miaCnda Tavi da bavSvuri miamitobiT is ki aviwydeboda, rom mTeli Tvis ganmavlobaSi misi fuliT cxovrobdnen misi ganuyreli megobrebi da maTi msaxurebi. wuxda da sul imis fiqrSi iyo, rom daeRwia Tavi am gaWirvebidan. bolos im daskvnamde mivida, rom am oTx ymawvil kacs, Zal-RoniT aRsavses, guladsa da mamacs, lxinis, qeifis, farikaobisa da oxunjobis garda, sxva ram mizanic unda hqonoda.

marTlac, yoCaRi biWebi iyvnen oTxiveni. erTmaneTisaTvis rogorc qisiT, ise sicocxliT Tavdadebulni, erTmaneTis qomagni da damxmareni. rac unda saxifaTo ram SemTxveodaT, ukan daxeva ar icodnen cal-calke iyvnen Tu erTad, gul­modgined asrulebdnen erTad miRebul ganzraxvas.

erTi garemoeba metad akvirvebda d'artanians: mis megobrebs azradac ar mosdiodaT gaWirvebidan Tavis dasaRwevi saSualebis Zebna.

d'artaniani ki sul amaze fiqrobda Zalian gulmodginedac, Tavs imtvrevda, rom mimarTuleba mieca oTxjer gamravlebul Seudarebeli ZalisaTvis, romlis daxmarebiTac, eWvic ara hqonda, raime saSualebas gamonaxavda. am fiqrebiT iyo Sepyrobili gaskoneli, rodesac karze odnav daukakunes. maSinve gaaRviZa planSe da karis gaReba ubrZana. magram ise ki ar warmoidginos mkiTxvelma, TiTqos Rame iyo an jer ar gaTe­nebuliyo, raki planSes eZina. ara! naSuadRevis oTxi saaTi Tu iqneboda. ori saaTiT adre planSem sadili sTxova Tavis batons, razedac d'artanianma mokled upasuxa andaziT: `sadils isa Wams, visac sZinavso~. da planSemac maSinve daiZina, rom sizmrad eWama sadili.

garegnobiT ubralo ieris kaci Semohyva planSes, etyoboda, qalaqis mcxovrebi unda yofiliyo.

planSes saubris mosmena surda, magram stumarma misal­mebisTanave gamoucxada d'artanians, rom metad mniSvnelovani da saidumlo saqme hqonda, da sTxova, martod darCeniliyvnen.

d'artanianma planSe gaistumra da stumars skami SesTavaza.

mcire xniT dumili Camovarda, isini erTmaneTs dakvirvebiT Sescqerodnen, TiTqos cdilobdnen, winaswarve gaecnoT erTmaneTi. Semdeg d'artanianma Tavi daukra imis niSnad, rom usmenda.

_ baton d'artanianis qeba yvelgan gamigonia, rogorc guladi ymawvili kacisa, _ uTxra stumarma, _ swored am Rirseulad damsaxurebulma qebam gamabedvina Tqveni Sewuxeba da Cemi saidumlos gandoba.

_ brZaneT, batono, brZaneT, _ waaqeza d'artanianma, romelmac alRoTi igrZno raRac sasargeblo.

cota xans kidev gaCumda stumari da Semdeg kvlav ganagrZo:

_ Cemi meuRle, batono, sarecxis saqmes ganagebs dedofalTan. mas arc Wkua da arc silamaze ar aklia. am sami wlis winaT SemrTes igi; mziTvi Zalian cota hqonda, magram, samagierod, batoni de la porti, dedoflis pirisfareSi, naTlia gaxlavT misi da Zalianac exmareba.

_ mere, batono? gismenT, _ uTxra d'artanianma.

_ Semdeg, batono, _ ganagrZo mosulma. _ Semdeg is, rom... guSin diliT moitaces Cemi meuRle, rodesac igi TeTreulebis oTaxidan gamodioda.

_ mereda, vin moitaca Tqveni meuRle?

_ danamdvilebiT veras mogaxsenebT, batono, magram eWvi ki maqvs erT kacze.

_ vin aris eg kaci, visze geparebaT eWvi?

_ kaci, romelic didi xania, sul ukan dasdevs.

_ ai, dalaxvros eSmakma!..

_ magram, momismineT, batono, _ ganagrZo stumarma, _ darwmunebuli var, rom motacebis mizezi ufro politikuria, vidre siyvaruli.

_ ufro politikuri, vidre siyvaruli? _ gaimeora cota xnis fiqris Semdeg d'artanianma, _ risi Tqma gsurT amiT?

_ ar vici, RmerTmani, SeiZleba Tu ara giTxraT, visze maqvs eWvi?

_ ukacravad, batono! unda mogaxsenoT, rom me Tqven arafers gekiTxebiT, TviTon mobrZandiT CemTan, Tqvenive sityviT, mniSvnelovani saidumlos gasandobad. moiqeciT ise, rogorc gijobdeT. kidev dro gaqvT, SegiZliaT waxvideT, jer xom araferi giTqvamT?

_ ara, batono, ara! patiosan ymawvilkacad mimaCnixarT da sruli ndobiT mogmarTavT. diax, me mgonia, Cemi coli imisTvis ki ar moitaces, rom is moswonT, aramed sxva qalis siyvarulis gamo, romelic gacilebiT ufro umaRlesi wodebis warmo­madgenelia, vidre Cemi meuRle.

_ oho, iqneba qalbatoni de bua-trasis siyvarulia? _ wamoiZaxa d'artanianma, romelsac undoda eCvenebina mosa­ubrisaTvis, rom manac icoda sasaxlis yofa-cxovrebis ambebi.

_ ufro zeviT, batono.

_ qalbatoni d'egiloni?

_ ufro zeviT.

_ qalbatoni de Sevrezi?

_ zeviT, batono, ufro zeviT!

_ qalbatoni... _ Tqma veRar gabeda d'artanianma.

_ diax, batono, swored isa, _ upasuxa SiSiT acaxcaxebulma stumarma iseTi Cumi xmiT, rom Zlivs gaigonebdiT.

_ mere, vis siyvarulsa swameben?

_ vis siyvaruls daswameben, Tu ara hercog...

_ hercogisas?

_ diax, batono, _ upasuxa mosulma axla ufro Cumi xmiT.

_ mere, Tqven saidan iciT es yvelaferi?

_ eh, saidan vici?

_ diax, Tqven saidan iciT? an sruli ndoba, Cemo batono, an arada... xom gesmiT?!

_ Cemi colisagan vici, batono, Cemi colisagan.

_ Tqvenma colma saidanRa icis?

_ baton de la portisagan, aki mogaxseneT, rom Cemi meuRle baton de la portis naTlulia, romelic dedoflis didi ndobiT sargeblobs. diax, de la portmac im ganzraxviT Seiyvana Cemi coli dedoflis samsaxurSi, rom dedofals erTguli vinme hyoloda, romelsac sruliad uSiSrad miendoboda. mefes guli aqvs acruebuli Tavis meuRleze, kardinalic jaSuSebs axvevs. ase rom, dedofals gars mxolod mtrebi da moRalateebi exvia.

_ aha, ai, axla cxadia, _ Tqva d'artanianma.

_ diax, am oTxi dRis winaT movida Cemi coli; samsaxurSi Sesvlisas aseTi piroba SevkariT, rom kviraSi orjer mnaxavda, radgan, rogorc ukve mogaxseneT, Zalian vuyvarvar sawyal qals. diax, am oTxi dRis winaT movida Cems sanaxavad da saidumlod miTxra, rom did SiSs ganicdis amJamad dedofali.

_ marTla?

_ diax. rogorc etyoba, mosvenebas aRar aZlevs kardinali. sicocxles ufro metad umwarebs, vidre aqamde. jerac ar daviwyebia sarabanda¹, vera da ver upatiebia dedoflisaTvis. Tqven gecodinebaT, raRa Tqma unda, sarabandis ambavi?

_ vici da ase!!! _ itkica d'artanianma. ara icoda ra am sarabandisa, magram unda ise sCveneboda stumars, TiTqos dawvrilebiT icoda didebuli sazogadoebis saidumloebani.

_ ise rom, amJamad, batono, siZulvili ki ara, javris amoyraa.

_ namdvilad?

_ dedafalsa hgonia, rom...

_ ra hgonia dedofals?

_ dedofalsa hgonia, rom misi saxeliT werili misweres hercog bukingams.

_ dedoflis saxeliT?

_ diax, dedoflis saxeliT, surT, parizSi Semoityuon da xafangSi gaaban.

_ ai daswyevlos eSmakma!.. mere, Tqveni meuRle, batono! ra SuaSia Tqveni meuRle?

_ ician, batono, rom dedoflis erTguli mosamsaxure gaxlavT, da cdiloben, CamoaSoron Tavis qalbatons; an da­aSinon imdenad, rom dedoflis saidumloebani aTqmevinon; an moisyidon, acTunon da dedofalTan iyolion TavianT jaSuSad.

_ SesaZlebelia, rom asec iyos, _ Tqva d'artanianma, _ magram miTxariT, icnobT im kacs, Tqveni meuRle rom moitaca?

_ aki mogaxseneT, mgoni, unda vicnobde.

_ vin aris? ra hqvia?

_ saxeli ar vici, batono, me marto is vici, rom kardinalis kacia, masaviT qofaki.

_ kargi, magram xom ginaxavT is kaci?

_ diax, Cemma colma damanaxva erTxel.

_ iseTi niSani ara aqvs ra, rom SeiZlebodes misi cnoba?

_ rogor ara, batono! didebuli kacis Sesaxedaoba aqvs, Savi wver-ulvaSi, Savgvremani, gamgmiravi Tvalebi, elvare kbilebi, Tanac patara Wriloba etyoba safeTqelTan.

_ patara Wriloba safeTqelTan? _ Sehyvira d'artanianma, _ elvare kbilebi, Savgvremani da didebuli kacis Sesaxedaoba aqvs! es xom is aris, mengeli kaci.

_ mengelio, Tqven brZaneT!

_ diax, diax, magram eg arafers ar niSnavs. ara vcdebi, piriqiT, Tu es kaci, imave dros, Cemi mteric aRmoCnda, orives javrs erTad amoviyri, Tqvensasac da Cemsasac, magram sad vipovo.

_ ar vici, batono.

_ araviTari cnoba ara gaqvT, sada cxovrobs?

_ araviTari. erTxel Cemi meuRle mivacile luvramde da swored maSin Segvxvda is kaci, sasaxlidan gamodioda. Cemma colma damanaxva maSin.

_ daswyevlos RmerTma! _ burtyunebda d'artaniani, _ metad bundovani saqmea! Tqveni meuRlis motaceba vin SegatyobinaT?

_ batonma de la portma.

_ dawvrilebiT gacnobaT, rogor moutacniaT?

_ ara, batono, TvTionac araferi icis.

_ Tqven? Tqven vera gamoarkvieT ra?

_ diax, batono, zogi ram gavige... me miviRe...

_ ra miiReT?

_ ar vici, iqneba did gaufrTxileblobas viCen...

_ eh, isev imas gaiZaxiT! unda mogaxsenoT, rom dagvianebuli iqneba eg Tqveni sifrTxile da undobloba.

_ arca vfrTxilob, batono, da arc undoblobas viCen! _ Sehyvira stumarma, rom waeqezebina Tavisi gambedaoba, _ maS, bonasie ara vyofilvar...

_ Tqven bonasie brZandebiT? _ Seawyvetina d'artanianma.

_ diax, bonasie gaxlavarT.

_ Tqvena TqviT, maS, bonasie ara vyofilvaro, bodiSi, sityva SegawyvetineT, magram, CemTvis ucnobi ar unda iyos eg gvari.

_ SesaZlebelia, batono, Tqveni saxlis patroni gaxlavarT.

_ hoo! _ wamoiZaxa d'artanianma, odnav wamoiwia da Tavi daukra, _ maS, Cemi saxlis patroni brZandebiT?

_ diax, batono, sami Tvea Cems saxlSi dgaxarT. ueWvelia, garTuli brZandebiT samsaxuriT da didroni saqmeebiT da daviwyebuli gaqvT qiris gadaxda. am xnis ganmavlobaSi erTxelac ar SemiwuxebixarT am wvrilmaniT. amitom vifiqre, Tqvenc Rirseulad damifasebdiT am pativiscemas.

_ dagifasebT da ase, Cemo keTilo batono bonasie? _ miugo d'artanianma, _ merwmuneT, didi madlobeli var aseTi Tavaziani moqcevisaTvis da kidev gimeorebT, Tuki SeviZel riTime Tqveni daxmareba...

_ mjera, batono, mjera da swored es mindoda meTqva: bonasie ar viyo, Tu sruli ndoba ar mqondes Tqveni.

_ maS, pirdapir miTxariT, ris Tqmas apirebdiT.

bonasiem jibidan qaRaldi amoiRo da d'artanians miarTva.

_ werili? _ wamoiZaxa ymawvilma kacma.

_ dRes diliT momivida.

d'artanianma werili gaxsna da, radgan binddeboda, fanja­rasTan mivida. bonasiec Tan mihyva.

`nu eZebT Tqvens cols, _ waikiTxa d'artanianma, _ Tqvenve dagibrundebaT, rodesac aRaraferSi dagvWirdeba. cocxali ver gadagvirCebiT, Tu rame gabedeT mis aRmosaCenad~.

_ aha, gasagebia! _ ganagrZo d'artanianma, _ magram bolos da bolos, aq muqaris meti araferia.

_ diax, batono, SiSis zarsa mcems es muqara. me, batono, xmal-xanjlisa ara vici ra da bastiliis cixisac Zalian meSinia.

_ Tqvenze metad arc me miyvars bastiliis cixe. marto xmalze rom iyos saqme, RvTis wyaloba gaqvT, me...

_ didi imedi mqonda Tqveni daxmarebisa, batono...

_ marTla?

_ me yovelTvis muSketerebTan gxedavT, batono, da iseT yoCaR biWebTan, rom ukeTess vera naxavs adamiani. isini xom baton de trevilis razmelebi arian da, maSasadame, kardinalis mtrebic iqnebian. amitom vifiqre, Tqven da Tqveni megobrebi TanaugrZnobdiT sacodav Cvens dedofals da misi javris amosayrelad raime oins uzamdiT mis yovladuwmindesobas.

_ marTalia.

_ garda amisa, sami Tvis qiraze sityvac ar miTqvams TqvenTvis...

_ diax, diax, Tqven ukve gamoiyeneT es sabuTi da mec safuZvlianad vcnob.

_ gadawyvetili maqvs, batono, rac unda didxans darCeT Cems saxlSi, ar SegawuxoT qiris gadaxdaze.

_ Zalian kargi.

_ axla esec miiReT mxedvelobaSi, rom, Tu saqme moiTxovs, SemiZlia ormocdaaTi pistolis morTmevac, Tu amjerad, dro­ebiT, carieli gaqvT qisa.

_ saucxoo azri mogsvliaT!.. maS, Tqven mdidari kaci yofilxarT, Cemo keTilo batono bonasie!

_ ara miWirs ra, RvTis madliT, batono, farTleuliT vvaWrobdi da davagrove fuli. saxelovan naosan Jan mokes ukanaskneli mgzavrobis mosawyobad me Sevitane cotaodeni fuli da kargi mogebac vnaxe, dRes ori-sami aTasi ekiu renta maqvs. ise rom, Tqven TviTonac xedavT... aha! ager! _ Sehyvira ucbad bonasiem.

_ ra iyo? _ hkiTxa d'artanianma.

_ ai, ai!

_ sada?

_ quCaSi, Tqveni fanjrebis pirdapir, ai, im SesasvlelSi. wamosasxamSi gaxveuli kaci...

_ is aris! _ Sehyvires erTad d'artanianma da bonasiem. orivem icno saerTo mteri.

_ axla ki veRarsad wamiva! _ Sehyvira d'artanianma da xmals eca. xmali qarqaSidan amoiRo da gareT gaiWra.

kibeze mis sanaxavad mosuli aTosi da porTosi Sexvdnen. megobrebma gza misces da d'artanianic isariviT Casrialda.

_ ra mogeCvena? sad mirbixar? _ Sehyvires erTad aTosma da porTosma.

_ mengeli kacia! _ miaZaxa man da erT wamSi quCaSi gaCnda. d'artanians ramdenjerme eambna Tavisi megobrebisaTvis mengSi viRac ucnobTan Setakebis ambavi da lamaz qalTan Sexvedra, romelsac im ucnobma kolofi Caabara da rTuli davaleba misca.

aTosis azriT, d'artanians albaT Cxubis dros daekarga mamis werili. misi SexedulebiT, d'artanianis mier aRwerili kaci ar SeiZleboda patiosani ar yofiliyo da, rasakvirvelia, werilis moparvas ar ikadrebda.

porTosi am ambavSi sul ubralo paemans xedavda, mijnuris mier lamazi qalisTvis daniSnuls, romelic Sxamad gadauqcia d'artanianma da misma yviTelma cxenma.

aramisis SexedulebiT, saidumloebiT iyo savse es saqme da saWirod ar miaCnda misi gamokvleva.

d'artanianis mier saCqarod wamosrolilma orma-samma sityvam maSinve miaxvedra aTosi da porTosi, sad da risTvis mirboda maTi megobari. cxadi iyo, d'artaniani daeweoda Tavis ucnobs, xolo Tu dResac dakargavda sadme, bolos da bolos, mainc Tavis binas mosZebnida da dabrundeboda, amitom maT gza ganagrZes.

oTaxSi aravin daxvdaT. saxlis patrons d'artanianisa da ucnobis Sexvedrisa SeSineboda. bonasies eWvi ar epareboda, rom aq sisxli daiRvreboda da, Tanaxmad mis mierve Tavisi guladobis aRiarebisa, gadaewyvita: goneba imitoma aqvs adamians, rom gansacdels moeridoso.