henri raider hagardi

inglisuridan Targmna vaxtang WeliZem,
ana ratianma
h e n r i
s o l o m o n
r a i d e r
m e f i s
T a v i
S e x v e d r a
h a g a r d i
h e n r i
s a g a n Z u r i
I
k u r t i s T a n
ucnauri geCvenoT is ambavi, rom ager ormocdaTxuTmeti wlis kaci
Seviqeni da kalams pirvelad axla movkide xeli. ar vici, ra saxes
miiRebs Cemi moTxroba da, saerTod, Semwevs Tu ara Zala, davasrulo igi.
rodesac ganvlil cxovrebas gonebis TvaliT gavyureb, gaocebuli
vrCebi: mikvirs xolme, ramdeni ramis gakeTeba movaswar, ramdeni ram
ganvicade da gadavitane. albaT Cemi sicocxlis gzac ase usasrulod
grZeli mitom meCveneba, rom Zalian adre gavebi mZime uRelSi. im asakSi,
roca patara biWunebi skolaSi siaruls iwyeben, me ukve vSromobdi:
vyiddi wvrilman saqonels Zvel
koloniaSi,
Semdeg vnadirobdi,
vvaWrobdi, vmuSaobdi maRaroSi da, ase gasinjeT, vibrZodi kidec. mxolod
am rva Tvis winaT Seviqeni mdidari adamiani da amJamad didZal qonebas
vflob, Tumca jerjerobiT kargad arc ki vici, ra maqvs da risi patroni
var. miuxedavad amisa, arafriT aRar davTanxmdebodi gadametana is, rac
am TxuTmet-Teqvsmet TveSi gadavitane, Tundac winaswar mcodnoda,
yvelaferi
ase
SesaniSnavad
dasruldeboda
da
ase
zRaprulad
gavmdidrdebodi.
me erTi mokrZalebuli, Tavmdabali kaci gaxlavarT, mZuls sisxli
da Zalmomreoba da, gulwrfelad rom gamogitydeT, am faTerakebma da
ucnaurma SemTxvevebma gvarianad momabezra Tavi.
ar vici, ratom daviwye am wignis wera, es xom Cemi saqme sulac ar
aris! amasTan, arc ganaTlebul adamianad momaqvs Tavi, Tumca `Zvel
aRTqmasa" da ingolZbis legendebs mudam didi siamovnebiT vkiTxulob.
asea Tu ise, Sevecdebi gagacnoT is mizezebi, ramac maiZula xeli
momekida am mZime saqmisaTvis. jer erTi, xaTri veRar gavutexe ser henri
kurtissa da kapitan guds, romelTac mTxoves amewera Cveni faTerakebiT
aRsavse Tavgadasavali. meorec, amJamad Sin, durbanSi var da usaqmoba
mklavs, radgan marcxena fexSi atexilma tkivilma kvlav sawols
mimajaWva. es satkivari mtanjavs mas Semdeg, rac im wyeul loms
gadaveyare. am cota xnis winaT ki Wriloba gamexsna da Cveulebrivze
metad daviwye koWloba.
albaT lomis kbilebSi aris raRac Sxami, Torem ras unda mieweros
is ambavi, rom savsebiT moSuSebuli Wriloba isev da isev ixsnis xolme
pirs? Tanac nu dagaviwydebaT, es xdeba yovelwliurad da mudam erTsa da
imave dros.
Cems sicocxleSi samocdaxuTi lomi myavs mokluli. nadirobisas
Tavze bewvic ki ar Semrxevia da gana sawyeni ar aris, rom iman,
samocdameeqvsem, ase umowyalod damiRijna fexi? es arRvevs saqmis
bunebriv msvlelobas; me ki, sxva sikeTesTan erTad, wesrigis moyvaruli
kaci var da ar momwons es ambavi.
garda amisa, minda Cemma vaJiSvilma harim, romelic amJamad londonis
erT-erT saavadmyofoSi praqtikaze imyofeba da male eqimi unda gaxdes, am
moTxrobis kiTxvisas droebiT daiviwyos Tavisi saqmeebi da cotaTi mainc
gaerTos.
sabralo biWs saavadmyofoSi muSaobiT albaT Tavi aqvs mobezrebuli
da vfiqrob, maincdamainc arc gvamebis gakveTa aniWebs did siamovnebas...
yovel SemTxvevaSi, haris es wigni mosawyeni ar moeCveneba da mis
erTferovan cxovrebas oriode dRiT mainc gaaxalisebs. miT umetes, rom
aq mraval saocar ambavs amoikiTxavs.
iqneb gagikvirdeT, am wignis furclebze, fulatas garda, arc erTi
qali rom ar SegxvdebaT, Tumca, ras vambob, aris kidev gagula, magram
axlac ar vici, qali iyo is Tu qaji. asea Tu ise, saTvalavSi Casagdebi
ar aris, radgan sul cota, asi wlis mainc iqneboda da dameTanxmebiT,
Tavisi qalobiT didad aravis daainteresebda.
magram xom ar aris dro, gaveba uRelSi da gavwio es mZime Wapani? aq,
cota ar iyos, Zneli savalia da vSiSob, borblebianad WanWrobSi ar
Cavefla. Tumca xarebi advilad amomaTreven iqidan. Zlier uRleuls es
ar gauWirdeba, susti ki, rasakvirvelia, verafers gaawyobs. ase da
amgvarad, viwyeb Txrobas!
`me, alan quotermeni, natalis provinciis qalaq durbanis mcxovrebi,
jentlmeni, ficsa vdeb da vacxadeb, rom..." amgvarad daviwye Cvenebis
micema sasamarTloSi xivasa da ventfogelis sabediswero daRupvis gamo,
magram wignisTvis aseTi dasawyisi maincdamainc Sesaferisi ar unda iyos.
veWvob agreTve, SemiZlia Tu ara jentlmeni vuwodo Cems Tavs?
saerTod, ras niSnavs sityva `jentlmeni"? am sakiTxSi jerjerobiT
kargad ver gavrkveulvar. Cems cxovrebaSi ara erTsa da or nigerTan
mqonia saqme... ara, ara, wavSli am sityvas, ar momwons igi. me vicnobdi
zangebs, romlebic namdvili jentlmenebi iyvnen, amaSi Senc dameTanxmebi,
hari, Cemo biWiko, roca bolomde CaikiTxav am wigns... vicnobdi agreTve
Zalze borotsa da flid TeTrkanianebs, jentlmenobisa rom ara ecxoT
ra, Tumca fuli Tavsayrelad hqondaT. yovel SemTxvevaSi, me jentlmenad
var Sobili, miuxedavad imisa, rom erTi sawyali mewvrilmane da monadire
gaxldiT. SemomrCa Tu ara cxovrebaSi jentlmenoba, es Tqven gansajeT, me
verafers getyviT. ise ki, gamogitydebiT, Zalian didi survili mqonda
jentlmeni vyofiliyavi.
Cems sicocxleSi bevri adamiani gamovasalme wuTisofels, magram
umanko sisxliT xeli arasodes gamisvria. vklavdi mxolod maSin, roca
iZulebuli viyavi, Tavi gadamerCina.
ufalma gviboZa sicocxle da gvibrZana, dagvecva igi. mec mudam am
mrwamsiT vmoqmedebdi da imedi maqvs, roca Cemi gankiTxvis Jami dadgeba,
ufali momitevebs.
vai rom qveyana borotebiT aris savse da es wynari adamiani
iZulebuli Seviqeni blomad dameRvara sisxli. ar vici, sworad vmsjelob
Tu ara, magram naqurdaliT xeli arasodes momiTbia, Tumca odesRac, erT
kafrs motyuebiT gamovacale xelidan Zroxebis jogi. marTalia, valSi
arc is damrCenia da kargadac gamacura, magram sindisi mainc dRemde
mqenjnis.
amrigad, ser henri kurtissa da kapitan guds daaxloebiT Tvrameti
Tvis winaT Sevxvdi. es Semdegnairad moxda:
imxanad bamangvatos
maxloblad spiloebze vnadirobdi, magram
ratomRac xeli momecara, bolos saSinelma cieb-cxelebam damria xeli.
odnav movikeTe Tu ara, maSinve almasis qviSrobisaken gavwie. aq gavyide
spilos Zvlebi, furgoni, xarebi, angariSi gavuswore monadireebs da
Cavjeqi safosto karetaSi, romelic kapSi midioda.
kapSi erTi kvira sastumroSi vcxovrobdi da, unda gamovtyde,
sakmaod damicarieles jibe. saqme ara mqonda ra da, dro tyuilubralod
rom
ar
damekarga,
gadavwyvite
dameTvalierebina qalaqis yvela
RirsSesaniSnavi adgili. moviare botanikuri baRebi, romelTac, Cemi
azriT, qveynisTvis didi sikeTe da sargebloba moaqvT, movinaxule
parlamentis Senobac, romelsac aravisTvis araviTari sargebloba ar
unda mohqondes. kviris sworze gadavwyvite `dankeldiT" natalSi
davbrunebuliyavi. es gemi imxanad navsadgurSi idga da inglisidan
`edinburg kastls" moeloda.
is iyo fuli gadavixade da gemze avedi, rom `edinburg kastlmac"
moatana, natalSi mimavali mgzavrebi am gemidan `dankeldze" gadmosxdnen.
mezRvaurebma Ruza auSves da Cven zRvaSi gavediT.
axal mgzavrebs Soris gembanze Cemi yuradReba orma kacma miipyro.
erTi maTgani ase, ocdaaTiode wlis jentlmeni iqneboda. gamogitydebiT,
aseTi mosuli da lamazi mamakaci manamde arsad Semxvedria.
mas qera Tma, sqeli wveri, saxis swori nakvTebi, Rrmad Camjdari
nacrisferi Tvalebi hqonda da Tavisi garegnobiT ratomRac Zvel
daniels momagonebda. es, rasakvirvelia, ar niSnavs imas, TiTqos
danielebze bevri ram vicode. Cems cxovrebaSi mxolod erT daniels
Sevxvdi da isic sakmaod gaiZvera aRmoCnda.
ho, kidev erTxel, didi xnis winaT vnaxe suraTi. tiloze ramdenime
batoni iyo daxatuli, isini Zalze waagavdnen TeTrkanian zulusebs.
xelSi yanwebi eWiraT, grZeli Tma ki zurgze CamoSlodaT. roca kibesTan
Cvens axal mgzavrs vucqerodi, uneblieT gamielva fiqrma, am kacma Tma
odnav rom moizardos, javSani Caicvas, xelSi sabrZolo najaxi da kaTxa
daiWiros, Tavisuflad SeeZleba im suraTisTvis pozireba-meTqi.
sxvaTa Soris, Semdgom Sevityve, rom henri kurtisis ZarRvebSi (henri
kurtisi is maRal-maRali jentlmeni gaxldaT) marTlac Cqefda daniuri
sisxli. saocaria, rogor iCens xolme Tavs memkvidreoba! ho, kurtisi
viRac Cems Zvel nacnobsac mivamsgavse, magram vis, veRar gavixsene.
sul sxva iyo meore mamakaci, ser henris rom esaubreboda. Sevxede
Tu ara, imwamsve gavifiqre, sazRvao oficeri iqneba-meTqi. ar vici, ratom
da sazRvaosno oficrebs Tvalis erTi SevlebiT icnobs xolme kaci. me
ramdenjerme mqonda SemTxveva, menadira maTTan erTad da yovelTvis
kmayofili vrCebodi. yvelani araCveulebrivad gabeduli, sasiamovno
vaJkacebi iyvnen, rac ase iSviaTia Cvens droSi. mxolod erTi ram ar
momwons maTi _ Zalian uyvarT uSveri sityvebi da lanZRva-gineba. Tu
gagondebaT, am moTxrobis dasawyisSi vikiTxe, vin aris namdvili
jentlmeni-meTqi? axla SemiZlia am kiTxvaze gipasuxoT. namdvili
jentlmeni britaneTis samefo flotis oficeri gaxlavT. Tumca, rasakvirvelia, gamonaklisi maT Sorisac aris. vfiqrob, zRvis ukidegano
sivrce da msusxavi qarebi, romelTac TviT RmerTebis sunTqva moaqvT,
wmenden da akrialeben maT gulebsa da grZnobebs yovelgvari
sibilwisagan.
magram davubrundeT Cvens moTxrobas. me axlac marTali gamovdeqi.
es kaci marTlac yofili sazRvao oficeri iyo. umwikvlod emsaxura misi
udidebulesobis, britaneTis dedoflis flotSi Cvidmeti weli da
sruliad moulodnelad, sakuTari survilis gareSe, kapitnis CiniT
rezervSi CaericxaT. ai, ra moeliT adamianebs, romlebic dedoflis
samsaxurSi imyofebian. rogorc ki codnasa da gamocdilebas daagroveben
da maTi niWi, maTi unari srulad gaifurCqneba, Tavidan icileben, uspoben
yovelgvar saarsebo wyaros da cxovrebis boboqar talRebSi moisvrian
xolme. SesaZloa, isini urigdebian kidec aseT cxovrebas, magram me
mirCevnia, lukmapuri nadirobiT viSovno. ra Tqma unda, fuli cota
meqneba, magram, samagierod, damcirebasa da zedmet Witlayebs gadavurCebi.
kapitani jon gudi _ me misi saxeli da gvari mgzavrTa siaSi
amovikiTxe _ ocdaaTiode wlis, Caskvnili, saSualo tanis SavTmiani da
sakmaod originaluri garegnobis mamakaci iyo. Zalze faqizad da
gemovnebiT ecva, wveri guldagul gaeparsa, Tvalze ki monokli edga. es
monokli zed Sexorcebuli gegonebodaT, radgan uzonrod atarebda da
mxolod maSin moixsnida xolme, roca gawmendas daapirebda. Cemi
gulubryvilobiT megona, sawolSiac ase Zinavs-meTqi, magram mere
davrwmundi, rom vcdebodi. Zilis win monokls, xelovnur kbilebTan
erTad, Sarvlis jibeSi inaxavda. kbilebi ori wyvili hqonda, Tanac, ise
ostaturad naxelavi, rom xSirad maviwydeboda meaTe mcneba, radgan
sakuTariT maincdamainc kmayofili ar viyavi.
me mgonia, cota avCqardi.
zRvaSi rom gavediT, male mosaRamovda, napiridan susxianma qarma
daqrola, cota wamowinwkla kidec. mgzavrebma kaiutebs Seafares Tavi da
gembani male dacarielda. Cvens brtyelfskerian gems msubuqi tvirTi
mihqonda, amitomac talRebi Tavis nebaze aTamaSebda. zogjer gvegona,
sadac aris, gadavyiravdebiTo, magram, sabednierod, msgavsi araferi
momxdara.
gembanze veRar gavZeli, dabla Cavedi da samanqano ganyofilebasTan
davdeqi. aq Tbiloda. Tanac daxris sazoms Sevyurebdi da Tavs virTobdi.
xelsawyos isari nel-nela moZraobda da gemis yovel daferdebaze
daxris kuTxes uCvenebda.
_ esec daxris sazomia, raRa, mgoni, Semowmebulic ar aris! _ braziT
Cailaparaka viRacam Cem gverdiT.
mivixede da swored is oficeri davinaxe, weRan gembanze Cemi
yuradReba rom miipyro.
_ marTla? ratom fiqrobT ase? _ gavepasuxe.
_ ratom fiqrobo? aq safiqrali ra aris? gemi rom marTla im
gradusamde
gadaxriliyo,
es
xelsawyo
rom
uCvenebs,
maSinve
gadavyiravdebodiT; Tumca savaWro flotis kapitans sxva ra moeTxoveba,
magaTze daudevari aravin minaxavs.
swored am dros gaisma gongis xma. mgzavrebs sadilad uxmobdnen.
aman Zalze gamaxara, radgan autaneli mosasmenia, roca britaneTis
flotis kapitani savaWro flotis kapitnis Semkobas iwyebs. amaze uaresi
mxolod erTi ram aris _ usmino, ra gulaxdilad TaTxavs savaWro
flotis kapitani britaneTis flotis oficrebs.
me da kapitani gudi kaiut-kompaniaSi CavediT. ser henri kurtisi ukve
sufras ujda. kapitani gudi gverdiT moujda, me ki maT pirdapir davikave
adgili. me da kapitanma nadirobaze CamovagdeT saubari. igi kiTxvas
kiTxvaze mayrida, me ki vcdilobdi, rac SeiZleba, amomwuravi pasuxi
gameca. male spiloebzec CamovagdeT sityva.
_ bedi gqoniaT, ser, _ Tqva viRac ucnobma Cem gverdiT, _
quotermenze ukeTesad vis SeuZlia spiloebze rame giTxraT.
ser henri aqamde uxmod ismenda Cvens saubars. am sityvebze ki
SesamCnevad SekrTa.
_ mapatieT, ser, Tqven alan quotermeni xom ar brZandebiT? _ boxi
xmiT mkiTxa man.
_ gaxlavarT-meTqi, _ vupasuxe.
`marTlac bedi mqonia", _ TavisTvis Cailaparaka ser henrim, CemTvis
ki aRaraferi uTqvams.
nasadilevs kaiut-kompaniidan rom gamovdiodiT, ser henrim mTxova,
CemTan SemobrZandiT, Cibuxi gavaboloTo. kaiuta farTo da naTeli iyo.
gembanze gadioda. igi ori kaiutisagan gadaekeTebinaT. odesRac erT-erT
warCinebul frants `dankeldiT" zRvis sanapiros gaswvriv umogzauria, es
kaiutac maSin misTvis mouwyviaT, tixari auRiaT da mere aRar
aRudgeniaT. kaiutaSi farTo divanis win patara magida idga, ser henrim
stiuards viski SeukveTa, Cven ki amasobaSi Cibuxebi gavaCaReT.
_ mister quotermen, _ Tqva ser henrim, roca stiuardma viski
Semoitana da lampa aanTo, _ SarSanwin, daaxloebiT am dros, mgoni,
transvaalis CrdiloeTiT, bamangvatoSi iyaviT, ara?
_ diax, diax, _ mivuge gaocebulma. gamikvirda, am ucxo adamianma
saidan icis, sad viyavi da sad ara-meTqi.
_ Tqven iq vaWrobdiT? _ mkvircxlad SemekiTxa gudi.
_ ho, saqonliT datvirTuli furgoni waviyvane, bamangvatoSi
gavCerdi da sanam yvelaferi ar mivyid-movyide, fexi ar movicvale.
ser henri Cem pirdapir mownul savarZelSi ijda, idayvebiT magidas
dayrdnoboda, TvalCaciebiT micqerda da raRac ucnaurad aRelvebuli
Canda.
_ SemTxveviT xom ar SexvedrixarT iq vinme nevils? _ mkiTxa man.
_ rogor ara, nevilma Tavisi furgoni swored Cemi furgonis
gverdiT daayena. oriode kvira dahyo iq. undoda xarebi daesvenebina da
isev ganegrZo gza. am ramdenime Tvis winaT viRac veqilis werilic miviRe,
mTxovda, Tu iciT, macnobeT, nevili saiT gaemgzavrao; mec dauyovnebliv
mivwere, rac vicodi.
_ diax, _ miTxra ser henrim, _ im veqilma gadmomigzavna Tqveni
werili, sadac atyobinebdiT, jentlmeni, gvarad nevili, maisis pirvel
ricxvebSi bamangvatodan furgoniT gaemgzavra, Tan kafri monadire jimi
axldao. nevils undoda, ainaitamde, matabeles sul bolo dasaxlebamde
misuliyo, iq furgoni gaeyida da gza fexiT ganegrZoo. iwerebodiT
agreTve, nevils marTlac gauyidia Tavisi furgoni, radgan eqvsi Tvis
Semdeg mas erTi portugalieli vaWari daatarebdao. portugaliels
furgoni ainaitSi TeTrkanianisagan eyida. im kacis saxeli aRar axsovda,
magram dabejiTebiT ambobda, isa da misi Savkaniani gamyoli sanadirod
afrikis Suagulisken wavidneno.
_ sruli simarTlea, _ davudasture me.
erTxans samiveni Cumad visxediT.
_ mister quotermen, _ moulodnelad miTxra ser henrim _ Tqven,
rasakvirvelia, ar iciT da verc xvdebiT, ram aiZula Cemi... hm, diax...
mister nevili CrdiloeTisken dasdgomoda gzas.
_ rogor ara, cota raRac vici, _ mivuge da gavCumdi, ar mindoda am
sakiTxze laparaki.
ser
henrim
da
gudma
erTmaneTs
gadaxedes,
kapitanma
mravalmniSvnelovnad daaqnia Tavi.
_ mister quotermen, _ ganagrZo ser henrim, _ minda raRac gagandoT
da rCeva gkiTxoT, advili SesaZlebelia, Tqveni daxmarebac damWirdes.
Cemma veqilma Tqveni werili gadmomca da miTxra: SegiZliaT mister
quotermens savsebiT endoT, mas natalSi kargad icnoben, saerTo
pativiscemiT sargeblobs, Tanac iseTi kacia, rom saidumlos arasodes
gascemso.
me darcxveniT davukari Tavi da, uxerxuloba rom damefara,
gazavebuli viski odnav movsvi.
_ mister quotermen, axla aRarafers dagimalavT, mister nevili Cemi
Zmaa.
_ oh, _ wamoviZaxe me da uceb gamaxsenda, vis magonebda ser henri
kurtisi. mister nevili ufro tanmorCili iyo, wveric Savi hqonda, magram
Zmebi TvalebiT da saxis moyvanilobiT Zalian waagavdnen erTmaneTs.
_ mister nevili Cemi erTaderTi Zmaa, _ ganagrZo ser henrim, _ rac
Tavi maxsovs, uerTmaneTod dRec ar gagvitarebia. am xuTiode wlis winaT
ki didi ubedureba dagvatyda Tavs: samkvdro-sasicocxlod viCxubeT (es
xSirad emarTebaT xolme Zalian daaxloebul adamianebs) da me mas
sakmaod cudad moveqeci.
aq kapitanma gudma, TiTqos am sityvebis dadastureba surso,
energiulad daaqnia Tavi. am dros Cveni gemi karga magrad daferdda,
kedlis didi sarke zed Cems Tavze moeqca da sarkeSi gamoCnda kapitani,
romelic gamalebiT akanturebda Tavs.
_ uTuod mogexsenebaT, _ ganagrZo ser henrim, _ rom didi
britaneTis kanonebis mixedviT, Tu kaci mokvda ise, rom anderZis
datoveba ver moaswro, da Tu mas ar gaaCnda sxva qoneba, garda miwisa,
romelsac CvenSi uZrav sakuTrebas eZaxian, yvelaferi misi ufrosi
Svilis xelSi gadadis. samwuxarod, mamaCveni swored maSin gardaicvala,
rodesac me da Cemi Zma erTmaneTs vemdurodiT. kanonis mixedviT, mTeli
adgil-mamulis mflobeli me Seviqeni, Cemi Zma ki ulukmapurod darCa,
radgan arc fuli gaaCnda da arc raime profesia hqonda. rasakvirvelia,
valdebuli viyavi mimeca misTvis wili, magram am droisTvis Cvens Soris
mdgomareoba imdenad gamwvavda (am sityvebs Rrma oxvra mohyva), rom
saamisod Tavi aRar Seviwuxe. ar ifiqroT, TiTqos msurda usamarTlod
movpyrobodi, magram sul velodi, gauWirdeba da pirvelad TviTon
Semirigdeba-meTqi. mapatieT, aseT wvrilmanebze rom gelaparakebiT, magram
TqvenTvis amTaviTve yvelaferi naTeli unda iyos. xom asea, gud?
_ rasakvirvelia, _ miugo kapitanma, _ darwmunebuli var, mister
quotermeni ar gagTqvamT.
_ eg TavisTavad igulisxmeba, _ vupasuxe me. _ unda giTxraT, Zalian
vamayob imiT, rom saidumlos Senaxva mexerxeba.
_ hoda, _ ganagrZo ser henrim, _ im droisaTvis Cems Zmas bankSi
ramdenime aseuli girvanqa sterlingi hqonda, es umniSvnelo Tanxa ise
gamoitana, CemTvis araferi uTqvams, gvari gadaikeTa da giJuri ocnebiT,
rom simdidres moixveWda, samxreT afrikisken gaemgzavra. yvelaferi es
Semdgom Sevityve. samiode welma ganvlo, me ki masze araferi msmenia,
werilebs vwerdi, magram, cxadia, ar Rebulobda. rac dro gadioda, miT
ufro vwuxdi. maSinRa mivxvdi, mister quotermen, ras niSnavs sakuTari
sisxli da xorci.
_ marTals brZanebT, _ mivuge me da Tvalwin Cemi hari damidga.
_ Cemi qonebis naxevars mivcemdi, vinc metyvis, jorji cocxalia da
kargad ariso. RmerTo Cemo, nuTu aRarasodes SevxvdebiT erTmaneTs?
_ me mgonia, didi imedi ar unda iqonioT, kurtis, _ nawyvet-nawyvetad
Tqva kapitanma da ser henris gadaxeda.
_ diax, mister quotermen, wlebi gadioda, me ki sul ufro da ufro
mtanjavda fiqri imaze, cocxali iyo Tu ara jorji da Tu cocxali iyo,
rogor damebrunebina Sin. daviwye Zebna, male Tqveni werilic miviRe,
Sevityve, rom arc Tu ise didi xnis winaT kargad yofila da cota
davmSviddi, magram dRemde masze sxva veraferi Sevityve. bolos da
bolos, gadavwyvite, Camovsuliyavi da yvelaferi adgilze gamerkvia,
kapitanma gudma ki imdeni sikeTe gamoiCina, rom Tan wamomyva.
_ mogexsenebaT, sxva saqme mainc araferi maqvs, _ Tqva kapitanma
gudma, _ saadmiralos lordebma flotidan naxevar xelfasze gamomagdes,
rom SimSiliT suli amomZromoda, axla ki, ser, iqneb dawvrilebiT
gviTxraT, ra iciT, an ra gagigoniaT mister nevilze?
T a v i
I I
l e g e n d a
s o l o m o n
s a b a d o e b z e
m e f i s
Cibuxs TambaqoTi vtenidi da pasuxi karga xans davayovne.
_ giTxraT Tu ara Cemma Zmam maSin, sad midioda, an ras apirebda? _
mouTmenlad mkiTxa ser henrim.
_ miTxra, magram dRemde amaze sityva aravisTan damcdenia. mister
nevili meubneboda, solomon mefis sabadoebisken unda wavideo.
_ solomon mefis sabadoebiskeno? mere da, saiT aris eg sabadoebi? _
erTbaSad wamoiyvira orivem.
_ ra mogaxsenoT, mec gadmocemiT vici. marTalia, didi xnis winaT
damanaxes mTis mwvervalebi, romlis iqiTac TiTqos is sabadoebi
mdebareobs, magram im mTebamde, mTel as ocdaaT milze gadaWimuli iyo
udabno. ramdenadac vici, TeTrkanianTa Soris mxolod erTma SeZlo misi
gadalaxva. magram iqneb sjobdes gagacnoT legenda solomon mefis
sabadoebze? oRond sityva momeciT, rom uCemod arsad arafers ityviT.
Tanaxma brZandebiT? me seriozuli safuZveli maqvs, mogmarToT aseTi
TxovniT.
_ rasakvirvelia, rasakvirvelia! _ wamoiZaxa kapitanma gudma, ser
henrim ki mxolod Tavi daaqnia.
_ albaT mogexsenebaT, _ daviwye me, _ rom spiloze monadireni
uxeSi, tlanqi adamianebi arian da, garda yoveldRiuri wvrilmanebisa,
cxovrebaSi araferi ainteresebT. Tumca zogjer maT Sorisac SexvdebiT
oriode kacs, romlebic didi gulmodginebiT kreben adgilobriv
mkvidrTa Soris gadmocemebsa da legendebs da cdiloben odnav mainc
axadon farda am saidumloebiT moculi qveynis istorias. pirvelad
swored aseTi adamianisagan gavige legenda solomon mefis sabadoebze.
mas Semdeg ager ocdaaTi weliwadi gavida. maSin spiloebze nadiroba isis iyo daviwye da saamisod matabeles mxare avirCie. im kacis gvari ivensi
iyo. sabralo momdevno weliwads daiRupa _ daWrilma kameCma imsxverpla.
zambezis CanCqerTan daasaflaves. maxsovs, erT saRamos vuTxari,
antilopebze nadirobisas saocar sabados wavawydi-meTqi, is adgili axla
transvaalis
lidenburgis
raions
ekuTvnis.
axlaxan
miTxres,
oqrosmaZieblebma iq sabado aRmoaCineso, magram me didi xnis winaT
vicodi misi arseboba. iq pitalo kldeSi gaWrilia farTo gza, romelic
sabados SesasvlelSi, anu talanSi Cadis. am talanSi grova-grova yria
oqrovani kvarci, Cans, igi dasamsxvrevad iyo gamzadebuli. yvelaferze
etyoba, rom muSebi, vinc ar unda yofiliyvnen isini, iZulebulni
gamxdaran saswrafod mietovebinaT iqauroba. Sesasvlelidan ociode
nabijis daSorebiT, siRrmeSi ostaturad mopirkeTebuli farTo talani
miemarTeba.
_ marTla? _ wamoiZaxa ivensma, _ me ki ufro gasaocar ambavs getyvi.
erTxel afrikis SuagulSi Tavs wavadeqi qalaqis nangrevebs. Cemi azriT,
es iyo ofori, dabadebaSi rom aris moxsenebuli. _ sxvaTa Soris, karga
xnis Semdeg sxva, ufro gamocdilma da ganaTlebulma mkvlevarebma
daadastures ivensis es mosazreba.
maxsovs, mojadoebuliviT vismendi da xarbad viWerdi mis yovel
sityvas. mxiblavda Txroba uZveles civilizaciaze da im ganZeulze,
iudevel da finikiel avantiuristebs afrikidan rom gahqondaT, roca
qveyana kvlav barbarosul mdgomareobas daubrunda.
_ gagigoniaT rame suleimanis mTebze? _ mkiTxa uecrad ivensma, _ es
mTebi maSukulumbves Crdilo-dasavleTiT mdebareobs.
me vupasuxe, araferi gamigia-meTqi.
_ hoda, solomon mefis sabadoebi swored im mTebis gadaRma aris. me,
rasakvirvelia, almasis sabadoebs vgulisxmob.
_ saidan iciT? _ SevekiTxe.
_ rogor Tu saidan? gana suleimani damaxinjebuli `solomoni" ar
aris? garda amisa, monikas miwaze erTma moxucma izanuzim
miTxra, im
mTebis iqiT mcxovrebi xalxi zulusebis tomis STamomavalia, maT
kilokavze laparakoben, magram ufro tanmaRalni da lamazebi ariano.
winaT Turme maT Soris grZneulebic yofilan, grZneulebs misnoba
TeTrkanianebisagan jer kidev maSin SeuTvisebiaT, `roca mTeli samyaro
bneliT moculi yofila". maSin Turme icodnen, sad iyo is sabadoebi,
brWyviala qvebs rom poulobdnen.
marTali rom mogaxsenoT, ivensis naambobi maSin sasacilod meCvena,
Tumca damainteresa kia, radgan almasis qviSrobi im dros jer kidev ar
iyo aRmoCenili. sabralo ivensi male im adgilebidan gamoemgzavra da
daiRupa kidec. mTeli oci wlis ganmavlobaSi erTxelac ar gamxsenebia
maSindeli Cveni saubari. magram swored oci wlis Semdeg _ es ki samkaod
didi droa, radgan spiloebze nadiroba metad saSiSi xelobaa da
monadireTa Soris iSviaTad Tu vinme cocxlobs amden xans _ bevri ram
Sevityve suleimanis mTebsa da maT gadaRma mxareze. imxanad monikas miwis
iqiT, kraal sitandSi vcxovrobdi. unda mogaxsenoT, metad sazizRari
adgilia, saWmeli araferia da arc cxoveli an frinvelia sadme, rom
kacma cota mainc wainadiros. cieb-cxelebam Semomitia da Tavs saZaglad
vgrZnobdi. swored am dros kraalSi erTi portugalieli movida. mas
metisi msaxuri axlda. unda giTxraT, portugalielebs kargad vicnob,
radgan xSirad Sevxvedrivar delagoaSi. dedamiwis zurgze ar moipoveba
maTze ufro veragi da mzakvari xalxi. yvelam icis, rom isini TavianTi
monebis sisxliTa da tanjva-wamebiT mdidrdebian. magram es adamiani
arafriT ar hgavda Tavis Tanamemamuleebs da ufro zrdilobian espanels
mogagonebdaT _ iseT espanels, wignebSi gmirebad rom gamohyavT xolme. es
iyo maRal-maRali, gamxdari kaci, keTili, Savi Tvalebi da xuWuWi, WaRara
ulvaSi hqonda.
Cven erTxans vimusaifeT, man damtvreuli inglisuri icoda, me ki
cot-cota portugaliuri maxsovda. gamecno, xoze silvestri gaxlavar,
delagoas yuresTan sakuTari miwis nakveTi maqvso. gamoTxovebisas
Zvelebur yaidaze koxtad momixada qudi da miTxra:
_ naxvamdis, senior, Tuki odesme amqveynad isev SevxvdiT erTmaneTs,
icodeT, maSin umdidresi adamiani viqnebi da Tqvenc ar dagiviwyebT.
am sityvebma cota gamamxiarula, Tumca Zalze misustebuli viyavi da
sicilis Tavi ar mqonda. davinaxe, rom silvestri dasavleTisaken
gaemarTa da gezi didi udabnosken aiRo. netav ras eZebs, ra darCenia iq,
Wkuaze afrakad xom ar aris-meTqi? _ gavifiqre maSin.
gavida erTi kvira, nel-nela gamovjansaRdi. erT saRamos patara
karvis win vijeqi (am karavs yvelgan Tan davatarebdi) da sacodavi,
gaZvaltyavebuli Citis fexs vRrRnidi. es Citi erT zangs gavucvale
qsovilSi, romelSic, sul ukanaskneli, oci aseTi Citi mainc mekuTvnoda.
fiqrmoreuli gavcqerodi wiTlad gavarvarebul mzes, ukidegano
udabnoSi rom iZireboda. uecrad samasiode iardis daSorebiT, borcvze
viRac kacs movkari Tvali. tansacmelze etyoboda, evropeli unda
yofiliyo. jer moforTxavda, Semdeg wamodga, tortmaniT gaiara ramdenime
iardi, mere daeca da isev wamoforTxda. mivxvdi, saqme kargad ar iyo da
dasaxmareblad erT-erTi Cemi monadire gavagzavne. igi male dabrunda da,
rogor ggoniaT, vin moiyvana?
_ rasakvirvelia, xoze silvestri iqneboda, _ wamoiZaxa kapitanma
gudma.
_ diax, xoze silvestri gaxldaT, ufro sworad rom vTqvaT,
kangadakruli misi ConCxi. cieb-cxelebisagan saxe baiasaviT gaxdomoda,
sigamxdriT Tvalebi lamis budidan gadmocvenoda, yviTel kanqveS,
romelic pergaments ufro waagavda, sacodavad amoCroda Zvlebi, Tma ki
erTianad gaWaRaraveboda.
_ wyali, RvTis gulisaTvis, wyali! _ amoikvnesa man. damskdardaxeTqili tuCebi Zlivs aamoZrava da CaSavebuli ena gamouCnda.
me rZegareuli wyali mivawode. erTbaSad uzarmazari ylupebiT
dascala ori kvarti. metis micema SemeSinda. cota xnis Semdeg ciebcxelebam Semoutia, daeca da bodva daiwyo. ras ar axsenebda: suleimanis
mTebs, almasebs, udabnos... sabralo kaci karavSi Seviyvane da vcdilobdi,
ramdenadac SemeZlo, tanjva Sememsubuqebina. rasakvirvelia, bevri
araferi SemeZlo. CemTvis cxadi iyo, riT damTavrdeboda yvelaferi es.
ase, TerTmeti saaTisTvis avadmyofi odnav damSvidda, mec davweqi,
vifiqre, cota davisveneb-meTqi, magram CamZineboda. alionze gamomeRviZa,
bindbundSi Cems stumars movkari Tvali. gamxdar-daleuli, qveSagebze
wamomjdariyo da udabnos gascqeroda. uecrad mzis pirvelma sxivma Cvens
win gadaSlili farTo veli gaanaTa, mere Cvengan aseuli miliT
daSorebuli suleimanis mTebis yvelaze maRali mwvervali moZebna da zed
gasrialda.
_ aha, ai, isic! _ wamoiZaxa momakvdavma portugaliurad da grZeli,
Zvaltyavad qceuli xeli gaiwvdina, _ magram me verasodes, verasodes
veRar mivaRwev iqamde, verc sxva vinme miva, vera! _ uecrad dadumda,
TiTqos raRac unda moifiqroso. _ megobaro, _ miTxra mere da Cemken
Semobrunda, _ aqa xarT? TvalT damibnelda, veRarafers vxedav.
_ nu geSiniaT, Tqven gverdiTa var, _ vuTxari. _ axla daweqiT da
daisveneT.
_ dasasveneblad dro merec meyofa, _ momigo sabralom, _ male, sul
male samudamod davisveneb... vkvdebi... Tqven adamianurad momepyariT. minda
gadmogceT erTi dokumenti. iqneb Tqven mainc gagiRimoT bedma da
mixvideT iqamde, Tu gauZlebT udabnoSi mgzavrobas. udabnom, udabnom
damRupa meca da sabralo Cemi msaxuric.
Tqva es, ubeSi xeli Caiyo da amoiRo raRac nivTi, romelic
antilopas tyavisagan gakeTebul Tambaqos qisas mivamsgavse _ iseT qisas,
burebs rom aqvT xolme. igi magrad iyo Sekruli tyavis TasmiT,
romelsac Cven `rimpis" veZaxiT. momakvdavi Seecada Tasma gaexsna, magram
Zala ar eyo. maSin is nivTi me gamomiwoda da mTxova, gamixsenio. umal
Sevagebe xeli, gavxseni da dafleTili, gayviTlebuli tilos naWeri
amoviRe; tiloze Jangisferi asoebiT raRac ewera, Sig ki qaRaldi iyo
gaxveuli.
xoze silvestrs Zalam umtyuna, igi odnavRa CurCulebda:
_ mag qaRaldze is weria, rac tiloze iyo dawerili, am ambebis
garkvevasa da dazustebas mravali weli movandome. mismineT! Cemi winapari,
lisaboneli politikuri emigranti, erT-erTi pirvelTagani gadmovida am
napirze Tavis TanamemamuleebTan erTad. es dokumenti ki dawera
sikvdilis win, ai, im mTebSi, sadac arc manamde, arc Semdeg TeTrkanians
fexi ar daudgams. es Cemi winapari xoze da silvestra iyo da zustad
samasi wliT winaT cxovrobda. monas, romelic mTebis gadmoRma eloda,
epovna misi gvami da es werili SinaurebisaTvis moetana. werili ojaxSi
inaxeboda, magram misi wakiTxva arasodes aravis ucdia, vidre bolos me
ar davinteresdi. aman Seiwira Cemi sicocxle, axla SeiZleba vinme sxvas
gamoadges da umdidresi kaci gaxados. oRond am qaRalds xelSi nurvis
CaugdebT. Tqven TviTon scadeT bedi.
amis Semdeg kvlav bodva daawyebina da erT saaTSi gaTavda kidec.
RmerTma sasufeveli daumkvidros mis suls! mSvidad mokvda. rac SemeZlo,
Rrmad gavuTxare samare da zed didi qvebi davawyve, imedi maqvs, turebi
mis gvams ver amoTxridnen. mere ki im kraalidan mec wamovedi.
_ im dokuments ra bedi ewia? _ mkiTxa ser henrim, romelic didi
gulisyuriT mismenda.
_ diax, diax, ra ewera im dokumentSi? _ daumata kapitanma gudmac.
_ kargiT, batonebo, raki gainteresebT, amasac getyviT. es saidumlo
jer aravisTvis gamimxelia, RviniT gamtyvral beber portugaliel vaWars
ki, romelmac maSin is dokumenti miTargmna, meore dResve aRar axsovda
misi Sinaarsi. is tilo, sabralo don xozes TargmanTan erTad, durbanSi
maqvs. magram ubis wignakSi maSinve Caviwere inglisuri Targmani, rukac
gadavixate, Tuki SeiZleba mas, saerTod, ruka uwodos kacma. ai, is
Canaweric, maS mismineT:
`me, xoze da silvestra, SimSilisagan Ronemixdili vkvdebi patara
mRvimeSi, samxreTiT mdebare Tovliani mTis mwvervalze, ufro sworad,
mis Crdilo kalTaze. es aris erT-erTi mTa, im ors Soris, romelTac me
dedofal sabias mkerdi vuwode. amas vwer sakuTari sisxliT, 590 wels,
Cemi tansacmlis nafleTze. kalmad Zvlis natexs vxmarob. Tu Cemma monam
aq amoaRwia, es werili ipova da delagoas moitana, Cemma megobarma
(saxeli gaurkvevelia) acnobos mefes, rac aq weria, raTa man laSqari
gamogzavnos. Tu laSqari moaxerxebs udabnosa da mTebis gadalaxvas,
daamarcxebs mxne kukuanelebsa da maT wyeul jados gastexs, risTvisac
Tan mRvdelmsaxurni unda iaxlon, maSin Cveni mefe solomonis Semdeg
amqveynad umdidresi gvirgvinosani Seiqneba.
me sakuTari TvaliT vnaxe auracxeli almasi da Zvirfasi Tvlebi
solomonis saganZurSi, `TeTri sikvdilis" ukan, magram misnebze monadire
gagulas muxanaTobis gamo, bewvze gadavurCi sikvdils da veraferi
wamoviRe. is, vinc wamosvlas daapirebs, daadges rukaze aRniSnul gzas,
ahyves Tovls dedofal sabias marcxena ZuZuze, vidre mwvervals ar
miaRwevs... mwvervalis CrdiloeTiT iwyeba solomon mefis didi gza,
aqedan ki kukuanelTa samefo sami dRis savalzea. gagula unda moklaT.
iloceT Cemi sulisaTvis. mSvidobiT. xoze da silvestra".
roca kiTxva davasrule da Cems msmenelebs portugalielis uRono
xeliTa da misive sakuTari sisxliT daxatuli rukis asli davanaxe,
kaiutaSi siCumem daisadgura.
kurtisi da kapitani gudi gaognebulebi Semomcqerodnen.
_ diax, _ daarRvia bolos dumili kapitanma gudma, _ me orjer
Semovuare dedamiwas da TiTqmis yvela kuTxe movlili maqvs, magram miwa
gamiskdes, Tu amgvari ram odesme gamegonos, an sadme wamekiTxos.
_ diax, metad ucnauri ambavia, mister quotermen, _ Tqva Tavis mxriv
ser henrim, _ imedi unda viqonioT, abuCad ar gvigdebT. gamigia,
axalbedebTan aseTi ram dasaSvebiao.
_ Tu ase fiqrobT, jobia axlave davaneboT yvelafers Tavi, _
vuTxari Zalze gabrazebulma, qaRaldi jibeSi Cavide da wamovdeqi. _ ar
miyvars,
roca
makuTvneben
im
vigindaraTa
ricxvs,
romelTac
maxvilgonierebad miaCniaT tyuilebis cxoba da CamosulTa winaSe
gamudmebuli trabaxi, nadirobisas esa da es SememTxvao.
ser henri Seecada davemSvidebine da Tavisi didi xeli mxarze
damado.
_ dabrZandiT, dabrZandiT, mister quotermen, _ Tqva man, _ mapatieT,
vici, gulSic ar gagivliaT Cveni motyueba, magram Tqveni naambobi imdenad
araCveulebrivi iyo, rom Zalauneburad eWvi Semepara.
_ durbanSi rom CavalT, namdvil rukas da dokuments giCvenebT, _
vuTxari ramdenadme damSvidebulma, radgan, cota rom davfiqrdi, mivxvdi,
ser henri savsebiT marTali iyo. _ Tqvens Zmaze jer araferi miTqvams. me
vicnobdi jims, mis msaxurs. Zalian Wkviani da kargi monadire iyo. swored
im diliT, roca mister nevili gasamgzavreblad emzadeboda, jimi Cems
furgonTan idga da CibuxisTvis Tambaqos Wrida.
_ jim, spiloebze sanadirod xom ar midixarT? _ vkiTxe.
_ ara, baas, spilos Zvlebi raa, Cven ufro Zvirfasi ram
gvainteresebs.
_ ufro Zvirfasio? maS oqros saZebnelad midixarT?
_ ara, ara, baas, is, rasac Cven veZebT, oqroze Zvirfasia, _ Caicina
jimma.
aRaraferi vkiTxe, rom zedmet cnobismoyvareobas mis TvalSi ar
davemcirebine, magram, marTali giTxraT, Zalian davinteresdi.
_ baas, _ miTxra uecrad jimma da Tambaqos daWras Tavi mianeba.
me waviyrue, viTomc ar gamigonia.
_ baas, _ ganmeorebiT mommarTa man.
_ hm, ra ginda, megobaro?
_ baas, Cven almasebis saZebrad mivdivarT.
_ almasebis saZebrad? maS, swor gzas ar adgaxarT, qviSrobisken
unda wasuliyaviT.
_ baas, ar gagigia rame suleimanis mTebze?
_ ho.
_ ar gagigia, iq almasebi ariso?
_ ho, raRac magis msgavss xSirad Cmaxaven, jim.
_ es moCmaxuli ambavi ar aris, baas, me vicnobdi erT qals, iqidan
gamoqceuliyo da Tavis patara vaJTan erTad natalamde moeRwia.
yvelaferi Tavisi piriT miambo. axla is qali ukve mkvdaria.
_ Seni batoni mtacebeli frinvelebis lukma gaxdeba, jim, Tu am
ugunur ganzraxvaze xeli ar aiRo. arc Sen dagadgeba kargi dRe, Tumca
eg Seni gadamRrZvali, gamxdar-gafSekili ConCxi vis ra xeirs daayris.
_ marTali xar, baas, _ Caicina jimma, _ magram adamiani bolos da
bolos mainc unda mokvdes, me ki Zalian minda bedi vcado. amasTan, aq
male spiloebs sul amowyveten.
_ kargi, kargi, moicade, vidre yviciani angelozi ar gwvdeba mag
CayviTlebul yelSi, mere naxe, ra simRerebs daamRereb, _ vuTxari me.
naxevari saaTis Semdeg nevilis furgoni gzas daadga. uecrad jimi
Semobrunda da Cemken gamoiqca.
_ mismine, baas, minda dagemSvidobo, Sen marTali xar, Cven
veRarasodes davbrundebiT.
_ jim, Seni batoni marTla suleimanis mTebisken apirebs wasvlas Tu
weRan tyuili miTxari?
_ tyuils rad getyodi? Cemma batonma Tqva, radac ar unda damijdes,
unda gavmdidrdeo; hoda, almasebi saamisod ar gamodgeba?
_ erTi wuTi damicade, jim, Sens batonTan werils gagatan, magram
piroba unda momce, rom am werils mxolod ainaitSi gadascem (ainaiti
Cvengan asiode miliT iyo daSorebuli).
_ keTili, baas, _ mipasuxa jimma.
me qaRaldis nagleji aviRe da zed davwere: `is, vinc iq wasvlas
daapirebs, daadges rukaze aRniSnul gzas, ahyves Tovls dedofal sabias
marcxena ZuZuze, vidre mwvervals ar miaRwevs. mwvervalis CrdiloeTiT
iwyeba solomon mefis didi gza".
_ maS, ase, jim, es werili Sens batons gadaeci da uTxari, zustad
mihyves im gzas. qaRaldi axla ar misce, Torem mobrundeba da
SekiTxvebiT amomaxrCobs, me ki pasuxis Tavi ara maqvs. axla ki gaswi,
zarmaco, xedav, Tqveni furgoni aRarc ki Cans.
jimma werils xeli daavlo da furgons ukan gamoudga. amis Semdeg
mister nevilze aRaraferi gamigia, ser, magram Zalian vSiSob, rom...
_ mister quotermen, _ gamawyvetina sityva ser henrim, _ me mivyvebi im
gzas suleimanis mTebamde da, Tu saWiro iqna, ufro Sorsac waval. ar
movisveneb, sanam ar vipovi jorjs, an sanam ar gavigeb, rom namdvilad
daiRupa. xom ar wamoxvalT CemTan erTad?
mgoni ukve mogaxseneT, Zalze frTxili, Cumi da mokrZalebuli kaci
var-meTqi, amitom iyo, rom am winadadebam Zalze gamaoca da SemaSfoTa
kidec. es xom ueWvel sikvdils niSnavda! garda amisa, sxva rom aRaraferi
vTqva, movale viyavi Svils davxmarebodi da ufleba ar mqonda, ase
naadrevad gamewira Tavi.
_ gmadlobT, ser, magram mijobs, uari mogaxsenoT, sakmaod movxucdi
imisTvis, rom msgavs giJur saqmeebSi miviRo monawileoba. eWvi ar
mepareba, Cvenc Cemi sabralo megobris silvestris bedi mogvelis. amasTan,
vaJis patroni var, mas jer kidev esaWiroeba Cemi daxmareba, amitom
ufleba ara maqvs, Tavi safrTxeSi Cavigdo.
etyoboda, Cemma pasuxma ser henri da kapitani gudi Zalian gaanawyena.
_ mister quotermen, _ miTxra ser henrim, _ me mdidari kaci var da
Cems ganzraxvaze ase advilad xels ar aviReb, Tuki CvenTan wamoxvalT,
gasamrjelod rac gindaT mTxoveT. am Tanxas Cvens gamgzavrebamde
miiRebT. amasTan, winaswar miviRebT zomebs, rom Tqveni vaJi yovelmxriv
iqnes uzrunvelyofili im SemTxvevaSi, Tu am mogzaurobidan veRar
davbrundiT. albaT Cemi naTqvamidan mixvdebiT, ramdenad saWirod mimaCnia
Tqveni monawileoba am eqspediciaSi. Tu suleimanis sabados mivaRwieT da
almasebis povna movaxerxeT, Tqven da gudi maT Suaze gaiyofT, me maT ar
vsaWiroeb. Tanac gzaSi spiloebze wavinadirebT da spilos Zvalsac aseve
Tanabrad gainawilebT. SegiZliaT warmoadignoT Tqveni pirobebi, mister
quotermen. garda amisa, minda icodeT, rom yovelgvar xarjebs me
vkisrulob.
_ ser henri, _ vuTxari pasuxad, _ aseTi sarfiani saqme CemTvis jer
aravis SemouTavazebia. Raribma monadirem yvelaferi kargad unda awondawonos, amisTvis ki droa saWiro. yovel SemTxvevaSi, pasuxs durbanSi
Casvlamde mogaxsenebT.
_ Zalian kargi, _ momigo ser henrim.
amis Semdeg orives Rame nebisa vusurve da wamovedi.
im RamiT sizmarSi sul sabralo silvestrsa da almasebs vxedavdi.
T a v i
a m b o p a
C v e n i
x d e b a
I I I
m s a x u r i
keiptaunidan durbanamde zRviT mgzavrobas oTxi-xuTi dRe sWirdeba:
es damokidebulia amindze da gemis svlaze. ist-londonSi mSenebloba
ar damTavrebula, miuxedavad imisa, rom iq uamravi fulia Cayrili.
amitomac, nacvlad imisa, rom kargad mowyobil portSi Sevides, _ amaze
laparakiT xom didi xania yurebi gamogviWedes _ gemi iZulebulia
napiridan karga moSorebiT CauSvas Ruza. Tu zRva Relavs, maSin mTeli
dRe da Rame unda elodo, rom napiridan sabuqsiro navebma moaRwion.
sabednierod, Cven cda ar dagvWirvebia. ist-londons rom mivuaxlovdiT,
zRva odnav Relavda. napiridan umalve gamogzavnes buqsirebi, romelTac
mwkrivad mohyavdaT uSnod gamoCorknili brtyelZira navebi. Cveni gemidan
gametebiT isrodnen navebSi fuTebs, arc ki dagidevdnen, ra iyo Sig:
matyli, mina Tu faifuri. gembanze videqi da davinaxe, rogor daimsxvra
yuTi, romelSic oTxi duJini Sampanuris boTli iyo. boTlebidan
SadrevaniviT gadmoCqefa Rvinom da binZuri navis fskers qafad moedo.
guli damwyda, es Zvirfasi sasmeli ase tyuilubralod rom ikargeboda.
albaT kafr mtvirTavebsac sinanuli amoZravebdaT, namsxvrevebidan
xelad amoacoces SemTxveviT gadarCenili ori boTli, yeli waamtvries
da ukanasknel wveTamde dacales. Rvino imwamsve TavSi auvardaT da karga
magra SezarxoSdnen. amas ki aRar elodnen, Tavzardacemulebi navis
fskerze dafofxavdnen da gahyvirodnen, es saucxoo sasmeli `tagati", ese
igi, mojadoebuliao. me davumowme, saSineli sawamlavi dalieT da axla
yvelani
saTiTaod
daixocebiT-meTqi.
kafrebi
SiSisagan
mTlad
gadairivnen, niCbebs ecnen da navi napirisken gaaqroles. darwmunebuli
var, Sampanurs Tavis sicocxleSi aRar gaekarebian.
Cveni saubris Semdeg sul kurtisis winadadebaze vfiqrobdi. pirvel
or dRes am sakiTxs aRar SevxebivarT, Tumca sul erTad viyaviT. me
vuyvebodi ser henrisa da guds sxvadasxva ambebs, nadirobisas Tavs rom
gadamxdenoda, amasTan, arafers vTxzavdi da arc vazviadebdi, rogorc es
saerTod monadireebs sCveviaT. anki raSi gvWirdeba Cven, afrikel
monadireebs, tyuilebis cxoba, gana satrabaxod is ar kmara, rac Tavs
gadagvxdenia?
bolos, ianvris erT mSvenier dRes _ ianvari xom CvenSi yvelaze
cxeli Tvea _ Cveni gemi natals miuaxlovda da mis Tvalwarmtac napirebs
gauyva. vfiqrobdiT, mzis Casvlamde durbanis koncxisTvis Semogvevlo. es
napiri xom yvelas ajadovebs qviSis wiTeli gorakebiT, usasrulo
zurmuxtisferi sivrciT da am sivrceSi, am simwvaneSi aqa-iq miyuJuli
kraalebiT. talRebi zedized exeTqeba napirTan wamoyudebul kldeebs,
yalyze Semdgari imsxvreva, ukuecema da aCens qaTqaTa qafs, zolebad rom
gasdevs napirs. magram gansakuTrebiT lamazia buneba TviT durbanTan.
saukuneTa ganmavlobaSi wvimasa da RvarTqafs borcvebi Rrma xeobebiT
dauseravT.
am
xeobebSi
moSxuian
mdinareebi,
romelTac
mze
TvalismomWrelad alaplapebs; ayril-atexil bardebsa da buCqnars Soris,
romelic isea dargul-gaxarebuli, rogorc es TviT ufals unebebia, aqaiq moCans puris xis Walakebi da Saqris lerwmis plantaciebi. am mwvane
walkotSi uecrad gamokrTeba xolme TeTri saxli, TiTqos mis win
uSfoTvelad garTxmul zRvas uRimiso, da misi gamoCena raRac
gansakuTrebul dasrulebul iers aZlevs irgvliv yvelafers.
Cemi azriT, ragind Tvalwarmtaci ar unda iyos buneba, adamiani mas
kidev ufro mimzidvels xdis. iqneb ase mitom meCveneba, rom Zalian
didxans momixda cxovreba velur, ukacriel adgilebSi da amis gamo
ufro vafaseb civilizacias, miuxedavad imisa, rom igi spobs da sdevnis
frinvelsa da cxovels. edemis baRi, ueWvelia, warmtaci iyo adamianis
gaCenamdec, magram ufro warmtaci gaxda mas Semdeg, rac mis bilikebze
eva gamoCnda.
Tumca davubrundeT ambavs! Cven, cota ar iyos, angariSSi movtyuvdiT.
mze didi xnis Casuli ar iyo, roca Ruza durbanis koSkis maxloblad
CavuSviT. gaisma zarbaznis griali, durbanis mcxovreblebs atyobinebdnen,
inglisidan fosta movidao.
rakiRa davigvianeT da napirze gadasvla aRar SeiZleboda, gembanze
avediT da vucqerodiT, rogor datvirTes maSveli navi fostiT, mere ki
sasadilod wavediT.
roca amovbrundiT, mTvare ukve amosuli dagvxvda, mis Suqs zRva da
xmeleTi gaeCaxCaxebina.
niavs napiridan sasiamovno motkbo-mocxaro surneli mohqonda. es
surneli ratomRac saeklesio sagaloblebsa da misionerebs magonebs.
sanapiroze saxlebi ganaTebuli iyo. uzarmazari xomaldidan, Cven
gverdiT rom idga, musika da simRera ismoda. mezRvaurebi Ruzas xsnidnen
da zRvaSi gasasvlelad emzadebodnen. saucxoo, wynari Rame iyo, erTi im
RameTagani, romelic mxolod samxreT afrikaSi icis. mTvare Tavis
vercxlis saburvelSi xvevda mTel bunebas.
simSvide mohfenoda dedamiwas. im siwynarisa da simSvidis gavleniT
uzarmazar buldogsac ki daviwyeboda Tavisi survili _ waCxubeboda
maimuns, gembanze, galiaSi rom ijda. ZaRli kaiutis karTan gaSotiliyo
da tkbilad xvrinavda.
Cven samni _ ser henri kurtisi, kapitani gudi da me _ saWevarTan
davsxediT.
_ mister quotermen, _ mkiTxa henrim cota xnis siCumis Semdeg, _ ra
pasuxs maZlevT Cems Txovnaze?
_ diax, diax, _ sityva SeaSvela kapitanma gudma, _ ra gadawyviteT?
imedi maqvs, monawileobas miiRebT Cvens eqspediciaSi. Cven bednierad
CavTvliT Tavs, Tu dagvTanxmdebiT, wamogvyveT ara marto suleimanis
mTebis gadaRma, aramed, saerTod, yvelgan, sadac SeiZleba imyofebodes
jentlmeni, romelsac Cven veZebT.
uxmod wamovdeqi, gemis qimTan mivedi da Cibuxi gamovbertye. ar
vicodi, ra pasuxi gameca, sul cota, erTi wuTi mainc mWirdeboda, rom
davfiqrebuliyavi da sabolood gadamewyvita rame. bnelSi Tambaqos
ferflma gaicimcima da imave wams gadawyvetilebac miviRe.
cxovrebaSi xSirad xdeba ase: adamiani wvalobs, yoymanobs, ar icis,
ra gzas daadges da bolos, erT wamSi gadawyvets xolme yvelafers.
_ kargi, batonebo, _ vTqvi da Cems adgilze davjeqi, _ mec TqvenTan
erTad movdivar. axla ki neba miboZeT, mogaxsenoT, ratom da ra
pirobebSi vRebulob Tqvens winadadebas.
pirveli: garda imisa, rom gzis xarjebi Tqven gekisrebaT, spilos
Zvali da sxva faseuloba, rasac gzaSi viSoviT, me da kapitanma gudma
Suaze unda gaviyoT.
meore: garda amisa, vidre gavemgzavrebodeT, xuTas girvanqa
sterlings gadamixdiT, me ki valdebulebas vkisrulob, patiosnad
gemsaxuroT manamde, vidre es TqvenTvis saWiro iqneba, an vidre mizans ar
mivaRwevT, ukidures SemTxvevaSi, vidre ar daviRupebiT.
mesame:
sanam
suleimanis
mTebisken
gavemgzavrebodeT,
unda
gavaformoT xelSekruleba, romlis mixedviT Cemi daRupvis, an mZimed
daSavebis SemTxvevaSi valdebuli iqnebiT Cems vaJs, haris, romelic
londonis universitetSi medicinas eufleba, xuTi wlis ganmavlobaSi
aZlioT garkveuli Tanxa _ wliurad oras-orasi girvanqa sterlingi.
xuTi wlis Semdeg ki igi fexze dadgeba da sakuTari Tavis rCenas
SeZlebs, Tu rasakvirvelia, misgan saerTod rame gamovida. ai, Cemi
pirobebi. xom ar fiqrobT, rom gadavaWarbe?
_ ara, ara, _ aCqarebiT momigo ser henrim, _ siamovnebiT geTanxmebiT.
gadawyvetili maqvs, movZebno Cemi Zma da, rac ar unda damemarTos, am
ganzraxvaze xels ar aviReb. vici, rom gamocdili da saqmeSi Caxeduli
kaci brZandebiT da mzada var ufro metic gadagixadoT.
_ raki asea, Zalian vwuxvar, rom ver movisazre meti meTxova, magram
rac aris, aris, Cemi sityva ukan arasodes wamiRia. axla ki getyviT, ram
maiZula TqvenTan erTad wamovsuliyavi: upirveles yovlisa, mTeli am xnis
ganmavlobaSi Tvalyurs gadevnebdiT, da kadnierebad nu CamomarTmevT, Tu
getyviT, rom Zalian momewoneT. eWvi ar mepareba, Cven saucxood gavwevT
uRels, amas ki didi mniSvneloba aqvs, roca kacs win aseTi Sori gza
udevs. rac Seexeba suleimanis mTebis gadalaxvas, Rrmad darwmunebuli
var, rom iqidan cocxlebi veRar davbrundebiT. ra bedi ewia moxuc
silvestras sami saukunis winaT? ra bedi ewia mis STamomavals am oci
wlis win? ra bedi ewia Tqvens Zmas? ver damarwmunebT, rom Cvenc igive ar
gvelis.
vTqvi esa da SevCerdi. mindoda menaxa, ra STabeWdileba moaxdina
Cemma sityvebma. kapitani gudi odnav SemkrTali meCvena, ser henris ki
saxeze ZarRvic ar SekrTomia.
_ rac unda iyos, mainc unda vcado bedi, _ mSvidad momigo man.
_ SesaZloa ucnauri geCvenoT, _ ganvagrZe me, _ rom es frTxili da
gaubedavi kaci, imis Semdeg, rac axla vTqvi, wamosvlaze uars ar
geubnebiT, magram saamisod ori mizezi arsebobs: jer erTi, saocari
fatalisti var da Rrmad mwams, rom Cemi sikvdilis dRe da saaTi
winaswar gansazRvrulia, da Tu bediT suleimanis mTebSi wasvla da iq
daRupva miweria, rac unda movimoqmedo, amas ver avcdebi. RmerTs
yovelive ukeT moexseneba, amitom amaze fiqriT Tavs ar Seviwuxeb. meore:
me erTi Raribi kaci var da, miuxedavad imisa, rom ormoci weli
nadirobaSi gavatare, Savi dRisaTvis mcireodeni Tanxac ki ver
gadavinaxe. is ki ara, Tavi ZlivZlivobiT gamqonda. batonebo, Tqven,
rasakvirvelia, iciT, ra saxifaTo da saZnelo saqmea spiloze nadiroba.
adamianebi, romlebic amiT cxovroben, saSualod oTx-xuT weliwadSi
iRupebian. me ki es vada TiTqmis Svidjer gavadide, axla ki albaT Cemi
aRsasrulic moaxloebulia. Tu nadirobisas daviRupe, Cems Svils, haris,
valebis gastumrebis Semdeg saarsebo wyaro aRar darCeba, da maSasadame,
veRarc swavlas ganagrZobs. TqvenTan rom wamovide, maSin igi xuTi
weliwadi uzrunvelyofili iqneba da saSualeba miecema, fexze dadges. ai,
mokled Cemi Sexeduleba am sakiTxze.
_ mister quotermen, _ miTxra ser henrim, romelic didi yuradRebiT
mismenda, _ Tqven eWvi geparebaT eqspediciis warmatebaSi da fiqrobT,
yvelaferi cudad damTavrdebao. marTali xarT Tu ara, amas dro
gviCvenebs, piradad me ki, rac unda moxdes, gadawyvetili maqvs, saqme
bolomde miviyvano. Tu maincdamainc daRupva gviweria, imedi maqvs,
sikvdilis win cotas mainc wavinadirebT. Tqven ras ityviT, gud?
_ rasakvirvelia, _ daumowma kapitanma, _ Cven samiveni SeCveuli varT,
sikvdils TvalebSi vucqiroT, amitomac Tavsac kargad davicavT. Cemi
azriT, ukan daxeva ar Rirs. axla ki, megobrebo, kaiut-kompaniaSi CavideT
da erTmaneTs gza davulocoT.
meore dRes napirze gadavediT. me SevTavaze ser henris da kapitan
guds Cems patara saxlSi dasaxlebuliyvnen. saxli sanapiroze dgas,
samoTaxiania, aqvs samzareuloc. gamouwvavi agurisagan aris nagebi,
saxuravi ki moTuTiebuli rkinisa aqvs. TavisTavad didi araferia,
samagierod, saucxoo baRi akravs. ra ar xarobs iq: iaponuri zRmartli
da mangos xeebi, romlebic wels did mosavals momcemen. es xeebi
botanikuri baRis direqtorma maCuqa. mebaReoba jeks davakisre. jeki Cemi
yofili monadirea, sikukunisis mxareSi gareulma kameCma fexi barZaySi
gadaumtvria. sabralo kaci dasaxiCrda da iZulebuli Seiqna, nadirobaze
samudamod aeRo xeli. axla nel-nela daxanxalobs da, asea Tu ise, baRs
uvlis. jeki zulusi ar gegonoT, grikvas mSvidobian toms ekuTvnis.
zuluss veravin aiZulebs, mebaReobas mohkidos xeli. amgvar Sromas igi
guls ver daudebs.
radgan saxlSi siviwrove iyo, ser henrisa da guds karavSi eZinaT.
karavi baRis bolos, forToxlis xeivanSi CavdgiT. xeebi yvaoda da
irgvliv saamo surneli idga, totebi ki mwvane da yviTeli nayofiT iyo
daxunZluli (unda mogaxsenoT, rom CvenTan, durbanSi, xeebi erTdroulad
yvavian kidec da nayofsac iZlevian), baRis es kuTxe gansakuTrebiT
lamazia da sufTa haerze Zilic sasiamovnoa, miT umetes, rom CvenTan,
bereaSi, qinqli ar icis da Tu gaCnda, isic Zlieri wvimebis Semdeg
Cndeba.
magram unda ganvagrZo Txroba, Torem, vidre Cven suleimanis
mTebamde mivaRwevdeT, es wigni Tavs mogabezrebT. raki gadavwyvite ser
henris gavyvebi-meTqi, Sin dabrunebisTanave samzadiss Sevudeqi. upirveles
yovlisa, Cemo biWiko, ser henrisagan Cavibare qaRaldi, romelic
uzrunvelyofda Sens momavals. aq ramdenadme gagvijanjlda kidec saqme.
ser henri adgilobrivi mkvidri ar iyo da fuli, Cemi sikvdilis
SemTxvevaSi SenTvis rom unda gadmoericxaT, inglisis bankSi inaxeboda,
magram bolos da bolos erTi marjve veqilis wyalobiT es saqmec
movagvareT, Tumca im usindisom gasamrjelod oci girvanqa sterlingi
wagvglija.
xuTasi girvanqa sterlingis Ceki jibeSi Cavide da amiT sifrTxiles
xarki gadavuxade, mere ser henris angariSze furgoni da saukeTeso
xarebi viyide. furgonis sigrZe ocdaori futi iyo, rkinis RerZebi hqonda,
Zalian gamZle da msubuqi Canda, Tumca mTlad axalTaxali ar yofila,
erTxel ukve moevloT imiT almasis qviSrobi (aman ufro damarwmuna, rom
mSrali, gamosuli xisgan iyo nakeTebi). furgoni rom cudad yofiliyo
Sekruli an nedli masalisagan gamzadebuli, es pirveli mgzavrobisTanave
gamoCndeboda. Cvens furgons ukana mxare Riad hqonda datovebuli; aq
tvirTis dasawyobi adgili iyo. aseT furgons CvenSi `naxevrad
gadaxuruls" eZaxian. Cardaxi sacxovreblad iyo gankuTvnili, Sig
moewyoT tyavis sawoli, romelzedac ori kaci moTavsdeboda. iyo agreTve
iaraRebis Taro da gzaSi gamosadegi sxvadasxva nivTebi da sagnebi.
furgonSi as ocdaxuTi girvanqa gadavixade, vfiqrob, bevri ar mimicia.
Semdeg SeviZineT oci saukeTeso zulusuri xari. Cvenebur uRelSi
Teqvsmet xars abamen, magram yoveli SemTxvevisaTvis oTxi kidev davumate.
zulusuri
pirutyvi
gacilebiT
dabali
da
msuqania,
vidre
afrikanderuli, romelTac mZime tvirTis gadasazidad iyeneben. es patara
jiSis xarebi maincdamainc ar irCeven saWmels, naklebad avaddebian da
eguebian umZimes pirobebs. amitom SeuZliaT Tavi gaitanon iq, sadac
afrikanderuli xarebi SimSiliT ixocebian. amasTan, maTze ufro
swrafadac dadian da msubuqi tvirTiT dReSi xuTi milis gavla
SeuZliaT. garda amisa, Cveni uRleuli kargad iyo adidaSi gamosuli, ese
igi, gakaJebul-gamowrTobili, radgan mTeli afrika sigrZe-siganiT hqonda
movlili. swored amis gamo, ase Tu ise, dazRveulebi iyvnen malariisagan,
ase xSirad rom anadgurebs xolme jogebs ucxo, SeuCvevel veldebSi.
aris kidev erTi saSineli daavadeba _ Wleqi, romelic umowyalod Jlets
pirutyvs, magram arc amis gveSinoda, radgan Cveni xarebi Tavis droze
acrilni iyvnen, es seni rom ar SeyrodaT. acra ase xdeba xolme: kudis
rikidan daaxloebiT erT futze kuds gadaseraven da zed am seniT
daRupuli pirutyvis filtvis naWers miakraven. ramdenime xnis Semdeg
xari msubuqad avaddeba WleqiT, kudi ki naWdevze Zvreba. acris Semdeg
xari senSeuvali xdeba. rasakvirvelia, sacodaobaa pirutyvis ukudod
datoveba im qveyanaSi, sadac amdeni buzia, magram patrons xaris
dakargvas misi kudis dakargva ujobs. kudi uxarod ris maqnisia, zogjer
mtvris gadmosaferTxad Tu ixmar, eg aris da eg! magram mainc sasaciloa,
roca xarebs ukan mihyvebi da kudis nacvlad ubadruk jirjvebs ucqeri.
ase ggonia, bunebam raRac aurdauria da am sabralo pirutyvebs kudis
nacvlad premirebuli buldogebis ukanalis mosarTavebi miawebao.
erTi sityviT, furgoni da xarebi SeviZineT, axla sursaT-sanovagesa
da wamlebze unda gvefiqra. es advili rodi iyo, yvelaferi winaswar
unda agvewon-dagvewona, rom ar gadagvetvirTa furgoni da, amave dros,
Tan wagveRo yvelaferi, rac saWiro iqneboda aseTi xangrZlivi
mogzaurobisaTvis. sabednierod, aRmoCnda, rom guds medicinisa cota
raRac gaegeboda. didi xnis winaT rogorRac moesmina kursi medicinasa
da qirurgiaSi da axla drodadro Tavis codnas praqtikulad iyenebda.
rasakvirvelia, kapitans eqimis diplomi ar hqonda, magram Cven
TandaTanobiT davrwmundiT, rom am saqmisa gacilebiT meti gaegeboda,
vidre im vaJbatonebs, romelTac ufleba eZlevaT Tavis Tavs `medicinis
doqtori" uwodon. guds saucxoo samgzavro afTiaqi da qirurgiuli
xelsawyoebi hqonda. man jer kidev durbanSi yofnisas ise marjved
mohkveTa erT kaprs fexze ceri, rom yvelani gaocebulebi davrCiT. kacma
es operacia Zalze mSvidad da gulgrilad gadaitana, magram rogor
gaocda Cveni kapitani, roca kafrma sTxova, axali TiTi gamikeTe,
ukidures SemTxvevaSi, TeTric gamodgebao.
sursaTisa da wamlebis saqme, RvTis madliT, movagvare, axla jeri
iaraRis SerCevasa da msaxurebis ayvanaze midga. ser henrim inglisidan
Camoitana Tofebi, mec mqonda zogi ram, aqedan SevarCieT, rac CvenTvis
gzaSi yvelaze metad iyo saWiro. Tumca jobia moviSvelio sia, romelic
Cemi ubis wignakSi Semonaxula. axla mxolod misi gadaweraRa damWirdeba:
`sami mZime orluliani Tofi, TiToeuli daaxloebiT TxuTmet
girvanqas iwonis da dasatenad TerTmeti draxma Savi Tofis wamali
sWirdeba".
es Tofebi spiloebze sanadirod migvqonda. ori Tofi _ ser henrisa
da kapitan gudisaTvis londonis erT-erTi cnobili firmis saukeTeso
ostatebis mier iyo damzadebuli. Cemi Tofi sikoxtaviT im or Tofs ver
Seedreboda da arc firma maxsovda misi, magram spiloebze nadirobisas
CemTvis arasodes umtyunia. Semdeg:
`sami orluliani Tofi `eqspres 500" saskdomi tyviisaTvis. dasatenis
wona eqvsi drahma".
es Tofebi ubralo iyo, ase, saSualo sididis cxovelebze
sanadirod (antilopa da sxv.) da gaSlil alagas mtrisagan Tavis
dasacavad gamogvadgeboda.
`erTi orluliani Tormetyalibiani filTa Tofi centraluri
dartymiT".
es Tofi gzaSi Zalian gamogvadga, wvril-wvril cxovelebs
vxocavdiT da saWmliT uzrunvelyofilni viyaviT.
`sami `vinCesteris" sistemis kolofiani SaSxana (ara karabini)". es
Cveni saTadarigo Tofebi gaxldaT.
`sami koltis" TviTSesamarTi revolveri, msxvilyalibiani tyviebiT".
amgvari iyo Cveni aRWurviloba. aRsaniSnavia, rom yoveli klasis
iaraRi erTi da igive sistemis da yalibis iyo, amitom saWiroebis
SemTxvevaSi SegveZlo tyviebi erTmaneTisTvis gagvecvala.
me dawvrilebiT CamovTvale yvelaferi, SesaZloa, mkiTxveli daiqanca
kidec amdeni wvrilmaniT, magram mis winaSe mainc ar vixdi bodiSs,
radgan yovelma gamocdilma monadirem icis, ra didi mniSvneloba aqvs
iaraRis SerCevas.
axla minda ramdenime sityva msaxurebzec mogaxsenoT.
didi bWobis Semdeg gadavwyviteT, wagveyvana xuTi kaci: megzuri,
mexre da sami msaxuri. megzurisa da mexris daqiravebaze didi dro ar
damixarjavs. orive zulusi iyo, erTs goza erqva, meores _ tomi.
msaxurebis SerCeva ki, cota ar iyos, gamiWirda. unda mogveZebna guladi,
erTguli da sando adamianebi. maTze xom bevri ram, TviT Cveni
sicocxlec ki, iqneboda damokidebuli. rogorc iqna, mivakvlie or
maTgans, _ erTi hotentoti ventfogeli iyo, meore ki _ patara zulusi
xiva. man mSvenivrad icoda inglisuri. ventfogels karga xania vicnobdi.
Cems sicocxleSi masze ukeTesi megzuri da monadire arsad Semxvedria.
erTi Caskvnili, ZarRvmagari kaci iyo, magram, samwuxarod, rogorc yvela
hotentots, erTi nakli hqonda: Zalian uyvarda sma. sakmarisi iyo, mis win
boTli grogi daedgaT, rom amqveynad yvelaferi daviwyeboda. cxadia, aseT
adamians savsebiT ver mivendobodiT, magram raki gzad arc samikitnoebi
Segvxvdeboda sadme da arc Rvinis duqnebi, misi es nakli maincdamainc
arafrad Cagvigdia.
mesame msaxuris povna Zalian gamiZnelda, amitom gadavwyviteT,
jerjerobiT es ori wagveyvana. imedi gvqonda, gzaSi vinmes SevxvdebodiT,
magram swored Cveni gamgzavrebis wina saRamos, sadilobis xans, xiva
Semovida da momaxsena, viRac zuluss Tqveni naxva undao. sadili rom
davamTavreT, xivas vubrZane, zulusi Semoiyvane-meTqi. oTaxSi axovani,
lamazi mamakaci Semovida, ase, ocdaaTiode wlis iqneboda, zulusis
kvalobaze kani metad Ria ferisa hqonda. misalmebis magier Tavisi
korZebiani joxi maRla aswia da oTaxis kuTxeSi uxmod Cacucqda.
ramdenime xans Tavs ise vaCvenebdi, viTom mis iq yofnas verc ki vamCnevdi.
Cemi mxriv didi windauxedaoba iqneboda, sxvagvarad movqceuliyavi. aseT
xalxs maSinve rom gamoelaparako, mis TvalSi yovelgvar Rirsebas
dakargav, magram SevniSne, rom es zulusi `keSla", ese igi, `gvirgviniani
kaci" iyo. TmaSi Cawnuli hqonda kauCukis farTo rgoli, romelic qoniT
iyo gapoxil-gaprialebuli. rgolis ase tarebis ufleba aqvT mxolod
warCinebul zulusebs mas Semdeg, rac garkveul asaks miaRweven.
misi saxe mecnaura.
_ hei, Sen, mand, _ vuTxari bolos, _ ra gqvia?
_ ambopa, _ momigo zulusma dabali, sasiamovno xmiT.
_ mgoni, adre sadRac minaxixar.
_ diax, inkoozi, swored brZolis wina dRes, litlhendTan
izandhluanSi SemxvdiT.
uecrad CemTvis yvelaferi cxadi gaxda.
zulusebTan im dasaqcevi omis dros me lord Celmsfordis erTerTi megzurTagani viyavi. ramdenime furgoni myavda Cabarebuli. Cemda
sabednierod, swored brZolis dawyebis win im furgonebTan erTad
momixda banakis datoveba. vidre xarebs Seubamdnen, swored am zuluss
gamovelaparake. maSin igi Cveni mokavSire zulusebis razms meTaurobda.
miTxra, Zalian veWvob, Cvenma banakma mtris Semotevas gauZloso. me vurCie,
ena daimokle, es Seni Wkuis saqme ar aris-meTqi, magram Semdeg misi
sityvebi xSirad maxsendeboda.
_ ho, marTali xar, _ vuTxari, _ axla risTvis garjilxar?
_ ai ra, makumazan (es saxeli kafrebma Semarqves, makumazan niSnavs
`adamians, romelic naSuaRamevs dgeba", Cveneburad ki, ubralod, adamians,
romelic mudam frTxilobs), miTxres, TiTqos TeTrkanian beladebTan
erTad Sors, CrdiloeTisken apireb wasvlas. marTalia es?
_ marTalia, mere ra?
_ Tqves, gadawyvetili aqvT, mdinare lugangamde mividneno. lugangas
ki manikas miwidan erTi mTvaris savali gza acilebs. esec marTalia,
makumazan?
_ raSi gesaWiroeba imis codna, sad mivdivarT da sad ara, Sen vin
gekiTxeba? _ vuTxari da eWviT gadavxede. gadawyvetili gvqonda, Cveni
mgzavrobis mizani aravisTvis gagvemxila da saidumlos gulmodgined
vinaxavdiT.
_ oh, TeTro adamianebo! _ wamoiZaxa zulusma, _ Tu marTla ase
Sors midixarT, nu damtovebT, mec wamiyvaneT!
marTali giTxraT, gamaoca am kacis kilom da laparakma; Tavi Zalze
Rirseulad eWira da saqcielic keTilSobiluri hqonda. arc misi
momarTva iyo Cveulebrivi. zulusi Tavis dReSi ar etyvis TeTrkanians _
oh, TeTro adamianoo! TeTrkanianTan saubrisas Cveulebrivi misi
mimarTvaa: `inkoozi", rac maT enaze belads niSnavs.
_ Tavs nu igdeb, _ mkacrad vuTxari, _ vidre TeTrkanians rames
etyode, kargad unda dafiqrde. sad aris Seni kraali, vina xar? mipasuxe,
rom vicodeT, visTan gvaqvs saqme.
_ ambopa mqvia. zulusebis toms vekuTvni, magram sinamdvileSi maTTan
saerTo araferi maqvs. Cemi samSoblo aqedan Sors, CrdiloeTSia. Cemi
tomis xalxi iq darCa, roca sxva zulusebi aqeTken wamovidnen. es moxda
aTasi wlis winaT, gacilebiT ufro adre, vidre mefe Caka taxtze
avidoda. me ara maqvs kraali da didi xania aqeT-iqiT davexetebi. bavSvi
viyavi, zulusTa qveyanaSi CrdiloeTidan rom movedi. Semdeg nomabakozis
polkSi mefe keCvaios vemsaxurebodi. zulusebis qveynidan natalSi
gaviqeci, mindoda gamego, rogor cxovrobdnen TeTrkanianebi. Semdeg
keCvaios winaaRmdeg vibrZodi. mas mere natalSi vcxovrob, magram Cemi
adgili aq ar aris. guli isev CrdiloeTisaken mimiwevs. wamiyvaneT. fuls
ar gamogarTmevT. amtani kaci var, gamogadgebiT. saWmels sakuTari ofliT
movipoveb da cecxlTanac adgils marTebulad daviWer. ai es aris Cemi
saTqmeli!
am kacis Txovnam sagonebelSi Camagdo, yvelaferze etyoboda, ara
tyuoda, magram imdenad gansxvavdeboda sxva zulusebisagan da misi
Txovna, ufulod gemsaxurebiTo, imdenad ucnauri iyo, rom Zalauneburad
daveWvdi. ar vicodi, ra pasuxi mimeca, amitom Cveni saubari ser henrisa
da kapitan guds gadavuTagmne da rCeva vkiTxe.
_ aba, erTi uTxariT, fexze wamodges, _ miTxra pasuxis nacvlad ser
henrim.
zulusma grZeli samxedro mosasxami mxrebidan gadaigdo da wamodga.
mTlad dediSobila iyo, Tu ar CavTvliT muCasa da lomis brWyalebis
yelsabams. aseTi lamazi zulusi Cems sicocxleSi ar menaxa. simaRliT
eqvsi futi da sami duimi iqneboda, mxarbeWiani da kargad moyvanili iyo.
lampis Suqze misi kani Cveulebriv Savgvremanze odnav muqi Tu Canda.
mxolod asegaiT miyenebuli Wrilobebi aqa-iq muqi laqebiviT etyoboda.
ser henri miuaxlovda zuluss da Tvali TvalSi gauyara.
_ ra saucxoo wyvilia, _ miTxra gudma da Cemken gadmoixara. _
SexedeT, TiTqmis erTi simaRlisa arian.
_ me momewoneT, _ uTxra zuluss ser henrim, _ momewoneT da CemTan
gtovebT.
etyoba, ambopa mixvda, rasac eubnebodnen, imitom rom zulusur enaze
upasuxa: kargi, gmadlobTo. mere axed-daxeda mis win mdgom TeTrkanian
bumberazs da dasZina:
_ me da Sen nadvili mamakacebi varT, diax, diax, namdvili vaJkacebi.
T a v i
n a d i r o b a
I V
s p i l o e b z e
me ar vapireb dawvrilebiT mogiTxroT yvelaferi, rac gzaSi, kraal
sitandamde Tavs gadagvxda. sitanda durbanidan sami aTasi miliT aris
dacilebuli da mdinare lukangasa da kalukves SesarTavTan mdebareobs.
Cven iZulebuli gavxdiT, ukanaskneli samasi mili fexiT gagvevlo,
radgan im adgilebSi Zalian gaxSirda sazareli buzi cece, romlis
nakbeni, virisa da kacis garda, yvelasaTvis sabedisweroa.
durbanidan ianvris bolos gamovediT, sitandas ki mxolod maisSi
mivaRwieT, gzad bevri ram gadagvxda Tavs, Tumca didad sayuradRebo
araferi
momxdara,
garda
erTi
SemTxvevisa,
romelzedac
minda
dawvrilebiT gesaubroT.
ainaitSi, matabeles bolo savaWro punqtSi, romelsac mefe
lobenzula marTavs (unda iTqvas, rom es lobenzula warmoudgeneli
aramzadaa), sinanuliT gamoveTxoveT Cvens furgonsa da xarebs. im oci
xaridan, durbanSi rom SeviZineT, TormetiRa dagvrCa. erTs kobram ukbina,
sami uwylobiT dagveRupa, erTs gza aebna da dagvekarga, samma ki xetitas
msgavsi raRac Sxamiani mcenare SeWama da mokvda. is mcenare sxva xarebsac
eWamaT, magram gadavarCineT, xetitas foTlebis naxarSi vasviT. amgvari
naxarSi, Tu droulad miaSveleT, Sxamis moqmedebas maSinve aqarwylebs.
furgoni xarebiTurT gozas da toms
CavabareT. maT, rasakvirvelia,
zedmiwevniT vendobodiT, magram mainc vTxoveT Sotlandiel moxuc
misioners, romelic am udabur mxareSi dasaxlebuliyo, maTze Tvali
sWeroda. Semdeg ambopas, xivas, ventfogelisa da eqvsi kafri mebargulis
TanxlebiT qveiTad davadeqiT gzas.
maxsovs, mdumared mivabijebdiT. yoveli Cvengani gulSi albaT imas
fiqrobda, ukan dabruneba momiwevs Tu arao. me ki, marTali mogaxsenoT,
sulac ar mqonda imedi, rom odesme Cvens furgons isev davinaxavdi. karga
xans mivyvebodiT gzas ase, mware fiqrebSi wasulni. uecrad ambopam,
romelic win migviZRoda, zulusur enaze simRera wamoiwyo: ramdenime
guliTad adamians guli gauwvrila erTferovanma cxovrebam, mobezrdaT
SeCveuli garemo da ukidegano udabnosaken gauyvnen gzas, rom iq an
raRac siaxle enaxaT, an vaJkacurad daRupuliyvnen, magram ai saocreba!
udabnos Suaguls rom miaRwies, Tvalwin saucxoo walkoti gadaeSalaT.
oh, ra kekluci qalebi, ra saqonlis jogebi daxvdaT iq. amasTan, tyeSi
blomad iyo nadiri, brZolis velze ki _ mteri. sxva raRa undodaT?
am simReram gulSi imedi gagviRviZa da yvelani gavmxiaruldiT.
ambopasac Semoawveboda xolme gulze naRveli, magram mxolod mcire
xniT. saocari unari hqonda, sxvebi gaemxiarulebina, masTan sakuTar
Rirsebas arasodes hkargavda. es sicocxliT savse adamiani yvelam guliT
SeviyvareT.
axla ki minda erTi SemTxveva gavixseno, amiT mec cotas gaverTobi,
radgan nadirobis ambebi Zalian mitacebs.
ainaitidan ase, oriode kviris savalze erT Tvalwarmtac adgils
wavawydiT. niadagi notio iyo. maRla, gorakebs Soris, daRrantul
xeobebSi, sqlad ayriliyo aidoros buCqebi (ase eZaxian am buCqebs
adgilobrivi mkvidrni), aqa-iq ki `wacht-een-beche-s" (`cota xans SeCerdi")
ekliani jagebi moCanda. maT Soris aSoltiliyo maCabeles lamazi xeebi,
romelTac totebi yviTeli, gamagrilebeli nayofiT hqondaT daxunZluli.
es nayofi spiloebis sayvareli saWmelia, amitom ar gamkvirvebia, mTeli
is aremare maTi nakvaleviT rom dagvxvda gadaTelili. bevrgan Segvxvda
gadamtvreuli da Zirfesvianad amoTxrili xeebic. spilo xom Wamis dros
Tavis irgvliv yvelafers erTianad amtvrevs da anadgurebs.
maxsovs, mTeli dRe SeuCerebliv viareT da saRamo xans buCqnariT
dafarul erT lamaz goraks mivuaxlovdiT. gorakis ZirSi mdinaris
damSrali kalapoti moCanda. aqa-iq xnarcvebSi ki broliviT gamWvirvale
wyali
livlivebda.
wylis
siaxloves
nadirisagan
bilikebi
iyo
daxlaknili. Cven win gadaSlili farTo veli walkots mogagonebdaT. aq
jguf-jgufad moCanda morcxvi mimoza da foTlebxasxasa maCabeles xeebi.
irgvliv ki zRvad ayriliyo buCqnari, romelsac erTi bilikic arsad
seravda.
rogorc ki mdinaris kalapots mivuaxlovdiT, aylayuda Jirafebis
jogi adgils moswyda da Weneb-WenebiT gaqusla. WenebiTo vambob, Torem
am cxovelma iseTi ucnauri sirbili icis, gegonebaT, micuravso. kudebi
sasacilod aeprixaT da Cliqebs kastanetebiviT uxaTqunebdnen miwas.
roca samasiode iardiT dagvSordnen, ese igi, faqtiurad gascdnen tyviis
sasrol manZils, gudma cTunebas veRar gauZlo, saskdomi tyviiT
datenili Tofi SemarTa da esrola axalgazrda Jirafs, jogs kudSi rom
misdevda. raRac saocari SemTxvevis wyalobiT, sabralo pirutyvs tyvia
kiserSi moxvda da xerxemali gadaumsxvria. Jirafi kurdReliviT gadavida
yiras. kaci nadirobaSi davberdi, magram amaze saocari suraTi, marTali
giTxraT, arasodes minaxavs!
_ eSmakma dalaxvros! _ wamoiZaxa gudma (roca aRelvebuli iyo,
Cveulebad hqonda magar-magari sityvebi exmara, rac me Zalian mwyinda), _
eSmakma dalaxvros-meTqi, aki movkali!
_ Ou Bugwan! (diax, bugvan)! _ wamoiyvires Cvenma kafrma mtvirTavebma,
_ Ou, Ou! (diax, diax)!
isini guds mudam monokliT xedavdnen, amitomac iyo, rom `bugvani"
(SuSisTvala) Searqves.
im dRidan moyolebuli, gudma, Tu Cven Soris ara, kafrebSi mainc,
marjve msrolelis saxeli daimkvidra, Tumca sinamdvileSi Tofs kargad
verc ki xmarobda.
msaxurebs vubrZaneT, mokluli JirafisTvis saukeTeso naWrebi
aeWraT, Cven ki erT-erTi xnarcvis marjvniv asiode iardi gadavzomeT da
adgilis Semoragvas SevudeqiT. Semoragva ase xdeba: rac SeiZleba
blomad daWrian eklian ZeZvs da mrgvali Robis magvarad awyoben. mere
SigniT miwas moasworeben, centrSi balaxisagan sawolebs gamarTaven, mere
ki erTs an ramdenime kocons gaaCaReben.
muSaobaSi SemogvaRamda kidec. Robis Semoragvas rom movrCiT, caze
ukve mTvare micuravda. vaxSamic mzad iyo. Zalian gemrieli gveCvena
Jirafis xorcis bivSteqsi da Semwvari Zvlis tvini,
Tumca tvinis
gamosaRebad Zvlis gatexva, cota ar iyos, gagviZnelda.
savse mTvaris Suqze SeveqceodiT Cvens ubralo vaxSams, Tanac guds
vaqeb-vadidebdiT. navaxSmevs ki Cibuxebi gavaboleT da saubari gavabiT.
koconis irgvliv Camsxdar-Cacucqulebi albaT Zalze ucnauri sanaxavebi
viyaviT.
gansakuTrebiT TvalSi gecemodaT gansxvaveba ser henrisa da Cem
Soris. me erTi gamxdari, tanmorCili kaci var. muqi kanis feri da
jagariviT gafSekili Tma maqvs, Tanac sul raRac samociode kilograms
Tu viwoni. ser henri ki brge, mxarbeWiani kacia, Tma qera aqvs da woniTac
kai oTxmocdaTxuTmeti kilogrami iqneba. magram Tu gaviTvaliswinebT
maSindel pirobebs, Cven samSi yvelaze ucnauri samefo flotis
gadamdgari oficeri, kapitani jon gudi mogeCvenebodaT. igi tyavis
tomaraze ijda da ise sufTad da faqizad iyo Cacmuli, gegonebodaT,
sadme civilizebul qveyanaSi imyofeba da nadirobaSi sasiamovnod
gatarebuli dRis Semdeg es-es aris dabrundao. saimdReisod tvidis
yavisferi kostumi SeerCia, iseTi, monadireebi rom icvamen xolme. Tavzec
yavisferi qudi exura, fexebze ki koxta getrebi ecva. unda mogaxsenoT,
arasodes minaxavs afrikis udabnoSi ase wmindad gaparsuli, ase koxtad
da sufTad Cacmuli jentlmeni. misi Casmuli kbilebi saucxoo movlilSenaxuli iyo, marjvena Tvalze monokli edga. rogorc, Cveulebriv, sxva
dros, arc im saRamos daviwyebia gutafisis TeTri sayelos gakeTeba. unda
mogaxsenoT, rom am sayeloebis kaixela maragi hqonda wamoRebuli.
_ iciT, es sayeloebi Zalian cotas iwonis, _ gulubryvilod miTxra
man, roca gaoceba ver davfare. _ me ki mudam jentlmeniviT Cacma-daxurva
miyvars.
diax, amgvarad visxediT da vsaubrobdiT mTvaris momajadovebel
Suqze, Tan gavcqerodiT kafrebs, romlebic Cvengan ramdenime iardze
kocons Semosxdomodnen da maTrobela dakaTi datenil Cibuxebs
uplakunebdnen. Cibuxis tarebi samxreTafrikuli antilopis rqisagan iyo
gakeTebuli. bolos kafrebi sabnebSi gaexvivnen da cecxlis piras
miiZines. maT Soris ambopa ar eria, igi moSorebiT mimjdariyo (SevamCnie,
rom kafrebs gaurboda), Tavi xelisgulebze daeyrdno da Rrma fiqrs
miscemoda.
uecriv zurgs ukan, buCqnaridan xmamaRali brdRvinva Semogvesma.
_ lomia! _ wamoviZaxe me.
yvelani fexze wamovxtiT da smenad viqeciT.
imave wams xnarcvidan, Cvengan asiode iardze, yurTasmenis wamRebad
daiRriala spilom.
_ Unkungunklovo Indlovu! (spilo, spilo!) _ aCurCuldnen kafrebi.
ramdenime wuTis Semdeg bundad davlandeT spiloebis jogi. es
uzarmazari
cxovelebi
neli
nabijiT
miemarTebodnen
buCqnaris
Suagulisaken. gudi nadirobis Jinma aitana da gaxelebuli wamoxta.
albaT egona, spilosac iseve advilad movklav, rogorc is Jirafi
movkalio. magram me mklavSi xeli wavatane da ZalisZalad davsvi.
_ araviTar SemTxvevaSi ar esroloT, _ vuTxari, _ daacadeT,
gaiaron.
_ es mxare monadirisaTvis namdvili samoTxe yofila... me mgonia,
cudi ar iqneba, erTi-ori dRiT aq rom SevCerdeT da cota wavinadiroT, _
Tqva moulodnelad ser henrim.
cota ar iyos, gakvirvebuli davrCi. aqamde ser henri sul imis cdaSi
iyo, rac SeiZleba swrafad gvevlo win. gansakuTrebiT mas Semdeg, rac
ainaitSi gviTxres, am oriode wlis winaT ingliselma, gvarad nevilma
gayida Tavisi furgoni da udabnosaken gaemarTao. axla ki albaT
monadiris instinqtma sZlia da es sityvebi aTqmevina.
ser henris winadadebas gudi sixaruliT Sexvda, radgan spiloebze
nadiroba ocnebad hqonda gadaqceuli. marTali giTxraT, mec amaze
vocnebobdi, ver Sevrigebodi im azrs, rom spiloebis jogi mSvidad
gaecleboda aqaurobas, Cven ki ase gulxeldakrefilebi visxdebodiT.
_ Zalian kargi, megobrebo, _ vTqvi me, _ ar gvawyens, cotaTi mainc
rom gaverToT, axla ki daviZinoT, xval uTenia unda avdgeT, rom jogma
ar gagvaswros.
Cemi Tanamgzavrebi dameTanxmnen da yvelani dasaZineblad mzadebas
SevudeqiT. gudma tansacmeli gaferTxa, gawminda, Semdeg monokli da
xelovnuri kbilebi jibeSi Caiwyo, Sarvali da xalaTi guldagul dakeca
da, dilis cvars rom ar daesvelebina, Tavisi garezinebuli zewris qveS
amosdo. me da ser henrim ki swrafad gavixadeT tansacmeli, sabnebi
wavixureT da Tavi Rrma Zils miveciT. daRlil-daqanculebs sizmaric ki
ar gvinaxavs, magram ZilSic ki gveCveneboda, rom mivdiodiT, mivdiodiT
da mivdiodiT...
Cu, es ra xmebi ismis?
iq, sadac wyali gveguleboda, erTi oromtriali da lawaluwi atyda.
meore wuTs gaisma Semzaravi Rriali. diax, diax, ase mxolod lomi
Rrialebs
xolme.
TvalisdaxamxamebaSi
wamovxtiT
da
sibneles
TvalCaciebiT davaSterdiT. rogorc iqna, gavarCieT moyviTalo-moSavo
feris raRac sxeulebi. isini aqeT-iqiT awydebodnen da samkvdrosasicocxlo brZoliT TandaTanobiT gviaxlovdebodnen. Cven Tofebs xeli
davavleT, veldskunebi gzadagza CavicviT
da moRobilidan sirbiliT
gavediT. swored am dros mowinaaRmdegeni miwaze daecnen, erT xans
gvesmoda, rogor kotrialobdnen balaxSi, mere miyuCdnen da
roca
mivuaxlovdiT, ukve gaSeSebulni iyvnen.
ai, ra suraTi warmogvidga Tvalwin.
balaxSi
mamali
antilopa
egdo
_
es
antilopa
afrikaSi
gavrcelebul jiSebs Soris yvelaze lamazia. iqve davinaxeT saucxoo
Savfafriani lomi, igi antilopas Tavisi uzarmazari moxrili rqebiT
gaegmira. albaT antilopa wylis dasalevad Cavida xnarcvTan, sadac
sakbilos molodinSi lomi iyo mimaluli (uTuod misi Rriali gvesmoda
dawolis win). antilopa rom wyals daewafa, lomi zurgze Seaxta da zed
mis wvetian rqebs wamoego (msgavs suraTs erTxel ukve sadRac wavawydi).
lomi gaafTrda da, raki Tavi verafriT gaiTavisufla, sul daufliTa
antilopas kiseri da zurgi. SiSisa da tkivilisagan gagiJebuli antilopa
gamwarebuli gamoiqca xnarcvidan. ase garboda, vidre mkvdari ar daeca
Zirs.
Cven davaTvaliereT usulo cxovelebi, msaxurebsa da mtvirTav
kafrebs vuxmeT da saerTo ZaliT lomi da antilopa Robisken
gadmovaTrieT, Semdeg Cvens sawolebs davubrundiT da mzis amosvlamde
fexic aRar gagvinZrevia.
cispiri gatyda Tu ara, fexze wamovdeqiT da nadirobis samzadiss
SevudeqiT. gadavwyviteT wagveRo msxvilyalibiani sami Tofi da blomad
tyvia-wamali, Cveni mozrdili maTarebi ki civi Cais susti nayeniT agvevso.
me vfiqrob, nadirobisas Cai saukeTeso sasmelia. Semdeg naCqarevad
visauzmeT da gzas gavudeqiT. ambopa, xiva da ventfogeli ukan mogvyvnen.
kafri mtvirTavebi ki banakSi davtoveT da vubrZaneT, lomi da antilopa
gaetyavebinaT, mere antilopa naWer-naWer aeqnaT.
spiloebis farTo bilikis migneba ar gagvWirvebia. ventfogelma
biliki daaTvaliera da Tqva, aq oc-ocdaaTamde spilos gauvlia, amaTgan
umetesoba mamali spiloebiao.
RamiT jogs karga didi manZilis gavla moeswro da mxolod aTi
saaTisaTvis, roca sicxem gvarianad Segvawuxa, damtvreul-dalewili
xeebis, moTxrili fesvebis, miyril-moyrili foTlebisa da abolili
nakelis danaxvisas mivxvdiT, rom spiloebi sadRac axlos imyofebian.
marTlac, cota xnis Semdeg Tvali movkariT jogs. ventfogeli
marTali
gamodga,
ase
oci-ocdaaTi
spilo
iqneboda.
sauzme
daemTavrebinaT,
axla
RartafSi
idgnen
da
uzarmazar
yurebs
afarTxunebdnen. marTali mogaxsenoT, saucxoo sanaxaoba iyo.
spiloebi Cvengan orasiode iardiT iyvnen daSorebulni. me davixare,
gamxmar balaxs xeli mivusv-movusvi, muWSi Sevagrove da mere maRla
Sevisrole, rom qaris mimarTuleba gamego. vicodi, Tu suns ikravdnen, ise
swrafad miefarebodnen Tvals, Tofis daclasac ver movaswrebdiT. roca
davrwmundiT,
qari
Cvenken
qroda,
nel-nela,
forTxviT
wavediT
spiloebisken da, raki maRali balaxi gvfaravda, am uzarmazar cxovelebs
ase, ormoc iardze mivuaxlovdiT. swored Cven win, gverdSeqceviT sami
veeberTela spilo idga. erT maTgans uSvelebeli eSvebi hqonda. Cems
Tanamgzavrebs gadavuCurCule, me SuaTanas vesvri-meTqi. ser henrim
marcxniv mdgomi spilo amoiRo mizanSi, gudma ki im dideSvians umizna
Tofi.
_ aba, vesroloT! _ CurCuliT vTqvi.
_ bax! bax! bax! _ iWeqa Tofebma da ser henris spilo usulod daeca
Zirs, tyvia Sig gulSi hqonda moxvedrili.
Cemma spilom wamoiCoqa, ase megona, sasikvdilod davWeri-meTqi,
magram wamis Semdeg fexze wamodga da Cvenken gamoiqca, cotas gawyda,
gverdi ar gamkra. amjerad Tofi ferdSi davumizne da vesrole. spilo
mkvdari daeca. Tofi saCqarod davtene, misken gaveqane, sabralo pirutyvs
mesame tyvia tvinSi CavaWede da amiT mis tanjvas bolo movuRe, mere
gudisken mivixede, rom menaxa, rogor gaarTva Tavi im uzarmazar
cxovels, sibrazisa da tkivilisagan rom Rrialebda da iqaurobas
ayruebda. davinaxe, cud dReSi Cavardniliyo da misken gaveqane. Zalian
aRelvebuli damxvda.
pirveli tyviiT daWrili, gaafTrebuli cxoveli TavdaTav misken
gamoqanebuliyo. sabralo kapitans Zlivs moeswro ganze gaxtoma. axla
spilo gza-kvalis ganurCevlad pirdapir Cveni banakisaken garboda,
dafeTebuli jogi ki sawinaaRmdego mimarTulebiT miqroda.
Cven SevyoymandiT, ver gadagvewyvita, daWril spilos gamovdgomodiT
Tu jogs avdevnebodiT. bolos varCieT, isev jogs gavyolodiT. gvegona,
im uzarmazar eSvebian spilos veRarasodes vixilavdiT, magram SevcdiT.
netav marTla ase momxdariyo! spiloebis devna ar gagvZnelebia, isini
gzad tovebdnen farTo biliks, ise Txridnen da lewavdnen sqel buCqebsa
da bardnars, TiTqos balaxis Reroebi yofiliyo.
magram maTTan miaxloveba arc ise advili aRmoCnda. sicxisagan
gaTangulebi ori saaTi mainc mivdevdiT ukan, vidre xelaxla
davinaxavdiT. uzarmazari mamali spilos garda, yvelani erTad
SuquCuliyvnen, mousvenrad tokavdnen da xorTums wamiswam maRla
swevdnen, rom haeri daeynosaT. amiT mivxvdi, raRac cudi ganezraxaT.
is mamali spilo jogs, ase, ormocdaaT iardze daSoreboda. albaT
darajad idga. Cvenganac daaxloebiT am manZiliT iqneboda daSorebuli.
ufro axlos misvla rom gadagvewyvita, SeiZleboda davenaxeT, an suni
ekra da maSin jogi isev gaiqceoda. amitom jogis guSagi yvelam mizanSi
amoviReT da Cems micemul niSanze erTbaSad vesroleT. samive tyvia
mizanSi moxvda da spilo usulod daenarcxa Zirs. jogi gaiqca, magram,
saubedurod, asiode iardis Semdeg waawyda nulas _ mdinaris damSral
cicabonapirian kalapots. spiloebma Tavi veRar Seikaves da flateze
gadacvivdnen. roca mivuaxlovdiT, davinaxeT, dafeTebuli cxovelebi
TavganwirviT cdilobdnen iqeTa napirze abobRebas, Semzaravi RrialiT
iqaurobas
ayruebdnen
da
gadarCenis
egoisturi
instinqtiT
amoZravebulebi erTmaneTs fexqveS Telavdnen. erTi sityviT, iqceodnen
ise, rogorc moiqceoda adamianTa umravlesoba msgavs SemTxvevaSi.
dro xelsayreli iyo. Cvenc saswrafod davteneT Tofebi, visroleT
da xuTi cxoveli sicocxles gamovasalmeT. albaT mTel jogs
amovwyvetdiT, magram spiloebma moulodnelad gezi icvales. imis
nacvlad, rom maRla ahyolodnen, mdinaris kalapots Tavqve dauyvnen da
rac Zali da, Rone hqondaT gaqusles. Zalze daqanculebi viyaviT, maTi
devnis Tavi aRar gvqonda, mgoni, mogvwyinda kidec es xocva-Jleta.
xumroba xom ar iyo, rva spilo movkaliT! erTi dRisTvis es arc Tu ise
cudi nadavli iyo.
cota xniT SevisveneT. amasobaSi Cvenma msaxurebma or moklul
spilos gulebi amoacales da vaxSmisaTvis Seinaxes, mere ki kmayofilebma
banakisken
gamovwieT.
gadavwyviteT,
meore
diliT
mebargulebi
gamogvegzavna, rom spiloebisaTvis eSvebi daeZroT.
im adgils rom mivuaxlovdiT, sadac gudma uzarmazari spilo daWra,
win antilopebis jogi SemogvefeTa. ar gvisvria, radgan xorci isedac
sakmarisi gvqonda. antilopebma gverdiT Cagviqroles, asiode iardi
gairbines,
buCqebs
miefarnen
da
Semobrundnen,
rom
kargad
daveTvalierebineT. guds samxreTafrikuli antilopa arasodes enaxa,
erTi suli hqonda, maTTan axlos misuliyo, amitom Tofi ambopas gauwoda
da xivas TanxlebiT buCqnarisken gaswia. Cven ki mis molodinSi
dasasveneblad davsxediT.
mze Cadioda didebuli da brwyinvale, dasaliers mewamuli feri
dasdeboda. me da ser henri am lamazi suraTis cqeriT vtkbebodiT.
uecrad sazareli Rriali Semogvesma. imave wams uzarmazari spiloc
davinaxeT. mas xorTumi aeSvira, kudi aeprixa da ise gamorboda.
swored is spilo iyo, diliT gudma rom daWra; gaafTrebuli
cxovelis win Tavqudmoglejilebi gamorbodnen gudi da xiva. diax, diax,
spilo swored maT mosdevda. sazareli suraTi iyo. Cven gaSeSebulebi
videqiT, srolas ver vbedavdiT, gveSinoda, SemTxveviT Cvenianebi ar
dagveWra, Tumca simarTle rom iTqvas, am siSoreze srolas azric ar
hqonda.
wamic da saSineli ram moxda: gudi misma evropulma tansacmelma
imsxverpla. rom ar aexirebina da Sarvlisa da getrebis nacvlad
CvensaviT flanelis xalaTi da veldskunebi etarebina, araferi
moxdeboda. axla ki, am samkvdro-sasicocxlo wuTSi Sarvali sirbilSi
xels uSlida. kapitani samociode iardiT iqneboda Cvengan dacilebuli,
rom fexi ausxlta da zed spilos cxvirwin pirqve gaiSxlarTa (fexi ki
mitom ausxlta, rom misi evropuli fexsacmlis lanCebi balaxze
sirbilis dros gaprialda da Zalze curavda).
Cven yvelam sazarlad SevyvireT da misken gaveqaneT, Tumca vicodiT,
veRarafers vuSvelidiT.
marTlac, samiode wamSi yvelaferi damTavrda, magram ara ise,
rogorc Cven vvaraudobdiT. roca xivam dainaxa, gudi daecao, Sebrunda
da gaafTrebul cxovels Subi xorTumSi aZgera. gamwarebulma spilom
daiRriala, zulusi miwaze daanarcxa, welqveviT Tavisi uzarmazari fexi
daadga, welzeviT xorTumi Semoarkala da sabralo biWi Suaze gaxliCa.
am saSineli sanaxaobiT gondakargulebi iqiTken gavqandiT, Tan
gzadagza SeuCerebliv visrodiT, visrodiT manam, sanam spilo zulusis
gvams zed ar daeca.
amasobaSi gudic wamodga da, sasowarkveTili xelebis mtvrevas
mohyva. dastiroda mamac Wabuks, mis gadasarCenad sicocxle rom ar
daiSura.
Tumca cxovrebam sakmaod gamakaJa, am suraTis danaxvisas yelSi
burTiviT momawva raRac da lamis mec avqviTindi. ambopa ganze idga da
uzarmazar spilos da patara dasaxiCrebul gvams dasCereboda.
_ ra vuyoT, _ Tqva man uecrad, _ marTalia, xiva mokvda, magram
mokvda gmirulad, vaJkacuri sikvdiliT.
T a v i
C v e n
u d a b n o s
V
m i v y v e b i T
Cven cxra spilo movkaliT, eSvebi davaZvreT, banakis axlos
gadmovitaneT da erTi uzarmazari xis Ziras qviSaSi CavfaliT. yvelafer
amas ori dRe movandomeT. ukeTesi spilos Zvali arsad Semxvedria,
yoveli eSvi, saSualod, ormocidan ormocdaaT girvanqamde iwonida. xiva
rom dafliTa, im spilos eSvebi ki, Cveni varaudiT, as samocdaaTi
girvanqa mainc iqneboda. sabralo xiva, ufro sworad, misi dasaxiCrebuli
gvami, WianWvelaWamias soroSi davkrZaleT. Tan, zulusebis Cveulebis
Tanaxmad, saflavSi Subi CavayoleT, egeba saiqios gzaze mimavals
Tavdasacavad dasWirdeso.
mesame dRes, alionze isev gzas gavudeqiT. imedi gvqonda, Tu
cocxlebi gadavrCebodiT, aqeTobisas im eSvebs amovTxridiT da Tan
wamoviRebdiT. sakmaod grZeli da momqancveli gza gaviareT da, bolos,
rogorc iqna, sitandas mivaRwieT. es kriala mdinare lukangas
maxloblad mdebareobs. kacma rom Tqvas, Cveni mogzauroba sinamdvileSi
swored aqedan iwyeboda.
SesaniSnavad maxsovs, rogor mivediT sitandaSi. marjvniv patara
daba iyo. daba-meTqi vambob, magram am dabaSi sul ramdenime ubadruki
qoxi idga. qoxebze saqonlisTvis qvis gomurebi mieSenebinaT. ufro
qvemoT, zed mdinaresTan zolebad ilandeboda damuSavebuli miwis
nakveTebi, sadac aqauri mkvidrni marcvleuls Tesavdnen. ufro Sors,
Tvalmiuwvdomel
sivrceze
gaWimuliyo
maRali
mobibine
balaxiT
dafaruli velebi, anu mdeloebi, zed ki jog-jogad daexeteboda
wvrilfexa pirutyvi.
kraali sitanda swored am nayofieri miwis sazRvarze mdebareobda.
kraalis marcxniv udabno gadaWimuliyo. Zneli saTqmelia, ras unda
mieweros, rom niadagi ase mkveTrad da moulodnelad icvlida saxes,
magram gansxvaveba imdenad gasaocari iyo, rom, ginda ar ginda, TvalSi
gecemoda.
Cven patara mdinaris maxloblad davikarveT, wyalgaRma qvaRorRiani
ferdobi moCanda. ociode wlis winaT am ferdobs xoxviT mihyveboda
sabralo silvestri; misi giJuri ocneba, mieRwia solomonis sabadomde,
marcxiT damTavrda. ferdobis iqiT, dabla, ekliani buCqnariT dafaruli
uwylo udabno iwyeboda.
saRamovdeboda.
mzis
uzarmazari
birTvi
nel-nela
eSveboda
udabnosken da misi sxivebi Tvaluwvdenel sivrces nairfrad aSuqebda.
vidre gudi banakis saqmeebs moagvarebda, me ser henris vTxove, cota
gaviseirnoT-meTqi. oriveni gorakze avediT da iqidan gavxedeT udabnos.
haeri wminda da kriala iyo. Sors, Sors, cis dasalierTan Tvali movkari
suleimanis mTebis Tovlian mwvervalebs, romlebic aqedan Zalze
bundovnad moCanda.
_ SexedeT, _ vuTxari ser henris cota xnis siCumis Semdeg, _ is
kedlebi gars ertymian solomon mefis sabados. RmerTma uwyis, mivaRwevT
Tu ara iqamde.
_ iq unda iyos Cemi Zma da Tu es asea, usikvdilod movZebno, _
mSvidad mipasuxa ser henrim.
_ ra gaewyoba, RmerTi iyos Cveni mfarveli, imeds nu davkargavT, _
amovioxre da Sevtrialdi, rom isev banakSi gavbrunebuliyavi. maSinRa
davinaxe, martoni ar viyaviT.
Cven ukan Soreuli mTebisken Tvalmipyrobili Cveni zulusi ambopa
idga. roca daminaxa, misken viyurebodi, ser henris miubrunda (vatyobdi,
ambopam ser henri raRac gamorCeulad Seiyvara):
_ maS, im mTebisken apireb wasvlas, inkubu? _ uTxra da Tavisi
farTo asegai mTebisken gaiwvdina.
inkubu spilos niSnavs, es saxeli ser henris zulusebma Searqves.
brazi momeria da mkacrad vuTxari, _ rogor bedav Sens batonTan ase
mourideblad laparaks; SegiZliaT erTmaneTSi rogorc mogesurvebaT, ise
ilaparakoT, magram ufleba ara gaqvT, TeTrkanians raRac suleluri
Serqmeuli saxelebiT mimarToT-meTqi. amaze ambopam mSvidad gaicina. misma
sicilma kidev ufro aRmaSfoTa.
_ ra ici, rom adamiani, romelsac vemsaxurebi, Cemi toli da swori
ar aris? _ miTxra ambopam. _Tqma ar unda, Cemi batoni mefis
STamomavalia, amas misi simaRle da garegnoba mowmobs; magram saidan
iciT, rom mec samefo gvars ar vekuTvni? oh, makumazan, gadaeci Cemi
sityvebi inkubus, Cems beladsa da batons, Senc mismine, minda raRac
giTxra.
gabrazebuli vugdebdi yurs. zulusebisagan Cveuli ara var aseT
laparaks. magram ase iyo Tu ise, am kacs Cemdauneburad pativs vcemdi,
Tanac mainteresebda, ra unda eTqva CvenTvis; amitom misi sityvebi maSinve
vuTargmne ser henris, Cemi mxriv ki davumate, es zulusi nametnavad
gaTavxedda da gakadnierda-meTqi.
_ ho, ambopa, _ miugo ser henrim, _ im mTebisken vapireb wasvlas.
_ udabno usasruloa, iq wyali ar aris, cad aziduli mTebi ki
TovliTaa dafaruli. veravin ityvis, rom gadalaxa is mTebi, romelTa
ukan mze imaleba. rogor miaRwev iqamde, inkubu, an ratom eSurebi
iqiTken?
me ser henris es sityvebic vuTargmne.
_ gadaeci, _ miTxra ser henrim, _ rom didi xnis winaT iqiT wavida
erTi adamiani, romlis ZarRvebSic Cemi sisxli Cqefs. Cemi valia, movZebno
igi.
_ marTals ambob, inkubu. aqeTobas erT hotentots Sevxvdi, man
miTxra, ori wlis winaT viRac TeTrkaniani udabnos gahyva da im
mTebisken wavida, Tan monadire-msaxuri axlda, ukan arc erTi aRar
dabrunebulao.
_ ra ici, rom is kaci Cemi Zma iyo? _ hkiTxa ser henrim.
_ me araferi vici, magram hotentots rom vkiTxe, is kaci rogori
iyo-meTqi, miTxra, TvalebiT Sens batons waagavda, oRond Savi wveri
hqondao. mis msaxurs jimi erqva. beCuanlendidan yofila, tansacmels
atarebda Turme.
_ marTlac Tqveni Zma yofila! _ wamoviyvire me, _ jims xom kargad
vicnobdi!
ser henrim dafiqrebiT damiqnia Tavi.
_ amaSi eWvi ar mepareboda, _ Tqva man, _ jorji kerpi kacia, Tu rame
amoiCema, ukan aRar daixevs. bavSvobidanve aseTi iyo. raki gulSi Caido,
suleimanis mTebze unda gadavideo, gadavidoda kidec, rasakvirvelia, Tu
gzaSi raime ubedureba ar daatyda Tavs. amitomac swored im mTebis iqiT
unda veZio.
ambopas cot-cota esmoda inglisuri, magram am enaze iSviaTad
laparakobda.
_ Zalze Sori gzaa, inkubu, _ Tqva man.
me misi sityvebi ser henris vuTargmne.
_ diax, gza marTlac Soria, _ miugo ser henrim, _ magram ar
arsebobs amqveynad gza, adamianma rom ver galios, Tuki amas mTel ZalRones moaxmars. Tu siyvaruli kelaptrad win uZRvis, kaci yvelafers
daZlevs. ar arsebobs iseTi mTa, man ver gadalaxos, ar arsebobs udabno,
igi rom SeaCeros, garda, rasakvirvelia, im mTebisa da udabnoebisa,
romelTa naxva am cxovrebaSi ar gviweria. aseTi siyvarulisTvis
yvelafers gawirav, TviT sicocxlesac ki. diax, sakuTar sicocxlesac
msxverplad gaiReb, Tuki ufalma ase ineba.
_ diadi iyo Seni sityvebi, oh, mamav Cemo, _ miugo zulusma (ase
veZaxdi ambopas, miuxedavad imisa, rom igi zulusi ar yofila), roca ser
henris sityvebi gadaveci, _ diadi da amaRelvebeli, swored iseTi,
WeSmarit mamakacs rom Sehferis. Sen marTali xar, inkubu, mamav Cemo! ra
aris sicocxle? msubuqi bumbuli, an balaxis Teslia, romelsac qari
Tavis nebaze waiR-wamoiRebs. zogjer igi mravldeba, zogjer zecisken
mifarfatebs, magram Tu Tesli saRia, SeiZleba gzad mcire xniT SeCerdes.
kargi iqneba, qarTan WidilSi ganvlo aseTi gza da erT xans sadme
dayovnde. adamiani bolos mainc unda mokvdes, uares SemTxvevaSi,
SeiZleba mokvdes cotaTi adre. me SenTan erTad yvelgan wamoval, inkubu,
udabnoSic da im maRal mTebSic. diax, wamoval, Tu gzaze ar daveci.
ambopa dadumda, magram imwamsve ganagrZo laparaki ritorikuli
aRtyinebiT, romelic zogjer eufleba xolme zulusebs. es amtkicebs,
rom am tomis xalxi dajildoebulia poeturi niWiT da inteleqtiT,
TumcaRa erTsa da imave sityvas ramdenjerme imeoreben.
_ diax, ra aris sicocxle? _ ganagrZo ambopam, _ miTxariT, hoi,
TeTro adamianebo, Tqven xom goneba yvelgan migiwvdebaT, aki flobT
samyaros saidumlos, varskvlavebis saidumlos. oh, TeTro adamianebo,
Tqven,
romelTac
gexerxebaT
Sori
manZilidan
uxmod,
TvalisdaxamxamebaSi,
gadasceT
erTmaneTs
sityvebi,
gamimJRavneT
sicocxlis saidumlo, marqviT, sad midis, an saidan modis igi. ar
ZalgiZT, ara, mipasuxoT, radgan Tavadac ar uwyiT es. maS mismineT, isev
me getyviT! ukuneTidan movdivarT da ukunsave verwymiT. RameSi
qariSxlisagan devnili CitiviT amoviWrebiT xolme araraobidan, koconis
Suqze wamiT gaielvebs Cveni frTebi da mere kvlav araraobas
vubrundebiT. sicocxle araraobaa, araferia, magram amave dros
yvelaferia. es is xelia, romelic ganaridebs sikvdils, es cicinaTelaa,
RamiT rom cimcimebs da dilis Suqze qreba, xarebis mier zamTrobiT
amonasunTqi TeTri bolia, balaxze gawolili odnav SesamCnevi Crdilia,
romelic mzis CasvlisTanave unda gaqres.
_ ucnauri kaci xar, ambopa, _ uTxra ser henrim, roca zulusi
dadumda.
ambopam gaicina.
_ me mgonia, Cven Zalian vgavarT erTmaneTs, inkubu. vin icis, iqneb
mec veZeb Cems sakuTar Zmas im mTebis iqiT.
_ ra ginda amiT Tqva? da saerTod, ra ici im mTebze? _ vkiTxe me da
eWviT SevaTvaliere.
_ oh, Zalian cota ram. amboben, im mTebis gadaRma saidumloebiT
moculi warmtaci qveyana ariso. saocrebaTa da grZneulTa, mamaci
meomrebisa da maRali xeebis, Tovliani mwvervalebis, mquxare CanCqerebisa
da TeTri vazis qveyanao. magram Rirs ki amaze laparaki? wasvlis droa,
saRamovdeba. visac bedi waruZRveba, is miaRwevs kidec iqamde.
me kvlav undoblad gadavxede, am kacma ueWvelad icoda raRac.
_ Cemi nu geSinia, makumazan, _ miTxra ambopam, Cemi iWvneuli mzera
rom daiWira, _ gulSi cudi araferi midevs. arc samares giTxriT CumCumad. Tu odesme gadavlaxeT is mTebi, mzis ukan rom aRmarTulan, vityvi
yvelafers, rac vici, magram vai, rom maT mwvervalebze sikvdili
daxetialobs. gamoiCineT keTilgoniereba, dabrundiT ukan, dabrundiTmeTqi, batonebo, da spiloebze inadireT. me vTqvi!
Semdeg damSvidobebis niSnad Subi aswia, Sebrunda da Tavqve daeSva;
banakSi rom CavediT, igi ukve Tofs wmendda, rogorc es Cveulebriv
msaxurs Seefereba.
_ ra ucnauri kacia, _ Tqva ser henrim.
_ ucnaurze metia, _ davumowme mec. _ Cemi azriT, saeWvod iqceva,
raRac icis, magram ar unda Tqvas. Tumca masTan urTierTobis gafuWeba
ara Rirs. gzaSi aTas rames gadaveyrebiT. da Cveni ucnauri zulusi
uTuod did daxmarebas gagviwevs.
meore
dRes
samgzavrod
mzadebas
SevudeqiT.
rasakvirvelia,
sisulele iqneboda imaze fiqric ki, Cveni Tofebi da sxva iaraRi
udabnoSi Tan wagveRo. mebargulebi gavistumreT da moveleparakeT iqve
mcxovreb kafrs, vidre davbrundebodiT, Cveni nivTebi TavisTan Seenaxa.
guli mefliTeboda, roca vfiqrobdi, es saucxoo Tofebi am qurds unda
CavabaroT-meTqi. beber gaiZveras maT danaxvaze Tvalebi aucimcimda, ver
iqna da ver moacila wuwki mzera. iZulebuli gavxdi, saswrafo
zomebisTvis mimemarTa.
pirvel yovlisa, davtene yvela Tofi, Caxmaxebi Sevayene da kafrs
gamovucxade, am iaraRs TiTi ar daakaro, Torem ubedurebas daatrialebmeTqi. kafrma maSinve moisurva Seemowmebina, marTals veubnebodi Tu ara,
da Cems orlulian Tofs daswvda. gaisma griali da tyviam ferdi
Seulewa xars, romelsac swored am dros kraalSi modenidnen. kafri ki
ukudartymisagan zurgze gadakotrialda, imave wams wamoxta. xaris
dakargva saSinlad ewyina da gaTavxedebulma sazRauri momTxova. erTi
kia, meficeboda, mag Tofebs siaxloves aRar gavekarebio.
_ CamaleT TivaSi eg cocxali qajebi, Torem yvelas gagvJlets! _
butbutebda igi.
vicodi, moxuci Zalze crumorwmune iyo da davemuqre: erTi Tofic
rom dagvekargos, jados vixmar da Senc da Sens saxlobasac erTianad
amogJuJavT-meTqi. Tu bedma gvimtyuna da gzaSi daviRupeT, Sen ki am dros
Cveni Tofebis dasakuTreba moiwadine, saiqiodan gamogecxadebi, Cems
aCrdils verc dRisiT da verc RamiT versad gaeqcevi-meTqi... garda amisa,
Sens saqonels Sevulocav, davacofeb, rZes gavuSrob, Sen ki im zomamde
migiyvan,
sikvdili
sanatreli
gagixdes-meTqi.
amas
ar
gakmareb,
eSmakeulebs,
TofSi
rom
sxedan,
gareT
gamovuZaxeb
da
isini
mogelaparakebian, rogorc wesi da rigia-meTqi. erTi sityviT, gavagebine,
ra sasjeli eloda, Tu Cvens ndobas ar gaamarTlebda. bebruxana
gvarianad SeSinda da Semomfica, Tqvens nivTebs iseve gavufrTxildebi,
rogorc gansvenebuli mamaCemis sulso.
zedmeti
tvirTisagan
gavTavisufldiT
da
sagzaod
mzadebas
SevudeqiT. saWiro iyo, gadagverCia Tan wasaRebi iaraRi da nivTebi.
Zalian vcdilobdiT Tavi ar gadagvetvirTa da rac SeiZleba msubuqad
gvevlo, magram TiToeul Cvengans ormoc-ormoci girvanqa tvirTi mainc
Sexvda sazidad. ai, ra migvqonda Tan:
sami `eqspresis" sistemis Tofi, Tavisi orasi tyviiT; ori
savaznekolofiani `vinCesteri" (ambopasa da ventfogelisaTvis), esec
orasi tyviiT; sami `koltis" sistemis revolveri samoci tyviiT; xuTi
oTx-oTxpintiani maTara; xuTi sabani; ocdaxuTi girvanqa biltongi anu
apoxti; aTi girvanqa saukeTeso mZivi saCuqrebisaTvis; patara afTiaqi
aucilebeli wamlebiT. Tan waviReT agreTve erTi uncia qinaqina da mcire
zomis qirurgiuli xelsawyoebi.
amas emateboda zogierTi wvrilmani: kompasi, asanTi, jibis farani,
filtri, Tambaqo, patara bari, erTi boTli brendi da, bolos,
tansacmeli,
romelic
zed
gvecva.
aseTi
Sori
da
saxifaTo
mogzaurobisaTvis yvelaferi es, rasakvirvelia, cota iyo, magram metis
waReba veRar gavbedeT, ormoci girvanqa tvirTi CvenTvis sakmaoze metic
iyo. udabnos gavarvarebul qviSaze mZime tvirTiT siaruli Znelze Zneli
saqmea. aseT SemTxvevaSi, yoveli zedmeti grami unda aiwon-daiwonos.
Zalianac rom vcdiliyaviT, tvirTs ver SevimsubuqebdiT, radgan Tan
mxolod aucilebeli nivTebi migvqonda.
didi gaWirvebiT daviyolie sami sacodavi kafri, ociode milze
wamogvyoloda. _ es Cveni mogzaurobis pirveli safexuri iyo. yovel
maTgans unda wamoeRo gogris didi boTli, TiTo galoni wyliT. fexis
qirad TiToeulisaTvis monadiris dana unda mimeca. imedi gvqonda, wylis
marags pirvel gadasasvlelze SevavsebdiT. gadavwyviteT gzas RamiT
davdgomodiT, radgan am dros SedarebiT ufro griloda. kafrebs
vuTxari, siraqlemebze sanadirod mivdivarT-meTqi. kafrebi pasuxad
raRacas meubnebodnen, mxrebs iCeCdnen da marwmunebdnen, namdvilad
dagiJebulxarT, aucileblad wyurviliT daixocebiTo. erTi mxriv, es
marTlac safiqrali iyo. magram kafrebs Zalian undodaT danebi xelT
egdoT. sxva dros da sxva pirobebSi aseT rameze verc iocnebebdnen, am
velursa da ukacriel adgilebSi dana didi iSviaTobaa. hoda, danebis
xaTriT dagvTanxmdnen is oci mili CvenTan erTad gaevloT. albaT gulSi
fiqrobdnen, Tundac axlave daxocilan wyurviliT, Cveni ra saqmeao.
mTeli meore dRe Zilsa da dasvenebas movandomeT: mzis Casvlisas
Zroxis xorciT kargad wavivaxSmeT da zed Caic davayoleT. gudma
naRvlianad SeniSna, vin icis, Cais kvlav rodisRa davlevTo. navaxSmevs
gavamzadeT bargi-barxana, Semdeg isev davweqiT da mTvaris amosvlas
davelodeT. bolos, daaxleobiT saRamos cxra saaTisaTvis, mTvarec
amobrwyinda. misi Suqi TqrialiT moefina aremares da SoreTSi gaWrili
udabno vercxlisfrad aalaplapa. Cven win garTxmuli sivrce iseTive
diadi da mdumare Canda, rogorc varskvlavebiT moWedili cis tatnobi.
yvelani mzad viyaviT, gzas davdgomodiT, magram adgilidan ar
viZrodiT, TiTqos vyoymanobdiT, fexs viTrevdiT. Tumca ra gasakviria,
mousavleTis karibWesTan adamiani mudam yoymanobs xolme. Cven, sami
TerTkaniani, ganze gavdeqiT. ambopa Cvengan ramdenime nabijze idga. Tofi
mxarze gadaegdo, xelSi Subi eWira da TvalCaciebiT gascqeroda
udabnos. ventfogeli da kafrebi Cvens zurgs ukan SequCuliyvnen.
_ batonebo, _ wamoiwyo ser henrim dabali, sasiamovno xmiT mcire
dumilis Semdeg, _ Cveni mogzauroba araCveulebrivi iqneba, veWvob, igi
keTilad damTavrdes. Cven samni varT da Rrmad mjera, rac unda moxdes,
erTmaneTs ukanasknel wuTamde davicavT. axla ki, vidre gzas
gavudgebodeT, vaxsenoT RmerTi, Semoqmedi yovlisa, romelic dasabamidan
warmarTavs adamianTa beds da aRvavlinoT mcire locva misdami. vendoT
RvTis nebas, SevevedroT, swori da WeSmariti gziT gvataros.
ser henrim qudi moixada, saxeze xelebi aifara da oriode wuTi
locvad idga. me da gudic vloculobdiT.
me, msgavsad monadireTa umravlesobisa, ar SemiZlia mxurvaled
locva. ser henri ki Rrmad morwmune adamiania, Tumca amgvari sityvebi
misgan sxva dros aRar gamigonia. gudic RvTismosavia, mxolod lanZRvagineba uyvars. yovel SemTxvevaSi, ar maxsovs, odesme ase mxurvaled
melocos. locva rom davasrule, guls mefona. Cveni momavali bneliT iyo
moculi, magram, Cemi azriT, idumali da Seucnobeli, yovelgvari safrTxe
da gansacdeli, adamians SemoqmedTan aaxlovebs.
_ aba, axla ki wavideT! _ Tqva ser henrim.
gzas davadeqiT. mivdiodiT, magram arsebiTad alalbedze unda
gvevlo, radgan garda im Soreuli mTebisa, aqedan Zlivs rom ilandeboda
da xose da silvestras mier samasi wlis winaT qsovilis nafleTze
daxatuli rukisa, verafriT vixelmZRvanelebdiT. naxevrad SeSlili
momakvdavi moxucis datovebuli tilos es nafleTi maincdamainc didad
saimedo ar iyo. miuxedavad amisa, mTel imedebs masze vamyarebdiT.
piradad me sul imaze vfiqrobdi, mivagnebdiT Tu ara patara tbors
`cudi wyliT", romelic, moxuci portugalielis rukis mixedviT, udabnos
SuagulSi, ese igi, kraal sitandadan samociode milis daSorebiT unda
yofiliyo. es tbori amave manZiliT iyo daSorebuli dedofal sabias
mTebidan. wylisTvis rom ver migvegno, saSinel tanjvaSi amogvxdeboda
suli, magram vin iyo Tavdebi, rom qviSisa da buCqnaris am ukidegano
zRvaSi maincdamainc im tbors wavadgebodiT. davuSvaT da, silvestram
sworad
gadaitana
rukaze
misi
adgilsamyofeli,
mainc
Zneli
dasajerebeli iyo, rom sami saukunis manZilze udabnos Takara sxivebs
erTianad ar amoeSro igi. bolos da bolos, sul rom araferi, qviSiT
amoivseboda an gareuli cxovelebi gadatkepnidnen. aCrdilebiviT uxmod
mivyvebodiT bnels. Cqari siaruli SeuZlebeli iyo. fexi wamdauwum
qviSaSi gvefloboda. ekliani bardebi gzas gviRobavda, fexsacmeli siliT
gvevseboda.
iZulebuli
viyaviT,
drodadro
Segvesvena
da
sila
gamogveferTxa. udabnos mZime, sulis SemxuTvel haers Ramis sigrile
ramdenadme amsubuqebda da sasiamovnos xdida. amitomac, miuxedavad
zemoaRniSnuli siZneleebisa, sakmao manZilis gavla movaswariT. irgvliv
Semzaravi siCume gamefebuliyo. gudma Cven gasamxneveblad stvena
wamoiwyo. magram mxiaruli kilo vrcel udabnoSi rogorRac uRimRamod
da avbediTad gaisma. gudma igrZno es da stvena Sewyvita.
male Zalze sasacilo ambavi gadagvxda Tavs, Tumca, unda iTqvas,
Tavdapirvelad Zalian SevSindiT. gudi kompasiT xelSi win migviZRoda _
rogorc, saerTod, yvela mezRvaurs, masac emarjveboda kompasiT gzis
gakvleva. Cven ki erTimeoris miyolebiT mis ukan mivabijebdiT. uecrad
Cvenma kapitanma xmamaRla wamoiyvira da sadRac gaqra. imave wams Cven
irgvliv raRac saocari xmebi gaisma: frutuni, xvrinva da kvnesa
erTmaneTSi airia, mere fexis mZime bartyuniT viRac gaiqca.
didi gaWirvebiT davlandeT bnelSi raRac ucnauri cxovelebi,
fxoWa-glejiT rom garbodnen win da irgvliv mtvris koriantels
ayenebdnen. SeSinebulma kafrebma tvirTi miwaze daagdes da gaqceva
daapires, magram male mixvdnen, gasaqcevi rom arsad hqondaT, pirqve
daemxnen da ayvirdnen, eSmaki, eSmakio! me da ser henri gaocebulebi
videqiT. magram warmoidgineT, ra dagvemarTeboda, roca davinaxeT, rom
gudi gamalebuli miqroda mTebisken, Tan sazarlad Rrialebda.
mogveCvena, TiTqos cxens miaWenebda. uecrad xelebi aiqnia da mTeli
ZaliT mZimed daaskda miwas.
maSinve
mivxvdiT,
rac
momxdariyo:
bnelSi
kvagebis
jogs
gadavwydomodiT. cxenebs eZinaT. gudma waiforxila da erT-erT maTgans
zurgze daeca. dafeTebuli cxoveli wamoxta, bnelSi gaiWra da
`mxedaric" Tan gaitaca. Cvenebs mivaZaxe, ar SeSindeT-meTqi, da saswrafod
gudisken gaveqane.
advili warmosadgenia, rogor gamixardeboda, roca Cveni kapitani
qviSaze mjdari davinaxe. sabednierod, sulac ar daSavebuliyo, mxolod
Zalze SeSinebuli Canda da karga magradac iyo daJeJili, Tumca es arc
mas da arc mis monokls ar emCneoda.
am SemTxvevam gvarianad gagvamxiarula da male isev gzas davadeqiT.
Ramis pirveli saaTisTvis SevisveneT. cota wyali davlieT (wyals
samyofad ver davlevdiT, radgan kargad gvesmoda, ras warmoadgenda
CvenTvis es Zvirfasi siTxe) da naxevari saaTis Semdeg isev gzas
gavudeqiT.
viareT, vidre aRmosavleTi alisfrad ar Seferadda, da moyviTalomovardisfro nazi sxivebi ar gamoCnda. es sxivebi swrafad gaRadRadda
da uceb cecxlovan zolebad moedo miwas, swored am zolebiT
Semocurda udabnoSi ganTiadi, varskvlavebi gauferuldnen da bolos
sruliad gaqrnen. mTvare miibnida da mis mkrTal diskoze gamoCnda
mTagrexilis zoli. ase laclacebs xolme momakvdavis saxeze Crdili.
mzis sxivebma isrebiviT gaielves sadRac, Zalian Sors, dacxriles
udabnos burusis saburveli da mTeli udabno oqrosfrad alaplapda.
gzam Zalian mogvqanca, magram gadavwyviteT, ar dagvesvena, radgan
vicodiT, rogorc ki mze aimaRlebda, ise Camocxeboda, fexs win veRar
wavdgamdiT. bolos, daaxloebiT erTi saaTis siarulis Semdeg swor
adgilas
wamoyudebuli
ramdenime
qarafi
davlandeT.
daRlildaqanculebi wavlaslasdiT iqiT da davinaxeT, rom ramdenime didi lodi
win wamowvdiliyo. am lodebis qveS Tavisuflad SegveZlo mzisgan Tavis
Sefareba. siamovnebiT SevlagdiT CrdilSi. miwa wvrili siliT iyo
mofenili. davlieT cotaodeni wyali, TiTo naWeri biltongi davayoleT,
mere iqve miveyareT da imwamsve mkvdrebiviT CagveZina.
Tvali rom gavaxile, ukve sami saaTi iyo.
kafri
mebargulebi
Cven
gaRviZebasRa
elodnen,
rom
ukan
gamobrunebuliyvnen, maT es udabno yelSi amouvidaT da veRaraferi
aiZulebdaT, cotaze kidev gamogvyolodnen. oRond aqaurobas gasclodnen
da danebzec ki xels aiRebdnen.
Cven auwereli siamovnebiT davlieT maTarebSi CarCenili wyali, mere
gogris boTlebidan wyali maTarebSi gadavasxiT da kafrebi Sin
gavistumreT.
xuTis naxevrisTvis kvlav gzas gavuyeviT. udabnoSi samariseburi
siCume idga. Tvalmiuwvdomel qviSis zRvaSi, garda ramdenime siraqlemisa,
sulieri ar WaWanebda. am uwylo, gamomSral-gamofitul miwas, etyoba,
nadiric gaurboda da frinvelic. oriode Sxamiani kobras garda,
qvewarmavalic ki arsad Segvxvedria. miuxedavad amisa, iyo erTi mweri,
romelsac vera da ver davaRwieT Tavi. es gaxldaT buzi, diax,
Cveulebrivi oTaxis buzi. isini udabnoSi dafrinavdnen, jaSuSebiviT
gvzveravdnen da Tan mogvyvebodnen, magram TiTo-TiTod ki ara, gundgundad. oTaxis buzi Zalian ucnauri mweria. sad gnebavT waxvideT, rom
mas ar gadaeyaroT. ras izamT, aTadan babadan aseTi yofila maTi modgma
da jiSi.
erTxel qarvis natexi maCvenes, Sig buzi moqceuliyo. es qarva xuTi
aTasi wlis mainc iqneboda. buzi zustad Cveni oTaxis buzs waagavda. Cemi
azriT, rodesac dedamiwis zurgze ukanaskneli adamiani mokvdeba, buzi
(Tu, rasakvirvelia, es zafxulSi moxda) bzuil-bzuiliT itrialebs
micvalebulis irgvliv, rom rogorme dro ixelTos da cxvirze
daaskupdes.
saRamo Jams SevisveneT, rom mTvaris amosvlas davlodebodiT. roca
igi Cveulebriv mSvidad da uSfoTvelad caze amogorda, Cvenc gzas
gavuyeviT. Ramis ori saaTisaTvis cota CaviferxeT, mere ki mzis
amosvlamde Seusvenebliv viareT. mze rom amovida, daRlil-daqanculebi
dasasveneblad SevCerdiT. davlieT ramdenime ylupi wyali da pirdapir
qviSaze daveyareT. gawamebulebs imwamsve CagveZina. guSagis datoveba
sruliad zedmeti iqneboda, radgan Cvens irgvliv WaWaneba arafrisa iyo.
Cveni erTaderTi mteri sicxe, uwyloba da buzebi iyo. piradad me
merCivna, kacs an gamZvinvarebul mxecs Sevbmodi, oRond ki am sazareli
`samebisagan" rogorme Tavi mexsna. samwuxarod, amjerad ar gvqonda
bedniereba, sadme kedels SevfarebodiT, rom mzisgan Tavi dagvecva. Svid
saaTze
autanelma
sicxem
gagvaRviZa,
ase
gvegona,
gavarvarebul
nakverCxlebze vixrukebodiT. mze wveT-wveTad gviSrobda sisxls. suls
Zlivs viTqvamdiT, ris vaivaglaxiT movaxerxeT wamojdoma.
_ gaeTrieT! _ SevZaxe gasavaTebulma da xeli avuqnie buzebis
grovas, Tavze guldagul rom dambzuoda.
_ ra bednierebi arian, sicxes arc ki grZnoben.
_ RmerTmani... _ aRmoxda ser henris.
_ ho, cota ar iyos, cxela, _ Seawyvetina gudma.
rogorc vTqvi, sicxe marTla jojoxeTuri iyo, Tanac Tavs versad
SevafarebdiT. irgvliv, sadac ki Tvali migviwvdeboda, gavarvarebuli
udabno gadaSliliyo. ar Canda arc borcvi, arc qva, arc xe da arc
araferi, rom pawawina Crdili mainc sadme dagvegulebina. mzis mkveTrad
molaplape sxivebs lamis davebrmavebineT. haeris gaxurebuli, molivlive
nakadi ki, udabnos buRiviT rom daswoloda, Tvalebs gvwvavda da xedvas
gviSlida.
_ rogor moviqceT? _ ikiTxa ser henrim, _ geenas didxans verc erTi
ver gavuZlebT.
Secbunebulebi erTmaneTs mivaCerdiT.
_ movifiqre, _ Tqva gudma, _ ormo unda amovTxaroT, Sig CavZvreT,
zemodan ki buCqis totebi wavifaroT.
am winadadebas didi aRfrTovanebiT ar SevxvedrivarT, magram sxva
gamosavali ar Canda. Tqma da Sesruleba erTi iyo. maSinve miwis Txras
SevudeqiT. vTxridiT bariT, Tan rom wamoviReT, viSveliebdiT xelebsac
da ase, erTi saaTis Semdeg, amovTxareT ormo, romlis sigrZe aT futs
udrida, sigane _ ocs, siRrme ki _ ors. Semdeg sanadiro danebiT avkafeT
miwaze garTxmuli buCqnaris totebi, ormoSi CavweqiT da es totebi
zemodan wavifareT. mxolod ventfogels ar moubaZavs CvenTvis. is
hotentoti iyo da sicxe srulebiT ar awuxebda.
es safari ramdenadme gvicavda mzis mwveli sxivebisgan. mkiTxveli
advilad warmoidgens, ra haeri iqneboda am samarismagvar ormoSi, me ki
amis asawerad sityvebi ar myofnis. kalkutis `Savi ormo" Cvens sorosTan
SedarebiT albaT samoTxed mogveCveneboda. dRemde ver mivmxvdarvar, ram
gadagvarCina im dRes. ormoSi Cayrilebs haeri ar gvyofnida, suli
gvexuTeboda, mxolod Jamidan Jamze visvelebdiT tuCebs wyliT. wyali ki
Zalian cota gvqonda. TavisTvis neba rom migveca, aqamde ylupic ar
dagvrCeboda; am Zvirfas siTxes TvalisCiniviT vufrTxildebodiT, Torem
wyurvili dagvaxrCobda.
dro saocrad nela miizlazneboda, magram amqveynad yvelafers aqvs
dasasruli, _ Tu, rasakvirvelia, kacma manamde miatana. es sazareli dRec
miiwura. sami saaTisaTvis vTqviT, am ormoSi nel-nela sikvdils
gvirCevnia, gzaSi davixocoTo. davlieT ramdenime ylupi Tbili wyali da
barbaciT gavudeqiT gzas.
ukve ormocdaaTi mili gvqonda gavlili udabnoSi. Tu gaixsenebT da
silvestras sityvebs da erTxel kidev daxedavT mis rukas, dainaxavT,
rom udabno ormoc liezea
gadaWimuli, tbori `mRvrie wyliT" ki
TiTqmis mis SuagulSia moniSnuli. ormoci lie as oc mils Seadgens,
maSasadame, Cven im tbors, didi-didi TxuTmeti-oci miliT viyaviT
dacilebuli, Tuki, rasakvirvelia, igi am aremareze marTla iyo sadme.
gatanjul-gawamebulebi mzis Casvlamde Zlivs mivlaslasebdiT win,
saaTSi mil-naxevarze mets ver gavdiodiT. mze rom Cavida, SevisveneT,
ramdenime ylupi wyali kidev movsviT da mTvaris amosvlamde cota
wavTvlimeT kidec. sanam davwvebodiT, ambopam patara borcvi dagvanaxva.
igi bundad ilandeboda qviSis swor zedapirze da Cvengan daaxloebiT
rva miliT iqneboda dacilebuli. aqedan WianWvelebis budes waagavda.
bolos
mTvarec
amovida.
sicxisa
da
wyurvilisagan
araqaTgamoclilebi gzas davadeqiT. visac es tanjva sakuTar Tavze ar
gamoucdia, ver warmoidgens, ra gadavitaneT im dRes. ki ar mivdiodiT,
mivbarbacebdiT. yovel saaTSi vCerdebodiT. ise moviqanceT, laparakic
aRar SegveZlo. aqamde guds ena ar gauCerebia, sul laparakobda da
oxunjobda, radgan Zalze mxiaruli xasiaTis kacia, magram axla isic
dadumda.
bolos,
Ramis
ori
saaTisaTvis,
sulierad
da
fizikurad
gawamebulebi mivuaxlovdiT patara borcvs, erTi SexedviT uzaramazar
WianWvelebis budes rom waagavda.
am borcvs simaRle asiode futi hqonda da ase, or akrze iqneboda
gadaWimuli.
aq SevisveneT da autaneli wyurvilisagan sasowarkveTilebamde
misulebma ukanasknel wveTamde davcaleT maTarebSi CarCenili wyali.
magram TviToeuls naxevarma pintma Tu mogviwia. es maSin, roca SegveZlo
mTeli galonebi dagvelia.
wyali davlieT da davweqiT. is iyo CamTvlima, rom ambopas xma
Semomesma:
_ Tu xval wyals ver mivageniT, mTvaris amosvlamde yvelani
davixocebiT, _ zulusur enaze Tqva man.
miuxedavad imisa, rom autaneli sicxis buRi trialebda, civma
Jruantelma damiara. sazarelia sikvdilze fiqri, magram ise viyavi
daRlili, rom Zili am fiqrmac ki ver damifrTxo.
T a v i
w y a l i !
V I
w y a l i !
dilis oTxi saaTisaTvis gameRviZa. Zilma Tavisi gaitana da
daRlilobas ise aRara vgrZnobdi, samagierod, autaneli wyurvili
mtanjavda. amis Semdeg Tvali veRar movxuWe. sizmarSi vnaxe, viTom
mdinareSi vbanaobdi. napirebi xeebiTa da buCqebiT iyo gadamwvanebuli,
magram
gaRviZebisTanave
iZulebuli
gavxdi,
mware
sinamdviles
davbrunebodi:
irgvliv
isev
gadaxrukuli
udabno
gadaWimuliyo.
gamaxsenda ambopas sityvebi, Tu wyals ver mivageniT, sazareli sikvdiliT
davixocebiTo. vis SeuZlia uwylod gaZlos aseT TakaraSi! me wamovjeqi
da binZuri saxe gamSral-gafSekili TiTebiT davizile. quTuToebi
erTmaneTze Semwebeboda, veRarc bageebs vacilebdi erTmaneTs. Tvalebi
ver gavaxile, sanam magrad ar movifSvnite. male gariJraJma moatana,
magram haerSi dilis sigrile odnavadac
ar igrZnoboda. saocrad
daxuTuli, gavarvarebuli dilis bindi gadagvfenoda Tavs. Cems
Tanamgzavrebs jer kidev eZinaT. bolos imdenad inaTa, rom kaci naweris
garCevas SeZlebda. maSin gadavSale ingolZbis legendebis patara wigni,
romelsac jibiT davatarebdi, da kiTxva daviwye. im adgils mivadeqi,
sadac ewera:
patara biWunas mihqonda oqros naWedi litra,
savse ankara wyliT, firuzis
nakadad rom moedineba namursa da
reimss Soris...
daxeTqili tuCebi uneblieT avacmacune, an, ukeT rom vTqvaT,
Sevecade amecmacunebina. am ankara wyalze fiqric ki Wkuas makargvinebda.
aq rom raRac saswauliT kardinali gaCeniliyo Tavisi zanzalakebiT,
saRmrTo weriliTa da sanTlebiT, mivvardebodi da ukanasknel wveTamde
Sevsvamdi mis xelsaban wyals, Tundac es wyali papis xelis dasabanad
Rirsqmnili sapniT yofiliyo aqafebuli. ukanasknel wveTamde SevsvamdimeTqi, vambob, rom mcodnoda kidevac, amisaTvis mTeli kaTolikuri
eklesiis risxva da SeCveneba damatydeboda Tavs. wyurvilma, daRlilobam
da SimSilma cotaTi goni amimRvria. ucbad cxadliv warmomidga Tvalwin,
ra gaocebuli miaCerdeboda kardinali, misi Tanmxlebi lamazi patara
morCili am tandabal, mziT garujul, WaRara monadires, roca igi erTi
naxtomiT gaCndeboda maT win, Tavis binZur saxes wylian WurWelSi
Cahyofda da sulmouTqmelad, ukanasknel wveTamde Sesvamda Zvirfas
siTxes. es imdenad sasacilod meCvena, rom Tavi veRar Sevikave da
gadavixarxare. Cemma xrinwianma xmam danarCenebic gaaRviZa. isinic mohyvnen
WuWyiani saxeebis zelasa da Tvalebis fSvnetas.
roca Zils yvelam Tavi gavarTviT, gavmarTeT bWoba, rogor
movqceuliyaviT. Cveni mdgomareoba savalalo iyo, wveTi wyalic ar
gagvaCnda. maTarebi gadmovapirqvaveT, rom svel yelze ena agvesva, magram
ra, maTarebi mSrali iyo. guds erTi boTli brendi hqonda wamoRebuli,
igi axla xarbad dascqeroda boTls, magram ser henrim igi xelidan
gamostaca da gadaumala. Cvens yofaSi magari sasmelis daleva ueWvel
sikvdils niSnavda.
_ wyals rom ver mivagnoT, daviRupebiT da is aris, _ Tqva ser
henrim.
_ Tu moxuci portugalielis rukas verwmunebiT, wyali aq sadRac
axlos unda iyos, _ mivuge me.
Cemi sityvebiT maincdamainc aravin aRfrTovanebula, cxadze
ucxadesi iyo, rom im rukaze didi imedebi ar unda dagvemyarebina.
amasobaSi kargad gaTenda. visxediT da gawamebulebi SevcqerodiT
erTmaneTs. uecrad ventfogeli wamodga, aqeT-iqiT siaruls mohyva, Tan
miwas Tvals ar acilebda. mere erTbaSad SeCerda, raRac wamoiyvira da
miwaze migviTiTa.
_ ra aris? _ SevZaxeT Cven, wamovcvivdiT da misken gaveqaneT.
_ davuSvaT, es qurcikis kvalia da amasTan, sul axali, mere ra
ginda amiT Tqva? _ vkiTxe me.
_ qurciki mudam wylis siaxloves cxovrobs, _ mipasuxa man
hotentotur enaze.
_ marTali xar, _ vuTxari me, _ eg sul gadamaviwyda. isRa damrCenia,
amisTvis RmerTs madloba Sevwiro.
am umniSvnelo aRmoCenam Zala gagviorkeca. saocaria, ragind
gulgatexili da sasowarkveTili ar unda iyos adamiani, mainc raRacas
ebRauWeba da imedis naperwkalic rom CaeRvenTos gulSi, Tavs ukve
bednierad grZnobs. bnel RameSi caze oblad rom cimcimebdes varskvlavi,
mgzavrisTvis esec didi nugeSi iqneba.
amasobaSi ventfogelma Tavisi paWua cxviri aprixa da gaxurebuli
haeri daynosa. ase ynosavs haers mTis beberi SurTxi, roca saidanme
safrTxis moaxloebas grZnobs.
_ wylis suni mcems, _ Tqva ventfogelma.
sixaruliT cas vewieT, radgan vicodiT, ra saocari Tandayolili
alRo aqvT udabnoSi gazrdil adamianebs.
swored am dros mzemac amoanaTa mTeli Tavisi brwyinvalebiT da
Cvens datanjul TvalTa winaSe iseTi gasaocari suraTi gadaiSala, rom
lamis wyalic ki dagvaviwyda. Cvengan ormoci-ormocdaaTiode milis
daSorebiT dilis mzis sxivebSi vercxlisfrad laplapebda dedofal
sabias mkerdi. mis orive mxares suleimanis didi mTebi gadaWimuliyo.
axla, roca Cems magidasTan vzivar da minda am gansacvifrebeli suraTis
sidiade gadmogceT, saWiro sityvebs veRar vpoulob. zed Cven win,
TxuTmeti aTasi futis simaRleze aRmarTuliyo ori uzarmazari mTa,
romelTa badali afrikaSi ki ara, Cemi azriT, mTeli dedamiwis zurgze
ar moipoveba. am or mTas, romlebic erTmaneTisagan aTiode miliT iyvnen
daSorebuli, Camofxavebuli kldovani qedi aerTebda. mTebs amayad
aRemarTaT caSi TovliT dafaruli, gaqaTqaTebuli mwvervalebi. isini
TiTqos svetebad Sedgomodnen uzarmazar WiSkars da moyvanilobiT Zlier
waagavdnen qalis mkerds. mTebi TandaTan viwrovdebodnen momrgvalebuli
mwvervalebisaken da aqedan TiTqmis gadatkecilni Candnen. orive
mwvervali veeberTela, TovliT dafaruli borcviT mTavrdeboda, borcvis
moyvaniloba qalis ZuZusTavs waagavda. Camofxavebuli kldovani qedis
simaRle ramdenime aTas futs udrida. am mTebis orive mxares, sadamdec
ki Tvali migviwvdeboda, moCanda aseTive qedebis jaWvi. maT
Soris
amoziduliyo brtyelmwvervaliani mTebi, romlebic ramdenadme keiptaunis
mTas mogvagonebda. sxvaTa Soris, afrikisaTvis es mTebi Cveulebrivi
geologiuri warmonaqmnia.
vimeoreb, ar ZalmiZs aRvwero am suraTis TvalismomWreli silamaze.
es uzarmazari vulkanebi _ mTebi ueWvelad Camqral vulkanebs
warmoadgendnen _ imdenad diadi da damTrgunveli Canda, rom sunTqva
Segvekra.
dilis mzis sxivebi erTxans acialebda Tovlian mwvervalebs da
elaciceboda yavisfer kldeebs Tovlis xazs qvemoT. Semdeg Rrubeli da
sqeli nisli ucnaur bolqvebad air-dairia da mTebs sqel fardad aekra;
TiTqos undoda es didebuli suraTi Cveni TvalTamzerisagan miefarebina.
axla ZlivsRa varCevdiT mTebis wminda moxazulobas, romelic nislis
saburvelSi zmanebasaviT moCanda. rogorc Semdgom davadgineT, am mTebs,
Cveulebriv, ucnauri mWivri nisli faravda xolme. albaT amitomac iyo,
aqamde kargad rom ver davinaxeT.
rogorc ki mTebma nislis pirbade aifares, gulze kvlav cecxli
SemogvenTo, wyurvili adrindelze metad gvaxrCobda.
ventfogelma ki Tqva, wylis suni mcemso, magram saiTac unda
gagvexeda,
sanugeSos
verafers
vpoulobdiT.
sadac
ki
Tvali
migviwvdeboda, yvelgan moCanda unayofo, sicxisagan gaTanguli qviSa da
dabali buCqnari _ samxreT afrikis uwylo platoebis Cveulebrivi
mcenareuloba. borcvs irgvliv SemovuareT. aRelvebiT vakvirdebodiT
yovel mtkavel miwas im imediT, rom sadme wyals wavawydebodiT, magram
sad iyo wyali? ar Canda arc ormo, arc tbori, arc nakaduli, wveTi rom
wveTia, isic ki arsad SegviniSnavs.
_ CerCeti xar da sxva araferi, _ gabrazebiT vuTxari ventfogels. _
xom xedav, wyali aq arsad aris.
magram ventfogelma isev abzika Tavisi sazizRari paWua cxviri da
haeri daynosa.
_ me vgrZnob wylis suns, baas, _ miTxra pasuxad, _ aq, sadRac, haerSi
vgrZnob.
_ diax, diax, _ Cavicine me, _ RrublebSi wylis meti raa! imedi maqvs,
erTi-ori Tvis Semdeg igi wvimad wamova da Cvens gamxmar Zvlebs
daaltobs.
ser henrim dafiqrebiT Camoisva qera wverze xeli.
_ egeba borcvis Txemze moCuxCuxebdes da ara mis ZirSi?
_ yoveli SemTxvevisaTvis, wavideT da vnaxoT, _ SevTavaze me.
uimedod SevyeviT qviSian ferdobs. uecrad ambopa, romelic Cven win
miabijebda, gaqvavebuliviT Sedga.
_ Manzia! Manzia! (wyali, wyali!) _ daiyvira man.
misken gaveqaneT da, marTlac, zed Txemze fialis msgavsi Rrmuli
davinaxeT. RrmulSi wyali iyo, diax, namdvili wyali!
dro ar dagvikargavs imis gamosakvlevad, am uadgilo adgilas wyali
saidan gaCndao, arc misi Savi feris gamo dagviwyia yoymani. isic kmaroda,
rom Cven win iyo wyali, an raRac misi msgavsi. wamis Semdeg miwaze
ganrTxmulebi davewafeT am mRvrie siTxes. iseTi netarebiT vsvamdiT,
TiTqos RmerTebis sasmeli yofiliyos.
vsvamdiT da rogor vsvamdiT! oh, RmerTo Cemo!
rogorc iyo, movikaliT wyurvili, mere tanT gavixadeT da tborSi
CavweqiT, rom Cvens mzisagan gafSekil kansac Seesruta macocxlebeli
teni.
SenTvis, Cemo mkiTxvelo, sakmarisia gaxsna onkani, rom uxilavi veeba
qvabidan gadmodindes civi an cxeli wyali, amitom SenTvis arc Tu
mTlad gasagebi iqneba, ra netarebiT vWyumpalaobdiT am momlaSo, binZur
wyalSi.
ramdenime xnis Semdeg gaxalisebulebi wylidan amovediT da
madianad SeveqeciT Cvens biltongs, romelsac am bolo xanebSi arc erTi
Cvengani ar gakarebia. Semdeg Cibuxebi gavaboleT, am kurTxeuli wylis
piras mivweqiT da SuadRemde viZineT.
mTeli is dRe wyalTan gavatareT, visvenebdiT da beds madlobas
vwiravdiT, rom es tbori gvapovnina. rogori iyo es wyali, amas,
rasakvirvelia, araviTari mniSvneloba ar hqonda. arc Cvengan didi xnis
win wasuli silvestras moxsenieba dagvviwyebia, romlisadmi udidesi
madlierebis grZnobiT viyaviT gamsWvalulebi imisaTvis, rom ase zustad
gadaetana Tavisi perangis nafxrewze es tbori, raRac manqanebiT amden
xans rom ar damSraliyo. Cemi varaudiT, mas kvebavda miwisqveSa nakadi,
romelic qviSis sqeli fenis qveS moedineboda.
mTvaris amosvlisTanave kvlav gzas gavuyeviT, rasakvirvelia,
gamgzavrebis win blomad davlieT wyali da pirTamde avavseT Cveni
maTarebi. yvelani saucxoo gunebaze viyaviT da im RamiT TiTqmis
ocdaxuTi mili movitoveT ukan.
TavisTavad cxadia, wyali aRarsad Segvxvedria. magram meore dRes
bedma mainc gagviRima, WianWvelebis budis ukan pawawina Crdili
davinaxeT, roca mze amovida da mTebs nislis saidumlo saburveli
axada, CvenTvis cxadi Seiqna, rom suleimanis da dedofal sabias mTebs
ociode miliRa gvaSorebda.
ase gvegona, es mTebi zed Cven win iyo aRmarTuli. axla isini ufro
warmtaci gveCveneboda, vidre winaT. daRamda Tu ara, gza ganvagrZeT da
meore dRes, alionze, ukve dedafal sabias marcxena ZuZus ZirSi viyaviT.
es ar gagvkvirvebia, raki gzaSi gezi aqeTken gveWira. am droisaTvis wyali
isev gagviTavda da wyurvili saSinlad gvtanjavda. axla ki araviTari
imedi aRar gvqonda, wyals sadme SevxvedrodiT, vidre ar mivadgebodiT
Tovlis zols, am uzarmazari mTis wverze rom iyo. erTi-ori saaTi
davisveneT da autaneli wyurviliT gawamebulebi kvlav gzas davadeqiT.
didi gaWirvebiT SevyeviT gacivebuli laviT dafarul mTis ferdobs. mze
umowyalod gvaWerda. aRmoCnda, rom es uzarmazari mTa mravali saukunis
winaT amofrqveuli lavis fenebisagan Sedgeboda.
TerTmeti saaTisaTvis Zal-Rone mTlad gamogvelia. fexze ZlivsRa
videqiT. gaqvavebulma, uswormasworo lavam fexebi dagvisera. marTalia,
aq lava sakmaod gluvi iyo SedarebiT mis sxva saxeobebTan, romelic
gvxvdeba, magaliTad, amaRlebis kunZulze, magram zed siaruli mainc
gviWirda da fexebSi gvtexda. roca yvela Cvens ubedurebas esec zed
daerTo, vigrZeniT, rom metis atana aRar SegveZlo. Cvengan ramdenime
iardis daSorebiT lavis didi lodebi iyo gadmoSverili, maT CrdilSi
Tavisuflad SeiZleboda Tavis Sefareba.
ris vai-vaglaxiT mivaRwieT iqamde da gaocebulebi SevdeqiT
(sakvirveli iyo, kidev rom SegvrCenoda gaocebis unari!). Cvens zemoT,
patara platoze lava sqlad iyo dafaruli mwvane mcenareuliT. rogorc
etyoboda, lavis produqtebis daSlis Sedegad iq warmoiqmna miwis fena,
romelzedac droTa ganmavlobaSi moxvda Citebis mier Semotanili Tesli.
magram am mwvane safarma didi xniT ver dagvainteresa. kaci ver
icocxlebs,
nabuqodonosoriviT
mxolod
balaxeuli
rom
Wamos.
balaxeuliT sicocxle rom SeinarCuno, amisTvis sxvanair varskvlavze
unda iyo dabadebuli da cota sxva moyvanilobis kuWic unda gqondes.
lodebis
CrdilSi
Sefarebulebi
mZimed
voxravdiT.
piradad
me
gulwrfelad vnanobdi, am bedukuRmarT saqmeSi rom Cavebi. uecrad ambopa
wamodga da im mwvane platosken walaslasda. ramdenime wuTis Semdeg
davinaxe, rom es mudam dinji da sakuTari Tavis pativismcemeli pirovneba
cekvavda da SlegiviT gahyviroda, xelSi ki raRac mwvane nayofi eWira.
vifiqreT, ambopam wyali ipovao da am imediT frTaSesxmulni misken
gaveqaneT.
_ ra moxda, ambopa, Se damTxveulis Svilo? _ davuyivre.
_ es wyalic aris da saWmelic, makumazan, _ miTxra man da is mwvane
nayofi kvlav haerSi SeaTamaSa. axla ki davinaxe, ra eWira xelSi. es
gaxldaT nesvi. Cven wavadeqiT platos, sadac aTasobiT gareuli nesvi
mwifobda.
_ nesvebi! _ davuyvire guds, romelic fexdafex momyveboda ukan.
wamis Semdeg gudma ukve Caaso mwife nayofs Tavisi xelovnuri
kbilebi.
albaT TiToeulma Cvenganma eqvs-eqvsi nesvi mainc SeWama, sanam
dacarielebul kuWs amoivsebda da gaZReboda. Tumca am nesvebs
gansakuTrebuli gemo ara hqonia, magram ase megona, Cems sicocxleSi
amaze gemrieli araferi meWama.
wyurvili rom movikaliT, nesvebi Sua-Sua davWeriT da mzis gulze
davawyveT, rom wyali aorTqlebuliyo da nayofi gaecivebina. magram
mogexsenebaT, nesvi arc Tu ise msuye saWmelia da SimSilma male isev
Semogvitia. cotaodeni biltongi ki gvqonda, magram guli aravis
migvdioda. garda amisa, unda dagvezoga, radgan, vin icis, rodis
viSovidiT saWmels. sruliad moulodnelad bedma gagviRima. me
udabnosken vicqirebodi. uecrad Tvali movkari aTiode didi zomis
frinvels, romlebic pirdapir Cvenken mofrinavdnen.
_ Skit, Baas, skit (esrole, batono, esrole!) _ CamiCurCula
hotentotma da miwaze ganerTxo. Cvenc mis magaliTs mivbaZeT.
axlaRa mivxvdi, rom es frinvelebi gareuli indaurebi iyvnen. isini
ormocdaaTi iardis simaRleze mifrinavdnen. me vinCesteri aviRe, Tan
frinvelebs Tvals ar vaSorebdi. roca zed Tavze gadagvifrines,
moulodnelad fexze wamoviWeri, frinvelebi dafrTxnen da, rogorc
movelodi, erTad SuquCdnen. orjer davaxale tyvia da erTi indauri
Camovagde. karga mozrdili frinveli iyo, ase, oc girvanqamde xorci
auvidoda. naxevari saaTis Semdeg Cveni vaxSami cecxlze SiSxinebda,
cecxli
nesvis
gamxmari
Reroebisagan
gavaCaReT.
mTeli
kviris
ganmavlobaSi aseTi Rreoba pirvelad gvqonda. indauri pirwmindad
SevWameT, Zvlebisa da niskartis garda aRaraferi dagvitovebia. kargad
davnayrdiT da axla Tavs gacilebiT ukeT vgrZnobdiT.
RamiT, mTvare rom amovida, kvlav gzas gavudeqiT, Tan waviReT
nesvebi, ramdensac moverieT. rac ufro maRla miviwevdiT, miT ufro
igrZnoboda sicive. es CvenTvis didi SeRavaTi iyo. gamTeniisas Tovlis
xazs sul raRac aTiode miliT viyaviT dacilebuli. iq, maRla, kvlav
wavawydiT nesvs. wyalze fiqri axla ukve aRar gvaSinebda, radgan sul
male Tovlian mwvervals unda mivdgomodiT, magram gza sul ufro da
ufro saSiSi xdeboda. Cven didi sifrTxiliT, nel-nela miviwevdiT win
da saaTSi erT milsac Zlivs gavdiodiT. im RamiT biltongis ukanaskneli
naWeri SevWameT. mas Semdeg, rac mTas avuyeviT, garda indaurebisa, arc
erTi cocxali arseba ar Segvxvedria, ar wavwydomivarT arc wyaros, arc
nakaduls, rac Zalze ucnauri gveCvena. mwvervalze xom Tovlis
uzarmazari zvinebi ido, romelic, Cveni azriT, drodadro mainc unda
damdnariyo, magram rogorc Semdeg aRmoCnda, raRac amouxsneli mizezis
gamo, yvela nakaduli mTis Crdilo kalTaze miedineboda.
SimSili Zalian gvawuxebda. namceci saWmelic ar gvqonda. nuTu
wyurviliT sikvdils mxolod imitom gadavurCiT, rom SimSiliT
davxociliyaviT?
Cemi mokle Canawerebi ubis wignakSi yvelaze ukeT gagacnobT Cvens
savalalo mdgomareobas ukanaskneli sami dRis ganmavlobaSi.
maisi. gzas dilis Tormet saaTze davadeqiT, radgan sakmaod
griloda da sicxe ar Segvawuxebda. Tan waviReT ramdenime nesvi.
gaWirvebiT mivdiodiT mTeli dRe. nesvebs aRarsad gadavwydomivarT,
albaT gavcdiT zols, sadac isini xaroben. arc nadiri da frinveli
Segvxvedria. mzis Casvlisas davikarveT. ukve didi xania, araferi gviWamia.
RamiT saSinlad cioda. gavwamdiT.
maisi. riJraJze gza ganvagrZeT. Zalian dasustebulebi varT. mTeli
dRis ganmavlobaSi xuTi milis gavla Zlivs movaxerxeT. Segvxvda
TovliT dafaruli miwis patara nakveTebi. Tovli SevWameT, radgan sxva
saWmeli araferi gvebada. Ramis saTevad uzarmazar platos SevefareT.
Zalian cioda, cota brendi davlieT, sabnebSi gavexvieT da, rom ar
gavyinuliyaviT,
erTmaneTs
mivekariT.
SimSili
da
daRliloba
warmoudgenlad gvtanjavda. gveSinoda, ventfogeli RamiT xelSi ar
Cagvkvdomoda.
maisi. rogorc ki mzem aimaRla da Cveni gafSekil-gaSeSebuli
kidurebi cotaTi SeaTbo, kvlav SevecadeT gangvegrZo gza. saSinel
mdgomareobaSi varT, Tu saWmels versad wavawydiT, es Cveni mogzaurobisa
da arsebobis ukanaskneli dRe iqneba. brendi sul ramdenime ylupiRa
dagvrCa. guds, ser henrisa da ambopas mSvenivrad uWiravT Tavi, magram
ventfogeli Zalian cudad aris, hotentotebi xom saerTod ver itanen
sicives. dRes kuWi ise mwvaved aRar mtkiva,
piriqiT, rogorRac
gabuJebuli maqvs. sxvebic aseT mdgomareobaSi arian. Cven axla vimyofebiT
im flatovani qedis anu lavis kedlis simaRleze, romelic or mTas
aerTebs. xedi saucxooa. Cven ukan gadaSlilia Tvaluwvdeneli udabno,
win ki ramdenime milis manZilze Tovlis swori safaria gadaWimuli. mTa
zemoT da zemoT TandaTan mrgvaldeba. mis centrSi, oTxi aTasi futis
simaRleze, azidulia uzarmazari mwvervali. Cven irgvliv sulieri arsad
WaWanebs. RmerTo, gvixseni! vfiqrob, Cveni aRsasruli moaxloebulia.
axla ki Cems dRiurs gverdze gadavdeb, radgan igi maincdamainc
didi interesiT ar unda ikiTxebodes. garda amisa, is, rac Semdeg moxda,
ufro sainteresoa da minda dawvrilebiT mogiTxroT.
mTeli is dRe ( maisi) nel-nela mivuyvebodiT Tovlian ferdobs.
drodadro CaviferxebdiT, an davwvebodiT, rom Zala mogvekriba. albaT
saocari sanaxavebi viyaviT. xuTi kaci, xuTi ZalRonegamoclili,
gasavaTebuli adamiani Zlivs miaTrevda fexebs azinvarebul TovlSi da
damSeulebi xarbad acecebdnen aqeT-iqiT Tvalebs, magram sul tyuilad
ki. rac unda gveZebna, irgvliv pirSi Casakarebels verafers vipovidiT. im
dRes Svid milze meti ar gagvivlia. mzis Casvlis xans mivaRwieT dedofal sabias marcxena ZuZus mwvervals _ uzarmazar swor borcvs,
romelic gayinuli TovliT iyo dafaruli da Cven zemoT aTasi futis
simaRleze gadmoyudebuliyo.
xom Savi dRe gvadga, magram Cven win gadaSlil suraTs mainc Tvals
ver vacilebdiT. Camavali mzis Suqi kidev ufro aZlierebda am warmtaci
bunebis silamazes. mzis sxivebs alag-alag sisxlisfrad SeeReba Tovli,
mTis mwvervalisaTvis ki brwyinvale jiRa daedga.
_ iciT, ra? _ Tqva uecrad gudma, _ Tu verwmunebiT moxuc da
silvestras, aq, sadRac mRvime unda iyos.
_ diax, diax, _ mivagebe me, _ unda iyos, Tuki, saerTod, sadme
arsebobs.
_ momismineT, quotermen, _ amoioxra gudma, _ nu laparakobT ase. me
savsebiT vendobi am rukas. aba wylis ambavi gaixseneT? hoda, mRvimesac
male mivagnebT.
_ Zalian kargi, magram Tu mag mRvimes dabnelebamde versad
wavadeqiT, mainc cocxlebSi aRar unda viguloT Tavi, _ gaisma
damamSvidebeli pasuxi.
kidev aTiode wuTs mivlaslasebdiT siCumeSi. ambopa Cems gverdiT
modioda. sabanSi gaxveuliyo, tyavis qamari magrad SemoeWira welze, rom,
rogorc TviTon ambobda, `SimSili moekrunCxa". uecrad man xelze xeli
wamatana.
_ SexedeT! _ miTxra da TiTi mwvervalisaken gaiwvdina. me iqiTken
gavixede da orasiode iardis daSorebiT, Tovlian ferdobze xvrelis
msgavsi raRac davlande.
_ iq mRvimea, _ Tqva ambopam.
ukanaskneli Zala movikribeT da aCqarebiT gaveSureT iqiTken. is
xvreli marTla mRvimis Sesasvleli aRmoCnda, swored im mRvimisa, da
silvestras rukaze rom iyo aRniSnuli. sulze mivaswariT. rogorc ki
mRvimes mivaRwieT, mze saocari siswrafiT Caesvena da irgvliv yvelaferi
wyvdiadma moicva. am ganedze xom bindbundi TiTqmis ar arsebobs. mRvimeSi
SevZveriT, igi arc Tu ise didi gveCvena. erTmaneTs mivekariT, rom
rogorme gavmTbariyaviT, da darCenili brendi gadavkariT. TiToeuls
TiTo ylupma Tu mouwia. brendi davlieT da SevecadeT, Cveni ubedureba
da Savsvianoba ZilSi dagveviwyebina, magram autanelma sicivem Tvali ar
mogvaxuWina.
darwmunebuli var, rom am maRal adgilas Termometri ToTxmetTxuTmet gradus yinvas uCvenebda. mkiTxvels SeuZlia warmoidginos, ra
iqneboda es CvenTvis, gzis simZimiT, usmel-uWmelobiTa da udabnos sicxiT
Ronemixdili adamianebisaTvis. me ki amis asawerad sityvebi ar myofnis.
sakmarisia vTqva, rom arasodes migrZvnia sikvdilis moaxloeba ise,
rogorc im sazarel Rames vigrZeni.
saaTi saaTs misdevda, Cven mRvimeSi visxediT da vgrZnobdiT, rogor
daexeteboda yinva Cven irgvliv, dagveZgereboda xolme TiTebSi, fexebze,
saxeSi. sul ufro mWidrod vekvrodiT erTmaneTs, vcdilobdiT,
gavmTbariyaviT, magram amaod, Cvens gasacodavebul damSeul ConCxebs
siTbo aRar SerCenodaT. zogjer romelime Cvengans Zili waarTmevda Tavs,
magram es iyo mxolod ramdenime wuTiT. didxans Zili, sabednierod,
aravis SegveZlo, radgan, rom dagvZineboda, veRarc gaviRviZebdiT.
darwmunebuli var, im RamiT mxolod nebisyofam SegvinarCuna sicocxle.
gaTenebas bevri aRaraferi uklda, roca ventfogelma, mTeli Rame
kbils kbilze rom aceminebda, erTi magrad amoioxra da kbilebis kawkawi
Sewyvita. maSin amisTvis yuradReba ar mimiqcevia, vifiqre, albaT CaeZinameTqi.
ventfogeli da me zurgizurgmiyrdnobili visxediT da vigrZeni, rom
misi zurgi TandaTanobiT gacivda, bolos ki yinuliviT Seiqna.
wyvdiadi riJraJma Secvala. Semdeg Tovlze oqros sxivebic akiafda.
mze amogorda da Cveni gaToSil-gayinuli sxeulebi gaanaTa. maSinRa
davinaxeT, ventfogeli gardacvliliyo, raRa gasakviria, misi zurgi ase
civi rom meCveneboda. sabralos albaT maSin amoxda suli, roca misi
oxvra Semomesma. axla misi gvami erTianad gaSeSebuli iyo. Rrmad
SeZrwunebulni,
fofxviT
gavSordiT
cxedars
(saocaria,
ra
Tavzardamcemi grZnoba gvipyrobs xolme micvalebulis danaxvisas).
sabralo ventfogeli isev ise ijda muxlebze xelebSemoWdobili.
amasobaSi mzis civma sxivebma (diax, namdvilad civi sxivebi iyo)
pirdapir mRvimeSi SemoanaTa. uecrad viRacam sazarlad Sehyvira. ukan
mivixede da ra davinaxe: mRvimis boloSi, _ mRvimis sigrZe ociode futi
Tu iqneboda, _ viRac ijda, Tavi mkerdze Camoegdo, grZeli xelebi ki
dabla daeSva. micvalebuli iyo, Tanac TeTrkaniani.
micvalebuli sxvebmac dainaxes. Cvenma daZabulma nervebma veRar
SeZles am suraTis atana. yvelani erTma survilma Segvipyro, _
saswrafod gavclodiT am saSinel adgils. wamovcvivdiT da naxevrad
gayinuli fexebis TreviT gasasvlelisaken gaveqaneT.
T a v i
s o l o m o n
V I I
m e f i s
g z a
mRvimidan mziT gabrwyinebul Tovlian platoze gamovcvivdiT, magram
TiTqmis imwamsve SevCerdiT. yvelani uxerxulad vgrZnobdiT Tavs im
sulmokleobisaTvis, micvalebulis danaxvaze rom gamoviCineT.
_ me mRvimeSi unda Sevbrunde, _ Tqva ser henrim.
_ ratom? _ SeekiTxa gudi.
_ ratomRac ase mgonia, rom is... is Cemi Zma unda iyos, _ aRelvebiT
Tqva ser henrim.
es savsebiT SesaZlebeli gveCvena da mRvimeSi SevbrundiT. mzis
sxivebma da Tovlis qaTqaTa siTeTrem gareT yvelas Tvali mogvWra,
amitom naxevrad bnel mRvimeSi erT xans veraferi gavarCieT, magram
Tvali bnels male SeeCvia da Cvenc krZalviT mivuaxlovdiT micvalebuls.
ser henrim Caimuxla da mkvdars saxeSi CaaSterda.
_ madloba RmerTs, jorji ar yofila! _ SvebiT wamoiZaxa man
bolos.
maSin micvalebuls mivuaxlovdi da dakvirvebiT davacqerdi, ase,
Suaxnis kaci iqneboda. swori nakvTebi, grZeli Savi ulvaSi da Savi
WaRaraSereuli Tma hqonda. gadayviTlebuli kani magrad gadaWimoda
gamSral saxeze. tanT araferi ecva, garda naxevrad Semompali Sarvlisa,
romelic ukve ZonZebad qceuliyo. micvalebuls yelze spilos Zvlis
jvarcma ekida.
_ netav vin unda iyos? _ wamoviZaxe gakvirvebiT.
_ nuTu ver mimxvdarxar? _ SemekiTxa gudi.
me uaris niSnad Tavi gaviqnie.
_ vin unda iyos, Tu ar xoze da silvestra!
_ eg SeuZlebelia! _ SevZaxe aTrTolebuli xmiT. _ da silvestra
xom samasi wlis winaT mokvda.
_ ver gamigia, ra gikvirT, _ mSvidad mipasuxa gudma, _ aseT yinvaSi
micvalebuli samass ki ara, sami aTas welsac gaZlebs. dabal
temperaturaze sisxli da xorci ar ixrwneba da ukuniTi ukunisamde
Seinaxeba. am mRvimeSi ki, RmerTma daswyevlos aqauroba, sakmaod civa. mze
aq ar Semoixedavs, verc nadiri moexeteba, radgan sulieri arsad WaWanebs.
ueWvelia monam, don xoze Tavis werilSi rom axsenebs, tansacmeli Tan
waiRo, micvalebuli ki aq datova. es gasagebicaa, marto verafriT
SeZlebda mis damarxvas. aba, amas SexedeT! _ gudi daixara da sakmaod
ucnauri moyvanilobis wvetiani Zvlis natexi aiRo. _ ai, am ZvliT daxata
da silvestram is ruka.
Tavzardacemulebi videqiT. am aRmoCenam imdenad gagvaoca, rom
sakuTari gasaWiri sul gadagvaviwyda. yvelaferi TiTqmis zebunebrivad
migvaCnda. Cumad davcqerodiT Zvlis natexs da moxuci portugalielis
cxedars.
_ aba, naxeT, _ Tqva ser henrim da silvestras marcxena xelze
migviTiTa. xels odnav aCnda patara Wriloba. _ ai, saidan auRia sisxli,
rom werili daewera. gana Tqvens sicocxleSi msgavsi ram ginaxavT?
axla eWvi aRar gvepareboda, rom Cven winaSe namdvilad da
silvestras cxedari iyo. marTali mogaxsenoT, SiSma amitana.
SevyurebdiT micvalebuls, romlis miTiTebebis wyalobiT am
gamoqvabulamde movaRwieT. es miTiTebebi xom sami saukuniT adre iyo
dawerili. xelSi meWira Zvlis natexi, romliTac sikvdilis win werda.
vucqerodi jvarcmas, romelsac albaT micvalebis Jams gayinuli tuCebiT
eambora. videqi cxedris winaSe da Tvalwin damidga am sazareli dramis
ukanaskneli
suraTi.
Tvalwin damidga
SimSilisa
da
sicxisagan
Ronemixdili mogzauri, romelsac martodmarto amoxda suli am mRvimeSi.
kvdeboda, magram mainc imaze fiqrobda, rogorme adamianebisaTvis gadaeca
Tavisi didi saidumlo. momeCvena kidec, rom saxis nakvTebiT ramdenadme
waagavda Tavis STamomavals, Cems megobars, silvestrs, am oci wlis win
Cems mklavze rom dalia suli. egeb yvelaferi es Cemi daRlili fiqris
nayofi iyo, magram asea Tu ise, Cven win ijda moxuci da silvestra da
TiTqos sastikad afrTxilebda maT, vinc arad agdebs bedisweras da
cdilobs farda axados saidumloebas. gaivlis saukuneebi, isev da isev
ijdeba aq da Tavzars dascems mgzavrs, romelic CvensaviT SemTxveviT
Semoexeteba am mRvimeSi da myudroebas daurRvevs. miuxedavad imisa, rom
SimSili gvawuxebda da siciviT vkankalebdiT, am suraTma suliTxorcamde SegvZra.
_ wavideT aqedan, _ xmadabla Tqva ser henrim, _ Tumca ara, Cven
davutovebT da silvestras Tanamosagres, romelic mis martoobas
gaiziarebs. isini xom erTnairi sikvdiliT daixocnen!
ser henrim hotentotis gvami da silvestras cxedris gverdiT
gadaitana. Semdeg daixara, gadaWra dampali Tasma, moxuc portugaliels
yelze rom ekida, da jvarcma xelSi aiRo. arc cdila, Tasma gaexsna,
radgan gayinul TiTebs verc ki xrida. vfiqrob, es jvarcma dResac
masTan inaxeba. me ki wamoviRe Zvlis natexi, da silvestram kalmad rom
ixmara. es `kalami" axlac Cem win, magidaze devs. zogjer xels am Zvlis
patara natexiT vawer xolme.
gardasul saukuneTa amayi TeTrkaniani da sabralo hotentoti
fexdaukarebeli Tovliani mTebis siCumeSi mudmiv sadarajoze davtoveT.
araqaTgamoclilebi mziT gabrwyinebul velze gamovediT da gzas
gavuyeviT, darwmunebulni, rom sul male Cvenc am ori adamianis beds
gaviziarebdiT.
naxevari mili Tu gveqneboda gavlili, platos kides rom mivadeqiT.
aqedan cxadad davinaxeT, rom mwvervali, anu borcvi, romelic mTas
agvirgvinebda, ar imyofeboda mTis SuagulSi, rogorc es udabnodan
gveCveneboda. sqeli nislis gamo Cven qvemoT verafers vxedavdiT, magram
male nisli SefrTxa, miifant-moifanta da dabla, ase ormocdaaTiode
iardze, zed Tovliani ferdobis kideze xasxasa balaxiT dafarul
mdelos movkariT Tvali. mdeloze nakaduli miwanwkarebda, magram es
kidev araferi. nakadulis piras aTi-Tormeti antilopa mificxeboda mzes.
Zalian Sors viyaviT, amitom gagviWirda dadgena, ra jiSs ekuTvnodnen.
ver agiwerT, rogor gagvexarda am cxovelebis danaxva. es iyo
saWmeli, auareba saWmeli da igi axla rogorme xelT unda gvegdo. rogor
movqceuliyaviT? antilopebi Cvengan eqvsasi iardiT mainc iqnebodnen
dacilebulni, ese igi, aqedan karg msrolelsac ki gauWirdeboda tyviis
miwvdena. vis unda esrola? arada, Cveni sikvdil-sicocxle am erT tyviaze
iyo damokidebuli.
saswrafod
moviTaTbireT,
ra
gzas
davdgomodiT.
verc
ki
vifiqrebdiT imaze, rom antilopebs Cumad mivparvodiT, radgan qari
maTken qroda. garda amisa, rogorc ar unda gvefrTxila, SeuZlebeli iyo
am qaTqaTa TovlSi CvenTvis Tvali ar moekraT.
_ meti ra gza gvaqvs, aqedan unda vesroloT, _ Tqva ser henrim. _
saqme isaa, romeli Tofi vixmaroT, `vinCesteri" Tu `eqspresi". Tqven ras
fiqrobT, quotermen?
sakiTxi seriozuli iyo, savaznekolofiani `vinCesteri" (`vinCesteri"
ori gvqonda, ambopam Tavis TofTan erTad sabralo ventfogelis Tofic
wamoiRo) aTas iardze scemda, orluliani `eqspresi" ki samas ormocdaaT
iards Zlivs uwevda. am manZils iqiT srola safrTxilo iyo, radgan
SeiZleboda miznisaTvis agvecdina, magram Tu tyvias movaxvedrebdiT,
cxovelis mokvlis meti Sansi gvqonda, radgan `eqspresi" saskdomi
tyviebiT iyo datenili. sakiTxi Zneli gadasaWreli iyo, me mainc gavbede
da `eqspresi" avirCie.
_ yvelam esroleT im antilopas, romelic Tqvens pirdapir dgas, _
gaveci gankarguleba, _ umizneT pirdapir beWSi, an cota zemoT, Sen ki,
ambopa, mogveci niSani, rom yvelam erTbaSad gavisroloT.
Camovarda siCume. samiveni vumiznebdiT Tofebs da guldagul
vemzadebodiT sasrolad. uTuod ase emzadeba adamiani, romelmac icis,
rom misi sicocxle am erT gasrolazea damokidebuli.
_ isroleT! _ zulusur enaze Tqva ambopam da samive Tofma
gamayrueblad iWeqa.
wamiT haerSi, Cvens TvalTa win, bolis sami Rrubeli daekida. exom
aitaca Tofis xma da Tovlis TeTri mdumareba daarRvia. magram ai, boli
gaifanta da, oh, RmerTo Cemo! mamali antilopa zurgiT miwaze
ganrTxmuliyo da sasikvdilod ikrunCxeboda. ara, SimSiliT aRar
davixocebodiT. aTiode wuTis Semdeg win gvewyo antilopas gul-RviZli.
magram aq axali dabrkoleba gadagveRoba win. SeSa arsad iyo, rom
cecxli gagveCaRebina da xorci Segvewva. damwuxrebul-danaRvlianebulni
SevcqerodiT erTmaneTs.
_ rodesac adamiani sikvdilis pirzea misuli, misTvis arCevani aRar
arsebobs, _ Tqva gudma, _ vWamoT es xorci umad.
marTlac, sxva gamosavali ar gvqonda. SimSili ki im zomamde
gvtanjavda, rom gudis sityvebs CvenSi zizRis grZnoba ar gamouwvevia,
rac sxva SemTxvevaSi da sxva dros uTuod moxdeboda.
xorci ramdenime wuTiT TovlSi CavmarxeT gasaciveblad, mere
nakadulis civ wyalSi gavaRanRaleT da davuwyeT Wama.
axla, roca am striqonebs vwer, yvelaferi es Zalze sazareli
meCveneba, magram unda vaRiaro, rom im gul-RviZlze gemrieli Cems
sicocxleSi araferi miWamia. sul raRac TxuTmetiode wuTSi Cveni cnoba
aRar SeiZleboda. yvelani gamovcocxldiT, Zal-Rone mogvemata, susti
majiscema gagvicxovelda, ZarRvebSi sisxli aCqefda, magram raki kargad
vicodiT, ra saxifaTo iyo naSimSilarze gaZRoma, Zalian vfrTxilobdiT
da dazogviT vWamdiT.
_ madloba RmerTs! _ wamoiZaxa ser henrim, _ am cxovelma sikvdils
gadagvarCina. sxvaTa Soris, quotermen, ra cxoveli iyo eg?
me wamovdeqi da moklul cxovels mivuaxlovdi, rom kargad
dameTvalierebina, radgan bolomde arc
viyavi darwmunebuli, rom
namdvilad antilopa iyo.
igi sididiT virs ar Camouvardeboda, bewvi sqeli hqonda, yavisferi
da zed odnav SesamCnevi wiTeli zolebi gasdevda, rqebi _ didi da ukan
gadaxrili. marTali giTxraT, aseTi cxoveli arasodes menaxa. es jiSi
CemTvis sruliad ucnobi iyo. bolos Sevityve, rom am ucnauri qveynis
mcxovrebni mas `inkos" eZaxdnen. `inko" antilopas erT-erTi iSviaTi
saxeobaa da mxolod da mxolod Zalian maRlob adgilebSi gvxvdeba _ iq,
sadac sxva cxovelebi, saerTod, ar binadroben. Cvens antilopas tyvia Sig
beWSi hqonda moxvedrili. Zneli saTqmelia, visma tyviam mouswrafa
sicocxle, magram vfiqrob, guds axsovda, rogor mokla Jirafi da gulis
siRrmeSi antilopas sikvdilsac Tavis marjvenas miawerda. magram,
marTali giTxraT, amis gamo ar SevdavebivarT.
WamaSi garTulebs yvelaferi gadagvaviwyda da arc ki gvifiqria, sad
vimyofebodiT, magram mxecuri SimSili rom daviokeT, davmSviddiT da
adgilmdebareobis daTvalierebas SevudeqiT. ambopas vubrZaneT, aekafa
saukeTeso naWrebi, rom gzaSi xorcis sakmao maragi gvqonoda. ukve dilis
rva saaTi sruldeboda. haeri sufTa da kriala iyo, gegonebodaT, is
sqeli nisli, weRan xevxuvebs rom ebura, erTianad mzem Seiwovao. rogor
avwero im suraTis sidiade, Tvalwin rom gadagveSala _ Cvens Tavze da
zurgs ukan amarTuli iyo mTebi, dedofal sabias mTebis qaTqaTa, TeTri
mwvervalebi. dabla ki, ase, xuTasi futis daSorebiT, TvalismomWreli
xedi iSleboda. Cven pirdapir qedebs, velebsa da Tvaluwvden Cabnelebul
tyeebs Soris moedineboda farTo mdinare. xelmarcxniv gadaWimuli iyo
farTo
saZovrebi,
talRiseburad
mobibine
balaxSi
jogebi
gafantuliyvnen. Sors, cis dasalierTan Zlivs ilandeboda mTebi.
marjvniv mTa-gorebi naklebad iyo. calkeul qedebs movlil-damuSavebuli
velebis zoli emijneboda. velebs Soris jguf-jgufad moCanda
gumbaTiseburi qoxebi. mTeli es suraTi rukasaviT iyo gadaSlili Cven
Tvalwin. mdinareebi vercxlis gvelebiviT miiklaknebodnen; medidurad
aziduliyo Tovlis gvirgvinebiT TavSemkobili mTis mwvervalebi. cad ki
mxiarulad cimcimebda mze. yvelgan sicocxlis sunTqva igrZnoboda.
Zalian gagvaoca iman, rom Cven win garTxmuli miwa sami aTasi futiT
ufro maRla imyofeboda udabnoze, axlaxan rom gadmovlaxeT, da imanac,
uklebliv yvela mdinare samxreTidan CrdiloeTisaken rom miedineboda.
Cvens mZime gansacdelis Jams davrwmundiT, rom qedis samxreT
ferdobze, romelzedac amJamad videqiT, arsad iyo wyali, maSin, roca
CrdiloeT ferdobze zolebad miiklakneboda nakadulebi. maTi umetesoba
erTvoda
ucnaurad
daxlaknil
did
mdinares,
romelic
qveynis
Suagulisaken miedineboda. visxediT da mojadoebulebiviT uxmod
gavcqerodiT bunebis am saocar suraTs. siCume ser henrim daarRvia.
_ miTxariT, quotermen, _ mkiTxa man, _ aRniSnulia Tu ara da
silvestras rukaze solomon mefis didi gza?
me Tanxmobis niSnad Tavi davuqnie, ise rom Cems win gadaSlili
suraTisaTvis Tvali ar momicilebia.
_ maS miixedeT iqiT, _ miTxra ser henrim da marjvniv mimiTiTa, _ ai
is gzac.
me da gudma naCvenebi mimarTulebiT gavixedeT da davinaxeT farTo
gza,
romelic Tavdapirvelad ver SevamCnieT, radgan igi barSi
CasvlisTanave mkveTrad uxvevda gverdiT da borcvebs Soris ikargeboda.
sakvirvelia, magram am aRmoCenas Cvenze maincdamainc didi STabeWdileba
ar mouxdenia. amdeni ramis gadamtanebs aRaraferi gvakvirvebda, TiTqos
isic ki Cveulebriv ambad miviCnieT, rom am mikargul qveyanaSi vxedavdiT
gzatkecils, romelic, erTi Tvalis gadavlebiT, Zveli romis movlilSenaxul gzebs mogvagonebda.
_ Cemi azriT, gza aq sadRac, marjvniv, sul axlos unda gadiodes, _
Tqva gudma. _ wavideT, veZioT.
es keTilgonivruli rCeva iyo. nakadulSi xel-piri davibaneT da
guds mivyeviT. erTxans kaWarze da uTovlo, motitvlebul adgilebSi mivabijebdiT. amgvarad gaviareT daaxloebiT erTi mili da patara borcvis
Txemze aRmovCndiT. uecrad zed Cven win gzatkecili davinaxeT... diax, es
kldeSi gaWrili saucxoo gzatkecili gaxldaT. siganiT daaxloebiT
ormocdaaTi futi iqneboda. saucxood iyo Senaxuli, etyoboda, kargad
uvlidnen. Tavdapirvelad vifiqreT, gza aq iwyebao, magram, rodesac
dabla daveSviT da ukan, dedofal sabias mTebs mivxedeT, davinaxeT, rom
igi mTebisken miemarTeboda, magram Cvengan asiode nabijze moulodnelad
sadRac ikargeboda. iqidan mTeli mTis ferdobi kaWariT iyo dafaruli.
motitvlebuli adgilebic blomad Canda.
_ rogor fiqrobT, ra moxda, sad daikarga gza? _ SemekiTxa ser
henri.
gaognebulma Tavi gaviqnie.
_ yvelaferi cxadia, _ Tqva gudma, _ darwmunebuli var, rom odesRac
es gza qedze gadadioda da udabnos Wrida. magram droTa ganmavlobaSi,
vulkanebis amoxeTqvis Semdeg, igi mTebSi lavam gadarecxa, udabnom ki
qviSiT dafara.
es mosazreba simarTlesTan axlos iyo. yovel SemTxvevaSi, yvelani
daveTanxmeT guds da mTidan nel-nela daveSviT. axla maZRrebi viyaviT,
gzatkecilze advilad mivabijebdiT, maSin, roca amosvlisas fexebs Zlivs
vadgamdiT da SimSiliT daosebulebi, araqaTgamoleulebi da gayinulebi,
wamdauwum TovlSi veflobodiT. axla Tavs saucxood vgrZnobdiT, magram
gvagondeboda sabralo ventfogeli, misi Semzaravi sikvdili, bneli
mRvime, sadac igi da silvestrasTan erTad davtoveT, da guli
gveTuTqeboda. sakuTr Tavze aRar vfiqrobdiT, miuxedavad imisa, rom
mivdiodiT ucxo mxareSi, romelzedac araferi vicodiT. vin icis, ra
mogveloda iq!
rac ufro dabla miviwevdiT, haeri miT ufro rbili da surnelovani
xdeboda. Cven win gadaSlili miwa sul ufro da ufro gvatyvevebda
Tavisi silamaziT. rac Seexeba gzas, unda mogaxsenoT, rom Cems
sicocxleSi msgavsi araferi menaxa, Tumca ser henri amtkicebda, sengotardis gza SveicariaSi am gzatkecils Zalian waagavso. etyoboda,
mSeneblebs, romelTac es gza gahyavdaT, ar aSinebdaT araviTari
dabrkoleba da siZnele. erT adgilas wavadeqiT xeobas, romlis sigane
samasi futi mainc iqneboda, siRrme ki aranakleb asi futisa da davinaxeT,
rom igi mTlianad Tlili lodebiT iyo amovsebuli. am lodebSi
datanebuli iyo Rari, rom wyals dabla Tavisuflad edina. meore
adgilas gza ufskrulis piras miiklakneboda. ufskrulis siRrme xuTasi
futi iqneboda. mesamegan ocdaaTi futis sigrZis gvirabs wavawydiT. igi
gaTxrili iyo kldeSi, romelic gzas win eRobeboda. gvirabis kedlebi
bareliefebiT iyo Semkuli. bareliefebze umTavresad javSanSi Casmuli
meomrebi iyo gamoxatuli, isini etls marTavdnen. gansakuTrebiT momewona
erTi bareliefi. wina planze asaxuli iyo brZola, Sors, ukan ki
damarcxebuli tyveebi midiodnen.
ser henri didi interesiT aTvalierebda Soreuli warsulis am
SesaniSnav nimuSebs.
_ rasakvirvelia, _ Tqva man bolos, _ SesaZloa, am gzas solomon
mefis gza erqvas, magram gavbedav vTqva, rom egviptelebi aq solomon
mefis qveSevrdomebis mosvlamde yofilan. es bareliefebi Zveli
egvipturi stilis nimuSebs waagavs.
SuadRisaTvis ukve karga gvariani manZili gaviareT da tyis zonaSi
SevediT. Tavdapirvelad mxolod aqa-iq gvxvdeboda wvrili buCqnari,
magram rac ufro dabla CavdiodiT, buCqebi miT ufro xSirdeboda.
bolos mivaRwieT erT farTo koroms da davinaxeT, rom aq xarobda
movercxlisfrofoTliani xeebi. aseTi xeebi keiptaunTan, magidis mTis
ferdobebze Semxvedria da amitom, cota ar iyos, gakvirvebuli davrCi.
_ oh, _ aRtacebiT wamoiZaxa gudma, abzinvarebuli foTlebis
danaxvaze, _ aq xom auarebeli SeSaa. modiT, cota SevisvenoT da sadilic
movamzadoT. Cemma kuWma is umi xorci ukve moinela.
es winadadeba yvelas moewona. gzidan odnav gadavuxvieT da iqve
moliklike nakadulisken wavediT. xmeli fiCxi SevagroveT da oriode
wuTis Semdeg cecxli avaguzguzeT. xorcs ramdenime sqeli naWeri
CamovaWeriT, wvetian joxebze wamovageT da nakvercxlebze avaSiSxineT.
sxvaTa Soris, xorcs kafrebic amgvarad wvaven. sadils udidesi
siamovnebiT SeveqeciT. rodesac kargad davnayrdiT, Cibuxebi gavaCaReT da
Tavi gancxromas miveciT. amgvari yofa ganvlili tanjva-wamebisa da aTasi
ubedurebis Semdeg TiTqmis RvTaebrivi gveCvena. nakadulis napirebs
sqlad
mosdeboda
uzarmazari
gvimrebi,
maT
Soris
maqmanebiviT
gamWvirvale
veluri
satacuri
iWyiteboda,
nakaduli
mxiarulad
morakrakebda, nazi niavi xeebis vercxlisfer foTlebSi daqroda.
irgvliv
qednebi RuRunebdnen. patara Citebi totidan totze xtodnen,
maTi Wreli, moxatuli bumbuli Zvirfasi qvebiviT elvarebda. diax, es
WeSmariti samoTxe iyo.
Segnebam imisa, rom dausrulebeli tanjva-wameba, faTerakebiT
aRsavse dReebi warsuls Cabarda da, rogorc iqna, aRTqmul qveyanas
mivaRwieT, ise gagvaogna, rom uneblieT yvelani davdumdiT. ser henri da
ambopa gverdigverd isxdnen da damtvreul inglisur da aranakleb
damtvreul zulusur enaze xmadabla laparakobdnen. me gvimris
surnelovan sawolze viweqi da Tvalmilululi maTken vicqirebodi.
uecrad SevamCnie, rom gudi sadRac gaqra da TvalebiT Zebna davuwye.
male mivageni kidec. igi flanelis perangis anabara ijda nakadulis
piras, tanis dabana ukve moeswro. am kacs imdenad hqonda tanSi gamjdari
sisufTavis grZnoba, rom Zvirfas dros dasvenebis nacvlad Tavis
wesrigSi moyvanas andomebda.
mas ukve
gaerecxa gutafisis TeTri sayelo, gaebertya da
guldagul gaewminda pijaki, Jileti, Sarvali, romlebic gzaSi daxeoda,
dahyurebda daxeul-gamoglejil adgilebs da Tavs naRvlianad iqnevda.
Semdeg tansacmeli koxtad dakeca, napirze daawyo, fexsacmeli aiRo da
talaxi gvimriT moacila, gausva qoni, romelic inkos xorcs sagangebod
aaWra da didxans aprialebda. roca fexsacmelma laplapi daiwyo,
monokliT kargad daaTvaliera da Caicva. patara samgzavro toprakidan,
romelsac arasodes ar iSorebda, amoiRo savarcxeli Sig Cadgmuli
sarkiT da yuradRebiT daakvirda Tavis saxes. etyoboda, ukmayofilo
darCa, radgan xeli mihyo Tmis varcxnas da sworebas. mere isev sarkeSi
Caixeda. Caixeda da Tavi kvlav ar moewona. TiTebiT moisinja nikapi,
romelzedac karga mozrdili wveri amosvloda. ra gasakviria, ukve aTi
dRe iyo, mis saxes samarTebeli ar mihkareboda.
_ `ara, es SeuZlebelia, _ gavifiqre me, _ nuTu piris gaparsvas
apirebs?"
diax, ar Sevmcdarvar, gudma aiRo qonis naWeri, romliTac weRan
fexsacmeli gaapriala, guldagul gaaRanRala wyalSi, Semdeg isev gaxsna
topraki, brinjaos patara samarTebeli amoiRo, loyebze da nikapze qoni
waisva da parsvas Seudga. etyoboda, es sakmaod mtkivneuli iyo, imitom,
rom drodadro oxravda da kvnesoda. me ki siciliT vigudebodi, roca
vuyurebdi, rogor cdilobda Cveni kapitani gaeparsa aqeT-iqiT gaCaCxuli,
sqeli, jagriseburi wveri.
rogorc iqna, didi jaxiris Semdeg, gaiparsa marjvena loya da
swored am dros raRac sxivma elvasaviT gadauqrola Tavze.
gudi
saSineli
wyevla-krulviT
wamoxta
(darwmunebuli
var,
Cveulebrivi samarTebeli rom hqonoda, ueWvelad yels gamoiWrida). mec
fexze wamoviWeri _ oRond masaviT wyevla-krulvas ar movyolivar, _ da,
ai, ra davinaze: Cemgan ociode, gudisagan ki, albaT, ase, aTiode nabijze
idga xalxi. Zalze maRlebi iyvnen, kani mowiTalo-mospilenZisfro
hqondaT, zog maTgans Tavze Savi bumbulis jiRa edga, mxrebze ki jiqis
tyavis mosasxami moesxa. erTi Tvalis SevlebiT sxva veraferi davinaxe.
yvelaze win Cvidmetiode wlis Wabuki idga, xeli maRla aRemarTa da
diskosmtyorcnelis antikur qandakebas waagavda. rogorc etyoboda, man
isrola is dana, kapitans Tavze elvasaviT rom gadauSxivla.
vidre maT vaTvalierebdi, win wamodga moxuci, Wabuks xeli waavlo
da raRac uTxra. Semdeg yvelani Cvenken gamoemarTnen. ser henrim, gudma
da ambopam Tofebs xeli daavles da muqariT aRmarTes, magram mosulebs
amisaTvis araviTari yuradReba ar miuqceviaT, arc fexi SeuCerebiaT.
cxadi iyo, ar icodnen, ra iyo Tofi, winaaRmdeg SemTxvevaSi ase
gulgrilad ar moiqceodnen.
_ dayareT Tofebi! _ davuyvire Tanamgzavrebs, radgan mivxvdi, Tu
sicocxle gvsurda, unda dagverwmunebina es xalxi,
rom cudi
ganzraxviT ar viyaviT mosulni da vcdiliyaviT, rogorme maTi guli
mogvenadirebina. gudi, ser henri da ambopa Cems brZanebas daemorCilnen. me
ki win wavdeqi da Tavi davukari moxuc meomars, weRan is Wabuki rom
SeaCera.
_ salami Tqvenda! _ mivesalme zulusurad, Tumca ar vicodi, am
xalxTan ra enaze melaparaka. Zalian gamikvirda, roca moxuci naTqvams
mimixvda.
_ salami! _ momigo man arc Tu ise wminda zulusuriT, magram me da
ambopa maSinve mivxvdiT, rac gviTxra.
Semdeg SevityveT, es xalxi Zveli zulusuriT laparakobda. Zvelsa
da axal zulusurs Soris daaxloebiT iseTive gansxvavebaa, rogoric
Coseris enasa da mecxramete saukunis inglisur enebs Soris.
_ saidan moxvediT? _ gvkiTxa moxucma. _ vin xarT? ratom aris, rom
Tqvens Soris sams TeTri kani aqvs, meoTxe ki saxiT ise wagvagavs, TiTqos
CvenTa dedaTa eSobnes? _ Tqva da ambopaze migviTiTa.
ambopas Sevxede da davrwmundi, moxuci marTals ambobda. Cveni
msaxuri saxiT da Tval-tanadobiT saocrad waagavda am xalxs, magram
maSin amaze fiqris dro ar mqonda.
_ Cven ucxoelebi varT da aq mSvidobiani ganzraxviT movediT, _
vuTxari me. Tan vcdilobdi, rac SeiZleboda, nela melaparaka, rom
moxuci Cemi sityvebis azrs mimxvdariyo. _ es kaci ki, _ davumate Semdeg,
_ Cveni msaxuria.
_ cruob, _ momaxala moxucma, _ arc erT adamians ar SeuZlia
gadmolaxos es mTebi, iq xom yvela sulieri kvdeba da iRupeba. Tumca ra
mniSvneloba aqvs, cruob Tu ara, ucxoelebs ekrZalebaT kukuanelTa
miwaze fexis dadgma. Tqven unda daixocoT, aseTia mefis uzenaesi
brZaneba. moemzadeT, hoi, ucxoelebo!
am sityvebma, cota ar iyos, Semacbuna. metadre maSin SevkrTi, roca
meomrebma qamarze itaces xeli. qamrebze didi mZime danis msgavsi raRac
iaraRi ekidaT.
_ ras ratratebs eg beberi maimuni? _ mkiTxa gudma.
_ ambobs, unda dagxocoTo, _ kuStad mivuge me.
_ oh, RmerTo Cemo! _ aRmoxda kvnesa guds da, rogorc yovelTvis,
aRelvebis Jams, axlac xeli pirisken waiRo, zemo ybis xelovnuri kbilebi
gamoiRo, Semdeg isev Caidga da ena gaatkacuna, rom kbilebi mWidrod
Cajdomoda.
gudi ukeTess verafers moifiqrebda. amis danaxvaze amay kukuanelebs
Semzaravi yvirili aRmoxdaT da yvelam uklebliv ramdenime iardiT ukan
daixia.
_ ra ambavia, ra moxda? _ gaocebiT SevekiTxe ser henris.
_ gudma kbilebi Camoixsna, _ aRelvebiT CamCurCula ser henrim, _
hoda, amis danaxvaze Tavzari daecaT. gud, gamoiReT kbilebi, sul
gamoiReT!
kapitani imwamsve daTanxmda, kbilebi gamoiRo da marjved Camala
flanelis perangis saxeloSi.
cnobismoyvareobam TandaTanobiT sZlia SiSs da kukuanelebi nelnela isev mogviaxlovdnen. rogorc etyobodaT, sul daaviwydaT, yelis
gamoRadvras rom gvipirebdnen.
_ gviTxariT, hoi, ucxoelebo! _ mogvmarTa moxucma da xeli gudisken
gaiwvdina. gudi flanelis _ perangisamara iyo, saxe sanaxevrod
gaparsuli hqonda, _ rogor SeuZlia am msxvil kacs, romelsac sxeuls
tansacmeli ufaravs, fexebi ki SiSveli aqvs, Tma mxolod saxis erT
mxares ezrdeba, meoreze ki bewvic ar amCnevia, erT TvalSi meore Tvali
udgas, _ gamWvirvale mbrwyinavi Tvali _ rogor SeuZlia-meTqi am kacs,
Tavis nebaze gamoiRos kbilebi piridan da mere isev Caidgas?
_ gaaReT piri! _ vuCurCule guds.
kapitanma imwamsve gaaRo piri da gamoaCina ori wiTeli nuna,
romelTac axlad Sobili spilosaviT kbilebis niSanwyalic arsad
etyobodaT.
_ sad gaaqro kbilebi? _ SiSiT Sehyvires kukuanelebma, _ aki weRan
pirSi hqonda!
gudma velurebs amayad Seaqcia zurgi, xeli pirTan miitana, Semdeg
Semobrunda, piri gaaRo da, _ hoi, sakvirvelebav! _ velurebma pirSi
Cawikwikebuli kbilebi daunaxes.
maSin is Wabuki, guds dana rom esrola, miwaze daeca da
Tavzardacemulma gulSemzaravi yvirili morTo. moxucs ki SiSisagan
muxlebi aukankalda.
_ axla ki vxedav, rom sulebi xarT, _ enis borZikiT waibutbuta man,
_ radgan arc erT mokvdavs, qalis mier Sobils, ar ezrdeba wveri cal
mxares, ara aqvs mrgvali, gamWvirvale Tvali da Tavis nebaze moseirne
kbilebi. mogviteveT, hoi, mbrZanebelo!
albaT mixvdebiT, rogor gamexardeboda am sityvebis gagoneba. raRa
Tqma unda, maSinve visargeble am moulodneli bednieri SemTxveviT.
mowyaled gaviRime da ganvacxade:
_ kargi, amjerad gvipatiebia, rac SescodeT, axla ki droa simarTle
SeityoT. Cven sxva samyarodan varT mosulni, daveSviT udidesi
vasrkvlavidan, romelic RamiT Tqvens qveyanas Tavze danaTis, magram,
miuxedavad amisa, Cveulebrivi adamianebi varT.
_ o! o! _ erTbaSad aRmoxda yvelas gaocebis amoZaxili.
_ diax, Cven varskvlaveTidan CamovediT, _ ganvagrZe Semwynarebluri
RimiliT, Tan TviTonve mikvirda, raebs vroSav-meTqi. _ daveSviT miwaze,
rom Tqveni xalxi Cveni aq yofniT gavabednieroT. xom xedavT, megobrebo,
TqvenTan wamosvlas vepirebodiT da amisaTvis Tqveni enac ki Seviswavle.
_ diax, diax, sworia, es asea! _ erTxmad damimowmes velurebma.
_ hoi, mbrZanebelo Cemo, mapatie, magram Zalian cudad Segiswavlia
Cveni ena, _ sityva gamawyvetina moxucma.
magram ise mwyralad gadavxede, rom sabralo SekrTa da ena mucelSi
Caigdo.
_ axla ki, megobrebo, _ ganvagrZe, _ iqneb ifiqroT, samagieros
gizRavT mtruli SexvedrisaTvis da sicocxles gamovasalmebT imas, vinc
moZrav kbilebian kacze xeli SemarTa...
_ SegvibraleT, Cemo mbrZanebelo, is Cveni ufliswulia, Cemi Zmis
Svili, rame rom SeemTxvas, sisxli me unda vzRo, radgan magis sicocxle
me mabaria.
_ magaSi eWvi ar Segeparos, _ borotad Caisisina Wabukma.
_ egeba fiqrobT, Zala ar Segvwevdes samagiero gadagixadoT? _
ganvagrZe me ise, rom misi sityvebisTvis yuradRebac ar mimiqcevia, _
moiTmineT da axlave darwmundebiT; Sen, hei, mona ZaRlo, _ ramdenadac ki
SemeZlo mrisxaned vuTxari ambopas, _ momawode is jadoqmnili
molaparake lula! _ Tan SeumCnevlad TvaliT Cems `eqspresze" vaniSne.
ambopam imwamsve momageba xelSi Tofi, mis amay saxeze im dRes
pirvelad davinaxe raRac Rimilis msgavsi.
_ inebeT, mbrZanebelTa mbrZanebelo! _ miTxra da Tavi mdablad
damikra.
ramdenime
wuTis
win
Tvali
movkari
antilopas.
Cvengan
samocdaaTiode iardis daSorebiT kldeze idga. swored misi mokvla
mqonda ganzraxuli, roca ambopas Tofis motana vubrZane.
_ xedavT im cxovels? _ vkiTxe velurebs da antilopasken xeli
gaviSvire, _ gana dedakacisagan Sobil Cveulebriv adamians ZaluZs
mxolod da mxolod xmiT moklas igi?
_ eg SeuZlebelia, Cemo mbrZanebelo, _ mipasuxa moxucma.
_ miuxedavad amisa, me mainc movklav im antilopas, _ mSvidad mivuge.
moxucma meomarma gaiRima.
_ ara, Cemo mbrZanebelo, Sen amas ver SeZleb.
me Tofi SevmarTe da antilopa mizanSi amoviRe. antilopa Zalze
patara iyo da ase Sori manZilidan sul advilad SeiZleboda tyvia
amecdina, magram vicodi, radac ar unda damjdomoda, unda momekla.
antilopa uZravad idga. me Rrmad amovioxre da Caxmaxs TiTi gamovkari.
buh, buh! igriala Tofma. antilopam SeikuntruSa da usulod daeca
miwaze. velurebma sazarlad daiRriales.
_ Tu gindaT xorci, wadiT da is antilopa aq moaTrieT, _
moCvenebiTi gulgrilobiT vTqvi me.
moxucma erT-erT velurs raRac aniSna. veluri kldisken gaqanda.
male dabrunda, zurgze mokluli antilopa moegdo. rom icodeT, rogor
gamexarda, roca vnaxe, tyvia zed beWs zemoT moxvedroda. me xom swored
beWi amoviRe mizanSi. velurebi Semoexvivnen sabralo cxovels da
cnobismoyvareobiT aTvalierebdnen natyviars. saxeze SiSi eweraT.
_ xom xedavT, _ mivubrundi maT, _ me sityvebs fuWad rodi vxarjav!
xma aravis gauRia.
_
Tu
Cvens
ZlevamosilebaSi
kidev
eWvi
geparebaT,
_ ganvagrZe me, _ romelime Tqvengani im kldeze dadges, diax, diax,
dadges da masac im antilopasaviT gavagoreb.
msurveli aravin aRmoCnda. Camovarda siCume, romelic mefiswulma
daarRvia.
_ mismine, Zia, _ mimarTa man moxucs, _ gemudarebi, wadi da im
kldeze dadeq. jado kacs ver moklavs, mas mxolod cxovelze aqvs Zala.
magram moxucs Zmiswulis winadadeba sulac ar moewona, piriqiT,
ewyina kidec.
_ ara, ara! _ swrafad wamoiZaxa man, _ kmara, rac Cemma Tvalebma
naxes, _ mere Tavis amalas miubrunda da brZana: _ es adamianebi misnebi
arian da mefes unda mivgvaroT, xolo Tu vinmes surs, jado sakuTar
Tavze gamocados, SeuZlia wavides da kldeze dadges, jadosnuri joxi
masac daelaparakeba.
magram kukuanelTa Soris amis msurveli aravin iyo.
_ tyuilubralod rad unda daxarjo jadosnuri Zala Cvens bilw
sxeulebze, _ Tqva erTma velurma. _ sakmarisia, rac vnaxeT. arc erT Cvens
misans msgavsi araferi SeuZlia.
_ marTals ambob, _ SvebiT miugo moxucma meomarma, _ diax, diax, es
WeSmaritebaa. mismineT, hoi, varskvlavis Svilno, brWyviala Tvalisa da
moZravi kbilebis Svilno, Tqven, romelnic marTavT elva-quxils da Sori
manZilidan klavT cxovels Tu kacs. me infadusi var, kukuanelTa yofili
mefis kafas Svili. es Wabuki ki skragaa.
_ mag skragam cotas gawyda, saiqios ar gamistumra, _ daiCurCula
gudma.
_ skraga ufliswulia, _ erTi yofiT ganagrZo infadusma, _ Tualas
Svilia. Tuala ki didi mefe gaxlavT, _ aTasi colis meuRle, kukuanelTa
winamZRoli da mbrZanebeli, didi gzis baton-patroni, mtris risxva da
Zrwola, brZeni, romelic misnobis yvela saidumlos ganagebs, asi aTasi
meomris sardali, Tuala calTvalaa, Tuala Savia, Tuala mrisxanea.
_ raki asea, wagviyvane im Sens TualasTan, _ qedmaRlurad vuTxari
me, _ Cven ar gvsurs qveSevrdomebTan da msaxurebTan laparaki Tu saqmis
daWera.
_ Tqvens survils SevasrulebT, Cemo mbrZaneblebo! wagiyvanT
mefesTan. magram win grZeli gza gvidevs! am adgilebSi sanadirod
movediT da sasaxles sami dRis savaliTa varT dacilebuli. moTmineba
iqonieT, mbrZanebelo, diad Tualas sami dRis Semdeg ixilavT.
_ kargi, _ agdebulad vuTxari me, _ Cven dros ar vzogavT da arc
arsad migveCqareba, radgan ukvdavni varT. mzada varT, wagviyvane, magram
mismine, o, infadus, da Senc, Wabuko skraga! erideT Cvens motyuebas! nu
ecdebiT maxe dagvigoT. vidre Tqveni sabralo tvini rames gaifiqrebdes,
Cven ukve gvecodineba yovelive, radgan moniWebuli gvaqvs saswaulebrivi
Zala, CavwvdeT adamianTa fiqrsa da zraxvebs. Suqi, gamomdinare im kacis
gamWvirvale Tvalidan, visac fexebi SiSveli aqvs, saxeze ki mxolod cal
mxares ezrdeba wveri, adgilzeve gagaqvavebT, Tqvens qveyanaSi ubedurebas
ubedurebaze daatrialebs. misi moZravi kbilebi piridan gamoxtebian da
tanSi CagesobaT, rom SegWamon ara marto Tqven, aramed Tqveni colebica
da Svilebic. jadosnuri milebi ki saceriviT dacxrilaven Tqvens
sxeuls.
am brwyinvale sityvam saocari STabeWdileba moaxdina. Tumca arc ki
vici,
saWiro
iyo
Tu
ara
amis
Tqma, radgan Cveni axali megobrebi uamisodac sakmaod SeSinebulebi
iyvnen.
moxucma meomarma monurad moixara qedi Cvens winaSe. `kuum!" `kuum!" _
ramdenjerme wamoiZaxa. Semdgom Sevityve, rom `kuum" kukuanelTa
misasalmebli sityva iyo da zulusur `baaiets" udrida. am sityviT
kukuanelebi mxolod mefesa da samefo saxlis SvilT esalmebian. Semdeg
infadusma raRac gadaulaparaka Tavisianebs. maTac myisve staces xeli
mTel Cvens avla-didebas, garda Tofebisa, radgan maTTan mikarebac ki
eSinodaT, aiRes gudis tansacmeli, romelic, Tu gaxsovT, nakadulis
pirad ido. kapitanma moindoma maTTvis Tavisi Sarvali da pijaki
waerTmia, ris Sedegadac massa da velurebs Soris kai xmamaRali dava
atyda.
_ Cemi mbrZanebeli da mflobeli gamWirvale Tvalisa, xels nu
axlebs Tavis nivTebs. yvelafers monebi wamoiReben.
_ ki magram, me minda Sarvali Cavicva, _ Rrialebda gudi.
ambopam misi sityvebi velurebs gadauTargmna.
_ hoi, Cemo mbrZanebelo, _ Sehyvira infadusma, _ nuTu gsurs eg
mSvenieri TeTri fexebi Seni morCili monebis TvalTagan dahfaro? riT
davimsaxureT Seni risxva, ratom inebe ase Cveni dasja?
me guds vucqerodi da siciliT vigudebodi. amasobaSi erT-erTma
velurma gudis tansacmels xeli daavlo da mokurcxla.
_ wyeulimc iyav! _ brdRvinavda gudi, _ im Savkanianma maimunma Cemi
Sarvali gaitaca.
_ mismineT gud, _ uTxra ser henrim, _ Tqven am mxareSi garkveuli
roliT gamocxaddiT da es roli bolomde unda SeasruloT. vidre aq
vimyofebiT, Sarvals veRar CaicvamT, dReidan mxolod eg perangi da
fexsacmeli unda ataroT; ho, monoklic grCebaT. erTi sityviT, droebiT
beds unda daemorCiloT.
_ diax, diax, _ davudasture mec, _ wveric mxolod cal mxares unda
ataroT. kukuanelTa winaSe axla sxva saxiT rom warsdgeT, yvelas
TaRliTebad migviCneven. Zalian vnanob,
amis gadatana rom gixdebaT,
magram sruli seriozulobiT geubnebiT: sxva gamosavali ara gaqvT, gud.
velurebma mcireodeni eWvic rom Seitanon, sicocxles safrTxeSi
CavigdebT.
_ marTla ase fiqrobT? _ kuStad SemekiTxa gudi.
_ ra Tqma unda. eg `mSvenieri TeTri fexebi" da eg monokli Cveni
mxsnelia. Tqveni roli bolomde unda SeasruloT. RmerTs madloba
SeswireT, fexsacmlis Cacma mainc rom moaswariT da rom aq SedarebiT
Tbili havaa.
gudma mwared amoioxra, magram aRaraferi uTqvams. sabralo mxolod
oriode kviris Semdeg Seegua Tavis mware xvedrs.
T a v i
V I I I
k u k u a n e l T a
q v e y a n a
mTeli dRis ganmavlobaSi mivdiodiT saucxoo gzaze. igi pirdapir
Crdilo-dasavleTisaken miemarTeboda. infadusi da skraga gverdiT
mogvyvebodnen, maTi amala ki asiode nabijiT win miabijebda.
_ miTxari, infadus, _ vkiTxe moxuc meomars cota xnis siCumis
Semdeg, _ xom ar ici, vin gaiyvana es gza?
_ es gza didi xnis winaT gaiyvanes, Cemo mbrZanebelo, aravis axsovs,
rodis da rogor moxda es. arc grZneulma qalma gagulam icis rame
amaze. gagula ki mraval TaobaTa momswrea. Cven arc ise xnierni varT,
rom es ambavi gvaxsovdes. axla amgvari gzis gayvana aravis SeuZlia.
amitom aris, rom mefe Tvalis CiniviT ufrTxildeba mas da zed balaxsac
ar gaaWaWanebs.
_ vin gamoaqandaka adamianebi im gvirabis kedelze, Cven rom
gamoviareT? _ isev SevekiTxe.
_
vinc
gza
gaiyvana,
manve
gamokveTa
qvaze
is
ucnauri
gamosaxulebebi, Cemo mbrZanebelo. Cven ar viciT, vin iyvnen isini.
_ rodis movidnen kukuanelebi am mxareSi?
_ Cemo mbrZanebelo, Cveni xalxi qariSxlis sunTqvasaviT moedo am
mxares aTi aTasi mTvaris win. isini movidnen didi miwidan, im mxares rom
mdebareobs, _ miTxra da xeli CrdiloeTiT gaiwvdina. _ rogorc
gadmogvcemen Cveni mama-papani da rogorc ambobs grZneuli qali, misnebze
monadire gagula, kukuanelebma veRar SeZles gadaelaxaT es mTebi,
rkalad rom ertymian Cvens qveyanas da gzas uRobaven mas, _ miTxra da
TovliT dafarul mwvervalebze mimiTiTa. _ es saucxoo mxare iyo da
kukuanelebic aq dasaxldnen. dasaxldnen da droTa ganmavlobaSi
Zlierni da SemarTebulni gaxdnen. axla Cven imdenive varT, ramdenic
zRvaSi qviSaa. roca mefe Tuala jarebs Tavs uyris, frTebi, romliTac
meomrebi Tavs imkoben, faraven mTel dablobs, sanamdec kacs Tvali
miuwvdeba.
_ axla ar miTxari, Cveni mxare mTebiT aris garSemortymulio? maS
Tualas jarebi viRas eomebian?
_ ara, mbrZanebelo, iqiT mxares gza Riaa, _ miTxra da isev
CrdiloeTiT mimiTiTa. _ drodadro CvenTvis ucnobi qveynidan meomrebi
RrubeliviT moedebian qveyanas da Cvenc vxocavT maT. ukanaskneli brZola
rom iyo, im dRidan moyolebuli adamianis sicocxlis mesamedma xanma
ganvlo. brZolaSi aTasobiT kaci daiRupa, magram mainc movspeT mteri. mas
Semdeg omi aRar yofila.
_ Tqvens meomrebs albaT mobezrdaT Subze dayrdnobiT Tvlema.
_ ara, Cemo mbrZanebelo, swored mas Semdeg, Tavdamsxmelebi rom
ukuvagdeT, aq kidev iyo erTi brZola, magram es iyo brZola ZmaTa Soris,
xalxi ZaRlebiviT Wamda erTmaneTs.
_ ra iyo brZolis mizezi?
_ axlave mogaxsenebT, Cemo mbrZanebelo. Cveni axlandeli mefe Cemi
naxevarZmaa. mas hyavda tyupis cali. oriveni erTi dedisagan, erT dRes da
erT saaTs iyvnen Sobilni. Cveni Cveulebis Tanaxmad, SeuZlebelia orive
tyupma icocxlos, maT Soris ufro susti unda mokvdes. magram mefis
dedam gadamala tyupis cali, romelic ufro susti Canda, radgan gulma
misken gauwia. swored es bavSvi gaxlavT Tuala, Cveni mefe, me ki misi
umcrosi Zma var, sxva qalisagan Sobili.
_ mere, mere?
_ roca davvaJkacdiT, mamaCveni kafa gardaicvala da Cemi Zma imotu
mis nacvlad mefed akurTxes. igi erT xans marTavda qveyanas, sayvareli
colisagan vaJic SeeZina. is bavSvi sami wlis rom Seiqna, _ es daemTxva
swored did brZolebs, roca aravis SeeZlo arc xvna-Tesva da arc
mosavlis aReba, _ qveyana daimSa, xalxi drtvinavda da aqeT-iqiT
awydeboda, rogorc lomi, romelsac SimSilisagan suli xdeba da
sikvdilis win dasafleTad eZebs sakbilos. maSin gagulam, brZenma qalma,
romelic yvelas SiSis zarsa scems, xalxi Sekriba da gamoucxada, mefe
imotu namdvili mefe ar ariso. imotu ki am dros omSi miRebuli
WrilobiT ganawamebi gaunZrevlad iwva Tavis qoxSi. gagula erT-erT
qoxSi Sevida da gamoiyvana Tuala, Cemi naxevarZma, xolo mefe imotus
mkvidri Zma da tyupis cali. gagula gaCenis dRidan malavda mas kldeebsa
da mRvimeSi. axla welze Semosakravi Semoxsna da xalxs daanaxa gvelis
wminda niSani, ufliswuls tanze rom Semorkaloda.
Cvens qveyanaSi am niSans SobisTanave adeben xolme mefis ufros vaJs.
`aqeT moixedeT, ai Tqveni mefe. me mas dRemde sicocxle SevunarCune", _
xmamaRla daiyvira gagulam. SimSiliT gondakarguli xalxi sul
gadairia. daiviwya adamianoba, sikeTe, samarTlianoba da daiwyo yvirili:
`mefe, mefe!" magram me vicodi, Tuala mefe ar yofila. tyupebs Soris
ufrosi imotu iyo da, maSasadame, kanonis mixedviT, taxtic mas
ekuTvnoda. roca xmauri da Rrianceli sazRvars gadascilda, mefe imotum
cols xeli CasWida da qoxidan gamovida, Tumca mZimed iyo daWrili da
siaruli uWirda. ukan maTi mcirewlovani vaJi ignozi mohyvebodaT
(ignozi elvas niSnavs). `es ra ambavia? _ ikiTxa imotum, _ ratom
gahyviriT `mefe-mefeo?"
maSin Tuala, misi mkvidri Zma da misive dedisagan Sobili, mefesTan
miiWra, TmaSi xeli staca da dana sasikvdilod Casca gulSi.
mogexsenebaT, xalxi saerTod orWofia, adamianebi mudam mzad arian qedi
moidrikon amomavali mzis winaSe, amitom yvelam taSi dascxo da daiwyo
yvirili: `Tuala Cveni mefea! gaumarjos Tualas, Cvens mefes!"
_ ra bedi ewiaT imotus cols da mis patara vaJs ignozis? nuTu
Tualam isinic daxoca?
_ ara, Cemo mbrZanebelo. roca colma dainaxa, Cemi batoni mkvdari
daecao, Sehkivla, Svili xelSi aitaca da gaiqca. ori dRis Semdeg
SimSilma erT-erT kraalSi miiyvana, magram aravin gauwoda daxmarebis
xeli, aravin isurva mieca misTvis rZe an sxva ram saWmeli. imitom, rom
adamians sZags ubedur dReSi myofni. roca daRamda, viRac gogona Cumad
miipara masTan da saWmeli miutana. qalma daloca bavSvi da diliT, vidre
mze amovidoda, SvilTan erTad mTebisaken gauyva gzas. eWvsgareSea, orive
daiRupa, radgan mas Semdeg arc isa da arc patara ignozi TvaliT aravis
unaxavs.
_ ese igi, is bavSvi, ignozi, cocxali rom yofiliyo, kukuanelebis
kanonieri mefe iqneboda?
_ diax, mbrZanebelo, wminda gvelis gamosaxuleba niSnad ertymis mis
sxeuls. is aris Cveni mefe, magram vai rom ukve mkvdaria. iqiT gaixede,
mbrZanebelo, _ miTxra Semdeg da dabla, velisaken mimiTiTa. am velze
RobiT garSemortymuli qoxebi idga. Robes ki Tavis mxriv Rrma Txrili
ertya irgvliv, _ kraalSi ukanasknelad vnaxe imotus col-Svili. Rames
iq gavaTevT, Tuki Cems mbrZaneblebs, saerTod, Zili sCveviaT, _ miTxra da
iWvneulad gadmomxeda.
_ roca Cven kukuanelTa Soris vimyofebiT, megobaro Cemo infadus,
Cvenc kukuanelebiviT viqceviT, _ sityva gavabrtyele da Sevbrundi, rom
raRac meTqva gudisaTvis, Cems ukan rom molaslasebda da amaod
cdilobda SeeCerebina perangis kalTebi, qari aqeT-iqiT rom afrialebda.
Sevbrundi Tu ara, kinaRam SubliT SevexeTqe ambopas; igi Turme fexdafex
momdevda da Cemi da infadusis saubars aSkara interesiT ismenda. saxeze
cnobiswadili aRbeWdvoda da waagavda adamians, romelic Tavs saocrad
atans Zalas, gaixsenos raRac didi xnis winaT miviwyebuli da mxolod
nawilobriv Tu axerxebs amas.
am
xnis
ganmavlobaSi
swrafi
nabijiT
miviwevdiT
win
da
TandaTanobiT veSvebodiT beqobiani dablobisaken, Cven qvemoT rom
gadaSliliyo. cadabjenili mTebi, Cven rom gadmovlaxeT, axla bundadRa
ilandeboda sadRac, zemoT. nislis mWviri Rrubeli kdemamosilad
Semoxveoda dedofal sabias mkerds. bunebis suraTebi sul ufro da
ufro Tvalwarmtaci xdeboda. mcenareuli laRi da Tamami iyo, magram ara
tropikuli, mzis sxivebi Tbilad gvealerseboda, magram ar gvawuxebda, ar
gvwvavda, mTebis surnelovan ferdobebs msubuqi niavi Tavs evleboda. es
mxare WeSmaritad amqveyniuri samoTxe iyo. Cven Soris msgavsi ram aravis
enaxa. transvaali saucxoo kuTxea, magram kukuanelTa qveyanas isic ki
ver Seedreba.
infadusma kraalSi malemsrboli afrina, rom TavisianebisTvis Cveni
misvla Seetyobinebina. sxvaTa Soris, am kraalis mcxovrebni infadusis
samxedro qveSevrdomebi iyvnen. malemsrboli warmoudgeneli siswrafiT
gaiqca. infadusma miTxra, mTeli gza nabijs ar Seanelebso. Turme
kukuanelebi sirbilSi Zalian gawafulni arian.
male davrwmundiT, rom malemsrbolma davaleba SesaniSnavad
Seasrula: kraalamde oriode miliRa dagvrCa gasavleli, rom alayafis
karidan razmebad dawyobili meomrebi gamovidnen da Cven Sesaxvedrad
gamoemarTnen.
ser henrim mxarze xeli damado da miTxra, yvelaferze etyoba,
kraalis mcxovreblebi `Tbilad" gvipireben Sexvedraso.
es sityvebi iseTnairad miTxra, rom mis kilos infadusmac ki miaqcia
yuradReba.
_ xom arafris SegeSindaT, Cemo mbrZanebelo? _ aCqarebiT ikiTxa man.
_ Cems gulSi Ralats adgili ara aqvs. es meomrebi me meqvemdebarebian da
Cemi brZanebis Tanaxmad, Cven Sesaxvedrad modian.
me wynarad davuqnie Tavi, magram guli mTlad ver davimSvide.
kraalidan naxevari milis manZilze iwyeboda grZeli beqobi,
romelic gzas zemodan gadascqeroda. swored am beqobze daewyvnen
meomrebi. es marTlac rom didebuli sanaxaoba iyo. razmebi, samas-samasi
kacis
SemadgenlobiT,
swrafad
adiodnen
ferdobze
da
maTTvis
gankuTvnil adgilas uZravad dgebodnen. meomrebs Tavi frTebiT hqondaT
Semkuli. maTi Subebi ki mzeze TvalismomWrelad laplapebda. vidre
mivuaxlovdebodiT, beqobze Tormeti aseTi razmi, ese igi, sami aTas
eqvsasi meomari avida da gzis gaswvriv Tavisi adgili daikava.
roca razmebs mivuaxlovdiT, davinaxeT, rom uklebliv yvela meomari
maRali da moxdenili tanadobisa iyo. yvelani momwifebuli vaJkacebi
Candnen, umetesad ase, ormociode wlisa. maT Soris arc erTi ar yofila
eqvs futze dabali, zogierTi ki sami-oTxi duimiT metic iqneboda. Tavs
umSvenebdaT sakobulas frTebis Savi, mZime jiRebi, iseTive, rogoric
Cvens Tanamgzavrebs hqondaT. welze kameCis TeTri kudebi ertyaT, aseTive
kudebi ertyaT fexze, marjvena muxlTan. yovel maTgans marcxena xelSi
eWira mrgvali fari.
es farebi gakeTebuli iyo Txeli furclovani rkinisagan da zed
gadakruli hqonda kameCis rZesaviT TeTri tyavi. meomrebi ubralod,
magram kargad iyvnen SeiaraRebulebi, hqondaT mokle, magram Zalian mZime
ormxrivwawvetili xistariani Subi; Subis bunikis sigane daaxloebiT
eqvsi duimi iqneboda. es ar iyo satyorcni Subebi; maT iseve, rogorc
zulusur bangvanebs, ese igi xanjal-xelSubebs, xelCarTul brZolaSi
xmarobdnen. garda Subebisa, yvela meomars hqonda sam-sami didi mZime
dana. yoveli dana simZimiT ori girvanqa mainc iqneboda. meomrebs TiTo
dana kameCis kudis qamarSi hqondaT garWobili, danarCeni ori ki faris
SigniT iyo damagrebuli. es danebi zulusebis asegais waagavs.
kukuanelebi maT tollebs uwodeben. kukuanel meomars SeuZlia
ormocdaaT iardze isrolos es dana da ar aacilos. Cveulebriv, vidre
xelCarTul brZolaze gadavidodnen, kukuanelebi setyvasaviT ayrian
mowinaaRmdeges danebs.
razmebi brinjaos qandakebebiviT uZravad idgnen, magram roca
mivuaxlovdiT, meTauris mier micemul niSanze (meTauri imiT gamoirCeoda,
rom jiqis tyavis mosasxami ecva) yoveli razmi ramdenime nabijiT wamoiwevda win, Subebs haerSi SemarTavda da gvesalmeboda
gamayruebeli
SeZaxilebiT: `kuum!" `kuum!". rogorc ki gavcdebodiT, razmi ukan
mogveqceoda da kraalisken mogvyveboda, vidre bolos da bolos ruxebis
mTeli polki (es saxelwodeba polkma miiRo ruxi farebis gamo), ese igi
kukuanelebis saukeTeso samxedro nawili, mtkice nabijiT ar gamogvyva
ukan. meomarTa fexis xma miwas azanzarebda.
bolos solomon mefis didi gzidan ganze gadavuxvieT da
mivuaxlovdiT farTo Txrils, romelic kraals irgvliv ertya. kraali
daaxloebiT erT milze iyo gadaWimuli da irgvliv msxvili morebis
magari meseri evlo. Txrilze, zed alayafis karTan, gadebuli iyo asawevi
xidi. Cven misvlaze kraalis mcvelebma xidi dabla dauSves, rom zed
gadavsuliyaviT. kraali saucxood iyo dagegmili. mis centralur
nawilSi gadioda farTo gza, romelsac sxva, ufro viwro gzebi kveTda.
es gzebi qoxebs kvartlebad hyofda. unda iTqvas isic, rom yovel
kvartalSi TiTo razmi cxovrobda.
qoxebs gumbaTiseburi saxuravebi amSvenebda da, zulusuri qoxebis
msgavsad, wnelis karkasebi hqonda. karkasebSi lamazad iyo Cawnuli
balaxi. zulusebis qoxebisagan gansxvavebiT, am qoxebs datanebuli hqonda
sakmaod farTo kari, romelSiac gamarTuli Sevidoda kaci. qoxebs gars
ertymoda eqvsiode futis veranda, kargad datkepnili kirqvis iatakiT.
kraalSi mimaval gzaze orive mxares qalebi Camwkrivebuliyvnen,
isini aq Cven sanaxavad gamosuliyvnen. maRlebi da tanadebi iyvnen,
velurobis kvalobaze verc silamaziT daiwunebdiT. umetesoba saxis
swori nakvTebiT gamoirCeoda.
mokledSeWrili Tma xveuli hqondaT da ara matyliviT aburduldaburduli, rogorc es, saerTod, velurebs sCveviaT. magram yvelaze
metad maTma mSvidma da amayma saxis gamometyvelebam gagvaoca.
Taviseburad kargad aRzrdilni da zrdilobianebic Candnen da amiT
xelad gamoarCevdiT zulusi, an maTi monaTesave mazais tomis,
qalebisagan (mazais tomebi zanzibaris samxreTiT cxovroben).
miuxedavad imisa, rom isini aq cnobiswadilma moiyvana, arc erTi
uxeSi sityva, an wamoZaxili, arc erTi SeniSvna ar aRmoxdeniaT, Cqari
nabijiT gverdiT rom CavuareT. maSinac ki, roca moxuci infadusi xelis
odnavi moZraobiT aniSnebda, SeexedaT sabralo gudis `mSvenieri TeTri
fexebisaTvis" (es fexebi moxuc meomars amqveynad saocrebaTa saocrebad
miaCnda), diax, maSinac ki Tavs ufleba ar misces, xmamaRla gamoeTqvaT
aRtaceba. isini Tvals ar acilebdnen kapitnis `TovliviT qaTqaTa
wvivebs", es iyo da es, magram gudisTvis, romelic bunebiT Zalze
mokrZalebuli kaci iyo, esec kmaroda.
rodesac kraalis Suaguls mivuaxlovdiT, infadusi yvelaze didi
qoxis win SeCerda. am qoxs moSorebiT ufro momcro qoxebi ertymoda
gars.
_ SemobrZandiT, varskvlaveTis Svilno, _ erTi yofiT gviTxra man, _
SemobrZandiT da inebeT dasveneba Cvens ubralo savaneSi, rom cotaTi
danayrdeT da mSier kuWze qamrebis SemoWera ar dagWirdeT. cotaoden
Taflsa da rZes gaaxlebT, erT-or xars da ramdenime cxvarsac moggvriT.
rasakvirvelia, es bevri ar aris, Cemo brZaneblebo, magram, rac ar unda
iyos, mainc saWmelia.
_ Zalian kargi, infadus, _ vuTxari, _ Cven cota ar iyos, dagvqanca
haerSi mogzaurobam da axla siamovnebiT waviZinebdiT.
qoxSi SevediT. aq yvelaferi ise moewyoT, rom kaci marTlac
saucxood daisvenebda.
loginis magier moTelili tyavebi daegoT da wyalic SemoetanaT,
rom xel-piri dagvebana.
uecrad garedan xmauri Semogvesma. karTan mivediT da davinaxeT
qalebi, romelTac CvenTvis rZe, simindis kokrebi da Tafli mohqondaT.
maT ukan ramdenime kaci modenida msuqan xars. Cven CamovarTviT qalebs
sasmel-saWmeli. amis Semdeg erT-erTma Wabukma qamridan dana amoiRo da
xars marjved gamosWra yeli. sul raRac aTiode wuTSi xari gaatyaves,
xorci aso-aso aqnes. saukeTeso naWrebi Cven dagvitoves, danarCeni ki
Cveni saxeliT gaugzavnes meomrebs, qoxTan rom idgnen.
ambopa da erTi sakmaod
mimzidveli axalgazrda qali saqmes
Seudnen: xorci Tixis did qoTanSi Caawyves, qoxis win cecxli gaaCaRes
da sadilis Tadarigs Seudgnen. roca xorci TiTqmis mzad iyo, infaduss
kaci gavugzavneT, rom isa da mefiswuli skraga Raribul sufraze
dagvwveodnen. isini maSinve movidnen da dabal skamebze Camosxdnen. qoxSi
ramdenime aseTi skami idga.
saerTod, kukuanelebs ar uyvarT dayuntuli jdoma, rogorc es
zulusebs sCveviaT. moxuci meomari Zalze zrdilobianad iqceoda,
yuradRebiani da Tavaziani iyo, axalgazrda ki daufaravi eWviT
gvaTvalierebda. aman cota ar iyos, gagvakvirva. imasac sxvebiviT
akrTobda da aSinebda Cveni TeTri kani da misnuri niWi, magram roca
dainaxa, Cvenc Cveulebrivi mokvdavebiviT vWamdiT da gveZina, SiSi da
mokrZaleba eWviT Seecvala. es kuSti mzera kargs aras moaswavebda,
amieridan mis gverdiT ufro fxizlad unda vyofiliyaviT.
sadilobisas ser henrim gviTxra, urigo ar iqneboda, Cveni
maspinZlebisTvis gvekiTxa, xom araferi ician Cems Zmaze, iqneb sadme
unaxavT, an rame gaugiaTo, magram me uarvyavi misi winadadeba, radgan,
Cemis azriT, ajobebda am sakiTxs jerjerobiT ar SevxebodiT.
nasadilevs Cibuxi TambaqoTi davteneT da gavaboleT, ramac
infadusi da skraga Zalze gaaoca. rogorc etyoboda, kukuanelebi ar
icnobdnen Tambaqos RvTaebriv Tvisebebs. Tambaqo aq uxvad iyo, magram
aqauri mkvidrni zulusebiviT mxolod ynosavdnen mas. es iyo da es.
infaduss SevekiTxe, gzas rodisRa ganvagrZobT-meTqi da sixaruliT
Sevityve, rom meore dRes, diliT unda gavmgzavrebuliyaviT. infaduss
macneebic efrina, raTa mefe TualasaTvis Cveni mosvla Seetyobinebina.
gamoirkva, rom amJamad Tuala qveynis dedaqalaqSi, luuSi imyofeboda da
emzadeboda
didi
dResaswaulisaTvis,
romelsac
kukuanelebi
yovelwliurad ivnisis pirvel kviraSi marTavdnen. am dResaswauls
Cveulebriv eswreba da mefis winaSe sazeimod Caivlis xolme yvela
samxedro nawili, garda zogierTi polkisa, romelTac sayaraulo
samsaxurSi toveben.
aqve imarTeba didi nadiroba misnebze. magram amaze dawvrilebiT
Semdeg mogiTxrobT.
gzas gamTeniisas unda davdgomodiT. infadusic Tan mogvyveboda. misi
varaudiT, Tu adidebuli mdinareebi gzas ar Segvikravda, luuSi meore
dRes, saRamos viqnebodiT.
am saubris Semdeg Cvenma stumrebma Rame nebisa gvisurves da
wavidnen. Cven gadavwyviteT, morigeobiT gveyaraula. sami Cvengani imwamsve
iatakze gafenil tyavebze miwva da gancxromiT Zils mieca, meoTxe ki
fxizlad guSagobda, radgan Cveni maspinZlebis gulwrfelobaSi, cota ar
iyos, eWvi gvepareboda.
T a v i
m e f e
I X
T u a l a
me mgonia, ar Rirs dawvrilebiT agiweroT Cveni luuSi mgzavrobis
ambavi. getyviT mxolod, rom mTeli ori dRe mivyvebodiT solomon mefis
farTo gzas, romelic kukuanelTa qveynis Suagulisaken miimarTeboda.
rac ufro win miviwevdiT, miT ufro nayofieri xdeboda miwa. sul ufro
xSirad gvxvdeboda damuSavebul mindvrebSi Cadgmuli kraalebi, yvela
kraali Zlier waagavda im kraals, sadac Cven wina Rame gavaTieT. maTac
meomrebi icavdnen. kukuanelebis qveyanaSi, ise rogorc zulusebsa da
mazais tomebs Soris, samxedro samsaxurisaTvis gamosadegi yoveli
mamakaci meomaria. amitomac, rogorc TavdacviT, ise TavdasxmiT omebSi
faqtiurad mTeli mosaxleoba Rebulobs monawileobas. gzaze aTasobiT
meomarma gagviswro. isinic luusken miiswrafodnen, rom daswrebodnen
aRlums. aRlumis Semdeg daiwyeboda didi zeimi.
meore dRes, saRamo xans, gzam gorakis Txemze gagviyvana. aq cota
xans SevisveneT. dabla nayofieri lamazi veli moCanda. swored iq iyo
gaSenebuli qalaqi luu. velurebis qalaqis kvalobaze mas uzarmazari
farTobi eWira da gareubnis kraalebTan erTad xuT milze mainc iqneboda
gadaWimuli. gareubnis kraalebSi didi dResaswaulis dros asaxlebdnen
meomrebs, romlebic qveynis sxvadasxva kuTxidan modiodnen. luudan
CrdiloeTiT,
oriode
milis
manZilze
moCanda
naliseburi
mTa,
romelzedac dawvrilebiT qvemoT meqneba laparaki. qalaqi Tvalwarmtac
adgilas iyo gaSenebuli. farTo mdinares ramdenime adgilas kveTda
xidebi; es swored is mdinare iyo, dedofal sabias mkerdidan rom
davinaxeT. igi qalaqis centrSi gadioda da qalaqs or nawilad hyofda.
Sors, ase, samoci-samocdaaTi milis daSorebiT, moCanda sami mTa, mTebs
samkuTxedis moyvaniloba hqondaT, maT miuval, cicabo, Camofxavebuli
kldeebis mwvervalebze Tovli ido. es mTebi Tavisi aRnagobiT Zalian
gamoirCeoda
dedofal
sabias
mTebidan,
romelTa
ferdobebi
momrgvalebuli da ufro damreci iyo.
infadusma dainaxa, cnobismoyvareobiT rom gavyurebdiT am mTebs, da
gviTxra:
_ mag mTebs xalxi `sam jadoqars" uwodebs, didi gzac swored mand
mTavrdeba, Cemo mbrZaneblebo.
_ ratom maincdamainc mand? _ SevekiTxe.
_ eg aravin icis, _ mipasuxa moxucma meomarma da mxrebi SeiSmuSna, _
am mTebSi mravali mRvimea, maT Soris aris Rrma Wa, sadac eSvebodnen
Zveli drois adamianebi, rom epovaT is, risTvisac am qveyanaSi movidnen.
iqve, sikvdilis savaneSi, vmarxavT Cvens mefeebsac.
_ risTvis modiodnen aq is brZeni adamianebi? _ mouTmenlad
gavawyvetine sityva infaduss.
_
amas
ki
veRar
mogaxsenebT.
Cemi mbrZaneblebi Soreuli
varskvlaveTidan arian mosulni da yvelaferi es Cemze ukeT moexsenebaT,
_ mipasuxa infadusma da swrafad agvavl-Cagvavlo Tvali.
cxadi iyo, ar undoda eTqva yvelaferi, rac icoda.
_ marTali xar, infadus, _ vuTxari, _ varskvlaveTis mkvidrebma
viciT bevri ram iseTi, razedac Tqven warmodgenac ara gaqvT. ai,
magaliTad, me gamigonia, rom Soreul warsulSi adamianebi am mTebSi
brWyviala qvebisa da yviTeli rkinisaTvis movidnen.
_ Cemi mbrZanebeli brZenia, _ civad momigo infadusma, _ masTan
SedarebiT me ugunuri balRi var, amitomac ar Semferis am sakiTxze
saubari. Cemi mbrZanebeli aseT rameze moxuc gagulas unda elaparakos,
roca luuSi mivalT, radgan gagula masaviT brZenia.
miTxra es da ganmSorda. rogorc ki martoni davrCiT, Cems megobrebs
im Soreuli mTebisken mivuTiTe da Sevyvire:
_ ai, Turme sad yofila solomon mefis sabado!
ambopam, romelic ser henrisa da gudis gverdiT idga, gaigona Cemi
sityvebi da Semomxeda. am bolo xanebSi igi metad Cafiqrebuli Canda,
Zalze ugulisyurod iqceoda da iSviaTad gvelaparakeboda.
_ diax, makumazan, _ zulusur enaze miTxra man, _ almasebi swored
iq aris da isini Tqveni iqneba, radgan Tqven, TeTr adamianebs, fuli da
brWyviala qvebi Zalian gizidavT.
_ saidan ici, almasebi rom im mTebSia, ambopa? _ mkacrad vkiTxe.
ar momwonda misi gulCaxveuloba, arc is, rom arasodes saTqmels
bolomde ar ambobda.
_ es me wuxel sizmarSi vnaxe, TeTro adamianebo, _ Tqva ambopam,
Sebrunda da gagvecala.
_ ra undoda amiT eTqva Cven Savkanian megobars, _ ra ganuzraxavs, an
gulSi ra udevs? _ ikiTxa ser henrim. _ cxadze ucxadesia, raRac icis,
magram arCevs, Cumad iyos. sxvaTa Soris, quotermen... iqneb man Cveni
gamyolebisagan gaigo rame Cems... Cems Zmaze?
_ samwuxarod, araferi. Tumca ekiTxeboda yvelas, visac ki am xnis
ganmavlobaSi odnav mainc daumegobrda, magram yvela pasuxobda, am
qveyanaSi TeTrkaniani arasodes aravis unaxavso.
_ nuTu fiqrobT, rom Tqveni Zma aqamde moaRwevda? _ hkiTxa gudma, _
gana Cven TviTon raRac saswauliT ar movxvdiT am qveyanaSi? garda amisa,
rogor gaikvlevda gzas, roca ruka ar hqonda?
_ ar vici, _ miugo ser henrim da saxe moeRrubla, _ magram
darwmunebuli var, adre Tu gvian Cems Zmas mainc vipovi.
vidre Cven vlaparakobdiT, mze TandaTanobiT miefara mTebs da
xeladve Camobnelda. am ganedebSi bindbundi ar icis da dRis sinaTle
saocrad swrafad qreba. mze Caesvena Tu ara, aremare bnelma moicva,
magram
male
dasavleTiT
sustad
acimcimda
Suqi,
Semdeg
mas
vercxlisferi gadaekra, bolos ki gamoCnda uzarmazari savse mTvare,
romlis mokaSkaSe sxivebma gaanaTa veli da dedamiwas nazi Suqis
Saravandedi mohfina.
Cven mojadoebuliviT SevyurebdiT am saocar suraTs. Zala ar
Semwevs aRvwero is momxibvleli silamaze, romlis winaSec varskvlavebma
feri dakarges, Cveni gulebi ki TiTqos cad amaRlda da mokrZalebuli
sixaruliT aRivso.
mTeli sicocxle zrunvasa da siRaribeSi gavatare, magram zogi ram
rom momagondeba, guli madlobis grZnobiT mevseba, imisaTvis, rom
amqveynad mec vcxovrobdi. erTi aseTi mogonebaTagania is dauviwyari
saRamo da savse mTvare, kukuanelTa miwa-wyals naz sxivebs rom
afrqvevda.
fiqri Cvenma zrdilobianma megobarma infadusma Semawyvetina.
_ ukeTu Cemma mbrZaneblebma daisvenes, Cven SegviZlia ganvagrZoT
gza, luuSi TqvenTvis yvelaferi gamzadebulia. mTvare ki gzas
gagvinaTebs da siaruli ar gagviWirdeba, _ gviTxra man.
Cven Tanxmoba ganvucxadeT. yvelani gzas gavudeqiT da erTi saaTis
Semdeg ukve luus misadgomebTan viyaviT. erTi Tvalis gadavlebiT luu
usazRvrod didi gveCvena. irgvliv meomarTa aTasobiT koconi enTo, ase
gegonebodaT, qalaqisaTvis cecxlovani rkali SemouvliaTo. male
mivuaxlovdiT Txrils, romelzedac asawevi xidi iyo gadebuli.
Semogvesma iaraRis JRaruni da darajis SeZaxili. infadusma maT paroli
Seageba, magram sityva kargad ver gavarCie. mcvelebma Tavisi meTauri
icnes, miesalmnen da Cven qalaqSi SevediT.
mTeli naxevari saaTi mivabijebdiT mTavar quCaze balaxisagan
dawnul uricxv qoxs Soris. bolos infadusi qoxebTan SeCerda. maT
SuagulSi danayili kirqviT mokirwyluli patara ezo moCanda.
infadusi ezoSi Sevida da gamogvicxada, es ubadruki sadgomebi
dReidan Tqvens gankargulebaSiao. yoveli CvenganisaTvis gaemzadebinaT
TiTo patara qoxi. es qoxebi bevrad sjobda im qoxs, romelSic amas winaT
Rame gavaTieT. yovel qoxSi iyo surnelovani balaxisa da moTelili
tyavebis sawoli. iqve idga wyliT savse Tixis didi WurWeli. vaxSami ukve
gaemzadebinaT. xel-piris dabana verc ki movaswariT, rom Semovida
ramdenime axalgazrda lamazi qali. isini mdablad mogvesalmnen da xis
TefSebze koxtad dawyobili Semwvari xorci da simindis kokrebi
mogvarTves.
Cven madianad vivaxSmeT da Semdeg vTxove, Cveni loginebi erT qoxSi
gadaetanaT. am sifrTxilem lamaz qalebs Rimili mohgvara. mgzavrobiT
daRlil-daqanculni sawolebze miveyareT da Tavi Rrma Zils miveciT.
roca gagveRviZa, mze karga maRla iyo wamoweuli. fareSi qalebi ukve
Cvens qoxSi iyvnen. maT ar gaaCndaT yalbi sircxvilis grZnoba da
undodaT tansacmlis CacmaSi dagvxmarebodnen, rogorc es ufrosebisagan
hqondaT nabrZanebi. dRes xom mefes unda vxlebodiT.
_ hm, _ burtyunebda gudi, _ fexsacmlisa da flanelis perangis
Cacmas netavi ra unda. mismineT, quotermen, sTxoveT am xalxs momitanon
Sarvali.
me Sevasrule misi Txovna, magram mipasuxes, es wminda nivTebi waiRes
mefesTan, romelic axla Tqvens mosvlasRa eliso.
axalgazrda qalebs vTxoveT gasuliyvnen qoxidan, ramac isini albaT
Zalze gaakvirva da gaanawyena. mere ki didis gulmodginebiT SevudeqiT
Cacmas.
gudma, rasakvirvelia, ver moiTmina, marjvena loya kvlav gaiparsa da
daapira samarTebeli marcxenazec daesva, rom jagariviT sqeli wveri
Camoecilebina, magram Cven davarwmuneT, araviTar SemTxvevaSi es ar
Caedina. rac Segvexeba me da ser henris, Cven kargad daviban-davisufTaveT
da Tma davivarcxneT. ser henris oqrosferi kululebi Zalze
wamozrdoda da mxrebze eyara, axla igi ufro metad waagavda Zvel
daniels. mec jagari Tma zomaze metad damgrZeleboda, magram amas
jerjerobiT araferi uSvelida. roca kargad davnayrdiT da Cibuxebic
gavaboleT, infadusi Tavad gveaxla da mogvaxsena, Tu Tualas naxvas
inebebT, droa wavideT, mefe gveliso.
Cven vupasuxeT, grZelma gzam Zalian dagvqanca, amitom vamjobinebT,
mefesTan ufro mogvianebiT wavideTo. daRlilobis garda sxva bevri
mizezic movigoneT. roca saqme velurebTan gaqvT, yovelTvis ase unda
moiqceT, ar SeiZleba dauyovnebliv aasrulo maTi neba-survili, radgan
Tqvens zrdilobas isini aucileblad simxdales da monur qedmoxras
miaweren. amitomac wasvla kidev mTeli saaTiT davayovneT, Tumca mefe
Tualas naxva Zalian gvainteresebda. dro rom ufro swrafad gasuliyo,
mefisa da misi axloblebisaTvis saCuqrebis gadarCevas SevudeqiT. Cveni
isedac mcire nivTebidan SevarCieT sabralo ventfogelis vinCesteri da
cotaodeni
mZivebi.
gadavwyviteT,
Tofi
da
tyviebi
misi
udidebulesobisaTvis migverTmia, mZivebs ki mis col-Svilsa da
kariskacebs gavunawilebdiT. saCuqarma isini aRtacebaSi moiyvana, msgavsi
ram xom Tavis sicocxleSi ar enaxaT.
bolos da bolos gamovacxadeT, mzad varT mefes veaxloTo, da
qoxidan infadusis da ambopas TanxlebiT gamovediT, ambopas Cveni
saCuqrebi mohqonda.
ramdenime
aseuli
iardi
gaviareT
da
aRmovCndiT
iseTsave
RobewnulTan,
rogoric
Cvens
qoxebs
ertya
gars.
magram
igi
ormocdaaTjer ufro grZeli iqneboda, radgan, sul cota, eqvs-Svid akr
miwas Robavda. Robis SigniT Camwkrivebuliyo qoxebi, aq mefis colebi
cxovrobdnen.
alayafis
karis
pirdapir,
uzarmazar
moedanze
gancalkevebiT idga karga mozrdili qoxi, es misi udidebulesobis
samflobelo gaxldaT. moedani carieli iyo, ufro sworad rom vTqvaT,
carieli iqneboda, amJamad zed meomarTa mravalricxovani razmebi rom ar
mdgariyo. sul cota, Svidi-rva aTasi kaci mainc iqneboda TavSeyrili.
gverdiT rom CavuareT, yvelani qandakebebiviT uZravad idgnen. ver avwer,
ra didebul sanaxaobas warmoadgenda es jari, maTi aqeT-iqiT mofriale
jiRebi, mzeze molaplape Subebi da kameCis tyavgadakruli rkinis farebi.
moednis erT mxares, mefis qoxis win idga ramdenime skami. infadusis
miTiTebiT, sami skami davikaveT, ambopa Cven ukan dadga, TviT infadusi ki
mefis qoxis karTan darCa. moedanze samariseburi siCume idga. aT wuTze
meti velodebodiT misi udidebulesobis gamosvlas da mTeli am xnis
ganmavlobaSi rva aTasi wyvili Tvali udidesi interesiT gvaTvalierebda.
ra Tqma unda, Tavs metad uxerxulad vgrZnobdiT, magram ise viqceodiT,
TiTqos Cven araferi gvexeboda. bolos, rogorc iqna, didi qoxis kari
gaiRo da iqidan erTi oqlaqi mamakaci gamovida. mxrebze vefxvis tyavis
saucxoo mosasxami esxa. mas fexdafex mohyveboda ufliswuli skraga da,
rogorc erTi SexedviT gveCvena, gamxmar-galeuli, saxedaRaruli maimuni,
romelic bewvis mosasxamSi gaxveuliyo. oqlaqi skamze dajda. skraga
zurgs ukan amoudga, maimuni ki oTxze dadga, gafofxda da qoxis Crdils
Tavi Seafara.
mTeli es mileTis xalxi isev dumda.
uecrad oqlaqma mosasxami gadaiZro, wamodga da mTeli taniT
gaimarTa. Cven winaSe sazareli garegnobis mamakaci idga. ugvanod msxvili
tuCebi, farTo, mityepnili cxviri da erTaderTi Savi Tvali hqonda.
meore Tvalis adgilas Savi Rrmuli moCanda. Cems sicocxleSi arsad
Semxvedria amaze sazizRari da boroti saxis mqone kaci. oqlaqs Tavze
siraqlemas frTebis saucxoo jiRa edga, mkerds mbrwyinavi jaWvis perangi
ufaravda. welsa da marjvena muxls Cveulebrivi samkauli _ kameCis
TeTri kudebi umSvenebda. am sazarel kacs yelze oqros yelsabami ekida.
mis Sublze ki mkrTalad cimcimebda uzarmazari gaurandavi almasi.
xelT mZime grZeli Subi epyra. maSinve mivxvdi, es sazareli kaci mefe
Tuala iyo.
siCume didxans aRar gagrZelebula, mefem Tavisi Subi maRla aswia.
pasuxad haerSi rva aTasi Subiani xeli aRimarTa da gaisma misalmeba
`kuum! kuum! kuum!" _ rva aTasi kacis SeZaxilma miwa Seazanzara. am
Rrials mxolod gamayruebel Weqa-quxils Tu miamsgavsebda kaci.
_ morCilni iyaviT, hoi, xalxno, es Tqveni mefea! _ gaisma uceb
gamyivani wvrili xma lafarodan, sadac saxedaRaruli maimuni ijda.
_ mefea! _ exosaviT igrgvina rva aTasma kacma, _ morCilni iyaviT,
xalxno, es mefa!
moedanze kvlav samariseburi siCume gamefda.
uecrad erT-erT meomars, romelic marcxena frTaze idga, fari
dauvarda. fari wkrialiT daenarcxa kirqviT mokirwylul miwas.
Tualam Tavi aiRo da civad gaixeda iqiT, sadac is meomari idga.
_ Sen, hei, aqeT modeq! _ mquxare xmiT dauRriala siCumis uneblie
damrRvevs.
meomarTa rigebs lamazi Wabuki gamoeyo. igi mefes eaxla da mis win
aisveta.
_ maS, es Sen dagivarda fari, Se qofako, Sena? Sen Semarcxvine
varskvlaveTidan Camosul ucxoelebTan? rogor gabede es?
sabralo Wabuks saxeze mkvdris feri daedo.
_ hoi, xboo Savi Zroxisav, _ daiCurCula man, _ geficebi, ar mindoda,
uneblieT momixda.
_ hoda, eg uneblie saqcieli sakuTari sicocxliT unda zRo,
moemzade sasikvdilod!
_ me mxolod da mxolod xari var mefisa, _ xmadabla Tqva sabralo
meomarma.
_ skraga! _ daiRriala mefem, _ maCvene Seni mklavis Zala, mohkal es
ZaRli.
skraga avismomaswavebeli RimiliT wamodga win da Subi aRmarTa. mis
sabralo msxverpls saxeze xelebi aefarebina da gaunZrevlad idga. Cven
Tavzari dagveca. gaqvavebulebiviT visxediT.
skragam orjer moiqnia Subi da Wabuks mkerdSi aZgera. dartyma
imdenad mZlavri iyo, rom Subis wverma zurgSi gaatana. sabralo meomarma
xelebi aiqnia da usulod daaskda miwas.
gamkicxavi butbuti Soreuli quxiliviT gahyva meomarTa mWidro
rigebs da sadRac, Sors, Cakvda. Cven verc ki movaswariT gagvego, ra
xdeboda, rom sisxlSi moTxvrili gvami ukve Cvens fexebTan egdo. ser
henri saSineli wyevla-krulviT wamoiWra, magram saerTo siCumiT
sulSexuTuli mZimed daeSva Tavis adgilze.
_ marjve dartyma iyo, _ Tqva Tualam, _ gaaTrieT es gvami aqedan!
meomarTa rigebs gamoeyo oTxi kaci. mokluli meomris gvami gaitanes.
_ daayareT sisxls miwa, miwa daayareT! _ daiwripina maimunis
msgavsma arsebam. _ mefem Tavisi sityva Tqva da ganaCeni aRsrulda!
qoxis gverdiT gamoCnda qalwuli. xelSi dafxvnili kirqviT savse
WurWeli eWira. mogviaxlovda da sisxlian gubes sqlad moayara kiri. ser
henri sibrazisagan sul cofebs yrida da Zlivs iokebda guliswyromas.
Cven ris vai-vaglaxiT SevZeliT misi daSoSmineba.
_ RvTis gulisTvis, dawynardiT, _ wavCurCule me, _ gaxsovdeT, Cveni
sicocxle Cvens saqcielzea damokidebuli.
ser henri mixvda amas da, rogorc iqna, Tavs sZlia.
vidre qalwuli sisxlian miwas kirqvas ayrida da am sazareli
tragediis kvals Slida, Tuala uxmod ijda, magram rogorc ki qalwuli
iqaurobas gaecala, misi udidebulesoba Cvenken Semobrunda:
_ gamarjobaT, TeTro adamianebo! _ mogvesalma igi.
_ Senc gamarjvebiT gevlos, kukuanelTa mefeo! _ mivagebeT.
_ TeTro adamianebo, saidan mosulxarT, ras eZebT Cvens qveyanaSi?
_ Cven varskvlaveTidan daveSviT, rom gvenaxa kukuanelTa miwa. nu
gvkiTxav, rogor da ra saSualebiT movaxerxeT es.
_ gana Rirda amodena gzis gamovla mxolod imisTvis, rom es erTi
cicqna miwa genaxaT? anda ai, is kacic varskvlaveTidan Camovida? _ Tqva
da ambopaze migviTiTa.
_ ho, isic Cven Camogvyva, _ mivuge, _ caSi Savkanianebic arian, magram
hoi, Tualav, nu gvkiTxav imas, rac Sens gagebas aRemateba da rasac Seni
azri da goneba ver Caswvdeba.
_ Tqven, varskvlaveTis Svilebi, ratomRac Zalian gabedulad
melaparakebiT, _ SemogviRrina Tualam da Tvali borotad aubrwyinda. _
nu gaviwydebaT, varskvlavebi Sorsaa, Tqven ki aq, Cems qveyanaSi imyofebiT.
iqneb gnebavT, Tqven im meomris dRe gayaroT, es-esaa aqedan rom gaitanes?
me xmamaRla gadavixarxare, Tumca sicilis gunebaze sulac ar
gaxldiT.
_ hoi, mefeo, _ vuTxari, _ frTxilad iyavi, fexebi ar daiwva, roca
cxel qviSaze dadixar, Subi tariT daiWire, xelebi ar dageseros.
gamifrTxilebixar, me da Cems megobrebs bewvic ki rom Segverxes Tavze,
sikvdilisagan veRaraferi gixsnis. gana Senma xalxma _ ganvagrZe da
infadusze da sazizRar skragaze mivuTiTe (skraga am dros Subs
sisxlisagan wmendda), _ ar giTxra, vinca varT? esec ar iyos, ginaxavs
sadme aseTi kaci? _ xeli gudisken gaviwvdine, sruliad darwmunebulma,
rom msgavss versad veravis naxavda.
_ marTali xar, arasodes minaxavs, _ mipasuxa Tualam.
_ arc is uTqvamT SenTvis, rom Cven SegviZlia Sori manZilidan
movklaT cocxali arseba?
_ miTxres, magram maTi ara mjera. maCvene, rogor aRwev amas, mokali
erT-erTi meomari ager, ai, iq, _ miTxra da xeli kraalis mopirdapire
mimarTulebiT gaiwvdina, _ mokali da maSin eWvi aRar Semepareba.
_ ara, udanaSaulo sisxls ver davRvriT, _ vuTxari me, _ Cven
SegviZlia kaci mxolod maSin movklaT, roca rames daaSavebs da sastik
sasjels daimsaxurebs. Sen ki, Tu gsurs Cvens ZlierebaSi darwmunde,
ubrZane msaxurebs kraalSi xari modenon, da naxav rogor gavagorebT,
vidre fexis gadadgmas moaswrebdes.
_ ara, ara, _ gaicina mefem, _ Tu gsurs davijero, kaci unda mokla.
_ kargi, mefeo, iyos neba Seni, _ mSvidad warmovTqvi me, _ gahyevi am
moedans alayafis karisken da vidre iqamde miaRwevde, usulod daecemi
Zirs. Tu Sen ar ginda wasvla, skraga gagzavne (unda mogaxsenoT, im
garewar skragas didi siamovnebiT davaxlidi tyvias).
am sityvebis gagonebaze skragam sazarlad Sehyvira da qoxSi
Sevarda.
Tualam amayad gadmomxeda da Subli Seikra, aSkara iyo, Cemi
winadadeba ar moewona.
_ modeneT mozveri! _ ubrZana msaxurebs da isinic swrafad gaqandnen
brZanebis Sesasruleblad.
_ amjerad Tqven isroleT, _ vuTxari ser henris, _ unda
davumtkicoT am garewars, rom Cvens Soris marto me ara var jadoqari da
misani.
_ imedi maqvs, ar avacden, _ Tqva da mZimed amoioxra.
_ Tu erTxel ver moartyiT, meored esroleT. as ormocdaaT iardze
rom mogviaxlovdeba, maSin amoiReT mizanSi da daicadeT, vidre Cvenken
gverdiT ar Sebrundeba.
moedanze siCumem daisadgura.
uecrad alayafis kari gaiRo da gamoCnda xari. es zRva xalxi rom
dainaxa, SeCerda, dafeTebuli Tvalebi uazrod moavlo iqaurobas, Semdeg
Sebrunda da daibRavla.
_ esroleT! _ vuCurCule ser henris.
_ bum! bum! _ gaisma gamayruebeli griali.
xari zurgze daeca da fexebi aafxarkala. saskdomi tyvia Sig
ferdSi moxvda. xalxi gaocebuli da Tavzardacemuli idga.
_ hoi, mefeo, xom xedav, tyuili ar miTqvams SenTvis.
_ ara, TeTro adamiano, Sen marTali iyavi, _ krZalviT da SiSiT
momigo Tualam.
_ mismine, Tuala, _ ganvagrZe me, _ SenTvis sruliad sakmarisia, rac
naxe, magram icode, Cven mSvidoba gviyvars da aq saomrad ar movsulvarT.
Sexede, _ vuTxari da Tofi maRla avwie, _ ai am gulgamoclili joxiT
Senc SegeZleba srola, magram icode, joxi Selocvilia da Tu adamians
umizneb, mis nacvlad Sen mokvdebi. moica! moica! minda kidev raRac
gaCveno. erT-erTma Senma meomarma aqedan ormoc nabijze tariT Caasos
Subi miwaSi, ise rom buniki brtyeli mxriT Cvenken iyos moqceuli.
es brZaneba dauyovnebliv iqna Sesrulebuli.
_ axla ki ucqire, hoi, mefeo, rogor vaqcev namsxvrevebad im Subs.
Tofi guldagul davumizne da visrole. tyvia buniks moxvda da
namsxvrevebad aqcia.
moedanze mZime oxvra gaisma.
_ aha, Tuala, miiRe Cvengan saCuqrad es mojadoebuli mili, Semdeg
mis xmarebasac gaswavliT, magram gafrTxileb, adamianis winaaRmdeg ar
gamoiyeno! _ vuTxari da Tofi gavuwode.
mefem sifrTxiliT gamomarTva saCuqari da fexebTan daido. swored
am dros SevamCnie, rom is maimunismsgavsi arseba Tavisi adgilidan
wamodga da forTxviT wamovida Cvenken. roca mogviaxlovda, fexze
wamodga da bewvis mosasxami moixsna, Cvens win araCveulebrivi arseba
idga. es iyo Zalze moxuci qali, welTa simravlisagan saxe saocrad
daWknoboda da dapataraveboda, Tanac Rrma yviTeli naoWebiT hqonda
dafaruli. naoWebs Soris patara xvreliviT mouCanda piri. am arsebas
cxviri sulac ar emCneoda da, saerTod, adamiani ki ara, gamomSrali
mumia gegonebodaT, rom naRverdaliviT anTebuli didi Savi Tvalebi ar
hqonoda. es Tvalebi cocxlad imzirebodnen sruliad gaTeTrebul
warbebs qvemodan, pergamentiviT yviTeli Subli da wvetiani win
wamowvdili nikapi hqonda, Tavze ki Tmis Reric ar moeZebneboda.
danaoWebuli kani kapiSoniviT moZraobda Tavis qalaze.
am saSineli arsebis danaxvaze uneblieT SevkrTi. SiSma amitana.
Semzarda
qali.
igi
wuTiT
uZravad
idga,
Semdeg
gaiwvdina
gaZvaltyavebuli xeli, romelic frinvelis klanWs waagavda, da wvrili,
mkivana xmiT daiwyo:
_ hoi, mefeo, yuri momapyar! mismineT Tqvenc, meomrebo, mTebo,
velebo, mdinareebo, kukuanelTa qveyanav! mismineT qalebo da kacebo,
Wabukno da qalwulno, mismineT yrmano, romelnic jer ar SobilxarT!
misminos yvelam da yovelma, rac ki cocxlobs da rac unda mokvdes.
misminos manac, rac mokvda da aw unda gacocxldes. gacocxldes da mere
isev mokvdes. CemSi gacxovelda sicocxlis suli, ismineT-meTqi, ismineT
Cemi winaswarmetyveleba!
dedaberma erTi Sehkivla da dadumda, yvelani TavzardacemulebiviT
videqiT. es qali marTlac sazareli ram iyo.
_ sisxli! sisxli! sisxli! sisxlis zRva dgas, yvelgan sisxlia, _
kvlav ganagrZo am jadom. _ vxedav mas, vgrZnob mis mlaSe gemos, mcems
misi suni.
_ Cu! nabiji nabijs mihyveba! es TeTri adamianis fexis xmaa. igi
Soridan modis, nabijebi miwas azanzarebs. miwa TrTis, caxcaxebs Tavisi
mbrZaneblis winaSe.
ra saucxooa es sisxli, es wiTeli sisxli, netav Tu rame Seedreba
Tbili sisxlis suns. lomebi brdRvinviT xarbad alokaven mas, mtacebeli
frinvelebi frTebs ganibanen Sig da sixaruliT yaSyaS-yrantals
mohyvebian.
me moxuci var, moxuci! Cems sicocxleSi sisxlis mdinareebi minaxavs,
ha, ha, ha! magram sikvdilamde kidev ufro mets vnaxav da Cems suls
sixaruli daeufleba. rogor fiqrobT, ra xnis viqnebi? Tqveni mamebis,
papebisa da papis papebis momswre var. me minaxavs TeTri adamiani da vici,
ra surs mas. me didi xnisa var, magram es mTebi Cemze ufro didi xnis
winaT gaCndnen. miTxariT, vin gaiyvana didi gza? vin gamokveTa is
suraTebi kldeebze? vin gamoaqandaka sami dayursebuli, maRarosTan
mTebSi rom sxedan da Cvens qveyanas gadmoscqerian? _ Tqva da xeli
gaiwvdina Camofxavebuli cicabo mTisken, romelic Cven jer kidev wina
dRiT SevniSneT. _ Tqven vin getyodaT, me ki vici. didi, Zalian didi xnis
winaT, aq iyvnen TeTrkanianebi, isini kvlavac movlen Cvens miwaze, Tqven ki
aRar iqnebiT, ar iqnebiT imitom, rom TeTri adamianebi amogvJleten. diax!
diax! diax! amogvJleten.
risTvis modiodnen aq TeTrkanianebi _ es gonieri, Zlieri, jiuti da
misnobaSi gawafuli adamianebi?
hoi, mefeo! vin mogca eg brWyviala qva, Subls rom gimSvenebs? visma
xelma gaWeda rkinis perangi, mkerds rom gicavs? Sen ar ici, ara, me ki
vici. me moxuci var, brZeni var, me izanuzi, diadi misani var!
Semdeg motvlepili Tavi Cemken moabruna da daiwivla:
_
ras
eZebT
CvenTan,
varskvlaveTis
Svilno,
ras
eZebT,
TeTrkanianebo?.. Tu dakargul adamians daeZebT, mas aq ver ipoviT. ukve
didi xania arc erT TerTkanians ar daudgams fexi Cvens miwa-wyalze.
diax, diax, garda erTisa, magram imanac male datova aqauroba da sulTa
qveyanaSi gaemgzavra. Tqven brWyviala qvebisTvis moxvediT. vici,
namdvilad vici es. roca sisxlis gubeebi daSreba, Tqven ipoviT am qvebs.
magram gabrundebiT Tu ara Tqvens qveyanaSi? Tu CvenTan darCebiT? ha! ha!
ha!
_ Sen ki, Sen, amayo Savkaniano, _ wahkivla dedaberma da
gaZvaltyavebuli xeli ambopasaken gaiwvdina. _ vina xar, an ras eZeb aq?
brWyviala qvebi da yviTlad mocimcime rkina Sen ar gainteresebs _ Sen
maT varskvlaveTis TeTrkanian Svilebs dauTmob. me mgonia, gicnob, vinca
xar, me mgonia, vcnob sisxlis suns Sens ZarRvebSi. aba eg welsakravi
Semoixseni...
moulodnelad am sazizRar arsebas saxe ufro daemanWa, piridan
duJma dauwyo dena da bnedamoreuli miwaze daeca. igi imwamsve qoxSi
Seiyvanes.
mefe wamodga. es amodena kaci TaviT fexebamde caxcaxebda. xeli
aiqnia da meomarTa razmebi erTmaneTis miyolebiT mwyobrad gaemarTnen
gasasvlelisaken.
aTiode wuTis Semdeg uzarmazari moedani dacarielda.
Cven martoni davrCiT mefesTan. misi mcirericxovani amalac aqve
idga.
_ TeTro adamianebo, _ Tqva mefem, _ gagula raRac ucnaurad
laparakobda, me mgonia, ajobebs, rom yvelani aqve dagxocoT. ras ityviT
amaze?
_ hoi, mefeo, gafrTxildi, _ gavicine me, _ xom dainaxe, ra daemarTa
xars? nuTu ginda Senc is dRe dagadges?
Tualam Subli SeiWmuxna.
_ mefes ar emuqrebian, _ kuStad gamoscra man.
_ es muqara ar aris, simarTles geubnebiT. hoi, mefeo, aba aRmarTe
Cvenze xeli da naxav, ra dRe dagadges!
oqlaqma xeli Sublze miido da wuTiT dafiqrda.
_ kargi, wadiT, _ Tqva bolos. _ dRes saRamos mejliss vawyobT. es
iqneba didi mejlisi, Tqvenc unda daeswroT. nu geSiniaT, arafers
dagiSavebT, xval ki gadavwyvetT, ra giyoT da rogor mogeqceT.
_ kargi, mefeo! _ gulgrilad vuTxari.
yvelani wamovdeqiT da infadusis TanxlebiT Cveni karvebisaken
gavemarTeT.
T a v i
n a d i r o b a
X I V
m i s n e b z e
qoxs rom mivuaxlovdiT, infaduss vaniSne, CemTan Semodi-meTqi.
_ mismine, infadus, _ vuTxari, _ Cven gvinda mogelaparakoT.
_ gismenT, mbrZanebelo!
_ Cveni azriT, infadus, mefe Tuala sastiki da ulmobelia.
_ marTali gaxlavT, Cemo mbrZanebelo. vai, rom xalxi mZime
uRelqveS gminavs. Tumca dRes yvelafers sakuTari TvaliT naxavT. RamiT
misnebze nadiroba moewyoba. mravali adamiani gamoesalmeba sicocxles.
guldamSvidebiT veravin iqneba. Tu mefem moisurva waarTvas Tavis
qveSevrdoms jogi an sicocxle, mas veRaraferi ixsnis. SemTxveviT vinmeze
eWvi rom miitanos da arakeTilsaimedo kacad Seracxos, maSin gagula an
misi gawvrTnili romelime qali misnad gamoacxadebs da moakvlevinebs
mas. amaRam, vidre mTvare fers dakargavdes, mraval adamians moeswrafeba
sicocxle. ase xdeba mudam. ra vici, egeba mec memuqreba sikvdili. dRemde
xeli ar uxliaT, imitom rom samxedro saqmeSi didi gamocdileba maqvs,
Tanac, meomrebs vuyvarvar, magram ar vici, didxans Sevinaxav amgvarad
Tavs Tu ara. Tualas xelSi qveyana itanjeba da TandaTanobiT sisxlisgan
iwriteba.
_ maS, xalxi ratom iTmens mas, infadus?
_ o, ara, mbrZanebelo, rac unda iyos, Tuala mefea, rom movklaT,
mis adgils skraga daiWers. is ki ufro mZime uRels dagvadgams zurgze,
imotu rom cocxali yofiliyo, an misi Svili ignozi ar daRupuliyo,
yvelaferi sxvagvarad warimarTeboda. magram, samwuxarod, isini amqveynad
aRar arian.
_ vin giTxra, rom ignozi mkvdaria? _ gaisma xma Cvens zurgs ukan. es
ambopa iyo.
_ ra gsurs amiT Tqva, Wabuko! _ SeekiTxa infadusi, _ da ratom
gakadinierdi ise, rom xmis amoReba gabede?
_ mismine, infadus, _ uTxra ambopam, _ moismine rasac getyvi. didi
xnis winaT kukuanelTa qveyanaSi mokles mefe. misi coli patara vaJTan
erTad, romelsac ignozi erqva, aqedan gaiqca da Tavs uSvela. marTalia
es Tu ara?
_ marTalia.
_ amboben, qali da bavSvi SimSiliT daiRupneno, xom asea?
_ diax, asea.
_ Zalian kargi, magram yvelaferi sxvagvarad Setrialda, deda-Svili
ar daRupula. isini mTebze gadavidnen, romeliRac moxetiale tomTan
erTad gadalaxes udabno, mTebis gadaRma rom daxvdaT, da miaRwies
adgils, sadac iyo wyali da xe da balaxi xarobda.
_ Sen es saidan ici?
_
mismine.
mismine.
maT
Seusvenebliv
iares
mravali
dRis
ganmavlobaSi, vidre bolos da bolos ar miadgnen qveyanas, sadac
kukuanelTa monaTesave tomi amazulu cxovrobs. didxans cxovrobdnen iq.
bolos deda mokvda. maSin misma Svilma ignozim kvlav moxetiale
cxovrebas mihyo xeli, igi gaemgzavra saocrebaTa qveyanaSi, sadac
TeTrkanianebi cxovroben da wlebis ganmavlobaSi ewafeboda maT
sibrZnes.
_ saocar ambavs yvebi, _ undoblad Tqva infadusma.
_ ignozim mravali weli dahyo iq. iyo msaxuri, meomari, gulSi ki
saTuTad inaxavda dedis naambobs samSobloze, ocnebobda dabrunebuliyo
iq, enaxa Tavisi xalxi, enaxa mamis kera, vidre sikvdili Tvals
dauxuWavda. mravali weli eloda marjve SemTxvevas. da ai, dadga dro da
bedma igi TeTrkanianebs Seaxvedra. TeTrkanianebi mis samSobloSi
apirebdnen wamosvlas da ignozic maT SeuerTda. SeuCerebliv modiodnen.
gadaiares cxeli udabno, TovliT dafaruli mTebi, kukuanelTa qveyanaSi
movidnen da pirvel dResve Segxvdnen Sen, hoi, infadus!
_ Sen uTuod SeSlili xar, Torem ase ar ilaparakebdi, _ wamoiyvira
moxucma meomarma, romelic gaocebiT Sescqeroda ambopas.
_ tyuilad fiqrob ase, aba kargad Semomxede, hoi, biZaCemo, mamaCemis
Zmao, me var ignozi, kukuanelTa kanonieri mefe!
am sityvebiT man TeZoebidan erTi xelis mosmiT moiZro Semosakravi
da Cven win dediSobila dadga.
_ aba, kargad daakvirdi, ici Tu ara, ra aris es? _ Tqva da miuTiTa
lurji saRebaviT amosviringebul gvelze, tanze rom Semoklaknoda.
gvels piriT misive kudi eWira.
infaduss gaocebisagan lamis Tvalebi wamoscvivda. igi erTxans
gaSeSebuli idga, Semdeg ki muxlebze daeca.
_ kuum! kuum! _ wamoiZaxa man, _ es Cemi Zmiswulia, kukuanelTa mefea!
_ mec swored eg giTxari, hoi, biZaCemo. mxolod erTi kia,
jerjerobiT mefe ara var, magram imedi maqvs, Seni xelSewyobiTa da Cemi
mamaci TeTrkaniani megobrebis daxmarebiT usaTuod davibruneb taxts.
gagulam marTali Tqva, miwa sisxliT moirwyvebao, im sisxls gagulas
sisxlic SeuerTdeba, Tuki, rasakvirvelia, im kudians kidev udgas
ZarRvebSi sisxli, imitom rom man Tavisi bilwi sityviT moakvlevina
mamaCemi, deda ki samSoblodan gaaZeva. infadus, isurveb Tu ara xeli
momce, gaiziaro yvela safrTxe da saSiSroeba, romelic me memuqreba,
damexmarebi Tu ara taxtidan Camovagdo mtarvali da kacismkvleli?
airCie-meTqi, pasuxs veli!
moxucma Sublze xeli miido da dafiqrda. Semdeg wamodga,
miuaxlovda im adgils, sadac ambopa, ufro sworad rom vTqvaT, ignozi
idga, muxli moiyara da ignozis xels Seexo.
_ ignozi, kukuanelTa kanoniero mefev, Tanaxma var xeli mogce da
sikvdilamde gemsaxuro. roca patara iyavi, Cems muxlebze garwevdi da
gaTamaSebdi, axla ki am damWknar-danaoWebul xelSi aviReb iaraRs, rom
vibrZolo SenTvis da TavisuflebisaTvis!
_ es saucxood Tqvi, infadus! Tu gavimarjve, kukuanelTa qveyanaSi
mefis Semdeg pirveli kaci Seiqnebi, magram Tu davmarcxdi, maSin ueWveli
sikvdili gelis. sikvdili ki yvela Cvenganis xvedria, amasTan Sen arc ise
axalgazrda xar. adeq, mamaCemis Zmao. TeTrkanianebo, Tqven raRas metyviT?
damexmarebiT? ra SemiZlia sanacvlod SemogTavazoT? Tu gavimarjve da im
brWyivala qvebis povna SevZeli, Tan gagatanT imdens, ramdensac zidavT.
sakmarisia es TqvenTvis?
misi sityvebi Cems Tanamgzavrebs vuTargmne.
_ gadaeciT ambopas, _ miTxra ser henrim, _ rom ingliselebze
mcdari warmodgena hqonia. simdidre kargi ram aris da Tu igi cxovrebis
gzaze Segvxvda, zurgs ar SevaqcevT. magram jentlmeni simdidrisTvis
suls ar gayidis. Cemi saxeliT ki ai, ra uTxariT: me yovelTvis momwonda
ambopa da am brZolaSi mudam mis gverdiT viqnebi. esec rom ar iyos,
udidesi siamovnebiT gavusworeb angariSs im qajsa da eSmaks _ Tualas.
Tqven raRas ityviT, gud, ras ityviT, quotermen?!
_ ra meTqmis, _ miugo kapitanma, _ hiperbolurad rom vTqva,
SegiZliaT gadasceT, rom brZola WeSmariti adamianis guls axarebs.
amitom, ramdenadac saqme me Semexeba, SeuZlia Cemi imedi iqonios, mxolod
erTi pirobiT, Sarvali unda damibrunos.
me misi pasuxic gadavTargmne.
_ gmadlobT, megobrebo, _ Tqva ignozim, _ Sen raRas ityvi,
makumazan? darCebi CemTan, ubadlo monadirev, daWril kameCze ubrZneso?
me kefa moviqeqe da davfiqrdi.
_ ambopa, anu ignozi, _ vuTxari bolos, _ ar miyvars revolucia, me
mSvidobismoyvare da, cota ar iyos, mSiSara kaci var (aq ignozim gaiRima);
magram miuxedavada amisa, mudam Cemi megobrebis erTguli viqnebi. Sen
erTgulad gvemsaxurebodi da namdvili vaJkacoba gamoiCine, amitom am
brZolaSi arc me migatoveb, magram nu dagaviwydeba, rom vaWari kaci var
da cxovreba maiZulebs lukma-puri SromiT movipovo. amitom uars ar
vambob im almasebze, rasakvirvelia, Tu maT adgilsamyofels mivagnebT.
amasTan, rogorc ici, Cven aq inkubus dakarguli Zmis saZebrad wamovediT,
hoda, unda dagvexmaro da gvapovnino igi.
_ Sens Txovnas avasruleb, _ momigo ignozim, _ mismine, infadus, _
ganagrZo man da moxuc meomars miubrunda, _ gaficeb gvelis wminda
gamosaxulebas, marTali miTxari, gsmenia odesme, rom TeTrkanians
kukuanelTa miwaze fexi daedgas?
_ ara, ignozi.
_ aq rom sadme TeTrkaniani enaxaT, an gaegoT rame masze, Sen xom
usaTuod Seityobdi?
_ ra Tqma unda, Sevityobdi.
_ xom gesmis, inkubu? _ mimarTa ignozim ser henris, _ cxadze
ucxadesia, Seni Zma aq ar yofila.
_ vai, rom mesmis! _ oxvriT aRmoxda ser henris, _ ueWvelia, aqamde
veRar moaRwia... sabralo jorji, maS, amdenma tanjva-wvalebam fuWad
Cagviara? iyavn neba RvTisa.
_ aba, axla ki saqmeze gadavideT, _ sityva CavurTe me, radgan
mindoda Semewyvita es sevdiani saubari, _ rasakvirvelia, Tu RmerTi
Seewia, mefobaze uars aravin ityvis, ignozi, magram rogor da ra gziT
apireb gamefebas?
_ eg ukve aRar vici, iqneb infadusma rame gegma SemogvTavazos?
_ ignozi, Zeo elvisa, _ daiwyo infadusma, _ amaRam gaimarTeba didi
cekvebi, mere ki misnebze nadiroba daiwyeba, mraval adamians daubneldeba
mze, ufro meti ki damwuxrebuli da guldaTuTquli darCeba. xalxi
gulSi Tualas winaaRmdeg amxedrdeba. cekva rom damTavrdeba, beladebs
movelaparakebi,
isini
ki
Tavis
mxriv
meomrebs
moeTaTbirebian.
beladebTan, rasakvirvelia, saidumlo bWobas gavmarTav da Tu maTi
gadmobireba SevZeli, yvelani aq movalT. Tu saqme ise warimarTa, rogorc
me minda, xval, alionze Sens gankargulebaSi oci aTasi kaci mainc iqneba.
erTi sityviT, Tu cocxlebi gadavrCiT, aq SevgrovdebiT da yvelaferze
vimsjelebT. mxolod icode, rac ar unda moxdes, brZola mainc ar
agvcdeba.
saubari xmamaRla laparakma da xmaurma Segvawyvetina. mefis msaxurni
iyvnen. Cven qoxis kars mivadeqiT da mcvelebs maTi SemoSveba vubrZaneT.
maSinve Semovida sami kaci. yovel maTgans xelSi jaWvis perangi da
saucxoo sabrZolo najaxi eWira.
_ es Cemma mbrZanebelma, mefe
Tualam aaxla
varskvlaveTidan
Camosul adamianebs, _ gamogvicxada heroldma, maT rom axlda.
_ gabrundiT da Cvengan madloba gadaeciT mefes, _ vuTxari.
msaxurni wavidnen da Cven didi interesiT
SevudeqiT saCuqrebis
daTvalierebas. aseTi saucxoo jaWvebi arasodes gvenaxa. iseTi faqizi
naxelavi da ise Txeli iyo, rom xelisgulze advilad Tavsdeboda.
_ ra ucxo nakeTobaa, infadus, nuTu Tqvens qveyanaSi msgavs rames
amzadeben?
_ ara, Cemo mbrZanebelo, _ gvipasuxa infadusma, _ eg winaparTagan
SemogvrCa, ar vici, vin da rodis gaWeda. axla cotaRa dagvrCa da
mxolod mefis ojaxis wevrebs SeuZliaT maTi tareba. es mojadoebuli
rkinaa, Sig Subi ver atans da brZolaSi maT patrons araviTari safrTxe
ar elis. mefe an Zalian kmayofilia TqveniT, an raRacas SeuSinebia,
Torem amas aq ar gaaxlebdaT. kargi iqneba, Tu saRamos am jaWvebs
CaicvamT, Cemo mbrZaneblebo!
is dRe mSvidad gavatareT, visvenebdiT da Cvens axlandel yofaze
vmsjelobdiT. mdgomareoba Zalze damafiqrebeli iyo.
bolos mzec Cavida. abrialda aTasobiT koconi. bnelSi mZime
nabijebis xma dairxa, Subebis Cxarunic Semogvesma. meomrebis usasrulo
razmebi moednisaken miemarTebodnen, rom adgilebi daeWiraT da didi
cekvebisTvis momzadebuliyvnen.
caze sxivnaTeli badri mTvare amogorda.
infadusi rom movida, Cven ezoSi videqiT da mTvariani RamiT
vtkbebodiT. infaduss samxedro tansacmeli ecva, Tan oci kacisagan
Semdgari razmi axlda. razms moednamde unda mivecilebineT. infadusis
rCeviT, jaWvis perangi CavicviT, zemodan ki Cveni tansacmeli gadavicviT.
sakvirveli is iyo, rom am javSanSi Tavs saocrad msubuqad da Tavisuflad vgrZnobdiT. es jaWvebi, romlebic odesRac, albaT, goliaTuri
aRnagobis adamianebs ekuTvnoda, gudsa da me srulad gvadga, magram ser
henris mkerdze hqonda Semosaltuli.
qamrebze revolverebi davikideT, mefis naboZvari sabrZolo najaxebi
aviReT da Cvens maspinZlebs moednisaken gavyeviT.
didi kraali, sadac am diliT mefem Sexvedra mogviwyo, erTianad
xalxiT iyo gaWedili. wreSi oci aTasamde meomari idga, yovel polks
misTvis gankuTvnili adgili eWira. polkebi, Tavis mxriv, razmebad iyo
dayofili, razmebs Soris viwro gasasvlelebi daetovebinaT, rom
misnebze monadire qalebs Tavisuflad emoZravaT aqeT-iqiT.
marTlac rom didebul sanaxaobas warmoadgenda erTad TavSeyrili
iaraRasxmuli es amodena xalxi. meomrebi srul siCumeSi mwyobrad idgnen.
mTvare dahnaToda maRla SemarTul Subebis tyes, mofriale frTebsa da
sxvadasxva feris farebs. saiTac ar unda migvepyro mzera, yvelgan
gaqvavebul saxeebs da Subebis usasrulo mwkrivebs vxedavdiT.
_ dRes albaT mTeli Tqveni jari aq aris Tavmoyrili, _ vuTxari
infaduss.
_ ara, makumazan, _ mipasuxa man, _ am moedanze Cveni jaris mxolod
erTi mesamedi, ese igi oci aTasi kaci dgas. meore mesamedi gareT,
Txrilis irgvliv gviyenia, maT unda daicvan kraali, Tu xocva-Jletis
dros ayal-mayali atyda. aTi aTasi kaci luus dasacavad saguSagoze
dgas, danarCenebi kraalebSi arian gafantulni.
_ ra saocari siCumea, _ Tqva gudma.
marTlacda, gulSemzaravi iyo es daZabuli siCume im dros, roca
amdeni xalxi erTad iyo TavSeyrili.
_ ras ambobs bugvani? _ mkiTxa infadusma.
me gadavuTargmne.
_ kaci usityveli xdeba, roca Tavs sikvdilis aCrdili dastrialebs.
_ amaRam bevrs daxocaven?
_ Zalian bevrs.
_ me mgonia, Cven dRes gladiatorebis brZolas daveswrebiT, _
vuTxari Cems Tanamgzavrebs, _ da rogorc vatyob,
maspinZlebs mis
mosawyobad araferi dauSurebiaT.
ser henris tanSi Jruantelma dauara. gudma ki ganacxada, kargi
iqneboda, axla aqedan wasvla rom SegveZloso.
_ miTxari, safrTxe xom araferi gvelis? _ vkiTxe infaduss.
_ danamdvilebiT verafers getyvi, Cemo mbrZanebelo; magram vfiqrob,
dRes cudi araferi geliT. yovel SemTxvevaSi, SiSi ar SeimCnioT,
SeiZleba yvelaferi keTilad warimarTos: meomrebi mefis ukmayofiloni
arian.
im laparakSi nel-nela miviwevdiT win da TandaTan moednis Suaguls
vuaxlovdebodiT. iq ramdenime skami daedgaT. is iyo, mivediT kidec, rom
mefis kraalidan ramdenime kaci gamovida da Cvenken gamoemarTa.
_ es mefe Tuala, ufliswuli skraga da moxuci gagulaa, maT
jalaTebi mohyvebian, _ gviTxra infadusma da xeli mefis mxleblebisaken
gaiSvira.
mxleblebis jgufSi ase, Tormetiode kaci iqneboda, yvelani Zlier
maRlebi iyvnen da sazareli saxeebi hqondaT. yovel maTgans cal xelSi
Subi eWira, meoreSi ki `kesi", anu mZime xelketi.
mefe skamze daeSva, gagula mis ferxTiT moikrunCxa, skraga da
jalaTebi ki maT ukan moTavsdnen.
_ salami miTqvams, TeTro mbrZanebelo! _ Sehyvira Tualam, rogorc
ki mivuaxlovdiT. _ dasxediT, dasxediT, Zvirfas dros tyuilubralod nu
dakargavT, Rame isedac moklea im saqmisaTvis, romelic unda aRsruldes.
Tqven karg fexze moxvediT da brwyinvale sanaxaoba geliT. mimoixedeT
irgvliv, TeTro mbrZanebelebo, mimoixedeT! _ aq Tualam Tavisi boroti
Tvali aavl-Caavlo razmebs. _ gana SeiZleba varskvlavebze msgavsi ram
naxoT? daakvirdiT, rarig Zrwian da kankaleben sulmdabalni, romelTac
guli borotebiT aqvT savse da zeciuri marTlmsajulebisa eSiniaT!
_ daiwyeT! daiwyeT! _ wvrili, mwivana xmiT wamoiknavla gagulam, _
afTrebi damSeulia, isini ymuian da saWmels iTxoven. daiwyeT, droa!
wamiT siCume Camovarda, daZabuli, Semzaravi siCume. yvela raRac
saSinelebis molodinSi iyo.
mefem Subi aRmarTa da uecrad oci aTasma meomarma, TiTqos erTi
kaciao, fexi aswia da Semdeg mTeli ZaliT magrad dahkra miwas. es samjer
ganmeorda.
Semdeg wreSi sadRac, Sors gaisma xma. viRac mReroda, magram es
moTqma ufro iyo, vidre simRera. mas daaxloebiT aseTi misamReri hqonda:
_ ra elis yovel kacs, dedakacisagan Sobils?
_ sikvdili! _ erTxmad igriala pasuxma.
razmebma erTimeoris miyolebiT TandaTan aayoles xmebi im eul xmas,
vidre bolos mTeli es mileTis xalxi ar amRerda da agugunda. me
gaWirvebiT vigebdi sityvebs, magram vxvdebodi, rom aq laparaki iyo
adamianis tanjva-wamebaze, sevdasa da sixarulze, es xan satrfialo
simRera gegonebodaT, xan Zlevamosilad mogugune sabrZolo himni, xan ki
glova-godeba. simRera gulSemzaravi kiviliT damTavrda. xma kidiT
kidemde zrialiT dairxa da misma exom ZarRvebSi lamis sisxli gagviyina.
Semdeg kvlav siCume Camovarda, magram ai, mefem xeli aRmarTa da dumili
kvlav dairRva. gaisma fexis tyapa-tyupi, meomarTa rigebidan ucnauri,
sazizRari arsebebi gamocvivdnen da pirdapir Cvenken gamoemarTnen.
moxuci qalebi iyvnen. Tevzis buStebiT Semkuli WaRara bululebi
swrafi
sirbilisagan
gaswewodaT,
saxe
wiTel-yviTeli
zolebiT
SeeTiTxnaT, mxrebze gvelis tyavebi moegdoT, maT qamrebze acmul
adamianis Zvlebs ki rakaruki gaudiodaT. damWnkar-danaoWebul xelSi
patara orTaviani kverTxi eWiraT. sul aTni iyvnen.
ai, mogviaxlovdnen, SeCerdnen, erTma maTganma gagulasaken kverTxi
gaiwvdina da daiyvira:
_ hoi, dedao, moxuco dedilo, movediT!
_ keTili, keTili, keTili! _ upasuxa Tualas fexebTan mokrunCxulma
biwierma arsebam. _ TvalgamWriaxni xarT Tu ara, izanuzno, bnelis
gamWvretno?
_ Tvali swrafi gvaqvs, dedilo!
_ keTili! keTili! keTili! yurmaxvilni xarT Tu ara, izanuzno,
sityvis uTqmelad gamgebno!..
_ smena kargi gvaqvs, dedilo!
_ keTili! keTili! keTili! fxizlobs Tu ara Tqveni grZnobebi,
izanuzno, gcemT Tu ara sisxlis suni, SegiZliaT Tu ara ganwmindoT
qveyana damnaSaveTagan, romelTac mefisa da Tavis keTilTa mimarT
boroti udevT gulSi? SegwevT Tu ara Zala, aRasruloT samarTali
zecaTa, Cem mier gawvrTnil-gawafulno? aki didi xania eziareT Cems
sibrZnes da daewafeT jadoqrobis wyaros!
_ Cven mzad varT, dedilo!
_ maSin wadiT, wadiT, nuRar ayovnebT, sulis mtarvalno! ai,
jalaTebic, de, galeson TavianTi Subebi, Soridan mosuli TeTri
adamianebi sanaxaobas elian, wadiT!
misi nebis morCili sazareli arsebebi damsxvreuli niJaris
natexebiviT mimoifantnen aqeT-iqiT, qamarze dakiduli Zvlebis rakarukiT
meomarTa mWidro rigebSi SeiWrnen da Tvals miefarnen. mxolod erTi
maTgani iqve, Cven gverdiT darCa, igi meomrebis win ramdenime nabijze
SeCerda da cekva daiwyo. warmoudgeneli siswrafiT trialebda da Tan
gahkioda:
`me vgrZnob, vgrZnob, rom is borotgamzraxveli sadRac aq aris, aq
aris-meTqi, mSobeli dedis mkvleli!" dedaberi sul ufro da ufro
swrafad trialebda, bolos Tavi giJur aRgznebamde miiyvana _ kbilebs
aRrWialebda, duJi nafleT-nafleT scvioda dabrecili piridan, Tvalebi
gadmocvenaze hqonda da mTeli taniT kankalebda. uecrad adgilze
gaqvavda, meZebari ZaRliviT daiZagra. Semdeg kverTxi gaiwvdina da
qurdulad watustusda meomrebisaken.
mogveCvena, rom am kudianis miaxlovebaze meomrebis simtkice da
TavdaWeriloba gatyda da maT odnav, sul odnav ukan daixies.
Tavzardacemulebi da gaqvavebulebi Tvals ar vaSorebdiT am suraTs.
izanuzi oTxze daeca da maTken waxoxda. aq nabulze damdgari ZaRliviT
gaSeSda, magram cota xnis mere oriode nabijiT waCoCda win.
Semdeg moxda moulodneli ram: izanuzi yviriliT wamoiWra da iqve
mdgom maRal meomars orkapi kverTxiT Seexo. imave wams marcxniv da
marjvniv mdgomma orma meomarma mklavSi xeli waavlo sabralos da mefes
mihgvares.
mas winaaRmdegoba ar gauwevia, magram vxedavdiT, dambladacemuliviT
miaTrevda fexebs. mere Subi dauvarda da xelebi usicocxlod daekida
tanze.
jalaTebs ori kaci gamoeyo. isini Cqari nabijiT wamovidnen
msxverplisaken, gaswordnen da mefisken Sebrundnen, TiTqos mis brZanebas
eliano.
_ mohkaliT! _ brZana mefem.
_ mohkaliT! _ daiwripina gagulam.
_ mohkaliT! _ eqosaviT gaisma skragas xma da avismomaswavebeli
sicili.
xmebi jerac ar Camkvdariyo, rom sazareli saqme ukve aRsrulda, _
erTma jalaTma Sig gulSi aZgera Subi, meorem ki uzarmazari xelketiT
kefa Caumsxvria.
_ erTi! _ TiTi moxara Tualam.
gvami Cven ukan ramdenime nabijze gaaTries da iq daagdes.
wamis Semdeg, TiTqos dasaklavi xariao, mefesTan meore ubeduri
moaTries. leopardis wamosasxamze etyoboda, warCinebuli piri unda
yofiliyo. kvlav gaisma sazareli sityvebi da msxverpli usulod daeca
Zirs.
_ ori! _iTvlida mefe.
es sisxliani garToba manam ar Sewyvetila, sanam Cven ukan
daxocilTa aTobiT gvami ar Caamwkrives.
bevri ram msmenia keisrebis drois gladiatorebze, an espaneTSi
xarebis brZolaze. magram kadnierebad nu CamomarTmevT, Tu vityvi, rom
yvelaferi es sanaxevrodac ar iqneboda ise Semzaravi, rogorc misnebze
nadiroba iyo. yovel SemTxvevaSi, gladiatorTa brZola da xarebis
Serkineba odnav mainc arTobda mayurebels, aq ki garTobaze laparaki
zedmeti
iyo.
mwvave
gancdebis
Tavdaviwyebuli
motrfialec
ki
Seecdeboda, Tavi aeridebina sensaciisaTvis, Tu ecodineboda, rom
gangebam swored mas ganumzada Semdgom `ambebSi" uSualo monawileoba.
erTxel veRar moviTmineT, wamovdeqiT da SevecadeT winaaRmdegoba
gagvewia, magram Tualam ukmexad SegvaCera:
_ marTlmsajuleba unda aRsruldes, TeTro adamianebo, es ZaRlebi
gulSavi, damnaSave misnebia da maTi daxocva usamarTlobad ar mimaCnia, _
iyo misi pasuxi.
TerTmetis naxevrisTvis Sesveneba gamocxadda. misnebze monadire
qalebi erTad dadgnen, etyobodaT, daiRalnen. gvegona, es sisxliani
warmodgena dasruldao, magram SevcdiT. moulodnelad gagula wamodga
Tavisi adgilidan, sadac aqamde mokrunCxuli ijda, joxs daeyrdno da
Cvenken wamoxanxalda.
uTvalavi
wlebis
tvirTqveS
orad
moxril-mokakuli
faskunjisTaviani es beberi kudiani sazizRari sanaxavi iyo. nel-nela
moikriba Zal-Rone da aqeT-iqiT miawyda, win da ukan mirbod-morboda, Tan
cxvirSi raRac erTferovan simReras dudunebda. bolos moulodnelad
gausworda erT maRal meomars, polkis TavSi rom idga, da xeli Seaxo
mas. es albaT polkis meTauri iyo, radgan mis meomrebs gminvismagvari xma
aRmoxdaT mkerdidan. magram miuxedavad amisa, orma meomarma mainc waavlo
kacs xeli da Cvenken wamoiyvana. Semdeg SevityveT, rom is kaci Zalze
mdidari iyo, Tanac Turme didi gavleniT sargeblobda, rogorc mefis
mkvidri biZaSvili. is, rasakvirvelia, mokles. mefem jami daiangariSa,
sul as sami kaci moeklaT. gagulam kvlav daiwyo aqeT-iqiT sirbili da
TandaTanobiT mogviaxlovda.
_ geficebiT, am kudians Cvenze uWiravs Tvali! _ SemkrTali xmiT
wamoiZaxa gudma.
_ sisulelea, -_ upasuxa ser henrim.
me ki, roca davinaxe, is wyeuli kudiani Tavis eSmakiseul cekvas ar
wyvetda da sul ufro da ufro gviaxlovdeboda, SiSiT suli kinaRam
gamZvra da kankalma amitana.
gagula kidev ufro mogviaxlovda, TvalebSi jojoxeTuri ali enTo.
aha, sul axlos movida, kidev, kidev, sulganabuli xalxi daZabuli
misCereboda mas. bolos kudiani gaCerda da gainaba.
_ vicode mainc, vin airCia Cven Soris, _ TiTqos TavisTvis
Cailaparaka ser henrim.
wamis Semdeg yvelaferi gairkva. kudiani swrafi moZraobiT Seexo
ambopas, anu ignozis mxarze.
_ guli migrZnobs, es kaci unda mokvdes, _ iwivla man, _ mokaliT
borotebiT savse ucxoeli, mokaliT, vidre moaswrebdes sisxliT morwyos
Cveni qveyana! hoi, mefeo, mohkal es Wabuki!
Camovarda siCume, riTac imwamsve visargeble.
_ oh, mefeo! _ wamoviZaxe da fexze wamoviWeri, _ es kaci Seni
stumrebis msaxuria, maTi ZaRlia. vinc Cveni ZaRlis sisxls daRvris, Cveni
mosisxle Seiqneba. nu SebRalav stumarTmoyvareobis wesebs, maspinZeli
xar da gTxov, daicva es adamiani.
_ gagulas raRac eWvi aqvs, eg kaci unda mokvdes, TeTro adamianebo,
_ gaisma mkvaxe pasuxi.
_ ara da ara, ar mokvdeba! _ Sevyvire me, _ mokvdeba is, vinc masze
xels SemarTavs.
_ waiyvaneT eg ZaRli! _ dasWeqa Tualam sisxlSi mosvril jalaTebs,
Cvens irgvliv rom idgnen.
maT nabiji gadmodges, magram bolo wuTs Seyoymandnen. ignozim Subi
aRmarTa, etyoboda, apirebda Zvirad daesva am xalxisaTvis Tavisi
sicocxle.
_ iqiT, ZaRlebo, _ daviyvire me, _ ukan-meTqi, Tu Tavi ar
mogZulebiaT! icodeT, am kacs TiTi rom daakaroT, Tqvens mefes usulod
gavagoreb Zirs, _ vTqvi da Tualas revolveri davumizne.
ser henrim da gudmac xeli waatanes revolverebs. ser henrim
dainaxa, rom ufrosma jalaTma ganaCenis sisruleSi mosayvanad Cvenken
gadmodga nabiji da revolveri daumizna mas. gudi ki gagulas ar
aSorebda Tvals.
Tuala SekrTa, misken mimarTuli lula rom dainaxa.
_ aba, ras ityvi, Tuala? _ vkiTxe.
_ moaSoreT eg mojadoebuli joxebi, Tqven stumar-maspinZlobis wesi
axseneT da swored amitomac davindob am kacs da ara imis gamo, rom
Tqveni meSinia.
_ kargi, _ mSvidad mivuge me, _ Cven daviqanceT amdeni sisxlis
cqeriT da gvinda davisvenoT. cekvebi damTavrda?
_ damTavrda, _ kuStad momaxala Tualam, _ es ZaRlis leSebi
afTrebsa da mtacebel frinvelebs gadauyareT! _ dasZina mere da
gvamebisaken gaiwvdina xeli.
polkebma samarisebur siCumeSi erTimeoris miyolebiT datoves
kraali, darCnen mxolod is meomrebi, romelTac davalebuli hqondaT,
gaewmindaT moedani gvamebisagan.
bolos Cvenc wamovdeqiT da mis udidebulesobas davemSvidobeT. man
Zlivs ineba Cveni mosmena.
am ceremonialis Semdeg Cven-Cveni kraalisken gaveSureT.
qoxSi rom SevediT, pirvel yovlisa, Wraqi avanTeT. am Wraqis fTila
palmis msgavsi xis boWkosagan iyo gakeTebuli, sawvavad ki hipopotamis
gawmendili qoni hqonda.
_ iciT, _ Tqva ser henrim, roca davsxediT, _ Zalian mereva guli.
_ Tu amden xans kidev veWvobdi, davxmarebodi Tu ara ambopas im
gaiZvera Tualas winaaRmdeg brZolaSi, axla es eWvi savsebiT gamefanta,
_ Tqva gudma. _ im xocva-Jletis Semyure, Zlivs vimagrebdi Tavs,
vcdilobdi Tvali damexuWa, magram, TiTqos gangeb, yvelaze sazarel
momentSi vaxeldi. netav sad aris axla infadusi? ambopa, Cemo kargo, Cven
unda gvimadlode, Torem kidev cotac da, tyavs gagaZrobdnen.
_ madlobeli var, bugvan, _ miugo ambopam, roca gudis sityvebi
vuTargmne, _ madlobeli var da amags arasodes dagiviwyebT, infadusi ki
male mova, wuTi wuTze unda velodoT.
amis meti aRaraferi gviTqvams, mxolod visxediT da infadusis
molodinSi Cibuxebs vabolebdiT.
T a v i
C v e n
s a s w a u l i
X I
m o v a x d i n e T
TiTqmis mTeli ori saaTi srul mdumarebaSi gavatareT; arc erTi
Cvengani xmas ar iRebda, im sazareli ambis gaxseneba suls gvixuTavda.
bolos, gamTeniisas, roca ukve daZinebas vapirebdiT, gaisma fexis xma da
guSagis SeZaxili. nabijebi sul ufro axlovdeboda, albaT guSags pasuxi
gasces, magram ise xmadabla, rom Cven ver gavigoneT. Semdeg kari gaiRo
da infadusi Semovida, ukan eqvsi beladi mohyveboda.
_ Cemo mbrZanebelo da ignozi, kukuanelTa kanoniero mefev, Cemi
sityva avasrule, movedi da es xalxi moviyvane! _ Tqva infadusma da xeli
beladebisken gaiwvdina. eseni Cveni qveynis ubrwyinvalesi adamianebia,
yovel maTgans emorCileba sam-sami aTasi meomari, romlebic, mefis
brZanebis Tanaxmad, usityvod asruleben maT brZanebas. me gavande
beladebs Cveni saidumlo. gadaveci, rac aq vnaxe da gavigone. hoda, maT
moisurves enaxaT wmida gvelis gamosaxuleba Sens tanze, surT agreTve
moisminon Seni Tavgadasavali, raTa sabolood gadawyviton, gadaudgnen
Tualas Tu ara.
pasuxis nacvlad ignozim welze muCa moiZro da yvelam dainaxa
samefo niSani _ gveli, TeZoebze rom hqonda amosviringebuli. beladebi
rig-rigobiT midiodnen ignozisTan da Wraqis mkrTal Suqze dakvirvebiT
aTvalierebdnen am niSans.
Semdeg ignozim kvlav aifara muCa, miubrunda beladebs da Tavisi
Tavgadasavali mouTxro. es ambavi Cven ukve diliT movismineT.
_ ras ityviT, beladebo? _ ikiTxa infadusma, roca ignozim Txroba
daasrula, _ miexmarebiT da dauWerT mxars, rom mamis taxti daibrunos?
Cveni qveyana kidiT-kidemde mZime uRelqveS gminavs, miwa sisxliT irwyveba.
dRes es yvelam sakuTari TvaliT naxeT. iyo kidev ori beladi, visTanac
am sakiTxze molaparakeba msurda, magram sadRa arian isini? maT gvamebs
afTrebi dahymuian. Tu Tualas ar SeebrZolebiT, Tqvenc male gaiziarebT
maT beds. maS airCieT, Zmebo!
am sityvebze win wamodga WaRara, Caskvnili mamakaci. igi mosulTa
Soris yvelaze uxnesi Canda.
_ Sen marTali xar, infadus, _ Tqva man, _ Tualas avkacobiT qveyana
Sewuxebulia. xalxi kvnesis da drtvinavs. am saRamos sxvebTan erTad Cemi
Zmac daiRupa. Sen didi saqme gangizraxavs, magram, rac axla gviTxari,
Zneli dasajerebelia. vin aris Tavdebi, rom viRac TaRliTis gulisTvis
ar aRvmarTavT iaraRs? didi saqme-meTqi, geubnebiT, magram aravin icis,
riT damTavrdeba yovelive es. vidre sawadels veweodeT, sisxlis zRva
dadgeba. bolos da bolos arc Tualas datoveben marto am brZolaSi,
masac mravlad eyoleba erTguli xalxi, radgan adamianebi Tayvans scemen
mzes, caze rom anaTebs da ara imas, romelic jer ar amosula.
varskvlaveTis TeTri adamianebi didi misnebi da jadoqrebi arian. isini
mfarveloben ignozis. Tu igi marTla Cveni qveynis kanonieri mefea,
TeTrkanianebma moaxdinon raRac saswauli, iseTi saswauli, rom yvela
Cvengans SeeZlos
misi danaxva da xalxi guldajerebuli gamogvyveba
ukan, darwmunebuli, rom TeTrebis jadoqrobis wyalobiT gavimarjvebT.
_ ki magram, Tqven aki naxeT wminda gvelis niSani! _ CavurTe sityva.
_ es sakmarisi ar aris, Cemo mbrZanebelo, SeiZleba wminda gvelis
gamosaxuleba dabadebidan karga xnis Semdeg dauxates tanze. moaxdineT
saswauli, winaaRmdeg SemTxvevaSi TiTs TiTze ar davakarebT.
danarCenma beladebma igive, an TiTqmis igive gaimeores. me
sagonebelSi Cavvardi. bolos ser henrisa da guds mivubrundi da saqmis
viTareba avuxseni.
_ vici, vici, rogorc unda moviqceT! _ wamoiZaxa gudma da saxe
sixaruliT gaubrwyinda, _ mxolod uTxariT, ramdenime wuTi mogvcen
mosafiqreblad.
me gudis sityvebi mxedarTmTavrebs gadavuTargmne da isini qoxidan
gavidnen. gudi ki mivarda wamlebis patara yuTs, gaxsna da Tavisi ubis
wignaki amoiRo. wignakis Tavfurclebze kalendari iyo.
_ mismineT, megobrebo, _ gviTxra gudma, _ xval oTxi ivnisia, ara? _
Cven, saerTod, zustad vangariSobdiT dReebs, _ grinviCis droiT, saRamos
rva saaTsa da TxuTmet wuTze daiwyeba mTvaris sruli dabneleba. igi
kargad gamoCndeba tenerifedan, samxreT afrikaSi... mere sxva qveynebSic,
magram es Cven ar gvainteresebs, esec Tqveni saswauli! quotermen,
uTxariT beladebs, rom xval saRamos mTvares CavaqrobT.
es brwyinvale azri iyo, magram Cven mainc cotaTi vyoymanobdiT. xom
SeiZleboda, gudis kalendari mTlad zusti ar gamomdgariyo. winaswarmetyveleba rom ar amxdariyo, Cveni prestiJi samudamod daecemoda da
ignozi mamis taxts unda gamoTxoveboda.
_ iqneb Tqveni kalendari swori ar aris? _ hkiTxa ser henrim guds,
romelsac am dros didi gulmodginebiT gamohyavda raRac cifrebi Tavisi
ubis wignakis furclebze.
_ araviTari safuZveli ara gvaqvs, ase vifiqroT, _ miugo gudma, _
dabneleba mudam zustad emTxveva gamoTvlil dros. amaSi sakuTarma
gamocdilebam damarwmuna. im cnobaSi ki, weRan rom wagikiTxeT,
xazgasmiTaa aRniSnuli, dabneleba samxreT afrikidan gamoCndebao. axla
me mxolod miaxloebiT gamoviangariSe, radgan Cveni adgilsamyofeli
zustad ar viciT, magram Cemi gamoTvliT, dabneleba xval daaxloebiT
saRamos aTi saaTisTvis daiwyeba da pirvelis naxevramde gastans. ase rom,
TiTqmis saaTnaxevris ganmavlobaSi aq sruli sibnele iqneba.
_ meti ra gza gvaqvs, _ Tqva ser henrim, _ unda gavbedoT da eg aris.
me Tavi davuqnie, Tumca gulSi Zalze veWvobdi, aqedan rame
gamosuliyo. dabnelebaze imedis damyareba sakmaod saxifaTod mimaCnda.
erTic vTqvaT, ca RrublebiT iyos dafaruli da mTvare, saerTod, caze
arc ki gamoCndes, maSin raRas vapirebT-meTqi, vfiqrobdi.
am
fiqriT
guldamZimebulma
ambopa
beladebis
dasaZaxeblad
gavgzavne. isini imwamsve Semovidnen qoxSi.
_ kukuanelTa qveynis beladno da Senc, infadus, mismineT! _ mivmarTe
maT. _ Cven ar gviyvars trabaxi Cvens Zlierebaze, radgan es niSnavs,
davarRvioT bunebis kanonebi da qveyana gansacdelisa da SiSis winaSe
davayenoT. magram raki did saqmes movkideT xeli, da raki gagulam Cveni
megobris, ignozis mokvla daapira da Tualamac sazareli xocva-JletiT
Cveni risxva daimsaxura, gadavwyviteT, movaxdinoT saswauli da mogceT
xalxisTvis utyuari, Tvalmosaxvedri niSani. aba aqeT modeqiT, _ vuTxari
beladebs, qoxis kari gamovaRe da Camavali mTvarisken gaviwvdine xeli. _
ras xedavT iq?
_ momakvdav mTvares, _ mipasuxa erTma maTganma, romelsac, rogorc
etyoboda, davalebuli hqonda CvenTan molaparakeba gaemarTa.
_ marTali xar. axla miTxari, SeuZlia Tu ara adamians Caaqros
mTvare, sanam igi Tavisi nebiT Cavidodes, Caaqros da dedamiwas Ramis Savi
saburveli gadaafaros?
beladebma xmadabla gaicines:
_ ara, mbrZanebelo, amas Zexorcieli ver SeZlebs. mTvare adamianze
Zlieria. adamians SeuZlia mxolod ucqiros mas, aravis ZaluZs
daarRvios didebuli mnaTobis zeciuri gza da gezi.
_ Sen ase fiqrob, me ki geubnebi, rom xval SuaRamemde Cveni
jadoqrobis wyalobiT, mTvare cis tatnobidan gaqreba da miwas wyvdiadi
moicavs. amiT miganiSnebT, rom ignozi kukuanelTa qveynis namdvil mefed
migvaCnia. erwmunebiT Cvens niSans?
_ diax, Cemo mbrZanebelo, _ RimiliT miTxra moxucma beladma,
danarCenebmac gaiRimes da dagvidastures, verwmunebiTo.
_ Tuki asea, Cven samni: inkubu, bugvani da makumazani gicxadebT, rom
xval saRamos SuaRamemde ori saaTiT adre mTvares CavaqrobT, xom gesmis,
infadus?
_ mesmis, Cemo mbrZanebelo, Sen apireb Caaqro mTvare, deda Cveni
qveynisa da isic maSin, roca gavsebulia da mis sxivebs kaSkaSi gaudis.
magram rasac ambob, saocarze saocaria.
_ miuxedavad amisa, Cven mas CavaqrobT, infadus.
_ kargi, mbrZanebelo, dRes mzis Casvlis Semdeg Tuala gaaxlebT
xalxs da qalwulebis cekvaze mogiwvevT. is asuli, romelsac Tuala
lamazTa Soris ulamazesad miiCnevs, cekvis dawyebidan erTi saaTis
Semdeg ufliswulma skragam unda moklas. igi msxverplad unda Seewiros
dayursebulebs, ager ai im mTebs rom darajoben, _ Tqva da xeli sami
Camofxavebuli mTisaken gaiwvdina. iq, rogorc ukve gviTxres, solomon
mefis didi gza mTavrdeboda. _ diax, Cemma mbrZaneblebma Caaqron mTvare
da gadaarCinon is sabralo qalwuli, maSin Cveni xalxi iwamebs Tqvens
Zalas.
_ diax, _ kveri daukra moxucma beladma, romelic jer kidev
iRimeboda, _ maSin xalxi Tqvens ZlierebaSi darwmundeba.
_ luudan oriode milis daSorebiT aris patara goraki, romelic
moyvanilobiT axal mTvares waagavs, _ ganagrZo infadusma. _ iq
gamagrebulia Cemi polki da kidev sami sxva, romelTac es beladebi
meTauroben. Tu mbrZaneblebi marTla Caaqroben mTvares, me bnelSi xels
Cavkideb maT, luudan gaviyvan da im gorakamde mivacileb. iq gulmSvidad
viqnebiT da Tualasac iqidan SemovutevT.
_ Zalian kargi, _ vupasuxe, _ axla ki wadiT, gvinda cota davisvenoT
da misnobisTvis yvelaferi movamzadoT.
infadusi wamodga, dagvemSvidoba da beladebis TanxlebiT qoxidan
gavida.
_ Cemo megobrebo, _ gviTxra ignozim, rogorc ki isini kars
gascdnen. _ nuTu marTla SegiZliaT CaaqroT mTvare, Tu am xalxs tyuili
uTxariT?
_ Cven vfiqrobT, SegviZlia, ambopa, ukacravad, ignozi-meTqi, unda
meTqva.
_ sakvirvelia, _ Tqva ambopam, _ Tqven rom ingliselebi ar iyoT,
amas ar davijerebdi, magram ingliselebi jentlmenebi arian da zedmeti
laparaki ar uyvarT. Tu am brZolebs gadavurCiT, Tqvens amags ar
daviviwyeb.
_ ignozi, _ uTxra ser henrim, _ erTi ram unda amisrulo.
_ miTxari, ra gnebavs, Cemo megobaro inkubu, _ Seageba Cvenma
yofilma msaxurma da gaiRima. _ ra gindoda geTxova?
_ ai, ra, Tu marTla kukuanelTa mefe gaxdi, akrZale misnebis devna,
tyuilubralod xalxs nu dasji.
me vuTargmne es sityvebi ignozis. igi wuTiT dafiqrda da Semdeg
Tqva:
_ Savkanianebis kanon-samarTali TeTri adamianebis kanonebisagan
gansxvavdeba, inkubu! Cven maincdamainc Zvirad ar gviRirs sicocxle.
magram miuxedavad amisa, pirobas gaZlev, Tu Zala meyo da misnebze
monadire
qalebi
davimorCile,
misnebis
devnas
movspob
da
gausamarTleblad arc erT adamians ar movklav.
_ mjera Seni sityva, ignozi, axla ki, raki es sakiTxi movagvareT,
modiT, cota davisvenoT, _ Tqva ser henrim.
Cven saSinlad daqanculebi viyaviT, maSinve magrad CagveZina da
dilis Tormet saaTamde fexi ar gagvinZrevia. Tormet saaTze ignozim
gagvaRviZa. wamovdeqiT, xel-piri davibaneT, kargad visauzmeT da
saseirnod
wavediT.
seirnobisas
cnobiswadiliT
vaTvalierebdiT
kukuanelTa nagebobebs da didi interesiT vakvirdebodiT, rogor
cxovrobdnen, an ras akeTebdnen qalebi.
_ imedi maqvs, mTvaris dabneleba mainc moxdeba, _ Tqva ser henrim,
roca Sin vbrundebodiT.
_ eg rom ar moxdes, ganwirulebi varT, _ kuStad mivuge me, _ Tavi
momWeriT, Tu am beladebSi vinmem mainc ar miutanos mefes ambavi. Tuala
iseT `dabnelebas" gviCvenebs, jer rom ar mogvlandebia.
Sin rom davbrundiT, visadileT da saRamomde darCenili dro
stumrebis miReba-gastumrebas movandomeT. zogi oficialurad modioda
Cven sanaxavad, zogi ki ise, ubralod, cnobiswadilis dasakmayofileblad.
bolos mze Cavida. martoni davrCiT da ori saaTi dasvenebas
movandomeT, ramdenadac Cveni Savi fiqrebi da amRvreuli gunebaganwyobileba amis saSualebas gvaZlevda. cxris naxevarze Tualam macne
gvaaxla da yovelwliur tradiciul dResaswaulze _ qalwulTa cekvaze
migviwvia. cekvebi male unda dawyebuliyo.
Cven aCqarebiT gadavicviT mefis boZebuli jaWvis perangebi, waviReT
iaraRi da tyviebi im SemTxvevisaTvis, Tu marTla gaqceva mogvixdeboda
da sakmaod mxne nabijebiT gavemarTeT mefis kraalisaken, Tumca gulSi
SiSiT vcaxcaxebdiT. mefis qoxis win moedani gadasxvaferebuli gveCvena,
mWidro razmebad Camwkrivebuli meomrebis nacvlad aq axla norCi
qalwulebi dagvxvdnen. unda mogaxsenoT, rom yvelani SiSvel-titvelni
iyvnen, Tavze yovel maTgans yvavilebis gvirgvini edga, cal xelSi palmis
toti eWiraT, meoreSi ki _ TeTri SroSani.
moednis SuagulSi mTvariT gakaSkaSebul gaSlil adgilas TviT
mefe Tuala wamoWimuliyo. ferxTiT gagula ejda, mis ukan skraga,
infadusi da Tormeti mcveli. aqve iyo ociode beladi, romelTa Soris
vicani Cveni megobrebic, RamiT infadusma Cvens qoxSi rom moiyvana.
Tuala gulTbilad mogvesalma, kacs egoneboda, Cveni mosvla Zalian
gaexardao, magram SevamCnie, rom erTaderTi Tvali avad miaStera ambopas.
_ salami, varskvlaveTis Svilno! _ gviTxra man, _ dRes Tqven sul
sxva sanaxaoba geliT. metad gansxvavebuli imisgan, rac Tqvenma Tvalebma
guSindeli mTvaris Suqze ixila. qalwulebis Wvreta Tvals atkbobs da
rom eseni ara, _ aq Tualam irgvliv moatara gawvdili xeli, _ dRes arc
Cven viqnebodiT aq. magram mamakacebis cqera ufro sasiamovnoa. tkbilia
qalis xvevna-alersi, magram Subis wkriali da adamianis sisxlis suni
ufro damatkbobelia. xom ar gnebavT, Cveni qalebi colad SeirToT,
TeTro adamianebo? Tu asea, airCieT yvelaze lamazebi, airCieT, ramdenic
gnebavT, uars aravin getyviT.
Tqva da pasuxis molodinSi dadumda.
es winadadeba, rasakvirvelia, saxarbielo iqneboda gudisaTvis,
radgan mas, rogorc saerTod mezRvaurTa umravlesobas, Zalian uyvars
qalebi. me ki, rogorc xandazmuli da gamocdili kaci, winaswar
vgrZnobdi, rom yvelaferi es uamrav garTulebas da usiamovnebas
gamoiwvevda, rac, samwuxarod, mudam dakavSirebulia qalebTan.
_ madlobeli varT, hoi, mefeo, _ saswrafod Sevagebe me, _ magram
TeTrkanianebi mxolod maTive msgavs TeTrkanian qalebs Txouloben.
Tqveni qalwulni Tumca Tvalwarmtacni arian, magram CvenTvis ar arian
gaCenilni.
mefem gaicina.
_ Zalian kargi, _ Tqva man, _ iyos neba Tqveni, Tumca Cvens qveyanaSi
amboben: ra feris kanic ar unda hqondes qals, Tvalebi mudam eSxiT
uelavso. imasac ityvian xolme, giyvardes is, vinc gverdiT gyavs, radgan
is, vinc Sors aris, ueWvelad Seni orguli da moRalate iqnebao. magram
SeiZleba TqvenTan, varskvlavebze, es ase ar xdeba. iq, sadac adamianebs
TeTri kani aqvT, yvelaferi mosalodnelia. iyos-meTqi neba Tqveni,
TeTrkanianebo. Cveni qalwulebi xvewna-mudaras ar dagiwyeben, colad
gviTxoveTo. erTxel kidev mogesalmebiT yvelas da maTTan erTad Senc,
Savkaniano. gagulas guSin Tavisi rom gaetana, axla ukve mkvdari da
gaSeSebuli egdebodi sadme. bedi Seni, rom varskvlaveTidan Camoxvedi, ha,
ha, ha!
_ hoi, mefeo, Sen Cemze adre gagaSeSebs sikvdili, mzes dagibneleb,
Tu ifiqre, Cemze xeli aRmarTo.
Tuala SekrTa.
_ gabedulad laparakob, Wabuko, _ gabrazebiT Tqva man, _
mifrTxildi-meTqi, Sors nu Sestopav!
_ marTlis mTqmels SeuZlia gabeduli iyos, simarTle da
WeSmariteba mWreli daSnaa da igi mizans arasodes ascdeba; yurad iRe
varskvlaveTis SvilTa gafrTxileba, hoi, mefeo!
Tualam mrisxaned Sehyara warbebi da ambopas gaafTrebiT gadaxeda,
magram TqmiT araferi uTqvams.
_ daiwyeT cekvebi! _ brZana man.
moednis SuagulSi imwamsve gamocvivdnen yvavilwnulebiT morTuli
mocekvave qalebi. isini melodiurad mRerodnen da mTvaris sevdian, naz
Suqze sxva samyarodan Camosul usisxlxorco, haerovan arsebebs
waagavdnen. narnarad arxevdnen tans, xan nela, xan ki Tavbrudamxvevi
siswrafiT trialebdnen, wuTiT gviaxlovdebodnen, mere gvSordebodnen
da sxva mxares miqrodnen. yoveli maTi moZraoba mayurebelTa aRtacebas
iwvevda. uecrad cekva Sewyda, mocekvaveTa jgufs gamoeyo Zalze lamazi
axalgazrda qali. igi Cven win dadga da momxibvlelad, narnarad daiwyo
cekva. karga xnis Semdeg daRlil-daqanculi ukan gabrunda, igi meore
mocekvavem Secvala. qalwulebi rig-rigobiT gamodiodnen sacekvaod,
magram verc erTi maTgani ver Seedreboda pirvel mocekvaves verc
siturfe-sinarnariT da verc cekviT.
roca lamazmanebma cekva daasrules, Tualam xeli aswia da gviTxra:
_ romelia am qalwulTa Soris ulamazesi, TeTro adamianebo?
_ rasakvirvelia, pirveli, _ uneblieT aRmomxda me, magram maSinve
enaze vikbine, _ gamaxsenda infadusis naTqvami: yvelaze lamaz qalwuls
dayursebulebs msxverplad Seswiraveno.
_ marTali xar, Seni azri _ Cemi azria, Cemi Tvalebi, Seni Tvalebia,
geTanxmebi, is yvelaze lamazia, magram, miuxedavad amisa, unda mokvdes.
_ diax, unda mokvdes, _ exosaviT amoiknavla gagulam da qoriviT
gadaxeda sabralo msxverpls. qalma ar icoda, ra saSineleba eloda,
Cvengan aTiode iardis daSorebiT tol-megobrebSi Camdgariyo da
gvirgvins nervulad awyvetda yvavilebs.
_ ratom, ratom unda mokvdes, hoi, mefeo? _ wamoviZaxe me, Tan
guliswyromas Zlivs viokebdi, _ mag gogonam ise mSvenivrad icekva da
imdeni siamovneba mogvaniWa! Sexede ra lamazia, ra dagiSava, risTvis unda
mouswrafo sicocxle ase Seubraleblad?
Tualam gaicina.
_ aseTia Cveni wesi. qvis qandakebebma, iq rom sxedan, _ Tqva da xeli
sami mwvervalisaken gaiwvdina, _ unda miiRon kuTvnili. dRes yvelaze
lamazi qalwuli rom ar movkla, mec da mTel Cems sagvareulos
ubedureba dagvatydeba Tavs. ai, ras ambobs xalxi: `Tu cekvebisTvis
daTqmul dRes mefe msxverplad ar Seswiravs ulamazes qalwuls sam
dayursebuls, mTebSi guSagad rom dgas, maSin isic mokvdeba da samefo
saxlic daiSleba. mismineT, ras getyviT, TeTro adamianebo: Cemi Zma,
romelic Cemze adre marTavda qveyanas, uars ambobda msxverplis
Sewirvaze, radgan qalis cremls ver itanda. hoda, TviTon mokvda, misi
samefo saxli daeca da, rogorc xedavT, axla qveyanas mis nacvlad me
ganvageb. magram kmara, _ uceb Sehyvira man, _ es qali unda mokvdes,
moiyvaneT aq! _ ubrZana man mcvelebs, _ Sen ki, skraga, Subi moamzade!
ori mamakaci win wamodga da qalwulisken gaemarTa. sabralo maSinRa
mixvda, rac eloda. xmamaRla Sehyvira, gaqceva daapira, magram mcvelebma
magrad CasWides xeli da CvenTan moiyvanes, Tumca igi tiroda da
uZaliandeboda.
_ ra gqvia, asulo? _ daiwripina gagulam, _ pasuxsac ar iZlevi? Tu
gnebavs, ufliswulma axlave mogklas?
am sityvebis gagonebaze skragam borotad Caicina, erTi nabijiT win
waiwia da Subi aRmarTa. gudma uneblieT revolverze gaivlo xeli. Tumca
qalwuls Tvalebi cremlebiT hqonda savse, mainc ar gamohparvia foladis
mkrTali cimcimi. axla igi ukve aRar uZaliandeboda mcvelebs, erT
adgilas gaSeSebuliyo da ciebianiviT caxcaxebda.
_ SexedeT, am patara saTamaSos danaxvaze rogor acaxcaxda! _
aRtacebiT Sehyvira skragam da Subi xelSi SeaTamaSa.
am dros momesma gudis butbuti:
_ rogorc ki SemTxveva momecema, askecad gazRvevineb yvelafers, Se
aramzadav, garewaro!
_ hoda, axla raki damSviddi, Seni saxelic gviTxari, Cemo kargo, _
mzakvruli RimiliT eubneboda gagula qalwuls, _ ho, Tqvi, nu geSinia.
_ oh, dedilo, _ moguduli xmiT Tqva sabralom, _ me sukos
saxlidan var. fulata mqvia. miTxari, risTvis unda movkvde, me xom
araferi damiSavebia!
_ damSviddi, _ RvarZliani RimiliT ganagrZo dedaberma, _ Sen unda
msxverplad Seewiro dayursebulebs, iq, mTebSi rom sxedan. diax, unda
mokvde! dRedaRam Sromasa da oflis Rvras gana ar gijobs saukuno
ZiliT ganisveno? damijere, sikvdili sicocxleze sanatrelia. garda
amisa, Sen TviT mefiswulis xeliT mokvdebi.
fulata tiroda da sasowarkveTili xelebs imtvrevda.
_ oh, Seubraleblebo, me xom ase axalgazrda var, ratom unda
movkvde? nuTu veRarasodes vixilav, rogor fantavs mzis sxivebi
wyvdiads, an rogor inTeba varskvlavebi cis tatnobze? veRar movismen
nakadulis likliks. vai me ubedurs, veRar vnaxav Cvens qoxs, veRar
vigrZnob dedis alerss, veRar movuvli Cems davardnil bekekas, vaime da
vaglax me! satrfo veRar Semomxvevs welze xels, ver Camxedavs TvalebSi.
verasodes gavxdebi deda meomrisa. oh, ulmobelno! Seubralebelno!
fulata kvlav mohyva xelebis mtvrevas da cremliT daltobili saxe
cisken aRapyro.
oh, ra saocrad lamazi meCvena es sabralo ganwiruli gogona.
darwmunebuli var, am sam demonze odnav ufro gulmowyale adamiani
usaTuod Seibralebda mas.
me vfiqrob, princi arturi iseve gulmxurvaled SesTxovda patiebas
aramzadebs, romelTac misi dabrmaveba ewadaT, rogorc es veluri gogona
avedrebda Tavis sicocxles am jalaTebs.
magram sabralo qalis xvewna-mudaras araviTari gavlena ar
mouxdenia arc gagulaze da arc mis gulSav batonze, Tumca sardlebisa
da mcvelTa saxeebze sibralulis msgavsi raRac amovikiTxe. gudi
kbilebs akraWunebda, Zlivs iokebda guliswyromas, bolos veRar moiTmina
da wamoxta. fulata qalebisaTvis Cveuli gamWriaxobiT mixvda, rac
xdeboda am kacis gulSi, gudis win muxlebze daeca da `mSvenier TeTr
fexebze" moexvia.
_ oh, Soreuli varskvlaveTidan mosulo TeTro adamiano, gadamafare
Seni mfarveli kalTa, mixseni am mtarvalTagan.
_ kargi, Cemo Zvirfaso, Sens Tavs aravis davaCagvrineb, adeqi, adeqi
da damSviddi, _ aRelvebiT uTxra gudma inglisurad, Tan daixara da
xelSi xeli Caavlo.
Tualam ukan miixeda, am niSanze skraga SubSemarTuli wamodga win.
_ raRas ucdiT, droa daviwyoT, _ CamCurCula ser henrim.
_ dabnelebas velodebi, _ vupasuxe me, _ naxevari saaTia Tvals ar
vacileb mTvares, Cems cxovrebaSi ar maxsovs, ase ekaSkaSos.
_ sul erTia, unda gavbedoT, axlave, dauyovnebliv, Torem am gogos
moklaven, Tualas moTmineba ekargeba.
ar SemeZlo ar davTanxmebodi ser henris, magram vidre moqmedebas
daviwyebdi, erTxel kidev avxede kaSkaSa mTvares, mere win waviwie da
miwaze ganrTxmul qalsa da skragas SemarTul Subs Soris gamarjvebuli
ieriT Cavdeqi.
_ mefeo, _ warmovTqvi, _ es ar moxdeba, uflebas ar mogcemT, es
qalwuli mokla! gaaTavisufle, dae, wavides Tavisi gziT.
Tuala gaafTrebuli wamoxta. sardlebs Soris gaocebis CurCuli
gaisma. CurCuli gahyva qalwulTa mWidro rigebs, gaubedavi mokrZalebiT
rom gvertymodnen gars da ZrwolviT elodnen am sazareli tragediis
dasasruls.
_ es ar moxdebao! TeTrkaniano ZaRlo, rogor bedav Sehyefo loms
mis sakuTar bunagSi? maS, ar moxdeba, ha? iqneb SeiSale? ufrTxildi,
Senc am qalis bedi ar gewios, Senc da imaTac, SenTan erTad rom
moexetnen aq. ggonia, Zala Segwevs gadaarCino eg qalica da Seni tyavic?
vina brZandebi, winaaRmdegobas rom mibedav? Camomecale gzidan,
Camomecale-meTqi, geubnebi. skraga, mohkal Seni msxverpli! hei, mcvelebo,
SeboWeT es xalxi!
qoxis ukan mimaluli ramdenime meomari swrafad gamoqanda Cvenken,
etyoboda, isini winaswar moeyvanaT aq.
ser henri, gudi da ambopa gverdSi amomidgnen da Tofebi moamzades.
_ SeCerdiT, _ mrisxaned Sevyvire me, Tumca simarTle rom vTqva,
SiSiT suli aRar medga. _ SeCerdiT-meTqi! Cven, varskvlaveTidan mosuli
adamianebi, kidev vimeorebT, rom es ar moxdeba! amieridan am qalwuls
Cven vuwevT mfarvelobas. icodeT, erTi nabijic rom wamodgaT win,
mTvares CavaqrobT da dedamiwas bneliT SevmosavT. aba, gabedeT urCoba,
naxavT, Tu sananeblad ar gagixdiT saqmes.
Cemma
muqaram
gasWra.
mcvelebma
ukan
daixies,
skraga
ki
SubSemarTuli gaSeSda.
_ erTi usmineT am crupentelas, sanTeliviT upirebs mTvares
Caqrobas! _ wamoiknavla gagulam, _ aba Caaqros, Caaqros da maSin
SeiZleba SeviwyaloT eg qalwuli, diax, diax, an Caaqros an mokvdes,
mokvdes mis megobrebTan erTad.
sasowarkveTilma maRla avixede. hoi, bednierebav! uzarmazari kaSkaSa
diskos kideze msubuqi ram Crdili davinaxe, mTvaris zedapiric odnav
mqrqali meCvena. maS gudis kalendarma ar gvimtyuna. Cems sixaruls
sazRvari ar hqonda.
me erTi yofiT aRvapyari xelebi cisken da ingolZbis legendebidan
ramdenime strofi warmovTqvi. ser henrim da gudmac mombaZes. ser henrim
xmamaRla da damajereblad Tqva ramdenime strofi Zveli aRTqmidan, gudi
ki Ramis meufes usasrulo lanZRva-ginebiT gaumaspinZlda.
mTvaris kaSkaSa zedapirs nel-nela gadaefara Crdili. xalxSi
gaocebisa da SiSis SeZaxilebi gaisma.
_ Sexede, hoi, mefeo, _ daviyvire me, _ ucqire, gagula, ucqireT
Tqvenc, beladebo, meomrebo, qalwulebo, miTxariT, SevasruleT Tu ara
Cveni sityva? mTvare TvaldaTval qreba. male wyvdiadi Camowveba, diax,
wyvdiadi Camowveba da mere rodis? roca caze savse mTvare kaSkaSebs.
Tqven saswauls moiTxovdiT, aha, saswaulic! daivse da daneldi, mTvarev!
Caaqre Seni Suqi zeciero mnaTobo, qedi moaxrevine amay kukuanelebs,
ukuni mohfine qveyanas!
xalxma gulSemzaravad SehRriala. zogi zardacemuli iqve gaSeSda,
zogi xmamaRali moTqma-godebiT daeca miwaze, Tuala SiSisagan gaqvavda,
ena veRar daZra, miuxedavad misi Savi kanisa, SevamCnie, rom saxeze
mkvdris feri daedo. mxolod gagula iyo mSvidad.
_ Crdili gadaivlis! _ gahkioda igi, _ nu geSiniaT, Cems cxovrebaSi
aseTi ram bevrjer minaxavs. adamians ar ZaluZs mTvaris Caqroba. ar
SeSindeT, suliT nu daecemiT, es gaivlis, gaivlis-meTqi, geubnebiT!
_ jer sada brZandebiT, moicaT, kidev bevrs naxavT, _ gavyvirodi
pasuxad da aRelvebuli erT adgilze vxtodi, _ `oh, mTvarev, mTvarev, ram
gSoba egzom civi da meryevi", _ ganvagrZe isev, es SesaniSnavi, swored
Sesaferisi sityvebi visesxe erTi Zalze popularuli romanidan,
SemTxveviT sadRac rom Camivarda xelSi. axla, roca im dros vigoneb,
vfiqrob, Cemi mxriv Zalian didi umaduroba iyo, cis meufes ise rom
vamcirebdi. im saRamos mTvarem dagvimtkica, rom Cveni erTguli megobari
iyo da, bolos da bolos, raSi mekiTxeboda, rogor moiqca romanSi viRac
Seyvarebulis mimarT! erT- xans kidev gavyvirodi ase, mere kapitans
mivubrundi:
_ aba axla ki Tqven unda ganagrZoT, gud, me aRarc erTi leqsi aRar
maxsovs, isev lanZRva-gineba unda moiSvelioT, megobaro!
gudi didi siamovnebiT dameTanxma. arasodes ar megona, rom sazRvao
oficers ase ostaturad SeeZlo gineba, arc is vicodi aqamde, ra
usazRvro iyo gudis niWi da unari am dargSi. mTeli aTi wuTis
ganmavlobaSi sulmouTqmelad igineboda, amasTan, naTqvami erTxelac ar
gaumeorebia.
amasobaSi Savi laqa TandaTanobiT gadaefara mTvares. es amodena
xalxi srul mdumarebaSi mojadoebuliviT gascqeroda cas. verc erTs
ver moecilebina Tvali am ucnauri sanaxaobisaTvis. sazareli Crdilebi
ki nTqavdnen mTvaris Suqs. avismomaswavebeli dumili gamefda, TiTqos
irgvliv yvelafers sikvdilis sunTqva Sexebodes. am siCumeSi, am saocar
dumilSi dro nela miizlazneboda. bneli medidurad da Seubraleblad
avsebda mTvaris kraterebs. gegonebodaT, es uzarmazari mkrTali burTi
miwas miuaxlovda da kidev ufro gadiddao. mTvares spilenZisferi
gadaekra. mere misi ganaTebuli nawilic ganacrisfrda da bolos, sruli
dabnelebis win, diskos mewamuli nisli acriatda. nel-nela micocavda
win
da
wyvdiadi
matulobda.
ZlivsRa
varCevdiT
Cven
gverdiT
gamZvinvarebul saxeebs. xalxi xmas ar iRebda. gudmac Sewyvita lanZRvagineba.
_ mTvare kvdeba, TeTrma jadoqrebma mokles mTvare, _ uecrad
xmamaRla Sehyvira skragam, _ yvelani daviRupebiT am ukuneTSi!
ver getyviT, brazi moeria Tu SiSma aiZula; an iqneb, erTic iyo da
meorec, skragam Subi moiqnia da ser henris mTeli ZaliT gverdSi aZgera.
sabednierod, samives gvecva jaWvis perangebi, mefem rom gviboZa, magram
skragas es saidan unda scodnoda!
Subi asxlta ise, rom ser henrisTvis kanic ar gaukawravs. vidre
skraga meored aRmarTavda xels, kurtisma Subi waglija da mkerdi Suaze
gaupo. ufliswuli usulod daeca Zirs.
amis danaxvaze qalwulebi, romlebic isedac gulgaxeTqilebi iyvnen
miT, rom sazarelma Crdilma STanTqa mTvare da wyvdiadi gamefda, wivilkiviliT gacvivdnen kraalis karisken. magram marto isini rodi aitana
SiSma. mefe Tualac mcvelebisa da ramdenime sardlis TanxlebiT
qoxebisken gaiqca. gagulac araCveulebrivi siswrafiT gaxanxalda maT
ukan.
wuTic da, moedani dacarielda. davrCiT mxolod Cven samni,
infadusi, fulata da beladebi, wuxel qoxSi rom gvestumrnen. iqve egdo
Tualas memkvidris, skragas usulo gvamic.
_ sardlebo, _ xmamaRla vTqvi me, _ Cven movaxdineT saswauli. Tu
kmayofilebi xarT, dauyovnebliv unda davtovoT luu da gaviqceT im
gorakisken, Tqven rom gveubnebodiT. Cveni jado kidev saaTsa da naxevars
imoqmedebs, misi Sewyveta axla arafriT SegviZlia, visargebloT
wyvdiadiTa da gaviqceT.
_ wavideT, _ SesZaxa infadusma da kraalis karisken gaemarTa. mas
mokrZalebiT mihyvnen beladebi da fulata, romelic guds xelCakidebuli
mohyavda.
karTan misvlac ver movaswariT, rom mTvare savsebiT gaqra. kupriviT
bnel caze erTimeoris miyolebiT ainTo varskvlavebi. Cven erTmaneTs
xeli CavkideT da nela, borZikiT mivyeviT wyvdiads.
T a v i
X I I
b r Z o l i s
w i n
Cvenda sabednierod, infadusi da sardlebi kargad icnobdnen yovel
biliks. amitom iyo, rom miuxedavad luskumi Ramisa, SedarebiT swrafad
miviwevdiT win.
saaTze meti viareT ase. bolos mTvaris is kide, romelic yvelaze
adre STanTqa bnelma, nel-nela ganaTda. uceb vercxlisferma sxivma
gakveTa wyvdiadi da masTan erTad gamoCnda aliviT wiTeli saocari
aTinaTi, romelmac uSuqar caze kaSkaSa lampariviT gaiciaga. es raRac
uCveulo da, amasTan erTad, WeSmaritad didebuli suraTi iyo. xuTiode
wuTis Semdeg varskvlavebi gafermkrTalda da imdenad ganaTda, rom
Tvali ukve kargad xedavda yvelafers. aRmoCnda, rom qalaq luus
gavcdenodiT da vuaxlovdebodiT brtyelmwvervalian did goraks. es
goraki samxreT afrikis Cveulebriv warmonaqmns warmoadgenda. misi
simaRle ase, orasiode futi, iqneboda, magram qva-RorRiT mofenili
ferdobebi sakmaod daqanebuli hqonda. goraki naliseburi moyvanilobisa
iyo. infadusma balaxiT dafarul platoze migviTiTa da gviTxra, aq
samxedro banakebia ganlagebulio. Cveulebriv, Turme iq sami aTasi kaci
eyena, magram roca cicabo ferdobze didi gaWirvebiT avcocdiT, axlad
gamoCenil mTvaris Suqze davinaxeT, rom platoze ramdenime polks
moeyara Tavi, xalxisagan teva aRarsad iyo. meomrebi SiSiT caxcaxebdnen.
bunebis ucnaur movlenas Zili gaefrTxo maTTvis, axla grova-grovad
idgnen da gulgaxeTqilebi mTvares Sehyurebdnen.
uxmod gaviareT maT Soris da mivuaxlovdiT qoxs, platos centrSi
rom idga. rogor gagvikvirda, roca davinaxeT, rom iq gveloda ori kaci,
datvirTuli Cveni bargibarxaniT, romelic, rasakvirvelia, bedis anabara
mivatoveT, roca aqeT gamovrbodiT.
_ Tqveni nivTebi movatanine. esec Tan wamoiRes, _ gviTxra infadusma
da guds didi xnis winaT dakarguli Sarvali daanaxva.
gudi aRtacebuli gaqanda moxuci meomrisaken, Sarvali CamoarTva da
Cacmas Seudga.
_ nuTu Cems mbrZanebels nebavs, dafaros Cvens TvalTagan Tavisi
mSvenieri TeTri fexebi? _ sinanuliT wamoiZaxa infadusma.
magram gudi jiutad ganagrZobda Cacmas da `misma mSvenierma TeTrma
fexebma" ukanasknelad gaielva kukuanelebis TvalTa winaSe.
gudi Zalze Tavmdabali adamiania. amis Semdeg kukuanelebi mxolod
misi cali bakenbardis, gamWvirvale Tvalisa da moZravi kbilebis cqeriT
unda dakmayofilebuliyvnen.
infadusi
erTxans
usityvod
Sescqeroda
guds,
misi
mzera
adasturebda, rom es kaci warsulis netar mogonebebSi CaZiruliyo. mere
Sarvals Tvali moswyvita da gviTxra, brZaneba gaveci, inaTebs Tu ara,
polkebi erTad Sehyaron, raTa megobrebs SevatyobinoT, ra mizniT awyoben
ajanyebas
beladebi
da
taxtis
kanonieri
memkvidre
_
ignozi
warvudginoTo.
rogorc ki mze amovida, oci aTasamde meomari _ kukuanelTa jaris
saukeTeso nawili _ farTo platoze Seikriba da mWidro razmebad
daewyo. didebuli sanaxaoba iyo. Cven maT win davdeqiT, irgvliv
meTaurebi da beladebi gvertymodnen.
roca sruli siCume Camovarda, infadusma sityviT mimarTa meomrebs.
rogorc yvela warCinebuli kukuaneli, bunebiT isic SesaniSnavi oratori
iyo; moqarguli eniT gaacno SekrebilT ignozis mamis ambavi, mouyva da
gaaxsena xalxs, ra muxanaTurad mokla igi Tualam, rogor gaaZeva da
sasikvdilod gaswira misi coli da vaJiSvili, mere awmyos daubrunda;
kukuanelTa qveyana Tualas uRelqveS gminavs da itanjebao. magaliTad
daasaxela wina Ramis SemTxveva, roca xalxis saukeTeso Svilebs Ralati
daswames
da
sazareli
sikvdiliT
daxoces.
TeTrma
adamianebma
varskvlaveTidan dainaxes, ra yofaSi iyo xalxi, gawires Tavi da
gadawyvites,
Cveni
xvedri
SeemsubuqebinaT.
monaxes
samSoblodan
gadaxvewili taxtis kanonieri memkvidre _ ignozi, xeli Cahkides da mTebi
gadmoatares. aq sakuTari TvaliT ixiles, ras Cadioda Tuala da, rom
daerwmunebinaT orWofi da meryevi xalxi da gadaerCinaT sabralo
fulata, Tavisi jadosnobiT Caaqres mTvare da mefiswuli skraga mokles.
TeTrebi kukuanelebis megobrebi arian da survili aqvT, daexmaron
xalxs, Camoagdon Tuala da taxtze aiyvanon kanonieri memkvidre ignozi,
romelic samSoblodan muxanaTurad gaaZeveso.
infadusma sityva daasrula, irgvliv CurCuli gaisma. swored am
dros win wamodga ignozi. manac gaimeora infadusis naTqvami da Tavisi
mWeqare sityva Semdegnairad daasrula:
_ hoi, meTaurebo, beladno, hoi, xalxno! Tqven moismineT Cemi
sityvebi, axla arCevani Tqvenzea _ an me, an is kaci, Cems taxtze rom zis.
Tualam mokla RviZli Zma da gaaZeva Zmiswuli, rom igi SimSiliT sadme
Camkvdariyo. Tqveni meTaurebi da beladebi getyvian, marTla mefe var Tu
ara, maT vaCvene samefo niSani _ wmida gvelis gamosaxuleba. mefe rom ar
viyo, gana es TeTri adamianebi, romlebic jadosnobis yvela saidumlos
floben, me momexmarebodnen? ZrwodeT meTaurno, ZrwodeT beladno da
meomrebo, ZrwodeT xalxo! gana dagaviwydaT, rogor mohfines wyvdiadi
dedamiwas TeTrma adamianebma? gana is bneli jerac Tvalwin ar gidgaT?
_ Sen marTali xar! _ igrgvines meomrebma.
_ me Tqveni mefe var, geubnebiT, mefe var-meTqi Tqveni! _ ganagrZo
ignozim, welSi gaimarTa da farTopiriani sabrZolo najaxi Tavs zemoT
haerSi daatriala. _ Tu aris Tqvens Soris adamiani, romelsac ar sjera
es, damenaxos, win wamodges, rom mze davubnelo. mis mier danTxeuli
mewamuli sisxli iyos samxili imisa, rom simarTles geubnebiT; win
wamodges-meTqi, gimeorebT! _ ignozim erTxel kidev SeaTamaSa Tavisi
uzarmazari najaxi, romelic mzis sxivebze vercxlisfrad laplapebda.
radgan xalxSi ar aRmoCnda msurveli, gamoxmaureboda gmirul
variants cnobili simRerisa `aba gamo dili, Tu ginda sikvdili", Cvenma
yofilma msaxurma isev didis ambiT ganagrZo Tavisi sefe sityva!
_ me Tqveni WeSmariti mefe var, WeSmariti da erTaderTi. Tu CemTan
erTad ibrZolebT, gamarjveba da dideba geliT; me mogcemT xarebs,
mogcemT colebs, Tqven daikavebT sapatio adgils Cems jarSi. Tu Tqven am
brZolaSi daRupva giweriaT, mec TqvenTan erTad daviRupebi. fics vdeb,
rom Cemi taxtze asvlis Semdeg Sewydeba usamarTlo sisxlisRvra da
mkvleloba, misnebze monadire qalebi aRar dauwyeben Zebnas udanaSaulo
adamianebs, raTa isini sruliad umizezod gamoasalmon wuTisofels, arc
erTi kaci ar mokvdeba gausamarTleblad, moZaladuri sikvdiliT, Tundac
damnaSave iyos. aRaravin gamogyriT Tqveni kraalebidan, yvela Tqvengani
mSvidad icxovrebs sakuTar qoxSi, mSvidad iZinebs, SiSi aRarafrisa
eqneba. Cvens miwaze marTlmsajuleba gamefdeba. rogoria Tqveni arCevani,
beladebo, meomrebo da xalxo?
_ diax, mefeo!
_ Zalian kargi, axla mibrZandiT da dainaxeT, rogor miiCqarian
Tualas gzirebi qalaqidan aRmosavleTiT, CrdiloeTiTa da samxreTiT,
rom jarebi Sehyaron da cocxlad dagvfliTon mec, Tqvenc da, CvenTan
erTad, Cemi TeTri megobrebica da damcvelebic. xval an zeg Tuala mova
aq Tavis erTgul xalxTan erTad, maSin SevZleb gavarkvio, vin aris
Tqvens Soris Cemi erTguli, vis ar eSinia, mokvdes simarTlisaTvis
brZolaSi. sityvas gaZlevT, ar dagiviwyebT amags, nadavlis gayofis dro
rom dagvidgeba. me vTqvi saTqmeli, hoi, meTaurebo, beladebo, meomrebo da
xalxno, axla ki wadiT da brZolisaTvis moemzadeT.
Camovarda siCume, mere erT-erTma meTaurma xeli aswia da gaisma
samefo misalmeba `kuum! kuum! kuum!" es iyo niSani imisa, rom meomrebma
ignozi Tavis mefed scnes.
naxevari saaTis Semdeg Cven samxedro sabWo moviwvieT, sabWos
polkebis yvela meTauri eswreboda. cxadze ucxadesi iyo, rom sul male
Tualas mravalricxovani jari Semogvitevda. marTlac, aqedan vxedavdiT,
rogor uyridnen Tavs jarebs da rogor garbodnen malemsrbolebi
luudan yvela mimarTulebiT, albaT imitom, rom mefis dasaxmareblad
rac SeiZleba didi jari SeegrovebinaT. Cven gvyavda oci aTasi kaci,
romelic Svid polks Seadgenda. infadusisa da meTaurebis gamoTvliT,
Tualas luuSi eyoleboda ocdaaTi-ocdaToTxmeti aTasi meomari. garda
amisa, maTi varaudiT, Tualas meore dRes SuadRemde SeeZlo damatebiT
Seekriba ara nakleb xuTi aTasi kacisa. SesaZlebeli iyo, jaris nawils
eRalata misTvis da Cvens mxareze gadmosuliyo, magram, rasakvirvelia,
amaze imeds veraviTar SemTxvevaSi ver davamyarebdiT. jerjerobiT
gaurkveveli iyo erTi ram: Tuala guldagul emzadeboda SetevisaTvis.
gorakis ZirSi ukve gamoCnda meomrebis SeiaraRebuli razmebi. cxadi iyo,
mefis jari brZolis dawyebas epireboda.
magram infadusi da sxva meTaurebi fiqrobdnen, Rame mteri Setevaze
ar gadmovidoda. garda amisa, saWiro iyo meomrebs Soris gaeqrawylebinaT
mTvaris dabnelebiT gamowveuli mZime STabeWdileba, rasac kukuanelebi
Cvens jadoqrobas miawerdnen. beladebi da meTaurebi gvarwmunebdnen,
Seteva dilamde ar daiwyebao. marTlac, maTi varaudi savsebiT
gamarTlda.
amasobaSi Cvenc saqmes movkideT xeli, vcdilobdiT, rac ki SegveZlo,
gagvemagrebina Cveni misadgomebi.
yvela uklebliv gvexmareboda. gvegona, dro ar gveyofoda, rom
yvelaferi mogveswro. magram meomrebma im dRes saswauli moaxdines.
goraki, romelzec Cven vimyofebodiT, ufro sanatoriumi iyo, vidre
simagre, radgan aq, Cveulebriv, ayenebdnen jaris im nawilebs, romelTac
adre mZime klimatur pirobebSi uxdebodaT yofna. amitom axla saWiro
iyo qvebiT amogvexerga yvela gza, romelic gorakis mwvervalisaken
miemarTeboda da yvela misasvleli SeZlebisamebr miudgomeli gagvexada.
meomrebma sxvadasxva adgilas daagroves qvebi, rom maRlidan mtrisTvis
daeSinaT. yovel polks garkveuli adgili unda sWeroda. erTi sityviT,
TavdacvisaTvis yoveli Rone vixmareT.
mzis Casvlis win davinaxeT meomarTa mcirericxovani razmi, romelic
luudan Cvenken moemarTeboda. erT-erT meomars xelSi palmis toti eWira,
niSnad imisa, rom mosalaparakeblad modioda.
ignozi, infadusi, ramdenime sardali da Cvenc maT Sesaxvedrad
gorakidan daveSviT.
palmistotiani dawinaurda. omaxiani vaJkaci iyo. mxrebze leopardis
mosasxami moegdo.
_ salami miTqvams! _ daiyvira man moaxloebisTanave. _ mefe salams
uZRvnis maT, vinc mis winaaRmdeg es mkrexeluri omi wamoiwyo. lomi
salams uZRvnis turebs, mis ferxTiT borotad rom Rrenen.
_ Tqvi, ra ginda! _ vuTxari me.
_ ai mefis sityva: danebdiT, an arada, cudi dRe geliT. Sav xars
ukve mxari amosWres, igi sisxlisagan icleba da mefe mTel kraalSi
dasdevs.
_ miTxari, ra surs Tualas? _ cnobiswadiliT SevekiTxe.
_ misi piroba da survili madlmosili da keTilmowyalea, rogorc
es diad mefes Sehferis. ai, kukuanelTa mbrZaneblis, asi colis
brwyinvale
meuRlis,
calTvala
goliaTis,
didi
gzis mcvelis,
dayursebulTa rCeulis, Savi Zroxis xbois _ Tualas sityva. sityva
spilosi, romlis nabiji miwas azanzarebs, avazakTa zardamcemis,
fexmardi siraqlemas, bumberazis, Savisa da brZenTabrZenis mefuri sityva:
`me gulmowyale viqnebi da arc Tu bevr sisxls davRvri. yovel aT
kacze erT kacs davubneleb mzes, danarCenebs Tavisuflebas mivaniWeb,
magram TeTri adamiani, saxelad inkubu, ufliswul skragaze xeli rom
aRmarTa, misi Savkaniani msaxuri, taxts rom mecileba, da infadusi, Cemi
Zma, romelic Cems winaaRmdeg xalxs ajanyebs, mowamebrivi sikvdiliT
unda daixocon. isini msxverplad unda Seewiron dayursebulebs" _ aseTia
Tualas mowyale piroba.
me moveTaTbire Cvenebs da xmamaRla, ise, rom Cemi sityvebi yvelas
gaegona, vupasuxe:
_ ZaRlo, dabrundi TualasTan, dabrundi masTan, vinc gamoggzavna
da gadaeci, rom Cven, ese igi, ignozi, kukuanelebis kanonieri mefe,
varskvlaveTidan Camosuli TeTri brZeni jadoqrebi _ inkubu, bugvani da
makumazani, romelTac SeuZliaT mTvaris Caqroba, agreTve samefo saxlis
Svili infadusi, beladebi, meTaurebi da yvela aq Sekrebilni, pasuxad
vuTvliT, rom arafrad vagdebT mis sityvas da vidre mze orjer Casvlaamosvlas moaswrebdes, Tqveni mefis gvami gaSeSebuli egdeba misive
kraalis karTan, taxtze ki ignozi ava. axla ki wadi, wadi, vidre rozgiT
gverdebs SegixurebdeT da gvifrTxildi, kvlav arsad gadagveyaro!
mogzavnilma gulianad gadaixarxara.
_ vaJkacs muqariTa da brtyel-brtyeli sityvebiT ver SeaSinebT, _
Tqva man, _ vnaxoT, xvalac am gulze iqnebiT Tu ara, mTvaris Camqrobno
da dambnelebelno. ibrZoleT, gamoiCineT mxneoba da gulovneba,
imxiaruleT da ixareT, vidre yvav-yorani ise ar dakortnis Tqvens Zvlebs,
rom isini Tqvens saxeze metad gaTeTrdnen. mSvidobiT, egeb brZolaSi
kvlav SevxvdeT erTmaneTs. gTxovT, jerjerobiT varskvlavebze nu
gafrindebiT, damelodeT, TeTro adamianebo!
am damcinavi sityvebiT mociquli gagvSorda. misi wasvlisTanave mzec
Caesvena da miwas bneli moefina.
im RamiT bevri samuSao gvqonda. miuxedavad imisa, rom yvelani
sastikad daRlil-daqanculebi viyaviT, mainc ganvagrZobdiT mzadebas
xvalindeli brZolisTvis, ramdenadac ki mTvaris mkrTali Suqi amis
saSualebas gvaZlevda. Sikrikebi garbod-gamorbodnen, rom meomarTaTvis
gadaecaT Cveni brZaneba da kvlav brundebodnen karavTan, sadac Cven
vbWobdiT. bolos, daaxloebiT Ramis pirveli saaTisTvis movagvareT
yvelaferi, risi mogvarebac Cvens xelT iyo da mTeli banaki Zilma
moicva. saerTo siCumes drodadro mxolod yaraulebis SeZaxili
arRvevda. me da ser henri, ignozisa da erTi meTauris TanxlebiT, gorakis
ZirSi CavediT da saguSagoebi davaTvaliereT. sruliad moulodnelad
Cvens Tvalwin aRimarTeboda xolme Subi, romelic mTvaris sxivebze
laplaps iwyebda, magram rogorc ki vityodiT parols, maSinve qreboda.
cxadi iyo, guSagebs ar eZinaT. saguSagoebs davuareT da isev ukan
gamovbrundiT, fexakrefiT gaviareT aTasobiT mZinare meomarTa Soris,
mraval maTgans xom amqveynad ukanasknelad ewera Zili.
mTvaris sxivi liclicebda Subebze, sxltoda meomarTa saxeebze da
maT micvalebulebs amsgavsebda. Ramis civi qari jiRis frTebs
afrialebda. meomrebi uwesrigod miyriliyvnen aqeT-iqiT. mTvaris Suqze
maTi veeba, brge sxeulebi rogorRac ucnauri da aCrdilisebri Canda.
_ rogor fiqrobT, bevri gadaurCeba xvalindel dRes? _ ikiTxa ser
henrim.
pasuxad mxolod Tavi gaviqnie da isev mZinareT davacqerdi.
miuxedavad daRlilobisa, Zalze aRgznebuli viyavi da meCveneboda, rom
sikvdilis yinulovan xels ukve gaeSeSebina es adamianebi. gulSi
vimaxsovrebdi maT saxeebs, zed rom sikvdilis aCrdili dasTamaSebdaT.
meCveneboda, TiTqos mxolod axla Cavwvdi sikvdil-sicocxlis did
saidumlos. guli Rrma sevdiT mevseboda, roca vfiqrobdi, ra
tragikulad ganwiruli iyo Cveni sicocxle. ai, am RamiT aTasobiT kacs
Rrma, jansaRi ZiliT sZinavs, xval ki,
SesaZloa, isinic, Cvenc da
mravali sxvac, amqveynad aRarc ki viyoT. sikvdilis civi sunTqva SeboWavs
da gaaSeSebs yvelas. colebi daqvrivdebian, Svilebi daobldebian, qoxebs
aRarasodes daubrundebaT patroni. mxolod mTvare ganagrZobs caze
uSfoTvelad cials, Ramis niavi kvlavindeburad Searxevs balaxs da
ukidegano miwa nebivrad miecema gancxromas. yvelaferi iarsebebs ise,
rogorc arsebobda manamde, sanam es xalxi gaCndeboda da iarsebebs
Semdegac, roca maTi saxelebi daviwyebas miecema. iarsebebs marad,
ukuniTi ukunisamde.
magram, vidre samyaro arsebobs, adamiani ar kvdeba. marTalia, misi
saxeli daviwyebas eZleva, magram qari, riTac is sunTqavda, isev arxevs
fiWvTa kenweroebs mTebSi. misi sityvebis eqo kvlav da kvlav ganagrZobs
JReras sivrceSi, misi naazrev-nafiqrali dRes Cvens sakuTrebad iTvleba;
misma vnebebma sicocxle mogvaniWa, misi sixaruli, misi sevda Cveni sevda
da sixarulia; xolo sabediswero wuTs, aseTi TrTolviTa da SiSiT rom
gaurboda, verc Cven gaveqceviT sadme.
samyaro savsea aCrdilebiT, ara sasaflaos Sesudruli moCvenebebiT,
aramed sicocxlis marad uWknobi, ukvdavi nawilakebiT, romlebic Tu
erTxel warmoiSva, aRarasodes kvdebian, Tumca SeumCnevlad erwymian
erTimeores da icvlebian, icvlebian maradiulad.
msgavsi fiqrebi mitrialebda TavSi, vidre videqi da davyurebdi am
muq, fantastikur sxeulebs. meomrebs, maTive Tqmisa ar iyos, `Subebze
eZinaT".
samwuxarod, vamCnev, rom rac ufro mepareba sibere, miT ufro metsa
da mets vmsjelob. ra saZageli Cveulebaa!
_ kurtis, _ vuTxari ser henris, _ Cemda samarcxvinod, unda
gamogitydeT, Zalian meSinia.
ser henrim gaiRima da qera wverze xeli Camoisva.
_ me ara erTxel msmenia Tqvengan msgavsi sityvebi, quotermen, _
miTxra man.
_ diax, magram axla seriozulad geubnebiT amas. iciT, veWvob, am
brZolaSi romelime Cvengani gadarCes. Cven Zlier da mravalricxovan
jarTan gveqneba saqme da imedi ara maqvs, rom poziciebis gamagrebas
SevZlebT.
_ yovel SemTxvevaSi, am poziciebs advilad rodi davTmobT! ZmaTa
Soris sisxlis Rvra kai saqme ar aris da, marTali giTxraT, arc unda
gavreuliyaviT amaSi, magram rakiRa ase moxda, unda yoveli Rone
vixmaroT da gavimarjvoT. CemdaTavad mogaxsenebT: Tu sikvdili miweria,
mijobs brZolaSi movkvde. miT umetes axla, roca imedi gadamiwyda, rom
vipovi Cems sabralo Zmas. diax, diax, CemTvis axla ufro advilia
sikvdilze fiqri, magram iqneb gavimarjvoT? naTqvamia, mamacs bedi ar
umtyunebso. ra Tqma unda, saSineli xocva-Jleta iqneba, Cven ki iq unda
viyoT, sadac yvelaze cxare brZola iqneba, Tu gvinda, saxeli da Rirseba
SevinarCunoT.
ser henri naRvlianad laparakobda, magram mis TvalebSi mokiafe
naperwklebi sul sxvas ambobda. Cemi azriT, uxaroda kidec, es brZola
rom mogveloda.
am saubris Semdeg davweqiT da erT-or saaTs Zils miveciT Tavi.
mzis amosvlisas infadusma gagvaRviZa da gviTxra, luuSi didi
gamococxleba igrZnoba, mefis jaris mcirericxovani razmebi Cveni
mowinave xazisken moemarTebiano.
Cven sabrZolvelad movemzadeT, CavicviT jaWvis perangebi, Tan
Tualas am saucxoo saCuqrisaTvis gulSi madlobas vuZRvnidiT. ser henri
gatacebiT Seudga saqmes da male kukuanel meomars daemsgavsa.
_ roca kukuanelTa qveyanaSi xar, kukuaneliviT unda moiqce, _ Tqva
da farTo beWebze jaWvis perangi Camoicva. magram amaze rodi SeCerda,
infadusma meomris aRWurviloba moutana, ser henrim leopardis mosasxami
moicva, Tavze ki siraqlemas Savi frTebis jiRa daidga. aseT jiRas
mxolod beladebi atarebdnen. welze kameCis TeTri tyavis saucxoo muCa
Semoikra, Caicva sandlebi, xelSi daiWira mZime sabrZolo najaxi, kameCis
tyavgadakruli rkinis mrgvali fari da ramdenime toli, ese igi, liTonis
dana. yvelafer amas, yoveli SemTxvevisaTvis, Tavisi revolveric daumata.
es morTuloba, ra Tqma unda, ser henris velurs amsgavsebda, magram unda
giTxraT, amaze ufro mosuli da Zlieri kaci jer arsad Semxvedria.
Cacmuloba kidev ufro usvamda xazs mis aRnagobas. rodesac ignozi da
ser henri erTad davinaxe, gavifiqre, Cems sicocxleSi pirvelad vxedav
amgvar goliaTebs-meTqi.
ver getyviT, rom guds jaWvis perangi ise
morgeboda tanze, rogorc ser henris. saqme is aris, rom kapitans ar
undoda Tavis Sarvals ganSoreboda. unda vaRiaro, rom tandabali,
Cafskvnili jentlmeni, romelsac cal mxares pirwmindad gaeparsa saxe,
meore mxares karga mozrdili wveri moeSva, jaWvis perangi ki guldagul
Caetnia sakmaod SelanZul velvetis SarvalSi, maincdamainc sasiamovno
STabeWdilebas ver axdenda. sakuTar Tavze SemiZlia giTxraT, rom jaWvis
perangi xalvaTad madga tanze, amitom igi tansacmlis zemoT gadavicvi,
Tumca mainc ver amovavse. garda amisa, gadavwyvite, fexsacmeli gamexada,
rom Tu ukandaxeva mogviwevda, ufro advilad SemZleboda gaqceva. amave
mizeziT, Sarvalic gavixade da veldskunis amara davrCi. Subi da fari,
romlis xmarebac ar vicodi, wyvili dana da, bolos, monadiris qudze
damagrebuli uzarmazari jiRa Seadgenda Cems samxedro morTulobas.
mindoda, rac SeiZleba metad davmsgavsebodi sisxlismsmels. garda amisa,
Tan waviReT Tofebi, magram radgan tyviebi Semogvelia, isini CvenTvis
zedmeti tvirTi iyo. amitom gankarguleba gaveciT, Tofebi wamoeRoT
meomrebs, Cven ukan rom modiodnen.
sabrZolod gamovewyveT, naCqarevad visauzmeT da qoxidan gamovediT,
rom saqmis viTareba gagverkvia.
platos erT kuTxeSi patara yavisferi koncxi moCanda, es iyo Cveni
Stabi da amave dros saTvalTvalo
punqtic. aq dagvxvda infadusi,
ruxebis polkiT garSemortymuli. es polki kukuanelTa armiis saukeTeso
meomrebisagan Sedgeboda. amJamad polkSi sami aTas xuTasi kaci iyo. es
polki saTadarigod unda dagvetovebina. meomrebi jguf-jgufad iwvnen
miwaze da ucqerodnen, rogor gamodiodnen luudan mwyobri razmebi,
romelTac bolo ar uCandaT. sul sami polki iyo, TiToeulSi
TerTmetidan Tormeti aTasi kaci iqneboda.
qalaqs rom gamoscdnen, polkebi sabrZolod daewyvnen. mere erTma
polkma marjvniv gauxvia, meorem _ marcxniv, mesame ki neli nabijiT
pirdapir Cvenken gamoemarTa.
_ aha, _ Tqva infadusma, _ emzadebian, rom erTdroulad sami mxridan
Semogvition!
es axali ambavi Zalze sayuradRebo iyo, radgan Cveni jaris nawilebi
gorakze gafantulni idgnen, saWiro xdeboda maTi Tavmoyra. xom ver
mivuTiTebdiT mowinaaRmdeges, rogor moetana Cvenze ieriSi ise, rom
gamarjveba Cven dagvrCenoda?
yvelaferi unda gagvekeTebina, rac
SegveZlo. vafrineT brZaneba, razmebi mzad yofiliyvnen mterze ieriSis
misatanad.
T a v i
X I I I
T a v d a s x m a
samive polki neba-neba moiwevda win, meomrebs siCqare ar etyobodaT.
xuTas iardze rom mogviaxlovdnen, Sua polki SeCerda; iq iwyeboda miwis
wvrili zoli, Cvens gorakSi rom iWreboda. goraks TiTqmis nalisebri
moyvaniloba hqonda da misi orive daqanebuli kide luusken iyo
mimarTuli.
Sua polks ganzraxuli hqonda, brZolaSi CaveTrieT, amasobaSi ori
danarCeni
goraks
Semouvlida
da
mere
yvelani
erTdroulad
dagvesxmodnen Tavs.
_ eh, axla erTi getlingi mogvca, _ sinanuliT Tqva gudma da
oxvriT gadaxeda gorakis ZirSi Tavmoyril mWidro razmebs. _ ociode
wuTSi mTel dablobs movasufTavebdiT.
_ magram raki getlingi ara gvaqvs, arc Rirs amaze oxvra-kvnesa, _
miugo ser henrim. _ ra moxdeba, aqedan rom esroloT, quotermen?
moxvdeba Tu ara Tqveni tyvia ager im aylayudas, ganze rom dgas da, Cemi
azriT, razms xelmZRvanelobs? sanaZleod vdeb severins, romelsac
ueWvelad gadavixdi, Tuki, rasakvirvelia, am brZolas gadavurCiT, rom
Tqveni tyvia xuTi iardiT mainc ascdeba mizans.
misi sityvebi Sig gulSi momxvda, `eqspresi" saskdomi tyviiT davtene
da davelode, sanam is meTauri Tavis TanaSemweebTan erTad aTiode
iardiT mainc ar gascda razms, raTa ukeT daeTvalierebina Cveni
poziciebi. mere miwaze gavweqi, Tofi kldeze gavde da Cems msxverpls
yelSi vumizne im varaudiT, rom tyvia Sig gulSi unda moxvedroda, Tu
mxedvelobaSi miviRebdiT manZils da im garemoebasac, rom Cemi Tofi
mxolod samas ormocdaaT iardze isroda. meTauri mSvidad idga, magram
ar vici, vRelavdi, qarma wamoubera, Tu saerTod, mizani karga did
manZilze iyo Cemgan dacilebuli, ase iyo Tu ise, varaudi ar
gamimarTlda.
msxverpli mizanSi amoviRe da Caxmaxs TiTi gamovkari. roca boli
gaifanta, davinaxe, rom is kaci uvneblad idga, misi TanaSemwe ki usulod
egdo Zirs. meTauri swrafad Setrialda da saSinlad SeSfoTebuli
Tavisi razmisaken gaqanda.
_ vaSa, quotermen, _ Sehyvira gudma, _ rjulze ki SeaSineT, ai!
aman
Zalze
gamabraza,
saSinlad
ar
miyvars,
roca
vinmes
TandaswrebiT mizans avacden xolme. amitom SeZlebisdagvarad vcdilob
aseT SemTxvevebs Tavi avarido. gacofebuli guls veRar moverie da
windauxedavad moviqeci: gaqceuls swrafad davumizne Tofi da tyvia
zurgSi mivayole. amjerad aRar amicdenia, sabralom xelebi aiqnia da
moceliliviT daeca guldaRma. amas vwer mxolod imisaTvis, rom
daganaxoT, ra cotas vfiqrobT sxvebze, roca saqme Cvens Tavmoyvareobas,
an reputacias exeba.
amis danaxvaze Cvenma meomrebma aRtacebis yiJina dasces, fiqrobdnen,
yvelaferi es Cveni gamarjvebis sawindari iyo. garda amisa, erTxel kidev
darwmundnen, rom Cven uZleveli jadoqrebi viyaviT. razmma ki, romelsac
mokluli meTaurobda (mere SevityveT, rom is sabralo marTlac razmis
meTauri iyo), uwesrigod iwyo ukandaxeva. amis danaxvaze ser henrim da
gudma Tofebs xeli daavles da srola atexes. gudi Tavs ar izogavda da
Tavisi vinCesteridan tyvias tyviaze ayrida meomarTa mWidro rigebs. Cven
SevZeliT Svidi-rva kacis mokvla da daWra, sanam razmi sasrol manZils
gascdeboda.
rogorc ki srola SevwyviteT, marjvniv saSineli Rriali gaisma,
mteri muqariT moiwevda Cvenken. es xma da SeZaxilebi imwamsve aitaca
mowinaaRmdegem marcxena frTaze da orive polki erTdroulad gamoqanda
Cvenken. maT Rrialze Cvens pirdapir mdgari polkis mWidro rigebi
Seirxa, meomrebma raRac veluri simRera dasZaxes da auCqareblad
wamovidnen gorakisaken, Semdeg ki gamohyvnen viwro mwvane zols, maT
ganStoebas Soris rom iyo CaWedili. Cven samma ki (ignozi mxolod
xandaxan gvexmareboda) setyvasaviT davayareT tyviebi mters, magram
mxolod ramdenime kaci movkaliT.
Cvenken moiwevda TaviT-fexebamde SeiaraRebuli aTasobiT adamiani da
aba maTTan Cveni TofebiT ras gavxdebodiT? es igive iyo, wvrili kenWebi
dagveSina aboboqrebuli talRisaTvis, Cven CasanTqmelad rom moiwevda.
meomrebi Subebs haerSi iqnevdnen, yviril-RrialiT moiwevdnen win da
ukve uaxlovdebodnen Cvens saguSagoebs gorakis ZirSi. cota xnis Semdeg
mterma odnav Seanela Tavdasxma. didi winaaRmdegoba ar gagviwevia
maTTvis, magram Tavdamsxmelebi aRmarTze amodiodnen da siaruli
uWirdaT. Cveni Tavdacvis pirveli xazi daaxloebiT Sua gorakze iyo,
meore _ misgan ormocdaaTiode iardis daSorebiT, mesame ki _ platos
kideze.
mteri sul ufro da ufro gviaxlovdeboda, ismoda xmamaRali
SeZaxilebi:
_ Twala, Twala! Chiele! Chiele! (Tuala, Tuala, midi, dascxe!)
_ Ignozi, Ignozi! Chiele! Chiele! (ignozi, miscxe, aravin daindo!) _
gahyvirodnen sapasuxod Cveni meomrebi.
axla mteri sul axlos iyo. haerSi wamiswam elavda danebi. bolos
mowinaaRmdegeni veluri RrialiT ekveTnen erTmaneTs.
gaCaRda xelCarTuli brZola. meomrebi moceliliviT ecemodnen Zirs.
male ricxobrivad Warbma mowinaaRmdegem ukuagdo Cveni razmebi. Cveni
Tavdacvis pirvelma xazma nel-nela daixia ukan da sul male meore xazs
SeuerTda. erT xans aq ibrZodnen, magram Cveni jarebi male iZulebulni
gaxdnen ukan daexiaT, sul raRac ociode wuTSi brZolaSi Cveni
Tavdacvis mesame xazis meomrebic Caebnen, magram am droisTvis
moieriSeebs Zal-Rone gamoeliaT da mesame xazis garRveva veRar SeZles.
garda amisa, Zalian bevri daWril-daxocili hyavdaT. ramdenime wuTis
ganmavlobaSi brZola xan mZafrdeboda, xan isev neldeboda. gaSmagebuli
velurebi win moiwevdnen, meore wuTs ki ukan ixevdnen, amitomac Zneli
iyo Tqma, vin gaimarjvebda. ser henri TvalnaTliv Sehyurebda mebrZolebs.
uecrad usityvod SeiWra maT Soris, gudic fexdafex mihyva. me ki virCie,
davrCeniliyavi iq, sadac videqi.
Cvenma meomrebma dainaxes, ser henri brZolaSi Caebao, da
gaorkecebuli ZaliT ekveTnen mters, Tan yvirodnen:
_ Nanzia Inkubi Nanzia Unkunguklovo (aba dascxeT! spilo CvenTan
aris, CvenTan ibrZvis!) Chiele! Chiele!
am wuTidan saeWvo aRaraferi iyo, rom gamarjveba Cven dagvrCeboda.
Tualas meomrebi sastik winaaRmdegobas gviwevdnen, magram nabijnabij ukan ixevdnen da goraks TandaTan qvemoT miuyvebodnen. Semdeg
sabolood air-dairivnen da Tavis polks SeuerTdnen. imav wuTs movida
macne da Segvatyobina: marcxena frTidan mteri ukugdebuliao. me ukve
Cems Tavs vulocavdi, brZola ramdenime xniT mainc Sewydeba-meTqi, magram
uecrad davinaxe, rom Cveni meomrebi, romelTac marjvena frTis dacva
evalebodaT, platoze gamorbodnen, ukan mteri mosdevdaT. etyoboda,
Tualas jarebma iq Cveni Tavdacva gaarRvies.
ignozim, romelic Cvens gverdiT idga, wamsve auRo alRo Seqmnil
viTarebas.
misi
brZanebiT,
ruxebis
saTadarigo
polki
TvalisdaxamxamebaSi daewyo da sabrZolvelad moemzada.
ignozim kvlav gasca gankarguleba. isic wamsve aitaces da beladebs
gadasces. amosunTqvac ver movaswari, rom Setevaze gadasuli meomrebis
Zlierma talRam gamitaca da Cemda uneburad jaris SuagulSi movxvdi,
rac, rasakvirvelia, didad ar gamxarebia. Cvenebi gaafTrebiT miiwevdnen
mtrisken. meti ra jani mqonda, mec maTTan erTad unda gavqceuliyavi.
magram vcdilobdi, rac SeiZleba axlos vyofiliyavi ignozisTan. oriode
wuTis Semdeg _ me ki megona dro saocrad nela miizlazneba-meTqi _
SevuerTdiT marjvena frTaze mtrisagan ukuqceul Cveni razmebis
nawilebs da isinic aqve, Cvens ukan daewyvnen. mere ki, mere ar vici, ra
moxda, maxsovs mxolod, rom farebi gamayrueblad exeTqeboda erTmaneTs
da sazareli jaxajuxi gahqonda.
magondeba isic, rom gamoCnda viRac axmaxi, romelsac Tvalebi
gadmocvenaze hqonda da sisxlSi mosvrili SubiT Cemken gamoqanda. eWvi
ar mepareba, rom marto am suraTis danaxvaze bevri ugonod daecemoda
Zirs, magram siamayiT unda mogaxsenoT, ar davbneulvar, wamsve movisazre,
ase erT adgilze Tu gavSeSdi, kargi dRe ar damadgeba-meTqi da rogorc
ki is sazareli moCveneba Cemken gamoqanda, maSinve fexqveS Sevuvardi,
Tanac, ise marjved, rom man SeCerebac ver moaswro, waqceuls fexi
wamomkra da miwas daaskda. vidre ganZrevas moaswrebda, wamovxti,
revolveri davaxale da angariSi gavuswore.
amis Semdeg did xans ar gauvlia, rom viRacam xeli mkra da ugonod
daveci.
roca gamovfxizldi, davinaxe, gudi Cemken gadmoxriliyo, xelSi
wyliT savse gogris boTli eWira, isic SevamCnie, rom platoze viyaviT,
Cveni saTvalTvalo punqtis gverdiT.
_ rogora xarT, megobaro, _ Sewuxebuli xmiT mkiTxa gudma.
me wamovdeqi, tansacmeli Camovibertye da mxolod amis Semdeg gaveci
pasuxi:
_ ara miSavs, gmadlobT.
_ madloba RmerTs. rom davinaxe, xalxs aqeT mohyavdiT, muxlT
momekveTa, megona, cocxali aRar iyaviT.
_ ara, megobaro, amjerad gadavrCi, vfiqrob, dartymam tvini
SeminjRria. magram miTxariT, riT damTavrda brZola?
_ jerjerobiT mteri yvelgan ukugdebulia, danaklisi didi gvaqvs,
ori aTasi kaci gveyoleba daWrili da mokluli, Tualas ki albaT sami
aTasamde meomari gamoakldeboda; magram erTi am suraTs SexedeT, _
miTxra da Cvenken momavali xalxis grZel mwkrivze mimiTiTa. meomrebi
jguf-jgufad modiodnen da tyavis sakaceebi mohqondaT. sakaceebs
kuTxeebSi gakeTebuli hqonda maryuJebi, rom ufro ioli sazidi
yofiliyo (sxvaTa Soris, aseTi sakaceebi blomad aris kukuanelTa jaris
yovel razmSi). am tyavebze, anu sakaceebze, iwvnen daWrilebi, romelTac
moyvanisTanave sinjavdnen mkurnalebi. TiToeul polks aT-aTi mkurnali
hyavda. Tu Wriloba mZime ar iyo, daWrili mihyavdaT da ramdenadac
SeeZloT, guldagul wamlobdnen, magram Tu daWrilis mdgomareoba
uimedo iyo, erT-erTi eqimi mWreli daniT gadauWrida arterias da
sabralo swrafad da udrtvinvelad kvdeboda. rasakvirvelia, erTi
SexedviT gegonebodaT, TiTqos mkurnalebi saSinel borotebas Cadiodnen,
magram gana es gulmowyaleba da lmobiereba ar iyo?
saerTod, daWrilebs maSin klavdnen, roca maT Wriloba tanze
hqondaT miyenebuli, radgan kukuanelTa Subis uzarmazari wvetiT
daWrili adamianis gankurneba SeuZlebeli xdeboda xolme. umetes
SemTxvevaSi aseTi daWrilebi ugrZnoblad imyofebodnen, imaT ki, visac
grZnoba ar hqonda dakarguli, ise swrafad da umtkivneulod
gadauWridnen ZarRvebs, rom sabraloni amas verc ki grZnobdnen. magram es
suraTi TavisTavad imdenad Semzaravia, rom me da gudi swrafad
ganverideT iqaurobas. Cems sicocxleSi amaze amazrzeni araferi minaxavs.
mkurnali gasisxlianebuli xelebiT Wrida
ZarRvs, rom am sabralo
adamianisaTvis ukanasknel wuTebSi mainc Seemsubuqebina tanjva. diax,
Seemsubuqebina, magram ra gziT?
aseTive Tavzardamcemi suraTi vixile mxolod erTxel, roca svazis
tomis meomrebma brZolis Semdeg Tavisi daWrilebi cocxlad Cafles
miwaSi.
am saSinelebisaTvis rom aRar gvecqira, mopirdapire mxares wavediT;
aq davinaxeT ser henri, romelsac sabrZolo najaxi jerac xelSi eWira.
aqve iyvnen ignozi, infadusi da erTi-ori meTaurTagani. isini Zalian
seriozulad bWobdnen.
_ madloba RmerTs, rom moxvediT, quotermen, me kargad ver gavige,
ras apirebs ignozi. Tumca mteri ukuvagdeT, magram mgoni Tualas
didZali maSveli jari mouvida, axla isini albaT alyas Semogvartyamen,
rom SimSiliT suli amogvxadon da dagvauZluron.
_ maS Cveni saqme cudad yofila.
_ eg sakiTxavic araa, miT ufro, rom, infadusi ambobs, male sasmeli
wyali aRar gveqnebao.
_ diax, diax, Cemo mbrZanebelo, _ kveri daukra moxucma meomarma, _
patara nakaduli sad gawvdeba amodena xalxs. wyali swrafad klebulobs.
jer kidev daRamebamde wyurviliT davixocebiT. mismine, makumazan, Sen
brZeni xar da, rasakvirvelia, mraval omSi miiRebdi monawileobas im
qveyanaSi, saidanac moxvedi, Tuki TeTri adamianebi saerTod ibrZvian
varskvlaveTSi. gvirCie, rogor moviqceT! Tualam xelaxla Sehyara jari,
isini daRupulTa adgils daiWeren, magram ase Tu ise, im mtarvals Wkua
vaswavleT. miminos rodi egona, yanCa winaaRmdegobas gauwevda. Cven
niskartiT davufliTeT guli da axla, cota ar iyos, SiSi aqvs. amitom
veRar bedavs xelmeored dagvesxas Tavs, Tumca unda iTqvas, Cvenc sakmaod
gavwamdiT. axla albaT alyis Semortymas gvipireben, rom SimSiliT
amogvxocon, an cocxlad Cagvigdon xelSi.
_ mesmis, _ vuTxari me.
_ ase rom, makumazan, rogorc giTxariT, wyali ar gvaqvs, saWmelic
Zalian cota dagvrCa. amitom samSi erTi unda avirCioT: unda davitanjoT
da davsustdeT, rogorc mSieri lomi Tavis bunagSi, an vcadoT
gavarRvioT mtris alya samxreTiT, an arada, _ aq igi wamodga da mtris
mWidrod Sekruli rigebisken gaiwvdina TiTi, _ jiqur miveWraT maT da
Tualas yelSi vtacoT xeli. inkubu didi meomaria, dRes igi badeSi
momwyvdeuli kameCiviT ibrZoda da misi najaxi ise celavda Tualas
meomrebs, rogorc setyva puris TavTavs. inkubu gveubneba, mters Tavs
davesxaTo, magram spilos mudam Tavdasxmaze uWiravs Tvali. ras ityvis
makumazani _ beberi, eSmaki mela, romelsac cxovrebaSi bevri ram unaxavs
da farulad zurgidan uyvars mtris dagesvla? gadamwyveti sityva,
rasakvirvelia, ignozis ekuTvnis, radgan is mefea, magram manamde gvinda
movisminoT Seni xma, hoi makumazan, da agreTve xma adamianisa, romelsac
gamWvirvale Tvali aqvs.
_ Sen ras ityodi, ignozi? _ vkiTxe me.
_ ara, Cemo mamav, _ miTxra Cvenma yofilma msaxurma, romelic
velurebis saucxoo iaraRiT iyo SeWurvili da WeSmaritad meomari mefis
STabeWdilebas axdenda, _ ilaparake, minda Seni sityvebi movismino,
SenTan SedarebiT me ugunuri balRi var.
am daJinebuli Txovnis Semdeg saswrafod moveTaTbire ser henrisa
da guds da oriode sityviT gadaveci, rasac vfiqrobdi: rakiRa
alyaSemortymulebi varT da wyalic male Semogvakldeba, Tavs unda
davesxaT Tualas da es rac SeiZleba swrafad unda moxdes-meTqi,
vuTxari. unda moxdes manam, sanam Wrilobebi mogviSuSdeba da vidre
mowinaaRmdegis Warbi Zalebis cqeriT Cvens meomrebs guli cviliviT ar
gaulxvebaT. ase rom ar moviqceT, zogi sardali Tualas Seurigdeba, mis
mxares gadava da Cvenze gamoilaSqrebs-meTqi.
rogorc etyoboda, Cemi azri moewonaT. unda mogaxsenoT, rom Cems
sityvas arc manamde, arc Semdeg arsad hqonia iseTi fasi da wona,
rogorc kukuanelTa qveyanaSi. magram saboloo sityva mainc ignozis
ekuTvnoda. ignozi, mas Semdeg, rac mefed iqna aRiarebuli, gadamwyveti
xmiTa da usazRvro uflebebiT sargeblobda. amitomac yvelani mas
mivaCerdiT.
ignozi erT xans dumda, etyoboda, sazRvravda Seqmnil mdgomareobas,
Semdeg ki daiwyo:
_ inkubu, makumazan da bugvan, gulado TeTro admianebo da Cemo
megobrebo! Senc, infadus, Cemo mamis Zmav, da Tqvenc meTaurebo. me
gadavwyvite: dRes Tavs davesxmi Tualas da amaze iqneba damokidebuli
Cemi bedi da Cemi sicocxle. diax, diax, Cemi da yvela Tqvenganis
sicocxle.
mismineT,
ras
getyviT,
xom
xedavT,
es
goraki
naxevarmTvaresaviT aris moxrili, dablobi ki enasaviT iWreba zemoTken.
_ ho, rasakvirvelia, _ kveri davukari me.
_ axla SuadRea, _ ganagrZo ignozim, _ Tqvenma meomrebma moiklan
wyurvili da daisvenon momqancveli brZolis Semdeg. roca mze mcire
manZils gaivlis caze da dasaliers miuaxlovdeba, Seni da kidev erTi
sxva polki, infadus, Cavides dabla, im mwvaneze. Tuala rom amas
dainaxavs, Tavis jarebs iqiT moayris, magram es adgili viwroa, mtris
polkebi mxolod TiTo-TiTod Tu gamoilaSqreben Cvens winaaRmdeg da
Seni meomrebi erTi-meoris miyolebiT gaanadgureben maT. Tualas mTeli
armia Tqvensken iqneba Tvalmopyrobili. am brZolaSi, infadus, SenTan Cemi
megobari inkubu ibrZolebs. Tuala rom mas ruxebs Soris dainaxavs,
aReldeba da sulierad daecema. me ki wamovuZRvebi meore polks, romelic
Tqvens ukan ganlagdeba. im SemTxvevaSi, Tu ruxebi damarcxdnen, rac sul
advilad SeiZleba moxdes, gverdiT eyolebaT mefe, romlis gulisaTvisac
meomrebi brZolaSi Tavs ar dazogaven. CemTan erTad makumazani wamova.
_ mesmis, hoi, mefeo, _ miugo infadusma, igi saocrad gulgrilad
Sexvda im ambavs, rom mokle xanSi misi polki unda ganadgurebuliyo.
marTali mogaxsenoT, es kukuanelebi saocari xalxia. maT ar aSinebT
sikvdili, roca amas movaleoba moiTxovs.
_ da vidre Tualas mTel armias am brZolisken eqneba mipyrobili
Tvali da yuri, _ ganagrZo ignozim, _ Cveni darCenili jaris erTi
mesamedi, ese igi, eqvsi aTasamde kaci, fofxviT daeSveba gorakis marjvena
Stodan da Tavs daesxmis maT marcxena frTas. meore mesamedic aseve
SeumCnevlad dahyveba marcxena Stos da ieriSs miitans marjvena frTaze.
maSin mec Cemi meomrebiT pirdapir Sevutev. Tu bedi Segvewia, usaTuod
gavimarjvebT da vidre Rame Tavisi Savi xarebiT mTebze gadarbenas
moaswrebdes, Cven mSvidad visxdebiT luuSi. axla ki, patara davnayrdeT
da brZolisaTvis movemzadoT. Sen, infadus, gankarguleba gaeci, Cemi
brZaneba zustad iqnas Sesrulebuli. ho! Cemi TeTri mama bugvani marjvena
frTas gahyveba, rom misma brwyinvale Tvalma Cvens meomrebs guli
gaumxneos.
es mokle gankargulebebi saocari siswrafiT Sesrulda.
saaTze cota meti dasWirdaT, rom CamoerigebinaT meomrebisaTvis
saWmeli (rac maT TvalisdaxamxamebaSi gaaqres), CamoeyalibebinaT sami
razmi da ganemartaT beladebisaTvis Tavdasxmis mizani. Cven axla
Tvrameti aTasamde meomari gvyavda. garda mcvelebisa, romelTac
daWrilebTan vtovebdiT, yvelani sabrZolod moemzadnen.
aq rom aseTi mzadeba iyo, me da ser henris gudi mogviaxlovda, xeli
CamogvarTva da gviTxra:
_ gemSvidobebiT, megobrebo, brZanebis Tanaxmad, marjvena frTis
meomrebs mivyvebi da TqvenTan gamosaTxovrad movedi, egeb veRarc ki
vnaxoT erTmaneTi.
Cven uxmod gavuwodeT erTmaneTs xeli da imdenad avReldiT,
ramdenadac es tradiciuli normebis mixedviT dasaSvebia yoveli
ingliselisaTvis.
_ Cveni saqme Zalze saxifaToa, _ Tqva ser henrim odnav SemkrTali
xmiT, _ marTali giTxraT, darwmunebuli ara var, rom xval kidev vixilav
mzes. ramdenadac gavige, ruxebi, romelTac me unda gavyve, ibrZoleben
manamde, vidre erTianad ar gawydebian, rom gverdidan Tavdamsxmelebs
SesaZlebloba miscen SeumCnevlad Camovidnen dabla, Tavi dauaron
Tualas jarebs da zurgidan moulodnelad daecnen. ra vuyoT, dae, ase
iyos. yovel SemTxvevaSi, vaJkacuri sikvdiliT movkvdebi. mSvidobiT,
megobrebo, _ momibrunda igi me, _ RmerTi iyos Tqveni Semwe. imedi maqvs,
Tavs davaRwevT yvelafer amas da xelSi CavigdebT almasebs. magram erTi
rCeva ki unda mogceT, quotermen, Tu am brZolas saRsalamaTad
gadaurCiT, kvlav nuRarasodes daiWerT saqmes taxtis maZieblebTan.
gudma erTxel kidev magrad CamogvarTva xeli da gagvSorda. misi
wasvlis Semdeg infadusi movida da ser henri ruxebis polkisken waiyvana.
me ki Savbneli fiqrebiT Sepyrobili ignozisken gaveSure da Cemi adgili
daviWire polkSi, romelic ruxebis ganadgurebis Semdeg Setevaze unda
gadasuliyo.
T a v i
r u x T a
X I V
u k a n a s k n e l i
b r Z o l a
ramdenime wuTis Semdeg polkebma, romelTac miiRes gankarguleba,
frTebidan dasxmodnen Tavs mowinaaRmdeges, srul siCumeSi datoves
iqauroba. didi sifrTxiliT miiwevdnen dabla, efarebodnen lodebsa da
buCqebs, rom mzveravTa maxvil Tvals damalodnen.
naxevari saaTis Semdeg frTebze ganlagdnen. amave dros ruxebi
uZravad idgnen adgilze. maT zurgs umagrebda erT-erTi uZlieresi
polki. igi kameCebis polkis saxeliT iyo cnobili. es iyo Cveni armiis
ZiriTadi birTvi da mowinaaRmdegis TavidaTavi dartyma mas unda mieRo.
orive polki TiTqmis uklisad iyo, amasTanave, arc daRlilebi
iyvnen. diliT ruxebi TadarigSi idgnen, xolo roca mowinaaRmdegem Cveni
Tavdacvis xazi gaarRvia (es maSin iyo, me rom TavSi dartymiT gamabrues),
maT Zalian cota mebrZoli dakarges. rac Seexeba kameCebs, isini diliT
marcxena frTaze, Tavdacvis mesame xazTan idgnen da raki am
mimarTulebiT Tavdamsxmelebma ver SeZles xazis garRveva, brZolaSi
sulac ar miuRiaT monawileoba.
infadusi gamocdili beladi iyo, Zalian kargad icoda, rom aseTi
brZolis win unda gaemxnevebina Tavisi mebrZolebi da aemaRlebina maTi
sulieri
ganwyobileba,
amitom
Tavis
polks
sityviT
mimarTa;
enamWevrulad ganumarta meomrebs, ra didi pativi iyo maTTvis, mowinave
xazze sabrZolvelad rom agzavnidnen, Tanac varskvlaveTidan Camosul
TeTr mebrZolebTan erTad. im SemTxvevaSi, Tu Cveni jari gaimarjvebso, _
daabolova man Tavisi sityva, _ mefe ignozi brZolaSi gadarCenilebs
jogebsa da samxedro sarbielze dawinaurebas hpirdebao.
me Tvali gavayole meomrebis grZel mwkrivebs, mkacr saxeebs,
mofriale Sav jiRebs da mwared gavifiqre, rom sul raRac erTi saaTis
Semdeg am SesaniSnavi vaJkacebis umravlesoba mkvdari, an momakvdavi
eyreba brZolis velze-meTqi. sxvagvarad arc SeiZleboda. maT sakuTari
yuriT moismines ganaCeni, romelic beladma ase gulgrilad auwya.
adamianis sicocxlis aseTi ugulebelyofa xSirad xels uwyobs
mTavarsardlebs, dazogon Tavisi Zalebi da ganaxorcielon dasaxuli
mizani, erTi sityviT, isini brZolis dros swiraven adamianTa garkveul
raodenobas, raTa uzrunvelyon mTeli armiis gamarjveba. ruxebi winaswar
iyvnen sasikvdilod ganwirulni da icodnen kidec es. maTi mizani iyo
brZola gaemarTaT Tualas polkebisaTvis, roca isini erTimeoris
miyolebiT Semovidodnen viwro, mwvane zolze, gorakis Stoebs Soris rom
iyo moqceuli. maT unda ebrZolaT manam, sanam ar daamarcxebdnen
mowinaaRmdeges, an sanam marjvena da marcxena frTaze ganlagebul jars
SesaZlebloba miecemoda, gadasuliyo Setevaze. yvelaferi es icodnen
ruxebma, magram, miuxedavad amisa, wuTiTac ki ar dauwyiaT yoymani. maT
saxeebze iotisodena SiSic ki ar SeminiSnavs. diax, Cem win idgnen sasikvdilod ganwiruli meomrebi, romlebic ager-ager samudamod unda
ganSorebodnen dRis kurTxeul naTels, magram warbSeuxrelad da
uSiSrad elodnen sul-xorcis gayris Jams. miuxedavad imisa, rom Zalze
daZabuli wuTebi iyo, ar SemeZlo uneblieT ar Semedarebina maTi
sulieri mdgomareoba Cemi mdgomareobisaTvis. ara, me ar SemeZlo
maTsaviT mSvidad vyofiliyavi, _ gavifiqre es da Cemdauneburad
amovioxre. es oxvra SuriT da aRtacebiT iyo gamowveuli. dRemde arsad
Semxvedroda ase Tavdadebuli da Tavisi mware xvedrisadmi egzom
gulgrilad ganwyobili adamianebi.
_ ai, Tqveni mefe, _ daasrula sityva infadusma da xeli ignozisken
gaiwvdina, _ wadiT, ibrZoleT da daixoceniT misTvis, aseTia gmirTa
xvedri. maradJams kruli da Sercxvenili iyos misi saxeli, vinc SiSobs
Tavi gaswiros mefisaTvis, vinc ecdeba, Tavi aaridos brZolas da mters
zurgi uCvenos. ai, Tqveni mefe, meTaurebo, beladno, meomrebo. axla fici
dasdeT gvelis wminda gamosaxulebis winaSe da mere ukan mogvyeviT.
inkubu da me Tualas jarebis Suagulisken gavikvlevT gzas.
Camovarda xanmokle siCume. Semdeg moulodnelad meomarTa rigebSi
gaisma xmauri, TiTqos sadRac, Soridan zRvis talRebis yru bubuni
moismiso. am xmas gamoscemda eqvsi aTasi fari, romlebsac meomrebi nelnela urtyamdnen Subis tarebs. xmauri TandaTanobiT gaZlierda,
gafarTovda,
gaRrmavda
da
bolos
gamayruebel
gugun-grialSi
gadaizarda. mTebma Weqa-quxiliviT aitaca es xma da mere
grialiT
ukuaqcia. xmebis mZlavrma talRebma haeri daamZima. Semdeg griali
TandaTanobiT miwyda da bolos sulac Cakvda. Cakvda da siCumeSi uecrad
iWeqa SeZaxilma... _ kuum! kuum! kuum! _ xalxi mefes esalmeboda.
gulSi gavifiqre, albaT romis arc erT imperators ar misalmebian
aseTi aRtacebiT sasikvdilod mimavali gladiatorebi da ignozis dRes
ufleba aqvs iamayos Tavisi mdgomareobiT da Tavisi xalxiT-meTqi.
ignozim sabrZolo najaxi haerSi SeaTamaSa da amiT gamoxata Tavisi
madloba meomrebisadmi. Semdeg ruxebi sam razmad daewyvnen. yovel
razmSi, meTauris CauTvlelad, aTasamde meomari iyo. polkebi Tavisi
poziciebisaken gaeSurnen. roca bolo razmi ormocdaaTiode iardiT
dagvSorda, ignozi saTaveSi Caudga kameCebs, romlebic aseve sam razmad
iyvnen dayofilni. mefis brZanebis Tanaxmad, Cvenc dabla viwyeT Casvla.
gulSi mxurvaled vloculobdi, RmerTs SevTxovdi, gansacdeli amaSore
da sikvdilisgan mixseni-meTqi. Cems cxovrebaSi mravlis umravlesi Wiri
gamomivlia, magram aseTi Savi dRe jer ar gamTenebia, arasodes ar mqonia
gadarCenis ase mcire SesaZlebloba.
roca platos kides mivaRwieT, ruxebi ukve ferdobis SuagulSi
iyvnen da gorakis ZirSi soliviT SemoWrili amwvanebuli vakisken
miiCqarodnen.
Tualas banakSi didi moZraoba SeimCneoda. polkebi swrafi nabijiT,
an ukeT rom vTqvaT, sirbiliT modiodnen maRlobisken, cdilobdnen,
manamde mosuliyvnen gorakis ZirSi, vidre Cveni meomrebi luus velze
gaiSlebodnen.
gorakSi
soliviT
SeWrili
mwvane
samkuTxedis
sigane
samasormocdaaTi nabiji Tu iqneboda, igi wverosken kidev ufro
viwrovdeboda da ormocdaaTiode nabijs aRwevda. ruxebi, samkuTxeds rom
miuaxlovdnen, danawildnen da viwro adgili ise CaaTaves, magram roca
samkuTxedi sakmaod gafarTovda, kvlav sam-sam mwkrivad dadgnen da
adgilze gaSeSdnen.
maSin Cvenc, ese igi, kameCebic, daveSviT samkuTxedis wverze da
ruxebis bolo mwkrivis ukan, daaxloebiT asi iardis daSorebiT,
saTadarigo adgili davikaveT. videqiT da gadavyurebdiT, rogor
moeSureboda Cvenken Tualas jari. etyoboda, dilandeli Setakebis
Semdeg maSveli razmebi mosvlodaT da axla maT rigebSi, miuxedavad
didi danakargisa, ormoci aTasamde kaci iqneboda. Tavdamsxmelebi
TandaTanobiT mouaxlovdnen samkuTxedis fuZes, Sedgnen da aSkarad
Seyoymandnen. ar icodnen, rogor moqceuliyvnen, gorakis Stoebisagan
warmoqmnil xeobaSi mxolod da mxolod erT polks SeeZlo gavla. garda
amisa, xeobis Sesasvlelidan samocdaaTi iardis daSorebiT idga ruxebis
saxelganTqmuli polki _ kukuanelTa armiis mSveneba da siamaye, romlis
meomrebic yovel wams mzad iyvnen moeWraT maTTvis gza. odesRac sami
romaeli ase icavda xids aTasobiT Tavdamsxmelisagan. ruxebze Tavdasxma
mxolod wina mxridan iyo SesaZlebeli, radgan maT orive frTidan
gorakis kaWriT mofenili cicabo ferdobebi icavda. rogorc mogaxseneT,
Tavdamsxmelebi Seyoymandnen da erT xans gaunZrevlad idgnen adgilze.
etyoboda, arc Tu ise Cqarobdnen Sebmodnen ruxebs _ am kuStsa da mamac
meomrebs, romlebic brZolis dawyebas elodnen. uecrad TavdamsxmelTa
rigebs gamoeyo viRac maRal-maRali aci. mas Tavze siraqlemas frTebis
Cveulebrivi jiRa edga. ukan meTaurebisa da Sikrikebis karga mozrdili
jgufi gamohyva. es TviT Tuala unda yofiliyo. Tualam gasca brZaneba da
pirveli polki RrialiT gadavida Setevaze. ruxebi srul mdumarebaSi
idgnen. arc ki Serxeulan, vidre Tavdamsxmelebi ormocdaaT iardze ar
miuaxlovdnen da danebi setyvasaviT ar daayares.
maSin ki meyseulad moswydnen adgils, win gaqandnen da Subebi
SemarTes. orive polki erTmaneTSi air-dairia, daiwyo samkvdrosasicocxlo brZola. wamic da erTmaneTs Sejaxebuli farebis griali
quxiliviT moswvda Cvens smenas. dablobi TiTqos ainTo mzis sxivebis
aTinaTiT,
romelTac
moqneuli
Subebi
ireklavdnen.
erTmaneTs
Serkinebuli es zRva xalxi talRebiviT irweoda aqeT-iqiT. magram ase
didxans ar gagrZelebula. mokle xanSi TavdamsxmelTa rigebi SesamCnevad
SeTxelda. moulodnelad ruxebi zantad, zvirTiviT Tavze gadaevlnen
maT, ise rogorc zRvis talRa gadaurbens xolme Tavze kbodovan bragebs.
mizani miRweuli iyo _ TavdamsxmelTa polki pirwmindad ganadgurda,
magram rux meomarTagan mxolod ori mwkrivi gadarCa. meomarTa erTi
mesamedi daWril-daxocili eyara miwaze.
ruxebma kvlav SeamWidroves rigebi, srul mdumarebaSi mxardamxar
dadgnen
da
axal
Semotevas
elodnen.
warmoidgineT,
rogor
gamixardeboda, roca maT Soris ser henris qera wvers movkari Tvali. ser
henri aqeT-iqiT midi-modioda da wesrigs amyarebda. maS ase, igi jer
cocxali iyo.
amasobaSi Cvenc mivuaxlovdiT brZolis adgils, romelic daWrildaxocilebiTa da momakvdavebiT iyo mofenili. Cemi varaudiT, aq oTxi
aTasi kaci mainc iqneboda. miwaze sisxlis gubeebi idga. ignozim gasca
brZaneba, romelic swrafad gadaeca razmebs. brZanebis Tanaxmad, ruxebs
ekrZalebodaT daWrili mtris mokvla. meomrebi mefis sityvas uyoymanod
asrulebdnen, ase rom ar momxdariyo, gulSemzaravi sanaxaoba gveloda.
Tumca amaze fiqris Tavi maSin vis hqonda!
ai, TandaTanobiT moaxlovda Tualas meore polkic. meomrebs
sxvebisagan gansxvavebiT jiRebi, mokle qvedatani da farebi mTlad TeTri
ferisa hqondaT. mteri moiwevda win, rom Tavs dasxmoda ruxebs,
romelTac axla ori aTas meomarze meti ar hyavdaT. ruxebi axlac
avbediTad dumdnen. dumdnen da elodnen, rodis mouaxlovdebodaT
mowinaaRmdege. roca Tualas jari ase, ormoc iardze moaxlovda, ruxebi
TavganwirviT ekveTnen maT. kvlav gaisma erTmaneTs SexeTqebuli farebis
gamayruebeli griali da weRandeli sazareli tragedia zustad imave
saxiT ganmeorda. ver warmomedgina, rom ruxebi kvlav SeZlebdnen
gamarjvebas. Tualas polki, romelSic sul axalgazrda meomrebi iyvnen,
gaafTrebiT ibrZoda. Tavdapirvelad megona, ruxebma ukan daixies-meTqi.
sazareli xocva-Jleta iyo. asobiT mebrZoli yovel wuTs mkvdari an
daWrili ecemoda Zirs. mebrZolTa yvirilSi, momakvdavTa kvnesasa da
gadajvaredinebuli Subebis JRrialSi ismoda SeZaxilebi: S’gee s’gee! am
sityvebs
wamoiZaxebda
xolme
gamarjvebuli,
roca
mters
Subs
sasikvdilod aZgerebda da Zirs dascemda.
saukeTeso wesrigs, simtkicesa da simamaces saswaulebis moxdena
SeuZlia. garda amisa, erTi gamobrZmedili mebrZoli or axalbedas udris.
diax, es sul male dadasturda. is iyo, gavifiqre, ruxebis aRsasruli
movida-meTqi da brZolis velze gasasvlelad movemzadeT, rom am
aurzaurSi garkveviT Semogvesma ser henris xma. wamiT Tvali movkari
sabrZolo najaxsac, romelsac igi haerSi atrialebda. Semdeg raRac
cvlileba moxda. ruxebi ukan-ukan aRar ixevdnen. kldesaviT idgnen da am
kldes, adamianTa am gauval zRudes elewebodnen SubosanTa gaafTrebuli
talRebi. elewebodnen mxolod imisaTvis, rom isev ukan daqanebuliyvnen.
uecrad ruxebi kvlav SeinZrnen, amjerad win waiwies. kidev wuTi da
Tavdasxma Sesustda.
_ diax, eseni namdvili gmirebi arian, daxeT, erTxel kidev
gaimarjves! _ wamoiyvira ignozim, romelic Cem gverdiT idga da
mRelvarebisagan kbilebs akraWunebda. _ aha, SexedeT, gamarjvebac swored
amas hqvia!
uecrad TavdamsxmelTa polki zarbaznis lulidan gamoWrili
boliviT daifant-daiqsaqsa. meomrebi jguf-jgufad garbodnen ukan. qari
kvaldakval miafrialebda maT TeTr jiRebs. diax, ruxebma gaimarjves,
magram vai, am gamarjvebas! maTi polki ganadgurebuli iyo. igi aRar
arsebobda. sami aTasi meomris nacvlad, am ormociode wuTis winaT sam
mwkrivad rom idga, axla didi-didi eqvsasi kaci yofiliyo cocxali.
isinic TaviT fexebamde sisxlSi moTxvrilni idgnen, sxvebi ki usulod
eyarnen brZolis velze. gadarCenilma meomrebma Subebi haerSi SeaTamaSes
da gamarjvebis yiJina dasces. vfiqrobdiT, Cvenken wamovidodnen, magram
ara, win gaiWrnen da mters fexdafex mihyvnen. asiode iardis Semdeg xelT
igdes erTi momcro goraki, kvlav sam mwkrivad dadgnen da goraks sammagi
alya Semoartyes. Semdeg ki, hoi bednierebav! Tvali movkari ser henris,
infadusTan erTad saRsalamaTi rom idga gorakze. magram ai, Tualas
polkebma kvlav Semouties am sasikvdilod ganwirul, gmir adamianebs da
brZola ganaxlda.
am wignis mkiTxveli albaT didi xania mixvda, rom cota ar iyos,
mSiSara kaci var da brZolisken sulac ar mimiwevs guli. marTalia,
xSirad Cavvardnilvar xolme gausaZlis mdgomareobaSi, roca iZulebuli
gavmxdarvar, adamianis sisxli dameRvara, magram amas mudam ZaldatanebiT
da zizRiT Cavdiodi. is ki arada, zogjer gaqcevasac ar vTakilobdi, Tu
guli mikarnaxebda, rom es aucilebeli iyo. magram axla, am wuTebSi Cems
sicocxleSi pirvelad aRvenTe brZolis JiniT. ingolZbis legendis
sabrZolo striqonebi da Zveli aRTqmis mrisxane sityvebi erTimeoris
miyolebiT aRdga Cems mexsierebaSi. am sazareli sanaxaobiT naxevrad
gayinulma sisxlma mZafrad iwyo Cqefa ZarRvebSi da dameufla veluri
survili, veluri Jini, aravin damendo, amomeJlita da momesrna irgvliv
yvela da yoveli. Tavi mivabrune da Cem ukan meomarTa mWidrod Sekrul
rigebs gavxede. wamiT davinteresdi, mec iseTi saxis gamometyveleba maqvs,
rogorc maT, Tu ara-meTqi. meomrebi mdumared idgnen, isrebi daZabulad
waewvdinaT, bage naxevrad gapobodaT, xelis kunTebi uTrTodaT,
gaafTrebuli
saxeebi
brZolis
dauokebeli
JiniT
anTebodaT.
TvalCaciebiT icqirebodnen ruxebisaken. ase ucqeris xolme meZebari
Tavis msxverpls.
mxolod ignozi idga uSfoTvelad. mas xom TavSekavebis saocari
unari aqvs da axlac albaT guli mSvidad ucemda mkerdqveS, Tumca
kbilebs ganuwyvetliv akraWunebda.
_ nuTu, vidre fesvebs ar gavidgamT, am adgilze unda vidgeT, ambopa,
anu ignozi, da velodoT, rodis gaJlets Tuala Cvens Zmebs iq, gorakTan!
_ veRar moviTmine me.
_ oh, ara, makumazan, _ miTxra man, _ ai, naxav, rogorc ki xelsayreli
wuTi mogvecema, maSinve CaverTvebiT brZolaSi.
am dros Tualas axalma polkma elvis uswrafesad dauara Tavi
ruxebs, mere Semobrunda da zurgidan daacxra.
axla ki SemarTa ignozim Tavisi sabrZolo najaxi da kameCebs niSani
misca, Setevaze gadavideTo, meomrebma saomari yiJina dasces da zRvis
Smagi talRebiviT gaqandnen mtrisaken.
ar ZalmiZs gadmogceT, ra mohyva amas Semdeg. maxsovs mxolod, rom
Cvenebi gaafTrebiT ekveTnen mters. meomarTa fexqveS miwa zanzarebda,
mterma umal Secvala frontis xazi da xelaxla gadaawyo polki,
romelsac Cven vutevdiT. amas mohyva saSineli dartyma, xmebis yru guguni
da Subebis ganuwyveteli laclaci, sisxliviT wiTel nislSi rom
ilandeboda.
roca goneba gaminaTda, davinaxe, rom ruxebis polkis gadarCenil
nawilTan erTad borcvis mwvervalTan videqi. mopirdapire mxares ser
henris movkari Tvali. cxel gulze verc ki movisazre, rogor movxvdi iq.
Semdeg ser henrim miTxra, kameCebis gaafTrebulma Semotevam zed Cems
fexebTan mogagdoo. roca kameCebma ukan daixies, me iq davrCenilvar. ser
henri ruxebis rkalidan gamoWrila da Sig SevuTrevivar.
vis ZaluZs aRweros, ra moxda Semdeg? Tualas meomrebi kvlav da
kvlav esxmodnen Tavs ruxebs. maTi rkali TandaTanobiT mcirdeboda,
magram Cven gmirulad vigeriebdiT ieriSebs. msgavsi brZola SesaniSnavad
aris aRwerili erT leqsSi:
vxedav SubosanTa gauval tyes,
da imaT gmirobas vumReri dRes,
ramdeni vaJkacic brZolaSi daeca,
imdeni vaJkaci maT nacvlad dgas...
didebuli suraTi iyo. Tualas razmebi drodadro gadmodiodnen
Setevaze, risTvisac uxdebodaT maTive meomrebis axorxil-daxorxili
gvamebi gadmoeTelaT. es ki arc ise advili iyo. zogjer, ieriSis dros,
meomrebi win ifarebdnen moklulTa gvamebs, raTa Cveni Subebisagan Tavi
daecvaT, magram es verafers SvelodaT. me aRtacebiT Sevyurebdi
infaduss. es gamobrZmedili, udreki mebrZoli ise mSvidad iZleoda
brZanebebs, TiTqos aRlumze ariso. zogjer xumrobda kidec, rom
gaemxiarulebina Tavisi mcirericxovani jari. xolo roca mteri morig
Setevaze gadmodioda, igi mudam iq gaCndeboda, sadac yvelaze cxare
brZola iyo, raTa Semmusvreli ZaliT daemarcxebina da ukuegdo mtris
jari; magram infaduss ser henri sjobda. siraqlemis
frTebis jiRa
viRacas Subis dartymiT gadaeWra misTvis, grZel qera Tmas qari
ufrialebda da axla ufro metad waagavda Zvel daniels. am mebrZol
goliaTs xelebi, najaxi da jaWvis perangi erTianad sisxlSi hqonda
mosvrili. mis dartymas veravin uZlebda. Subis an najaxis erTi dakvriT
Zirs dascemda mters da axla sxvas daereoda. `o-hoi", `o-hoi", iZaxda
xolme aseT wuTebSi swored ise, rogorc es mis berkSirel winaprebs
sCveodaT. lewda farebs, nafotebad aqcevda Subebs, mowinaaRmdeges Tavis
qalebs umsxvrevda. bolos da bolos saqme iqamde mivida, rom veravin
bedavda, miaxloveboda am TeTr `umtagatil-s," ese igi, TeTr misans,
yvelas musrs rom avlebda, TviTon ki uvnebeli rCeboda.
magram uecrad mtris mxareze CoCqoli atyda. `Tuala!" `Tuala!"
gaisma xma. mowinaaRmdegeTa rigebs gamoeyo calTvala bumberazi da
auCqareblad wamovida Cvenken. xelSi sabrZolo najaxi eWira, tanze
jaWvis perangi ecva.
es TviT mefe Tuala gaxldaT.
_ sada brZandebi, inkubu, TeTro jadoqaro, skragas mkvlelo? aba,
gamobrZandi! vnaxoT, vin vis daamiwebs! _ am sityvebiT ser henris dana
esrola. sabednierod, ser henrim Tvali Seaswro mis moZraobas da danas
elvisumal fari Seageba. danam fari gaxvrita da zedve daerWo.
Tualam daiRriala, gadmoxta da ser henris fars mZlavrad daartya
najaxi.
ser henri didi Ronis patroni iyo, magram dartymis Zalam mainc
muxlebze dasca. orTabrZola amiT ar damTavrebula. swored am dros im
mxridan, saidanac mteri gvawveboda, zardamcemi yvirili gaisma. iqiT
gavixede da umal yvelafers mivxvdi.
marjvena da marcxena frTidan Cveni meomrebi gamorbodnen. umjobesi
wuTis SerCeva saamisod SeuZlebeli iyo. rogorc ignozi varaudobda,
Tualas mTeli armiis suli da guli ruxebisa da kameCebisken iyo
mipyrobili. am orma polkma, Cveni armiis ZiriTad birTvs rom
warmoadgenda, imdenad miizida mtris yuradReba, rom igi aRarc ki
fiqrobda, SeiZleba mowinaaRmdege frTebidan dagvesxas Tavso. TumcaRa
frTebze ganlagebuli polkebi TiTqmis SeuerTda kidec erTmaneTs da
axla, vidre Tualas jari gons moegeboda, isini orive mxridan
grigaliviT daacxrnen Tavs.
sul raRac xuTiode wuTSi brZolis bedi gadawyvetili iyo.
ruxebTan
da
kameCebTan
samkvdro-sasicocxlo
brZolaSi
isedac
gasavaTebulma polkebma veRar gauZles Cveni jarebis ormxriv Setevas da
Tavzardacemulebma piri ibrunes. sul male dablobi ukuqceuli
meomrebiT aivso.
is razmebi ki, Cven da kameCebis polki alyaSi rom mogvimwyvdies, ise
Semogvecalnen da gaiparnen, TiTqos raRac jadosnur Zalas gaeqros.
iqaurobas marto CvenRa SemovrCiT. SemovrCiT ise, rogorc sali
klde zRvis ukuqcevis Semdeg. ra amazrzeni suraTi gadagveSala Tvalwin!
Cven irgvliv grova-grovad eyara mkvdrebi da daWrilebi. ruxebidan
mxolod ormocdaTxuTmeti kaci iyo cocxali. marto infadusis polkma
ori aTas cxraasze meti kaci dakarga.
infadusi xelze Wrilobas ixvevda da drodadro aavl-Caavlebda
xolme Tvals Tavisi polkis gadarCenil meomrebs.
_ meomrebo, _ mSvidad warmoTqva man bolos, _ Tqven daicaviT Tqveni
polkis Rirseba. dRevandeli brZolis ambavi zRaprad miuva Tqvens
Svilebsa da SviliSvilebs. _ Semdeg Sebrunda, ser henris xeli
CamoarTva da ubralod uTxra: _ Sen didi adamiani xar, inkubu, mTeli
Cemi cxovreba omsa da brZolebSi gavatare, bevri gmiri minaxavs, Senebri
ki dRemde arsad Semxvedria.
swored
am
dros
gverdiT
Cagviares
kameCebma,
luusken
miemarTebodnen. maT gadmogvces ignozis Txovna, ser henri, infadusi da
makumazani me SemomierTdneno. Cven vubrZaneT ruxebs, daWrilebisaTvis
miexedaT da kameCebis polkisaken wavediT. ignozim gvauwya, luuSi
mivdivar, rom sruli gamarjveba movipovo da, Tu SesaZlebeli iqneba,
Tuala tyved vigdoo. Cvenc mas gavyeviT.
cota manZili rom gaviareT, Tvali movkariT guds. igi asiode
nabijze WianWvelebis budeze damjdariyo. mis gverdiT mkvdari mebrZoli
egdo.
_ vai Tu Cveni kapitani daWrilia, _ aRelvebiT Tqva ser henrim. imave
wams ucnauri ram moxda. is `mkvdari" kukuaneli, gudis gverdiT rom
egdo, uecrad ze wamoiWra, gudi WianWvelebis budidan gadmoagdo da
zedized
aZgera
Subi.
kapitani
yovel
dartymaze
Sesabralisad
ikrunCxeboda. Cven Tavzardacemulebi gaveqaneT misken. kukuanelma Tvali
gvkida, erTxel kidev gaafTrebiT aZgera Subi, esec Sen, kudianoo, miaZaxa
da gaiqca. gudi ar inZreoda. vifiqreT, ukve mokvdao, damwuxrebulebi
mivuaxlovdiT WianWvelebis budes da Zalze gavvocdiT, roca davinaxeT,
rom gudi uSfoTvelad iRimeboda, Tumca Zalze fermkrTali da
Ronemixdili Canda. warmoidgineT, monoklic ki ar movardnoda Tvalidan.
_ es jaWvis perangi pirdapir saocrebaa, _ daiCurCula, roca misken
davixareT. _ ras ityviT, xom marjved gavacure eg kukuaneli? _ Tqva da
grZnoba dakarga.
Cven didi sifrTxiliT gavusinjeT mTeli sxeuli. aRmoCnda, rom
ukandaxevisas seriozulad daeWraT daniT, magram Subs misTvis araviTari
vneba ar mieyenebina. amjerad raRac saswauliT gadaurCa sikvdils,
mxolod eg iyo, mTeli tani Calurjebul-CaSavebuli hqonda.
rakiRa aq verafriT davexmarebodiT, wnelis sakaceze davawvineT,
rom luumde migveyvana. sakace meomrebs Cven ukan mohqondaT.
luus alayafis kars rom mivadeqiT, erTi Cveni polki ukve iq
dagvxvda. ignozis brZanebiT am karis dacva mas evaleboda. danarCeni
polkebi qalaqis sxva Sesasvlelebs icavdnen. polkis ufrosi eaxla
ignozis da Tayvani sca, rogorc mefesa da mbrZanebels, Semdeg moaxsena,
mowinaaRmdege jarebma qalaqs Seafares Tavi da Tualac iqiT gaiqca,
magram armia demoralizebulia da mzad aris, iaraRi dahyaroso. ignozim
yuradRebiT mousmina, mere Cven mogveTaTbira da Sikrikebi afrina qalaqis
yvela karisaken, sadac mtris jari iyo ganlagebuli. Sikrikebs
davalebuli hqondaT, gadaecaT alyaSemortymulTaTvis brZaneba, gaexsnaT
qalaqis karibWeebi, agreTve gamoecxadebinaT, mefe Sewyalebasa da
danaSaulis mitevebas hpirdeba yvelas, vinc iaraRs nebayoflobiT
dayriso. aman sasurveli Sedegi gamoiRo. imave wams Txrilze daeSva
asawevi xidi, qalaqis kari gaiRo. kameCebma yiJina dasces da Cven qalaqSi
SevediT. Tumca vfrTxilobdiT kia, rom mteri saidanme muxanaTurad Tavs
ar dagvsxmoda. gzebis gaswvriv saxemoquruxebuli meomrebi idgnen, Tavi
CaeqindraT, farebi da Subebi ki ferxTiT daewyoT. isini mdablad
esalmebodnen ignozis, rogorc mefes Sehferis. Cven pirdapir Tualas
kraalisaken gavemarTeT. moedani, sadac am cota xnis winaT mefem jarebis
daTvaliereba, Semdeg ki misnebze nadiroba moawyo, carieli iyo. Tumca
ara, moSorebiT, Tavisi qoxis win, ijda Tuala, mis gverdiT gagulas
garda aravin Canda.
Zalze damaRonebeli suraTi iyo. Tualas Tavi mkerdze Camoegdo,
sabrZolo najaxi da fari gverdiT ewyo, Tavis erTgul qveSevrdomTagan
es beberi kudianiRa SemorCenoda. xom darwmunebuli viyavi, rom Cem win
boroti da sisxlismsmeli arseba ijda, magram wamiT Semebrala es
damarcxebuli kerpi, romelsac Tavisi maRali kvarcxlbekidan Zirs
gadmouZaxes. arc erTi meomari, arc erTi jariskaci ar darCenila masTan,
rom TanaegrZno da nugeSi eca, ar iyo aravin imaTgan, vinc adre
epirfereboda da fexqveS egeboda, ar Canda arc erTi coli, raTa misi
mwuxareba gaeziarebina. sabralo, sabralo veluri! es gaxldaT erTi
imaTgani, visac bedi mkacrad afrTxilebs: adamianebi yru da brmani arian
maT mimarT, visac cxovreba samarcxvino daRs daamCnevs, yruni da brmani
arian damcirebulTa da SeuracxyofilTa, cxovrebisagan gariyulTa
mimarT. Tumca, marTali mogaxsenoT, Tuala ar iyo Sewynarebis Rirsi.
pirdapir misken gavemarTeT. ocdaaTiode iardze rom mivuaxlovdiT,
polki SevaCereT da yofili mefis qoxisaken mxolod ramdenime mcvelis
TanxlebiT wavediT. gagulam wyevla-krulva mogvayara. Tualam jiRiT
Semkuli Tavi aswia da TvalCaciebiT daacqerda Tavis bednier metoqes _
ignozis. misi mzera Seuokebel boRmasa da guliswyromas gamoxatavda.
_ salami Senda, hoi mefeo! _ mware dacinviT wamoiZaxa man. _ Sen Cemi
stumari iyavi. Cems purs Wamdi, mere ki jadoqrobis wyalobiT jari amirdamirie da am gziT gaimarjve. ras mipireb axla, ra gaqvs ganzraxuli?
_ unda mogkla ise, rogorc mokali mamaCemi. dagaviwyda, mTeli es
wlebi visi taxti geWira?
_ Zalian kargi, me daganaxveb, rogor unda mokvdes vaJkaci. gaixsene
es, roca Jami mogiva. Sexe dasaliers! ca sisxliTaa mosvrili, _ Tqva da
Tavisi najaxi mewamuli cisken gaiwvdina, _ kmayofili var, rom Cemi mzec
im mzesTan erTad Caesveneba. mzada var movkvde, hoi, mefeo: magram damrTe
neba, movkvde brZolaSi. es ufleba boZebuli aqvT samefo gvariSvilT.
amaze uars ver metyvi, radgan maSin ybadasaRebi Seiqnebi TviT im
laCrebisTvisac ki, romlebic dRes brZolis velidan Tavlafdasxmulebi
garbodnen.
_ momicia eg ufleba, airCie visTan gsurs Serkineba. TviT me ver
SegebrZolebi, radgan mefes brZola mxolod omSi marTebs.
Tualam Tavisi boroti mzera aavl-Caavlo Cvens mwkrivs. momeCvena,
rom Tvali Cemze SeaCera da SiSiT avcaxcaxdi, CemTan Sebmas xom ar
apirebs-meTqi. rogor unda Sevbmodi am gaafTrebul velurs, am uzarmazar
goliaTs? mijobda aqve, axlave momekla Tavi. Sedegi erTi da igive
iqneboda. gavifiqre es da gulSi gadavwyvite, uari meTqva orTabrZolaze,
Tundac amisTvis kukuanelebs samarcxvinod gaveZevebine Tavisi qveynidan.
Cemi azriT, sjobs dagcinon da gagaZevon, vidre sabrZolo najaxiT naWernaWer agkuwon.
_ ras ityodi Sen, inkubu? _ moulodnelad Tqva Tualam, _ xom ar
davamTavroT dRevandeli Cveni brZola? Tanaxma xar, Tu ufleba meZleva
sabralo mxdali giwodo?
_ ara, ara, _ sityva gaawyvetina mas ignozim, _ Sen ar SeebrZolebi
inkubus!
_ Tu SiSobs, rasakvirvelia, ar SevebrZolebi, _ miugo Tualam.
samwuxarod, ser henri mixvda am sityvebis mniSvnelobas da saxeze
almurma ahkra.
_ axlave SevebrZolebi am oqlaqs da maSin naxavs, mSiSara var Tu
ara! _ wamoiZaxa man.
_ RvTis gulisaTvis, _ Sevevedre me, _ ratom swiravT Tavs, ra
gesaqmebaT am TavzexelaRebul velurTan, gana dRes yvelas ar
daumtkiceT, rom mxdali ara xarT?
_ mainc unda vibrZolo, _ miTxra ser henrim, _ vis ra ufleba aqvs,
mxdali miwodos? me mzad var! _ Tqva, nabiji win wadga da najaxi haerSi
SeaTamaSa.
ser
henris
aseTma
uazro,
donkixoturma
saqcielma
sasowarkveTilebaSi Camagdo, magram raRas gavawyobdi, vicodi misi jiuti
xasiaTis ambavi, raki Tqva, aRar gadaTqvamda!
_ nu SeebrZolebi, Cemo TeTro Zmao, _ uTxra ignozim da xeli
mxarze megobrulad daado. _ Sen dRes isedac bevri ram gadaitane, rame
rom SegemTxves, guli orad unda gamepos.
_ me unda vibrZolo, ignozi, _ gaimeora ser henrim.
_ raRa meTqmis, inkubu, raki agrea, ibrZole, es namdvili brZola
iqneba. mzada xar, Tuala? spilo gelis!
yofilma mefem SmagiviT gadaixarxara, win wamodga da ser henris
pirdapir daudga. wamiT orive uZravad idga. Camavalma mzem gaaSuqa maTi
saxeebi da cecxlis javSniT Seumosa tani. diax, es Rirseuli wyvili
gaxldaT.
Semdeg orivem najaxebi SemarTa da wre-wre mihyvnen erTmaneTs.
uecrad ser henri gadaxta da mowinaaRmdeges saSineli ZaliT
mouqnia najaxi, Tualam ganze gaxtoma moaswro. haerSi mZlavrad
moqneulma xelma ser henri cotas gawyda, Tavad ar dasca Zirs. Tualam
wamsve isargebla Seqmnili viTarebiT, Tavisi mZime sabrZolo najaxi
haerSi daatriala da iseTi warmoudgeneli ZaliT moiqnia, rom SiSiT
kinaRam suli gamZvra. megona, yvelaferi damTavrda-meTqi. magram ara, ser
henrim marcxena xeliT najaxs swrafad Seageba fari da dartyma aicdina.
najaxma fars kide Camoamtvria da ser henris marcxena mxarze moxvda,
magram amiT ara evno ra, radgan farma dartymis Zala Seasusta. ser
henrim umalve moiqnia najaxi, magram Tualamac fari Seageba. Semdeg ki
haerSi wamiswam elavda najaxebi, metoqeni an gverdze gaxtebodnen, an
fars Seagebebdnen xolme, maT irgvliv xalxi ufro da ufro Relavda.
polks, romelic am orTabrZolas Sehyurebda, wesrigis aRaraferi
axsovda. meomrebi axlos miiWrnen da najaxis yovel moqnevaze sixarulis
SeZaxilebi an sasowarkveTili gminva ismoda. swored am dros gudi,
romlis sakace meomrebma aq mosvlisas Cem gverdiT dadges, gons movida,
wamojda da mebrZolebs daacqerda. wuTis Semdeg fexze wamoiWra, xeli
wamavlo, cal fexze aqeT-iqiT xtoda da mec mimaTrevda, Tan ser henris
gamamxneveblad uyviroda.
_ midi, miscxe-meTqi! ai, es ki mesmis! ase, ase! centrSi umizne gems,
centrSi!
ser henrim Tualas najaxs fari Seageba da TviTonac sapasuxo
dartyma agema. najaxma fari da foladis javSani gakveTa da Tualas
mxarze Rrma Wriloba miayena. velurma gaafTrebiT Sehyvira da misma
najaxma ser henris najaxs tari gadaumtvria, miuxedavad imisa, rom igi
martorqis Zvlisagan iyo gakeTebuli da simagrisaTvis foladis rgolebi
hqonda datanebuli. magram tars vin daeZebda, im oxerma najaxma ser
henris yba Suaze gauxliCa.
ser henris najaxi miwaze davarda. kameCebma sasowarkveTiT
daiRriales. Tualam ki xelaxla SemarTa Tavisi sazareli iaraRi da
yviriliT gaqanda mowinaaRmdegisaken. simwriT Tvali davxuWe. roca
xelaxla gamovixede, ser henris fari miwaze egdo. Cvens falavans ki
mZlavri xelebi TualasTvis Caevlo da xeldaxel upirebda Sebmas. isini
irweodnen da erTmaneTs daTvur mklavebSi JRvlemdnen. Zal-Rones
ikrebdnen, TavganwirviT ibrZodnen, raTa daecvaT sicocxle, romelic
esoden Zvirfasia yvelasaTvis, daecvaT sicocxleze ufro metic _
vaJkacis saxeli da patiosneba.
araadamianuri ZaldatanebiT Tualam Tavis mters wonasworoba
daakargvina da oriveni miwaze daenarcxnen. aqac ganagrZobdnen brZolas.
aqeT-iqiT goravdnen kirqviT mokirwylul gzaze. Tuala cdilobda, ser
henrisaTvis TavSi najaxi daekra, ser henri ki lamobda daniT gaeWra
bumberazis jaWvis perangi.
sazareli sanaxavi iyo am ori goliaTis brZola, maTi samkvdrosasicocxlo Serkineba.
_ najaxi, najaxi waarTvi! _ Rrialebda gudi. SesaZloa, ser henrim
yuri mohkra mis sityvebs, imitom, rom dana gadaagdo da CaebRauWa najaxs,
romelic Tualas kameCis tyavis TasmiT hqonda xelze damagrebuli. isini
miwaze goravdnen, mZimed-mZimed sunTqavdnen da veluri katebiviT
ibrZodnen najaxisaTvis. uecrad tyavis Tasma gawyda. araadamianuri
ZaldatanebiT ser henrim Tualas mklavebis marwuxs Tavi daaRwia. najaxi
xelSi SerCa. imave wams fexze wamoiWra, saxeze miyenebuli Wrilobidan
sisxli moTqrialebda, Tualac fexze wamovarda, qamridan mZime dana
amoiZro da kurtiss mkerdSi Zlierad aZgera, magram dana foladze
asxlta. Tualam sazarlad daiRriala, dana meored moiqnia, magram igi
amjeradac asxlta, Tumca dartymis Zalam ser henri daatortmana. Tuala
kvlav mietana mowinaaRmdeges. amasobaSi Cvenma mamacma mebrZolma ZalRone moikriba da mZlavrad moiqnia najaxi.
xalxma aRelvebiT Sehyvira. diax, moxda ucnauri, warmoudgeneli ram.
Tualas Tavi mxrebidan Camoxta, xtunva xtunviT gagorda miwaze da zed
ignozis fexebTan SeCerda. Tuala isev fexze idga, magram mxolod erTi
wamiT. gadaWrili ZarRvebidan SadrevaniviT amoxeTqa sisxlma. Semdeg
uTavo sxeuli miwaze daenarcxa, oqros gvergvi kisridan moZvra da miwaze
gagorda. ser henric Tualas gvamis gverdiT daeca.
waqceuli TvalisdaxamxamebaSi wamoayenes. viRacis mzrunvelma xelma
sisxliani saxe Camobana da ser henrim didi, nacrisferi Tvalebi nelnela gaaxila.
diax, is cocxali iyo.
zed am dros mzec Caesvena.
miwaze, mtverSi Tualas Tavi egdo. me iqiTken wavedi. gayinul
Sublze didi almasi avarTvi da ignozis mivutane.
_ aiRe es almasi, kukuanelTa mefev! _ vuTxari.
ignozim jiRiT Subli daimSvena, Semdeg Tualas gvams miuaxlovda,
farTo mkerdze fexi daadga da gamarjvebis simRera SemosZaxa.
sityvebi ar myofnis gadmogceT, ra saucxood mReroda es veluri.
erTxel viRac berZnuli enis mcodne xmamaRla kiTxulobda berZeni
poetis, homerosis leqss. im narnar, riTmiul striqonebs rom vismendi,
aRtacebiT adgilzeve gavSeSdi. ignozis simReramac zustad iseTive
STabeWdileba moaxdina Cemze, miuxedavad imisa, rom Zalze daRlildaqanculi viyavi. gana am ramdenime dReSi cota ram gadagvxda Tavs?!
`bolos da bolos Cveni brZola gamarjvebiT dagvirgvinda", _
mReroda ignozi.
am diliT Cveni mtrebi wamodgnen, Zili ganiSores, siraqlemas
frTebiT moirTvnen da sabrZolod moemzadnen.
isini wamodgnen, meomrebma meTaurebs mouwodes: modiT, wagviyvaneTo,
uTxres. meTaurebma ki mefe ixmes, brZolaSi gviTavkaceo.
aRsdga oci aTasi meomari da kidev oci aTasi.
frTebma, romliTac meomrebs Tavebi hqondaT Semkuli, erTianad
dafara miwa. ase faravs Citi Tavisi frTebiT budes. isini iqnevdnen
Subebs da yvirodnen, diax, diax, isini maRla isrodnen Subebs, romlebic
mzis sxivebze elavdnen, swyurodaT brZola da guls sixaruli uvsebdaT.
isini Cem winaaRmdeg wamovidnen, Zlierni win-win morbodnen, Cemi
mokvla ewadaT. yvirodnen, ha, ha, eg xom ukve cocxlebSi aRar weriao.
maSin me maT suli Sevubere, es Seberva qariSxalze Zlieri iyo da
isini daixocnen.
Cemma elvam gangmira mteri. me gavacamtvere maTi Zala, davxoce isini
Cemi Subebis elviT, movsrne Cemi mquxare xmiT.
maTi rigebi gaipo, daifanta, gaqra dilis nisliviT. isini yvavebisa
da meliebis lukmad iqcnen, brZolis veli maTi sisxliT moirwyo.
sad arian es jan-RoniT savse adamianebi, diliT rom wamodgnen? sad
arian is didgula meomrebi, Cemze rom ambobdnen, eg ukve cocxlebSi aRar
weriao? sad aris is xalxi, Tavebi haerSi mofriale frTebiT rom
hqondaT Semkuli?
SexeT, Tavebs xrian, magram imitom ki ara, rom Zili moreviaT. wvanan,
TiTqos sZinavTo, magram ara, es Zili ar aris.
maTi saxelebi male yvelas daaviwydeba, isini wyvdiads SeuerTdnen
da kvlav aRarasodes dabrundebian. maT colebs sxvebi waiyvanen,
Svilebsac aRar gaaxsendebaT.
gesmodes yvelas! me Sors wavedi aqedan, roca Rame bneli iyo, magram
davubrundi mSobliur keras im dros, ganTiadma qveyana rom gaabrwyina.
Tavi SeafareT Cemi frTebis Crdils, hoi, adamianebo, me dagamSvidebT
da SiSi da sevdac gaqreba.
dadga bednieri dro, yvelas elis jildo da warCineba.
velebSi damidis uricxvi jogebi, qaliSvilebic kraalebSi Cemi nebasurvilis amsruleblebi arian.
zamTarma piri ibruna. dadga zafxuli, axla boroteba saxeze rides
Camoifarebs da Cvens qveyanaSi sikeTe da siyvaruli SroSanasaviT
gaifurCqneba.
izeime da ixare, Cemo xalxo! dae, izeimos mTelma qveyanam, imitom,
rom moispo mtarvali, imitom, rom me mefe var!"
ignozi dadumda da saRamos bindbundSi eqosaviT igrgvina pasuxma:
_ Sen mefe xar Cveni!
amgvarad, is sityvebi, Tualas rom vuTxari, winaswarmetyveluri
gamodga. jer ormocdarva saaTsac ki ar gaevlo da misi uTavo gvami
gaSeSebuli egdo kraalis karTan.
T a v i
g u d i
X V
a v a d m y o f o b s
orTabrZola damTavrda. ser henri da gudi Tualas qoxSi Seiyvanes,
mec, rasakvirvelia, maT mivyevi. orivem imdeni sisxli dakarga da ise
iyvnen daRlil-daqanculebi, rom ZlivsRa feTqavdnen. ukeTesad arc me
vgrZnobdi Tavs. Tumca bunebiT janmrTeli kaci gaxlavarT, Tanac sxvaze
metad amtanic, radgan gamxdari da kargad gawrTobil-gakaJebuli var.
magram im saRamos mec Zlivs videqi fexze. roca Zalian viRlebi, lomis
nakeWni saSinlad mawuxebs xolme fexze. amas isic daumateT, rom Tavi
tkivilisagan gaxeTqvaze mqonda. gaxsovT albaT, diliT rom raRac
Camartyes da damaretianes, mere grZnobac xom davkarge. hoda, yvelaferma
axla iCina Tavi. erTi sityviT, Zneli warmosadgenia imaze ufro sacodavi
da ubadruki adamianebi, im dauviwyar saRamos Cven samni rom viyaviT.
Tavs imiT vinugeSebdiT, rom bedma mTlad ar gagvwira da pirSi suli
isev gvedga, maSin roca aTasobiT mamaci meomari brZolis velze eyara.
rogorc iqna, mSvenieri fulatas daxmarebiT gaviZvreT jaWvis
perangebi, ori Cvengani ueWveli sikvdilisagan rom ixsna. mas Semdeg, rac
sikvdils gadavarCineT, fulatam Tavisi nebiT ikisra moaxleoba da
gamorCeviT zrunavda gudze. diax, gaviZvreT jaWvis perangebi da mxolod
maSin davinaxeT, rac gvWirda: TaviT fexamde CabeJil-Calurjebulebi
viyaviT. foladis jaWvis perangSi Subis wveri ver atanda, Torem
sxvafriv Cveni dacva ar SeeZlo. ser henrisa da guds mTeli tani
sisxlnaJRenTebiT hqondaT dafaruli, mec sakmaod dalilavebuli viyavi.
fulatam dasresili foTlebisagan raRac wamali Segvimzada da daJeJil
adgilebze salbuniviT dagvado. wamals saamo suni hqonda, tkivilebic
sakmaod dagviama. magram sisxlnaJRenTebze metad ser henrisa da guds
iarebi awuxebdaT. kapitani `mSvenier TeTr" wvivSi iyo daWrili da
blomad sisxlic daekarga. ser henris ki, sxva iarebze rom aRaraferi
vTqva, Tualas wyalobiT yba Rrmad hqonda gapobili.
sabednierod, gudi sakmaod kargi qirurgi iyo da rogorc ki
wamlebis yuTi moutanes, maSinve saqmes Seudga: guldagul mobana orive
Wriloba da kukuanelTa Wraqis mkrTal Suqze sakmaod gulmodgined
gakera, Semdeg iarebs sqlad wascxo raRac antiseptikuri malamo,
romelic patara qiliT `afTiaqSi" edga da cxvirsaxocis nafxrewebiT
Segvaxvevina. amasobaSi fulatam magari bulioni mogvimzada, radgan ise
viyaviT dasustebulebi, rom saWmels pirs ver davakarebdiT. rogorc iyo,
davxvripeT wvniani da mere Tualas farTo qoxSi karosebze _ bewveulis
saucxoo xaliCebze miveyareT. am xaliCebiT TiTqmis mTeli iataki iyo
mofenili. ai, bedis mware dacinva: yofili mefis sawolze eZina mis
mkvlels _ ser henris. vambob eZina-meTqi, magram imdRevandeli ambebis
Semdeg vis daeZineboda! yoveli mxridan moismoda WirisufalTa Sekivleba
da Sesabralisi moTqma-godeba. qalebi dastirodnen daxocil Zmebs,
Svilebs, qmrebs. arc sakvirvelia, rom yvela tiroda da glovobda, am
sazarel brZolaSi xom oci aTasze meti meomari, ese igi, kukuanelTa
armiis erTi mesamedi daiRupa.
tyavis sawolze wamowolili vismendi am kvnesa-godebas da guli
mefliTeboda. maSin, mxolod maSin SevigrZeni cxadad, ra saSineli
tragedia
datrialda
mxolod
imisaTvis,
rom
adamians
Tavisi
pativmoyvareoba daekmayofilebina.
amasobaSi SuaRamemac moatana, moTqma-godeba TandaTanobiT miwyda.
Camovarda siCume, romelsac drodadro gabmuli, gulismomwyvleli
kivili arRvevda. mezobel qoxSi gagula Tualas usulo gvams dahymuoda.
bolos CameZina, magram ZilSi vkrTodi da wamiswam meRviZeboda.
megona, isev brZolis velze viyavi, xan viTomc is meomari, Cemi sakuTari
xeliT rom movkali, mitevda da Tavs mesxmoda, xan ruxebis polkis gmiri
meomrebiT garSemortymuli videqi, xan ki Tualas gasisxlianebuli,
jiRiT morTuli Tavi kbilTa RrWialiT migoravda Cems ferxTiT, misi
erTaderTi Tvali ki borotad Semomcqeroda. magram ase iyo Tu ise, is
wamebis Ramec bolos da bolos miilia. Seciskrebulze davinaxe, rom Cems
amxanagebs RamiT Cemze ukeT ar sZinebodaT. gudi Zlier cieb-cxelebas
Seepyro da male bodvac daawyebina, Tan sisxls aRebinebda, ramac Zalze
SemaSina. albaT filtvSi sisxli Caeqca, roca is kukuaneli meomari
jaWvis perangze Subs uxaTqunebda. samagierod, ser henri bevrad ukeT
grZnobda Tavs, miuxedavad imisa, rom mTeli sxeuli ise dabeJvoda da
stkioda, ganZrevac ki ar SeeZlo. saxeze miyenebuli Wrilobis gamo ki
verc Wamda da veRarc icinoda.
dilis rva saaTisaTvis Cven sanaxavad infadusi movida. gviTxra,
mTeli Rame Tvali ar momixuWavs da arc davwolilvaro. guSindel dRes
masze arcTu ise emoqmedna, gamocdili, brZolebSi gamowrTobili meomari
iyo da Tavi ufro mxned eWira. mas gaexarda Cveni naxva, gulTbilad
CamogvarTva xeli, magram gudis aseTma mZime mdgomareobam ki, cota ar
iyos, daafiqra. me SevamCnie, rom infadusi gansakuTrebuli mokrZalebiT
epyroboda ser henris, TiTqos igi Cveulebrivi adamiani ar yofiliyos.
marTlac, Semdeg SevityveT, rom kukuanelebi ser henris raRac zekacad
racxdnen. meomrebi ambobdnen, inkubus brZolaSi badali ar hyavso da
ukvirdaT im sisxliani, momqancveli dRis Semdeg rogorRa SeeZlo
Serkineboda Tualas, mefesa da uZlieres meomars, da erTi dakvriT
xariviT waegdebinebina Tavi.
infadusma gvauwya, Tualas polkebi damorCildnen ignozis, xolo
beladebi qveynis yvela kuTxidan uTvlian, Seni mona-morCilni varTo.
Tualas sikvdilma bolo mouRo mRelvarebas. yofil mefes skragas
garda Svili ar hyolia, ignozis aRar hyavda metoqe, romelsac SeeZlo
taxtze Tavisi uflebebi wamoeyenebina.
roca infaduss vuTxari, ignozim Zalaufleba sisxliT moipova-meTqi,
man mxrebi aiCeCa.
_ diax, asea, _ miTxra moxucma meomarma, _ kukuanelebi ver
moisveneben, Tu drodadro sisxli ar daiRvara. marTalia, xalxi
daixoca, magram qalebi xom dagvrCa? male axali meomrebi wamoizrdebian
da moklulTa adgilebs daikaveben. axla qveyana ramdenime xniT mainc
damSviddeba.
infadusis Semdeg ignozimac gvinaxula. Tavze samefo jiRa edga.
vuyurebdi, rogor gviaxlovdeboda zviadad, mefuri nabijiT, pirmoTne
mliqvnelebiT garSemortymuli, da uneblieT Tvalwin damidga maRalmaRali zulusi, romelic sul ramdenime Tvis winaT movida CvenTan,
durbanSi da gvTxova, msaxurad amiyvaneTo. eh, _ vfiqrobdi, _ ra
ukuRmarTia bediswera da ra moulodnelad icvlis gzas misi etli-meTqi.
_ salami, mefeo! _ vTqvi da wamovdeqi.
_ diax, makumazan, rogorc iqna, meRirsa mefoba da amas Tqven, Cems
TeTr megobrebs unda gimadlodeT.
Semdeg gviTxra, saqme kargad midis, oriode kviris Semdeg vapireb
didi zeimi gavmarTo da am zeimze Cems xalxs veCvenoo.
vkiTxe, gagulas raRas upireb-meTqi.
_ gagula Cveni qveynis boroti sulia, _ mipasuxa ignozim, _ movklav
mas da mis misnebze monadire qalebsac amovxocav. eg yvelas aseTi
mixrwnili axsovs, cas Seaberda da eg aris. gagulam aswavla misnebze
monadireebs jadoqroba. caTa uwyian, rom sulac mag kudianis gamo
gamefda CvenSi aseTi sisastike.
_ marTalia, magram gagulam bevri ram icis, _ vuTxari, _ codnis
mospoba ufro advilia, vidre misi SeZena, ignozi!
_ geTanxmebiT, _ miTxra ignozim da Cafiqrda, _ mis garda aravin
icis sami jadoqris saidumlo, romlebic imyofebian iq, sadac gadis didi
gza, sadac dakrZalulni arian Cveni mefeni da dayursebulebi sxedan.
_ diax da, isic icis, sad aris dafluli almasebi. gaxsovs Seni
piroba, ignozi? unda Cagviyvano im sabadoSi, Tundac amisaTvis gagulas
dandoba mogixdes. xom ici, rom mag jadoqris garda, iq gzas veravin
gaignebs?
_ maxsovs, rasac Segpirdi, makumazan, vifiqreb Sens sityvebze.
ignozi rom wavida, gudis sawolTan mivedi, rom avadmyofisaTvis
damexeda. sabralo kapitans Wrilobaze cieb-cxeleba ahyva da axla
sicxiT iwvoda, Tan bodavda. rac dro gadioda, misi mdgomareoba sul
ufro da ufro uaresdeboda, oTxi-xuTi dRe ar gamomjobinebula.
darwmunebuli var, verc gadarCeboda, fulatas Tavi rom ar gadaedo.
qali yvelgan qalia, kanis fers ra mniSvneloba aqvs.
gaocebuli vadevnebdi Tvals, rogor uvlida guds es Savkaniani
turfa qali, dRe da Rame waxrili iyo mis sawolTan da ise akeTebda
yvelafers, rac avadmyofs sWirdeboda, TiTqos kai mowyalebis dai
yofiliyos. pirvel or Rames vcdilobdi, SevSvelebodi fulatas. ser
henric, Tumca TviTonac Zlivs idga fexze, SeZlebisdagvarad exmareboda,
magram qals ar moswonda es; moswonda ki ara, ZlivZlivobiT mitanda
Tavis gverdiT. bolos da bolos daiJina: Tqveni aq yofniT avadmyofi
wuxdeba da jobia, misi movla me momandoTo.
vfiqrob, am SemTxvevaSi marTali iyo, dRe da Rame fxizlobda,
avadmyofs uvlida, buzebs ugeriebda, aZlevda mxolod erT Tav wamals _
tulipis bolqvebze dayenebul rZes. es Zalze gamagrilebeli sasmelic
iyo. TiTqos axlac Tvalwin midgas es suraTi, Wraqis mkrTal Suqze
yovelRam rom vxedavdi: gudi sawolze aqeT-iqiT awydeboda, fermkrTali
da saxeCamomxmari iyo. Tvalebi farTod gaexila da ganuwyvetliv
raRacas butbutebda. mis gverdiT miwaze fexmorTxmuli ijda kukuaneli
turfa asuli, zurgiT qoxis kedels rom miyrdnoboda. daRlil-daqancul
saxeze da xaverdiviT Sav TvalebSi usazRvro sibraluli exateboda. an
iqneb is Savi Tvalebi sibraluliT ki ara, ufro sxvagvari, Tbili
grZnobiT iyo savse?
mTeli ori dRis ganmavlobaSi eWvi aravis gvepareboda, rom gudi
sasikvdilod iyo ganwiruli, daRvremil-dadardianebulebi davexetebodiT
kraalSi.
mxolod fulata ar iziarebda Cvens eWvs da sul CagvCiCinebda, ar
mokvdeba, icocxlebso.
Tualas qoxis irgvliv mTel samas iardze da SeiZleba metzedac
samariseburi siCume iyo. mefis brZanebiT, ser henrisa da Cem garda
axlomaxlo qoxebidan yvela gaasaxles, rom avadmyofi xmaurs ar
Seewuxebina. erTxel, RamiT, vidre davwvebodi, Cveulebriv, gudis
sanaxavad wavedi. es swored misi avadmyofobis mexuTe dRes iyo.
fexakrefiT Sevedi qoxSi. iatakze dadgmuli Wraqi mkrTalad
anaTebda iqaurobas, gudi aRar borgavda, arc kvnesoda, gaqvavebulgaSeSebuli gaSxlarTuliyo tyavis sawolze.
maS, mosaxdeni moxda! guli SemekumSa da mkerdidan mZime kvnesa
aRmomxda.
_ SSS! _ momesma am dros. xmaze mivixede da gudis TavTiT raRac
Savi aCrdili davlande. nel-nela mivuaxlovdi sawols. ara, gudi mkvdari
ar iyo, Rrma ZiliT eZina, gaZvaltyavebuli TeTri xeli fulatas Tlili
TiTebisaTvis waevlo. maS krizisma ganvlo, gudi gadarCa. gadarCa da
mTeli Tvrameti saaTi fexgaunZrevlad eZina. meSinia vTqva, radgan vici,
aravin damijerebs, magram mTeli am xnis ganmavlobaSi fulata
gaSeSebuli ijda mis gverdiT; imis SiSiT, vaiTu gaiRviZoso, verc
ganZreva gaebeda da verc xelis gaTavisufleba.
vin
warmoidgens, rogor itanjeboda es qali, an rogor texda
xangrZlivi jdomiT gaSeSebuli xel-fexi.
im dRidan gudi swrafad gamobrunda da male fexzec wamodga. roca
ser henrim uambo, rogor uvlida fulata da rogor ijda mTeli Tvrameti
saaTi gaunZrevlad mis TavTiT, am spetak adamians Tvali cremliT aevso.
mere Sebrunda da gaemarTa qoxisaken, sadac fulata sauzmes gvimzadebda.
Tarjimnad me wamiyvana, magram es sul zedmeti iyo, fulatas saucxood
esmoda misi, miuxedavad imisa, rom gudma sul raRac oriode sityva
icoda zulusurad.
_ gadaeciT, _ miTxra gudma, _ rom mis sikeTes da amags sikvdilamde
ar daviviwyeb.
me vuTargmne fulatas gudis naTqvami da davinaxe, rogor moedo
saxeze ali.
igi swrafi moZraobiT Sebrunda gudisaken, ise moxdenilad, TiTqos
Citma SeifrTxialao, didi Savi Tvalebi SeanaTa kapitans da mSvidad
uTxra:
_ Cems batons daaviwyda, rac moxda. gana man ar mixsna sikvdilis
klanWebidan da gana me misi mxevali ara var?
rogorc Canda, am axalgazrda ledis sulac aRar axsovda, rom mis
gadarCenaSi me da ser henric viRebdiT monawileobas. magram qalebi,
saerTod, aseTni arian. maxsovs, Cemi Zvirfasi meuRlec swored ase
momeqca. unda mogaxsenoT, rom am saubris Semdeg qoxSi guldamZimebuli
davbrundi. ar momewona, miss fulata ase nazad rom Sescicinebda guds,
radgan kargad vicodi, ra advilad moedebaT xolme mezRvaurebs
siyvarulis ali.
Cemi dakvirvebiT, amqveynad ori ram aris SeuZlebeli da garduvali:
warmoudgenelia, zulusi ar Cxubobdes, xolo mezRvauri vinmes ar
etrfodes.
ramdenime dRis Semdeg ignozim moiwvia didi sabWo, rasac
kukuanelTa qveyanaSi `indibas" uwodeben. am sabWoze `indunebma", anu
uxucesebma, oficialurad cnes igi mefed.
am ceremonialma, iseve rogorc jarebis daTvalierebam, xalxze didi
STabeWdileba moaxdina. jarebis daTvalierebis dRes aRlumze ruxebis
polkis
gadarCenili nawilic monawileobda, maT mTeli armiis winaSe
gamoecxadaT madloba gansakuTrebuli mamacobisa da Tualas winaaRmdeg
gmiruli brZolisaTvis. yoveli ruxi meomari mefem didZali saCuqriT
daajildova. amasTan, yovel maTgans uboZa ufrosoba ruxebis axal
polkSi, romelic is-is iyo, unda SeedginaT. garda amisa, sayovelTaod
gamocxadda, rom Cven sams _ ser henris, gudsa da me, vidre maT qveyanas
Cveni aq yofniT RirsvyofdiT _ mogvsalmebodnen ise, rogorc es mefes
Seefereboda da pativic mefis sakadrisi ecaT. gamoacxades agreTve, rom
Cven uflebamosilni viyaviT adamianTa sikvdil-sicocxleze, xolo
ignozim xalxis winaSe erTxel kidev gaimeora Tavisi dapireba, rom
tyuilubralod, ganusjelad ar daRvrida adamianTa sisxls da misnebze
nadirobas sabolood aRkveTda.
nadimis Semdeg ignozis sakuTar qoxSi vewvieT. roca yvela wavidwamovida da martoni davrCiT, vuTxari: Zalian gvinda gavigoT im sabados
saidumlo, didi gzis boloSi rom aris da amis Taobaze xom araferi
SegityviaT-meTqi.
_ ai, ra gavige am sakiTxze, Cemo megobrebo, _ Tqva ignozim, _
miTxres, rom iq zis sami uzarmazari qandakeba, Cveni xalxi maT
dayursebulebs eZaxis. Tualas swored maTTvis undoda fulata msxverplad Seewira. iq, mTebSi, uzarmazar mRvimeSi krZalaven Cvens mefeebs,
Tualas gvamic iq SegiZliaT naxoT. kukuanelTa yofili mefe zis maTTan
erTad, vinc es qveyana masze adre datova. iqvea uRrmesi Wa. igi didi xnis
winaT gaTxares adamianebma, rom amoeRoT iseTi qvebi, Tqven rom daeZebT.
natalSi meubnebodnen xolme, brWyviala qvebi kimberliSic ariso. im
WasTan aris sikvdilis savane, mis gverdiT ki _ saganZuri, romlis
adgilsamyofeli mxolod Tualam da gagulam icodnen. magram Tuala
axla mkvdaria, me ki arc is saganZuri vici, sad aris da arc is, ra aris
Sig Cafluli. xalxSi dadis xma, didi xnis winaT erT TeTrkanians Cveni
mTebi gadmoulaxavso. igi viRac qals wauyvania da ganZeuli uCvenebia,
magram vidre ucxoeli ganZis waRebas moaswrebda, qals mouxerxebia misi
dabezReba da mefes dauyovnebliv gauZevebia igi kukuanelTa qveynidan. im
dRidan moyolebuli, iq Zexorciels fexi ar Seudgamso.
_ es albaT marTalia, ignozi, aki im mTaze TeTrkaniani vnaxeT.
_ diax, vnaxeT. axla ki, raki sityva mogeciT, Tu im saganZurs
vipoviT da Tu iq marTla aRmoCnda Zvirfasi qvebi...
_ qvebi rom aris, amas amtkicebs eg almasi, Sublze rom gikeTia, _
vuTxari da mivuTiTe Zvirfas Tvalze, Tualas Sublze rom avaglije.
_ SesaZloa, Tqven marTali iyoT, _ miTxra ignozim, _ da Tu asea,
waiRebT imdens, ramdensac zidavT, Tuki marTla moisurvebT Cems
datovebas, Zmano Cemno!
_ pirvel yovlisa, unda is saganZuri moviZioT, _ vTqvi me.
_ eg ki mxolod gagulas daxmarebiT SegviZlia.
_ mere, uari rom Tqvas?
_ uars Tu ityvis, mokvdeba, _ mkacrad momigo ignozim, _ gana
mxolod imitom ar davinde misi sicocxle? moiTmineT, TviTon
gadawyvitos, icocxlebs Tu mokvdeba.
ignozim msaxurs uxmo da gagulas moyvana brZana.
ramdenime wuTis Semdeg kudiani bebruxana wyevla-krulviT Semovida
qoxSi. ukan ori mcveli mosdevda.
_ datoveT! _ ubrZana maT ignozim.
rogorc ki mcvelebi gavidnen, es sazizRari Cvrebis fuTa iatakze
miefina, _ gagula marTlac waagavda Zveli Cvrebis fuTas. am fuTaze ori,
gvelis TvalebiviT avboroti, Tvali enTo.
_ ras mipireb, ra gaqvs ganzraxuli, ignozi? _ daiwripina gagulam, _
Sen ra neba gaqvs, xeli Semaxo. icode, TiTi rom damakaro, adgilzeve
gagaqrob, ufrTxildi Cems jados.
_ Senma jadom Tuala sikvdilisagan ver ixsna, bebero Zuknav, amitom
mec verafers damaklebs, _ miugo ignozim. _ mismine, ai, ra msurs Sengan,
unda wagviZRve saganZurSi, sadac is brWyviala qvebia dafluli.
_ ha, ha, ha! _ gadaixarxara kudianma, _ im saganZurs Cem garda veravin
miagnebs, me ki krints ar davZrav. TeTri jadoqrebi cariel-tarielni
gabrundebian aqedan.
_ yvelafers axlave metyvi, gaiZuleb, Tqva!
_ ra gziT maiZuleb, hoi, mefeo? Sen yovlisSemZle xar, magram gana
Segwevs Zala simarTle amoglijo qalis bages?
_ es Znelia, magram mainc SevZleb.
_ xom ar gamandob, ra gziT, mefeo?
_ ar ityvi da, neli sikvdiliT amogxdi suls.
_ suls amomxdi? _ daiwripina kudianma, magram, etyoboda, SiSiT
Tavzari daeca. _ ver gabedav xeli maxlo, _ daumata gaafTrebiT. _
adamiano, Sen ar ici, vina var. rogor ggonia, ramdeni wlis viqnebi? me
maxsovs Tqveni mamebi da Tqveni mamis mamebi. me aq viyavi, roca es qveyana
jer norCi iyo, da aqve viqnebi, roca igi dros moiWams. kidev didxans
viqnebi. me ar movkvdebi. SeiZleba, SemTxveviT momklan, diax, SemTxveviT,
magram amas ver gabedaven.
_ miuxedavad amisa, mainc mokvdebi. mismine, gagula, borotebis dedav,
Sen iseTi mixrwnili xar, rom sicocxle aRarc ki geyvareba. ris maqnisia
SenTvis sicocxle? rad unda sicocxle SenisTana beber eSmaks, romelsac
aRarc adamianis saxe aqvs, arc Tma, arc kbilebi _ erTi sityviT, ar
gaaCnia araferi, garda siZulvilisa da boroti Tvalebisa? Cemi mxriv
didi sikeTe iqneba, Tu mogklav, gagula!
_ suleli xar! _ kvlav iwivla dedaberma, _ wyeulo, ugunuro
arsebav! Sena ggonia, marto axalgazrdebs uyvarT sicocxle? maS, gulisa
araferi gcodnia. axalgazrdebi zogjer Cqaroben sikvdils, radgan
grZnobebs emonebian. maT uyvarT, itanjebian, dardoben, roca maTi
rCeulni aCrdilTa samyaroSi midian, moxucebs ki grZnobebi ar gaaCniaT,
maT ar tanjavT siyvaruli da _ ha-ha-ha! _ icinian, roca sxvebs wyvdiadi
nTqavs. ha-ha! uxariaT, roca dedamiwaze borotebas xedaven. maT uyvarT
mxolod sicocxle, Tbili, Zalian Tbili mze da tkbili, Zalian tkbili
haeri. maT eSiniaT sicivis, sicivisa da bnelis. ha-ha-ha!
beberi kudiani miwaze xoxavda, SeSliliviT xarxarebda da
iklakneboda.
_ Sewyvite eg boroti sisini da mipasuxe! _ risxviT uTxra ignozim.
_ mimiyvan im saganZurTan, sadac brWyviala qvebi inaxeba, Tu ara? Tu ar
mimiyvan, mokvdebi, ai aqve, amwamsve gagaTaveb! _ ignozim Subs xeli
daatana da gagulas Tavze aRmarTa.
_ ara-meTqi, ar migiyvan. Sen Cemi mokvlis ufleba ara gaqvs, Cemi
mkvleli ukuniTi ukunisamde dawyevlili iqneba.
ignozim nel-nela daswia Subi Zirs, wveriT Seexo am Cvrebis grovas.
gagula giJuri yviriliT wamoiWra zeze, mere daeca da iatakze
xoxvas mohyva.
_ oh, ar momkla, migiZRvebiT im saganZurTan, mxolod macocxle! neba
damrTe, mzeze gavTbe da dReSi TiTo lukma xorci mqondes, nu momispob
amas da yvelaferze Tanaxma viqnebi.
_ kargi, vicodi, ra gziTac mogiyvandi Wkuaze. xvalve waiyvan iq
infadussa da Cems TeTr Zmebs. mifrTxildi, Tu momatyue, neli sikvdiliT
mogklav.
_ ar mogatyueb, ignozi, me Cemi sityvis patroni var. ha-ha-ha! erTxel,
Zalian didi xnis winaT, erTma qalma im saganZurSi TeTrkaniani Seiyvana.
mere ra? im TeTrkanians Wiris dRe daadga, _ im qalsac gagula erqva,
iqneb... iqneb me viyavi is qali?
_ Sen cruob, _ vuTxari me, _ mas Semdeg ager meaTe Taoba modis.
_ SesaZloa, SesaZloa, roca amden xans cxovrob, yvelaferi
gaviwydeba. egeb Cemi dedis dedam momiyva es ambavi, magram im qals ki
namdvilad gagula erqva. daixsomeT, _ gviTxra mere da Cven mogvibrunda,
_ saganZurSi, sadac brWyviala qvebi inaxeba, avsebul tyavis gudas naxavT.
is guda TeTrma adamianma aavso, magram veRar waiRo. ubedureba daatyda
Tavs, geubnebiT, ubedureba daatyda-meTqi. egeb Cemi dedis dedam miambo es
yvelaferi!.. gzas mxiarulad gavlevT, vnaxavT maT gvamebs, vinc brZolaSi
daeca. albaT yvavebma ukve amokortnes Tvalebi, Zvlebi ki mxecebma
daxres. ha-ha-ha!
T a v i
s i k v d i l i s
X V I
s a v a n e
zemoT aRwerili SemTxvevis Semdeg orma dRem ganvlo. mesame dRes,
saRamos ukve bneloda, roca `sami jadoqris" mTis Zirs mivaRwieT. aq idga
ramdenime qoxi, sadac Ramis gaTevas vapirebdiT.
`sam jadoqars" eZaxdnen samkuTxediviT aRmarTul sam mTas, am mTebSi
wydeboda solomon mefis didi gza. Cven Tan gvaxlda fulata _ igi,
rasakvirvelia, gudis gamo wamogvyva, _ infadusi, gagula da msaxurTa da
mcvelTa razmi. gagula sakaciT mohyavdaT. mTeli gza mxolod misi
buzRuni da wyevla-krulva ismoda.
mTebi, an ufro zustad rom vTqvaT, sami mwvervali, romlebic,
rogorc etyoboda, erTi da igive geologiuri daweviT iyo warmoqmnili,
samkuTxedis msgavsad iyo ganlagebuli. fuZe saerTo hqondaT, erTi
mwvervali marjvniv idga, meore _ marcxniv, mesame ki zed Cven pirdapir
iyo aRmarTuli.
rom icodeT, ra didebuli suraTi warmogvidga Tvalwin meore dRes
diliT; Cven win cad aziduliyo Tovlis TeTri gvirgvinebiT Semkobili
sami mwvervali, romelTac dilis mzis sxivebi elaciceboda. qvemoT, iq,
sadac Tovlis fafanaki mTavrdeboda, mananas xSiri buCqnarisagan mTebi
wiTlad iyo SeRebili. aseTive feriT iyo gadaqarguli torfis Waobebi,
romlebic dablobidan mTis ferdobebs miuyvebodnen. Cven win ki TeTri
zoliviT gadaWimuliyo solomon mefis didi gza. igi asdevda Sua
mwvervals, Cvengan xuTiode miliT rom iyo daSorebuli, da mis Txemze
wydeboda.
Znelia imis aRwera, rogor vRelavdiT im diliT. mkiTxveli TviTon
warmoidgens, ra yofaSi viqnebodiT. aha, rogorc iyo, mivuaxlovdiT im
saocar sabados. gana mis gamo ar daiRupa samasi wlis winaT moxuci
portugalieli, misi bedkruli STamomavali Cemi megobari xoze
silvestri da ser henris Zma jorj kurtisi?
Cven raRa gveloda? amdeni tanjvisa da gansacdelis Semdeg, ras
gvimzadebda bedi? da silvestras, rogorc am kudianma gagulam gviTxra,
didi tanjva-wvalebis gadatana mouxda. nuTu Cvenc igive gvewera? ase iyo
Tu ise, gza TandaTanobiT miilia. me ki vera da ver gavarTvi Tavi SiSs,
Tumca, mgoni, ser henri da gudic ver iyvnen gulmagrad.
naxevari saaTi mainc viareT gzaze. gzas aqeT-iqiT mananas buCqebi
miuyveboda. mRelvarebisagan ise swrafad mivabijebdiT, rom msaxurebi,
romelTac gagulas sakace mohqondaT, ZlivZlivobiT gveweodnen.
gagulas fardebidan gamoeyo danaoWebuli saxe, TvalebanTebuli
gviyurebda da mogvkioda:
_ sad migeCqarebaT, TeTro adamianebo? ase ratom eswrafviT
sikvdils, ganZis maZieblebo? _ Tqva da ise sazarlad gadaixarxara, rom
tanSi civma Jruantelma damiara. am sicilma cotaTi gamogvafxizla da
gzneba gagvinela, Tumca mainc jiutad ganvagrZobdiT gzas.
bolos, swored Cven win gamoCnda didi, mrgvali xaro, damreci
kalTebiT. igi naxevar milze mainc iyo gaWimuli, siRrme ki samas futamde
eqneboda.
_ Tqven albaT mixvdiT, rac unda iyos es, _ vuTxari ser henris da
guds, romlebic gaocebulni Cahyurebdnen am uzarmazar Zabrisebur
Rrmuls.
maT uaris niSnad Tavi gaaqnies.
_ raki asea, CemTvis cxadia, rom Tqven arasodes ginaxavT kimberlis
almasis sabadoebi. dabejiTebiT SemiZlia vTqva, rom swored es aris
solomon mefis almasis sabado. aba, aqeT moixedeT, _ vuTxari da myar
cisfer Slamze mivuTiTe, balaxsa da buCqnars Soris aqa-iq rom moCanda.
_ eWvi ar mepareba, am maRaroSi rom CavsuliyaviT, kimberlitis magmiT an
almasis Semcveli brekCiiT avsil almasis milakebs aRmovaCendiT. axla
ki amas daakvirdiT, _ vTqvi me da maRaros damrec ferdobze, ZvelisZveli
wyalsadinaris qvemoT, kldis jiSebis gamofituli brtyeli filebis
grovisaken gaviwvdine xeli. _ kaci ar viyo, Tu odesRac am filebs
qanebis gamosarecxad ar iyenebdnen.
diax, es xaro gaxldaT moxuci portugalielis rukaze aRniSnuli
sabado, mis kidesTan didi gza orad iyofoda da sabados irgvliv
uvlida. bevrgan es gza uzarmazari qvebiT iyo mokirwyluli, albaT,
imitom, rom gaemagrebinaT maRaros kedeli da daecvaT Camoqcevisagan
fuWi fiqali, romelic almasis Semcvel brekCiebs ertymoda gars. fexs
avuCqareT, gvindoda, rac SeiZleba male gvenaxa, ras warmoadgenda is
sami
qandakeba,
xaros
mopirdapire
mxares
rom
moCanda.
roca
mivuaxlovdiT, aRmoCnda, rom es iyo sami uzarmazari kolosi _ swored
is sami dayursebuli, kukuanelebi iseTi mokrZalebiTa da SiSiT rom
ixseniebdnen.
Savi kldis uzarmazar kvarcxlbekze, romelzedac gaurkveveli
ieroglifebi iyo amokveTili, erTmaneTisagan oc-oci nabijis daSorebiT
idga sami veeba qandakeba _ ori mamakacisa, erTi ki _ qalis. isini
luusken mimaval gzas gascqerodnen. TiToeuli maTgani simaRliT
Tvramet futs aRwevda.
SiSveli qalis qandakeba saocari silamaziT gamoirCeoda, Tumca,
cota ar iyos, mkacri ieri dahkravda. samwuxarod, saxis nakvTebi Zalian
dazianebuli hqonda. saukuneTa ganmavlobaSi amindis cvalebadobas Tavisi
daRi daesva. qals Tavs umSvenebda orTav mxares aRmarTuli namgala
mTvaris rqebi. mamakacTa qandakebebi ki, qalisagan gansxvavebiT,
mosasxamebSi iyo gaxveuli. orives sazareli saxe hqonda. magram marjvniv
mjdomi namdvili demonis gansaxiereba iyo, meores ki ufro mSvidi,
uSfoTveli saxe hqonda. Tumca es simSvide gzaravdaT. gzaravdaT
araadamianuri simkacriTa da ulmoblobiT. amgvar simkacres, ser henris
azriT, Zveli drois adamianis fantazia uZlieres pirovnebebs aniWebda. am
pirovnebas iqneb sikeTis Cadenac SeeZlo, magram miuxedavad amisa, Tu
adamianis tanjva-wamebis cqera siamovnebas ar hgvrida, yovel SemTxvevaSi,
arc
did
satanjvels
miayenebda.
sami
ganmartoebuli
qandakeba,
saukuneebis manZilze rom gadmoscqeroda dabla gaSlil tafobs,
marTlac mokrZalebisa da SiSis grZnobas iwvevda. SevcqerodiT
dayursebulebs, rogorc maT kukuanelebi uwodebdnen, da Zalian gvewada
gagvego, visma xelebma gamokveTa bumberazebi, vin gaiyvana gza da
amoTxara es uzarmazari xaro. gaocebuli vuyurebdi am qandakebebs da
uecrad gamaxsenda Tqmuleba Zveli aRTqmidan (Zveli aRTqma xom kargad
vicodi): solomoni gadaudga Tavis sarwmunoebas da Tayvans scemda ucxo
qveynis RmerTebs. gamaxsenda im sami RmerTis saxelebic: aStoreti _
sidonelTa RmerTi, CemoSi _ moabitebis RmerTi da milkomi _ amonas
SvilTa RmerTi. Tanamgzavrebs Cemi mosazreba gavuziare: iqneb sami
qandakeba swored is sami cru RmerTi aris-meTqi.
_ SeiZleba, Tqven marTali iyoT, _ dafiqrebiT miTxra ser henrim.
igi Zalian ganaTlebuli kaci iyo. jer kidev kolejSi Seeswavla
klasikosebi. _ ZvelberZnuli aStoreti xom finikielTa Soris astartas
saxeliT aris cnobili, _ ganagrZo man. _ finikielebi ki solomonis
dros gamoCenili vaWrebi iyvnen. astartas, romelsac mogvianebiT
berZnebma afroditas saxeli uwodes, asaxavdnen namgala mTvaris msgavsi
rqebiT. am qandakebis Tavze ki naTlad moCans aseTi rqebi. vin icis,
SeiZleba es bumberazebi gamokveTes romelime finikieli `didi kacis"
brZanebiT, romelic am maRaroebis muSaobas xelmZRvanelobda.
Cven jer kidev Tvali ver mogvewyvita uZvelesi xanis am utyvi
mowmeebisaTvis, rom infadusi mogviaxlovda. man Subi aRmarTa da
dayursebulebs salami misca. Semdeg mogvibrunda da gviTxra, isurvebT
sikvdilis savaneSi Casvlas, Tu daicdiT da naSuadRevs waxvalT. Tu
wasvlas inebebT, gagula mzad aris wamogyveTo. jer TerTmeti saaTic ar
iqneboda, maSasadame, SuadRemde karga didi dro iyo. cnobiswadili
gvklavda, amitom gadavwyviteT, SuadRes ar davlodebodiT da infaduss
gamovucxadeT, rom maSinve gvindoda maRaroSi CaSveba. me, yoveli
SemTxvevisaTvis, vTqvi, vin icis, rodemde davyovndebiT dabla da cota
ram saWmeli waviRoT-meTqi. moitanes sakace, romelzedac gagula ijda.
pativcemuli ledi cnobismoyvareobiT adevnebda Tvals Cvens samzadiss.
amasobaSi fulatam, Cemi TxovniT, lerwmis kalaTSi cotaodeni biltongi
Cado da pirTamde wyliT avsebuli gogris wyvili boTli Cadga.
zed Cven win, bumberazebidan ormocdaaTiode nabijze, iwyeboda qvis
cicabo kedeli, romlis simaRle rvaas futze naklebi ar iqneboda. zeviT
es kedeli TandaTanobiT viwrovdeboda da warmoqmnida TovliT
dafaruli didi mwvervalis Zirs. mwvervali samasi futis simaRleze
iqneboda aziduli. gagula sakacidan Camovida, Cvenken gamoixeda, erTi
borotad Caicina, Semdeg joxs daeyrdno da swored im cicabo kldisken
watustusda. Cvenc, rasakvirvelia, ukan mivyeviT. male mivuaxlovdiT
viwro TaRovan karibWes, romelic SaxtSi Casasvlel talans waagavda.
gagula aq gveloda. saxeze jer kidev ar Camocloda boroti Rimili.
_ maS, varskvlaveTidan Camosulo TeTro adamianebo, saxelovano
mebrZolebo: inkubu, bugvan da makumazan, mzada xarT Tu ara? me aq
movedi, rom aRvasrulo mefis, Cemi batonis brZaneba, giCvenoT brWyviala
qvebis saganZuri.
_ Cven mzada varT, _ vuTxari.
_ kargi, kargi, maS gaikaJeT guli, rom gauZloT, rasac aq naxavT.
Senc modixar Tu ara, hoi, infadus, mefis moRalatev da gamyidvelo?
infadusma warbi Seikra.
_ ara, ar movdivar, Cemi iq Camosvla ar SeiZleba. Sen ki, gagula,
girCev ena daimoklo! am xalxs gabareb, ufrTxildi, cuds arafers
gadaeyaron. icode, Tavze bewvic rom daakldeT, sicocxles gamogasalmeb.
ver gadamirCebi, Tundac aTas qajad da eSmakad iqce. xom geyureba, ras
geubnebi?
_ meyureba, infadus, meyureba, magram isic vici, rom trabaxi giyvars.
maxsovs, patara rom iyavi, dedas emuqrebodi xolme. es ki sul axlaxan
iyo. ho, nu geSinia-meTqi, me mxolod imisaTvis vcocxlob, rom mefis
brZaneba aRvasrulo. Cems sicocxleSi mraval mefeTa neba-survili
Semisrulebia, infadus, magram bolos da bolos yvelas Cems nebaze
vaTamaSebdi. ha! ha! mivdivar iq, raTa erTxel kidev davinaxo maTi saxeebi,
Tualac iq damxvdeba. wamodiT! wamodiT-meTqi! ai, Wraqi, _ gagulam Tavisi
bewvis mosasxamidan didi gulamoclili gogra amoiRo. gogra zeTiT iyo
avsebuli, patruqad ki lerwmis boWko hqonda.
_ gana Sen ki ar wamogvyvebi, fulata? _ hkiTxa gudma, saSinlad
damtvreul kukuanur enaze. Cveni kapitani jiutad swavlobda kukuanurs
am axalgazrda ledis xelmZRvanelobiT.
_ meSinia, Cemo mbrZanebelo, _ mokrZalebiT miugo fulatam.
_ maSin eg kalaTi momeci, me waviReb.
_ ara, Cemo mbrZanebelo, sadac Sen waxval, mec iq viqnebi.
`raRa Tqma unda, wamoxval, eSmakma dalaxvros Seni Tavi, _ gavifiqre
me. _ es karga gvarianad gaarTulebs saqmes, Tu odesme aqedan wasvlas
davapirebT".
amasobaSi gagula CaZvra bnel gasasvlelSi, romelSiac Tavisuflad
gaeteoda ori gverdi-gverd mimavali adamiani. CaZvra da mogvaknavla, ukan
momyeviTo. Cvenc, cota ar iyos, SemkrTalebi mivyeviT ukan mis xmas.
frTebis farTxuniT gadagviqroles Tavze raRac arsebebma, romelTac
Cveni mosvliT myudroeba davurRvieT. am garemoebas, Tqma ar unda, Cveni
SiSi ar gauqarwylebia.
_ ehei, es raRaa? _ wamoiZaxa gudma, _ viRaca saxeSi mitylaSunebs.
_ Ramurebia, _ gamovexmaure me, _ iareT, nu geSiniaT.
ormociode nabijis Semdeg SevamCnieT, rom gasasvleli odnav
ganaTda. kidev wuTi da saocar mRvimeSi aRmovCndiT.
warmoidgine, mkiTxvelo, udidesi taZari, romelSic ki odesme
yofilxar, da maSin nawilobriv mainc mixvdebi, ramodena iqneboda es
uzarmazari mRvime. didi arqiteqtoris, bunebis, mier Seqmnili es taZari
adamianis xeliT agebul yvela taZarze ufro maRali da farTo iyo.
fanjrebi arsad Canda, magram saidanRac zemodan Camodioda mkrTali
Suqi. albaT TaRs, Cvengan ramdenime futis simaRleze rom aziduliyo,
datanebuli hqonda Saxtebi, romlebSic garedan haeri da sinaTle atanda.
mRvimes mTel sigrZeze miuyveboda uzarmazari svetebi, isini yinulisagan
Camosxmuli gegonebodaT. es iyo uzarmazari stalaqtitebi. gagvaoca am
TeTri svetebis saocarma moxazulobam da sinatifem. zogierTis diametri
fuZesTan oc futze metic ki iqneboda. zogi maRla, pirdapir Soreuli
TaRisken miiwevda, zogi ki axla iqmneboda da, ser henris Tqmisa ar iyos,
Zveli berZnuli taZris svetebis nangrevebs mogagonebdaT. maRla, TaRze
bundovnad ilandeboda uzarmazari loluebis wvetebi.
gaocebulebi uxmod SevyurebdiT am suraTs. drodadro gvesmoda
wveTebis odnav gasagoni wkapuni _ Soreul loluebs wydeboda wylis
wveTi da swored qvis iatakze aRmarTul TeTr svetebs ecemoda. zog
svets wveTebi yovel or-sam wuTSi erTxel ecemoda. saintereso iqneboda
gamogveTvala, am siCqariT ramdeni xani dasWirdeboda oTxmoci futi
simaRlisa da aTi futi diametris mqone svetis warmoqmnas. Tu ra
saocrad nela mimdinareobda es procesi, amaze is metyvelebda, rom erTerT svetze amokveTili iyo mumiis msgavsi raRac uxeSi naxati. mumias
TavTiT RmerTi ujda. RmerTi aSkarad egvipturi iyo. igi svetze amokveTa
adamianma, romelic Soreul warsulSi am sabadoSi muSaobda. ucnob
mxatvars `xelovnebis es nimuSi" normaluri adamianis simaRleze, ese igi,
iatakidan daaxloebiT xuT futze amoekveTa. albaT, yvela dros hyavs
Tavisi usaqmurebi _ uZveles droSi mcxovrebi finikieli muSa Tu
Tanamedrove epoqis ingliseli biWi, romelTac surT, radac unda
daujdeT, ukvdavhyon TavianTi saxelebi bunebis mier Seqmnili Sedevrebis
xarjze.
mas Semdeg, rac egviptelma is gamosaxuleba amoWra, TiTqmis sami
aTasma welma ganvlo. svetis simaRle ki axla, roca mas vaTvalierebdiT,
rva futi Tu iqneboda da misi Seqmnis procesi jer kidev ar iyo
dasrulebuli. gamomdinare aqedan, unda gvefiqra, rom sveti yovel aTas
weliwadSi erTi futiT, an saukuneSi erTi duimiT izrdeboda. Cven es
daviangariSeT, roca am svetTan videqiT da wveTebis Tanabar wkapuns yurs
vugdebdiT.
mRvimeSi zogjer ucnauri formis stalaqtitebic gvxvdeboda. es
gansakuTrebiT SeimCneoda iq, sadac wylis wveTebi dacemisas erTsa da
imave adgilze ar xvdeboda. ase, magaliTad, erTi uzarmazari lodi,
romlis wona asiode tona mainc iqneboda, saydris kaTedras waagavda da
garedan lamazi, maqmanebis msgavsi naySebiT iyo morTuli. sxvebi
zRaprul urCxulebs mogvagonebdnen. mRvimis kedlebi ki moxatuli iyo
maraosebri CuqurTmebiT, romlebic miwaze amoqargul yinvis naySebs
hgavda.
am uzarmazari darbazidan mravali talani gadioda ufro patara
mRvimeebSi. ser henrim Tqva _ es talanebi didi taZridan patar-patara
ekvderebSi gasasvlelebs magonebso. zogierTi talani Zalian farTo iyo,
magram erTi-ori Zalze viwro aRmoCnda. es iyo gansacvifrebeli magaliTi
imisa, Tu rogor irjeba buneba da rogor xelmZRvanelobs imave ucvleli
kanonebiT, am samuSaoebis masStabebisagan damoukideblad. magaliTad,
erTi pawawkintela mRvime saTamaSo saxlisodena Tu iqneboda. miuxedavad
amisa, igi SesaniSnavad gamodgeboda uzarmazari darbazis arqiteqturul
modelad. am mRvimeSic iseve wkapunobda wylis wveTebi, iseve ekida TaRze
erTi bewo loluebi da iseve aRmarTuliyo maRaros TeTri svetebi.
samwuxarod, dro ar gvqonda imisaTvis, rom ufro meti yuradRebiT
dagveTvalierebina es lamazi qvabuli. gagulas arafrad ainteresebda
stalaqtitebi da, rogorc etyoboda, cdilobda, rac SeiZleba Cqara
moemTavrebina saqme. aman Zalian gamabraza, gansakuTrebiT imitom, rom
guliT mewada, gamego, saidan Semodioda mRvimeSi sinaTle, vin Seqmna igi
_ bunebam Tu adamianis xelma, iyenebdnen Tu ara mas raime mizniT
Soreul warsulSi, rac, rasakvirvelia, sruliad SesaZlebeli iyo.
guldawyvetilebi
mivyvebodiT
Cvens
borot
winamZRols;
gadawyvetili gvqonda, aqeTobas yvelaferi kargad dagveTvalierebina da
Tavs amiT vinugeSebdiT.
gagula sul win da win miiwevda, axla romeliRac uzarmazari
mdumare mRvimis Soreuli kedlisken mivyavdiT. am mRvimes ar hqonda TaRi,
kvadratuli iyo da egvipturi taZris Sesasvlels waagavda.
_ mzad xarT Tu ara sikvdilis savaneSi Sesasvlelad? _ gvkiTxa
gagulam. etyoboda, undoda am kiTxviT Cvenze meti STabeWdileba
moexdina.
_ gagviZex, makduf! _ erTi yofiT uTxra gudma, Tan cdilobda SiSi
ar damCneoda.
fulatas garda yvelas mSvidad gveWira Tavi. fulatam guds xelze
xeli waavlo, TiTqos dacvas sTxovso.
_ cota ar iyos, SiSi Seepareba adamians, _ Tqva ser henrim. _
gagviZex win, quotermen, seniores pniores, nu valodinebT pativcemul
ledis, _ da man zrdilobianad damiTmo gza, risTvisac gulis siRrmeSi
sulac ar vumadlodi.
_ kak-kuk! _ mikakunobda iatakze gagulas yavarjeni. es kudiani
arseba boroti siciliT migviZRoda bnel talanSi. usiamo winaTgrZnobiT
Sepyrobili nel-nela CamovrCi ukan.
_ wadiT, wadiT, megobaro, _ miTxra gudma. _ viaroT, Torem Cvens
mSvenier megzurs CamovrCebiT.
am sityvebis Semdeg fexs avuCqare. male erT bnel mRvimeSi SevediT.
mRvimis sigrZe ase, ormoci futi iqneboda, simaRle da sigane ki _
ocdaaT-ocdaaTi futi. etyoboda, adamianis xeliT iyo gamokveTili.
aq, im pirvel, stalaqtitebian mRvimesTan SedarebiT, naklebi
sinaTle iyo. bindSi davlande qvis didi magida, romelic mRvimis mTel
sigrZeze idga. magidis TavSi ijda uzarmazari TeTri gamosaxuleba,
irgvliv ki iseTive TeTri, magram Cveulebrivi sididis gamosaxulebebi
Canda. magidis SuagulSi raRac yavisferi sagani davinaxe. amasobaSi
bnels Tvali SevaCvie da rodesac gavarCie, angariSmiucemlad, rac Zali
da Rone mqonda, ukan movkurcxle. unda mogaxsenoT, rom arc nerviuli
var da arc crumorwmune, magram aq nanaxma suraTma saSinlad SemaZrwuna.
ser henris sayeloSi rom ar waevlo CemTvis xeli da ar SeveCerebine,
xuTi wuTis Semdeg mRvimeSi aRar viqnebodi da, kimberlis mTeli
almasebi rom SemoeZliaT, ukan mainc ar davbrundebodi. magram ser
henris magrad vyavdi CabRujuli da, ra gaewyoboda, beds unda
davmorCilebodi. wuTis Semdeg ser henrimac SeaCvia Tvali bnels. imwamsve
miSva xeli da Sublidan civi ofli moiwminda. gudi xmadabla igineboda.
fulata yviriliT Camoekida kiserze. gagula ki xmamaRla da SeuCereblad
xarxarebda.
suraTi marTlac SemaZrwunebeli iyo: qvis grZeli magidis TavSi
adamianis ConCxis saxiT ijda TviT sikvdili. simaRliT TxuTmet futze
meti iqneboda. gaZvaltyavebul TiTebSi uzarmazari Subi eWira. Subi
TavzemoT ise aRemarTa, TiTqos viRacas unda ugmiroso. meore xeliT
magidas imgvarad dayrdnoboda, gegonebodaT, wamodgomas lamobso. ConCxi
win iyo wamoxrili, ase rom misi kisris malebsa da molaplape Tavis
qalas garkveviT vxedavdiT. Tvalis carieli fosoebi Cvenken hqonda
moqceuli, ybebi ki odnav gaexsna. RmerTmani, ar gagvikvirdeboda, axla
rom rame eTqva.
_ ciurno Zalno! _ daviCurCule bolos, _ ra aris es?
_ eseni vinRa arian? _ ikiTxa gudma da magidis irgvliv msxdar
sazogadoebaze migviTiTa.
_ an iq ra aris, dalaxvros eSmakma! _ Tqva Tavis mxriv ser henrim da
xeli magidis Suagulisken gaiwvdina. _ ra aris-meTqi is yavisferi sagani?
_ hi-hi-hi! _ icinoda gagula, _ vai maT, vinc sikvdilis savaneSi fexs
Semodgams, hi-hi-hi! aqeT mobrZandi, inkubu, brZolaSi saxelganTqmulo,
modi da naxe is, vinc sakuTari xeliT mohkali. _ dedaberma ser henris
gaZvaltyavebuli TiTebi saxeloSi CasWida da Tavisken miizida.
Cven ukan mivyeviT.
uecrad gagula SeCerda da magidis SuagulSi im yavisfer saganze
migviTiTa. ser henrim mis TiTs mzera gaayola da yviriliT gadmoxta
ukan. arc aris gasakviri, ase rom aRelda _ iq, magidaze davinaxeT veeba
gvami. es gaxldaT Tuala, kukuanelTa ukanaskneli mefe. sul SiSveli iyo,
muxlebze ki edo Tavi, ser henrim najaxiT rom waagdebina. mTeli gvami
Txeli, minisebri afskiT iyo dafaruli, ris gamoc kidev ufro sazareli
Canda. Tavdapirvelad verafriT mivxvdiT, saidan gaCnda, an ra iyo es
afska, magram uecrad SevamCnieT, rom mRvimis Weridan pirdapir gvamis
kiserze JamdaJam ecemoda wylis wveTebi, _ tkap! tkap! kisridan wylis
wveTebi nel-nela uvlida mTel sxeuls da bolos magidaSi datanebuli
pawawina xvreliT kldeSi gadioda. axla ki yvelaferi cxadi gaxda
CemTvis _ Tualas gvami TandaTanobiT stalaqtitad unda qceuliyo.
Cemi mosazrebis siswores amtkicebda TeTri gamosaxulebebi, magidas
irgvliv rom Semosxdomodnen. eWvgareSea, es iyo adamianTa sxeulebi, an
ukeT rom vTqvaT, is, rac odesRac adamianTa sxeulebs warmoadenda, axla
ki stalaqtitebad qceuliyo. kukuanelebi uxsovari droidan inaxavdnen
amgvarad TavianT mefeTa gvamebs.
sabolood mainc ver gavige, raSi mdgomareobda petrifikaciis, anu
gaqvavebis mTeli meTodi, Tuki igi saerTod arsebobda, garda imisa, rom
micvalebulebs aTavsebdnen magidaze iseT adgilas, sadac wveT-wveTad
Camodioda wyali da maT yinulisebri afskiT faravda. afsks warmoqmnida
siliciumis xsnari, romelic gvamebs ukuniTi ukunisamde Seinaxavda.
sazarel suraTs warmoadgendnen Spatis TeTr sudarebSi gaxveuli
mefeebi. afskis qveS bundad ilandeboda maTi saxis nakvTebi. sul
ocdaSvidi mefe davTvale. ukanaskneli ignozis mama iyo. usxdnen mefeni
amazrzen magidas, romelzedac TviT sikvdili mbrZaneblobda. maTi
ricxvis mixedviT SeiZleboda dagvedgina, rom gvamebis Senaxvis es wesi
SemoRebuli iqna oTxi saukunis winaT.
ar iqneboda marTali, Tu vityodiT, rom aq iyo kukuanelTa yvela
mefe, radgan zogi maTgani, cxadia, sadme, brZolaSi daiRupeboda. Tu
CavTvliT, rom yoveli mefe saSualod TxuTmeti weliwadi ijda taxtze,
daaxloebiT oTxas ocdaxuT weliwads miviRebT, magram sikvdilis
uzarmazari ConCxi kidev ufro adre unda yofiliyo mRvimeSi Semotanili
da Tu ar vcdebi, imave adamianis xeliT iyo Seqmnili, vinc kldeSi is
dayursebulebi gamokveTa. ConCxi gamoqandakebuli iyo stalaqtitisagan
da gansakuTrebuli ostatobiT iyo Sesrulebuli.
gudi zedmiwevniT erkveoda anatomiaSi da ganacxada: anatomiis
TvalsazrisiT, ConCxi srulyofili ariso.
Cemi azriT, es sazareli ConCxi romelime uZvelesi moqandakis
gaukuRmarTebuli
fantaziis
nayofi
iyo
da
kukuanelebs
ufro
mogvianebiT daebadaT azri, Tavisi gardacvlili mefeebi daesvaT
magidaze sikvdilis saSineli aCrdilis gverdiT. SesaZloa, Tavis droze
ConCxi aq imitomac Semoitanes, rom daefrTxoT mZarcvelebi, Tu vinicobaa
isini ganZsacavSi Sesvlas daapirebdnen. ar vici, namdvilad asea Tu ara,
dae, Cemi naambobidan mkiTxvelma TviTon gamoitanos sakuTari daskvnebi.
yovel SemTxvevaSi, aseTi iyo sikvdilis TeTri aCrdili da aseTni
iyvnen TeTri micvalebulebi.
T a v i
s o l o m o n
X V I I
m e f i s
s a g a n Z u r i
vidre
gaocebulebi
sikvdilis
savanes
vaTvalirebdiT
da
vcdilobdiT, SiSi dagveTrguna, gagula sul sxva saqmiT iyo garTuli.
igi raRac manqanebiT swrafad aZvra uzarmazar magidaze (roca
sWirdeboda, Zalze mardi brZandeboda) da gaemarTa iqiT, sadac Cveni
gansvenebuli megobari Tuala ijda. gudma Tqva, unda naxos, rogor
`muJuJdeba" misi sayvareli mefeo. marTla ase iyo, Tu sxva ram faruli
mizani amoZravebda, es gagulas garda aravin uwyoda. Semdeg beberi
kudiani isev ukan gamobrunda. drodadro SeCerdeboda, raTa xan erTi da
xan meore Sesudruli gvamisTvis miemarTa CemTvis gaugebari sityvebiT.
amasTan, iseTi saxe hqonda, rogoric meqneboda me, an Tqven, mkiTxvelo,
Cvens keTil megobrebs rom SexvedrodiT. es saidumlo da sazareli
rituali rom daamTavra, pirdapir sikvdilis ConCxis win Cajda da,
ramdenadac mivxvdi, locva-vedrebas mohyva. cxadi iyo, es boroti kudiani
RvarZls anTxevda kacobriobis uborotesi mtris winaSe. misi saxe, mTeli
misi garegnoba imdenad amazrzeni iyo, rom SevecadeT, rac SeiZleba
swrafad gavclodiT iqaurobas.
_ aba, gagula, _ TiTqmis CurCuliT vuTxari me, radgan aseT adgilas
xmamaRla laparaki ver gamebeda. _ axla ki gagviZex saganZurisken.
dedaberi mardad Camococda magididan.
_ Cems mbrZaneblebs ar eSiniaT? _ mkiTxa da almacerad gadmomxeda.
_ gagviZex-meTqi, win!
_ Zalian kargi, mbrZaneblebo, _ Tqva gagulam, _ Tan koWlobiT
Semouara magidas da sikvdilis qandakebis ukan mRvimis kedelTan SeCerda,
_ ai, aq aris saganZuris kari, Cemma mbrZaneblebma Wraqi aanTon da
Sevidnen, _ Tqva, zeTiT savse gogra iatakze dadga, TviTon ki mRvimis
kedels mieyrdno.
me asanTi aviRe (yuTSi kidev ramdenime cali ewyo), lerwmis fTilas
movukide, TvalebiT Sesasvlels Zebna davuwye, magram mTliani kedlis
meti veraferi davinaxe.
_ Sesasvleli aq aris, mbrZaneblebo, ha! ha! ha!
_ nu xumrob, _ mkacrad vuTxari.
_ ra dros xumrobaa, mbrZaneblebo, aba, aqeT moixedeT! _ Tqva da
kedelze migviTiTa.
Wraqi maRla avwie da davinaxe, rom qvis uzarmazari lodi nel-nela
miiwevda zemoT, sadac misTvis, eWvsgareSea, sagangebo xvreli iyo
datanebuli. lodis simaRle, ase, cxra futi iqneboda, sisqe xuTi futi,
sifarTe ki didi kasrisodena hqonda da, albaT, sul cota, ocdaaT tonas
mainc iwonida. rasakvirvelia, ubralod Sewonasworebuli sapirwonis
principiT moZraobda. rogor amoZravda es mowyobiloba, arc erT
Cevengans ar daunaxavs, gagulam yvelaferi uCumrad moimoqmeda, magram
eWvi ar mepareba, rom sadRac iyo umartivesi berketi, romelsac
saidumlo wertilSi odnav daaWerdi TiTs da sapirwones meoxebiT lodi
maRla avidoda.
lodi nela, msubuqad miiwevda maRla, bolos sulac gaqra da mis
nacvlad Cven win bneli xvreli gamoCnda.
Zneli warmosadgenia, rogor vRelavdiT... solomon mefis saganZurSi
Sesasvleli Tavisufali iyo! me TaviT fexebamde vcaxcaxebdi da tanSi
civi Jruanteli mivlida. `iqneb yvelaferi es tyuilia, mistifikaciaa, _
vfiqrobdi, _ an, piriqiT, SeiZleba, rasac moxuci da silvestra werda,
yvelaferi marTali gamodges. iqneb am bnel jurRmulSi marTlac aris
dafluli ganZi, romelsac SeuZlia amqveynad umdidres adamianebad
gvaqcios?" diax, erTi-ori wuTis Semdeg saidumlos farda unda axdoda.
_ SemobrZandiT, varskvlaveTidan Camosulo TeTro adamianebo, _
gviTxra Cvenma avbediTma megzurma da zRurblze gadaalaja, _ SemodiT,
magram mousmineT monasa Tqvensa gagulas. brWyviala qvebi, romelTac
axla ixilavT, odesRac amoiRes Widan, sadac dayursebulebi sxedan da aq
Seinaxes, magram vin amoTxara, an vin Seinaxa, amaze araferi vici.
adamianebma, vinc es moimoqmeda, saswrafod datoves aqauroba, ise rom,
Tan araferi wauRiaT. saukunidan saukuneSi gadadioda xalxSi xma brWyviala qvebze, Tumca aravin icoda, sad iyo dafluli ganZi, arc am karis
saidumlo uwyoda vinmem. magram erTxel mTebis gadaRmidan movida erTi
TeTrkaniani, vin icis, iqneb isic TqvensaviT varskvlaveTidan Camosuli
iyo! mefem gulTbilad miiRo ucxo stumari. ai, swored iman, iq rom zis,
_ gviTxra da magidaze Camwkrivebul gvamebs Soris mexuTeze migviTiTa. _
hoda, moxda ise, rom is TeTrkaniani da viRac kukuaneli qali movidnen
sikvdilis savaneSi. im qalma SemTxveviT gaigo karis saidumlo, Tumca
Tqven aTasi welic rom eZeboT, mainc verafers naxavT. diax, TeTrkaniani
qalTan erTad saganZurSi Sevida da aavso qvebiT guda, romliTac qalma
saWmeli moitana. roca kaci saganZuridan gamodioda, erTi didi
brWyviala qva, Zalian didi qva aiRo da xelSi daiWira, _ aq gagula
dadumda.
_ mere, mere? _ vkiTxe me. Tan aRelvebisagan sunTqva mekvroda;
kapitani da ser henric Cems dReSi iyvnen, _ ganagrZe, Tqvi, ra SeemTxva da
silvestras?
am sityvebis gagonebaze dedaberi SekrTa.
_ saidan ici kacis saxeli, romelic didi xnis winaT gardaicvala?
_ ukmexad mkiTxa man, Tumca pasuxs ar daeloda da ganagrZo: _ aravin
icis, ra SeemTxva im kacs, magram, etyoba, TeTrkaniani raRacam SeaSina,
guda miwaze daagdo da gaiqca. xelSi mxolod is didi, brWyviala qva
SerCa. isic mefem waarTva. swored is iyo, Sen rom Tualas Sublze
aaglije, makumazan!
_ da mas Semdeg aq aravin yofila? _ vkiTxe da bneli xvrelisken
gavapare mzera.
_ aravin yofila, mbrZanebelo, magram karis ambavs saidumlod
inaxavdnen. mefeebi aRebdnen am kars, saganZurSi ki ar Sediodnen, radgan
xalxSi xma dadis, vinc aq fexs Semoadgams, erTi Tvis Semdeg mokvdebao.
mokvdeba im TeTrkanianiviT, Tqven rom mTebSi, mRvimeSi, ipoveT, makumazan.
ai, ratom ar Semodian aq Cveni mefeebi. ha! ha! ha! me mudam simarTles
vambob.
am dros Cveni Tvalebi erTmaneTs Sexvda da me ZarRvebSi sisxli
gameyina.
_ SemodiT, Cemo mbrZaneblebo, Tu marTali giTxariT, qvebiT
avsebuli guda aqve, iatakze dagxvdebaT. aq Semosul kacs sikvdili
emuqreba Tu ara, amas Semdeg gaigebT. ha! ha! ha! _ man Wraqs xeli daavlo
da win gagviZRva.
marTali giTxraT, vyoymanobdi, _ SevideT Tu ar SevideT-meTqi.
_ wyeulimc iyos! _ daiyvira am dros gudma. _ wamodiT! eg beberi
kudiani ver SemaSinebs! _ Tqva da gagulas bnelSi aedevna. guds fulata
mihyva. sabralos eSinoda, mTeli taniT TrToda, me da ser henric
mivyeviT.
gagulam ramdenime iardi gaiara da kldeSi gaWril viwro talanTan
SeCerda. Cven gveloda.
_ xom xedavT, Cemo mbrZaneblebo, _ Tqva da Wraqi win gaiwvdina, _
yvelaferze etyoba, ganZis mflobelma saswrafod miatova aqauroba.
eSinoda, am karis saidumlo vinmes ar gaego, da rom saganZurSi
Sesasvleli daecvaT, aq kedlis amoyvana gadauwyvetiaT, magram, cxadia,
dro aRar eyoT.
da migviTiTa orpirad amoSenebul qvis kvadratul farTo kedlis
saZirkvelze, gasasvlels rom xergavda. es kedeli simaRliT ori futi da
sami duimi iqneboda. gasasvlelSi eyara agreTve daTlili qvebi da, rac
Zalian sagulisxmoa, kiris xsnari da wyvili bari, _ diax, bari, swored
iseTi, muSebi dResac rom xmaroben.
uecrad fulatam, SiSisa da aRelvebisagan TaviT fexamde rom
kankalebda, Tavi cudad igrZno da gviTxra, Tqven wadiT, me ki aq
dagelodebiT, radgan siaruli aRar SemiZliao. Cven is daumTavrebel
kedelTan davsviT, gverdiT sanovagiani kalaTi mivudgiT da marto
davtoveT, rom cota damSvidebuliyo.
bnel
talanSi
kidev
TxuTmetiode
nabiji
gaviareT
da
saguldagulod SeRebili xis karis win aRmovCndiT. kari farTod iyo
mofrialebuli. imas, vinc aq ukanasknelad iyo, an daviwynoda misi
daxurva, an dro aRar hyofnoda saamisod.
am karis zRurblze egdo guda, romelic, rogorc etyoboda,
Zvirfasi qvebiT unda yofiliyo avsili.
_ ha! ha! TeTro adamianebo, _ CaixiTxiTa gagulam, roca Wraqis Suqi
gudas moxvda, _ me giTxariT, TeTrkaniani aqedan SeSinebuli gaiqca-meTqi.
gaiqca da daagdo es guda, romelic qals ekuTvnoda. SexeT, SexeT, mand
aris!
gudi daixara da guda aiRo. guda mZime iyo, SigniT ki raRac
Cxarunobda.
_ RmerTs geficebiT, es guda almasebiT aris savse, _ krZalviT
daiCurCula man.
sakmarisi iyo imis gafiqrebac ki, rom es patara guda almasebiT iyo
savse, rom raRacnairi mokrZaleba gvegrZno.
_ wavideT, _ mouTmenlad Tqva ser henrim, _ aba, pativcemulo ledi,
momeciT aq Wraqi, _ Tqva. gagulas Wraqi CamoarTva, maRla aswia da
zRurblze gadaabija.
Cvenc, rasakvirvelia, ukan mivyeviT. droebiT daviviwyeT almasebiT
savse guda da solomon mefis saganZurSi SevediT.
Wraqis mkrTal Suqze davlandeT kldeSi gamokveTili patara oTaxi,
zomiT ara umetes aTi kvadratuli futisa, Semdeg TvalSi mogvxvda zed
TaRamde erTmaneTze dawyobili spilos saucxoo eSvebi. Zneli saTqmelia,
ramdeni eSvi iyo, radgan ver vxedavdiT, ra adgili eWiraT kedlamde.
magram oTxas-xuTas eSvze naklebi mainc ar iqneboda. marto es eSvebi
kmaroda imisTvis, rom adamians mTeli sicocxle uzrunvelad ecxovra.
SesaZloa, solomonma Tavisi `taxtisTvis", romlis msgavsi arc erT
mefes ar hqonia, swored aqedan waiRo spilos eSvebi-meTqi, _ gavifiqre me.
saganZuris meore kedelTan idga ociode yuTi, romlebic martinhenris firmis tyviis yuTebs waagavda, mxolod maTze cota mozrdili
Canda da wiTlad iyo SeRebili.
_ aq almasebia, almasebi, _ wamoviZaxe me, _ aqeT moanaTeT Wraqi!
ser henri momiaxlovda da Suqi zed yuTs mianaTa. yuTis saxuravi,
miuxedavad imisa, rom aq simSrale iyo, droTa viTarebaSi dampaliyo da
erT adgilas Catexilic iyo. albaT da silvestram Tu Catexa. me
aCqarebiT Cavyavi yuTSi xeli da mTeli muWa movbRuje. magram es almasebi
ki ara, Zalian ucnauri formis oqros fuli gamodga. Cven amgvari fuli
arasodes gvenaxa da mogveCvena kidec, rom zed Zvelebraul enaze raRac
ewera.
_ yoveli SemTxvevisaTvis, aqedan xelcarielebi ar gavbrundebiT, _
vTqvi da fuli ukan Cavabrune, _ TiToeul yuTSi ori aTasi oqro mainc
iqneba, aq ki Tvrameti yuTi dgas. es oqro albaT muSebisa da vaWrebis
gasastumreblad iyo motanili.
_ me ki vfiqrob, swored es unda iyos ganZi, almasebs raRac versad
vxedav. an iqneb portugalielma yvela im gudaSi Cayara? _ Seesityva gudi.
_ Cemma mbrZaneblebma is kuTxe mosinjon, iqneb qvebi iq ipovnon, _
Segvesityva gagula. igi, albaT, Cveni saxis gamometyvelebaze mixvda,
razec vlaparakobdiT. _ iq Cemi mbrZaneblebi naxaven Rrmuls, romelSic
sami qvis yuTi dgas. ori dabeWdilia, erTi ki Ria.
vidre mis sityvebs ser henris vuTargmnidi da vetyodi, Wraqi im
bneli kuTxisken waeRo, ver moviTmine da gagulas vkiTxe, saidan ici
yvelaferi es, Tuki im TeTrkanianis Semdeg aq fexi aravis SemoudgamsmeTqi.
_ hoi, makumazan, da Tqvenc varskvlaveTis Svilno, gana ar uwyiT,
zog adamians aqvs Tvali, romelic kldeSic atans? ha! ha! ha!
_ naxeT iq, kurtis, _ vuTxari ser henris da gagulas mier
miniSnebuli kuTxisken mivuTiTe.
_ ehei, megobrebo, _ Sehyvira ser henrim, _ aq niSaa. ciurno Zalno!
Cqara, aqeT, aqeT modiT!
misken gaveqaneT. RrmulSi, romelic naxevrad mrgval fanjaras
waagavda, qvis sami yuTi idga. TiToeuli maTganis sigrZe ori futi
iqneboda. ors qvis saxuravi efara, mesame Ria iyo, saxuravi ki iqve iyo
miyudebuli.
_ SexedeT, _ Tqva ser henrim aRelvebisagan moguduli xmiT da Wraqi
yuTs daanaTa.
Tavdapirvelad
veraferi
gavarCieT,
radgan
vercxlisferma
mbzvinvarebam kinaRam Tvali mogvWra. roca mzera Suqs SevaCvieT,
davinaxeT, rom yuTi sam meoTxedze moyrili iyo almasebiT, amaTgan
umetesoba karga momsxo Canda. me yuTSi xeli Cavyavi da ramdenime amoviRe.
diax, es namdvili almasebi iyo, axla amaSi eWvi aRar mepareboda. xelis
SexebiT almasis gamocnoba Zneli ar aris, radgan igi rogorRac
Taviseburad srialebs.
almasebi kvlav yuTSi Cavyare. mRelvarebisagan suls Zlivs
viTqvamdi.
_ Cven umdidresi adamianebi varT amqveynad, _SevZaxe uceb, _ montekristo CvenTan SedarebiT Ratakia.
_ mTel bazars almasebiT avavsebT, _ wamoiZaxa gudma.
_ jer mivitanoT bazramde da mere vilaparakoT, _ mSvidad miugo
ser henrim.
aRelvebisagan fermixdilni da TvalebdaWyetilni mivCerebodiT
erTmaneTs. Wraqi mkrTal Suqs afrqvevda brWyviala qvebs. videqiT
SeTqmulebiviT, romelTac boroti saqme ganuzraxavT. Cveni Semxedvare
aravin ifiqrebda, rom am wuTebSi dedamiwis zurgze ubednieresi
adamianebi viyaviT, yovel SemTxvevaSi, Tavi ase migvaCnda.
_ hi! hi! hi! _ borotad xiTxiTebda gagula Cven zurgs ukan da
uxmaurod, uzarmazar RamurasaviT dafarfatebda saganZurSi.
_ aha, is brWyviala qvebi, Tqven rom ase giyvarT, TeTro adamianebo!
aq bevri qvaa, waiReT, ramdenic gsurdeT, datkbiT maTi cqeriT, xeli
alivliveT Sig! WameT da sviT! hi! hi! hi! sviT da WameT! ha! ha!
gagulas bolo sityvebi imdenad suleluri meCvena, rom giJiviT
xarxars movyevi, ser henric da gudic angariSmiucemlad amyvnen. videqiT
da siciliT vifxriwebodiT. vxarxarebdiT, vxarxarebdiT! diax, es
almasebi Cveni iyo. morCilma muSebma CvenTvis amoiRes uzarmazari Widan
da solomon mefis romelime sando xelqveiTma am yuTebSi swored
CvenTvis Cayara. im pirovnebis saxeli iqneb ieroglifebiT iyo amokveTili
cvilis narCenebze, yuTebis Tavze aqa-iq jer kidev rom moCanda. es
almasebi ar ekuTvnoda arc solomons, arc daviTs, arc da silvestras,
ara! amqveynad Cven garda aravis ekuTvnoda. Cven win brWyvialebda qvebi
da es qvebi milionobiT girvanqa sterlingi Rirda, grova-grova eyara
aTasobiT da aTiaTasobiT girvanqa sterlingi, oqro da spilos Zvali.
diax, yvelaferi aq, am saganZurSi iyo Tavmoyrili da imasRa eloda,
wagveRo.
uecrad isteriis Setevam gagviara da xarxari SevwyviteT.
_ Tavi axadeT sxva yuTebs, TeTro adamianebo, _ dagvCxavla gagulam.
_ qvebi iq ufro metia, waiReT, mbrZaneblebo, ha! ha! ha! rac SeiZleba,
blomad waiReT!
mis CxavilSi or dabeWdil yuTs saxuravebi avaglijeT, magram
gulis siRrmeSi vgrZnobdiT, rom
yuTebze beWdebis acla viRac sxva
adamianis uflebebis SebRalvas, sxvisi sakuTrebis xelyofas udrida.
vaSa! es yuTebic savse iyo, pirTamde savse! yovel SemTxvevaSi, meore
yuTi mainc _ sabralo da silvestras Tavis gudaSi aqedan qvac ki ar
Caegdo. mesame yuTi erT meoTxedze iyo almasebiT moyrili. magram qvebi
aq arCeuli iyo da yoveli maTgani woniT oc karatze naklebi ar
iqneboda, zogi ki mtredis kvercxisodena iyo; magram roca
Suqze
davlandeT, vnaxeT, rom momsxo almasebs yviTeli feri dahkravda, ese igi,
rogorc kimberliSi ambobdnen, `Seferovnebulebi" iyvnen.
amasobaSi gagulam, RvarZlianad, borotad agvavl-Cagvavlo Tvali,
gveliviT nel-nela gacurda ganZsacavidan da kldeSi datanebuli
saidumlo karisken watustusda.
Cu! es ra aris? raRaca xmebi ismis. iq, talanSi, saidumlo karTan
viRac yviris, fulatas xmaa. ra damarTnia?
_ o, bugvan, Cqara, miSveleT! qva vardeba!
_ gamiSvi-meTqi, gvelis wiwilo, Torem...
_ miSveleT, miSveleT! dana damca!
Cven talanSi gavrbivarT da Wraqis Suqze ai ras vxedavT: qvis kari
nel-nela
eSveba,
sul
raRac
samiode
futiT
TuRaa
iatakidan
dacilebuli, fulata da gagula zed karTan erTmaneTs CabRauWebian.
fulata erTianad sisxliT aris moTxvrili, miuxedavad amisa, magrad
uWiravs moxuci kudiani, gareul katasaviT rom icavs Tavs. oh! oh!
xelidan dausxlta, fulata davarda, gagula ki pirqve daeca, gveliviT
daiklakna da lodqveS gaZromas lamobs. aha, ukve lodqveS aris. RmerTo,
RmerTo, gvianRaa! uzarmazarma lodma miwas miasrisa, araadamianuri
tkivilisagan igi sazarlad kivis, lodi ki sul ufro da ufro iwevs
Zirs da mTeli simZimiT awveba maxinj kudians. ukanasknelad gaismis
Semzaravi kivili, iseTi, rogoric aqamde arasodes gamigonia. Semdeg
gvesmis Zvlebis lawuni, am xmam ZarRvebSi sisxli gagviyina, gavrbivarT,
gavrbivarT, samiveni zed vawydebiT qvis kars, magram igi samudamod
ixureba.
yvelaferi es ramdenime wamSi moxda.
axla fulatasaken gaveqaneT, wyeuli kudianis danas misTvis guli
gaepo, imwamsve mivxvdi, sicocxle aRar ewera.
_ oh, bugvan, vkvdebi! _ daiCurCula fulatam, Tan suli egubeboda, _
gagula gacocda... ar daminaxavs... cudad viyavi...mere qva nel-nela daeSva
dabla. gagula gabrunda da talanSi daiwyo cqera, mere davinaxe, rogor
SemoZvra karqveS, TandaTanobiT rom eSveboda, maSin xeli wavavle da
davakave. magram... dana damca... bugvan, vkvdebi.
_ sabralo, sabralo fulata! _ wamoiZaxa gudma da uecrad TiTqos
meti veRaraferi moifiqrao, mivarda da kocna dauwyo.
_ bugvan, _ Tqa fulatam cota xnis siCumis Semdeg, _ makumazmani aq
aris Tu ara? TvalT damibnelda, veRarafers vxedav.
_ aqa var, fulata.
_ makumazman, maTxove Seni ena, bugvans ar esmis Cemi laparaki, minda,
ramdenime sityva vuTxra, vidre wyvdiadi CamnTqavs.
_ ilaparake, fulata, yvelafers gadavuTargmni.
_ gadaeci bugvans, Cems batons, rom... miyvars, miyvars da mixaria, rom
vkvdebi, radgan bugvans, vici, ar SeuZlia Tavisi cxovreba Cemsas
daukavSiros, iseve, rogorc mzes ar SeuZlia bneleTs SeeuRlos. uTxari,
zogjer ase megona, Cems gulSi Citi frTxialebda. Cits gulidan
amofrena da simRera surda. aha, tvini meyineba da xels veRar vanZrev,
magram axlac ki, axlac ar vgrZnob, Tu es guli unda mokvdes. igi isea
siyvaruliT savse, aTas welsac ar daberdeboda, ar daberdeboda, rom
mecocxla. uTxari, Tu kidev damibrunda sicocxle... iqneb varskvlaveTSi
Sevxvde... gadaeci, varskvlaveTSi yvelgan davZebni, Tumca SeiZleba iqac
Savkaniani viyo, uTxari. ara, makumazan, nurafers etyvi, nurafers etyvi
imis garda, rom miyvars... oh, mimikar mkerdze, bugvan, veRara vgrZnob Sens
mklavebs... oh, bugvan, bug...
_ mokvda! mokvda! _ daiyvira gudma da wamodga, saxeze cremlebi
Camosdioda.
_ nu glovobT ase Zlier, megobaro, _ uTxra ser henrim.
_ ra gidaT amiT TqvaT?
_ mxolod is, rom male gaiziarebT fulatas beds. gana ver xedavT,
rom cocxlad davimarxeT?
Cven imdenad Tavzardacemulebi viyaviT fulatas sikvdiliT, rom am
wuTamde arc gvifiqria, ra moxda, ra saSineleba dagvatyda Tavs. axla
uceb yvelafers mivxvdiT. uzarmazari lodi daeSva, daeSva samudamod,
radgan erTaderTi adamiani, romelmac icoda karis saidumlo, axla
gaWeWyili iwva lodqveS. uazroba iyo imaze fiqric ki, rom rogorme
gagvetexa es kari; amas mxolod dinamitiT Tu SevZlebdiT.
Cven miwis qveS gamomwyvdeulebi aRmovCndiT. ramdenime wuTs
gaSeSebulebi videqiT fulatas gvamTan, Tavzardacemulebi vfiqrobdiT,
rom neli wamebiT sikvdili gveloda; SimSiliT, uwylobiT amogvxdeboda
suli. mxneobam gvimtyuna. axla CvenTvis yvelaferi cxadze ucxadesi
Seiqna. im eSmakeulma gagulam winaswar gagviwyo xafangi. es iyo misi
morigi
`xumroba".
mxolod
mis
RvarZlian
tvinSi
SeiZleboda
momwifebuliyo aseTi boroti azri. am kudians ewada, daeRupa sami
TeTrkaniani, ratomRac imTaviTve rom amoiZula. daeRupa neli sikvdiliT
ganZeuls Soris, romelsac ase xarbad daeZebdnen. axlaRa mivxvdi, risi
Tqma undoda, roca RamurasaviT dafarfatebda saganZurSi da gvTavazobda
gveWama da gvesva almasebi. albaT sabralo da silvestrasac ase
`gaexumra" viRac. imitom Tu miagdo da miatova zRurblze qvebiT savse
guda.
_ meti simxneve gvmarTebs, _ Tqva ser henrim aRelvebisagan
CaxleCili xmiT, _ Wraqi male Caqreba. vidre anaTebs, veZeboT, iqneb
mivagnoT zambaras, am lods rom amoZravebs.
sasowarkveTilebam Zala gagviorkeca da gasasvlelisaken gaveqaneT.
webovan sisxlSi mdgarni vaTvalierebdiT kedels, magram berketis an
zambaris msgavsi araferi Canda.
_ merwmuneT, am mxridan karis gaReba ar SeiZleba, _ vTqvi me. _
aqedan rom iRebodes, gagula Tavs ar gaswiravda da lodqveS ar
gaZvreboda. icoda, rac iyo da amitom cdilobda gaqceuliyo. wyeulimc
iyos misi saxeli.
_ yovel SemTxvevaSi, _ Tqva ser henrim da nerviulad gaicina, _
misagebeli male miego! gagula sazareli sikvdiliT mokvda, magram arc
Cven dagvadgeba kargi dRe. kars araferi eSveleba. gavbrundeT isev
saganZurTan.
samiveni saganZurisaken wavediT. ramdenime nabiji rom gaviareT,
daumTavrebel kedelTan Tvali movkari sanovagian kalaTas, sabralo
fulatas rom mohqonda. aviRe da ganZeuliT savse oTaxSi Sevitane. es
oTaxi sul male Cvens samared unda qceuliyo.
Semdeg isev gamovbrundiT. mokrZalebiT gadavitaneT fulatas gvami,
oqroTi avsili yuTebis gverdiT davasveneT, Tavad miwaze davsxediT da
yuTebs zurgiT miveyrdeniT.
_ modiT, gavanawiloT saWmel-sasmeli, rom rac SeiZleba didxans
gveyos, _ Tqva ser henrim.
imwamsve gavinawileT yvelaferi, rac kalaTaSi iyo. yovel Cvengans
ergo oTxi-xuTi Zalze mcire ulufa. ufro sworad rom vTqvaT, es
saWmeli ori dRe Tu gagvataninebda Tavs. biltongis garda, kalaTSi idga
wyliT savse ori boTli; TiTo boTli TiTo kvart wyals itevda.
_ axla ki, _ naRvlianad Tqva ser henrim, _ SevWamoT cota ram da
wyali davlioT, Tumca sul erTia, sikvdils mainc versad gaveqceviT.
SevWameT TiTo naWeri xorci da TiTo ylupi wyali davayoleT;
rasakvirvelia, mada srulebiT ar gvqonda, magram kuWi mainc Tavisas
iTxovda. cota davnayrdiT, Tavi ukeT vigrZeniT, wamovdeqiT da
gulmodgineT SevudeqiT saganZuris daTvalierebas. vsinjavdiT Cveni
cixis kedlebs, vakakunebdiT zed, Tan odnavi, sul odnavi imedi gvqonda,
rom sadme vipovidiT gasasvlels. magram, vai rom, yvelaferi amao iyo.
Tumca vin datovebda gasasvlels an xvrels iq, sadac aseTi
ganZeuli inaxeboda? Wraqis Suqi mimkrTalda. zeTi TiTqmis amoiwva.
_ quotermen, _ miTxra ser henrim, _ muSaobs Tu ara Tqveni saaTi, ra
droa?
saaTi jibidan amoviRe da davxede. naSaudRevis eqvsi saaTi iyo.
mRvimeSi ki dilis TerTmet saaTze SemovediT.
_ albaT infadusi moifiqrebs rames, kurtis, _ vTqvi me. _ am saRamos
rom ar mivalT, dilidan Zebnas Seudgebian.
_ amaod dagviwyebs Zebnas, radgan ar icis arc karis saidumlo da
arc is, sad aris igi datanebuli. aqamde es gagulas garda Zexorcielma
ar uwyoda, axla ki, saerTod, aravin icis. infadusma kari kidec rom
ipovos, ver Semoamtvrevs. kukuanelTa mTeli armiac rom moadges, xuTi
futis sisqis kedels verafers daaklebs. megobrebo, Cven aRaraferi
dagvrCenia garda imisa, rom davemorCiloT beds da RvTis gangebas
mivendoT. ganZeulis Ziebam Zalian bevri miiyvana sikvdilis karamde. Cvenc
maT ricxvs mivematebiT. es aris da es.
Wraqi ZlivsRa bJutavda. uecrad ifeTqa da gaanaTa mTeli saganZuri:
TeTri eSvebi, oqroTi savse yuTebi, maT win ganrTxmuli fulatas
cxedari, mocimcime almasebi, zRurblze migdebuli savse guda da
SeSlili, gawamebuli saxeebi sami TeTrkanianisa, sikvdilis molodinSi
iatakze rom isxdnen.
ali ukanasknelad acimcimda da Caqra.
T a v i
X V I I I
s a s o w a r k v e T i l n i
ar ZalmiZs aRvwero is sazareli Rame. mxolod gulmowyale Zilma,
drodadro Tavs rom wagvarTmevda xolme, gadagvatanina warmoudgeneli
tanjva-wameba. marTalia, daRlilobam Tavisi qna, magram didxans Zili
mainc ar SegveZlo. wuTiTac ar mSordeboda fiqri imaze, rom ueWvelad
unda davRupuliyaviT. es fiqri amqveynad yvelaze mxne da gabedul
adamiansac ki SeaZrwunebda, Torem me ra viyavi! garda amisa, TviT siCume
iseTi usasrulo da imdenad damTrgunveli iyo, rom Zili wamiswam
mifrTxeboda.
mkiTxvelo! egeb Senc gagitarebia uZilo Rame, Senc Seuwuxebixar
mtanjvel siCumes, magram darwmunebuli var, araviTari warmodgena ara
gaqvs imaze, ra sazareli da TiTqmis xelSesaxebic ki SeiZleba iyos
sruli siCume. zemoT, dedamiwis zedapirze, mudam raRac moZraobs, mudam
gaismis xmebi. SeiZleba es xmebi verc ki miswvdes kacis smenas, magram
isini mainc aduneben srul siCumes. aq ki, am mRvimeSi xma arsaidan
aRwevda. Cven damarxulebi viyaviT uzarmazari mTis qveS, romlis
mwvervalic Tovls daefara. iq, zemoT, aTasi futis simaRleze civi qari
TeTri Tovlis fantelebs xvetda, magram misi zuzuni Cvens yuramde ar
aRwevda. grZeli talani da xuTi futis sisqis kedeli gvaSorebda TviT
im sazareli sikvdilis savanesac ki. magram mkvdrebs xom siCume uyvarT.
cisa da miwis artileriisaTvis rom moeyaraT erTad Tavi, misi grialic
ki ar moaRwevda aqamde. diax, cocxlad viyaviT damarxulebi da Cveni
samare mTel samyaros mowyvetili iyo.
uecrad saocari simwvaviT SevigrZeni, ra sastikad, ra uwyalod
dagvcina
bedma.
irgvliv
ewyo
ganZeuloba,
riTac
SegveZlo
gagvestumrebina qveynis nacionaluri vali, an agvego javSnosanTa mTeli
flotilia, magram Cven sixaruliT SeveleodiT am simdidres, oRond ki
aqedan gasvlis mcireodeni imedi mainc gvqonoda. sul male albaT
sixaruliT gavcvlidiT am almasebs erT lukma purze an Wiqa wyalze,
mere ki imazec, rom Cvens tanjvas rac SeiZleboda Cqara moReboda bolo.
marTlac, simdidre, romlis dasagrovebladac adamianebi sicocxles ar
iSureben, sulis amoxdis Jams kargavs Tavis fass.
dro zantad miizlazneboda.
_ gud, _ uecrad wamoiZaxa ser henrim da misi xma daZabul siCumeSi
Semzaravad gaisma. _ asanTis ramdeni Reri dagvrCa?
_ rva, kurtis.
_ aanTeT erTi, naxeT, ra droa.
gudma asanTi aanTo, misma alma am ukuni sibnelis Semdeg pirdapir
Tvali mogvWra.
Cemi saaTis isari dilis xuTs uCvenebda. axla Cvens zemoT amomavali
mzis sxivebi albaT vardisfrad aelvareben mTis mwvervalebs, grili qari
ki Ramis nisls xeobisken erekeba.
_ uTuod unda gadavylapoT TiTo lukma saWmeli, rom Zala
SevinarCunoT, _ vTqvi me,
_ risTvis? _ momigo gudma. _ rac ufro adre davixocebiT, miT
ukeTesi iqneba.
_ vidre adamiani cocxlobs, imedi ar unda gadaiwyvitos, _ CaurTo
ser henrim.
Cven naCqarevad gadavylapeT oriode lukma
biltongi da TiTo
ylupi wyali davayoleT. gamoxda mcire xani. ser henrim winadadeba
mogvca, karTan mivsuliyaviT da rac Zala da Rone Segvwevda, gveyvira,
radgan gulis siRrmeSi mainc gviRvivoda imedi, iqneb Cveni xma zemoT
vinmem gaigonoso. gudi xelis cecebiT miadga kars da qajiviT mohyva
yvirils. amgvari xma Cems sicocxleSi arsad gamegona, magram mere ra,
gind mas eyvira da gind koRos ebzuvla sadme!
gudma yvirili Sewyvita da Cvenken wamovida. yeli gaSroboda da ise
saSinlad swyuroda, SeuZlebeli iyo, wyali ar daelia. amis Semdeg
gadavwyviteT, aRar gveyvira, radgan es Seamcirebda Cvens isedac mcire
wylis marags.
kvlav davsxediT da zurgiT almasebiT savse yuTebs miveyrdeniT. hm,
visTvis ra saWiro iyo axla es almasebi? didxans visxediT ase
umoqmedod, gaunZrevlad, rac Cvens mdgomareobaSi namdvilad autaneli
iyo. sasowarkveTilebam Semipyro. ser henris farTo mxarze miveyrdeni da
avqviTindi. darwmunebuli var, gudic Zlivs ikavebda cremls da
xmaCaxleCili lanZRavda Tavs sisustisaTvis. magram rom icodeT, rarig
keTili da amave dros mtkice xasiaTis adamiani iyo ser henri! me da gudi
patara balRebi rom vyofiliyaviT da vinmes SeveSinebineT, maSinac ki ver
gamoiCenda amden sinazes Cvendami. kurtiss sruliad gadaaviwyda sakuTari
tanjva da yvelaferi moimoqmeda imisaTvis, rom odnav mainc daemSvidebina
es ori sasomixdili adamiani. man gaixsena mravali SemTxveva, roca
CvensaviT sasikvdilod ganwirulma adamianebma raRac saocari SemTxvevis
wyalobiT bolos mainc Tavi daaRwies sikvdils. mere mixvda, rom msgavsi
ambebiT guls ver gagvimxnevebda, verc dagvamSvidebda da Tqva, Cveni
mdgomareoba mxolod wina safexuria im garduvali dasasrulisa,
romelic yvelas elis. Cveni tanjva male damTavrdeba da yvelaze mSvidi
sikvdiliT movkvdebiTo (rac, rasakvirvelia, wminda wylis sicrue iyo).
Semdeg odnav SemkrTalma winadadeba mogvca, gangebasa da bedisweras
mivndobodiT. WkuaSi damijda misi rCeva. saocari xasiaTi aqvs ser henris,
Zalian mSvidi da Zlieri kacia.
ase RamesaviT gaiwela dRec, Tuki, saerTod, SeiZleboda am ukuni
wyvdiadisaTvis dRe gvewodebina. asanTi avanTe da kvlav davxede saaTs.
isari Svids uCvenebda.
kvlav SevWameT TiTo lukma saWmeli da wyali davayoleT. am dros
uecrad erTma azrma gamielva.
_ rogor moxda, amden xans uhaerobiT rom ar amovixrCviT? _ vikiTxe,
_ aq cxela, magram haeri adrindeliviT sufTaa.
_ RmerTo Cemo, _ wamoiZaxa gudma da ze wamoiWra, _ aqamde rogor
ver movisazre? haeri qvis karSi ver Semova, radgan igi hermetuladaa
daxSuli. aq rom saidanme haeris nakadi ar Semodiodes, didi xania, suls
gavacxebdiT. modiT, veZeboT!
am sityvebma gulSi imedi gagviRviZa da erTianad gardagvqmna. wamis
Semdeg samiveni iatakze davforTxavdiT. davdiodiT, vamowmebdiT kedlebs,
rom gvepova haeris Tundac sul umniSvnelo dineba. uecrad xeli raRac
civ sagans momixvda, _ es sabralo fulutas saxe iyo. Cemi aRtyineba
myisve Caqra.
erT saaTze mets davlaslasebdiT aqeT-iqiT, magram uSedegod.
bolos me da ser henris yovelgvari imedi gadagvewura da Zebna
SevwyviteT. erTianad daSavebul-dalilavebulebi viyaviT, radgan bnelSi
wamiswam vawydebodiT spilos eSvebs, yuTebs, kedlebs. guds jer kidev ar
gadaewyvita
imedi,
guldagul
ganagrZobda
Zebnas,
Tan
ambobda,
umoqmedobas isev fuWi Zebna sjobiao.
_ momismineT, megobrebo, _ Tqva man bolos ucnaurad moguduli
xmiT, _ aba, erTi aqeT modiT!
Tqma ar unda, maSinve misken gaveqaneT, bnelSi vborZikobdiT da
erTmaneTs vawydebodiT.
_ quotermen, aba daadeT xeli aq, grZnobT rames?
_ me mgonia, aq haeri unda gadiodes.
_ aba, yuri daugdeT! _ Tqva gudma da iatakze fexi dahkra.
xma buge iyo. aman gulSi kvlav imedis naperwkali gagviRviva.
acaxcaxebuli xeliT avanTe asanTi da davinaxeT, rom erT-erT
kuTxeSi
videqiT.
Cven
qveS
udavod
sicariele
iyo.
swrafad
movaTvaliereT iataki da zed raRac bzari SevamCnieT. magram es ra aris?
RmerTo Zliero, iatakSi qvis rgolia datanebuli! aRelvebisagan enas ver
vabrunebdiT, guli ise Zalumad gvicemda, laparaki aRar SegveZlo.
guds Tan patara, kauWiani dana hqonda. am kauWiT cxens floqvebSi
gakvetebul kenWebs aclian xolme. kapitanma dana gaxsna da Seecada, kauWi
rgolisTvis moedo. nel-nela Seacura qveS da frTxilad moswia, radgan
eSinoda, qvis simZimes ar gaetexa. male rgoli SeinZra. miuxedavad imisa,
rom mravali saukunis ganmavlobaSi gaunZrevlad ido, misi amoZraveba
SesaZlebeli gaxda. es imitom, rom qvisagan iyo gakeTebuli. rkinis
rgols ase advilad rodi aamoZravebda kaci. male rgoli vertikalurad
wamoizniqa, maSin gudma xeli gauyara da mTeli ZaliT daejajgura,
magram amaod. qva ar nebdeboda.
_ modiT, axla me vcdi, _ mouTmenlad vuTxari. qva imgvarad iyo
kuTxeSi CaWedili, rom ori kaci erTdroulad ver miudgeboda. amitom
gudma Tavisi adgili damiTmo. me rgols xeli wavavle da, rac ki
SemeZlo, gamovqaCe. ara, mec verafers gavxdi.
maSin ser henrim Semcvala, Tumca isic tyuilad daSvra.
gudma xelaxla aiRo kauWi da amowminda bzari, saidanac saganZurSi
haeri Semodioda.
_ axla ki saqmes SevudgeT, kurtis, _ Tqva man, _ kai magari samuSao
geliT. magram ara uSavs, ori kacis Rone mainc geqnebaT. erTi wuTiT
momiTmineT! _ gudma moixsna Tavisi Savi yelsaxvevi, romelsac arasodes
icilebda da rgols gamodo. yelsaxvevi magari abreSumis Zafisagan iyo
naqsovi da ase iolad ar gawydeboda, _ quotermen, kurtis, magrad
CasWideT xeli da rogorc ki getyviT, aba, gaswieT-meTqi, mTeli ZaliT
gamoqaCeT.
ser henrim mTeli Tavisi goliaTuri Zala moikriba, me da gudmac
SeZlebisdagvarad wavaSveleT xeli.
_ midiT, midiT, daiZra! _ daiyvira ser henrim, Tan suli egubeboda.
mesmoda misi Zlieri kunTebis tkacuni.
uecrad gaisma raRac xma da qvis fila nel-nela gadmoiwia.
xvrelSi haeris nakadi SemoiWra. Cven yvelani gulaRma veyareT,
zemodan ki uzarmazari qvis fila gvedo. mxolod ser henris goliaTurma
Zalam gvixsna.
_ aanTeT asanTi, quotermen, _ miTxra ser henrim, rogorc ki
wamovdeqiT da cota suli moviTqviT. _ frTxilad! frTxilad! ai, axla
ki gahkariT!
asanTis Suqze Tvali movkari qvis kibis pirvel safexurs. oh, dideba
Senda, ufalo!
_ rogor moviqceT axla? _ ikiTxa gudma.
_ eg ra sakiTxavia. CavyveT am kibes da gangebas mivendoT.
_ moiTmineT, _ Tqva ser henrim, _ quotermen, wamoiReT biltongi da
wyali, CemTvis arc erTi zedmeti ar iqneba.
me xelis cecebiT gavbrundi im adgilisken, sadac am cota xnis
winaT yuTebze zurgmiyrdnobilebi visxediT. uecrad TavSi moulodnelma
azrma gamielva. am bolo dros almasebi aRarc ki mogvgonebia. maTze
fiqric ki autaneli iyo. radgan daRupvis pirad swored am qvebma
migviyvana. es xom ase iyo, magram mainc vifiqre, araferi daSavdeba,
ramdenime cali almasi Tan rom waviRo, iqneb am sazarel xvrels
saswauliT Tavi davaRwioT, maSin xom gamogvadgeba-meTqi. xeli Cavyavi
pirvel yuTSi da Cemi sanadiro qurTukis jibeebi almasebiT avavse.
bolos mesame yuTidanac amoviRe oriode muWa msxvili almasi da im
almasebs zemodan davayare.
_ mismineT, megobrebo, _ daviyvire, _ xom ar wamoiRebT almasebs? me
jibeebSi adgili aRar damrCa.
_ oh, eSmakma daswyevlos eg qvebi, _ mipasuxa ser henrim, _ imedi
maqvs, Cems sicocxleSi maT TvaliT aRar davinaxav!
gudma ki sulac ar gamca xma. vfiqrob, igi sabralo fulatas neSts
emSvidobeboda. sawyali fulata, ra Zlier uyvarda Cveni kapitani! Sen,
Cemo mkiTxvelo, mSvidad zixar Sin da albaT fiqrob, rogor miatoves ase
gulgrilad es auracxeli qonebao. SeiZleba Cveni aseTi gulgriloba
ucnauric ki geCvenos. magram uWmel-usmels CvensaviT miwisqveS rom
gagetarebina mTeli ocdarva saaTi, cxadia, arc Sen moisurvebdi
almasebis TreviT Tavi dagemZimebina. isic maSin, roca sadRac, qvesknelSi
unda Cahyolodi kibes, rom rogorme Tavi gexsna. me rom mTeli
sicocxlis manZilze sisxlSi ar mqonoda gamjdari Cveuleba, ar
gadameyara is, risi gamoyenebac ase Tu ise, SeiZleboda, rasakvirvelia,
arc ki vifiqrebdi, almasebiT jibeebi amevso.
_ wamodiT, quotermen, _ miTxra ser henrim, igi ukve kibis safexurze
idga. _ mSvidad, mSvidad! me win vivli.
_ frTxilad iyaviT, dabla SeiZleba ufskruli iyos!
_ Cemi azriT, ufskruli ki ara, mRvime iqneba, _ Tqva ser henrim, Tan
nel-nela eSveboda dabla da safexurebs iTvlida.
TxuTmeti safexuri rom CaiTvala, Sedga.
_ kibe aq wydeba, _ Tqva man. _ mgoni, aq talani unda iyos. CamodiT!
ser henris kapitani mihyveboda, sul ukan ki me mivdiodi. kibis bolo
safexurs rom mivaRwie, asanTi avanTe. axla yuTSi erTi Reri asanTiRa
dagvrCa. asanTis Suqze davinaxeT, rom viwro gvirabSi vimyofebodiT.
gvirabis erTi Sto marcxniv miemarTeboda, meore _ marjvniv. meti
veraferi davlandeT. namwvma TiTebi damiwva da asanTic Caqra. axla
sakiTxavi is iyo, saiT wavsuliyaviT, marjvniv gavyolodiT gvirabs, Tu
marcxniv gagvexvia? videqiT bnelSi da veraferi mogvesazrebina. cxadia,
ar vicodiT, ras warmoadgenda an saiT midioda es gvirabebi. miuxedavad
amisa, erT-erT maTgans SeiZleba gadaverCineT, meores ki daveRupeT. ver
gadagvewyvita, rogor movqceuliyaviT, vidre gudma uecrad ar gaixsena,
rom haeris dinebam asanTis ali marcxniv gadaxara.
_ wavideT iqiT, saidanac haeris nakadi modis, _ Tqva man. _ haeri
aqedan ki ar gadis, garedan Semodis.
davTanxmdiT. kedel-kedel mivdiodiT da, vidre nabijs gadavdgamdiT,
miwas frTxilad vsinjavdiT fexiT. ase davadeqiT sazarel gzas da
TandaTanobiT davSordiT im wyeul saganZurs. Tu vinmes uweria, iq
odesme fexi Sedgas, rac vfiqrob, arasodes moxdeba, sabuTad imisa, rom
Cven, samiveni marTlac iq viyaviT, naxavT Zvirfasi TvlebiT savse Ria
yuTebs, cariel Wraqs da sabralo fulatas gamoxrul TeTr Zvlebs.
TxuTmetiode wuTi xelis cecebiT mivyvebodiT gvirabs, magram ai, man
mkveTrad mouxvia, ueWvelia, im adgils mivaRwieT, sadac am gvirabs meore
kveTda. gavyeviT mas da mcire xnis Semdeg mesame gvirabSi movxvdiT.
ramdenime saaTi amgvarad davexetebodiT. ase gvegona, qvis labirinTSi
movxvdiT da mas Tavs veRarasodes davaRwevdiT. rasakvirvelia, arc erTma
Cvenganma ar icoda, ras warmoadgenda es gvirabebi, vfiqrobdiT, rom es
iyo sxvadasxva mimarTulebiT gayvanili sabados uZvelesi gasasvlelebi.
albaT, yvela gvirabi sabados ZarRvs gasdevda.
bolos sruliad ilajgawyvetilebi SevCerdiT. xsnis imedi aRar iyo.
dardiT guli gvewureboda. mainc SevWameT TiTo naWeri biltongi da
ukanaskneli ylupi wyali davayoleT, radgan yeli saSinlad gvqonda
gamSrali. swored rom bedis dacinva iyo: saganZurSi sikvdils TiTqos
imisTvis davaRwieT Tavi, rom aq, am erTmaneTSi axlarTul-daxlarTul
gvirabebSi dagvelia suli.
videqiT ase daRvremil-dafiqrebulni, aRar vicodiT, ra gveRona an
ra gzas davdgomodiT.
uceb TiTqos raRac xma Semomesma. vifiqre, momeCvena-meTqi da Cems
Tanamgzavrebs vTxove, yuri miegdoT. diax, es namdvilad xma iyo, magram
Zalze susti da Soreuli, TiTqos sadRac wyali mirakrakebso. ver
agiwerT, ra netarebam Segvipyro samiveni, roca amdeni xnis Semdeg,
TiTqmis cocxlad damarxulebma Zlivs gavigoneT raRac xmis msgavsi.
_ vficav, aq sadRac wyali unda mirakrakebdes, _ wamoiZaxa gudma. _
wavideT, raRas veliT!
isev kedel-kedel mivyeviT talans. rac ufro win miviwevdiT, miT
ufro garkveviT gvesmoda wylis Cxriali da bolos am samarisebur
siCumeSi karga Zlieradac dairxa es xma. win! win! axla saeWvo aRara iyo
ra, garkveviT gvesmoda wylis Zlieri Cqeris xma. saocaria, ra undoda
wyals aq, miwis siRrmeSi!
axla sul axlos viyaviT misgan. gudi gveficeboda, wylis suni
mcemso.
_ frTxilad iyaviT, _ uTxra ser henrim, _ mgoni wyali aq axlos
unda iyos.
amis Tqma-Ra moaswro, rom Semogvesma wylis Sxapuni da gudis
yvirili, diax, diax, Cveni kapitani wyalSi Cavarda.
_ gud! gud! sada xarT? _ vyvirodiT dafeTebulebi. rom icodeT, ra
sixaruli vigrZeniT, roca Soridan mogvesma moguduli xma.
_ saSiSi araferia, kldes CaveWide, aanTeT asanTi, rom davinaxo,
saiT gamovcurde!
me saCqarod avanTe asanTis ukanaskneli Reri, mis sust alze, zed
Cvens fexebTan gamoCnda CaSavebuli wyali. Tqma ar unda, amgvar Suqze
mdinaris meore napirs ver davinaxavdiT, magram Cvengan moSorebiT Tvali
movkariT guds, igi kldis qims CabRauWebuli ekida.
_ sxva gza ar aris, unda gamovcuro, _ dagviyvira gudma, _ mzad
iyaviT, rom wylidan amosvlisas xeli SemaSveloT.
Semdeg isev Semogvesma wylis Sxapuni. gudi mocuravda da
TavganwirviT ebrZoda talRebs. kidev wuTi da igi ukve Cven gverdiT
idga. ser henrim xeli gauwoda da, rogorc iqna, wylidan amovaTrieT.
_ RmerTmani, _ Tqva kapitanma, Tan piriT xarbad iWerda haers, _ im
kldes rom ar movWidebodi, an curva ar mcodnoda, cudad wavidoda Cemi
saqme. Cqeri warmoudgenlad swrafia, fskers ki verafriT fexi ver
Cavuwvdine.
cxadi iyo, win fexsac ver wavdgamdiT.
gudma cota daisvena da suli moiTqva, Cvenc blomad davlieT
miwisqveSa wyali da sakmaod gemrielic gveCvena. xel-piri davibaneT,
ramdenadac ki SegveZlo CamovirecxeT WuWyi. Semdeg ki davtoveT
afrikuli stiqsis napiri da imave gvirabs ukan gavyeviT. gudis sveli
tansacmlidan tkapatkupiT mowveTavda wyali, magram kapitani axlac win
migviZRoda. bolos mivaRwieT gzagasayars, aqedan marjvniv meore gvirabi
gadioda.
_ ra gaewyoba, unda vcadoT, _ moqanculi xmiT Tqva ser henrim, _ aq
yvela gza erTnairia, viaroT, sanam ar davecemiT.
didxans, Zalian didxans mivlaslasebdiT gvirabSi. amjerad win ser
henri migviZRoda.
uecrad igi SeCerda da daiCurCula:
_ SexedeT! ra aris es, Wkuaze viSlebi, Tu marTla Suqia?
Cven
TvalCaciebiT
davacqerdiT
bnels.
win,
sadRac
Sors,
sarkmlisodenad marTlac moCanda raRac mqrqali Suqi. es Suqi imdenad
susti iyo, rom mxolod Cvens bnelsSeCveul Tvalebs SeeZlo misi garCeva.
aRelvebisagan suli SegvexuTa. imedma kvlav gagvinaTa guli, mxned
mivabijebdiT win. xuTi wuTis Semdeg eWvi gagviqarwylda, _ diax, es
namdvilad Suqi iyo. kidev wami da ukve saR, sufTa haers visunTqavdiT.
daRlil-daqanculebi sul win da win miviwevdiT. uecrad gvirabi ise
daviwrovda da dadablda, rom ser henris oTxze siaruli uwevda. Semdeg
ki, Semdeg, meliis sorosodena raRac xvrelSi mivZvrebodiT, magram es
soro miwaSi gadioda. qvis talani ukan movitoveT.
kidev erTxel davataneT Tavs Zala da aha, ser henri ukve gacocda
xvrelidan, mas me da gudi mivyeviT. oh, RmerTo! maRliT kurTxeuli
varskvlavebi dagvnaTodnen, xarbad visunTqavdiT sufTa, kriala haers.
magram moulodnelad miwa fexqveS CagvemzRvla da kisristexiT davqandiT
Zirs. mivTelavdiT mwvane balaxs, vlewavdiT rbil, notio miwaze
fexmokidebul buCqebs.
rogorc iyo, fesvs wavavle xeli, SevCerdi, mere nel-nela wamovjeqi
da, rac Zali da Rone mqonda, daviyvire. dablidan ser henri
gamomexmaura, igi odnav wamoweul adgilas gaCxeriliyo. ZlivZlivobiT
mivcocdi masTan. es amodena kaci suls Zlivs ibrunebda, Tumca daSavebiT
ara daSaveboda ra. Semdeg oriveni gudis Zebnas SevudeqiT. isic iqve
axlos vnaxeT, farTod gaSlil orkapa fesvSi gaWediliyo. Zalian iyo
daJeJili, magram male movida gons. samiveni balaxze davsxediT. nanaxgancdilma ise imoqmeda Cvenze, rom bednierebisagan, mgoni, avtirdiT
kidec. xumroba xom ar iyo, Tavi davaRwieT sazarel sapyrobiles,
romelic, cotas gawyda, samared ar gadagveqca. albaT raRac mowyale
Zalam warmarTa Cveni nabiji im mxares, sadac mTavrdeboda gvirabi da
meliis soro iwyeboda, _ diax, diax, namdvilad soroSi movforTxavdiT.
ai, cam piri gaxsna da mTis mwvervalze aTrTolda ganTiadis
mauwyebeli mowiTalo-movardisfro Suqi, mere ruxi aisi dauyva mTis
ferdobebs, dilis riJraJma frTa gaSala da davinaxeT, rom uzarmazari
sabados fskerze vimyofebodiT. iqve moCanda mRvimeSi Sesasvlelic. Cven
win ki sami bumberazi ijda. eWvi ar mepareba, rom is sazareli gvirabebi,
romelSic mTeli Ramis ganmavlobaSi davdiodiT, odesRac am almasis
sabados uerTdeboda. rac Seexeba miwisqveSa mdinares, mxolod erTma
RmerTma uwyis, saidan modioda an saiT miedineboda. piradad me araviTari
survili ara maqvs, vikvlio misi gza da kvali.
miwas TandaTanobiT moefina naTeli. axla ukve kargad vxedavdiT
erTmaneTs da, unda gamogitydeT, saSineli sanaxavebi viyaviT. loyebi da
Tvalebi samives Rrmad Cagvcvenoda, TaviT fexebamde WuWysa da mtverSi
amoganglulebi viyaviT. sxeuli da xel-fexi erTianad dabeJil-daCeCqvili
gvqonda. saxeze ki Rrmad aRgvbeWdvoda SiSi, SiSi sikvdilis winaSe,
romelsac amdeni xani vebrZodiT. erTi sityviT, Cveni Semxedvare, TviT
mzis sxivic ki dafrTxeboda. xom ase iyo, magram guds monokli isev
Tvalze hqonda. ara mgonia, rom am xnis ganmavlobaSi erTi wuTiT mainc
moecilebinos. verc wyvdiadSi xetialma, verc miwisqveSa mdinareSi
Wyumpalaobam, verc am ferdobze kisristexiT kotrialma ver gahyara Cveni
kapitani Tavis monokls.
cota davisveneT da wamovdeqiT. gveSinoda, daRlil-daqanculebs
didxans jdomiT fexebi ar dagvbuJeboda. wamovdeqiT da nel-nela
SevudeqiT am uzarmazari Zabris ferdobs. mTeli sxeuli gvtexda da
gvtkioda, amitom yovel nabijze vCerdebodiT.
saaTze meti jiutad mivyvebodiT aRmarTs. frTxilad mivabijebdiT
cisfer molipul Tixaze da balaxsa da fesvebs vebRauWebodiT.
aha, rogorc iqna, dasrulda Cveni mogzauroba, ukve did gzaze
videqiT, Cven pirdapir ki sami bumberazi moCanda.
asiode iardze, qoxebis win, koconi enTo. irgvliv xalxi usxda,
Cvenc iqiTken wavediT, erTmaneTs veSvelebodiT da wamiswam vCerdebodiT,
rom cota suli mogveTqva. uecrad viRac kaci fexze wamodga, dagvinaxa
Tu ara, miwaze daeca da SeSinebuli ayvirda.
_ infadus, infadus, es Cvena varT, Seni megobrebi!
infadusi
imwamsve
wamoxta
da
Cvenken
gamoqanda.
SiSisagan
gafarToebuli TvalebiT gvaTvalierebda da erTianad kankalebda.
_ oh, Cemo mbrZaneblebo, Cemo mbrZaneblebo, Tqven namdvilad
mkvdarTa qveynidan, mkvdarTa samyarodan dabrundiT.
moxuci meomari Cven winaSe pirqve daemxo, ser henris muxlebze
xelebi SemoaWdo da sixarulisagan xmamaRla aqviTinda.
T a v i
m S v i d o b i T ,
X I X
i g n o z i !
aTiode dRem ganvlo mas Semdeg, rac miwisqveSa sapyrobiles Tavi
davaRwieT. axla kvlav luuSi, Cvens qoxSi viyaviT. ucnauria, magram Cveni
sazareli Tavgadasavlis Semdeg movikeTeT kidec, mxolod Cemi jagara
Tma erTianad gamiTeTrda. gudi ki fulatas sikvdilis Semdeg Zalian
gamoicvala. me, rogorc xanSi Sesuli kaci, bevrs vfiqrobdi imaze, rac
Tavs gadagvxda da mivedi daskvnamde, rom yvelaferi kargad dasrulda.
fulata rom ar daRupuliyo, gamouvali mdgomareoba Seiqneboda.
sacodavi ubralo qals rodi hgavda, saocrad lamazi, mediduri da
sakmaod gonebagaxsnili iyo. miuxedavad amisa, mainc ar iqneboda
sasurveli, guds Tavisi bedi misTvis daekavSirebina. sabralom aki Tavad
Tqva: rogorc mzes ar SeuZlia wyvdiadTan SeerTeba, ise TeTrkanians
SavkanianTan SeuRlebao.
Tqma ar unda, solomon mefis saganZurSi Sesvla aRar gvicdia. roca
gons movediT yvela im saSinelebis Semdeg, risi gadatanac am
ormocdarva saaTSi mogvixda, kvlav CaveSviT sabadoSi im imediT, rom
vnaxavdiT soros, romlis meoxebiT tyveobas Tavi davaRwieT, magram amaod
daveZebdiT mas. jer erTi, gaavdrda da wvimam Cveni kvali gadarecxa.
garda amisa, sabados ferdobebi mTlad daserili iyo WianWvelaWamiasa da
sxva cxovelebis soroebiT, amitom SeuZlebeli iyo garkveva, romeli iyo
maTSi Cveni mxsneli. vidre luuSi gavbrundebodiT, erTxel kidev
davaTvaliereT stalaqtitebiani mRvimis sakvirvelebani, raRac ucnauri
mRelvarebiT Sepyrobilebma erTxel kidev movinaxuleT mkvdarTa savane,
TeTri sikvdilis SemarTuli Subis qveS gavZveriT da didxans
SevyurebdiT qvis kedels, romelmac im dRes gza Cagviketa da gadarCenis
imedi mogvispo. SevcqerodiT grZnobiT, romlis gadmocemac CemTvis
Znelia. am wuTebSi samiveni vfiqrobdiT auracxel simdidreze, ucnaur
beber kudianze da mSvenier fulataze, visi akldamis karic samudamod
iyo daxSuli yvelasTvis.
me mogaxseneT, kedels SvcqerodiT-meTqi. imitom rom, Tumca bevri
veZebeT, asawevi karis niSanwyalic ki versad vnaxeT da, rasakvirvelia,
ver gavigeT im meqanizmis saidumloc, romelic am kars amoZravebda. ase
rom, is kari yvelasTvis
samudamod dakargulia. bolos da bolos
gabrazebulebma SevwyviteT Zebna. es uzarmazari qva Cven Tvalwin
marTla rom aweuliyo, gambedaoba arc ki gveyofoda, gadagvebijebina
gagulas dasaxiCrebuli gvamisaTvis da saganZurSi SevsuliyaviT. ara, ara,
rom kidec daverwmunebineT vinmes, im almasebs xelSi CaigdebTo, mainc
ver gadavdgamdiT am nabijs. miuxedavad amisa, javriT lamis avtirdi,
roca gavifiqre, ra uTvalavi simdire rCeboda am kedels iqiT. es iyo
albaT udidesi ganZi, romelic ki adamianis xels odesme daegrovebina,
magram ra unda gveRona? mxolod dinamits SeeZlo CvenTvis gza gaekafa
xuTi futis sisqis kldeSi. ase rom, davtoveT es sazareli adgili. iqneb
Soreul momavalSi, sxva, ukeTes saukuneSi, Cvenze ufro bednierma
mkvlevarma SemTxveviT miagnos karis saidumlos, warmoTqvas jado sityva
`sezam, gaiRe!" da msoflios bazrebi Zvirfasi qvebiT aavsos. magram mainc
mgonia, rom xis sam yuTSi Cayrili is Zvirfasi Tvlebi verasodes
Seamkoben ulamazes asulTa da mandilosanTa TeTr yels da, vidre
samyaro irsebebs, is ganZic iseve xeluxleblad ideba bnel daranSi
fulatas ZvlebTan erTad.
gawbilebulebma davtoveT iqauroba da meore dRes luusken mimaval
gzas
davadeqiT.
unda
vTqva,
Cveni
mxriv
umaduroba
iyo,
ase
guldawyvetilebi rom mivdiodiT. albaT gaxsovs, mkiTxvelo, vidre
sapyrobiles
samudamod
mivatovebdiT,
me
yoveli
SemTxvevisaTvis
qurTukis jibeebi almasebiT avivse. bevri Zvirfasi qva dakarguliyo,
roca ferdobze davgordi, maT Soris is msxvili almasebic, zemodan rom
davayare, magram, miuxedavad amisa, mainc blomad damrCa: Tvrameti
msxvili qvis CaTvliT, romelTagan TiToeuli ocdaaTidan as karatamde
iwonida. diax, Cemi Zveli qurTukis jibeebSi kidev imdeni Zvirfaseuloba
iyo, rom Cven yvelani milionerebi Tu ara, Zalze mdidari adamianebi
mainc viyaviT. amasTan, mTels evropaSi almasebis aseTi koleqcia aravis
eqneboda. ase rom, sawuwuno da bedis samduravi araferi gvqonda
luuSi rom mivediT, ignozi sixaruliT Semogvegeba. mSvenivrad
gamoiyureboda, Tumca saqme Tavsayreli hqonda. taxti unda ganemtkicebina
da gardaeqmna polkebi, romelTac TualasTan brZolaSi Zalze didi
danaklisi ganicades.
mefem didi yuradRebiT moismina Cveni Tavgadasavali. gagulas
sazareli sikvdili rom gaigo, dafiqrda.
_ modi aq! _ ixmo man moxuci indunu (uxucesi) daaxloebul pirTa
ricxvidan, romlebic moSorebiT isxdnen da Cveni saubari ar esmodaT.
moxuci wamodga. mefes eaxla, mowiwebiT daukra Tavi da dajda.
_ Sen karga didi xnis kaci iqnebi, _ uTxra ignozim.
_ diax, Cemo mbrZanebelo, Seni mamis mama da me erT dResa varT
dabadebulni.
_ miTxari, bavSvobaSi icnobdi gagulas?
_ diax, Cemo mbrZanebelo.
_ im dros gagulac bavSvi iqneboda, ara?
_ ara, Cemo batono, axla rom aris, zustad aseTi iyo, is ki ara,
papaCemis ymawvilkacobaSic swored aseTive saxedaRaruli, maxinji,
mixrwnili da borotebiT savse yofila.
_ gagula aRar aris, gagula mokvda.
_ mesmis, hoi mefeo. Tu asea, odindeli wyevla moexsneba Cvens
qveyanas.
_ kargi, wadi!
_ mivdivar, Savo lekvo, beberi ZaRlis mkvlelo.
_ xom xedavT, Zmebo, _ gviTxra ignozim, _ gagula Zalian ucnauri
qali iyo da me kmayofili var, rom mokvda. im bnel mRvimeSi Tqveni
cocxlad damarxva ewada, Semdeg iqneb rame xerxi eRona da mec movekali,
rogorc erT dros mokla mamaCemi da taxtze Tuala aiyvana. Tuala xom
Zalian uyvarda. axla ki gTxovT, ganagrZoT Tqveni Tavgadasavali,
romlis msgavsi jer aravis gadaxdenia.
me vuambe ignozis Cveni gadarCenis ambavi, amasTan, visargeble
SemTxveviT da vuTxari, Tqveni qveynidan unda wavideT-meTqi. me, ser henrim
da gudma amaze winaswar moviTaTbireT.
_ axla ki, ignozi, Cveni gamoTxovebis Jami dadga. Cven kvlav unda
gavuyveT grZel gzas samSoblosaken. mismine, ignozi, Sen CvenTan erTad
moxvedi aq Rarib-Rataki da uTvistomo, Cveni msaxuri iyavi, axla ki
Zlevamosili mefe xar. Tu Cvendami madlobis grZnoba giRvivis gulSi, nu
daiviwyeb, rac gviTxari, moiqeci ise, rogorc amas gvpirdebodi; marTe
qveyana samarTlianad, pativi dasde kanons, nuravis moklav umizezod,
icode, mxolod maSin iqnebi bednieri, Tu Seasruleb, rac giTxari. xval
gariJraJze ki gamogvayole meomrebi, rom mTebze gadasvlaSi dagvexmaron.
rad daRondi, mefeo, uaris Tqmas xom ar apireb?
ignozim Tvalebze xelebi aifara da erTxans xma ar gauRia.
_ guli metkina, _ Tqva bolos, _ Tqvenma sityvebma guli orad
gamipo. ra dagiSaveT, inkubu, makumazan da bugvan, ratom gindaT momayenoT
aseTi mwuxareba, rad unda damtovoT?! Tqven xom brZolaSi gverdiT
medeqiT, nuTu damtovebT gamarjvebis Jams, roca irgvliv sruli
simSvidea? ra gnebavT? colebi? airCieT, vinc ki mogewonebaT;
sacxovrebeli adgili? mTeli qveyana Tqvens gankargulebaSia; iseTi
saxlebi gnebavT, TeTrkanianebi rom cxovroben? aswavleT Cvens xalxs,
rogor aagon da saxlebic geqnebaT; saqoneli gindaT, rZe an xorci? _
yoveli Cemi daojaxebuli mamakaci moggvriT xars an Zroxas. nadirobas
moiwadinebT? gana irmebi Cems tyeebSi ar daexetebian an behemotebs
lelianebSi ar sZinavT? iqneb gulSi brZolis Jini giRviviT? Cemi jarebi
Tqvens gankargulebas elian. Tu garda imisa, rac axla CamovTvale, ramis
boZeba, an raime Txovnis Sesruleba kidev SemiZlian, miTxariT da arc
imas daviSureb.
_ ara, ignozi, _ vuTxari. _ Cven araferi gvinda, garda imisa, rom
samSobloSi davbrundeT da sakuTari kera moviZioT.
_ maS ase, _ mwared Tqva ignozim da TvalebSi naperwklebma gauelva.
_ Tqven eg brWyviala qvebi Cemze, Tqvens Zvel megobarze metad giyvarT.
axla qvebi xelT igdeT, natalSi dabrundebiT, gadaseravT Sav mRvrie
wyals, rom gayidoT isini da mdidrebi SeiqnaT. es aris yoveli TeTri
adamianis survili da miswrafeba. wyeulimc iyos eg qvebi, wyeulimc iyos,
vinc maT eZebs, sikvdili imas, vinc fexs Seadgams mkvdarTa savaneSi
simdidris saZebnelad. me vTqvi! SegiZliaT wabrZandeT, TeTrkanianebo!
_ ignozi, _ vuTxari da xeli xelze Sevaxe. _ mipasuxe, Sen rom
zulusebis qveyanaSi mogzaurobdi, mere ki natalSi TeTrkanianebs
emsaxurebodi, gana guli ar geweoda qveynisaken, romelzedac dedaSeni
imden rames giambobda? gana ar genatreboda mSobliuri mxare, sadac
pirvelad agexila Tvali, sadac TamaSobdi; gana guli samSoblosken ar
migiwevda?
_ diax, makumazan.
_ ai, aseve gvenatreba Cvenc Cveni samSoblo.
Camovarda siCume.
_ mesmis, rasac niSnavs eg sityvebi, makumazan, _ daarRvia dumili
ignozim; xmaSecvlili laparakobda. _ rogorc yovelTvis, axlac
brZnulad msjelob. frenas SeCveuls miwaze forTxva ar ZaluZs.
TeTrkanians ar SeuZlia zangiviT icxovros. diax, Tqven unda waxvideT.
unda waxvideT, magram Cemi guli sevdiT aris savse, imitom rom iqidan,
sadac Tqven iqnebiT, Tqvens ambavs veravin momawvdis. magram, mismineT. da,
dae, Cemi sityva gaigos yvelam! dReidan gza im mTebze yvela
TeTrkanianisaTvis daketilia, maSinac ki, Tu vinme SeZlebs aqamde
moaRwios. me Cems qveyanaSi ar SemovuSveb TofebiTa da romiT movaWreebs,
Cemi Tanamemamuleni momavalSic mxolod SubebiT ibrZoleben da
wyurvilsac, msgavsad maTi winaprebisa, mxolod da mxolod wyliT
moiklaven. me ar davuSveb, rom misionerebma Cems xalxs sikvdilis SiSi
Caunergon gulSi, rom ufro advilad aamxedron mefis winaaRmdeg da amiT
gza gaukafon TeTrkanianebs, maT mudam ukan rom miyvebian. Tu romelime
TeTrkaniani moadgeba Cems qveyanas, me mas ukanve gavabruneb. asi
TeTrkaniani rom movides, ukan davaxevineb. Tu jari momadgeba, mec Cems
jars Sevagebeb da ucxoelebs gamarjveba ar eRirsebaT. verc erTi
adamiani fexs veRar Semodgams aq brWyviala qvebisTvis. adamiani ki ara,
jaric ver SemoaRwevs! magram, Tu vinicobaa, movidnen, gavgzavni Cems
meomrebs, rom qvebiT amoavson maRaro, daamsxvrion TeTri svetebi da
milew-molewon iqauroba ise, rom im karTan miaxlovebac veravin SeZlos.
Tqven samisaTvis ki _ inkubu, makumazan da bugvan _ Cemi qveynis kari
mudam Ria iqneba, imitom, rom mokvdavTa Soris Cems guls Tqvenze
Zvirfasi da maxlobeli aravin hyavs. axla ki nebas gaZlevT waxvideT
aqedan. infadusi, Cemi mamis Zma xels CagkidebT da ise gagiyvanT aqedan.
mcvelad misi polki wamogyvebaT. me Sevityve, rom im mTebSi sxva gzac
gadis, Cemi meomrebi swored im gziT wagiyvanen. axla ki mSvidobiT, Zmebo,
mamaco TeTro adamianebo. CemTan Sexvedras amis metad nuRar ecdebiT,
imitom, rom guli mets veRar aitans. momismineT, me gamovcem brZanebas,
romelsac erTi mTidan meoreze gadaZaxiliT Seatyobineben mTels
qveyanas. dReidan Cemi qveynis xalxi Tqvens saxelebs moixseniebs iseTive
pativiT, rogorc Tavis gardacvlil mefeTa saxelebs da sikvdili ar
ascdeba mas, visi bagec maT warmoTqvams. amgvarad, Tqveni xsovna mudam
icocxlebs Cvens xalxSi. wadiT-meTqi, wadiT, vidre Cems Tvalebs,
msgavsad qalisa, cremli ar daufrqvevia. odesme, roca moxucdebiT da
gasaTbobad cecxlis piras dasxdebiT, radgan maSin mzis siTbo ukve
sakmarisi aRar iqneba TqvenTvis, gaixseneT, rogor videqiT mxardamxar
did brZolaSi, romlis dasasruli Senma brZnulma sityvebma imTaviTve
gadawyvita, makumazan. gaixseneT, bugvani wvetiani rqis msgavsad rom
SeiWra mtris jarSi, inkubu ki idga, ruxebiT garSemortymuli, da misi
najaxiT mocelili adamianebi ise ecemodnen, rogorc TavTavi Tibvisas.
moigoneT, rogor Semusra inkubum gareuli kameCis, Tualas, Zliereba, da
rogor gaaswora miwasTan misi siamaye. mSvidobiT, mSvidobiT, samudamod,
inkubu, makumazan da bugvan, Cemo Zvirfaso megobrebo da mbrZaneblebo!
am sityvebiT ignozi wamodga, ramdenime wuTs mdumared, Rrmad
Cafiqrebuli gvicqeroda, Semdeg mosasxamis kalTa Tavze gadaifara,
TiTqos imisTvis, rom misi saxe aRar dagvenaxa.
Cven xmaamouRebliv gavediT qoxidan.
meore dRes riJraJze davtoveT luu. Tan mogvyveboda kameCebis
polki da Cveni megobari infadusi, romelic Zalian naRvlobda CvenTan
ganSorebas. am dilaadrian qalaqis mTavari quCa xalxiT iyo gaWedili.
roca
polkis
TanxlebiT
gverdze
CavuareT,
isini
mogvesalmnen
SeZaxilebiT _ `kuum! kuum!" qalebi ki yvavilebs gvesrodnen da
gvlocavdnen imisaTvis, rom maTi qveyana Tualas batonobisagan
gavaTavisufleT. yvelaferi es Zalze amaRelvebeli iyo da sulac ar
hgavda velurebTan gamoTxovebis suraTs.
magram Zalian sasacilo incindentis gareSe saqme mainc ar
damTavrebula.
is iyo, qalaqis sazRvars unda gavcdenodiT, rom xalxis jgufidan
gamoqanda lamazi axalgazrda qali; xelSi ramdenime SroSani eWira.
yvavilebi guds gauwoda (ratomRac guds qalTa Soris didi warmateba
hqonda, vfiqrob, monokli da cali bakenbardi am nazi arsebebis TvalSi
mas raRac gansakuTrebul romantikul elfers aniWebda) da uTxra,
SenTan didi saTxovari maqvso.
_ Tqvi!
_ Cemma mbrZanebelma uCvenos mis monasa da mxevals Tavisi mSvenieri
TeTri fexebi, rom SemeZlos erTxel kidev movkra maT Tvali da mere Cems
Svilebs vuambo yvelaferi. Tqveni mona oTxi dRe modioda, raTa enaxa
isini.
_ eSmakma wamiRos, Tu ase moviqce! _ aRelvebiT wamoiZaxa gudma.
_ kmara, kmara, Zvirfaso, _ daamSvida ser henrim. _ rogor SeiZleba
ledi gaawbiloT da Txovnaze uari uTxraT?
_ ara, ara, _ jiutad gaimeora gudma, _ es saSineli uzrdeloba
iqneboda. _ magram bolos da bolos mainc daTanxmda, aekarwaxebina
Sarvali da TeTri wvivebi gamoeCina.
gaisma
aRfrTovanebuli
SeZaxilebi.
yvelaze
aRtacebuli
is
axalgazrda ledi Canda.
gudi ase Sarvalakapiwebuli modioda, vidre qalaqis karibWes ar
gavcdiT. vSiSob, Cveni kapitnis fexebi aw arasodes iqneba esodeni
aRtacebis sagani. misi moZravi kbilebi da, ase gasinjeT, gamWvirvale
Tvalic ki, sakmaod mobezrdaT kukuanelebs. `mSvenier TeTr fexebze" ki
msgavss verafers vityviT.
gzaSi infadusma gviTxra, im qedis CrdiloeTiT, romlis gagrZelebas
solomon mefis didi gza warmoadgens, sxva gadasasvlelic arsebobs, an
ukeT rom vTqvaT, aris adgili, saidanac SeiZleba kldovan qeds dabla
dahyveo. es qedi kukuanelTa qveyanas didi udabnosagan hyofs, mis zemoT
ki aRmarTulia dedofal sabias ori mTa. am oriode wlis winaT
kukuaneli meomrebi siraqlemebs gasdevnebian da im gziT udabnoSi
Casulan. siraqlemas frTebs am qveyanaSi xom didi gasavali aqvT. maT
meomarTa jiRebisaTvis iyeneben. monadireebi, cota ar iyos, Sors
SeWrilan udabnoSi da Zalze moswyurebiaT. Sors raRac xeebis msgavsi
daulandavT, iqiTken wasulan da amwvanebul, wyaluxv oaziss
ki
wadgomian. oazisi ramdenime milze yofila gadaWimuli. infadusis TqmiT,
Cven swored iqiTken unda wavsuliyaviT.
moxuci meomris rCeva WkuaSi dagvijda, radgan es gza
agvaSorebda mTebis Zneladsaval bili kebs. garda amisa, oazisamde
migvacilebda ramdenime monadire, romelTac igi aRmoaCines.
monadireebi amtkicebdnen, udabnoSi sxva oazisic davinaxeTo. Cven
auCqareblad miviwevdiT win da meoTxe dRes, saRamo xans, kvlav
kldovan qedze aRmovCndiT. udabno dedofal sabias mTebis
CrdiloeTiT, daaxloebiT ocdaxuT milze, iqneboda gadaSlili.
misi qviSis talRebi zed Cven ferxTiT adi -Cadioda.
mexuTe dRes, ganTiadze Cvenma gamyolebma migviyvanes im adgilamde,
sadac iwyeboda cicabo daRmarTi udabnosaken. Cven axla ori aTas xuTasi
futis simaRleze mainc vimyofebodiT.
aq gamoveTxoveT Cvens guliTad megobars, Zvel meomars infaduss. man
warmateba da bednieri mgzavroba gvisurva. Tan mwuxarebisagan cremls
Zlivs imagrebda.
_ Cemi Tvalebi veRarasodes ixilavs TqvenisTana adamianebs, Cemo
mbrZaneblebo. rogor celavda inkubu brZolaSi mters! ra sanaxavi iyo,
erTi dartymiT Tualas Tavi rom mohkveTa!.. aseT dartymas Cems
sicocxleSi veRar vixilav, rasakvirvelia, Tu ZilSi ar mesizmra.
Cven Zalian gveZneleboda infadusTan ganSoreba. guds ise auCuyda
guli, rom moxuc meomars Tavisi monoklic ki aCuqa (Semdeg aRmovaCineT,
rom erTi monokli kidev hqonoda Semonaxuli).
infadusi aRtacebuli iyo. winaswar icoda, rom am nivTis
patroni
saocrad
amaRldeboda
xalxis
TvalSi.
cotaodeni
wvalebis Semdeg man mainc SeZlo monokli Tvalze miedga.
marTali rom mogaxsenoT, es sulac ar exameboda Zveli meomris
leopardis wamosasxams da siraqlemas frTebis jiRas.
roca davrwmundiT, rom Cvens gamcileblebs Tan sakmarisi wyali da
sanovage wamoeRoT da roca grgvinvasaviT gaisma kameCebis gamosaTxovari
sityvebi, samivem magrad CamovarTviT xeli infaduss da qedidan dabla
daveSviT. es arc Tu ise advili iyo, magram avad Tu kargad, imave dRes,
saRamos, mSvidobianad mivaRwieT dablobs.
_ iciT, _ Tqva ser henrim, roca RamiT kocons vusxediT da Cvens
Tavze wamoyudebul frialo kldeebs SevscqerodiT, _ vfiqrob, dedamiwis
zurgze mravlis umravlesi qveyanaa kukuanelTa mxareze uaresi. iyo dro,
roca Tavs gacilebiT uaresad vgrZnobdi, vidre am ukanaskneli ori Tvis
ganmavlobaSi, Tumca unda giTxraT, rom aseTi saocari ambebi Tavs
arasodes gadamxdenia. Tqven ras ityviT, megobrebo?
_ me mgoni, TiTqmis vnanob kidec, rom im qveynidan wamovediT, _
oxvriT miugo gudma.
me ki gulSi gavifiqre, yvelaferi kargia, rac kargad mTavrdebameTqi. Cemi cxovrebis manZilze, romelic, rogorc mogexsenebaT, savse iyo
faTerakebiT, arasodes vyofilvar ise axlos sikvdilTan, rogorc am
ukanasknel xanebSi viyavi. marto brZola rom momagondeboda xolme,
TaviT fexebamde Jruanteli damivlida, rom aRaraferi vTqva imaze, rac im
dawyevlil ganZsacavSi gadavitaneT.
meore dRes davadeqiT udabnos Znelad saval gzas. Cvens xuT
gamyols blomad mohqonda wyali. Rame cis qveS gavaTieT, meore dRes,
riJraJze ki isev ganvagrZeT gza. mesame dRes, SuadRisas davinaxeT xeebi,
_ Cven win oazisi iyo. mzis Casvlisas ki ukve maRal balaxSi
davabijebdiT da wylis rakraks yurs vugdebdiT.
T a v i
X X
v i p o v e T !
axla ki gadavdivar yvelaze saocar SemTxvevaze Cvens uCveulo
TavgadasavalSi; aqedan SegiZliaT daaskvnaT, ra araCveulebrivi ambebi
xdeba cxovrebaSi.
me odnav gavuswari Cvens Tanamgzavrebs da mSvi dad mivdiodi
nakadulis
piras,
oazisidan
rom
moedineboda
da
udabnos
gavarvarebul qviSaSi ikargeboda. magram uecrad erT adgilas
gavSeSdi, Tvals ar vujerebdi. ociode iardis daSorebiT,
Tvalwarmtac adgilas, CrdilSi, idga patara, koxta qoxi. igi
pirdapir nakaduls gadascqeroda. kafrebi s qoxebis yaidaze iyo
agebuli tirifis dawnuli totebisa da balaxisgan, magram
datanebuli hqonda Cveulebrivi kari da ara viwro saZromi.
`es raRa jandabaa! _ vTqvi CemTvis _ aq qoxs neta ra unda!" verc ki
movaswari amis gafiqreba, rom kari gaiRo da qoxidan koWlobiT gamovida
kaci, mas tyavis tansacmeli ecva. albaT mzem Tu damkra da Wkua amirdamiria-meTqi, gadavwyvite. vicodi, rom arc erT monadires aq fexi
arasodes daedga da, rasakvirvelia, cxovrebiTac veravin icxovrebda.
gaocebisagan TvalebdaWyetili Sevyurebdi am `moCvenebas". is kacic
nakleb gakvirvebuli rodi momCereboda. am dros, sabednierod, ser henri
da gudic mogviaxlovdnen.
_ momismineT, megobrebo, _ mivmarTe maT, _ gons gadavcdi, Tu es
marTla TeTrkaniania?
ser henri da gudic SeaCerdnen ucnobs, romelmac imave wams daiyvira
da Cvenken gamoiqca, magram ramdenime nabijze Sedga da ugrZnoblad
daenarcxa miwaze.
ser henri erTi naxtomiT mis gverdiT gaCnda.
_ RmerTo Cemo, _ wamoiyvira man, _ es xom jorjia!
xmaurze qoxidan meore kacmac gamoixeda, masac tyavis tansacmeli
ecva, xelSi Tofi eWira. isic Cvensken gamoiqca. daminaxa Tu ara,
xmamaRla Sehyvira:
_ makumazan, veRara mcnob? me xom monadire jimi var. Sen rom baass
werili miswere, is damekarga da ukve ori welia aq vcxovrobT.
igi Cem ferxTiT daeca, miwaze goravda da sixaruliT tiroda.
_ ai, Se doylapia, Sena, magisaTvis erTi kargad unda agiWrelos
kacma gverdebi, _ vuTxari me.
amasobaSi is Savwvera grZnobaze movida da wamodga. isa da ser henri
didxans uxmod arTmevdnen erTmaneTs xels, radgan aRelvebisagan sityvas
ver Zravdnen. vfiqrob, warsulSi maT vinme ledis gulisTvis mouxdaT
usiamovneba (Tumca ser henrisTvis amis Taobaze araferi mikiTxavs),
magram ra niadagzec ar unda mosvlodaT ukmayofileba, axla aRaraferi
axsovdaT.
_ Cemo Zvirfaso, _ aRmoxda bolos ser henris, _ megona, cocxali
aRar iyavi. me xom suleimanis mTebis iqiT geZebdi da uceb oazisSi ki
Segxvdi; zRapruli aasvogeli -viT agigia bude.
_ ori wlis winaT mec vcade gadamelaxa suleimanis mTebi, _ Tqva
Savwveram. ise gaubedavad laparakobda, TiTqos mSobliur enaze saubars
gadaeCviao, _ magram aq rom movediT, fexze didi lodi dameca da Zvali
gadamimtvria. siaruli aRar SemeZlo, verc mTebisaken wavedi da verc
kraal sitandaSi davbrundi.
amasobaSi mec mivuaxlovdi maT.
_ gamarjobaT, mister nevil, aRar gaxsovarT?
_ RmerTo Cemo, _ wamoiZaxa man, _ quotermen, nuTu es Tqvena xarT?
rogor, gudic aq aris? xeli momkideT, Tavbru mesxmis, ra ucnauria
yvelaferi es, ra moulodnelad damesxiT Tavs... Tanac swored maSin,
roca sabolood gadamiwyda imedi. ra bednierebaa!
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im saRamos gvianobamde SemovrCiT kocons, jorj kurtisi Tavis
Tavgadasavls gviyveboda; masac bevri ram gamoevlo da gadaetana.
ori wlis winaT gamovida kraal sitandadan im ganzraxviT,
rom suleimanis mTebamde mieRwia. Cemi werili jims daukargavs da
jorjma masze dRemde araferi icoda. magram zangebma miaswavles
da gaemarTa ara dedofal sabias mTebisken, aramed cicabo
qedisken,
Cven
rom
axlaxan
gamoviareT.
es,
rasakvirvelia,
gacilebiT ufro ioli gza iyo, imasTan SedarebiT, moxuci da
silvestras rukaze rom iyo aRniSnuli. udabnoSi mas d a jorjs
didi gaWirveba gamoevloT, magram bolos da bolos mosdgomodnen
am oaziss. aq ki jorj kurtiss mosvlisTanave Tavs dastydomoda
ubedureba. jorji nakadulis piras Camomjdariyo, jimi ki maRal
cicabo napirze acocebuliyo da napralidan gareuli futkris
Tafls iRebda. am futkrebs nestari ara aqvT, amitom jimi
uSiSrad moqmedebda. kldeze rom micocavda, uneblieT didi lodi
SeunZrevia. lodi dagorebula da jorj kurtisisaTvis marjvena
fexi gadaumtvrevia. mas Semdeg Turme Zlier koWlobda da raki
siaruli
uWirda,
gadauwyvetia ,
oazisSi
darCeniliyo
da
Sexvedroda sikvdils, radgan, rom wasuliyo, sul erTia, mainc
daiRupeboda.
saWmeli ar mohklebiaT. tyvia-wamali blomad hqondaT, oazisSi ki
wylisTvis uamravi nadiri modioda. gansakuTrebiT RamiT moawydebodnen
xolme aqaurobas.
Cveni monadireebic maxes ugebdnen an TofiT xocavdnen nadirs.
xorcs saWmelad iyenebdnen, tyavs ki _ Casacmelad, radgan tansacmeli
sul SemoacvdaT.
_ amrigad, _ Tqva dasasruls jorjma, _ TiTqmis ori
weliwadi robinzon kruzosa da paraske vasaviT vcxovrobdiT am
oazisSi; imeds mainc ar vkargavdiT, vfiqrobdiT, rame SemTxvevis
wyalobiT zangi monadireebi movidodnen da aqedan gagviyvandnen,
magram aravin Canda. bolos, swored guSin saRamos, gadavwyviteT,
me aq davrCeniliyav, jimi ki kraal sitandaSi dabrunebuliyo da
maSvelad vinme wamoeyvana. Tumca, marTali unda giTxraT, Zalian
cota imedi mqonda, rom jimi aq isev momakiTxavda. da ai, Sen,
swored Sen, visi naxvis imedic sruliad aRar mqonda, _
miubrunda
igi
ser
henris,
_
uecrad
momevline.
me
ki
darwmunebuli viyavi, rom Sen mSvidad c xovrobdi inglisSi da
didi xania dagaviwyda kidec Cemi arseboba. es metad gasaocari
ambavia da ubednieresi adamiani var, yvelaferi ase kargad rom
dasrulda.
Tavis mxriv ser henrimac uambo Zmas Cveni Tavgadasavali.
saubarSi karga Zalma Ramem gaiara.
_ madloba ufals, _ Tqva jorj kurtisma, _ rom Cemnairi
gamousedagari arsebis garda, kidev ipoveT raRac, rac gadatanil tanjvawamebasa da gaWirvebas aginazRaurebT.
ser henrim gaicina.
_ eg almasebi quotermensa da guds ekuTvnis. Cven piroba davdeT,
rom oriveni
gaiyofdnen mTels nadavlsa da alafs, rasac ki gzaSi
gadaveyrebodiT, an viSovidiT.
am SeniSvnam, cota ar iyos, Camafiqra. guds movelaparake da ser
henris orives saxeliT vTxove aeRo almasebis mesamedi. Tu uars ityviT,
Tqvens wils jorj kurtiss mivcemT, radgan jorji am qvebis gamo yvela
Cvenganze metad dazaralda da daitanja-meTqi, _ vuTxari. didi
gaWirvebiT daviTanxmeT am winadadebaze. jorj kurtisma ki Cveni
gadawyvetileba ufro gvian gaigo.
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vfiqrob, aq unda Sevwyvito Txroba. Cveni gza kraal sitandamde
Zalze Zneli iyo, gansakuTrebiT imitom, rom unda davxmarebodiT jorj
kurtiss. jorjs marjvena fexi Zalze cud mdgomareobaSi hqonda,
drodadro damsxvreuli Zvlis patara natexebic ki gamodioda. magram, ase
iyo Tu ise, udabno mainc gadavlaxeT. dawvrilebiT rom agiweroT Cveni
mogzauroba, iZulebuli viqnebi gavimeoro yvelaferi, rac iqeTobas
gadagvxda Tavs.
sitandaSi Cveni Tofebi da sxva nivTebi xeluxlebeli dagvxvda,
Tumca im beber aramzadas, romelsac wasvlisas yvelaferi CavabareT,
Zalian ewyina, cocxlebi da kargad myofni rom dagvinaxa. eqvsi Tvis
Semdeg yvelani durbanSi, Cems patara saxlSi SevikribeT, sadac axla am
striqonebs vwer. aqedan vemSvidobebi yvelas, vinc Tan maxlda am
araCveulebriv mogzaurobaSi.
P.S.
verc ki movaswari ukanaskneli sityvis dawera, rom Cemi
forToxlis xeivanSi davinaxe kafri. mas orad gaxleCil joxSi werili
gaeCxira. werils ser henri mwerda. rakiRa am patara baraTs Cems naambobTan uSualo kavSiri aqvs, momyavs sityva-sityviT.
b r e i l i - h o l i ,
i o r k S i r i
Z v i r f a s o
q u o t e r m e n
ukanaskneli fostiT sul ramdenime striqoniT mogwereT, raTa
mecnobebina TqvenTvis, rom samiveni _ jorji, gudi da me _ mSvidobiT
CamovediT inglisSi. gadmovediT sauthemptonSi, aqedan ki dauyovnebliv
gaveSureT londons. unda genaxaT, rogor moirTo gudi meore dResve.
guldagul gaiparsa. Caicva SesaniSnavi fraki, romelic xelTaTmaniviT
moadga tanze. SeiZina axali monokli da ase Semdeg da ase amgvarad.
erTxel parkSi davseirnobdiT. iq erTi-ori saerTo nacnobic Segvxvda.
visargeble SemTxveviT da gudis `mSvenieri TeTri fexebis" ambavi
movuyevi.
gudi gacofda... gansakuTrebiT iwyina, rom viRac geslianma
Jurnalistma yvelaferi es ucvlelad dabeWda feSenebelur gazeTSi.
axla ki pirdapir saqmeze gadavdivar! rom gagvego almasebis
Rirebuleba, me da gudma striteris saiuveliro firmas mivmarTeT.
pirdapir meSinia giTxraT, ramdenad Seafases isini. saarako Tanxa
dagvisaxeles. Tanac es Sefaseba miaxloebiTia. gviTxres, ar gvaxsovs,
odesme bazarze aseTi SesaniSnavi da amdeni almasi yofiliyoso.
aRmoCnda, rom garda erTi-ori gansakuTrebiT msxvili qvisa, yvela wminda
wylis aris da arafriT Camouvardeba braziliis saukeTeso briliantebs.
SevTavaze, xom ar iyidiT-meTqi, magram mipasuxes, ver auvalTo, da
gvirCies, nawil-nawil gayideT, rom bazari almasebiT ar aivsoso.
miuxedavad amisa, mainc SemogvaZlies as oTxmoci aTasi girvanqa
sterlingi sul mcire nawilSi.
Tqven inglisSi unda CamoxvideT, quotermen, da Tavad mixedoT am
saqmes. miT umetes, rom Zalas matanT, Cemma Zmam aiRos es Zvirfasi
saCuqari _ mTeli mesamedi almasebisa, romlebic me ar mekuTvnis.
rac Seexeba guds, igi sul gagiJda, mTel dros saxis parsvas da
amao morTva-mokazmvas andomebs. magram vfiqrob, fulata jer kidev ver
daiviwya. amas winaT gamomityda, rac inglisSi Camovedi, fulatasTana
Tvalwarmtaci da tanadi qali arsad Semxvedriao.
Cemo Zvirfaso megobaro, minda samSobloSi CamoxvideT da sadme, Cem
maxloblad dasaxldeT. Tqven sakmaod iSromeT mTeli sicocxlis
manZilze da axla
Zalian mdidari kaci xarT. Cems mezoblad iyideba
mamuli, romelic ueWvelad mogewonebaT. maS, rac ufro male CamoxvalT,
miT ukeTesi iqneba. wigni ki SeiZleba gemzec daamTavroT. Cven aravis
mvuambobT, rac Tavs gadagvxda, vidre Tqven weras ar daamTavrebT, radgan
vSiSobT, mainc ar dagvijereben. Tu Cems rCevas dahyvebiT da saSobaod
CamoxvalT, Zalian gTxovT, pirdapir CemTan moxvideT. im droisTvis Cems
mamulSi iqnebian gudi, jorji da Tqveni vaJic (es imitom, rom Tqven
SegacdinoT da CamogiyvanoT). hari erTxel ukve iyo CemTan, Zalian kargi
STabeWdileba moaxdina. Tqveni vaJi Zalian mSvidi axalgazrdaa.
nadirobisas mTeli gasrola safanti damaxala fexze, mere saTiTaod
amomacala safantebi xorcidan da miTxra, ra bednieri damTxvevaa,
monadireTa Soris eqimi-studentic rom ureviao.
mSvidobiT, Cemo megobaro, mets aRarafers getyviT, magram vici,
ueWvelad CamoxvalT, imisaTvis mainc, rom pativi dasdoT Tqvens
gulwrfel megobars.
henri kurtisi
P.S. uzarmazari spilos eSvebi, im spilosi, sabralo xiva rom
dafliTa, holSi kameCis rqebis Tavze mikidia. is rqebi xom Tqven maCuqeT!
najaxi ki, romliTac Tualas Tavi movkveTe, Cems sawer magidasTan
davkide. ra samwuxaroa, jaWvis perangebi Tan rom ar wamoviReT!
h. k.
dRes samSabaTia. paraskevs ki gemi gadis. vfiqrob, unda visargeblo
kurtisis miwveviT da vestumro ingliss Tundac imisTvis, rom vinaxulo
Cemi hari da, amasTan, wignis dabeWdvazec vizruno, radgan ar minda, es
saqme sxva vinmes mivando.
alan quotermeni
c o t a
r a m
a v t o r z e
1867 wels samxreT afrikaSi, qalaq kimberlis maxloblad, aRmoaCines
almasis qviSrobi.
am aRmoCenas udidesi istoriuli mniSvneloba hqonda qveynisaTvis.
mejoge burebisa da CamorCenili zangi tomebis patriarqalur mxares
CanCqeriviT moaskda avantiuristi spekulantebisa da swrafi gamdidrebis
mosurne saeWvo pirebis nakadi, isini zRapruli siswrafiT iZendnen
qonebas. guSindeli mawanwala dRes ukve milioneri xdeboda.
ingliss, romelmac jer kidev mecxramete saukunis dasawyisSi karga
magrad moikida fexi afrikis samxreTiT _ kapis koloniasa da natalSi,
almasis qviSrobis aRmoCenis Semdeg udidesi interesi aReZra am
materikisadmi. mas ar SeeZlo daeSva, rom es uSreti simdidre sxva vinmes
egdo xelT.
qviSrobi erT-erTi adgilobrivi zangi tomis miwaze imyofeboda. am
teritoriaze Tavis uflebebs acxadebda agreTve burebis oranJis
respublikac.
inglisis
imperializms
mdgomareobidan
gamosavali
mdidarma kolonialurma gamocdilebam ukarnaxa. sakiTxi sul ubralod
gadawyda: 1871 wels inglisis mTavrobam ubrZana kapis gubernators,
daekavebina almasis qviSrobis teritoria.
xuTi wlis Semdeg inglisis mTavrobam am teritoriisaTvis sul
umniSvnelo Tanxa _ 90 aTasi girvanqa sterlingi gadauxada oranJis
respublikas.
daiwyo samxreT afrikis inglisis koloniad gadaqcevis epoqa. igi
aRsavse iyo provokaciebiT, mkvlelobebiT, mSvidobian mosaxleobaze
SeiaraRebuli TavdasxmebiT, erTi tomis meoreze gadakidebiT da sxva.
am koloniuri epopeis, yovel SemTxvevaSi, misi pirveli etapebis
mowme da monawile gaxldaT momavali mwerali _ henri raider hagardi
(1856-1925 ww).
inglisur
aristokratiul
ojaxebSi
ZvelTaganve
arsebobda
tradicia, gaegzavnaT Svilebi koloniebSi, sadac maT unda gaevloT
erTgvari cxovrebiseuli skola. es aucilebeli iyo mmarTveli wreebis
warmomadgenlebisaTvis.
im xanebSi, roca axalgazrda hagardi Tavis karieras iwyebda,
dedamiwis zurgze yvelaze mimzidveli kuTxe samxreT afrika iyo da
cxrameti wlis hagardi 1875 wels gaemgzavra afrikaSi natalis inglisis
gubernatoris piradi mdivnis Tanamdebobaze. am Zalze dakvirvebul,
cnobismoyvare da sxarti gonebis axalgazrdas inglisis koloniebSi
karga xans mouxda yofna. aq gaecno zang tomebs, maT adaT-Cveulebebs,
wesebs; Tavs gadaxda uamravi saintereso ambavi, rac Semdgom Tavis
romanebSi gamoiyena.
1877 wels inglisis mTavrobam xelT igdo transvaali. hagardi am
dros inglisis mTavrobis specialuri rwmunebulis _ Sepstonis _ StabSi
muSaobda. Semdgom ki momavali mwerali transvaalis sasamarTlos
Tavmjdomareobda.
hagardi mowme gaxda imisa, Tu rogor aRdgnen burebi inglisel
dampyrobTa winaaRmdeg, rogor daiwyo ingliselebisa da burebis pirveli
omi (1880-1881 ww.), romelic ingliselebis sruli damarcxebiT damTavrda.
magram amis gamo ingliss srulebiT ar daukargavs interesi
samxreT afrikisadmi. inglisis imperializmi ver Serigeboda
damarcxebas da kvlav da kvlav cdilobda, xelSi Caegdo burebis
miwis wiaRSi Cafluli auracxeli simdidre 1899 wels man
xelaxali omi wamoiwyo burebis winaaRmdeg. miuxedavad imisa, rom
ingliselebs sakmaod Warbi Zalebi hyavdaT, maT ver SeZles,
rogorc
ityvian,
burebis
erTi
xelis
mosmiT
damarcxeba.
inglisisTvis es samarcxvino omi m xolod 1902 wels damTavrda da
burebis damoukidebeli respublikebi inglisis koloniad iqca.
britaneTis
imperializmma
xelT
igdo
almasisa
da
oqros
umdidresi sabadoebi.
inglisSi dabrunebis Semdeg hagardi iwyebs literaturul
muSaobas da 1882 wels aqveynebs wigns `keCvaio d misi TeTri
mezoblebi". amis Semdeg gamosca kidev ori romani, romlebSic
aRwerili iyo inglisis jaris damarcxeba burebTan pirveli omis
dros, magram am wignebma mkiTxveli sazogadoeba didad ver
daainteresa.
hagardis Semdegi romani iyo `solomon mefis saganZuri". es wigni
gamovida 1885 wels da sul ramdenime dReSi moupova avtors saxeli.
axali
romanis
egzom
didi
warmateba,
upirveles
yovlisa,
gamowveuli iyo ingliselebis udidesi interesiT samxreT afrikis da
misi
wiaRiseulis
auracxeli
simdidrisadmi.
TavgadasavalTa
da
simdidris moyvarulebs romani kidev ufro ucxovelebda interess
afrikis saidumloebiT mocul mTebSi dafluli ganZeulis aRweriT.
bevrma gulubryvilo mkiTxvelma mwerlis fantazia sinamdviled
miiCnia. hagards werils werilze swerdnen, emudarebodnen, gaemxila
maTTvis
solomon
mefis
saganZuris
zusti
adgilsamyofeli
da
koordinatebi. erTma TavzexelaRebulma ki moswera: miuxedavad imisa, rom
uars meubnebiT macnoboT, sad aris dafluli is ganZi, me mainc
ganzraxuli maqvs, movawyo eqspedicia, raTa xelT vigdo auracxeli
simdidre.
romans warmateba marto am interesma rodi arguna. es ase rom iyos,
romani mokvdeboda maSinve, rogorc ki Sesustda mkiTxveli sazogadoebis
interesi
samxreT
afrikisadmi.
hagardis
romanSi
cocxloben
damajereblad da naTlad daxatuli gmirebi. dauviwyaria monadiris _
alan quotermenis saxe. aseve siyvaruliTa da simpaTiiT arian daxatulni
misi sxva gmirebic. isini mkiTxvelis guls inadireben TavianTi rainduli,
vaJkacuri xasiaTiT, pirdapirobiT, keTilSobilebiT.
didi interesiT ikiTxeba hagardis istoriuli romanebic: `montesumas
asuli", `aiSa", `mSvenieri margarita". mkiTxvels itacebs romanis gmirTa
saintereso Tavgadasavali, misTvis gasagebi xdeba romanebSi aRwerili
epoqis politikuri da re-ligiuri mimarTulebebi.
hagardis saukeTeso saTavgadasavlo da istoriuli romanebi
uwindeburad izidavs mkiTxvels. isini mraval enazea Targmnili da
gamocemuli.
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