Gi de mopasani lamazi megobari nawili pirveli Tavi pirveli

maS, ase: unda ibrZolos, dambaCiT unda iomos! neta ratom daSna ar airCia? mxarSi an sadme ZvalSi uCxvletdnen da amiT gadarCeboda, tyviaze ki veravinac ver ityvis, sad moxvdeba da rogor gaTavdeba.

`kmara! yoCaRad unda iyo, JorJ dÁurua!~ gaamxneva Tavisive Tavi da sakuTari xmisa SeeSinda. garSemo mimoixeda. Semdeg mixvda, rom nervebi aeSala, erTi Wiqa wyali dalia da dawva. mere sanTeli Caaqro da Tvalebi daxuWa.

Tumca oTaxSi cioda, mainc dascxa da ver daiZina. erTi gverdidan meoreze brunavda, xuTiode wuTs piraRma iwva, mere marcxniv gadatrialda, Semdeg marjvniv gadmobrunda da isev moswyurda. wamoiwia da uceb xelaxla daudegroba moeria: `nuTu meSinia?~ rad uCqrolavda ase gaSmagebiT guli, roca oTaxSi nacnob WraWuns an faCuns mohkravda xolme yurs? roca misi gugula saaTi dasarekad emzadeboda da Wrials iwyebda, JorJi SekrTeboda xolme da ise SeZrwundeboda, haeris CasasunTqad piri ramdenime wams Ria unda hqonoda. Semdeg filosofiurad Seudga msjelobas, marTla SeSinebuli iyo Tu ara?

ra Tqma unda, ara. silaCre ar Sehparvia: gadawyvetili hqonda, am saqmes bolomde mihyoloda, mtkiced hqonda dadgenili — ebrZola da ar SemkrTaliyo. magram, amave dros, gulis Relvam ise dahria xeli, rom dÁuruam Tavis Tavs hkiTxa: `gana SeiZleba, gindodes, SiSs ar daemorCilo da mainc geSinodes?~ da eWvma da mousvenrobam sabolood daria xeli. ra daemarTeba mas, Tu imis nebisyofaze ufro Zlierma Zalam, mourigebelma da uZlevelma Zalam daimorCila igi? diax, ra moxdeba maSin?

ra Tqma unda, barierTan gava: gasvla ukve gadawyvetili aqvs. magram vaiTu swored im dros SekrTes? iqneb gonebac dakargos? da naTlad warmoudga, ra daemarTeboda maSin mis samsaxurs, saxelsa da momavals. uceb Jinianma survilma Seipyro: Tavisi Tavi sarkeSi daenaxa. sanTeli aanTo da, natifad gaCarxul minaSi Tavisi saxis anarekli rom dainaxa, SekrTa: sakuTari Tavic veRar icno; moeCvena, TiTqos Tavisi Tavi arasodes hqonodes nanaxi. Tvalebi uzarmazari hqonda da saxeze zafranis feri edo. cxadia, mkrTali feri, Zalian mkrTali!

anazdad TavSi erTma azrma elvasaviT gahkra: `xval am dros SeiZleba ukve mkvdari viyo~, da guli xelaxla saSinlad auZgerda. loginisken mibrunda da Tavisi Tavi masze cxadad dainaxa: gulaRma iwva loginze. mas, cxedars, iseTive Caweuli pirisaxe hqonda, rogorc mkvdrebs aqvT xolme, xolo xelebis siTeTre aSkarad amtkicebda, rom isini veRarasodes gainZreoda.

Jurnalists Tavisave sawolisa SeeSinda, Tvalis mosarideblad fanjara gamoaRo da gaRma daiwyo cqera. magram, rodesac gayinuli haeri TaviTfexamde moexvia, ukan daixia da ZlivsRa sunTqavda. azrad mouvida, buxari aenTo. nel-nela ukidebda cecxls da ukan veRar ixedeboda. xelebi uTrToda, Tavbru esxmoda, azri aeria, mihqroda da dÁuruas Tavs atkivebda. raRac ucnaur zarxoSs grZnobda, TiTqos nasvami da mTvrali yofiliyos, da ganuwyvetliv Tavis Tavs ekiTxeboda: `ra vqna? rogor moviqce? neta ra damemarTeba?~

da isev siaruls mohyva, Tanac gauTavebliv da uneburad imeorebda: `unda mxned da energiulad moviqce, Zalian energiulad~. Semdeg gaifiqra: `ded-mamas mivwer, Tu vinicobaa, ubedureba SememTxva~...

xelaxla dajda, safosto qaRaldi aiRo da dawera: `Zvirfaso mamilo, Zvirfaso dedilo~. Semdeg gaifiqra, amgvari tragikuli SemTxvevisaTvis aseTi dasawyisi lazRandaroba iqneboda, amitom furceli daxia da meoreze daiwyo:

`Zvirfaso mama, Zvirfaso deda! dRes riJraJze duelSi unda gavide da radgan SeiZleba~...

gambedaoba ar eyo, bolomde daewera, da zeze wamoxta. wamoxta da sulis amaforiaqebeli azric ahyva: `dueli moelis. igi aucilebelia. axla ki ra emarTeba? aki brZola surda. mtkiced hqonda gadawyvetili~. da moeCvena, viTom nebisyofis daWimvis miuxedavad, barierTan misvlis Zalac ki aRar Seswevda.

xangamoSvebiT kbilebs aRrWenda, Cum da xmel xmas aRebinebda da isev Tavis Tavs ekiTxeboda:

`neta Cems mters odesme gamoucdia dueli? dadioda Tu ara sasrolad da savarjiSod? cnobilia Tu ara? ekuTvnis Tu ara karg sazogadoebas?~

aravisgan arasodes misi saxeli ar gaegona, da esec cxadia, dambaCas kargad rom ar isrodes, am saxifaTo iaraRis arCevaze ase advilad, uyoymanod da udavod ar daTanxmdeboda. da dÁurua TviTonve xatavda momaval Sejibrebas: rogor daiWerda Tavs TviTonac da misi mopirdapirec, da azrs Zalas atanda, raTa brZolis yoveli wvrilmanic ki rogorme daenaxa. uceb Tvalwin patara, Rrma da Savi Rru daudga, saidanac sacaa tyvia unda gamovardniliyo.

da dÁurua erTbaSad sazarelma sasowarkveTilebam Seipyro. mTeli tani kankalma aitana da verafriT SeeCerebina. yvirili rom Seemagrebina, kbilebs mZlavrad uWerda, amave dros, giJuri survilic moeria: iatakze davardniliyo, ekotriala, eglija da ekbina. buxris Tavze Wiqas Tvali mohkra da gaaxsenda, rom ganjinaSi didi boTliT arayi hqonda Senaxuli: man aqamde SeinarCuna saldaTuri Cveuleba da yovel diliT erT Wiqas gadahkravda xolme.

boTls xeli dastaca, moiyuda, xarbad dauwyo sma da maSinRa gadadga, roca suli Seugubda. Turme boTlis mesamedi dascala da male iseTi sicxe igrZno stomaqSi, TiTqos cecxli ekidebao. aqedan siTbo mTel tans moedo, gaabrua da dÁuruas sulieri simSvide daubruna. `kargi wamali vipove~, — Tqva da, radgan mTeli sxeuli ewvoda, xelaxla gaaRo fanjara.

susxiani da wynari dila Tendeboda. zeviT, sul zeviT, ganaTebuli zecis siRrmeSi, varskvlavebis xomli TrToda da TiTqos kvdeboda, xolo qveviT, rkinigzis xramSi, mwvane, wiTeli da TeTri saniSno farnebis Suqma daiwyo cimcimi. depodan pirveli orTqlmavlebi gamodiodnen da matareblebisken stveniT midiodnen, meoreni ki sadRac Sors ganmeorebiT kiodnen da mamlebiviT wvrilad da mwvaved uyiodnen erTmaneTs.

dÁurua ki isev Tavisas fiqrobda: `es suraTi me SeiZleba veRarc ki vnaxo~. magram maSinve igrZno, rom sacaa xelaxla atirdeboda Tavis bedze, da mxned uTxra Tavis Tavs: `ho, kmara! sanam mters Sexvdebode, nuraferze nuRar ifiqreb, Tu gsurs yoCaRad dauxvde, yvelaferi amoigde Tavidan!~

da samzadiss Seudga. wvers rom iparsavda, sisustem erTxel kidev gahkra. gaifiqra: `vin icis, iqneb ukanasknelad vixedebi sarkeSi~. erTi ylupi arayi kidev mosva da moemzada. erTi saaTi iyo darCenili. es dro saSinlad mZimed eCveneboda. kuTxidan kuTxemde daborialebda da azris CaxrCobas lamobda. karze rom daakakunes, ise Sexta, kinaRam gulaRma gadavarda.

— droa! — da misi sekundantebi Semovidnen. orives qurqi ecva. rivalma xeli CamoarTva da Tqva:

— cimbiris sicivea, — Semdeg hkiTxa: — gunebaze rogor brZandebiT?

— mSvenivrad.

— simSvide?

— srulebiT gulmSvidad gaxlavarT.

— keTili da patiosani. SeWameT an dalieT rame?

— diax. meti araferi minda.

buarenars am SemTxvevisaTvis ucxoeTis raRac yviTel-mwvane ordeni Camoekida, romelic dÁuruas jer ar enaxa mis mkerdze.

qveviT Cavidnen. etlSi viRac ucxoeli ijda. rivalma daasaxela: `eqimi le-brÁumani~. dÁuruam xeli CamoarTva da wailuRluRa: `gmadlobT~, wina skamze undoda damjdariyo da raRac magars — dambaCebis yuTs daajda.

— aq ara, aq ara, — imeorebda rivali. — duelianti da eqimi rbil alagze dabrZandiT. — dÁurua Zlivs mixvda da eqimis gverdiT Camojda. Semdeg ori sekundantic dajda da etli daiZra. meetlem ukve icoda, sad unda wasuliyo. magram dambaCebis yuTi yvelas aviwroebda, nametnav ki dÁuruas, romelsac erCivna igi sulac ar daenaxa. zurgsukan gadades, magram axla ukan msxdomebs uqletavda zurgebs. mere rivals da buarenars Caudges SuaSi, magram qveviT vardeboda. bolos fexebis qveS damales. Tumca eqimi anegdotebs yveboda, baasi mainc undilad midioda. marto rivali aZlevda pasuxs. dÁuruas Zalian undoda guldinjoba gamoeCina, magram saubris Zafis dakargvasa da sulis foriaqis gamJRavnebas erideboda, Tanac mtanjvel SiSs ebrZoda, kankali ar avardnoda.

etli male gascda qalaqs. cxra saaTi iqneboda. zamTris grili dila iyo. erTi im dilaTagani, roca broliviT magari mTeli buneba krialebs da xramunebs, rodesac TrTvilSi Cacmul mcenareulobas TiTqos yinulis ofli mosdis, roca fexqveS miwas guguni gaaqvs da xmel haerSi odnavi faCunic ki sadRac Sors ibneva, roca lurji ca sarkesaviT prialebs, xolo mbrwyinavi da civi mze sivrceSi dacuravs da moyinul qveyanas gril sxivebs esvris.

rivalma uTxra dÁuruas:

— dambaCebi gastin-renets gamovarTvi. TviTon iman datena. yuTi dabeWdilia. garda amisa, wili unda vyaroT, vis visi dambaCa ergeba.

dÁuruam meqanikurad miugo:

— madlobeli gaxlavarT.

Semdeg rivalma dawvrilebiT daariga: misTvis didi mniSvneloba hqonda, rom dÁurua araferSi ar Semcdariyo da Tavisi sekundantic ar Seercxvina, amitom TiTo darigebas ramdenimejer imeorebda:

da dÁuruac gulSi imeorebda: `roca daiZaxeben: `esroleT~, me xels avwev... roca daiZaxeben: `esroleT~, me xels avwev... roca daiZaxeben: `esroleT~, me xels avwev~... — da ise imeorebda amas, rgorc bavSvi izepirebs xolme gakveTils. imeorebda manam, sanam gaZReboda da mobezrdeboda, radgan surda darigeba tvinSi Rrmad CaeWeda: roca daiZaxeben: `esroleT~, me xels avwev.

etli tyeSi Sevida, marjvniv motrialda da erTxel kidev marjvniv mouxvia. mere rivalma uceb kari gamoaRo da meetles dauZaxa:

— aqeT, ai am gzaze wadiT, — da etlic tyeSi mimaval gzas gahyva. zemoT yinulis foCebiT Semosili mkvdari foTlebi TrToda, dÁurua ki isev Tavisas imeorebda:

`roca daiZaxeben `esroleT!~, me xels avwev~. oh, neta etls rame damarToda, dÁurua im did xifaTs gadurCeboda! oh, neta gamoZvrena SeiZlebodes! ra bednieri iqneboda! neta fexis motexa mainc SeeZlos?!

ager, tafobis boloSi ukve etlsa da oTx kacs mohkra Tvali. oTxive gasaTbobad xel-fexs ibertyavda. dÁuruas imdenad gauZnelda sunTqva, rom iZulebuli iyo, piri gaeRo. etlidan jer sekundantebi Camoxtnen, Semdeg — eqimi, bolos — dÁuruac Camovida. rivalma dambaCebis yuTi aiRo da buarenaris TanxlebiT maTken momavali ucnobebisken wavida. dÁurua xedavda, ranairi TavaziT miesalmnen erTmaneTs, rogor gaiares kordze da rogor aTvalierebdnen xan miwas, xan xeebs, TiTqo iseT rames eZebdnen, rasac an Camovardna, an gafrena SeeZlo. Semdeg nabijebiT miwa mozomes da gayinul miwaSi TavianTi joxebi Zlivs CaarWes, mere isev moiyares Tavi da ise amoZravdnen, TiTqos biWebi raRacas TamaSobeno.

eqimma hkiTxa dÁuruas:

— gunebaze kargad brZandebiT? xom araferi gindaT?

— ara, araferi. gmadlobT.

egona, TiTqos Wkuaze SeSliliyos, TiTqos ZilSi yofiliyos da sizmars xedavdes, an raRac zebunebrivi emarTebodes. eSinoda? SeiZleba... magram ar icoda, radgan aRarc Tavisi esmoda rame, aRarc gareSemosi.

Jak rivali kmayofili dabrunda da Cumad uTxra:

— yvelaferi mzad aris. dambaCebis arCevaSi bedma gagviRima.

dÁuruasaTvis ki yovelive sul erTi iyo. paltos rom xdidnen, ganurCevlad daemorCila. mere jibeebi mouCxrikes, raTa darwmunebuliyvnen, rom Tan qaRaldi an safule ara hqonoda, radgan maT SeeZloT faris magivroba gaewia. dÁurua ki locvasaviT imeorebda gulSi: `roca daiZaxeben: `esroles!~, me xels avwev~.

Semdeg miwaSi CarWobil erT-erT joxTan miiyvanes da dambaCa miawodes. maSinRa SeniSna, rom mis win, sul axlo, patara, Ripiani, meloti da saTvaliani kaci idga. es iyo misi moSuRlari. Zalian kargad xedavda mas, magram mxolod erTs hfiqrobda: `roca damiZaxeben `esroleT!~, me xels avwev da vesvri.

uceb Rrma siCumeSi ise gaisma xma, TiTqos Soridan modioda:

— mzad brZandebiT, batonebo?

— mzad varT! — daiZaxa dÁuruam.

maSin imave xmam SesZaxa:

— esroleT!

dÁuruas meti aRaraferi gaugia, arc daunaxavs, arc Seugnia. imasRa grZnobda, rom xels maRla swevda da saCvenebel TiTs mTeli Zal-RoniT dambaCis fexs aWerda. dambaCis gavardnis xmac ar gaugia. samagierod, lulis boloze avardnili boli dainaxa. mis pirdapir mdgomi kaci isev uZravad idga, da isic dainaxa, rom moSuRlaris Tavzedac Rrublis TeTri qula avarda. orivem gaisrola da duelic damTavrda.

eqimma da sekundantebma dÁuruas tanze xelebi moufaTures da moCxrikes, tanisamosic gauxsnes, Tan mRelvare xmiT ekiTxebodnen:

— daWrili xom ar brZandebiT?

— mgoni, ara var, — uneburad upasuxa.

langremonic uvneblad gadarCa. Jak rivalma ukmayofilod wailaparaka:

— mudam ase emarTeba am wyeul dambaCebs: misi tyvia an moklavs kacs, an ascdeba. saZageli iaraRia!

dÁurua adgilidan veRar daiZra, radgan gaocebiT da sixaruliT dambladacemuli iyo: `gaTavda!~ mas CamoarTves iaraRi, romelic isev xelSi eWira. Jurnalists axla eCveneboda, rom is mzad iyo Tundac mTel laSqars SebrZoleboda. ukve gaTavda! ra bednieria! da sakmao gambedaobas grZnobda, raTa rCeuli msrolelic ki gaewvia brZolaSi.

sekundantebma ramdenime wuTs ilaparakes da oqmis Sesadgenad Sexvedris adgili daniSnes. Semdeg dÁurua da misi megobrebi isev etlSi Casxdnen. kofoze meetle iRimeboda. Semdeg Solti Seatkacuna da cxenebi gareka.

oTxivem bulvarze isadila, Tanac duelze saubrobdnen. dÁuruam Tavisi STabeWdilebani gadmoalaga:

— CemTvis es dueli miqarva iyo, namdvili miqarva. bolos da bolos, albaT, Tqvenc SeniSnavdiT da darwmundebodiT.

— Zalian yoCaRad brZandebodi, — upasuxa rivalma.

Semzadebuli oqmi gazeTSi dasabeWdad dÁuruas Caabares, romelsac Zalian gaukvirda, roca amoikiTxa, viTom TiTos orjer esrolos. odnav SeSfoTda da rivals hkiTxa:

— mgoni, TiTojer gavisroleT.

— diax, TiTojer, — RimiliT upasuxa rivalma. — TiTom TiTojer, maSasadame, sul orjer.

dÁurua dakmayofilda aseTi ganmartebiT da aRar auxirda. beberi valteri gadaexvia:

— vaSa, vaSa! Tqven `safrangeTis cxovrebis~ pativi daicaviT, vaSa!

saRamoze dÁuruam Tavis gamosaCenad didi gazeTebis redaqciaSi da bulvaris mTavar yavaxanebSi Seixeda da ramdenimejer Sexvda Tavis moSuRlars, romelic imave mizniT gamosuliyo. erTmaneTs salami ar misces, magram romelime maTgani rom daWriliyo, urTierTs xels CamoarTmevdnen. orive irwmuneboda, mopirdapiris tyviis zuzuni gavigoneo.

meore dRes, dilis TerTmet saaTze, dÁuruas depeSa mouvida: `RmerTo, rogor meSinoda! dauyovnebliv modi konstantinopolis quCaze. minda mogexvio, Cemo siyvarulo. ra mamaci yofilxar! Tayvans gcem. klo~.

JorJi paemanze wavida. klotilda mklavebSi Cauvarda, Tanac kocnas ayrida da titinebda:

— ooh, Cemo Zvirfaso! rom icode, rogor vRelavdi dRes diliT, roca gazeTebs vkiTxulobdi. miambe, axlave miambe! minda, yvelaferi gavigo.

da dÁuruamac yvelaferi uambo, wvrilmanic ar daaviwyda. klotildam hkiTxa:

— ra saZagel Rames gaatarebdi duelamde!

— sulac ara. mSvenivrad meZina.

— me ki Tvalsac ver movxuWavdi. mere, barierTan? miambe, rogor moxda yvelaferi?

dÁuruam mTeli drama moigona:

— roca oci nabijis manZilze davdeqiT pirispir, e. i. oTxi am oTaxis sigrZis manZilze, Jakma gviTxra, mzada varT Tu ara, da niSanic daiZaxa: `esroleT!~, umalve xeli avwie da zedmiwevniT davumizne. magram Sevcdi, radgan TavSi vumiznebdi. metad magarfexa dambaCa Semxvda, me ki msubuqs var SeCveuli. rom daiWeqa, lulas maRla ahkra. mainc odnav avacdine. is aramzadac kargi msroleli yofila. tyvia kinaRam safeTqelSi momxvda. misma nivmac ki gamkra.

sayvareli muxlebze ejda da JorJi mklavebSi hyavda Caxveuli, Tanac TiTqos TviTonac ganicdida moSuRlaris sifaTs da wamdauwum imeorebda:

— uh, Cemo sacodao! uh, Cemo Zvirfaso! — xolo, roca dÁuruam ambavi daasrula, uTxra: — ici ras getyvi: me uSenod cxovreba ar SemiZlia. minda, mudam gxedavde, es ki ar xerxdeba, radgan Cemi qmari zogjer parizSia xolme. manam Sen adgebode, dildilobiT erTi saaTi Tavisufali dro maqvs da advilad SemiZlia movide da erTxel mainc mogexvio xolme. magram me ara msurs Sens saSinel binaSi mosvla.

— maS ra vqna?

dÁuruas erTma azrma gahkra da hkiTxa:

— ramdens aZlev am binaSi?

— TveSi as franks.

— keTili, am xarjs me vkisrulob da am binaSi gadmovdivar. Cemi Zveli bina Cems axal Tanamdebobas ar SeSvenis.

klotildam cota moifiqra da upasuxa:

— ara, ar minda.

— ratom? — gaocda JorJi.

— imitom...

— eg ra sabuTia! es bina Cemzea gamoWrili, aqa var da aqve vrCebi, — gaicina da daumata: — isic gaixsene, rom es bina Cem saxelzea daqiravebuli.

— ara, ara, ar minda, — axirda klotilda.

— ratom-meTqi?

maSin sayvarelma Cumad da nazad CasCurCula yurSi:

— imitom, rom... aq qalebs moiyvan.

— arasodes! — aRelda JorJi. — patiosan sityvas gaZlev.

— ara mjera. moiyvan.

— geficebi.

— marTla?

— patiosnebas geficebi-meTqi. es Cveni saxli iqneba, mxolod Cveni.

klotildam kinaRam daaxrCo kocniT:

— maS Tanaxma var, Cemo Zvirfaso, magram, icode: Tu momatyue, Tundac erTxel momatyue, Cvens Soris yvelaferi samudamod gaTavdeba, yvelaferi, yvelaferi.

JorJi wrfeli guliT eficeboda. SeTanxmdnen, rom dÁurua imave dRes gadmovidoda, raTa klos mudam SesZleboda Semosvla, roca ki am saxlTan gaivlida. Semdeg klotildam uTxra:

— rac unda iyos, kviras sadilad unda moxvide. Cemi qmari moxibluli gyavs.

— marTla? — moewona JorJs. — ho, imis guli pirvelive naxviT daipyari. ai kidev ras getyvi: Sen meubnebodi, sofelSi gavizardeo, ara?

— agrea. mere?

— maS sasoflo meurneobas mainc unda icnobde.

— ho.

— keTili. ar damaviwydeba.

duelma klotildas nametani sinaze gauRviva da amitom uamravi kocnis SemdegRa wavida.

dÁurua redaqciaSi midioda da fiqrobda: `ra sasacilo arsebaa! namdvili Citis Tavia! vin gamoicnobs, ra unda da ra uyvars! mere ra sasacilo wyvilia! vis mouvida aseTi gasaSterebli azri — is beberi da es qarafSuta SeeuRlebina? neta ra mosazrebis gamo SeirTo batonma inspeqtorma es kudraWa mowafe? aq raRac saidumlo imaleba. vin icis, iqneb siyvarulic iyo?~

bolos gaifiqra: `rac unda iyos, didebuli sayvarelia da udides sisuleles Caviden, Tu odesme xelidan gavuSveb~.
Tavi merve
duelis wyalobiT dÁurua `safrangeTis cxovrebis~ mTavar TanamSromelTa rigSi Cadga, magram radgan uamravi Sroma daxarja rame originaluris mogonebaze da mainc veraferi gaawyo, amitom specialobad Wreli da mediduri msjeloba airCia zneobis dacemis, xasiaTis gafuWebis, patriotizmis Sesustebisa da franguli Rirsebis anemiis (sityva `anemia~ TviTon Seitana sagazeTo werilebSi da amis gamo Zalian amayobda) Sesaxeb.

da roca q-ni de mareli — es TvalsaCino nimuSi damcinavi, skeptikuri da qarafSuta sulisa, rasac `frangul Wkuas~ uwodeben, masxarad igdebda mis tiradebs da erTi mWreli sityviT anadgurebda, JorJi RimiliT eubneboda:

— mere ra! samagierod, momavlisaTvis karg saxels vimzadeb.

axla ukve konstantinopolis quCaze cxovrobda. misi binis gamocvla imaSi gamoixata, rom Cemodani, sawmendi, samarTebeli da saponi gadaitana. axalgazrda qali kviraSi orjer an samjer, diliT adre, JorJis adgomamde, axal binaSi Seirbenda, wuTSi gaixdida da siciviT akankalebuli loginSi Seugordeboda xolme.

Tavis mxriv dÁurua yovel xuTSabaTs masTan sadilobda, qmars elamuneboda da sasoflo meurneobaze esaubreboda. da radgan TviTonac Zalian uyvarda miwa da yovelive, rasac miwasTan hqonda kavSiri, amitom zogjer orives ise gaitacebda xolme saubari, rom sul aviwydebodaT axalgazrda qali, romelic iqve, savarZelSi Tvlemda.

am dros lorinasac eZina xolme, zogjer — mamis, zogjer ki lamazi megobris muxlebze.

da roca Jurnalisti wavidoda, b-ni de mareli darigebis kiloTi ityoda xolme, radgan yovelnair wvrilmanzedac ki amave kiloTi laparakobda:

— Zalian saintereso axalgazrda vaJia, Zalian saintereso da ganviTarebuli.

ukve Tebervlis miwuruli iyo. vinc diliT patara orTvalebs gauvlida, romelsac movaWre dedakacebi miagorebdnen, ukve iis suns Seiynosavda.

dÁuruas caze Rrublis erTi nafleTic ar moCanda. da ai, erTxel, RamiT rom dabrunda, karis qveS Semocurebuli werili ipova. daxeda beWeds da waikiTxa: `kani~. werilSi ewera:

`kani~, vila `Joli~.

`Zvirfaso megobaro! xom gaxsovT Tqveni sityvebi: Cemi imedi gqondeTo? ai, axla iZulebuli var didi daxmareba gTxovoT: Sarli sicocxlis ukanasknel wuTebs ganicdis da aseT dros marto nu damtovebT. Tumca jer kidev dgeba loginidan, eqimma mainc gamafrTxila, erT kvirasac veRar gaZlebso.

me aRarc Rone Semwevs da arc sulis Zala, rom dRedaRam imis sulis Rafvas vadevno Tvalyuri, da zardacemuli vfiqrob momaval ukanasknel wuTebze. aseTi TxovniT SemiZlia marto Tqven mogmarToT: Cems qmars maxlobeli naTesavi aravin hyavs. Tqven misi megobari iyaviT. Sarlma redaqciaSi mogawyoT. gemudarebiT, CamodiT. sxva veRaravin momixmia.
Tqveni erTguli megobari madlena forestie~.
dÁuruas guli ucnaurma grZnobam moicva — ganTavisuflebis, gaxsnili xalvaTobis grZnobam — da Tavis Tavs uTxra: `ra Tqma unda, waval. sawyali Sarli! aseTia yvelas bedi~.

madlenas werili patrons aCvena: romelmac JorJi buzRuniT daiTxova da Tan imeorebda:

— male dabrundiT. saWiro xarT.

meore dRes dÁuruam Tavisi wasvla orive de marels depeSiT Seatyobina, Svid saaTze swrafi matarebliT kanSi wavida da meore dRes, naSuadRevis oTx saaTze, ukve iq iyo.

komisionerma mTis kalTaze aSenebul vilamde miacila, aiyvana TeTri saxlebiT mimobneul naZvnarSi, romelic kanSi iwyeba da JuanSi

Tavdeba.

msaxurma JorJs kari gauRo da miaxala:

— batoni da qalbatoni mouTmenlad mogelian.

— rogor brZandeba Tqveni batoni? — hkiTxa dÁuruam.

— Zalian cudad. didxans veRar gaatans.

JorJi Sevida. pirveli oTaxi vardisferi CiTiT iyo akruli da lurji yvavilebiT dawinwkluli. maRali da ganieri fanjara qalaqs da zRvas gadascqeroda.

— daswyevlos eSmakma, mSvenieri agarakia! neta sad Souloben saamiso fulebs? — waiCurCula JorJma.

kabis Srialma moabruna. qalbatonma forestiem orive xeli gauwoda.

— ra sikeTe miyaviT, rom Txovna SemisruleT!

da uceb gadaexvia. mere erTmaneTi SeaTvalieres, madlena odnav gamxdari da gafiTrebuli iyo, magram winandeliviT qorfa ieri hqonda, TiTqos ufro ganazebuliyo da galamazebuliyo.

— Sarli saSinelebad gadaiqca, — waiCurCula madlenam. — grZnobs, rom misi dReni daTvlilia da sazarlad mawvalebs. ukve Sevatyobine Tqveni Camosvla. sad aris Tqveni Cemodani?

— sadgurze davtove: ar vicodi, romel sastumroSi mirCevdiT dabinavebas, rom axlo vyofiliyavi TqvenTan.

madlena Seyoymanda da upasuxa:

— amave vilaze dabinavdebiT. oTaxi ukve gavamzadebine. SeiZleba uceb gardaicvalos, da Tu es ubedureba Rame moxda, me marto viqnebi. bargs axlave movatanineb.

— rogorc geneboT, — da Tavi daukra.

— axla ki zeviT adiT.

dÁurua gahyva. madlenam meore sarTulze SeaRo kari da JorJma dainaxa: fanjarasTan savarZelSi cocxali leSi zis — sabnebSi gaxveuli da Camavali mzis Suqisgan jigariviT gawiTlebuli. zis da dÁuruas Sescqeris. JorJma Zlivs icno, ufro ki mixvda, rom misi megobari iyo.

oTaxSi eTeris, fisis da wamlebis Semawuxebeli suni idga — mZime da gaurkveveli suni oTaxisa, sadac Wleqiani sunTqavs xolme.

forestiem nela da gaWirvebiT aswia xeli.

— Zlivs ar Camoxvedi! — Tqva, — momakvdavis sanaxavad Camoxvedi, ara? gmadlobT.

dÁuruam naZaladevad gaicina:

— momakvdavisa? sasiamovno araferia. amis sanaxavad kanSi Camosvla ar Rirda. ubralod, Sens sanaxavad da cota dasasveneblad Camovedi.

— dajeqi, — waiCurCula forestiem, Tavi Caqindra da Savma fiqrebma moicva. swrafad, xSirad sunTqavda da drogamoSvebiT kvnesoda, TiTqos surda, Tavisi tanjva sxvebisTvisac gaexsenebina.

forestie rom dadumda, madlena fanjarasTan mivida, JorJs Tavis qneviT cis tatnobze miuTiTa da uTxra:

— SexedeT, ra lamazia!

agarakebiT mofenili mTis kalTebi qalaqamde eSveboda, romelic zRvis napiras naliviT gadaSliliyo. marjvniv is navsayudels mihkroda, romelsac Zveli qalaqi da Zveli koSki dahyurebda, xolo marcxniv lorenis kunZulebTan Tavdeboda. es kunZulebi lurj midamoze dawinwklul or wertils emsgavseboda da imdenad Txeli iyo, rom or uzarmazar wyalSi mocurave foTols hgavda.

Sors, Zalian Sors, yures miRma, TiTqos horizonts Camoefarao, kriala cis fonze moCanda saucxoo, zRapruli silamazis mocisfro jaWvi moxrili, mrgvali, daklaknili da wvetiani mTebisa, romelic piramidis msgavsi maRali, frialo kldiT mTavrdeboda.

daburuli mwvervalebis zemoT ki TvalismomWrelad gadaWimuliyo cecxlisferi ca.

dÁurua moixibla mzis Casvlis am didebuli sanaxaobiT. — ho! es marTlac rom umSvenieresi ramaa! — waiCurCula man, sxva ufro xatovani sityva ver monaxa Tavisi aRfrTovanebis gamosaTqmelad.