Gi de mopasani lamazi megobari nawili pirveli Tavi pirveli

foriaqi nel-nela daiwynara, magram aSlil grZnobas jer kidev ebrZoda da fiqrobda: `yvela qali garyvnilia. unda gamoiyeno, magram arasodes Seni Tavi savsebiT ar unda dauTmo mas~.

sulieri simware lamobda, gareT gamofeTqiliyo, da dÁu-rua gadmosaskdomad Semzadebul zizRsa da siZulvilis sityvebs Zlivs imagrebda. magram guls ilagmavda da TavisTavs ajerebda: `es qveyana Zlierebs ekuTvnis, saWiroa mec Zlieri viyo da yvelaferze maRla vidge~.

etli sakmaod swrafad midioda.

sangrebs gascda. dÁu-rua win, caSi xedavda raRac mowiTalo sinaTles, romelic uzarmazari quris Suqs hgavda. Tanac raRac bundovani, Rrma da ganuwyveteli guguni esmoda. mas erToda uamravi mravalnairi xma, raRac yru, axlobeli da Tan Soreuli xmauri, uzarmazari sicocxlis idumali feTqva — sunTqva parizisa, romelic zafxulis am Rames daRlilobisagan uilajo da qancmileuli iyo.

JorJi fiqrobda: `ra sisuleles Cavdivar, rom amis gamo sisxls viSrob! yvela Tavis TavisTvis cxovrobs. gamarjveba mamacs ekuTvnis, egoizmi yvelaferia. egoizmi pativmoyvareobis da fulis saqmeSi ufro maRla dgas, vidre egoizmi qalis da siyvarulis saqmeSi~.

qalaqis SesasvlelTan `etualis~ triumfaluri TaRi gamoCnda urCxulis or fexze idga da sazarel, uSno da brge gigants hgavda, romelic mzad iyo mis winaSe gaSlil farTo gzaze gadmoelajebina da wamosuliyo.

JorJi da madlena isev etlebis nakadSi moxvdnen, etlebs axla mdumare da Caxveuli qal-vaJebi Sinisken, sanetaro loginisken mihyada. col-qmars eCveneboda, TiTqos maT gverdiT sixaruliT, siamiTa da bednierebiT damTvrali mTeli kacobrioba mihqroda.

axalgazrda qalma albaT, gumaniT miagno qmris mqenjnav fiqrebs da Tavisi rbili xmiT hkiTxa:

— geTayva, gamagebine, raze fiqrob? naxevari saaTi iqneba, erTi sityvac ar giTqvams.

qmarma RreWiT miugo:

— me am sulelebze vfiqrob, axla rom hkocnian da exvevian erTmaneTs, da Cems Tavs veubnebi: RmerTmani, cxovrebaSi amis garda sxva ramec moipoveba-meTqi.

colma waiCurCula:

— ho... magram zogjer esec kargia,

JorJi cxovrebas weRandeliviT poetur samosels xdida da TiTqos gamwarebuli braziT ambobda: `ra tutuci var, rom ukanasknel dros sircxviliT vitanjebi, Cems Tavs siamovnebas vakleb, vRelav, vcodvilob da suls viwewav?~ TavSi foresties saxem gaurbina da sulac aRar gaaRiziana. kidevac moeCvena, TiTqos Serigebuliyvnen, damegobrebuliyvnen, da survili hqonda daeZaxa:

`gamarjoba, Zvelo megobaro!~

dumiliT SeSfoTebulma madlenam hkiTxa:

— iqneb Sin dabrunebamde tortonis SevuaroT da nayiniT gavgrildeT?

dÁu-ruam gverdulad gaxeda da romeliRac kafe-Santanis Suqze — airis farnebis Zlier sinaTleze — mkafiod dainaxa misi Txeli, qera qalis Txeli, unaklo saxe, dainaxa da gaifiqra: `lamazia, miT ukeTesi. rogoric alxana, iseTi Calxanao, Cemo keTilo. magram aba amas iqiT Seni gulisTvis gamajavron, dedas vutireb!~ da Semdeg upasuxa:

— ra Tqma unda, genacvale, SeviaroT, — da madlenas rom misi fiqri ar gamoecno, akoca.

axalgazrda qals qmris tuCebi yinuliviT civi eCvena. etli kafes win Sedga. JorJma cols xeli miawoda, madlenam CamoarTva da Tavisi Cveulebrivi RimiliT gauRima.
Tavi mesame
meore dRes, redaqciaSi rom Sevida, dÁu-rua pirdapir buarenarTan mivida:

— Zvirfaso Ìmegobaro, — uTxra, — gTxov, samsaxuri gamiwio. erTi xania, zog vaJbatons sasiamovnod miaCnia, forestie damiZaxos. es masxroba mombezrda. iqneb damavalo da es vaJbatonebi gaafrTxilo: vinc aseT oxunjobas kidev gabedavs, silas gavawnav. mere TviTonve gansajon, Rirs Tu ara es xumroba duelSi gasvlad. Sen imitom mogmarTe, rom dinji kaci xar, SegiZlia usiamovneba agvacilo Tavidan, da kidev imitom, rom Cemi sekundanti iyavi.

buarenarma es davaleba ikisra. dÁu-rua saqmeze gavida da erTi saaTis Semdg dabrunda. aRaravis misTvis forestie ar dauZaxnia. Sin rom dabrunda, sastumrodan qalebis xma moesma da ikiTxa:

— vin arian?

msaxurma miugo:

— qalbatoni valteri da qalbatoni de mareli.

guli odnav aufancqalda, Semdeg gaifiqra: `aba, vnaxoT~, da kari SeaRo.

klotilda buxarTan, kuTxeSi ijda da fanjridan SemoWrili sinaTlis sxivebSi iyo gaxveuli. JorJs moeCvena, TiTqos mis danaxvaze nasayvarlevi odnav gafiTrda. diu-rua jer q-n valters miesalma, mere mis qaliSvilebs, romelnic dedis gverdiT darajebiviT isxdnen, Semdeg klotildasken gaemarTa da gamowvdili xeli raRac sxvanairad CamoarTva, TiTqos eubneboda: `isev uwindeburad miyvarxaro~. klotildamac aseTive xelmoWeriT upasuxa.

dÁu-ram hkiTxa:

— rogor brZandebiT? mas aqeT, rac ukanasknelad gnaxeT, mTeli saukune gavida.

nasayvarlevma lazRandarulad upasuxa:

— me Zalian kargad gaxlavar. Tqven rogor gikiTxoT, lamazo megobaro? — madlenas miubrunda da daumata: — nebas maZlev, uwindeliviT lamazi megobari vuwodo?

— ra Tqma unda, Cemo Zvirfaso. yvelafris nebas gaZlev, rasac ki moisurveb.

da mis sityvebs geslis odnavma Crdilma Caurbina.

q-ma valterma sityva erT saRamo-seirnobaze Camoagdo, romelsac Jak rivali Tavis martoxela binaze marTavda. warCinebul qalTa TandaswrebiT didi farikaoba unda mowyobiliyo. q-ni valteri ambobda:

— didi seiri iqneba. magram Zalian Sewuxebuli var imis gamo, rom gamcilebeli aravina myavs. Cemi qmari swored am dros ar iqneba parizSi.

dÁu-ruam umal Tavisi Tavi SesTavaza. q-ni valteri siamovnebiT daeTanxma. me da Cemi qalebi didi madlobeli viqnebiT.

JorJma umcros qals gadaxeda da gaifiqra: `ara uSavs ra. RmerTmani, es suzana koxta qalia~. suzana msubuq dedofalas hgavda: Zalian patara da turfa qera qali iyo, wvrili weli, viwro TeZoebi da Txeli mkerdi hqonda. molurjo Tvalebs minanqari gadahkravda, TiTqos mxatvris mier gulmodgined da saucxood iyo moxatuli. kani metad TeTri, sipi, mbrwyinavi da uzado, magram, amave dros, uferuli hqonda, Tma — dakululebuli da apentili, magram apentili marjved, msubuqad, momxiblavi RrubeliviT. amave dros, igi kacs moagonebda didi da lamazi dedofalas Tmas. aseT dedofalas xSirad SexvdebiT quCaSi pawawa qaliSvilebis xelSi, romelnic TavianT saTamaSoebze ufro dablebi arian xolme.

ufrosi da roza imdenad uSno da ulamazo iyo, rom, Cveulebriv, aseT qals arc vinme amCnevs xolme, arc esaubreba da masze arc sazogadoebaSi laparakoben.

deda wamodga da dÁu-ruas miubrunda:

— maS, Tqveni imediT viqnebi, xuTSabaTs, or saaTze.

manac miugo:

— ueWvelad.

wavida Tu ara, q-ni de marelic wamodga:

—naxvamdis, lamazo megobaro, — da xeli mZlavrad mouWira. JorJs es Cumi aRiareba gulSi moxvda da uceb uwindeli nazi talRa moawva, mimzidveli talRa am patara qarafSuta burJua qalisadmi, romelsac nasayvarlevi SesaZlebelia marTla uyvarda, da gaifiqra: `xvalve Sevixedav~.

marto rom darCnen, madlenam qmars Tvali TvalSi gauyara, mxiarulad gaucina da uTxra:

— gana ver xvdebi, rom Sen q-n valters namdvili siyvaruli Caunerge?

qmarma undoblad miugo:

— kargi, Seni Wirime, aba ra saTqmelia!

— damijere, agrea, giJuri aRtacebiT laparakobda Senze. aman Zalian gamaoca. mas surs, Tavis qalebs ori SenisTana saqmro uSovos. sabednierod, aseTi aRmafrena misTvis saxifaTo ar aris.

qmarma ver gaigo:

— rogor Tu saxifaTo ar aris.

madlenam rwmeniT miugo, im dedakacis rwmeniT, romelmac icis, rasac laparakobs:

— qalbatoni valteri im qalebis ricxvs ekuTvnis, viszedac cuds verafers ityvi, xom gesmis, verafers saTakilos, verc erT sityvas, verasodes. yovelmxriv unakloa. mis qmars CemsaviT kargad icnob, magram misi coli sul sxva vinmea. marTalia, sakmaod itanjeba imis gamo, rom ebraels misTxovda, magram mainc namusi da erTguleba Seunaxa. Zalian patiosani qalia.

dÁu-ruas gaukvirda:

— me ki valteris colic ebraeli megona.

— marTla? sulac ara. wminda madlenas ubnis yvela saqvelmoqmedo jgufis Tavmjdomarea, jvaric eklesiaSi daiweres. is ki ar vici, qmari moinaTla, Tu samRvdeloebam wauyrua.

JorJma waiburtyuna:

— hoo?.. maS, Sen ambob... ambob, viTom Sevuyvardi?

— ueWvelad, Zalian Seuyvardi. coli rom ara gyoloda, girCevdi, geTxova... suzana geTxova. xom sjobia rozas?

qmarma ulvaSis grexiT upasuxa:

— hm... SeiZleba dedasac gavuarSiydeT.

madlena gawyra:

— ici, ras getyvi, Cemo kargo? Tu dedaze Cafiqrdi, gamarjvebas gisurveb. misi ar meSinia. im xnisa ar aris, roca suls pirvelad waiwymeden xolme. ufro adre unda daewyo.

JorJma gaifiqra: `nuTu marTla SemeZlo, suzana SemerTo? — mxrebi SeiSmuSna da TavisTvis daumata: `ra sisulelea! gana mamamisi odesme momcemda Tanxmobas?~

mainc gadawyvita, yuradRebiT edevnebina Tvali, Tu rogor moepyroboda mas q-ni valteri. imaze arc ki fiqrobda, Tu ra sargeblobas gamoitanda aqedan.

mTeli saRamo klotildas siyvarulis mogoneba ar Sordeboda da es mogoneba erTsa da imave dros sinaziTac iyo savse da vnebiTac. moagonda misi oxunjoba, kudraWoba, gaaxsenda maTi xetiali Ramis duqan-kabareebSi, da imeorebda:

`RmerTmani, Zalian sandomiania, Zalian mimzidvelia. ho, xval waval da vnaxav~.

da meore dResve, samxris Semdgom marTla wavida verneilis quCaze. imave moaxlem gauRo kari. moaxles lazRandarulad hkiTxa:

— rogor brZandebiT?

man miugo:

— Zalian kargad.

da sastumroSi Sevida. iq viRacis mouqneli xeli pianinoze savarjiSos ukravda. lorina gamodga. JorJi moeloda, rom bavSvi kiserze moexveoda, magram patara qali qalbatoniviT wamodga, medidurad daukra Tavi da amayad gavida.

dÁu-rua gaocebas iyo imis gamo, rom bavSvs Seuracxyofili qaliviT eWira Tavi. klotilda Semovida. JorJi xelze emTxvia.

— neta icodeT, ramdeni vifiqre Tqvenze! — uTxra dÁu-ruam.

— mec, — miugo nasayvarlevma.

dasxdnen. erTmaneTs TvalebSi umzerdnen da xvevnis surviliT iwvodnen.

— Cemo Zvirfaso klo, isev miyvarxarT.

— mec miyvarxarT.

— maS... maS... Zalian ar miwyrebodi?

— ho, da arc... jer Zalian metkina guli, magram mere davijere, rom marTali iyavi, da Cems Tavs vuTxari: `eh, isev damibrundeba. dRes Tu ara, xval mainc dabrundeba-meTqi~.

— ver gavbede dabruneba, radgan ar vicodi, rogor damixvdebodi. ver gavbede, magram Zalian mindoda. marTla, erTi miTxari, lorinas ra daemarTa? salami Zlivs momca da gajavrebuli gavida.

— ar vici. magram rac coli SeirTe, Senze xma veRar gamicia. mgoni, namdvilad eWvianobs imis gamo, rom coli SeirTe.

— ras ambob!

— damijere, marTals geubnebi. Sen lamaz megobars ki ar geZaxis, aramed foresties.

dÁu-rua gawiTlda, magram mere klotildasken miiwia:

— tuCebi!

klotildam tuCebi Seageba.

— sad SeiZleba vnaxoT erTmaneTi? — hkiTxa JorJma.

— isev... isev iq... konstantinopolis quCaze.

— rao? maS Cemi bina gaqiravebuli ar aris?

— ar aris... isev me daviqirave.

— Sen daiqirave?

— ho, radgan vicodi, rom damibrundebodi.

JorJs gulze amayi sixaruli moawva. maS, am dedakacs marTla hyvarebia is, — namdvili, erTguli da uRrmesi siyvaruliT hyvarebia. da waiCurCula:

— Tayvansa gcem, klo, — mere hkiTxa: — Seni qmari rogor aris?

— Zalian kargad. erT Tves dahyo aq da mxolod guSin wavida.

dÁu-ruam sicili veRar Seimagra:

— maS droze mouswria wasvla!

man gulubryvilod upasuxa:

— droze wvida, magram xom ici, arc maSin gviSlida xels, roca aq iyo xolme.

— egec marTalia. saerTod, mSvenieri adamiania.

— miTxari, axla rogora xar?

— arc kargad, arc cudad. Cemi coli megobrobas miwevs, namdvili mokavSirea.

— meti araferi?

— meti araferi... siyvaruli ki...

— Zalian kargad mesmis, magram mainc mSvenieri qalia.

— ho, magram... ver maRelvebs, — kidev miiwia da CurCuliT hkiTxa: — maS rodis gnaxo?

— Tugind... Tundac xval, Tu ginda.

— maS xval iyos. or saaTze?

— orze.

JorJi wasasvlelad wamodga da morcxvad uTxra:

klotildam nazad daukocna xelebi da uTxra:

— ise moiqec, rogorc gindodes, me isic meyofa, rom aqamde Sevinaxe da xelaxla SegviZlia imave binaze vnaxoT xolme erTmaneTi.

dÁu-rua srulebiT kmayofili wavida. fotografis gverdiT rom gaiara, CarCoSi didTvala da sruli dedakacis suraTi dainaxa, romelmac q-ni valteri gaaxsena. `ara uSavs ra, — gaifiqra, — arc imdenad moberebulia. neta rogor moxda, rom aqamde ver SevamCnie? neta vicode, rogor momeqceva xuTSabaTs saRamo-seirnobaze?~

xelebs ifSvnetda da, Sinagani sixaruliT aRsavse, Tavisi gziT mialajebda, Tanac yvela Tavisi gamarjveba uxaroda _ uxaroda xelmarjve kacis egoisturi sixaruliT da im nazi siamiT, romelsac qalis mxurvale guli hqmnis, roca igi Cvens pativmoyvareobas ulaqucebs da aforiaqebul Jins gviklavs xolme.

xuTSabaTi rom dadga, JorJma madlenas hkiTxa:

— Sejibrebaze ar wamoxval, rivalis binaze rom imarTeba?

— ara, araviTari xalisi ara maqvs. isev deputatebis palataSi waval.

da radgan saucxoo dari idga, dÁu-rua valteris binaze Ria etliT wavida. q-ni valteri rom dainaxa, imdenad lamazi da axalgazrda eCvena, rom gaocda. mkerdamoWrili Ria feris kaba ecva, yviTeli arSiebis qveS savse ZuZuebi gamosWvioda, dÁu-ruas igi arasodes enaxa aseTi umWknari. dinji da TiTqmis mkacri saxe da ori Svilis dedis mixra-moxra hqonda. amis gamo mamakacebi TiTqmis ar amCnevdnen mas. garda amisa, laparakSi mxolod cnobil, sayovelTao da zomier azrebs gamoTqvamda xolme, radgan yvela misi azri iyo gonieri, meToduri, sanimuSod dalagebuli da yovelgvar ukiduresobas moklebuli.

misi qaliSvili suzana vardisferi kabiT iyo da vatos gakrialebul suraTs hgavda, xolo ufrosi — gamzrdels an gadias, romelsac davalebuli hqonda am qalisTvis, saTamaSosaviT lamazi qalisaTvis, Tvalyuri edevnebina.

rivalis binis karebTan etlebis grZeli rigi idga. dÁu-ruam q-n valters xeli miaSvela da Camoiyvana.

es Sejibreba parizis meeqvse ubnis obolTa sasargeblod imarTeboda, romelTac mzrunvelobas `safrangeTis cxovrebis~ maxlobeli deputatebis da senatorebis colebi uwevdnen.

q-ni valteri mosvlas da Tavisi qaliSvilebis moyvanas dahpirda, magram diasaxlisobaze uari ganacxada: Tavis saxels mxolod samRvdeloebis mier gamarTul saqvelmoqmedo saqmeebs aTxovebda xolme, da amas imitom ki ar sCadioda, rom morwmune iyo, aramed imitom, rom, misi azriT, ebraelis coloba religiuri movaleobis SesrulebaSi misgan metad did simkacres moiTxovda, xolo Jurnalistis mier gamarTul am saRamos respublikuri xasiaTi hqonda da SeiZleboda vinmes antiklerikaluric mosCveneboda.

jer kidev sami kviris win sxvadasxva mimarTulebis gazeTebSi daaxloebiT aseTi Sinaarsis SeniSvna iyo dabeWdili:

`Cvens pativcemul Tanamokalmes, b-n Jak rivals maxvili da adamianuri azri mouvida: parizis meeqvse ubnis obolTa sasargeblod b-ni rivali Tavis martoxela binaze, mSvenier safarikao darbazSi, did Sejibrebas marTavs daSnebiT.

`misapatiJebel baraTebs gzavnian q-ebi laluagi, remonteli, risoleni, senatorebis da cnobili deputatebis meuRleni, q-ebi laroS-matie, perseroli, firmeni. Sesvenebis dros Semowiruleba mogrovdeba da mTeli Tanxa dauyovnebliv meeqvse ubnis mers an mis warmomadgenels gadaecema~.

aseTi SeniSvna udrida uzarmazar reklamas, romelic marjve Jurnalistma moigona.

Jak rivali stumrebs uxvdeboda Sesaval karTan, sadac msubuqi sasadilo iyo gamarTuli. es xarji saerTo Semosavals unda gaestumrebina. maspinZeli stumrebs esalmeboda da Semdeg Tavazianad uCvenebda patara kibes, romelic sardafSi Cadioda, saca safarikao da sasroli darbazi iyo gamarTuli, Tanac eubneboda:

_ qveviT, batono, qveviT mibrZandiT. Sejibreba sardafSi moxdeba.

Tavisi gamomcemlis coli rom dainaxa, ficxlav dauxvda, Semdeg dÁu-ruas mimarTa:

— gamarjoba, lamazo megobaro!

mas gaukvirda:

— vin giTxraT, rom...

rivalma Seawyvetina:

— qalbatonma valterma. es saxeli Zalian momwons.

q-ni valteri gawiTlda:

— marTalia, gamovtydebi da mogaxsenebT: ufro axlo rom gicnobdeT, mec lorinasaviT am saxels giwodebdiT. Cemi azriT, es saxeli zedgmoWrilia Tqvenze.

dÁu-ruam gaicina:

— gTxovT, agre miwodoT, qalbatono, nu momeridebiT.

man Tvalebi daxara:

— ara, Cven jer saamisod ver vicnobT erTmaneTs.

JorJma CurCuliT miugo:

— SeiZleba imedi viqonio, rom davmegobrdebiT?

— vnaxoT, — miugo man.

da viwro kibisken wavidnen, romelic airis farniT iyo ganaTebuli. dRis sinaTlidan uceb airis yviTel Suqze gadasvla gulSesaRonebeli iyo, xveul kibeze ukve sardafis suni idga, suni nestis, daobebuli kedlebis, romelnic mxolod am dRisTvis iyo gamomSrali; suni sakmevlis, romelic eklesias gagaxsenebdaT, da bolos suni nelsasuneblis, lÁubenis odekolonis, verbenis, iisa da irisis.

qvevidan guguni da Segulianebuli xalxis Relva ismoda.

mTeli sardafi ganaTebuli iyo airisa da venetikuri farnebis kriala larebiT. es larebi Camaluli iyo mwvane foTlianSi, romelic qvis kedlebs vaziviT exveoda.

yvelgan totebi moCanda. Weric ki gvimriT iyo Semkuli, xolo iatakze foToli da yvavilebi uxvad iyo gabneuli.

yvela ambobda, saucxood aris mogonili da mSvenieri ram gamovidao. sardafis ukana kuTxeSi Sejibris monawileTaTvis patara estrada gaemarTaT, xolo iqve, orive mxareze, msajTaTvis skamebis rigi idga.

sardafi savse iyo skamebiT, TiTo rigSi aTi skami idga. sul orasi iqneboda, xolo mowveulTa ricxvi oTxass udrida.

axalgazrda vaJebi estradis win idgnen safarikao tanisamosSi gamowyobilebi, xmel-xmelebi, werwetebi, grZeli xelfexianebi da ulvaSagrexilebi. sazogadoebaSi maTi saxeli da gvari ismoda, farikaobis yvela saxelovan moRvaweze uTiTebdnen — diletantebzec da specialistebzec. maT irgvliv viRac serTukiani vaJbatonebi idgnen _ axalgazrdebic da xnierebic. etyobodaT, mofarikaveTa Sinaurebi unda yofiliyvnen.

es vaJbatonebi kidevac cdilobdnen, rom isini yvelas daenaxa, ecno, daesaxelebina, radgan isini namdvili ostatebi da dRevandeli Sejibrebis eqspertebi iyvnen.

TiTqmis yvela skamze qalebi isxdnen, romelnic sardafs kabebis SrialiT da CurCuliT avsebdnen, Tanac maraoebs aniavebdnen, TiTqos TeatrSi yofiliyvnen, radgan foTliT Semosil gvirabSi ukve abanosaviT dacxa.

viRac oxunji drogamoSvebiT yviroda:

_ orSadi, limonaTi, ludi!

q-ni valteri da misi qaliSvilebi pirvel rigSi dasxdnen, adgilebi windawinve hqondaT miCenili, dÁu-ruam daabinava, wasvla daapira da Cumad Tqva:

— iZulebuli var, Tavi daganeboT, radgan mamakacebs jdoma akrZaluli aqvT.

q-ma valterma gaubedavad miugo:

— me minda, rom Tqven CemTan iyoT, monawileTa gvarebs damisaxelebdiT. Cem skamTan dadeqiT. aravis ar SeawuxebT. — nazi da didi TvalebiT umzerda da imeorebda: — darCiT-meTqi... CvenTan darCiT, batono...…batono... lamazo megobaro. Tqveni Tavi dagvWirdeba.

man miugo:

— gemorCilebiT... siamovnebiT gemorCilebiT, qalbatono.

yoveli mxridan ismoda:

— Zalian kargia...…mSvenieri darbazia.

am mrgvalTaRa sardafs JorJi mSvenivrad icnobda. is dila gaaxsenda, romelic aq duelis win gaatara, is dila, roca marto darCa TeTri qaRaldis niSis win, romelic mas siRrmidan saSineli da veeba TvaliviT umzerda.

kibeze Camomavalma Jak rivalma daiZaxa:

— qalbatonebo, axlave daiwyeba!

estradaze eqvsi kaci avida da eqspertebis skamebze dajda. raTa TavianTi mkerdebi ufro aSkarad gamoeCinaT, eqvsives serTuki viwrod hqonda mowkepili.

darbazSi umalve gaisma saxelebi: msajTa Tavmjdomare, generali de renaldi — didulvaSiani patara kaci; mxatvari Jozef rude — grZelwvera, veeba meloti kaci; mateo de ÁuJari, simon ramonseli, pier de karveni, sami koxta axalgazrda vaJi da farikaobis profesori gaspar merleroni.

sardafis orive mxareze ori warwera gamoCnda: marjvniv ewera: `b. krevkeri~, xolo marcxniv: `b. plÁumo~.

orive farikaobis maswavlebeli iyo — orive kargi, magram meore rigisa. oriveni estradaze gamovidnen. gamxdrebi iyvnen da samxedro ieri hqondaT, magram maTi moqniloba sanimuSod ver CaiTvleboda. erTmaneTs meqanikurad daukres Tavi da Sejibri daiwyes. tilosi da TeTri tyavis tanisamosi ecvaT da tikinebis Teatridan mosul saoxunjo saldaTebs hgavdnen, romelnic mxolod masxrobisTvis farikaoben xolme.

drogamoSvebiT ismoda: `moxvda!~ da eqvsive msaji ostatis ieriT xrida Tavs. xolo sazogadoeba mxolod or marionets xedavda, romelic moZraobda da xelebs iSverda. xalxs farikaobisa araferi esmoda, magram mainc kmayofili iyo. es ori ubralo kaci xelmarjve mofarikaved da, ratomRac, sasacilod eCveneboda, aqa-iq gaixsenes xis moWidaveni, romlebic saaxalwlod bulvarebze iyideba xolme.

isini rom gavidnen, maTi alagi umal b. plantonma da b. karipenma daiWires, erTi samxedro mofarikave iyo, xolo meore — samoqalaqo. plantoni juja kaci iyo, karipeni — metad sruli da saSiSi, rom igi pirvelive dakvriT buStiviT ar gaexeTqaT. yvelani icinodnen, plantoni maimuniviT daxtoda, karipeni mxolod xels amuSavebda, xolo misi tani, sisrulis gamo, uZravad idga. yovel xuT wuTSi igi ise mouxeSavad da mZimed utevda, TiTqos Tavis sicocxleSi yvelaze energiulad axla moZraobda. marTlac, pozis Secvla Zalian uZneldeboda.

mcodneni amtkicebdnen, metad mtkiced da mkafiod farikaobso. gulmarTalma xalxma advilad daujera.

Semdeg porioni da lapalmi gamovidnen — maswavlebeli da diletanti, da cofianTa jambazoba daiwyo. erTi SmagiviT dasdevda meores da msajebsac arbeninebda TavianTi skamebiT. estradaze win da ukan daqrodnen, erTi kuTxidan meoremdis daxtodnen, erTi ieriSiT midioda, meore Tavs icavda. da oriveni Zlieri da sasacilo naxtomebiT trialebdnen. ukan patara naxtomiT ixevdnen da qalebs acinebdnen, win ki ucabedad, mZlavrad sxltebodnen da sust STabeWdilebas axdendnen. viRac ucnobma xumaram darbazidan es sasacilo Sejibreba aseTi SeZaxiliT daaxasiaTa: `kmara, weli ar moiwyvitoT!~ zogs es ugemuri SeniSvna ar moewona da aqeT-iqidan daiZaxes: `Cumad!~ eqspertebis azri sazogadoebas gadasces: moqiSpeebs Turme didi Zala da mcire simarde gamoeCinaT.

pirveli ganyofileba Jak rivalma da saxelovanma belgielma profesorma lebegma daasrules, romelnic sakmaod lamazad ibrZodnen. rivali qalebs Zalian moewonaT. marTlac, lamazi vaJkaci iyo — kargad Casxmuli, moqnili, moZravi da yvelaze sxarti, vinc ki manamde estradaze asuliyo. imis fandebs — damxvduris da mimxdomis xerxebs _ jiSiani simkvircxle da silamaze etyoboda, romelic yvelas moswonda. srulebiT ar hgavda misi mopirdapiris energiul, magram gacveTil fandebs.

rivalma gaimarjva. yvelam taSi daukra. ukve ramdenime xani iyo, zemodan raRac ucnauri xmauroba Camodioda da sazogadoebas awuxebda. xSiri fexis xma da xmamaRali sicili ismoda. orasma stumarma qveviT adgili ver iSova da, rogorc etyoboda, gasarTobi moigona. patara kibeze ormocdaaTamde kaci ireoda. qveviT metad cxeloda. `haeri! sasmeli!~ — iZaxdnen aqa-iq. weRandeli xumara sxvebis saubars wvrili WyiviliT hfaravda: `orSadi! limonaTi! ludi!~

rivali gamoCnda. mTlad gawiTlebuliyo da jerac safarikao tanisamosi ecva.

— me brZaneba gaveci, rom grili rame moitanon, — Tqva da kibeze avarda. magram zemo sarTuli qvemos mowyvetili iyo da kibeze aRmarTuli adamianTa kedlis garRvevac iseTi Zneli aRmoCnda, rogorc Weridan asvla. maSin rivalma daiyvira:

— qalebisaTvis nayini CamogzavneT!

da ormocdaaTma xmam gaimeora:

— nayini!

bolos sini gamoCnda, magram zed carieli WurWeliRa ewyo, radgan yvelaferi gzaSive SeeWamaT. viRacam daibRavla:

— davixrCobiT, male gaaTaveT, wavideT.

meorem daiZaxa:

— fuli moagroveT!

ilajgawyvetili xalxi mainc kmayofili iyo da yviroda:

— fuli moagroveT... moagroveT... moagroveT.

eqvsma qalma skamebs Camouara da oqro-vercxlis xma gaisma, romelsac qisebSi hyridnen.

dÁu-rua qalbaton valters saxelovan pirebze miuTiTebda. aq iyo aristokratia, Jurnalistebi, Zveli da didi gazeTebis TanamSromlebi, romelnic `safrangeTis cxovrebas~, Tanaxmad gamocdilebisa, zevidan da TavdaWeriT dascqerodnen. bevri aseTi politikur-finansuri gazeTi daiRupa maT Tvalwin. saeWvo kombinaciebze aSenebuli gazeTebi zogjer saministros ubralo krizisis gamo iRupeboda. aqve naxavdiT moqandakeebs da mxatvrebsac, radgan maT saerTod uyvardaT sporti; romeliRac poet-akademikoss, romelsac yvelani TiTiT aCvenebdnen; or musikoss da mraval cnobil ucxoels, romelTa gvarebs dÁu-rua umatebda `proto~-s (sityvidan `protobestia~) da Tan dasZenda, amas ingliselTa mibaZviT vakeTebo, romlebic TavianT gvarebs sadarbazo baraTebze `esk~-s urTavdnen xolme.

viRacam dÁu-ruas dauZaxa:

— gamarjoba, lamazo megobaro!