Gi de mopasani lamazi megobari nawili pirveli Tavi pirveli

finjani waiRo da isev daubrunda:

— neta icodeT, ramdeni siame magrZnobina `safrangeTis cxovrebam~ iq, udabnoSi. roca safrangeTSi ara xar, marto am gazeTis wakiTxva SeiZleba, radgan yvela sxva gazeTze ufro Sinaarsiani, cocxali da mravalferia, am gazeTSi yvelaferi moipoveba.

dedakacma Tavaziani gulgrilobiT gaiRima da seriozulad upasuxa:

— arc imdenad advili iyo valterisTvis iseTi gazeTis Seqmna, romelic axal moTxovnilebas daakmayofilebda.

saubari gaabes, dÁuruas azrebi Tavisufali da gacveTili hqonda, xma — Tilismuri, Tvali — saamuri, xolo misi ulvaSis jados veravin gauZlebda.

zemo tuCze xSiri, qoCoCa ulvaSi hqonda mdidrulad da lamazad naxvevi. qera ferisa iyo da oqro gadahkravda, xolo ajagrul wveroebze mTlad Ria ieri edeboda.

isaubres parizis, misi midamoebis, senis napirebis, agarakebis, sazafxulo siamis Sesaxeb da yvelaferze, razedac ki dauRalavad da dausrulebliv SeiZleba laparaki, mere ki, roca norber de vareni movida da Tan pawawa Wiqa liqioric moitana, dÁurua mokrZalebiT moSorda.

qalbatonma de marelma is iyo qalbaton forestiesTan saubari gaaTava da, dÁurua rom dainaxa, dauZaxa:

— maS egre, — ubralod hkiTxa, — gindaT Jurnalistoba daiwyoT, ara?

dÁuruam jer zogadi sityvebiT uambo Tavisi gegma, Semdeg ki iseTive saubari gaaba, rogoric qalbaton valterTan hqonda. Tema axla ukeT hqonda SeTvisebuli da upiratesobac gamoiCina, radgan sityva-sityviT imeorebda yvelafers, rac weRan gaigona, Tanac baasis dros mosaubris Tvalebs Tvals ar aSorebda, TiTqos Tavis naTqvams raRac Rrma azrs aZlevda.

Tavis mxriv, qalbatoni de mareli qaluri gatacebiT uambobda anegdotebs da iseTi kiloTi laparakobda, rom etyoboda, Tavi Wkuamaxvil qalad miaCnda da surda oxunjis saxeli moexveWa. lazRandarobac ki daiwyo: mklavze xels adebda da zogjer xmas imdablebda, raTa mcire ram eTqva, da mis naTqvams amis gamo saidumlos ieri eZleoda. vaJs ki am dedakacis mikareba, romelic mas arTobda, Tavbrus asxamda da sisxls umRvrevda. mas survili aReZra Tavi gaewira misTvis, eCvenebina Tavisi fasi, daecva igi, xolo dabali xma ukve mis zraxvebsa da gulisnadebs amJRavnebda.

uceb qalbatonma de marelma daiZaxa:

— lorina!

Svili dedas miuaxlovda.

— aq dajeqi, Svilo: albaT, Segcivda fanjarasTan.

dÁuruas bavSvis kocnis wyurvili moeria, TiTqos am kocnidan mis dedas raRac unda gadasdeboda, da uceb mamobrivi da Tavaziani kiloTi hkiTxa:

— SeiZleba, gakocoT?

bavSvma gaocebuli Tvalebi SeanaTa, qalbatonma de marelma ki siciliT uTxra:

— upasuxe: dRes SeiZleba, ramdenime wlis Semdeg ki — vnaxoT-Tqo.

dÁurua Camojda, lorina muxlebze daisva da mis talRovansa da Txel Tmas tuCebiT Seexo.

deda gaocda:

— erTi uyureT, ar gaeqca! sakvirvelia! Cveulebriv, marto qalebs akocninebs xolme. batono dÁurua, mougeriebeli yofilxarT.

dÁurua gawiTlda, ara upasuxa ra. bavSvi isev muxlebze hyavda da odnav aqanavebda. qalbatoni forestiec mivida da gaocebiT wamoiZaxa:

— SexedeT, lorina gauSinaurda! namdvili saswaulia!

Jak rivalic wamovida, Tan sigaras abolebda. dÁurua wasasvlelad wamodga. SiSi hqonda, xepruli ram sityviT gamarjveebis dasawyisi, ukve mogvarebuli saqme, ar gaefuWebina. Tavi daukra: nazad mouWira qalebis gamowvdil patara TiTebs da magrad dabertya mamakacebis xelebi. man SeamCnia, rom Jak rivalis xeli mSrali da Tbili iyo, da gulianad CamoarTva igi, norber de varens sveli, civi xeli hqonda da dÁuruas TiTebs usxlteboda. valterisa civi iyo, rbili da uZalo, xolo forestiesi — msuqani da Tbili. megobarma dabali xmiT uTxra:

— ar dagaviwydes: xval, sam saaTze.

— eWvi nu geqneba.

kibeze rom gavida, sixarulisagan gaqceva mounda, or-or safexurze mixtoda. magram mesame sarTulze did sarkeSi dainaxa viRac vaJbatoni, romelic misken morboda. uceb Sedga da Sercxva, TiTqos raRac samarcxvino saqmeze moaswreso.

Semdeg im sarkeSi Tavis Tavs didxans aTvalierebda da aRtacebuli iyo imis gamo, rom aseT lamaz Wabuks umzerda. mere Tanaziari RimiliT gauRima sakuTari Tavis anarekls da zeimurad, dabla daukra Tavi, TiTqo vinme didebuls esalmebao.

nabijs moumata, bulvarebze Caiara da bursos quCaze gamovida, bina aq hqonda. eqvssarTulian SenobaSi muSebis da Rarib moqalaqeTa oci ojaxi cxovrobda. kibeze rom adioda, gzas wumwumiT inaTebda. safexurebze qaRaldi, namwvi da samzareulos nagavi eyara. dÁuruas axla Tavisi oTaxi uzomod ezizReboda, mwvave survili awvalebda, male gadasuliyo aqedan da mdidruli cxovreba daewyo, xaliCebiT morTul sufTa binaSi Casaxlebuliyo.

misi oTaxi meeqvse sarTulze iyo, batiniolis sadgurTan, swored gvirabis Tavze, da dasavleTis rkinigzis ufskruls, veeba xvrels gadascqeroda. dÁuruam sarkmeli gamoaRo da daJangebul rkinis rafas daebjina.

qveviT, Savi xvrelis siRrmeSi, sami uZravi saniSnebeli farani raRac mxecis did Tvalebs hgavda. moSorebiT kidev aseTive Tvalebi moCanda, ufro Sors — isev da isev. yovel wuTs sibneleSi, anieris mxridan, xan grZeli stvena ismoda, xan mokle, an iqve axlos, an sadme Sors.

es stvena raRac xmas, viRacis Zaxils hgavda. erTi maTgani TandaTan axlovdeboda, sabralod kioda, yovel wams Zlierdeboda. sibneleSi gamoCnda didi, yviTeli Suqis wertili, romelic Zlieri xmauriT modioda. dÁuruam dainaxa vagonebis grZeli jaWvi, romelic gvirabSi SeZvra. mere Tqva:

— aba, muSaobas SevudgeT! — lampa magidaze dadga da TviTonac miujda, magram umalve SeamCnia, rom safosto qaRaldis erTi rveulis meti ara hqonda ra.

— eh, sul erTia! SeiZleba Tabaxi mTel siganeze gavSaloT. — kalami melanSi Caasvela da gulmodgined, lamazad dawera:
afrikeli saldaTis mogoneba.

Semdeg pirvelive winadadebas Caufiqrda. nikapi xelisgulze hqonda dabjenili, xolo Tvali — mis win gaSlil TeTr Tabaxze.

ra daweros? ra uambos? axla weRandeli naambobisa aRaraferi axsovda, aRarc anegdoti, aRarc erTi ambavi, aRaraferi! uceb gaifiqra: `jer Cemi wasvla unda avwero~. da dawera: `daaxloebiT 1874 wlis maisis Sua ricxvebi iyo, roca davrdomilma safrangeTma saSineli omis Semdeg momjobineba daiwyo~. da uceb Sedga: ar icoda, rogor unda moeba Semdegi — gemze asvlis da wasvlis pirveli STabeWdileba.

aTiode wuTi ifiqra. mere gadawyvita, Sesavali furceli xvalisTvis gadaedo, axla ki alJiri aewera. da dawera: `alJiri sul TeTri qalaqia~... magram amaze meti veRaraferi moigona. Tvalwin xelaxla aRemarTa lamazi da naTeli qalaqi, sworbaniani saxlebis CanCqeri, romelic mTis Txemidan zRvamde Camorboda, magram erTi sityva ver ipova imis asawerad, rasac grZnobda da xedavda.

didi wvalebis Semdeg dawerils miumata: `mosaxleobis erTi nawili arabebia~. mere kalami magidaze daagdo da wamodga.

rkinis patara sawolze, sadac misma tanma Suaguli ormosaviT Cazniqa, dainaxa Tavisi sakuTari tanisamosi, romelic uwesrigod eyara da cariels, daRlils, moTelils hgavda, TiTqo sacxedredan yofiliyo gamotanili, xolo misi erTaderTi abreSumis cilindri, Calis skamze rom egdo, glaxasaviT gamoiyureboda da mowyalebas Txoulobda.

oTaxi ruxi SpaleriT iyo akruli da cisferi yvavilebiT dawinwkluli, magram raRac ucnauri da saeWvo laqa yvavilebze naklebi ar iqneboda. Zneli saTqmeli iyo, risi laqebi iyo, gaWyletili mwerebis, pomadiT gasvrili TiTebisa Tu sapniani wylis winwklebis. yovelives ubadruki siRatakis beWedi hqonda dakruli, parizuli morTuli oTaxebis beWedi. dÁurua Tavis siRatakis gamo aRSfoTda da gadawyvita, aqedan dauyovnebliv gadasuliyo, maTxovruli arsebobisaTvis xvalve moeRo bolo.

uceb muSaobis sicxe igrZno, isev magidas miujda da sityvebis Zebna daiwyo, iseTi sityvebisa, romelTa wyalobiT SesaZlebeli iqneboda, kargad gadmoeca ucnauri da saucxoo garegnoba alJirisa, afrikis idumal siRrmeTa karibWesi, momTabare arabebisa da zangTa ucnobi tomebisa, im afrikisa, romelic metad mimzidveli da jer kidev gamourkveveli iyo. mxolod zogjer sazogado baRebSi gvaCveneben xolme iqaur ramerumes, raRac daujerebel pirutyvebs, romelnic TiTqos gangeb fantasturi moTxrobebisTvis iyo gaCenili: siraqlemebs, — ucnaur qaTmebs rom hgvanan, — lamaz jixvebs, RvTaebriv koxta Svelebs, saocar da sasacilo Jirafebs, medidur aqlemebs, sazarel hipopotamebs, umsgavso martorqebs da adamianis saSinel Zmebs — gorilebs.

dÁurua bindbundad grZnobda, rom raRac azrebi mosdioda. maTi gamoTqma kidev SeeZlo, magram dalageba da qaRaldze gadmotana uZneldeboda. am uZalobis gamo cieba emarTeboda. xelaxla wamodga. xelebi oflisgan sveli hqonda, safeTqlebi stkioda.

im saRamos mekares mrecxavis angariSi amoetana da magidaze daedo. dÁuruam Tvali mohkra. mware uimedobam Seipyro. uceb gaqra sixarulic, TavisTavis ndobac da momavlis rwmenac. diax, yvelaferi gaTavda. verafers ver moaxerxebs, verafers ver miaRwevs! da raRac dacliloba, sruli uniWoba, zedmetoba, araraoba da ganwiruleba igrZno.

isev sarkmels miadga. swored im wuTs gvirabidan matarebeli WaxaWuxiT da grgvinviT gamovarda. qveviT, velmindvrebiT, zRvisken midioda. dÁuruas mSobliuri mogonebani moawva.

ager, is matarebeli misi mSoblebis saxls samiode milis manZilze gauvlis. man naTlad dainaxa sofel kanteles ganapiras mdgari patara saxli, maRal serze, romelic qalaq ruans da senis veeba vakes gadascqeroda.

iq mis mSoblebs patara duqani, mcire ram restorani hqondaT, kviraobiT gareTubnelebi sadilad modiodnen. saxelad `lamazi xidi~ erqva. undodaT Svili batoni gamoeyvanaT da kolejSi miabares. swavla daasrula, magram bakalavris diplomi mainc ver miiRo da samxedro samsaxurSi Sevida im azriT, rom oficeri, polkovniki, generali gamosuliyo. samsaxuris vada — xuTi weliwadi — jer arc ki gasuliyo, rom samxedro saqme moswyinda da ocneba daiwyo, parizSi brwyinvale momavali epova.

samsaxuri daasrula. mSoblebis ocneba gaqra. Tumca Svils emudarebodnen, maTTan darCeniliyo, man ar Seiwynara da parizSi Camovida. momavlis imedi hqonda da winaTgrZnoba bundovnad CasCurCulebda, rom raRac ambebi gaamarjvebinebda, rom ueWvelad moaxerxebda xelsayreli pirobebis Seqmnas da maTs gamoyenebas.

polkSi rom iyo, Tavis garnizonSi warmateba hqonda. SemTxveviTi gamarjveba yvelgan Tan sdevda mas da bednieri sasiyvarulo Tavgadasavali masze ufro zemour qalebSi iSviaTi ar iyo misTvis. or qals gatacebiT Seuyvarda: gadasaxadTa amkrefis qaliSvils, romelic mzad iyo yvelafrisaTvis Tavi mienebebina da masTan erTad gaqceuliyo, da erTi veqilis cols, romelmac dardiT Tavis daxrCoba scada, roca dÁuruam masze xeli aiRo. amxanagebi ambobdnen masze:

`gaiZvera da gaqnili kacia, yvelgan gzas gaikafavs~, — da imanac gadawyvita, marTla gaiZvera gamxdariyo.

bunebiT patiosani normandieli iyo, magram yoveldRiurma sagarnizono cxovrebam gaauxeSa. afrikaSi yofnis dros xSirad Zarcvavda, ukanono Semosavals iCenda, saeWvod veragobda da amis gamo rogorRac moiqna misi sinidisi, romelsac meore mxriv sxvanairi daRic daemCnia — jarSi gavrcelebuli daRi patiosnebis, mxedruli trabaxobis, patriotuli grZnobebis, unterebis gmiruli ambebisa da profesiuli cudmedidobis. amitom dÁurua raRac oinbazur samZira yuTad gadaiqca, sadac yvelaferi ipoeboda.

magram yovelive amas winsvlis, warmatebis survili hflobda.

axlac uneburad daiwyo ocneba. ase emarTeboda yovel saRamos. saocari sasiyvarulo ram Tavgadasavali elandeboda da misi wyalobiT yvela misi ocneba tansxmuli gamodioda. colad, magaliTad, SeirTavs bankiris an didi vaJbatonis qaliSvils, romelsac quCaSi gaicnobs da erTi SexedviT daipyrobs.

gvirabidan marto orTqlmavali gamovarda gasagmirali kiviliT, rogorc kurdReli sorodan, dasasveneblad gaqrola da dÁurua gamoafxizla. magram maleve Seisxa frTebi bundovan-saamuri imedisa, romelic TiTqmis mudam Tan sdevda, da bnel RameSi alalbedze siyvarulis kocna gaugzavna ucnob qals, romelsac elodeboda, xarbi kocna simdidres, romelsac ase msunagad eZebda. mere sarkmeli mixura da tanisamosis gaxdas Seudga, Tan CurCulebda:

`dila mudam sjobia Rames. dRes gunebaze ara var. garda amisa, mgoni zedmetic davlie. aseT pirobebSi SeuZlebelia nayofieri muSaoba~.

loginSi Cawva, lampa Caaqro da TiTqmis umalve CaeZina.

diliT adre ise gaiRviZa, rogorc didad saimedo an sazrunav dRes iRviZeben xolme. loginidan wamoxta da sarkmeli gaaRo, raTa, misive Tqmisa ar iyos, erTi finjani sufTa haeri daelia.

rkinigzis farTo liandagis gadaRma romis quCis saxlebi idga. amomaval mzeze kriali gahqondaT da TiTqos mqrqali ferebiT iyo daxatuli. Sors, marjvniv, arJanteilis gorebi, sanuas mwvervalebi da orJemonis wisqvilebi moCanda. yovelive gaxveuli iyo msubuq, cisfer nislSi, romelic tatnobze gadafarebul mofriale da gamWvirvale leCaqs hgavda.

dÁurua Soreul mindvrebs ramdenime wuTs uZravad gascqeroda. mere Cumi xmiT warmoTqva:

`aseTi dRe iq, albaT, momxiblavi iqneba~, — mere azrma gahkra: `axlave, amave wuTs muSaobas unda Sevudge~. mekaris Svils aTi su misca da sammarTveloSi gagzavna, rom Tavisi uqeifoba Seetyobinebina. Semdeg magidas miujda, kalami melanSi Caawo da fiqrebis dasagroveblad Tavi xelze daibjina. magram amaod. erTi azric ar miekara.

mainc guls ar itexda. `ara uSavs ra, — fiqrobda, — SeCveuli ara var. es xelobac sxva xelobas hgavs da yvelafers SeCveva, varjiSi sWirdeba. kargia, pirvelad miSvelides vinme. forestiesTan waval. aTiode wuTSi gamomiWaxrakebs~.

Caicva da, quCaSi rom gamovida, moisazra: forestiesTan wasvla adre iyo, radgan misi megobari, albaT, gvian dgeboda, amitom dÁuruam jer neli siaruli daiwyo gare bulvarze.

jer cxra saaTic ar iqneboda, rom monsos baRSi Sevida, romelic is iyo moerwyoT da axlad gabanils hgavda. skamze Camojda da isev ocnebas Seudga. viRac lamazi Wabuki iqve win da ukan dadioda. cxadi iyo, elodeboda qals, romelic, pirbadeafarebuli swrafi nabijiT movida. erTmaneTs umal CamoarTves xeli, mklavi mklavs gauyares da wavidnen.

dÁuruas guls uceb SfoTiani wyurvili moedo, wyurvili wminda, nazi da saamo siyvarulisa. adga da wavida, Tan forestieze fiqrobda: ai, vis hqonia bedi. swored im wams miadga megobris kars, roca forestie quCaSi gamodioda.

— aq xar? ase adre? Tqvi, ra ginda?

dÁuruas Sercxva imis gamo, rom swored im dros Sexvda, roca is gamodioda, da waiburtyuna:

— saqme is aris... is aris saqme, rom... ver iqna, werili ver davwere... xom ici, alJirze unda damewera, valterma rom mTxova. sakvirvelic ar aris, radgan arasodes ar miweria. am saqmeSic, rogorc yvelaferSi, varjiSobaa saWiro. darwmunebuli var, male SeveCvevi, jerjerobiT ki ar vici, rogor daviwyo. azrebi maqvs, ai, aq milagia, magram gadmoSlas ver vaxerxeb.

da yoymaniT Sedga. forestiem cuRluti RimiliT miugo:

— vici, gamocdili maqvs.

dÁuruam ganagrZo:

— ra Tqma unda, yvela gamoucdels, albaT, CemsaviT emarTeba, amitom wamovedi... movedi, daxmareba gTxovo... aTiode wuTSi maswavli da maCveneb, Tu rogor unda Sevudge saqmes. stilistikis erTi kargi gakveTili unda momce gakvriT, Torem uSenod araferi gamomiva.

forestie isev mxiarulad iRimeboda. mere Zvel megobars mxarze xeli dahkra da uTxra:

— Cems colTan adi, CemsaviT kargad giSvelis. me Sevaswavle es saqme. me TviTon ki am diliT ara mcalia, Torem didi siamovnebiT giSvelidi.

dÁurua uceb morcxvobam moicva. Seyoymanda, ver gabeda.

— ase adre rogor avide masTan!

— Zalian advilad axval. ukve zezea. Cems kabinetSi naxav, Cems nawerebs alagebs.

JorJi mainc uarze idga:

— ara, ar SemiZlia.

forestiem mxrebSi xeli daavlo, miabruna da kibisken waiyvana, Tan qimunjs hkravda da eubneboda:

— wadi, wadi-meTqi! aba ra saWiroa xelmeored avide meoTxe sarTulze, Senc agaTrio da imasac avuxsna? wadi-meTqi!

dÁuruam Zlivs gadawyvita:

— gmadlob... aval. vetyvi, rom Sen maiZule, Zala damatane, diax, Zala damatana-meTqi.

— keTili, agre uTxari. arxeinad iyavi, ar SegWams. ar dagaviwydes, sam saaTze modi.

— nu geSinia, ar damaviwydeba.

forestie swrafi nabijiT wavida, dÁurua ki nela Seudga kibes, Tan saTqmels igonebda da eSinoda, rogor dauxvdeboda qalbatoni forestie?

msaxurma kari gauRo. lurji winsafari ecva, xelSi ki sawmendi eWira. kiTxvas aRar moucada, ise miaxala:

— batoni Sin ar brZandeba.

dÁuruam mtkice kiloTi miugo:

— hkiTxeT qalbatons, SeuZlia Tu ara mimiRos, da moaxseneT, rom gamomgzavna misma qmarma, romelsac es-es aris Sevxvdi quCaSi.

moicada. msaxuri dabrunda, marjvniv kari gauRo da xmamaRla uTxra:

— mobrZandiT. qalbatoni gelodebaT.

JorJi patara oTaxSi Sevida. kedlebi mTlad afarebuli iyo wignebiT, romelic Savi xis TaxCebze swored iyo dalagebuli. wignebis erTnairobas mxiarul fers aZlevda mravalnairi feris yda: wiTeli, yviTeli, mwvane, iisferi, lurji da Savi.

qalbatoni sawer magidasTan ijda. axlac mudmivad iRimeboda, arSiebiani TeTri matine ecva. mobrunda da xeli gamouwoda ganieri saxelodan.

— ukve? — hkiTxa. mere daumata: — sayvedurs ki ar geubnebiT, mxolod gekiTxebiT.

dÁuruam wailuRluRa:

— damijereT, amosvla ar mindoda, magram maiZula Tqvenma qmarma, romelsac qveviT Sevxvdi. darcxvenili var da verc ki vbedav mogaxsenoT, Tu ram momiyvana aq.

diasaxlisma savarZelze miuTiTa:

— dabrZandiT da miambeT.

kalmad xelSi batis frTa eWira da mardad atrialebda. win naxevrad dawerili Tabaxi edo. axalgazrda vaJis mosvlam wera Seawyvetina. etyoboda, sawer magidasac ise SesCveoda, rogorc salons. Tavs Tavisuflad grZnobda da ukve naCvevi saqmiT iyo garTuli.

mis dilis kabas msubuqi surneli asdioda, sufTa suni adamianisa, romelmac es aris axla daamTavra Tavis movla. dÁurua cdilobda es dedakaci naTlad warmoedgina da TiTqos xedavda kidevac — xedavda axalgazrda, sufTa, savse da Tbil tans, rbil qsovilSi gaxveuls.

diasaxlisi pasuxs elodeboda da, radgan dÁurua sdumda, hkiTxa:

— aba, miambeT, ra saqme gaqvT?

man gaubedavad waiCurCula:

— ai... magram, RmerTmani, vera vbedav. saqme is aris, wuxelis gvianobame vijeqi da... dRes adre avdeqi... im werilis dasawerad avdeqi, romelic valterma mTxova alJiris Sesaxeb... magram xeiriani araferi gamodis. ramdenic davwere, sul davxie. am saqmes SeCveuli ara var da foresties movadeqi... rom miSvelos, pirvelad miSvelos-meTqi.

qalma gulianad gadikiskisa. kmayofili, mxiaruli da gulmoferebuli iyo.

— da CemTan gamoggzavnaT? — gaawyvetina, — Zalian momwons, Zalian.

— diax, qalbatono, miTxra, mas Cemze ukeT SeuZlia gaWirvebidan gamogiyvanoso: me TviTon ar mindoda, ver gavbede, radgan... xom gesmiT, ratom?

diasaxlisi wamodga:

— mSvenieria! didebuli TanamSromloba gamova. aRfrTovanebuli var Tqveni gadawyvetilebiT. aba, Cemi adgili daikave, Torem redaqciaSi Cems xels icnoben. axlave gamovacxobT werils, iseT werils, rom namdvilad gaimarjvos.

dÁurua dajda, kalami aiRo, win qaRaldi daido da daeloda. q-ni forestie ki idga da samzadiss Tvals adevnebda. mere buxris Tavidan papirosi aiRo da moukida.

— Tu ar movwie, ver vimuSaveb. — Tqva. — aba, axla miTxariT, ra gnebavT uamboT mkiTxvels?

dÁuruam gaocebiT axeda:

— aba ra vici. mec swored amisTvis geaxeliT.

— diax, — Tqva qalma, — vici. axlave giSveliT. me wvens mogimzadebT, Tavi saWmeli ki Tqvenve unda SeamzadoT.

vaJi gaWirvebuli iyo. povna eZneleboda. Semdeg gaubedavad warmoTqva:

— minda Cemi mgzavroba Tavidanve vuambo.

qali meore mxridan moujda magidas, JorJs Tvali TvalSi gauyara da uTxra:

— aba, jer me miambeT. xom gesmiT, marto me miambeT. nu aCqardebiT, nurc rames gamostovebT. mere me TviTon avirCev, rac gamosadegi iqneba.

radgan dÁuruam ar icoda, saidan daewyo, qali mieSvela. mkafiod ekiTxeboda, rogorc mRvdeli hkiTxavs xolme aRsarebaze misuls, da am kiTxvebiT axsenebda daviwyebul wvrilmans, nanax adamianebs da SemTxveviT Tvalmokrul ucnobebsac.

saaTis meoTxedi rom alaparaka, uceb Seawyvetina:

— axla ki SeiZleba daviwyoT. jer warmovidginoT, viTom mag STabeWdilebas vinme megobars uambobT. es uflebas mogcemT, mTeli grova sisulele wamoroSoT, asnairi SeniSvna CaurToT da, Tu moaxerxeT, ubralo da oxunjuri kiloc aiRoT. maS daviwyoT:

— `Zvirfaso anri, ginda, gaigo, alJiri ras warmoadgens? axlave getyvi. alizis qoxSi vcxovrob da saqme ara maqvs-ra, amitom dRiursaviT dagiwer rames da giambob, rogor midis yoveldRe da yovel saaTs Cemi cxovreba. zogi ram iqneb uzrdelobadac mogeCvenos, magram ara uSavs-ra. aravin gaZalebs, rom nacnob qalebsac waukiTxo~.

Sedga da Camqral papiross xelaxla moukida. batis frTis wripinic umalve Sewyda.

— aba, ganvagrZoT.

`alJiri, safrangeTis didi provincia, mdebareobs uzarmazari, gamoukvleveli qveynebis sazRvarze, romelTac hqvian sahara, Sua afrika da sxv. da sxv.

`alJiri am saocari qveynis karia, TeTri, mSvenieri kari. magram saWiroa jer alJirSi Casvla. Tumca icode, gza yvelasaTvis vardiT ar aris mofenili. albaT gecodineba, mSvenieri cxenosani var, polkis ufrosis cxenebs vxedni, magram SeiZleba mSvenieri cxenosanic iyo da yovlad uvargisi mezRvauri gamodge. es WeSmariteba Cemzedac gamarTlda.

`gaxsovs maiori senbreti, `eqim ipekas~ rom veZaxdiT?* (* pirveli bgerebia sityvisa `ipekakuana~ — sasaqmebeli mcenaris saxelia.) roca gvegona, rom dro iyo erTi dRe-RamiT samkurnaloSi, e.i. bednierebis qveyanaSi dagvesvena, umalve am eqims mivadgebodi xolme.

`skamze ijda, wiTelSarvliani fexebi galajuli hqonda, xelebi muxlebze ewyo, TiTqo xidi gaedoT, nidayvebi — aweuli. WaRara ulvaSs ikvnetda da Tevzis Tvalebs abrialebda.

`misi receptic gexsomeba: `ama da am saldaTs kuWi aqvs moSlili. mieciT sasaqmebeli #3, mere Tormet saaTs moasveneT da yovelive gauvlis~.

`es sasaqmebeli didebuli ram iyo da mudam sWrida. meti ra gza iyo, unda Cagveylapa. samagierod, am wamebas rom gavuZlebdiT — oRond gvrgeboda da — Tormet saaTs vnebivrobdiT.

`maS ase, Cemo Zvirfaso, Tu ginda afrikaSi mohyve, ormoci saaTis ganmavlobaSi namdvil sasaqmebels unda gauZlo, magram sxvanairs, transatlanturi kompaniis receptiT Semzadebuls~.

q-ma forestiem xelebi siamiT moifSvnita, radgan Zalian kmayofili iyo Tavisi gamogonebiT. adga, meore papiross moukida da oTaxSi siaruli daiwyo, Tan bolis Wavlebs uSvebda. es Wavli mokumuli tuCebis patara da mrgvali naCvretebidan jer swori zolebiviT gamodioda, mere ki ganivrdeboda da curviT ifanteboda. alag-alag am talRebisgan haerSi mxolod nacrisferi xazebi, raRac gamWvirvale nisli da orTqli rCeboda, romelic ablabudas hgavda. q-ni forestie zogjer ufro ujiaT bolis Rrubels xelis erTi gakvriT hfantavda, zogjer ki saCvenebeli TiTis CaqneviT gasWrida xolme da mere guldasmiT, yuradRebiT adevnebda Tvals bolis or ganaWers, romelic nel-nela qreboda.

dÁurua gaSterebiT umzerda diasaxliss, Tvals adevnebda yovel mis mimoxvras, misi tanis da saxis yovel moZraobas, romelnic garTuliyvnen anci TamaSiT, sadac misi azri araviTar wils ar iRebda.

axla q-ni forestie mgzavrobis yovel Tavgadasavals awerinebda, mogonili Tanamgzavrebis portretebs ukarnaxebda da erTi sasiyvarulo Tavgadasavalic ki aawerina, romelic dÁuruas viTom fexosani jaris kapitnis colTan SeemTxva, qmarTan rom midioda.

mere isev Camojda da misTvis srulebiT ucnobi alJiris topografia gamohkiTxa. ramdenime wuTis Semdeg ukve JorJze naklebi ar icoda da am cnobebidan werilis politikur-kolonialuri Tavi Seadgina, raTa mkiTxvelisTvis es saqmec gaecno da seriozuli sakiTxebisaTvis Seemzadebina, romelic Semdeg unda yofiliyo aRwerili.

mere mcire eqskursi moaxdina oranis provinciaSi. am fantastikur mogzaurobaSi mxolod iqaur mavritanel qalebze, ebraelebsa da espanelebze iyo laparaki.

— mkiTxvels mxolod es ainteresebs, — Tqva da werili iq daasrulebina, sadac mgzavrebi daabanaka: saidSi, maRali zegnebis ZirSi, roca saintereso kvanZi gaiba unteroficer JorJ dÁuruasa da espanel muSaqals Soris, romelic ainelhajaares fabrikaSi msaxurobda. aRwerili iyo maTi paemani RamiT, udabur kldian mTebSi, sadac ufskrulTa Soris turebi, mgelkacebi da arabuli ZaRlebi ymuian, yefen da iRrinebian.

dasasruls mxiarulad daumata:

— Semdegi xval iqneba, — mere wamodga da mimarTa: — ai, batono Cemo, rogor iwereba sagazeTo werili. keTili inebeT da xeli moawereT.

dÁurua meryeobda.

— xeli moawereT-meTqi!

gaicina da moawera: `JorJ dÁurua~.

qali isev dadioda da abolebda, xolo dÁurua kvlav Sescqeroda da samadlobel sityvas eZebda. ijda da bednieri iyo misi siaxloviT, aRsavse iyo madlobiT da fizikuri netarebiT imis gamo, rom maT Soris intimoba matulobda. eCveneboda, TiTqos irgvliv yovelive am dedakacis nawili iyo, yovelive, wignebiT afarebuli kedlebic ki. savarZlebs, avejeuls da odnav Tambaqos boliT gaJRenTil haersac ki raRac gansakuTrebuli, nazi da mSvenieri ieri edo da yovelive es misgan, am dedakacisgan modioda.