Gi de mopasani lamazi megobari nawili pirveli Tavi pirveli

dÁuruam jer bevri axvewnina da gabrazebiT uarze idga, Semdeg ki dauTmo, radgan klotildas sabuTebi samarTlianad moeCvena.

sayvareli rom wavida, xelebis sresiT uTxra Tavis Tavs:

— rac unda iyos, saucxoo dedakacia. — da arc ki dafiqrda, saidan, gulis romeli idumali kuTxidan amotivtivda dRes es azri.

ramdenime dRis Semdeg isev saqalaqo depeSa miiRo:

`dRes saRamos Cemi qmari brundeba. Tve-naxevari dahyo provinciaSi inspeqciisaTvis. erTi kvira unda moviTminoT. ra Znelia, sayvarelo!

Semdeg, dilaze, axali depeSa miiRo, sadac mxolod oTxi sityva ewera: `dRes xuT saaTze klo~.

daniSnul dros orTave adre mivida. klotilda siyvarulis qariSxaliviT eZgera, gulSi Caikra da mTeli saxe vnebiT daukocna. mere uTxra:

— roca xvevna-kocniT gavZRebiT, iqneb sadme sadilad wamiyvano? sul Tavisufali var.

Tvis dasawyisi iyo. Tumca didi xania jamagiri avansad hqonda aRebuli, Tumca xSirad sesxulobda, mainc im dros SemTxveviT fuli hqonda da gaxarebuli iyo, rom sayvarelze cota rames daxarjavda.

— ra Tqma unda, Zvirfaso! — upasuxa. — saca gnebavdes, iq wavideT.

Svid saaTze Sinidan gamovidnen da gareubnis bulvarebs dahyvnen. klotildas magrad eWira misi mklavi da yurSi CasCurCulebda:

— rom icode, ra siames mgvris SenTan xelgayrili siaruli, rogor mixaria, roca Sen myavxar gverdiT!

— ginda `latÁuilTan~ SeviaroT?

klotildam upasuxa:

— ara, metismetad mdidrulia. me samxiarulo ram minda, ubralo, sadac mosamsaxureebi da muSa qalebi dadian. Zalian miyvars aseTi duqnebi. oh, neta sadme qalaqgareT SeiZlebodes gasvla!

radgan dÁuruas am ubanSi aseTi ram araferi eguleboda, amitom didxans ixetiales bulvarze da bolos Cavidnen erT sardafSi, sadac sadilic ipoveboda. klotildam fanjridan dainaxa ori TavSiSveli qali, romlebic ori mxedris pirdapir isxdnen.

viwro, grZeli oTaxis siRrmeSi sami meetle sadilobda. iqve ijda erTi gamoucnobi xelobis kaci, romelic Cibuxs wevda. savarZelSi gaSotiliyo, Tavi sazurgeze gadaegdo, fexebi gaeWima da xelebi Sarvlis jibeebSi Caewyo. misi tanisamosi laqebis koleqcias hgavda, xolo magrad gatenili jibeebi — gaberil mucels, da im muclidan boTlis yels, puris naWers, gazeTSi gaxveul raRacas da Tokis bolos amoeyoT Tavi. xSiri, areuli, gawewili, WuWyisagan ganacruli Tma hqonda, xolo qudi magidis qveS egdo.

klotildas mosvlam da misma lamazma kabam STabeWdileba moaxdina. orive wyvilma CurCuli Sewyvita, meetleebma kamaTze xeli aiRes, xolo ucnaurma kacma piridan Cibuxi gamoiRo, gverdze gadaafurTxa, Tavi odnav moabruna da axalmosulebs Sexeda.

q-ma de marelma waiCurCula:

— mSvenieria! karg alags movageniT. meorejer muSurad Cavicvam.

da Tavisuflad, uxamuSod miujda magidas, romelsac qoniani saWmlisgan da zeddaRvrili Rvinisgan kriali gahqonda — etyoboda, rom mas gakvriT da iSviaTad wmenddnen. dÁurua odnav Takilobda, odnav morcxvobda da Tavis cilindrisTvis Camosakidebels eZebda, da rom vera ipova ra, iqve skamze dado.

ragu, cxvris xorcis TiTo naWeri da salaTi SeWames.

klotilda imeorebda.

— gagiJebiT miyvars aseTi rame. glexi qalis gemovneba maqvs. aqauroba inglisur kafeze metad momwons. — da Semdeg daumata: — Tu ginda namdvilad masiamovno, sadme sacekvao alagas wamiyvane. erTi alagi vici. aqedan Sors ar aris. `TeTri dedofali~ hqvia.

gaocebulma dÁuruam hkiTxa:

— vin gaCvena is alagi?

Sexeda da SeamCnia: klotilda gawiTlda da odnav airia, TiTqos am kiTxvas mis xsovnaSi raRac nazi mogoneba gamoewvios. mcire yoymanis Semdeg, romelic imdenad swrafi aqvT qalebs, rom misi danaxva mixvedriT Tu SeiZleba, klotildam miugo:

— erTma megobarma wamiyvana... — da mcire dumilis Semdeg daumata: — cocxali aRar aris.

da bunebrivi sevdiT daxara Tvalebi.

dÁuruas axla mouvida azrad, Tu ramdenad ucnobi iyo misTvis am dedakacis warsuli. ocnebam gaitaca da Cafiqrda. ra Tqma unda, sayvarlebi manamdec eyoleboda, magram vin? rogori? uceb mZulvarebis da eWvianobis talRa moawva. mas SesZulda es dedakaci da yvelaferi, rac misTvis saidumloebiT iyo moculi, rac mas ar ekuTvnoda, rac sxvam ukve daaswro, rac am qalis guls da mis cxovrebas mostaca. Suriani TvaliT Sescqeroda Tavis sayvarels da Tanac brazobda am lamaz da mdumare TavSi Camalul idumalebaTa gamo, romelsac — am Tavs — am wamSi SeiZleba sinanuliT agondeboda sxva vinme an sxvebi. ra sixaruliT SeiWreboda dÁurua mis mogonebaTa samyaroSi, ra siamiT gaCxrekda iqaurobas da yvelafers gaigebda, dasunavda, dainaxavda! q-ma de-marelma gaimeora:

— ras ityvi, wamiyvan Tu ara `TeTr dedofalSi~? iq wasvla CemTvis namdvili dResaswauli iqneboda.

dÁurua ki fiqrobda: `ara, ra Cemi saqmea misi warsuli? suleli var, rom amaze vwuxvar~. da RimiliT upasuxa:

— ra Tqma unda, Cemo Zvirfaso.

quCaSi rom gamovidnen, de-marelma iseTi Cumi xmiT da idumali kiloTi ganagrZo, TiTqo did saidumloebas andobda:

— adre amis Tqma ver gavbede. ver warmoidgen, rarigad miyvars mamakacebisTvis Tvalyuris devna iseT alagebSi, sadac patiosani dedakaci ar dadis. karnavalis dros gimnazielis formas Cavicvam. es tanisamosi Zalian mixdeba.

sacekvao darbazSi rom Sevidnen, de-mareli SiSiT da siamiT miekro sayvarels, Tanac aRtacebiT Sehyurebda kaxpebs, suteniorebs da drogamoSvebiT ise ambobda pirquSsa da uZrav policielze, TiTqo momavali xifaTis gamo TavisTavs amxnevebda:

`amas Zalian saimedo ieri aqvs~.

magram TxuTmeti wuTis Semdeg yvelaferi moswyinda da dÁuruam Sin waiyvana.

male daiwyo mogzauroba saeWvo alagebSi, sadac mdabio xalxi erToba xolme. dÁuruam SeniSna, rom imis sayvarels gagiJebiT uyvarda studenturi mxiaruli xetiali.

daniSnul paemanze de-mareli TeTri selis kabiT da morTuli xilabandiT modioda — subretis bafTiani xilabandiT. Tumca koxta, natifi da sada tanisamosi ecva, Tavis beWdebs, samajurebsa da briliantis sayureebs mainc ar iSorebda. dÁurua exveweboda moexsna, magram is ase asabuTebda uars:

— dee iyos. yvela ifiqrebs, yalbi samkauliao.

Tanac egona, TiTqo didi ostatobiT iyo gadacmuli, namdvilad ki buCqebSi TavCamalul siraqlemas hgavda. ase dadioda yvela tavernaSi, romelTac cudi saxeli hqondaT gavardnili, Tanac surda, rom dÁuruac muSurad Caecva, magram misi sayvareli uarze idga: cilindric ki ar moixada da kvlav kopwia bulvarelsa hgavda. aseTi sikerpis gamo de-mareli Tavs ase inugeSebda: `ifiqreben: moaxle iqneba da sayvarlad sufTa vaJi hyavso~, da aseTi komediiT camdis iyo aRtacebuli.

Wvartlian saxalxo tavernebSi Sevidodnen xolme da koWl skamebze dasxdebodnen, Zvel magidas miusxdebodnen. oTaxSi mwvave kvamlis Rrubeli da moxrakuli Tevzis suni idga. xalaTiani xalxi Wiqebs awkrialebda da yayanebda. gaocebul mosamsaxures ori Wiqa daspirtuli alubali mohqonda da Tan am ucnaur wyvils aTvalierebda.

qal-vaJi SiSiT da aRtacebiT TrToda. SemkrTali, almodebuli TvalebiT ixedebodnen aqeT-iqiT da lamazi feris tkbil sasmels patara ylupebiT svamdnen. yoveli gadakruli ylupi de-marelis TavSi SecodebasaviT SeiWreboda xolme da yoveli wveTi cxare da tkbili sasmelisa, romelic yelSi Casdioda, mwvave siamed eCveneboda da SeCvenebuli akrZalulis sitkboebas hgvrida.

Semdeg dabali xmiT ityoda xolme: `wavideT~, da gamodiodnen. TavCaRunuli de-mareli Teatridan momavali msaxiobis swrafi da mokle nabijiT aRwevda Tavs loTebs, romelnic idayvebiT iyvnen magidebze dayrdnobili da eWviT da braziT Sescqerodnen mas. dires aqeT ise grZlad da SvebiT amoioxrebda xolme, TiTqos raRac saSinel xifaTs gadaurCao, da Tavis sayvarels kankaliT ekiTxeboda:

— Sen ras izam, aseT alagas upatiurad rom momeqces vinme?

sayvareli Tavze xelaRebuliviT upasuxebda:

— ra unda vqna! ra Tqma unda, dagicav.

aseTi pasuxiT gaxarebuli de-mareli xelze xels uWerda da SeiZleba idumali survilic hqonda, raTa mas uptiurad mopyrobodnen da gamosarClebodnen. SeiZleba, undoda enaxa, rogor daetakeboda erTmaneTs imis gulisTvis es xalxi, swored es gauTleli xalxi da misi sayvareli.

ase daexetebodnen kviraSi orjer-samjer. bolos dÁuruas mobezrda da, garda amisa, ukanasknel dros Zalian gauZnelda yovelTvis aT-aTi frankis Sovna etlebisa da sasmelisaTvis.

axla mas mudmivi sazrunavi gauCnda — ufro metic, vidre im dros, roca CrdiloeTis rkinigzaze msaxurobda. pirvel TveebSi, axal samsaxurSi rom gadmovida, Zalian bevrs xarjavda, uangariSod fantavda, Tanac mudam imedi hqonda, rom male did fuls iSovida, da amrigad Tavis maragsa da fulis mogebis fandebs swuravda.

yvelaze martivi xerxi — salarodan sesxis gamotana — male amoiwura da axla oTxi Tvis jamagiri da momavali honoraris eqvsasi franki daedo valad. garda amisa, asi franki forestiesi emarTa, samasi — Jak rivalisa, romelsac yvelasTvis mudam Ria hqonda jibe, da kidev mravali wvrili vali — xuT-xuTi da oc-oci franki.

sen-potens rCeva hkiTxa, sad da rogor eSova kidev asi franki, magram imanac veraferi mougona, Tumca metad moxerxebuli kaci iyo. aseTi gaWirvebis gamo dÁurua sasowarkveTilebam moicva: misi moTxovnileba TandaTan matulobda da gaWirvebac Tanabrad awveboda. amitom yvelas mimarT gulSi brazi da mudmivi sianCxle daugubda, rac xSirad, mcire sababis da umciresi mizezis gamo umal gareT gamoxeTqavda xolme.

zogjer Tavis Tavs ekiTxeboda, rogor SeeZlo TveSi saSualod aTasi franki daexarja, Tumca arafers zedmets ara flangavda da araviTar gulisTqmas an Jins ar ikmayofilebda. da iTvlida: rvafrankiani sauzme da Tormetfrankiani sadili bulvaris romelime kafeSi ukve luidors Seadgenda. amas rom mivumatoT dReSi aTi franki, romelic arasodes ar ici, sad da rogor ixarjeba, dReSi ocdaaTi franki gamova, rac TveSi cxraas franks Seadgens. amas unda daematos tanisamosi, fexsacmeli, ubralo da gaxamebuli sacvali, gasarTobi, oTaxi da sxva mravali wvrilmani.

da ai, 14 dekembers ukve jibeSi groSic aRar aRmoaCnda da cotaodeni fulis saSovnelad verc rame moigona. am dResac ise moiqca, rogorc uwin iqceoda: sauzmes aRar Wamda, xolo nasadilevs redaqciaSi midioda da gaborotebuli muSaobda.

oTx saaTze sayvarlisagan depeSa miiRo: `ar ginda, erTad visadiloT? Semdeg cotas vixetialebT tavernebSi~.

umalve upasuxa: `sadili SeuZlebelia~. Semdeg saamurad dros gatarebaze uaris Tqma ugunurebad moeCvena da miumata: `samagierod, cxra saaTze Cvens binaze gelodebi~.

xarjis asacileblad depeSa redaqciis mosamsaxures gaatana da fiqrs Seudga, vaxSmisTvis saWiro Tanxa sadRa eSova.

saRamos Svidi saaTisaTvis jer araferi hqonda moxerxebuli. Zlieri SimSiliT kuWi ewvoda. bolos Tavganwirulis xerxi ixmara: jer moicada, da roca yvela TanamSromeli zedized wavida da marto darCa, zari dareka. Semovida patronis mekare, romelic redaqciis sadarajod darCeniliyo.

dÁurua idga da nerviulad iqoTebda jibeebs, mere guldawyvetili xmiT mimarTa mekares:

— fukar, safule Sin damviwyebia, luqsemburgis baRSi ki sadili momelis. ormocdaaTi su masesxeT etlisTvis.

mekarem sami franki amoiRo da hkiTxa:

— meti xom ara gnebavT, batono dÁurua?

— ara, saWiro ar aris. meyofa.

fuli gamostaca, sirbiliT daeSva kibeze, sadilad im duqanSi gaiqca, sadac gaWirvebis Jams Seirbenda xolme.

cxra saaTze patara sastumro oTaxSi ijda, buxarTan Tbeboda da sayvarels elodeboda. male mouvida — metad cocxali, mxiaruli da sicilisgan SewiTlebuli.

— ar ginda, gaviseirnoT? — hkiTxa de-marelma. — TerTmetze davbrundebiT. saucxoo haeria.

dÁuruam buzRuniT upasuxa:

— ra saWiroa? aqac kargia.

de-mareli Sliapas ar ixdida:

— rom icode, ra mSvenivrad anaTebs mTvare! aseT darSi seirnoba namdvili gancxroma iqneba.

— SeiZleba agrec iyos, magram seirnobis gunebaze ara var, — uxasiaTod upasuxa dÁuruam.

de-marels ewyina da gaukvirda:

— ra dagemarTa? ra kiloTi laparakob? gaseirneba minda. ar mesmis, ra aris aq gasajavrebeli?

dÁurua gabrazda. wamodga da

— me gajavrebuli ara var. yvelaferi mombezrda, morCa da gaTavda!

de-mareli iseTi xasiaTis dedakaci iyo, romelsac winaaRmdegobis gaweva uaresad amwarebda xolme. xolo uzrdeloba — akapasebda. zizRiT da civi samduraviT upasuxa:

— me magisTana mopyrobas SeCveuli ara var. maS marto waval. mSvidobiT!

dÁurua mixvda, rom saqme gamwvavda, swrafad mivarda sayvarels da orive xeli CamoarTva, Tan ukocnida da Tanac forxiliT exveweboda:

— Seminde, Zvirfaso, Seminde. dRes metismetad aSlili, metismetad gamwarebuli var. uamravi usiamovneba, samsaxuris davidaraba da sazrunavi damatyda... albaT, Senc gecodineba...

klotilda odnav molba, magram jer ar damSvidebuliyo, da miugo:

— eg Cemi saqme ar aris. sulac ara msurs, rom Cemze amoiyaroT javri.

JorJma mklavebi moxvia da savarZlisaken waiyvana:

— geyofa, Cemo Zvirfaso, yuri migde. me Seni wyena ar mindoda... arc ki mesmoda, ras geubnebodi.

dasva da dauCoqa:

— xom Seminde? xom mapatie? miTxari, miTxari, mipatiebia-Tqo.

klotildam Cumi, magram civi xmiT upasuxa:

— kargi, mipatiebia. icode, aseTi ambavi aRar gaimeoro. — mere wamodga da daurTo: — axla ki saseirnod wavideT.

dÁurua isev daCoqili idga. xelebi qalis welze hqonda moxveuli da luRluRebda:

— Zalian gTxov, nu wavalT. gexvewebi, davrCeT. gemudarebi, damiTme. neta icode, ra bednieri viqnebi, rom es saRamo Sens gverdiT gavataro... ganmartoebiT... ai aq, buxris piras. miTxari, ho-Tqo, miTxari.

sayvarelma mokled da mtkiced upasuxa:

— ara. me seirnoba minda da Sens Jins ar avyvebi.

dÁurua mainc Tavisas Txoulobda:

— gexvewebi. damijere, sabuTic maqvs, Zalian seriozuli sabuTi, Zalian, Zalian!

klotildam xelaxlad miugo:

— ara. Tu ar wamomyvebi, marto waval. mSvidobiT!

xelidan gausxlta da erTi naxtomiT karTan gaCnda. JorJi mivarda da isev moexvia:

— yuri migde, klo, Cemo patara klo... damiTme-meTqi, erTxel mainc damiTme.

klotilda sauarod iqnevda Tavs, kocnas erideboda da gasxltomas lamobda, JorJi ki kvlav luRluRebda:

— klo, Cemo patara klo, damijere, sapatio mizezi maqvs-meTqi.

de-mareli Sedga, TvalebSi Caxeda:

— styui... ra mizezi gaqvs?

dÁurua gawiTlda, veRar moigona, ra eTqva. xolo aRSfoTebulma klotildam amxila:

— xom giTxari, styui-meTqi, turtliano pirutyvo!

da gamwarebiT gaiwia, gausxlta. Tvalebze cremli ubrwyinavda.

dÁurua erTxel kidev eca mxrebSi da mzad iyo gamotexiliyo, oRond sayvareli ar daekarga, da uimedo xmiT uTxra:

— maS kargi. icode, erTi groSic ar maqvs jibeSi... aha, xom giTxari.

klotilda uceb gaxevda da simarTlis gasagebad TvalebSi CaaSterda:

dÁurua Tmis Ziramde gawiTlda:

— isa vTqvi, fuli ara maqvs-meTqi... gaige? erTi frankic ara maqvs, arc naxevari, rom erTi alubali mainc dagalevino, Tu SevediT sadme. aha, iseTi rame maTqmevine, rom sircxviliT viwvi. xom ar SemeZlo wamogyolodi, da roca mogvitandnen rames, guldinjad meTqva, danaxarjs ver gadavixdi-meTqi.

klotilda kvlav Sehyurebda TvalebSi:

— maS... marTalia?

dÁuruam erT wuTSi amoibruna yvela jibe Sarvlis, Jiletis, zedatanisa da waiCurCula:

— aha!.. axla xom kmayofili xar?

klotildam mklavebi gaSala da mxurvaled gadaexvia:

— vai Se sawyalo! Se sabralov, Sena! neta mcodnoda mainc. miambe, miambe, rogor moxda?

dasva, muxlebze Camoujda, kiserze moexvia. ulvaSs, Tvalebs, tuCebs ukocnida da aambobinebda, Tu rogor mouvida dÁuruas aseTi marcxi.

JorJma gulamaCuyebeli SemTxveva moigona. is iZulebuli iyo mamisTvis eSvela, romelsac gaWirveba miadga, rac Senaxuli hqonda, sul misca da did valSic Cavarda.

uambo da daumata:

— naxevar weliwads mainc unda gavuZlo SimSils. radgan yvela Cemi wyaro amovwure. aba ra vuyo, TiTo gaWirveba yvelas miadgeba xolme. Tumca — ris maqnisia fuli! RmerTmani, imad ara Rirs, rom amdeni vizrunoT masze.

klotildam yurSi CasCurCula:

— ginda gasesxo?

Jurnalistma medidurad upasuxa:

— Zalian gulkeTili xar, Cemo Zvirfaso, magram gTxov, amaze nurafers metyvi, radgan Seuracxyofas mayeneb.

sayvareli gaCumda. mere mZlavrad moexvia, miizida da Cumi xmiT uTxra:

— Sen verasodes ver gaigeb, rogor miyvarxar.

es saRamo ubednieresi gamodga maTi siyvarulis istoriaSi, wasasvlelad rom emzadebodnen, klotildam gaiRima da isev Camougdo sityva:

— rogor gaexardeba, vinc Sens dReSia, jibeSi daviwyebuli fuli rom ipovos, romelic SemTxveviT sarCulis qveS mohyolia!

— ra Tqma unda! — miugo JorJma.

klotildas undoda fexiT wasuliyo, Tqva, mTvares kaSkaSi gaaqvs da misi mzera metad saamuri ram ariso.

civi da sufTa Rame idga. aseTi dari dekembris dasawyisSi icis xolme. gamvlelebi da cxenebi ficxlad dadiodnen, radgan mcire yinva erekeboda maT, fexis nabijs maRali xma hqonda. klotildam hkiTxa:

— ginda zeg mnaxo?

— ra Tqma unda.

— isev cxraze, ara?

— cxraze iyos.

— maS mSvidobiT, Cemo Zvirfaso.

da erTmaneTi nazad dakocnes.

dÁurua ukanve wamovida. ganieri nabijiT moalajebda da Tanac fiqrobda, ra moesazrebina xval wyeuli ufulobis gamo. roca Tavis oTaxSi kari SeaRo da asanTis amosaRebad jibeze xeli moisva, uceb gaocda: Jiletis jibeSi raRac fuls waawyda.

lampa rom aanTo, saCqarod amoiRo da daxeda: luidori iyo, ocfrankiani oqro!

jer egona, gavgiJdio. oqros xelSi atrialebda da lamobda gamoecno, ra saswauliT aRmoaCnda igi jibeSi. bolos da bolos, cidan xom ar Cauvarda!

uceb mixvda da saSinelma SfoTma moicva. klotildas naTqvamic gaaxsenda: zogjer, gaWirvebis dros, sarCulis qveS fuls poulobeno. ra Tqma unda, mowyalebas miuxvda. vai sircxvilo! dÁuruas lanZRva aRmoxda da daemuqra:

— maS kargi! zeg gavaxseneb, da mere rogor! damacados!

da gasresil-gajavrebuli, swrafad Cawva loginSi.

gvian gaiRviZa da SimSili igrZno. lamobda xelaxla daeZina da orze amdgariyo. mere TavisTavs uTxra:

`ara, ase Sors ver waval. bolos da bolos, unda viSovo Tu ara fuli?~ da daimedebuli gamovida gareT: iqneb quCaSi mainc movigono rameo.

magram TavSi araferi mosdioda. restorans rom Cauvlida xolme, mwvave SimSilisgan piri nerwyviT evseboda. radgan SuadRemde veraferi moigona, ucbad gadawyvita: `ra bedenaa! klotildas fuliT visauzmeb da xval davubruneb~.

or-naxevari franki Wamaze daxarja da redaqciaSi Sevida. sami franki mekares misca da uTxra:

— ai, fukar, guSin rom gzis fuli masesxeT.

Svidamde imuSava. mere sadilad wavida da imave fulidan sami franki kidev daxarja. saRamoze ori Wiqa ludic dalia da daTvala: im dRes klotildas namowyalevs cxra franki da ocdaaTi santimi daaklda.

da radgan erT dRe-RameSi verc kredits aRidgenda da verc axal wyaros iSovida, meore dRes eqvs-naxevari franki kidev daaklo im fuls, romelic im saRamos unda daebrunebina. daniSnul paemanze rom mivida, jibeSi oTxi franki da oci santimiRa hqonda.

ZaRliviT gaanCxlebuli iyo da gadawyvita yovelive umal gamoerkvia. sayvarels saTqmelic Seumzada: `guSinwin rom oci franki Camide jibeSi, icode, vipove. dResve ver gibruneb, radgan Cemi saqme ar Secvlila da agreTve imitom, rom dRes fulisTvis ar mecala. magram Segxvdebi Tu ara meorejer, ueWvelad dagibruneb~.

klotildac movida — nazi, Tavmdabali da qlesa. rogor dauxvdeba JorJi? sayvedurebi rom Tavidan aecilebina, didxans hkocnida da exveoda.

dÁurua ki TavisTavs eubneboda: `jer kidev maqvs dro. sababs vupovi da vetyvi~.

magram sababi ver ipova da araferic ar uTxra, Tanac aseT saCoTiro saqmeze laparakis Camogdebac examuSeboda. klotilda seirnobaze aRarafers ambobda da JorJis gulis mogebas lamobda.

erTmaneTs SuaRameze gaSordnen da Semdegi paemani mxolod momavali kviris oTxSabaTisTvis daniSnes: q-n de-marels mravalgan eloda sanadimo sadili.

meore dRes, sadili rom gaaTava da gadarCenil oTx franks dauwyo Zebna, dÁuruas jibeSi xuTi cali moneta aRmoaCnda da erTi maTgani oqrosi gamodga. jer egona, es oci franki albaT guSin xurdas gadmohyvao. magram Semdeg mixvda da am axali namowyalevis gamo guli damcirebiT auCqrolda.

rogor nanobda axla, rom guSin klotildas araferi uTxra! maSin rom susxianad gaekicxa, dÁuruas ase aRar daamcirebdnen. oTx dReSi xuTi luidoris ZebnaSi mravali xerxi da ZalRone daxarja amaod da klotildas meore luidoric Wamaze gaaniava.

sayvarels rom Sexvda, mtkiced uTxra: `ici ras getyvi: xumrobas Tavi daanebe, Torem gamabrazeb~. da meore dRes Sarvlis jibeSi isev luidori ipova.

`daswyevlos eSmakma!~ — wamoiZaxa da is oqro Sarvlis jibidan Jiletis jibeSi gadmoido, radgan erTi santimic aRar hqonda, Tan mSfoTav sindiss imSvidebda: `mTel vals erTad davubruneb. marTali rom vTqvaT, valad maZlevs, meti xom araferia!~

bolos gazeTis molarem misi vaeba da mudara Seiwynara da dReSi xuTi frankis micemas dahpirda. sadilisTvis sakmarisi iyo, magram am fuliT samoc franks vals ver gadaixdida.

klotildas xetialis Jini daubrunda. winandeburad parizis saeWvo alagebSi daqroda da aseTi gabeduli Ramis Semdeg dÁurua yovelTivs erT oqros poulobda — an jibeSi, an fexsacmelSi, an kidev saaTis budeSi, da amas ise SeeCvia, rom aRarc ki brazobda.

radgan mis sayvarels xetialis iseTnairi Jini hqonda, rom dÁurua amJamad ver Seusrulebda, gana bunebrivi ar iyo, rom klotilda amjobinebda TviTonve exarja fuli, vidre xeli aeRo sasiamovno cxovrebaze?

ase msjelobda Jurnalisti, da radgan amgvarad miRebuli fuli sesxad miaCnda, wignakSi iwerda da ganzraxuli hqonda, odesme daebrunebina. erTxel, saRamo Jams, klotildam uTxra:

— damijereb Tu ara, `foli-berJerSi~-Si erTxelac ar vyofilvar. ar ginda, wamiyvano?

dÁurua Seyoymanda, radgan raSelTan Sexvedrisa eSinoda. Semdeg moisazra: `sisulelea! bolos da bolos, coliani xom ara var. Tu raSelma dagvinaxa, mixvdeba da ar damelaparakeba. esec rom ar iyos, loJas aviReb~. da erTma azrmac aiZula daTanxmebuliyo: sasiamovno iyo, SemTxveviT esargebla, q-n de-marelisTvis ufaso loJa mierTmia da, amrigad, madloba gadaexada.

klotilda karetaSi datova da bileTis asaRebad wavida, raTa sayvarels ar daenaxa, rom ufasod Sehyavda. mere Camosva da TeatrSi Seiyvana. kontroliorma dabla daukra Tavi.

foie savse iyo da moyayane xalxSi Zlivs gaikvlies gza. bolos TavianT loJaSi Sevidnen da CaketilSi dasxdnen: erTi mxriv, uZravi parteri hqondaT, xolo meore mxriv — aCoCoqolebuli talanebi.

q-ni de-mareli sul ar uyurebda scenas da garTuli iyo mxolod kaxpebiT, romelnic mis zurgs ukan laparakobdnen. wamdauwum ukan ixedeboda, aTvalierebda da wyurvili hklavda, gaxaxuneboda da xeliT gaesinja maTi korsetebi, loyebi, Tma da gaego, ra sulierebi iyvnen es qalebi.

uceb dÁuruas uTxra:

— aq erTi msuqani da Savgvremani qali dadis da daJinebiT gvaTvalierebs. momeCvena kidevac, TiTqos CvenTan mosvla da dalaparakebac undodes. icnob?

dÁuruam miugo:

— ara. albaT Secdi.

namdvilad ki didi xania Tvali mohkra raSels, romelic iqve axlos daeTreoda, Tanac gaborotebul Tvalebs aelvebda da enaze momdgar wyevlas Zlivs imagrebda.

xalxs rom miapobda, dÁuruam odnav gahkra mklavi, raSelma ki dabali xmiT uTxra: `gamarjoba!~, Tanac Tvali Caukra: `mesmiso~. dÁuruas eSinoda, mis sayvarels ar SeemCnia, da amitom Tavazian salamze pasuxi ar misca: Tavaweulma tuCebi zizRiT Caikeca da gverdze civad gauara.

raSeli uneburad eWvma moicva. gamobrunda, mklavi gahkra da ufro xmamaRla miaZaxa: `JorJ, gamarjoba!~

dÁuruam isev araferi upasuxa. maSin raSelma gadawyvita gamocnaureboda da salmis mocema aeZulebina, amitom dÁuruas loJis irgvliv daiwyo siaruli da xelsayrel dros eZebda.

SeamCnia Tu ara, rom q-ma de-marelmac Tvali aadevna mas, raSelma dÁuruas mxarze xeli daado da uTxra:

— gamarjoba! rogora xar?

Jurnalistma arc ki moixeda.

— ha, ra mogivida? — xmas aumaRla raSelma, — xuTSabaTs aqeT dayruvdi Tu sxva rame dagemarTa?

dÁuruam isev ar upasuxa. lamobda, SeenarCunebina Rirseba, romelic nebas ar aZlevda am gasasyidi dedakacis winaSe Tundac erTi sityviT daemcirebina Tavi.

raSelma braziT gadixarxara da uTxra:

— maS, munji xar? am qalbatonma xom ar mogakvnita eg ena?

dÁurua ficxlav SeinZra da gamwarebiT SesZaxa:

— vin mogcaT neba, egre rom melaparakebiT! aqedan damekargeT, Torem axlave dagapatimrebT.

raSels Tvalebi aenTo, kiseri gausivda da

— maS, agre? — Sehyvira. — hai, Se salaxanav, Sena! raki qalTan iweqi, salami mainc mieci. da Tu dRes sxva gombio moiyvane, Tavi mainc ar unda momarido. weRan rom CemTvis cotaodeni yuradReba mogeqcia, roca gverdze gagiare, Tavs daganebebdi. magram Sen yoyloCinoba irCie. maS, damacade! me Sen gaCveneb ampartavnobas! maS, salamis mocemac aRar gekadreba?!