aTa­si gir­van­qa ster­lin­gi er­ge­ba.

mSve­niv­rad ki moak­va­
rax­Wi­ne eg saq­me! da er­Ti esec miT­xa­ri, im go­gos sai­dan
ic­nob?
_ Ce­mi dis­Svi­lia… gav­be­dav giT­xraT, me­ti yu­rad­Re­
ba gmar­TebT, ser _ es­-e­saa ki­na­Ram om­ni­buss Se­ve­ja­xeT!
ara kurTxeviTa msajulisa

bral­de­ba im­gva­ri rki­nis lo­gi­kiT gax­ldaT Sek­ru­li,

qvas ga­xeT­qav­da. mo­sa­mar­Tlem pen­sne dai­ko­sa Ca­mog­rZe­
le­bul cxvir­ze da Seu­va­li xmiT gan­gvic­xa­da:
_ bral­de­bul vus­ters (aq Ce­mi gva­ris ga­go­ne­bas mi­wa
gam­xeT­qo­da, is mer­Civ­na) _ 5 gir­van­qa ster­lin­gis ja­ri­
ma…
_ ra­zea la­pa­ra­ki! _ Se­vic­xa­de. _ gav­swor­deT ala­
gob­riv!
dar­baz­Si mi­mo­vi­xe­de da iq­ve Cems la­qias, jivzs vki­
de Tva­li.
_ jivz! _ veub­ne­bi, _ xuT­fun­tia­ni ar geq­ne­ba? ji­be
mTlad ga­mo­ca­rie­le­bu­li maq…
_ xma-­krin­ti! _ daib­Rav­la ro­me­li­Rac ga­mo­qan­Ta­re­
bul­ma bo­qaul­ma.
_ uci­lob­lad mWir­de­ba mci­re fi­nan­su­ri kon­sul­ta­
cia, Tqve­no Rir­se­bav, _ vux­sni mo­sa­mar­Tles. _ jivz, fu­
li ga­dai­xa­de, sas­wra­fod!
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 _ es ka­ci vi­naa? _ kiT­xu­lobs mi­si ma­Ral­Rir­se­ba.
_ am­Ja­mad bral­de­bu­lis sam­sa­xur­Si vdge­var, ser. mi­
si ka­mer­di­ne­ri gax­la­varT.
_ Tu mar­Tla asea, ma­Sin Se­giZ­liaT ze­mox­se­ne­bu­li
Tan­xa sa­sa­mar­Tlos klerks Caa­ba­roT.
_ mes­mis, ser.
mo­sa­mar­Tlem mZi­me-­mZi­med da­miq­nia Ta­vi, TiT­qos
adas­tu­reb­da rom Cem­Tvis xun­de­bis da­de­ba aRar iyo sa­
Wi­ro. sa­ma­gie­rod, ax­la sab­ra­lo si­pis ga­xe­da da Tan ise,
Zar­Rveb­Si sis­xli ga­ge­yi­ne­bo­da kacs.
_ rac See­xe­ba msjav­rde­bul leo troc­kis, ro­mel­mac
eW­vi maqvs, Ta­vi­si nam­dvi­li gvar­-sa­xe­li dau­ma­la mar­
Tlmsa­ju­le­bas, mis mi­marT wa­ye­ne­bu­li bral­de­ba, me ase
vit­yo­di, Seu­da­reb­lad uf­ro mZi­mea: sam­sa­xu­reob­ri­vi
mo­va­leo­bis Ses­ru­le­bis mdgo­ma­reo­ba­Si myo­fi ka­non­dam­
cve­li­saT­vis xe­lis Seb­ru­ne­ba upa­tie­be­lia mi­si udi­de­
bu­le­so­bis ne­bis­mie­ri qve­Sev­rdo­mi­saT­vis! mar­Ta­lia, oq­
sfor­di­sa da kem­bri­jis uni­ver­si­te­tebs So­ris mim­di­na­
re yo­vel­wliu­ri re­ga­tis dros gar­kveu­li Se­Ra­va­Te­bia
da­we­se­bu­li, mag­ram kon­steb­lis ce­ma maT Ca­mo­naT­val­Si
aramc da aramc ar moix­se­nie­ba. ase da am­gva­rad, msjav­
rde­bu­li leo troc­ki 30 dRe-­Ra­mes ci­xis sa­kan­Si gaa­ta­
rebs…
_ kar­giT, ra! _ wa­moik­nav­la sab­ra­lo si­pim.
_ xma-­krin­ti! _ ib­Rav­la isev im ga­mo­qan­Ta­re­bul­ma
bo­qaul­ma.
_ ga­dav­di­varT Sem­deg saq­me­ze, _ war­Tqva msa­jul­ma
da swo­red ase daiw­yo es am­ba­vic.
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un­da giT­xraT, Cven ub­ra­lod bed­ma gvi­mux­Tla. mar­
Ta­lia, mTlad yve­la­fe­ri kar­gad ar max­sovs, mag­ram Zi­
ri­Ta­dad mainc, saq­me Sem­deg­nai­rad iyo:
mo­gex­se­ne­baT, sak­ma­ri­sad Tav­Se­ka­ve­bu­li ka­ci meT­
qmis, mag­ram we­li­wad­Si er­Txel mec vaZ­lev Tavs uf­le­bas,
ase vTqvaT, axal­gaz­rdo­ba ga­vix­se­no da co­ta­Ti avuS­va
af­re­bi. cxa­dia, im dRes vgu­lis­xmob, ro­ca oq­sfor­dsa
da kem­brijs _ am or, Zir­Zvel alma maters So­ris niC­bo­
san­Ta tra­di­ciu­li Se­jib­ri imar­Te­ba. uf­ro swo­rad, im
Ra­mes, ro­ca es Se­jib­ri dam­Tav­rde­ba xol­me... ase rom,
ro­ca si­pis ga­da­ve­ya­re, uk­ve gva­ria­nad nay­la­pi gax­ldiT.
ara­da, swo­red im Ra­miT si­pi ise ga­moi­yu­re­bo­da,
TiT­qos mTe­li qvey­nis sa­dar­de­be­li mis­Tvis au­ki­de­biaT
mxreb­zeo da ise Se­me­co­da, la­mis eu­li crem­lic ki gad­
mo­mi­gor­da yvri­mal­ze.
_ ber­tram Ce­mo, _ meub­ne­ba ro­gorc ki fe­xi avuw­
yveT er­Tma­neTs da uax­loe­si pa­bis­ken gav­swieT. _ Seur­
ve­bu­li su­li sul mci­re imed­sac ki eb­Rau­We­ba… (es Cve­ni
si­pi li­te­ra­to­ro­ba­ze debs Tavs da Si­ga­da­Sig, swo­red
rom am­gva­ri amaR­le­bu­li met­yve­le­ba sCe­via) gar­na suls
Cem­sas ax­la Ca­sab­Rau­We­be­lic aRa­ra­fe­ri Se­mor­Ca xelT…
mTlad usa­sood var, ber­ti.
_ ase­Ti ra ge­ta­ka, Zve­lo? _ ve­kiT­xe­bi. kar­gad ga­mi­
geT, mTlad usaxsrodo rom eT­qva, ki­dev ga­vu­geb­di, ra­
ki­Ra er­Tia­nad ma­mi­da­mi­sis kma­yo­fa­zea, mag­ram usa­soo­ba­
ze wu­wu­ni am biWs naR­dad rom ar sCveo­da.
_ ara ug­via­nes xva­lin­de­li dRi­sa, pi­ra­dad un­da ga­
vem­gzav­ro lon­don­-qa­la­qi­dan da ma­mi­da­Ce­mis yov­lad,
sru­liad au­ta­nel nac­no­bebs ves­tum­ro Ce­Sir­Si. Ta­vad
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ine­ba ase da ax­la nu gaik­vir­vebs, Zmis­Svi­lis wyev­lam Tu
uwia Ci­nur var­debs mis­sa­ve yva­vil­nar­Si…
_ amis­Ta­na ra sWirs im xalxs? _ ga­vik­vir­ve.
_ arc ara­fe­ri, gar­da imi­sa rom mTels bri­ta­neT­Si
ga­mor­Ceu­li briy­ve­bi arian… aTi wli­sa vi­ya­vi, uka­nas­kne­
lad rom vstum­rob­di ma­gaT da mxo­lod ase da am­gva­rad
da­ma­max­sov­res Ta­vi.
_ mZi­me Sem­Txve­vaa, _ mi­vu­sam­Zim­re. _ da ras api­reb?
_ ar vi­ci, ber­ti, ara­fe­ri ar vi­ci… mTe­li sam­ya­ro
rux fe­reb­Si me­xa­te­ba da verc si­naT­les vxe­dav gvi­ra­bis
bo­los.
swo­red am dros, er­Tma az­rma mxia Tav­Si _ Rmer­Tma­
ni, go­ne­bis ege­Ti gas­xi­vos­ne­ba mxo­lod yo­vel­wliu­ri re­
ga­tis Ra­mes Tu da­ge­mar­Te­ba kacs!
_ ax­la Sen er­Ti kar­gi Caf­xu­ti gWir­de­ba! _ da­vi­ji­ne.
_ dar­wmu­ne­bu­li xar?
_ Tqmac ar un­da! Sen ad­gi­las, ax­la qu­Cis meo­re mxa­
res ga­da­vi­do­di da im Caf­xuts da­vav­leb­di xels.
_ kon­stebls rom axu­ravs Tav­ze?
_ aba sxvas xe­dav ki­dev?
si­pi Ca­fiq­rda.
_ mar­Ta­li un­da iyo, xom ici… ne­ta aqam­de Tvi­Ton
ra­tom ar mo­ma­fiq­rda! naR­dad ga­mo­mad­ge­ba. _ Tqva da
sar­ga­day­la­pu­li­viT mdga­ri kon­steb­li­sa­ken gae­mar­Ta.
ax­la al­baT, Tqven­Tvi­sac ga­sa­ge­bi iq­ne­ba, ra­tom me­
Ta­naR­re­bo­da gu­li. Ta­vad ga­dav­rCi da si­pi ki Ca­vag­de
cud dRe­Si: sul ra­Rac oc­da­xu­Ti wlis axal­gaz­rda ka­
ci, rom­lis wi­na­Sec SeiZ­le­bo­da yve­la ka­ri ga­Re­bu­li­yo
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da cxov­re­bis far­To gza­zec… mok­led, yo­ve­li­ve amis
ma­giv­rad, oli­ver re­ji­nald si­per­li ax­la ci­xe­Si ij­da
da SeiZ­le­ba iT­qvas, swo­red Cem ga­mo. ara, mainc ra gin­
do­da geq­na?
ga­sa­ge­bia, upir­ve­le­sad un­da mo­me­na­xu­le­bi­na da ga­
me­go, ra­me Txov­na-­sur­vi­li xom ara­fe­ri eq­ne­bo­da. miv­deq­
-mov­de­qi da bo­lo-­bo­lo, erT viw­ro, na­xev­rad ga­na­Te­
bul oTax­Si amov­ya­vi Ta­vi. ke­del­Tan mid­gmul Zel­skam­ze
si­pi ij­da, Tav­Ca­qin­dru­li.
_ aba, ro­go­ra xar? _ ise ve­kiT­xe­bi, mi­pa­naS­vi­de­bul
avad­myofs rom dae­kiT­xe­bian xol­me cal­tvi­na ax­lob­le­
bi.
_ La commedia è finita! _ meub­ne­ba Ta­vau­Reb­lad. _ mor­
Ca Ta­ma­Si, coc­xleb­Si aRar vwe­ri­var.
_ kar­gi er­Ti! arc mTlad ma­sea saq­me. ki­dev kar­gi,
Wkua ge­yo da Se­ni nam­dvi­li sa­xe­li ar gaam­xi­le _ xva­
lin­del ga­ze­Teb­Si rac dai­we­re­ba, imas Sen­ze arc ara­vin
gai­fiq­rebs.
_ ma­gis dar­di maq?! Sen isa Tqvi, sa­mi kvi­ra ro­gor
un­da ga­va­ta­ro Ce­Sir­Si, prin­gle­bis ojax­Si, Tu­ki aq vi­qe­
ni ga­mo­ke­ti­li da fe­xeb­zec xun­de­bi me­de­ba?
_ xom gai­Za­xo­di, iq was­vlas yve­la­fe­ri mir­Cev­niao,
aki agix­da…
_ saq­me is ki araa, me ra min­da da ra _ ara! ma­mi­da­Cems
ar ic­nob? Tu imaT­sas dro­ze ar ga­mov­Cndi, ma­mi­da­Ce­mi
ve­ro­ni­ka yve­la­fers gai­gebs da mor­Ca _ mom­kve­Tavs sa­
na­Te­sao­dan. fex­sac aRar Se­mad­gme­vi­nebs sax­lSi, fu­lad
Se­wev­neb­ze rom aRa­ra­fe­ri vTqva.
ras er­Ci, sa­Rad ki msje­lob­da.
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 _ amas Cven or­ni ar ve­yo­fiT, _ veub­ne­bi. _ uf­ro
mZlav­ri tvi­ni gvWir­de­ba. jivzs un­da Se­vex­mia­no.
ra­Rac­-ra­Ra­cee­bi ki­dev ga­mov­kiT­xe da sax­lSi wa­mo­ve­di.
_ jivz, _ veub­ne­bi, ro­gorc ki mis mier wi­nas­war da
win­da­xe­du­lad mom­za­de­bul erT Wi­qa ma­coc­xle­bel siT­xes
geax­le­biT. _ ra­Rac min­da giT­xra. mis­ter si­per­lis exe­ba…
_ gis­menT, ser.
_ si­pi Cems ga­mo aR­moC­nda am dRe­Si, jivz.
_ eg ro­gor, ser?
_ ro­gor da eg­re. uxa­sia­Tod iyo da meT­qi co­ta ga­
vam­xia­ru­leb. gva­ria­ni nay­la­pi vi­ya­vi, ra Wkua mo­me­kiT­xe­
bo­da… mok­led, vur­Cie po­li­ciels Caf­xu­ti aa­ca­le Ta­
vi­dan­-meT­qi.
_ ve­ra­fe­ri gar­To­baa, ser.
_ jivz, Se­ni rCe­va mWir­de­ba da ara ko­men­ta­re­bi. mok­
led, si­pi mTlia­nad ma­mi­da­mi­sis kma­yo­fa­zea…
_ mi­sis si­per­li ior­kSi­ri­dan, pe­dok­-rou­di, bek­lis
ma­mu­li, ser?
_ Sen ra, ic­nob?!
_ pi­ra­dad ara­so­des Sev­xved­ri­var, ser, mag­ram iq­ve,
so­fel­Si Ce­mi ma­mi­daS­vi­li sax­lobs da er­Txel miT­xra
_ di­dad qed­ma­Ra­li qal­ba­to­nia, xa­sia­Tic me­tad feT­qe­
ba­di aq­vso.
_ nam­dvi­lad. mis­Tvis sit­yvis Seb­ru­ne­ba da _ mor­
Ca! ram­de­ni­me wlis win we­ri­li mos­we­ra _ saq­vel­moq­me­
do sa­Ra­mos vaw­yob sof­lis bav­Sve­bis­Tvis, iq­neb gvi­kad­ro,
Ca­mox­vi­de da Ti­To­-o­ro­la sim­Re­rac gvim­Re­roo. es `iq­
neb gvi­kad­ro~ ki xvde­bi al­baT, ra­sac niS­navs _ amis­Ta­na
Txov­na de­dof­lis brZa­ne­bas ud­ris, Rmer­Tma­ni. si­pi­sac
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ra eq­na _ mar­Ta­lia, er­Txel uk­ve mia­Re­bi­nes am­gvar Ro­
nis­Zie­ba­Si mo­na­wi­leo­ba da blo­mad la­ye kver­cxe­bi da dam­
pa­li po­mi­do­re­bic daa­ya­res… ase rom, am­gvar sce­nur ka­
rie­ra­ze naR­dad aRar oc­ne­bob­da. ga­sa­ge­bad vyve­bi, jivz?
_ sav­se­biT. ser.
_ ami­to­mac, Cven­ma si­pim ma­mi­da­miss upa­ta­ka _ di­dad
vwux­var, mag­ram es­-e­saa ga­mom­cem­lo­bas­Tan xel­Sek­ru­le­ba
dav­de, sta­tie­bis mTe­li ri­gi un­da dav­we­ro kem­brij­zeo.
ase rom, sa­mi kvi­riT mi­vem­gzav­re­bi iqo. mi­sis si­per­lim
qce­va Seu­qo, kar­gia rom cxov­re­bi­seul sia­mov­ne­beb­ze
me­tad sa­mu­Sao­ze fiq­ro­bo (sia­mov­ne­beb­Si et­yo­ba, sof­
lis kon­cer­tze mRe­ra-­Ta­ma­Si da la­ye kver­cxe­bis sro­la
igu­lis­xma) da ra­ki kem­brij­Si Cax­val, Cems me­gob­reb­Tan,
prin­gleb­Tan da­bi­nav­de­bi, aba sas­tum­ro­Si xom ar iqi­ra­
veb oTax­so. me­re ki prin­gleb­Ta­nac af­ri­na de­pe­Sa _ ari­
qa, Ce­mi Zmis­Svi­li ges­tum­re­baT da aba, Tqven ici­To. ima­
Tac di­dad gai­xa­res Tur­me _ yo­vel Sem­Txve­va­Si, qa­Ral­
dze mainc... ax­la ki si­pis 30 dRe mou­wevs ci­xe­Si yur­yu­ti
da xom ges­mis, ri­Ti SeiZ­le­ba yve­la­fe­ri es dam­Tav­rdes?
mok­led, Sens imed­ze varT, jivz. moi­fiq­re ra­me.
_ vec­de­bi, ser.
_ aga­Se­na Rmer­Tma. ax­la ki wa­di da or­-sam saaT­Si ve­
li Sen­gan Se­degs. ama­so­ba­Si Tu vin­mem mi­kiT­xos, uT­xa­ri,
gar­daic­va­la-­Tqo.
_ ra brZa­neT, ser?
_ ki, ase uT­xa­ri. main­ca­da­mainc di­di tyui­lic ar
ga­mo­gi­va…
sa­Ra­mo­xans, uk­ve co­ta­Ti mom­jo­bi­ne­bul­ma ga­mo­viR­
vi­Ze da dau­yov­neb­liv Ca­mov­re­ke za­ri.
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 _ or­jer Se­mo­vi­xe­de, ser. _ jiv­zi meub­ne­ba. _ mag­ram
ise Rrmad ge­Zi­naT, Tqve­ni gaR­vi­Ze­ba da­me­na­na, ser.
_ moi­fiq­re ra­me?
_ ga­mow­vlil­viT mo­vi­xi­le sa­kiT­xi da im das­kvnam­de
mi­ve­di, rom ga­mo­sa­va­li mxo­lod er­Tia, ser.
_ er­Tic sav­se­biT sak­ma­ri­sia. ras gvTa­va­zob?
_ mis­ter si­per­lis ma­giv­rad un­da gaem­gzav­roT kem­
brijs, ser.
pir­dab­Ce­ni­li mi­vaS­ter­di. es Ce­mi msa­xu­ri aS­ka­rad
ver iyo rom un­da yo­fi­li­yo, ise.
_ jivz, _ veub­ne­bi. _ az­rze Tu xar, ras bo­dav?
_ sxva var­gi­si ara­fe­ri mom­dis Tav­Si, ser.
_ var­gi­sio?! is xal­xi si­pis moe­lis da Ce­mi ki sa­xe­
lic ar sme­niaT ara­so­des!
_ miT uke­Te­si, ser. miT uf­ro io­lad gaa­sa­RebT Tavs
mis­ter si­per­lad, ser. aki bo­los aTi wli­sa una­xavT,
ser.
_ da Cems… fui eS­maks, Ce­me­bi ar me­yo­fo­da _ si­pis
ma­mi­da­ze rom da­miw­yon ga­mo­kiT­xva, ra vuT­xra?
_ mis­ter si­per­li uk­ve mec mo­vi­na­xu­le, ser. friad
sa­yu­rad­Re­bo am­be­bi mac­no­ba ma­mi­da­mis­Tan da­kav­Si­re­biT.
cal­ke imi­si Cve­ve­bic Ca­mo­gi­we­reT da ime­di maqvs, yu­rad­
Re­biT gaec­no­biT, ser. da rac mTa­va­ria…
_ ki­dev ra ube­du­re­ba moi­go­ne, jivz?
_ me ara, ser. mi­sis spen­ser­ma uk­ve sam­jer da­re­ka,
ser. di­lis ga­ze­Te­bi wau­kiT­xavs da…
_ dei­da aga­Tas?! vai Cems Tavs ube­durs! jivz, ax­la
ra meS­ve­le­ba?!
_ sas­wra­fod qa­la­qi­dan un­da gaem­gzav­roT, ser.
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_ cam­de mar­Ta­li xar! egeT gan­wyo­ba­ze myof dei­da­
Cems mte­ri daud­ga win! Ce­mod­ne­bi Ca­mi­la­ge, jivz _ kem­
brijs mi­vem­gzav­re­bi, ax­la­ve!
_ bar­gi uk­ve Ca­la­ge­bu­lia, ser.
_ ga­mir­kvie, uax­loe­si ma­ta­re­be­li ro­dis ga­dis!
_ or­moc wuT­Si, ser.
_ sas­wra­fod taq­si ga­moi­Za­xe!
_ WiS­kar­Tan ge­lo­de­baT, ser.
prin­gle­bis sax­li kem­bri­ji­dan sul ra­Rac oriod mi­
lis man­Zil­ze id­ga. zed sa­di­lo­bis Jams mi­va­de­qi maT da
sa­nam mTe­li oja­xi tan­sac­mlis ga­moc­vliT iyo gar­Tu­li,
Cems Tav­sac miv­xe­de. me­re ki sa­sa­di­lo oTax­Si Ca­ve­di,
mux­le­bis kan­ka­liT.
_ sa­la­mi, sa­la­mi! _ vam­bob da vcdi­lob, ara­fe­ri Se­
vim­Cnio, oRond ar ki vi­ci, es ram­de­nad ga­mom­dis.
prin­gle­bis si­pi­seu­li da­xa­sia­Te­ba Tu gax­sovT, me
Ce­mis mxriv, aRarc ara­fers da­vu­ma­teb­di. ga­reg­nu­lad
pro­fe­so­ri prin­gli er­Ti Zval­tya­va, me­lo­ti, wyal­wya­
laT­va­le­bia­ni ka­ci gax­ldaT, mis meuR­les ki ise­Ti ga­
mo­met­yve­le­ba edo sa­xe­ze, ifiq­reb­di bav­Svo­ba­Si Sea­Si­na
vi­Ra­cam da jer gons ver mo­su­lao. iq­ve Tav­-fe­xia­nad
Sa­lis mo­sas­xa­meb­Si gax­veul, aS­ka­rad mded­ro­bi­Ti sqe­sis
ki­dev erT wyvils wa­rud­gi­nes Ce­mi Ta­vi:
_ de­da­Ce­mi ge­max­sov­re­baT… _ Cam­Cur­Cu­la pro­fe­
sor­ma, Tan sa­mu­zeu­mo eq­spo­nat A-ze mi­mi­Ti­Ta.
_ e-e… kxm! _ war­vTqvi da saw­ya­lob­lad ga­vi­Ri­me.
_ es ki ma­mi­da­Ce­mi jei­nia. _ ise amoiox­ra mas­pin­Zel­ma,
TiT­qos mic­va­le­bul­ze meub­ne­bo­da.
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 _ sa­sia­mov­noa, e-e… uaR­re­sad… _ Ca­vi­bur­tyu­ne da
ax­la eq­spo­nat B-sken miv­mar­Te Ce­mi Rme­Wa-­Ri­mi­li.
_ swo­red am di­liT meub­ne­bod­nen, mSve­niv­rad gvax­
sovs is ona­va­ri bi­Wio, _ mTlad ai­Ro na­mus­ze xe­li pro­
fe­sor­ma.
oTax­Si me­tad uxer­xu­li si­Cu­me Ca­mo­var­da. mTe­li es
ja­maa­Ti ise Se­mom­cqe­ro­da, ed­gar alan pos ro­me­li­Rac
mru­me fan­tas­ma­go­riis per­so­na­Je­bi ga­max­sen­da da mTlad
mo­vim­Cva­re.
_ max­sovs, max­sovs Cve­ni oli­ve­ri, _ war­Tqva eq­spo­nat­ma
A-m. _ ise­Ti say­va­re­li bav­Svi iyo… sam­wu­xa­roa, sam­wu­xa­ro!
Zaan­-Zaan taq­tia­nad ga­mou­vi­da, Rmer­Tma­ni. aseT
ojax­Si ka­ci Tavs ise ig­rZnob, ro­gorc sa­ku­Tar sax­lSi,
naR­dia.
_ mec max­sovs, _ ba­ge­ni ga­nax­vna eq­spo­nat­ma B-m da ise
mo­ma­Cer­da, ro­gorc is mo­sa­mar­Tle, si­pi rom gauS­va ci­
xe­Si. _ au­ta­ne­li vin­me iyo, Cems ka­tas aw­va­leb­da xol­me.
swo­red am dros, sa­var­Zlis qve­mo­dan bom­bo­ra ka­ta
ga­moZ­vra, auC­qa­reb­lad daar­tya wre Cems fe­xebs, me­re ku­
di gaaS­ti­ki­na da dam­yno­sa. sa­zo­ga­dod, ka­teb­Tan mu­dam
kar­gi da­mo­ki­de­bu­le­ba mqon­da da sad­Rac mew­yi­na ki­dec,
si­pis kri­mi­na­lu­ri war­su­li ase daum­sa­xu­reb­lad rom mo­
ma­ke­res. da­vi­xa­re, min­do­da ki­ser­Tan mo­mef­xa­na mis­Tvis,
mag­ram eq­spo­nat­ma B-m rom ikiv­la, la­mis sis­xli ga­me­yi­na
Zar­Rveb­Si:
_ ar ga­be­do! xe­li ar ax­lo!!!
wa­mox­ta da ise­Ti sis­wra­fiT ga­mom­dRli­za xe­li­dan
fi­so, meT­qi ra­Rac ja­do­Ti er­Ti ocio­de wliT Tu gaa­
xal­gaz­rdav­da mo­xu­ci… sxva ax­sna verc me­pov­na.
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bed­ze, swo­red am dros oTax­Si vi­Rac Se­mo­vi­da.
_ Ce­mi qa­liS­vi­li, eloi­za. _ ise­Ti xmiT mam­cno mas­
pin­Zel­ma, TiT­qos odes­Rac, am faq­tis aRia­re­ba mxo­lod
ga­var­va­re­bu­li San­Tis mu­qa­riT ei­Zu­le­bi­noT mis­Tvis.
Sev­trial­di, Sev­xe­de da… geub­ne­biT, yba Ca­mo­mi­var­
da.
dar­wmu­ne­bu­li var, yve­la Tqven­gans cxov­re­ba­Si er­
Txel mainc mog­svliaT am­gva­ri ram, ro­ca vi­Ra­cas vi­Ra­
cas miam­sgav­sebT, Tan ise ki ara, miax­loe­biT _ ai, ali-­
kva­lio rom it­yo­diT, swo­red ise. er­Txel ma­ga­li­Tad,
me mo­mi­vi­da am­gva­ri ram, ro­ca Sot­lan­dias ga­vem­gzav­re
gol­fis sa­Ta­ma­Sod da sas­tum­ro­Si vi­Rac qals Se­ve­Ce­xe
_ Rmer­Tma­ni, im wams eW­vic ki ar gam­Ce­nia rom dei­da­Ce­
mi aga­Ta ga­mom­dev­ne­bo­da ukan! ra vi­ci, iq­neb sav­se­biT
gul­ke­Ti­li da Wkua­dam­jda­ri ba­no­va­ni iyo _ ax­la ra­Ras
gaar­kvev _ mag­ram ma­Sin far­Txa-­fur­TxiT Cav­ya­re Ce­mi
niv­Te­bi Ce­mo­dan­Si da isev lon­dons gav­qus­le… er­Ti
klu­bi­dan ki swo­red imi­tom amo­vik­ve­Te fe­xi, mTa­va­ri
ofi­cian­ti gaW­ri­li vaS­li­viT rom gav­da bi­Za­Cem per­sis.
mag­ram ax­la isev prin­gle­bis ojaxs da­vub­run­deT:
saq­me isaa rom eloi­za prin­gli yov­lad usin­di­sod ma­go­
neb­da ho­no­reia glo­sops!
(ge­max­sov­re­baT al­baT, im fsi­qo­man ro­de­rik glo­so­
pis er­Ta­der­Ti qa­liS­vi­li, ro­mel­zec mTe­li sa­mi kvi­ris
gan­mav­lo­ba­Si gax­ldiT da­niS­nu­li… Cems bed­ze, be­ber­ma
glo­sop­ma na­giJ­re­bis sia­Si Cam­we­ra da cxa­dia, niS­no­bac
Ca­Sa­la. mas me­re, Ram­-Ra­mo­biT, ax­lac civ of­ldas­xmuls
meR­vi­Ze­ba xol­me. mok­led, eloi­za prin­gli gac­xa­de­bu­li
ho­no­reia glo­so­pi gax­ldaT!).
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 _ e-ee… kar­gi ga­mar­jo­ba Tqve­ni, _ Zlivs amov­Rer­Re.
_ sa­Ra­mo mSvi­do­bi­sa, ser.
Rmer­Tma­ni, xmac ki ara­Tu miu­gav­da, mTlad ho­no­reia­
si iyo! im xmas ki ra da­ma­viw­yeb­da _ ai, lo­me­bis mom­Tvi­
nie­re­be­li rom er­T-erT Ta­vis aR­saz­rdels ucac­xa­nebs
cu­di qce­vis ga­mo, mTlad ege­Ti. uneb­lieT na­bi­ji ga­dav­
dgi ukan, Sev­xti da ra­Rac fum­fu­la­ze da­veS­vi. gais­ma ve­
lu­ri Cxa­vi­li, me­re qa­lis ki­vi­li da az­rze rom mo­ve­di,
q-n jeins vki­de Tva­li _ di­van­Tan Ca­cuc­qu­li­yo da imis
qveS Sem­Zvral ka­tas uy­va­veb­da. me­re Ta­vi moat­ria­la da
er­Ti ise­Ti ga­mom­xe­da, cxa­di gax­da _ mTlad gan­mtki­ce­
bo­da Cems mi­marT ga­Ce­ni­li eW­ve­bi.
im wams, sa­di­la­dac gvix­mes.
_ jivz, _ veub­ne­bi sa­Ra­mos. _ am sa­gi­JeT­Si did­xans
naR­dad ver ga­va­tan.
_ ve­ra­fe­ri sia­mov­ne­baa, ser?
_ mis prin­gli Tu na­xe?
_ So­ri­dan mov­ka­ri Tva­li, ser.
_ be­di gqo­nia. ara­vis ga­go­nebs?
_ me­pa­tios da, saoc­rad gavs Ta­vis dei­daS­vils, mis
ho­no­reia glo­sops, ser.
_ rao?!
_ ar ico­diT? nam­dvi­lad eg­rea, ser. mi­sis prin­glis
uf­ro­si da ser ro­de­rik glo­so­pis meuR­le gax­lavT, ser.
_ eS­ma­ki da aTi mcne­ba! ax­la ga­sa­ge­bia…
_ diax, ser.
_ la­pa­ra­kic rom mTlad mi­sas miu­gavs, jivz!
_ mis prin­glis xma jer ar msme­nia, ser.
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_ arc ara­fe­ri da­gi­kar­gavs, Rmer­Tma­ni! da saer­Tod,
vai­Tu si­pi mTlad da­va­Ra­la­to… pro­fe­sor­sa da mis meo­
re na­xe­vars ki­de ai­tan­da ka­ci, iq­neb ma­mi­da jei­nis­Tvi­sac
ga­meZ­lo ro­gor­me, mag­ram eloi­zas yo­vel­dRiu­ri xil­va…
Tan isi­ca Tqvi, li­mo­na­Tis gar­da pir­Si rom ara­fers is­
xa­men! ga­vaf­ren, naR­dad. ra meS­ve­le­ba, jivz?
_ ro­gor­me mis eloi­zas­Tan ur­Tier­To­ba mi­ni­mu­mam­de
un­da daiy­va­noT, ser.
_ Senc am­bob, ra…
io­li saT­qme­lia, qals eri­deo, mag­ram xom ges­miT _
ro­ca erT, Tun­dac did sax­lSi cxov­robT, is ki­de su­lac
ar cdi­lobs Ta­vi aga­ri­doT _ Tqve­ni saq­me wa­su­lia. oc­
daoT­xi saa­Ti ar iyo ga­su­li, da uk­ve aRar vi­co­di, ri­Ti
meS­ve­la Ta­vis­Tvis. xan ki­be­ze Se­me­Ce­xe­bo­da xol­me da xan
ki­dev _ de­re­fan­Si; sak­ma­ri­si iyo an sas­tum­ro oTax­Si, an
sa­sa­di­lo­Si, an su­lac mo­sa­wev oTax­Si Se­me­yo cxvi­ri da
isic wam­Si iq gaC­nde­bo­da xol­me. ifiq­reb­di, er­Ti­-o­ri
tyu­pi da naR­dad eyo­le­bao. is ki ara, baR­Si mow­yo­bil
la­bi­rin­TSic ve­Rar da­ve­ma­le _ pir­da­pir ma­Ral, xSir
buC­qeb­Si Wri­da mok­le­ze… mok­led, su­li amom­xa­da.
_ jivz, _ veub­ne­bi er­Txe­lac. _ qan­ci ga­miw­yda, saS­
ve­li Tu ici ra­me, dro­ze miT­xa­ri!
_ ser?
_ es qa­li aC­rdi­li­viT dam­devs ukan. wa­miT ve­Rar
dav­rCe­nil­var sa­ku­Tar Tav­Tan mar­to. mTe­li dRe xom
kem­bri­jis ko­le­je­bi da­ma­ta­ra Ce­mi (e­.i. si­pis) sta­tie­
bi­saT­vis ma­sa­lis Se­sag­ro­veb­lad, ax­la te­ra­sa­zec aRar
ma­ca­la mSvi­dad si­ga­re­tis mo­we­va… Rmer­Tma­ni, ma­le aba­
za­na­Si, sa­sap­ni­dan rom amox­tes, naR­dad ar ga­mik­vir­de­ba!
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 _ gi­sam­Zim­rebT, ser. nam­dvi­lad.
_ sam­Zi­ma­ri sxva dros. ax­la ra vqna?
_ ve­ra­fers izamT, ser. ro­gorc vat­yob, mis pringls
gul­Si Cau­var­diT, ser. am di­liT wvri­lad ga­mom­kiT­xa
lon­don­Si Tqve­ni cxov­re­bis am­ba­vi, ser.
_ Rmer­To di­de­bu­lo!
sa­Si­nel­ma az­rma ga­miel­va Tav­Si. swo­red di­liT,
sauz­mis dros, Sem­Txve­viT Ta­vi av­wie da eloi­zas Tva­
lebs Se­ve­fe­Te. ma­Si­nac gul­ma reC­xi mi­yo, mag­ram ax­la
nam­dvi­lad vi­co­di, ras niS­nav­da es su­lis­gam­yi­na­vi mze­ra
_ swo­red ase Se­mom­xe­da ho­no­reia glo­sop­ma Cve­ni niS­no­
bis ga­moc­xa­de­bam­de sul ra­Rac orio­de dRiT ad­re: mSie­
ri Zu vef­xvis Tva­le­bi, es­-e­saa na­dav­lis su­ni rom ik­ra…
_ jivz! _ amo­vik­vne­se.
_ ser?
_ jivz, mec­nie­ru­lad dam­tki­ce­bu­li faq­tia, rom Wkvi­
a­ni qa­le­bi maT­ze go­ne­ba­sust ka­ceb­ze na­di­ro­ben xol­me…
_ Se­saZ­loa, amiT bu­ne­ba Ta­na­far­do­bis dac­vas cdi­
lobs er­Ti sa­xeo­bis ar­se­bebs So­ris, ser.
_ mag­de­ni aRar vi­ci… yo­vel Sem­Txve­va­Si, ito­nis
kur­sdam­Tav­re­bul­ma ho­no­reia glo­sop­ma or dRe­Si Se­ma­
ba eJ­va­ni.
_ me ki miT­xres, mis prin­gli bev­rad us­wrebs Ta­vis
dei­daS­vil­so.
_ egec Sen! aba me ras geub­ne­bo­di?! jivz, Zaan saeW­
vod mi­yu­rebs xol­me…
_ nu­Tu, ser?
_ de­re­fan­Si, oTa­xeb­Si Tu baR­Si _ yvel­gan ma­gas vaw­
yde­bi…
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_ mar­Tla saeW­vo am­ba­via, ser.
_ sul imas Cam­Ci­Ci­nebs, wig­nebs mog­cemT, Tval­sa­wie­
ris ga­sa­far­Toeb­la­do.
_ eg ile­Ti ra­Rac mec­no­ba, ser…
_ sa­dil­ze ki­de Se­niS­vna mom­ca _ jo­bia so­si­se­bis
Wa­mas Ta­vi gaa­ne­boT, rad­gan oTx cal egeT ra­me­Si im­
de­ni­ve mik­ro­bia, ram­de­nic er­Ti sa­Sua­lo zo­mis mkvda­ri
vir­Txis kbi­leb­Sio… ro­gor mog­wons? qal­Si de­dob­riv­
ma in­stin­qtma gaiR­vi­Za da ax­la Cems jan­mrTe­lo­bas uf­
rTxil­de­ba…
_ ut­yua­ri sam­xi­le­bi da­gig­ro­ve­biaT, ser.
ara­qaT­ga­moc­li­li Ca­ves­ve­ne sa­var­Zel­Si.
_ jivz, meS­ve­le­ba ra­me?
_ Tu­ki am­gvar Se­kiT­xvas ki­dev daus­vamT sa­ku­Tar
Tavs, arc ara­fe­ri, ser.
meo­re dRes ki­dev 10-12 ko­le­ji Se­mo­via­reT da sax­
lSi rom dav­brun­diT, daR­li­lo­ba mo­vi­mi­ze­ze _ Cems
oTax­Si aval da co­ta Tvals mo­vat­yueb­-meT­qi, gan­vac­xa­
de xma­maR­la. me­re er­Ti na­xe­va­ri saa­Ti Se­vi­ca­de, ji­be­
Si wig­ni, por­tsi­ga­ri, asan­Tis ko­lo­fi Ca­vi­la­ge, me­tad
mo­sa­xer­xe­bel saw­vi­mar mils Ca­vu­ye­vi da baR­Si ga­ve­di.
min­do­da zed Sua­gul­Si mow­yo­bil fan­Ca­tur­Si mo­mes­ve­na
mar­tos.
amin­di ga­da­sa­re­vi id­ga, mze zo­mie­rad ac­xu­neb­da,
say­va­vi­leeb­Si yva­vi­le­bi yvaod­nen da arc eloi­za prin­
glis aC­rdi­li da­mi­lan­davs sad­me ax­lo­Si. mde­lo­ze ka­ta
sa­ku­Tar kuds eTa­ma­Se­bo­da, mag­ram ro­gorc ki gai­go­na
Ce­mi fiso-fiso, am­gvar gar­To­bas wam­sve Ta­vi ane­ba da
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Cem­ken ga­moe­mar­Ta, din­jad. is iyo xel­Si avi­ta­te, yur­su­
kan mof­xa­na da­vu­pi­re rom ve­lu­ri wi­vi­li mo­mes­ma. Ta­vi
av­wie da ras vxe­dav _ ma­mi­da jei­ni sa­na­xev­rod gad­mo­weu­
li­yo fan­jri­dan, ise gah­kio­da da iq­nev­da xe­lebs, TiT­
qos xan­Zars moem­wyvdios sa­ku­Tar oTax­Si da ax­la vin­me
mSve­lels ux­mob­da. ver iyo es mTlad kar­gi am­ba­vi. ka­tas
ki vuS­vi xe­li, mag­ram mo­xu­ci­saT­vis qvis tyor­cna mainc
mo­me­ri­da da isev fan­Ca­tu­ris mi­mar­Tu­le­biT gav­swie.
is iyo gem­rie­lad mo­vew­yve skam­ze, si­ga­rets mo­vu­ki­
de da wig­ni ga­dav­Sa­le, rom fur­clebs vi­Ra­cis Crdi­li
dae­ca. ra ga­moc­no­ba un­do­da _ cxa­dia, q-ni tki­pa iyo,
pi­ra­dad.
_ ai Tur­me sad yo­fil­xarT! _ Tqva, ufil­tro `pel­-
me­li~ mun­dStu­ki­dan ga­mo­miZ­ro da sad­Rac mois­ro­la, bar­
deb­Si. _ Za­lian bevrs ewe­viT, uzo­mod. ro­gor min­da, am
mav­ne Cve­vas Ta­vi ane­boT! mo­we­va ki­bos iw­vevs… da ga­re­
Tac sul tyui­lad ga­mo­sul­xarT rai­me mo­sac­me­lis ga­re­Se
_ sa­Ra­moo­biT aq uc­bad icis xol­me ag­ri­le­ba. gau­go­na­ri
am­ba­via _ mar­Tla bav­Svi­viT un­da mog­xe­doT vin­mem…
_ me jiv­zic me­yo­fa.
war­be­bi Se­ya­ra.
_ ar mom­wons eg ka­ci.
_ da­gi­Sa­vaT ra­me?
_ ara, mag­ram… ar mom­wons da ra vqna. kar­gi iq­ne­bo­
da, da­geT­xo­vaT.
sa­Ra­mom­de jer sad iyo, mag­ram Rmer­Tma­ni, mar­Tla
gam­bur­Zgla tan­Si: me da ho­no­reia glo­so­pi da­vi­niS­neT
Tu ara, pir­ve­li eg miT­xra, mag ka­cis fe­xia ar da­vi­na­xo
Cvens sax­lSio.
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_ da ras kiT­xu­lobT?
pa­su­xi arc da­ma­ca­da, wig­ni la­mis wam­gli­ja xe­li­dan,
ga­da­fur­cla da tu­Ce­bi mob­ri­ca. wigns `sis­xlia­ni kva­li~
er­qva. ma­ga­ri de­teq­ti­vi iyo.
_ ar mes­mis, am si­sa­Zag­les ra ga­kiT­xebT! _ TiT­qos
xma Cauw­ydao, uceb mos­xi­pa _ Tqven ra, ber­ti vus­ter­sac
ic­nobT?
ga­max­sen­da, sa­ti­tu­lo fur­cel­ze Ce­mi gvar­-sa­xe­
li rom wa­va­we­re. ra vqna, Ce­mi me­gob­re­bis ga­dam­ki­de,
ege­Ti wi­nas­wa­ri zo­me­bi ub­ra­lod, au­ci­le­be­lia. ma­gaT
rom kiT­xo, wig­nis qur­di qur­di ki ara, mwya­lo­be­lia _
Tqvens mxed­ve­lo­ba­sa da tkbil Zil­ze zru­navs, sxva ki
ara­fe­ri.
_ e-e… aba ra giT­xraT…
_ si­mar­Tle, mxo­lod si­mar­Tle!
_ vic­nob ki, co­ta­Ti.
_ ar mes­mis, egeT vin­mes­Tan ra SeiZ­le­ba gqon­deT
saer­To. sxva Tu ara­fe­ri, Cems dei­daS­vil ho­no­reia glo­
sop­Tan ma­gis niS­no­ba imi­tom Cai­Sa­la, sa­gi­JeT­Si un­da
moe­Tav­se­bi­naT da…
_ eg sai­dan­Ra moi­ta­neT?!
_ ro­gor Tu sai­dan! bi­Zia ro­de­rik­ma Tqva…
bi­Zia ro­de­rik­ze mec vet­yo­di oriod Tbil sit­yvas,
mag­ram ax­la ar Rir­da.
_ rao, ra min­dao?
_ Tur­me qu­Ca­Si uwe­so qce­vi­saT­vis dau­ja­ri­me­biaT!
aba, ege­Ti vin­me vis­ze ra ke­Ti­lis­myo­fel gav­le­nas
iqo­niebs? xom aRar Sex­vde­biT xol­me? Ce­mi xaT­riT ma­
inc…
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 swo­red am dros, ka­ta ket­ber­ti Se­mo­cun­cul­da fan­
Ca­tur­Si da kru­tun­-kru­tu­niT Se­max­ta mux­leb­ze, mo­me­
la­qu­ca.
_ ma­ga­ri bi­Wia, _ vTqvi saub­ris Te­mis Se­sac­vle­lad,
mag­ram _ nu­ras ukac­ra­vad…
_ aba, ho Tu ara?
me vi­Tom arc ga­me­go­nos, ka­tas ga­ma­le­bu­li vfxan­di
yu­reb­su­kan.
_ Zal­ze Seic­va­leT mas Sem­deg, rac bo­los gna­xeT, _
xma­Si naR­ve­li gau­ria mis prin­glma. me­re xe­li ga­moiw­vdi­
na da ax­la Ta­vis mxri­dan dauw­yo ka­tas fxa­na. _ gax­sovT
rom miT­xa­riT, ra­sac met­yvi, yve­la­fers Se­gis­ru­le­bo?
ra bav­Sve­bi vi­ya­viT ma­Sin…
_ ra, mar­Tla eg­re vTqvi?
_ er­Txel ki iti­reT ki­dec, imi­tom rom ga­gib­raz­diT
da sa­koc­ne­lad aRar mo­giS­viT…
arc ma­Sin da­mi­je­re­bia eg am­ba­vi da verc ax­la da­
vi­je­reb. si­pis ra Wkua moe­kiT­xe­ba, mag­ram arc mTlad
ege­Ti go­ne­baC­lun­gia, bo­los­da­bo­los! co­ta­Ti gver­dze
ga­vi­wie da fi­so uf­ro mo­xer­xe­bu­lad da­vis­vi mux­leb­ze.
_ xe­li uS­viT Cems ket­berts!!!
Tva­le­bi vWyi­te. Cems win nam­dvi­lad ma­mi­da jei­ni id­
ga, oRond ro­dis mog­ve­pa­ra ase fe­xak­re­fiT, ve­ra­fers
get­yviT. asea Tu ise, mSve­nie­ri sa­ba­bi mo­me­ca da mec wam­
Si gav­Spi iqi­dan.
_ eg RvTis­pi­ri­dan ga­da­var­dni­li ega… Cems ti­bis ki­
de is­rebs es­ro­da xol­me… _ mo­mes­ma zur­gsu­kan. fexs
avuC­qa­re.
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Sem­dgo­mi ram­de­ni­me dRe Se­da­re­biT mSvi­dad ga­va­ta­re
_ eloi­zas TiT­qmis ver vxe­dav­di, rad­gan saw­vi­ma­ri mi­li
Se­sa­niS­na­vi stra­te­giu­li xa­zi aR­moC­nda da im­xa­nad sxva
gziT aRarc vmoZ­raob­di sax­li­dan ga­reT da _ pi­ru­ku.
ase Tu gag­rZel­da, am dar­Ce­nil or kvi­ra­sac ro­gor­me
ga­va­tan­-meT­qi, vfiq­rob­di.
mag­ram ka­ci bWob­da da Rmer­Ti ici­no­dao, naT­qva­mia.
erT sa­Ra­mo­sac, sas­tum­ro oTa­xis ka­ri rom Se­va­Re,
vxe­dav _ mTe­li oja­xi Sek­re­bi­la, uk­leb­liv. ka­ta ket­ber­
ti xa­li­Ca­ze Tvlem­da, ga­lia­Si ia­do­ni stven­da… mok­led,
av­be­di­Ti wi­naT­grZno­bis ara­vi­Ta­ri sa­ba­bi ara mqo­nia.
_ sad dai­kar­geT es dRee­bi? _ eloi­za me­kiT­xe­ba.
_ oTax­Si gax­ldiT, ma­sa­lebs va­wes­ri­geb­di.
_ er­Ti­-or­jer da­gi­ka­ku­neT, ara­vin ga­mom­pa­su­xe­bia…
_ mar­Ta­lia, xan­da­xan ax­lom­de­ba­re go­ra­keb­ze vseir­
nob xol­me. mo­gex­se­ne­baT, sul ma­gi­das­Tan jdo­ma jan­
mrTe­lo­bi­saT­vi­sac mav­ne­be­lia.
_ Mens sana in corpore sano, _ Rrmaaz­rov­nad war­Tqva
pro­fe­sor­ma.
_ wya­li ar gau­va, _ kve­ri da­vu­ka­ri mec.
da ai, am siam­tkbi­lo­ba­Si, mi­sis prin­glma Sig ke­fa­
Si mwe­pa ise, TiT­qos kas­te­ti mom­xved­ro­des. ga­da­ta­ni­Ti
mniS­vne­lo­biT, ra­sak­vir­ve­lia:
_ ro­de­riks ra­tom­Rac, ag­vian­de­ba.
ax­la iq­neb gaik­vir­voT ki­dec, ase ra­tom imoq­me­da
Cem­ze am sit­yveb­ma. ra­tom da xat­ze da­vi­fi­ceb, Tu­ki ka­ci
odes­me ga­day­ria ser ro­de­rik glo­sops, mis­Tvis mxo­lod
er­Ti ro­de­ri­ki iar­se­bebs am­qvey­nad da isic _ er­TiT me­
ti, vid­re sa­Wi­roa…
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 _ rod… e-e… ra brZa­neT?
_ Ce­mi dis meuR­le, ser ro­de­rik glo­so­pi Ca­mo­dis
kem­brij­Si, sax­va­liod leq­cia aqvs da­geg­mi­li wm. lu­kas
ko­lej­Si, dRes ki Cven­Tan ve­liT sa­di­lad.
_ ser ro­de­rik glo­so­pi! _ gvam­cno msa­xur­ma. et­
yo­ba, sis­xli ise mir­tyam­da sa­feT­qleb­Si, ma­nam­de za­ris
xma arc ga­mi­gia. sas­wra­fod daC­rdi­lu­li kuT­xi­sa­ken
da­vi­xie, une­bu­rad. ara­vi­Ta­ri mkiT­xa­vi ar mWir­de­bo­da
imis ga­sa­ge­bad, rom sul mok­le xan­Si di­di usia­mov­ne­ba
me­lo­da.
Ta­vi­dan be­ber­ma glo­sop­ma verc Se­mam­Cnia, dam­xdu­
rebs rac SeeZ­lo, gu­li­Ta­dad mie­sal­ma da ra­Rac bi­
di­Sis­dag­va­ric wai­bur­tyu­na dag­via­ne­bis ga­mo _ sul
mZRo­lis bra­lia yve­la­fe­ri, ure­mi­viT mar­Tav­da man­
qa­na­so.
me­re ki mainc mki­da Tva­li da ise daiW­ya­na, Sec­do­miT
Wi­qa Rvi­nis ma­giv­rad Zmars rom dae­wa­fe­ba ka­ci.
_ es… _ wa­moiw­yo gac­no­bis ce­re­mo­nia pro­fe­sor­ma.
_ araa sa­Wi­ro, mis­ter vus­ters di­di xa­nia vic­nob.
_ es Cve­ni stu­ma­ri gax­lavT, _ vi­Tomc aq ara­fe­rio,
Ta­vi­sas mie­re­ke­bo­da mas­pin­Ze­li. _ mi­sis si­per­lis Zmis­
Svi­li. mi­sis si­per­li xom gax­sovT?
_ max­sovs da eg­re? _ fsi­qi­ka­Ser­yeul xal­xTan ur­
Tier­To­bam mas, et­yo­ba, la­pa­ra­kis mkac­ri da Seu­va­li
to­ni ga­mou­mu­Sa­va. _ oRon­dac am ymaw­vil­kacs ber­ti vus­
ters ux­mo­ben.
yve­la me mo­ma­Cer­da. am­de­ni cno­bis­moy­va­re sa­xe er­
Tad ma­nam­de arc ara­so­des me­na­xa.
_ e-e… saq­me is gax­lavT, rom… _ wa­mo­vik­nav­le.
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pro­fe­so­ris Tav­Si mZi­me in­te­leq­tua­lu­ri sa­mu­Saoe­
bi mim­di­na­reob­da, aS­ka­rad. Se­de­gad ki mxo­lod es ri­to­
ri­ku­li Se­kiT­xva mi­vi­ReT:
_ aki Tvi­Ton­ve gviT­xra, oli­ver si­per­li va­ro?
_ ese igi, sa­ku­Ta­ri Ta­vi oja­xis ax­lob­lad gaa­sa­Ra?
vi­Ta­re­bis ama­ze zus­tad gan­saz­Rvras hor­nbis leq­si­
ko­nic ver moa­bam­da Tavs.
_ asec SeiZ­le­ba iT­qvas, ser. _ Ta­vi da­vuq­nie.
ser ro­de­rik­ma ise­Ti mze­ra mtyor­cna, mi­si ma­te­ria­
li­za­ciis Sem­Txve­va­Si mker­dSic gaa­tan­da, fil­tveb­Sic
gaaR­wev­da da zur­gi­dan ga­mo­mi­vi­do­da, kar­gi Ja­ka­ni­viT.
_ aki sul imas vam­tki­ceb­di, SeS­li­lia-­meT­qi! vin ga­
mod­ga mar­Ta­li?!
_ rao, ra min­dao? _ gu­lub­ryvi­lod ikiT­xa mci­red
yur­nak­lul­ma ma­mi­da jein­ma.
_ ro­de­ri­ki am­bobs, es axal­gaz­rda ka­ci Wkua­ze af­ra­
kad ari­so! _ aux­sna pro­fe­sor­ma.
_ asec vi­co­di, _ das­tur­hyo mo­xuc­ma qal­ba­ton­ma. _
yo­vel dRe saw­vi­ma­ri mi­liT eS­ve­ba ezo­Si da ukan, oTax­
Sic ma­se­ve adis.
_ ra brZa­neT?! _ ar­cTu main­ca­da­mainc gaik­vir­va ser
ro­de­rik­ma. _ geub­ne­biT, es jee­li da­sab­me­li gi­Jia da
dro­ze Tu ar miv­xe­deT, avad­myo­fo­bis Sem­dgom sa­fe­xur­
ze SeiZ­le­ba uk­ve mkvle­lo­bis ma­niac ki gauC­ndes!
mok­led, ase iyo Tu ise, iZu­le­bu­li Se­vi­qe­ni sab­ra­
lo si­pi Ca­meS­va _ bo­lo-­bo­lo, mainc yve­la­fe­ri ga­mom­
JRav­nda da ku­ku­da­ma­lo­ba­nas ra­Ra az­ri qon­da.
_ ne­ba mo­me­ciT Ta­vad agix­snaT es pa­ta­ra gau­geb­ro­
ba, _ vTqvi da na­bi­ji win war­vdgi, kar­gi ga­mo­je­ki­li ora­
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to­ri­viT. _ Cem­ma me­go­bar­ma, oli­ver si­per­lim mTxo­va,
ase vTqvaT, Cav­nac­vle­bo­di…
_ eg ro­gor? _ gaik­vir­va pro­fe­sor­ma.
_ pi­ra­dad ve­ras­gziT ver Ca­mo­vi­do­da, rad­gan kon­
steb­lis fi­zi­ku­ri Seu­rac­xyo­fi­saT­vis gaa­sa­mar­Tles da
er­Ti TviT ci­xe­Si uk­res Ta­vi.
arc ise ad­vi­li aR­moC­nda am xal­xis­Tvis yve­la­fer
imis ax­sna, ra da ro­gor mox­da da es saq­mec rom mo­va­
Ta­ve, un­da giT­xraT, Cem­da­mi ma­Ti da­mo­ki­de­bu­le­ba od­
na­va­dac ar Sec­vli­la uke­Te­so­bi­sa­ken. ma­da sa­bo­lood
wa­mix­da da xan­grZli­vi bo­di­So­bis me­re, kuW­ca­rie­li dav­
brun­di oTax­Si.
_ dag­ver­xa, jivz. _ veub­ne­bi.
_ mainc ra mxriv, ser?
_ yve­la­fe­ri gai­ges…
_ ser?
yve­la­fe­ri mo­vu­ye­vi da ui­me­do sa­xiT mi­va­Cer­di.
_ ax­la ra vqnaT, jivz? _ ve­kiT­xe­bi ise, yo­ve­li Sem­
Txve­vi­saT­vis.
_ sa­be­dis­we­ro Sem­Txve­vi­To­be­bi­sa­gan ara­vi­naa daz­
Rveu­li, ser. _ meub­ne­ba ra­Rac ma­Ral­far­dov­nad. _ Cve­ni
sa­pa­su­xo na­bi­ji ki mi­sis si­per­lis mo­na­xu­le­ba iq­ne­ba, ser.
_ me­re me ma­giT ra, jivz?!
_ ajo­bebs Tqven­gan gai­gos mwa­re si­mar­Tle, ser. To­
rem vin icis, pro­fe­sor prin­glis mi­we­ril we­ril­Si ras
amoi­kiT­xavs… mis­ter si­per­lis ase uf­ro da­vex­ma­re­biT,
ser.
_ mar­Ta­li xar, jivz! we­rils ki ara, mTel mox­se­ne­bas
gaug­zav­nis!
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_ me ki im­gva­ri wi­naT­grZno­ba maqvs, ser, rom mi­sis
si­per­li main­ca­da­mainc gul­Tan ax­los ar mii­tans Zmis­
Svi­lis cel­qo­bas, ser.
_ eg sai­dan­Ra moi­ta­ne, jivz? Ce­mi dam­Svi­de­ba gin­da?
_ ara ser. dar­wmu­ne­bu­lic ki var, ase iq­ne­ba.
_ da zus­tad sad cxov­robs, ici?
_ 150 ki­lo­met­rSi kem­bri­ji­dan, ser. me­re mTa­va­ri
gzi­dan mci­re ga­da­sax­ve­vi da sul egaa, ser.
_ aba, wa­ve­diT!
mar­to imis ga­fiq­re­bam, rom ara­Tu q-n jei­ni­sa­gan,
Ta­vad ser ro­de­ri­ki­sa da eloi­za prin­gli­sa­gan sul ma­
le mTe­li 150 ki­lo­met­ris mo­So­re­biT amov­yof­di Tavs,
sag­rZno­bi Sve­ba mom­gva­ra.
pe­dok­-roud­ze mde­ba­re Se­no­ba mSve­nie­ri saa­ga­ra­ko
na­ge­bo­ba aR­moC­nda, sa­Tu­Tad mov­li­li ba­Ri­Ta da mo­kir­
wylu­li mi­sas­vle­li bi­li­kiT. er­Ti Se­xed­vac ki sak­ma­ri­
si iq­ne­bo­da ga­ge­fiq­raT, aq naRdad viRacis deida/mamida
cxovrobso…
baR­Si­ve mov­ka­ri Tva­li var­de­bis buC­qTan mo­fus­fu­se
qal­ba­tons da eW­vic ar Sem­par­via, swo­red es un­da yo­fi­
li­yo si­pis ma­mi­da. Ca­vax­ve­le:
_ mi­sis si­per­li?
Cem­ken zur­giT id­ga da ra­tom­Rac, am uw­yi­nar Se­ki­
T­xva­ze ise Sex­ta, TiT­qos Strau­sis sa­lo­meas par­tiis
Sem­sru­le­bel fex­SiS­ve­la mo­cek­va­ves kon­ser­vis Jan­gian
qi­la­ze dae­bi­je­bi­nos ter­fi. Tum­ca wo­nas­wo­ro­ba mainc
Sei­nar­Cu­na ro­gor­Rac da gak­vir­ve­bu­li me­kiT­xe­ba:
_ Tqven aq ra gin­daT?
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 _ Ce­mi gva­ria vus­te­ri, qal­ba­to­no. Tqve­ni Zmis­Svi­
lis, oli­ve­ris ax­lo me­go­ba­ri gax­la­varT…
_ ma­gas ki­dev ara uSavs, _ meub­ne­ba. _ sul sxva vi­Rac
me­go­neT.
_ ara, nam­dvi­lad me var, ber­ti vus­te­ri. saq­me isaa
rom si­pis, anu oli­vers…
_ Seem­Txva ra­me?
_ cu­di am­ba­vi mo­gi­ta­neT, qal­ba­to­no.
_ ava­ria­Si moy­va? daim­tvra?
ise aRel­da, mea­ma ki­dec _ er­Ti ma­mi­da mainc aR­moC­
nda, vis­Tvi­sac ara­fe­ri ada­mia­nu­ri uc­xo araa…
_ ara qal­ba­to­no, jva­ri swe­ria! ub­ra­lod, ci­xe­Si
mox­vda.
_ sa­da?!
_ ci­xe­Si, qal­ba­to­no. da Cem­Tvis mainc, aq yve­la­ze
sam­wu­xa­ro isaa rom Ce­mi xe­lic _ uf­ro swo­rad _ Ce­mi
enac ure­via ama­Si…
_ ara­fe­ri mes­mis.
_ es oq­sfor­d-kem­bri­jis re­ga­tis Sem­deg Ra­mes mox­
da… si­pi Zal­ze naR­vlia­ni meC­ve­na da ga­sam­xia­ru­leb­lad,
vur­Cie po­li­cie­lis­Tvis Caf­xu­ti waeZ­ro Ta­vi­dan. imas
ki­de _ po­li­ciels vgu­lis­xmob _ ax­la Cem­Tvis sav­se­biT
ga­sa­ge­bi mi­ze­ze­bis ga­mo, es araf­rad epit­na­va da… mok­
led, si­pim er­Ti mag­rad dau­nia­va.
_ ra qna?
_ mos­do, xia, mi­ber­tya…
_ po­li­cie­li?!
_ kon­steb­li, qal­ba­to­no.
_ gin­daT TqvaT, Cem­ma oli­ver­ma po­li­cie­li ga­la­xa?
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_ sam­wu­xa­rod, ur­ye­vi faq­tia, mi­sis si­per­li. sa­sa­
mar­Tlo­Si ve­ra­fe­ri ga­vaw­yveT da mo­sa­mar­Tle­mac, ja­ri­
mis nac­vlad, sa­kan­Si Caa­yu­da er­Ti TviT…
mar­Ta­li giT­xraT, yve­la­fers ve­lo­di, mag­ram amis­
Ta­na ra­mes _ ara­nai­rad: qal­ma jer gai­Ri­ma, me­re gai­ci­na,
me­re ise­Ti xar­xa­ri aut­yda, dar­bai­sel qal­ba­tons rom
arc ekad­re­ba da bo­los, ba­lax­ze rok­va­sac ki moh­yva!
vi­fiq­re, be­di mi­si, ser ro­de­ri­ki rom ar max­lavs
Tan­-meT­qi _ wam­Si SeS­li­lad ga­moac­xa­deb­da da gi­Jis pe­
ran­gsac moiT­xov­da mis­Tvis.
_ ar bra­zobT? _ ve­kiT­xe­bi frTxi­lad, Tan oriod
na­bi­jiT ukan vi­xev.
_ vbra­zo­bo?! ras brZa­nebT! amis­Ta­na saa­mo am­ba­vi
kar­ga xa­nia ar msme­nia, ymaw­vi­lo!
ara, ime­di ki mqon­da, is­te­ri­kas ar ga­mi­mar­Tav­s-meT­
qi, mag­ram es zRvar­ga­da­su­li mxia­ru­le­ba uk­ve mainc na­
me­ta­ni iyo.
_ un­da giT­xraT, va­ma­yob ki­dec Ce­mi Zmis­wu­liT! _ ga­
mo­mic­xa­da uceb.
_ sa­sia­mov­noa, sa­sia­mov­no…
_ yve­la bri­ta­ne­li axal­gaz­rda xan­da­xan mainc rom
ga­moi­deb­des ase Tavs, Cvens beds ZaR­li ar dah­yef­da, me
geub­ne­biT!
mar­Ta­li giT­xraT, mi­si lo­gi­kis Zafs mTlad bo­lom­
de ver Cav­ye­vi, mag­ram Cem­ze da­kis­re­bu­li da­va­le­ba xom
Se­vas­ru­le da esec sak­ma­ri­si iyo Cem­Tvis. mad­lo­ba mo­
vax­se­ne, Ta­vi da­vu­ka­ri da ga­mov­brun­di. zur­gsu­kan ki­dev
kar­ga xans mes­mo­da qal­ba­ton si­per­lis mxia­ru­li kis­ki­si.
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 _ saq­me ki mog­var­da, jivz, _ vuT­xa­ri, ro­gorc ki _ ro­gor ge­kad­re­baT, ser! ub­ra­lod, ga­sul Sa­baTs
sas­tum­ro­Si Cve­ni oTa­xis ka­ri Se­va­Re. _ oRond cod­va mi­si da­ba­de­bis dRe gax­ldaT da mci­re­di sa­Cu­qa­ri ga­vug­
gam­xe­li­li jo­bia da az­rze ara var, ra xde­ba. zav­ne _ eg­ber­ti yo­vel­Tvis miy­var­da, ser.
_ da ra xde­ba, ser? _ mainc, ram­de­ni?
wvri­lad mo­vu­ye­vi eq­scen­triu­li qal­ba­to­nis qce­va. _ xu­Ti fun­ti, ser.
_ ara­fe­ria ga­sak­vi­ri, ser. am bo­lo kvi­ris gan­mav­lo­ wam­sve ji­bis­ken wa­vi­Re xe­li.
ba­Si ad­gi­lob­riv­ma kon­steb­lma la­mis sis­xli gauS­ro mi­ _ es Sen ori ca­li xuT­fun­tia­ni, jivz.
sis si­per­lis, ser. iq­neb ami­to­ma­caa zo­ga­dad maT mi­marT _ meo­re ri­Ras­Tvis, ser?
ase mtru­lad gan­wyo­bi­li, ser. _ ise, wa­ma­xa­li­se­bel jil­dod.
_ kar­gi er­Ti! da ra­ze mos­des Sa­ri, Tu ici? _ mad­lo­be­li, di­dad. mu­dam Tqvens sam­sa­xur­Si mi­gu­
_ sam­sa­xu­reob­ri­vi mo­va­leo­be­bis Ses­ru­le­bi­sas zed­ leT, ser.
me­tad ga­moi­do Ta­vi da, SeiZ­le­ba iT­qvas, sa­ku­Tar uf­le­
bebs od­nav ga­daa­me­ta ki­dec, ser. xan sof­lis gza­ze siC­
qa­ris ga­da­War­be­bis ga­mo uwer­da ja­ri­mis qviT­rebs, xan
ZaR­lis ua­li­ka­pod ga­seir­ne­ba­ze deb­da Sars da er­Txel _
bux­ris dan­Te­bis ga­mo wlis Seu­sa­ba­mo mo­nak­veT­Si… ara­
da, mi­sis si­per­li Seu­va­li av­to­ri­te­tiT sar­geb­lobs im
are-­ma­re­Si da mis­Tvis sit­yvis Seb­ru­ne­ba­sac aqam­de ve­ra­
vin be­dav­da. ax­la ki po­li­cie­le­bi aiT­val­wu­na ro­gorc
kla­si, ro­gorc sa­zo­ga­doe­bis fe­na, da Se­de­gad _ mis­ter
si­per­lis qce­vac mis Tval­Si uar­yo­fi­Ti­dan da­de­bi­Tad
war­mo­Cin­da, ser.
ax­la ga­sa­ge­bi iyo yve­la­fe­ri. Tum­ca ara, mTlad yve­
la­fe­ri ara.
_ da Sen sai­dan ici es, jivz?
_ Ta­vad kon­steb­li­sa­gan, ser. Ce­mi ma­mi­daS­vi­lia.
yba Ca­mo­mi­var­da da, ro­gorc rom poe­te­bi ub­no­ben,
TvalT ame­xi­la.
_ Rmer­To di­de­bu­lo! kon­steb­li mois­yi­de, jivz?!

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