3. 3
Tvinieri
fantastikuri moTxroba
avtorisagan
de, momitevos mkiTxvelma, rom Cveulebrivi `dRiuris~
nacvlad moTxrobas vTavazob, Tumca am moTxrobas lamis
erTi Tve Sevalie. da mainc minda mkiTxvelebs Sendoba vTx-
ovo.
axla TviTon moTxrobaze mogaxsenebT, romelsac `fan-
tastikuri~ davarqvi. Tumc namdvil ambad mimaCnia, fan-
tastikuri mainc aqvs raRac da es moTxrobis forma gax-
lavT. swored amisi axsna miviCnie windawinve saWirod.
saqme isaa, rom es arc moTxrobaa da arc Canawerebi.
warmoidgineT kaci, romelsac am ramdenime wuTis win fan-
jridan gadavardnili coli usvenia magidaze. igi SeZr-
wunebulia, azri ver moukribavs. dadis win da ukan oTax-
ebSi da cdilobs momxdari ambavi gaiazros, fiqrebs `Tavi
mouyaros~. Tanac, mourjulebeli ipoqondrikia, sakuTar
TavTan laparaks miCveuli. hoda, dadis da laparakobs,
hyveba mTel ambavs, unda gaerkvios yvelaferSi. viTom
dalagebiT laparakobs da mainc xSirad ewinaaRmdegeba
sakuTar Tavs, xan amarTlebs Tavis saqciels da amtyunebs
cols, xan sul sxva raRacebze iwyebs msjelobasa da
bWobas: igrZnoba daugeSavi fiqri da Rrma gancda, igrZnoba
didi siyvarulic. nel-nela marTla arkvevs yvelafers da
`Tavs uyris fiqrebs~. mTeli rigi mogonebebisa naTels
hfens simarTles. simarTle ki mis gonebas da guls amaR-
lebs. moTxrobis dasasruli SedarebiT ufro dalagebu-
lia, vidre dasawyisi. simarTle sakmaod naTeli da cxadi
xdeba ubedurisTvis, yovel SemTxvevaSi, mas ase miaCnia.
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ai, es gaxlavT Tema. ra Tqma unda, Txroba ramdenime
saaTs grZeldeba, nawyvet-nawyvet da areulad: igi xan sak-
uTar Tavs esaubreba, xan TiTqos uxilav msmenels, TiTqos
viRac msajuls mimarTavs. sinamdvileSic xom ase xdeba.
stenografs rom malulad moesmina da Caewera misi nala-
parakevi, egeb Cems nawerze ufro gaumarTavi da gauSalaSine-
beli yofiliyo, oRondac fsiqologiuri Tanamimdevroba,
ramdenadac mgonia, mainc igive darCeboda. swored es varaudi
stenografs rom Caewera, me ki gameSalaSinebina-meTqi, gax-
lavT imis mizezi, moTxrobas rom fantastikuri vuwode.
magram amgvari SemTxvevebi xelovnebaSi xom ramdenime gax-
lavT. erT-erT magaliTs viqtor hiugos Sedevri
`sikvdilmisjilis ukanaskneli dRe~ warmoadgens, sadac
avtorma igive xerxi ixmara. marTalia, stenografiisTvis
ar miumarTavs, magram gana ufro daujerebeli ar gaxlavT
imis warmodgena, TiTqosda sikvdilmisjils SeuZlia (an
dro aqvs) ukanasknel dRes ki arada, lamis ukanasknel
saaTsa da wuTs dRiuri weros. Tumca es misi fantazia rom
ara, arc es nawarmoebi gveqneboda _ yvelaze namdvili da
marTali yvela mis TxzulebaTa Soris.
Tavi pirveli
I
vin viyavi me da vin iyo igi
...sanam aq myavs, kidev ra miSavs: malimal mival da
davxedav mainc. magram xval rom waiyvanen, raRa vqna mere,
marto rom davrCebi? axla darbazSi asvenia, banqos or
magidaze. kubos xval moitanen, TeTrs, TeTri abreSumiT
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gadakruls, Tumca ras vbodav... ager, davdivar, davdivar,
sul minda gavarkvio yvelaferi. eqvsi saaTia, vcdilob
gavarkvio, azrebs Tavi movuyaro... me ki davdivar win da
ukan... ara, avdgebi da dalagebiT movyvebi yvelafers (hm,
dalagebiT!). rogorc xedavT, literatori ar gaxlavarT.
mere ra vuyoT, mec ise movyvebi, rogorc mesmis. vaime, netav
ar mesmodes.
Tu gnebavT icodeT, anu Tavidan rom movyve yvelafers,
pirvelad raRac-raRacebi momitana dasagiraveblad. ma-
Sin fuli sWirdeboda, `golosSi~ undoda gancxadeba dae-
beWda, ase da aseo, aRmzrdeli qalis adgils daveZebo,
gindac qalaqidan Sors iyoso, gindac Sin mecadineoba iy-
oso, Tu sxva da sxva. ase daiwyo Tavidan. ra Tqma unda,
sxvebisgan ar gamirCevia. ise movida, rogorc sxvebi, morCa
da gaTavda, mere ki gavarCie. tanwvrili, gamxdari, qera,
saSualo tanis qali iyo. TiTqos erideboda, rcxvenoda
Cemi (mgoni, ucxoebTan sCveoda ase, mec ucxo viyavi mis-
Tvis, ucxo, rogorc adamiani da ara rogorc mevaxSe).
mivcemdi fuls da gatrialdeboda, wavidoda. misi xma ar
gamigia. sxva gedaveba, gexveweba, gevaWreba, is yvelaferze
yabuls iyo... mgoni, azri mereva... ho, yvelaze metad misma
motanilma giraom gamaoca: mooqrulma vercxlis sayu-
reebma, uvargisma medalionma. Sauris fasi rom hqonda,
TviTonac icoda, magram Sevatyve, Zvirad uRirda. mere gav-
ige, ded-mamisgan sxva araferi darCenia. mxolod erTxel
gameRima mis giraoze. ara, ar ifiqroT, Cems Tavs amis nebas
vaZlevde, muStrebTan mudam jentlmeni var. mokled movuW-
eri, oRondac zrdilobianad da gorozad. diax, diax, gor-
ozad. gogonam gaquculi kurdRlis qurqis raRac nakuwe-
bi (marTla nakuwebi) momitana. Tavi ver Sevikave da raRac
vuTxari, ase vTqvaT, gavemasxre. RmerTo, rogor aelanZa
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pirisaxe! rogor damibriala didroni cisferi Tvalebi!
magram krinti ar dauZravs, `nakuwebi~ aiRo da gavida.
maSin mivaqcie yuradReba da raRacam gamielva TavSi, im-
wams raRac momafiqrda. ki, maxsovs maSindeli, sakmaod didi
STabeWdileba: rom metismetad axalgazrda, lamis ToTxme-
ti wlis gegoneboda, ise ki Turme Teqvsmeti wlis sam Tve-
Si xdeboda. Tumca es ar gaxlavT mTavari. meore dRes isev
momadga. mere gavige, dobronravovTan da mozerTanac miu-
tania is bewvi, magram isini oqros iReben mxolod, arc
daalaparakes Turme. me ki erTxel kamea gamovarTvi (didi
araferi iyo) _ mere TviTonve gamikvirda. mec xom oqro-
vercxlis garda giraod arafers viReb, imas ki kamea gam-
ovarTvi. maxsovs, maSin meored vifiqre masze.
imjerad, mozerisgan wamosulma, qarvis mundStuki
momitana. vinc msgavsi nivTebis moyvarulia, misTvis ra
uSavs, magram CvenTvis kapikad ar Rirs, CvenTvis fasi mx-
olod oqros aqvs. hoda, raxan guSin nawyeni wavida Cemgan,
gorozad, civad, magram ori maneTi mainc miveci. es kia,
Tavi ver Sevikave, cota ar iyos braziT vuTxari: `Tqveni
xaTriT, Torem amas arc mozeri daigiravebda~. diax, gul-
mosuli gaxldiT. Tqveni xaTriTo, rom gaigona, isev wamoen-
To saxe, magram krinti ar dauZravs, arc fuli mouyria
ukan _ gaWirveba, batono! magram hoi, ra cecxli waekida
pirze! mivxvdi, gulSi isariviT moxvda Cemi naTqvami. xolo
misi wasvlis Semdeg Cems Tavs vkiTxe: neta Rirs-meTqi es
gamarjveba ori maneTi? he, he! diax, swored orjer vkiTxe
Cems Tavs: netav Rirs-meTqi? netav Rirs-meTqi? da Rimil-
iTve davukari kveri. Zalian gamamxiarula maSin am ambavma.
magram siborotiT ar miTqvams, ara, gangeb vuTxari ase,
gamocda mindoda misi. raRac fiqrma gamkra maSin mis Taoba-
ze. es mesamed vifiqre masze.
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... hoda, mas aqeT daiwyo yvelaferi. ra Tqma unda,
maSinve gamovikiTxe misi ambebi. mouTmenlad velodi mis
mosvlas. guli migrZnobda, male momakiTxavs-meTqi. mo-
suls friad zrdilad vebaase. me, batono, verc aRzrdas
da verc TavdaWeras veravin damiwunebs. maSin mivxvdi, ra
uwyinari, ra Tvinieri viRac iyo. swored misTana uwyinarT
da TvinierT ar ZaluZT gaZalianeba. Tumca guls mTli-
anad ar gagixsnis, SenTan saubrisgan Tavs ver daiZvrens,
Zunwad gagcems pasuxs, magram xom gagcems. xolo Tu Rm-
erTs SenTvis moTminebac moucia, metsa da mets dascin-
clav... sakvirvelia, TviTon mas CemTvis araferi uTqvams
maSin. `golosSi~ dabeWdil gancxadebebsa Tu sxva ambebze
mere Sevityve. maSin gancxadebas gancxadebaze aTavsebda,
Tavdapirvelad, ra Tqma unda, gorozad: ase da aseo,
aRmzrdeli qalis adgils daveZebo, Tanaxma var, Tundac
sxva qalaqSi iyoso. pirobebi weriliT gamomigzavneTo;
mere: Tanaxma var yvelaferze, swavleba, ojaxis mixedva Tu
avadmyofis movla iqneba, Wra-kervac mexerxebao. roca yve-
la imedi gadaewura, bolos asec dabeWda: jamagirs ar
moviTxov, sasmel-saWmliT uzrunvelyofazec Tanaxma viqne-
bio. adgili ki mainc ver iSova! maSin gadavwyvite uka-
nasknelad gamomecada. aviRe imdRevandeli `golosi~ da
wavukiTxe gancxadeba: `axalgazrda, ded-mamiT oboli qali
patara bavSvebis aRmzrdelis adgils daeZebs xnieri qvrivis
ojaxSi. Sinaur saqmeebSic daexmareba~.
_ aba naxeT, am dilas dabeWda, saRamos ki albaT ukve
iSova adgili, gancxadeba aseTi unda.
isev waekida almuri pirze, damibriala Tvalebi, zurgi
maqcia da wavida. Zalian momewona, Tumca maSin aRarc veWvob-
di. gana mundStukebs giraod yvela miiRebs, imas ki aRarc
mundStukebi SerCa. marTlac mesame dRes momadga, gacre-
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cili, aRelvebuli. mivxvdi, ojaxSi ayalmayali mouxda-
meTqi. marTlac ase yofiliyo. axlave agixsniT, rac iyo,
oRondac is minda gavixseno, rogor gamoviCine maSin Tavi
da rogor avmaRldi mis TvalSi. ase vindome maSin. saqme
isaa, rom xati momitana (rogorc iyo, gadawyvita mot-
ana)... oh, yuri migdeT! yuri migdeT! axla iwyeba TavidaT-
avi, aqamde mxolod bodva iyo... vahme, rom yvelaferi minda
movigono, yoveli wvrilmani, sul pawawina wvrilmanic ki.
minda azrebs movuyaro Tavi da ver momiyria. oh, es wvril-
manebi, es wvrilmanebi...
RvTismSoblis xati iyo. RvTismSoblisa da yrma ie-
sosi, saojaxo, Zveleburi, oqroSi naferi vercxliT naWedi.
didi-didi, eqvsi maneTi Rirda. Sevatyve, rarig eZvirfase-
ba, mTlianad unda daagiraos, naWedobis moxsna ar unda.
vuTxari, vercxli axseniT, xati ki ukan waiReT, rac unda
iyos, xatia-meTqi.
_ gana akrZalulia?
_ ara, vin agvikrZalavs, me TqvenTvis vambob...
_ maSin axseniT.
davfiqrdi da mere vuTxari:
_ ara, ar avxsni, ager iq, saxateSi davdgam, sxva
xatebTan, kandelis qveS (rawams salaros gavxsni, kandels
maSinve vanTeb xolme). Tqven ki aT maneTs mogarTmevT.
_ aTi ara, xuTi iyos, mere uTuod gamovixsni.
_ maSasadame, aTi ar gnebavT? ise ki Rirs, _ davumate
esec, raxan Sevatyve, isev aubrialda Tvalebi, Tumca
aRaraferi uTqvams. gamovutane xuTi maneTi da miveci.
_ amreziT nuravis SexedavT, mec gamomicdia gaWirve-
ba, Tqvenze uaresi. Tuki am saqmes mivdev... es imis Sedegia,
rac viwvnie...
_ da axla sazogadoebaze Surs iZiebT? _ gamawyveti-
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na anazdad sakmao gesliT, Tumca uwyinrad (maSin sxvebi-
sgan ar marCevda da imitomac uwyinrad gamouvida).
`oho! _ vifiqre. _ xasiaTs aCens, axal ideebs eziare-
ba~.
_ xom iciT, _ Cavuqaragme maSinve viTom xumrobiT, _
`me var nawili mTeli im nawilisa, visac swadia qmnas boro-
ti, magram iqms keTils~.
swrafad mtyorcna cnobismoyvare, Tumca sakmaod bavS-
vuri mzera da mkiTxa:
_ daicadeT... eg visi azria? saidanaa? TiTqos sadRac
wamikiTxavs.
_ Tavs tyuilad nu SeiwuxebT. am sityvebiT gaecno
mefistofeli fausts. `fausti~ Tu waikiTxeT?
_ arc... maincdamainc dakvirvebiT.
_ maSasadame, ar wagikiTxavT. unda waikiTxoT ki. mgo-
ni, isev gageRimaT. oRond iseTi mdare gemovnebis mqoned ar
CamTvaloT, Cemi xelobis gasalamazeblad mefistofelis
codniT Tavs gawonebdeT. giraos duqnis patroni mainc gi-
raos duqnis patronad rCeba. diax.
_ ucnauri kaci yofilxarT... sulac ar mifiqria...
anu ganaTlebuli kaci Tu iyaviT, ar megonao, es unda
eTqva, oRond ar Tqva. magram xom vici, rom gaifiqra. Zalian
movawone maSin Tavi.
_ adamians yvelgan SeuZlia sikeTe Tesos. Cemze ar
vambob, iqneb cudis mets aras vakeTeb, Tumca...
_ ho, adamians yvelgan SeuZlia sikeTe Tesos, _ miTxra
da eWvianad Semxeda, _ diax, yvelgan, _ gaimeora isev. hoi,
rarig maxsovs yvela is wami! isic minda davamato, roca es
Cveni axalgazrdebi, es Cveni kai axalgazrdebi raime Wkvi-
anurisa da gulSi Camwvdomis Tqmas daapireben, metismetad
aSkarad da gulwrfelad daetyobaT saxeze: `ai, ra Wkvia-
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nurs da gulSi Camwvdoms vambobT~. gana es yoyloCinobiT
mosdiT, ara, TviTonac suliTa da guliT swamT es ambebi,
didad afaseben da hgoniaT, SenTvisac didad fasobs. hoi,
siwrfelev gulisa! igia, rom gamarcxebs kacs! mereda, ra
kargi iyo misi siwrfele!
ki, maxsovs, maxsovs, araferi damviwynia! rawams wavida,
maSinve gadavwyvite. imave dRes wavedi sabolood yvelafris
gamosarkvevad da yvelaferi gavige, rac mis Tavze xdeboda.
wina ambebi lukeriasgan vicodi ukve, maSin imaTTan rom msax-
urobda da es ramdenime Tvea mosyiduli myavda. ambebi ki ise
saSineli iyo, ver gamigia, kidev rogor SeeZlo weRande-
liviT gaecina da mefistofelis naTqvamiT dainteresebu-
liyo, roca mis Tavs aseTi ram trialebda. magram siymawvi-
lis ambavi mogexsenebaT! swored maSin gavifiqre siamayiTa
da sixaruliT masze, rameTu aq sulgrZeloba igrZnoboda,
sulgrZeloba da didsulovneba: me viRupebi, magram goeTes
didebul sityvebs gaumarjoso. sulgrZeloba, gindac mrud-
ed gagebuli, siymawviles mudam sCvevia. Tumca masze, mxolod
masze vambob. rac mTavaria, maSin ukve Cems sakuTrebad, Cemad
mimaCnda, Cems ZalaSi eWvi ar mepareboda. hoi, ra tkbilia
Turme, roca sakuTari Zalis gwams.
Tumca es ra momdis, ase Tu gavagrZele, rodis movuya-
ro azrebs Tavi? unda viCqaro _ RmerTo Cemo, gana esaa
axla mTavari?
II
me coloba vTxove
oriode sityviT mogaxsenebT, ra ambebic masze Sevi-
tyve. ded-mama sami wlis win gardacvlia. darCa Turme yov-
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lad wupaki mamidebis amara. Tumca wupakis Tqma imaTze
cotac kia. erTi mamida qvrivi iyo, erTmaneTze miyolebu-
li eqvsi Svili hyavda, meore _ Sinabera, didi wunkali
viRac. Tumca wunklebi oriveni brZandebodnen. mama moxele
hyolia, mwerali, ubralo aznauri. amitomac me misTvis
didi kaci gaxldiT. aba ara, brwyinvale polkSi Stabskapit-
nad namsaxuri, taxtis aznauri, damoukidebeli kaci. xolo
Cemi sesxis salaro mamidebs mowiwebiTac aRavsebda. sami
welia mamidebis yurmoWrili mona iyo, da mainc imdeni moax-
erxa, imdeni qna _ gamocda Caabara, Tumca dRedaRam umow-
yalod amuSavebdnen. maSasadame, ase undoda, ase iltvoda
ukeTesisken. me gana rad mindoda misi colad Txova? Tumca
jandabas Cemi Tavi... gana esaa aq mTavari! mamidaSvilebs is
aswavlida, sacvlebs is ukemsavda, aseTi susti janis pa-
troni iatakebsac TviTon recxavda, isini ki scemdnen da
yovel lukmas ayvedridnen. bolos gayidvac daupires. fuh!
ar minda am sibinZuris moyola, TviTon miambo mere
dawvrilebiT. misi am tanjva-wamebis mowme maTi mezobeli
Ripiani meduqne iyo. ubralo meduqne ki ara, ori sabay-
los patroni. ori coli ukve gaestumrebina saiqios da
mesames daeZebda. hoda, amas daadga Tvali: `wynaria, usi-
tyvo, gaWirvebaSi gazrdili, me ki oblebi myavs, coli maTi
gulisTvis minda~. oblebi marTla hyavda. moelaparaka
Turme mamidebs, mourigda. ormocdaaTi wlis yofila. saw-
yal gogos Tavzari daeca. ai, maSin iyo mouxSira CemTan
siaruls, `golosSi~ gancxadebebis gamoqveynebas fuli
undoda. bolos Seevedra mamidebs, cota mainc macaleT,
movifiqroo. cota acales, mere ki suli amoxades: `Cven
TviTon CasaxeTqi ra gvaqvs, Sen rom gaWamoT~. me es ambavi
ukve vicodi da im dilas kidec gadavwyvite yvelaferi.
bayali saRamos mobrZanda, erTi girvanqa kanfeti moarT-
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va, aTi Sauris safasuri. sanam bayalTan ijda, lukeria
gamovixme samzareulodan da davabare, wadi, Cumad uTxari,
WiSkarTan velodebi, gadaudebeli saqme maqvs da unda
vuTxra-Tqo. Cemi Tavis kmayofili davrCi. im dRes saer-
Tod Zalian kmayofili gaxldiT yvelafriT.
iqve, WiSkarTan, am Cemi gamoZaxebiT gaocebuls, luke-
rias TandaswrebiT vuTxari, ase da ase, did pativs dam-
debT, Zalian gamabednierebT-meTqi... Cemi qceva rom ar gah-
kvirveboda, esec davayole: `pirdapiri kaci var da saqmis
viTarebaSi garkveuli~. arc momityuebia, pirdapiri var-
meTqi. Tumca jandabas. velaparake zrdili kacis piroba-
ze, rac mTavaria, originalurad. gana ra iseTi codva esaa?
me minda viyo Cemi Tavis msajuli da viqnebi kidec. unda pro
da contra-c vTqva da vityvi kidec. SemdegSi siamovnebiT
vigonebdi yvelafers, gindac sibriyved CamiTvaloT. pirda-
pir, miukib-moukibavad ganvucxade maSin, jer erTi, arc
didad niWieri var, arc didad Wkviani, iqneb arc maincd-
amainc keTili, sakmaod iaffasiani TavkerZac (es sityvebi
gzaSi movigone da momewona), SesaZloa, bevri sxva usiam-
ovno raRac mCvevia-meTqi. vTqvi amayad, mogexsenebaT,
rogorc amboben. ra Tqma unda, imdeni Wkua ki meyo, naklis
Semdeg Rirsebani aRar CamomeTvala: `samagierod aseTi da
aseTi var-meTqi~. Sevatyve, rom dafrTxa da mainc ar Se-
varbile, piriqiT, gavamZafre. pirdapir movuWeri, saWmeli
ar mogakldeba, oRond morTva-mokazmva, Teatrebi Tu mej-
lisebi ocnebaSic ar gaivlo, roca Cems mizans mivaRwev,
maSin vnaxoT-meTqi. es Cemi gorozi kilo kidec momewona.
isic davumate, Tumca gakvriT, roca es xeloba avirCie,
anu sesxis salaro gavxseni, mxolod erTi mizani mamoZraveb-
da, garemoeba Semeqmna-meTqi maSin iseTi... gana ar mqonda
amis Tqmis ufleba? gana marTla ar mqonda aseTi mizani da
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ar Semeqmna aseTi garemoeba? diax, diax, batonebo, Tavad
mTeli sicocxle WiriviT mZulda es salaro, magram rag-
ind sasaciloc unda iyos Sens Tavs qaragmulad elapara-
ko, sinamdvileSi xom marTla `Surs viZiebdi sazogadoe-
baze~. diax, marTla, marTla! ise rom, imdilandeli misi
dacinva _ Surs iZiebTo, usamarTlo iyo. me rom pirdapir
meTqva: `ki, Surs viZieb sazogadoebaze~, dilandeliviT ga-
daikiskisebda da marTlac sasacilo iqneboda. magram
qaragmulad Turme SeiZleba adamianis ocneba moisyido.
Tanac guli sagules mqonda. Ripiani bayali rom Cemze metad
sZulda da WiSkarTan marTlac mxsnel angelozad movev-
line, diaxac vicodi. vai rom, sulmdablobisa yvelaze ukeT
gagvegeba! Tumca es gana sulmdabloba iyo? gana maSin ukve
ar miyvarda igi?
moicaT, moicaT, me maSin wyalobaze krinti ar dam-
iZravs. piriqiT: `es CemTvis gaxlavT-meTqi wyaloba,
TqvenTvis ki ara~, kidec vuTxari, Tavi ver Sevikave. Wkvi-
anurad rom ar momivida, iqve Sevatyve, vinaidan pirze Rimil-
ma gadaurbina, magram ise ki movige saqme. moicaT, Tu mTel
sibinZures movigoneb, barem ukanasknel Rorobazec vityvi:
vdgavar, vlaparakob, TavSi ki mitrialebs: Sen tanadi xar,
moyvanili, kargad gazrdili da _ trabaxi rad ginda _
kargi Sexedulic-Tqo. cxadia, iqve WiSkarTan miTxra Tanx-
moba, Tumca... Tumca isic unda davumato: hos Tqmamde didx-
ans, didxans idga Cafiqrebuli. diax, imden xans idga, kidec
vkiTxe: `aba ras mibrZanebT?~ diax, ase vuTxari, ras mibr-
ZanebT-meTqi.
_ damacaT, movifiqro.
swored maSin unda mivmxvdariyavi yvelafers! me ki gul-
Si mwyinda: `nuTu arCevansac akeTebs, me Tu bayali?~ Turme
araferi mesmoda! araferi gamegeboda! dRemde ar gamegebo-
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da! maxsovs, wamosvlisas lukeria damedevna, gamaCera da
haiharad miTxra: `RmerTi gadagixdis sikeTes, Cemo batono,
am Cvens patara qalbatons rom TxoulobT, oRond imas ki
nu etyviT, amayi gaxlavT~.
hm, amayio! gana me ar miyvars amayi xalxi. amay xalxs ra
sjobia. metadre Tu... eWvi ar gepareba, rom imaTze meti Zala
gaqvs, ha? hoi, sulmdabalo, tlanqo adamiano! hoi, ra kmay-
ofili viyavi maSin! iciT ki, roca WiSkarTan idga Cafiqrebu-
li, ho eTqva Tu ara CemTvis, vin icis, esec ifiqra maSin: `Tu
isic da esec Wiria, egeb uaresi Wiri, maSasadame, Ripiani bay-
ali sjobdes, rom aryiT gaxeTqilma cema-tyebiT bolo male
momiRos!~ ha? rogor ggoniaT, ifiqrebda viTom amasac?
Tumca verc axla gamigia, verc axla gamigia veraferi! es
wuTia vTqvi, vin icis, esec ifiqra: ori Wiridan uaresi Wiri,
anu bayali iqneb sjobdeso? magram romeli iyo uaresiWiri, me
Tu bayali? bayali Tu sesxis salaros mepatrone, goeTes ci-
tatebiT molaparake? sakiTxavi ai ra aris! Tumca sakiTxavi
raRa aris? pasuxi ager magidaze devs, Sen ki sakiTxavio, gaiZaxi.
magram jandabas Cemi Tavi... me ara var aq mTavari... an ra azri
aqvs _ var Tu ara aq mTavari? icis ki vinmem! ara, sjobs davwve
isev da daviZino. lamisaa Tavi gamiskdes.
III
var kacTa Soris ukeTilSobilesi,
Tumca meve ar mjera
ver daviZine. an ki ra damaZinebs, ise mifeTqavs tvinSi
romeliRac ZarRvi. minda kargad gaverkve an sibinZureSi.
hoi, es wumpe! hoi, ra binZuri wumpidan amovaTrie maSin!
nuTu ar unda gaego, ar unda daefasebina Cemi sikeTe! bevri
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ram maniWebda maSin siamovnebas, isic, rom ormocdaerTis
viyavi, is ki Teqvsmetis. es erTob momwonda, matkbobda imis
SegrZneba, rom gansxvaveba ase didi iyo.
magaliTad, mindoda qorwili inglisur yaidaze mo-
mewyo, maSasadame, marto Cven vyofiliyaviT, mowme ki mx-
olod ori, iqidan erTi lukeria. mere ki, haida! matare-
bliT gavemgzavrebodiT Tundac moskovs (swored iq saqmec
mqonda), erTi-ori kvira sastumroSi davyofdiT. magram
ara da ar qna, vera da ver daviTanxme. iZulebuli gavxdi,
mamidebs vxlebodi, viTarca naTesavebs, da pativi mimego
maTTvis, vaCuqe kidec as-asi maneTi im wunklebs da kidev
aRvuTqvi daxmareba. misTvis ki aRar miTqvams, guli ar
atkinos-meTqi am sibinZurem. mamidebic xelad damitkbnen.
laparaki gvqonda mziTvzec. araferi gaaCnda da arc
arafers iTxovda. magram davumtkice, arc egre cariel-
tarieli SeiZleba-meTqi, da meve gavamziTve, sxva aba vin
daexmareboda? Tumca jandabas Cemi Tavi. es kia, movaswari
da Cems azrebs vaziare, iqneb ar unda meCqara. suliT da
guliT momendo maSin, aRtacebiT mxvdeboda saRamoobiT,
metitineboda Tavis pataraobaze, ojaxze, ded-mamaze. hoi,
ra momxiblavia umanko titini. magram mis aRtacebas umal
civi wyali gadavasxi. mis aRtacebas siCume mivagebe, Tumca
mowyale siCume ki... isic maSinve mixvda, rom Cven sxvadasx-
vani varT, rom kaci advilad ver gamomicnobs. mec swored
es mewada, swored es iyo Cemi mizani! gamocanad rom miveCnie,
albaT imitom moviqeci ase briyvulad. erTi rom Tavidanve,
Sin moyvanisTanave gamoviCine simkacre, erTi sityviT, mTe-
li sistema Sevqmeni, kmayofili ki viyavi. TavisTavad mox-
da ase. sxvanairad arc iqneboda. unda Semeqmna es sistema,
saqmis viTareba iyo iseTi. marTla da marTla ra cils
vwameb Cems Tavs! sistema xom utyuari iyo. ara, ara, unda
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momisminoT. roca adamians asamarTleb, unda icode kidec,
ra iyo da rogor iyo... maS, momismineT!
aRar vici, saidan an rogor daviwyo, Zalian miWirs.
Zneli yofila Tavis marTleba. ymawvilkacobas, magaliTad,
fuli sZags, _ mec maSinve fuls miveZale. miveZale iserigad,
rom mismenda, mismenda xolme TvalebgafarToebuli da mere
xmas gaikmendda, dadumdeboda. axalgazrdoba sulgrZelia,
me karg axalgazrdobaze mogaxsenebT, sulgrZelia da amasTan
ficxi, mouTmeneli. cota Tu SegeSala _ umal zizRiT Se-
mogaqcevs zurgs. me ki sxva ram mewada, didi grZnobiT da
guliT msurda Seexeda, Caswvdomoda yvelafers. gana vtyuo-
di? ai, Tundac es patara magaliTi aviRoT: aba rogor amexs-
na misnairi xasiaTis patronisTvis es uxamsi sesxis salaro?
pirdapir meTqva, xom gamovidoda, TiTqos mrcxvenia mevax-
Seobis. me ki, ase vTqvaT, siamaye moviSvelie, TiTqos mdu-
mared velaparake. mdumare laparakSi ki badali ar myavs,
Cemi sicocxle mdumare laparakSi gavlie da mTeli bednav-
soba mdumared gadavitane. mec xom ubeduri viyavi! mec xom
yvelam gamriya, gamriya da damiviwya, kaciSvilma araferi
icis! xolo am Teqvsmeti wlis gogom unamuso xalxisgan gaigo
da egona, yvelaferi vicio, maSin rocaWeSmariteba Cems gulSi
iyo Camarxuli! me ki vdumdi, metadre masTan vdumdi, wuxand-
lamde vdumdi. magram rad vdumdi? vinaidan amayi viyavi, mind-
oda TviTon gaego, uCemod, magram ara unamuso xalxisgan,
TavisiT mimxvdariyo marTals Cemze da TavisiT Caswvdomoda
Cems guls! Cems ojaxSi rom Semoviyvane, msurda suliTa da
guliT pativi eca CemTvis. msurda daCoqili mdgariyo Cem win
im tanjvis gamo, rac gamoviare, _ me Rirsi viyavi amis, diax,
mudam amayi viyavi, mewada an yvelaferi, an araferi. ar mind-
oda wyalnarevi bedniereba da swored amitom moviqeci maSin
ase: `aqaoda, TviTon mixvdi, TviTon daafase-meTqi!~ aba me
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TviTon rom amexsna da mekarnaxa, kudi meqnia da dafaseba
meTxova _ es xom igive mowyalebis Txovna iqneboda... Tumca...
Tumca ras vlaparakob!
sibriyve, sibriyve, Cemi sibriyve! pirdapir da daundo-
blad (diax, daundoblad-meTqi, xazs vusvam) avuxseni maSin
oriode sityviT, rom axalgazrdobis sulgrZeloba kai
ramaa _ magram kapikad fasobs. ratom? imitom, rom muqTad
mosdis, imitom, rom uSromlad mosdis, ase vTqvaT, `yofi-
erebis es pirveli STabeWdilebani~. aba erTi iSromon da
mere naxon! iaffasiani sulgrZeloba mudam iolia, sicocx-
lis ganwirvac ki arafrad giRirs, roca sisxli giduRs
da Zala mogWarbebia. silamazes daxarbebixar! Tu biWi xar,
iseT sulgrZelobaze gamoide Tavi, Zneli romaa, aravin rom
ar gaigebs, aravis rom ar ecodineba, aravis TvalSi ar
moxvdeba, msxverplsac blomad gaiReb, magram cils iqiT
dagwameben, didebis natamals ki ver igemeb. roca kacs, spetaks
da uzados, aramzadad mognaTlaven, Tumca patiosnebiT yve-
las sjobixar _ aba maSin gamoide Tavi. ara, batono, uars
ityvi! me ki Cemi sicocxle sxva araferi mikeTebia. jer meka-
maTeboda, hoi, rogor mekamaTeboda, mere xma gaikminda, krint-
sac aRar sZravda, oRondac TvalebgafarToebuli mismenda,
TvalebSi ki dakvirveba exateboda. uceb... uceb ki Rimili
daviWire misi, undo, usiamo Rimili. ai, am RimiliT Semov-
iyvane saxlSi. esec kia, sxva gza ar hqonda...
IV
gegmebi da gegmebi
vin daiwyo CvenSi pirvelma? aravin. TavisTavad daiwyo
pirvelive dReebSi. aki vTqvi, imTaviTve simkacre gamovi-
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Cine-meTqi, magram male movlbi. qorwinebamde vuTxari, gi-
rao Sen unda Caibaro da fulic Sen unda gasce-meTqi. ma-
Sin sityva ar dasZra (esec iniSneT). piriqiT, muyaiTadac
Seudga saqmes. bina, aveji, cxadia, Zveleburad darCa. ori-
dan erTi oTaxi gadaRobili iyo da sesxis salaro iq mqon-
da, meore ki, isic didi oTaxi, saZinebeli iyo. avejis ra
mogaxsenoT, mamidebsac ki, mgoni, ukeTesi edgaT. saxate da
kandeli darbazSi iyo, Cems oTaxSi Cemi karada, wignebi da
skivri idga, misi gasaRebi me mqonda. loginic iqve iyo,
kidev magida da skamebi. qorwinebamde vuTxari, rom saW-
melze samives e.i. me, mas da lukerias, romelic CvenTan
gadmoviyvane, dReSi maneTi unda gveyos, meti ara: `imitom
rom sam weliwadSi ocdaaTi aTasi unda davagrovo, sx-
vanairad ki ar dagrovdeba-meTqi~. winaaRmdegi ar wasu-
la, eqvsi Sauri mere me TviTon wavumate, aseve iyo Te-
atrzec. xom vuTxari, TeatrebSi siarulis imedi ar
gqondes-meTqi, magram TveSi erTxel mainc mimyavda, karg
adgilebsac vyidulobdi, wina rigebis savarZlebSi. samjer
viyaviT kidec, vnaxeT `bednierebis ZiebaSi~ da, mgoni, `Citni
mgalobelni~. ubrad mivdiodiT da ubradve vbrundebodiT.
rad vdumdiT imTaviTve? maSin xom ar gviCxubia, mxolod
vdumdiT. maxsovs, xSirad Semomxedavda qurdulad. es rom
SevamCnie, ufro sityvaZunwi gavxdi. marTalia, pirvelma me
varCie dumili. TviTon erTi orjer ahyva gulisTqmas, mo-
mvarda da gadamexvia, magram es isteriuli gulisTqma iyo,
me ki myari bedniereba, pativiscema msurda, amitomac gul-
civad davxvdi, ar avyevi. marTalic viyavi, yoveli aseTi
ambis meore dRes Cxubi mogvdioda.
Tumca ara, ar gviCxubia, vdumdiT. igi ufro da ufro
Tavxedurad, gamomwvevad iyureboda. `urCoba da damoukide-
bloba~ _ ai, ra ewera saxeze, magram ar gamosdioda. diax,
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am Tvinier, am saTno saxes siTavxede sul ufro da ufro
eZaleboda. damijerebT, TandaTan kidec mizizRebda, amis
niSnebi Seswavlili mqonda. eWvgareSea, wonasworobas hkar-
gavda. gana SeiZleboda, magaliTad, iseT sibinZuresa da
siRatakeSi nacxovrebs cxviri aebzuebina Cvens siRaribeze!
es xom momWirneoba iyo da ara siRaribe. TeTreulsa da
sisufTaves rac Seexeba, imaze xom fuls ar viSurebdi. adrec
ocnebad mqonda, qmris sifaqize cols uTuod moxiblavs-
meTqi. Tumca mas xom siRaribeze ufro metad Cemi viTomda
siZunwe ar moswonda: `aqaoda, mizani aqvso, xasiaTis simt-
kices iCens~. Teatrze TviTonve gamomicxada uari. damci-
navi Rimilic ufro da ufro malimal gadaurbenda sax-
eze... mec ufro xSirad vdumdi, diax, diax, dumili ufro
gavaxSire.
maS, Tavi unda vimarTlo? gana yvelafris mizezi aq
sesxis salaro ar iyo! sad gagonila, qali, da isic Te-
qvsmeti wlis, mamakacs ar daemorCilos. qals xom origi-
nalobis natamali ar gaaCnia, es xom aqsioma gaxlavT, es
xom CemTvis dResac aqsiomaa! mere ra, rom darbazSi asve-
nia: WeSmariteba mudam WeSmaritebad rCeba, xolo mosiy-
varule qali sayvareli kacis naklsac, sayvareli kacis
siavkacesac gaaRmerTebs. TviTon ver mounaxavs Tavis sia-
vkaces iseT gamarTlebas, rogorsac qali gamouZebnis. ma-
gram es sulgrZelobaa da ara originaloba. am araorig-
inalobam daRupa kidec qali. maS, raRad miTiTebT mag-
idaze? gana es originalobaa, rac iq devs? vaime, vaime!
gamigoneT: mis siyvarulSi maSin arc ki daveWvebul-
var. xom mexveoda maSinac kiserze, maSasadame, vuyvardi _
undoda vyvarebodi. diax, ase iyo: undoda siyvaruli, eZeb-
da siyvaruls. Tan ra iseTi avkaci viyavi, gamarTleba eZia
CemTvis. ambobT, giraoze aZlevdio sesxs, yvela ase ambobs.
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mere ra, rom vaZlevdi? albaT iyo mizezi, Tuki ukeTilSo-
bilesma kacma sesxis salaro gavxseni. iciT, batonebo, zogi
idea xmamaRla Tu iTqva, sityvad Tu iqca, iseT sisuleled
mogeCveneba, Senve Segrcxveba. ratom? albaT imitom, rom
yvelani saZaglebi varT da simarTle ver agvitania. sxva
mizezi me ar vici. `ukeTilSobilesi kaci-meTqi~, vTqvi es
wuTia. xom sasaciloa, magram marTla ase iyo, meti marT-
la rom ar SeiZleba! diax, ufleba mqonda Cemi Tavi uzrun-
velmeyo da sesxis salaroc gamexsna! ~Tqven me gamriyeT,
adamianebo, uxmod, zizRiT gamagdeT, Cems sificxes Seuracx-
yofa miagebeT. maSasadame, ufleba maqvs kedeli aRvmarTo
Cem da Tqven Soris, Sevagrovo es ocdaaTi aTasi maneTi,
sadme yirimSi, samxreT zRvis piras, mTebisa da venaxebis
mxareSi viyido mamuli am fuliT, iq gavlio Cemi dReni
Tqvengan moSorebiT, Tumca RvarZlis gareSe, sayvareli qa-
lis gverdiT, Tu momca RmerTma, da davexmaro axlomaxlo
mcxovrebT~.
axla rom vambob amas, ra Tqma unda, yurisTvis
lamazad JRers, magram aba erTi misTvis meTqva da damexa-
ta maSin es suraTi, gana suleli ar viqnebodi. ai, amitom
vdumdi amayad, amitom viyaviT mdumared. gana gamigebda?
Teqvsmeti wlis qals, sul bavSvs, aba ra unda gaego Cemi
tanjvis da Tavis marTlebis? Tanac misi pirdapiroba, misi
gamoucdeloba, siymawvilis iaffasiani Sexedulebani,
`spetaki sulis~ sibrmave, TavidaTavi sesxis salaro (gana
me yaCaRi viyavi, gana TviTon ar iyo mowme, zedmeti rom
aravisTvis wamirTmevia?)! vahme, rom simarTleze saSineli
amqveynad araferi yofila! es Tvinieri, es ciuri qmnileba
_ mtarvali da mwamebeli gaxda Cemi sulisTvis! Tu es ar
vTqvi, xom cili davwame Cems Tavs! iqneb ggoniaT, ar miy-
varda? ara, es mxolod dacinva, mxolod da mxolod bedis
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da bunebis avi dacinva gaxlavT. Cven dawyevlilebi varT,
adamianis cxovreba dawyevlilia aw da maradis! xom vici
axla, rom raRac SemeSala! raRac ise ver gavakeTe! magram
yvelaferi xom cxadi iyo, Cemi gegma xom sarkesaviT naTe-
li iyo: `gorozi, amayi, nugeSsa da namusis mowmendas aravis
sTxovs, usityvod itanjeba~. ase iyo marTla, ara vtyuo-
di, ara vtyuodi! `mere darwmundeba, rom es sulgrZeloba
iyo, oRond TviTon ver SeamCnia _ mere mixvdeba, aTjer
metad damafasebs da fexebSi Camivardeba mudariT~. ai, ba-
tono, Cemi gegma. magram, etyoba, raRac gamomrCa, raRac
damaviwyda da ver gavakeTe. Tumca kmara. an vis vTxovo
patieba, morCa, yvelaferi morCa. nu SeSindebi, adamiano,
iyavi amayi! Sen ar xar damnaSave!..
diax, me vityvi simarTles, ar meSinia simarTles Tva-
li gavusworo. damnaSave TviTon igia!
V
amboxi
ra iyo Cxubis mizezi? is, rom ucbad Tavis Wkuaze moin-
doma fulis gacema da giraos Rirebulze metad Sefaseba.
erTi-orjer SemekamaTa kidec amis gamo. me ar davuTme.
swored maSin gamotyvra kapitnis qvrivic. medalioni mo-
mitana, cxonebuli qmris naCuqari, cxadia, misTvis Zvir-
fasi. ocdaaTi maneTi miveci. Semevedra da Semexvewa, ar dami-
kargoT medalionio. ra Tqma unda, arc davkargavdi. vnax-
oT, xuTi dRis Semdeg samajuri moitana, amaSi gamicvaleo.
samajuri ki rva maneTic ar Rirda. cxadia, uari vuTxari,
etyoba, Cems cols raRac Seatyo Tvalebze, vinaidan Cems
aryofnaSi mosuliyo da cols medalionSi gaecvala.
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es rom gavige, mSvidad, magram mtkiced vuTxari, rasac
vfiqrobdi. loginze ijda, iataks CasCereboda, marjvena
fexis wvers noxze aTamaSebda (ase icoda xolme); pirze
amrezili Rimili ukrToda. xmis aumaRleblad ganvucxa-
de, rom fuli Cemia, rom neba maqvs Cemeburad vuyuro cx-
ovrebas da arc misTvis damimalavs rame, roca ojaxSi Se-
moviyvane.
wamomixta uceb, acaxcaxda da, warmoidgineT, fexebi
damibakuna. es iyo qali afTari, qali, mxecad qceuli. gao-
cebisgan gavSeSdi kaci. aseT saqciels ar movelodi. ma-
gram ar SevkrTi, arc davibeni. aseve dinjad movaxsene, am-
ieridan Cems saqmeSi Carevas gikrZalav-meTqi. pirSi Se-
momxarxara da Sinidan wavida.
amis ufleba ki ar hqonda. jer kidev jvrisweramde
davdeT piroba, rom uCemod fexs arsad gadgamda. saRamo
xans dabrunda mxolod, krinti ar damiZravs.
meore dRes isev wavida dilidanve. mesame dResac. davkete
salaro da mamidebs mivakiTxe. qorwinebis dRidan maTTan
saqme ara mqonia _ arc CemTan momiyvania da arc maT vwvevi-
var. Turme arc imaTTan misula. cnobismoyvared moismines
yvelaferi da damcines kidec: `axia Tqvenze~. egrec vico-
di, rom damcinebdnen. iqve Sevpirdi asi maneTi gauTxovar
umcros mamidas da ocdaxuTi windawin miveci. ori dRis
Semdeg momadga Sin: `aq Tqveni yofili polkis oficeri
efimoviCia Careuli~. saxtad davrCi. yvelaze meti boroteba
im efimoviCma miyo polkSi. am erTi Tvis win unamusod mo-
makiTxa erTi-orjer, viTomc raRacis dagiraveba undoda.
maxsovs, is da Cemi coli laparakobdnen da raRacaze ici-
nodnen. avdeqi da maSinve mivaxale, CemTan mosvla aRar ga-
bedo, Cveni damokidebuleba ar daiviwyo-meTqi. sxva ram
TavSi arc gamivlia, mxolod es vifiqre, ra Tavxedi yofi-
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la-meTqi. axla ki misi mamida meubneba, paemani aqvT daniS-
nulio. yvelafris momwyobi ki Turme mamidebis yofili
nacnobi iulia samsonovna brZanebula, polkovnikis qvrivi
_ Tqveni meuRle axla imasTan dabrZandebao.
am ambavs aRar gavagrZeleb. mTeli saqme sul ocdaaTi
Tumani dajda, magram or dReSi ki movagvare. me mezobel
oTaxSi dammalavdnen, kars ukan da Cemi colis paemans efi-
moviCTan Cemi yuriT movismendi. erTi dRiT adre ki CemTvis
friad mniSvnelovani ambavi moxda.
Sin saRamos dabrunda da loginze Camojda, dacinviT
Semomacqerda, fexs xaliCaze aTamaSebda. Sevxede da anazdad
TavSi gamielva: es bolo Tve, ufro sworad, ukanaskneli
ori kvira Tavis Wkuaze ar unda iyos, ase vTqvaT, Tavisive
bunebis winaaRmdeg iqceva-meTqi. es gaxldaT qali gaanCx-
lebuli, Setevaze gadmosuli, ver vityvi, urcxvi, magram
zomierebadakarguli da moCxubari. es kia, misive Tviniere-
ba uSlida xels. amisTana rom gaanCxldeba, gindac wonas-
woroba dakargos, mainc Seatyob, rom Tavisive bunebis
winaaRmdeg midis, TviTon iRizianebs Tavs, magram sircx-
vil-namusisTvis ver gadaubijebia. amitomac, roca zom-
ierebas kargavs, Sens Tvals aRar ujereb. gaTaxsirebuli
buneba ki, piriqiT, Seecdeba Searbilos yvelaferi, wesi-
ereba daicvas da iqiT mogdos Sari, Tumca ufro sazizRars
ki Caidens.
_ marTalia, rom duelis SegeSindaT da imitom ga-
mogagdes polkidan? _ mkiTxa jiqur da Tvalebi gakvesa.
_ marTalia, oficrebis ganaCeniT mTxoves polkidan
wasvla, Tumca manamde TviTonve Sevitane gancxadeba, polks
Tavs vanebeb-meTqi.
_ gamogagdes, rogorc laCari?
_ diax, ganaCeni laCrobisTvis gamomitanes. magram
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duelze laCrobam ar maTqmevina uari, TviTon ar davyab-
uldi maT sastik ganaCens da duelze uari vTqvi, vinaidan
Seuracxyofilad ar mimaCnda Tavi. isic SeniSneT, _ wamom-
cda anazdad, _ maTi ganaCenis winaaRmdeg amxedreba da amis
Sedegad yvela ubedurebis gadatana ufro meti vaJkacoba
iyo, vidre duelSi gasvla. _ ver moviTmine, TiTqos Tavi
vimarTle, imas ki swored Cemi xelaxla damcireba undoda.
_ isic marTalia, _ Caicina RvarZlianad, _ rom mere
sami weli Turme peterburgis quCebSi maTxovrobdiT, samow-
yalod Saurians ixvewebodiT da biliardis magidebqveS
geZinaT?
_ diax, marTali gaxlavT, polkidan wamosvlis Sem-
deg bevri samarcxvino ambavi gadamxda, magram sulierad
ar davcemulvar, rameTu TviTon mZagda Cemi saqcieli. ma-
Sin Zalam da Wkuam miRalata, rameTu sxva gamosavali ar
mqonda, sabednierod am yvelaferma Caiara...
_ ho, axla finansisti brZandebiT!
anu sesxis salaroze Camikakuna. magram me ukve mover-
ie Cems guls. Sevatyve, surda Tavis marTleba damewyo da
davemcirebine, me ki ar avyevi. am dros zari darekes, girao
moitana viRacam, da darbazSi gavedi. erTi saaTis Semdeg,
roca Caicva da wasvla daapira, ase miTxra:
_ qorwinebamde rad ar miTxariT es yvelaferi?
xma ar amomiRia, ise wavida.
maSasadame, meore dRes karTan videqi da vusmendi,
rogor wydeboda Cemi bedi. jibeSi revolveri medo. gamow-
yobili magidas ujda, efimoviCi ki win edga da Tavs awoneb-
da, yoyloCinobda. hoda, isec moxda, rogorc velodi (Cem-
da saqebrad vambob), swored ise, rogorc megona da guli
migrZnobda, Tumca ver vacnobierebdi, guli ras miTqvamda
da meubneboda. ar vici, gamigebT Tu ara.
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diax, mTeli erTi saaTi koxtapruwa, gaTaxsirebul,
uWkuo naZiralasTan spetaki da keTilSobili sulis
paeqrobis mowme gaxldiT. gaocebas viyavi, am gamoucdel-
ma, am Tvinierma da utyvma qmnilebam saidan icis-meTqi es
yvelaferi? Wkuamaxvili avtoric ki maRali wris kome-
diebisa ver Seqmnida misTana scenas, dacinviT, gulubryvi-
lo siciliTa da biwierebisadmi ubiwo zizRiT aRsavses.
ra moswrebuli sityva-pasuxi, rogori ganqiqeba, amave dros
ki siwrfele da kdemamosilebaa. igi dascinoda mis saar-
Siyo sityvebs, mis mimoxras, mis yovel naTqvams. im zrax-
viT mosuls, rom xeldaxel tlanqad mietana ieriSi, azrad
rogor mouvidoda, Tu winaaRmdegobas gauwevdnen da amit-
omac gaSra, daiCuta kaci. pirvelad SeiZleba gefiqra,
mxolod keklucobs da ipranWeba, `rogorc garyvnil, ma-
gram Wkuamaxvil qmnilebas mosdgams, romelsac unda Tavi
ufro daifasos~. magram simarTle mzisebr gamobrwyinda,
eWvs veRar Seitandi. mxolod Cemdami siZulvilma, naZa-
ladevma da naCqarevma gadawyvetilebam, aiZula misTana
gamoucdeli am paemanze mosuliyo. oRond saqme saqmeze rom
midga, _ umal aexila Tvali. imas undoda Cemi Sercxvena,
Tavis moWra, magram sibinZure ver aitana, WuWys ver gauZ-
lo. misebr ubiwosa da spetaki idealebis patrons gana
efimoviCi Tu misnairi naZirala vaJ-batonebi acdunebdnen?
piriqiT, mxolod sicili aRuZra, mTeli simarTle amou-
duRa gulis siRrmidan da aRSfoTebam mxolod sarkazmi
daafrqvevina. vimeoreb, es tutuci bolos ise gamoTayvan-
da, ise moquSuli ijda da pasuxebs ise ZalisZalad RerRav-
da, kidec SemeSinda, aq sulmdablobiT ar Seuracxyos-meT-
qi. isev vimeoreb, Cemda sasaxelod am scenam TiTqmis arc
gamaoca. TiTqos CemTvis nacnobi ram vixile, TiTqos imi-
tom movdiodi, rom es menaxa. movdiodi da ar mjeroda, ar
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mjeroda, ara ciliswameba, Tumca revolveri medo jibeSi
_ ai, Tu gnebavT mTeli simarTle! gana sxvas ki warmovid-
gendi? gana ratom miyvarda, rad vafasebdi, risTvis viTx-
ove colad? Tu rogor vZuldi, maSin davrwmundi, magram
isic viwame, ramdenad spetaki iyo. kari ucbad SevaRe da es
scena Sevwyvite. efimoviCi wamoxta, me ki movkide imas xeli
da, wamodi-meTqi, vuTxari. efimoviCi gons moego da uceb
xmamaRla gadaixarxara:
_ oho, colqmrobis wmidaTawmida movaleobasTan ra
xeli maqvs! ki, batono, waiyvaneT, waiyvaneT! magram amas ki
getyviT, _ momaZaxa ukan, _ Tumca rigiani kaci TqvenTan
duelSi ar gamova, magram Tqveni colis xaTriT mimsax-
ureT... Tu, rasakvirvelia, gabedavT da...
_ xom gesmiT! _ SevaCere wamiT igi zRurblze.
saxlamde xma ar amogviRia. xelkaviT mimyavda da arc
is gamZalianebia, piriqiT, metismetad iyo SemkrTali,
oRondac mxolod Sin misvlamde. Sin movediT Tu ara, ska-
mze dajda da Tvalebi momaStera. adamianis feri ar edo.
marTalia, tuCebi dacinviT moekuma, magram gorozad ki
miyurebda da TviTonac sjerda, mgoni, im wuTs, tyvias
maxliso. magram revolveri uxmod amoviRe jibidan da
magidaze davde. is xan me Semomxedavda da xan revolvers
(ar daiviwyoT, es revolveri bevrjer enaxa. salaro rom
gavxseni, maSin viyide da davtene. gadavwyvite, arc qo-
fakebi myoloda darajad da arc zorba laqia mozeris
darad. Cems muStrebs mzareuli qali uRebs xolme kars.
magram Cveni xelobis xalxi Tavis dacvaze mTlad ver
ityvis uars, ra ici, ra moxdeba. amitom isev revolveri
varCie. hoda, Sin roca moviyvane, pirvel dReebSi sul
mekiTxeboda am revolverze da mec avuxseni, rogor unda
exmara igi, erTxel kidec vasroline mizanSi (esec daim-
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axsovreT). yuradReba ar mivaqcie mis SeSinebul iers da
TiTqmis Cacmuli mivweqi loginze. qanci aRar mqonda,
TerTmets aRaraferi uklda, mgoni. didxans, TiTqmis erTi
saaTi ijda ase uZravad, mere Caaqro sinaTle da Cacmuli
miwva divanze. pirveli SemTxveva iyo, gverdiT rom ar dami-
wva!..
VI
sazareli mogoneba
axlac ki mzaravs im ambis mogoneba...
rva saaTi iqneboda, rom gameRviZa. oTaxSi TiTqmis
dRis sinaTle iyo. gameRviZa srul gonebaze da uceb gavax-
ile Tvali. igi magidasTan idga da revolveri ekava. ar
SeumCnevia, rom meRviZa da vuTvalTvalebdi. erTic vnax-
oT, Cemken daiZra revolveriT. myisve davxuWe Tvali, viTom
isev meZina.
movida da Tavze damadga. yvelaferi mesmoda. sa-
mariseburi siCume idga da mainc TiTqos yvelaferi mes-
moda. uceb raRacam momiara, Cemda uneburad gavaxile
Tvali. igi jiqur miyurebda, revolveri ki ukve Cems
safeTqelTan moetana. Cveni mzera erTmaneTs Sexvda. wa-
mic da Tavs Zala davatane, isev davxuWe Tvalebi. gada-
vwyvite, rac unda momxdariyo, ar gavnZreuliyavi da
Tvali ar gamexila.
xom momxdara, Rrmad mZinares rom uecrad gauxelia
Tvali, Tavic ki wamouwevia da mouTvalierebia oTaxi. mere
ki uazrod isev migdebula baliSze da dasZinebia. aRarc
axsovs, ras Sexeda da ra dainaxa.
roca mis mzeras wavawydi da revolveri vigrZeni
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safeTqelTan, mere ki Tvalebi davxuWe da Tavi movimZinare,
diaxac unda hgoneboda, rom marTla meZina da araferi
daminaxavs. gana vin daijerebda, rom amis damnaxvels imave
wams SeiZleba damexuWa Tvalebi.
diax, aravin daijerebda. magram TviTon ki unda mimxv-
dariyo simarTles _ ai, ram gamielva im wams TavSi. hoi,
fiqrebis ra korianteli damitrialda im wamze umcires
droSi! dailocos adamianis fiqris siswrafe! Tu igi mix-
vda, rom ar mZinavs (gavifiqre), maSasadame, gavanadgure,
movspe igi, raki sikvdils ase mzadyofniT Sevegebe, maSasa-
dame, xeli unda aukankaldes, misi simtkice unda gastexos
am didma STabeWdilebam. amboben, mwvervalze mdgarT Zalian
izidavT ufskrulio. me Tu mkiTxavT, bevri mkvleloba Tu
TviTmkvleloba ar moxdeboda, revolveri rom ar yofil-
iyo momarjvebuli. esec ufskruli gaxlavT, esec daqanebaa,
razec ar SegiZlia ar dacurde, raRac uZlevelma Zalam
ar SeiZleba ar gibiZgos, rom Caxmaxs gamohkra TiTi. ma-
gram Tu igrZno, rom yvelaferi davinaxe, yvelaferi vici
da uxmod veli misgan sikvdils, iqneb Seikavos Tavi da ar
dacurdes.
siCumem didxans gastana. uceb safeTqelze civad mome-
do rkina. iqneb mkiTxoT: gana marTla gjeroda, ar
mogklavdao? RvTis winaSe getyviT: gadarCenis imedi ar
mqonda. maS risTvis vTanxmdebodi sikvdilze? aba mec gkiTx-
avT, ra oxrad mindoda sicocxle, roca saTayvano arsebam
mosaklavad revolveri momiRera? garda amisa, vgrZnobdi,
rom imwams Cven Soris samkvdro-sasicocxlo brZola gaC-
aRda, brZola im guSindeli laCrisa, amxanagebma laCro-
bisTvis rom gamoagdes. es mec vicodi da manac icoda,
rameTu mixvda, rom ar meZina.
iqneb ar iyo ase, iqneb ase arc mifiqria, magram mainc
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ase unda yofiliyo, vinaidan SemdegSi yovel wuTsa da wams
amaze vfiqrobdi.
magram Tqven albaT amasac mkiTxavT: danaSaulis Cade-
naSi ratom ar SevuSale xeli? ramdenjer mikiTxavs es sak-
uTari TavisTvis, roca is ambavi gamxsenebia da Jruantels
dauvlia tanSi, magram maSin sasowarkveTili viyavi: kaci
TviTon viRupebodi, sxva aba rogor gadamerCina? an ra
iciT, mindoda ki sxvisi gadarCena? an icis vinmem, ras
vgrZnobdi maSin?
tvini miduRda, gamalebiT mimuSavebda. wami wams mis-
devda, samarisebur siCumes Cqamic ar arRvevda; is Tavze
madga. _ da uceb guli imediT amifarTqalda! swrafad
gavaxile Tvali. is oTaxSi aRar iyo. wamovdeqi loginidan:
me gavimarjve _ me samudamod davamarcxe da davZlie igi!
Cais dasalevad gavedi. samovari mudam pirvel oTax-
Si idga da Caisac igi asxamda. uxmod mivujeqi magidas da
finjani CamovarTvi. xuTiode wuTis Semdeg Sevxede. mit-
klisferi edo _ guSindelze metad gamtknarebuli uCan-
da saxe. rom daminaxa, vuyurebdi, uferulma Rimilma Seu-
toka uferuli tuCebi da gaubedavi mzera momapyro. `maSas-
adame, kidev eWvobs, Tu vici da davinaxe?~ gulgrilad
avaride Tvali. Cais Semdeg salaro davkete da bazarSi
wavedi, rkinis sawoli da Tejiri viyide. is sawoli dar-
bazSi gavaSlevine da Tejiri Camovafare. sawoli misTvis
iyo, Tumca sityva ar miTqvams. usityvodac mixvda, rom
`yvelaferi vnaxe da vici~. rom saeWvo araferia. rogorc
yovelTvis, revolveri axlac magidaze davde RamiT. igi
uxmod dawva im Tavis axal sawolze: colqmrobis Zafi
gawyda, is ki `Zleuli, oRond ara mitevebuli~. RamiT
bodva daiwyo, dilas ukve sicxiT iwvoda. eqvsi kvira
cieb-cxelebam logins miajaWva.
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Tavi meore
I
siamayis sizmari
es wuTia lukeriam miTxra, aq aRar davrCebi, qalbato-
nis dasaflavebisTanave wavalo. xuTi wuTi vloculobdi,
Tumca erT saaTs ki vapirebdi. fiqrebi aRar masvenebs, gamtan-
ja fiqrebma, Tavic mtkiva _ locva ras miSvelis! saocaria,
ratom ar meZineba, didi, Zalian didi mwuxarebis Semdeg ad-
amians sul eZineba. amboben, sikvdilmisjilebs ukanasknel
Rames mkvdariviT sZinavTo. asec unda iyos bunebiTac, Torem
vin gauZlebs maSin... mivweqi divanze, magram ver daviZine...
...mTeli eqvsi kvira me, lukeria da gamocdili momv-
leli qali dRedaRam vadeqiT Tavze. fuli ar damizogavs,
kidec mixaroda, amdens rom vxarjavdi. eqimi Srederi mo-
vuyvane. yovel mosvlaze Tumans vujibavdi. gons rom movi-
da, maSin ki gavaride Tavi. Tumca raebs vwer. fexze rom
wamodga, uxmod miujda Cems oTaxSi calke magidas. isic
misTvis viyide im dReebSi... Cven vdumdiT, ho, gamudmebiT
vdumdiT. ara, mere ki vlaparakobdiT, magram sul Cveu-
lebriv raRacebze. rasakvirvelia, ganzrax ar velapar-
akebodi bevrs, Tumca Sevatyve, arc TviTon exaliseboda
maincdamainc zedmetis Tqma, rac bunebrivad mimaCnda misi
mxridan. `metismetad didi mexi iyo misTvis, metismetad didi
marcxi mouvida, _ vfiqrobdi gulSi, _ Tqma ar unda,
dro sWirdeba, rom daiviwyos da mieCvios~. amitomac vdum-
di, magram gulSi ki vemzadebodi momavali saubrisTvis.
megona, isic ase iyo. saocrad mainteresebda gamego, ras
fiqrobda gulSi.
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imasac vityvi: kacma ar icis, Tu ra tanjva gamoviare
misi avadmyofobis Jams. Tumca gulSi vitanjebodi, luke-
riasTanac ki ar damikvnesia erTxelac. Cems guls vaskde-
bodi, ise rogor unda mokvdes, mTeli simarTle ver gai-
gos-meTqi. roca safrTxem gaiara da gamomjobineba daiw-
yo, maxsovs, ra ucbad davwynardi. kidev meti, gadavwyvite
jerjerobiT yvelaferi ise dametovebina da Cveni momavali
saubari rac SeiZleba didi xniT gadamedo. diax, raRac
saocari da uCveulo ram damemarTa, sxvanairad verc vi-
tyvi: me gavimarjve da am gamarjvebis grZnobam sruliad
damakmayofila. ase ganvlo im zamTarma. Cemi TaviT aseTi
kmayofili arasodes vyofilvar.
iciT, cxovrebaSi ra saSineli ambavi damemarTa, Cemi
colis ambebamde yovel cismare dResa Tu saaTs majlaju-
nasaviT mawva gulze. es gaxldaT Cemi Tavslafisa da
polkidan wamosvlis ambavi. oriode sityviT mogaxsenebT:
me saocrad usamarTlod momeqcnen. ki, mZime xasiaTi mqon-
da da amxanagebs ar vuyvardi. iqneb mZime ki ara da sasacil-
oc iyo Cemi xasiaTi. mere ra, gana ar momxdara, rasac Sen
Tayvans scem, rac sanukvaria SenTvis da xatad qceuli, is
Sens amxanagebs sicils hgvris. skolaSic aravis vuyvardi.
me arasodes aravis vuyvardi. lukeriasac ki ar vuyvarvar.
Tumca polkSi momxdari ambavi SemTxveviToba gaxldaT.
hoda, imaze sawyeni da autaneli gana ra aris, roca SemTx-
veva dagRupavs, romelic SeiZleba arc momxdariyo, roca,
saubedurod, yvelaferi Sens dasaRupavad daemTxveva erT-
maneTs, Tumca SeiZleba avdris RrubeliviT Caevlo. in-
teligenti adamianisTvis amaze damamcirebeli araferia.
ai, rogor moxda es yvelaferi.
TeatrSi viyavi da Sesvenebaze bufetSi gavedi. uceb
husari a-vi Semovida da iq myof oficerTa Tu sxva dam-
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swreTa gasagonad Tavis or amxanags uTxra, rom derefanSi
Cveni polkis kapitanma bezumcevma erTi aliaqoTi atexa,
`mgoni, mTvralic brZandeba~. saubari aRar gagrZelda.
Tanac Secdoma iyo, kapitani bezumcevi arc mTvrali yofi-
la da arc aliaqoTi autexia. husarebma sxvaze gadaitanes
sityva da amiT damTavrda yvelaferi. magram meore dRes
Cvens polkSi Seityves es ambavi. atyda erTi miTqma-moTqma,
gamoarkvies, rom bufetSi Cveni polkidan marto me Seveswari
am ambavs da, roca husarma a-vma Tavxedurad moixsenia Cve-
ni kapitani, ar vetake da ar gavaCere. an ratom unda gameCere-
bina? Tu is kapitan bezumcevs emtereboda, es maTi saqme
iyo, me ra SuaSi viyavi? magram oficrebma gadawyvites, rom
es mTeli polkis saqme iyo da, raki oficrebidan marto me
Seveswari am ambavs, maSasadame, iq myof oficrebsa da dam-
swreebs davumtkice, rom Cvens polkSi zogierT oficers
sakuTari Tu polkis pativi arafrad uRirs. me ar daveT-
anxme am mosazrebas. maSin magrZnobines, saqmis gamosworeba
kidev SeiZlebao, Tuki axla mainc movTxovdi a-vs for-
malur axsna-ganmartebas. gabrazebulma amayad vtkice uari
amaze da maSinve Txovnac Sevitane, gamaTavisufleT-meTqi.
ase gaxldaT saqme. amayad ki wamovedi, magram sulierad
gavnadgurdi kaci, mimtyuna Zalam da gonebam. swored am
dros is patara qoneba, saidanac Cems wilad ise mcire rCe-
boda, Cemi dis qmarma moskovSi gaaniava. ase rom, quCaSi
davrCi ukapikod da usaxsrod. sxva samsaxurSi Sesvla ar
vikadre: brwyinvale mundiris Semdeg rkinigzaSi aba ra min-
doda! raxan ase Sevrcxvi, raxan ase momeWra Tavi, barem
sul Sevrcxve da lafi damesxas-meTqi, raxan miwasTan gavs-
wordi, barem sul gavsworde. rac uaresi momiva, miT uke-
Tesi-meTqi. sami weli Sav-bnel mogonebebSi gavatare. wli-
naxevris win moskovSi gardaicvala Cemi moxuci mdidari
33. 33
naTlia, visac sruliad moulodnelad CemTvisac daetove-
bina anderZiT sami aTasi. vifiqre, vifiqre maSin da gadavw-
yvite sesxis salaro gamexsna, adamianebisTvis ki patieba
ar meTxova. davagroveb fuls, gaviCen kuTxes, Zvel ambebs
daviviwyeb da cxovrebas xelaxla daviwyeb-meTqi, _ ai, ra
mqonda ganzraxuli. magram Cemi Savbneli warsuli da Ser-
cxvenili saxeli mainc ar masvenebda, yovel wuTsa da saaTs
mtanjavda. amasobaSi colic viTxove, ar vici, SemTxveviT
iyo Tu ara. es kia, roca viTxove, megona, megobari momyav-
da, rameTu megobari marTlac Zalian mWirdeboda. imasac
vgrZnobdi, rom megobari Senve unda gamozardo, Senve moaq-
cio Sens Wkuaze. magram Teqvsmeti wlis gogosTvis erT-
baSad rogor amexsna yvelaferi, maSin roca ase iyo ganwy-
obili? gana SevZlebdi mis darwmunebas, laCari ar var da
polkSi usamarTlod momnaTles-meTqi laCrad? im revol-
veris ambavma swored sulze momiswro, misi wyalobiT Suri
viZie im Cems Savbnel warsulze. mere ra, rom sxvebma ver
gaiges, man xom gaigo, is iyo CemTvis yvelaferi, is iyo Cemi
ocnebebis, Cemi momavlis imedi! is iyo erTaderTi adamiani,
visac saCemod vamzadebdi, sxva me aravin mindoda. hoda,
iman xom gaigo yvelaferi, is xom mainc gaigo, rarig iC-
qara Cemi mtrebis mxareze gadasvla. es fiqri aRtacebiT
mavsebda. maSasadame, mis TvalSi mxolod ucnauri kaci
viqnebi da ara naZirala, momxdari ambebis Semdeg ki es
arcTu usiamod mimaCnda. ucnauroba nakli rodia, piri-
qiT, qals xiblavs kidec zogjer ucnauroba. mokled, gan-
zrax ar daveSure saqmis garkvevas. rac moxda, Cemi simSvi-
disTvis sakmarisze metic iyo, sakmarisze met suraTebs
mixatavda saocnebod. swored am ocnebebma damRupa. CemTvis
es ocnebanic kmaroda, is ki moicdis-meTqi, megona.
ase miiwura zamTari. hoi, rogor miyvarda qurdulad
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cqera, roca Tavis magidas ujda, xan saqmiT, xan sakeraviT
garTuli. saRamoobiT ki Cemi karadidan gamotanil wigns
kiTxulobda. am wignebsac Cems sasargeblod unda eRaRa-
da, rameTu me SevarCie. TiTqmis sul Sin ijda. nasadilevs,
bindisas, yoveldRe gamyavda saseirnod, oRondac winande-
liviT ubrad aRar viyaviT. vcdilobdi, ise momeCvenebina
Tavi, viTomc ar vdumvarT, piriqiT, tkbiladac vsaubrobT.
magram, xom mogaxseneT, Cven arc maincdamainc vcdilob-
diT-meTqi saubris gagrZelebas. amas ganzrax Cavdiodi,
unda `meclia~, dro unda mimeca misTvis. ara, zamTris mi-
wurulamde erTxel rogor ar gavivle gunebaSi, me Tu qur-
dulad Sevcqeri, TviTon erTxel ratom ar Semomxedavs-
meTqi. magram amas gaubedaobas vawerdi. mereda ra gaube-
davi, ra uZluri gaxda avadmyofobis Semdeg. ara, sjobia
daicado, veubnebodi Cems Tavs, vidre, `vidre TavisiT ar
mova-meTqi SenTan...~
es fiqri frTas masxamda, aRmafrTovanebda. ra dagi-
maloT, da SigadaSig ganzrax viRizianebdi Tavs, iqamde
mimyavda Tavi, didxans marTla nawyeni viyavi masze. magram
arasodes mZulebia. TiTqos meve vgrZnobdi, yovelive rom
mxolod TamaSi iyo. maSinac ki, rodesac gavwyvite Cveni
colqmroba, vuyide sawoli da Tejiri, maSinac ki moR-
alated ar CamiTvlia. gana imitom, mis danaSauls zer-
eled vuyurebdi, ara, imitom rom maSinve, pirvelive dRes,
sawolis yidvamde Cems gulSi vapatie da yvelaferi Sevunde.
ucnaurad moviqeci, radgan namusze mkacri gaxlavarT. ma-
gram Zalian motexili, damcirebuli da ganadgurebuli
meCvena, xandaxan kidec mecodeboda, Tumca misi damcireba
sadRac mainc msiamovnebda. diax, diax, es Cveni uTanasworoba
siames mgvrida...
im zamTars ramdenime kacs sikeTe gavukeTe. ors vali
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vapatie, erT Rarib qals sulac giraos gareSe miveci
sesxi. colisTvis ki araferi miTqvams da arc imitom movq-
ceulvar ase, imas gaego. magram is Raribi qali lamis
daCoqili movida madlobis saTqmelad da maSin gamJRavn-
da yvelaferi. momeCvena, TiTqos marTla esiamovna es am-
bavi.
amasobaSi gazafxulic dadga. Sua aprili iyo, roca
Camoxsnes ormagi CarCoebi da Cvens mdumare samyofelSi
mzem SemoiWyita. magram Cems Tvalebs maSin bindi efina, be-
disweris saSineli bindi! da Wkua-gonebas mibnelebda. ram
CamomaSora uceb is bindi da ram amixila Tvali, Tavad ar
vici! SemTxveviT moxda Tu saamiso Jamma dahkra an mzis
sxivma gaminaTa me utvinos azri da Wkua? ara, aq arafer
SuaSi iyo azri da Wkua. ara, aq erTi ZarRvi, TiTqos ukve
mkvdari, aTamaSda, gacocxlda da gaminaTa daClungebuli
suli da jojoxeTuri siamaye. TiTqos fexze wamoviWeri,
ise moulodneli da uecari iyo igi. es moxda nasadilevis
xuT saaTze.
II
Tvalis axela
manamde or sityvas vityvi. jer erTi, mas adre SevamC-
nie ucnauri garindeba. gana mxolod Cumad iyo da xmas ar
iRebda, ara, garindebuli iyo raRacnairad. diax, diax,
uecrad SevamCnie. maxsovs, Tavdaxrili raRacas keravda,
ar icoda, rom vuyurebdi. hoda, iseTi gamxdari meCvena,
iseTi gacrecili saxe, CaTeTqvili tuCebi hqonda, lamis
Tavzari dameca. winaTac erTi-orjer, gansakuTrebiT saR-
amoobiT, xveleba momesma misi. araferi miTqvams, ise avde-
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qi da maSinve SrederTan wavedi. vTxove, CvenTan mobrZanebu-
liyo.
Srederi meore dRes movida. gaukvirda eqimis mosvla.
xan me Semxedavda gaocebiT, xan Sreders.
_ ra iyo, me kargad var, _ Tqva da ucnaurad gaiRima.
Srederma arcTu guldasmiT gasinja (hoi, ra yoyoCe-
bi, ra daudevarni arian zogjer es eqimebi), oRondac me-
ore oTaxSi miTxra, avadmyofobis Sedegia, urigo ar iqne-
ba sadme zRvaze Tu wabrZandebiT an agarakze mainc gaiyvan-
To. erTi sityviT, marto is brZana, dasustebulia, sxva
araferio. Srederi rom gavistumre, saocrad dinjad Se-
momxeda da isev gamimeora, Zalian, Zalian kargad varo.
magram almurma ki gadahkra maSinve, albaT Sercxva
da imitom. axla mesmis, ratomac Sercxva. Sercxva imitom,
rom isev qmari viyavi misi da masze vzrunavdi, rogorc
qmari. maSin ki ver mivxvdi, es almuri mis morCilebas mivaw-
ere (sibrmave Cemi!).
erTi Tvis Semdeg, aprilis erT kaSkaSa mzian dRes,
xuTi saaTi iqneboda, Cems salarosTan vijeqi da vangari-
Sobdi. uceb im oTaxidan, sadac Tavis magidas ujda da
saqmianobda, Cumi... Cumi RiRini momesma. am RiRinma sulis
siRrmemde SemZra, dRemde ar vici, ratom. aqamde misi RiRini
TiTqmis ar msmenia, mxolod Cveni colqmrobis pirvel dReeb-
Si Tu waimRerebda xandaxan. roca verTobodiT da revolv-
ers niSanSi visrodiT: maSin sakmaod Zlieri xma hqonda,
saocrad wkriala da sasiamovno. axla ki raRac uZalod
JRerda misi xma. gana imitom, hangi iyo sevdiani (raRac
romanss mReroda), ara, xma gabzarvoda, TiTqos ver dae-
Zlia hangi, TiTqos TviTon simReras Sehparvoda seni. xmad-
abla RiRinebda da cota rom aumaRla, sabralisad Cauw-
yda xma, Caaxvela da isev Cumad ganagrZo RiRini...
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damcinoT iqneb, magram vera, ver gamigebT, ram ama-
Relva ase! ara, es jerac ar iyo sibraluli, es raRac
sxva grZnoba iyo. pirvel wuTebSi uecrad saxtad davrCi,
saSinlad gamikvirda da lamis boRmam amitana, `ra amRe-
rebs! daaviwyda gana, rom me aq var?~
erTxans gaognebuli vijeqi, mere saswrafod avdeqi,
qudi aviRe da lamis azrdakarguli gamovedi gareT. mec ar
vicodi, sad mivdiodi an rad mivdiodi. lukeriam palto
momawoda.
_ mReris-meTqi? _ vkiTxe uneblieT. ver gamigo da
gakvirvebiT SemomaCerda. an ki ras gaigebda.
_ pirvelad mReris dRes?
_ ara, Tqven rom ar xarT, maSin mReris xolme, _
miTxra lukeriam.
kargad maxsovs, rogor Caviare kibe, gavedi quCaSi da
gzas davadeqi. mivedi mosaxvevamde da gavixed-gamovixede.
xalxi midi-modioda, mejaxeboda, me ki verafers vgrZnob-
di. meetle gavaCere da vuTxari, sapolicio xidamde mimiy-
vane-meTqi, ratom, ar vici. moulodnelad gadavifiqre da
abaziani miveci.
_ aha, aiRe, tyuilad rom gagsarje, _ vuTxari da
uazrod Sevcine. gulSi uecrad saocari aRtaceba damis-
adgurda.
gamalebuli gamovtrialdi Sinisken.
sabralo, gabzaruli xma kvlav amiJRerda sulSi.
sunTqva Semekra. bindi nel-nela Camomecala TvalTagan!
raki Cems iq yofnisas imRera, maS daaviwyda Cemi arseboba
_ ai, ra iyo saSineli da Tavzardamcemi, ai, ras migrZnob-
da guli. magram aRtaceba mainc mivsebda suls da SiSs
sjabnida.
hoi, bedis mware dacinva! mTeli zamTari sxva ra unda
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megrZno, Tu ara aseTi aRtaceba, magram sad viyavi mTeli
is zamTari? ra vuyavi Cems suls? kibe saCqarod avirbine.
ar vici, rogor Sevedi, gaubedavad Tu gabedulad, is ki
maxsovs, TiTqos tortmanebda iataki da TiTqos mdinare
mimacurebda. isev Tavis adgilze ijda, Tavdaxrili, raRa-
cas keravda, magram aRar mReroda. gulgrilad Semavlo
Tvali, ise, oTaxSi viRac rom Semova.
axlos davujeqi. giJs vgavdi. swrafad Semavlo Tva-
li da TiTqos SekrTa. xeli davuWire da aRar maxsovs, ra
vuTxari, anu risi Tqma mindoda, vinaidan aRtacebuls ena
ar memorCileboda, xma miwydeboda. isic ar vicodi, ra
meTqva, suli megubeboda.
_ vilaparakoT... miTxari rame! _ amovRerRe suleliv-
iT, Tumca ra meWkvianeboda? SekrTa isev da SeSinebuli skams
aekra, jiqur Semomxeda. uceb gakvirvebam gauelva TvalebSi,
diax, gakvirvebam, gorozma gakvirvebam. Tvalebi gaufarTov-
da. am gorozma, diax, diax, gorozma gakvirvebam lamis iqve
gamsrisa kaci: `Sen siyvarulic ginda, siyvarulic?~ _ mkiTxa
TiTqos am gamoxedviT, TumcaRa uxmod. magram me ki yvelaferi
amovikiTxe, yvelafers mivxvdi. SevZrwundi da myisve fexebSi
Cavuvardi. diax, diax, fexebSi Cavuvardi. umal wamoxta, ma-
gram xelebSi CaveWide da ar gavuSvi.
mesmoda, vai, rom kargad mesmoda Cemi usasooba! ma-
gram, damijerebT, aRtaceba ise miduRda sulSi, ase megona,
am wuTSi movkvdebi-meTqi. TavdaviwyebiT vukocnidi fexebs,
TavdaviwyebiTa da usazRvro netarebiT, Tumca vicodi,
aRaraferi miSvelida! vtirodi da vluRluRebdi raRa-
cas, laparaki aRar SemeZlo. SiSi da gaoceba Cafiqrebam
Secvala, didi gaoceba da kiTxva gamoexata saxeze. Semomxe-
da ucnaurad, lamis giJiviT, TiTqos unda gaarkvios, ra
xdeba Cems Tavs, da gaiRima. saSinlad Sercxva, fexebs rom
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vukocnidi da fexebi gamomacala. me ki im adgils vkocni-
di, sadac es wuTia fexi edga. amis danaxvaze sicili auty-
da. ar ginaxavT gana, kaci rom sircxviliT gaicinebs. vam-
Cnevdi, sadacaa isterika daemarTeboda, xelebi ukankaleb-
da, magram amaze aRar vfiqrobdi, vluRluRebdi mxolod,
miyvarxar-meTqi, aqedan ar avdgebi. `neba momeci, kaba
dagikocno... mTeli sicocxle Senze viloco...~ ar vici,
ar maxsovs araferi. uceb acaxcaxda da qviTini waskda.
ise SevaSine, isterikam mouara.
aviyvane da loginze davawvine.
dawynarda, wamojda, saocrad Sewuxebulma damiWira
xelebi da Semexvewa: `geyofaT, Tavs nu itanjavT, damSvid-
diT!~ cremlebi ki Rvarad Camosdioda. mTeli saRamo ar
movcilebivar. veubnebodi, rom bulonSi waviyvan, zRvaze,
axlave, oriode kviris Semdeg waviyvan, rom weRan momesma
misi simRera, misi sacodavi, gabzaruli xma, rom salaros
davketav, dobronravovs mivyidi, cxovrebas axlidan davi-
wyebT, rac mTavaria, bulonSi wavalT! mismenda da kankaleb-
da. SiSi ufro da ufro eZaleboda. magram amas arad vagdeb-
di, oRondac mis fexebTan vwoliliyavi, mekocna is miwa,
sadac fexi edga, da meloca masze. `sxva arafers gTxov da
arc mogTxov, _ vumeorebdi waramara, _ Tu ginda xmasac
nu gamcem, nu SemamCnev, oRond nu damiSli sadme kuTxeSi
mikunWulma gicqiro, gavxde Seni nivTi, Seni finia...~ is ki
tiroda da tiroda.
_ me ki megona, ase damtovebdiT, _ wamoscda uneblieT,
ise uneblieT, TviTonac ver mixvda, ra Tqva. es iyo sabedis-
wero sityvebi, CemTvis yvelaze gasagebi im saRamos. TiTqos
dana damisves gulze! aman cxadi gaxada yvelaferi. magram
sanamde gverdiT, Tvalwin myavda, mainc imedi mqonda, mainc
saSinlad bednieri viyavi! hoi, rogor davqance im saRamos.
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megona, yvelafers uceb Sevcvli-meTqi! saRamo xans sul ga-
momecala araqaTi. daviyolie, daweqi-meTqi da daiZine. maS-
inve CaeZina. megona, bodvas daiwyebda. marTlac wamoaboda,
magram mxolod erTi-orjer. waramara vakiTxavdi, Sevdio-
di da davyurebdi. am sneuli arsebis, im ubadruk rkinis
sawolze mwoliaris, me rom sam maneTad vuyide, Semxedvare,
xelebs vimtvrevdi... xan daCoqili videqi, Tumca fexebs aRar
vukocnidi (ver gamebeda mis unebarTvod!), xan vloculobdi
da xan giJiviT wamovxtebodi. lukeria xSir-xSirad Semo-
dioda da gakvirvebiT micqeroda. gavedi da vuTxari, wadi,
daweqi, xvalidan `sul sxva ambebi~ daiwyeba-meTqi.
hoi, ra brmad, ra ugunurad mjeroda, rom daiwyebo-
da. aRtaceba maxrCobda! gaTenebis molodinSi viyavi mx-
olod. ubedurebas mainc ar velodi, Tumca amis niSnebi ki
iyo. Tvalebidan bindi momcilda, magram dRemde Wkuaze
mainc ver movedi! an rogor unda movsuliyavi, roca maSin
cocxali iyo da Tvalwin myavda. mis gverdiT viyavi: `ra
wamsac gaiRviZebs, maSinve vetyvi yvelafers, Tavisi TvaliT
naxavs-meTqi yvelafers!~ ai, ras vfiqrobdi maSin, ra mar-
tivad vudgebodi, aRtaceba maxrCobda! TavidaTavi bulon-
Si wasvla iyo, ratomRac megona, buloni gadawyvetda yve-
lafers. `ki, bulonSi, bulonSi wavalT!..~ giJiviT velo-
di gaTenebas.
III
vai, ra kargad mesmis axla
es iyo ramdenime dRis win, mxolod xuTi dRis win,
wina samSabaTs! ara, ra iqneboda, cota mainc eclia CemTvis
_ bneli rom gamefanta! Tumca xom damSvidda! meore dRes
41. 41
xom RimiliT mismenda, mere ra, rom Semcbari Canda... ki,
mTeli es xuTi dRe sircxvili Tu Secbuneba etyoboda.
SeSinebulic iyo, Zalze SeSinebuli: ar vdavob, giJi xom
ara var, sxva vamtkico: gana ar unda yofiliyo SeSinebu-
li? ra xania ucxoni gavxdiT, gadaveCvieT erTmaneTs, erT-
baSad ki... magram am SiSs arad vagdebdi! uTuod, uTuod
Sevcdi. iqneb sxva bevrSic Sevcdi. meore dResve (oTxSabaT
dilas) davuSvi Secdoma: erTbaSad movindome misi damego-
breba. viCqare, metismetad viCqare, magram aRsareba unda
meTqva, aRsareba aucilebeli iyo _ aRsarebaze metic! isic
ar davumale, rasac Cems Tavs mTeli sicocxle vumalavdi.
vuTxari, rom mTeli zamTari eWvi ar Semparvia mis siy-
varulSi. avuxseni, rom sesxis salaro Cemi gonebisa da
nebisyofis sisuste iyo, Cemi idea TviTsagvemad da gansa-
dideblad. avuxseni, rom maSin, bufetSi, marTla SevSindi
Cemi eWviani xasiaTis gamo: damabnia viTarebam, damabnia
bufetma. Sevcbundi kaci: rom avdge da mivide, briyvulad
xom ar gamomiva-meTqi? gana duels SevuSindi, iman dama-
frTxo, briyvulad ar gamovides-meTqi... mere ki aRar gav-
tydi, mec vewame da sxvebic vawame. vawame isic. aRgznebuli
vlaparakobdi. TviTonve miWerda xelebs, mexveweboda: `nu
aWarbebT. Tavs nu itanjavT~. autydeboda isev tirili da
lamis kvlav isterika moereoda, mexveweboda, nuRar hyve-
biT da nurc ixsenebTo.
me ki am mudaras ar mivaqcie yuradReba: gazafxuli,
buloni medga Tvalwin! iq mzea, iq CvenTvis axali mze amo-
va-meTqi, gaviZaxodi! salaro davkete, saqmeebi dobronra-
vovs gadavuloce. avdeqi da esec mivaxale, yvelaferi
Raribebs davurigoT-meTqi, marto Cemi naTliisgan miRe-
buli sami aTasi davitovoT da imiT wavideT bulonSi,
iqidan dabrunebulebma ki viSromoT, axali cxovreba davi-
42. 42
wyoT-meTqi. asec gadawyda, vinaidan TviTon araferi Tqva...
es kia, gaiRima. ufro imitom, mgoni, guli ar damwyveto-
da. gana ar vxedavdi, CemTan yofna rom umZimda. gana iseTi
briyvi da TavkerZa ggonivarT, es ar damenaxa. ki, vxedavdi,
yovel wvrilmans vxedavdi da yvelaze ukeT vicodi; Cemi
usasooba Cemze ukeT vin icoda!
vuambe Cemzec, maszec. vuambe lukeriazec, vuTxari,
rogor vtirodi... gana ar Sevecade, sxva ramezec melapar-
aka, gana ar Sevecade, sulac ar mexsenebina zogi ambebi.
erTi-orjer gamococxlda kidec. maxsovs, gana ar maxs-
ovs! maS, raRad meubnebiT, veraferic ver dainaxeo? ar mo-
mxdariyo es ambavi, xom aRsdgeboda yvelaferi. xom miambo
am sami dRis win, ra waikiTxa am zamTars. momiyva Jil
blazis scena grenadis arqiepiskoposTan. ramdeni ikiskisa.
mere ra sayvarlad, ra bavSvurad, rogorc gaTxovebamde
icoda xolme. oh, rarig gamixarda! Tumca arqiepiskopo-
sis ambavma saocrad Semacbuna. maSasadame, am zamTars im-
deni simSvide da sixalise hqonia, didebulma wignma si-
cili mohgvara. maSasadame, ukve daimSvida guli, ukve daa-
jera Tavi, rom ase davtovebdi. me ki megona, ase damtoveb-
diTo _ xom miTxra samSabaTs! mxolod aTi wlis gogo Tu
ityoda amas! magram aki sjeroda, sjeroda, rom yvelaferi
ase darCeboda: rom samoc wlamdec ase viqnebodiT, is
TavisTvis, me CemTvis. erTbaSad ki qmroba movindome, ara-
da, qmars siyvaruli unda! hoi, gaugebrobav, hoi, sibrmavev
Cemo!
isic Secdoma iyo, aRfrTovanebiT rom Sevcqerodi. Tavi
unda Semekavebina, am aRtacebam daafrTxo ase. magram xom
Sevikave Tavi, aRar vukocnidi fexebs. xom erTxelac ar
vagrZnobine, rom... rom misi qmari viyavi. ara, es TavSic ar
momsvlia, mxolod vloculobdi masze! magram sul xom
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ar davdumdebodi, raRac unda meTqva! mec ganvucxade, rom
vtkbebi misi saubriT, rom Cemze gacilebiT nakiTxi da ga-
naTlebulia. gawiTlda, darcxveniT miTxra, azviadebTo.
magram me briyvma ver moviTmine, mainc vuambe, ra aRtacebu-
li davrCi maSin, roca kars ukan videqi da im naZiralasTan
mis paeqrobas vusmendi, ra netareba momaniWa misma Wkuam,
maxvilma enam da balRurma siwmindem. SekrTa am sityvebze,
wailuRluRa, oh, nu aWarbebTo, nu, mere moiRrubla, xe-
lebi miifara pirze da atirda... maSin veRarc me Sevikave
Tavi: isev davemxe mis win, isev davukocne fexebi. im samSaba-
TiviT isev mouara isterikam. es wuxel iyo, meore dilas
ki...
meore dilas? ugunuro, es xom am dilas, xom weRan
iyo!
aba, kargad CaukvirdiT: weRan rom samovarTan Seviy-
areT (diax, guSindeli isterikis Semdeg), misma simSvidem
meve gamaoca! diax, diax, me ki mTeli is Rame SiSis kankal-
Si gavatare. movida CemTan, win damidga, gulze xelebi
daikrifa (weRan, ho, weRan!) da miTxra, mesmis Cemi dana-
Saulio, mTeli zamTari es danaSauli mtanjavda da axlac
mtanjavso... diaxac vafaseb Tqvens sulgrZelobaso... `me
Tqveni erTguli coli, yovelTvis Tqveni damfasebeli viqne-
bi~. wamovxti da giJiviT gadavexvie! imdeni xnis Semdeg pirve-
lad davukocne saxe, tuCebi, rogorc qmarma. vaime, ra jan-
dabad wavedi weRan, mxolod ori saaTiT wavedi... Cveni sazR-
vargareTuli pasportebisTvis... ra iqneboda, xuTi wuTiT,
mxolod xuTi wuTiT adre davbrunebuliyavi?.. hoi, WiSkar-
Tan Segrovili xalxi, maTi Tvalebi... vaime, RmerTo!
lukeriam (lukerias axla aramc da aramc ar gavuSveb,
iman yvelaferi icis, mTeli zamTari aq iyo, is miambobs yve-
lafers), lukeriam miTxra, rom Cems dabrunebamde ociode
44. 44
wuTiT adre Sesula qalbatonTan Cvens oTaxSi raRacis sa-
kiTxavad, ar maxsovs, risi. Turme xati edga win magidaze
(misi RvTismSoblis xati), TiTqos loculobdao. `ra iyo,
qalbatono?~ _ ukiTxavs. `araferia, lukeria, wadi... Tum-
ca, ara, moica...~ _ misula da ukocnia. ~maS, bednieri br-
ZandebiT, qalbatono?~ _ `ho, lukeria~. _ `aqamdec unda
eTxova batons patieba... madloba RmerTs, rom SerigdiT~.
_ `ho, lukeria. oRond wadi~, _ ise ucnaurad SehRima Turme,
aTi wuTis Semdeg lukeria isev Sebrunebula. `vxedav, fan-
jarasTan dgas, xeli kedelze aqvs midebuli, zed Tavi Camoude-
vs da ise Cafiqrebula, ver daminaxa, rom meore oTaxidan
vuyureb. Tan TiTqos iRimeba TavisTvis. vucqire, vucqire
da fexakrefiT gamovbrundi ukan. uceb momesma, fanjara
gaiRo. imwuTSive mivbrundi saTqmelad: `grila, ar gaciv-
deT-meTqi~. vnaxoT, fanjaraze Semdgara, gamarTuli, Cemken
zurgiT, xelSi xati uWiravs. guli gadamiqanda, mivakivle:
`qalbatono, qalbatono!~ gaigona Cemi kivili, daapira mo-
bruneba, magram aRar mobrunda, gadadga fexi, xati gulze
miixuta da fanjridan gadaeSva!~
isRa maxsovs, ezoSi rom Sevedi, jerac Tbili iyo.
yvelani me miyurebdnen. manamde yvirodnen da viSviSebdnen,
mere gaCumdnen da gza damiTmes... is ki, is ki xatianad iwva.
sizmariviT maxsovs, uxmod rom mivedi da davacqerdi. sxve-
bi Semomxvevian, raRacas meubnebian. lukeriac iq iyo Tur-
me, oRond ar daminaxavs. miTxra, dagelaparakeo. mxolod
erTi mdabio, maxsovs, CamZaxoda: `peSvi sisxli wamouvida
piridan, mxolod peSvi!~ TiTiT maCvenebda filaqanze sisx-
ls. mgoni, TiTic vatake sisxlSi, damesvara, davyureb am
TiTs (me maxsovs), is ki CamZaxis: `peSvi, mxolod peSvi!~
_ mere ra, rom peSvi? _ vibRavle Turme mTeli xmiT,
avwie xelebi da veZgere...
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hoi, sigiJe, sigiJe da gaugebroba! hoi, daujerebeli,
SeuZlebeli ambavi!
IV
xuTi wuTi damagvianda
gana ara? gana daijereba es ambavi? gana ityvis vinme,
SeiZleba es momxdariyoo? rad, risTvis moikla Tavi?
oh, merwmuneT, rom mesmis, magram rad moikla, mainc
sakiTxavia. SeeSinda Cemi siyvarulis, Tavs hkiTxa: SevZleb
Tu arao, ver SeZlo da sikvdili arCia. vici, vici, tvinis
Wyleta ra saWiroa: metismetad bevrs Sempirda, magram SeS-
inda, dapirebuls ver avasrulebo. ki, mesmis. aq ramdenime
saSineli ambavi daemTxva erTmaneTs.
maS rad moikla Tavi? ikiTxavT mainc. CaquCiviT mi-
kakunebs TavSi es kiTxva. gana ar davtovebdi, rogorc un-
doda, magram ar daijera, ai, raa TavidaTavi. ara, vtyui,
sulac ase ar iyo saqme. ubralod CemTan patiosneba sWird-
eboda. Tu Semiyvarebda, suliT, guliT unda vyvarebodi,
ara ise, rogorc meduqne. magram metismetad spetaki, me-
tismetad wminda iyo, ar momatyua, ver gaasaRa siyvarulis
naxevari Tu meoTxedi naRd siyvarulad. metismetma patios-
nebam gviyo, batono! me ki, gaxsovT, didi grZnobebi mindo-
da STamenerga misTvis! saocrebaa.
netav macodina, mcemda ki pativs? Tu vezizRebodi? ara
mgonia, vezizRebode. saocaria: mTeli zamTari erTxel
rogor ar vifiqre, vezizRebi-meTqi? aki piriqiT megona im
wuTamde, sanam gorozi gancvifreba ar SevamCnie. swored
gorozi. ai, maSin damkra ucbad TavSi, rom vezizRebodi.
Cavxvdi amas, bolos da bolos! oh, ar vyvarebodi, oRon-
dac ki imas ecocxla! weRan ar iyo, dadioda, laparakob-
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da. ver gamigia ratom, risTvis, rad gadavarda fanjridan!
xuTi wuTiTac adre amas ras vifiqrebdi? lukerias da-
vuZaxe. axla lukerias aramc da aramc ar moviSoreb, aramc
da aramc!
xom SegveZlo erTmaneTSi morigeba. mere ra, rom me-
tismetad gadaveCvieT am zamTars, xom SegveZlo isev SeCve-
va? erTi-ori sityva, erTi-ori dRe da yvelafers TviTon
mixvdeboda.
yvelaze ufro is miklavs guls, rom yvelaferi SemTx-
veva iyo, ubralo, barbarosuli, suleluri SemTxveva. ai,
raa dasanani! xuTi wuTi, is oxeri xuTi wuTi damagvianda!
xuTi wuTiT adre rom momeswro _ Caivlida es wuTi da
aRarasodes amas aRar gaifiqrebda. bolos da bolos, mix-
vdeboda yvelafers. axla ki davrCi am cariel oTaxebSi,
davrCi isev martodmarto, davrCi oblad. ager wikwikebs
da wikwikebs saaTi, ra enaRvleba, an ra awuxebs. me ki aravin
damrCa, aravin myavs me ubedurs!
win da ukan davdivar. vici, vici, karnaxi ar mWirdeba.
gecinebaT albaT, rom SemTxvevasa da im xuT wuTs vawer
yvelafers? magram gana cxadi araa. aba gansajeT: werilic
ki ar datova, aqaoda, Cems sikvdils nuravis daabralebTo,
nuTu ar ifiqra, rom SeiZleba lukeriasTvis eTqvaT: `mar-
to Sen iyavi masTan, iqneb sulac Sen hkari xeli~. yovel
SemTxvevaSi, tyuilubralod amoxdidnen suls dakiTxve-
biT, oTx kacs SemTxveviT fligelis fanjrebidan rom ar
daenaxa, xatiT xelSi TviTonve gadmoeSvao. magram esec
xom SemTxveviTobaa, xalxma rom naxa. ara, ara, yvelaferi
wamis bralia, mxolod da mxolod daufiqrebeli wamis.
moulodneloba da fantazia! mere ra rom iloca? gana es
imas mowmobs, rom sikvdils apirebda. es wami didi-didi
raRac aTiode wuTi gagrZelda, roca kedelTan idga,
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mklavze TavCamodebuli, da iRimeboda; uecrad azrad mou-
vida es ambavi, Tavbru daesxa da veRar sZlia cdunebas.
rogorc geneboT, ise ifiqreT da gaugebroba gaxlavT,
sxva araferi. CemTan mainc SeeZlo cxovreba. an iqneb sisx-
lnaklulobis bralia, sisxlnakluli rom iyo da sic-
ocxlis wyaro daeSrita? ara, daRala am zamTarma, ai,
raa mizezi...
davagviane!!!
ra gamxdari wevs kuboSi, rogor gasTxelebia cxviri!
isrebiviT dahfenia wamwamebi. ise daeca, arc damtvreula
da arc araferi daSavebia. `peSvi sisxli~, mxolod peSvi.
Sinagani Caqceva iyo albaT. ra ucnauri fiqri momivida:
netav Tu SeiZleba ar davmarxo? vinaidan, Tu waiyvanes...
ara, ara, ar SeiZleba waiyvanon! me xom vici, rom waiReben,
giJi xom ar var, piriqiT, ase saRad arasodes miazrovnia
_ magram rogor davrCe isev oblad am or oTaxSi, am gi-
raoebis amara. bodvaa! bodvaa! davtanje, suli amovxade,
ai, raa mizezi!
ra Wirad vixli axla mag Tqvens kanonebs? raSi mWird-
eba Tqveni wesebi, Tqveni adaTi, Tqveni cxovreba, saxelm-
wifo, Tqveni mrwamsi? movides da gamasamarTlos Tqvenma
msajulma, Tundac sajarod, me vetyvi, araferi ara mwams-
meTqi. `xma-krinti, oficero!~ is damiyvirebs. mec mivaxli:
`Sen ra Zala gaqvs, rom dagmorCilde? rad damimsxvria
umecrebam, gaugebrobam is, rac yvelaze metad miRirda? ra
TavSi vixli axla Tqvens kanonebs? ganze gavdgebi yvelaf-
risgan.~ CemTvis axla yvelaferi sulerTi gaxlavT!
brma iyavi, brma! magram mkvdari xar, ar geyureba! Sen
ra ici, ra samoTxeSi gamyofebdi. Cems gulSi iyo es samoTxe
da im samoTxes me Sen irgvliv avayvavebdi! nu gyvarebodi,
ra moxda mere? yvelaferi mainc ise iqneboda, mainc ise
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darCeboda. oRondac yvelafers momiyvebodi, rogorc me-
gobars _ gavixarebdiT da gavicinebdiT erTimeoris Se-
myure. gindac sxva vinme Segyvareboda! imas kiskisiT rom
gahyvebodi, me quCis meore mxridan Semogxedavdi... oh, iyos
ase, iyos ase, oRond ki Tvali gaaxile Tundac erTi wamiT,
marto wamiT! Semomxede weRandeliviT, roca win damideqi
da Semomfice, Seni erTguli viqnebio! Cems TvalebSi yve-
lafers waikiTxavdi.
hoi, umecrebav! hoi, bunebav! martodmarto varT yvel-
ani am qveyanaze _ esaa Cveni ubedureba! `aris ki velad
kaci cocxali?~ yiJinebs rusi devgmiri. devgmiri ar var
da mec vyiJineb, magram aravin mexmianeba. amboben, mziT ud-
gas suli am samyaroso. magram SexedeT mzes, gana isic mkv-
dari araa? yvela mkvdaria, yvelgan mxolod mkvdrebi ari-
an, mxolod adamianebi da irgvliv dumili _ esaa Tqveni
dedamiwa.
`erTmaneTi giyvardeT, xalxno~, _ vin Tqva es? vin
gvianderZa? ra ugrZnoblad, ra sazizRrad wikwikebs saaTi.
Ramis ori saaTia. mis loginTan fexsacmeli awyvia misi,
TiTqos Tavis patrons eliso...
xval rom marTla waiyvanon, me raRa vqna, ra meSvele-
ba?
49. 49
ugvano anekdoti
es ugvano anekdoti swored im xanebSi moxda, roca
Seukavebeli ZaliTa da ase gulis amaCuyebeli, miamiti
aRmafreniT daiwyo Cveni sayvareli mamulis aRorZineba,
roca mis sqel da saxelovan vaJiSvilebs axali momavli-
sadmi didi miswrafebani da imedebi aReZraT. imxanad, zam-
Tris erT uRrublo susxian saRamos, Tumca Tormeti ukve
dawyebuli iyo, sami friad darbaiseli kaci peterburgis
mxareze mdebare erTi mSvenieri orsarTuliani saxlis
keTilmowyobil ki arada, diaxac mdidrulad morTul
oTaxSi darbaislurad sagulisxmo saganze saubrobda.
samTaves generlis epoletebi amSvenebda, samiveni patara,
mrgval magidas usxdnen mSvenier rbil savarZlebSi da
SigadaSig dinjad, neba-neba ylurwavdnen Sampanurs. Sam-
panuris boTlic iqve, magidaze idga, vercxlis larnakSi
Cacivebuli. saqme is gaxldaT, rom maspinZeli, saidumlo
mrCeveli stefan nikiforoviC nikiforovi, samocdaxuTi
wlis ucolo kaci, axalnayid saxlSi axalmosaxleobasa
da am zeims damTxveul Tavis dabadebis dRes ixdida, rac
aqamde arasodes gadauxdia. Tumca zeimis darqmeva cota
metismeti iqneba; rogorc vnaxeT, orad ori stumari hyav-
da, orive batoni nikiforovis yofili TanamSromeli da
misive yofili xelqveiTi. saxeldobr: erTi namdvili sax-
elmwifo mrCeveli semion ivanoviC Sipulenko da meore
ivan iliC pralinski, isic aseve namdvili saxelmwifo
mrCeveli. stumrebi daaxloebiT cxra saaTze mobrZand-
nen, Cai miirTves da axla Rvinos Seeqceodnen. orivem ico-
da, rom zustad Tormetis naxevarze maspinZels unda daemS-
vidobon, rameTu maspinZeli misi dRe da moswreba sizus-
tis mimdevari brZandeboda. barem or sityvas maszec mogax-
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senebT: karieris dasawyisSi igi erTi wvrilfexa, xelmok-
le moxele gaxldaT, mTeli ormocdaxuTi weli uSfoTve-
lad eweoda erTferovani samsaxuris Wapans, mSvenivrad
uwyoda, ra Cinsac miaRwevda, WiriviT sZulda, roca vinme
varskvlavebs epotineboda caSi, Tumca ori varskvlavi
TviTon ukve moewyvita. ar uyvarda, ra saqmec unda yo-
filiyo, sakuTari azri gamoeTqva. bunebiTac patiosani
iyo, anu didad saZraxisi saqme arasodes Caedina; ucolo-
dac sakuTarma TavkerZoobam daabera, Wkua kargad uWri-
da, magram Wkuis gamoCena ki Zalze ejavreboda. metadre
ar wyalobda feTxumsa da aRtacebuli bunebis xalxs.
sicocxlis miwuruls sabolood CaiTria keTilmowyo-
bili cxovrebis tkbilma, momadunebelma talRebma da mar-
tooba Seiyvara. mere ra, rom drodadro TviTon dabr-
Zandeboda Tavisze ukeTes ojaxebSi stumrad, sakuTar sax-
lSi sxvebis mowveva axalgazrdobidanve sZulda. am uka-
nasknel xans Tu granpasianss ar ujda, savsebiT kmayofili
iyo Tavisi sasadilo saaTis sazogadoebiT da, savarZel-
Si mTvlemare, uSfoTvelad usmenda saRamoobiT buxris
Tavze Suqis xufis qveS mdgar am saaTis wikwiks. Sesaxedao-
ba friad rigiani hqonda, saxe mudam gaparsuli, kargad
Senaxuli kacis pirobaze asakTan SedarebiT axalgazr-
dulad gamoiyureboda, imedi iyo, kidev didxans icocx-
lebda. jentlmenur wesebsac zedmiwevniT icavda. sadRac
sakmaod Tbil adgilze ijda da raRacas xels awerda.
erTi sityviT, yvela Cinebulze Cinebul adamianad miiCnev-
da. Tavisi wuTisofeli mxolod erTi ocneba _ anu sanuk-
vari survili hqonda: batonkacuri da ara fuliani ka-
cis gemovnebiT nagebi saxli eyida. bolos es survilic
aisrula: peterburgis mxareze erTi saxli SearCia da
iyida kidec. marTalia, cota moSorebiT iyo, samagierod
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koxta gaxldaT da Tavisi baRic hqonda. axali saxlis
patronis azriT, es siSore ukeTesic iyo: stumrebi maincd-
amainc gulze ar exateboda, xolo sadme wasasvlelad
mSvenieri oradgiliani Sokoladisferi etli hqonda,
kidev ori tanmorCili, magram fexmardi lamazi cxeni da
meetle mixei hyavda. ormoci wlis ganmavlobaSi momWir-
neobiT SeZenili qoneba Zalian axarebda. amitomac, roca
axali saxli iyida da iq gadavida, misma uSfoTvelma gul-
ma iseTi siamovneba igrZno, stumrebic ki dapatiJa Tavis
dabadebis dReze, Tumca am dRes aqamde guldagul umala-
vda axlo nacnobebs. erTi stumris dapatiJebisas Tavisi
angariSic hqonda. axal saxlSi man zemo sarTuli daika-
va, xolo qvemoT, zustad iseTive wyobiT ganlagebuli binis
gaqiraveba ganizraxa. baton nikiforovs swored semion
ivanoviC Sipulenkos imedi hqonda, mdgmurad damidgebao,
da im saRamos erTi-orjer kidec Camougdo am sakiTxze
saubari. magram baton Sipulenkos garkveviT veraferi
wamoacdenina. am ukanasknelsac didi WapanwyvetiT moux-
da cxovrebaSi gzis gakafva. es iyo SavTmiani da Savqil-
vaSiani kaci, mudam CayviTlebuli naRvlis Setevis gamo.
hqonda ojaxi, busaviT sul Sin ijda da mTel saxls misi
SiSiT akankalebda. samsaxurSic Tavdajerebuli iyo, mS-
venivrad icoda, risi miRweva SeeZlo, kidev ukeT _ rasac
verasodes miaRwevda. kargi adgili hqonda da skamze ma-
grad ijda. axal wesebs, marTalia, boRmiani TvaliT uc-
qerda, magram arc maincdamainc aSfoTebda es ambavi: friad
didi rwmena hqonda sakuTari Tavisa da cota ar iyos,
damcinavi RvarZliT usmenda axal Temebze ivan iliC pra-
linskis laqlaqs. Tumca met-naklebad yvelani iyvnen
SeWikWikebuli, ise rom, TviT batonma nikiforovmac
ikadra baton pralinskis axal wesebze Sedaveboda. aq
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mis aRmatebuleba pralinskizec minda oriode sityva
mogaxsenoT, metadre, rom swored is gaxlavT Cemi moTxro-
bis mTavari gmiri.
namdvili saxelmwifo mrCeveli ivan iliC pralinski
es oTxi Tvea, rac misi aRmatebuleba, anu axalgazrda gen-
erali gaxda. asakiTac jer kidev axalgazrda kaci iyo,
ase ormocdasami wlis. Sesaxedavad ufro axalgazrda Canda
da uyvarda kidec axalgazrdulad Tavis moCveneba. icvam-
da koxtad da darbaislurad, tanad maRali, lamazi kaci
gaxldaT, friad RirsebiT atarebda sakmaod did ordens
yelze, pataraobidanve hqonda SeTvisebuli ramdenime did-
kacuri qceva, coli ar hyavda da mdidari, didgvarovani
ojaxiSvilis SerTvaze ocnebobda. saocnebo jerac bevri
hqonda, Tumca Wkua ar aklda. SigadaSig laparaki uyvar-
da da saxelmwifo moRvawis pozebsac iRebda. Tavad kargi
ojaxiSvili iyo, mama generali hyavda, yrmobis nazi asak-
idanve xaverd-batistebSi izrdeboda, swavlobda didkacur
saswavlebelSi. da Tumca iqidan bevri veraferi codna gam-
oitana, mainc imarjva da generlobas miaRwia. ufrosebs
niWier kacad miaCndaT da did imedebsac amyarebdnen. baton
nikiforovs, visi xelmZRvanelobTac daiwyo da TiTqmis
generlobis miRebamde ganagrZobda samsaxurs, Tavis dRe-
Si saqmian kacad ar CauTvlia da arc imedi daumyarebia
masze. magram is ki moswonda, rom pralinski kargi ojax-
iSvili da SeZlebuli kaci iyo, anu didi saxli hqonda,
mkvidrad nagebi, hyavda mmarTveli, enaTesaveboda arcTu
patara xalxs da garda amisa Cinebuli TavdaWera icoda.
oRondac gulSi zedmetad didi warmodgenisa da qerqeto-
bisTvis Zraxavda. Tavad pralinskic grZnobda xolme xan-
daxan, rom Tavmoyvare iyo da bevr iseT rames Takilobda,
rac ar unda eTakila. sakvirvelia da, zogjer saocari
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sindisis qenjna da raRac sinanuli aitanda. gulSi mwared
gahkravda fiqri, rom arc ise maRla-maRla dafrens,
rogorc TviTon hgonia. amisTana wuTebSi, ase gansajeT da,
raRac Wmunva aitanda, metadre Tu buasili Semoutevda.
Tavis cxovrebas uimedod miiCnevda, aRarc Tavisi saxelm-
wifo moRvawis niWi swamda, cxadia, mxolod gulSi, saku-
Tar Tavs parlers, anu ybeds eZaxda, rac friad sasaxelo
iyo misTvis, magram xels sulac ar uSlida naxevari saa-
Tis Semdeg kvlav amayad aewia Tavi da jiutad da medidu-
rad erwmuna, rom kidev moaswrebda sakuTari niWis gamov-
lenas da araTu warCinebuli moxele, saxelmwifo moRvawec
gaxdeboda, vis saxels didxans ar daiviwyebda ruseTi. Si-
gadaSig didebis kvarcxlbekebic elandeboda. aqedan Cans,
raoden SeuZlebels epotineboda, TumcaRa gulSi Rrmad
da cota ar iyos, SiSiTac malavda am gaurkvevel ocnebeb-
sa da imedebs. raRa bevri gavagrZelo da, es gaxldaT pa-
tiosani da, ase gansajeT, poeturi sulis kacic. ukanasknel
wlebSi ufro da ufro gauxSirda imedgacruebis mtkiv-
neuli wuTebi, metismeti gaRizianeba da eWvianoba dasCem-
da da yoveli SekamaTeba swyinda. magram ganaxlebulma
ruseTma uecrad didi imedi aRuZra, xolo generlobam yve-
laferi daagvirgvina. kacs simxneve moemata, welSi gaima-
rTa, Tavi aswia. erTbaSad enamWevrobis trfialma aitana,
gasaocari siswrafiTa da gznebiT aTvisebul axal ideebze
gauTaveblad laparakobda. mTel qalaqs Semouvlida,
oRond ki laparakis saSualeba miscemoda da bevr ojax-
Sic Tavze xelaRebuli liberalis saxeli gaiTqva, rac
Zalian siamovnebda. am saRamos oTxma Wiqa Sampanurma me-
tismetad auSala laparakis saRerReli. gadawyvita Tavis
rwmenaze moeqcia batoni nikiforovi, romelsac didi xania
aRar Sexvedria, magram yovelTvis pativs scemda da ujereb-
54. 54
da kidec yvelafers. es kia, ratomRac Zveli azrebis kacad
Tvlida da amitom gasaocari sificxiT Seutia. batoni
nikiforovi TiTqmis araferSi Sedavebia, mxolod mzakvru-
li ieriT usmenda, Tumca ki saubris sagani marTla ain-
teresebda. gaficxebuli pralinski, romelsac egona, cx-
are kamaTi gvaqvso, imaze xSirad ewafeboda sasmels, vidre
saWiro iyo. nikiforovic umal boTls daavlebda xels da
sasmiss uvsebda. es ki ukve ratomRac Zalian swyinda pra-
linskis, metadre, rom mis gverdiT mjdomi Sipulenko, visac
igi gansakuTrebuli zizRiT ucqerda, ufro metic, misi
geslisa da RvarZlis gamo kidec ufrTxoda, metismetad
veragulad dumda da ufro xSirad ikriWeboda, vidre
saWiro iyo. `eseni, mgoni, lawirakad mTvlian~, _ TavSi
gahkra ivan iliCs.
_ ara, batonebo, droa, ra xania ukve droa, _ ga-
nagrZobda eSxSi Sesuli generali, _ kidec dagvigvianda.
Cemi azriT, humanuroba, xelqveiTebTan humanuroba upirve-
lesi saqmea, ar unda daviviwyoT, rom isinic adamianebi
arian. humanuroba yovlis mxsneli da yovlis gadamrCe-
nia...
_ xi-xi-xi-xi! _ gaisma semion ivanoviCis savarZl-
idan.
_ ver gamigia, ase ratom gviwyrebiT, _ Tavaziani Ri-
miliT SeekamaTa bolos stefan nikiforoviCi, _ gamogi-
tydebiT, ivan iliC, da aqamde ver gamigia, Tu ras gvixsniT.
Tqven humanurobas aniWebT pirvel adgils. maSasadame,
kacTmoyvareobas, ara?
_ diax, Tundac kacTmoyvareobas. me...
_ momiTmineT cota. ramdenadac mesmis, saqme marto es
rodi gaxlavT. kacTmoyvareoba yovelTvis marTebs adami-
ans. reforma ki marto amiT ar isazRvreba. man wamoWra
55. 55
uamravi sakiTxi, rac glexobas, sasamarTloebs, meurneobas,
moijaradeebs, zneobas Tu... sxvasa da sxvas Seexeba. ase rom,
yvelaferma erTad SeiZleba warmoqmnas, ase vTqvaT, didi
meryeoba. ai, ra gvaSinebs Cven, da ara marto humanuroba...
_ saqme ufro Rrmad gaxlavT, batono Cemo, diax, _
CaurTo batonma Sipulenkom.
_ diaxac mesmis da nurc is gewyinebaT, semion ivanoviC,
Tu sagnebis Rrmad CawvdomaSi ar CamogrCebiT, _ gesli-
anad da metismetad mkvaxed miugo ivan iliCma, _ oRondac
mainc gavbedav da SevniSnav, stefan nikiforoviC, rom verc
Tqven gamigeT...
_ ver gagigeT, batono Cemo.
_ me ki mwams da mudam im azrs vadgavar, rom huma-
nuroba da swored xelqveiTTan humanuroba, moxele iqneba
igi, mwerali, yma Tu glexi, SeiZleba, ase vTqvaT, mosalod-
nel reformaTa Tu saerTod ganaxlebis qvakuTxedad
gamodges. ratom? imitom. ai, magaliTisTvis silogizmi: me
humanuri var, maSasadame, xalxs vuyvarvar. mendobian, swamT
Cemi, maSasadame, vuyvarvar... Tumca ara, me minda vTqva, rom
Tu swamT, maSasadame, reformasac iwameben, ase vTqvaT, saq-
mis arss Caswvdebian, ase vTqvaT, erTmaneTs zneobrivad gada-
exvevian da megobrulad, safuZvlianad gadawyveten yve-
lafers. ra gacinebT, semion ivanoviC? gaugebaria?
batonma nikiforovma uxmod azida warbebi; gakvirve-
buli brZandeboda.
_ me mgoni, zedmeti davlie, _ geslianad CaurTo ba-
tonma Sipulenkom, _ amitomac cota davClungdi. ase vTq-
vaT, goneba damibnelda, diax.
pralinskis SeaJrJola.
_ ver gavuZlebT, _ uecrad warmoTqva mcireodeni
Cafiqrebis Semdeg nikiforovma.
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_ rogor Tu ver gavuZlebT? _ hkiTxa am uecari da
mokle SeniSvniT saxtad darCenilma ivan iliCma.
_ diax, ver gavuZlebT. _ nikiforovma aRar isurva
ufro vrclad ganemarta.
_ ara, batono, Cems Tavze pasuxs me vageb. _ cota ar
iyos dacinviT Seesityva ivan iliCi.
imave wuTs saaTma Tormetis naxevari Camohkra.
_ stumrobasac Tavisi dro aqvs, _ Tqva batonma Sipu-
lenkom da asadgomad wamoiwia. magram batonma pralinskim
daaswro, wamodga da buxarze Camodebuli Tavisi siasam-
uris qudi aiRo. nawyeni iyureboda.
_ maS, moifiqrebT, semion ivaniC? _ uTxra gacilebi-
sas nikiforovma.
_ binaze brZanebT? movifiqreb, movifiqreb.
_ Tu moifiqrebT, maSinve macnobeT.
_ sul saqmeebze wuxxarT? _ Tavazianad da odnav
laquciT SeniSna pralinskim da qudi aaTamaSa. ise eCvena,
TiTqos misi aq yofna aRaravis axsovda.
nikiforovma warbebi azida da aRaraferi Tqva, aqao-
da, stumrebs ar gakavebTo. semion ivaniCi saCqarod daemS-
vidoba.
`ki batono... raxan ubralo Tavazianobis araferi
gesmiT... Tqveni nebaa~, _ gadawyvita gunebaSi pralinskim
da TiTqmis daudevrad gauwoda xeli nikiforovs.
SemosasvlelSi Zvirfas, msubuq qurqSi rom gaexvia,
ratomRac Tvali aarida semion ivaniCis gaqucul enots.
orive kibeze daeSva.
_ mgoni, gagvinawyenda beberi, _ Caulaparaka pra-
linskim dadumebul semion ivaniCs.
_ ara mgonia, viTom ra mizeziT? _ miugo iman dinjad
da civad.
57. 57
`yurmoWrili yma!~ _ gaivlo gulSi ivan iliCma.
parmaRze semion ivaniCs Tavisi marxili mohgvares, Sig
Seuxedavi tredana cxeni eba.
_ es ra ubedurebaa! sad eSmakebSi waiyvana trifonma
Cemi etli! _ SesZaxa ivan iliCma, roca Tavisi etli ver
dainaxa.
aqeT eca, iqiT eca, _ etli ara da ar Canda. stefan
nikiforoviCis msaxurma araferi icoda. hkiTxes semion
ivaniCis meetle varlams, iman upasuxa, sul aq trialebda,
etlic aq idga, axla ki sadRac gaqrao.
_ umsgavsobaa! _ brZana Sipulenkom, _ gnebavT, migiy-
vanT?
_ es ra gaTaxsirebuli xalxia! _ gacofebiT Sehyvi-
ra pralinskim. _ aki mTxova mag wupakma, qorwilSi gamiS-
vio. aq, peterburgis mxares viRac magisi naTlideda Tx-
ovdeba Turme, jandabas misi Tavi. sastikad avukrZale, fexi
ar moicvalo-meTqi. sanaZleos Camoval, Tu iq ar waeTria!
_ marTlac iq wavida, _ CaurTo varlamma, _ Tqva ki,
erT wamSi aq gavCndebio, anu droze movalo.
_ aba, aba! TiTqos guli migrZnobda! damacados erTi!
_ erTi-orjer policiaSi gaawkeplineT, maSin iswav-
lis Wkuas, _ Tqva semion ivaniCma.
_ magaze nu wuxxarT, semion ivaniC!
_ Tu gnebavT, marTla mogiyvanT.
_ bednierad imgzavreT, gmadlob.
semion ivaniCi wavida. ivan iliCi fexiT gauyva gzas.
Zalian gabrazebul gunebaze iyo.
`axla ki morCa, axla me vici Seni ambavi, aramzadav!
jibrze fexiT waval, rom Segrcxves da SegeSindes! moeTre-
vi da gaigeb, batoni fexiT wavidao... unamuso!~
58. 58
pralinskis Tavis dReSi ase aravin ulanZRavs, magram
gulze gaxeTqili da Tanac SezarxoSebuli iyo. raki sma
ar uyvarda, raRac xuTi-eqvsi Wiqa ukve TavSi auvarda. ise
ki mSvenieri saRamo idga. yinavda, magram qari ar qroda da
saocari siwynare sufevda. ca varskvlavebs moeWeda. savse
mTvare naz vercxlisfer SuqSi xvevda midamos. ivan iliCs
ormocdaaTiode nabijis gavlis Semdeg sul daaviwyda Tavi-
si gasaWiri, ise imoqmeda am mSvenierma saRamom. saocrad
sasiamovno grZnobam Seipyro. Seqeifianebul adamians xom
guneba swrafad ecvleba. ukacriel quCaSi uSno xis sax-
lebic ki moewona.
`kargia, fexiT rom wamovedi, _ fiqrobda gunebaSi, _
trifonisTvisac kargi gakveTilia da mec visiamovne. ra
vuyoT mere? did prospeqtze xelad viSovi meetles. mSve-
nieri Ramea! ra patara saxlebia aq. etyoba, wvrilfexa
moxeleebi cxovroben... vaWrebic albaT... ohoho, stefan
nikiforoviC! mereda ra damyayebuli xalxia es bebrucune-
bi! diax, diax, bebrucunebi, Tumca Wkuas ver waarTmev, saRi
azri aqvT, sagnebis fxizeli, praqtikuli gageba; magram
daberdnen, daberdnen kia! aRara aqvT... moica, ra hqvia!
erTi sityviT, raRac akliaT... ver gavuZlebTo! netav ra
igulisxma? dafiqrda kidec amis Tqmisas. Tumca me ki
srulebiT ver gamigo. an ra iyo gaugebari? ufro Znelia
ver gaigo, vidre gaigo. rac mTavaria, guliT mwams. huma-
nuroba... kacTmoyvareoba. adamiani Tavis Tavs daubruno...
aRudgino sakuTari Rirseba da maSin... mza masaliT Seudge
saqmes. mgoni, naTelia! diax, batono! nu gewyinebaT, Tqveno
aRmatebulebav, da silogizmi aiReT: magaliTad, SevxvdiT
erT moxeles, Raribs, dabeCavebuls. `aba... vin xar?~ `mox-
ele~. Zalian kargi, moxele. Semdeg: `ra moxele xar?~ esa
da es. `msaxurob?~ _ `vmsaxurob!~ `ginda bednieri iyo?~
59. 59
_ `minda~. `ra aris saWiro bednierebisTvis?~ es, es da es.
`ratom?~ imitom... hoda, am kacs Cemi ori sityvidan esmis:
es ukve Cemia, ase vTqvaT, ukve gavabi badeSi, rogorc minda,
ise vatrialeb, ese igi misive sikeTisTvis. didi wupaki vin-
mea es semion ivaniCi! an ra wupaki sifaTi aqvs... policiaSi
gaawkeplineo, _ gangeb miTxra.
_ ara, Zmao, Tu ginda, Sen gawkeple, me ver gavwkeplav.
trifons sityviT movuvli, sayvedurebiT moviyvan Wkuaze,
maSin igrZnobs. wkeplas rac Seexeba, hm... es sakiTxi gadau-
wyveteli rCeba, hm... emeransTan xom ar Semevlo? es oxeri
wanwalebi! _ SesZaxa man, fexi rom daucda. _ sataxto
qalaqic amas hqvia! ganaTlebac amas hqvia! kaci fexs moi-
tex. hm, uh, uh, rogor mZuls es semion ivaniCi, didi wupaki
sifaTi aqvs. CaixiTxiTa, weRan rom vTqvi: zneobrivad gada-
exvevian-meTqi. diaxac gadaexvevian, ra Seni saqmea? nu ge-
Sinia, Sen mainc ar gadagexvevi; glexs ufro gadavexvevi...
glexi Tu Semxvda, davelaparakebi kidec. Tumca mTvrali
viyavi da iqneb ise vera vTqvi. mgoni, axlac ise ver vam-
bob... hm. Tavis dReSi aRar davlev. iybedeb, iybedeb saRa-
mos da meore dRes nanob. mere ra, xom ar vbancaleb... Tumca
yvela kai aramzadaa!
ase areulad, uTavbolod msjelobda ivan iliCi da
gzas mihyveboda. sufTa haerma imoqmeda da guneba auSala.
xuTiode wuTis Semdeg damSviddeboda da Zili moundebo-
da. magram ucbad didi prospeqtidan TiTqmis or nabijze
musikis xma moesma. miixed-moixeda. quCis meore mxareze erT
Zvel, erTsarTulian grZel xis saxlSi didi qeifi iyo.
zuzunebda violinoebi, wripinebda kontrabasi, aWyvitineb-
da fleita kadrilis mxiarul hangs. fanjrebTan mayure-
blebi mimdgariyvnen, metwilad dabambulTavsafriani
dedakacebi da darabis WuWrutanebSi iWyitebodnen, rame
60. 60
davinaxoTo. Sig albaT didi mxiaruleba sufevda.
mocekvaveTa fexebis braguns meore mxares gaigonebdi. ivan
iliCma Soriaxlos ubnis policiels mohkra Tvali da mis-
ken wavida.
_ es visi saxlia, Zmao? _ hkiTxa da zustad imdenze
gadaiReRa Zvirfasi qurqi, rom policiels kiserze dak-
idebuli sakmaod didi ordeni daenaxa.
_ moxele fseldonimovis gaxlavT, registratoris,
batono, _ miugo ubnis policielma da win gaeWima. orde-
ni umal SeamCnia.
_ fseldonimovis? vah! fseldonimovis... viTom ra?
cols Txoulobs?
_ Txoulobs, Tqveno maRalSobilebav, titulovani
mrCevlis qals Txoulobs. gvarad mlekopitaevisa... gam-
geobaSi msaxurobda. am saxls mziTvSi aZlevs Tavis qals.
_ maS, es ukve fseldonimovis saxlia da ara mlekopi-
taevis?
_ fseldonimovis, Tqveno maRalSobilebav. mlekopi-
taevis iyo, axla fseldonimovis gaxlavT.
_ hm. imitom gekiTxebi, Zmao, rom misi ufrosi var. im
uwyebis generlis, sadac fseldonimovi msaxurobs.
_ egre gaxlavT, Tqveno aRmatebulebav. _ policieli
ufro gaijgima. ivan iliCi ki Cafiqrda. raRacas ixseneb-
da...
ho, ho, fseldonimovi marTla mis uwyebaSi muSaobda,
swored misive kancelariaSi; im patara moxeleTagani iyo,
visi jamagiri TveSi aT maneTs ar aRemateboda. pralinskim
didi xani araa, rac kancelaria Caibara. amitom yvela Tavi-
si xelqveiTi SeiZleba arc xsomeboda, magram fseldoni-
movi ki daamaxsovrda da isic misi gvaris wyalobiT. maS-
inve TvalSi eca da dainteresda am gvaris patronisTvis
61. 61
kargad Seexeda. axla moagonda, rom jer sul axalgazrda
biWi iyo, hqonda grZeli kexiani cxviri, Ria qera burZgi
Tma, gamWleuli, naSimSilevi saxe. ecva ubadruki vicmundi-
ri da kidev ufro samarcxvino Sarvali. gaaxsenda, maSinve
rom gaifiqra, ra iqneba, TumniT meti mivceT am sacodavs,
uqmeze mainc gamoZReso? magram raxan am sacodavs Tav-piri
Camostiroda da gamoxedvac usiamo, zizRis momgvreli hqon-
da, es keTili zraxva TavisTavad gaqra da fseldonimovic
jildos gareSe darCa. hoda, kidevac gaukvirda, roca am
fseldonimovma erTi kviris win Txovna Semoitana, cols
virTavo. ivan iliCs gaaxsenda, rom ratomRac ver moicala
am saqmis dawvrilebiT gasarCevad da qorwilis saqme zer-
eled, saxeldaxelod gadawyda. magram is ki kargad axsov-
da, rom fseldonimovi mziTvad xis saxls da ormoc Tuman
naRd fuls iRebda. am garemoebam maSinac gaaoca. isic ax-
sovda, rom fseldonimovisa da mlekopitaevis gvarebis
SeerTebaze kidevac waioxunja.
moigona es yvelaferi da ufro metad Cafiqrda. mogex-
senebaT, rom TavSi zogjer uamravi fiqri gagirbens Tva-
lis daxamxamebaSi raRac SegrZnebis saxiT, rac adamianisa
da miT umetes literaturis enaze Znelad gadmoiTargmne-
ba. magram mainc SevecdebiT Cveni gmiris es SegrZneba gad-
movTargmnoT da mkiTxvels Tundac am SegrZnebaTa arsi miva-
wodoT, ase vTqvaT, is, rac mTavaria da Tan simarTlesac
hgavs. rameTu Cveulebriv enaze gadmoTargmnili Cveni bevri
SegrZneba daujerebeli SeiZleba moeCvenos kacs. amitomac
uCinarni rCebian isini qveynisTvis, miuxedavad imisa, rom
yovel Cvengans aqvs. raRa Tqma unda, pralinskis SegrZneba
da fiqrebi cota areuli gaxldaT, Tumca kargad mogex-
senebaT, ratomac.
`eeh! kacma rom Tqvas, laparakSi veravin gvajobebs,
62. 62
magram saqme saqmeze rom midges, kapikia Cveni fasi. ai, ma-
galiTad, Tundac es fseldonimovi aviRoT: kacma jvari
daiwera, eklesiidan gulaCqrolebuli movida, imediT,
molodiniT aforiaqebuli... es misi cxovrebis unetaresi
dRea... axla stumrebs dafusfusebs, qeifs marTavs _ mar-
Talia, ubralosa da Raribuls, samagierod mxiarulsa
da gulwrfels. netav ra mouva, rom gaigos, me, misi ufrosi,
misi yvelaze didi ufrosi am wuTs mis saxlTan vdgavar da
musikas vusmen! marTla ra mouva, ha? ara, marTla ra dae-
marTeba, rom uceb avdge da Sevide? hm... cxadia, jer dafeT-
deba, dabneulobisgan ena Cauvardeba. Cemi misvla xels
SeuSlis, iqneb yvelaferi CauSalos... diax, diax, swored
ase moxdeba, vinme sxva generali rom Sevides, mxolod me
ara... saqmec isaa, vinc ginda, Cem garda...
diax, stefan nikiforoviC! weRan Tqven ver gamigeT.
magram aha, batono, utyuari magaliTic.
diax, batono, Cven, yvelani, bevrs gavyviriT humanizmze,
gmirobis Cadena ki aravis SegviZlia.
ra gmirobis? ra da aseTis. aba gansajeT: sazogadoeb-
is wevrebis axlandeli damokidebulebis dros Cemi Sesv-
la, diax, diax, Cemi Sesvla Ramis pirvel saaTze Cemi xe-
lqveiTis, aTmaneTiani registratoris qorwilze xom areu-
lobas gamoiwvevs, es xom ideaTa Setrialebaa, pompeis uka-
naskneli dRe, domxali! amas veravin gamigebs. stefan niki-
foroviCi mokvdeba da ver gaigebs. aki Tqva: ver gavu-
ZlebTo. diax, Tqven ver gauZlebT, imitom, rom daberdiT,
imitom rom dambladacemulebi xarT, imitom, rom damyay-
diT xalxi, me ki ga-vu-Zleb! me gadavaqcev pompeis uka-
nasknel dRes Cemi xelqveiTebisTvis unetares dRed, gaug-
onar saqciels _ Cveulebriv, patriarqalur, maRali zneo-
bis saqmed. rogor? rogor da ase. aba, yuri migdeT...
63. 63
diax... vTqvaT da, Sevedi: _ yvela saxtad rCeba, cekve-
bi wydeba, dafeTebuli micqerian, ukan-ukan ixeven. ase, ba-
tono, magram aq Cems Tavs vaCen; pirdapir mivadgebi SeSineb-
ul fseldonimovs da alersiani RimiliT ubralod vetyvi:
`asea da ase-meTqi saqme, mis aRmatebuleba stefan niki-
foroviCTan gaxldiT, vgoneb, ici, aq mezoblad cxovrobs...~
Semdeg ise, xumrobiT vyvebi trifonis ambavs. trifonidan
imaze gadavdivar, rogor wamovedi fexiT: `hoda, musika gav-
igone, policiels vkiTxe da Sevityve, rom cols Txou-
lob, Zmao. vifiqre, modi, Cems xelqveiTTan Seval, davxe-
dav, Cemi moxeleebi rogor ilxenen da... qorwindebian. me
mgoni, ar gamagdeb!~ gamagdebo! rogori mosasmenia xe-
lqveiTisTvis. ris gagdeba, ra gagdeba! mgoni, Wkuaze Secde-
ba kaci, jarasaviT datrialdeba, umal savarZelSi Cams-
vams, aRtacebisgan acaxcaxdeba, pirvel wuTs gonzec ver
mova!..
gana ra unda iyos am saqcielze ubralo da moxdeni-
li! risTvis Sevedi? es sxva sakiTxia! es ukve, ase vTqvaT,
saqmis zneobrivi mxarea. aq marxia ZaRlis Tavi!
hm... raze vfiqrobdi? hoo!
ra Tqma unda, yvelaze sapatio stumarTan damsvamen,
vinme titulovani mrCevlis Tu gadamdgari Stabskapitnis
gverdiT, maT wiTelcxvira naTesavTan... didebulad hyavs
aRwerili es Taviseburi xalxi gogols. rasakvirvelia,
patarZalsac gamacnoben. mec Sevaqeb, stumrebs gavamxneveb.
vTxov, ar mogeridoT, imxiaruleT, icekveT-meTqi, voxun-
job, vicini, mokled _ Tavazianad da saamurad viqcevi,
rogorc yovelTvis, Tu Cemi Tavis kmayofili var... hm...
saqmec isaa, rom, mgoni, cota kidev... ara, mTvrali ki ara,
ase vTqvaT...
...rasakvirvelia, jentlmenis pirobaze yvelas ise
64. 64
veqcevi, rogorc Cems tolsa da swors, gansakuTrebul pa-
tivs ar viTxov... magram rac Seexeba zneobriv mxares, es
sxva saqmea: isini mixvdebian da daafaseben... Cemi saqcieli
gauRviZebT yvela keTilSobilur grZnobas... hoda, davr-
Cebi naxevari saaTi... ha, erTi saaTi. cxadia, vaxSmamde wam-
oval. icocxle, dabzrialdebian, ras ar Sewvaven da ga-
moacxoben, welSi gadatydebian xvewniT, me ki mxolod erT
sasmiss davlev, davlocav, xolo vaxSamze uars vityvi.
saqmeebi maqvs-meTqi, movimizezeb. `saqmeebs~ rom vityvi, yve-
las saxe daugrZeldeba da mowiweba gadaefineba. es Cemgan
Tavaziani Sexseneba iqneba, Tu ra sxvaobaa Cven Soris. ca
da dedamiwa. ara, ki ar minda vagrZnobino, magram xom mainc
saWiroa... rac unda Tqva, zneobrivadac aucilebelia, Tumca
maSinve gaviRimeb, gavicineb kidevac da yvelani gamxnevdebi-
an... patarZalsac iseve gavexumrebi; hm... imasac gadavukrav,
zustad cxra Tvis Tavze naTliad gestumrebiT-meTqi. he-
he! is albaT am droisTvis moiloginebs. egeni xom kur-
dRlebiviT mravldebian. yvela gadaixarxarebs, patarZa-
li gawiTldeba. me grZnobiT vakoceb Sublze, davlocav...
da meore dRes Cemi gmirobis ambavi mTel kancelarias moe-
fineba. meore dRes kvlav mkacri gavxdebi, meore dRes kv-
lav momTxovni viqnebi, Seubralebelic ki, magram Cemi gu-
lis ambavi ukve yvelas ecodineba. gaigeben, vinc da rac
var; `ufrosis kvalobaze sastikia, rogorc adamiani ki
angelozio!~ da gavimarjveb kidec. didi araferia, magram
am saqcieliT, Tqven rom TavSic ar mogivaT, egeni ukve badeSi
gavxvie, egeni ukve Cemebi arian, me _ mama, isini _ Svile-
bi... aba, Tu vaJkaci xarT, mobrZandiT da ase moiqeciT,
Tqveno aRmatebulebav, stefan nikiforoviC...
... iciT ki, an gesmiT, rom fseldonimovi mere Tavis
Svilebs mouyveba, TviT generalma rogor iqeifa mis qor-
65. 65
wilSi! misi Svilebi TavianT Svilebs mouyvebian, isini
SviliSvilebs da ase wmidaTawmida anekdotad gavrcelde-
ba es ambavi, warCinebulma moxelem da saxelmwifo moR-
vawem (imxnisTvis ki erTic viqnebi da meorec) rogor gaxa-
da isini Rirsad... me xom amiT dabeCavebuls zneobrivad
welSi gavmarTav, me xom mas sakuTari Tavis rwmenas davu-
bruneb... is xom TveSi erT Tumans iRebs!.. me rom xuTjer an
aTjer aserigad moviqce, saqveynod cnobili gavxdebi... yve-
las gulze davexatebi. amisTana cnobili saxeliT ki, Rm-
erTma icis, ras ar moixveWs kaci!..~
ase Tu amdagvarad msjelobda batoni pralinski (ba-
tonebo, gana amisTanebs ityvis adamiani Tavis gulSi, meta-
dre esoden ucnaur garemoebaSi). am fiqrebma gaurbina raRac
naxevari wuTis ganmavlobaSi TavSi da iqneb marTla am
ocnebebiT dakmayofilebuliyo, iqneb mxolod gulSi Seer-
cxvina stefan nikiforoviCi, Semdeg ki arxeinad wasuliyo
Sin da mSvidad daeZina. mereda ra kargad moiqceoda! ma-
gram vai rom, es mxolod wuTi iyo, ucnauri wuTi.
TiTqos jibrze swored im wuTs moCaxCaxebulma warmo-
saxvam uecrad stefan nikiforoviCisa da semion ivanoviCis
gabRenZili saxeebi dauxata.
_ ver gavuZlebT! _ gaimeora stefan nikiforoviCma
da qedmaRlurad gaiRima.
_ xi-xi-xi! _ bani misca semion ivanoviCma bilwze bil-
wi RimiliT.
_ aba vnaxoT, Tu ver gavuZlebT! _ gadawyvetiT Tqva
ivan iliCma da saxeze sisxli moawva. mere wanwalidan Cam-
ovida, mtkiced gadaWra quCa da Tavisi xelqveiTis, regis-
trator fseldonimovis saxls miaSura.
igi weras aetana, mas bediswera miaqrolebda. mxned
