არა კურთხევა მსაჯულისა

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

bral­de­ba im­gva­ri rki­nis lo­gi­kiT gax­ldaT Sek­ru­li, qvas ga­xeT­qav­da. mo­sa­mar­Tlem pen­sne dai­ko­sa Ca­mog­rZe­ le­bul cxvir­ze da Seu­va­li xmiT gan­gvic­xa­da: _ bral­de­bul vus­ters (aq Ce­mi gva­ris ga­go­ne­bas mi­wa gam­xeT­qo­da, is mer­Civ­na) _ 5 gir­van­qa ster­lin­gis ja­ri­ ma… _ ra­zea la­pa­ra­ki! _ Se­vic­xa­de. _ gav­swor­deT ala­ gob­riv! dar­baz­Si mi­mo­vi­xe­de da iq­ve Cems la­qias, jivzs vki­ de Tva­li. _ jivz! _ veub­ne­bi, _ xuT­fun­tia­ni ar geq­ne­ba? ji­be mTlad ga­mo­ca­rie­le­bu­li maq… _ xma-­krin­ti! _ daib­Rav­la ro­me­li­Rac ga­mo­qan­Ta­re­ bul­ma bo­qaul­ma. _ uci­lob­lad mWir­de­ba mci­re fi­nan­su­ri kon­sul­ta­ cia, Tqve­no Rir­se­bav, _ vux­sni mo­sa­mar­Tles. _ jivz, fu­ li ga­dai­xa­de, sas­wra­fod!

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_ es ka­ci vi­naa? _ kiT­xu­lobs mi­si ma­Ral­Rir­se­ba. _ am­Ja­mad bral­de­bu­lis sam­sa­xur­Si vdge­var, ser. mi­ si ka­mer­di­ne­ri gax­la­varT. _ Tu mar­Tla asea, ma­Sin Se­giZ­liaT ze­mox­se­ne­bu­li Tan­xa sa­sa­mar­Tlos klerks Caa­ba­roT. _ mes­mis, ser. mo­sa­mar­Tlem mZi­me-­mZi­med da­miq­nia Ta­vi, TiT­qos adas­tu­reb­da rom Cem­Tvis xun­de­bis da­de­ba aRar iyo sa­ Wi­ro. sa­ma­gie­rod, ax­la sab­ra­lo si­pis ga­xe­da da Tan ise, Zar­Rveb­Si sis­xli ga­ge­yi­ne­bo­da kacs. _ rac See­xe­ba msjav­rde­bul leo troc­kis, ro­mel­mac eW­vi maqvs, Ta­vi­si nam­dvi­li gvar­-sa­xe­li dau­ma­la mar­ Tlmsa­ju­le­bas, mis mi­marT wa­ye­ne­bu­li bral­de­ba, me ase vit­yo­di, Seu­da­reb­lad uf­ro mZi­mea: sam­sa­xu­reob­ri­vi mo­va­leo­bis Ses­ru­le­bis mdgo­ma­reo­ba­Si myo­fi ka­non­dam­ cve­li­saT­vis xe­lis Seb­ru­ne­ba upa­tie­be­lia mi­si udi­de­ bu­le­so­bis ne­bis­mie­ri qve­Sev­rdo­mi­saT­vis! mar­Ta­lia, oq­ sfor­di­sa da kem­bri­jis uni­ver­si­te­tebs So­ris mim­di­na­ re yo­vel­wliu­ri re­ga­tis dros gar­kveu­li Se­Ra­va­Te­bia da­we­se­bu­li, mag­ram kon­steb­lis ce­ma maT Ca­mo­naT­val­Si aramc da aramc ar moix­se­nie­ba. ase da am­gva­rad, msjav­ rde­bu­li leo troc­ki 30 dRe-­Ra­mes ci­xis sa­kan­Si gaa­ta­ rebs… _ kar­giT, ra! _ wa­moik­nav­la sab­ra­lo si­pim. _ xma-­krin­ti! _ ib­Rav­la isev im ga­mo­qan­Ta­re­bul­ma bo­qaul­ma. _ ga­dav­di­varT Sem­deg saq­me­ze, _ war­Tqva msa­jul­ma da swo­red ase daiw­yo es am­ba­vic.

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un­da giT­xraT, Cven ub­ra­lod bed­ma gvi­mux­Tla. mar­ Ta­lia, mTlad yve­la­fe­ri kar­gad ar max­sovs, mag­ram Zi­ ri­Ta­dad mainc, saq­me Sem­deg­nai­rad iyo: mo­gex­se­ne­baT, sak­ma­ri­sad Tav­Se­ka­ve­bu­li ka­ci meT­ qmis, mag­ram we­li­wad­Si er­Txel mec vaZ­lev Tavs uf­le­bas, ase vTqvaT, axal­gaz­rdo­ba ga­vix­se­no da co­ta­Ti avuS­va af­re­bi. cxa­dia, im dRes vgu­lis­xmob, ro­ca oq­sfor­dsa da kem­brijs _ am or, Zir­Zvel alma maters So­ris niC­bo­ san­Ta tra­di­ciu­li Se­jib­ri imar­Te­ba. uf­ro swo­rad, im Ra­mes, ro­ca es Se­jib­ri dam­Tav­rde­ba xol­me... ase rom, ro­ca si­pis ga­da­ve­ya­re, uk­ve gva­ria­nad nay­la­pi gax­ldiT. ara­da, swo­red im Ra­miT si­pi ise ga­moi­yu­re­bo­da, TiT­qos mTe­li qvey­nis sa­dar­de­be­li mis­Tvis au­ki­de­biaT mxreb­zeo da ise Se­me­co­da, la­mis eu­li crem­lic ki gad­ mo­mi­gor­da yvri­mal­ze. _ ber­tram Ce­mo, _ meub­ne­ba ro­gorc ki fe­xi avuw­ yveT er­Tma­neTs da uax­loe­si pa­bis­ken gav­swieT. _ Seur­ ve­bu­li su­li sul mci­re imed­sac ki eb­Rau­We­ba… (es Cve­ni si­pi li­te­ra­to­ro­ba­ze debs Tavs da Si­ga­da­Sig, swo­red rom am­gva­ri amaR­le­bu­li met­yve­le­ba sCe­via) gar­na suls Cem­sas ax­la Ca­sab­Rau­We­be­lic aRa­ra­fe­ri Se­mor­Ca xelT… mTlad usa­sood var, ber­ti. _ ase­Ti ra ge­ta­ka, Zve­lo? _ ve­kiT­xe­bi. kar­gad ga­mi­ geT, mTlad usaxsrodo rom eT­qva, ki­dev ga­vu­geb­di, ra­ ki­Ra er­Tia­nad ma­mi­da­mi­sis kma­yo­fa­zea, mag­ram usa­soo­ba­ ze wu­wu­ni am biWs naR­dad rom ar sCveo­da. _ ara ug­via­nes xva­lin­de­li dRi­sa, pi­ra­dad un­da ga­ vem­gzav­ro lon­don­-qa­la­qi­dan da ma­mi­da­Ce­mis yov­lad, sru­liad au­ta­nel nac­no­bebs ves­tum­ro Ce­Sir­Si. Ta­vad 157

ine­ba ase da ax­la nu gaik­vir­vebs, Zmis­Svi­lis wyev­lam Tu uwia Ci­nur var­debs mis­sa­ve yva­vil­nar­Si… _ amis­Ta­na ra sWirs im xalxs? _ ga­vik­vir­ve. _ arc ara­fe­ri, gar­da imi­sa rom mTels bri­ta­neT­Si ga­mor­Ceu­li briy­ve­bi arian… aTi wli­sa vi­ya­vi, uka­nas­kne­ lad rom vstum­rob­di ma­gaT da mxo­lod ase da am­gva­rad da­ma­max­sov­res Ta­vi. _ mZi­me Sem­Txve­vaa, _ mi­vu­sam­Zim­re. _ da ras api­reb? _ ar vi­ci, ber­ti, ara­fe­ri ar vi­ci… mTe­li sam­ya­ro rux fe­reb­Si me­xa­te­ba da verc si­naT­les vxe­dav gvi­ra­bis bo­los. swo­red am dros, er­Tma az­rma mxia Tav­Si _ Rmer­Tma­ ni, go­ne­bis ege­Ti gas­xi­vos­ne­ba mxo­lod yo­vel­wliu­ri re­ ga­tis Ra­mes Tu da­ge­mar­Te­ba kacs! _ ax­la Sen er­Ti kar­gi Caf­xu­ti gWir­de­ba! _ da­vi­ji­ne. _ dar­wmu­ne­bu­li xar? _ Tqmac ar un­da! Sen ad­gi­las, ax­la qu­Cis meo­re mxa­ res ga­da­vi­do­di da im Caf­xuts da­vav­leb­di xels. _ kon­stebls rom axu­ravs Tav­ze? _ aba sxvas xe­dav ki­dev? si­pi Ca­fiq­rda. _ mar­Ta­li un­da iyo, xom ici… ne­ta aqam­de Tvi­Ton ra­tom ar mo­ma­fiq­rda! naR­dad ga­mo­mad­ge­ba. _ Tqva da sar­ga­day­la­pu­li­viT mdga­ri kon­steb­li­sa­ken gae­mar­Ta. ax­la al­baT, Tqven­Tvi­sac ga­sa­ge­bi iq­ne­ba, ra­tom me­ Ta­naR­re­bo­da gu­li. Ta­vad ga­dav­rCi da si­pi ki Ca­vag­de cud dRe­Si: sul ra­Rac oc­da­xu­Ti wlis axal­gaz­rda ka­ ci, rom­lis wi­na­Sec SeiZ­le­bo­da yve­la ka­ri ga­Re­bu­li­yo 158

da cxov­re­bis far­To gza­zec… mok­led, yo­ve­li­ve amis ma­giv­rad, oli­ver re­ji­nald si­per­li ax­la ci­xe­Si ij­da da SeiZ­le­ba iT­qvas, swo­red Cem ga­mo. ara, mainc ra gin­ do­da geq­na? ga­sa­ge­bia, upir­ve­le­sad un­da mo­me­na­xu­le­bi­na da ga­ me­go, ra­me Txov­na-­sur­vi­li xom ara­fe­ri eq­ne­bo­da. miv­deq­ -mov­de­qi da bo­lo-­bo­lo, erT viw­ro, na­xev­rad ga­na­Te­ bul oTax­Si amov­ya­vi Ta­vi. ke­del­Tan mid­gmul Zel­skam­ze si­pi ij­da, Tav­Ca­qin­dru­li. _ aba, ro­go­ra xar? _ ise ve­kiT­xe­bi, mi­pa­naS­vi­de­bul avad­myofs rom dae­kiT­xe­bian xol­me cal­tvi­na ax­lob­le­ bi. _ La commedia è finita! _ meub­ne­ba Ta­vau­Reb­lad. _ mor­ Ca Ta­ma­Si, coc­xleb­Si aRar vwe­ri­var. _ kar­gi er­Ti! arc mTlad ma­sea saq­me. ki­dev kar­gi, Wkua ge­yo da Se­ni nam­dvi­li sa­xe­li ar gaam­xi­le _ xva­ lin­del ga­ze­Teb­Si rac dai­we­re­ba, imas Sen­ze arc ara­vin gai­fiq­rebs. _ ma­gis dar­di maq?! Sen isa Tqvi, sa­mi kvi­ra ro­gor un­da ga­va­ta­ro Ce­Sir­Si, prin­gle­bis ojax­Si, Tu­ki aq vi­qe­ ni ga­mo­ke­ti­li da fe­xeb­zec xun­de­bi me­de­ba? _ xom gai­Za­xo­di, iq was­vlas yve­la­fe­ri mir­Cev­niao, aki agix­da… _ saq­me is ki araa, me ra min­da da ra _ ara! ma­mi­da­Cems ar ic­nob? Tu imaT­sas dro­ze ar ga­mov­Cndi, ma­mi­da­Ce­mi ve­ro­ni­ka yve­la­fers gai­gebs da mor­Ca _ mom­kve­Tavs sa­ na­Te­sao­dan. fex­sac aRar Se­mad­gme­vi­nebs sax­lSi, fu­lad Se­wev­neb­ze rom aRa­ra­fe­ri vTqva. ras er­Ci, sa­Rad ki msje­lob­da.

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_ amas Cven or­ni ar ve­yo­fiT, _ veub­ne­bi. _ uf­ro mZlav­ri tvi­ni gvWir­de­ba. jivzs un­da Se­vex­mia­no. ra­Rac­-ra­Ra­cee­bi ki­dev ga­mov­kiT­xe da sax­lSi wa­mo­ve­di. _ jivz, _ veub­ne­bi, ro­gorc ki mis mier wi­nas­war da win­da­xe­du­lad mom­za­de­bul erT Wi­qa ma­coc­xle­bel siT­xes geax­le­biT. _ ra­Rac min­da giT­xra. mis­ter si­per­lis exe­ba… _ gis­menT, ser. _ si­pi Cems ga­mo aR­moC­nda am dRe­Si, jivz. _ eg ro­gor, ser? _ ro­gor da eg­re. uxa­sia­Tod iyo da meT­qi co­ta ga­ vam­xia­ru­leb. gva­ria­ni nay­la­pi vi­ya­vi, ra Wkua mo­me­kiT­xe­ bo­da… mok­led, vur­Cie po­li­ciels Caf­xu­ti aa­ca­le Ta­ vi­dan­-meT­qi. _ ve­ra­fe­ri gar­To­baa, ser. _ jivz, Se­ni rCe­va mWir­de­ba da ara ko­men­ta­re­bi. mok­ led, si­pi mTlia­nad ma­mi­da­mi­sis kma­yo­fa­zea… _ mi­sis si­per­li ior­kSi­ri­dan, pe­dok­-rou­di, bek­lis ma­mu­li, ser? _ Sen ra, ic­nob?! _ pi­ra­dad ara­so­des Sev­xved­ri­var, ser, mag­ram iq­ve, so­fel­Si Ce­mi ma­mi­daS­vi­li sax­lobs da er­Txel miT­xra _ di­dad qed­ma­Ra­li qal­ba­to­nia, xa­sia­Tic me­tad feT­qe­ ba­di aq­vso. _ nam­dvi­lad. mis­Tvis sit­yvis Seb­ru­ne­ba da _ mor­ Ca! ram­de­ni­me wlis win we­ri­li mos­we­ra _ saq­vel­moq­me­ do sa­Ra­mos vaw­yob sof­lis bav­Sve­bis­Tvis, iq­neb gvi­kad­ro, Ca­mox­vi­de da Ti­To­-o­ro­la sim­Re­rac gvim­Re­roo. es `iq­ neb gvi­kad­ro~ ki xvde­bi al­baT, ra­sac niS­navs _ amis­Ta­na Txov­na de­dof­lis brZa­ne­bas ud­ris, Rmer­Tma­ni. si­pi­sac 160

ra eq­na _ mar­Ta­lia, er­Txel uk­ve mia­Re­bi­nes am­gvar Ro­ nis­Zie­ba­Si mo­na­wi­leo­ba da blo­mad la­ye kver­cxe­bi da dam­ pa­li po­mi­do­re­bic daa­ya­res… ase rom, am­gvar sce­nur ka­ rie­ra­ze naR­dad aRar oc­ne­bob­da. ga­sa­ge­bad vyve­bi, jivz? _ sav­se­biT. ser. _ ami­to­mac, Cven­ma si­pim ma­mi­da­miss upa­ta­ka _ di­dad vwux­var, mag­ram es­-e­saa ga­mom­cem­lo­bas­Tan xel­Sek­ru­le­ba dav­de, sta­tie­bis mTe­li ri­gi un­da dav­we­ro kem­brij­zeo. ase rom, sa­mi kvi­riT mi­vem­gzav­re­bi iqo. mi­sis si­per­lim qce­va Seu­qo, kar­gia rom cxov­re­bi­seul sia­mov­ne­beb­ze me­tad sa­mu­Sao­ze fiq­ro­bo (sia­mov­ne­beb­Si et­yo­ba, sof­ lis kon­cer­tze mRe­ra-­Ta­ma­Si da la­ye kver­cxe­bis sro­la igu­lis­xma) da ra­ki kem­brij­Si Cax­val, Cems me­gob­reb­Tan, prin­gleb­Tan da­bi­nav­de­bi, aba sas­tum­ro­Si xom ar iqi­ra­ veb oTax­so. me­re ki prin­gleb­Ta­nac af­ri­na de­pe­Sa _ ari­ qa, Ce­mi Zmis­Svi­li ges­tum­re­baT da aba, Tqven ici­To. ima­ Tac di­dad gai­xa­res Tur­me _ yo­vel Sem­Txve­va­Si, qa­Ral­ dze mainc... ax­la ki si­pis 30 dRe mou­wevs ci­xe­Si yur­yu­ti da xom ges­mis, ri­Ti SeiZ­le­ba yve­la­fe­ri es dam­Tav­rdes? mok­led, Sens imed­ze varT, jivz. moi­fiq­re ra­me. _ vec­de­bi, ser. _ aga­Se­na Rmer­Tma. ax­la ki wa­di da or­-sam saaT­Si ve­ li Sen­gan Se­degs. ama­so­ba­Si Tu vin­mem mi­kiT­xos, uT­xa­ri, gar­daic­va­la-­Tqo. _ ra brZa­neT, ser? _ ki, ase uT­xa­ri. main­ca­da­mainc di­di tyui­lic ar ga­mo­gi­va… sa­Ra­mo­xans, uk­ve co­ta­Ti mom­jo­bi­ne­bul­ma ga­mo­viR­ vi­Ze da dau­yov­neb­liv Ca­mov­re­ke za­ri.

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_ or­jer Se­mo­vi­xe­de, ser. _ jiv­zi meub­ne­ba. _ mag­ram ise Rrmad ge­Zi­naT, Tqve­ni gaR­vi­Ze­ba da­me­na­na, ser. _ moi­fiq­re ra­me? _ ga­mow­vlil­viT mo­vi­xi­le sa­kiT­xi da im das­kvnam­de mi­ve­di, rom ga­mo­sa­va­li mxo­lod er­Tia, ser. _ er­Tic sav­se­biT sak­ma­ri­sia. ras gvTa­va­zob? _ mis­ter si­per­lis ma­giv­rad un­da gaem­gzav­roT kem­ brijs, ser. pir­dab­Ce­ni­li mi­vaS­ter­di. es Ce­mi msa­xu­ri aS­ka­rad ver iyo rom un­da yo­fi­li­yo, ise. _ jivz, _ veub­ne­bi. _ az­rze Tu xar, ras bo­dav? _ sxva var­gi­si ara­fe­ri mom­dis Tav­Si, ser. _ var­gi­sio?! is xal­xi si­pis moe­lis da Ce­mi ki sa­xe­ lic ar sme­niaT ara­so­des! _ miT uke­Te­si, ser. miT uf­ro io­lad gaa­sa­RebT Tavs mis­ter si­per­lad, ser. aki bo­los aTi wli­sa una­xavT, ser. _ da Cems… fui eS­maks, Ce­me­bi ar me­yo­fo­da _ si­pis ma­mi­da­ze rom da­miw­yon ga­mo­kiT­xva, ra vuT­xra? _ mis­ter si­per­li uk­ve mec mo­vi­na­xu­le, ser. friad sa­yu­rad­Re­bo am­be­bi mac­no­ba ma­mi­da­mis­Tan da­kav­Si­re­biT. cal­ke imi­si Cve­ve­bic Ca­mo­gi­we­reT da ime­di maqvs, yu­rad­ Re­biT gaec­no­biT, ser. da rac mTa­va­ria… _ ki­dev ra ube­du­re­ba moi­go­ne, jivz? _ me ara, ser. mi­sis spen­ser­ma uk­ve sam­jer da­re­ka, ser. di­lis ga­ze­Te­bi wau­kiT­xavs da… _ dei­da aga­Tas?! vai Cems Tavs ube­durs! jivz, ax­la ra meS­ve­le­ba?! _ sas­wra­fod qa­la­qi­dan un­da gaem­gzav­roT, ser.

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_ cam­de mar­Ta­li xar! egeT gan­wyo­ba­ze myof dei­da­ Cems mte­ri daud­ga win! Ce­mod­ne­bi Ca­mi­la­ge, jivz _ kem­ brijs mi­vem­gzav­re­bi, ax­la­ve! _ bar­gi uk­ve Ca­la­ge­bu­lia, ser. _ ga­mir­kvie, uax­loe­si ma­ta­re­be­li ro­dis ga­dis! _ or­moc wuT­Si, ser. _ sas­wra­fod taq­si ga­moi­Za­xe! _ WiS­kar­Tan ge­lo­de­baT, ser. prin­gle­bis sax­li kem­bri­ji­dan sul ra­Rac oriod mi­ lis man­Zil­ze id­ga. zed sa­di­lo­bis Jams mi­va­de­qi maT da sa­nam mTe­li oja­xi tan­sac­mlis ga­moc­vliT iyo gar­Tu­li, Cems Tav­sac miv­xe­de. me­re ki sa­sa­di­lo oTax­Si Ca­ve­di, mux­le­bis kan­ka­liT. _ sa­la­mi, sa­la­mi! _ vam­bob da vcdi­lob, ara­fe­ri Se­ vim­Cnio, oRond ar ki vi­ci, es ram­de­nad ga­mom­dis. prin­gle­bis si­pi­seu­li da­xa­sia­Te­ba Tu gax­sovT, me Ce­mis mxriv, aRarc ara­fers da­vu­ma­teb­di. ga­reg­nu­lad pro­fe­so­ri prin­gli er­Ti Zval­tya­va, me­lo­ti, wyal­wya­ laT­va­le­bia­ni ka­ci gax­ldaT, mis meuR­les ki ise­Ti ga­ mo­met­yve­le­ba edo sa­xe­ze, ifiq­reb­di bav­Svo­ba­Si Sea­Si­na vi­Ra­cam da jer gons ver mo­su­lao. iq­ve Tav­-fe­xia­nad Sa­lis mo­sas­xa­meb­Si gax­veul, aS­ka­rad mded­ro­bi­Ti sqe­sis ki­dev erT wyvils wa­rud­gi­nes Ce­mi Ta­vi: _ de­da­Ce­mi ge­max­sov­re­baT… _ Cam­Cur­Cu­la pro­fe­ sor­ma, Tan sa­mu­zeu­mo eq­spo­nat A-ze mi­mi­Ti­Ta. _ e-e… kxm! _ war­vTqvi da saw­ya­lob­lad ga­vi­Ri­me. _ es ki ma­mi­da­Ce­mi jei­nia. _ ise amoiox­ra mas­pin­Zel­ma, TiT­qos mic­va­le­bul­ze meub­ne­bo­da.

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_ sa­sia­mov­noa, e-e… uaR­re­sad… _ Ca­vi­bur­tyu­ne da ax­la eq­spo­nat B-sken miv­mar­Te Ce­mi Rme­Wa-­Ri­mi­li. _ swo­red am di­liT meub­ne­bod­nen, mSve­niv­rad gvax­ sovs is ona­va­ri bi­Wio, _ mTlad ai­Ro na­mus­ze xe­li pro­ fe­sor­ma. oTax­Si me­tad uxer­xu­li si­Cu­me Ca­mo­var­da. mTe­li es ja­maa­Ti ise Se­mom­cqe­ro­da, ed­gar alan pos ro­me­li­Rac mru­me fan­tas­ma­go­riis per­so­na­Je­bi ga­max­sen­da da mTlad mo­vim­Cva­re. _ max­sovs, max­sovs Cve­ni oli­ve­ri, _ war­Tqva eq­spo­nat­ma A-m. _ ise­Ti say­va­re­li bav­Svi iyo… sam­wu­xa­roa, sam­wu­xa­ro!

Zaan­-Zaan taq­tia­nad ga­mou­vi­da, Rmer­Tma­ni. aseT ojax­Si ka­ci Tavs ise ig­rZnob, ro­gorc sa­ku­Tar sax­lSi, naR­dia. _ mec max­sovs, _ ba­ge­ni ga­nax­vna eq­spo­nat­ma B-m da ise mo­ma­Cer­da, ro­gorc is mo­sa­mar­Tle, si­pi rom gauS­va ci­ xe­Si. _ au­ta­ne­li vin­me iyo, Cems ka­tas aw­va­leb­da xol­me. swo­red am dros, sa­var­Zlis qve­mo­dan bom­bo­ra ka­ta ga­moZ­vra, auC­qa­reb­lad daar­tya wre Cems fe­xebs, me­re ku­ di gaaS­ti­ki­na da dam­yno­sa. sa­zo­ga­dod, ka­teb­Tan mu­dam kar­gi da­mo­ki­de­bu­le­ba mqon­da da sad­Rac mew­yi­na ki­dec, si­pis kri­mi­na­lu­ri war­su­li ase daum­sa­xu­reb­lad rom mo­ ma­ke­res. da­vi­xa­re, min­do­da ki­ser­Tan mo­mef­xa­na mis­Tvis, mag­ram eq­spo­nat­ma B-m rom ikiv­la, la­mis sis­xli ga­me­yi­na Zar­Rveb­Si: _ ar ga­be­do! xe­li ar ax­lo!!! wa­mox­ta da ise­Ti sis­wra­fiT ga­mom­dRli­za xe­li­dan fi­so, meT­qi ra­Rac ja­do­Ti er­Ti ocio­de wliT Tu gaa­ xal­gaz­rdav­da mo­xu­ci… sxva ax­sna verc me­pov­na.

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bed­ze, swo­red am dros oTax­Si vi­Rac Se­mo­vi­da. _ Ce­mi qa­liS­vi­li, eloi­za. _ ise­Ti xmiT mam­cno mas­ pin­Zel­ma, TiT­qos odes­Rac, am faq­tis aRia­re­ba mxo­lod ga­var­va­re­bu­li San­Tis mu­qa­riT ei­Zu­le­bi­noT mis­Tvis.

Sev­trial­di, Sev­xe­de da… geub­ne­biT, yba Ca­mo­mi­var­ da. dar­wmu­ne­bu­li var, yve­la Tqven­gans cxov­re­ba­Si er­ Txel mainc mog­svliaT am­gva­ri ram, ro­ca vi­Ra­cas vi­Ra­ cas miam­sgav­sebT, Tan ise ki ara, miax­loe­biT _ ai, ali-­ kva­lio rom it­yo­diT, swo­red ise. er­Txel ma­ga­li­Tad, me mo­mi­vi­da am­gva­ri ram, ro­ca Sot­lan­dias ga­vem­gzav­re gol­fis sa­Ta­ma­Sod da sas­tum­ro­Si vi­Rac qals Se­ve­Ce­xe _ Rmer­Tma­ni, im wams eW­vic ki ar gam­Ce­nia rom dei­da­Ce­ mi aga­Ta ga­mom­dev­ne­bo­da ukan! ra vi­ci, iq­neb sav­se­biT gul­ke­Ti­li da Wkua­dam­jda­ri ba­no­va­ni iyo _ ax­la ra­Ras gaar­kvev _ mag­ram ma­Sin far­Txa-­fur­TxiT Cav­ya­re Ce­mi niv­Te­bi Ce­mo­dan­Si da isev lon­dons gav­qus­le… er­Ti klu­bi­dan ki swo­red imi­tom amo­vik­ve­Te fe­xi, mTa­va­ri ofi­cian­ti gaW­ri­li vaS­li­viT rom gav­da bi­Za­Cem per­sis. mag­ram ax­la isev prin­gle­bis ojaxs da­vub­run­deT: saq­me isaa rom eloi­za prin­gli yov­lad usin­di­sod ma­go­ neb­da ho­no­reia glo­sops! (ge­max­sov­re­baT al­baT, im fsi­qo­man ro­de­rik glo­so­ pis er­Ta­der­Ti qa­liS­vi­li, ro­mel­zec mTe­li sa­mi kvi­ris gan­mav­lo­ba­Si gax­ldiT da­niS­nu­li… Cems bed­ze, be­ber­ma glo­sop­ma na­giJ­re­bis sia­Si Cam­we­ra da cxa­dia, niS­no­bac Ca­Sa­la. mas me­re, Ram­-Ra­mo­biT, ax­lac civ of­ldas­xmuls meR­vi­Ze­ba xol­me. mok­led, eloi­za prin­gli gac­xa­de­bu­li ho­no­reia glo­so­pi gax­ldaT!).

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_ e-ee… kar­gi ga­mar­jo­ba Tqve­ni, _ Zlivs amov­Rer­Re. _ sa­Ra­mo mSvi­do­bi­sa, ser.

Rmer­Tma­ni, xmac ki ara­Tu miu­gav­da, mTlad ho­no­reia­ si iyo! im xmas ki ra da­ma­viw­yeb­da _ ai, lo­me­bis mom­Tvi­ nie­re­be­li rom er­T-erT Ta­vis aR­saz­rdels ucac­xa­nebs cu­di qce­vis ga­mo, mTlad ege­Ti. uneb­lieT na­bi­ji ga­dav­ dgi ukan, Sev­xti da ra­Rac fum­fu­la­ze da­veS­vi. gais­ma ve­ lu­ri Cxa­vi­li, me­re qa­lis ki­vi­li da az­rze rom mo­ve­di, q-n jeins vki­de Tva­li _ di­van­Tan Ca­cuc­qu­li­yo da imis qveS Sem­Zvral ka­tas uy­va­veb­da. me­re Ta­vi moat­ria­la da er­Ti ise­Ti ga­mom­xe­da, cxa­di gax­da _ mTlad gan­mtki­ce­ bo­da Cems mi­marT ga­Ce­ni­li eW­ve­bi. im wams, sa­di­la­dac gvix­mes. _ jivz, _ veub­ne­bi sa­Ra­mos. _ am sa­gi­JeT­Si did­xans naR­dad ver ga­va­tan. _ ve­ra­fe­ri sia­mov­ne­baa, ser? _ mis prin­gli Tu na­xe? _ So­ri­dan mov­ka­ri Tva­li, ser. _ be­di gqo­nia. ara­vis ga­go­nebs? _ me­pa­tios da, saoc­rad gavs Ta­vis dei­daS­vils, mis ho­no­reia glo­sops, ser. _ rao?! _ ar ico­diT? nam­dvi­lad eg­rea, ser. mi­sis prin­glis uf­ro­si da ser ro­de­rik glo­so­pis meuR­le gax­lavT, ser. _ eS­ma­ki da aTi mcne­ba! ax­la ga­sa­ge­bia… _ diax, ser. _ la­pa­ra­kic rom mTlad mi­sas miu­gavs, jivz! _ mis prin­glis xma jer ar msme­nia, ser.

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_ arc ara­fe­ri da­gi­kar­gavs, Rmer­Tma­ni! da saer­Tod, vai­Tu si­pi mTlad da­va­Ra­la­to… pro­fe­sor­sa da mis meo­ re na­xe­vars ki­de ai­tan­da ka­ci, iq­neb ma­mi­da jei­nis­Tvi­sac ga­meZ­lo ro­gor­me, mag­ram eloi­zas yo­vel­dRiu­ri xil­va…

Tan isi­ca Tqvi, li­mo­na­Tis gar­da pir­Si rom ara­fers is­ xa­men! ga­vaf­ren, naR­dad. ra meS­ve­le­ba, jivz? _ ro­gor­me mis eloi­zas­Tan ur­Tier­To­ba mi­ni­mu­mam­de un­da daiy­va­noT, ser. _ Senc am­bob, ra… io­li saT­qme­lia, qals eri­deo, mag­ram xom ges­miT _ ro­ca erT, Tun­dac did sax­lSi cxov­robT, is ki­de su­lac ar cdi­lobs Ta­vi aga­ri­doT _ Tqve­ni saq­me wa­su­lia. oc­ daoT­xi saa­Ti ar iyo ga­su­li, da uk­ve aRar vi­co­di, ri­Ti meS­ve­la Ta­vis­Tvis. xan ki­be­ze Se­me­Ce­xe­bo­da xol­me da xan ki­dev _ de­re­fan­Si; sak­ma­ri­si iyo an sas­tum­ro oTax­Si, an sa­sa­di­lo­Si, an su­lac mo­sa­wev oTax­Si Se­me­yo cxvi­ri da isic wam­Si iq gaC­nde­bo­da xol­me. ifiq­reb­di, er­Ti­-o­ri tyu­pi da naR­dad eyo­le­bao. is ki ara, baR­Si mow­yo­bil la­bi­rin­TSic ve­Rar da­ve­ma­le _ pir­da­pir ma­Ral, xSir buC­qeb­Si Wri­da mok­le­ze… mok­led, su­li amom­xa­da. _ jivz, _ veub­ne­bi er­Txe­lac. _ qan­ci ga­miw­yda, saS­ ve­li Tu ici ra­me, dro­ze miT­xa­ri! _ ser? _ es qa­li aC­rdi­li­viT dam­devs ukan. wa­miT ve­Rar dav­rCe­nil­var sa­ku­Tar Tav­Tan mar­to. mTe­li dRe xom kem­bri­jis ko­le­je­bi da­ma­ta­ra Ce­mi (e­.i. si­pis) sta­tie­ bi­saT­vis ma­sa­lis Se­sag­ro­veb­lad, ax­la te­ra­sa­zec aRar ma­ca­la mSvi­dad si­ga­re­tis mo­we­va… Rmer­Tma­ni, ma­le aba­ za­na­Si, sa­sap­ni­dan rom amox­tes, naR­dad ar ga­mik­vir­de­ba!

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_ gi­sam­Zim­rebT, ser. nam­dvi­lad. _ sam­Zi­ma­ri sxva dros. ax­la ra vqna? _ ve­ra­fers izamT, ser. ro­gorc vat­yob, mis pringls gul­Si Cau­var­diT, ser. am di­liT wvri­lad ga­mom­kiT­xa lon­don­Si Tqve­ni cxov­re­bis am­ba­vi, ser. _ Rmer­To di­de­bu­lo! sa­Si­nel­ma az­rma ga­miel­va Tav­Si. swo­red di­liT, sauz­mis dros, Sem­Txve­viT Ta­vi av­wie da eloi­zas Tva­ lebs Se­ve­fe­Te. ma­Si­nac gul­ma reC­xi mi­yo, mag­ram ax­la nam­dvi­lad vi­co­di, ras niS­nav­da es su­lis­gam­yi­na­vi mze­ra _ swo­red ase Se­mom­xe­da ho­no­reia glo­sop­ma Cve­ni niS­no­ bis ga­moc­xa­de­bam­de sul ra­Rac orio­de dRiT ad­re: mSie­ ri Zu vef­xvis Tva­le­bi, es­-e­saa na­dav­lis su­ni rom ik­ra… _ jivz! _ amo­vik­vne­se. _ ser? _ jivz, mec­nie­ru­lad dam­tki­ce­bu­li faq­tia, rom Wkvi­ a­ni qa­le­bi maT­ze go­ne­ba­sust ka­ceb­ze na­di­ro­ben xol­me… _ Se­saZ­loa, amiT bu­ne­ba Ta­na­far­do­bis dac­vas cdi­ lobs er­Ti sa­xeo­bis ar­se­bebs So­ris, ser. _ mag­de­ni aRar vi­ci… yo­vel Sem­Txve­va­Si, ito­nis kur­sdam­Tav­re­bul­ma ho­no­reia glo­sop­ma or dRe­Si Se­ma­ ba eJ­va­ni. _ me ki miT­xres, mis prin­gli bev­rad us­wrebs Ta­vis dei­daS­vil­so. _ egec Sen! aba me ras geub­ne­bo­di?! jivz, Zaan saeW­ vod mi­yu­rebs xol­me… _ nu­Tu, ser? _ de­re­fan­Si, oTa­xeb­Si Tu baR­Si _ yvel­gan ma­gas vaw­ yde­bi…

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_ mar­Tla saeW­vo am­ba­via, ser. _ sul imas Cam­Ci­Ci­nebs, wig­nebs mog­cemT, Tval­sa­wie­ ris ga­sa­far­Toeb­la­do. _ eg ile­Ti ra­Rac mec­no­ba, ser… _ sa­dil­ze ki­de Se­niS­vna mom­ca _ jo­bia so­si­se­bis Wa­mas Ta­vi gaa­ne­boT, rad­gan oTx cal egeT ra­me­Si im­ de­ni­ve mik­ro­bia, ram­de­nic er­Ti sa­Sua­lo zo­mis mkvda­ri vir­Txis kbi­leb­Sio… ro­gor mog­wons? qal­Si de­dob­riv­ ma in­stin­qtma gaiR­vi­Za da ax­la Cems jan­mrTe­lo­bas uf­ rTxil­de­ba… _ ut­yua­ri sam­xi­le­bi da­gig­ro­ve­biaT, ser. ara­qaT­ga­moc­li­li Ca­ves­ve­ne sa­var­Zel­Si. _ jivz, meS­ve­le­ba ra­me? _ Tu­ki am­gvar Se­kiT­xvas ki­dev daus­vamT sa­ku­Tar Tavs, arc ara­fe­ri, ser. meo­re dRes ki­dev 10-12 ko­le­ji Se­mo­via­reT da sax­ lSi rom dav­brun­diT, daR­li­lo­ba mo­vi­mi­ze­ze _ Cems oTax­Si aval da co­ta Tvals mo­vat­yueb­-meT­qi, gan­vac­xa­ de xma­maR­la. me­re er­Ti na­xe­va­ri saa­Ti Se­vi­ca­de, ji­be­ Si wig­ni, por­tsi­ga­ri, asan­Tis ko­lo­fi Ca­vi­la­ge, me­tad mo­sa­xer­xe­bel saw­vi­mar mils Ca­vu­ye­vi da baR­Si ga­ve­di. min­do­da zed Sua­gul­Si mow­yo­bil fan­Ca­tur­Si mo­mes­ve­na mar­tos. amin­di ga­da­sa­re­vi id­ga, mze zo­mie­rad ac­xu­neb­da, say­va­vi­leeb­Si yva­vi­le­bi yvaod­nen da arc eloi­za prin­ glis aC­rdi­li da­mi­lan­davs sad­me ax­lo­Si. mde­lo­ze ka­ta sa­ku­Tar kuds eTa­ma­Se­bo­da, mag­ram ro­gorc ki gai­go­na Ce­mi fiso-fiso, am­gvar gar­To­bas wam­sve Ta­vi ane­ba da 169

Cem­ken ga­moe­mar­Ta, din­jad. is iyo xel­Si avi­ta­te, yur­su­ kan mof­xa­na da­vu­pi­re rom ve­lu­ri wi­vi­li mo­mes­ma. Ta­vi av­wie da ras vxe­dav _ ma­mi­da jei­ni sa­na­xev­rod gad­mo­weu­ li­yo fan­jri­dan, ise gah­kio­da da iq­nev­da xe­lebs, TiT­ qos xan­Zars moem­wyvdios sa­ku­Tar oTax­Si da ax­la vin­me mSve­lels ux­mob­da. ver iyo es mTlad kar­gi am­ba­vi. ka­tas ki vuS­vi xe­li, mag­ram mo­xu­ci­saT­vis qvis tyor­cna mainc mo­me­ri­da da isev fan­Ca­tu­ris mi­mar­Tu­le­biT gav­swie. is iyo gem­rie­lad mo­vew­yve skam­ze, si­ga­rets mo­vu­ki­ de da wig­ni ga­dav­Sa­le, rom fur­clebs vi­Ra­cis Crdi­li dae­ca. ra ga­moc­no­ba un­do­da _ cxa­dia, q-ni tki­pa iyo, pi­ra­dad. _ ai Tur­me sad yo­fil­xarT! _ Tqva, ufil­tro `pel­me­li~ mun­dStu­ki­dan ga­mo­miZ­ro da sad­Rac mois­ro­la, bar­ deb­Si. _ Za­lian bevrs ewe­viT, uzo­mod. ro­gor min­da, am mav­ne Cve­vas Ta­vi ane­boT! mo­we­va ki­bos iw­vevs… da ga­re­ Tac sul tyui­lad ga­mo­sul­xarT rai­me mo­sac­me­lis ga­re­Se _ sa­Ra­moo­biT aq uc­bad icis xol­me ag­ri­le­ba. gau­go­na­ri am­ba­via _ mar­Tla bav­Svi­viT un­da mog­xe­doT vin­mem… _ me jiv­zic me­yo­fa. war­be­bi Se­ya­ra. _ ar mom­wons eg ka­ci. _ da­gi­Sa­vaT ra­me? _ ara, mag­ram… ar mom­wons da ra vqna. kar­gi iq­ne­bo­ da, da­geT­xo­vaT. sa­Ra­mom­de jer sad iyo, mag­ram Rmer­Tma­ni, mar­Tla gam­bur­Zgla tan­Si: me da ho­no­reia glo­so­pi da­vi­niS­neT Tu ara, pir­ve­li eg miT­xra, mag ka­cis fe­xia ar da­vi­na­xo Cvens sax­lSio. 170

_ da ras kiT­xu­lobT? pa­su­xi arc da­ma­ca­da, wig­ni la­mis wam­gli­ja xe­li­dan, ga­da­fur­cla da tu­Ce­bi mob­ri­ca. wigns `sis­xlia­ni kva­li~ er­qva. ma­ga­ri de­teq­ti­vi iyo. _ ar mes­mis, am si­sa­Zag­les ra ga­kiT­xebT! _ TiT­qos xma Cauw­ydao, uceb mos­xi­pa _ Tqven ra, ber­ti vus­ter­sac ic­nobT? ga­max­sen­da, sa­ti­tu­lo fur­cel­ze Ce­mi gvar­-sa­xe­ li rom wa­va­we­re. ra vqna, Ce­mi me­gob­re­bis ga­dam­ki­de, ege­Ti wi­nas­wa­ri zo­me­bi ub­ra­lod, au­ci­le­be­lia. ma­gaT rom kiT­xo, wig­nis qur­di qur­di ki ara, mwya­lo­be­lia _ Tqvens mxed­ve­lo­ba­sa da tkbil Zil­ze zru­navs, sxva ki ara­fe­ri. _ e-e… aba ra giT­xraT… _ si­mar­Tle, mxo­lod si­mar­Tle! _ vic­nob ki, co­ta­Ti. _ ar mes­mis, egeT vin­mes­Tan ra SeiZ­le­ba gqon­deT saer­To. sxva Tu ara­fe­ri, Cems dei­daS­vil ho­no­reia glo­ sop­Tan ma­gis niS­no­ba imi­tom Cai­Sa­la, sa­gi­JeT­Si un­da moe­Tav­se­bi­naT da… _ eg sai­dan­Ra moi­ta­neT?! _ ro­gor Tu sai­dan! bi­Zia ro­de­rik­ma Tqva… bi­Zia ro­de­rik­ze mec vet­yo­di oriod Tbil sit­yvas, mag­ram ax­la ar Rir­da. _ rao, ra min­dao? _ Tur­me qu­Ca­Si uwe­so qce­vi­saT­vis dau­ja­ri­me­biaT! aba, ege­Ti vin­me vis­ze ra ke­Ti­lis­myo­fel gav­le­nas iqo­niebs? xom aRar Sex­vde­biT xol­me? Ce­mi xaT­riT ma­ inc…

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swo­red am dros, ka­ta ket­ber­ti Se­mo­cun­cul­da fan­ Ca­tur­Si da kru­tun­-kru­tu­niT Se­max­ta mux­leb­ze, mo­me­ la­qu­ca. _ ma­ga­ri bi­Wia, _ vTqvi saub­ris Te­mis Se­sac­vle­lad, mag­ram _ nu­ras ukac­ra­vad… _ aba, ho Tu ara? me vi­Tom arc ga­me­go­nos, ka­tas ga­ma­le­bu­li vfxan­di yu­reb­su­kan. _ Zal­ze Seic­va­leT mas Sem­deg, rac bo­los gna­xeT, _ xma­Si naR­ve­li gau­ria mis prin­glma. me­re xe­li ga­moiw­vdi­ na da ax­la Ta­vis mxri­dan dauw­yo ka­tas fxa­na. _ gax­sovT rom miT­xa­riT, ra­sac met­yvi, yve­la­fers Se­gis­ru­le­bo? ra bav­Sve­bi vi­ya­viT ma­Sin… _ ra, mar­Tla eg­re vTqvi? _ er­Txel ki iti­reT ki­dec, imi­tom rom ga­gib­raz­diT da sa­koc­ne­lad aRar mo­giS­viT… arc ma­Sin da­mi­je­re­bia eg am­ba­vi da verc ax­la da­ vi­je­reb. si­pis ra Wkua moe­kiT­xe­ba, mag­ram arc mTlad ege­Ti go­ne­baC­lun­gia, bo­los­da­bo­los! co­ta­Ti gver­dze ga­vi­wie da fi­so uf­ro mo­xer­xe­bu­lad da­vis­vi mux­leb­ze. _ xe­li uS­viT Cems ket­berts!!!

Tva­le­bi vWyi­te. Cems win nam­dvi­lad ma­mi­da jei­ni id­ ga, oRond ro­dis mog­ve­pa­ra ase fe­xak­re­fiT, ve­ra­fers get­yviT. asea Tu ise, mSve­nie­ri sa­ba­bi mo­me­ca da mec wam­ Si gav­Spi iqi­dan. _ eg RvTis­pi­ri­dan ga­da­var­dni­li ega… Cems ti­bis ki­ de is­rebs es­ro­da xol­me… _ mo­mes­ma zur­gsu­kan. fexs avuC­qa­re.

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Sem­dgo­mi ram­de­ni­me dRe Se­da­re­biT mSvi­dad ga­va­ta­re _ eloi­zas TiT­qmis ver vxe­dav­di, rad­gan saw­vi­ma­ri mi­li Se­sa­niS­na­vi stra­te­giu­li xa­zi aR­moC­nda da im­xa­nad sxva gziT aRarc vmoZ­raob­di sax­li­dan ga­reT da _ pi­ru­ku. ase Tu gag­rZel­da, am dar­Ce­nil or kvi­ra­sac ro­gor­me ga­va­tan­-meT­qi, vfiq­rob­di. mag­ram ka­ci bWob­da da Rmer­Ti ici­no­dao, naT­qva­mia. erT sa­Ra­mo­sac, sas­tum­ro oTa­xis ka­ri rom Se­va­Re, vxe­dav _ mTe­li oja­xi Sek­re­bi­la, uk­leb­liv. ka­ta ket­ber­ ti xa­li­Ca­ze Tvlem­da, ga­lia­Si ia­do­ni stven­da… mok­led, av­be­di­Ti wi­naT­grZno­bis ara­vi­Ta­ri sa­ba­bi ara mqo­nia. _ sad dai­kar­geT es dRee­bi? _ eloi­za me­kiT­xe­ba. _ oTax­Si gax­ldiT, ma­sa­lebs va­wes­ri­geb­di. _ er­Ti­-or­jer da­gi­ka­ku­neT, ara­vin ga­mom­pa­su­xe­bia… _ mar­Ta­lia, xan­da­xan ax­lom­de­ba­re go­ra­keb­ze vseir­ nob xol­me. mo­gex­se­ne­baT, sul ma­gi­das­Tan jdo­ma jan­ mrTe­lo­bi­saT­vi­sac mav­ne­be­lia. _ Mens sana in corpore sano, _ Rrmaaz­rov­nad war­Tqva pro­fe­sor­ma. _ wya­li ar gau­va, _ kve­ri da­vu­ka­ri mec. da ai, am siam­tkbi­lo­ba­Si, mi­sis prin­glma Sig ke­fa­ Si mwe­pa ise, TiT­qos kas­te­ti mom­xved­ro­des. ga­da­ta­ni­Ti mniS­vne­lo­biT, ra­sak­vir­ve­lia: _ ro­de­riks ra­tom­Rac, ag­vian­de­ba. ax­la iq­neb gaik­vir­voT ki­dec, ase ra­tom imoq­me­da Cem­ze am sit­yveb­ma. ra­tom da xat­ze da­vi­fi­ceb, Tu­ki ka­ci odes­me ga­day­ria ser ro­de­rik glo­sops, mis­Tvis mxo­lod er­Ti ro­de­ri­ki iar­se­bebs am­qvey­nad da isic _ er­TiT me­ ti, vid­re sa­Wi­roa…

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_ rod… e-e… ra brZa­neT? _ Ce­mi dis meuR­le, ser ro­de­rik glo­so­pi Ca­mo­dis kem­brij­Si, sax­va­liod leq­cia aqvs da­geg­mi­li wm. lu­kas ko­lej­Si, dRes ki Cven­Tan ve­liT sa­di­lad. _ ser ro­de­rik glo­so­pi! _ gvam­cno msa­xur­ma. et­ yo­ba, sis­xli ise mir­tyam­da sa­feT­qleb­Si, ma­nam­de za­ris xma arc ga­mi­gia. sas­wra­fod daC­rdi­lu­li kuT­xi­sa­ken da­vi­xie, une­bu­rad. ara­vi­Ta­ri mkiT­xa­vi ar mWir­de­bo­da imis ga­sa­ge­bad, rom sul mok­le xan­Si di­di usia­mov­ne­ba me­lo­da.

Ta­vi­dan be­ber­ma glo­sop­ma verc Se­mam­Cnia, dam­xdu­ rebs rac SeeZ­lo, gu­li­Ta­dad mie­sal­ma da ra­Rac bi­ di­Sis­dag­va­ric wai­bur­tyu­na dag­via­ne­bis ga­mo _ sul mZRo­lis bra­lia yve­la­fe­ri, ure­mi­viT mar­Tav­da man­ qa­na­so. me­re ki mainc mki­da Tva­li da ise daiW­ya­na, Sec­do­miT Wi­qa Rvi­nis ma­giv­rad Zmars rom dae­wa­fe­ba ka­ci. _ es… _ wa­moiw­yo gac­no­bis ce­re­mo­nia pro­fe­sor­ma. _ araa sa­Wi­ro, mis­ter vus­ters di­di xa­nia vic­nob. _ es Cve­ni stu­ma­ri gax­lavT, _ vi­Tomc aq ara­fe­rio, Ta­vi­sas mie­re­ke­bo­da mas­pin­Ze­li. _ mi­sis si­per­lis Zmis­ Svi­li. mi­sis si­per­li xom gax­sovT? _ max­sovs da eg­re? _ fsi­qi­ka­Ser­yeul xal­xTan ur­ Tier­To­bam mas, et­yo­ba, la­pa­ra­kis mkac­ri da Seu­va­li to­ni ga­mou­mu­Sa­va. _ oRon­dac am ymaw­vil­kacs ber­ti vus­ ters ux­mo­ben. yve­la me mo­ma­Cer­da. am­de­ni cno­bis­moy­va­re sa­xe er­ Tad ma­nam­de arc ara­so­des me­na­xa. _ e-e… saq­me is gax­lavT, rom… _ wa­mo­vik­nav­le.

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pro­fe­so­ris Tav­Si mZi­me in­te­leq­tua­lu­ri sa­mu­Saoe­ bi mim­di­na­reob­da, aS­ka­rad. Se­de­gad ki mxo­lod es ri­to­ ri­ku­li Se­kiT­xva mi­vi­ReT: _ aki Tvi­Ton­ve gviT­xra, oli­ver si­per­li va­ro? _ ese igi, sa­ku­Ta­ri Ta­vi oja­xis ax­lob­lad gaa­sa­Ra? vi­Ta­re­bis ama­ze zus­tad gan­saz­Rvras hor­nbis leq­si­ ko­nic ver moa­bam­da Tavs. _ asec SeiZ­le­ba iT­qvas, ser. _ Ta­vi da­vuq­nie. ser ro­de­rik­ma ise­Ti mze­ra mtyor­cna, mi­si ma­te­ria­ li­za­ciis Sem­Txve­va­Si mker­dSic gaa­tan­da, fil­tveb­Sic gaaR­wev­da da zur­gi­dan ga­mo­mi­vi­do­da, kar­gi Ja­ka­ni­viT. _ aki sul imas vam­tki­ceb­di, SeS­li­lia-­meT­qi! vin ga­ mod­ga mar­Ta­li?! _ rao, ra min­dao? _ gu­lub­ryvi­lod ikiT­xa mci­red yur­nak­lul­ma ma­mi­da jein­ma. _ ro­de­ri­ki am­bobs, es axal­gaz­rda ka­ci Wkua­ze af­ra­ kad ari­so! _ aux­sna pro­fe­sor­ma. _ asec vi­co­di, _ das­tur­hyo mo­xuc­ma qal­ba­ton­ma. _ yo­vel dRe saw­vi­ma­ri mi­liT eS­ve­ba ezo­Si da ukan, oTax­ Sic ma­se­ve adis. _ ra brZa­neT?! _ ar­cTu main­ca­da­mainc gaik­vir­va ser ro­de­rik­ma. _ geub­ne­biT, es jee­li da­sab­me­li gi­Jia da dro­ze Tu ar miv­xe­deT, avad­myo­fo­bis Sem­dgom sa­fe­xur­ ze SeiZ­le­ba uk­ve mkvle­lo­bis ma­niac ki gauC­ndes! mok­led, ase iyo Tu ise, iZu­le­bu­li Se­vi­qe­ni sab­ra­ lo si­pi Ca­meS­va _ bo­lo-­bo­lo, mainc yve­la­fe­ri ga­mom­ JRav­nda da ku­ku­da­ma­lo­ba­nas ra­Ra az­ri qon­da. _ ne­ba mo­me­ciT Ta­vad agix­snaT es pa­ta­ra gau­geb­ro­ ba, _ vTqvi da na­bi­ji win war­vdgi, kar­gi ga­mo­je­ki­li ora­ 175

to­ri­viT. _ Cem­ma me­go­bar­ma, oli­ver si­per­lim mTxo­va, ase vTqvaT, Cav­nac­vle­bo­di… _ eg ro­gor? _ gaik­vir­va pro­fe­sor­ma. _ pi­ra­dad ve­ras­gziT ver Ca­mo­vi­do­da, rad­gan kon­ steb­lis fi­zi­ku­ri Seu­rac­xyo­fi­saT­vis gaa­sa­mar­Tles da er­Ti TviT ci­xe­Si uk­res Ta­vi. arc ise ad­vi­li aR­moC­nda am xal­xis­Tvis yve­la­fer imis ax­sna, ra da ro­gor mox­da da es saq­mec rom mo­va­ Ta­ve, un­da giT­xraT, Cem­da­mi ma­Ti da­mo­ki­de­bu­le­ba od­ na­va­dac ar Sec­vli­la uke­Te­so­bi­sa­ken. ma­da sa­bo­lood wa­mix­da da xan­grZli­vi bo­di­So­bis me­re, kuW­ca­rie­li dav­ brun­di oTax­Si. _ dag­ver­xa, jivz. _ veub­ne­bi. _ mainc ra mxriv, ser? _ yve­la­fe­ri gai­ges… _ ser? yve­la­fe­ri mo­vu­ye­vi da ui­me­do sa­xiT mi­va­Cer­di. _ ax­la ra vqnaT, jivz? _ ve­kiT­xe­bi ise, yo­ve­li Sem­ Txve­vi­saT­vis. _ sa­be­dis­we­ro Sem­Txve­vi­To­be­bi­sa­gan ara­vi­naa daz­ Rveu­li, ser. _ meub­ne­ba ra­Rac ma­Ral­far­dov­nad. _ Cve­ni sa­pa­su­xo na­bi­ji ki mi­sis si­per­lis mo­na­xu­le­ba iq­ne­ba, ser. _ me­re me ma­giT ra, jivz?! _ ajo­bebs Tqven­gan gai­gos mwa­re si­mar­Tle, ser. To­ rem vin icis, pro­fe­sor prin­glis mi­we­ril we­ril­Si ras amoi­kiT­xavs… mis­ter si­per­lis ase uf­ro da­vex­ma­re­biT, ser. _ mar­Ta­li xar, jivz! we­rils ki ara, mTel mox­se­ne­bas gaug­zav­nis!

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_ me ki im­gva­ri wi­naT­grZno­ba maqvs, ser, rom mi­sis si­per­li main­ca­da­mainc gul­Tan ax­los ar mii­tans Zmis­ Svi­lis cel­qo­bas, ser. _ eg sai­dan­Ra moi­ta­ne, jivz? Ce­mi dam­Svi­de­ba gin­da? _ ara ser. dar­wmu­ne­bu­lic ki var, ase iq­ne­ba. _ da zus­tad sad cxov­robs, ici? _ 150 ki­lo­met­rSi kem­bri­ji­dan, ser. me­re mTa­va­ri gzi­dan mci­re ga­da­sax­ve­vi da sul egaa, ser. _ aba, wa­ve­diT! mar­to imis ga­fiq­re­bam, rom ara­Tu q-n jei­ni­sa­gan, Ta­vad ser ro­de­ri­ki­sa da eloi­za prin­gli­sa­gan sul ma­ le mTe­li 150 ki­lo­met­ris mo­So­re­biT amov­yof­di Tavs, sag­rZno­bi Sve­ba mom­gva­ra. pe­dok­-roud­ze mde­ba­re Se­no­ba mSve­nie­ri saa­ga­ra­ko na­ge­bo­ba aR­moC­nda, sa­Tu­Tad mov­li­li ba­Ri­Ta da mo­kir­ wylu­li mi­sas­vle­li bi­li­kiT. er­Ti Se­xed­vac ki sak­ma­ri­ si iq­ne­bo­da ga­ge­fiq­raT, aq naRdad viRacis deida/mamida cxovrobso… baR­Si­ve mov­ka­ri Tva­li var­de­bis buC­qTan mo­fus­fu­se qal­ba­tons da eW­vic ar Sem­par­via, swo­red es un­da yo­fi­ li­yo si­pis ma­mi­da. Ca­vax­ve­le: _ mi­sis si­per­li?

Cem­ken zur­giT id­ga da ra­tom­Rac, am uw­yi­nar Se­ki­ T­xva­ze ise Sex­ta, TiT­qos Strau­sis sa­lo­meas par­tiis Sem­sru­le­bel fex­SiS­ve­la mo­cek­va­ves kon­ser­vis Jan­gian qi­la­ze dae­bi­je­bi­nos ter­fi. Tum­ca wo­nas­wo­ro­ba mainc Sei­nar­Cu­na ro­gor­Rac da gak­vir­ve­bu­li me­kiT­xe­ba: _ Tqven aq ra gin­daT? 177

_ Ce­mi gva­ria vus­te­ri, qal­ba­to­no. Tqve­ni Zmis­Svi­ lis, oli­ve­ris ax­lo me­go­ba­ri gax­la­varT… _ ma­gas ki­dev ara uSavs, _ meub­ne­ba. _ sul sxva vi­Rac me­go­neT. _ ara, nam­dvi­lad me var, ber­ti vus­te­ri. saq­me isaa rom si­pis, anu oli­vers… _ Seem­Txva ra­me? _ cu­di am­ba­vi mo­gi­ta­neT, qal­ba­to­no. _ ava­ria­Si moy­va? daim­tvra? ise aRel­da, mea­ma ki­dec _ er­Ti ma­mi­da mainc aR­moC­ nda, vis­Tvi­sac ara­fe­ri ada­mia­nu­ri uc­xo araa… _ ara qal­ba­to­no, jva­ri swe­ria! ub­ra­lod, ci­xe­Si mox­vda. _ sa­da?! _ ci­xe­Si, qal­ba­to­no. da Cem­Tvis mainc, aq yve­la­ze sam­wu­xa­ro isaa rom Ce­mi xe­lic _ uf­ro swo­rad _ Ce­mi enac ure­via ama­Si… _ ara­fe­ri mes­mis. _ es oq­sfor­d-kem­bri­jis re­ga­tis Sem­deg Ra­mes mox­ da… si­pi Zal­ze naR­vlia­ni meC­ve­na da ga­sam­xia­ru­leb­lad, vur­Cie po­li­cie­lis­Tvis Caf­xu­ti waeZ­ro Ta­vi­dan. imas ki­de _ po­li­ciels vgu­lis­xmob _ ax­la Cem­Tvis sav­se­biT ga­sa­ge­bi mi­ze­ze­bis ga­mo, es araf­rad epit­na­va da… mok­ led, si­pim er­Ti mag­rad dau­nia­va. _ ra qna? _ mos­do, xia, mi­ber­tya… _ po­li­cie­li?! _ kon­steb­li, qal­ba­to­no. _ gin­daT TqvaT, Cem­ma oli­ver­ma po­li­cie­li ga­la­xa?

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_ sam­wu­xa­rod, ur­ye­vi faq­tia, mi­sis si­per­li. sa­sa­ mar­Tlo­Si ve­ra­fe­ri ga­vaw­yveT da mo­sa­mar­Tle­mac, ja­ri­ mis nac­vlad, sa­kan­Si Caa­yu­da er­Ti TviT… mar­Ta­li giT­xraT, yve­la­fers ve­lo­di, mag­ram amis­ Ta­na ra­mes _ ara­nai­rad: qal­ma jer gai­Ri­ma, me­re gai­ci­na, me­re ise­Ti xar­xa­ri aut­yda, dar­bai­sel qal­ba­tons rom arc ekad­re­ba da bo­los, ba­lax­ze rok­va­sac ki moh­yva! vi­fiq­re, be­di mi­si, ser ro­de­ri­ki rom ar max­lavs Tan­-meT­qi _ wam­Si SeS­li­lad ga­moac­xa­deb­da da gi­Jis pe­ ran­gsac moiT­xov­da mis­Tvis. _ ar bra­zobT? _ ve­kiT­xe­bi frTxi­lad, Tan oriod na­bi­jiT ukan vi­xev. _ vbra­zo­bo?! ras brZa­nebT! amis­Ta­na saa­mo am­ba­vi kar­ga xa­nia ar msme­nia, ymaw­vi­lo! ara, ime­di ki mqon­da, is­te­ri­kas ar ga­mi­mar­Tav­s-meT­ qi, mag­ram es zRvar­ga­da­su­li mxia­ru­le­ba uk­ve mainc na­ me­ta­ni iyo. _ un­da giT­xraT, va­ma­yob ki­dec Ce­mi Zmis­wu­liT! _ ga­ mo­mic­xa­da uceb. _ sa­sia­mov­noa, sa­sia­mov­no… _ yve­la bri­ta­ne­li axal­gaz­rda xan­da­xan mainc rom ga­moi­deb­des ase Tavs, Cvens beds ZaR­li ar dah­yef­da, me geub­ne­biT! mar­Ta­li giT­xraT, mi­si lo­gi­kis Zafs mTlad bo­lom­ de ver Cav­ye­vi, mag­ram Cem­ze da­kis­re­bu­li da­va­le­ba xom Se­vas­ru­le da esec sak­ma­ri­si iyo Cem­Tvis. mad­lo­ba mo­ vax­se­ne, Ta­vi da­vu­ka­ri da ga­mov­brun­di. zur­gsu­kan ki­dev kar­ga xans mes­mo­da qal­ba­ton si­per­lis mxia­ru­li kis­ki­si.

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_ saq­me ki mog­var­da, jivz, _ vuT­xa­ri, ro­gorc ki sas­tum­ro­Si Cve­ni oTa­xis ka­ri Se­va­Re. _ oRond cod­va gam­xe­li­li jo­bia da az­rze ara var, ra xde­ba. _ da ra xde­ba, ser? wvri­lad mo­vu­ye­vi eq­scen­triu­li qal­ba­to­nis qce­va. _ ara­fe­ria ga­sak­vi­ri, ser. am bo­lo kvi­ris gan­mav­lo­ ba­Si ad­gi­lob­riv­ma kon­steb­lma la­mis sis­xli gauS­ro mi­ sis si­per­lis, ser. iq­neb ami­to­ma­caa zo­ga­dad maT mi­marT ase mtru­lad gan­wyo­bi­li, ser. _ kar­gi er­Ti! da ra­ze mos­des Sa­ri, Tu ici? _ sam­sa­xu­reob­ri­vi mo­va­leo­be­bis Ses­ru­le­bi­sas zed­ me­tad ga­moi­do Ta­vi da, SeiZ­le­ba iT­qvas, sa­ku­Tar uf­le­ bebs od­nav ga­daa­me­ta ki­dec, ser. xan sof­lis gza­ze siC­ qa­ris ga­da­War­be­bis ga­mo uwer­da ja­ri­mis qviT­rebs, xan ZaR­lis ua­li­ka­pod ga­seir­ne­ba­ze deb­da Sars da er­Txel _ bux­ris dan­Te­bis ga­mo wlis Seu­sa­ba­mo mo­nak­veT­Si… ara­ da, mi­sis si­per­li Seu­va­li av­to­ri­te­tiT sar­geb­lobs im are-­ma­re­Si da mis­Tvis sit­yvis Seb­ru­ne­ba­sac aqam­de ve­ra­ vin be­dav­da. ax­la ki po­li­cie­le­bi aiT­val­wu­na ro­gorc kla­si, ro­gorc sa­zo­ga­doe­bis fe­na, da Se­de­gad _ mis­ter si­per­lis qce­vac mis Tval­Si uar­yo­fi­Ti­dan da­de­bi­Tad war­mo­Cin­da, ser. ax­la ga­sa­ge­bi iyo yve­la­fe­ri. Tum­ca ara, mTlad yve­ la­fe­ri ara. _ da Sen sai­dan ici es, jivz? _ Ta­vad kon­steb­li­sa­gan, ser. Ce­mi ma­mi­daS­vi­lia. yba Ca­mo­mi­var­da da, ro­gorc rom poe­te­bi ub­no­ben, TvalT ame­xi­la. _ Rmer­To di­de­bu­lo! kon­steb­li mois­yi­de, jivz?!

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_ ro­gor ge­kad­re­baT, ser! ub­ra­lod, ga­sul Sa­baTs mi­si da­ba­de­bis dRe gax­ldaT da mci­re­di sa­Cu­qa­ri ga­vug­ zav­ne _ eg­ber­ti yo­vel­Tvis miy­var­da, ser. _ mainc, ram­de­ni? _ xu­Ti fun­ti, ser. wam­sve ji­bis­ken wa­vi­Re xe­li. _ es Sen ori ca­li xuT­fun­tia­ni, jivz. _ meo­re ri­Ras­Tvis, ser? _ ise, wa­ma­xa­li­se­bel jil­dod. _ mad­lo­be­li, di­dad. mu­dam Tqvens sam­sa­xur­Si mi­gu­ leT, ser.

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