MTargmneli ivane maWavariani

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merlezonis baleti
meore dRes mTeli parizi im mejlisze msjelobda, romelsac qalaqis mmarTvelni dedoflisa da mefis pativsacemad marTavdnen. mejlisze mefe-dedofals unda SeesrulebinaT merlezonis cnobili baleti _ mefis sayvareli cekva.

mTeli kvira emzadebodnen am sazeimo saRamosaTvis. qalaqis durglebma taxtrevanebi amarTes miwveuli qalebis dasasve­neblad. parizelma mewvrilmanem orasi wminda TeTri sanTliT gaaCiraRdna mTeli darbazi, rac im dros gaugonar fufunebad miaCndaT. violinos oci damkvreli iyo daqiravebuli da fasic, garigebisamebr, erTiorad meti misces, radgan mTeli Rame unda momsaxurebodnen am mejliss.

dilis aT saaTze qalaqis sammarTveloSi gamocxadda batoni de la kosti, mefis gvardiis oficeri, ori oficrisa da ramdenime policielis TanxlebiT. igi qalaqis mdivan klemanTan mivida, sTxova sasaxlis yvela karisa da kantoris gasaRebi. imwamsve miarTves es gasaRebebi. yovel gasaRebs zed eba patara bileTi, rom SesaZlebeli yofiliyo daubrkolebliv misi garCeva. gasaRebebis CabarebisTanave baton de la kosts evaleboda qalaqis sasaxlis darajoba, yovel karTan da xeivanTan Tavisi guSagebis dayeneba.

TerTmet saaTze gvardiis kapitani batoni dualie gamoc­xadda da Tan moiyvana ormocdaaTi msroleli, romlebic maSinve gaifantnen ratuSaSi da miCneuli adgilebi daikaves.

sam saaTze gvardiis ori razmi movida: erTi _ frangebisa, meore ki _ Sveicarielebis. frangebisaSi naxevari dualies razmisani iyvnen, naxevari _ de zesarisa.

saRamos eqvs saaTze ukve mogrovdnen mowveuli stumrebi. isini did darbazSi, maTTvis momzadebul ganyofilebebSi SehyavdaT.

cxra saaTi iqneboda, rodesac gamoCnda prezidentis meuRle. dedoflis Semdeg es qali yvelaze metad pativsacemi pirovneba iyo am mejlisze. amitom mas qalaqis mmarTvelobis warmo­madgenlebi miegebnen da im loJaSi Seiyvanes, romelic ana avstrielisaTvis gankuTvnili loJis pirdapir iyo moTav­sebuli.

aT saaTze ioanes eklesiis mxares mdebare patara darbazSi, im bufetis axlos, sadac sufris vercxleuli hqondaT, sufra gaSales, zed mefisaTvis xili da tkbileuli daalages, romelsac oTxi kaci dauyenes darajad.

SuaRamisas quCebSi yvirili da misalmebis SeZaxilebi gaisma: mefe mobrZandeboda luvridan ratuSisaken mimaval quCaze, romelic Tavidan bolomde mravalferi farnebiT iyo ganaTe­buli.

_ mefe mobrZandebao! _ maSinve wamocvivdnen qalaqis mmarTvelni, maudis tanisamosSi gamowyobilni, win eqvsi serJanti miuZRodaT CiraRdnebiT. mefes kibis TavSi miegebnen. qalaqis Tavma didi madloba moaxsena mefes, rom man keTil ineba da pativi sca qalaqis mmarTvelT. am qaTinauris pasuxad ludoviko mecametem bodiSi moixada dagvianebisaTvis. brali baton kardinals dasdo, romelmac TerTmet saaTamde ver gaaTava masTan saxelmwifo saqmeebze baasi.

sazeimod morTul mis yovladudidebulesobas Tan axldnen: hercogi orleaneli, grafi de suansoneli, mTavari priori hercogi de longvili, hercogi d‘elbefi, grafi d'arkuri, grafi de la roS-guioni, batoni de liankuri, batoni de barda, grafi de kramaili da raindi de suvre.

yvelam SeamCnia, rom mefe daRonebuli iyo, etyoboda, raRac awuxebda.

erTi kabineti mefisTvis iyo momzadebuli, xolo meore _ orleaneli hercogisaTvis. orive kabinetSi daelagebinaT samaskarado tanisamosi. aseve moemzadebinaT kabinetebi dedof­lisaTvis da pirveli prezidentis meuRlisaTvis. maTi yovlad­udidebulesobis amalis batonebisaTvis da qalba­tonebisaTvis tanisamosis gadasacmelad patara oTaxebi iyo gankuTvnili.

vidre Tavis kabinetSi SemobrZandeboda, mefem brZaneba gasca, dauyovnebliv SeetyobinebinaT misTvis kardinalis mosvla.

mefis brZanebidan naxevari saaTis Semdeg quCaSi kvlav gaisma xmauri da misalmebis SeZaxilebi. am xmaurma qalaqs dedoflis mosvla axara. iseve miegebnen qalaqis mmarTvelni dedofals, rogorc cota xnis winaT mefes. imave serJantebis TanxlebiT da CiraRdnebiT gaeSurnen yovladudidebulesi stumris misaRebad.

dedofali darbazSi SebrZanda. yvelam SeamCnia, rom mas, iseve rogorc mefes, daRonebuli da daRlili saxe hqonda.

swored im wams, rodesac dedofali darbazSi Sevida, gadaiwia aqamde daxuruli patara loJis farda da yvelam icno kardinalis fermixdili saxe. igi espaneli mxedris tansacmelSi gamowyobiliyo. Tvali TvalSi gauyara dedofals da sixarulis sicilma SeuTamaSa tuCebi, dedofals ar ekeTa Tavisi briliantis burnukebi.

mcire xans darbazSi darCa ana avstrieli, rom moesmina qalaqis moRvaweTa qaTinaurebi da misalmeboda qalebs.

ucbad darbazis erT-erT karSi gamoCnda mefe, mas kardinali axlda. kardinali raRacas eCurCuleboda mis yovladudi­debulesobas, romelsac metismetad misdioda feri.

jer niRabi ar Camoecva mefes, gamocvlili tanisamosis bafTebis Sekvrac ki ver moeswro, man gaapo xalxis jgufi, dedofalTan mivida da aTrTolebuli xmiT uTxra:

_ erTi mibrZaneT, Tu SeiZleba, qalbatono, ratom ar gaikeTeT almasis burnukebi? xom iciT, ra Zalian masi­amovnebdiT, imiT damSvenebuli rom damenaxeT.

dedofalma Tvali moavlo irgvliv sazogadoebas da mefis ukan dainaxa kardinali, romelic veragulad iRimeboda.

_ imitom, mefeo, rom vSiSobdi, amodena xalxSi raime ar mosvloda Tqvens saCuqars, _ mTrTolvare xmiT upasuxa dedofalma.

_ SemcdarxarT, qalbatono! me imisaTvis mogarTviT burnukebi, rom ataroT. gimeorebT, SemcdarxarT, qalbatono!

xma ukankalebda gaSmagebul mefes, yvela iq myofi gancvifrebuli Sehyurebda maT da ver gaegoT am usiamovnebis mizezi.

_ axlav gavgzavni vinmes luvrSi, axlav movatanineb, mefeo, da avasruleb Tqveni yovladudidebulesobis survils.

_ aba, Cqara, qalbatono! rac SeiZleba Cqara, radgan erTi saaTis Semdeg baleti unda daviwyoT.

dedofalma morCilebis niSnad Tavi daukra da qalebs gahyva, romlebmac Tavis kabinetamde miaciles. mefec Tavis kabinetSi Sevida.

yvela xedavda da grZnobda, rom raRac moxda mefe-dedofals Soris. magram iseTi Cumi xmiT laparakobdnen oriveni, rom yvela pativiscemiT Camoecala da maTi saubridan veraferi gaiges, violinoebi mTeli ZaliT aJRerdnen, magram musikasac aRaravin usmenda.

pirvelad mefe gamovida Tavisi kabinetidan monadiris saucxoo tanisamosSi gamowyobili. es Cacmuloba mas Zalian uxdeboda. am sanadiro tanisamosSi gamowyobili ludoviko mecamete marTlac warmoadgenda Tavisi samefos pirvel didebuls. orleaneli hercogi da sxva didebulebic mefesaviT morTuliyvnen.

kardinali miuaxlovda mefes da kolofi miarTva. mefem kolofi gaxsna da Caixeda. Sig briliantis ori burnuki ido.

_ ras moaswavebs es kolofi? _ hkiTxa man kardinals.

_ arafers, _ miugo borotma sulma, _ oRond, Tu dedofalsac aqvs Tavisi burnukebi, rac me saeWvod mimaCnia, daTvaleT, mefeo, da Tu aTis meti ver ipovoT, hkiTxeT mis yovladudidebulesobas, vis SeeZlo moepara misTvis ori burnuki, romlebic xelSi miWiravs.

mefe daacqerda kardinals, TiTqos dakiTxvas upirebda, magram aRar daacales, rom erTi kiTxva mainc mieca; aRtacebis Zaxili gaisma yoveli mxridan. Tu mefe iyo pirveli didebuli Tavis samefoSi, dedofalic umSvenieresi qali iyo mTel safrangeTSi.

marTlac, saocrad uxdeboda dedofals monadiris tani­samosi: nabdis qudi cisferi frTebiT daemSvenebina, nacrisferi xaverdis zedatani almasis RilebiT Sekruli da atlasis qvedakaba, romelic vercxlis ZafebiT iyo amoqarguli, metad Svenoda. marcxena mxareze imave feris bafTa hqonda koxtad ganaskvuli da zed mefis naCuqari burnukebi brwyinavda.

gulsakidis danaxvaze mefe sixaruliT aTrTolda, xolo kardinali sibraziT, magram isini Sors iyvnen dedoflisagan da ar SeeZloT burnukebis daTvla.

mefis saCuqari dedofals zed ekeTa, magram srulad ki hqonda? aTi burnuki iyo Tu Tormeti?

am dros gaisma violinos xma. es iyo baletis dawyebis niSani. mefe prezidentis meuRlesTan mivida, radgan masTan unda ecekva, xolo orleaneli hercogi _ dedofalTan. kuTvnili adgilebi daikaves da cekva daiwyes.

mefe dedoflis pirdapir idga da roca ki gverdiT gauvlida, Tvals ar aSorebda burnukebs, magram daTvlas mainc ver axerxebda. civi ofli hfaravda kardinalis Subls.

erT saaTs grZeldeboda baleti, romelsac Teqvsmeti gamosvla hqonda.

baletis damTavrebisas aRtacebis taSi gaisma mTel darbazSi. mocekvave mamakacebma TavianT adgilebze miaciles qalebi. mefem isargebla Tavisi upiratesobiT, iqve datova qali da Cqari nabijiT dedoflisaken wavida.

_ gmadlobT, qalbatono, _ uTxra mefem, _ gmadlobT, rom yuradRebiT moepyariT Cems survils, magram, mgoni, briliantis ori burnuki unda gakldeT, da ai, mogarTviT.

Tqva es da is ori burnuki gauwoda dedofals, romlebic kardinalma gadasca.

_ rogor, mefeo? _ Sehyvira dedofalma iseTi gancvifrebiT, TiTqos ara scodnoda ra am burnukebisa, _ rogor! ors kidev axals mimatebT? maSin, Tormetis nacvlad, ToTxmeti meqneba.

marTlac, daTvala mefem da dedoflis mxarze uklebliv Tormetive aRmoCnda. mefem kardinali ixmo.

_ ra gindodaT Cemgan, batono kardinalo?

_ es imas niSnavs, mefeo, rom me msurda, rogorme dedof­lisaTvis mimeZRvna es ori burnuki da radgan piradad ver vbedavdi mirTmevas, am xerxs mivmarTe, _ miugo kardinalma.

_ mec miT ufro met madlobas mogaxsenebT, Tqveno yovladuwmindesobav, _ mimarTa kardinals dedofalma im cbieri RimiliT, romelic amtkicebda, rom motyuebuli ar darCa am eSmakuri TavazianobiT. _ darwmunebuli var, es ori cali Tqven ufro Zvirad dagijdaT, vidre mefes _ yvela Tormeti burnuki.

dedofalma Tavi daukra mefes da kardinals, Semdeg misTvis gankuTvnili oTaxisaken wavida sabaleto tanisamosis gamo­sacvlelad.

Txrobam moitana da iZulebuli viyavi, am Tavis dasawyisSi yuradReba gadagvetana brwyinvale didebulebze, romlebic dakavSirebulni iyvnen am ambavTan, ramac cota xniT dagvacila mas, vinc dedofals saSualeba misca aseTi brwyinvale gamarjvebisa da cbieri kardinalis damarcxebisa. isic iq iyo am dros, SemkrTali, sazogadoebisaTvis ucnobi, erT karTan mogrovil xalxSi Camaluli. idga da uyurebda im scenas, romlis gageba marto oTx adamians SeeZlo: mefes, dedofals, kardinals da mas.

dedofali Tavis oTaxSi Sevida da d'artanianmac daapira wasvla, magram igrZno, rom viRacam mxarze xeli msubuqad dahkra. mibrunda da axalgazrda qali dainaxa, romelmac aniSna gahyoloda. axalgazrda qals saxeze Savi xaverdis mokle niRabi efara, magram, miuxedavad am sifrTxilisa, Cvenma gmirma maSinve icno Tavisi mudmivi gzis manaTobeli, Tavisi kekluci da maxvilgonieri qalbatoni bonasie.

wina saRamos maT mxolod Tvali mohkres erTmaneTs kariskac JermenTan. ise eCqareboda axalgazrda qals dedoflisaTvis exarebina misi Sikrikis mSvidobiT dabrunebis ambavi, rom erTmaneTis mokiTxvac ver moaswres Seyvarebulebma...

d'artaniani gahyva qalbaton bonasies, romelmac ramdenime derefnis gavlis Semdeg SeaRo kari da bnel kabinetSi Seiyvana Cveni gaskoneli. erTxel kidev aniSna, Cumad yofiliyo, mere kvlav gaaRo meore, fardebiT dafaruli kari, saidanac sinaTlem SemoanaTa. TviTon qalbatoni bonasie ki kabinetidan gaqra.

erT wams uZravad idga d'artaniani da Tavis Tavs ekiTxeboda, sad varo. magram kabinetSi meore oTaxidan Semosulma sinaTlis Suqma imave oTaxidan Tbili da surnelovani haeri Semoitana, iqidan qalebis saubari gamodioda, ramdenjerme iqna xsenebuli misi yovladudidebulesobis saxeli, aman daarwmuna d'arta­niani, rom dedoflis oTaxis gverdiT imyofeboda.

d'artaniani sibneleSi idga da eloda.

mxiaruli da bednieri Canda dedofali, rac metad aocebda mis maxloblebs, romlebic mas, Cveulebrivad, TiTqmis yovel­Tvis daRonebulsa da daRvremils xedavdnen. Tavis simxiarules dedofali mejlisis mSvenierebiT xsnida, im siamovnebiT, romelic baletma aRuZra, da radgan SeuZlebelia dedofalTan SekamaTeba, Zalianac rom ar mogewonoT misi sicili Tu cremli, yvelani aqebdnen da gazviadebuli madlobiT ixseniebdnen mejlisis momwyob qalaq parizis mmarTvelTa unarianobas.

Tumca d'artaniani ar icnobda dedofals, magram male SeZlo misi xmis garCeva, jer odnav SesamCnevi ucnauri gamoTqmis saSualebiT, xolo Semdeg mbrZanebluri kiloTi.

d'artaniani grZnobda, rogor uaxlovdeboda dedofali odnav gaRebul kars, isev Sordeboda da or-samjer kidevac dainaxa, rogor gadaWra sinaTlis Suqi misma Crdilma.

bolos uceb gadaiwia farda da momxiblavi silamazis broliviT TeTri xeli gamoCnda. mixvda d'artaniani, rom es misi jildo iyo, mivarda, daiCoqa da mowiwebiT eambora, Semdeg kvlav fardebs iqiT moefara es xeli, romelmac nivTi Caudo Cvens gmirs xelSi. daxeda d'artanianma da beWedi icno. kari, saidanac sinaTle Semodioda, maSinve miixura da isev wyvdiadSi darCa d'artaniani.

beWedi TiTze Camoicva da lodini ganagrZo. cxadi iyo, amiT ar unda gaTavebuliyo misi molodini, TavdadebisTvis daajildoes da axla siyvarulisaTvis eloda jildos.

marTalia, baleti damTavrda, magram mejlisi axla dawye­buliyo, vaxSami sam saaTze iyo daniSnuli, xolo wm. ioanes samreklos saaTma ukve amcno, rom vaxSmamde TxuTmeti wuTi rCeboda.

marTlac, TandaTan miwyda xmauri kars iqiTa oTaxSi, Semdeg ki srulebiT midumda.

ucbad gaiRo kabinetis kari, sadac d'artaniani iyo, da qalbatoni bonasie Semosrialda.

_ Zlivs! _ Sehyvira d'artanianma.

_ Cumad! _ wasCurCula axalgazrda qalma da tuCebze xeli miafara, _ xma ar amoiRoT, aba, mibrZandiT imave gziT, romliTac moxvediT.

_ mere, rodis an sad gnaxavT?

_ baraTi dagxvdebaT Sin da is getyviT. aba, wadiT, wadiT!

es Tqva Tu ara, saCqarod gaaRo kari da d'artaniani kabinetidan derefanSi gaagdo.

ususuri bavSviviT daemorCila Cveni gmiri, arc uTxra raime, arc winaaRmdegoba gauwia, es ki imas amtkicebda, rom gagiJebiT uyvarda Tavisi satrfo.

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paemani
d'artaniani sirbiliT wavida Sinisaken. Ramis sam saaTs ukve gadacilebuli iyo, mas parizis metad saSiS quCebSi unda gaevlo, sabednierod, araviTar xifaTs ar gadahyria, naTqvamia, loTebsa da Seyvarebulebs bedi swyalobTo.

xeivnis kari odnav moxuruli daxvda. swrafad airbina Tavisi binis kibe da karze nela daakakuna, swored ise, rogorc SeTanxmebulni iyvnen isa da misi msaxuri. planSes, romelic ori saaTiT adre gamogzavna, misi brZanebis Tanaxmad, jer ar eZina, da maSinve gauRo kari.

_ werili xom aravis moutania CemTvis? _ hkiTxa mouTmenlad d'artanianma.

_ motaniT aravis moutania, batono, _ moaxsena planSem. _ magram saidanRac, usaTuod TavisiT Semoparula saxlSi.

_ ra ginda magiT Tqva, sulelo.

_ minda mogaxsenoT, rom saxli daketili mqonda, gasaRebi jibeSi medo, arsad amomiRia... Sin dabrunebulma Tqvens sawol oTaxSi magidis mwvane maudze werili vipove.

_ mere, sad aris is werili.

_ sadac iyo, iqve davtove, batono, SeuZlebelia ase TavisiT werili daketil oTaxSi Sediodes. fanjara rom Ria yofiliyo an odnav gaRebuli, kidev ho, vityodi, Semoagdes-meTqi. magram ara, saimedod mqonda daketili yvelaferi... frTxilad iyaviT, batono, Tundac davificav, raRac jado moCans amaSi.

d'artanianma yuradReba ar miaqcia planSes nalaparakebs, sirbiliT Sevida sawol oTaxSi da werili gaxsna, es iyo qalbaton bonasies Semdegi Sinaarsis baraTi:

`surT, giZRvnan da gadmogcen umxurvalesi madloba. am saRamos aTi saaTisaTvis iyaviT sen-kluSi, im pavilionis pirdapir, romelic baton d'estres saxlis kuTxeSia amarTuli.

k.b.~

kiTxulobda am werils d'artaniani da grZnobda, rogor ikumSeboda da iSleboda misi guli im tkbili krunCxviT, romelic awamebs da axarebs SeyvarebulTa guls.

es pirveli baraTi iyo. pirveli paemani. sixarulma gaabrua, guli yvaviliviT gaSloda da ise ucaxcaxebda, eSinoda, ar waviqce am miwieri samoTxis karTan, romelsac siyvaruls uwodebeno.

_ axla raRas ityviT? _ mimarTa planSem, rodesac dainaxa, rogor wiTldeboda da yviTldeboda misi batoni, _ axla, batono? xom marTalia, rac mogaxseneT? me maSinve mivxvdi, rom raRac saSinelebas gviqaddnen.

_ cdebi, Cemo planSe, _ upasuxa d'artanianma, _ amis dasamtkiceblad, ai, erTi ekiu, Cemi sadRegrZelo dalie.

_ am ekius boZebisaTvis madlobas mogaxsenebT da aRTqmas vdeb: pirnaTlad Sevasrulo Tqveni brZaneba, magram miuxedavad amisa, mainc marTali gaxlavT: ase TavisTavad, sxvis kargad daketil oTaxSi Separuli werili...

_ cidan cviva, megobaro, cidan.

_ maS, batoni kmayofili brZandeba?

_ Cemo planSe, dRes CemisTana bednieri sxva aravin meguleba.

_ mec SemiZlia visargeblo batonis bednierebiT da dasaZineblad wavide?

_ wadi, Cemo kargo, wadi!

_ yoveli madli da kurTxeva zecisa eRirsos Cems batons, magram mainc saSiSi gaxlavT daketil oTaxSi werilis Sefrena...

Tavis qneviT wavida planSe. mas batonis guluxvobam eWvebi ver gaufanta.

marto darCenilma d'artanianma ramdenjerme gadaikiTxa werili da ocjer mainc akoca Tavisi mSvenieri sayvarlis funTuSa xeliT daweril striqonebs. bolos dawva, daiZina da oqrosaviT Zvirfasi da sanetaro sizmrebi naxa.

dilis Svid saaTze wamodga Tu ara, planSes dauZaxa. msaxurma d'artanianis oTaxis kari SeaRo. mas saxeze etyoboda, rom jerac ver gahfantoda wuxandeli SiSi.

_ planSe! me mivdivar da iqneba saRamomde aRarc ki davbrunde. maSasadame, Sen Tavisufali xar saRamos Svid saaTamde. oRond icode, saRamos Svid saaTze mzad iyav, Sekazmuli gyavdes ori cxeni! _ ubrZana d'artanianma.

_ maS, kidev mivdivarT? mogvenatra zurgze tyavis gaZroba?

_ Tan wamoiReb Sens Tofs da dambaCebs.

_ mec magas vCivi! gana ara, darwmunebuli gaxldiT... sul im dawyevlili werilis bralia!

_ kargi, kmara! ra suleli xar! cotas gaviseirnebT da ukan davbrundebiT.

_ diax, imdRevandelisa ar iyos, wvimasaviT rom gvcemda tyvia da yovel fexis nabijze maxe gvqonda dagebuli.

_ ra mogaxsenoT, batono planSe, _ uTxra d'artanianma, _ Tu ase geSiniaT da guli giTrTiT, uTqvenodac kargad waval. mirCevnia, marto viaro, vidre mSiSara Tanamgzavri maxldes.

_ rad gindaT, batono, Cemi Seuracxyofa? _ ewyina planSes. _ gana am dReebSi ar dagimtkiceT, rom me mxdali ar gaxlavarT?

_ diax, damimtkice, magram vfiqrob, iq daxarje Seni vaJkacoba da gulcarieli dabrundi.

_ ai, naxavT, batono, rom saca saWiro iqneba, vaJkacobac sakmarisi aRmomaCndeba. mxolod erTs gTxovT, batono, nurc ase Zalian gahflangavT Cems simamaces, Tu gnebavT, rom didxans meyos.

_ dagrCa kidev ram am RamiT saWiro SemTxvevaSi gamo­sayeneblad?

_ diax, batono!

_ maS ase, Seni imedi maqvs.

_ diax, batono, Svid saaTze mzad viqnebi. magram unda mogaxsenoT, rom gvardiis TavlaSi, mgoni, marto erTi cxeni hyavT.

_ iqneba erTis meti jer arc ki iyos, magram am saRamos oTxi iqneba.

_ maS, cxenebis SesaZenad gvimgzavria?

_ swored cxenebisaTvis, _ uTxra d'artanianma da gavida.

batoni bonasie Tavisi oTaxis karebTan idga. d'artanianma gadawyvita, gverdi aevlo misTvis da ar dalaparakeboda, magram ise Tavazianad da gulmxurvaled miesalma Rirseuli saxlis patroni Tavis mdgmurs, rom ymawvilma kacma saWirod dainaxa araTu misalmeboda, aramed misuliyo da moekiTxa kidec.

esec rom ar yofiliyo, gana SeiZleboda cotaodeni pativiscema ara hqonoda kacisa, romlis colma im saRamosTvis paemani dauniSna sen-klusTan, baton d'estres saxlTan, ta­lavris pirdapir? d'artanianic siamovnebiT aRsavse saxiT bonasiesTan mivida.

baasi, Tavdapirvelad, cxadia, sawyali saxlis patronis dapatimrebas Seexo. batonma bonasiem, rasakvirvelia, ar icoda, rom d'artanianma mTlianad moismina misi da mengeli ucnobis saubari. man uambo Tavis ymawvil mdgmurs, ra devnas ganicdida im SeCvenebul baton de lafemisagan. am baasis dros sul lanZRviT ixseniebda kardinalis msaxurebs da dauRlelad laparakobda bastiliis cixeze, patimrobaze, patara sarkmlebze, jaWvebze da jajiT wamebaze.

samagaliTo gulmodginebiT mousmina d'artanianma, xolo roca bonasiem gaaTava, man, Tavis mxriv, hkiTxa:

_ erTi es miTxariT, bolos da bolos, gaigeT vin moitaca qalbatoni bonasie? me ar damviwyebia, batono, rom Tqvens gacnobas swored mag ubedur garemoebas unda vumadlode.

_ eeh! _ amoioxra batonma bonasiem, _ Zalian frTxilobdnen. da, raRa Tqma unda, amas ar metyodnen; Cemi colic ficavda, maT ar vicnobo. Tqven, batono, _ ganagrZo bonasiem miamitad, _ sad iyaviT dakarguli? ramdenime dRea, veRar gxedavT! aRarc Tqven CandiT, aRarc Tqveni megobrebi. me mgoni, rom parizis quCebSi ar dagedebodaT imsisqe mtveri, planSe rom aclida Tqvens waRebs.

_ marTali xar, Cemo keTilo batono bonasie, cota xniT gaviseirneT me da Cemma megobrebma.

_ Sors brZandebodiT?

_ oh, ara, ormociode lieze parizidan, batoni aTosi SeuZlod iyo da forJis wylebze miviyvaneT, Cemi megobrebic iq darCnen.

_ Tqven marto dabrundiT? _ hkiTxa bonasiem da cbieri Tvali d'artanians daaStera, _ TqvenisTana ymawvili kaci didi xnis Svebulebas ver miiRebs Tavisi sayvarlisagan da, cxadia, mouTmenlad elodnen Tqvens dabrunebas, ara?

_ eh, ra gaewyoba, _ upasuxa siciliT ymawvilma kacma, _ codva _ aRiarebulio, miT ufro, Cemo keTilo batono bonasie, rom vxedav, Tqven verafers dagimalavT kaci. diax, batono, melodnen, da garwmunebT, Zalian mouTmenladac.

odnavma Rrubelma gadaurbina Sublze bonasies, magram ise SeumCnevlad, rom d'artanianma verc ki SeamCnia.

_ Rirseuladac daajildoeben Tqvens vaJkacobas! _ ganagrZo vaWarma odnav aTrTolebuli xmiT, romelic iseve SeumCneveli darCa d'artanians, rogorc ramdenime wamis win bonasies moRrubluli Subli.

_ eh, netavi ki Tqveni winaswarmetyveleba axdebodes! _ uTxra siciliT d'artanianma.

_ ara, batono, amas imitom geubnebiT, rom minda vicode, Zalian gvian dabrundebiT?

_ rad mkiTxavT magas, Cemo keTilo saxlis patrono? _ hkiTxa d'artanianma, _ xom ar gindaT, damelodoT?

_ ara, magram Cemi dapatimrebisa da fulis moparvis Semdeg, karis gaRebis xmis gagonebisTanave, yovelTvis SiSis zari mcems, metadre RamiT. eh, ra vqna, rom xmlis qarqaSidan amoRebac ki ar SemiZlia?

_ nu SegeSindebaT, Tu naSuaRamevs davbrundi, pirvel an or saaTze, da nurc imisi SegeSindebaT, Tu sulac ar davbrundi.

amjerad ise gayviTlda bonasie, rom SeuZlebeli iyo, ar SeemCnia d'artanians da kidec hkiTxa, ra mogividao.

_ araferi, araferi! _ miugo bonasiem, _ im vai-vaglaxis Semdeg, ucbad ase momivlis xolme, axlac caxcaxma amitana. yuradRebas nu miaqcevT magas, Tqven Tqveni bednierebis meti safiqrebeli ar unda gqondeT.

_ swored es aris Cemi fiqri, radgan bednieri var.

_ jer ara, moiTmineT, aki TqviT, saRamozeo.

_ saRamoc meRirseba RvTis madliT! mgoni, Tqvenc iseve mouTmenlad eliT saRamos, rogorc me. iqneb am saRamos moxedos qalbatonma bonasiem Tavis qmarsa da ojaxs.

_ qalbatoni bonasie am saRamos Tavisufali ar gaxlavT, _ upasuxa darbaislurad saxlis patronma, _ luvrSi Tavisi samsaxuris gamo.

_ miT uaresi TqvenTvis, Cemo kargo saxlis patrono. miT uaresi! me rom bednieri var, minda, yvela bednieri iyos. magram, rogorc vxedav, SeuZlebelsa vnatrob.

Tavi daukra ymawvilma kacma. sicili waskda Tavis oxunjobaze, romlis gamocnoba, misi fiqriT, imis mets aravis SeeZlo.

_ maS, gaixareT! _ dauZaxa misustebuli xmiT bonasiem.

ukve Sors iyo d'artaniani da ver gaigona bonasies sityvebi. Tumca iseT gunebaze iyo, rom mainc verafers SeamCnevda.

d'artaniani baton de trevilis saxlisken wavida. mxiarulad daxvda muSketerTa kapitani. mefes da dedofals Tavisi yuradRebiT moexiblaT wuxandel mejlisze batoni de trevili, Tumca kardinali sul daRvremili Sehyurebda. kardinals Ramis pirvel saaTze mejlisi mietovebina. SeuZlod varo. rac Seexeba maT yovladudidebulesobebs, dilis eqvs saaTamde darCe­niliyvnen.

_ axla Tqvenze movilaparakoT, _ daiwyo Cumi xmiT batonma de trevilma da Tvali gadaavlo Tavisi darbazis yvela kuTxes Sesamowmeblad, sruliad martoni iyvnen, Tu ara, _ axla Tqvenze movilaparakoT, Cemo norCo megobaro, ueWvelia, Tqveni mSvi­dobiT dabrunebis mizezi unda iyos, rom ase mxiarulad brZandeba mefe, rom ase aRtacebulia Tavisi gamarjvebiT dedofali da ase Tavlafdasxmuli brZandeba misi yovlad­uwmindesoba. didi sifrTxile gmarTebT, rom gadarCeT.

_ ras unda gadavrCe? _ iucxova d'artanianma, _ risi unda meSinodes, manam wyalobis TvaliT miyureben maTi yovladudi­debulesobani?

_ yvelafrisa, merwmuneT. iseTi kaci ar aris kardinali, rom daiviwyos es damarcxeba. ar moisvenebs, sanam sicocxles ar CauSxamebs Tavis dammarcxebels. kardinalis dammarcxebeli ki erTi Cemi nacnobi gaskoneli unda iyos...

_ Tqven ggoniaT, batono, rom es ambavi kardinalmac iseve icis, rogorc Tqven? isic icis, rom me gaxldiT londonSi?

_ ai, dalaxvros! londonSic brZandebodiT?! maS, lon­donidan wamogyvaT eg beWedi, romelic ase gimSvenebT xels? geubnebiT, frTxilad iyaviT, Cemo sayvarelo d'artanian, kargi ar aris mtris saCuqari, Tumca Zvirfasia.

_ es almasi mtrisa ar gaxlavT, batono, _ auxsna d'artanianma, _ es beWedi dedofalma miboZa.

_ dedofalma? oh! _ wamoiZaxa batonma de trevilma, _ marTlac, swored mefuri saCuqaria, aTas pistolze naklebi ar Rirs. mere visi xeliT gadmogcaT dedofalma es saCuqari?

_ Tavisi xeliT.

_ sad?

_ dedoflis kabinetis gverdiT oTaxSi.

_ rogor?

_ xeli miboZa sakocnelad.

_ maS, xelze emTxvieT dedofals? _ Sehyvira de trevilma da d'artanians daaSterda.

_ misma yovladudidebulesobam TviTonve momaniWa es netareba.

_ sxvac iyo im dros vinme? oh, ra gaufrTxileblobaa! ra gaufrTxileblobaa!

_ ara, batono, damSviddiT, iq aravin yofila da verc vinme dagvinaxavda, _ moaxsena d'artanianma da baton de trevils uambo, rogor miiRo sakocnelad dedoflis xeli da misi saCuqari.

_ oh, qalebi! qalebi! _ amoioxra moxucma jariskacma, _ romantikuli ocnebebiT xiblaven TavianT sicocxles, aRta­cebulni arian yvelafriT, rasac ki saidumloeba hfaravs. maS, Tqven dedoflis mxolod mklavi naxeT? es iyo da es?.. kidec rom SexvdeT sadme, iqneba veRarc ki icnoT? da dedofalic Tu SegxvdaT sadme, ise gagivliT, rogorc ucnobs?

_ ara, magram im beWdiT... _ daiwyo d'artanianma.

_ yuri migdeT, _ Seawyvetina de trevilma, _ nebas momcemT, rom erTi ram girCioT? Zalian kargi, megobruli.

_ mibrZaneT, batono, amiT did pativs damdebT!

_ midiT axlave pirvelsave oqromWedelTan da mihyideT igi, ra fasic unda SemogaZlion. Zalian Zunwic rom iyos, rvaas pistols mainc mogcemT. pistols mwyaloblis saxeli ara aqvs, Cemo kargo, am beWeds ki saSineli saxeli aqvs, SeiZleba avi dRe daudges, vinc amiT daimSvenebs xels.

_ gavyido es beWedi? Cemi dedoflis naCuqari beWedi? oh, RmerTma damifaros! _ wamoiZaxa d'artanianma.

_ maS, gadmoabruneT bude, rom aRar gamoCndes almasi. kargad icis yvelam, rom sawyali gaskoneli razmeli Tavisi dedis Tval-margalitSi ver ipovida amgvar Zvirfas nivTs.

_ Tqven ggoniaT, rom saSiSroeba momelis? _ hkiTxa d'artanianma.

_ naRmze rom eZinos kacs da im naRms anTebuli patruqi edos, is ufro damSvidebuli unda iyos, vidre dRes Tqven.

_ daswyevlos RmerTma! _ Sehyvira d'artanianma, romelsac ukve awuxebda baton de trevilis sruli rwmeniT warmoTqmuli gafrTxileba, _ maS ra vqna, rogor moviqce?

_ yovelTvis Zalian frTxilad iyaviT, sifrTxile _ uwinares yovlisa! sagangebo mexsiereba da grZeli xeli aqvs kardinals, iseT maxeSi gagabamT, damijereT...

_ mainc ra maxeSi?

_ eeh! aba, me ra vici? gana imas ar emsaxureba qaj-eSmakebis veragoba? Tqveni bedi, Tu dagapatimres da amiT gadarCiT.

_ rogor? nuTu gabedaven da misi yovladudidebulesobis msaxurs daiWeren?

_ eh, damiwyebT... gana ver gabedes da ver daiWires aTosi? Cemo gulado megobaro, daijereT Tqveni ufrosis sityva, romelic ocdaaTi weliwadia sasaxleSi trialebs. erT wams ar daiviwyoT, rom safrTxes gimzadeben, Torem maSinve daiRupebiT. gaxsovdeT es Cemi rCeva, mteri gegulebodeT yvelgan. Cxubi rom agitexon, rogorme gaecaleT, Tunda aTi-Tormeti wlis bavSvi cdilobdes Tqvens gajavrebas. Tu dagecnen sadme, dRisiT iqneba Tu RamiT, ukan daiwieT, gaecaleT. amaSi samarcxvino araferia. xidze rom gadadiodeT, kargad gasinjeT, rom ficari ar CagitydeT da wyalSi Tqvenc Tan ar CahyveT. Tu iseTi saxlis win gaivliT, romelsac aSeneben, Tvali zemoT geWiroT, rom qva ar dageceT TavSi. Tu gvian apirebT Sin misvlas, msaxuric Tan iyolieT, oRond ise, rom isic kargad iyos SeiaraRebuli. moerideT yvelas amqveynad, Tqvens megobarsac, Tqvens Zmasac, Tqvens sayvarelsac, metadre _ Tqvens sayvarels!

d'artaniani gawiTlda.

_ Cems sayvarelsac? rad unda veridebode metadre Cems sayvarels?

_ imitom, rom sayvarels iyenebs kardinali metad uebar saSualebad visime javris amosayrelad. amaze ukeTesi sxva saSualeba ara aqvs ra. aT pistolad gagyidiT qali, bevri ki ar unda!

am dros d'artanians moagonda qalbaton bonasies mier saRamos aTi saaTisaTvis daniSnuli paemani, magram unda aRvniSnoT Cveni gmiris saqebad, rom baton de trevilis mier warmoTqmulma aseTma uaryofiTma azrma qalebis Sesaxeb iotisodena eWvic ki ar aRuZra da iseTive rwmena SerCa Tavisi mSvenieri satrfosi, rogoric aqamde hqonda.

_ marTla, erTi miTxariT, ra daemarTa Tqvens sam megobars? _ sTxova de trevilma.

_ me TqvenTvis mindoda mekiTxa, iqneb Tqvengan gamego maTi ambavi.

_ me araferi vici.

_ Cemi megobrebi gzaSi davtove: porTosi SantilSi unda SebrZoleboda viRacas, mxarSi tyviaCarCenili aramisi _ krevkerSi; aTosi _ amenSi, cili daswames, yalbi fulis momWreli xaro.

_ xedavT?_ mimarTa kapitanma, _ Tqven rogorRa gadarCiT?

_ saswauli moxda, batono. unda mogaxsenoT, rom xmliTa var daWrili mxarSi. kales gzis piras miwas mivakari grafi de vardi...

_ miT uaresi! grafi de vardi kardinalis kacia, roSforis biZaSvili. ra giTxraT, ici, Cemo megobaro, erTi azri momivida.

_ brZaneT, batono.

_ me rom Tqvens adgilas viyo, avdgebodi da...

_ mere?

_ dRes parizSi dagiwyebT Zebnas misi yovladuwmindesoba, manam is aq geZebT, Tqven pikardiisken wadiT Cumad, ar gindaT buki da naRara. wadiT, naxeT sad arian, rogor arian Tqveni megobrebi, xom meTanxmebiT, rom didi megobroba gagiwies da Tqveni yuradRebis Rirsni arian?

_ marTalsa brZanebT, xvalve waval.

_ xvalve? ratom am saRamos ara?

_ am saRamos parizSi unda gaxldeT, batono, aucilebeli saqme maqvs.

_ ah, es ymawvilkacoba! ymawvilkacoba! giyvarT vinme? frTxilad iyaviT, geubnebiT: qalma daRupa yvela kaci, momavalSic aravin gadaurCeba mis cbierebas. damijereT, am saRamosve wadiT aqedan!

_ SeuZlebeli gaxlavT, batono.

_ maS dahpirdiT? sityva mieciT?

_ diax, batono!

_ eg sxvaa, magram momeciT sityva, rom Tu amaRam sikvdils gadarCiT, xval uTuod waxvalT.

_ xval _ dauyovnebliv.

_ fuli xom ar gindaT?

_ ormocdaaTi pistoli kidev maqvs, me mgoni, rom amdeni arc ki damWirdeba.

_ eg Tqven, Tqvens megobrebs?

_ me mgoni, maTac unda hqondeT. parizidan rom gavediT, TiToeul Cvengans samocdaTxuTmeti pistoli edo jibeSi.

_ kidev mnaxavT wasvlamde?

_ ara mgoni, SegawuxoT, batono, Tu axali ara moxda ra da saWiroebam ar moiTxova.

_ maS, gza mSvidobisa.

_ gmadlobT, batono.

d'artaniani gamoeTxova baton de trevils. dRes ufro metad, vidre aqamde, igrZno am kacis guliTadi, mamobrivi TanagrZnoba Tavisi muSketerebisadmi.

d'artanianma saTiTaod Camouara Tavisi megobrebis saxlebs. jer aTosTan mivida, Semdeg porTosTan, bolos aramisTan. jer ar dabrunebuliyo arc erTi maTgani. arc maTi msaxurebi Candnen. maT Sesaxeb mezoblebmac araferi icodnen.

mividoda, maT sayvarlebs hkiTxavda, gaigebda raimes, magram arc porTosis sayvarels icnobda, arc aramisisas. rac Seexeba aToss, mas sayvareli ar hyavda.

razmelebis yazarmasTan gavlisas TavlaSi Seixeda, sami cxeni ukve moeyvanaT, erTiRa aklda. am Zvirfasi cxenebiT gancvif­rebuli planSe samurveliT cdilobda maT gasufTavebas. ori ukve gawmendili hyavda da axla mesames uvlida.

_ ah, ra kargi qeniT, batono, rom aqeT gamoiareT! _ SesZaxa sixaruliT planSem, _ me mindoda Tqveni naxva..

_ risTvis, Cemo planSe?

_ erTi mibrZaneT, Tqven gjeraT raime Cveni saxlis patronisa?

_ me? sul araferi.

_ mec eg mindoda.

_rad mekiTxebiT magas?

_ imad, batono, rom... rodesac Tqven da batoni bonasie laparakobdiT, me Tvals ar vacilebdi bonasies, mas or-samjer ecvala feri...

_ eh, saqme ara gqonia.

_ Tqven ver SeamCnieT, batono. im dros diliT miRebuli werilis meti ara gagondebodaT ra. me ki, piriqiT, sul mas Sevcqerodi, sifrTxile Semmata ise ucnaurad Semoparulma werilma, Tvals aRar vaSorebdi da misi saxis gamometyvelebis umciresi moZraobac ki ar gamomparvia.

_ mere, ra dainaxe?

_ flidi, gamcemi.

_ hoo?!

_ kidev meti: rogorc ki gamoeTxoveT da quCis kuTxes moefareT, qudi daixura, saxli daketa da sirbiliT Tqveni gzis sawinaaRmdego mimarTulebiT wavida.

_ marTali xarT, planSe, metad saeWvod meCveneba misi saqcieli da, arxeinad iyav, saxlis qiras nu mivcemT, manam kargad, sabolood ar mivuxvdebiT ganzraxvas.

_ xumrobT, batono, da ai, naxavT...

_ ras izam, Cemo planSe, versad wauxval bedisweras.

_ maS, ar apirebT amRamindeli gaseirnebis gadadebas?

_ piriqiT, planSe. javri mWirs bonasiesi da miT ufro siamovnebiT waval im weriliT daniSnul paemanze, romelic Sen ase gawuxebs.

_ raki gadagiwyvetiaT, batono...

_ aucileblad, Cemo megobaro, da Senc mzad iyavi cxra saaTze. aqve iyavi am TavlasTan, me gamogivli.

axla ki darwmunda planSe, aRaraviTari imedi ar unda hqonoda, rom Seacvlevinebda batons Tavis ganzraxvas, Rrmad amoioxra da mesame cxenis gawmendas Seudga.

rac Seexeba d'artanians, rogorc frTxilma da gonierma ymawvilma, man sadilad, saxlSi wasvlis nacvlad, gauxvia im nacnobi gaskoneli mRvdlisaken, romelsac erTxel saerTo gaWirvebis dros ewvia Tavisi megobrebiT da romelic maSin SokoladiT gaumaspinZlda.