M maia badali

mjdomare siyvarulis
mantia

wigni meore
 I
cxovreba ucnaurobebiTaa samse. zogjer erTi adamiani ramdenime
adamianis mravalferovani cxovrebiT cxovrobs, erT did istoriul
wigns warmoadgens masTan urTierToba. zogi ki, ise mSralad galevs
wuTisofels, rom mis Tavs aranair interesaRmZvrel movlenas ar
gaimetebs groteskuli cxovreba.

nikiSevebis ezo yoveldRe xalxiT iyo samse. wamsvlel-momsvlels

mjdomareAanastasia ekera pirs. is mudam gulmxurvaled mlocveli,
dayudebuli Tavis muxlebze baRis SuagulSi, wuTiTac ar
uSindeboda amindis cvalebadobas. tfilisSi xma dairxa Tu ara,
anastasia nikiSeva mjdomared dayudebulia, da mis ezoSi RvTaebrivi
saswaulebis kaskadi xdebao, mnaxvel-momlocveli ar akldeboda
ezos, romelTa dialogebi daaxloebiT ase JRerda:

_Seyvarebuli biWis TviTmkvlelobis gamo ase daiCoqa,

elodeba misi sulis jojoxeTidan daxsnas. misTvis dros, sivrces,
aminds mniSvneloba aqvs dakarguli, arc Rame icis da arc zamTris
yinva, sul ase zis, erTalagas gamudmebulad mlocveli.

_amboben, araerTxel unaxavT axlo-maxlos mcxovrebT misi

ezo arabunebrivad gakaSkaSebuli. TviTon Aanastasia bevrs ar
saubrobs, cotas Tu gaesaubreba masTan axlos misuls, magram
agera faqtia, ugzo-ukvlod dakargulTa mSoblebi masTan dadian
da dasaimedebel rCeva-darigegebs iReben.

mjdomare anastasiad wodebuli nastia nikiSeva

saxedamSvenebuli, kmayofilebaaRvsili RimiliT ijda tyemlis xis
maxloblad, romelsac xSirad esaubreboda , gansakuTrebulad
uyvarda es tangacrecili, norCi xe. misi muxlCaxridan mesame Tves,
rodesac gazafxulma SemoaRo tfilisis kari, naadrevad ayvavlda
tyemlis xe, man ise Seicvala qorfadgafoTlili, qveda totis
mdebareoba, rom gverdulad gadagrexil-gadaweuli, miwidan
aRmocenebul, momnusxeli silamazis yvaviliviT mjdomare
nastinkas, Tavze rkalurad gadaevlo. gazafxulis surneliT
damtkbarma naadrevad iwyo ayvaveba. gadapentili toti anastasias
 ise gadaevlo Tavs, ezos WiSkridan erTi Tvalis SevlebiT
sapatarZlo dedoflis yvevilebiT gadapentil fata-TavsaburavSi
myofi gegonebodaT. mxolod axlos misuli mnaxveli Tu mixvdeboda
tyemlis xis `oins~. am saswaulis xilvis gamo uamravi tfiliseli
modioda, romelnic akvirdebodnen tyemlis xis bunebriobas, zogi
RvTaebrivi Zalis namoqmedars awerda axsnas, zogi xis
mgrZnobiarobas. ase iyo Tu ise, Aanastasia xandaxan sixarulis
cremlebad iRvreboda, martoobios gancda sadRac gaqroboda. Tavs
zeviT rkalurad gadavlebul, yvavilebiT gadapentil, afeTqebul
tots faqizi xeliT ealerseboda, mSvid saxeze msxvili cremlebi
wyeba-wyeba margalitebis msgavsad gadmoscvivdeboda xolme.

nastias SuaTana da, anna, dis muxldaCoqvidan ramdenime TveSi

moralurad ise gazrdiliyo, gegonebodaT ukve didi asakis mqone,
windaxeduli da erTxel daberebuli meored aaxalgazrdavebuli
yofiliyos. man ikisra valdebuleba ufrosi dis mzrunvelobisa da
movla-patronobis Sesaxeb. uTeniaze dgeboda, metalis taStiT wyali
mihqonda ezoSi muxldayudebuli ufrosi disTvis xel-piris
Camosabanad. TeTri qaTqaTa pirsaxociT saxes nazad umSralebda.
grZeli, qera Tmis nawnavebs dauSlida, fqizad davarcxnida da
xelaxla uwnavda.ufrosi da ki siyvaruliT samse TvalebiT umzerda
masze mzrunvels, yoveljerze unaTdeboda guli misi xilvisas. debi
iyvnen axla yvelafer miwieris Semcvlelnic, Seufasebeli
siyvarulic da cxovrebis moazrenic. nastinka sauzmed mcireds
miirTmevda, isic mxolod annas Txovna-mudariT, ramdenjerme
moylupavda dis Tvalis dasanaxavad lerwmis SaqriT damtbar Cais
da misayoleblad erT lukma puris guls miayolebda. mere anas
gulis mosagebad Txeli, gamxdari xelis mtevnebs erTmaneTs
miatyapunebda, sauzmiT gamowveuli kmayofilebis gamo da gaRimebuli
saxiT Seucinebda masze mzrunvel daikos.

Aaxla anna umcrosi dis gasaRviZeblad ezodan saxlSi Serboda.

mudamdRe SeZlebisdagvarad anebivrebda verkas, sabanSi
kombostosaviT SefuTnul gogonas xeliT SeabanjRarebda da
SeuZaxebda: _ veraCka, raxania inaTa dRem, mze zenitSi moeqceva sacaa,
aSenda qveyana, samsaxurSi vagvianebT, ade Se Zilisguda, mZinarav da
sizmarav! neta vicode sizmrad ra gezmana, ase gadabadruls rom
gZinavs?

veras gaRviZebisTanave anna sxva saqmianobas hkidebda xels.

saqmisagan cibrutiviT trialebda oTaxSi. anna da vera samkervalo
fabrikis muSebi iyvnen. gasamrjelo, mizerulobis gamo, maTi
Sromatevadi saqmianobis Sesaferisi ver iyo, magram debi
momavlisadmi rwmeniTa da imedebiT iyvnen aRvsilni: _mTavaric egaa,
gjerodes momavlis, gwamdes sinaTlis da sikeTis mTesveli
adamianebis mimarT mowiwebiT ibadrebode, im imediT, rom rac meti
gveyoleba sikeTis mTesvelni, mosavlianobis nayofic uxvi da
tkbili iqneba. borotebis aRmofxvra SeuZlebelia kacTa ZalisaTvis,
magram misi Zalzed Semcireba advil saqmes warmoadgens._imedianad
damoZRvravda xolme ufrosi umcross debs.

diliT samsaxurSi wasvlamde vera Sublze eamborebodaAanastasias,

mere naCqarevad ezogadasulni anna da vera miemarTebdnen samsaxurSi.
ufros das guli swydeboda nabolara dis uswavlelobaze, man ver
moaxerxa gimnaziaSi dawyebiTi ganaTlebis miReba, arc wera-kiTxva
icoda da arc xalisi da interesi hqonda misi dauflebis.

debis wasvlis Semdgom, Ramis perangis amaram icoda ezoSi

gamosvla dedinacvalma mariam. saxlsa da ezos WiSkars Sua, ficriT
naSeneb Selaxul sapirfareSoSi gasuli, Tvals Segnebulad
aridebda muxlze daCoqil, erTTavad mlocvel gers, romelic
metania-locvisas SubliT miwas exeboda. saxlSi martod darCenili
maria, fanjridan Tvals uSterebda mlocvel Aanastasias da
ukmayofilo saxiT sityvebs ki ara, mxolod bgerebs amosTqvamda
piridan:_nwu, nwu_wamoiZaxebda da ukmayofilebis niSnad Tavs aqeT-
iqiT gaaqnev-gamoaqnevda:

_me simdidreSi mindoda myoloda, _uTxra erTxel annas. _kargi

eWama da esva, gana ramden xansRa icocxlebda asakSi Sesuli saqmro,
vahar gargaroviCi, is gadabrundeboda da saiqios gzas daadgeboda,
magram imodona qonebas Tan xom ver moikidebda zurgze da
waiRebda?.. xom nastias dautovebda? me Sen getyvi da mocile oqros
qoCriani Zmebi da Zmiswulebi gamouCndebodnen... magram, nastiam Cemi
naamagari ver daafasa._amoioxra ise, rom , TiTqos, gul-muclis
amoyolebas apirebdeso.

annam Sinaganad igrZno, Tu rogor orWofobda dedinacvali. mas

Tavisi gadawyvetileba ki moswonda, magram mTlad darwmunebiTac
ara, radgan pataraobidan mis xelSi gamozrdili gogonas
mdgomareoba sadRac, gulis romeliRac kunWulSi stkioda.

_angarebisTvis angariSmiucemeli azrovnebisa aRmoCnda._ daaskvna

umcrosma da- veram.

_albaT._ daeTanxma anna._magram kargi saqme rom ver Caidina da

nastinkas bedi da momavali waarTva eg xom cxadia. mecodeba Cemi
nastinka, Cvenze mzrunveli, mis frTis qveS davizardeT, oblebs
oblobas ar gvanaxebda. mecodeba, rodemde iqneba ase?..

_ase Tqva; sanam kiriles suls jojoxeTidan ar gamovixsni

iqamdeo._
 debi sinanulis TvalebiT malulad imzirebodnen fanjridan,
romlis miRma muxldaCoqili, mxurvaled mlocveli qaliSvilis
natifi sxeuli moCanda.

SuadRis saaTebSi mnaxvelebs Rebulobda mjdomared mlocveli.

maTTvis locvasa da keTil rCevas ar iSurebda. saRamos ki didi
gulisyuriT sulganabuli eloda gardacvlil satrfo-kiriles
megobris, daTa mayaSvilis gamoCenas. daTam mSfoTvare mimovla
icoda, wams nastiasTan iyo da esaubreboda, meore wams annas baRis
kuTxeSi ganamartovebda, wams veras Tmaze xumrobiT Seavlebda xels.
axalT-axali politikuri ambebi mihqonda qaliSvilebisTvis, xan
iumoriT avsebda da axalisebda debs, xanac nastias win Camuxluli
kiriles Sesaxeb ucabedad movardnili mogonebebis talRas ver
inelebda:

_nastia, am quCas baseinaias quCa aRar hqvia ici?_ezoSi

qarsayoliliviT, energiulad SeWrili daTa pirdapir nastias miadga.

_aba, ra erqmeva?_dainteresda anna.

_ra da... am quCaze wylis miwodeba rezervuarebidan unda moxdes,

dadges kidevac raRaca didroni jRani, jRans zed aweria
rezervuar... hoda, misi pativiscemis niSnad rezervuaris quCas
arqmeven. male liTonis firfitis mikvras daiwyeben WiSkarze,
`rezervuarnaia~ N 11.

_daarqvan daTa, daarqvan, mTavaria Cven ar dagvarqvan

rezervuarnaia, Torem quCas ara uSavs._mSvidi xmiT gamoexmaura
nastia da droebiT SeCerebuli locva ganagrZo.

mcired xanobas mdumarebam waiRo yurTa smena, TiTqos, yvela Tavis

ganvlil gzas Caufiqrda, Tavis warsuls. daTa fiqrebSic ki
mousvenari iyo, didxans ver daudgeboda warsulze nafiqrs, wamsve
samomavlod iwyebda gegmebis dawyobas:

_anna, xom ar gagveseirna?_miubrunda fiqrSi wasul qaliSvils.

_wadiT, gaiseirneT, oRondac mefisnacvlis sasaxleSi nu SexvalT

gasarTobad, codvaTa codviT eg kedlebic ki sevdianoben._Tqva
nastiam da isev locva aRavlina.

_wamoxval?_CaekiTxa ufro meti gulisyuriT vaJi.

_wamoval!_gadaebadra saxe annas. ezodan saxlSi Seirbina, sarkis

win itriala CiTis kabagamocvlilma. verkas daubara, nastias
mimixede, wyali miutane, Torem TviTon arasdros mogTxovso, da
daTasTan erTad saseirnod quCas dauyva.
 daTa mayaSvili mousvaneri iumoris mqone iyo, arasdros
moasvenebda saxumaro sityvebs, mudamdRe maT gamoyenebaSi gaxldaT,
gansakuTrebulad maSin, rodesac gverds umSvenebda misi satrfo,
anna.

II

WiSkris karebi braxuniT gaiRo da ufro xmaurianad daixura,

rodesac mogriale qariSxaliviT ezoSi maria Semovarda. pirisaxiT
muxldayudebuli geris Tvalsawieridan gauCinarebis mizniT misi
mimarTulebiT Tvalwin xeli aifara. ezo gadairbina da saxlis
zRurbls gadacilebulma annas SesZaxa:

_saxlSi araa._gamoepasuxa vera annas xmis molodinSi myof

dedinacvals.

_ma, sadaa?

_ra vici, albaT saqmeze Tu gavida.

_saxlis formiTaa?_ikiTxa Zalzed Sewuxebulis saxiT.

_sul saxlis formiT ar dadis? aba, Zvirfasi abreSumis sakabeebi

arCevanze rodisaa?

_ai, swored magaSia saqme, verka!.. annas sad aoxria da atielia

saopero kabebi, magis cvlaSi rom iyos? me ki sul ocnebaSi var, Cemi
gogoebi kargad davabinao, arc sxvis kabaze rCebodeT Tvali da arc
saWmelze.

dedinacvlis azrTa gaJRerebisas veras gulSi cudad gakenwla.

undoda ekiTxa, axla raRa Caifiqreo, magram ver gaubeda. vai Tu
annac igive bedis gaxados, rac Cem ufros das argunao, fiqrobda da
am azrs Wkuidan gadahyavda umcrosi geri. mciredxniani dumilis
Semdeg ki maria axali azris gaxmovanebas Seudga:

_aba, is kaci ra dasakargi iyo. aqeT-iqidan mosamsaxureebi exvia

gars, imotona hamqars amuSavebda. beberi, daCiavebuli dedac ki
Seawuxa nastias gulobisTvis, maxaCkalidan Camoiyvana, mere aqeT
amouyvana gasacnobad... adamians rom Wkua ar eyofa sasxvisod,
saTavisodac umaqnisi iqneba!

_exla sada brZandeba vahar gargaroviCi? rac undoda, xom moswia

Cems das?_gamoesarCla sityvierad ufrosi dis beds vera.
 _Sen das vaharma ki ara, bohemurma cxovrebis trfialma uqna.
gadaikida viRac sawyali, Tavsac moswia da im biWsac... vahari ra
SuaSia, hqonoda Sno, samagisod ar mindoda sikeTe, simdidre da
momavlisadmi kai yofiereba? axla xom aris kargad, qarsa da wvimaSi
TavRiad rom zis? aba, zamTari rom dadgeba da Tovls Camohyris,
yinva_yiamaTSi gadarCeba? albaT, erTxelac iqneba, debi gaakiTxavT
dilauTeniaze da gaToSili, usulod gadaqvavebuli dagixvdebaT, ise
CemTvis mainc sul egeTi iyo!

_egeTi rodis iyo?.. gana nastia qva iyo SenTvis?!_gawiwmatebulma

veram pirvelad aRimaRla xma dedinacvlis winaSe. xvdeboda, rom
gerebis meti TvinierobiT ufro Tavs gadioda, Tavis utopiur azrebs
axvevda da aiZulebda am azrebis ganxorcielebas.

_molevis qva rom ar iyos ase idgomilebda erT alagas? aseTma

umoZraobam an fexi ar atkina, an koWi, an muxli, andac diskomforti
mainc ar Seeqmna? marto loculobs, rac uyvars imas mihyo xeli,
advilsa da iorRas. ara, zamTarSi vnaxoT misi simagre. kiTxvaze
gipasuxeb, sad aris vahario, rom mkiTxe... is mudam bedisgan
ganebivrebuli, fufunebas naCvevi, kmayofilad grZnobs Tavs. egaa,
coli jer ar SeurTavs. hoda, vifiqre, dasacolebelia mainc da
iqneb, Cveni anna dafiqrebuliyo am araCveulebriv kandidatze, aseTi
Sansi aRar ganmeordeba.

_ras gadaekida Cems debs, sxvebi ver naxa sacoled?.. Tu raxan

oblebi varT, Cven upatiebebs uflebac ki ar gvaqvs arCevanis, Cveni
Sesaferi asakis mainc gvindodes? iqneb Cems das sxva uyvars, an iqneb,
ar fiqrobs gaTxovebaze!

_uyvars!_Caiqirqila dedinacvalma_ai, imasac uyvarda da axlac

uyvars ukve gardacvlili, imitomac zis ase.

adre mariam xmis aweva da aliaqoT-wioki icoda sapirispiro azris

mosmenisas. ar uyvarda gerebis mier azrTa SewinaaRmdegeba, axla
motexils hgavda, aSkarad, magram es moralurad motexili Tavis
azridan jiutad mainc ar gadadioda.

Sebindebulze dabrunebulma annam, verasgan gaigo ra dedinacvlis

Canafiqri, guli Seuwuxda:_axlave gaval, nastias vuambob marias
Canafiqrebs, nastiasac magan moswia yvelaferi. im biWma, kirilem,
pirdapir magis naTqvamze moikla Tavi. ver gauZlo aseT agresiul
tyuils misgan.

_ar uTxra nastinkas!_SeaCera veram fexze amdgari anna, romelsac

nugeSi ufrosi disgan sWirdeboda. _ver xedav, isedac, rogor
itanjeba, rogor loculobs dRe-Ram kiriles sulisTvis, da vin
Caagdo mag dReSi? Cveni dedinacvlis mzakvrulma mondomebam vaharis
hamqris mosaxveWad... da im vaharmac, romelsac sakuTari asaki
daviwyebisTvis gaumetebia da oblebs dagvdevs Tavisi siwuwkis
ganxorcielebisTvis, wuwki garyvnilebisTvis.

_bilwi!_gaawyvetina veras azri annas naTqvamma_marTali xar

veraCka, nastiam ara Tu ar unda gaigos es ambavi, aramed aq mosulic
ki ar unda naxos.

_aba, rogor moviqceT?.. me rom davuxvde gzaSi, an hamqarSi mivide

da gamovlanZRo?

_ara, lanZRvas aravin gapatiebs, Cvens droSi miuRebelia Senxela

gogom kacs ena Seubrunos, veraCka, Sen ar Caerio, Torem, axla Senze
daiwyebs fiqrs colis mosayvanad gamzadebuli. xom xedav, rac ufro
asakSi Sedis vahar gargaroviCi, mada miT ufro patara gogonebze
exsneba. me vici rogorc unda moviqce, yvelafers daTas vuambob, is
mouvlis ueWvelad am problemas.

_guli ar minda dagwyvito, anna, magram nastinkac SesCioda

kiriles vaharis ambebs, da araerTxel, magram is ratomRac Tavs
aridebda. ar vici, SesaZloa imis asaki aSinebda, an hamqris
ufrosobis gamo erideboda, miuxedavad imisa, rom soldati iyo,
mebrZolic, iatakqveSa organizaciebis naqiravebi mebrZolic...

_kirileSi ar SegeSalos daTa mayaSvili!_Tqva annam da

niSnismogebiT gadaxeda SeSinebul umcros daikos._daTa
gansxvavebulia Tavisi principebisadmi pativiscemiT, misi dacviTa da
bolomde gatanis mcdelobiT. vnaxoT, aba, daTa mayaSvili ras
moimoqmedebs!

_iqneb mariac gagvefrTxilebina, aseTi mzkvroba meored gulSi ar

gaevlo?

_ara, uaress izams. eg azri ar gamodgeba._ upasuxa annam da Cais

moduRebas Seudga. vera xelebSi Sehyurebda samzareuloSi mofusfuse
das, Tumca, misi goneba srulebiT sxva safiqralze gadarTuliyo. is
fiqrobda, rom, ra eSveleboda Tu problema, romelmac maT ojaxs
tragizmis mkacri marwuxebiT Seexo, isev ganmeordeboda da amjerad
mizanSi SuaTana das amoiRebda. annac msgavsad warsulisa,
Seyvarebuli gaxldaT rCeul daTa mayaSvilze, iseve rogorc nastia
iyo Tavdaviwyebuli trfobiT Semkuli satrfoze. isic usazRvrod
iyo Seyvarebuli samxedro pirze, kirile misTvis suliT axlobeli
aRmoCnda da imdenad Tavdajerebulad hpova navsayudeli qaliSvilma
vaJis bunebaSi, rom mis iqiT sxva mamakacis siyvaruli saCoTirod da
samarcxvinod ejereboda. nastias siyvarulis gulisTvis kirilem
TviTmkvlelobiT daasrula sicocxle, xolo TviT satrfom ver
apatia Tavs mouwesrigeblobis gamo broweulis xis ukan malva, iseT
dros , rodesac vaJs, gaigo ra misi avadmyofi yofierebisa Tu
gardacvalebis Sesaxeb informacia, afeqturi mdgomareoba daemarTa.
Tavs veRar akontrolebda gamudmebiT rTuli mdgomareobisa Tu
naRvliani warsulis mqone, romlisTvisac erTaderT sasixarulo
nugeSad nastias gulwrfeli siyvaruli moevlina. axla annas
SeuCndnen vahar gargaroviCi da misi sufliori, dedinacval_marias
saxiT. axla raRa moxdeba, neta isev Tavidan xom ar daiwyeba
areuloba am erTi askovani ustabaSis gulisTviso, dardobda anna da
sakuTar Tavs umagrdeboda zRva cremli rom ar gadmoSloda
Taflisferi Tvalebidan.

meore dResve dawvrilebiT uambo annam daTa mayaSvils

dedinacvlis mzkvruli Canafiqris Sesaxeb. arc imis moyola daaklo
naubars, Tu rogor imsxverpla kirilesa da nastinkas siyvaruli,
tragikulobis gamo nastinkam mjdomare mlocvelad dayudeba
gadawyvita, da romelsac tfiliselebma mjdomare Aanastasia
Searqves.

daTa bunebiT mousvenari iyo, erT adgilze gauCerebeli. misi

xasiaTobrivi cqmutva fiziologiurad garegnobazec aisaxeboda:
gamudmebiT dinamiuri, erT adgilze ramdenime wuTze metxans rom ver
dayovndeboda. modmiv moZraobaSi unda yofiliyo, mudmiv nacnobobaSi
ucnob-nacnobebTan, Tumca amjerad, annas msmenelis rolSi myofi,
sunTqvaSekruli da sulganabuli ayuradebda misi TiToeuli sityvis
gaxmovanebas. saubaris dasasruls ki annas Cveulebisamebr Sublze
eambora, nu ijavreb, rac ar unda giTxras mariam erTi yuridan
SeuSvi da meoridan uSfoTvelad gamouSvio, daariga.

saxlamde Cveuli iumoriT miacila, nastiasTanac mciredxans

Seyovnda saubris gamo, da Sebindebulze maTi ezo datova.

swored im saRamos Tavisi hamqris siaxloveze vahar gargaroviCs,

romelsac grZelmosasxamianis kalTebi tfilisis monavarde sios
gamo aqeT-iqiT ufrialebda, gzaze gadaeRoba da kiTxvebi erTmaneTis
Seusvenebliv miayara:

_kniazo vahar, aba, Tqveno gulmowyalebav, miTxariT ucoloda raT

daiarebiT? nuTu eseTi kargi garegnobis mxcovani vaJkaci aravis
undixarT? aravina gkadrulobT?.. iqneb Tqveni mesamedi asakis
qalwuls eZebT sacoleda? andac, iqneb wiwkvi jeeli ggoniaT
sakuTari Tavi vardis gauSleli kokoriviTa?

es ukanaskneli miuxvda axalgazrda ymawvils sibrazis mizezs da

saqmis gagrilebas saimedo argumentiT Seecada:

_me ra raa, saqmes sasidedro miCarxavs. imas vundivar, Torem me ra,

ra... kalTebs ki aravis vafxrew da...
 _ah, Turme gexvewebian kidenaca, ara? qorfa, axladwamoCituli
gogonebi gyvarebia Turme,_ Caicina naZaladevad daTam da ironiulad
dasZina_Tqve beberi virTagvasaviT wuwko da msunago, Tqvena!

_vis ubedav magasa, visa?!_ayvirda vahari, romelsac Warxlisferi

dasdeboda loyebganier saxeze.

_ ho, ra iyo, ra... ratom apilpildi, ra mag cxvir-pirze muri xom

ar wamisvams? ubralod vikiTxe raRa. ise, rom giTxraT, is gogo
Cemia_meTqi da meored masze susi ar gaiRoT aramc Tu xma-krinti
daZra-Tqo, ras izavdi?_daTam niSnismogebiT gadaxeda mis win
mdgomela metoqes da gverdiT adgili TvaliszomiT moiniSna
gadasaxtomad. gadaxta kidec, rodesac momentalurad vaharma muStis
dasartymelad gaiwia. daTam aicdina, magram sapasuxos dabrunebas ver
akadrebda sakuTar Tavs, radgan moCxubari metoqe masze gacilebiT
ufrosi asakisa gaxldaT:

_papaCemis asakisa ar iyo da mere me vicodi!_gasZaxa muqaris toniT

da isev ukan daxeva amjobina. Tumca vaharma Tavis muSaxels
dasaxmareblad yviriliT mouxmo:

_hamqris aqsnafebo, aqeT,aqeT!.. Tqven tolas minda daeWidoT!

_marTlac daZaxilze aTiode ymawvilkaci gamoeqana. erTerTi maTgani
did boRora ZaRls jaWvianad moarbeninebda. ZaRli avimomaswaveblad
yefda, gaagresiulebuls zurgze balani yalyze dadgomoda.

_baqmazi RvinosaviT unda daaRvinoT es maWarkaci. sduRs, sduRs

da daRvinebas vera aclis Tavis baindura Tavi. aba, aqsnafebo eciT
da Tu vinicobia gageqcevaT, mere, emand basaras afleTineT, mSieri
myavs mainca, Tanac saqonlis sisxlze gamokvebils sisxli swyuria,
ise kacisa da vacis sisxli arafers gauyvia!

hamqris jeelma muSebma Suagul wreSi moiqcies Tavisze umcrosi

daTa mayaSvili, erTianad miscvivdnen da begva dauwyes:

_ferdebi, ferdebi ar dagaviwydeT bijoo, ferdebic dauzileT mag

abutebula cets, gza momiWra ise, TiTqos, egeca myoloda gobak-
qamriani yaraCoReli, emanda vinme unairo dedlis wiwili xar da Tu
Saifereb-Saifere, Tu ara da Tavs wagacli, ras memamlayinwebi,
SeEudezov, Sena!_ gaiZaxoda vahari da xaverdis mosacmlis kalTebs
didroni xelis kotita TiTebiT ikapiwebda.

miwas buqi avarda meti wixlebis cveTiT. mtvris gangli rom

gadavida, mereRa gamoCnda hamqris muSebis mier nawixlar-nacemi da
muStebiT naTeTqv-nabegvi daTa mayaSvili, romelic Zirs dagdebuli,
mucelmokakvuli simwriT iklakneboda:
 _exla Tavi uSviT magasa, moxvda rac mosaxvedri iyo, Cemi
sakuTari boRora miuSviT, boRoram icis sisxlis gemo da fasi,
cotaodenaze kuWs gaiZRoms!_gasca gankarguleba yurmoWril
xelqveiTebSi, romelTac saxeze eweraT, CxubSi xelis gasvra didaTac
ara ewadaT, magram ufrosis gamo moCvenebiTac, naZaladevad
daivaldebules Tavi, radgan kaprizis SeusruleblobiT araerTxel
dausjia xelqveiTi aqsnafebi vahars.

mecxvaruli, cecxlisfrad aelvarebuli boRora, saxelad_basara,

romelic meti siavisgan yefisas duJi gadmosdioda aqaqanebuli
piridan, sayelodan auSves. TviTon vahari hamqris garSemo
Semovlebuli didi galavnis bWe-karSi Sevida Tu ara,
TvalTaxedvidan gauCinarda. xolo misi aqsnafebic aremares
moswydnen. zogi ukan daedevna, zogic sxva mimarTulebiT wavid-
wamovidnen. Cxubis adgilas mxolod Zirsnagdebi daTa mayaSvili da
misken myefavi basaraRa SemorCnen. daTa ris vai-vaglaxiT wamodga,
dasvril Sarvals da moflavebul, gverdebze Sefxrewil serTuks
sinanuliT Seavlo Tvali.

daxeTqili tuCis kuTxidan sisxli TiTebiT moiwminda, sisxlian

TiTebs saxeamreziT daxeda. ase uyura erTxans, mere mis win yefisgan
sulismosaTqmelad wamierad dadumebul ZaRls gauwoda mosalokad.
boxoram sisxliani TiTebi lokva-lokviT gausufTava, mere kudis
qicins mohyva kmayofilebis niSnad. esac ar akmara da saxeze uwyo
lokva, cxvirze, gaxeTqil tuCze, Sublze: _getyoba Senc, guls rom
ar gexateba is eSmakis mociquli, ara?_waukvnesa daTam ZaRls. _agre
rom ar iyos, aq salokavad ar momadgebodi da is aSaRlara, Seni
patroni, kide patara gogoebs ukan devnas ar dauwyebda. wavides raRa
da Tavisnairi mofxavebuli CaCanaki naxos, raRa oblebs gadaemtera?

daTa ris vai-vaglaxiT wamodga. dedisgan malulad saxlSi

misulma sruliad daiTvaliera Tavi sarkeSi. Calurjebul Tvalze
metad dafxavebuli serTukis gamoudegarobas Cioda gulSi. sakuTar
Tavs ujavrdeboda, sxvamxriv moqceva rom ar moisazra. tanT
gamoicvala, mokle Tmebi xeliT Seiswora, sarkeSi ukmayofilod
Seavlo Tvali Tavs gamxdari sxeulis viwro wels da uCumrad
Semosuli uCumradve gadavida saxlis ukana Robidan.

Robeze gadamxtari win daeskupa mTvaris Suqze Tixis qilebiT

mawonxeldamSvenebul dedakacs da mis patara gogonas, romelTac
SeSinebulebma erTi ki Sehkivles yaCaR-molandebas, Tumca Robidan
gadmomxtar rainds ufro SeeSinda deda-Svilis wiokze, erTi ki
SekrTa naucbaTevze da gverdis asxletviT SurduliviT Cauqrola.

nastias vaxSami ar uyvarda, arasdros vaxSmobda, Tumca, rodesac

debi Cais finjnebiT xelSi aqeT-iqidan Semouskupdebodnen, didad
nasiamovnebeli rCeboda. axlac, garkveuli dro dahyves debma erTad.
rodesac umcrosi debi miCumaTebul saxlSi dasaZineblad Sevidnen,
nastiam locvis aRvlenas mihyo xeli. saocari sanaxavi iyo tymlis
ayvavebuli totis qveS mjdomared momlocveli, ulamazesi sinatifis
mqone qaliSvili. is jer loculobda, mere ki, iseT dros, rodesac
mokrZalebulad amowverili mTvare horizonts sagrZnoblad
moscilda, Tavs wadgomamde kiriles naqon Zvelman pledSi gaexvia,
moibuza da muxlmjdomarem CaiZina ramdenime saaTiT.

Rame kargad fexmomagrebuli iyo, rodesac quCis kuTxidan

yvirilis gaurkveveli xmebi mohqonda gazafxulis moqriale sios.
mere cecxlis alebmac gaanaTes rezervuarnaias quCis dasawyisi,
romelTa mwveli enebi cis kideebs swvdebodnen. mxolod diliT,
mawvnis sayidlad gasuli maria, ukan aCqarebuli, nastias
TvalTaxedvis mimarTulebiT xelmofarebuli ezos elviseburad
gadarbenili, samzareuloSi gerebis win suls Zlivs iTqvamda
mtirali:

_vahar gargaroviCisTvis viRac naZiralas hamqari gadauwvavs... jer

uCxubia imasTan, vahars ise ucemia, ise, rom aqsnafebs Zlivs
gaugdebinebiaT xelidan, rom ar Semokvdomoda. mere, axla rac vahars
dauklia mis giJ-gadareul ZaRls daumatebia, sul gamouglejavs
xorcebi ferdebidan. vahari erT ambavSia, raRa meSvelebao, ramotona
zarali vnaxeo, aqsnafebs jamagirsac ki veRar gadavuxdio... _loyebs
ixokavda maria. annam wyliT samse Wiqa miawoda gulis mosabruneblad.
veram ki annas saqcieli uadgilod zrdilobianad miiCnia, razedac
cxvirabzuebulma agrZnobina namoqmedaris mimarT arasasiamovno
ganwyoba.

_damSviddi, araferi mouva, mixedavs Tavis saqmes TviTonve._Tqva

annam dedinacval marias misamarTiT.

_SenTvis ra ioli naTqvamia, araferi mouvao. imxela hamqari,

uamravi tyavi, uamravi matyli auburbura im aramzada vigindaram,
netav vicode vin iyo, Cemi xeliT gavfxrewdi da gavwewdi!

_neta vin iyo?_sasxvaTaSorisod ikiTxa veram da gamomcdeli

mzera mariasaken mimarTa.

_ra vici, vin iyo da... is iyo, Sen dasTan erTad rom dabrZandeba
aRma-daRma. me ukve gulisadgili aRara maqvs, veraCka... jer iyo da
nastias vdardobdi. viRaca umarifaTo, susti kacis gadamkides, vdie,
vdie da ver Semovatriale bedwaRmiskena, maincdamainc
bedukuRmarToba irCia. axla annas sanerviulod gavixade Tavi.
 _es visRa gadaekida? annas gadamkidec susti, umarifaTo
kacia?_nametani miamitad moaCvena Tavi dedinacvals am kiTxviT, Tumc
masSi cinizmis elementebi daemala umcross das.

_annas gadamkide, umarifaTo da susti rom iyos raRa miWirda?..

erTi TavzexelaRebuli, vigindara da daumorCilebeli nagiJaria. aba,
egeTi rom ar iyos, hamqris gadawvas gabedavda, eg umsgavso, ega?

_magan ra icis, riT amtkicebs daTas namoqmedaria Tu sxvisi?_ ver

aitana satrfos avtoritetis Selaxva annam, saxeze awiTlebuliyo
meti emociebisgan, gulis baga-bugi yurebSi uSnod moesmoda.

_rogor Tu ra icis?! _daabnia kiTxvam maria_albaT Tu dainaxa,

Torem ratom me ar madebs xels, an amas?_Tqva da xeli dadumebuli
verasken miiRo.

_tyuilad cilis wameba yvelaze saSineli danaSaulia, daTa Tu

araa damnaSave da vahari mas adanaSaulebs, sasikvdilo codviT
daisjeba!_ cxared Tqva annam da dedinacvls kuSti mzera miapyro.
kidev surda naTqvamisas raRacis mimateba, magram gadaifiqra,
rodesac SiSnaWamTvalebiani dedinacvlis wamoxtoma da misi
eldanakraviviT gauCinareba ixila. mixvda, rom naTqvami ekaliviT
moxvda marias guls, simwarem fexze wamoagdo da Tavis saZinebelSi
Seiketa.

im dRes daTa mayaSvili calTvalze xelafarebuli daiareboda

debi nikiSevebis ezoSi. erTadgilze gaCerebas ver itanda, bolTis
cemac ki emociuri da mousvenari hqonda:

_asea nastinka, ase, Tu ar gasveneben, arc Sen unda moasveno, da

ise ar unda moasveno, rom iqiT gadario... da Tanac ise unda gadario,
rom aqedan gaaqcio... Tanac ise unda gaaqcio, rom aqaurobis gaxseneba
didad SeSinebulze burZglavdes, da ise unda burZglavdes, rom
metadre adamianobaSi sindisis qenjnas uRvivebdes, da ise unda
uRvivebdes...

_daTa, araa saWiro!_ Seawyvetina nastiam._boroteba borotebiT

arasdros marcxdeba, piriqiT, is ufro did siborotes Sobs. naSobi
siborote Sen Tu verafers dagaklebs, Sens monagarSi romeliRacas
gaumwarebs piris gemos, an Sen gverdiT myof sustebs Seiwiravs. ar
ginda daTa , gTxov, sikeTeze didi siZliere da gamarjveba bunebas
ar gamougonia. yvelaze Zlieri xriki, iaraRi Tu orTabrZola,
sikeTea. merwmune, daTa, gTxov._nastias Tvalze kamkama cremli
mosdgomoda, romelic nazi namiviT ubrwyinavda Tvalze.

_me Cemi siyvaruli am gziT davicavi, am gziT gadavarCine da Tu

saWiro gaxdeba, ufro mkacradac moveqcevi molaybe daundoblebs,
gazviadebuli warmodgena rom aqvT sakuTar Tavebze da sruliad
fuWadac...

_ara, daTa, gTxov, ar arsebobs sikeTis mier daujabnavi problema,

siyvaruls siborotiT ver daicav, eg warmoudgenelia._nastiam
xmamaRali locva iwyo. loculobda mTeli gulidan amotyorcnili
sityvebiTa da am sityvebis sruli emociuri gamoxatulobebiT. saxeze
cremli daudioda, cremli cvariviT ewveTeboda xan mis mkerds da
xanac Zirs, miwaze eSveboda. daTas mSfoTvare xasiaTs tkbilad
moxvda locvis Zala. esiamovna guls umanko qaliSvilis sasiamovnod
modudune, salocavad dayenebuli xma. ezoSi mousvenrad moxetiale
myisierad damSvidda. nastias ramdenime metris moSorebulze,
gadaWril kunZze Camojda da smenad gaikrifa.

ramdenime dRis Semdeg ki veram Tavisi TvaliT ixila, Tu rogor

emzadeboda samgzavrod abargebuli vahar gargaroviCi.
rezervuarnaias quCis dasawyisSi or cxenSebmul drogze
gamWvartlul, uamrav sayofacxovrebo nivTs udebda, zogs naxanZrals
da zogsac gadarCenils. maria Soriaxlos darcxveniT trialebda.
naRvlianad adevnebda Tvals daRonebuli sasiZos fusfuss. drogze
Semomjdars dasamSvidobeblad miadga, iman didad nawyeni saxiT, erTi
ki gamoxeda ideebgamziarebels, mere cxvirpiri ukmayofilod
miubruna da medroges SesZaxa: _haa, daiZar raRa!

bargi-barxaniT datvirTuli drogi mZimed daiZra. WrialiT iwyo

drogis Tvlebma nela triali. marias uRonod CamoSvebuli xelebi
uTrToda, ganicdida gakotrebuli vahar gargaroviCis samudamo
gamgzavrebas. momWknar saxeze sevdisferi Crdilebi dasTamaSebdnen.
molurjo feris momCvarul kabis kalTas niavi sustad ufrialebda.
gaWaRaravebuli Tmebi ukan erT konad daekosavebina, rac arsebul
wlovanebas ufro metad matebda asakovan Sesaxedavobas:

_vahar gargaroviC, tfilisSi rom CamoxvalT, aucileblad

minaxuleT, vahar gargarovC..._ daedevna maria drogiT gaqceul yofil
sasiZos, romelsac Tavisi nebiT daeTmo nanatrad moxveWili sasiZos
saxeli. ukmayofilod Caiqnia xeli mamakacma, ise, rom madevari
mariasTvis zedac ar Seuxedavs.

Mmgzavris Tvalis mifarvas aRar dalodebia maria. saxlSi misuli

ki krazanasa da SavTavas balaxebisgan nervebis damamSvidebel nayens
ixarSavda, raTa momxdariT gamowveuli nerviuloba odnav mainc
Caecxro.

III
 sisxam dilas foTis portSi franguli droSis qveS mcuravi
holandiuri gemi saxelad `siriusi~ Semovida. gemi samgzavro
daniSnulebis ar gaxldaT, is tvirTmzidi da konkretulad iaraRis
gadamzidi iyo. gemidan swrafi daniSnulebiT winaswar gund-gundad
Semdgarma pirtitvela axalgazrdebma iwyes iaraRis CamotvirTva, mere
portis sawyobSi SehqondaT. `siriusidan~ Camoclili iaraRi erT-erT
politpartias, social-federalistebs ekuTvnodaT, romelic
masiurad student-axalgazrdebiT iyo dakompleqtebuli. maTi
raodenoba sakmaod Warbobda social-demokratTa momxreebis
raodenobas. federalistebma `siriusis~ iaraRi: xelyumbarebi,
sabrZolo Tofebi, revolverebi da qvemexis yumbarebi ideologiur
momxreebSi daariges.

rodesac revoluciur amboxs moawyobdnen, xalxi winaswar

mzadyofnaSi unda yofiliyo, radgan maT sakuTari Tavisa da
ojaxebis dacva SeZlebodaT. revolucias federalistebi
daSnakebTan erTad gegmavdnen carizmis mmarTvelobis winaaRmdeg.
SeiaraRebul samxedro nawilze Tavdasxma da ganadgureba gegmis
mTavari nawili iyo. revoluciisaTvis saWiro Tanxasac mouyares Tavi,
rodesac duSeTis mazris xazina dayaCaRebisas pirTamde gaacamtveres,
yaCaRebs darajebi ise gaekoWaT, diliT napovnebs gabawrul xel-fexs
veRar uxsnidnen. yvelaferi ZiriaRma moeqciaT, rac ram enaxaT,
gaezidaT: sawyobSi Senaxuli drogis borblebi, romlebic didad
aravis dasWirdeboda, Tan waeRoT, aseve kedlis saaTi, xeliT naxati -
dabRverili qalis portreti, romelic ise iyo gamuruli,
gamosaxulebis amocnoba Wirda da Rumelis muxli, romelsac qvena
qarisas ukeTebdnen, raTa milidan kvamli da Wvartli ukan ar
wamosuliyo.

gakoWili yaraulisTvis jibidan naWris parkSi saguldagulod

gakruli xmela TuTuni amoecalaT da xels gaeyolebinaT. rac
Seexeba xazinas, is karga xvaviani aRmoCnda, ramac xeli Seuwyo
postrevoluciuri movlenebis swrafad ganviTarebas.

`siriusidan~ CamotvirTuli iaraRidan wili daTa mayaSvilsac

ergo. gaxarebulma SeaTamaSa xelSi xelyumbarebi, ramdenime
revolveri da sabrZolo Tofebi, romelTac iseTi galaquli
kondaxebi hqondaT, Tvals Wrida mnaxvels. iaraRebs, Tavis patrontaS-
qamrebianad RamRamobiT zidavda saxlSi. saxlis ukan miwaSi
sagangebod gamzadebul `sarkofag-samalavSi~ flavda. mas zemodan
jvriani qva edga, viTomdac gardacvlili papisadmi xsovnis
sapativsacemod. arada papac saxeze hyavda da papis mamac. ojaxis
wevrebi saqmis kursSi iyvnen da xelsac uwyobdnen mis xrikianobas.
Tumca, Tavdapirvelad did winaaRmdegobas uwevdnen, sjidnen
sxvadasxvanairad, magram roca veras gaxdnen, iZulebulni Seiqmnen
mxars Tu ar aubamdnen, arc misi dasjiT SeewuxebinaT ojaxis Tbili
da uzomod mosiyvarule wevri.

revoluciuri surneli dRiTidRe mZafrdeboda saqarTvelos did

qalaqebSi. maTi mosaxleoba yoveldRiur samsxverplos iRebda
Zarcva-yaCaRobis gamo, gabatonebuli Cagvrisa da Zalmomreobis
fonze. revoluciuri aRmavloba `mayviralTa jgufebiT~ daiwyo.
`mayviralni~ axalgazrda federalistebi iyvnen, romelTa mizani
xalxSi panikis Setana, ideologiuri anarqizmis daTesva da qaosis
momka iyo.

qaoss ayolili, panikaSi myofi mosaxleoba ki quCaSi gamovidoda

Tu ara, swored maSinve unda momxdariyo carizmis armiasTan
Sesatakebeli manevrebi. revoluciuri ideologia gulisxmobda quCaSi
gamosuli panikas ayolili mosaxleobisa da carizmis armiis
erTmaneTze datakebas. aseT dros revolucionerebic Caebmebodnen
aqtiur brZolaSi da molodinSi myofni gamarjvebas imedovnebdnen.

revoluciuri panika yvela qalaqSi erTidaimave dros unda

dawyebuliyo. revolucionerebi didad SemarTebiTa da idealistrad
ganwyobilni elodnen Sesaferis drois moments.

daTqmulma drom moawia gazafxulis miwuruls, dilauTeniaze

`mayviralTa gundi~ mcxeTas SeiWra, quCaSi sabaasod Segrovil
ramdenime qals yviriliT Cauares da Tavis gadasarCenad
Tavdacvisaken mouwodes:_modian, Tavs uSveleT, xalxno, aravis
indoben... gaiqeciT, saxlebSi nu darCebiT!

qalebma iseTi wioki atexes, mTeli qalaqis macxovreblebi gareT

gamocvivdnen. boRCebakidebulni vin saiT garboda:

-ra moxda, ra, xalxo?_gareT gamoiWra panikaSeyril xalxSi oTxi

Svilis mama, mcxeTis gvarianad ZirZveli macxovrebeli, romelic
kargi, mSromeli da samarTliani kacis avtoritetiT gaxldaT
cnobili.

_Tavs uSveleT, noe batono, Tavs, caris armia dagvesxa Tavs,

xalxi gamorboda gverdiTa soflidan!_ gamoepasuxa boRCebSekruli
mamakaci, romelmac sapasuxod SeaCera elvis siCqariT morbenali
muxli, matarebelze gavrbivar noe batono!

_matarebliT saiT unda gaiqce, saiT?_daadevna sityva qariviT

mqrolav mglismuxlas. pasuxi ki Zalze Soridan gaagona, mamakacis
gamosaxuleba nel-nela buzisodenadac daapatarava manZilis siSorem.

_sadac Tvali miWris, iq!_

 saxlSi Sevardnilma noem cols boRCebis Sekvra ubrZana, mZinere
Svilebs daeria, gaaRviZa da gareT gamoyara. ufrosi qaliSvili_nazi
ToTxmeti wlisa gaxldaT. Tvaladi, tanadi, mtrisTvisac ki saamuri
Sesaxedaobis iyo. misi momdevno TerTmeti wlis vaJiSvili-leoni,
garegnulad mamis asli, celqi da mousvenari gaxldaT. misi momdevno
xuTi wlis kaxaberi da sul patara sidonia, fexze gauvleli, jer
wlisac ar Sesrulebuliyo.

colma boRCebi qmars gadasca, TviTon ki patara sidonia aitata

xelSi, Svilebs siswrafisken mouxmo da ojaxis Tavkacs ukan,
fexdafex mihyva. rkinigzis sadgurisken gaqceulebs gzadagza
aalebuli kvamli, sadRac Soridan qars motanili wivil-kivilis
xmebi ufro metad uqmnidnen panikis safuZvels.

siCqariT araqaTgamoclilebi miiwevdnen win. ojaxis Tavkacma

ajoba yvelas, matareblis daZvramde miaRwia naucbaTevad
mizandasaxul adgils. liandagebze Semdgari akivlebuli matarebeli
gasasvlelad momzadebuliyo, Tumca noe col-Svilis gareSe asvlas
ar apirebda. maT xelis qneviT aCqarebda. ufrosma Svilma, nazim
pirvelma miirbina mamasTan. am ukanasknelma xelis miSveliebiT ukve
nela daZruli matareblis kibeze Seaxtuna, matarebelma daZris xma
kedev ufro mWeqared daixuvla da Cveuli siCqariT aiRo gezi, daiZra.
baqanze darCenil mamasTan meore Svilma-leonma moiirbina. xuTi wlis
mtirali kaxaberi CviliT xelatatebul dedas kabis kalTaze
CabRujebuli adgilidan aRar icvlida fexs. daRlilobiT
SeRonebuli jiutad mosTqvamda, erTmaneTSi areoda cremli da
wyvintli, aCqarebuli qoSinobda.

Cvilatatebulma makrinem cali xeli Caavlo kaxabers, mixvda ver

miuswrebda ukve daZrul matarebels, qmars uZaxda, aniSnebda, rom ar
dalodeboda, xeli moekida leonisaTvis da matareblis Ria karSi
mdgom qaliSvils ahyoloda, magram noes es miniSnebebi xmaurSi ar
esmoda, an SeiZleba xvdeboda kidec colis, gulisTqmas. is xom
usityvo monamorCili iyo sakuTari ojaxis, colis romlis TvalebSi
CaxedviT xvdeboda mis sixarulsa Tu wuxils, gadaRlasa Tu ojaxis
uRelis simZimes. noe gadamkvdari mama da qmari iyo. is ver SeZlebda
mosiyvarule colisa da ori Svilis mitovebas mtrianobis Jams,
arada ukve daZrul matarebels misi ToTxmeti wlis qaliSvili-nazi
mihyavda.

noem, romelmac transportSi asvlis imedi gadawura, mTeli ZaliT

uyvira gaqanebuli matareblis Ria karSi mdgar qaliSvils, romelic
Sewuxebuli saxiT umzeda baqanze mdgar, uRonod mklavebCamoyril
mamas, romelsac zurgiT naTrevi boRCebi Zirs, aqeT-iqiT mimoefanta.
Dabneuli noe wamierad gons moego. qaliSvils gaqanebuli
matareblidan gadmoxtomas aniSnebda, uyviroda, xelebs uqnevda da
Camoxtomis maneras imeorebda mTeli taniT. qaliSvili mamisgan
siSoris SiSma aitana, wamierad gaivlo gulSi rom ar gadamxtariyo
da matarebls Sors, Zalian Sors waeyvana, maSin, rogor gaZlebda
Tavisi mSoblebis, mosiyvarule Zmebisa da patara sidonias gareSe?

xelebmaqnevari mama ukan darCa, mere Tvalsac miefara. mama

davkargeo, gaifiqra da am tragikulma azrma gabeduleba Semata.
mTeli Zala moikriba, erTi Rrmad CaisunTqa. Tumc gabedulebas isev
SiSma ajoba, gadmoxtoma ver gabeda. matareblis siCqariT
ukanmotovilma peizaJebma, romelic erT, bundovan zolad
gawoliliyo, Tvalebi auWrela, yurebSi mxolod Sxuilis xma
Caesmoda. ase araferi gamovao, gaifiqra SeSinebulma da imdenad
Zlierad gasWvala mSobliuri keris siyvarulma, rom daufiqreblad
daxuWa Tvalebi da matareblis Ria karidan gadmoxtomis nacvlad,
mZimed gadmogorda. es wamis measedSi moaxerxa. igrZno, Tu, rogor
mowyvetiT daenarcxa civ dedamiwas, rogor gauxurda gverdi miwasTan
Sexebisas, TiTqos cecxli SeunTeso dacemis alagas. fexebze simZime
igrZno, mere sicive da saSineli tkivili. moCuqCuqe matarebls bolo
ar uCanda, erTi ki moaxerxa gverdidan simZimeSeyolili adgilisken
Tvalis gapareba, muxlsqveviT gadaWrili fexebidan sisxli TqrialiT
asxamda gaqceuli matareblis Jangisferi liTonis borblebsa da
liandags. alisferi sisxlis guburis xilvam ki momentalurad
moucela goni.

aqoSinebuli mirboda noe Svilis siyvaruliT gulanTebuli, mas

ar daunaxavs misi gadmoxtoma, Tumca guliT grZnobda rom ver
gabedava gahyoloda marto rkinis futliars, romelic ucxo-ucxo
xalxiT iyo gadaWedili. TiTo nabiji saukunesaviT eweleboda,
Soridan SeamCnia Zirs dagdebuli adamianis gamosaxuleba,
CasacmeliT icno Svilis sxeuli. liandagebsa da mis gardigardmo
alisfrad aelvarebulma sisxlis gubem SeakrTo noe, magram rodesac
gondakarguli qaliSvilis sxeuls daakvirda, xelebi TavSi waiSina.
muxlebTan gadaesera fexebi ugrZnob matarebels. dabneulma mamam
uSinaarso yvirili morTo. mSvelels eZebda TvalebiT, aremareze ki
kaciSvili ar WaWanebda.

baqanze sam SvilTan darCenil dedas dedobrivma intuiciam

cxoveluri Rriali daawyebina. mware SegrZneba mohgvara xasiaTSi da
gulis kovzi dauTuTqa. qaliSvilis bedisweras mTeli sisruliT
gaucnobiereblad aRiqvamda, gaqcevas uqadda Sinagani Zala, magram sam
Svils ver Tmobda baqanze umeTvalyureod dasatoveblad. kivili
morTo, gamvlel-gamomvlelTa yuradReba miiqcia, xeliT aniSnebda
mimaval liandags miRma safrTxis arsebobis Sesaxeb. ramdenime
mamakacs saxeze enacnoba kidec qali, mis mier miTiTebuli
adgilisken sirbiliT daiZrnen saSvelad.
 adgilze misulebs Semzaravi suraTi dauxvdaT, Tavpirs
ibrdRvnida gulamoskvniT mtirali mama fexebgadaWrili, ugonod
myofi axladwamoCituli qaliSvilis winaSe. qoCori gaCeCvoda noes,
aqamde Savad mobzinvare, momentalurad gaWaRaraveboda, Svilis
sacodaobiT saxe SeSloda, qvac ki iwvoda mama-Svilis saodavobiT.

saSvelad misulTagan erT-erTma Savi, CaRiluli labada gaiZro da

Zirs daafina, zed daasvenes qaliSvilis jer kidev moTbo sxeuli,
aqeT-iqidan aswies mamakacebma da axlomdebare samxedro
medpunqtisken gaaqanes.

mcxeTa panikis qarcecxlSi gaxveuliyo. quCebSi talRa-talRa

xalxis nakadi gaurkveveli mimarTulebiT qaoturad moZraobda.
anarqia tfilisis quCebsac umal daetyo. dedaqalaqSi revoluciuri
movlenebi mcxeTaSi ganviTarebuli situaciis paralelurad
mimdinareobda.

mamals axali nayivli hqonda, rodesac tyvia-wamliT SeiaraRebuli

daTa mayaSvili rezervuarnaias quCisken miiswrafoda. sabrZolo
mzadyofnaSi myofi vaJi daurideblad gadavida WiSkars. ezodan
naTlad moCanda baRis SuagulSi muxlze mjdomare Aanastasia,
romelsac tyemlis foTlebaxasxasebuli toti ise gadafarvoda
Tavze, TiTqos, simwvaniT mis Saravandeds mosavda. axalgaRviZebul
saxeze mSvidi Rimili dafenvoda, TvalebSi naTeli sxivebi
gamokrTodnen, misi Sinagani samyaro locvisTvis momzadeboda. daTa
mswrafl mieaxla Aanastasias, Tavi daukra da mis win, pirispir
Caemuxla:

_nastia, rogor xar?_

anastasiam deduri siTboTi gauRima ymawvils da Tavi, kargad

yofnis niSnad, nazad daukra:

_miTxari, vinme xom ar gabrazebs?.. miTxari da Tavsac wavacli!

qaliSvilma kopebi Seukra ymawvils:

_daTa, gana es Seni sanimuSo saqcieli iqneba? aba, miTxari,

mitevebaze saukeTeso saCuqari sakuTari sindisisaTvis ra unda iyos?
ici, ras niSnavs kopwia sindisdamSvidebuloba?

_nastia, me... soflad mival, cota xniT, gTxov, annas mimixede, Sen
gabareb mis Tavs!_ daTam Seawyvetina saubari muxlebmodrekil
mSvenebas, romlis xmaSi mudara gamosWvioda.

_vici me, rogor sofelSic midixar, vxvdebi... mag `soflebSi~

siarulma Cems kiriles nervuli sistema daususta. isic SensaviT sul
brZolidan-brZolaSi gadadioda, bolos TurqeTis sazRvarze
agzavnidnen, brZanebis Sesasruleblad Tavs ar zogavda. ra moigo, Tu
ar waago. gana sisxli, Tundac mtrisa iyos, dasaRvrelad
sasiamovnoa? mas ar axlavs Sinagani gancdebiT gamowveuli simZime,
romelic mTeli cxovreba gasdevs?.. sindisis mWamelad evlineba
ZilSi, sizmrad ar asvenebs, martod darCenils mSfoTvares amyofebs.

_xandaxan simartovec kargia.

_mxolod ZlierTaTvis, monaniebisaTvis dafiqrebis saSualebis

misacemad, magram sustni simartoves ganurbian, im SiSis gamo,
romelic warsulSi Cadenilma codvam Sva. rac ufro gadis dro, miT
ufro umZafrdeba adamians Seumsubuqebeli codvaTa simZime...…

_aba, ra vqna, ar wavide?

_verafers getyvi, samSoblos siyvarulis akrZalvis ufleba aravis

aqvs. ise unda giyvardes, rogorc Sen ggonia marTebulad.

_xo, me rom samSoblosTvis vibrZoleb, Cems samSobloSi xalxi da

maTi keTildReobac xom Sedis? Cemi samSoblo xom esaa_ Tqva da
dasturad Tvali mimoavlo garSemo areals_amaSi Senc, nastia,
kiriles xsovnasTan erTad, Sedixar... annac Sedis, misi
keTildReobac, Tqveni patara verac da dedaCemica.

Anastasias saxeze Tbili Rimili daefina, TvalebSi umankod

brwyinavi cremlebi auTamaSdnen:

_gaxsovdes, samSoblos siyvaruli mxolod raindTa xvedria,

samSoblos ar irCeven, is TviTon girCevs Sen. Seni erTgulebidan da
adamianobidan gamomdinare, rogorc moeqcevi mas, rogorc daicav, es
Senive Tvisebebzea damokidebuli, gmirulsa an mxdalze. daTa,
viloceb Sens gamo, nu dardob, mSvidobiT dagvibrundebi, raindo!

miwaze Cacucquli daTa mokrZalebulad wamoimarTa. saxeze amayi

Rimili dasTamaSebda, rac anastias sityvebiT iyo gamiwveuli: _me
annas, vnaxav, imasac vetyvi sofelSi rom mivdivar, vaiTu didi xniT
momiwios gauCinareba da...

anastasiam siTboTi samse Tvalebi gaayola daTas zurgs,

romelmac satrfos gasaRviZeblad xis karze Tamamad daakakuna.

anastasiam xma miaSvela, annas xmamaRla SesZaxa. saxlidan

saZineblis karis Wriali moisma, nabijebis xmac TandaTanobiT
axlovdeboda. kari xalaTmocmulma annam gaaRo. zRurblze Semdgar
daTas SehRima da nastiasaken gaixeda:

_meZaxdi daiko? Ddila mSvidobis!

 _ho, Cems gamo geZaxda, anna, cota xniT soflad mivemgzavrebi,
naTesavTan. SesaZloa Zalian malec davbrunde.

_rodis male?

_xval dilasve, andac ramdenime dRe davyovnde, windawin xom ar

vici. _aiwura mxrebi daTam, romelsac satrfos naxvis gamo xasiaTSi
lmobiereba gaRviveboda: _ar gamacileb?... ai WiSkramde mainc...

annam kidec ufro wrfelad gauRima, saxlis zRurbls gadasulma

kari faqizi moZraobiT miixura zurgs ukan.

xalaTis sayelos kideebi orive xeliT axlos, gulispirTan

miiwia, kdemamosili krZalviT mihyveboda gverddamSvenebul ymawvils.

ezodan quCaSi gadavidnen. saxls gascdnen. mere mezoblis saxlic

moitoves ukan: _ase Cacmulma quCis bolomde ginda
gagacilo?_moridebiT hkiTxa annam.

daTam winidan mouWra gza qaliSvils, Zalian axlos mivida masTan.

ymawvilis sunTqva saxeze elamuneboda annas. vaJma saxe saxesTan
miutana satrfos, bageze nazad eambora. daurideblad, moulodnelad
winaswari Semzadebebis gareSeEamborma anna daabnia, Tumca
nasiamovnebeli darCa pirveli kocniT. guli auCqrola vaJis tuCebma,
romelTa mikarebisas siZlieresTan Tanaziareba igrZno kafandara
qaliSvilis gulma. siyvaruliT samse TvalebiT Sehxaroda amboris
dasrulebis Semdeg.

Soriaxlodan gaurkveveli SeZaxilis xmam gamoafxizla

siyvaruliT aRvsili wyvili. WiSkridan marias gamoyofili Tavi
dalandes. anna umniSvnelodac ki ar SeSinebula, imis gafiqrebisas
rom dedinacvalma misi da daTas ambori ixila. metic ufro didi
SemarTebiT warsdga mis winaSeEsaxlSi Sesuli satrfos gacilebis
Semdeg. TiTqos, brZoliT sulSemarTebuli ymawvilkacis gambedaoba
da xasiaTobrivi Seupovroba qalwuls amboriT gadasdeboda
infeqciasaviT. anna nela da Rrmad sunTqavda, arasdros ugrZvnia
iseTi Tavdajerebuloba, rogoric axla.

dedinacvali dumda. dumiliT gamoxatavda Tavis zizRismier

damokidebulebas sakuTari TvaliT nanaxis gamo. annas ki guli ise
hqonda siyvaruliT gapilpilebuli, iseTi emociebiT samse
STabeWdileba gamohyoloda pirveli amboris Semdeg, rom zedmetad
arafer miwiers aRar SeeZlo misi nervis atokeba da mofutkna. dRem
uxmaurod Caiara nikiSevebis saxlSi.

Tumca tfilisi isev areulobis qarcecxlSi gaexvia.

revolucionerebma didad veraferi sagmiro ver Caidines qalaqis
areulobisas. regionebma ufro metad ganicades xelovuri panikis
daTesva. Sedegic savalalo iyo zogierTi ojaxisTvis.

mcxeTeli noes qaliSvili_nazi, cocxali gadarCa, Tumc xeibars

unda ecqira windarCenili cxovrebisTvis. damoukidebels ver unda
gaevlo da misTvis is sixaruli, rac manamde arsebobda, im erT
xelovnurad aRmocenebuli panikis dRes savalalod moimka qveynisa
da eris winaSe sruliad udanaSaolo, alalmarTlobisa da Sroma-
garjis moyvarulma noem.

tfilisSi revoluciurma mcdelobam areuloba gamoiwvia, Tumca

ara iseTi, rogorsac elodnen. xalxis masebze panikam saWiroebisameb
mizanmimarTulad ver imuSava. isini ubralod saxlebSi Seiketnen,
quCebi sruliad gamonTavisufldnen da misi kontroli ufro iolad
gaxldaT SesaZlebeli, magram aqa-iq dapirispirebis partizanul
SemTxvevebsac hqonda adgili. erT-erTi mcire Setakebisas
policmaister-naomis sicocxle emsxverpla. am ambis gamo ufro metad
gaZlierda quCebSi kontrolic, saxlebSi dauridebelad policiis
Sevardna da Cxrekisas raime saeWvos aRmoCenis SemTxvevaSi, Tundac
iaraRis, Jangmokidebuli xanjlis, didi danis qonisas, ojaxis
Tavkacs sawameblad metexis cixe ar ascdeboda.

kidev erTma revoluciurma mcdelobam Caiara utopiurad, arafris

momcemad. arada, daSnakebTan erTad did imedebs amyarebdnen iaraRiTa
da fuliT momaragebuli liderebi, romelTaganac zogi daakaves,
daxvrites da zogic umisamarTod gadaixvewa stambolsa Tu parizSi.

IV
anastasiasTan momsvlel-stumarTa gundi ar wydeboda. zogs
ecodeboda da sakvebiT amaragebda, zognic masSi zebunebriv
mfarvelobas xedavdnen da madlis misaRebad stumrobdnen. zogs xili
mihqonda, zogsac yvavilebi.

gimnaziis megobrebma moinaxules. erTad gaixsenes bavSvobis

droindeli Tavs gadaxdenili ambebi. dalilas gulisSemawuxeblad
Savi ZaZebiT Seexvia Tavi, romlis foCebi Tvalebs ufaravda:

_ukve davqvrivdi, qmari momikles, quCaSi gadasrol-gadmosrolisas

sruliad udanaSaulos brma tyvia moxvda gulSi. Cems xelSi dalia
suli... erTi vaJiSvili damrCa, jer sul pataraa...

nastia mTeli guliT SeigrZnobda mis mwuxarebas, iTavisebda

bavSvobis amxanagis rTul yofierebas, Tavze nugeSis gamo xeliT
Tbilad ealerseboda:_ axla raRa vqna, ar vici, ra meSveleba,
nastinka, rogor davZlio es mwuxareba? mets veRar vuZleb, aRaraferi
SemiZlia tirilis garda_kvnesiT moTqvamda norCi qali, romelic
Aanastasias gverdiT Camoskupebuliyo koWjuja taburetze:

_iloce, Zvirfaso, iloce da mogeSveba. roca mwuxareba

Semogitevs, locviT iwamle. inkurneba yovelive. gardacvlilsac
naTeli adgeba Seni locvis ZaliT, Senc keTilgeyofa... ar ifiqro,
rom sikvdiliT cxovreba mTavrdeba, SeiZleba miwieri TvaliT xilva
dagimTavrdes, magram gjerodes, sikvdiliT cxovreba arasdros
mTavrdeba. arc sicocxle mTavrdeba sikvdiliT, arc siyvaruli.

_eg rogor?_aRmoTqva dalilas gvardSi mjdomma ekaterinam da

Tvalebi ufro metad gaufarTovda interesiT.

_ai, ase, Cven gvgonia, rom rasac ver vxedavT ar arsebobs. xom
asea, magram imaze Tu gvifiqria rom is risi danaxvac gvinda, saWiro
araa yvela xedavdes. daunaxavad dajereba da SegrZneba im yovelive
arsebulisa, rac sxvisTvis miuwvdomelia, mxolod ZlierTa xvedria.
asea, sul Tavian da ase iqneba sul bolomde. Tu irwmuneb mTeli
Seni arsiT, SeigrZnob ise Zlier, rom danaxvasac SegaZlebinebs
RvTiuri kavSirebi. yvelafers Zlieri unda Sexvde, yvela gansacdels,
yvela gasaWirs. dRevandeli uSaqroba ra sawuwunoa, roca xval
Saqris qonis saSualebac mogecema da gasaTbobad navTisac. amaze ar
unda idardos Zlierma, wvrilmenebze mxolod sustebi fiqroben.

nastiam droebiT siCume arCia saubars, pirjvari gadaiwera da

sulganabulma Soridan WiSkars miayurada. xalxi ireoda quCaSi, ras
aRar ambobdnen, qalaqur ambebs hyvebodnen, revoluciur scenebs
axsenebdnen da mTel emociebs Rvridnen momxdari revoluciis da
revolucionerebis Sesaxeb. nastia ki iyo muxlebze dayudebuli,
sakuTar samyaroSi mkacrad gamoketili, Tavze tyemlis toti
gadawveroda, maRla axedvisas pirs Rimili moadgeboda-xolme,
xandaxan xeliT icoda tyemlis totis alersi, madlieri RimiliT
eCurCuleboda mis qera TmebTan moTamaSe foTlebs.

ezoSi tortmaniT daiareboda ori bati, romelnic kirilesgan

saCuqrad miiRo. is dRec naTlad axsovs Seyvarebuli Wabukis
siyvaruliT samse saxe, romlidan wamosuli siTbo nastias gulSi
ukvdavebis wamlad iRvenTeboda, mis gareSe samyaro carieldeboda.
gamudmebiT masTan erTad iyo. fizikuri siaxlove Tu ar akavSirebda,
mainc masTan iyo, fiqrebsa Tu ocnebebSi. sarecxis recxvisas masze
efiqreboda, sadilis mzadebisas aseve masze...

_gaige, ra Tqva moZRvarma, siyvaruli ra ariso?.. is Tu gaige, rom

mis gareSe sicocxle Wirso?_Tvalwin warmouga kiriles naTeli
saxidan aRmocenebuli mravlismetyveli Rimili. kiTxvebi, romlebic
taZarSi yofnis dros moZRvris qadagebis Semdeg ekiTxeboda satrfos.
araerTxel ugrZvnia misi jariskaculi surneli, romelic
qaliSvilis mexsierebas esoden saTuTad Semoenaxa vaJis xsovnis
sapativsacemod.

Seyvarebuli vaJis mogoneba guls sixaruliT uvsebda, Tumc

rodesac misi TviTmkvlelobis Sesaxeb mcire detals ixsenebda,
gulSi usaSvelo tkivilis SegrZneba feTqdeboda, romelic locvisas
Tu Cacxreboda da miCumaTdeboda. im dRidan, rac baRis am adgilas
daido samyofeli uamravma qarcecxlma gadaiqrola mis Tavze.
uamravma amindma gadaiara mis Txel mxrebze, mainc medgari aRmoCnda
qaliSvili.

annas siyvarulsac guliT ganicdida, dasac xom grZnobebi iseTi

vaJis mimarT gasCenoda, romelic siamayiTa da cxovrebis stiliT mis
kiriles damgvaneboda. albaT, debs aseTi gemovneba Tu gvaqvs
dabadebidan Tandayolio, gaifiqrebda xolme da annas siyvaruls
gulSi uwyebda dalocvas.

daTa mayaSvili bolomde gulwrfeli iyo anna nikiSevas

grZnobebis mimarT. eg iyo mxolod, asakiT jer patarebi iyvnen:_
ojaxis SeqmnisTvis jer Seuferebeli xar! _ vaJs dedis darigeba
yurSi sayuresaviT hqonda gayrili: _patara xans cota moicade, roca
kargad davaJkacdebi mere daiwere jvari annasTan.

dedis xaTrs gverds ver auvlida, magram guls saguleSi ver

itevda, rodesac annas siaxloves trialebda. iZinebda da misi
gabrwyinebuli Tvalebi wablisferTmebTan ferSexamebuli sizmrad
evlineboda. ver warmoedgina annas gareSe Tavisi momavali:

_ici, rusi ki xar, magram dedaCems gavxar, deda mTiulis qalia.

egeTi feris Tvalebi da Tmebi aqvs, imasac Sennairi gamoxedva da
mzrunveli Tvalis Sevleba sCvevia, rodesac sadme waslas
davapireb._gamoutyda gulisnafiqrSi Seyvarebul gogonas, romelmac
vaJis naTqvami did qaTinaurad miiCnia.

arSemdgari warmatebuli revoluciis Semdgom daRonebuli

mouyveboda satrfosken mimaval gzas. rezervuarnaias quCis gzispirs
fexze tanad didroni, magram sigamxdriT gverdebamolastuli ZaRli
gaexaxuna. vaJi Tavdapirvelad SekrTa:_gadi ZaRlo iqiT!_dauyvira,
magram win wasulma ZaRlma erTi Tvalis SevlebiT naRvlianad
amoxeda ukan motovil daTas da enagadmogdebulma qaqani iwyo.

biWs enacnoba ZaRlis gamoxedva, magram, rodesac ZaRli orasi

metris moSorebiT dacilda, swored maSin gaixsena ZaRlis nacnoboba.
es vahar gargaroviCis basara iyo, romelic ganTqmuli iyo siaviTa da
sisxlismsmel nagazad iwodeboda mTel naxalovkaSi.
 daTas daRonebuli saxe gaunaTda, sixarulis emociebma srulebiT
gamoucocxla mowyenilobaSi Camkvdari guneba-ganwyobileba. ukan
daedevna basara-basaras ZaxiliT.

ZaRlma Soridanve gaigona ra Tavisi saxeli, motrialda da mTeli

siCqariT Sesagebeblad gamoeqana vaJisken. axlos misulma kudis
qicins sasixarulo wkavwkavi ar daaklo, erTurTis naxva uxarodaT
ZaRlsac da vaJsac:

_basara, rogor xar jigaro?_eduduneboda nagazs daTa mayaSvili

da tanze aburZgnul balans xeliT usworebda._Sen ar wagiyvana iman,
migatova? ras izam, kai kaci ZaRls ar miatovebs, da Tu mainc
mitoveba SeZlo, maSin yvelas misatoveblad iolad gawiravs, kacsac,
qalsac, dedasac da qveyanasac. gaxsovs, im Tavis mona-aqsnafebs rom
ubrZana Cemi cema-tyepa, imaTac erTgulebis dasaastureblad sityvis
damTavreba ar acles, maSinve usityvod Seusrules yvelaferi. asea,
jibeSi ori kapiki Tu auCxrialda zedmetad kacs, yvela uTavmoyvareo
emoneba da eClungeba, magram Tu fexi gadaubrunda, im zedmet or
kapiks cxviridan Zmrad amoadens, saflavze misasvlelad fiandazebi
rom uSalo, ar wava da Tu mainc wavida, imisTvis rom mis xsovnas is
zedmeti ori kapiki erTi-aTasmagad wamoayvedros. utvino adamianebi
monad tyuilad ardaumonebia gamCens. ai, Sen ki sul sxva xar.
sisxlis sasmelad mogigdes Cemi nacemi Tavi, axlac yurSi miwuis im
Seni arapatronis xma; mSieria, sisxli swyuriao, gaiZaxoda. Sen ki
amloke sanugeSod da cudisTvis ver gamimete. Wkvianic xar da
Segnebulic. aba, rogor dagiviwyo sikeTe?.. basara, basara_xels
gamalebiT usvamda Tavze, tanze. ZaRlic siamovnebiT gatrunuliyo
Zveli nacnobis moalerse xelis qveS.

_basara, xom wamoxval CemTan, Cemi megobari xom iqnebi? gpirdebi

saWmel-sasmels ar mogakleb, me gamoviReb piridan lukmas da Sen
mSiers ar dagtoveb!_daTam Sarvlidan qamari Seixsna. balTebidan
uxeSad gamoaZvrina qamris salto. mere ZaRls yelze faqizad Seubnia
da SemarTebulad didroni nabijebiT sixaruliT gaeSura satrfos
saxlisken.

Cveulebisamebr, maspinZlis daZaxebis gareSe gadavida ezos.

Camuxluli anastasiasken gaswia. mis win patara skamebze Camomdari
ori megobari didronTvalebiani ZaRlis danaxvisas SiSiT fexze
wamocvivdnen da orivem ukan daixia. nastas gauxarda daTas xilva.
gulTbili RimiliT miesalma:

_ Wkvianuri gamoxedva aqvs, erTgulica Cans, _Tqva anastasiam

ZaRlis axladSeZenili patronis misamarTiT.

_xooo, es dReidan Cemi ZaRlia!_daikvexna daTa mayaSvilma.

 _da dRevandel dRemde visi iyo?

_visi da imisi, aqedan rom gaiqca... saxelic ki ar minda misi

vaxseno!_mciredxniani yoymanis Semdeg CaiCurCula_vahar gargaroviCis.

_visi?!_moesma daTas zurgs uknidan satrfos xma._imis ZaRls

SenTan ra unda, imis ZaRli imisia da Sen kargs ras gargebs?_annas
xmaSi sibraze Sereoda, romelsac daTas xilviT gamowveuli
sixaruli daeTrguna.

_anna, es ZaRli imas gamoeqca, ufro swored vaharma miatova. Sen

ar ici, ra Wkviania, Cxubi rom momivida im dRes... amas eZaleboda
Cemze sakbenlad, magram aman, ai, am ZaRlma mtyvan-marTali kacis
garCeva icis. CemTvis erTic ki ar dauyefavs, piriqiT, gverdiT
momiskupda da TanagrZnobiT amloka. ai, egeTi Wkviani da Tvinieria
Cemi basara.

daTas argumentma annas ZaRlis mimarT guli moilbo. keTilad

Seavlo Tvali kudmoqicine, enagadmogdebul nagazs. mere saxlidan
kuti puris namtvrevebi gamoutana da ZaRls gaumaspinZlda.
sulmouTqmelad, erTlukmad sanslavda haerSi daWeril puris
natexebs mSieri basara:

_keTili yofilxar, alalia Senze Cemi gamomcxvari puri._ nazis

xmiT ealerseboda ZaRls da Tvali daTa mayaSvilisken eWira.

braxuniT gaRebuli WiSkrisken meqanikurad miixeda yvelam. saxlSi

dedinacvali-maria dabrunebuliyo. TmagaWaRaravebuli, xmela qali
swrafi nabijebiT gadadioda saxlisken mimaval ezos biliks, ra
drosac daTas mohkra Tvali. wuTiT SeCerda, mzera gauStera, TiTqos,
Tvals-TvalSi uyrida, mere dakvirvebuli mzeriT anna SeaTvaliera
da xeliT aniSna saxlSi Seyola. annac dahyabulda dedinacvlis
survils:

_mag vaJbatons xeli hkari da aqedan gauZaxe!.. andac CemTan

dasalaparakeblad SemouSvi!_brZanebis toniT gaaJRera survili
mariam. annas Zalian ar undoda arc erTisa da arc meoris
Sesruleba, dayvavebiT Seecada dedinacvlisTvis azris gadaTqmas.
dedas daZaxeba Sewyvita im dRis Semdeg, rac nastias Seyvarebulma
ymawvilma, kirilem TviTmkvleloba Caidina marias naCxubarze, magram
axla mzad iyo deda daeZaxa misTvis, oRondac nu moisurvebda
sakuTari principebis fons gatanas.

_deda, gTxov, nu maiZuleb amis gakeTebas, gTxov_yelze kani

gamouwia mudaris niSnad.
 _anna, Tu gamijiutdebi, me TviTon gaval ezoSi da adgilze
davelaparakebi, Tumc es nastiasTvis SesaZloa rTuli gadasatani
aRmoCndes!

dedinacvlis naTqvamma guli moususta annas. oRondac mis

muxldaCoqil, faqizi bunebis das zedmetad sanerviulo ar
Sexvedroda da mzad iyo yovelgvari winaaRmdegobis sakuTar Tavze
gadatanis. anna ezoSi uRonod mxrebCamoyrili gavida. daTas uxmo:
_dedinacvali gixmobs, gTxov zedmeti polemikiT nu amiforiqeb Cems
debs, nastinkas axla gansakuTrebulad rTuli periodi aqvs.

_nu Relav, me aseTad micnob?! rodis iyo qals vebrZodi, ginda

sityviT da gindac saqmiT?_ZaRli iqve naZvis xis tots gamoaba da
morCili, Tvinieri nabijebiT mihyva winmimaval satrfos.

_mogesalmebiT pativcemulo qalbatono maria, rogor brZandeba

Tqveni aRmatebuli janmrTeloba?_Zalzed jentlmenuri maneriT,
gulze xelmidebulma daukra Tavi da mowiTalo divani TvaliT
moizoma Camosajdomad.

daTas misalmebiT dedinacvali dabneuli Canda, ver mimxvdariyo

dascinoda Tu sruliad seriozulad ebaaseboda divanze fexi-fexze
Semodebuli ymawvilkaci:

_qalbatono maria, krZalviT gixdiT bodiSs, aqamde rom ver

gagecaniT, Tumc me dauswreblad gicnobT. Tqven Cemi annas gamzrdeli
brZandebiT. siZnelesTan iqneboda dakavSirebuli sami patara gogonas
gazrda, gamokveba, movla-patronoba, magram Tqven amas Cinebulad
gaarTviT Tavi. me madlieri gaxlavarT, annas kulturuli aRzrdiT,
me...

_Sen?_ gancvifrebisgan gulze xelmidebuli maria enas pirSi ver

iqcevda sasaubrod. gaocebuli Sehyurebda uasako ymawvils, romelic
zrdasruli mamakaciviT TavdaWerilad iqceoda da arnaxulad zrdil
saubar-manerebs amJRavnebda.

_mendeT, qalbatono maria, rodesac Tqven asakSi Sesuls

patronoba dagWirdebaT, me miguleT mepatroned, niavs ar gakadrebT,
Cemi sacolis aRzrdisTvis uzomod madlieri gaxlavarT.

_batono?.. vin Seni sacolis?.. vinaa Seni anna? annaSi vis

gulisxmob?_gadareuli xmiT ikiTxa mariam da kuStad gaavebuli
mzera daTasken momarTa.

_Tqven ra, ar iciT? me da annam raxania erTurTs saukuno piroba

moveciT, rom samomavlod Hjvardawerilebi davxdebiT RvTisa da
eris winaSe.
 _mere cols Senaxva ar unda?.. Sen risi Semnaxavi xar!

_aba, miTxariT, vahari, romelsac aRarc hamqari gaaCnda,

gakotrebuls ZaRlis Senaxvis Tavic ki aRar hqonda, gendomebodaT
sasiZod?

mciredxniani dumilisa da dakvirvebuli mzeris Sevlebis Semdeg

dedinacvalma upasuxa:_ diax, mendomebda. mindoda kidec, marTalia
gakotrebuli, magram is cxovrebisgan gamocdili mamakaci iyo, ar
gauWirvebda cols cxovrebas. miyvars mamakacs Sno da marifaTi rom
aqvs naswavli cxovrebisgan.

_rogor fiqrobT, beber mamakacs cxovrebisgan naswavli Sno da

marifaTi ufro metad eqneboda Tu me, romelsac axalgazrdobiT
merCis jani da Roni. me, romelsac uwrfesi siyvaruliT miyvars Cemi
anna, da mis gamo, mzad var TiToeuli misi ojaxis wevri Cemianad
migiRoT da SegiyvaroT.

_aramc da aramc!_wamoiyvira gaavebisgan mariam, Tumc daTam

naTqvami umalve Seawyvetina.

_qalbatono maria, me ramdenadac mosiyvarule da humanur

principebze aRzrdili pirovneba gaxlavarT, imdenac mkacri da
farulad gulRvarZlianica var. vinc me da Cems annas, romelic,
rogorc mogaxseneT, ukve gulSi meCemeba, xels SegviSlis,
sabrZolvelad ar davindob, sicocxlis bolomde mtrad movekidebi.
aba, miTxariT, Tqvens ukan, mezoblis patara saxli rom aris,
carieli ratomaa, miatoves?

_ara!_uwindeburad daetyo saxeze dabneuloba marias_ubralod

misi mepatroneebi samSobloSi, petrburgSi naTesavebis
mosanaxuleblad gaemgzavrnen. gasaRebi ki Cven dagvitoves, magram
amas SenTvis ra mniSvneloba aqvs?_aiwura mxrebi gancvifrebisgan
tuCebmopruwulma dedinacvalma.

_is mniSvneloba aqvs, rom binas daveZeb Cemi annasTvis, calke

minda gaviyvano. ufro metad minda siTbo da sitkbo vaCuqo. gogos
arc deda hyavs gulis damwvelad da arc mama, eyo aqamde obol-
oxroba!_daTas tonSi kategoriuloba gamosWvioda, agera, nastiac
misi Sesanaxia, misi mosavleli, umcrosi dac gzaze dasayenebeli
hyavs...

_me aRaravin mkiTxavs maT gzaze dayenebas, me araferi gamikeTebia

aqamde?

_vSiSob, rom..._gaawyvetina saubari fexze adgomiT daTa mayaSvilma

dedinacvals._vSiSob, Tqveni afqturi saqcieliT guldawyvetili
nastiasaviT damiCagravT annas! Aanastasia nikiSevas gasacodavebuli
bedi xom Tqvens kiserzea codvad damZimebuli. misi daZleva, ara
mgonia, ioli saqme iyos... annas aravis davaCagvrineb, viSromeb, Tu
saWiroa vaWrobis saxlsac gavxsni, srulebiTac ara vTakilob,
oRondac annas araferi moakldes. me annas droebiT Tqveni mezoblis
saxlSi gadaviyvan. ara mgonia male dabrundnen mepatroneebi
peterburgidan.

_magram, roca iqneba xom dabrundebian?

_diax, maTi dabrunebis Semdgom, Cems saxlSi gadaviyvan, dedaCemTan

erTad erT saxlSi vicxovrebT.

_axla ra giSlis xels, axla ratom ar migyavs dedaSenTan erTad

sacxovreblad?_ironiulad gamoscra mariam kbilebSi.

_axla, ase naucbaTevad anna ver datovebs Tavisi meTvalyureobis

gareSe Aanastasias da veras.

_da mere datovebs?

_merem meresi waiRos, meres mermisi gviCvenebs... mdgomareobidan

gamovalT, qalbatono maria, mgoni, Cveni saubridan saerTo amosavali
wertili vipoveT!

_batono? _verafersmixvedrili saxiT imzireboda maria_ ra

wertili?

_Cveni saubris mTavari, kulminaciuri wertili, naskvi vipoveT.

_ra naskvi?

_is, rom orives erTi saerTo sazrunavi gagvaCnia. es Cveni annaa. me

misi bedniereba mwadia, iseve rogorc Tqven. Tqvenc xom misi
keTildReoba gaRelvebT? gamodis rom Cven saerTo mizani da srbola
gagvaCnia. amitomac, me, daTa mayaSvili pirobas vdeb Tqveni,
aRmzrdeli da gamzrdeli qalbatonis winaSe, rom anna sakuTar Tavze
metad meyvareba, movufrTxildebi da sicocxlis bolomde misi
erTguli viqnebi. axla me gtovebT, magram im imediT, rom annas
aranairad ar Seexeba Tqvengan wamosuli mowinaaRmdege azri, me misi
aRelveba da nerviuloba arad mWirdeba. gTxovT, nuras usayvedurebT
Cems annas wmida siyvarulis gamo.

dedinacvali gancvifrebuli Sescqeroda esoden uasako ymawvilis

mZafrad gamoxatul enianobas, mis sityva-pasuxs daebnia kidec. ufro
meti gaogneba ki ymawvilis mier mis sigamxdiT damWkanr xelze
amborma gamoiwvia. daTa ise gadavida saxlis zRurbls rom
gaognebul marias sakuTar azrze mosvla ver moexerxebina:
 _ara, Sno da marifaTi ara aqvs saerTod, magram sityva-pasuxi
dauyolebia RmerTs misTvis, Tanac zedmetadac... mgoni, ki, icxovrebs
eg biWi, cols ra bedSi amyofebs, eg ra mogaxsenoT, magram saTavisod
rom karga gvarianad waueSmakunebs, faqtia.

azri gamoTqva dedinacvalma vaxSmobisas annas da veras

TandaswrebiT. anna kmayofili iyo daTas da marias polemikiT. misi
SiSi, SesaZlo xelCarTuli kamaT-Cxubis gamo, ar gamarTlda, amitom
bednierebis varskvlavebs sul erTianad moeyaraT Tavi mis TvalebSi.

ramdenime dRis Semdeg daTam saxlidan wamoRebuli erTi, momcro

zomis Cemodani miitana, mezoblis saxlSi Sebargda da annac
sacxovreblad TavisTan moixmo.

annas sixaruls sazRvrebi daekarga, Tanac ise, rom misi

usazRvroeba Tavidan-fexebamde mosdeboda mepatrones, da mis
debzec gadasuliyo:

_ara, me Zalian momwons jiuti da Tavisi sityvis gamtani daTa.

kirilec rom aseTi principuli yofiliyo, dRes Cemi daiko bednieri
iqneboda._daiCivla verkam anasTan. _xom naxe, ra sityvebiT
elaparakeboda marias, sul gamoaTayvana, daRebuli piris daxurvas
veRar axerxebda, sawylad Sehyurebda.

_da vahar gargaroviCs ra uqna, sul gaaqcia sawyali._gaecina

xmamaRla oTaxis milagebiT mofusfuse annas.

_xo, jer gaakotra da mere kudiT qva asrolina. is mSiSarac sul

gadaikarga Tavis Cin-mendlebianad. ise gaqceula, ZaRlis wayvana
daviwyebia...

veras naubari annas xasiaTs ukeTebda, misi bednieri kiskasi mTel

ezoSi moismoda.

`Cemi sulis amoZaxilebi~, `saferavze saTqvami~, Tqmula

arTqmuli~_waikiTxa momcro zomis rveulebze saTaurad minawerebi
daTa mayaSvilma da samive dRiuri annas gadasca Sesanaxad. manac
rveulebs xeli wamoavlo da garderobis Tavze Semodo. annam
qarTulad wera-kiTxva ar icoda, Sesabamisad sayvareli vaJis
dRiurebs vizualurad Tu daaTvalierebda, Torem mis Sinaars
verafers gaugebda.

daTa yovel dilas miiCqaroda iatakqveSa moZraobis amxanagebTan,

axalT-axali ambebis gasagebad, romlebic esoden uxvad arsebobda
da elvis siswrafiT cvalebadobda. pirvels uaresi momdevno
cvlida, romelSic swrafad viTardeboda movlenebi, qveyanas did
Tavsatexs uqmnida.

anna da vera isev erTad midiodnen dilaadrianad samsaxurSi.

kerva orives kargad exerxeboda. samkervaloSi muSaoba ar
uZneldebodaT Wra-kervaSi nastias namowafarT. ana gansakuTrebiT
bednierad grZnobda Tavs, daTa mayaSvilis gverdiT. egona
yoveldRiurad ise maRldeboda, rom erTianad SeeZlo zecidan
varskvlavebis Camokrefa, axal, JorJetis kabis kalTaSi mogroveba
da maTTan TamaSi.

Aanastasia muxlze mjdomare kvlavac uangarod ganagrZobda

xalxis nugeSs, romelTaganac zogi revoluciis dros dakarguli
Svilis deda iyo zogi oxrankis mier saxlidan gayvanili da
ardabrunebuli mamakacis coli, zogi samxedro-savele sasamarTlos
mier daxvretili jariskecis moxucebuli mama, romelic guls ver
ajerebda udanaSaulo Svilis daxvretas.

soflebidanac bevri Camosdioda. TiTqmis, yovel kuTxeSi gaiCina

megobar-nacnobebi. guberniebsa da kuTxeebSi mravlad ganlagebuliyo
samxedro-savele sasamarTloebi, romelic mezoblebis dasmenaze iyo
ZiriTadad momuSave. mezobels mezoblis javri an Suri Tu
stanjavda, cils daswamebda mefis ruseTis winaaRmdeg SeTqmulebaSi,
anonimurad asmenda da Sedegic garantirebuli hqonda. dasmenis
dasrulebisTanave gakoWavdnen ciliswamebuls, patara sasamarTlos
mouwyobdnen aramSobliur enaze, da dasaxvretad gaamzadebdnen.
arada msxverpls SesaZloa Tavisi sameurneo nakveTSi Tesva-mkis iqiT
araferi scodnoda da SeZleboda. magaliTad, vin iyo caris nacvali,
vin iyvnen da ra undodaT misgan samxedro-savele sasamarTlos
formian muSak-jalaTebs.

samxedro-savele sasamarTloebi mosaxleobisTvis erTgvari

`humanuri SeRavaTi~ iyo `Savi razmisgan~ gansxvavebiT. pirvelSi
mainc kulturulad xvretdnen an grZelvadianad asaxlebdnen
Soreul cimbirSi udanaSauloebs. ai, meores ki arsadac ar
mihyavdaT dasaxvretad ganwiruli udanaSaulo adamianebi, ubralod
TvalSi ar mosdiodaT viRac, an mTeli dRis mSromeli, an jan-
Roniani vaJkaci, romelzedac gaifiqrebdnen, rom SesaZloa ajanyebis
periodSi Tavisi Zalidan gamomdinare raime safrTxe Seeqmna maTTvis,
andac SesaZlo samomavlod mosaxdeni revoluciisas mas didi
warmatebis motana SeeZleboda ravolucionerebisTvis... viRaca
zedmetad maRali iyo, viRaca zedmetad naswavli, viRaca zedmetad
saxelovani...

Savi razmis wevrebs ufleba hqondaT saeWvo piris pirdapir

adgilze likvidacia_ganadgurebisa. qalebis, bavSvebisa Tu
moxucebis Tvalwin xan vis xvretdnen da xanac vis klavdnen. yvelas
SiSis zars scemda `Savi razmis~ wevrebis Savad aprialebuli
labadis xilva da leSismWameli yornisferi Cacmuloba.

aseTi usamarTlo sisxlismRvreli simkacre tfilissa da

saqarTvelos kuTxeebSi mas Semdeg daiwyo, rac imperatorma
nikoloz meorem gamosca kanoni qveynis areulobebis momtani
social-demokratebis devnis Sesaxeb. isini glexobasa da
burJuaziul fenebSi oratorobdnen, maTSi protestis grZnobas
aRvivebdnen da revoluciuri gziT problemebis mogvarebisken
mouwodebdnen. revoluciuri gziT monarqiuli wyobis
dasamarebisTvis Tavs ar zogabdnen rusi mosaxleoba, radgan isini
gadaiRalnen usasrulod gauTavebeli gadasaxadebisgan, romlebic
mizanmimarTuli iyo monarqiis taxtze miRebuli didgvarovnebis
Sesanaxad. isinic esoden uxvad momravlebuliyvnen, rom
raodenobrivad glexobas uswrebdnen. social-demokratebi maT
dauZinebel mtrad evlinebodnen, amitom am partiis liderebze
pirdapiri nadiroba daiwyo, da radgan isini an qarTuli
warmoSobisanni gaxldnen, an uSualod qarTuli genis, saqartvelo
yvelaze metad daiasaja maT gamo. swored maTi devnis gamo iyo
yovel kuTxe-kunWulSi gaxsnili samxedro-savele sasamarTloebi.
maT winaaRmdeg muSaobda usastikesi `Savi razmi~, maT gamo
arsebobda oxrankebis miyuradebebi, romelTa yurebi ZiriTadad
mezoblebze gadioda: vinaidan da radganac revolucioneri
socialistebi metsaxelebiT muSaobdnen, romlebsac ZiriTadad
gvarebidan gamomdinares iRebdnen, sityvebis: juRa, komando, gegena,
gegeWkora, Jorda, svimoni da sxvaTa warmoTqma pirdapir
sasicocxlod saSiSroebas warmoadgenda. Tuca isini saqarTvelodan
gaqceuliyvnen, xan baqoSi marTavdnen farul sxdoma-Sexvedrebs da
xanac erevnis iatakqveSeTSi.

yvelam didma Tu pataram, Zalovanma Tu sustma, iaraRianma Tu

uiaraRom, kargad icoda, rom socialistebi didi gadatrialebisTvis
emzadebodnen. oxranka ki, Tu vinmes SesaZlo nacnobobasTan
dakavSirebiT miitanda eWvs, maSinve daxvretas ar aacilebdnen.

Aanastasias ezo dilidanve upatio mSoblebiT, moxucebulebiTa

da SavZaZiani xalxiT ivseboda. zogjer didi rigic ki dgeboda
WiSkarTan:

_genacvale, GTxov, miTxari, Cemi Svili –erekle, dasaxvretad

gayvanili vaeni sudias mier, cocxali gadarCa Tu aRar
aris?_emudareboda cremliani TvalebiT TalxebSemosili Suaxnis
asakis mciredad gadaberebuli qali.
 anastasiam Tvalebi daxuWa da locvad miinaba. xelebiT pirjvers
Tu ar iwerda, ganze gadmouSvebda idayvSi moxril Txel mklavebs.

yvelam icoda locvis Semdeg Tu mis win arsebul raimes xelSi

miawvdida, cocxlad myofs gulisxmobda, Tumca aseTi ram ufro
iSviaTad xdeboda: muxls win miwa moexveta TiTebiT da Tavisi nazi
xelebiT mciredi miewodebina, andac wvimis Sedegad motanili kenWi,
qva. stumrad momsvlelTa mosakiTxidan puris naWeri, rac iSiaTad
xdeboda:

_iloce matuSka, iloce, tkbilia samoTxe, iq moxvedra ki Zneli...

nu geSinia, Seni udanaSaulo vaJkaci ufalTan midis, iloce
samoTxeSi damkvidrebisTvis_uTxra nastiam Txovna-mudaris xmiT da
mis win patara skamze Camomjdar TalxSexeul qals xelebi
Casaxuteblad gauwoda. Aanastasias sust mxrebze daado qalma Tavi
da aqviTinda. Aanastasia efereboda, Tavze xels usvamda da
sanugeSod sityvas ar iSurebda.

_yvelas saboloo gza iqiT midis, udrood wasvlaa mware, Torem

udanaSauloTa sulebiT savsea sasufevlis gzani.

momsvleli stumarni Anastasias mimarT madlierebiT aRsavseni

iyvnen, misi sityvebi guls malamod efineboda, gardacvlilTa
saxelebs furclebze uwerdnen, raTa locvebSi gamudmebulad
moexseniebina da maTi sulebisTvis eloca.

saxlSi Seketili dedinacvali fanjrebze Camofarebuli sqel,

moJamuli feris fardebiT buravda da abnelebda oTaxs, raTa ezoSi
arsebuli situacia da xma daefara, magram mainc wasZlevda xolme
cnobismoyvareoba da gareT gaiWyiteboda moTqma-godebis gagonebisas.
swored erT-erTi aseTi gaWyetisas Tavi ver Seikava, gareT gaeWra
momtiral qals, win gadaudga da sxvebis gasagonad Sehyvira:_ra
gatirebs rao...giTxra rom mkvdaria da samoTxeSiao?.. Senc gjera?
neta aman ra icis?.. saTavisod ra icis, axla sasxvisod gaixada
codna!

gaavebuli dedinacvali axla ezos gabmul rigSi mdgomebs

mimarTavda:

_Tu dafiqrebulxarT, rom esec TqvensaviT sacodavi da

moralurad gaWirvebuli adamiania, rom masac Seyvarebuli moukvda
da mis mere..._ Tqva da saCvenebeli TiTi saferTqelTan daitriala, am
qmedebas erTi mciredi CaStvenac daurTo Tan da ganagrZo:

_Tavisi TavisTvis ver uSvelia, Tqven ra unda giSveloT? wadiT

aqedan, gasciT!.. aba, he!_Tqva da xeliT iseTi moZraobebi gaakeTa,
TiTqos frinvelebs afrTxobda Tavis garSemo adgilebidan.
 viRac asakovanma mamakacma amreziT Sexeda marias, mere rigSi
mdgom mis winas hkiTxa: _es qali im gogos dedinacvalia?

_ar vici, batono!_ gamoepasuxa mxrebis aCeCviT win mdgomi

mamakaci, romelic axla Tavis gverdiT mdgoms miubrunda imave
kiTxviT.

_verafers getyviT, kargi adamianobis rom ara Cans, naTelia,

magram Tu vinaa, ar vici!

mamakacma Tvali gaadevna anastasiasaken lanZRviT mimaval qals,

mere gzad daewia da mklavSi moqaCa. am ukanasknelma eWvis TvaliT
SeaTvaliera ucxo, sakuTari mxedvelobidan uecrad aRqmuli:

_Sen vinRa xar?!.. Sen vin gawvalebs, is gzaZaRli?.. ra guli

geTanaRleba Cems gazrdilze Tu imis Seyvarebulze? Sen ra, ra?.. aba,
me mkiTxe, rogor vwuxdebi, mTeli dRe ria-ria maqvs, wamsvelelo
modi, momsvleloc modi! _ aRar SemiZlia amdeni xmaurisa da
aurzauris atana, gaiyvaneT es gogo quCaSi, daisviT da ginda
samoTxeze ibaasneT da ginda siyvarulze, me aRar SemiZlia Tqveni
atana! _ anerviulebuli Slida xelebs maria da saxeSi qvevidan
macqerali uyviroda tanad masze maRal, Savlabadian mamakacs.

_xalxo!_miubrunda Savlabadiani mamakaci rigSi myofebT,

romelic marjvena xels cxvirwin iniavebda_erTi naxevarlitriani
WaWa viRacas davunaxe, jibeze hqonda, gazeTiT TavSemokruli,
romels gqondaT?

gaCumebuli rigidan Cami_Cumi ar moismoda, yvalani smanad

gakrefiliyvnen da mosaubre mamakacisa da mis win mdgomi gaavebuli
qalis qmedebebs akvirdebodnen sunTqvaSekrulni:

_xalxo, daideT am qalis madli, hqmeniT sikeTe! erTi `pol-

litra~ nu dagenanebaT!_ gaiZaxoda Savlabadiani da sityva bolomde
dasrulebuli ar hqonda, rom moxucebuli mamakaci gamoeyo rigSi
mdgomebs: tanad dabali, welSi moxrili, Tma-wver Tovlisfrad
WaRaras dardi da varami saxeze ewera. `buSlatis~ jibidan boTli
amoacura, kamkamebda masSi arsebuli siTxe, mamakacis moZraobas
ayolili, TamaSiT xan iqiT injRreoda da xan aqeT. gazeTi, romelic
boTlis Tavze xufis rols kisrulobda, Semoacala da
akankalebuli xeliT gauwoda Savlabadian, inteligenturad Cacmul-
daxurul mamakacs.

gaixare, jigaro, gaixare... amisTvis madlia._Tqva da marias

gauwododa aryis boTli, am ukanasnelma usityvod CamoarTva ZRveni,
xalxs niSnismogebiT, gamarjvebulis saxiT gadaxeda da fardebiT
daburul saxlSi Seiketa:
 _madlobis meti ra meTqmis, madloba batono!_gulze xelis
dadebiTa da Tavis dakvriT moumadliera Savlabadianma buSlatian
mamakacs:_ xom naxeT, ra dReSi iyo, piridan aryis sunad yarda,
etyoba nabaxusevi Tu iyo.

_qali rom galoTdeba, wasulia misi saqme!_ uSnod Caiqnia xeli

Tanamosaubre mamakacma.

_ras ambobT, da kaci?.. kaci Tu galoTda, ara uSavs, epatieba da

qali Tu galoTdeba uSavs xom?_gamoelaparaka ukmayofilod wina
rigSi mdgomi qali._ise Znelia saxlSi aseTebis atana, ar dagideven
stumars, maspinZels, sircxvils, Tavmoyvareobas, yvelafers erT
tafaSi moxrak-moaJuJeben.

_araa mTlad egre, garegnulad mware adamians Sinagani sikeTis

marcvlebi ufro matad aqvs gaRvivebuli, vidre aramwares. pirvelni
sakuTar Sinagan mdgomareobas sificxiT gamoxataven, meoreni
TavSekavebulobiT. RmerTs iseTi adamiani jer ar mouvlenia,
romlisTvisac sikeTis marcvlebi gulSi mziTvad rom ar
gamoetanebina... vin rodis gamoamzeurebs namziTevs, eg drosa da
Cvenze, garsmyofebzea damokidebuli. am qveynad dro mkacrad
gansazRvruli gvaqvs. arasdrosaa Tavisufali dro Tavze da pirze
sayreli fufuneba, amitom unda vecadoT ara sxvisi naklis
TvalSisacemi mdgomareoba kritikiTa da mRelvarebiT ganvsajoT,
aramed sakuTar Tavze mafiqralni unda viyoT, rogor
gavisigrZeganoT dro, romelic SezRudulia. rogor saxels da
xsovnas davtovebT Cvens momaval TaobebSi, Cveni monagarisTvis
samarcxvino gasaxseneblad xom ar gavixdiT Tavs... cudi avtoriteti
arasdros wagvadgeba iq._

anastasia Tavdaxrili saubrobda mis win mdgomebis gasagebad.

misi naubari yovelTvis simSvidiT gamoirCeoda, mis silamazes
loyebi simorcxviT Sefakloda, yovelTvis daridebiT saubrobda
ufrosebSi, ridi da krZalva Tan sdevda mis xasiaTs. silamazes
veraferi dakleboda Secvlili cxovrebis wesis gamo. amindebi,
Tavze wvima-qaris gadavla ususuri aRmoCenila qaliSvilis
mSvenebasTan:

_mTvaresaviT gadabadruli saxe aqvs, neta amis Seyvarebuli vinRa

iyo, macodina._CaiCurCula rigidan qalma gverdiT mdgomis gasagonad.

_amboben dedinacvlis enaze moikla Tavio, ai im qalis gamo,

gareT rom gamovarda CxubiTa da lanZRviT._gamoelaparaka meore.

_is Tqveni dedinacvali iyo?_hkiTxa Aanastasias Savlabadianma da

xeli mowyenilad mdgomi, xis Selaxuli saxlisken miiRo.
 _diax, Cemi gamzrdelia, dedaCemis gardacvalebis Semdeg man
gagvzarda, sikeTes ver davukargavT, ubralod dedis SeniSvnas
mZafrad ver aRviqvavT, dedinacvlisas ki, qaTinaursac eWvis TvaliT
vuyurebT. xumara viris ambavs miyveboda xolme mamaCemi, minda Tqvenc
gagamxiaruloT. _TavCaRunulma RimiliT amoxeda mis win mogrovil
xalxis talRas, romelTac mkacrad daculi rigi daeSalaT da
wreSi moeqciaT Txeli aRnagobis, gamxdarmxrebiani muxlmjdomare
asuli:

_erTi patara virukuna, mxiaruli da anci gauCnda patrons.

sayvarel xasiaTs , misi garegnuli silamazec TvalSi moudiodaT
adamianT. isini gamudmebiT eferebodnen da anebivrebdnen
SeZlebisdagvarad. virukuna Semawuxebeli ar iyo, arasdros
yroyinebda uSnod, arasdros datlikinobda ezoSi, mxolod arxeinad
daiareboda, uzruvnelyofierebaSi myofi, saWmeli imas ar aklda,
sasmeli da siTbo. kargma pirobebma, patronis mzrunvelobam da
alersma gaanebivra patara. sasiamovno kiskisic iswavla yroyinis
nacvlad. sxva, misi Tanatoli virebi kiskisis nacvlad yroyinebdnen,
amitom patrons isini didad TvalSi ar moudioda. sapatio stumari
Tu ewveoda, maSinve koxta virukunas, romelsac kekluci kuntruSi
da kiskisi uyvarda, gareT uSvebda Tavismosawoneblad, sxvebs ki
malavda.

gaizarda Cveni virukuna da kiskiss maRalfardovani sityvebis

nusxis daswavlac miayola. iseTi damajereblobiT saubrobda, iseT
siamtkbilobas aniWebda mnaxvels, rom vurukunaze SeyvarebulTa
adamianTa jgros ricxovnoba dRiTi-dRe izrdeboda. dro ki gadioda.
sxva virebi TavianT wil Sromas ar Takilobdnen, jafaSi
ofliandebodnen, fizikuradac iwrTobdnen da fsiqikuradac. Cveni
grZelwamwameba vurukuna ki, miCveuli ukve maRal sazogadoebriv
eTikas, gadapranWuli saubris manera-kiskiss, moZme virebis dacinviT
gadioda fons. sagangebod lamazi mowyobilobis gomurSi
kotrialobda da kiskis-RiRiniT irTobda Tavs.

mogexsenebaT zRaprebiseul cxovrebis kibeze safexurebis areva

Cveulebrivi ambavia. hoda, airia virukunas cxovrebis kibeze
safexurebi. mepatrones gauWirda ekonomiurad da virebi dayida.
enaneboda inteligenti virukunas gayidva, magram sxva gza ar
darCenoda, veRar imetebda saSimSilod. amitom isic gayida. axal
patrons yelgamoweuli sTxovda, nebierada myavs gamozrdili da
gaufrTxildi, zedmeti WapaniT nu gadatvirTavo.

axalma mepatronem masSi karga gvariani Tanxa gadaixada. aba,

maRalfardovani sityvebis nusxac icoda, kiskisica da dacinvac,
amitom fasi Cveulebriv virebTan SedarebiT oTxmagad meti hqonda,
da radgan fasi gaoTxmagebuli hqonda, amitom yvelafers oTxjer
mets iTxovda misgan axali mepatrone. axal alags muSaoba mouxda.
ras xedavs, sxva yurebpartyuna virebi dauRalavad Sromoben,
naklebs isveneben da patronisgan ufro dafasebulnic arian, vidre
TviTon, lamazi virukuna, romelic drom da Sromam silamaze
waarTva, uamindobam xasiaTi gaufuWa, kiskisi yroyinSi gadauvida da
isev im virebs daemgvana, romelsac uwin dascinoda. mxolod
maRalfardovani sityvebis nusxis codniT gansxvavdeboda Tavis
mojiS-mojilageebisgan. es maRalfardovani sityvebic aras argoda
samomavlo perspeqtivisTvis. lamazi wamwamebi jafaSi gadaequca,
tanze bzinvare bewvi gasZvra, zurgze gadatyavda da uwindel
xasiaTs veRar poulobda. Sinaganad Caiketa, daRonda, movaleobis
moxdis mizniT jafobda, isic imitom, rom patrons mSieri ar
daetova. Sesvenebisas sxva virebs, romelTac adre TanamoZmeebad ver
aRiqvamda, gamoeyofoda da cremlebad RvarRvarebda. aba, ras izamda
da raRas gaawyobda? riTi daeRwia jafisgan da gauTavebeli
Sromisgan Tavi? adre yvavilebian mindorSi kuntruSobda, axla
yvavilebis silamazes veRar amCnevda. asea, Tu xasiaTi gamokeTebuli
araa, veranair silamazes veRar xedavs Tvali.

asea Tu ise, gadawyvita Tavisi maRalfardovani sityvebis nusxa

gaexsenebina da patronisTvis Tavi moewonebina. dilauTenia
dasapureblad Sesul patrons maRalfardovani siyvebiT dauwyo
baasi, magram Tavmowonebis magier, piriqiT gamouvida. axalma
mepatronem ieWva; amas uTuod Cemgan jamagiris gamotyueba swadia,
aba, aseTi maRalfardovani sityvebi tyuilad xom ar dauswavliao da
avismomaswavleblad Sefiqrianda. mere, naZaladevad kekluc
virukunaSi sasurveli survili rom Caekla, gamudmebulad uxeSad
moqceva da gawkeplac ar daaklo. sxva virebi TavdauRalavad
Sromobdnen, gasamrjelod sakvebs Rebulobdnen da kmayofilnic
iyvnen.

SeiZleba arc iyvnen kmayofilni, magram virul yofas naCvevni,

ukeTesze pretenzia aRar hqondaT. ai, virukuna ki patronis uxeSma
saqcielma isic gaauxeSa, kapasi da anCxli gaxada. mudam viRacas
ebuzRuneboda, magram Tu sabuzRunos ver naxavda, sakuTar TavTan
iwyebda mware polemikas. virukunas bedma mwared gadaiara, iseve
rogorc sxvebisam, magram aziz-mazizobis momlodine virukunas
cxovrebam simwris gziT atara, sxva virebTan SedarebiT zedmetad
gaurTulda da gauZnelda arseboba. asea, mamaCemisgan uamravi aseTi
zRapari maxsovs._

TiTqos morcxvi xasiaTi Sescvloda Aanastasias.

dedinacvali ki saxlSi Seketili, aryis simZafres SvebiT

xvdeboda, magram es Svebac droebiTi iyo. maria ganicdida annas
saxlidan gadasvlas, marTalia imave ezoSi, mezoblis saxlSi
gadabargda, magram mainc ganicdida uimisobas. vera ufros das
gadahyva, mis gareSeE ar SemiZliao_uTxra. daTa zrdilobianad ki
esalmeba xolme, Tumc mis gamoc guldawyvetili darCa. miuxedavad
imisa, daTasgan uzrdeli an uxeSi saqcieli arasdros axsovs, mainc
guli auwva im SemTxveviTobam, romlis gaxsenebac mware
ekalSerWobiliviT wvavs xolme.

erTxel, rodesac mariam rZis bliTebi gamoacxo, gadawyvita

mezoblis saxlSi droebiT Sebargebul annasTvis gadaewodebina da
axal sasiZosTan gemrieli naxelaviT Tavi moewonebina. fexakrefiT
miadga Sesasvlels, fanjrebi daeRo gasaniaveblad annas, saidanac
misi xma moesma:_ daTa, rame mkacrad uTxari marias, xom DSegiZlia
Tundac erTxel, mkacrad dauqnio TiTi. damijere, gaWris eg
saqcieli masze, SeSinebiT Tu ar SeeSindeba, ridi mainc gauCndeba
Cemi, nastinkasac sul ebuzRuneba!

_qals veCxubo? gana aseT sust kacad micnob?_daubruna kiTxva

kiTxviTve daTam.

_damRala, damRala mTeli cxovreba, guSin ezos xvetvisas, Tavze

damadga da mbrZaneblobda, aqT moxveteo, iqiTacao, welmowyvetils
hgavxaro...

daTas ficxi xma yurT mWaxed moxvda dedinacvals:_damanebe Tavi

anna, dedinacvlisgan sxvas ras elodebi? mouTmine ra!

Semcbari maria Tavis rZis bliTebianad ukan gamobrunda.

muxlmodrekil nastias SeumCneveli ar darCenia marias uxasiaToba,
Tumca araferi ukiTxavs. erTi ki gadaxeda naRvliani TvalebiT da
droebiT Sewyvetili locva ganagrZo.

im dRes mwared igonebs xolme. gana, radgan dedinacvali mqvia,

Cemi yvelaferi cudad unda aRiqvan? me SeniSvnis ufleba aRar
maqvs? odnav mkacri ki viyavi gerebis mimarT aRzrdisas, magram
maTTvis arasdros miRalatia, arasdros mimitovebia upatronod,
gaWirveba da mwuxarebac xom erTad gadavitaneT. nuTu erTi
sityvieri nugeSis Rirsi aRara varo?-Ffiqrobda: raRa cxovrebaa,
sami gazrdili gogonadan erTic ar damirCa gverdiT, ufrosia da
umZraxad mizis da Tavisi cxovreba ras daimgvana, SuaTana daa da
CemTan cxovreba aRar surs, mezoblis xuxulaSi SeyuJuli, albaT,
saqmros saxlSi gadava male. verac misi mdevari rom aris da Cemi
uarmyavi, amas wyali ar gauvao, fiqrobda da fiqri dardSi
gadaudioda. dards aryiT iklavda. arayi misi avi fiqrebis
droebiTi mkvleli iyo, mciredxanobisas Svebisa da nugeSis
momgvreli. cremlebi Tovlis fifqebiviT adneboda myvrimalebsa
da nikapze. marias aseTi Sinagani sicariele da simSrale
arasdros ugrZvnia
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Tbili amindis miuxedavad, siTbos nacvlad susxs grZnobda anna,
romelic Tavisi Txeli, rZisferi sxeuliT axlad abibinebul
lorTqo balaxze gawoliliyo. cvrian balaxs, sasiamovnod grils
da notios, mTeli simZafriT SeigrZnobda sxeulis TiToeuli
nawiliT: guliT, kaniT, SiSveli fexebiT, xelis zurgiT, TmebiT,
romelic gaSlili grZlad mimovleboda axlos abibinebul
balaxebSi. TiTqos, isinic ZaliT ibRuWavdnen Tmis TiToeul Rers...
ca axlos iyo, imdenad axlos, rom xelisgulebze airekleboda
Rrublebis Crdili. annas saTuTad mgrZnobiare kanma, romelic
lorTqo balaxis cvrianobas simSvidiT xvdeboda, siuxeSe igrZno.
balaxi im erT wamSi gamxmariyo da gauxeSebul xmela RerebiT mis
kans kawravdnen. wamodgoma surda annas, magram Zala ar hyofnida.
sakuTari Tavi, romelic iseTi uRono gamxdariyo, Tavis gverdze
gadawevac ki aRar SeeZlo, ar emorCileboda. sxeuli meqanikurad
mosriale magnits damsgavseboda, romelsac mizidulobas sadRac
Sors uqadda.

balaxSi sxeulmodunebuli da usiamovnod mSfoTvare xasiaTiT

dabla eSveboda nel-nela. iseTi SegrZneba hqonda, TiTqos viRaca
uxilavs uSnod CaebRuja xelebi asulis mgrZnobiare fexis terfebze
da xmela Tivad naqcev mkvdar balaxze Tavqve dabla miasrialebda
maqsimalurad Senelebuli moZraobiT. uRono, Zalagamoclili
arafris SemZle xelebi zemoT mouyvebodnen mosriale sxeuls, xelis
mtevnis zurgi ise dafxaWniliyo sisxlis kvals tovebda srialisas.
stkioda nakawri adgilebi, simwriT surda xelis mtkivani zurgi
zeviT, cis mimarTulebiT moeqcia, xelis gulebi ki qveviT-balaxisken
eqna, magram Zalis mciredi natamalic ki ar SemorCenoda, araferi
emorCileboda. mxsnelad siyvaruliT masze mzrunveli daTa gaivlo
gonebaSi. vaJi, romelic misi gulobisTvis mTebs gadadgavs, sal
kldes riyis qvebad daSlis da aremareze mimoabnevs. daTa mayaSvili
aqamdec unda gaxseneboda mSvelelad. dauZaxebs da mis xmaze iqve
Tvalis daxamxamebaSi gaCndeba...

magram annas sisxlisferma bageebma gansakuTrebuli mcdelobis

Sedegadac ki ver moaxerxa sityvis warmoTqma. isev fexebSi wamwvdari
eweoda uxilavi gonji qveviT, annac weRandeliviT uRono,
Zalagamoleuli morCilad dauyveboda mis nebas, srialebda dabla,
neli moZraobiT, TiTqos, dedamiwa daqanebuli ferdobi yofiliyos.
saintereso iyo, am ferdobis qveS, iq sadac dasasrulia, ra
dauxvdeboda, Aankara wyaros wveTebiT savse gubura, romelsac
ukvdavebis magiuri Tvisebebi hqonda, Tu kidev ufro sxva ram?.. erTi
ki iyo, SiSs grZnobda, gauTavebels, gulSi saklav SiSs, da es SiSi
maSin ufro gaZlierda, rodesac misgan naxevari metris moSorebiT
ferdobze msgavsad Tvissa nela mcuravi adamianis Tavs zeviT
gawolil uRono mklavebs mohkra Tvali. mis saxes ver xedavda,
radgan grZeli, nemsebiviT amowverili gamxmari balaxebi
efarebodnen, Tumc gumaniT grZnobda ferdobisken sriala adamianis
axloblobas. ucxo ar iyo, magram vin unda yofiliyo, nastinka Tu
vera? an iqneb gardacvlili deda an mama iyo, romelTa didi xnis
unaxavobam gaucxoveba mohgvara?

anna gamTeniisas SeSinebuli wamovarda loginidan, `avi sizmari

wyals unda gaatano~, gaaxsenda mezoblad mcxovrebi kato bebos
naTqvami, romelic iseve STanTqa sikvdilis qvesknelma, rogorc sxva
gardacvlili adamianebi. maTgan mxolod mogonebaRa SemorCeba xolme
gulsa da gonebaSio, gaivlo azri. mere gverdiT arxeinad
TvaldaxuWul daTas Seavlo Tvali, romlis naxva, Tundac mZinare,
siZlierisa da simSvidis garantad evlineboda. erTjeradad ki
gadaifiqra gunebaSi daTas xilvis Semdeg, sizmarma ra unda
damakloso, miT ufro rom Tbili loginidan bindbundSi wamodgoma
daezara, ezoSi gasvla da onkanis wylisTvis sizmris gataneba.
Tvalic ki miunaba erTxans daTas xmauriani sunTqviT
guldamSvidebulma, romelic tkbil, klasikur hangebze ufro
mgrZnobiared Caesmoda yurT, gulis kunWulSi siamovnebis varskvlavs
abrWyvialebda... magram, gaaxsenda, rom bavSvobisas dedac uZleveli
egona, mere mamac, oRondac dedaze odnev naklebZlevamosili. Tumca
sikvdilma orive daurideblad STanTqa. sicivisa da SiSis ekalma
daburZgla, kanze patar-patara wertilebma iwyes gadmoyra.
eldanakraviviT gadmoxta Tbili loginidan, umZrax mdgomareobaSi
gadairbina ezo. onkani gaxsna da axlos mitanili piridan amosTqva
samjer: _ Cemi sizmari wyalma waiRos, Cemi sizmari wyalma waiRos,
Cemi sizmari wyalma waiRos...

mere, TiTqos Sveba igrZno, magram axla crumorwmuned CaTvala

Tavi. sizmars misTvis mosveneba daekarginebina. sulier simSvides
eZebda mSobliur wiaRSi. welSi gasworebulma gadaxeda maxloblad
baRis SuagulSi muxlze dayudebul ufros daikos, romelic
gaRviZebuli uZravad sulganabuli, Tvals adevnebda dis saqciels.

`RviZavs~, gaivlo gulSi annam. mZinarec unaxavs nastinka, muxlze

mjdomare mucelmokuntuliyo, Tavi muxlebSi Caergo. aseT dros
patara mrgval qvas emgvaneba xolme mTvaris mimqrqal Suqze mZinari:

_nastinka, ar gZinavs?_axlos misulma Zalian Cumad hkiTxa. muxlze

mjdomare anastasiam das qvevidan amoxeda, mTvaris Suqma saxe
gaunaTa. mis fermixdil saxeze margalitebiviT wyeba-wyeba
mogoravdnen msxvili cremlebi. anna daibna, surda dasTan
miaxlovebiT sakuTari simSvide epovna, magram piriqiT dauxvda, masac
gadasdeboda annas mtanjveli xasiaTi.

_nastinka, Sen tiri?_hkiTxa isev Cumis xmiT, Tumca pasuxad dumili

miiRo.Aanastasia mas iseTi mudaris TvalebiT umzerda. qvevidan zeviT,
rom fexze mdgarma annam upiratesoba igrZno ufrosi dis winaSe,
ufro Zlierad moeCvena sauTari Tavi. gakvirvebulma erTi ki Seavlo
mzera, mere axlos mieWra, kiserze xelebi Semoxvia da ufrosi dis
Tavi mucelze miixuta. mis gril Tmebs fereba dauwyo, cremlebma
Rapa-RupiT TavisiT iwyo dena annas Tvalebidan, mucelze muxutebuli
dis sunTqvaze grZnobda mis qviTinsac. orive tiroda, fexze mdgomic
da muxlze mjdomic:

_nastinka, cudi sizmari gezmana? nastinka... ra gatirebs Cemo

daiko?_ekiTxeboda anna da cdilobda disTvis SeumCneveli darCenoda
sakuTari cremlebiT gamoxatuli sisuste. maRla bneli cisken
ixedeboda, romelzedac verskvlavT ciali arsaidan moCanda, Sav
Rrubels mifarebuli mTvare Soridan, bundovandeboda simuqeSi
aRbeWdili.

_sizmari iyo, anna, sizmari..._tiriliT amouqviTina ufrosma dam,

romlis winaSec annam muxlze daiCoqa, Caxutebulni erTmaneTis
gulis feTqvas grZnobdnen da Segrilebul sxeuls sakuTariviT
uTbobdnen erTurTs.

_gaxsovs, ras gvarigebda deda?_mduRare cremlebi saubars

anawevrebinebda nastias.

_deda sul gvarigebda, mudamdRe...

_ara, erTmaneTze gvarigebda, gverdiT dogma unda SegeZloTo...

_hoda, xom vdgavarT, Tu vzivarT gverdigverd.

_is gaxsovs? dedmamiSvilze axlobeli aravinaa amqveynado, deda-

Svilic veraa iseTi axlo mSobliurad makavSirebeli, rogorc erTi
dedmamis Svilebiao?

_ki maxsovs nastinka, maxsovs...

_dedmamiSvilebi erTi biologiuri organizmis produqtebi arian,

erT niadagze gaxarebul-aRmocenebulni, erT rtoze msxmoiare
vaSlis nayofebi, erTi sisxlisa da xorcis mqoneni...

_vici!

_erTurTis tkivilis gamziareblebi da emociebis matareblebi

unda iyoTo.

_varT kidec.
 _anna, Zalian miyvarxar, daiko..._nastiam saxe Camoado annas
kafandar mxars da aqviTinda.

_mec miyvarxar... Cu, nu tiri, ra mogivida, nastinka?.._CurCuliT

amSvidebda ufross daikos, Subls ukocnida da TviTonac uneblied
macremlari iyo._sizmari naxe?

nastiam mdumared dauqnia Tavi das.

_mere, sizmari rom tyuilia, Sen ar ici? ra gatirebs?.. sizmris

gulisTvis rom tiri, bavSvi xom ar xar?

_Sen, anna, gana SenTanac sizmari ar iyo?

anna daafiqra dis butbutma, Tavisi sizmari TiTqosda wamierad

gadaviwyeboda. mere erTavad sicivis ekalma dauara Tavidan
fexebamde, mis ZarRvebSi mocirkulave sisxlic ki sicivis SegrZnebas
tovebda. mas kargad axsovda, nastiasTan sakuTari sizmris Sesaxeb
krinti ar dascdenia, man ki, TiTqoda, icoda anna sizmris Sesaxeb.

_gaaCnia sizmars, anna, zogis unda gvjerodes, zogisac ara, magram

imis SiSiT rom SesaZloa SevcdeT romelia daujerebeli, misi SiSiT
dasajerebelsac ar vijerebT.

anna kvlavindeburad sicivisgan akankalda. xmis amoReba

uZneldeboda, dafantul azrebs Tavs ver uyrida, gaognebulic iyo,
gancvifrebulic, gaxarebulic, imitom rom dis Seucnobeli
samyaroeba Zalismier mfarvelad evlineboda. dedis gardacvalebis
Semdeg nastia hyavda dedasaviT moamage, misi ndoba da damajerebloba
zenitSi ahyavda orive das. gverdze gaixeda, saRebavSemoclil saxls
dakvirvebulad gauStera Tvali. Nneta, maria Tu xedavs sizmrebs? Tu
eyureba Cveni tkivilis?Nneta, Cveni cremli guls Tu uCuyebs?_
fiqrobda TavisTvis da am azris gaxmovanebas arc apirebda
nastiasTan, raTa gulistkivili ar gamoewvia masSi.

_an ra valdebulebaa, Cvenma cremlebma guli auCuyos? ratom unda

stkiodes Cvens magier? Cveni wili jvaris simZime ginda aiZulo manac
gainawilos? aravin daavaldebulo Sens siyvarulSi, aravis
Tanaziaroba ar akadro. es misi nebaa Segiyvarebs Tu ara, gainawilebs
Tu ara Sens sevdian yofierebas...sevdians, Torem mxiaruli yofierebis
gamziareblobas mopatiJeebi ar Wirdeba, ulevad dagesevian Tavs
cbierni... _ TavisTvis, ise sasxvaTaSorisod saubrobda
damrigebeluri toniTAanastasia.

anna gafacicebiT ugdebda yurs dis monologs, romelic esoden

gajerebuliyo sevdiani, magram Tbili xmis bgerebiT. dedobrivi
mzrunvelobiT aRsavse darigebebi, TiTqos, sadRac Soridan moesma,
cas kideebze aisis elferi dakravda, Semovardisferebulad
Separvoda horizonts msubuqi nabijiT mavali alioni:

_ ramdeni xania saxlSi ar vyofilvar, misi siTbo aRar

SemigrZvnia._ Rrma amosunTqva amoayola naTqvams anastasiam. mere
dadumda, mciredxniani dumilis Semdeg annas smenamaxvilma yurma
kargad gaigona Tu rogor msubuqad Caecina das. _ramdeni xania aq
aRar mifusfusia, saqmiT rom gadaviRlebi xolme, vnatrobdi, neta am
saxls momaSora-Tqo... axla, menatreba. krZalviT vivsebi, roca
maxsendeba Tu rogor daiareboda Tavisi mSvidi xasiaTiTa da nazi
nabijebiT deda, aristokrati warmoSobis, lamazi da miuxedavad
azizad gaezardaT Tavis mSoblebs, misnairad aristokrati da aseTi
mSromeli ar meguleba sxva... mamac maxsendeba, damaxasiaTebeli
siarulis maneriT, samsaxurze gamudmebulad mafiqrali, Cvens
uWmelobas rom dardobda...

annas gardacvlili mama warmoudga Tvalwin, bavSvobis droindeli

kadri, sanTlisferi, arafrismTqmeli saxiT, yinuliviT civi da
galurjebuli tuCebiT, Tvalwin warmoudga. aseTi Semonaxuli
kadrebi gasaxseneblad uWirda, surda gaeqro mexsierebidan, magram
amaod, daZvelebuli kadrebi gaqrobas ar eqvedebareboda. tkiviliT
samse kadrebis gaxseneba cxviris wvers uwvavda, wvis mere cremlebma
icodnen Tvalis kalapotidan gadmoRvra. miuxedavad Tavisi azrebis
Tu warmodgenebis gauxmovanebis, mixvda, rom nastiac imasve grZnobda
da ganicdida, rasac TviTon:

_xo, mama gardacvalebisas mec mtkivneulad CamrCa mexsierebaSi.

momakvdavis cxvirwin sarke mihqonda marias da SiSiT uyrebda,
daiorTqlavda Tu ara... sunTqvis Sesawyvetad ver imetebda. marias
maSin Zalian uWirda, mamis dakrZalvis Semdeg fsiqikuri problemebi
Seeqmna sacodavs, gverdiT mdgomi da gulis damwveli aravina hyavda
Cvens meti... Cvenc ra, patarebi vyavdiT. egec Sesacodia, mamaCvenis
dRemokleobam kargi veraferi moutana. arc sakuTari Svili ar darCa,
Cvens imedad amyofebs zena.

annam gaifiqra rom miuxedavad dedinacvlis mware da rTuli

xasiaTisa, mainc rogor Sescodebiao, anastasiam ki Tqva:

_ho, codoa da Sesabralisi. aravis unda rTuli xasiaTi gaaCndes

am qveynad, radgan Tavis xasiaTiT sxvas ar vnebs imdens, ramdensac
sakuTar Tavs... axlac codvaa, martoa, cudi sizmrebi masac umwarebs
sulsa da guls. isic daexeteba xolme marto, euli saxlis
Cabnelebul oTaxSi. codvaa aba, ra, cxovrebas nebier varskvlavze
sanarnarod ki ar mouvlenia, aramed gasaWiris daTmenisTvis,
siduxWireSi sikeTis SesanarCunebelis gamosacdelad.
 _ras vizamT, yvelas Tavisi misia aqvs Sesasrulebeli._ daeTanxma
anna da TviTonac gakvirda, sapasuxod gamoTqmuli azris
dakvirvebisas.

_marTali xar daiko!

anna uyurebda mosaubre nastias da grZnobda sarkis efeqts, misi

xilvisas, TiTqos, sarkeSi sakuTar Tavs ireklavda. azrebi oriveSi
erTnairad ibadebodnen, erTurTis Sesacnobad sityvieri gaxmovaneba
saWiro aRar iyo, fiqrobda erTi da meore imaves grZnobda. debs
Soris mWidro kavSiri aSkara TvalSisacemad igrZnoboda:

_daiko, marTali yofila deda._ gadaulaparaka annam. _aravinaa

iseTi axlobeli qveynad, rogorc erTi ded-mamis Svilebi. Senze
axlobeli aravin myolia. vgrZnob Sens yvelafers, ras grZnobs Seni
guli, Cemma zedmiwevniT kargad icis, da gulwrfelad TanugrZnobs.

Anastasia uxmod tiroda. TvaldaxuWuls cremlebi Rawvebs

usvelebda, susti mxrebi uTrToda. anna xvdeboda, rom es cremlebi
sixarulisa da im sevdis nazavi iyo, romelsac bavSvobisas
ganicdidnen, orivesTvis saerTo iyo tkivilic da sixarulic. annas
aRar scioda. masSi Sinagani mRelvareba siTbos Seecvala. ZarRvebSi
Tbilma sisxlma dauara. muxlze daCoqil daikos Caexuta. maT Tavs
wamodgomodaT dilis SemobrZaneba:

_rogor Tqvi weRan, ramdeni xania saxlSi ar vyofilvaro?

_ki, asea. momenatra kidec...

_ar ginda Semomyve? erTad SevideT, dedaCvenis naxelavebi

amovalagoT skivridan: naqargebi, naqsovebi, misi xeliT Sekerili
kabebi... veras wiTeli kaba gaxsovs? dedas naqoni mocekvave
baleriniani zardaxSa gaxsovs?

_wiTeli kaba isev arsebobs?_nastias TavSekavebulad Caecina,

bageze mokrZalebuli Rimili daefina.

_Sen moutane xom gimnaziidan veras?

_ki, anna, me movutane, Cems megobars hqonda Tavis naxelavi. ici,

rogori gancda mqonda, roca saxlSi movitane da davmale? is dRe
naTlad SemomrCa aq_ Tqva da saCvenebeli TiTi Tavze nazi simsubuqiT
miikakuna. _bevri mogoneba makavSirebs Cems ojaxTan, saxlTan.
xandaxan TvalebdaxuWuli vfiqrob, ramdens gauZlo am Txelma xis
kedlebma, ramdenis mnaxveli iyo es miwa, es xeebi... yvelaferi
menatreba, ojaxuri siTbo-gansakuTrebulad.

_hoda, radgan ase genatreba ojaxuri siTbo, me SegiZRvebi saxlSi,

erTad SevideT axla, am dilas, xom ginda?
 annam dakvirvebulad Seavlo Tvali dis mzeras, romelic saxlis
kedlebs siyvaruliT aRsavse esiyvaruleboda.

_ara, Cemo anna, ara, me ukve aq davimkvidre adgili. aqedan fexis

momcvleli aRara var. Sevpirdi kiriles suls da unda Sevusrulo.

_cota xniT daiko, erTi saaTiT, gTxov, mere isev modi da isev
daiCoqe Zveleburad.

nastia erTxans gairinda, pirze Rimilma gadaurbina, Tvalwin

warmoudga saxlis kedlebi, romelsac siTbo da simyudrove
mokleboda mis iq yofnisas, axla ki dasevdianebul mgloviared
qceuliyo:

_ara daiko, Cemi aqedan wamodgoma warmoudgenelia, eg arasdros

moxdeba. Cemi bedi da momavali ukve gadawyvetili maqvs. me kiriles
suls mxsnelad unda davudge, medgrad var, medgrad... araferi miWirs,
nu Semicodeb, anna. xom giTxari, ukve yvelaferi mtkiced gadawyvite.

ezoSi SaSvma iwyo galoba, dilis SemobrZanebas egebeboda tkbili

xmiT.

_ase Zalian giyvarda?_Cumad ikiTxa annam.

_miyvarda._Tavi daukra anastasiam _axlac miyvars.

_axlac?

_ho, axlac. imasac vuyvardi...

_axla?

_axla suli uWirs. didi codva moswia Tavs Cems gamo, Cemi
siyvarulis gamo.

_mere ratom qna aseTi ram, patara xom ar iyo ver gaecnobierebina
ras sCadioda?

_nu damisji axla sayvedurebiT, nu damisji sityvebiT isedac

dasjils. sityvebiT adamianis xelmeored dabadebac SeiZleba da
gardacvalebac. ramdenjerac TviTmkvlels TviTmkvlelebisTvis
daZraxav, imdenjer xelaxla iklavs Tavs. nu daumZimeb yofierebas Cem
kiriles suls, gTxov, piriqiT Tqvi: kargi rom iyo, is Tqvi xSir-
xSirad, keTilic xom iyo, samSobloze Tavdadebulic, erTguleba
rom uyvarda, egac Tqvi. megobris Ralats gulSi ver gaivlebda.
yvela uyvarda, yvela gulTan axlos moudioda. glaxaksa da upovars
gulgrili ver Cauvlida. `mariakebis~ mier mokluli megobris ojaxs
jamagiri rom miawoda, mis cols ebevra. Turme, Tavisi miucia, ori
gasamrjelo iyo iq, misTvis ar uTqams, mxolod me gamando, isic
Zalian mokrZalebulad. kirile mebrZoli myavda. bunebiT meomar
mamakacs yovelTvis aqvs afeqtobasTan mWidro sazRvari, Tu zRvars
gadava misi gancdebi, mere Tavis kontroli aRar SeuZlia.

kirilec aseTi iyo... arc erT sxva mamakacs ar SeuZlia, ise

dauaxlovdes sikvdils, rom sakuTriv gaiTavisos, rogorc sikvdilis
piras myof momakvdavs da meomars. pirveli mas nela eCveva, meomars ki
imdenjer aqvs sikvdiliTvis TvalebSi Caxeduli, rom misi arseboba,
andac siaxloves yofna, aRar adardebs, arc uSindeba sikvdils. Cemi
kirile zedmetad uSiSari myavda, arasdros daemoneboda SiSebsa da
misiT gamowveul usiamovno gancdebs, amas aramebrZoli Tvsesbebis
mqone kaci ver gaigebs, imitom rom mas Tavis Tavze Seyvarebuls,
sikvdilisTvis Tvali TvalSi ar gauyria da panikurad eSinia misi
warmodgenis... kirilem Cemi siyvarulisTvis Caidina arCasadeni, Cems
gamo...…me ver gamovdeqi xelmardi, azrmardi, Sors ver ganvWvrite
movlenebi. ici, siyvaruli gadarCenisTvisaa mogonili. oris
siyvaruli erTi xdeba xolme. imis TvaliT danaxva rom SegeZlos,
rac uCinaria, gaocdebi. adamians, rogorc nisli, burusi aseTi heris
talRebi dasdevs, magram roca Seyvarebulia wrfeli guliT, maSin
fers icvlis es Tanmdevi nisleuli, mkrTalad feraddeba. Tu mas
iseTive wrfeli siyvaruliT upasuxebs meorec, maSin maTi nisli
erTiandeba, ufro metad feraddeba. vardisfridan gardamavali feria,
iasamnisferSi... anastasiam xeliT moxaza haerSi wre, TiTqos TvaliT
sruliad sxva sivrcis naxviT garTuliyo. mis garSemo, dedamiwaze
arsebuli sakacobrio sicariele amoevso im feris nisleulebiT,
romelsac Aanastasia sityvierad xatavda umcrosi disTvis.

_suli ra aris?

_sulic mag ferebSia, xom naTelia axla, suli Tu mosiyvarule

mdgomareobaSia, rogor netari SvebiT imseba, usiyvarulod suli
qorfa totze sacodavad mobuzul Cits emgvaneba. usiyvarulo
adamianis nisleuli moTeTroa, vnebebisgan garyvnilis, ai iseTis,
siyvarulis niWi da unari rom aRar SeswevT meti mruSi fiqrebisa Tu
qmedebebisgan, moSavo.

_marTla?_gaioca annam._ ...da rogor fiqrob, daTas Tanmdevi

nisleuli ra feria?

nastias isev Tbilma Rimilma daumSvena mTvaresaviT gadabadruli

saxe. mosiyvarule TvalebiT Sexeda dilis qorfa sinaTleze daikos,
romelic gverds umSvenebda da uTbobda sxeulis mixutebiT da
Tbili xmiT upasuxa:

_Seni daTa Zalian, Zalianaa Senze Seyvarebuli, da Tanac ise

Zalian, rom TiTqmis uzomod da usazRvrod. siyvaruli oris gulSi
ibadeba da mTel maT sacxovrebel areals aTbobs. rom ara es
grZnoba am qveynad Cvenc ar movevlinebodiT. aq, swored, imisTvis
varT, rom Cveni rCeulis Zlieri siyvaruli SevZloT, raTa sulierad
ufro metad avmaRldeT, siyvaruli iq_ anastasiam TvalebiT zecas
axeda da Cailaparaka_iq, wagvadgeba.

_xandaxan mgonia, rom siyvaruli Cven, adamianebma gamovigoneT,

imitom, rom ase ufro mogvewona, mere gavazviadeT, TiTqos uimisoba
aRar SegviZlia, mere...

_Cu, anna, msgavsi aRar gaimeoro. Cven ver gamovigonebT siyvaruls.

Cven, adamianebs mxolod siZulvilis gamogoneba SegviZlia. siyvaruli
es iman, zecad rom gvegulvis, iman gamoigona. is Zalzed tkbilia,
mzrunveli TiToeuli masTan myofi sulisTvis... samoTxec masSia, mis
SigniT...

nastias Tvalebidan cremlebi Camougorda, pirjveri gadaisaxa

Txeli TiTebiT da Subli miwas Seaxlo ise mZlavrad, rom tuCebi
miwas miabjina. miwas eamboreboda mlocvelad mobutbute.

zurgs ukan braxunis xma moesmaT debs. nastiam yuric ar aTxova

karis braxuns, Zveleburad ganagrZo mTeli gulis SegrZnebiT locva.
annam mSvidad miabruna Tavi mezoblad modgmuli saxlisken, karSi
axladgaRviZebuli daTa mayaSvili idga, TmebaburZgnuli,
kopebSekruli:

_anna, SemeSinad ase dilauTenia rom ver gnaxe, xom

mSvidobaa?_vaJis SeSfoTebuli mzera Tavs ar anebebda annas Tbil,
damSvidebul saxes.

_sizmari vnaxe cudi, wyals gavatane, mere nastinkasTan Camovjeqi

cota xniT da Tavzec dagvaTenda... mere, Senc dagvadeqi da...

daTa RimiliT miuaxlovda axalgazrdebs, xumrobiT hiTxa: _mec aq

xom ar Camovmjdariyavi?

_daTa, Sen xom gaxsovs Cemi kirile?_daekiTxa Zalze mSvidi saxiTa

da auRelvebeli xmiT Anastasia. _GgTxov, gaixsene, rogori iyo
kirile bunebrivad?

_Zalian jigari._ daiwyo daTam. _jigari biWi iyo, meti ra giTxra,

ra gainteresebs? ukan daxeva ar icoda, megobrebs gasaWirSi ar
migvatovebda, marto megobrebs ki ara, cxra ucxos miefereboda da
gaWirvebis Jams gverdiT daudgeboda. Sen ase, rodemde unda ijde,
SenSi drom ver Seamsubuqa kiriles naWrilobeviT gamowveuli
tivili?

_verc Seamsubuqebs dro am tkivilebs, iqamde, sanam mis suls

Svebas ar vapovnineb.

_Sen rogor mixvdebi mere misi sulis Svebis povnas?

 _mivxvdebi, daTa, me pirvels mecodineba es... ufalma yvelas codva
aiRo sakuTar Tavze, daiTmina da SeZlo. me erTi kinkila kiriles
codvas ver davZlev?_xmaSi faqizi iumori Seepara Aanastasias._Sen
ras Svrebi daTa? aba, egac Tqvi.

_ho, ras unda vSvrebode, cota gaxarebulebic ki varT. londonSi

kreba gamarTula, partiuli, iq yrilobaze kenWisyra samiT TerTmetze
mouges menSevikebma bolSevikebs. menSevizmi imarjvebs, mgoni
Tavisufleba ar unda agvcdes, avtokefaliasac gamovkrevT xels da
kidev bevr ramesac. me axali binis miRebaze vmuSaob. dampirdnen, da
axla albaT...

_neta Cemi sizmari ras niSnavda? iqneb axal binaSi gadasvlis

niSani iyos?_ annas gafacicebuli mzera nastiasgan daTaze
gadahqonda da piriqiT.

_anna, albaT omi daiwyeba, mzad unda viyoT!_Tqva anastasiam da

pirjvari gadaiwera.

_CvenTan?_ daTas xmaSi SeSfoTeba daetyo.

_CvenTan ara, magram, Cven..._ sityvis damTavreba aRar acala daTam

anastasias, SvebiT amoioxra am ukanasknelma da annas mxrebze
xelisguli mouTaTuna. _gveyo saubrebi, ade, sauzmisTvis movemzadoT.
miwaze Camocucquli anna erTbaSad wamoxta, kabis kalTa xeliT
Seibertya da mezoblad mdgari viwro saxlisken daiZra. saxlis
zRublze axlad gaRviZebuli verac gamoCnda:

_Tu omi CvenTan ar iqneba, aba, sanerviuloc araferi gvqonia,

piriqiT, samaRariCod gvaqvs saqme, alCuze awyobili. _saumzed cxel
Cais lukmebad ayolebda puris naWrebze gadasmul komSis
xelfafas._male binas miviReb, iq gadagiyvan, kargad viqnebiT, aba, am
ucxo saxlSi rodemde unda viyoT?

_me?_veram dardianad gamomcdeli Tvalebi miapyro daTas _me

uTqvenod rogor unda viyo aq?

_vin dagajera rom uCvenod aq unda iyo? Senc wagiyvan, xom

meTanxmebi, anna?.. Senc gadagiyvan aqedan, Sen Seni oTaxi geqneba
lamazad mowyobili.

_sarkec meqneba Cems oTaxSi?

_sarkec geqneba Sens oTaxSi!_cxeli finjani pirTan miitana, erTi

ylupis Semdeg ki dasZina:_aucileblad lamazi aveji, sakeravi
manqana-zingeri, Tavis magidianad...

_versadac ver wavalT!_erTixelis mosmiT Cauyara nanatri imedebi

meocnebeebs annam._Cems das ra vuyo? nastinkas aq xom ver davtoveb,
sawyali gogo ver dadis, erTTavad muxldaCoqilia, erTi boTli
wylisa da erTi lukmis mimwodebeli xom unda hyavdes gverdiT?

_xooo, mere ra, nastiac Tan waviyvanoT, iq Caimuxlos sadac Cven

viqnebiT. lukmasac mivawvdiT da..._ mokrZalebul magidas gadaxeda
daTa mayaSvilma, sityvis maragi gamoleoda, surda gaexsenebina, kidev
ris gakeTebas SeZlebda anastasiasTvis, Cais cariel finjans mohkra
Tvali da warmosTqva:_Caisac, Caisac mivawvdiT, msxlis jemian pursac.

_ocneba ocnebaa, ocneba rom ar arsebuliyo rogorRa viqnebodiT,

Tavs riTiRa vinugeSebdiT?_xalisianad Tqva annam da winsafarze
sveli xelebi SeimSrala.

_anna, uZaxe Sen ocneba da erTxelac Sin dabrunebulze rom

getyvi, abaa, akrife Seni da Seni debis bargi-barxana, Cvens saxlSi
gadavdivarT-Tqo, maSin raRas metyvi, Se marTla ocnebasaviT tkbilo,
sainteresoa.

martod darCenili anna isev gancdian sizmars Cafiqreboda.

sainteresodac eCveneboda da uCveulodac, magram guli eWvebiT ufro
metad gamZafreboda, rodesac imave dRes puris rigSi myofma yuri
mohkra ruseT-TurqeTis SesaZlo omis dawyebis Sesaxeb ambavs.

or qveyanas Soris moqceuni, albaT SuaSi gaviWylitebiTo,

sevdiani fiqrobda. SeSfoTeba dRiTi-dRe mZafrdeboda, mere sizmari
drom daaviwya, magram omi marTla daiwyo. pirvelive xanebSi
igrZnoboda ekonomiuri krizisi. purze ufro didi rigebi daiwyo,
navTze gauTaveblad uSvelebeli. qalaqSi nebismieri asakis umweoebs
yoveli fexis nabijze naxavdiT.

dilauTenia iyo, rodesac Anastasias Tavisi bavSvobis megobrebi,

paSka da daTo estumrnen. samxedro formiT Semosilebi, iaraRiT
asxmulni daadgnen Tavs. pirispir Camousxdnen da bavSvuri
Tavgadasavlebis mogonebebs Seudgnen:

_paSka, ai am xeze aidgi pirvelad fexi_gulianad icinoda daTo da

broweulis xisken axedebda megobars _nabijebs aq giTvlidiT, rom
icode, sul xeze dadiodi, Citebs dainaxavdi da imdens dasdevdi,
imdens rom ecodebodi xolme da ZaliT geWerinebodnen.

_ras meWerinebodnen? _gacecxlda paSka, Tavze qoCori wamoeSala

meti emociebisgan_ imotona jafara rom daviWre cocxalad, egac ra,
ZaliT dameWerina?.. aRar gaxsovs?

_ki, ZaliT dageWerina, Seecode da aba, ras izamda, Seni

sacodaobiT qvac ki iwvoda, fexsacmels fexsacmelze yidulobda
dedaSeni, sul axlebs ise gaucveTdi xolme wverebs, rom TiTis
baliSebi zemodanac ki giCanda.
 _me yoCaRi viyavi, fexmardi da magito, aba Sennariad sisarulisas
ki ar meZina,

_me meZina siarulisas?

_ho Sen, xvrinavdi kidec. verc darbodi, fexburTSic me gjobdi,

Sen mekared Tu vargodi, ha da ha, isic Tu moixalisebdi maSin.

_daxedeT erTi amas, Tu gind exla gamejibre aba, ginda sirbilSi,

ginda xoxvaSi,

_xeze cocvaSi gamejibre aba, ai wiwvovan xeze ZromialSi_Tqva da

xeliT axlomdgomi camde awverili naZvis xisken mianiSna.

_gana SensaviT ciyvi var, naZvze viZromialo girCebisTvis. agera

fuRurosaca vxedav zed, midi aZveri da iqve darCi, Seetevi kideca,
egaa ukudo ciyvi eyoleba nastias baRSi, fafuq kudiani ciyvis
yolasac bedi sdomebia.

anna gulianad kiskisebda iumors ayolili biWebis Semyure. nastia

Rimilmoreuli mSvidi saxiT umzerda bavSvobis megobrebs, romelnic
ise Sexumrebodnen erTurTs, rom Tavi marTlac bavSvobis samyaroSi
egonaT jerac. isini gamalebulni xumrobdnen, saoxunjod sityvis
Zalas ar iSurebdnen.

biWebi iseTive mxiaruli manerebiT wavidnen, rogoriTac movidnen.

maTi mxiaruli SeZaxilebi da xarxari mezobel saxlebs swvdeboda.
win paSka garboda, msubuqi nabijebiT, ukan daTo misdevda SedarebiT
mZime siarulis maneriT. paSka daTosTan DSedarebiT ufro susti,
wvrili aRnagobis iyo. maTi mosvlisas TiTqos ezo, kar-midamo
samxiarulo ganwyobaze damdgariyo. maTi wasvlis Semdeg anastasiam
bavSviviT tirili morTo.

_ra gatirebs?_hkiTxa annam da Sublze amboriT miualersa

sayvarel daikos.

_isini omSi wavidnen, me araferi miTxres amis Sesaxeb, magram

gunebaSi mxiarulebiT cdilobdnen TavianTi dardiT dafarvas. aq,
gamosamSvidobeblad movidnen, Tumca ar gaamxiles.

_mere ra, dabrundebia, Cemo daiko, ai, naxav, pirvelad midian omSi
Tu ra?

_es sxva omia, anna, im omidan dabruneba Zneli iqneba. Cemi kirilec
rom cocxali myoloda, imasac mouwevda did omSi wasvla.
_anastasiam mciredxans dumili irCia, mZimed amoioxra, TiTqos mas
amoayola tkivilis momgvreli dardi da sevda. mere ki TavisTvis
dasZina:_neta omis sakbilo gamxdariyo da ara sxva ramis... magram
mainc magari myavda._Cailaparaka dananebiT nastiam.
 _daTa rom ar midis am omSi, ra bednierebaa, ici daiko?_Tqva
sixaliseayolili xmiT annam da baRSi saqmian fusfuss Sehyva.

_eg SenTvis Svebaa da ara bednieba._isev TavisTvis, Cumad

Cailaparaka mjdomare qalwulma, ise rom annamde xma verc miawvdina,
da tkbilis xmiT RvTismSoblis savedrebel galobas Seudga.

VII
erT dResac gaciskrovnebul caze mzis dabneleba daiwyo da
moicva mTeli saqarTvelos Tavs mosili zeca, romlis cisferi,
wminda kamkam-ciali bneleTis simuqem STanTqa.

movlenebma swrafad iwyes ganviTareba. jer eklesiebs warTmeuli

avtokefalia daubrundaT: taZrebSi mxurvaled gaCaRda wirva-locva
mSobel enaze, mrevli daubrunda eklesiebs, Tavisuflebis surneliT
gajerda are-mare, Citebmac ki Tavisuflad iwyes haerSi gaWrisas
navardic da ayvavebuli nuSis totze Camoskupebulma bulbul-
SaSvmac galoba. Tumca es droebiTi aRmoCnda.

jer iyo da ise iZra miwa, rom mTeli gori miwasTan gaaswora.
Senoba-nagebobani nacartutad aqcia, nangrevebidan avardnilma
mtverma SeuZlebeli gaxada gadarCenil adamianTa sunTqva, ramdenma
ver gauZlo aseT nangrevebis mtvriT samse uhaerobas da moixrCo. ra
ambaviao Cvens Tavs?_ kiTxulobdnen SiSiT gaTangulebi da gancdebs
mwuxri efeneboda, rodesac nangrevebTan acremlebul xalxs
xedavdnen: mgloviare deda miwasTan gasworebul saxlis nangrevebSi
Svils eZebda, mamakacebi Sig moyolil col-Svils... miwisZvris
Tanmdevi biZgebi yoveldRiurad meordeboda, amitom gorelebi
savali gzis SuaSi fexakrefiT dadiodnen.

ruseT-TurqeTis omis damTavrebis Semdeg Aanastasias megobrebi,

daTo da paSka aRar dabrunebulan. paSkas saxels gardacvlilTa
sulis mosaxseniebel locvebSi ixseniebda Aanastasia, daTos ki ara.
omis xvedri mter-moyvaris sicocxlis ylapvaa, marto miwebis
mtacebloba ki ara. dilidan locvas iwyebda da locviT acilebda
dRes mosasvelenlad. Ramis SemobrZanebasac locviT xvdeboda.
erTTavad dayudebuls, gauSleli muxli Tavidan stkioda, fexebi
ubuJdeboda, magram tkivili maSin mcirdeboda, rodesac tkivilze
maRldeboda arsobrivad. fizikuri tkivili maSin iTrguneba, rodesac
sulieri mxare zenitSia. pirveli meoris gasaZlierebladaa
gamogonili.

Zlierebas da sisustes paralelebi erTTavad evleba sakacobrio

istoriaSi. Zlieri imitomaa Zlieri, rom TviTonac unda gauZlos da
sxvasac gaaZlebinos tkivili, sasowarkveTa da rTuli yofiereba.
Zliers rom Sexedavs susti, romelsac mxolod mimbaZveloba akmara
bunebam niWad, Tavdac ecdeba misnairad sirTulis gamklavebas.
amisTvisaa gamogonili Zlieris sirTulis moZaleba da sustis
mimbaZveloba. sevda sxva ramea, es sulis mdgomareobaa _ gamoxatos
protesti sxvis ugunurobaze.

_arasdrosaa adamiani ise axlos RmerTTan, rogorc wrfeli

siyvarulis Jams da didi mwuxarebisas. am dros sruliad sxvas
grZnobs sulieri: _uambobda anastasia mis mosanaxuleblad mosul
stumars. _roca giyvars TviT RmerTi Semodis SenSi, isedac SenSia
Tumca, uazro azrebi, vnebebisadmi ltolva mas xels hkravs, ver
SeigrZnob, magram siyvarulisas, roca giyvars da ise, rom SegiZlia
mis gamo sakuTari Tavi ukana planze gadaiyvano, da masac SeeZlos
analogiuri gamoxatuleba hqondes Sens gamo, es sruliad RvTaebrivi
mdgomareobaa.

saerTod cxovrebaSi bevri safrTxe arsebobs, bevri maxea

dagebuli. Zlieric ki gaebmeva xolme masSi, magram Tu
sifrTxilisadmi SiSi gaaCnia adamians, is Zlier da niWier
adamianadaa movlenili am qveynad. me mkiTxavi ar var, zogi
samkiTxaod modis CemTan. amaze Zalian vnerviulob, me ar SemiZlia
viRacis mkiTxaoba, vumarCielo, xval murabian Cais marjvena fexis
fexze gadadebisas miirTmevs Tu marcxena fexis Semodebisas. msgavsi
sisuleleebis gaidialebiT cxovreba SeuZlebelia. wvrilmanebze
yuradRebas mxolod ususuri fsiqika akontrlebs. ra saWiroa
aseTebi. amas winaT qali movida, fuls maZalebda, oRondac mimkiTxave
Cemi qaliSvilebidan, olia ufro male gaTxovdeba Tu valiao. ar
SemiZlia-Tqo vuTxari. iman kidev-gecotava Cemi fulio?.. vexvewebodi
Tavi damanebe-meTqi. bolos Tavi muxlebze davide da namZinarevad
movaCvene Tavi. wavida, magram annas daubara kidev movalo. me Cemi
gasaWiri myofnis, Cemi kiriles sulis tanjva mjiRad mawevs mkerdze,
an ra marCielobaa, vin ufro adre gaTxovdeba. mTavari adre
gaTxoveba ki ara, mTavari bednierebis mopovebaa.

nastias mSvidi saubris tons stumris xasiaTSi sidinje Sehqonda.

WiSkris kari xmauriT SeaRo daTa mayaSvilma da Cveulze ufro
swrafi maneriT gadaiara ezo. nastias miaxlovebisas salmis niSnad
marjvena xeli auwia da xmis gaucemlad gauCinarda:

_anna, Sehyevi erTi, hkiTxe, mis Tavs ra ambavia?_annas misamarTiT

warmosTqva muxldaCoqilma anastasiam da stumris mosakiTxidan,
romelic mis win, miwaze ido gazeTiT Tavmoxveuli orjamiani,
Jangisferad gaberili Safranis vaSli amoiRo da daTasTan gaatana:
_pirs gaisvelebs biWi, daRlili Canda.

anna fexdafex mihyva daTa mayaSvils, romelic tansacmlis

karadasTan fusfusebda. annas fexis xmaze miyuradebisas ki ikiTxa:

_Cemi Savi qurTuki xom ar ginaxavs?

_raSi gWirdeba? jer misTvis Sesaferi amindi ar damdgara, ar

gamoTba saimisod_oTaxSi Sesuli anna kedels mieyuda da Tvali
gauStera daTas mousvenrobas.

_amindis gamo ar veZeb, mWirdeba... anna, mivdivar! _daTam karadidan

naWrebSi gaxevuli dakunkruSebuli nivTi gadmoiRo, faqizad dauwyo
SefuTnuls gaxsena. naWrebis grova Semoacala Savad alaplapebul
revolvers. mere tyviebi monaxa, garderobSi Sedebul didronyelian
CeqmaSi Caeyara, Ceqma pirdapir loginze gadmoapirqvava, revolveris
tyviebi mTasaviT daaxvava sawolis gaqaTqaTebul zewarze.

annas sikopwiave uyvarda, mis xelmonakidebs iseTi pewi da lazaTi

axlda, rom maSinve mixvdebiT asulis sisufTavis moyvarul xasiaTze.

_daTa, magis gadmoyra raSi dagWirda?

_mivdivar, anna, saWiroa Cemi wasvla, biWebma qeifi gadavwyviteT

bunebaSi da... SeiZleba srolaSic gavejibroTo, Tqves.

_daTa, raRacas mimalav, xom?! _annas xmaSi SeSfoTeba gamokrToda.

mas daTa miuaxlovda, kedelmixutebul annas mxrebze moxvia xeli da
Tvalminabulma Caixuta. Subli amboriT dauTbuna.

_male davbrundebi, gpirdebi, male...

asulma naRvlianad amoioxra, xelis guliT Jangisferi vaSli

gauwda: _nastiam gamogigzavna, pirs gaisvelebso.

_Sen miirTvi, ase ufro metad Semergeba. erTaderTi razedac

guli mwydeba, isaa, rom aqamde vaJiSvili ar meyola. arada, rogor
msurda myoloda, giorgi damerqmia da Cems Wkuaze gamezarda,
siyveruli meswavlebina, samSoblos siyvaruli... Cems ZmakacebSi
wameyvana da guli mejera misi ancobiT.
 _gveyoleba, daTa, ra vici, sul ase xo mar viqnebiT?_annam
daridebiT daimorcxva, daTa Tmebze eambora, Tavze mouTaTuna
siyvarulis niSnad xelis mtevani.

mere Tavis Cveuli maneriT swrafad gaemarTa anastasiasken.

is marto iyo, muxlze mjdomi Tvals adevnebda Tu rogor

epareboda irgvliv mimobneul puris namcecebs niblia Citi. daTas
qariSxaliviT miaxlovebam xelisgulosodena Citi daafrTxo, niblia
elvis siswrafiT afrTxialda haerSi da TvalidaxamxamebaSi
gauCinarda:

_nastia, me mivdivar, Cems mosvlamde annas Sen gabareb, marTalia,

Sen iqiT hyavxar misaxedi, magram... Sen ici, rogor Wkvianurad
daarigeb da gaamxneveb Cemi aryofnisas.

_Sen saiT gagiwevia?

_me, rogorc yovelTvis, Cems saqmeze unda wavide. ar vici, iqedan

rogori davbrundebi. _

_romel saqmeze?!

_Setakebas elodebian. mokled, didi ambavia... mas Semdeg, rac

saqarTvelom aRidgina avtokefalia da damoukideblobis avtoriteti,
megobrul urTierTobaSi yofna moindoma evropis sxvadasxva
qveynebTan. Tumc bevrs ar gaxarebia Cveni damoukideblobiT winsvla.
ramdeni qveyanac gvesazRvreba aqeT-iqidan, imdens unda saqarTvelos
dapyroba. axla, TurqeTSi, frontidan moxsnli rusuli SeiaraRebuli
SenaerTebi iTxoven, viTomdac samSobloSi dasabruneblad sarknigzo
xaziT, Tbilisis gavliT Savi zRvis navsadgurisken gadaadgilebas.
Cveni erovnuli sabWo ambobs: sakmarisia isini TbilisSi Semovidnen,
rom SeiaraRebulebi Tbilisis aRebas moiTxoveno. sabrZolo
moqmedebebisTvis unda viyoTo mzad, ra Tqma unda uars eubnevian
Tbilisze gavlasTan dakavSirebiT, ukve rezervistebis mobilizacia
gamocxadda, samxedro nawilebi yazarmul sistemaze gadasulebi,
saomari moqmedebis gangaSisaTvis mzadyofnaSia:

_nu geSinia daTa, yvelaferi mSvidad dasruldeba, yevlafers

wertili daesmeba, Senc mSvidobiT dagvibrundebi, annac kargad
dagixvdeba, wuTiTac ar gaivlo gulSi misi dardi, anna iseTi araa,
daumorCilebloba gamogicxados, mas Seni siyveruli lodinis
saukeTeso nebisyofas gamoumuSvebs.

imave saRamos gacileba mouwyo annam mebrZolad qceul daTas.

Tvalis mifarvamde uyuebda mimavals. pirjvrisweriT avedrebda
zeciurs mis mSvidobiT dabrunebas:
 _ici, ase miTxra, guli mwydeba vaJiSvili rom ar myavs aqamdeo,
_gaumxila saidumlod das DdaTas gulistkivili. naTqvamma nastias
Rimili mohgvara.

_Sen Tavs sarkeSi ar uyureb?.. rogori gamxdari xar, susti, Tanac

Sesaferi asakic ar gaqvs. rogor geyoleba bavSvi?

_rogor moviqce?.. Zalian minda orsulad davrCe, daTas

gavaxarebdi... giorgi unda rom daarqvas.

_Tavisi dro aqvs yvelafers, anna, RvTis madliT, yvelafer kargs

Tavisi dro gaaCnia. nu idardeb, geyoleba Senc vaJiSvili, Senc
gaaxareb daTas, isic giorgis daarqmevs nanatr vaJiSvils, mTavaria
yvelafer droulisadmi sulswrafoba ar gamoiCinoT. lodinisaTvis
nebisyofaa saWiro.

RamiT uimisoba gauZnelda annas, loginze daRonebuli daeSva,

fexebi uxalisod gadmoSala Zirs, xelebi kalTaze dailaga da fiqrs
misca Tavi. vera daRonebul das solidarobis mizniT gverdiT
miucucqda, naCvevi iumoriT xasiTis gamokeTebas Seecada, araferi
gamouvida, amitom Tavi kalTaSi Caudo da Tvali miunaba mTeli dRis
gadaRlilma.

annas eCvenebda, rom daTas gareSe kedlebic ki mowyenilad

imzirebodnen, arc saxlis milagebis sixalise ahyoloda daTas
gamoCenamde. nastiasTan clida monatrebul niadagze aRmocenebul
nostalgias. erTkviriani molodinis Sendeg daTa dabrunda.
gabadruli Seegeba WiSkarSi gamoCenils, vera sixaruliT davlurs
uvlida wyvilis garSemo. anastasiac xmamaRla gamoTqvamda
sasixarulo emociebs.

saRamos vaxSmobisas daTa enad gaikrifa. TvalebgafarTovebiT

momRimar gogonebs, annasa da veras mTeli dramatizirebiT uambobda
gamarjvebisas Tavs gadaxdenil sabrZolo detalebs:

_daudgenelma samxedro SenaerTebma, romlebsac Turquli

frontis xazi daetovaT, marTlac moindomes Tbilisze gavla. es
gavla ki ara CeqmiT gadavla iqneboda, neba rom daerToT... mokled
Cvenma erovnulma sabWom TbilisSi SemoSvebaze uari ganacxades,
magram samxedro SenaerTebis erTma nawilma ZaliT scada
dedaqalaqSi SemoWra. brZola gaCaRda Samqoris sadguris
misadgomebTan. iZulebulni gavxadeT baqos gziT gasuliyvnen.

is amayi iyo moyolisas. namdvili mamaci meomris TavdaWerilobiT

saubrobda, ianvris susxis gamo derefnis SesasvlelSi Rumelic
aeguzguzebina annas, SeSis kaca-tkuci sasiamovnod gaudioda. mTel
saxlSi nedli SeSis surneleba trialebda:
 _nastias ra vuyoT? ase rogor davtovoT gagania ianvarSi, male
yinvebs daiWers, ar gagveyinos da... _SfoTavda Zilis win daTa
mayaSvili, romelic fanjridan aTvalierebda mTvaris SuqiT
ganaTebuli baRis SuagulSi muxlze dayudebuli anastasias. mas
kiriles naqoni, ZonZad naqcevi pledi mxrebze Semoexvia da erT
adgilze qandakebasaviT gaSeSebuliyo.

_saxlSi rom Semogveyvana da aq damjdariyo?_ver isvenebda daTa.

_xom ici, magas arafriT izams!_pasuxgaucemeli ar dautova kiTxva

annam, romelic lamfis Suqze logins Slida.

_aba, rom gaiyinos TviTonac codvaa da Cvenc, me kidev Tavi sad

gamovyo. mezoblebi ityvian, colis da saxlSi ar SeuSva da gareT
gayinao.

_nu dardob, ar gaiyineba.

_ratom, yinvagamZlea?

_yinvagamZle araa, magram SensaviT jiutia. rasac daiCemebs veRar

gadaafiqrebineb. Tanac, xom ici, CaTqmuli aqvs, kiriles gamo.

_axlos cecxli mainc davunToT, mieficxeba da gaTbeba.

_daunTe, oRondac winaswar nebarTva sTxove.

daTa baRSi gadavida, nastiasTan patara koconis danTebis

saTxovnelad. veram dro ixelTa da annas sTxova, saxlSi, sadac
dedinacvali imyofeboda, zamTris saTbilobeli tansacmeli maqvs
karadaSi da iqneb gadmomitano, me merideba iqiT Sesvlao.

_mosaridebeli ra gaqvs? ar gadamrio. Sedi da TviTon gamoitane

Seni saTbilobeli.

_Zalian gTxov, ra? kanze yelis gamoweviT sTxovda annas umcrosi

daiko, Tanac maria es dReebia ar gamoCenila saerTod, Tvalic ar
momikravs ezoSi.

_ras ambob, xom kargadaa netavi?

anna swrafi nabijebiT gadavida dedinacvlis saxlSi.

fanjarebidan sibnele gamodioda, sinaTlis mbJutavi wertilic ki
arsaidan moCanda. cas axeda annam, ise iyo gadaTeTrebuli, uTuod
Tovas apirebso, gaifiqra da marias Sesasvlel karze daukakuna. Cami-
Cumi ar ismoda saxldan. annam kari xmauriT SeaRo, magram sibnelis
gamo Sesvla ver gabeda. daTas mouxmo dasaxmareblad, am
ukanasknelma gza SuqiT gaunaTa. saxlSi mdumare sicives
daesadgiurebina. uSnod ilanZebodnen kelaptarebidan areklil
Suqze landebi, SuSabandi fexis xmauriT gadaiares da marias oTaxs
akakalebulma SeuRo kari. sawols mianaTa sanTeli daTam. Sig
mwoliare qali Tvalgaxeli iwva, erTxans moeCvena kidec annas,
TiTqos gaSeSebuli usulod iyo, SiSisgan kvnesa aRmoxda:

_maria, aq xarT?_SesZaxa daTam, romlis daZaxebaze Tvalebi

Seirxa, TiTqos, raRacis Tqmac surda, magram gaRebuli piridan xma
ar amosdioda.

_cocxalia?_ikiTxa annam da daTas gverdidan aekra.

_xo, aba, mgoni cudaa.

Nannam xelis guliT Subli mousinja, sicxisgan varvarebda,

aSkarad gaciebulzed sicxe Sehyroda. Tavs ver ereoda avadmyofi:

_sacodav bedze gaCenili... anna, gTxov mixede, Cai mouduRe, iqneb

mayvlis fevsebi iSovno, nayeni ofls moadens da sicxe dauwevda,
Cvens meti aravin hyavs, Sesacodia... _ enaneboda avadmyofobisTvis
dedinacvali.

qali ramdenime dReSi fexze wamoayena annam. maria madlieri

TvalebiT momzirali Sescqeroda masze mzrunvel gers. moridebiT
ganwyobili RimiliT niRbavda Tavis simcires:

_kidev kargi veram damisaqma, Torem im Rames Semosvlas arc

vapirebdi.

_kargi gogoa veraCka _sxva meti veraferi moifiqra saTqmelad,

Tvalebi fanjrisken gaapara, Aanastasia surda daelanda baRSi
mjdomare. _isic kargia, Cems gamo rom Camojda baRSi, am siciveSi
rogor Zlebs neta?

_Zlebs, Zlebs... annam daTas mier daCexili SeSis grova kuTxeSi

moalaga da kedelSi dataniebul rusul RumelSi naRverdali
aabriala. cecxlmokidebul SeSas tkacuni daawyebina. sasiamovnod
daTba saxlSi. maria, TiTqos, raRacis Tqmas apirebda, magram gamxela
uWirda. ramdenjerme piric daaRo gasaxmovaneblad, magram
xelisCaqneviT gadaifiqra. anna miuxvda saTqmelis gaWirvebulobas,
Tavad CaekiTxa.

_maria, rame xom ar ginda miTxra?_

nastias daCoqebamde dedas eZaxdnen gerebi, mas Semdeg, rac

dedinacvlis enaze kirilem TviTmkvleloba Caidina, deda aRarc erTs
ar uwodebia. axla upiratesobanagrZnobi anna, saxeliT mimarTvas
aRar erideboda, rasac ver gabedavda albaT am dRemde.

mariam uaryofis niSnad Tavi gaaqnia, magram gulSi mjiRis

dakvriT mainc yoymani gamoxata:
 _miTxari maria, miTxari, nu gerideba, raRac gawuxebs, gxedav,
Tqvi da mogeSveba.

_imasTan minda... Serigeba da ... _darcxvenili TvalebiT mzera

aarida gers, fanjrisken gaparebuli TvalebiT, TiTqos, sircxvilis
sazRvrebis gadalaxvas erideboda.

annas keTilad Caecina naTqvamze da zogadad mis mdgomareobaze.

_magas, ra morideba sWirdeba? Cemi daiko SenTan gabutuli araa,

TviTon mexveweboda, marias uSveleo, mayvlis fesvebis naxarSi
miecio...

_marTla?

_marTla!

_ar gabrazebula Cemze?

_ara, da arc arasdros gabutula.

_maS, rogor davelaparako?

_rogorc ginda, ai, kargad rom gamoSuSdebi da gareT gasvla

SegeZleba, erTad mivideT, naxav, rogor Tbilad mogikiTxavs, nastia
sxvanairia, Cvengan gansxvavebuli. mas ar SeuZlia vinmeze cudi azris
gavleba, gulSi RvarZlis Catoveba. arc avsityvianoba axasiaTebs, arc
boRmianoba. warsulic TiTqmis gadaiviwya, ase, rom nu dardob,
nastias uyvarxar.

_aba, raRatom zis, Tu daiviwya warsuli?

_es Sen gamo ar zis, Sengan ganawyenebuli iq ar Camojdeboda.

TviTmkvleli kiriles sulis gamosaxsnelad daeyuda ase. gaxsovs
nastia taZarSi rom dadioda xSirad? sul bavSvi iyo jer, iqidan
daiwyo galoba. hoda, icis religiurad rogor unda uSvelos Tavis
siyvaruls.

_me rom magis ar mjera?! mgonia, rom CemTan umZraxobam miiyvana

magamde. iqneb, rom SevrigebuliyaviT amdgariyo magedan?_marias
mzeraSi Txovna gamosWvioda, TiTqos, arc utydeboda gers moZalebul
sinanulSi, myarad da medgrad aCvenebda Sinagan utexobas, magram
xasiaTSi Separul sinanulis gancdas kargad ver niRbavda:

_SeiZleba ar gjera, SesaZloa arc me mjerodes magaliTad, magram

Seni ojaxis wevris saqciels CxubiT ar unda SevxvdeT, piriqiT, misi
mdgomareoba unda gaviziaroT da gverdiT davudgeT yofierebis
Sesamsubuqeblad.
 mariam annas sityvebiT nasiamovnebelma CaiRima, kalTaSi moqceuli
xelebi erTmaneTSi kmayofilebiT aaTamaSa: _Sen rogorRa xar, Cemgan
gaqceulo... daTa ukve qmrobas giwevs?

asulma Tavi dauqnia Tanxmobis niSnad, keTilSobili Rimili

moefina saxeze daTas xsenebiT. SeumCneveli ar darCenia marias es
ambavi.

_xom ar gabrazebs? rogor geqceva, faqizad Tu erTi tyidan

gamoqceuli veluri qarTvelia?

_Cemi daTa qveynad yvelaze tkbili da mzrunveli mamacia. xom

gaxsovs, iman gipatrona... aq Semomyva, RumelisTvis SeSa dagviCexa.
nastiasac axlos kocons unTebs, edardeba ar gaiyinoso, mere
mezoblebSi Tavi sircxviliT rogor gavyoo.

_moica, magas mezoblebSi Tavis gayofa edardeba Tu TviTon

nastinka?

_kargi ra, cudad ar uTqvams! _dedinacvalma igrZno, rom

naTqvamiT gaanawyena anna, amitom saubris toni da Tema ganzrax
Secvala.

_da aqamde Svili ver gauCine?

_vera. _bavSvuri miamitobiT gaaqnia Tavi germa, TiTqos, didad

naklovan mdedrad Tvlida Tavs, dasevdianebulma guls oxvra
amoatana Tan:

_me myavs erTi kargi nacnobi, Selocva icis, mere gamonaskvavs

xolme Senalocs. Svelis, damijere. Tu mendobi da gamomyvebi masTan,
orsulad dagarCens Zalian mokle droSi.

Nannas WkuaSi daujda marias naTqvami, SeSinebulad gaapara

Semparavi mzera fanjaridan im adgilas, saidanac momlocveli
Aanastasia moCanda.

_nastinka ras metyvis mere? mgoni, ar moewoneba Cemi saqcieli.

_Senc nu etyvi, viTom puris maRaziaSi mivdivarT, didi dro ki ar

Wirdeba gamolocvasa da gamonaskvas, male morCeba da movalT.

_Sors cxovrobs eg Semlocveli?

_ara, abanoTubanSi. germanelebis saxlSi, sul rigebi udgas, me ki

urigod Semiyvans. Sen ici, roca orsulad darCebi, nastiasTan Cemze
kargebi ilaparake, guliT minda Semomirigdes, marto sityvierad ki
ara. mTeli Cemi axalgazrdoba Tqven SemogwireT: Sen, nastiasa da
veras. vera, TqvenTan SedarebiT, ganebivrebuli gvyavda, pataraobis
gamo. nastia ki metad daCagruli, ufrosobis gamo. bevr saqmes
uZRveboda da bevrSiac mexmareboda. imis madlieri, gverdSi
Tanadgoma icoda yovelTvis. eg Tviseba mamaTqvenisgan gergoT. ase
icoda Cemi Tanadgoma yvelaferSi. sadils Tu vamzadebdi misi saxlSi
yofnisas, gverdidan ar mcildeboda. ginda baRidan xaxvi
Semogitanoo, ginda niorio, mekiTxeboda. sul daxmareba surda.

madlierebiT aRsavse anna morCilad ugdebda yurs dedinacvals,

romelic gerisadmi gulis mogebis mizniT raRas ar ambobda.

zustad erTi kviris Tavze anna marTalac waiyvana dedinacvalma

Semlocvel qalTan abanoTubanSi. anna erTxans SeSinda kidec, roca
Semlocvelma Tavze TeTri mitkali gadaafara da fqvilis msgavsi
nivTiereba Tavze ayara. Semlocveli qalis piridan gaurkveveli
sityvebis amoZaxilma SiSi mohgvara, erTxans gaqcevac daapira,
magram SiSi marias iq yofnam odnav gauqarwyla:

_ahaT, es naskvi! _Semlocvelma qalma, romelsac saxeze kani ise

gulisSemawuxeblad hqonda daWmuWnuli, rom gegonebodaT Segnebulad
dakuWuli qaRaldi daukravTo, annas ramdenime adgilze ganaskvuli
wiTeli bawari majaze Seubnia butbutiTa da sisruleSi moyvanili
saqmiT kmayofilma xelebis dabana iwyo kedelze dakidebuli momcro
zomis WurWlidan.

im dRidan, TiTqmis, yoveldRE ekiTxeboda maria annas Tavs rame

saeWvo niSnebs xom ar amCnevo, magram pasuxsac uaryofiTs
Rebulobda.

daTa ki ganagrZobda Tavis saqmianobas, saxlidan diliT gasuli

saRamos gvian brundeboda. annas eWvebi RrRnida, Sua Rames sawolidan
dgeboda da daTas tansacmlis jibeebs Cxrekda, sunavda. vaJiSvili
ver gavuCine da iqneb aman aiZula sxva qalis gaCena, iqneb RamiT
imitom modis rom mTeli dRe sayvarelTan atarebs, iqneb imitom
mealerseba, rom eWvi ver aviRo... _fiqrobda da am fiqrebs
mowyenilobamde mihyavda. Tumc gverdiT myof daTa mayaSvils amas ar
aCvenebda. Tavis sadardebels gulSi iklavda. Anastasias movla-
zrunviT dakavebuls debis zedmetad dasevdianeba aRar surda. arc
veras andobda gulis nasevdars. codvaa, rac daibada sul Cveni
problemebiT uwevs cxovreba, Cvens gamo nerviulobs da ganicdiso.

dedinacvali ki dabarebuliviT yovel dilas kiTxulobda,

SesaZlo ugunebobis Taobaze. uaris SemTxvevaSi daaskvnida, fuli
rom ar miveci, uguloda mogvekida Selocvisaso.

erT dResac daTa mowyenili dabrunda Sin, raRac vera gvaqvs

saqme kargado-Tqva da Tavisi naweri dRiurebi moikiTxa. dRiurebi
garderobis Tavidan gadmoulaga annam. daTa mayaSvilma yvelani
saTiTaod gverdigverd miawvina sawolze, erTxans ase uyura
TavCaRunulma, TiTqos mis winaSe mwol momakvdav adamians
dascqeroda. mere guldawyvetilma aalaga, erTmaneTze damwkrivebuli
xis yuTSi Cailaga, Tavze xufic mWidrod moargo da Rame, sibneliT
gaparpaSebul baRis kuTxeSi saguldagulod wafla. zevidan Zvelmani
ficrisa da nafotis grova miayara.

vaJi daRvremili saxiT Camoujda maxloblad mjdomare

Aanastasias. Zirs, gaToSil miwaze Camoskupta, miuxedavad imisa rom
gverdiT misi naxelavi momcro xis skamebic elaga, daTa am skamebs
mosasveneblad didad ar swyalobda:

_miwa civia, ar gamicivde. _mzrunveluri toniT uTxara annam,

romlis naTqvams yuric ar aTxova daTam.

_nu Seawuxeb zedmeti mzrunvelobiT, anna, Tu siamovnebs miwaze

jdoma, mciredi xniT Camojdoma ar Seacivebs,_dasZina nastiam dis
gasagonad.

_ra jiutebi xarT orive, ra meSveleba Tqven xelSi. _anna

uRonobisgan Sewuxebuli saxlSi Sebrunda. daTam ki anastasias
saubari gauba:

_ Cveni qalaqisa da qveynis Tavisuflebas safrTxe Seeqmna. ra

Znelia Tavisufleba, ra sjobia aRarc ki vici, sisxlisferi mSvidoba
Tu mkvleli tyveoba, magram albaT pirveli, imitom rom orive gza
sisxlze, adamianur gautanlobasa da wvalebaze gadis, Tavisufleba
raRaze davikloT?

_marTalic xar da arc xar._gamoepasuxa Aanastasia, daTa

mayaSvili ki ganagrZobda:

_Cveni Tavisufleba TurqeTma uaryo, magram ruseTma mxari

dagviWira. axla iqac Seicvela saxelisuflebo situacia, menSevikebi
marcxdebian, wiTeli bolSevikebi imarjveben, Cveni social-
demokratebi sakuTar Sexedulebasa da azrs icvlian saqveynod.
social-federalistebs vinRa hkiTxavT, umciresobaSi myofebs,
social-revolucionistebic Tavisas ar iSlian. yvela sxvadasxva
mimarTulebiT agrZelebs malsrbolas Tavisuflebis SesanarCuneblad
an sxvis xelSi gadasacemad. vis ra gamouva ar viciT. amboben,
bolSevikebma ruseTi mTlianad sisxlisfrad gaawiTleso. Cvenc Tu
igive dagvemuqra, iaman mere. _daTa saubrisas aRelvebul zRvis
talRas emgvanebida. emociebi talRovnad moawveboda Tu ara, saubars
aCqarebda da saxeze wiTldeboda, Sinagani mRelvareba mosvenebas
ukargavda mis mnaxvel-msmenelsac.

Tumca, daTas sityvebma sisxlisfrad SeRebvis TaobasTan

dakavSirebiT, gamarTleba maleve hpova.
 erT dResac, romelsac garkveulwilad revoluciuri movlenebi
uZRoda win, muSaTa amboxi da gaficva, me-11 ariia SemoiWra. ramac
xalxis mRelvareba gamoiwvia. manmade ki yvela politikos qarTvels,
visac xeli miuwvda moskovis tribunaze sityviT gamosuliyo, yvelam
dafiqrebiT Tu daufiqreblad, nebsiT Tu uneblied, saqarTvelo
akritika Tavisi ekonomikuri Tu yofiTi problemebis gamo,
religiuri Tu tradiciuli kulturuli cxovrebis gamo... zogma
dauToveba moindoma, zogmac mTliani saqarTvelos gacimbireba.
dasjis motivs ki TviTonac ar uwyodnen. vin xelisuflebis
romeliRac wevrze iyo gabrazebuli, vis piradi interesebi hqonda...
viRacas romeliRac mwerlis moTxrobaSi uadglos dasmuli wertili
ar moswonda. erT-EerTi qarTveli bolSevikuri ideologiis lideri,
mxolod da mxolod imitom ver itanda saqarTvelos da imitom surda
mis qar-cecxlSi didian patarianad gatareba, rom salitereturo
asparezze adgilis dakvidrebis ambiciebiT Sepyrobils `humanurad~
gaukritikes Semoqmedebis bwkaredi.

kritika rTuli gadasatani aRmoCnda, romelmac SeaZula ara

marto mweral-poetTa Semoqmedeba, aramed mTeli qarTul-rusuli
sainteligencio fena da sruliad saqarTvelo.

moskovis tribunidan muStmoRerebuli qarTvelni gamoTqvamdnen

sadamsjelo meTodebiT gamdidrebul ideologiur naazrevs.

meTerTmete wiTelamrielebis SemoWra miznad isaxavda mTavrobis

damxobasa da komunisturi bolSevizmis damkvidrebas. Setakebas
Setakeba mohyva. axalgazrda iunkerebi dedaqalaqsa da mis
misadgomebs TavganwirviT icavdnen da igeriebdnen moieriSeebs.
studentoba moxaliseebis rigebSi Caewernen, TavisuflebisaTvis
brZola qaosiTa da sisxlisRvriT gagrZleda. ramenimedRiani Setakeba
qarTvelTa marcxiT dasrulda.

iunkerebi da pirtitvela axalgazrdebi xelisuflebis umaRlesma

pirebma brZolis velze Seatoves da emigraciaSi gaeSurnen. baTumis
portSi miatoves uZvirfasesi karetebi Tavis bedaurebiTurT,
samagierod samSoblodan waRebuli ganZeuloba saguldagulod
gadamales samgzavro gemze.

gezi stambolis gavliT parizisaken aiRes, Tumca stambolSi

garTobac ar daviwyniaT. im dRes TbilisSi moTova. yinviT ar yinavda,
magram TiToeuli adamianis guli sisxliani Setakebis Semdeg
gaToSili iyo tragizmiT. pataraobidanve brZolaSi gamowvrTnili
daTa mayaSvili, romelsac muxli ar Cauxria brZolis velze, SavebSi
Semosili miuZRoda samgloviaro procesias, isini mdumarebiT
miiwevdnen win, xalxis Tvaluwvdeneli talRa ukanasknel gzaze
miacilebda cxrameti wlis qaliSvils, brZols velze gardacvlil
universitetis sibrZnismetyvelebis fakultetis students, marika
mayaSvls.

sakuTari surviliT mowyalebis dad wasuls brmad gasrolilma

naRmis namsxvrevebma moucela samSoblos Tavisuflebis siyvaruliT
gajerebuli sicocxle. 19Tebelvalma Seiwira 19 wlis TavisuflebiT
mwyurvali qalwuli. mamamiss Seatyobines ra qaliSvilis daRupvis
ambavi, warmosadegi mamakaci im Ramesve gadaWaRaravebula mwuxarebiT.

sicive Zvalsa da rbilSi atanda, Tumca siciveze metad mdumareba

seravda guls. yinavda. 23 Tebervals 12 saaTze daniSnes marika
mayaSvilis dakrZalvis ceremonia. masTan erTad Svidi mTawmindeli
biWi miasvenes qaSueTis taZarSi, xalxi mdumarebiT iyo mgloviare.
mdumarebiT gamoxatavdnen qveynis, samSoblos, qalaqis da
axalgazrdebis mimarT momxdar tragizms. marika mayaSvilis sasaxle
kideebarSiebiani TeTri sudariT gaewyoT. mas moelodnen procesiaze
misuli mgloviareni da qaSueTis taZris win dayovnebulni Svidi
mTawmindeli patrioti raindi sasaxlianad. yvela gardacvlili
sicocxleSive erTurTis kargad monacnobe da SesaniSnavi amxanagebi
iyvnen, romelTac TavgametebiT uyvardaT siscocxle da
Tavisuflebis mwvervali.

marikas samgloviaro procesia maleve SeuerTda momlodieneebs,

mxarze Semodgmul sasaxles morCilad miasvenebdnen SavebSi mosli
mamakacebi, sul wina mxares sasaxlis amwevi daTa mayaSvili
gaxldaT., gamxdari aRnagobis vaJi kidev ufro erTianad
Camomdnariyo, mwuxare saxeze sanTlisferi dasdeboda. is dumda,
iseve, rogorc mis garSemo Sekrebili sazogadoeba. mdumarebaSi
gamefebul siCumes mxolod fexqveS dafenili Tovlis Wriali
arRvevda.

saxalxo mdumareba arc maSin darRveula, rodesac erTad

Sekrebili garda- cvlilebi qaSueTis taZarSi Seasvenes. taZarSi
mgloviared mosilni sasulero pirebi mzadyofnaSi daxvdnen.
windawin momzadebuliyvnen gardacvlilTa wesis asagebad. iq myof
procesiis yvela monawiles Savi feris samosi emosaT glovis niSnad.
moTqmiTac aravin moTqvamda, samarisebur siCumes daesadgurebina uwin
xmauriani dedaqalaqi.

maT dakrZalvaze TviT damarcxebuli xelisuflebis zogierTi

samTavrobo pirebic gamoCndnen. daTa marikas sasaxles gverdidan ar
scildeboda. welSi gaetexa wina dReebis qariSxalis marcx
boboqrobas. qaSueTis taZris paralelurad agebul samxedro taZris,
soboros ezoSi ZmaTa sasaflao gaeTxaraT wiTel armielebs.
mTawmindeli Svidi raindis saflavi erT samarxSi unda gaemwesebinaT,
maTgan cota moSorebiT sasaxlis gareSe gardacvlili iunkerebi
CaesvenebinaT, vinc sad enaxaT gardacvlili: koWris misadgomebTan
Tu Tbilisis SemosasvlelSi, moekrifaT da ZmaTa samarxSi ekraT
Tavi.

maTi dasaxiCrebuli sxeulebi da saxeebi erTurTisgan Zneli

gasarCevi iyo. mTawmindel biWebs, romlebTac patronebi gamosCenodaT
da pativad rgebodaT sasaxleSi Casveneba, erTad mouyares Tavi,
gverdigverd mijriT Caasvenes, ise mWidrod miewyvnen sasaxleebi
gverdigverd, rom nemsis yunwic ar Caigdeboda.

biWebis samaris siaxloves calke erTadgiliani saflavi gaeTxar-

gaemzadebinaT marikasTvis. qalwulis Casvenebis Semdeg, miwis miyra
erTdroulad daiwes, erTdroulad daifara maTi Casvenebuli
Tavisufleba miwiT, Svidi mTawmindeli biWis, marika mayaSvilis da
gardacvlili iunkerebis saflavebi. maT gansasvenebeli soboros
taZris ezoSi hpoves. samarisebri mdumareba arc maSin darRveula,
roca miwa axmaurda samarxis amovsebisas. TviT soboros taZris
mesaflave, wiTel armieli soldatebic ki qedmoxrilni idgnen
sicocxle warTmeuli axalgazrdebis xsovnis winaSe. isinic
Sesacodni iyvnen iseve, rogorc sicocxleSewyvetili axalgazrda
iunkerebi, radgan jariskaci jariskacia da mas Tavisi piradi
pretenziebi da horizonts swrafva ar sWirdeba. jariskacebi im
adamianebis brZanebebs emorCilebian, romelnic usulgulo
gazviadebuli miznebisa Tu ambiciebisTvis izidebian maRal rangad
TviTwodebulni.

miwas faqizad ayrida yvela, vin muWebiTa da vin niCbebiT.

miwayrili maleve TeTrma fantelebma dafara. 23 Tebervlis dRe
samarisebur mdumarebaSi miiwura. 25Tebervals gasabWoebli
saqarTvelos yvela Senobis Tavze sabWoTa, sisxliferi droSa
afrialda.

momdevno dReebsa Tu kvireebSi uamravi axalgazrdis daRupulTa

sulebis mosaxseniebeli locvebisa Tu paraklisebis gadaxda
Seusvenebliv mimdinareobda qaSueTis taZarSi. uamrav ojaxs Seexo
Talxnarevi borotebis xeli. dedaqalaqi kvlavac Surisgebis
wyurviliT aRivso.

wiTelarmielebs xalxi Tavs esxmoda, maT qalaqSi gasvla

26Tebervlis Semdegac uWirdaT. marto moxelTebulebs mwared
uswordebodnen, amitom iZulebulni gaxdnen bolSevikTa ufrosoba me-
11 armiisTvis saxeli gadaerqmiaT. gadaarqves kidec da maT `Coni~
uwodes, Conarmielebi mciredad gansxvavebuli formiT Semoses da
`gansakuTrebuli daniSnulebis misiis mqone razmi~ _miakeres
iarliyad.
 Mmosaxleobis Tvalis asaxvevi es fandi wiTelarmielebisTvis
mciredad Sedegiani aRmoCnda.

VIII
annas Tavi Caedo muxldaCoqili Aanastasias kalTaSi da
TvaldaxuWuls surda saimedo samyofeli egrZno. saxuravidan Tovlis
dnobis xma moTenTil simyudroves urRvevda. mzis sust siTbos
ireklavdnen ezoSi mocimcime sxivebi:

_ramdeni xania Cvens ezoSi Citis galoba aRar momismenia._Tqva

Cumis xmiT annam _adre sul Jriamuli gaudiodaT, TiTqos, Citebic
Semcirdnen, aRar Canan.

_am zamTarSi jer ra egalobebaT?

_sxva zamTars maTi Jriamuli rom moismoda?

nastiam upasuxod datova dis naazrevi. is ki ganagrZobda,_male

gazafxuldeba, Sens Tavze isev ayvavildeba tyemlis toti, isev
daemgvanebi gazafxulis dedofals... isev iJriamuleben Citunebi Cvens
ezoSi. wels iqneb movaxerxo, aRdgomas mSoblebis saflavze gasvla.
SarSanac wavediT me da verka, magram ver vipoveT, sasaflao savse iyo
axali saflavebiTa da jvrebiT. martoebma ver movaxerxeT povna.

_da wels moaxerxeb?_hkiTxa anastasiam.

_wels daTa mpirdeba wayolas, eg xom ici rogoria, Tu rames

dagpirdeba Segisrulebs. magas sasaflaoebis ar eSinia...

_da ra aris iq SesaSinebeli?

_ra da micvalebulebi, sasaflaoze sxva ra unda iyos?

_anna, cocxlebis unda geSinodes, arafris SemZle micvalebulebis

ki ara. piriqiT micvalebulebi arian Sesacodebi cocxlebis xelSi.

annam Tmaze xeli gadaisva, sios navards ayolili Tmis Rerebi

adgilze daabruna, mciredxniani dumili misma mokrZalebulad nazma
xmam daarRvia:

_kirile isev giyvars?

_ra Tqma unda, miyvars! _ise krZalviT CaeRima anastasias, ise

auWarxlda aqamde fermkrTali Rawvebi, rogorc satrfos win mdgar
moridebul, kdemamosil qalwuls axasiaTebs._is iyo vinc unda
yofiliyo, man icoda av-kargis garCeva, ubralod TiTo Secdoma
yvelas mosdis.

_egaa, upatiebeli codva Caidina, Torem bedniers gamyofebda Tavis

gverdiT.

_upatiebeli codva ar arsebobs, anna, roca patara viyavi

moZRvarma aseTi ram gviambo qadagebis Semdeg, es ambavi yurSi
sayuresaviT gayrili damrCa. ici, ar arsebobs adamianuri codva,
romlis mitevebac ufals ara ZaluZs, mTavaria misi guliT monaniebis
survili da am survilis SesaZlebloba vSoboT CvenSi. ai, ambavi,
romelic sakacobrio donis erT yaCaRs gadaxda Tavs: is Tavs
esxmoda Tavisi bandiTurT did qalaqebsa Tu soflebs Zarcvavda da
Cagravda ganuwyvetliv yvelas, mdidarsa Tu Rataks, moxucsa Tu
axalgazrdas, qalsa Tu bavSvs. winaaRmdegobis gamwevs ki klavda da
asamarebda Tvalis dauxamxameblad.

erTxelac Tavisi bandiTurT naZarcvi mihqonda ra drosac

Semobnelda da gza-kvali aeria. maleve mixvda, rom ukacriel
udabnoSi moxvedriliyo. bevri xetialisa da uSedegod gzis gakvlevis
mcdelobis gamo ufro ikargebodnen. aRar icodnen ra eqnaT. Bbolos
gadawyvites cecxli daenToT da morigeobiT daeZinaT, raTa udabnos
mxecs an raime sxva saxis saSiSroebas maTi simSvide ar Seelaxa.

asec moiqcnen. nadavlidan moagroves dasawvavad vargisi nivTebi,

magram asanTs cecxli ara da ar moekida. mere TqaraTuqriT wvima
wamovida, iqve axlos qviSis Rrmuli SeniSnes da gadawyvites Sig
Casvla, sadac meudabnoe mamakaci dauxvdaT: grZelwvera, TeTrTmiani,
gamxdari, Savi SesamoseliT. mas Rrmulis erT mxares, romelic
aRmosavleTisken gaicqireboda, uflis, RvTismSoblisa Tu wmindanTa
xatebi Caemwkrivebina. bandis ufrosi dainteresda yaCaRis vinaobiT:

_me erTi meudabnoe, mwiri var. aq Cemi codvebis gamosasyidad

vimyofebi, didi xania aq vcxovrob, vloculob, gulsa da suls
simSvides ar vakleb.

_mere, amxela udabnoSi an ar gSivdeba, an ar gwyurdeba?

_Cemi ufali arc wyals maklebs da arc sakvebs.

_eg rogor?.. aba, sad moipoveb sakvebs?

_sulieri kveba yvelze gemrieli da sagurmano ramaa, Tu

sulierad mSieria, fizikurad rac ar unda ikvebos adamianma, Tundac
meti simaZRrisgan siaruli da sunTqva uWirdes, mainc SimSilis
grZnoba datanjavs, xarbad miirTmevs yoveljerze sakveb xorags,
magram gaumaZRari stomaqis gamo mainc Wama-smisken uWiravs Tvali.
Aasea qonebac, rac ar unda bevri hqondes adamians, Tu suliereba
aklia mis jans, veranairad ver daakmayofilebs dagrovili simdidre,
mudam xarbi TvaliT msjelobs da azrovnebs, Cems gasagisis-gasagiss
eyofa Tu arao? sulieri kveba aklia aseT adamians, Tu sulierad
nakvebia, maSin sakvebisa Tu nadavlis sul mciredic ki gakmayofilebs
da siamovnebiT gavsebs.

_eg ra gaugebrad laparakob, ise zed ki gatyvia kargi nakveboba da

simaZRe_Tvali Sealo meudabnoe mwiris gamxdar sxeuls da sxva
yaCaRebis TvalSi sacemad ironiulad gaicina. imaTac ar daakles
xarxari banis misacemad.

_kargi, iyos Sen rogorc ginda, CavTvaloT Cvens warmosaxvaSi

SimSili simaZRred. Aam sibneleSi rogorRa Zleb, is mainc
gviTxari._warmosTqva yaCaRTa ufrosma, roca sicilisgan guli ijera.

_me ar mebneleba, jer araa saWiro, magram roca ukuniTisad

Camobneldeba da mze horizonts karga gvarianad gadaevleba, roca cas
arc mTare da arc varskvlavni ar minaTeben, maSin es sanTeli
akaSaSebs Cems samyofels._Tqva da gamxdari xeliT xatebis kuTxeSi
erTaderT sanTelze mianiSna._me myofnis misi TvalismomWreli
sinaTle. masze axal aRTqmasac Tavisuflad vkiTxulob da Zvelsac,
roca Zalian bneldeba sanTeli TavisiT inTeba.

_eg, rogor?..Ddagvcini?_ iTakila yaCaRTa batonma, kopebi Seikra

da kuStad SeaTvaliera beri.

_ara, sulac ara, RmerTmani, Tqven ra gaqvT dasacini... daicadeT

daRamebamde da TviTon naxavT, me viloceb, Cemeburad rom vTqvaT,
Tqven ki miyureT da darwmundiT rom sanTeli TviTon ainTeba.

_rogor gvacucuraqebs, ara?!_gadaixarxara yaCaRTa meTauris ukan

mdgomma rigiTma yaCaRma.

_da Tu ar ainTo, maSin? xom me vici rasac gizam dacinvisTvis da

am cru filosofiisaTvis?_daemuqa bandis ufrosi.

daRamda Tu ara, mwirma meudabnoem locva iwyo. is mSvidi iyo da

xmamaRla momlocveli. xatebis win mdgomi pirjvars xSir-xSirad
iwerda, mere muxlebzec daemxo da muxldaCoqilma iwyo RvTis
sadidebeli metaniebis aRvlena.

Tavidan meudabnoes locvas cinikuri RimiliT adevnebdnen

Tvalyurs yaCaRebi. garkveul momentSi meudabnoes xmamaRali locva
aRizianebdaT kidec, saxeSewuxebulni umzerdnen xan mwirs da xanac
erTurTs, magram SemdgomSi locvis Zalam simSvide mohgvara da dauama
is aforiaqebuli samyaro, sadac siborotis da misi gamovlinebebis
garda araferi sxva ar arsebobda. maT simSvidisagan saxe gadaebadraT
da damZimebul mxrebzec sasiamovno simsubuqe igrZnes. yaCaRTa
ufrosma, bandis Tavkacma TvalnaTliv ixila, Tu, rogor ainTo
xatebis kuTxeSi sadgmelze damagrebuli Txeli sanTeli. sanTelma
sasiamovno Taflis surneliT gaajera meudabnoes sadgomi farTi,
romelic yvelanairi sakvebis sakmazze ufro surnelovani iyo.
yvavilebis surneleba erTad Tavmoyriliyo am patara, wvrilRera
sanTelSi, romelic Taflis sitkboTi Sezavebuliyo. Dsasiamovnod
mSvid sinaTles iZleoda da gulSic Rrmad unaTebda gaurkveveli
grZnobebis alags.

Bbandis ufross Tvalebze cremlebi Semoawva, surda TviTonac

Camuxlul meudabnoes gverdiT misjdomoda da etira, ecremla mTeli
guliT, raTa ufro meti Sveba mohgvroda mis im uxilav samyaros,
romelmac axlaxans gaiRviZa masSi da romelic cremlebis wvimas
iTxovda simSvidisa da siamovnebis sanacvlod, magram sakuTarma
Tavmoyvareobam Tu pativmoyvareobam ukan daaxevina, ganzraxvaze xeli
aaRebina. Tumca, sinanulSi Caagdo da Tavis ganvlil cxovrebas sxva,
aqamde ucnobi TvaliT Seaxeda:

_ra kargad cxovrob, albaT, vinmem girCia aseTi cxovrebis

mowyoba._CaekiTxa locvis dasrulebis Semdeg keTilad momRimar
mwirs, romelic Txel, grZel TiTebs nikapsa da wverze isvamda
Cafiqrebuli.

_diax, gulma mirCia.

_ra ucnaurobebs ityvi xolme!

_gulsa da gonebas Soris mudmivi kavSiria. ubralod, rodesac

Cven uflisTvis araxelsayrels vafiqrebT gonebas, magaliTad
siboroteze, an sadizmze, av ganzraxvaze, guli gveurCeba, gvibrazdeba
da gonebas ebuteba. gulis xma ufro margebeli da keTilSobili
sibrZniT savsea, vidre gonebis, radgan guli ukvdavi samyaros azrebs
kiTxulobs da misi madliT imoseba. goneba ki mokvdavis daweril
wignebsa Tu azrebs izuTxavs da Tanac ufro xSirad mis araswor
gaazrebas axdens. goneba ufro materialuri fufufnebiskenaa
midrekili, misi gulobisTvis ras ar Caadeninebs mepatrones. guli ki
frTxilobs, ufrTxildeba patronkacsac da sxvasac, mas asazrdoebs
sikeTis arsi, magram gulis xmas vin ismens?..an Tu ismens vin
ujerebs?..an Tu gvesmis, vin endoba?

_ra Wkviani xar, SenTvis zixar, loculob da xar, arc kaci

giSlis nervs da arc vinme qali, arc ara cxovrebis avla-didebaze
zrunav da arca misi Senaxvis saimedoobaze. Aarc oqro gaRelvebs da
arc vercxli...

_oqro da vercxlis ciali maSin gixaria, Tu sindisi jer kidev

qorfa, fexgauTelili, spetaki TovliviT sufTa da qaTqaTaa. Mmagram
Tu oqro-vercxli, fuli da simdidre usindisobiTaa mopovebuli,
arami lukmaa, romelic jer arc erT kacs ar Sergebia da piriqiT, mis
monagars simwris cremlebiT uzRia codvad gadasuli winapridan
STamomavlobiT masze.

Mmeudabnoes mSvidi xmiT naTqvamma gulSi Caafiqra yaCaRTa Tavkaci.

erTxans ase idga TavCaqindruli, TiTqos Tvals avlebda Tavis
ganvlil cxovrebas, romelsac mxolod Zalismieri meTodebiT
imravalferovnebda da ise miCveoda aseTi cxovrebis wess, rom
sxvagvarad verc ki warmoedgina:

_ara, mainc rogor inTeba TavisiT eg sanTeli, ha?

_ho, es niSania RvTis wyalobis, misi madlmosilebiT codvis

mitevebis.

Rame iq gaaTenes yaCaRebma. erT kuTxeSi mimjdari meudabnoes

wminda wignis kiTxviT garTuls CasZineboda. misi daupatiJebeli
stumrebi ki saubrobdnen, bWobdnen da eniT gaxmovanebul zogierT
azrebze da xorxocobdnen. male inaTa, ivardisfra ganTiadma.
meudabnoes cis kamaraze axlad amobrwyinebulma mzis sxivma SeanaTa
saxeze da Tbilad moelamuna. axali dRis ganaTebas ganaxlebuli
xalisiT Sexvda gamoRviZebuli meudabnoe da dilis locvans Seudga.
yaCaRebi daumSvidobeblad gadavidnen mwiris sacxovreblis areals,
albaT misTvis locvaSi xelis SeSla ar surdaT.

locvis morCenis Semdeg, rodesac meudabnoes stumrebi ukve

Sorswasuli egona, yaCaRTa bandis ufrosi Tavs waadga:

_SenTan laparaki msurda.

_ modi, vilaparakoT.

_me imdeni codva maqvs Cadenili, Sensavit RvTis sadidebeli

cxovreba romc movindomo, RmerTi mainc aRar mapatiebs.

_ufali Cveni, mimtevebeli ars da misTvis ar arsebobs codva,

romlis mitevebac araa SesaZlebeli.

_anu, yvelaferi SeuZlia mapatios?

_ra Tqma unda.

_qurdobac, mruSobac?.. kacis kvlac?

_yvavili Tu miwis gareSe aRmoCndeba, rogor fiqrob, gaixarebs?

RvTis gareSe darCenili adamiani is umiwod darCenili yvavilia,
romelic gadarCenisTvis gamudmebulad eZiebs niadags. Cvenc
gamudmebulad unda veZioT RmerTi. RmerTi, romelic yvelafers
gvpatiobs.
 _magram, Cemnairi yaCaRoba misatevebeli codva rom ar mgonia me?

_aba scade, aiRe es sanTeli da Senc CemsaviT moewyve udabnoSi,

yoveldRe guliT iloce da RmerTs patieba sTxove. ai, naxav, Tu ar
mogeteveba codva. codva es daavadeba, uxilavi keTrovani wylulebi
mosvenebas gikargaven, SesaZloa arc araferi gakldes materialurad,
keTildReobaSi geWiros Tavi, magram mainc giWirdes cxovrebis
gaZleba, sindisis xma ar gasvenebdes... RmerTi am wylulebs Svelis,
kurnavs, da sulier eTildReobaSi gadayavxar. Seecade da
aucileblad ipovi netar Svebas, da Tu RmerTi codvas mogitevebs,
dae, es sanTeli TavisiT ainTos, mis sinaTles sixaruliT
ekaSkaSebinos Seni Sinagani samyaro, bednierebiT agvsebodes naRvliani
Tvalebi, gonebas naTeli mohfenodes da daRonebul-aforiaqebuli
guli dagmSvidebodes.

yaCaRTa bandis meTaurma gamoarTva sanTeli meudabnoe mwirs,

gaSorda samudamod yaCaRur cxovrebas da TviTonac meudabnoe mwirad
gadaiqca. dRis umTavres nawils loculobda da darCenil dros
sakvebad vargisi mcenareebis mosaZieblad daexeteboda. eZiebda wyals
da sakvebs, ase gadioda dro. amaod eloda sanTlis TavisiT danTebas.
yoveli locvis dros axsendeboda TiToeuli Cadenili, ulmobeli
codva. misgan ganwiruli, dasjili an gamwarebuli adamianebis saxeebi
udgeboda Tvlwin da sinanuliT cremlebi RapaRupiT dasdioda
saxeze, xelebze, mkerdze.

Mmeudabnoe gaxda, Tma-wveri daTovlili TovliviT gadauTeTrda.

axlad SeTovlili, fumfqli fantelebiviT efina qoCorze WaRara.

erTxelac wylis mosapoveblad Sin dabrunebuls viRac usaxuri,

meZonze da mekonke kaci ewvia. etyoboda SimSilisgan guli misdioda.
xeli SeaSvela usaxurs da wvalebiT mopovebuli wyali SesTavaza.

xelze gaesvena usaxuri, mis ZonZebs mTeli adgili Znelad Tu

moepoveboda, man TmaWaRara meudabnoes sTxova misi sulisTvis eloca,
gardacvalebis Semdeg qristianuli wesiT daekrZala da udabnoSi
cxovelTa sajijgnad ar daegdo misi sxeuli.

meudabnoem ausrula mwirs naanderZali danapirebi. gardaicvala

Tu ara, maSinve locvas mihyo xeli, mere gauTxara udabnos cxel
miwaSi saflavi da miabara qristianuli wesiT miwas. Camaval mzes
muxlze dauCoqa da isev locvis aRvlenas Seudga: _Tu rame sasikeTod
milocia, RmerTo, amisi iyos, me Tu ginda nuRar moviteveb, nu
mapatieb, raTa arc var patiebis Rirsi, amas miuteve misatevebeli..._
butbutebda TavisTvis da guli usaxuri adamianis gardacvalebis gamo
sevdiTa da tkiviliT evseboda.
 Ddidi xnis nanatri wvima wamovida udabnoSi. WaRara meudabnoem
jer saxe SeuSvira wvimas, mere wamodga da udabnoSi Tavis udabur
samyofelSi Seafara Tavi. zRurbls gadasuli gaocebisgan gaSeSda;
sanTeli, romelic gzaabneuli yaCaRobidan gadayril meudabnoes
saCuqari iyo, TavisiT anTebuliyo. am dros eloda didi
gulmodginebiT, amitom loculobda xolme Tavganwiruli, cremlebis
TanxlebiT, amis gamo SeeSva yaCaRur Tanacxovrebas da ganimartova
Tavi, RmerTma mas Cadenili codvebi miuteva da niSnad sanTeli
zeciuri cecxliT aunTo. veRar gauZlo yofili yaCaRis gulma
sixaruls, romelsac 49 weli eloda da am xnis Semdeg mieteva
yaCaRTa Tavkacs eniT auRwerali codvebi.

Aanastasias naambobi bolomde dasrulebuli ar hqonda, roca maT

ezoSi Suaxnis asaks mitanebuli, samxedro formiani ori mamakaci
Sevida. Tavze samxedro qudebi exuraT, romlis win wamoweuli frTa
Tvalebze CamoefxataT, xelovnurad saSiSi ieris SesaZenad. xelSi
furclebis grova daeWiraT. maT ezo dakvirvebulad momiaTvalieres,
mere SeniSnes ra, baRis SuagulSi muxldaCoqili, moxibvleli
qaliSvili da mis kalTaSi TavCarguli masze umcrosi asakis meore,
erTmaneTs gadaxedes da baRSi Tamamad Seabijes. uzomod ganieri,
samxedro nabijebiT mouaxlovdnen, SeaTvalier-SemoaTvalieres
qaliSvilebic da aremarec:

_saqoneli gyaavT?_mkacri toniT aRmoxda boxi xma piridan erT-

erT maTgans.

_saqoneli?.. ara!_axlaRa wamowia Tavi dis kalTidan

gancvifrebulma annam.

_Tu gyavT ori, erTi koleqtivizaciisTvis unda

CaabaroT!_gamoscra gayviTlebuli, meCxeri kbilebidan pirvelma:
_frinvelebi gyaavT?

_ra frinveli?

_qaTami, bati, ixvi...

_ara!

_Tu gyavT ori, erTi unda CaabaroT, koleqtivizaciisTvis

gvesaWiroeba!

_da Tu myavs sami, oTxi?_gancvifrda anna.

_maSin erTi daitoveT, danarCeni unda CaabaroT,

koleqtivizaciistvis gvesaWiroeba!_dazepirebulad imeorebda pirveli
maTgani da furclebSi fanqriT raRacas gamalebiT iniSnavda. meore ki
mis mxars mdgomi gatrunuliyo.
 _sul araferi gyavT?

_ara, batono, sul araferi gvyavs!_Tqva annam. is iyo formianma

mamakacebma TavianTi meqanikuri moZraobebiT zurgi Seuqcies gogonebs
da gasasvlelisken apirebdnen wingadadgmul nabijebis
ganxorcielebas, rom zurgidan veras xma gaisma:_gvyavs, rogor ara
gvyavs!

kuStad gamoxedes zurgidan Tavmobrunebulebma, mere pirvelma

kopebSekvriT, niSnismogebiT zevidan amayad gadaxeda baRSi miwaze
mjdomare debs da danaSaulze axlad waswrebuliviT mkacrad SesZaxa:
_aki ara gvyavso?!.. Turme gyoliaT!

Semdeg umcross das, veras miubrundnen, romelic mezoblis

saxlSi droebiT adgildamkvidrebuli winkarSi gamosuliyo: _Tu
gyavT ori, erTi CaabareT, koleqtivizaciisTvis gvesaWiroeba! ra
gyavT, saqoneli Tu frinveli?

_dedinacvali!

_Tu gyavT ori, erTi CaabareT, koleqtivizac..._monotonurad iwyo

gazepirebulis gameoreba, ra drosac idayvSi xelis moqaCviT aniSna
meorem, dagvciniso.

pirvelma ixtibari aRar gaitexa:_dedinacvali ar gvesaWiroeba!

_ratom?.. koleqtivizaciisTvis mzad varT erTaderTi dedinacvali

davTmoT.

_dagvciniT?!_daigrgvina mWeqare xmiT pirvelma.

_ara, batono ufroso._feze wamoemarTa saxeawiTlebuli anna, es

Cemi patara daikoa, axlave vaswavli Wkuas, gTxovT, yuradRebas nu
miaqcevT! _Tqva da verasken brazmosilebiT aRvsilma gaiwia. veram
kiskisiT ibruna piri da saxlSi Seiketa. anna ukan nastiasken
mibrunda, romelic TavisTvis locvas butbutebda ukmayofilo saxis
gamometyvelebiT. ise iqceoda, TiTqos, maRal, formian, daupatiJebel
stumrebs ver amCnevda:

_es vinRaa?! _ikiTxa gakvirvebiT pirvelma da kopebSekruli mzera

daaStera Anastasias silamaziT moxiblulma.

_es?.. aq mjdomarea!_mokrZalebuli pasuxiT Semoifargla anna.

_rogor, sul aq zis?

Tavi usityvod daukra annam pirvelis kiTxvas.

_rogor, yrua? Cveni ar eyureba?

 _ara, yru ar aris!

_aba, vera gvxedavs?.. brmaa?_ganagrZobda qaliSvilis silamazis

gamo cnobismoyvareobiT Sepyrobili pirvelTagani.

_ara! _mxrebi aiCeCa annam.

_aba, ase ucnaurad ratom iqceva?

_es, aq mjdomare cxivrebis wess eweva, sul esaa! _dis Sesaxeb

mSrali pasuxiT dakmayofilda anna.

_didi xania?_ar cxreboda cnobismoyvareobisgan aRtkinebuli

pirveli.

_wlebia ukve...

_ratom, giJia?

anna gaSra, enas ver imorCilebda pasuxis gasacemad, guli

sibraziT amoxtomas lamobda. grZnobda saxeze zRva emociiT
gamowveuli siwiTle moswoloda, magram Tavs zemoT mxsnel gzas ver
xedavda ukmayofilebis gamosaxatad:

_ufroso!_mujluguni gahkra pirvels da TaviT mavTulxlarTi

Robis iqiT, mezoblis baRSi mdgar naficrulisken mianiSna, romlis
Tavze ramdenime mtredi Camosxdariyo, momcinari mzis sxivebiT
gamTbarni, frTebis qeqviT garTuliyvnen.

_vaah, mtredebi?.. magram mtredebi rom ar gviweria CamosarTmev

cxovelTa da frinvelTa siaSi?

_frinvelebSi ara weria?.. albaT gamorCaT, Torem qaTamiviT iWmeva.

_bevri hyavs? CamovarTvaT!..magram uari rom gviTxras iman_Tqva da

Tavisi ufrosi moiyvena mxedvelobaSi.

_Tu uari gviTxra, avafrenT da, isev aq mouvlen, bolo-bolo

fosta mtredebia egeni, misamarTi da adgilmdebareobebi ar eSlebaT.

_xo?

_xo!.. an Tu uari gviTxres, magas ra jobia, gavputoT da Txilis

wnelebze SeviwvaT, TiTo boTli WaWa orives mogvepoveba da...

erTmaneTs didad nasiamovnebeli saxeebiT gadaxedes.

_kulaki, damixedeT, naxalovkis kulaki!_daiZaxa pirvelTaganma da

TiTqmis ZunZuliT daiZra mezoblis baRSi SesaRwevad. formianebma
nikiSevebis ezo kulakis ZaxiliT datoves. debi gakvirvebulebi
adevnebdnen Tvalyurs maT saqciels. mezoblis baRSi TviTneburad
SeWrilni jer samtredes miuaxlovdnen. SigniT, Tavis Seyofis Semdeg,
aRmoaCines, rom mtredebis raodenoba naficrulis saxuravze
CamomsxdarTan SedarebiT erTi-orad meti iyo. amas daemata Robis
Zirze gamobmuli deda Rori, romlsac jagari gamudmebiT dasvrili
hqonda da dingi talaxis CiCqniT galafuli:

_kulaki, ai, xom ambobdnen, kulaki cxovrobs naxalovkaSio, ar

gvejera da ai!_ gahyvroda pirvelTagani.

maspinZeli SiSnaWami gamovarda saxlidan. maTTan misaaxloveblad

fexs iTrevda. saxeze gafiTrebuli cvilisferi dasdeboda. im wams ise
dapataravebuliyo, rom arsebuli Ripi sadRac gaqroboda:

_Senia?_TaviT mianiSna pirvelma frTaqeqia fosta mtredebisken da

Tan wverwaTlili fanqriT furclebze gamalebiT raRacas iniSnavda.

_rogor giTxraT, _moiqeqa Tavi patronma _Cemi araa, aq saidan

gaCndnen ar vici, ai, aq, faduli aviSene da iq Sefrenilan es
gasaverneblebi, TavisiT daudiad emand bina, ramdenia arc ki vici,
simarTle giTxraT, arc ki Semixedavs SigniT.

_marTla?_aso-bgera `a~ didad inperpretirebuli cinizmiT

warmosTqva pirvelTaganma, mere Robis Ziras gamobmul Rors gadaxeda
da dasZina:_es viRasia, esec TviTon xvneSa-xvneSiT movida da aq
daeba?!

Robis Ziras paloze dabmul Rors mravalmniSvnelovnad gadaxeda

meore pirmac, mere mzera Roris patronize gadaitana, romelic meti
siwiTlisgan Warxlisfrad bzinvarebda:

_mokled, ai, am misamarTze gamocxaddiT da iq ganmarteT, rodis

da saidan movidnen TqvanTan mtredebi da Rorebi!_Tqva da furceli
gauwoda, sadac gakulakebis daniSnulebis specialuri sammarTvelos
misamarTi iyo aRniSnuli.

_Rori marto erTi myavs_Tavi gaimarTla maspinZelma.

_erTi? iqneb sxvebic TavisiT movidnen mtredebiviT da adgilze

daebnen, moZebnaa saWiro!

Rogorc iqna gaRvletil qalaqSi erTi kulaki aRmoaCines

samxedroformianebma da winaswari sixaruliT aRivsnen jildod
misaRebi jamagiris gamo.

Robis meore mxridan sunTqvaSekrulni adevnebdnen Talyurs debi

nikiSevebi mezoblad arsebul baRSi ganviTarebul usaTauro dramas.
Tvalwin Caurbines warsulis siZveleSeWmulma kadrebma, paSkas mamis
iatakqveSa moRvaweobis Sesaxeb am mezobelma bavSvebis naubaridan
gaigo Tu ara, swored im Rames Jandarmeria daeca, saxlSi naqoni
parizSi nabeWdi gazeTi `xleb i volia~ aRmouCines da mas mere paSkas
mama TvaliT aRaravis unaxavs. swored maSin darCa mTeli cxovreba
paSka mamiT oboli. siCume annam daarRvia, Tavis muxldayudebul,
sevdiani saxiT macqeral das gadaxeda da hkiTxa:

_nastia, gaxsovs paSkas mama?.. Zia alioSa?

nastiam, romelsac ar esiamovna annas ganaxsenebi mezoblis Zveli

codvani, saubari Seawvetina:

_ar ginda, anna, nu gaixseneb gulmtkivneuls, nurc sxvisi codviT

moiTbob enas. arafers Segmatebs es. gecodebodes yvela ugunuri,
yvela Tavisas miiRebs. Sen Sens saukeTeso dros sxvis codvebze
enisfxaniT nu galev, guls amiT ver gaaxareb. Sen is miTxari daTa
ras Svreba? im gogos, maros daRupvis Semdeg rogor aris? ramxela
tragedia daatyda ojaxs Tu qalaqs, kidec kargi daTa Sin rom araa,
Torem im `mekulakeebs~ ver mouTmenda, Cxubs gaumarTavda.
_mciredxniani fiqris Semdeg isev gaagrZela naubari:

_vinc iTmens, Tavis samomavlo-sakeTildReod iTmens. momTmeni

yovelTvis ugebs mowinaaRmdeges. arasdros gaando Seni naazrevi
sxvas. sxvam ar unda icodes Seni gonebrivi SesaZeblobani, Seni piradi
gonivruli msjeloba. mteric axlos eZie, Sors myofi mtrad ver
mogekideba, Tu Sorsaa is usafrTxo mteria. axlos myofi mtris
Segnebulad geridebodes, Torem SiSi mxolod borotisaa. SiSs erTi
Tu ahyevi, Tavis tyved gaqcevs: dagatyvevebs, mere dagamonebs. arada
RmerTs adamiani monobisTvis ar Seuqmnia, TavisuflebisTvis Sva,
arasdros daemono da daebriyvo sxvas. Senc iseTive Tavisufali
azrovnebis xar, rogoric sakuTriv is sxvaa.

anna mosaubre das xelze efereboda, uyvarda Aanastasias debTan

damrigebluri toniT mimarTva:

_anna, xom ginda daTam odnav mainc gadaiyaros gulidan momxdari?..

unda gaaxaro!_anastasias naTqvamma SuaTana das Tvalebi gaubrwyina,
smena gaamaxvila ufro metis gasagebad.

_xeli unda moawero, agera, Cveni ubnis saxkomSi, Cems

mosanaxuleblad rom dadis xSirad, ciala, iman miambo... xelis mowera
dauSves, mixval da xels moawerT.

_mere, piradobis damadasturebis sabuTebi ar gvaqvs, ra nairad?

_magas aRar aqvs mniSvneloba. piradobis sabuTebs imitom ar

iZlevian rom soflis mcxovrebma mosaxleobam qalaqSi Semosvla ver
SeZlono, da piriqiT, aqaurebma Tavi sofels ar Seafarono... magram
xelmosawerad piradobis dokumentebi saWiro araa, mxolod TiTo-
TiTo mezobelia mowmed saWiro, rom daadasturos Seni aqauroba da
daTas erTma mezobelmac unda daadasturos misi aq mcxovreboba. maT
TavianT Tavze unda aiRon pasuxismgebloba rom namdvilad aqaurebi
xarT. wlovanebasac ar dagideven, asaki Tu gkiTxes, ramdenime wliT
rom moimato Tavi, araferi dagiSavdeba, Tu piradobis dokumenti ar
gaqvs, asakis siswores vinRa dagidevs?

_xelis moweras ki vetyvi am saRamos, dabrunebisas, magram..._ annam

ukmayofilod daimorcxva, saxe TovlWyapian miwas gauStera da
dananebiT Tqva:_vaJiSvilze ocneba ver avusrule.

_eg ra bawari Segibnevia xelze?_sasxvaTaSorisod CaekiTxa

Aanastasi da dis majaze gamobmul ramdenime naskvis mqone Zafs
naZaladevad aarida Tvali. saxe maRla cisken aRapyro, TiTqos, mis
TeTrad mokrialebul sivrceSi naocnebars isrulebda.

_es?.._xeli Seivlo Zafze da nacrisferi puloveris Selaxvisgan

dawelil saxeloSi Semala._es mariam rom wamiyvana, erTxel... SenTvis
Tqma damaviwyda daiko...

Anastasias saxeze ukmayofileba dastyoboda. Tvalebze etyoboda,

rom disgan ufro met sulgrZelobas moiTxovda, vidre arsebulis
qonas:

_maSin, SemlocvelTan viyaviT, Zafi ramdenjerme gamonaskva kidec,

Tavze fqvilic mayara, magram mainc araferi meSvela.

_fqvils gayrida? vai, Se fqviliano... rodis aqeT gaxda Tavze

fqvilis yra wamali?.. albaT, magitom dgas deficitSi fqvili, sul
rigebSi uwevs marias yofna._kiskisiT gamoemcnaura msxlis xes
amofarebuli, aqamde Cumad myofi vera.

_vera, Sen xmas rogor iReb, damcini kidec?!_Tvalebi auwylianda

annas._gana ra davaSave, erTxel wavyevi mxolod.

_anna moixseni RvTis gulisTvis eg bawari, vaJiSvilebis yola

bawarze rom iyos damokidebuli, yvela kiserze bawargamobmuli
ivlida_daariga anastasiam.

_ra vaJiSvilebi gveyoleba, rac bavSvobaSi fexSiSvelebs wylebi

gvaqvs nazidi, welmowyvetilebiviT damxdrebs imitom
vgavarT._naZaladevi iumoris toniT naTqvami sevdian xmaSi gadauvida
veras_maxsovs, civi wyali pirTamde savse vedrodan fexebze gveqceoda.
dasvelebulebi davdiodiT civ amindSi mTeli dRis ganmavlobaSi.
Semawuxebeli iyo ra Tqma unda, magram yurs vin Seibertyavda Cvens
gamo? marias mxolod joruli Sroma undoda Cvengan.

_mere, vin ar Sromobs bavSvobaSi? aba, xeliT

mimiTiTe!_gamoepasuxa Aanastasia.
 _yvela, magram namdvili deda amdeni Sroma-jafisTvis Svilebs ver
gaimetebs. ai, davcivdiT da annas Svili ar uCndeba. me ki, jer ra
vici, roca qmari meyoleba, gamiCndeba?

ufrosma debma RimiliT gadaxedes jer erTmaneTs, mere orivem

mzera umcros daze gadaitanes. annas gaecina: _iS, Turme Tavis Tavze
dardobs es pawuna.

_sulac araa patara! _xumrobiT gamoesarCla gaRimebuli

Aanastasia_gana isev iseTi pataraa, devebisa da jadoqrebis rom
sjeroda, Zilis win zRapris moyolis gareSe rom ver iZinebda?

daTa mayaSvilis ezoSi naCqarevad SeWram saubari Seawyvetina.

Cveuli maneriT, Aanastasias misasalmeblad marjvena xeli auwia, veras
Tvali Caukra. anna grZnobiT savse mzeriT gaaTbo da saxlSi Seirbina,
sacolec fexdafex mihyva.

anna nikiSevas da daTa mayaSvilis xelmowera Sedga axlomdebare

Sinsaxkomis nacrisfer SenobaSi. annas bednierebisgan saxe
gaciskrovneboda, amindis susxis gamo Seufereblad Txlad
Semosiliyo: kremisferi JorJetis welSi gamoyvanili koWebamde
sigrZis kaba qalwulis sust aRnagobas simkveTres sZenda. mis sust
mxrebze moexvia xeli mewyvile vaJs, romelmac momavlis imediT
Cafiqrebulma Seavlo Tvali sakuTar meore naxevars. asuli xeliT
ealerseboda saqorwino Taiguls, romelic axalbeda enZelebisgan
Sedgeboda. fiqridan Sinsaxkomis TanamSromlis mWeqared
gaJRerebulma xmam gamoarkvia, es xma siCumiT gamefebulma kedlebma
aitaces da eqod gaimeores sxvadasxva kuTeSi:

_wyvils mowmeebi hyaavs?_daekiTxa Sinsaxkomis TanamSromeli da

Tanmxlebi axalgazrda gogona da vaJi didron cxvirze morgebuli
saTvalis zemodan SeaTvaliera: _aba, vin adasturebs moqalaqe daTa
mayaSvilis aqaurobas, rom namdvilad daibada da cxovrobs qalaq
TbilisSi?

_mee!_daiZaxa zorbatanianma saSikom.

_meee, ra Txa xar?.. unda Tqva, mowme gaxlavarT moqalaqe daTa

mayaSvilis qalaq TbilisSi dabadebisa da cxovrebis Sesaxeb!

sityva-sityviT gaimeora samxedroformianis darigebuli saSikom,

TanamSromeli ki Tavisas agrZelebda:

_aba, vin adasturebs moqalaqe anna nikiSevas aqaurobas, rom

namdvilad daibada da cxovrobs qalaq TbilisSi?
 _vadastureb, mowmed gaxlavarT moqalaqe anna nikiSevas qalaq
TbilisSi dabadebisa da cxovrebisa!_warmosTqva annas xelmowme
darom.

samxedro formianma Suaxnis mamakacma cariel furcelze xeli

moawerina. wera Tu ar iciT, SegiZliaT jvrebi dasvaTo, andac xazebi
gaavloTo. daTas saxeze ukmayofileba gamoexata, magram aRar SeimCnia,
erTi yuridan SeSvebuli sityvebi weris ucodinrobasTan
dakavSirebiT, meoridan gamouSva. bednier annas Semxedvare, aRar
gamoekida saTakilo naTqvams:

_mdaa! _Cailaparaka samxedro formianma da dakvirvebiT daacqerda

sufTa furclis qveS xelmomwerTa kaligrafias. saqorwino teqsts
mere davurTav, ZalaSi TandarTvis Semdeg Seva Tqveni xelmowerac.

_rodis mere?_CaekiTxa daTa.

_mere, roca movicli._gamoscra meCxeri kbilebidan da daTas

gamomwvevi ukmayofilebiT amoxeda.

daTa miuxvda naTqvamis uTqmel dedaazrs. samxedroformians

nebismieri teqsti SeeZlo TandaerTo maTi xelmowerebisTvis,
samomavlod SesaZlo avi an kargi saqmis wadgomisTvis.

amitom, iZulebuli gaxda daTa xeli jibeze gaekra. wiTelTumniani

amoiRo, daanaxa samxedroformians, mere, missive Tvalis dasanaxavad
gulis jibeSi Caudo. gansakuTrebul xasiaTze daayena Sinsaxkomis
mkacri TanamSromeli wiTelTumnianma. sixaruliT gaRmeWilma maSinve
sxva furceli moiZia da teqsti maTive Tvalwin gadawera. es teqsti
ukve namdvilad saqorwino Sinaarsis Semcveli iyo. gadawera Tu ara
teqsti, RimiliT gadabadrulma amoxeda Tavs wamdgar daTa mayaSvils
da mWeqare xmiT Tqva: _sabWoTa kavSiris winaSe oficilurad
gacxadebT kanonier col-qmrad. SegiZliaT miulocoT erTmaneTs.

mosiyvarule wyvilma erTmaneTi gadakocna, gverdiT myofma

mowmeebmac gaxarebuli saxeebiT gadaxedes gabednierebul wyvils,
CaxutebiT miuloces colqmruli cxovrebis dakanoneba. annam Tavi
daTas mkerds Camoado da TvalebdaxuWuli, gaRimebuli, bednierebas
gaenaba:

_zedmetad gamoxatuli colqmruli manerebi da alersis Semcveli

sityvebis Tqma sazogadoebis winaSe, amoraluri naqmedi gaxlavT!
_mWeqared boxi xmiT daariga da gaarkvia saqorwino wesebsa Tu
sexelmwifos mier gansazRvrul sazogadoebriv qmedebaTa eTikur
kanonmdeblobaSi.

wyvils mowmeebic Caexutnen. annasTan miaxlovebul daros fexze

daTas mowme-saSikom fexi uneblied daabija. radganac didTava
saSikos aRnagoba zomiT Zalze maRali da tanmsxvili gaxldaT,
mwared mouvida uneblied uxeSi saqcieli. didi zomis terfis
dabijeba qalis Txel fexze mwareze-mware aRmoCnda. iseTi Sehkivla
darom, rom saxkomis mWeqarexmiani TanamSromeli moulodnelad maRla
Sexta:

_haa-meTqi! _amosZaxa acremlebul, momkivan qaliSvils._egeTi

sasixarulo emociebi saxlSi gabede, aq ar SeiZleba wiokoba, gorka
da egeTebi saxlSi, saxlSi...

fexmtkivani daro SiSisgan dadumda. koWlobiT fexaTreuli gahyva

gasasvlelisken daZrul wyvils. saxkomis kibeze daTa Tavis
xelmomide- saSikos mciredxans gauCerda. saSiko guliT ulocavda
gabednierebas, ra drosac ganawyenebulma darom dro ixelTa da annas
gulisnadebi gaando:

_ici, yvela kaci ganavalia, oRondac zogi kargi da zogic cudi.

_ras ambob, daro, egre rogor SeiZleba fiqrobde erTi fexis

dadgmis gamo?

_bodiSic ki ar momixada daTvma, marTla daTvi ega, me Cems azrs

ar Sevicvli kacebis Sexedulebaze, isini ganavlebi arian, oRond
zogi kargi da zogic cudi.

_kargi ganavali gagigia Sen?_gulwrfelad gadaikiskisa annam.

_swored magaSia saqme, yvela kaci erTnairiao, mag azridan

momdinareobs. me, piradad arasdros ar gavTxovdebi, mtkiced
gadavwyvite ukve.

_gnaxav, Cemo kargo, gnaxav..._annas xmaSi iumori igrZnoboda. didi

sixaruliT gaiwia daTas mier gamowvdili xelisaken CasaWidad.

saxlSi daRonebulebi dabrundnen, jvari ver daviwereT,

RvTismSoblis taZari aRar moqmedebs, abanod gadaukeTebiaTo,
SesCivla annam muxldaCoqil Aanastasias:

_nu RelavT axalgazrdebo, me daglocavT, aba, aqeT modeqiT!_

anastasias sazeimo ganwyoba Seqmnoda, mosiyvaruled uRimoda orives.
mis winaSe muxldaCoqil dasa da siZes, romelic mTeli Tavisi
Sinagani arsiT uyvarda da aTanabrebda debis siyvarulTan. daTa
misTvis gansakuTrebulad saTuTi fiqri iyo, kiriles megobari, dis
meore naxevari, ojaxis sapatio da keTilSobili wevri da masze
araerTxel mozrunavi. es Tvisebebi ukve sakmarisi aRmoCnda imisTvis,
rom sakuTari dedmamiSvilebis siyvarulTan gaeTanabrebina daTas
siyvarulic.
 anastasiam guliTadad igaloba maT winaSe, locvac
gansauTrebulad tkbili gamometyvelebiT warmosTqva maTTvis,
evedreboda zeciur samyofels daefara qarTuli eklesia-moastrebi
SebRalvisgan da wyvili, romelmac jvriswera ver SeZlo taZris
ufunqciod datovebis gamo, sTxovda jvardawerilad CaTvliliyvnen.

bednierebis sadRegrZelo iTqmeboda Aanastasias win gaSlil

patara tablaze, romelsac daTas mier Sekrul momcro xis skamebze
Camomsxdariyvnen axalgazrda, gabednierebuli wyvili mowmeebiTurT.
annas sixaruls sazRvrebi daekarga, uzomod aRelvebul talRad
azvirTebuliyo da Zlivs ikavebda sakuTar kafandara sxeuls, raTa
bednierebis morevs gaurkveveli mimarTulebiT Tan ar waretacna.

im RamiT kvlavac wyeulad SemoCveuli sizmari ezmana. isev ise

iwva Tavidan mwvaned axasxasebul, lorTqo balaxze, romelic
wamierad gadamxmariyo. zed mimoyril xmel foTlebze mwoli qveviT
miasrialebda uxilavi. kani efxaWneboda nasusx, daTrTvilul
gamxmar balaxze srialisas. nakawrebidan wamosuli sisxlis kvals
tovebda da saSvelad gamosavals eZebda. warTmeuli xmis gamo
saSvelad daTas moxmoba ar SeeZlo, Tumca, Tavisnair mdgomareobaSi
uxilavis mier naZaladevad mosriales ramdenime metris moSorebiT
xedavda, amowverilad gadamxmari balaxi efareboda exila misi saxe,
Tumc Tavs zemoT uRonod gadayril xelebs, mis mtevnebs, romlis
xelisgulebi cisken moqceuliyo, mkafiod arCevda axloblobas.

mainc vinaao, fiqrobda da swored es fiqri mtanjvelad

movlenoda. Sors, yurTasmenisTvis odnav SesamCnevad mSieri mglis
ymuili moismoda. ymuili garkveuli drois ganmavlobaSi nel-nela
axlovdeboda da mkafiod usvamda xazs, rom mis mier naymuvli xmis
JReradoba ekuTvnoda mSier, simaZRriT daukmayofilebel, gaumaZRar
mgels, romelic aSkarad mSobliuri tramalebidan Sors gadaxvewili
sakuTar samSoblos ZiebaSi sxvisas Cemulobda. nadavl leSs piriT
eZebda da winaswari ymuiliT sxva mociloblebs afrTxobda. annas
SiSisgan Tavgza areoda, arc gamoZraveba SeeZlo, arc xmis amoReba,
morCilad morCilebda uxilav gamwev Zalas, romlis dasasruls,
ferdobis Ziras mdebare ucnobi adgili, misTvis sasikvdilo ganaCenis
aRmoCndeboda an piriqiT, Svebis momtani.

Zilidan gamoRviZebuli civ oflSi curavda. loginidan gadmouSva

akankalebuli Txeli fexebi. fanjarasTan miirbina. mTvariT ganaTebul
baRSi TvaliT Aanastasias mdebareobis adgili mozoma. mTvaris Suqi
mqrqalad landavda mis mlocvel sxeuls, pirjvaris weris Semdeg
xSirad SubliT miwas exeboda.

annas mlocveli dis sxeuli mSfoTvare moeCvena. Soridan

grZnobda mis TrTolvas, emociebiT aCqarebul mis sunTqvas... surda
misuliyo, Zveleburad cudi sizmris Semdeg Tavi mis kalTaSi Caergo
da ganuwyvetliv gulamoskvnils etira. etira, radgan tirilis Semdeg
gamowveuli Sveba egrZno, Tumca aseT SemTxvevaSi das ufro metad
aaforiaqebda, amitomac Seecada gafrTxileboda mis fizikur umweobas.

mTvaris Suqze garkveviT dainaxa, Tu rogor moxeda anastasiam

swored im fanjaras, romlis sibnelidan annas SeSfoTebuli,
acremlebuli mzera momarTuliyo. annas gulma baga-bugi dauwyo:
`nuTu Cemi mzera igrZno, nuTu Cemi sizmriT gamowveuli uguneboba
igrZno?~ _ufro metad Seecoda yovlis amtani, erTaderTi siyvarulis
erTguli da yvelaferSi gulwrfelobis moqomage Tavisi daiko.

IX
annas da daTas oficialurad xelmowerilma qorwinebam mariac
gaaxara. samkervalo fabrikidan dabrunebulma didi emociebiT
Caixuta orive, Tumca Sinaganad guli swydeboda daTas mcire
asakovnebis da xelmokleobis Ggamo. me sxvanairi mindoda misTviso,
gaando erTxel gulis nadebi veras:

_ekonomiurad SeZlebuli da asakiTac damjdari, daRvinebuli.

qarafSuturas ra Wkua unda mohkiTxo, saTavisod Tu ara aqvs,
sasxvisod eqneba?

verasTvis dedinacvlis azrebi ucxo ar iyo, amitom didad gulTan

axlos ar miitana: _yvelafrs Tavisi dari axlavs, oRond gamodarebas
dro sWirdeba._ miugo pasuxad.

_oho, Senc giswavlia enatlikinoba, ara, vcdebi, ki ar giswavlia

Sen sul aseTi iyavi, Seni debiviT uenpiro ki ara, yovelTvis
enapiriani myavdi. ras vizam veraCka, axla gviania Seni gamocvla,
radgan Cemgan wvrTna-varjiSi Sen veRar giSvelis.

_wavsulvar xelidan da egaa! _gaecina xmamaRla veras. mis sicils

dedinacvalic ahyva. kiskisebda Zalzed xmamaRla, daurideblad, pirs
didze aRebda da gaSavebul, Wianaxrav kbilebs aCenda. arabunebrivad
eCvena veras dedinacvlis sicili. sxva dros aseTi arasdros enaxa,
garkveulad mkacr sazRvrebSi hqonda moqceuli sicili, romelic
esoden iSviaTi iyo mis xasiaTSi:

_maria! _hkiTxa gancifrebulma veram, romelsac saxeze Rimili

Secieboda: _xom kargad xar?

_raa?_ Zlivs SeaCera dauZlurebeli sicili qalma.

 _xom kargad xar? gekiTxebi, am bolo dros rame xom ar gawuxebs?

_raa? mawuxebs?.. ki, mawuxebs, bevri ram mawuxebs, veraCka, magram

eqimbaSebis misacemi fuli me ar maqvs. qalic vici, mkiTxaobs da
SigadaSig geubneva avadobis gamomwvev mizezs, magasTan rigSi dgoma
ar SemiZlia da Tanac meZvirea. ra vici, imitom mindoda Seni
debisTvis SeZlebuli qmari, siZes ojaxisTvis xeli moemarTa. _mariam
Tavze faqizad Seivlo xeli, zed wakruli mosaxvevis kideebiT
kvanZvi gaimagra da meore oTaxSi gavliT Tavi aarida geris
arasasiamovno kiTxvebs.

saxlidan gamosuli umcrosi da SuaTanas mieWra da marias

avadobis Sesaxeb sakuTari varaudi moaxsena. annam gulTan axlos ar
miuSva veras naubari: _mogeCveneboda, Torem saubriT mSvenivrad
saubrobs, muSaobiT muSaobs da arc Wamis madas uCivis._ daawynara
vera.

TbilisSi, iseve, rogorc mTel saqarTveloSi taZrebis ngreva

daiwyo. dedaqalaqSi SiSiT landebiviT mavali adamianebi dadiodnen.
yvela cdilobda Tavisi mokrZalebuli saqcieliT vinmes TvalSi ar
Cavardnodnen, radgan SesaZloa am TvalSi Cavardnas misi sicocxle
represiebiT moecelaT, xolo represirebuli adamianis meuRle
aucileblad cxridan oc wlamde Soreul cimbirSi gadasaxlebas
gamohkravda xels. ojaxSi darCenili wevrebi: moxucebi da bavSvebi ki
quCaSi aRmoCndebodnen.

miuxedavad mokrZalebuli sunTqvisa, sarepresio gegmis

Seusruleblobis datovebas vin gabedavda? amitom dasmenis gareSec
kargad muSaobda Ceka. vinme ucxos, udanaSaulos saxlSi
Seucvivdebodnen gvian RamiT da ase asrulebdnen dasaxvretTa da
Soreul cimbirSi gadasaxlebulTa raodenobrivad Sesasrulebel
gegmianobas. gansakuTrebiT ki mweral-poetebi iyvnen dRis wesrigSi,
radgan maTze ufro ioli iyo sarepresio sisxliani xelis Sewmenda.

taZrebis ngrevas vinRa Cioda, an vinRa iyo samomCivnod darCenili,

an rom yofiliyo, vinRa gabedavda. 1500-mde taZari ukve davangrieTo,
Tavs iwonebdnen saxelmwifo moxeleni. 700-mde xorblis,
marcvleulis Sesanax sawyobebad vaqcieT da 100-mde kidev abanoebado.

RvTismSoblis taZari, romelSiac bavSvobidan mogalobe gogonad

iTvleboda anastasia, abanod iqca. xalxs avaldebulebdnen Sig
siaruls. axali higienuri wesebis SemoReba iwyes, romlebic xSirad
sagazeTo statiebad gamodioda qalaqSi. ewyina Aanastasia nikiSevas
taZris daniSnulebis gaukuRmarTeba, magram sxva veraferi gaawyo
sakuTar TavTan, dedis naqoni RvTismSoblis mcire zomis xati
kedlidan Camoaxsnevina annas da TavisTan daibrZana. yoveldRe
xmamaRla galobda RvTismSoblis sadidebel sagalobels.
 galobis motkbilo xma mezoblebs miswvda. yoveldRiurad
galobisas anastasiasTan gadmodiodnen, raTa damtkbariyvnen misi
tkbili, uflis morCili xmiT:

_galobis madli mewia, Aanastasia... galobis madli. _ xeljoxs

dayrdnobili moxucebuli kola Tavazianad uambobda Tavis gasaWirs.
_ferdSi mWvalamda, xelis miWeriT muStisodenaze raRac igrZnoboda.
tkvili muTaqaze Tavs ar madebinebda, mTeli Rame loginSi
mosasvenebel adgils veZebdi, vwrialebdi da vWrialebdi, magrama am
wrialsac Zilis gafrTxobis meti ara mohqonda. Cemma dedakacma xan
riTi mzila da xanac ra balax-bulaxis nayeni masva, magrama saSveli
ara meqna. Seni galobis xma guls momwvda, rac aq davdivar Rame
bangianiviT uSfoTvels mZinavs, ferdSic muStis simsxo rom mqonda,
dapataravda, aRarca mtkiva. ravi, genacvale, Sen unda gimadlode,
RmerTsa Tu ubralod damTxvevaa, magrama guls ki malamod momedo
Seni nagalobari da...

anastasiam morCilad daukra Tavi da dasZina:

_uflis madlieri unda iyoT, aseT mZime periodSi ufro metadaa

Cvens gverdiT. nurafris SegeSindebaT, nurc taZris gauqmebis, radgan
CvenTvis uflis sxeulze didi taZari ara arsebobs. nurc dRevandel
dRes SiSSi nu galevT, radgan es yovelive Tqveni daSinebisTvisaa
gamogonili. daSinebuli adamiani demonis brma mona da usityvo
Semsrulebelia. nu idardebT usamarTlobaze, radgan usamarTlod
dasjili adamianis suli gansakuTrebuli sisaTuTiT hpovebs ufalSi
sasufevels.

Aanastasias naubris Semdeg moxuci kolas coli, sidonia, TxovniT

miuaxlovda: _genacvale, pativi minda gce, Tu SeiZleba, es muraba
SenTvis miwiladebia da..._

gazeTiT TavSemoxveuli farToyeliani Tixis qila, samse kaklis

murabiT win daudga muxldaCoqils da ganagrZo: _genacvale, sxva
mxrivac minda pativis cema gamovxato, minda mogiaro, an dagbano, an
ezo mogixveto, baRis dabarvac SemiZlia, miTxari genacvale riT gce
pativi?

axlosmdgomma annam xelebi gaasavsava: _deida sidonia, Cems daikos

yvelafers vukeb, aq ara var? vban kidec da arc saWmels vakleb.

_vici genacvale, zed etyoba rogor gakopwiavebuli giziT

axladgaCenili badri mTvaresaviTa,_gulze itaca xeli meti
gulwrfelobisTvis qalma._magrama, Cemis mxridana minda pativnacemi
davtovo.

_nu SewuxdebiT dedaCemo, Seni aq yofna CemTvis ukve sagrZnoblad

didi pativia. _anastasiam iseTi mosiyvarule TvalebiT axeda mis win
mdgom qals, rom am ukanasknelma mSvenierebis moTbo mzeras ver
gauZlo da mkerdSi Caixuta qaliSvilis sasiamovnod grili sxeuli.

gazafxulis mzes yinva moesustebina. fexdafex igrZnoboda misi

mziT gamTbari surneli, gzispirebze amoCituli yoCivardebi
sasiamovno mzeras paravda patrons.

_soboros taZari daangries. zed raRac Senobis aSenebas apireben.

_moitana erTxelac samwuxaro ambad daTa mayaSvilma, romelic
orTqlismfrqveveli Cais finjniT Caicucqa Aanastasias maxloblad.
_Turme daskvna daudiaT, didad istoriuli Zeglis mniSvnelobis
mqone eg ar iyoo da... metexis cixec zed daayoles. Turme, misi
kedlebi nawamebi xalxis warwerebiT iyo samse, ras dawerdnen xom
warmogidgenia? _dakvirvebiT SeaTvaliera Aanastasias mzera,
romelmac uxmod daukra Tanxmobis niSnad Tavi.

Aanastasias sevdianad gaaxsenda golovinis prospeqtze kirilesTan

erTad seirnobisas, ra komfortulad grZnobda Tavs Seyvarebuli
vaJkacis gverdiT. gaixsena cekvis sasaxle, mis win, gzis
paralelurad aSenebuli qaSueTis taZari. TvaliT Sors miswvda,
TiTqos droc SeCerda, Seenisla nacrisfer, didfanjrebian,
gadakaSkaSebul Senobas, saidanac mosaRamovebulze klasikuri
valsis hangebze mobakune fexis xma moismoda:

_cekvis sasaxle?.. kavkasiis nacvlis Senobas ra bedi ewia? _hkiTxa

fiqrebidan gamorkvevisas Cais smiT garTul daTas, romelmac
pasuxamde jer mduRare Cais baraqiani ylupi gadaylapa da
pirgaRebulze enas xeliT gauniava.

_cekvis sasaxle sadRaa?.. magedan imarTeboda qveynis bediRbali,

mand afrialda pirvelad qveynis damoukideblobis droSa, SemdgomSi
somxeTisa da azerbaijanis damoukideblobac mand gadawyda. axla,
sabWoTa mTavroba ganTavsda. amboben didi beladis dedas upireben
Senobis gadacemaso, naTqvams gazeTebic adastureben. mainc vera
gamigia, erTi adamianisTvis magxela Senoba zedmetad bumberazi araa?

_rac Cveni saqme araa, nu vilaparakebT. visac undaT imas

gadascemen, Cvennairi ubraloni iq mainc veras gavixarebT.

mdumareba Camowva orSi. dumili quCidan Semosuma xmaurma

daarRvia, maTi saxlis maxloblad, gzis gadaRma mcxovrebi kolas da
misi dedakacis, sidonias xma moismoda.

axlaxans daiwyes eleqtro energiis gayvena naxalovkaSi,

rezervuarnaias quCaze, rodesac qalaqis centralur adgilebSi
gacilebiT adre gakaSkaSda fanjrebi, aivnebi, quCebi, maRaziebi. jer
nikiSevebis paralelurad Camwkrivebul saxlebSi gahyavdaT
eleqtroenergia didi Zabvis xis Zelebidan. rogorc iqna kolas
saxlSi nanatri naTura ainTo. eleqtroenergiis sikaSkaSiT
aJitirebulma Zvel lamfas xeli wamoavlo da gadasagdebad ezoSi
gamoarbenina, ra drosac coli daewia da yviriliT scada xelidan
warTmeva:

_ra Cem fexebadRa minda? ma, raRa daniSnulebisRaa? _gahyviroda

kola da cali xeliT cols igeriebda gzidan Camosacileblad.

_raTa, kaco, ras giSlis, TaxCaSi Sevdgam da ar daganaxeb, xmas es

ar gamoiRebs da Cxavils ar daiwyebs, TavisTvis iqneba, Sen aras
Segawuxebs!

_gameca dedakaco-meTqi!.. ma, raRaT minda? vera xedav xalxi

progresze gadavida, raRa Cven unda davxdeT uprogresoebi, ha?

sidoniam xelebi ganze gaSala gzis gadasaRobad, ise, rogorc

kruxi gafafxams xolme frTebs Tavisi wiwilebis dasacavad.
eleqtronis gaCaxCaxebiT gagulisebulma moxucebulma qmarma
emociebi veRar daioka, Zirs dasca lamfa, romelsac Tavs Camocmuli,
sidonias xeliT gakrialebuli mina namsxvreebad iqca, xolo metalis
sxeuls dasaWeWyad fexiT Sesdga:

_ai, ai, Se pirqve amosabrunebelo Sena, Wiri Sens

maWirnebels_wikvinas xmiT mosTqvamda sidonia, fexiT daWeWyli
lamfa aiRo da dananebiT SeaTvalier-SemoaTvaliera. _Cemi
mamamTilisTvis uwyalobnia Tavis axlad gacnobil qvislsa,
stambolSi mcxovrebsa, romelsac lamis oci weli arc ki icnobda,
gacnobisas da im dResa es lampa axsenebda xolme im sacodav bedze
gaCenilsa. es misi veSapi vaJiSvili kidena fexiTa Wyletams. vai, Tavo
da vai Wkuav, mosatexo! _mosTqvamda sidonia.

kolam xelidan waglija daWeWyili lampa da cisken astyorcna,

caSi kolas ZaliT afrinda daWeWyili, muStis simsxo nivTi, Tumca
ukan daSvebisas bzrial-triali daiwyo, gaurkveveli mimarTulebiT
wamovida dedamiwisken da sadRac modenili zRarTanisas daiwkriala.
kmayofilebiT aRvsilma kolam jibeSi ikra mardi xelebi da
stvena_stveniT saxlis zRurbls amayi nabijebiT gadavida.

magram imave saRamos, rodesac deni CauqraT, boZze gadamyvani

xazis dazianebis gamo, fexmardi kola sanTlis SuqiT eZebda Tavis
danaWeWy lamfas:

_netai ar gaswordeba?.. e dedakacica ra xeTeTo myavs, gana xelebi

ki ar gadamiWira, gamamtaca, an iseTi sityva miTxra, roma guli
Signidan SeekrTo, amCuynulze xelidan nebiT dameTmo. dameZgera da
vai, vui, vai... _kolam saxis mimikebi daiyena colis misabaZad,
muxlebSic mis gamosajavrblad erTi-orjer waiTaqa xeli._ganaRa
wamglija xelidan, gana miTxra, veranav, ra dediSenisas mihqaravo!
ara, ara, dedakacuri simagrisa araferi scxia ra... boTea, boTe! raRa
magas davukavSire Cemi bed-iRbali meca, JunJrukaanT marusia ver iyo
janiani dedakaci, xo mirigebda xifefianT qali, i burdas rZali,
momeyvana ra, axia Cemze!_ nanobda kola da welkavSeyrili cali
xeliT welze wakrul Sals xeliT isworebda.

meore dRis gaTenebidan nikiSevebis saxlSi daiwyes saqmiani

fufsusi eleqtroenergiis Sesayvanad. daTa mayaSvili gverdidan ar
Sordeboda momuSaveebs, xan pursa da xan Rvinos sTavazobda
gasamaspinZleblad da xan dasvenebas. iRliaSi amoeCara
gacrecilydiani rveuli, dRiuris funqciis satvirTvelad.

yvela dRiurs Tavisi saTauri hqonda, Tumc es erTaderTi SemorCa

miwis zemoT, sxvebi yuTSi Calagebuli miwis qveS gadaemala.

kaSkaSa sinaTle maT fanjrebidanac gamoiWra, romelsac

adamianuri mRelvareba mohqonda saCuqrad. yvela aRtacebaSi modioda
sinaTlis wyaros arsebobiT, garda dedinacval-mariasi. Tavisi
damWknari xeli uRonod aswia eleqtronze misaniSneblad da susti,
naavadari xmiT Tqva:

_me ver vitan, srulebiT ar maxalisebs, es TvalebSi miWyitinebs

da TavSi xmaurobs, Tavs mtkens, albaT momwamlavi gamosxiveba Tu
aqvs, uxilavi, romelsac mgrZnobiare Tavis mqoneebi vgrZnobT da
tkiviliT aRviqvavT.

mariam Tavze wakrul Tavsafars kideebi Sigidan mouqcia. umadoba

uferul saxesa da tanzec mkveTrad dastyoboda:

_ Tavis tkivilis garda sxva ram Tu gawuxebs?_CaekiTxa anna.

_ara, meti raRa unda mawuxebdes, Tavia mTavari, adamianis tans

zemoT egaa, sxva ki araferi. tvini mtkiva, ai, Signdan TiTqos bevri
wigni mekiTxos da gadaRliliyos, iseTi SegrZneba meufleba, sul
minda davisveno, mgonia mxrebze didi veeberTela burTiviTaa
gazrdili da mamZimebs. Signidan mRrRnis, mRrRnis gauTaveblad.
davakvirdi da rac Cvens quCaze am xis boZebs dauwyes dayeneba da
zed denis mavTulebs gamba-gamomba, im dRidan gaTavda Cemi
jansaRTavoba. im dRis Semdeg tkivilic SemomiCnda, Tanac iseTi rom
adgilze matorikavebs, mabarganavebs. sxva dros RamiT iseTi
Zilianoba vicodi bangnaylapiviT, rom mogekuCebine da sadme
wageyvane, ar gameRviZeboda. exla TagviviT Tvalxiluls Tu
momepareba xolme aisi. metwilad uZiloba maqvs, me winaaRmgebobis
gaweva msurda, ar mindoda Cems saxlSi, ezoSi am simaTxoje xazebis
Semoyvana, magram vicodi Tqven ar amibamdiT mxars da daTas tyuilad
raRaze movaZulebino Tavi-Tqo, vifiqre.

anna daanaRvliana marias naTqvamma. ecodeboda mainc es

axalgazrdobaSi mware enapiris mqone. axla, moxucebulobis zRvars
myofi Tavs SeuZlod grZnobda, saxe gauferebuli, uxvad
naoWdayrili, amoRamebuli upeebiT, tanze sigamxdriT Selaxuli,
sifrifana xelis mtevnebi, mis sijansaReze didi xania veRar
metyvelebda. mTel dReebs SuqCamqralSi atarebda. xandaxan
eCveneboda, rom yvelaferi mis sawinaaRmdegod ganwyuobiliyo,
eleqtronis gayvanidan dawyebuli, Tavis peterburgSi gamgzavrebuli
mezoblebiT damTavrebuli, romelnic TiTqos da mis jinaze aRar
brundebodnen ojaxur keraze, raTa maT saxlSi Sesaxlebul
axalgazrdebs keTili enebaT da mariasTan gadasaxlebuliyvnen.

daiRala simartoviT maria. mis yurebs xandaxan adamianebis xmis

mosmena daenatreboda xolme, enas ki xmis gamcemi. xSirad efiqreboda
samyaros kanonzomierebaSi, sanam axalgazrda iyo, jeroda rom
moxucebulis gardacvaleba, es srulebiT normaluriao, radgan
ukvdavi aravinaa, amitom moxuci unda mibardes miwas da misi wili
sicocxle axalgazrdebs gadaebaroTo. amis mkacrad sjeroda da
sxvebsac arwmunebda dasajereblad. axla, rodesac TviTon grZnobs
ukve siberis uZlur xelebs, sakuTari sicocxle exanmokleveba. aba,
axalgazrdobam ise swrafad Camirbina duxWir-Ratakurad, rom
gauxarebelma davTme bunebisgan boZebuli sinorCe, axalgazrdoba,
misi simSvene ver SevigrZeni, axla, rodesac davberdi, davijero ukve
cotaRa damrCeniao?_

aRar moswonda adrindeli, naCvevi azrovneba samyaros

kanonzomierebis Sesaxeb. moagonda mezobel katos gardacaleba. kato
da maSo tyupi debi iyvnen, gaWrili vaSlebiviT gvandnen erTurTs,
orive gauTxovrebi darCnen. katos silamaze ganTqmuli iyo Zvels
tfilisSi. masze Zlevamosili vercxlis qamarSi mwvane
baRdadgaCrili yaraCoRelidan dawyebuli, ubralo Coxa-axaluxis
mkerav-dercikad damTavrebuli. kiroCnaias asaxvevSi mcxovrebi Sal-
farTleulebis mRebavi boiaxCi mis gamo mtkverSi apirebda Tavis
daxrCobas.

ra enawyliani da Tavmdabali iyo mSvenebiT ganTqmuli kato

axalgazrdobaSi. colad aravis mihyveboda, ambobda rom erTis
gabednierebiT sxvebs gaaubedurebda, ase gadairbina mdeloze
swrafmrboli fufmfulakudiani melakudasaviT misma ymawvilqalobam.
darCa gauTxovari, dauZlurebuli siberiT gardaicvala. mis
misasamZimeblad misul samezoblo wreSi mdgari maria xmamaRla
ambobda:
 _bunebis kanonia esa, tirili da moTqma ra saWiroa, dRes iqneboda
Tu xval, ra azri aqvs, mainc mosaxdeni unda momxdariyo, Tanac ukve
sakmaod asakianic iyo..._maria saxiT mibruneboda gardacvlilis
tyupiscals, frTaCamotexiliviT mdgom maSos: _adamiani daberdeba
da fSuut, misi wili sicocxle axalgazrdebma unda gainawilon, maS,
rogor? _iqadnida Tavs sakuTari originaluri filosofiis codna-
mWevrmetyvelebiT.

maSo mduRaregadasxmuls hgavda, arafers Txoulobda sanugeSod,

arc sityvas da arc misamZimrebas. marias arc esiamovna rodesac
samZimerze anna Sevida da nastias danabarebi samZimris sityvebi
gadasca:

_nu geSinia, deida maSo Seni daiko ar momkvdara, sikvdiliT

sicocxle ar mTvardeba. is usasrulobaSi gadavida, im
usasrulobaSi, saidanac movediT da saiTkenac miveqanebiT
yoveldRiurad Cavlili dRis siCqariT. adamianis iotisodena sikeTec
ki ar ikargeba maradJamobaSi ukvalod, uyuradRebod. arasdros
damaviwydeba gaWirvebisas, Cemi ojaxis SimSiloanobis dros, rogor
mixmobda ezos gadmomdgari da samse orjamianiT qumelis
mosamzadebel fqvils matanda, im motiviT, rom viTom TviTon
moWarbebulad bevri hqonda, gasafuWeblad enaneboda, gascemda.
mogvianebiT mivxvdi, rom Turme Cvenze zrunavda. ar daidardo, marto
iloce misi sulis savali gzis Sesamsubuqeblad. Tqveni locvisas
warmoTqmuli TiToeuli sityva mas gzad daeweva, gaamxnevebs da
msubuqad uqcevs yvela dabrkolebas, me vaRiareb, rom Zalian miyvarda
Tqveni da, Tqveni tyupiscali, romelic gaWrili vaSliviT ggavdaT.
misi keTilad naxsenebi xsovna saxelovnad waadgeba Tavis
samkvidrebelSi. mudmivad evlos im gziT sadac siyvaruliT savse
oazisisken savalia.

maSom sanugeSo hpova nastias danabarebSi, samadlobelod mkerdSi

Caixuta anna. dedinacvals ki mis sityvebze saxe aenTo,
almurmodebuliviT aelewa, elvis siswrafiT wamomxtarma mezobels
gadaulaparaka: _yvela ugunurs ena rogor wylianad eqaveba, bunebis
kanons versad wauvalT, ase yofila da ase iqneba. moxucis bedic
egaa, man Tavisi dro moWama da nuRar CamogtiriT Tavpiri, Cvenc
siberisas igive mogvelis.

magram marias maSin egona, rom sibere Zalzed Sors iyo misgan da
Zalian gvian moubrundeboda, magram rogor Cairbina wlebma ise,
Tvalisdaxamxameba ver movaswario, dardobda. axla gaxeleboda
cxovrebis xanmokleobas. axla etkbileboda, eZvirfaseboda. Turme,
moxucebuls ufro hyvarebia cxovreba, sunTqva, gulis feTqvas didi
ruduniTa da siyvaruliT ugdebda yurs. tkivilic ki Seiyvara, radgan
is Tavs cocxlad yofnas axsenebda. axla surda ukan waeRo dis
gardacvalebiT acremlebuli qalisadmi naTqvami sityvebi, magram ukve
gviani iyo, maSoc ra xania aRar iyo cocxali. das gahyva
gardacvalebidan zustad sam TveSi.

marias sikvdili SiSi gauCnda, im sikvdilis, romelzedac

jeelobisas arasdros fiqrobda. axla Ramis sibnelis eSinoda.
samaris sibnelesTan asocirdeboda da igivdeboda mis warmosaxvaSi,
romelic esoden faqizad gamdidreboda gulCvili azrebiT.yovel
Rame, sawolSi Cawolili fiqrobda, dilis gaTenebas Tu moeswreboda
da axlad gaTenebul dRes Cumi pirjvrisweriT samadlobelos
uxdida, mowyaled naCuqari kidev erTi dRisTvis.

Turme sicocxle yvela suliers hyvarebia, WianWvelac ki

gasresvamde Tavis gadasarCenad garbis, fexis dadgmamde oboba
nabijs uCqarebs. sicocxle yvelasTvis tkbili yofila, ubrald
axalgazrda asakSi ase mgrZnobiared Zneli warmosadgenia. _fiqrobda
maria da axlaRa ejereboda RmerTis arsebobis. yinvagadatanili
nastias janmrTeloba aocebda. uwin susti, mudmivad gaciebul-
galeleCebuli daiareboda cxvirSi mosrutune, mTeli taniT
abuzuli. mjdomare dayudebuli cxovrebis wesis miRebis Semdeg,
romlis drosac locvisas Tavs Tovlian-yinulian miwas exeboda,
avadac aRar gamxdara, arc ki gaciebula. gana oriode metris
moSorebiT, isic Ram-RamobiT daTa mayaSvilis danTebulma mbJutavma
koconma jani gauZliera? gausaZlis yofierebaSi myofi nastia
zebunebrivma Zalebma Tu moaZliera Torem, yinvisas yovelwliurad,
TiToeul gaTenebulze eloda annas nakivli gaaRviZebda mas, rodesac
sakuTar das gayinul-gayaTmiSebuls ipovida alionze, magram nastias
zamTris mware yinvam, romlis drosac saxlis saxuravidan wamosuli
da kedlis qimze Camokonwialebuli nexevarmetriani sigrZis yinulis
loloebi Tvals Wrida, veraferi daaklo.

annas hkiTxa erTxel, sapirfareSos moTxovnilebis dros ras

Svrebi, rogor uwev daxmarebaso, is xom mudam muxldaCoqili,
Tavisive fexebze Tu Camojdeba, magram adgils arafriT icvliso.
annas pasuxma gaaogna, Ramis qoTans vudgam qveS da dReSi
ramdenjerme vucvli, aba, ra vqna, gogom aseTi cxovreba airCia
satrfos sulis sacxoneblad. ramdeni vexvewe amdgariyo... daTac
maimedebda, dro yvelafris mkurnalia, gadauvlis da adgebao, magram
rac dro gadis ufro metad ucxoveldeba misi xsovna. Cemi daa, me
mzad var misi gulobisTvis yvelaferze wavide. Ramis qoTnis
gamocvla ra didi ramea Cemi disTvis, me misi yvelanairi mdgomareoba
miyvarso.

marias sicivis Jruantelam dauara. ai, ras niSnavs sisxlismieri

kavSiri, misi yvelaferi uyvarso, gaivlo gulSi da sinanuliT
aRimsWvala. mas aravin hyavda gulis damwveli, sisxliT monaTesave.
vinc ki eguleboda Tavisiani yvela yirimSi datova, aqeT SemorCa
uTvistomod euli. nastias winaSe danaSaulis grZnoba tanjavda,
TiTqos, misi mxrebi uzarmazari tvirTiT damZimebuliyo, uWirda
zidva, magram Tavs zeviT Zalis ar arsebobis gamo uZaliandeboda.
ramdenjer daapira axlos misvla, gamolaparakeba, didsulovnurad
eTqva, rom surda misTvis kargi momavali, mxolod SeZlebul
mamakacTan misi saqorwino kavSiris maradiuloba, magram Tavs ver
imorCilebda, TiTqos uxilavad gambuli Zafebi eweodnen ukan da
mosZaxodnen, Tavi ar daemdablebina geris winaSe:

_adamiani guliT yru Tu araa, igrZnobs winaTgrZnobis ZaliT

Tavis axlo momavals. ubralod adamianebs, an ar gvjera xolme misi
arsebobis, an ar gvawyobs gansaviTarebel movlenaTa winaSe
pasuxismgebloba._

gaixena mariam Aanastasias naubari, rodesac mis sanaxavad

gimnaziis megobrebi mosvlodnen. mariam maSin ezo gadaWra swrafi
nabijiT, raTa Tvali aeridebina Aanastasias mjdomare
mdgomareobisTvis, romelic Tavidan dasacinad ar hyofnida, mere
Sesacodad. axla sakvirvelTa Soris sakvirvel ambad miaCnda. vinmes
rom eTqva aseTi ram, ar davijerebdi da Cems Tavs, Cems ojaxs, Cems
ezo-karmidamos xdeba es ambavio, hkvirobda:

_yvelasTvis mopatiebia, yvelasTvis, Cemi kiriles TviTmkvleli

tragizmis codva Cems Tavze aviRe, yvelas mitevebuli aqvs... _maSin am
yvelaSi nagulisxmevi Tavi igrZno mariam, Tumc cxviris abzuebiT
gaatara yurebSi Aanastasias naTqvami.

axla ki nanobda Aanastasias naTqvams rom ar gamoepasuxa, patieba

ar sTxova im SecdomisTvis, romlis windawin movlenaTa ganviTareba
ver ganWvrita. rac moxda moxdao, magram nuTu adamiani
moaxlovebuls windawin grZnobs intuiciis ZaliT? hkvirobda da
guls sevda-naRveli eZaleboda. bolo droindelma avadobam aiZula
sikvdilzec efiqra. nuTu samomavlod gardauvali iqneba Cemi
sikvdilTan Serkineba, romelic yovelTvis misi gamarjvebiT
mTavrdebao?_fiqrobda da mTeli Tavisi Sinagani gancdebiT
ganicdida.

ezoSi mfrinavi albatrosiviT Semovarda daTa mayaSvili, win

garbeniT iskupa da ramdenime metrze Sexta-SeikuntruSa haerSi.
xmamaRla xarxarebda da annas mouxmobda xalisiani xmiT.

anastasiasTan miirbina, Sublze eambora, gverdidan Semourbina da

saxlisken daiZra:

_anna, aba, ra unda gaxaro?.. ras momilocav? _xalisianad Seirbina

saxlSi yviriliT.
 _amxela kacia, lamisaa daberdes da patara biWuSkasaviT
iqceva_gadaulaparaka magidas mimjdarma veram xeldafqvilul annas,
romelic xaWos pelmenis keTebiT ixalisebda Tavs.

daTam jer loyaze akoca, mere fqvilSi marjvena xelis saCvenebli

TiTo Cayo da annas cxviris wverze miado, TeTrad daemCna qmris
naTiTuri.

veram sicili daayara wyvils: _ara, geubnebodi Tu ara, anna, axla

metyvi Cumad iyavio, da xom marTali aRmovCndi?

_ra unda maxaro? _hkiTxa mSvidi toniT annam da pelmenis moxveva

aaCqara.

_raa da... _Tqva niSnismogebiT, mere umi pelmeni pirSi gaiqana,

ugemovnod daReWili, mainc gadaylapa da Tqva: _bina miviRe, Zalian
kargi, didi, naTeli, zed voroncovis aRmarTze. damTavrda mezoblis
saxlSi Cveni yofnis movaleoba, axla axal saxlSi vicxovrebT!

annam xmamaRali kiskisi atexa. ezoSi gaiWra, surda nastiasTvis

gaeziarebina sakuTari bednierebis emociebi: _Cemo daiko, axlave
Cavalageb Cvens barg-barxans, axlave, yvelani erTad wavalT, yvela
erTad viqnebiT bednierebi, gaxarebulebi. Cveni tanjva am saxlSi
unda dasruldes. _CurCulebda anna da ufros daikos mkerdze
ixutebda.

Aanastasias saTqmeli pirze moadga, magram gadaifiqra. aSkarad ar

undoda gaxarebuli disTvis Tavisi naTqvamiT sixarulis gamomwvevi
emociebi Caeqro, amitom dumili amjobina. annam sixarulis
gamoxatulebiT guli ijera Tu ara, saxlis zRurbls gadavida. misi
dawyebuli saqme umcros das daemTavrebina. axlad moxarSul pelmens,
romelsac orTqli TbomavaliviT gaudioda, didi mondomebiT
Seeqceoda daTa.

diliT winkarSi gamoalages mTeli Ramis naSrom-Calagebuli

bargi. vera da anna erTurTs exmarebodnen bargis awevaSi. Cibuxze
kvamlgamdinare daTa skamze mokalaTebuli, didad nasiamovnebeli
saxiT gazeTis kiTxviT iqcevda Tavs:

_daTa, movrCiT yvelafers! _SesZaxa annam.

_meramdenjer unda gagimeoroT? mogvaqcie qalebs yuradReba!

_frTebi Seaxa dis SeZaxils veram.

daTam Cibuxi magidaze miagdo da amayi TavdaWerilobiT daiZra,

neli da dinji nabijebiT winkarSi gamoanaTa. Tmebi ise gaelaqa
sarkesaviT laplapebda. miaTval-moaTvaliera iquroba, qalbatonebs
axed-daxeda, Cacmuloba da xasiaTi SeuTvaliera, mere mzeriT bargis
simZime awon-dawona da Tqva:

_exla waval, bargis mzidav muSasac viqiraveb, mere transportzec

vizruneb, nastias xelSi aviyvan da ise movaTavseb transporSi. _Tqva
kmayofilma da dazolili pijakis jibidan portsigara amoiRo. xelSi
SeaTvalier-SemoaTvaliera. mere gaxsna da muqi moyavisfro feris
sigara SeTamaSebis Semdeg pirSi gaiqana.

_ohooo, _miaZaxa veram._pirdapir kinoSi mgonia Cemi Tavi!

_me arsad movdivar, anna, verka, daTa! _gamosZaxa aqamde mdumared

myofma anastasiam.

_raa?_gadairia daTa, piridan sigara uneburad gadmouvarda da

gaprialebul fexsacmelze daeca. fexi aqeT-iqiT gaiqcia da sigariT
amomwvars ukmayofilod daxeda: _ras hqvia, ar modixar?!

_nastinka, Cemo daiko, xom ici, uSenod versad wavalT, Sen gareSe
aqedan fexsac ar movicvli, sadac Sen meyolebi muxldavanebuli, mec
iq unda visuldgmulo. gTxov, wamodi, Sen ar ifiqro martos
dagtoveb, gTxov, nastinka. _yelgamowvdili evedreboda anna da
mudaris TvalebiT misi mzera daiWira.

_ara, anna, vera, daTa, Cemebo. me am saxlSi davibade, aq unda viyo

Cemi aRsasrulis bolo wuTamde. me arsad wamoval, Tqven wadiT,
uCemoba ar idardoT, me TviTon mivxedav Cems Tavs, mariasac
vupatroneb, nu RelavT, Tqven wadiT bednierebis moTxovna da ufleba
yvelas aqvs, maT Soris Tqvenc.

_Senc Cemo daiko, bednierebis ufleba Senc gaqvs, axal saxlSi

icxovreb, yvelafers axlidan daiwyeb, axali TvaliT Sexedav da
awon-dawoni cxovrebas_mowolili cremli eylapeboda annas.

_Cemi bedniereba am saxlSi aRmocenda da iq, WiSkris piras

dasamarda. axla sxva mxriv viswrafvi bednierebis misaRwevad. axla
kiriles sulis mSvidi navsayudelisTvis vsuldgmulob. aq mirCevnia,
fexs ver movicvli, mets nuRar SemawuxebT, Tqven wadiT, gzispirs
dagilocavT aqedan._Tqva annam da metaniebiT datvirTuli locvis
Sesrulebas mihyo xeli.

pirSi CalagamovlebuliviT idgnen annac da verac.

gancvifrebulsaxiani daTa sargadaylapuls damgvaneboda. aqeT-iqiT
mimoixeda da gaognebuli didron Cemodanze Camojda.

_Cagvivarda kovzi nacarSi! _CaidudRuna veram da mezoblis

naTxovar saxlSi Sevida. maT daZmarebul saxeebs fanjris miRma
siCumidan Tvalyurs adevnebda maria, romelsac gulSi sazeimo nugeSi
miscemoda:

_Sen gaixare Aanastasia, Sen! _CurCulebda saxlSi ganabuli,

fanjridan farads amofarebuli maria da gulSi mjiRs icemda susti,
Zalagamoleuli xeliT. _momindomes wasvla, maSin, rodesac movla-
patronoba da yuradReba mesaWiroeba. erTi maTlafa kerZis
momwodebeli mWirdeba, iqneba vkvdebi, TvalisdamxuWveli aRar unda
myavdes, sam-samis gamzrdels? _Caibutbuta da mduRare cremlebi
daugordnen Rawvebsa da loyebze.

maria logins ver epueboda, Tumca arc uimisod gaZleba SeeZlo.

TiTqmis yovel naxevar saaTSi wveboda da Tvalmiluli yuCdeboda,
kidurebic stkioda, jani Signidan texavda, Tavis tkivils gausaZlis
yofamde mihyavda, balaxeulis nayens asmevda anna, Tavidan TiTqos
abruebda, magram im nayenis gamodmebul miRebas mieCvia organizmi da
wamlad veRar aRiqvamda. marias janmrTeloba dRiTidRe uaresdeboda.

X
dedinecval-marias gardacvalebis im wels, 1935 wels, cxeli
zafxuli daiWira. papanaqi audioda yvelafers. qalaqSi gaZleba
Wirda. Aanastasias Tavze gadafarebuli nayofiT moxunZluli
tyemlis toti mciredad iCrdileboda. mzis nasicxze bambis
qulasaviT TeTri kani awiTleboda asuls. Tmebi ise Camozrdoda, rom
nawnavi wels qvemoT Cascdenoda.

Aanastasias Tavdapirveli gancdebi, sindisis qenjnis magvar

tanjvas hgavda, romelic SemdgomSi sruliad sxva formis sinanulis
gancdaSi gadavida, axla is ufro SedarebiT damSvidebuli, gaxldaT,
vidre Tavdapirvelad muxldaCoqisas iyo.

dedinacvlis gardacvalebis Semdeg, mezoblis saxlidan Tavis

saxlSi gadmobargebul annas winkarSi patara magida gamoedga,
romelzedac fqvilis grova mTasaviT amowowiliyo da xinklis comis
zelviT dakavebuliyo. gafqvilul uxlos xan aqeT miuvsvamda mardi
moZraobiT da xanac iqiT, fqvilSi amogangloda xelebi idayvebianad.
aseTi moswonda da uyvarda daTas. Tavze TeTr Tavsafarwakrli da
winac winsafarafarebuli, xelebdakapiwebuli xinklis moxveviT
damSvenebuli: _aseTs, xinklis mzadebis dros, sul minda
TvalmouSoreblad giyurebde, erT wertilSi gaqvavebuli vijde da
Seni TiTebis moZraobiT vtkbebode, sulmouTmenlad vTvlide xinklis
naoWebs,_xSir-xSirad umeorebda daTa nanatr cols.

simSvide maT myudroebas xelisSemwyobad evlineboda, saidanRac

sicxiT mTvrali Citis JRurtuli moismoda. mzis sxivebs amyoli,
TeTri da kideebSecisferebuli pepela mofarfatda. annas dafqvilul
magidas msubuqad aufrial-Caufriala moqanave sifrifana frTebiT.
zed fqvilis grovaze apirebda Camojdomas. annam nazi maneriT
mouqnia xeli, pepela afrTxialda, afarfatda, magidas moSorda
mciredi manZiliT, anna kiskasiT gaedevna frTafarfata pepelas,
xelebs uqnevda, xan dasaWerad epotineboda, uxerxuli moZraobiT
Sexta haerSi mwerisTvis xelwasavlebad, magram miwaze daxtomisas
muceli etkina, usiamovnod gasWvala welmac, cali xeli welze miido
da yvirli morTo:

_verka, miSvele!.. verka...

saxlidan anci qaliSvili gaWirvebis talkvesamebr gamoxta. annas

mieWra da xeli SeaSvela. skamisken ubiZga dasajdomad. Aanastasia
SeSinebuli adevnebda Tvalyurs, sanugeSo sityvebis koriantels
uZRvnida das. SfoTavda, Tumc erT adgilze muxldaCoqils
sxvagvarad daxmarebis gaweva ar SeeZlo.

anna skamze Zlivs-ZliobiT Camojda. dumili Camowva, siCumem

iWvneulad daafiqra axalgazrda qali, mere xeli mucelze moisva,
jer Camuxluli anastasiasken gaixeda, mere verka aaTvalier-
CaaTvaliera da nazad warmosTqva: _nuTu!..

_ra nuTu?! _warbebs Soris kopebi Seikra veram.

_nastinka, Sen ras metyvi?_ar cxreboda SuaTana da, nuTu... me?

_albaT, daiko albaT, didebulia uflis ukeTilSobilesi Zala,

miende da mogendoba, keTilad Segeweva._

gadaiwera pirjvari anastasiam da samadlobeli locva aabutbuta

mwifobaSeparuli alublisferi bageebiT. kamkama cremli moiwminda
Tlili TiTebiT.

_me verafers mivxvdi, Tu ra xdeba?_mohyva wuwuns umcrosi

daiko._ase iciT Tqven, viTom patarad mTvliT da ar mandobT Tqvens
idumal azrebs, arada ukve didi var, rodis unda mixvdeT amas,
sainteresoa?!

_verka, arafer idumal azrebs ar vmalavT, mgoni fexmZimed

var!_Sehxara annam bavSvurad ganawyenebulTvaleba verkas, romelic
cali mxriT xes miyrdnoboda.
 amis gamgone veram kiskisi morTo, mere siciliTa da welSi
gaWimulma siaruliT gamoajavra siZe-batoni. daTas parodirebiT
rolSi Sesul umcros daze gulianad icinodnen ufrosi debi.

Sebindebulze saxlSi dabrunebulma daTam bednierebis dairas

Semohkra sixaruliT:

_vaJia, guli migrZnobs, giorgi mayaSvili iqneba, magram

qaliSvilic minda, Tu gogoc meRirsa, aucileblad dedaCemis
mosaxele iqneba. mokled orive mWirdeba, qaliSvilic da vaJiSvilic!_
ixtibars aRar itexda daTa. kaklis xis qveS Camomjdari gazeT
`komunistiT~ iniavebda cxvirwin papanaqeba zafxulis cxel haers:

_mefisncacvlis sasaxle ekaterine-keke gelaZes gadaeca

damsaxurebulad gmiruli dedobisaTvis. misma mSobliurma
mzrunvelobam, da Svilis kdemamosili ideologiiT aRzrdam
kacobriobas didi beladi SesZina._xmamaRla amoikiTxa gazeTidan
mcire amonaridi da Cafiqrebulma kaklis foTlebSi SeWril
mTrTolvare sios gauStera mzera.

_raRa giWirs, daTa, iqneb Seni bRartic rom daibadeba, beladi

gaxdes, didi komunisti, mTeli kacobriobis masStabebs gascdes.
_gaixumra veram kiskisiT, romelic daTas ar esiamovna. wuTieri
dumilis Semdeg sruli seriozulobiT aRmoxda:

_Cemi Svili didi adamianobis iqneba, didi grZnobebisa da

keTilSobilebis matarebeli. Cems Svils mSoblebi arasdros eyoleba
beladebi, arc TviTon eqneba beladobis ambicia, ubralo iqneba,
magram am ubraloebaSia adamianurobis yvelaze didi gulwrfeloba.

daTas naTqvamma, misma ganawyeneulma saxis mimikebma, windawin

mucladmyof Svilze samomavlo daxasiaTebis warmodgenebma Rimili
mohgvara Aanastasias. miT ufro meti gulisyuriT daacqerda sasaxlis
winkarSi magidasTan Camomjdar SuaTana daikos, romelsac xinkliT
savse saini miedga da gemrielad ilukmeboda.

_bavSvi jer ar dabadebuliyo da abraams arqmevdneno! _veram

andaza miuZRvna sasiqadulod gamoWimul siZes SorsmWvreti azrebis
gaxmovanebis gamo da guliani kiskisiT Tavi veRar Seikava.

_abraams ara, giorgis varqmev!_Tqva meti seriozulobiT

calwarbaweulma momavalma mamam da cols, romelsac xinkliT samse
saini moecarielebina da tuCebis lokviT axla saerTo jamidan
misdgomoda xinklebis Tavis TefSze gadmolagebas, SeSinebuli mzera
anacvala.

_amdeni arasdros giWamia, ar gawyinos!

 _vWam, imitom, rom avad var!_daaskvna annam da sigamxdriT daCutul
mucelze xeli moisva.

_adamiani avadmyofi ici rodisaa?_gadaebadra saxe iumoris

moyvarul veras_rodesac mSral pirSi lukmas Zalad Caudeben,
mialavlavebs, moalavlavebs da ukan gadmoalavlavebs, Sen Cemo daiko
avadobis ra gcxia? getyoba mucelSi gaumaZRari mayaSvili rom gizis.

quCidan kakunis xmam yurTasmena waiRo. veras ar daezara Takara

mzeSi, maSin rodesac misi mZafri mcxunvareba zenitSi imyofeboda,
quCaSi gaerbina da kakunis mizezi gaego.

veras mocisfro, Txel lurjdolebad gadazolili muxlamde kaba

emosa. Sublidan aweuli, erT konad Sekonebuli Tmebi kefaze
daekosavebina, msubuqi nabijebiT icoda siarulic da auCqarebeli
sirbili. ukan mobrunebulze skamze ukuRmad Camomjdar siZes,
romelic skamis sazurges mkerdiT dayrdnoboda da grZeli, gamxdari
fexebi gardigardmo Semoelagebina, gagebuli ambavi Caurakraka:

_gareT muSakebi muSaoben, WiSkarze loTonis abreviaturebs,

rezervuarnaia rom weria, aZroben, radgan quCas saxelwodebas
ucvlian, amboben, beladis colis, nadeJda aliluevas
TviTmkvlelobidan samiwlisTavi axlovdeba cxra noemberso da
raikomidan brZanebaa dedaqalaqis erT, romelime quCas mis
sapativsacemod `alilueva~ ewodoso.

daTam kopebqveSidan amoxeda colis das, undoda misi

gamometyvelebidan amoecno realurs eubneboda Tu saiumorod
imetebda dis qmars. magram simarTle quCidan SemoWrilma muSebis
kakunma daudastura. daTam jer fexebi aamoZrava, mere
eldanakraviviT wamovarda, saxlidan gacrecilydiani rveuli
gamoamziura, baRis kuTxeSi, miwaze Camoskupta da dRiurSi axali
furclis warmoebas ganmartovebiT Seudga:

_amboben, _daiwyo veram Cumi xmiT, mxolod debis misawvden xmaze

_avadobda da SimSilobdao, rodesac qmari borSCiT samse TefSidan
sakuTari xeliT daupirebda Wmevas, tirils iwyebdao. wvenze
ambobda_eg rusi xalxis sisxliao, xolo xorcze_rusi xalxis
xorciao da ar Wamda.

veras naTqvamma daasevdiana anna, romelsac xinklis WamisTvis

Tavi mienebebina, xelebi gulze daekrifa da sinanulis TvalebiT
samse mzera miepyro disTvis. wuTis Semdeg TiTqos gons moego, da
veras aukrZala msgavs Temebze saubari radgan: _kedlebsac ki yurebi
aqvT, Tanac vera xedav garSemo ra ambebi trialebs, vis
koleqtivizaciis mtrad racxaven, saxelmwifos ziani miayena imisTvis,
rom Warxlis Tesli 2sm-siRrmis nacvlad 4sm-ze CaTesao da xvreten,
vis raze iWeren da vis raze acimbireben. aravis patioben arafers,
msgavsi ram sxvagan ar wamogcdes, Torem mTel ojaxs Tavze lafs
gadaasxam, xalxisgan gaviriyebiT, moRalateebad Segvracxaven! _ anna
gabrazebuli wamoxta fexze, xmauriT Caalaga lambaqebi erTmaneTSi,
magidas milageba dauwyo.

anastasiasTvis siCume mis Tanmdevad qceuliyo. dumiliT adevnebda

Tvalyurs debis naubars da namoqmedars. mere TavdaRunulma
cremlebis grova veRar Seimagra, Tvalebidan Rapa-RupiT dasdioda
gulwrfeli Secodebis crelebi. patar-patara tirilebi icoda da
xSir-xSiri, magram Tu normaze meti mouvidoda, maSin Txeli mxrebi
auTrToldeboda, guli auslukundeboda, sunTqvaaCqarebuli male
iRleboda.

mosaRamovebulze ezoSi marjvena fexSemodgmuli da WiSkarSi

gadaqvavebuli dakvirvebis TvaliT mzeragaSterebuli stumari SeniSna
veram:

_mgoni SenTan viRacaa, daiko, raRac ucnaurad

gamoiyureba._gadasZaxa Aanastasias da Sesagebeblad gaeSura.
riyisqvebmofenili ezo msubuqi nabijebiT gadaiara da stumari
moipatiJa.

Suaxnis asaks gadacilebul mamakacs, WaRara Tma-wveri amSvenebda,

miuxedavad zafxulis papanaqebisa, mamakacs Txeli qsovilisgan
Semdgari bereti Tavze cerad exura. xelSi tiloSemoxveuli
oTxkuTxedi nivTi mohqonda. tanT Txel-xmeli aRnagobis gaxldaT,
dakvirvebuli Tvalebis patrons mzera aqeT-iqiT gaurboda.

is yvelafers aRfrTovanebuli TvalebiT akvirdeboda, xeebs, mis

qveS abibinebul balaxebs, ezos Tavze mokamkamebul cas, xelmarjvniv
wamoWimul dakbilul kantebmovlebul saxlis fanjrebs, xeebiT
moCrdilul baRs, mis centrSi dayudebul, Txelmxreba, nazi
garegnobis qals xelovanisTvis damaxasiaTebeli dakvirvebulobiT
Tvali gauStera. mere mokrZalebuli nabijebiT miuaxlovda da
mSvidi, harmoniuli xmiT hkiTxa: _SemTxveviT xom ver micaniT
mSveniero qalbatono?

anastasias gaeRima mis danaxvaze, Tavi morCilad daukra, xeliT

patara klamisken dasajdomad aniSna. mamakacic dahyabulda mis neba-
survils da skamze Camojda.

_migixvdiT, rom micaniT, arada megona ver micnobdiT. Cemi

saxelic gaxsovT?

_marCelo marCieli, Tqve mTeli Cveni qalaqi gicnobT.

 _roca gavige Tqveni ambavi, muxdaCoqili cxovreba gitvirTavT,
gavocdi, nuTu Tqves siyvaruls aseTi dasasruli xvda wilad?

_Cemi siyvaruli jer ar damTavrebula marCelo.

_ara, me TviTmkvleli kirilec vigulisxme, is xom aRaraa da...

_is aris, vin Tqva rom aRaraa... mTeli sakacobrio ubedureba

swored amaSi mdgomareobs, rom rasac ver vxedavT aRararsebuls
vuwodebT. is arsebobs, kirile arsebobs , da Cvei siyvarulis
dasasrulic jer ar damdgara. gaxsovT kirile?

_maxsovs, maxsovroba kargi maqvs, es portreti masi, wlebis win

davxate, _marCelom erTi xelis mosmiT Semoacala sakuTar naxats
gadafarebuli TeTri naWeri, saidanac pirmomcinari, nazi mzeris
qalwuli Tavs iwonebda, tans morgebuli ubralo samosi mis
ubraloebas usvamda xazs. mis mzeraSi maRali sisufTavis,
aristokratiuli warmomavloba ikiTxeboda, asulis silamazes
sinaTlidan areklili mzis Crdilebi saxes alag-alag
ubrWyvialebdnen. _ai, es Tqven dagxateT, maSin, Cems samyofelSi rom
SemoabijeT...

_maxsovs, es dRec kargad maxsovs.

_pirvelive danaxvisTanave momxibla Tqvenma Seudareblobam sxva

qalbatonebTan mimartebaSi.

Aanastasias msubuqad Caecina, Tavi darcxveniT daxara Zirs,

mokrZalebuli mzera marCelodan naxatze gadahqonda, mere isev miwas
daxedavda dafiqrebuli.

_maSin, ufro swored Tqveni wasvlis meore dRes, Tavs Tqveni

vaJbatoni damadga. ginda Tu ara eg naxati daxieo, me Cemi satrfo ar
minda vinmem damixatoso,

_kirilem?_gaeRima Anastasias da saxeze arnaxuli bedniereba

daewera,

_diax, im vaJbatonma. me mainc jiutad davxate is rac guliT

mewada, dagxateT, ai es mSvenebac, mere bevri vifiqre Cemi naxelavi
unda meCuqebia Tu ara TqvenTvis da gadavwyvite... me, rogor giTxraT,
italiaSi msurs gamgzavreba, aq xelmocaruli davrCi. yvela
komerciuli obieqti rac ki gamaCnda CamomarTves, kulaki miwodes,
rom ar dagiWireT madloba Tqvio... CemTvis mTeli xelovneba iyo
yavaze marCieloba... guliT rom gidodes amodena qveyanaSi erT kovz
yavas veRar iSovni... yava zarmaci, muqTaxora da Worikana
adamianebisTvisaa mogonilio, gagigiaT aseTi ram? davijero zeviT,
cabinet-kabinetebSi myofni yavas ar miirTmeven?..
 Aanastasia Rimilmoreuli saxiT Sehyurebda, Tumca misi TvalebSi
sevdis usazRvro TrTolva irekleboda. xmas ar iRebda, mdumared
ismanda marCelos naubars.

_ar vici, Cems megobrebTan saidumlo werilebi davagzavne, yvelgan

sadac SevZeli xma mimewvdina, yvelgan werili vafrine: stambolSi,
veneciaSi, florenciaSi... iqneba iqidan mowveva gamomigzavnon, da
aqedan gavaRwio, es naxati Tan mindoda wameRo, magram saWirod
CavTvale TqvenTvis gadmomeca. gausaZlisobis dros amas Sevyureb
xolme da rwmena mibrundeba, vijereb rom SeuZlebelia miwisagan
pirisa aRigaos silamaze da mSveneba, radgan swored am or movlenas
SeuZlia warmoSvas miwierTa TvalSi keTilSobileba, es ki adamianebs
Soris harmniuli urTierTobis ganviTarebas uwyobs xels. rom ara
mSveniereba ra ubadruki iqneboda xelovan adamianTa TvalTaxedva.
Semoqmedi adamiani mSvenierebas eZebs yvelgan, roca poulobs, iseTi
grZnobiT imsWvaleba, TiTqos mas ekuTvnodes da misTvis mSobliuri
xdeba. me yovel rTul situaciaSi amas naxats vuRrmavdebodi da
vZlebdi, amaSi danaxuli silamazis, saTno gamoxedvis, keTilSobili
xasiaTis aRqmis Semdeg vxvdebodi, rom irgvliv gamefebuli
borotebis garda kidev arsebobs is mSveniereba, romelic unda
viwamoT... damakldeba es me, Cems yoveldriur cxovrebaSi damakldeba,
magram sruliad samarTlianad vambob, es naxati Tqven gekuTvniT.

anastasiam dakvirvebuli mzera marCelodan naxatze gadaitana,

saidanac sakuTari Tavi im droidan SemohRimoda rodesac kirile
hyavda. ramxela zRvari arsebobda axlandel drosa da masindel
dros Soris, TiTqos maT sazRvrebSi miwieri drois SegrZneba,
wlebi, saaTebi, wuTebi ki ar aSorebdnen, aramed kiriles xsovna
Camdgariyo maT Soris.

_kirile gTxovdaT rom me ar dagexateT?

_mTxovda ki ara... maZalebda. me mainc jiutad gavitane Cemi,

Tavdapirvelad sardafSi gadavmale da iq SevZel damesrulebina.

_Tqveni iyos, Tan waiReT sadac geneboT.

_rogor mCuqniT?_sixarulis emocia aRmoxda marCelo marCiels.

_isedac Tqveni iyo, ra mniSvneloba aqvs masze vin iqneba

daxatuli, is xom Tqveni naSromia, Tanac kirilesac Tu ar surda...
rogorc geneboT ise moeqeciT, gnebavT waiReT sadac waxvalT.

_diax, Tqven winaaRmdegi ar iqnebiT, me waviReb, aqedan

aucileblad gavaRwev, mereflorenciaSi Caval da iq, gpirdebiT, iq
sapatio adgils mivuCen am naxats, vgoneb SevZleb, Sedevrebis
galereaSi davamkvidro misi adgili.
 Anastasias gaeRima, _oRondac Cems saxels nu daawerT zed.

_me ukve movnaTle es naxati, mas tfiliseliAanastasia vuwode.

_ara, oRondac eg ara, sxva, sxva ram uwodeT...

_kargiT maSin, iyos ise baronesa, andac madmazel, an madona...

andac ubralod axalgazrda qali.

marCelos wasvlis Semdeg annam ukmayofilo ganwyoba ver dafara

dis winaSe: _Sen Tu ar gindoda, CemTvis mainc geCuqebina, Tu marTla
moaxerxa saqarTvelodan gasvla, mere sadRa miagneb mag naxats?..
arada, rogor momewona.

Aanastasias annas naubars yurs aRar ugdebda, is im drois

TiToeul wams uRrmavdeboda, romelic marCelos naxatze iyo
gaCerebuli.

XI
kolas Sida qarTlis erT-erTi soflidan elva-depeSa
mouvida, Seni Zmiswuli-iliko mZimedaa, misi brutiani Zma-burda
iqneba waiyvanoTo... guls elda Semoawva kolas. sidoniam muxlebi
gamoiTqvifa meti xelebis waTaqebiT, raRa vqnaT, im biWs rom rame
daemarTos ojaxs vinRa Seunaxamso?

kola oblobaSi gazrdili kaci iyo, swored man icoda

oblobis mware xvedri, amitom rodesac Zmiswulebi dauobldnen,
TviTon iTava maTi aRzrda-Senaxva. dazarda, daafrTiana, ilikos
coli SerTo, daawvrilSvila, magram umcros Zmiswuls veraferi
mouxerxa, mciredad gonnakluli daurCa. araferi eSvela,
Tavisdroze eqimbaSTanac atara, mkiTxavebTanac amkiTxvina, Tumca
uSedegod.

Tavs aibleCda burda, Tivis bululiviT daxvavebul qoCors

Tavis erTi gaqneviT ukan gadaiqnevda da soflis gzaze grrr-s
ZaxiliT gaquslavda, SigadaSig cxeniviT daiWxvinebda. Yvela,
didian-patarianad erideboda gaquslul burdas, radgan amotona
sigrZe-siganis kacis dajaxeba uTuod tramvulad damTavrdeboda.

qalaqSi gadmosaxlebuli kola guls imSvidebda erTixanoba,

iliko xom Wkviani da mSromeli kaci dadga, ojaxi fexzec daayena
da arc baraqa gamouliao. hoda, is iqneba abdali burdas patroni,
erT lukmas rogor daayvedriso. iliko mSvidi da
gawonasworebuli nervebis mqone gaxldaT, rasac ver vityviT mis
colze. sonas metsaxelad xifefianT qals eZaxnen sofelSi,
koWlobiT siaruli sCveoda, zedmetad mSromeli qali aseTive
zedmetad kapasi da anCxli iyo xasiaTebiT. swored elva-depeSac
misgan miiRo kolam.

imave saRamos dabrunda kola qalaqSi, win burda mouZRoda,

mxarze gadebuli joxiT, romelzedac momcro zomis boxCa
Camoekonwialebina. didi ancobiT mouZRoda kolas, am ukanasknels
ki dana pirs ar uxsnida mwoliare Zmiswulis gamo. Tavis aqeT-
iqiT gaiqnevas mware oxvrasac amoayolebda xolme. burda ki
midioda TmebaqoCrili, amayi, didroni nabijebiT, mere
moubrundeboda kolas da omaxianad SesZaxebda:

_kola Zia, gavagrZelo?

_gaagrZele genacvala kola Zia, maSa, gaagrZele gza, cotac

da male mivalT.

manZilis mciredi gavlis Semdeg kvlavac igives hkiTxavda, da

kolac analogiurad Zvel pasuxs ubrunebda. ase gagrZelda
saxlamde.

ezos SesasvlelSi sidonia dauxvda, amayad Sesul burdas

xelebi gauSala Sesagebeblad, Tumc burdam gverdi elvis
siswrafiT auara, da gezi saxlisken aiRo.

_maica erTi ra, Zalo, Senca exla myavxar ra Cem gverdze

sofleli eva, raSi mWirdebi ro!

saxtad darCenilma sidoniam sityva daadevna morbenal burdas:

_i, sacodav bedze gaCenil ilikos raRa mouvida?

_ravi me, xarma rqa amaartya, mindorSi gavrekeT saZovarze da...

mere gadaiCexa ilikoi, xeli damiqnia wadio, meca vdurTe Tavi da
saxlSi wavedi, saxlSi rom mivedi rZalma mkiTxa, raT moxvedio?
meca vuambe, egre da egre iyo, ilikoi gadaiqca da xeli damiqnia,
meca wamovedi-Tqo, iman kide wyevla-krulva damiwyo, xeli imitom
dagiqnia rom saSvelad gixmoo. gaige exla aba, kaci xels giqnevs,
modio Tu wadio, ganiSnebs, mixvdi aba! - xelic daiqnia naTqvamis
dasadastureblad.

_xarma sad amoartyva rqa?

_mindorSi!.. Ggarekili gvyavanda.

_ra adgilas amoartya?

 _mindorSi-Tqo, kvrinCianis gverdiT, cota iqiT ra! _swrafad
irakraka ilikom da saxlSi SeiWra.

ezoSi darCenilma col-qmarma erTurTs Sexedes.

_rao, ra amboben, iliko gadarCebao?

_qalaqidan eqimi daudiT saxlSi, eqimbaSica hyoliaT, ra

giTxra, mZimedaa, es ymawvili wamoviyvane, rZalma Tqva magis
gaZleba ara maqvso, droebiT mainc gamarideTo, aqeT wamoviyvane,
kolmeurneobaSi davawyebineb muSaobas, iqneba da momexmaros cota,
Sroma icis da...

_egre vqnaT, kola, egre! _Tavi daukre sidoniam Tanxmobis

niSnad.

burdas marTac fermaSi daawyebina kolam muSaoba. mxarze

joxgadebuli stvena-stveniT auvl-Cauvlida xolme mwvelav
qalebs, niSnismogebiT SeaTvalier-SemoaTvalierebda da mere
yvelas Ggasagonad dasZenda: _ara, Cemi eva rom aris silamaziTa,
egreTi arcerTi ara xaarT, vaah!.. arada ra imedi mqonda, qalaqel
qalebs gavicnob, iqneba da mamxiblon-meTqi, magrama ara. sul
tyuilebi xarT evasTana.

_raTa, viTom ras gviwuneb?_gaearSya erT-erTi mwvelavi

_meti raRa unda dagiwunoT, zogs RranWiani piri gaqvT, zogs

ukbilo laSebi, zogs Tvalebi aqeT gagirbiT, zogs iqiT, zogi
koWli xarT, zogi ukoWlo, zogi msuqani, zogi nametani mWake, ver
vitan mWake qalebs, ferdi imas ara aqvs da mkerdi, loya-loyaze
rom gaekvreba qals, is qali qalia? midi da maiyvane aba colada...
anda Tmeb ro gaikriWams da oCoCa virs daemgvaneba, maiyva aba
colada... vai, vai Cemo Tavo, imitomac davdivar ucoloda, ai.

qalebi burdas naTqvamze siciliT suls ver iTqvamdnen,

burdas gamoCenas koleqtivSi didi mxiaruleba da xalisi
Sehqonda.

_burda!_ SesZaxa kolam qalebSi molaparake Zmiswuls.

_rai ginda!

_burda mindorSi gavdivarT, kolmeurneobis bululebi unda

davaxarisxoT, xom wamoxval?

_me iq ra mesaqmeba ro, aq ra qalebis wyali gamomdis Tu

ra?!_Tqva burdam da momcinari qalebi erTianad SeaTvaliera.
kolas ar undoda burdas Tavisi meTvalyureobis gareSeE
datoveba, amitom jiut Zmiswuls TxovniT mimarTa.
 _burda, genacvalos kola, Seni daxmareba mWirdeba, vici
gawuxeb, magrama unda wamomyve, uSenod veras vakeTeb, xom ici, Se
yoCaRo, Sena!

_ho, egrea, uCemod vera vargixar, gana ara, eg sul egrea,

qalebo me waval da Tqven aq mamicadeT, fexi ar moicvaloT
aqedana.

qalebi sicils sicilze ayridnen. TmebaqoCrili burda ki

amayad, didroni nabijebiT miuZRveboda kolas win.

mindorze gasuls kolasa da burdas kidev uamravi muSa-xeli

axldaT. erTianad Seseulni Tivis bululebs erT adgilze
agrovebdnen, mere Zalian didi da maRali zvini dadges, misi Tavi
cotac da cas miswvdeboda, fermaSi wasaRebad gaamzades.

mindors kola aqeT-iqiT aTvalierebda, sadme xom ar

darCenodaT muSebs Tivis monarCeni, radgan arsebuli drois
mixedviT, uamrav adamians dasdes brali koleurneobis winaaRmedeg
SeTqmulebaSi, andac muqTaxorobaSi, kolmeurneobis Sromis
fuqsavatbisTvis, saxelmwifo qonebis ganiavebisTvis, zaralisTvis
represiebis manqanis sakbiloc gamxdara aseTad bral da wun
dadebuli kolmeurneobis muSakebi.

amis SiSiT kola yovelTvis frTxili da fxizeli iyo:

_kola Zia, kola Zia, aavabialo?_zurgs ukanidan moesma

burdas xma. kolam Tvalebs ar daujera, burdas xelSi
cecxlmokidebuli asanTis Reri Tivis uZarmazari zvinisTvis
mieSvra da bednieri saxiT kolas pasuxs eloda. gulze xeli
itaca kacma, avis molodinSi gaqvavda. kolas pasuxis dayovnebisas
kiTxva kvlavac gaumeora.

_kola Zia, kola Zia, aavabrialo?

_ara qna burda, ar damRupo, ar damaqcio, burda, _xavilis

xmas gamoscemda aRelvebuli kola.

burdam kolas xmas yuri ar ugdo, cecxlmodebuli asanTis

Reri pirSi Caido, da gamowuwna.

amasobaSi dro ixelTa kolam, eca xelebSi burdas da asanTis

kolofi gamostaca. burdam iukadrisa kolas Zalismieri xerxi,
amitom gaqceuli ramdenime metris moSorebiT gaCerda, da
niSnismogebiT jibidan amoRebuli meore asanTis kolofi daanaxa:
_ai, Tu wamarTvi, ai, aabrialebis ro geSinia, naxe sul unda
vabrialao, mivide fermaSi qalbTana! _daiqanda burda da qarivT
msubuqi naxtomebiT gafrinda fermis gzis mimarTulebiT. kola
 iqve Tivis zvinis ZirSi gagorda, yurebSi Sxuilis xma
Semawuxeblad moqmedebda mis nervul sistemaze. Tavi
azvirTebuli mdinaris sveli xaxidan daxsnili egona, TiTqos,
xelmeored daibada kola... TiTqos, axla mixvda sicocxlis fass,
mis wyurvils da gemos.

XII
Svilis SeZenis Semdeg daTa mayaSvilma zedmeti xeluxvobiT dayara
guli ojaxze. samsaxuridan naadrevad dabrunebuli CvilTan alersiT
ibednierebda xasiaTs. cdilobda yovelgvari mzrunveloba Tavis
Tavze aeRo. iocneba kidec, saxls xels Seavlebda, SeRebavda da
kedlebs ganaaxlebda, ezos riyis qvebisgan gaclida da swor gzad
aqcevda, raTa bavSvi sul ToTo da xeliT satarebeli xom ar
iqneboda, garkveuli drois gasvlis Semdeg aucileblad moisurvebda
damoukideblad siaruls, amitom riyis qvebze dacemuls muxlis
Tavebi rom ar gaetexa, aqedanve unda ezruna safexTmavlo gzis
sisworeze. baRSi baRCeul kulturebs daTesavda, Svils sakuTari
xeliT moyvanili produqtebiT gamokvebavda. Aanastasias Camuxlvis
adgilsac malimal aTvalierebda.

erTxel, sisxam dilis mzemcinar amindSi, samsaxurSi wasvlamde

daTam anastasiasTan miaxlovebulma didi nabijebiT gadazoma miwa:
_er_Ti, oo-ri..._iTvlida metrian nabijebs da fiqriT dakavebulma
kefa moifxana, ra drosac misma colma, gaocebulma hkiTxa Tvlis
mizezi.

_sircxvilis, ras ityvis xalxi, saxlSi Tu kaci trialebs erTi

fardulis msgavsi gadaxurva ver gaukeTeso?.. amdeni xania wvima_TqeSi
amis Tavze gadadis.

_marTali xar, arc qolgas ixuravs! _qmars mouwona naazrevi annam.

_hoda, ganagrZo colisgan frTaSesxmulma daTam _aese, aqedan _

aqamde xeliT mouzoma adgili_patara, erTagur sisqeze, avaSeneb,
Tavzec kramitis lamaz gadaxurvas gavukeTeb, didi dro ar
dasWirdeba amas!

mdumared ugdebda yurs Aanastasia, erTmxriv maTi saubari guls

unaTebda, uxaroda mosiyvarule ojaxis wevrTa SemarTebuli erToba,
meore wevrisadmi daxmarebaze mafiqralni. masze mzrunvelni da da
siZe, romelnic gansakuTrebuli damokidebulebiT gamoxatavda masTan
da-Zmur siyvaruls, is kargad icnobda mis satrfos, masTan erTad
iyofda revolucionerisTvis damaxasiaTebel SiS-mware yofierebas,
icnobda da axsovda sakuTari megobari, rogorc keTilSobili da
uRalato mamaci. ASehxaroda siZes anastasia wesieri, adamianuri
damokidebulebis gamo, Tumc, misma mzrunvelobam fardulis aSenebis
Taobaze didad ver aRafrTovana:

_daTa, anna, Cemebo, arc ki iocneboT msgavss mSveneblobebze, me

gadaxuruli oqros koSkic rom amigoT, ver gamaxarebT, me es sivrce
miyvars, es mWirdeba, aqedan yvelaferi Cemi cnobierebis nayofs
amwifebs, aq kargad ikveTeba warsulis TiToeuli kadri da mis
gverdiTaa ocnebisferi momavlis sitkbo. awmyo arsebobs CemTvis,
warsuli pirdapir momavalSi gadavida. TqvenTvis rTulia bevri
Cemeulis gaazreba, magram gTxovT, Cemi mdgomareobis gamo
mSeneblobebiTa da xalxis azris gamoTqmis warmodgenebiT nu
SeiwuxebT Tavebs.

_me mcxvenia, aq xalxi trialebs, ramdeni ityvis Cemze uvargisi da

gulqva kaciao-guls dardad Semoawva daTas._ me avaSeneb, Sen Sexede,
Tu TvalSi ar mogiva, mere Seni neba iyos,_ verafers rom ver gaxda
daTa, mere xvewnaze gadavida, yelgamowvdili sTxovda:

_nastia, gexvewebi, Semicode, Seni cqeriT Zvlebi madneba, sul cota

mainc gadamaxurine Sens Tavze, nu Semilaxav xalxis TvalSi kacis
avtoritets.

Aanastasia kategoriul uarze dadga. aranairi TavSesafris

gaxseneba da warmodgena ar surda. annas patara pirmSo mihyavda mali-
mal da kalTaSi ugorebda daikos, Aanastasia didi sifaqiziT
ualersebda, mkerdze mixutebuli ananavebda da tkbili xmiT iavnanas
umReroda.

maSin, rodesac daTas saxlis kedelze Tavisi xeliT Sekruli, xis

kibe miedga da kedlebs mwvane ferSi Rebavda, ezoSi anastasiasTan
momsvleli xalxi trialebda, galobis Semdgom masTan gasaubreba
yvelas esurvileboda. zogi xelze efereboda, zogi daxmarebas
sTavazobda, mezobel kolas coli, sidonia, xan Tmaze efereboda da
qmris Sesaxeb ambebs uambobda: _ kolmeurneobis gegmas gadaaWarba
SromaSi da saCuqrad 60 maneTi waumates xelfass_75 maneTs. telefoni
Tavis aparatianad gvisaCuqres, nomersac Cagawerineb, iqneb dagWirdes
sadme darekva. anna an vera gamogzavne da Sens gemoze moixmare.

anna saxlSi rveulisa da fanqris gamosatanad Sebrunda, xelT

daTas dRiuris meti vera moxvda, gareT gamoarbenina da SigniTa
ydaze miawera sidnias nakarnaxevi cifrebis kombinacia. mere kibeze
asuli mRebavi qmris imedad dadga, rveuli winkarSi mdgar patara
magidaze dado da saubar-saubarSi garTuli sidonia ezos gadaacila.
kibeze asulma daTam axladgaRviZebuli Svilis tirilma kibidan
Camoiyvana, xelSi atatebulisTvis zemodan sabavSvo pledi
moexurebina, Semodgomis amindma ar damigriloso da dedis
dabrunebas eloda, magram winkarSi mobrunebulma annam didad
Seicxada, ra drosac daTas dRiuri magididan gamqrali ixila. daTas
ar esiamovna momxdari, gulma cudi ugrZno:

_ase rom ahyevi gangaSs, mainc ra gewera Sig aseTi?_hkiTxa veram

siZes, radgan TviTon da misma dam, annam, qarTulad wera-kiTxva ar
icodnen.

_yvelaferi vera, yvelaferi. 1921 wlis sisxliani Tebervlis Semdeg

vawarmovebdi... avRwerdi revoluciuri saqmianibis Sesaxeb, vadgendi
gegmebs, mWirdeboda, ramdeni Zmakacic davkarge aneqsiis dros Tavis
saxel-gvarebianad, sul aq mewera... 1924 wlis ajanyebis Sesaxeb
viwerdi, gasalanZRs aq vlanZRavdi, radgan xmamaRla Tqmas veridebi
Cemi ojaxis gamo, Tqven gamo, gesmiT?

_SeSfoTebuli moTqvamda daTa, _marto eg mqonda miwis zemodan,

danarCens miwis qvemoT vuyavi piri da azric.
_Cemi bralia, me ar unda gamometana da Tanac saaSkaraoze
mimetovebina._dardobda anna_me, rom ar vici qarTulad kiTxva, mgonia
rom sxvac ver waikiTxavs, gulubryvilobisgan momivida.

ojaxis yvela wevrs, didian-patarianad daTas da annas gancdiani

xasiaTi gadasdeboda. Cvili xSir-xSirad umizezod Wirveulobda,
annac usazRvrod ganicdida momxdars.

maSin, rodesac Rames WaRara Separvoda, annas SemoCveuli sizmari,

romelic SiSnarevi usiamovno SegrZnebiT aRavsebda, kvlavac
ganmeorda.

gviandeli Semodgomis peizaJi naTlad ezmaneboda, usiamovnos

miasrialebda amouxsneli Zala xmel balaxze dawolil annas,
fexebze ebRauWeboda, annas sxeuli ekawreboda xmeli balaxis
wverebze srialisas, Tavs zeviT Zalis armqone morcilad dauyveboda
im ucnob Zalas, rpmelic fexebze ebRauWeboda, da Tavisken
eZaleboda. sizmarSi axsovda annas gverdiT mosriale adamiani, isic
axsovda rom sxva dros nanax sizmarSi misi saxe da vinaoba
gaurkveveli darCa, radgan maT Sua gadaqelili xmeli balaxis
simaRle faravda orives saxes, xilvadobas Trgunavda. Tumc axla, am
sizmarSi balaxi ufro Camxmariyo da simaRlec dakargvoda,
Tavisuflad arCevda gverdiT mosriale adamianis Cacmulobas, misi
Txeli sxeulis nawilebs, kargad daakvirda...

qveviT mocurave adamianSi Tavisi qmari daTa amoicno,

TvalebdaxuWuli dahyoloda uxilavi Zalis nebasurvils, gahyoloda
sadRac gaucnobierebel adgilas, sadac qveynis dasasruli da
dasawyisi ikvanZeba.
 annam simSvide igrZno, radgan misi qmaric misgan odnav moSorebiT,
Tavisnair mdgomareobaSi myofi eguleboda. surda eyvira qmris
saxeli, romelic esoden esaTuTeboda mis sulier ganwyobilebas,
romelic uyvarda pirovnulad, Tavisi Sinagani Tvisebebisa Tu
mousvenari saqcielis gamo, uyvarda rogorc mis keTildReobaze
mzrunveli, misi Svilis mama, misi sxeulis meore naxevari.

anna garkveviT, naTlad grZnobda, rom aRar nerviulobda, TiTqos

SeCveoda arsebul yofierebas, maSin rodesac pirveli naxvisas
gancdam piks miaRwia, misi SfoTiT kinaRam guli gauskda. axla aRar
Relavda, SeCveoda arsebul mdgomareobasa da garSemo ganviTarebul
sityacias. Tanac Segueba TavzeviT Zalis ararsebobas ufro
gamoewvia, vidre TviT ganviTarebuli movlenis misaReb azrovnebas.
gverdiT yvelaferi morCili iyo: balaxic, romelic gaxma da mkvdar
Tivad iqca, foTlebic, romelnic gamxmarni umweod mimofeniliyvnen
udabur sixmeleSi, miwac, romelic meti usicocxlobiT dabla
daweuliyo, ferdobi gaekeTebina da swored ferdobze sasrialod
iolad moqmedebda is uxilavi xeli, romelic maT qveviTken qaCviT
momavlis qona-arqona unda gadaewyvita.

gamoRviZebul annas sxeulze gancdis ekali ekara, scioda, TrToda:

-es sizmari raRas gadamekida, neta misgan ganTavisufleba Tu aris

SesaZlebeli?_gulSi moTqmiT ganicdida anna da qveda tuCs ikvnetda.

anastasiasTan gulis mosaxeblad veRar gavida, grZnobda dis

gancdian mzeraSi imaleboda yovelive mSfoTvare fiqrTa nusxa, misi
mgrZnobiare cisferi naTebiT gamokveTili, gancdiani Tvalebi Tan
sdevda annas. guli eTuTqeboda dis tanjviT, misi erTadgilze
uZraobiT, rodesac muxlebs xeliT exeboda Aanastasia, grZnobda
masSi tkivilis ulmobel Zalas, misi autanlobis xels,
gausaZlisobas, Tumca Aanastasia amas arasdros imCnevda, arasdros
wuxda fexebis tkivilis, dabuJebis gamo.

daTa mayaSvilis dRiuris gauCinarebidan zustad erTi kviris

Tavze, gvian RamiT, rodesac kuSetkaze mZinare bavSvs, gverdiT vera
miswoloda da mosiyvarule mzeriT ealerseboda ojaxis yvelaze
umcross wevrs, karze uxeSi kakuni moesmaT. kakuni Tavidan iyo, mere
braxunSi gadaizarda, xis karze momcro minebs zriali gaudioda,
Camovardnasa da Camomsxvrevas araferi aklda. xmaurze bavSs gaeRviZa
da isteriuli tirili morTo.

daTa sawolSi axali Sewolili iyo, annas ebanava da svel Tmas

pirsaxociT meqanikurad imSralebda SeSinebuli.

sacvlebis amara wamovarda fexze daTa, kars mieWra da erTxans

miayurada. garedan Aanastasias xmamaRali qviTini moesma, sityvebs ar
iSveliebda, aravis uxmobda, mxolod xmamaRla, gulamoskvniT
qviTinebda:

_vin aris?_ikiTxa daTam, miuxedavad imisa, kargad icoda vinc unda

yofiliyo kars ukan.

_gaaReT!_moesma erTi sityva, romelSic yvelanairi muqara

Tavmoyriliyo. am erT sityvaSi gajereboda erTmaneTs SiSi,
upativcemuloba, adamianuri vigindaroba, brZaneba, maspinZlisadmi
arakulturuli damokudebuleba.

nirwamxdarma daTam axalgazrda qalebs moxeda, TvaliT aniSna, ar

SeSindeTo da kari naZaladevad gaaRo. zRurblze samni,
Ceqmebgaprialebulni, Sav labadianebi, Sav cilindris qudebSi
molaplape mamakacebi idgnen.

samive erTurTis identuri iyo, araferi ganmasxvavebeli niSan-

Tviseba ar gaaCndaT. orma maTganma aqeT-iqiT gaiw-gamoiwia, saxlis
nivTebs mivardnen, gadmoeries da Cxrekas mohyvnen. erTi ki
ukmayofilo saxis mqone daTas gauCerda da arasasiamovnod boxi xmiT
hkiTxa: _saxeli, gvari?!

daTas saxeze ukmayofilo gamometyveleba cinikuriT Seecvala,

gamWoli mzera miapyro stumrad SemoWrils. mere mtirala bavSvisken
gaixeda, romelic kuTxeSi atuzul, SiSiT TvalebgafarTovebul
veras mkerze miexutebina.

_saxeli, gvari-meTqi!_gamoscra kbilebidan muqaris toniT daTas

win uZravad asvetebulma Savma mamakacma, romelsac saxis nakvTebic ki
umoZraod gaSeSeboda. danarCeni ori `stumarTagani~ saxls ZiriaRma
atrialebda Cxrekis gamo.

_rogor, visTan mobrZandebiT, ar unda icodeT?_kiTxva kiTxviT

daubruna maspinZelma, mere ki dasZina_daTa mayaSvili daxlavarT!

_colis saxeli, gvari?!

daTa dadumda, magram annas xma moewia yurs:_anna ivanovna nikiSeva.

_anna nikiSeva da daTa mayaSvili, CaicviT, unda gamogvyveT!

_sad?_ikiTxa SeSinebulma annam.

_jer SinsaxkomSi, mere isini gadawyveten sadac!

annam tiriliT daiwyo Tbili Jaketis mocma, TeTri sacvlis amara

daTac naCqarev Cacmas Seudga.

_es qali vinaa?_xeli acremlebuli verasken waeRo uxeSad

jalaTuri farTreTis mqone mamakacs, romelzedac veras mkerdze
mikruli patara bavSvis gulamoskvnili tirili ar moqmedebda,
warbSuxrelad Sehyurebda kuTxeSi atuzul-abuzulebs.

_es Cemi daa da Cemi..._

_diSvili!_ar acala cols azris damTavreba daTam, romelic

uxeSad CaeWra pasuxis gacemisas._es Cemi meuRlis naxevardaa,
kapitalka nikiSeva, bavSvic misia, isini Cveni stumrebi arian.

_stumrebi?!_ Tqva Savma da mzeragaSterebuli Caufiqrda daTas

pasuxs._stumrebi kargia, magram... sadaurni arian stumrebi?
tfiliselni?.. mtkvrisnapiras mcxovrebni?.. Tu...

_ara, batono, Tbiliselebi ar arian, isini azerbaijanidan, kerZod

baqodan gvstumroben. kapitalka ivanovnas qmari Cekas
TanamSromelia._icrua daTam, magram imdenad damajereblad JRerda
misi naTqvami tyuili, rom erTxans veramac ki daijera rom
Tbiliseli ki ara, baqodan Camosuli stumari iyo.

_mdaa!_Caaxvela Savlabadianma mamakacma, romelsac ise hqonda Savi

Slapis farfli Tvalebze Camofxatebuli rom oTaxis ganaTeba mis
saxes naTels odnavadac ver hfenda. saxe mudmiv siSaves daefara,
iseve rogorc saxlis amrev-damrevi danarCeni ori piri.

_baqo kargia. magram aq ras akeTebT?_isev gamyinavi tembris xmam

daigruxuna da gaayrua yurTasmena.

_stumaria_Tqo, xom giTxariT!_gamoepasuxa

maspinZeli_naxevardasTan stumrad Camovda, 20 wliani ganSorebis
Semdeg pirvelad naxes erTurTi.

yvela siCumed iqca, mxolod saxlis kedlebi ver daaaduma, TiTqos

boboqari xmauriT acnobierebdnen mware realobas, romlisgan naCvevs
aRar surda tkivilis ganmeoreba. saxlis mCxrekavi ori Saosani piri
SesasvlelSi mdgom, gaSeSebul pirvelTan mibrundnen: _veraferi
aRmovuCineT saeWvo.

_ese igi, saeWvos verafers waawydiT?_

kiTxvis tonic ki autaneli eCveneboda TbilsamosSi gamowyobil

col-qmars, romelnic gudanabadakrul zRapris gmirebs ufro
gvandnen, vidre euli cxovebisas:

_wamoiyvaneT!_gasca brZaneba pirvelma. oridan TiToeulma col-

qmars mklavSi Caavles xeli da gasasvlelisken ubiZges. isini
uCumrad damorCildnen. gareT gasulebs anastasas qviTini kvlavac
moesmaT. mklavSi xelCaWidebuli daTa didroni nabijebiT miiwevda
win, aSkarad Cqarobda ezodan gadasvlas, raTa droulad gaeyolebna
es daupatiJebeli sturebi da TvalSi cudad ar moxvedrodaT
aRelvebuli Aanastasias andac veras qviTini:

_es vinRaa?_ikiTxa pirvelma da ugrZnobi xelebi muxlze

dayudebuli anastasiasken meqanikurad waiRo, romelic sustad
xiluli landiviT moCanda baRis Suagulidan.

_es Cemi daa, es sawyalia, sul ase zis, ver moZraobs, verc
dadis_scada damZiebuli yofierebis axsna annam, im motiviT rom misi
wayvanac ar moesurvilebinaT adamianis msgavss Tu umsmagvso pirebs.

_zis?.. mudamdRe ase zis?!_CaiburdRuna monotonurad pirvelTaganma

Savma_ratom, giJia da imitom zis?.. Tu saerTod, gaCenis dRidan zis?

_fexze ver dgeba, ar SeuZlia!

_ar SeuZlia!_kidev gaimeora pasuxis morCenili nawili da ezodan

gadasulni kunapeti Ramis idumal sibneles Seerivnen. mere
avtomobilis Zravis xma CairTo, ase bRmuoda erTxans, male xma
Soridan moismoda, romelic mTel aliluevas quCas eqod swvdeboda,
da bolos isic miwynarda.

moqviTine anastasiasTan moirbina saSvelad umcrosma dam, mtirala

bavSviT xelSi, romelic kalTaSi Caugora das, TviTonac mis gvardiT
daiCoqa, mxarze miayrdno Tavi da ufro mwared aqviTinda. maTi
codviT qvac iwvoda, moqviTine Aanastasias cali xeli mtirala
bavSvisTvis Semoexvia, meore ki umcrosi disTvis, ase iyvnen erTxans,
vidre ususurad patara bavSvis dauokebelma tirilma ar aiZula
gayuCeba.

dasevdianebulma anastasiam mkerdze mikrobili patara Tavisi

tkbili iavnaniT CaaZina. mosiyvaruled daxeda mZinares da veras
saxlSi Seyvana da loginSi Cawvena sTxova, magram uSedegod,
SeSinebuli vera saxlSi veRar Sedioda, egona kedlebSi damalvodnen
molandebisferi cilindriani pirebi da SesvlisTanave kedlebidan
iwyeben gadmosvlas. egona masac disa da siZis msgavsad
Caafrindebodnen uSnod, uxeSad mklavSi, romelTa mware naTiTurebi
lilisfrad daamCnevda usaxur nakvalevs Txel mklavze, maTi xelis
Zala Zvlamde davidoda.

anastasiam saTbilobeli moZebna xeliT ukan gadacurebuli Txeli,

daZonZili pledis saxiT da mZinare bavSvs Semoaxvia. pledma kidev
erTxel gaaxsena Tavis patroni, mxrebze Semoxveuli plediT. misi
saxis gamoxedva usamarTlobis dros, mouTmeneli xasiaTi da
emociebi ukmayofilebis dros. neta axla daganaxa Seni Zmakacis
Sepyrobis ambavi Cekistebis mier, gaivlo gulSi anastasiam da
kiriles gaxsenebam kidev ufro metad auCvila gul-muceli.
 meore dRes Seityes ra mezoblebma daTas colTan erTad Sepyrobis
ambavi, maT OojaxTanAN urTierToba Sewyvites. yvelas SiSi Tavis
Tavze gadahqondaT, momxdarze saubars yvela erideboda. droc aseTi
iyo mentalurad, `trockizmis~ braldebiT dakavebulebs nacnobebis
SesaZlo Tanamzraxvel-TanamoazreebSi gasuliyvnen.

dRes_dRe misdevda, mxolod erTkviriani gauTavebeli wameba-

dakiTxvis Semdeg dabrunda anna. Zalzed gamxdari, Selaxul,
CawiTlebul Tvalebze damCneuli tragizmis wuxiliT. mxrebSi
moxrili oci wliT daberebuliyo, autaneli mSrali xveleba yovel
sityvasa da sityvas Sua axsenebda warsuls. tiriliT gauCerda
Aanastasias naxevarmetris moSorebiT, Tavidan Cais foTlis feri
Salis Tavsaburavi moixada. mosvlepil, kibe-kibed gadaxotril Tavze
lilisferi naWdevebi da alisferi iarebi damCneoda. Aanastasia
ucremlod daakvirda ganawameb das, Seecada Zlieri yofiliyo mis
TvalebSi, mere xelebi ganze gauwia da Casaxuteblad miiwvia:

_keTili yofiliyos Seni mobruneba, sawuwuno aRaraferi gaqvs,

cocxali yofilxar!_wauCurCula gamamxneveblad da Seecada Zalzed
msubuqad ekiTxa ise, sasxvaTaSorisod, gulis satkenad ar yofiliyo
dabasruli:

_... da, daTa sadaa, rodis gamovuSvebTo, ar uTqvamT?

annam qviTini Sewyvita, das TvalebSi Caxeda Zalian Rrmad,

aakankala: _me ar vici... is ar dabrunebula?.. rom ar dabrundes? ra
meSveleba?.. iqneb cocxalia da gadasaxlebaSi moayoles, 9-10 wlis
mere damibrundes?.. xom SeiZleba, daiko, miTxari, SeiZleba?

anastasiam Subli daukocna akankalebul daikos, romelic sacodavi

Sesaxedi iyo. uqmrobas unugeSobamde mieyvana, yasiTad naTqvami
sityvebic ki misTvis wamladsargebi nugeSi iqneboda, amotom
moxotril Tavze xelisguliT moalersem, moraluri gamagrebis gamo
uTxra:_vin ra icis, SesaZloa gadasaxlebaSia da marTlac
dagibrundes, warmogidgenia, iqidan dabrunebuls Sen da ukve
gazrdili vaJiSvili rom dauxvdebiT?.. usamarTlod dasjis nu
SegeSindeba, yovelTvis magaliTisTvis gaixsene, ufali usamarTlod
dasajes, damdablebuls, gankacebuls, siyvaruli ver apaties, jvars
acves jalaTebma. nurafris SegeSindeba, yvelafers magrad dauxvdi!..
bavSvs enatrebodi, TvalebiT sul Sen geZebda, madloba ufals,
cocxali rom dagvibrundi.

anna daayuCa nugeSis sityvebma. erTxans warmoidgina kidev

vaJiSvilis gazrdiT gamowveuli qmris emociebi. odnav damSvidebulma
veras mouxmo:_saxlSi araa, bavSvTan erTadaa wasuli, samsaxuridan
gamouSves, amitom samsaxuris saZebnelad gaeSura, mezobel kolas
naxva surda, kolmeurneobis fermaSi mwvelavebi esaWiroebaTo, yuri
moukravs.

Aanastasias pasuxiT gulmosulma mwared CaiRima. laslasiT

wamodga fexze da saxlis zRurbls gadasuli dis TvalTaxedvidan
droebiT gauCinarda.

XIII
ubanSi xma dairxa Tu ara, anna cocxali dabrunda
Sinsaxkomidano, mezoblebma nela-nela daiwyes nikiSevebTan
dakarguli urTierTobis aRdgena.

anna imediT cocxlobda, misi qmris dapatimrebisa da gadasaxlebis

Sesaxeb informacias mokravda yurs, gaixarebda da daiwyebda zrunvas
misi monaxulebis Taobaze. sadac ar unda waeyvanaT, ra manZilsa da
distanciaze ar unda daeSorebinaT, naxvas mainc moaxerxebda.
mTavaria, daTa cocxali yofiliyo. qmris saxels yovelwamierad
imeorebda, mis tansacmels icvamda, RamiT daTas gaurecxavad
SemorCenil perangs TavqveS, baliSze gadaifenda da mis surnels
grZnobda, gajerebuls ojaxis siyvaruliT, mzrunvelobiT,
siZlieriT, sakuTar Tavze tvirTis amRebi, wami ar iyo Cauvleli
masze ar eocneba.

axla, roca misgan Tvalisdaunaxavad Sors iyo, ufro metad

gajereboda sisxli misi siyvaruliT. mwveli iyo daTa mayaSvilis
grZnobasTan Tanaziaroba, misi siyvaruli _mwvelic da sanatrelic.

anna sizmarSi qmars ver naxulobda, ramdenjer Seecada mis

xilvas, TviTonac ukvirda, arasdros damsizmrebia misi dapatimrebis
Semdeg. is mware sizmaric axsovda, ugvanod axdenili.

`nuTu idumaleba intuiciis xeliT sizmrad movlenili

cdilobda CemTvis gaecnobierebina momavalis safrTxe, me
ugunuri ki ver Cavwvdi. iqneb, Wkviani qali Cems adgilas Caswvdeboda
arsebul sizmars, gaacnobierebda, Tavs uSvelida, iqneb gaqceviT?
iqneb, peterburgSi gamgzavrebiT?.. iqac, ded-mamiseuli fuZis
ojaxidan, vinme xom mainc SemorCeboda Cveni keTilismsurveli?..
iqneb... magram sad gaviqceodiT, rodesac nastinkas gamo xel-fex
gaboWili var, rogor mivatovo Cemi sisxli da xorci?.. ar SemiZlia,
ver gavZleb! samjer erTi da igive sizmris xilva gansacdelis
momaswavebeli rom iyo, gana amas rogor ver mivxvdi, arc daTasTvis
momiyolia, iqneb mas mainc gadaerCina sakuTari Tavi tyveobisgan.
axla roca vaJiSvili wamoizrdeba, da mkiTxavs mamis Sesaxeb, ra unda
vuTxra?.. gadawyda, foto atelie rom gaixsna Cemi kuCis kuTxeSi,
aucileblad mivakiTxav da bavSvs xSir-xSirad gadavuReb suraTebs,
mere daTas Cavutan, naxos Tavisi nanatri vaJiSvilis zrdis etapebi~,
fiqrobda da umagrebda gausaZlis yofierebas.

TviTon umuSevrad darCenili, axla kolmeurneobis fermaSi

mwvelavad momuSave veras kmayofaze unda earseba. 75 maneTis imedad
darCnen verac, nastinkac, TviTon anna da Tavisi patara Svili,
romelic mxolod Tvalisa da Tmis SeferilobT damgvaneboda dedis
mxares, saxis moyvanilobiT, nakvTebiTa da xasiaTis principulobiT
tipiuri mamis asli iyo. annas uyvarda mamis mgvaneba Tavis pirmSoSi.
xelSi xSirad SeaTamaSebda da RimiliT eubneboda: _daTas msgavso,
masaviT tkbilo, mosiyvarulev da jiutze-jiuto qarTvelo!

vera yoveli Tvis bolos Rebulobda xefasss, 75 maneTs.

arasdros wuwunebda, radgan unda yofnodnen xelfass.

Semodgomis Tbili amindi Camomdgariyo, irgvliv siCumes

daesadgurebina, Citis gafrenis xmac ki ar moismoda, niavic sadRac
miyuCeboda mzis Tbil sxivebs. Aanastasias mosanaxuleblad mosulma
mezobelis axalgazrda qalma , Savi Rvino moarTva. maTac patara
magida mokrZalebulad gaSales Anastasias win, garSemo Semosuxdnen
sxva mezoblis qalebTan erTad.

meore Wiqis Semdeg annas alkoholi daetyo. igrZno, Tu, rogor

dauara mxurvale Zalam Tavidan fexebamde, sisxli gauxurda
kafandara sxeulSi, TiTqos, erTavad dardiani xasiaTi gamoukeTda,
gulic feTqvis dros daTa-daTas ritmulobda, yovel RamiT baliSze
dadebuli Tavic ki yurebSi daTas xmaurobda. yvelaferi mis saxels
ukavSirdeboda, magram mainc ar tiroda, cocxali kacis tirili
rogor SeiZleba, cud beds ar vewioo, gunebaSi fiqrobda, daTas
vaJkaci buneba rom vici, aucileblad gauZlebs sirTules, Cven gamo
daiTmens da cocxali gamoZvrebao, imedovnebda.

magidasTan qalebma simRera SemosZaxes. Aanastasias TvalebSi

naRveli, tkivili dardi erTmaneTSi areoda, xmis amouReblad ijda,
das Tu gadaxedavda Semparavi dakvirvebulobiT da swrafi mzera sxva
saganze gadahqonda.

annam igrZno Tu ara Savi RviniT gamowveuli simxurvale, Tavze

moxveuli mosaxvevi gadaiZro. mezoblebma mis gadaparsul Tavs Tvali
aarides, Tumca guldamZimebulebma simRera Sewyvites. yvela
momentalurad dadumda. Tumca Rvinis Zalam maleve Tavisi gaitana,
xeli daria maT mokrZalebul TavSekavebulobas da TiTqos, gudas
stviri moxsneso, ise amoifrqva cnobismoyvare kiTxvaTa korienteli.
annam Rvinis ZaliT gaTamamebulma, veRar Seikava Tavi, Aanastasias
faqizi mdgomareobac ki gadaaviwyda, Tavs gadaxdenili ambebis
Txroba iwyo, Tu rogor aiZulebdnen Zalis gamoyenebiT
daedasturebina qmris Ralati samSoblosadmi, komunisturi
sazogadoebisadi, rom mas trockistuli ideologia hqonda Tavs
moxveuli da ojaxSi xSirad agresiiT amJRavnebda am ideologiis
damkvidrebas, aiZulebda cols mis mxardaWeras. cru aRiarebis
sanacvlod ki xelSeuxeblobas, partiulobas, karg samsaxurs_
karieruli winsvlis perspeqtiviT pirdebodnen. daTas gamqrali
dRiuri swored iq, dakiTxvis magidaze edoT da oqmSic sul is
figurirebda. scemdnen da aiZulebdnen daedasturebina misi patronis
vinaoba.

kafandara aRnagobis anna kldesaviT utexi aRmoCnda. erT Rames,

mSier-mwyurvali bnel sardafSi Caiyvanes. tanT mamakacis daxeuli
pijaki Semoacves romelsac jibeebi avsili hqonda gamxmari suxaris
natexebiT, xel-fexi gaukoWes da ase datives bnel sardafSi.
filaqanze wyali gamudmebiT wveTavda da autanel, guliswamReb
samarisebr siCumes Semawuxeblad ayruebda. viwrod moJamuli
sarkmlidan savse mTvaris Suqi erT zolad sustad gawolili Tu
anaTebda, romelic bneleTs didad ver Sveloda. sardafSi autaneli
suni trialebda. nestisa da Smoris garda, sisxlis suni igrZnoboda,
es suni kargad nacnobi iyo annasTvis, radgan maTi baRis gamyof
boloze icoda mezobelma moSenebuli Roris dakvla ZveliT axali
wlisTvis. Rors jer aWyivlebdaG gulisSemawuxeblad, mere did, uxeS
uros gamiznulad xeTqavda SublSi. daretianebisgan Zirsdavardnil
Rors zevidan daajdeboda da kiserze mTavar arterias uWrida
xanjliT, cxovels isteriuli Wyivili emarTeboda, romelic sisxlis
daclasTan erTad sustdeboda, dakluls iqve gafatravda, mis
gamosayeneblad Signeulobas xorcTan erTad saxlSi amayad
ezideboda, xolo gamoudegar nawilebs Tavis sisxlianad iqve
tovebda. yroldeboda iqauroba sisxlis sunad. ase
gamozafxuldeboda, mere dazafxuldeboda, iyo da yarda are-mare,
manam sanam saidanRac SimSilisagan varaudiT mavali mawanwala ZaRli
ar gamoCndeboda, sisxlis suniT ganebivrebul svavebs ar
miafrTxobda, da iqaurobas ar moasufTavebda lokva-lokviT.

es suni aRZravda bavSvobis droindel usiamovno mogonebebs da

bnel tyveobaSi myof annas SiSiT zafravda. romeliRac bneli kuTxe-
kunWulidan fxakuni moesma, mere ufro gaZlierda, datyvevebulma
annam sibneles SeaCvia Tu ara Tvali, kargad gaarCia ori, patara
manaTobeli Tvali, romlebic momentalurad gamravlda. aSkarad iyo,
sardafSi momwyvdeuli mSieri, veluri virTxebis xrova arsebobda.
isini xmeli suxaris suns gaexelebina, axlos moiwevdnen
Tavdapirvelad frTxili moZraobiT, mere gaTamamdnen. Tanac imdenad
rom jer fexze Sedgnen, fexidan kabis Zirs ekonwialebodnen da
pijakze asvlas lamobdnen, yoveli mxridan dakidebuli virTxebis
simZimiT anna Zlivs aiZulebda Tavs fexze dgomas, is kioda, kioda
bolo xmiT ganwiruli, SeSinebuli, autaneli, monadire virTxebisgan
cdilobda Tavdacvas, magram xel-fex SeboWvis gamo verafers
awyobda. kivili maT ar aSinebdaT, Setyupuli fexebiT iwyo xtunaoba
annam, Sedegad ki grZnobda ramdenime virTxiT nakleb simsubuqes.
panikas tonusSi moeyvana SeSinebuli qalis susti sxeuli, xtunaobda
refleqsuri gamalebiT, Seusveneblad, didxans... magram daRlac
igrZno, muxlebSi sisuste, erT-erTi daxtomisas msuqani virTxis tans
daebija uxerxulad. am ukanasknels emwara, uSnod, Semawuxeblad
ikivla da ise gafrTxialda rom qalma Tavis Sekaveba veRar SeZlo,
Zirs mwared daenarcxa, gverdulad. tkivilma dauSanTa sxeulis
TiToeuli nawili. virTxebma isargebles davardnili, xel-
fexgakiWili msxverplis umweobiT da pijakSi iwyes SeZroma.

zogi pijakis qsovils basri kbilebiT fxrewda, raTa CaeRwia mis

Rrmad amoketil jibeebSi, saidanac suxaris suni mZafrdeboda,
zogierTnic ukve miswvdomodnen kidec gemriel sasusnavs,
aknatunebdnen da gaumaZRarni kvlavac axlidan iwyebdnen brZolas
madis aRmZvreli sakvebisaTvis. pijakis SigniTa gulis jibeze
xoxavdnen grovebad daxvavebuli virTxebi, maTi aqoTebuli suni
pirdapir cxvirSi scemda waqceuls. kivilisgan xma warTmeoda,
SiSisgan virTxis bususiani tyvavis kanze SexebiT, da gafSekili
kudis SegrZnebiT gamowveuli zizRisgan guli SemaZrwuneblad
ekumSeboda. sikvdils natrobda da gunebaSi mouxmobda. sikvdilSi
xedavda mxolod saSvels, magram xmas veravis awvdenda, TiTqos, guli
SiSisgan ufro jibrobda, ase iyo mTeli Rame, erTi Rame saukuneze
metad gaweliliyo, is Rame mTeli cxovreba daamaxsvrdeba, rogorc
namdvili koSmari, romlis gaxseneba sazarel daRs asvamda mkerdSi.
warsulis kadrebze fiqri gonebis iarebs Tavidan usisxlianebda.

diliT, samxedro Ceqmis uxeSi lanCis braga-brugi Soridan moesma,

misi xma TandaTanobiT Zlierdeboda da axlovdeboda. Senobis eqo
itacebda da amZafrebda nabijebis xmaurs. mere SeCerda, gasaRebis
acma xmaurian eqod aCxakunda rkinis kars miRma. kari gaiRo da Ria
Wrilidan sinaTlis kaSkaSma Tvali mosWra civ filaqanze waqceuls.
virTxebi dRis Suqze wripiniT aorTqldnen, gauCinarebulebi ki
gaisusnen Ceqmis braga-brugis xmaze, albaT maT aseTi Ceqmis Tu
eSinodaT. ase yofila buneba mowyobili, Zlierze Zlieri da momrevis
momrevi ar ileva. xel-fexgaboWil misustebul qals virTxebis
eSinoda, am ukanasknelT ki Savad alaplapebuli, rZelyeliani
samxedro Ceqmis, Ceqmis mepatrones Tavisi ufrosis, ufross masze
ufrosis da ase safexureobrivad grZeldeboda misi aRmatebuleba _
SiSis batonoba.
 Zirs davardnil qals mklavSi mtkivneulad Caafrinda mamakacis
uxeSad Zlieri xeli, misi Zalis demonstrireba Zvlamde davida,
fexze dayenebuls TokiT Sekruli xel-fexi gaunTavisufla. mklavSi
xelCabRauWebulma gaiyvana dapatimrebuli anna sarkofagiseuli
jojoxeTidan.

sardafidan derefanSi gasuls dRis sinaTlem Tvali auwva,

TvamoWutuli Seiyvana dakiTxis oTaxSi qalis fsiqikis mier
sikvdilis jalaTad aRqmulma mamakacma, romelis xilvisas, TvalSi
gecemodaT eSmakuri, mousvanari saxis gamometyveleba, rac ubralo
sabWoTa moqalaqeTa SfoTisgan ganasxvavebda. ramdenjerme wauvida
guli da ramdenjer moasuliera am adamianurobis armqone adamianma,
aRar axsovs, Tumca magidaze mdgari, wyliT samse grafini sul
gamoecarielebina gulwasulisTvis saxeze wylis dasxmiT. tanze
uSnod Semotmasnoda dasvelebuli tansacmeli. eleqtroni gamoirTo
dakiTxvis oTaxSi, romelic momcro zomis oTaxi gaxldaT. Ramis
fardebiT daabnela da magidaze mdgari mrgvalTaviani naTura
pirdapir TvalebSi aukaSkaSa dapatimrebul, mTeli Ramis ganawameb
qals. misi naTeba saZulvelad uRizianebda gonebas, Tvalis daxuWvis
drosac ki grZnobda Semawuxebeli naTebisgan gamowveul tkivils.

kvlavac dazuTxuli kiTxva gaumeora, aRiarebda Tu ara qmris

Ralats sabWoTa samSoblosadmi, saeWvo pirebTan kavSirsa da
trockisadmi gaidialebul azrovnebas. mTeli Ramis nakivl qals xma
warTmeoda, mxolod erTi sityviT amoixavla uari. miuxedavad
muqarisa, sardafSi gamomwyvdevis ganmeorebiTi wamebis Sesaxeb,
nawamebi qali mainc Tavis sityvas ar gadavida. gaugebari xaviliT
cdilobda mainc esaubra, SeSfoTebul saxeze sikvdilis feri
dasdeboda, uTmo Tavze xels nerviulad isvamda skamze Camomjdari
adgilze borgviT ver kmayofildeboda:

_aqamde mikvirs, Wkuidan rom ar SeviSale, etyoba Zlieri fsiqika

mergo mSoblebisgan genetikurad_daasrula moyola da axlaRa
gaaxsenda muxlmjdomi dis mgrZnobiare suli. igrZno, Tu rogor
wvalobda misi naambobis Semdeg, rogori mousvenroba dastyoboda,
Tumc Tavs imagrebda, ar tiroda, arc vinmes lanZRavda. mdumarebiT
ufro mets ambobda, metad TanaugrZnobda annas, vidre iq myofi sxva
msmeneli.

anna verc ki acnobierebda akrZaluli Temis saubris samomavlo

saSiSroebas. Tumca guli mainc qmrisadmi nostalgiiT gajereboda.
misi adgilsayofelis Sesaxeb fiqri suls uforiaqebda.

swored im Rames, romlis dadgomis drosac daTa mayaSvilze fiqri

suls uRamebda, gadawyvita qmris adgilsamyofelis moZieba. rogorc
arasdros axla grZnobda Sinagan siZlieres, Sinagani Zalis yvirili
aiZulebda misi qmris adgilsamyofelis monaxulebas.

rkinis qalamani, es is siZimea, romlis tarebasac ar daizarebda,

oRondac mSobliurad naqcevi siyvarulis pirvelwyaros monaxuleba
SesZleboda.

diliT adrianad amdgarma jer Semodgois xmeli foTlebiT

gajerebuli haeri Rrmad, filtvebis tkenamde CaisunTqa, mere
dadumebul, danaRvlianebul daikosTan miWrilma dalocva sTxova.
Svili sabavSvo baRis Cvil ganyofilebaSi miiyvana pirvelad,
momvlel ZiZasTan datova da Tamami nabijebiT gaeSura swored im
raionul Sinsaxkomis Senobisaken, sadac pirvelad is da misi meuRle
miiyvanes, iqidan sxvadasxva adgilebSi gamwesebam sakuTari qmris gzas
gahyara. axla aRar eSinoda avad saxsenebeli Senobis, misi gareTa
nacrisferi kedlebis, arc Sig Sesuls SeSinebia siCumeCamowolili
derefnebis, romlis erT mxares sigrZeze dakiTxvis oTaxebi
Camwkrivebuliyo, saidanRac kacis Semzaravi Rriali moisoda,
meromeliRacidan silis gawvnis xma, kvnesis xmis mqone dakiTxvis
oTaxebsac gascda. derefnis boloSi arsebulma yru kibeebma meore
sarTulze aiyvana. mis win karRia oTaxi SeniSna, xakisferformiani,
galife Sarvliani mamakaci samxreebs efereboda saCvenebeli kotita
TiTiT. miaxlovebul kars miRma annam Tavze Caisferi TavSali
Seiswora da TviTmtkbobi mamakacis misamarTiT Caaxvela.

qalma ar icoda Tu sad midioda, arc awuxebda, magram is am

wuTebSi araferze fiqrobda, garda sakuTari qmris bed-iRblis
arsebobis Sesaxeb, arc imaze fiqriT daridebula, rogor miiRebda es
ucxo mamakaci mas, romlis garegnobiTac Tu vimsjelebT, arafriT
gansxvavebuli ar unda yofiliyo iq moRvawe sxva TanamSromlebisgan.
annas eCveneboda, rom yvelas Stampiani azrovneba da identuri
garegnoba hqonda:

_Semodi, ra gnebavs?!_mokled mouWra mamakacma daurideblad karSi

mdgoms.

_me, Cemi qmris, daTa mayaSvilis ambis gasagebad gawuxebT.

_mdaa!_Cailaparaka iq gavrcelebuli manera-CvevasaviT, anna kidev

erTxel darwmunda, rom arafriT gansxvavebuli iyo sxva
TanamSromlebisgan, Tumca es mas axla ar anaRvlebda, gamoiwvevda Tu
ara mamakacSi misadmi undoblobas, eWvneul pirs dasjida Tu ara.
andac meti raRa unda damsajon, sikvdili erTi patara dasaSvebi
gadawyvetilebaa, romelic zogjer Svebismomgvreliao, fiqrobda.
 _konkretulad ra gainteresebs?_iseTi gamWoli mzeriT gasWola
qali, rom annas Sinaganad dauara magnituri talRasaviT misi mzeris
siSmagem.

_Cemi qmris adgilsamyofeli, misamarTi.

_uif, adgilsamyofelio... cxvris dumis xaSlama ar ginda?.. qalo,

Seni qmrisnairi marto me am sezonze 3000 myavda, aba, ra gavigo misi
zusti adgilsamyofeli?!

_ara, me gTxovT, momiZebnoT, Canawerebi geqnebaT, aRricxuli iqneba

zustad Tu ar SegiZliaT Tqma, miaxlovebuli misamarTi mainc, Zalian
gTxovT...

mamakacma gakvirvebuli mzera gauStera qals, romelic ar SeukrTa

arc mis `dolJnosts~, arc mis arafrismTqmel, gaciebul TvalTa
mzeridan wamosul or sxivs. mere orive xels Camoayrdno
loyebSecvenili, zomiT didi Tavi da axla ase uyura garkveul xans,
iqamde, sanam oTaxSi muyaosferi saqaRaldeebiT daxvavebuli
samxedro formiani qalbatoni ar Semovida:

_luiza mixailovna, _CaidudRuna mamakacma saqaRaldeebiani qalis

misamarTiT _warmogidgeniaT, es qali aq movida Tavisi qmris,
komunisturi xelisuflebis moRalate, daTa mayaSvilis zusti
adgilsamyofelis dadgenis mizniT... warmogidgeniaT, ramxela
Tavgasulobaa?.. nacvlad imisa, madlierebiT imsWvalebodes Cveni
sabWoTa sistemis humanuri principebis mimarT, iqiT aqvs pretenzia,
samarcxvino qmris adgilsamyofelis gansazRvrisa! _

daasrula didTava mamakacma da magidas zorba muSti iseTi

siZlieriT dahkr, rom zed dalagebulma saqaRaldeebma haerSi
Seinavardes ramdenime wamiT.

Sesuli, luiza mixailovnad wodebuli qali gamoarkvia muStis

magidaze dakrulma xmam. skamze Camomjdar, gamxdar qals
dakvirvebulad Seavlo Tvali da brZanebis toniT uTxra:

_daTa mayaSvilis Sesaxeb gamotanili ganaCeni aRsrulebulia.

verafers gaawyobT da verc verafers daadgenT. gTxovT, Sin
mibrZandeT, albaT ojaxis wevrebi gyavT da mouTmenlad gelian!

ojaxis wevrebis xsenebam annas gaqvavebuli guli moTbila.

samxedo formiani qali kabinetidan gadavida, zurgidan mimavals
wvivis daberili kunTebi mkafiod mouCanda, rac mis Zlier
fsiqologiur xasiaTs uvlebda xazs. wels qvemoT muxlamde kabis
ukana mxare daWmuWnuli hqonda. kibeze Casvlisas samxedro Ceqmiani
nabijebis xma eqod gaudioda SenobaSi gamefebul mtknar siCumes.
 anna fexze wamodga, mkacri saxiT gadaxeda brWyviala
varskvlavebmimagrebul samxreebian mamakacs, daumSvidodbeblad
gamovida usimpatiuro Cinovnikis kuTvnili sadgomidan, fexakrefiT
Cauyva pirvel sarTulze daRmaval kibes. gareT gasuls xma moesma:

_moqalaqev, moqalaqev!

annas zurgs ukan luiza mixailovnad wodebuli samxedro formaSi

welgajgimuli qali idga, oRondac ara saxis iseTi principulad
oficialuri gamometyvelebiT, rogoric didTava kacis kabinetSi
hqonda, aramed ufro mombali, humanuri adamianobis mqone, TvalebSi
keTilSobili sinaTlis sxivis naTeli wertilebi gamokrToda, masTan
Zalzed axlos misulma, aqeT-iqiT SiSnarevad mimoaTvaliera garemo
da Cumis xmiT dauwyo baasi:

_Sen mjdomare Anastasias da xar?

_diax, misi RviZli da var,_gauxarda annas, im imediT, rom qmris

adgilasmyofelis dadgenas sTxovda qals.

_Zalian uyvars dedaCems, mis Sesaxeb bevrs miyveba, ar mesmis,

rogor xdeba aseTi saswauli, wlobiT zed awvims, aTovs, mzis
mcxunvareba mis Tavze gadadis da kirkiti kakaliviT araferi
emarTeba, an is tyemlis toti raRam gadmoswia, nuTu xem igrZno misi
umweoba da totqveS Seifara? gaognebuli davrCi xilviT, axlac
siamovnebiT movinaxulebdi, magram samsaxuris gamo ver moval...
mekrZaleba, xom gesmiT!.. rom gamigon... xom warmogidgeniaT...

_Cemi daTas moZebnaSi xom ver damexmarebodiT?.. Zalian

gTxovT!_yelze kani gamouwia Txovnis mizniT, saxe mowyaled
gulmisasvleli hqonda,_gTxovT, rasac gnebavT imas SegisrulebT,
oRondac misi adgilsamyofeli damidgineT, misi monaxuleba minda.
taigis SuagulSic rom idges banaki, mainc mivaRwev.

_ra banaki, Seni qmari daxvretilia, savaraudod yaraiaze moiyvanes

ganaCeni sisruleSi. Senc gasacimbireblad iyavi ganwiruli, qmarma
gixsna. ase uTqvams, didi beladis dedis, keke gelaZis Zmiswulis
coli misi alali deidaao... icrua xom, Tu marTla asea?! Tqveni
deida beladis biZaSvilis colia?_gamosacnobad aRmocenebuli
dakvirvebuli mzera Seavlo tuCebakankalebul, Tvalebze
bindCamowolil, gaognebul qals, romelmac es-esaa Seityo qmris
daxvretis Sesaxeb.

_daTa mayaSvilis dakiTxvis oqmSi ase ewera, Sen gadagarCina,

magram TviTon... daxvretamde viRac eqimi dolgorukovi, nacnobi
aRmoeCina. yaraias velze daxvretis win didi xmiT Savlegos mRera
dauwyia, misTvis xma im dolgorukovs aubams, mere mTeli
dasaxvretTa talRa, albaT 100-120 kacamde iqneboda, ho egre gahyavT
xolme, 100 kacs erTad wamouwyia Savlego, amaze ufrosoba Zalianaa
gabrazebuli. Svili gyavs, aq nuRar gamoCndebi, uaresad nu gaabrazeb
amaT, ecade, TvalSi ar Cauvarde._Tqva luiza mixailovnam da TvaliT
ukanmotovili Sinsaxkomisken miuTiTa.

annas is imedis wvrili Zafi gauwyda, romelzedac aSenebda

samomavlod cxovrebiseul siamtkbilobis koSkebs. am qveynad daTa
mayaSvilis aRar arsebobis gamo kivili surda, Zirs davardniliyo,
mucliT miwaze exoxiala, yvelaze udaburi adgilis soroSi Seeyo
Tavi da momkvdariyo.

daTas danatovari memkvidre gaixsena, mTeli guli axla masze

daeyara, Tavi Seimagra quCaSi isteriisgan. saxlamde rogorRac
miaRwia, zed WiSkarTan fexi aeria, yurebSi wivilis xma Caesmoda,
TiTqos, matarebeli mis Tavze gahkioda, TvalebSi nela-nela
Ramdeboda.

gulwasuli mezoblebma moasulieres, xelSi ayvanili Seiyvens

saxlSi da Aanastasias gverdiT miusves. anna xmamaRla moTqvamda,
Aanastasias kalTaSi Caedo Tavi: _qmari aRar myavs, daiko, Zalian
miWirs, ai, aq mtkiva._Tqva da gulze miibjina Txeli xelis mtevani_
tkivilze metad mkiva, veRar vuZleb... sicocxle aRar minda, mec aq,
SensaviT Camovjdebodi, SensaviT cxovrebas avirCevdi, magram Cems
Svils ra vuyo? rogor mivxedo?.. an ra vuTxra? cota rom moizrdeba
da gaacnobierebs umamobas, xom mkiTxavs, ra vupasuxo?.. mamaSens
qveynis moRalateoba daswames da yaraias velze dagixvrites-Tqo? xom
imasac etkineba, iqneb gamiborotdes kidec... andac, iqneb, isic mamis
gzas daadges misi monatrebis gamo?.. vis ras uSavebda, daiko?

Aanastasia Tavze efereboda mTeli xmiT momtiral das:

_unda gaumagrde, dae amis meti nuRaraferi moxdeba samgloviaro,

gauZeli, ramenairad gadaitane varami. aseTi ar iyavi bavSvobisas,
ufro medgrad dauxvdi ded-mamis gardacvalebas.

_daTas mkvlelebma rogor unda iarsebon am qveynad? nuTu

mkvlelmac da aramkvlelmac erTi haeri unda visunTqoT? erTnairad
unda vamZimoT miwa? erTnairad vuyuroT RamiT varskvlavebis cials,
cas, miwas mTas... imaTac xom hyavT Svilebi, sxvisas rom aobleben,
mere saxlSi misulni `genacvalos mama~, etyvian da Tbilad
Caixuteben, mkvlelic da aramkvlelic erTnairad qmnian ojaxebs...

_anna, magaze nu ifiqreb, arasdros Tqva msgavsi ram, Sen ar ici

mkvleli adamianis fiqrebi, misi sizmrebi da sulis avadoba, misi
TvalTaxedva silamazes veRar aRiqvams, veRarc simSvides.
moCvenebiTaa kargad, isic sxvisi TvalTaxedvidan. arada mkvleli
ufro Sesacodia, vidre mokluli.
 _rogor, Cems daxvretil qmarze ufro Sesacodni arian jalaTni?

_Cemo daiko, ioane oqropiri ambobs: codvaSi mcxovrebi mkvdrisgan

arafriT gansxvavdebao... jalaTebis sicocxle –sicocxle ki araa,
sulis avadmyofuri tanjvaa, maT simartoveSi darCenis eSiniaT, raTa
sulis tkivili maTSi leTargiuli ZiliT mZinare sindiss aRviZebs,
gacxovelebuli, samarTlianobas mowyurebuli da simSvides
damSeuli, patronis leSs uwyeben jijgnas, amitom aseT adamians
gacxovelebuli swrafva aqvs xalxmravlobis, xmauris, TviT eSinia
RmerTis, amitom misi verbaluri uaryofiT moCvenebiTad klavs
fsiqikaSi. RvTis mgmobs sulis tkivili aqvs, risic eSinia, swored
mas ebrZvis. zogi adamiani sicocxleSive iwyebs gaxrwnas da ara
gardacvalebis Semdeg, gardacvlilis gardacvalebas didi azri aRar
aqvs Semdgomi gardacvalebisTvis.

_nastinka me, is miyvarda!_tirilisgan Zlivs amoiluRluRa annam,

masSi zRvasaviT momatebuli wyaliviT daweuliyo tragizmiT
gamowveuli isteriuli mdgomareoba. axla Cumi, wynari monatreba
gaRviZeboda ukve qmris xsovnisadmi.

_giyvarda? axla, gana axla aRar giyvars?.. ase male SeZeli

daviwyeba?

anna gatrunuliyo mis xelebSi moqceuli, tirilisgan Tvalebi

amowiTleboda, Tavidan Caisferi, xeliT naqsovi TavSali
Camoscureboda, gadaxotril Tavze axladwveramoyofili Tmis
RinRlebi SeiniSneboda. Tavze moalerse Aanastasia Sublze eambora
da dasZina:

_axlac unda giyvardes, siyvarulis maradiuloba amaSi

mdgomareobs. is gamouleveli saunjea, vinc am gamoulevel
mdgomareobas flobs Zlieria, vinc ara da sajojoxeTod Sesacodi.
axla adeqi, gaumagrdi cxovrebas, Svilze ifiqre, baRidan gyavs
mosayvani.

Aanastasia iqve mdgom, mezoblis Sewuxebulsaxian qalebs

miubrunda:_ madlobeli varT Cveni mdgomareobis gaziarebisTvis,
yuradRebisTvis, RmerTma sixaruliT gadagixadoT samagiero, erTs
gTxovT Cemo saimedo adamianebo, icxovreT ise, rom sakuTar Tavs
nurasdros akadrebT mdabioTa yofierebas. mdabiooba iniRbeba kargi
Cacma-daxurviT, Zirgamoclili ganaTlebiT, magram codvis qmniskenaa
midrekili. sakuTar Tavs nu akadrebT sxvis motyuebas, raTa
motyuebuli TviTon darCeba. nurc FTviTmkvlelobas, romelic fuWi
fiqriT iwyeba, nu akadrebT sakuTar Tavs, nurc sxvis qiliks,
sibilwes, orpirobas, nurc Ralats gaivlebT gulSi, nurc sxvis
sikvdils inatrebT. giyvardeT Tqveni Tavi, radgan RvTis Svilni
xarT, RvTisgan rCeulni, qveynad siyvarulis misaReb-gasacemad
movlenilni.

XIV
inaTa Tu ara Tavs daadga sidonia mjdomareAanastasias. jer mis
locvas usmina, mere maxloblad Camoujda da saubriT Seecada
Aanastasias naRvliani xasiaTis gamokeTebas. soflidan Camoyvanil
qmris naTesavze, burdaze uambobda, mis oinebisa da grZnobebis
Sesaxeb:

_am Cven burdasa qali hyvarebia, iseTi qali yofila, imisTana

Tval-warbisa Tu tan-fexis patroni, imisTana majis simsxo nawnavebi
eyara zurgze, rom ityodi Turme, neta kidev ori Tvali mamca da amas
mayurebinao. gulSi Cavardnia burdas eva, romelic gverdiTa soflis
mkvidri macxovrebeli yofila. Turme es abdala kaci dadis Tavis
sofelSi mezoblidan-mezobelSi gadadis, ojaxidan-ojaxSi,
biWebidan-biWebSi da tiriliT moTqvams, eva miyvars da miSveleT rame,
an momkaliT da an momitaceTo. raRas izamdnen biW-buWoba,
Sekrebilan erT sisxam dilas da wyaroze mimaval evas dadarajebian.
dauciaT xeli, cxenze SeugdiaT da moutaciaT. cxra dReE da cxra
Rame hyoliT sabZelSi gamoketili is sacodav bedze gaCenili qali.
axlos ar ikarebda burdas, pirs ar akarebda arc wyals da arc
saWmels. ganuwyvetliv tiroda da mosTqvamda, imis cremliT mgoni
aragvi diddeboda. mere SescodebiaT isev imave biW-buWobasa is qali
da dRis sinaTleze gamouSviaT. imasac daukravs fexi da gaqceula
TavisianebTana. aba, am beCavs rogor gauCerdeboda?.. axlac davdgomia
da gindaT Tu ara eva momiyvaneTo. Cemi qmari-kola sul
yaraulobaSia, erTxelac ar mouaros TavSi da qalaqidan
gameparoso...

Aanastasia xmas ar iRebda, mdumared Sehyurebda mezoblis qals,

romlis Sinagani samyaros sisufTave izidavda da aaxlovebda.
maxlobel xes zurgiT miyrdnoboda anna, mis gulamde ar dadioda
sidonias naambobi, Tavis sevdian fiqrebSi livlivebda
Zirgaxvretili, fskerze CasaZirad ganwiruli naviviT. daTasTan
dakavSirebuli warsulis gaxsenebas sul Tavidan iwyebda, Tu rogor
daixsna gargaroviCis ZaRlis daglejvisgan daTam, maSin naxa sul
pirvelad, Tavdapirvelma STabeWdilebam moxibla qaliSvili, didi
boxora ZaRli damSeuli adamianis xorcsa da sisxls, pirdapir
misken gamoeqna. qofakis gaCerebas veravin ifiqrebda, piriqiT, Tavis
saSvelad garboda. vin xeze Semxtariyo, vin hamqris ezoSi
Sevardnili usafrTxoebisTvis alayafis kars iketavda, maSin
mxsnelad daTa gamouCinda, ZaRli daimorCila, sayeloSi waavlo
xeli da manmade ar gauSva, sanam SeSinebuli qaliSvili sirbiliT
Tvals ar miefara. madlobis Tqmac ki ver moaswro, yvelaferi ise
swrafad moxda, dabneuli mdgomareobidan gamosuls maSinRa
gaaxsenda madlobis uTqmeloba.

mxsnelad movlenilma daTam axlac ixsna sakuTari

moxerxebulbiT patimrobisgan. warmodgenac ki uWirs, rogor iqneboda
qmardaxvretili qali, romelsac Sor gadasaxlebaSi ukravdnen Tavs,
Tanac sakmaod didi xniT, an rogori iqneboda represirebulTa
ojaxis Svili, romelsac arc baRSi Rebulobdnen imxanad da arc
skolaSi, yvela Tanatol-megobrianad, didian-patarianad abuCad
igdebdnen sabWoTa samSoblos moRalatis Svilebs. albaT, es Tu
gaiTvaliswina daTam, rodesac saxlSi SeWril `stumrebs~ Cekadan
upasuxa, rom bavSvi verasi iyo da Tanac aqaurebi ar ariano. daTas
moxerxebulobaze sevdianad CaeRima annas, CvenTvis iyo moxerxebuli,
Torem saTavisod principulad mouxerxebeli, iqneb sakuTari Tavis
daZvrenac SeeZlo im avadsaxsenebeli dakiTxis Semdeg? gaifiqra da
gonebam isev is ZaRli gaaxsena, vahar gargaroviCis sisxlismsmeli
basara.

daTas molodiniT aRsavse anna, romelic Tavis baRSi eloda mis

gamoCenas, dapirebuli gaseirnebis Sesasruleblad, ZaRliani
kavaleri eaxla. ZaRli miutovebia patrons, albaT gzaSi Tu
gadmoagdo ormodano. amasac me gavaxsendi da dameZebdao... iseTi
darwmuneuli saubrobda ZaRlis fiqrebze, TiTqos, oTxfexa megobars
eambnos dawvrilebiT gaxsenebuli azrebisa da Canafiqrebis Sesaxeb.
ZaRli didxans hyavda gverdiT, isic kudis qiciniTa da TanagrZnobis
TvalebiT Sescqeroda sanukvar mepatrones.

ase iyo Tu ise, ZaRli avad gauxda, ra wamali ar scada

balaxebisgan ra nayeni ar umzada, magram ZaRli ver gamoajanmrTela.
Zirsdacemuli krusunebda da akankalebda. erT dilas
axalgaRviZebulma daTam aRmoaCina rom ZaRli gauCinarebuliyo, maSin
pirvelad naxa annam is mtirali.

naTqvamia, kargi ZaRli Sin ar kvdebao, sadRac gaipara sikvdilis

moaxloveba rom igrZnoo. mere tye-tye dadioda da mkvdar ZaRls
daeZebda, miwas Rirseulad unda mivabaro, aba, yvavebisa da svavebis
sakortnelad xom ver davagdebo... annas guls useravda daTas
gaxseneba. winkarSi patara taburetze Camocucquli fiqrebidan
mezoblis qalebis stumrobam gamoarkvia.

anastasiasken gaixeda, mis win sidonia Camomjdariyo da xmadabali

baasiT ijerebdnen guls. sityvebs garkveviT verc ki arCevda maTi
naubaridan. neta ase Cumad raze saubrobeno, gaikvirva da sami
mezoblis qalis Sesagebeblad gaeSura. ezo Rimiliani xumrobiT
gadaiares stumrebma, erT-erT maTgans qiliT Rvino moetana, meores
lambaqiT Romi Sig motivtive yvelis blomi naWrebiTurT, mesames
lobianebi daeiRliavebina. winkarSi mdgar momcro zomis tablas
xeli wamoavlo Rvinis patronma da Aanastasias win Camodga, zed
gaSales motanili sanovage, annam daTas naxelavi patara skamebic
faqizad Semoulaga garSemo magidas.

Rvinis Casuqnulma patronma Tamadoba iTava. Aanastasias ar

siamovnebda qalebis xmauriani garemo, Tumca uxeSobis
gamosamJRavnebeli Tviseba mis xasiaTSi ar moiZebneboda, amitom
TavSekavebuli moTmena amjobina. arasdros hyvarebia RviniT garToba,
simTvralisadmi uaryofiTi Sexedulebis gamo.

sadRegrZelos sadRegrZelo mosdevda: siyvarulis, megobrobis,

mezoblobis, keTili gulis da sxva. annas Troba daetyo,
ganerviulebul guls, romelSiac mgloviare siyvarulis mwveli
nakverCxlebi agizgizebuliyvnen, RviniT cdilobda ganeitralebas,
magram, rodis iyo gulSi aburburebul xanZars Rvino anelebda da
aqrobda. annas tirili moeZala, TavCaRunulma cremlebi gadmoSala,
Tavze Tbili xeli igrZno, Aanastasia Tbili xelis gulebiT
ealersebda TavSlian Tavze. TvaldaxuWulma annam Aanastasias xeli
dedis Tbil xelTan gaaigiveva, ase efereboda dedac Tmis davarcxnis
Semdeg, patara anna, gababTul Tavs kalTaSi udebda da siamovnebisgan
gatrunuli pirSi TiTs idebda. dedis monayoli zRaprebic kargad
damaxsovreboda, Tavisi frazebiTurT: namdvil siyvaruls bevri
maSurnebeli hyavso, magram rCeuli is rCeulia, rom siyvarulisTvis
Tavis gawirva unda SeeZloso. rCeul raindsa da gogonas, Tu
swori gziT midian, maxes uamravjer daugebs sawuTro, magram isini
aramc Tu cdundebian, aramed erTurTs ufro metad iyvareben.

_Tqvi rame, Tu getireba itire, Tu saTqmeli gaqvs, Tqvi da guli

moioxe_ uTanagrZno mezoblis qalma erT wertilSi
mzeragaSterebul, mdumared mgloviare annas, romelsac msxvil-
msxvili cremlebi Rawvebze wyaros wyaliviT daudioda.

_daWeris droindeli gviambne rame, Senc gulidan amoigdeb da

Cvenc ufro metad gavigebT momxdars._iTxova magididan romeliRacam.

_aramc da aramc!_wamoxta fexze gawiwmatebuli sidonia._amaT ara

ician, qarTuli werisa ar eyurebaT, gazeTebi rom ikiTxon, nu
isargeblebT amaTi umweobiT!

_ras ambobT, sidonia deida, ver migixvdiT!_annas nacremlari

Tvalebi gafarToveboda mezoblis naTqvamze.

_imas vambob, Cemo anna, rom akrZalul Temebze saubari ar

SeiZleba, iq, im SenobaSi Sesuli bevri gagvigia, magram iqidan
Tavisuflad gamoSvebuli marto Sen xar. visac saxlSi dasakiTxad
miakiTxes, aravin datoves represirebuli, ikmare Seni qmris daRvrili
sisxli, ikmare dardi, amasac akmare Tavisic da Senic! _sidoniam
xeli anastasiasken miiRo, romelis TvalebSi mudara Camdgariyo,
Txeli mxrebi foTlebiviT mTrTovlare gaxdomoda, xan erTs
Sehyurebda TvalebSi umweo vedrebis ier-saxiT, da xanac meores.

_pirzeda mkacrad Carazuli boqlomi daide da gaufrTxildi

cocxlad darCenil ojaxis wevrebs._ar cxreboda gaafTrebuli
sidonia.

_ras vaSaveb sidonia deida, mxolod vlaparakob.

_laparakiT Savdeba Tavidan yvelaferi, anastasiac codvaa, vera

xedav?! laparaki ar SeiZleba swored, Tqven ar gagigiaT dasmenis
manqana trialebs aremarezeo, yvelgan yurebs uSvebs, TiToeul Cven
naTqvam sityvas iWers da Cvens sunTqvas akontrolebs.

sidonias saubarze xarxari atexes magidasTan myofma stumrebma.

gagulisebulma sidoniam ki zurgi miubruna da nikiSevebis saxli
ganawyenebulma datova.

tablas Semomsxdarma samma stumarma xiTxiTi daadevnes zurgs

uknidan:

_ iqneb marTalsac geubneva anna, ufrosia, unda daujero, mis

gamocdilebas unda endo da sce pativi. _mudaris kiloTi sTxova
muxlCaxrilma anastasiam alkoholiT aJuJunebulTvaleba das.

stumrebi CaCumdnen, erTma maTganma tablas xeli daavlo da

WiSkrisken gaswia, WiSkarsa da saxls Soris arsebul patara
adgilas, romlis ukan xis sapirfareSo iyo, Camodga. danarCenebic
miiwvia: _iqneb marTalicaa is moxuci, vin ra icis, Aanastasias rogor
vawuxebT, Cven laparaki gviyvars, laparakiT vioxebT guls, is ki
gamudmebulad loculobs, xelsac ki vuSliT.

annam, sanam sufras Semousxdebodnen, jer saxlSi Seixeda,

fanjaras xeliT mouCrdila da sawolze Camomjdar, TamaSiT garTul
verasa da Tavis giorgis siyvarulis TvalebiT daaSterda. mere isic
SeuerTda martod datovebul stumrebs, uxerxulobis gamo, uWmel,
nanerviulebel qals Rvino advilad moekida. swored im ambebze
daiwyo daurideblad saubari, romlis gamoc gagulisda sidonia,
akrZalul Temebze. ixsenebda anna Tavis patimrobis droindel
situaciebs, daTas ambebs, mis gamoxedvas Zalismieri daSorebis
win, mis TvalebSi mosiyvarule adamianisadmi cqeris siSmage
gamosWvioda, man icoda albaT, rom ukanasknelad xedavda cols. es
mzera arasdros daaviwydeba annas, swored es mosiyvarule siSmagis
mzera dgeboda masa da samyaros Soris, aseTi TvaliT yureba
mxolod mis qmars, daTa mayaSvils SeeZlo. tirilis xasiaTze
mosulma annam Sinsaxkomis TanamSromeli qalis naTqvami gaixsena, Tu
rogor moigona dapatimrebulma daTam colis gadarCenis Sesaxeb
tyuili, rom is viTomdac beladis dedis Zmiswuls enaTesaveboda.
yelSi burTismagvari naRveli mwared CaeCxira:

_meti aRar SemiZlia, mets veRar movyvebi! _Tqva da mware cremli

majis saxeloTi moiwminda, pirTamde samse Rvinis Wiqa erTi
moyudebiT dacala.

_ase icrua?_Tavi dananebiT gaiqnia Rvinis patronma,_albaT

fiqrobda mainc ganwirulia da mainco, vicrueb, iqneb Cemma cru
Cvenebam gadaarCinoso, ankesi gadaugdia sasxvaTaSorisod.

_egrea, misi suli gaanaTlos RmerTma!_dasZina gverdiT mjdomma

qalma.

_iqneb kidev gviambo, anna, rame mogviyevi patimrobis droindeli.

_ara, aRar SemiZlia, guli cudad mixdeba misi gaxsenebac ki

mZafravs, simwris sisxli miduRs axlac ki.

_gexvewebiT ra, anna, gTxovT, rame Tqvi, Seni dapatimrebis

Sesaxeb... da saerTod, saidan gaige, vin giambo, rom daTas Sens
Sesaxeb cili dauwamia beladis dedis Zmiswulis naTesaobazeda?
iqneb asec ar iyo, Sen saidan ici?_CaeZia erT-erTi mezobelTagani.

_miTxres, araferia damaluli, xom iciT, hoda

gacxadda,_naRvlianad daiwyo Txroba annam, Tumca misi saubari
naZaladevi iyo, laparaki uWirda, gulze xels malimal idebda
usiamovno SegrZnebis gamo.

_mere... mere, Tqvi misi saxeli da gvari, vinc giambo Seni qmris
dakiTxis oqmis Sesaxeb! _ar cxreboda stumradmosuli qali.

_iman... Sinsaxkomidan gamovedi Tu ara, zurs uknidan xma momesma,

mivtrialdi da Cem ukan idga, maRalia, mkacri Sesaxedaobis, magram
rac mTavaria, Sinaganad kargi gulisaa. _ Tqva annam da fexze
wamoimarTa, mciredxans Seyovnda, TiTqos dabarbacda kidec.
mezoblis qalic umalve ahyva fexze, mklavSi Cafrenilma erTi
SeabanjRara anna da kidev gaumeora Txovna: _male Tqvi, iqneb
gaixseno misi saxeli? gvars Tu ver ixseneb ara uWirs, saxeli...
marto saxeli...

mezoblis qali cali xeliT mklavSi Cafrenoda sifrifana qals,

romelsac aqeT-iqiT moqanaves, zedve etoboda dgomisas inercias
veRar ikavebda. Sewuxebulad arabunebrivi saxis gamometyveleba
miiRo, refleqsurad xelebi pirze miiebjina.
 stumari qali mainc Tavisas ar iSlida: _aba, gismen, Tqvi ra...
Tqvi!

magram annas aRar eyureboda sxvisi, wamierad gadaufiTrda saxe,

qaRaldisferi daedo, inercias veRar ikavebda, barganaobda. saxlis
kedeli xelis cecebiT Zlivs moZebna da cali mxriT mieyuda:

_daTvra etyoba, sawyali, nanerviulebulia, uWmeli, qvrivi.

_dananebiT Cailaparaka Rvinis patronma da alkoholmokidebuli
adamianisTvis Sesabralisi TvalebiT Sexeda.

annas kankali daewyo, piridan Rvino amosdioda, mucelze

xelmidebuli welSi Zlivs ixreboda, erTianad TrToda, cali xeliT
saSvelad mouxmo magidasTan mjdomebs, Tumca maT SezarebodaT
qalis narwyevi, dasvrili samosi, mobarganave da mokankale
sxeuli. annas Tvalebi arabunebrivad gafarToveboda, TiToeuli
saxis mimika saSvelad moxmobisken hqonda momarTuli, orive xeli
yelze miido da riyis qvebiT mofenil miwaze mocelili davarda.
instinqturi yviriliT wamoiWra stumarTagan erT-erTi maTgani, annas
saxeSi silas urtyavda da gulwasuli qalis gonze moyvanas
cdilobda. swored es mezoblis qali saocrad gancvifrda,
magididan gauCinarebuli ori wevris gamo. isini ise Cumad,
fexakrefiT gaZurwuliyvnen, rom quCaSic ki ar dailandebodnen.

anastasiam yviriliT mouxmo veras annas moSveleboda, dabmuli

CitiviT awydeboda mis win uxilavad gabmul galiis kedlebs. Txel,
grZel mklavebs aqeT-iqiT meqanikurad iqnevda xan saxlisken, da xan
WiSkrisa da saxlis kedels Soris mdebare adgilisken, sadac
Zirsdagdebuli anna eguleboda. patara diSvilTan moTamaSe veram,
gaigo Tu ara ufrosi dis SeZaxili annas cudad yofnis Taobaze,
eldanakravi gamoenTo gareT. Zirs daixara da ugonod myof das
duJiT mosvrili saxe bolokabis kalTiT mowminda. erTad aswies
mezoblebis qalma da veram gulwasuli, saxlSi Seiyvanes da sawolze
daawvines. momxdariT SeZrwunebuli vera wyals asxamda, mis gonze
moyvanas uSedegod cdilobda, galurjebul tuCebsa da nikapis
adgilebs xelis guliT uzelda. eqimi gvWirdebao, xvewniT moTqvamda
vera mezoblis gasagonad, es ukanaknelic gulisxmieri aRmoCnda,
ubanSi mcxovrebi nacnobi eqimis mosayvanad umalve gaeSura.

Aanastasia isteriul mdgomareobaSi Cavardniliyo. is pirvelad

cdilobda 30wlis ganmavlobaSi uaryofil moZraobas, surda fexze
wamomdariyo, saxlSi Seerbina da annasTvis daexeda, mzad iyo Tavisi
dadebuli pirobis, gaumoZraveblad dayudebis Taobaze, droebiT
daerRvia, oRondac sakuTari dis janmrTelobasa da sicocxleze
ezruna. sakuTari Tavic ki gawira, rodesac axlad dayudebulisas
mezoblis saxlSi TavSefarebuls xanZari gauCnda, maSin swored annas
da veras xelmarjveobiT gadaurCa Sig Cabugvas. debma ixsnes misi
sicocxle da axlac swored rom debis daxmarebiT suldgmulobda,

fexze wamosadgomad moemzada, aqamde uZravad mqone tani

daimorCila, rogorc iqna wamoiwia, magram muxli veRar gaSala,
Zalagamoleoda, mTlad mosusteboda, veRar Slida, verc terfs
amoZravebda, terfs, romelic 30 wlis ganmavlobaSi miwas exeboda,
qusli ki maRliTa mxares hqonda moqceuli, dRe-Ramis ganmavobaSi
zed ijda, mTeli taniT awveboda, xandaxan meti uZiloba Tu
waarTmevda Tavs da mucelSi mokuntuli Subls miwaze debda. muxlic
da mis qveiT terfi miwas SeCveuliviT, TiTqos mis gareSe arseboba
aRar gamosdioda, iseve, rogorc Tevzs wylis gareSe, veRar
scildeboda dedamiwas. Aanastasia mTeli taniT uRonod daeSva.
daumorCilebel muxlebs, romlis Tavebsac xelis gulebiT izelda,
TiTqos gaqcevisTvis amzadebda, surda maTi dayolieba, mTeli taniT
irweoda, borgavda aqeT-iqiT, uSedegod trialebda, mxolod erTxel
gavlas natrobda, mxolod daxedavda Tavis RviZl das, annas da isev
siyvarulis xsnisTvis dadebuli pirobis Sesrulebas Seudgeboda.

umweo, mxolodRa mosTqvamda, saxes ixokavda, ikawravda, nakawri

kani wiTlad aCndeboda bambis qulasaviT TeTr pirisaxes. grZel Tmas
iwvalebda, tiroda. ufro Cits hgavda, uSedego afrenis gamo aremares
rom iklebda saSvelad, ukve gadamfren Tavisianebs rom daSoreboda
da gulsklavad cdilobda sakuTari yofierebis gaazrebasa da mis
mware Seguebulobas.

ezos WiSkari mezoblis qalma xmauriT SemaRo, SeWaRaravebul

eqim mamakacs sunTqvaaCqarebuli mouZRoda win, etyobodaT rom
erbinaT:

_gTxovT, uSveleT, gTxovT... _Txovna daadevna atirebulma

anastasiam da xelebi saxeze aifara. axla CumadRa mosTqvamda.

pacientTan miaxlovebul eqims loginze gawolili dauxvda

avadmyofi, zemodan misi umcrosi da gadafareboda da Cumad
qviTinebda. annas gaxelili Tvalebi usicocxlod miStereboda
gamWvartulul Wers, sicocxlis niSan-wyali aRar etyoboda, iatakze
Camomjdari patara bavSvi isteriulad tiroda, cremli da wyvintli
erTmaneTSi areoda, xeliT asayvanad uxmobda xan dedas, da xanac
deidas. eqimma loginze usicocxlod migdebul annas yelze TiTiT
mousinja pulsacia, mere tuCebi ukmayofilod mokuma, marjvena xeli
saxeze miutana da xelis erTi moZraobiT dauxuWa orive Tvali
erTdroulad. zed etyoboda xeli gaswafvoda gardacvlil pacientTa
Tvalebis daxuWviT.
 gardacvlili dis mkerdze damxobil, aqviTinebul veras mxarze
faqizad Seaxo xeli: _gisamZimrebT qalbatono, gismaZimrebT, msubuqi
yofiliyos misTvis dedamiwis yoveli Semobruneba.

mezoblis qalma patara giorgi, romelic tirilisgan sunTqvas

Zlivs iqcevda, xelSi ayvanili ezoSi gamoarida. moqviTine
Aanastasias moxuci sidonia ixutebda mkerdSi:

_raRas gaawyobT qalbatono, dakrZalvaze ifiqreT _uTxra veras

da TanagrZnobiT samse saxeze naRvliani Rimili daaCnda, es ufro
damwuxrebuli adamianisTvis mokrZalebuli mdgomareobis
gamomxatveli iyo. Rimili yovelTvis ar niSnavs bednierebas. RimiliT
SesaZloa iniRbebodes adamiani, magram gulis TiToeuli kunWuli
simwris namsxvrevebis basri wverebiT sisxliandebodes.

eqimi daridebuli nabijebiT gadavida gaucileblad ezodan.

mezoblis qals Casvelebuli bavSvis TavisTan wayvana surda.
movuvli, vaWmev da davaZinebo, magram veram iuara, TvalTaxedvis
aredan ver moviSoreb, neta annasac gamovyolodio. imave dRes gaiqca
bavSviT atatebuli kukiis sasaflaoze da mesaflaveebs mourigda
dakrZalvis Taobaze. veras surda, dedinacvlis saflavidan
moSorebiT gaeTxrevinebina saflavi, aq mainc myavdes misgan
dasvenebulio.

maSin sapativsapemod iTvleboda da erTgvarad modad damkvidrda

kidec samgloviaro procesiaze mixakebis mirTmeva, samkvdro yvavils
uZaxdnen yvavilze movaWreni. samZimarze misul nacnob-mezoblebs
sisxliviT moRaJRaJe alisferi mixakebi mihqondaT.

vera gaumagrda glovis simZimes, mTeli misi yuradReba annas

Svilze gadahqonda, romelic Tavisi sacodavi dis naadrevad
dakarguli sicocxlis gamgrZelebeli unda yofiliyo.

dakrZalvis ceremoniam Zalzed viwro wreSi Caiara. ramdenime

mezoblis ojaxi sruli SemadgenlobiT da Aanastasias nacnobebi
iyvnen, daaxloebiT aTiode kacamde, es aTiode kaci swored isini
gaxldnen, visac qariSxlis umizezo aboboqrebis ar eSinodaT, visac
mTis wverze asvlisas elvis da mexis gruxunis gamo dabrkolebas
ar Seiqmnidnen, SiSs ar daemonebodnen.

Semodgomis susxi miacilebdaT sasaflaosken gezaRebul

procesias. sasaxles ukan bavSviT xelSi atatebuli vera mihyveboda,
romelic dis simwares ufro metad gaemagrebina. gamwarebuls iseTi
SegrZneba daufleboda, rom piris erTi gaRebiT jer ar gagebuli
Rriali aRmoxdeboda, swyuroda sakuTari xma mTel samyaroSi
gaebnia, yvelas gaego, rom dedamiwis zurgze arsebobs qali,
romelsac uWirs cocxlad yofna, glovis daTmena uWirs, magram ra
wamsac gaaxsendeboda yelze xelebSemoxveuli umweo, oblad
darCenili bavSvi, romelis mzrunvel dedas miwieri savanesTvis
amzadebdnen, mis gamo TavSekavebiT uZaliandeboda Tavs.

windawin gaWril, gamzadebul saflavSi Casvenebul sasaxles iq

myofni TiTo muWa miwas ayridnen da butbutiT Caayolebdnen naTqvams:
_msubuqi yofiliyos, msubuqi yofiliyos...

mezoblis zurgs ukan tansacmelaburduli burda atuzuliyo,

Tvalis orTav kaklidan gadmosdioda mduRar-mduRare cremlebi,
tiroda, mTeli Tavisi alali guliT, mTeli misi Sinagani samyaros
SesaZleblobiT...

ezoSi anastasiasTan sidonia darCeniliyo. glovobda

muxldaCoqili, xan tirils Sewyvetda da gulmxurvale locvas
iwyebda. aseTi gancda aRar hqonia kiriles TviTmkvlelobis Semdeg,
orive Zalzed mZime aRmoCnda misi faqizi samyarosTvis.

sasaflaodan Sin dabrunebulma veram anastasiasTan miiyvana

giorgi. is Tavisi patara samyarodan gamomdinare, ver aRiqvamda
arsebul situacias, ver xvdeboda dedis gauCinarebas, an iq, im
ceremoniis Catarebas mniSvnelobas. mis patara samyaroSi sikvdilis
Sesaxeb aranairi cnoba ar arsebobda, mxolod sicocxle icoda,
sikeTe da uangaro Rimili, Rimili yvela sulieris mimarT:

_vera, Zvirfaso, yuri migde! _daiwyo saubari anastasiam

glovisgan CaxleCili xmiT. _axla mxolod Senze da bavSvze unda
vifiqroT, rasac getyvi, gTxov, damijere da Cems darigebas nu
gadaxval.

mosasmenad momzadebulma veram xelebi gulze daikrifa da smenad

gaikrifa:

_RmerTis merideba, Torem im zomamde var misuli, lamisaa

cocxalze miwa waviyaro, axla CemTvis cocxlad damarxva ufro didi
Sveba iqneboda. Cveni sawyali da, anna mogviwamles, bolo mouRes mis
gauTavebel glovas daxvretili qmris gamo, akrZalul Temebze
saubris gamo... SemTxveviTobam ganapiroba Tu Cveni cxonebuli siZis
Cvenebam, ar vici, magram ver mounelebeli aRmoCnda viRacisTvis
dapatimrebuli annas ganTavisufleba. anna mowamles, Cven
represirebuli ojaxi gvqvia, axla mTavaria vikmaroT es eniT
auRwereli simware Cveni genis gamgrZelebeli giorgis gadasarCenad,
aman _Tqva da xeliT Zilisgan Tvalebminabuli bavSvisken mianiSna
_Cveni ojaxis fuZes unda upatronos. vera, aitace bavSvi da baqoSi
gaemgzavre, iq samsaxursac iSovi da pirad cxovrebasac aiwyob.
 veram sibraziT xelebi ganze gaSala, sayveduris Tqma surda
disTvis, amis gafiqrebac ki rogor gabede, me Sen wamiTac ver
migatovebo, magram Tqmac ki ar acala anastasiam.

_SukosaviT nu datrialdebi Cems naTqvamze, arc ki gamibedo

SewinaaRmdegeba, bavSvis sicocxle unda ixsna, aq bedniereba ar
giweriaT, am ezoSi ubedurebas ubedireba mosdevs, guli migrZnobs es
ar iqneba dasasruli, Tu aqedan ar aibargebi!

_RmerTma dagvifaros nastinka!

_gadarCenisTvis unda ibrZolo, gaakeTe rac aucilebelia,

gaemgzavre aqedan baqoSi, iq iolad gaitan Tavs. Cemze nu idardeb, me
aqac aravin maxlebs xels, aravis vuSaveb arafers. sakuTar Tavs
mivxedav, axla Cemi sadardebeli Tqvena xarT.

vera Tvalcremliani usmenda dis darigebas, ver warmoedgina

umoZraod dayudebuli Anastasias bedisTvis mindoba.
garkveulwilad eimedeboda kidec misi, is xom dedis msgavsad
mzrunveli ufrosi da iyo odiTganve. Aanastasias mdgomareobis
Semdeg ki anna edga gverdSi dedasaviT mzrunveli.

is Rame TeTrad gaatara veram, ded-mamis naqoni wiTeli Cemodani

Tavisi da bavSvis CasacmelebiT gatena, mZinare bavSvs sabani amoukeca
gverdidan da samzareulos magidas Camoujda. axsendeboda Tavisi
bavSvoba, gardacvlili annas civi sxeuli, misi sasaxlis Casveneba
mesaflaveebis mier gaTxril, civ samareSi. magidis tiloTi uxeSad
imSralebda Tvalidan gadmomskdar msxvil cremlebs. sZulda
cxovreba, adamianuri Ralati, mimndobi gulubryviloba,
keTilSobileba, adamianisTvis damRupvel Tvisebad evlineboda
yovelive. mere daTas saxe warmoudga Tvalwin mowolili xumrobisas
rom icoda, yvelasgan gansxvavebuli iumoris grZnoba hqonda,
specifikuri moyolis manera, daTa mayaSvili adamianuri gatanis
diadi niWiT iyo dajildovebuli:

_TqvenTvis viloceb, nurafris SegeSendeba ucxo mxareSi, piriqiT,

nacnob adgilas aRar dagedgomleba, nuravis uambob represirebuli
ojaxidan rom xar, nuravis gadauSli Sens tkivil-gasaWirs, raTa
gabrazebul gulze swored im tkivilze ar dagaWiros fexi,
nuravius gadauSli Sens gulisnadebs, raTa borots arasdros Zinavs.

_mSvidobiT daiko!_tirilisgan Tavi veRar Seimagra veram, arada

RamiT piroba misca Tavs cremlis gareSe gadavivli ezos, raTa
giorgis axal gzaze siaruliT cremli ar davabedoo.

debi erTmaneTs Caxutebodnen, Aanastasia medgrad gamoiyureboda,

wasuli xmac mosvloda, gulSi ixutebda mtirala veras da
amxnevebda.
 _ukanmouxedavad wadi axla, werili momwere, rogorc ki Caxval.
zed Sens saxelsa da gvars nu miawer, sxvisi saxeliT gamomigzavne.
wadi axla, giorgis mixede da Sens gaTxovebazec izrune, cxovrebis
Tanamgzavri mamakacis amorCevisas gaxsovdes: maRali sulis elvareba,
maTxovris samosSic ki inarCunebs Zvirfas samkaulisebr sidiadesa da
brwyinvalebas.

vera ukanmouxedavad gadavida ezos, cali xeli patara

diSvilisTvis CaeWida, romelic momcro nabijebiT Zlivs miuyveboda
deidis mier gakvalul gzas, meore xeliT ZvelisZvel Cemodans
miaTrevda. Tvalis mifarvamde miacilebda mzeriT Aanastasia,
romelic mtkice xasiaTs avlenda naZaladevad gasamgzavrebeli disa
da diSvilis winaSe. maTi ezdodan gadasvlis Semdeg miwis beltiviT
moikunta, Tavi muxlebSi Cairgo da mwared aqviTinda.

XV
veram rkinigzis sadgurze matareblis bileTi SeiZina, gulma ver
mousvena foieSi momlodines, axlomaxlo kapikad saubarRirebulebis
avtomat telefoni SeniSna, bavSvian-Cemodnianad saCqarod miirbina,
Taroze sqeltaniani wigi-`satelefono cnobari~ aiRo da gamalebiT
dauwyo Zieba mezobel sidonias nomers.

telefons ramdenime zaris Semdeg upasuxa qalma: _ sidonia deida,

vera var, Seni mezobeli... mivegzavrebi, Sors, gexvewebi Aanastasias
mimixede, me aucileblad davbrundebi...

erTi wuTis Semdeg veras telefoni gaeTiSa, tirili surda, magram

patara bavSvis saxes Sexeda Tu ara, mis didron, cisfrad moelvare
Tvalebs, dakululebul fafuk Tmebs, loyebSi Caflul RimiliT
gadabadrul tuCebs, romelic ori Rrublis qulaTa Sua moqceul
pirmcinari mzesaviT iRimoda, gadaifiqara. xeSi aiyvana patara, meore
xeliT ZirgacveTili Cemodani miiwia da baqanze Semdgari
matareblisaken gaswia.

axali cxovrebisTvis gezaRebulma pirveli Rame baqos sadgurSi

gaaTia, bavSvi Tbilad SefuTna da skamze muxlebze wamoigora. patara
mgzavrs maleve mieZinda. momavali dRis gegmebic ukve daisaxa miznad,
inaTebda Tu ara dRe, maSinve gaeSureboda saerTo sacxovreblis
mosaZebnad, aucileblad moiZiebda axlomdebare sabavSvo baRs da
mxolod mas Semdeg fabrikebsa da qarxnebs Camouvlida samsaxuris
saZieblad. xelzec wamoeRo mezoblebisgan miRebuli dis
dakrZalvisas Sesawevari maneTianebi.

Sav labadasa da Tagvisfer beretSi gamowyobilma Tmebi xeliT

Seiswora da Tavs sisustis ufleba CamoarTva. Tavdapirvelad
SimSilisgan atirebuli bavSvi baRSi miiyvana, misi gaformeba ar
gasZnelebia. bavSvis dedad gaecno aRmzredels da misi dapureba
saCqarod moiTxova. ase iyo Tu ise, ramdenime dRis Semdeg vera ukve
samkervalo fabrikis muSa iyo, saerTo sacxovrebelSi cxovrobda da
martoxela dedis statussac flobda. damoukidebeli cxovreba arc
ise saSineleba yofilao, fiqrobda. amaze adre verc ki warmomedgina,
pirveli werilic gaugzavna TbilisSi momlodine ufros daikos.
`kargad movewyveT, yvelaferi kargadaa, araferi gviWirs, giorgi baRs
advilad mieCvia, vmuSaob fabrikaSi, mxolod Sen gvenatrebi uzomod~.

yvelaferi TiTqosda normalurad aewyo, Tumca warsulis

tkivilebi nakvalevSi Casdgomoda da fexdafex madevari xSirad
axsenebda Tavs, zedmet bednierebas qali gaurboda.

is dRec arasdros daaviwydeba, zafxulis papanaqeba idga, buRi

asdioda qalaqs. asfalti duRda, veras xelCaWiduli giorgi baRSi
mohyavda, magram Jurnal-gazeTebis jixurs gverdi auara Tu ara,
TvalSi mouvida gazeTebis pirvel gverdze gamotanili didi Sav-
TeTri fotoebi, saidanac Cixti-kopiani qali idumali RimiliT
momRimari imzireboda, saTaursac daakvirda, mixvda, Tbilisi
iuwyeboda, didi beladis dedis gardacvalebas. is dReE kargad
axsovs, 1937 wlis 4 ivnisi idga. maSin pirvelad gaacdina veram
samsaxuri. arc bavSvi aRar miiyvana baRSi, gaseirneba gadawyvita
ratomRac, gaucnobiereblad moawva glovis emocia, anna gaaxsenda,
patimrobidan dabrunebuli, uTmo Tavs TavSliT rom ifaravda. annaze
dawyebuli fiqri daTa mayaSviliT mTavrdeboda, misi aCqarebuli
siarulis manera, sul sadRac miiCqaroda, misi iumori, xumrobanarevi
naubari Tu RimiliT samse gamoxeda. ded-mamis gardacvaleba araferi
yofila am simwaresTano, gulSi ivlebda azrs da sakuTar Tavze
gamocdil oblobas, giorgisTvis veRar imetebda. ecodeboda
udedmamo giorgi.

jer saqanelaze gasarTobad waiyvana, mere sanayineSi. magidas

micucqebul nayiniT cxvir-pir amoTxvril pataras dakvirvebuli
mzrunvelobiT Seavlo Tvali da uTxra: _aba, damiZaxe, de-da, me deda
var Seni, vera ki ara!

nayinis mirTmeviT guldamtkbarma giorgim didad kmayofilma

warmosTqva _deda.

_ai, ase, sxva dros Sens wamosayvanad rom moval baRSi, vera ki ar
damiZaxo, deda damiZaxe, gaige... de-da!
 bavSvi tuCebs ilokavda da meqanikurad uqnevda Tavs magidasTan
mis win myof deidas. im wams cxovrebas pirwmindad waeSala saTuTi
mexsierebdan warsulis mogonebani, mas gulwrfelad ejera veras
dedobis. bavSvs gaucnobiereblad uyvarda veras mzrunveli xasiaTi,
TviTonac xalisobda mis gulze mosasvlelad. saerTo
sacxovrebelSi SedarebiT gvian, mosaRamovebulze dabrundnen mTeli
dRis moseirne deida-diSvili.

vera sawolze Camoujda dasaZineblad dawolil bavSvs, Aanastasia

gaaxsenda, upatronod miyruebuli saxlis gverdiT Camoxluli.
rodesac baqoSi wvimda, vera maRla caSi ixedeboda da Tvalebs
xuWavda, warmosaxvaSi ocnebobda, maRla, cisken aewvdina xelebi da
eTxova cisTvis, TbilsSi eulad darCenili, mitovebuli dis Tavze
gadaedara, an fumfqli Rrubeli gadaefarebina da wvimiT ar
daelumpa, iseve, rogorc Takara mzianobisas, mzisken xelebawvdils
sTxovda, TbilisSi erT patara saxlis baRSi, muxldaCoqili dis
Tavze nametans nu daacxunebo.

or wlinaxevris iyo giorgic, axal saerTo sacxovrebelSi rom

gadabargdnen. axal cxovrebas dediseuli mogonebebic pirwmindad
waeSala misi saTuTi mexsierebida, gulwrfelad ejera veras
dedobis. deidasac xom dedis suni udiso, naTqvamia, albaT amitom
yovelgvari eWvis gareSe miiRo deida dedad patara giorgim.

ramdenime wlis Semdeg, erT mzian dRes veras baRidan gamoyvanis

dros bavSvma hkiTxa: _deda, me mama myaavs? _da iseTi sevdiani
TvalebiT Sexeda deidas, rom sacaa samyaros magier atirdeboda.

wamierad gaaxsenda veras mamamisi, daTa mayaSvili, misi Cveuli

iumoris grZnobiT, Seyvarebuli Tavis daze, uxaroda vaJiSvilis
SeZena, maSin igrZno Tavi bednierad, kargad axsovs veras, gvian RamiT
samzareuloSi Sesuls wylis gamo, rodesac dis oTaxSi sinaTle
SeniSna. Cumad Seixeda, aseT gvianobamde ras akeTeben, xom mSvidoba
aqvTo. fexakrefiT miipara da mixuruli kari udnav uxmaurod SeuRo.
annas pirmSos gverdiT loginze tkbilad eZina, daTa ki bavSvis
saxvevebis uToobas gaeoflianebina, albaT colisTvis Sromis
Sesamsubuqeblad auTovebda.

giorgis kiTxavs mamis arsebobis Taobaze vera CaekiTxa: _ratom

kiTxulob, moxda rame?

_nwu, _gaaqnia Tavi bavSvma. _baRidan slava da igori mamikoebs

gamohyvaT xolme, me mama myaavs?

_gyavs!_guli ver atkina veram bavSvs, rom eTqva ar gyavso, axla am

patara biWis mozvavebuli cnobismoyvareobis dakmayofileba
mouxdeboda, ratom ar myavs, ver auxsnida represirebuli dedmamis
Sesaxeb da amitomac lamazad SefuTuli tyuili arCia mis
dasamSvideblad.

_sadaa? Sors, roca Camova, gpirdebi, isic gamogiyvans xolme

baRidan.

_sad Sors?.. male Camova?

_ki, Zalian Sors, TbilisSia, arc ise male Camova.

_ratom? uTxari ra, male Camovides, alioSamac mkiTxa mamaSeni

gyaavso?

_alioSasac akiTxavs mama?

_ara, alioSas mama ar hyavs, ase Tqva, momikleso.

_marTla?!_daibna vera, bavSvis win Caimuxla da TvalebSi

gamomcdelad daakvirda, oRondac misTvis gulis damnisvleli fiqri
ar SeeniSna, oRondac mis TvalebSi sevda ar gamomkrTaliyo,
yvelafers izavda, Tavze daimxobda cas, samyaros, yvelafers
daiTmenda.

_mere, is alioSa tiris xolme?

_xo, mama mec mindao, ambobs da mere tirils iwyebs. ici, minda
Cemi mama baRSi movides da Cemma megobrema dainaxon.

_mova, Sens megbrebs uTxari rom mamaSeni TbiliSia, samuSaodaa

gagzavnili, roca Camova aucileblad gavacnobT Sens megobrebs,
kargi?_sixaruliT gamococxlebul TvalebSicisferi varskvlavebi
acialdnn, bululiviT aqoCril oqrosfer kulula Tmaze xeli nazad
gadausva da sacxovreblisken gaswies. bavSvi xtunviT mihyveboda
deidas gverdiT.

vera iZulebiT CauRrmavda fiqrebSi saocnebo mamakacis arsebobas,

amaze mxolod uocnebia, Torem Seyvarebuli arasdros hyavda. arc
aravis gamouTqvams survili mis Seyvarebaze. an vin moaswrebda amas,
veras yoveldriuri dila gadarbeniT iwyeboda da gadmorbeniT
saRamovdeboda. mxolod erTxel axsovs, daTas da annas dapatimrebis
Semdeg samsaxuridan daiTxoves, rogorc moRalateTa ojaxis wevri,
maSin mezobelma kolam urCia kolmeurneobis fermaSi mwvelavad
muSaobis dawyeba. daiwyo kidec, TeTr xalaTSi gamowyobili dila-
saRamos wvelida fermis savmse curian Zroxebs, sore dim dros,
rodesac veras cxovreba uxaloso mdinaris dinebas moiyveboda,
swored maSin gamouCnda Tayvanismcemeli. tanad zorba, mxar-beWiani,
boxi xmis patroni, ufrosis moadiled muSaobda, Caisferi saqaRalde
hqonda pijakis iRliaSi gaCrili da xSirad icoda focxiviT didi,
Savi ulvaSis fxana. es Cvevad hqonda, yovelgvari aRelvebisas, andac
mciredi emociis dros, gamalebuli mohyveboda ulvaSis fxanas.

swored am ulvaSianma SeniSna Tu ara Tavis daqvemdebarebul

fermaSi momuSave mwvelavi-vera, maSinve Tvali daiWira masze, xan
garkveviT ekiTxeboda raRac umniSvnelos, xan gaurkvevlad
esaubreboda raRac arasebulze... magaliTad araerTxel gamouTqvams
gulistkivili yaraCoRelebis ararsebobaze, arada Zvel tfiliss
yaaCoReli ise uxdeba rogorc wyals Tevzio, yaraCoRelebi yvelani
an daixocnen da an 1921 wlis mere daxvretis Sedegad gadaSendnen.
zogmac yaraCoRelobaze uari ganacxada da maTTvis gankuTvnili
SesaniSnavi tansacmeli Tanamedrove samosze gacvala. kintoebi
saWironni aRar iyvnen, amitomac isini bunebrivad gadagvardnen,
magram ai, yaraCoRelebi, mjera rom kidev gamoCndebian TbilisSi,
radgan, rogorc is irwmuneboda, ar arsebobda Tevzi uwylod da
wali uTevzod. Tevzi didi da TvalSisacemi unda iyos, Torem
wyalSi Tavkombalebic ariano.

qali xvdeboda mamakacis yuradRebis mizezs, Tumc mis

nanerviulebel gulamde ver dadioda vinmesTa sasiyvarlo trfiali.

ulvaSianma sdia, sdia waRma-ukuRma veras, magram axalgazrda

qalis uyuradRebobiT daRlilma erT dResac xeli Caiqnia da Tavi
daaneba.

mis mere verasTvis mciredi yuradRebac ki aRaravis gamouxatavs.

misi cxovreba monotonuri rudunebiT miuyveboda Tavawyvetil
cxovrebas, uxalisod, mizans ki saxelad giorgi da Aanastasia erqva:

_Seyverebuli gyaavs? _ CekiTxa erTxel TanamSromeli farvana,

rodesac gaigo veras martoxela dedobis ambavi.

_ara, ar myavs._aiCeCa darcxveniT mxrebi maSin, radgan

qmarmitovebuli qali sircxvilisa da gaWorvis mizezi xdeboda
yovelTvis.

_arc sayvareli ar gyavs?_ar cxreboda farvana.

_ara, ras ambob!

_Tu ara, unda gaiCino, erTi mainc,

veras ewyinasaviT Tanatol-TanamSrolis naTqvani, Tumca ar

SeimCnia:

_mere, mas rom colma gaugos?

_Senc ecade sanam Zalian ar Segiyvarebs, colma ver gaugos. roca

dro dagidgeba da eg dro aucileblad dgeba, miCveulze uSenoba rom
aRar SeZleba, mere advilia, cols bolobolo Sen gaagebineb,
keTilismsurvelis saxeliT daurekav an werils miswer, isic gaigebs,
iTakilebs, eCxubeba, Senc eg ar gendomeba? qmarsac mzamzareulad
iSovni!.. uRond ecade Tavidan colma ar gagigos, ise, Tu naadrevad
gaigebs da ai dardi. Sensas mainc gaixaliseb.

_ase ar SemiZlia, unda miyvardes mamakaci rom masze fiqri SevZlo,

Tanac ucolo unda iyos! Tumc siyvarulisTvis exla sadRa mcalia...

_siyvaruls ra mocla sWirdeba?_eubneboda farvana, _Sexede da

gauRime, is gagicinebs, mere mis win xelebiT Tmebi keklucad
Seiswore, TvalebSi Sexeda da mxiarulad SeanaTe da morCa, uyvarxar.

veram dadumeba arCia, arc mTlad asea saqme, mamakacis Seyvarebis

xalisi ar hqonda, TiTqos mTeli sxeulidan, misi Zal-Rone viRacas
amoetumba da axla ugrZnob, meqanikur Tojinas damsgavsebuli
Sinaganad ugrZnobi gamxdariyo sxvebis mimarT.

_ara, me rom qmari myoloda, bavSvi mas mamad waradgenda baRSi da

ase aRar dawydeboda guli sxvisi mamebis Semxevdares. Cailaparaka
TavisTvis, saxlSi misulma veram da Caidanis aduRebas Seudga.

XVI
martod darCenili Aanastasias guli dadardianeboda, debis bediT,
magram veras mowerili werilidan meore werilamde molodiniT
suldgmulobda. yovel dilas Sedioda masTan sidonia da exmareboda
piradi higienis dacvaSi.

Mmere iqve patara kunZe Camoujdeboda da burdas ambebisT

cdilobda gaerTo. Aanastasia xaTrs ver utexavda, Tumca ar
eambeboda mis gulsa da suls. debis bediT Sewuxebuls axla
nugeSad religiuri grZnobebi evlineboda, gardacvlili satrfos
sulis Sesaxeb fiqri guls malamod efineboda, satrfos sizmarSi
ise naTlad naxulobda, rom cxadisgan Zneli gasarCevi xdeboda.

sidonia ki ar saubriT ar asvenebda. uambobda burdas siyvarulis

pirvelwyaros, evas Sesaxeb, Tu rogor mosTqvamda yovel dilauTenia
sawyali vaJiSvili, rogor ganicdida TvalnaWeri evas unaxavobas,
rogor ibrZoda sofelSi dasabruneblad, radgan Tundac erTxel
mainc moekra Tvali satrosTvis, Zneli yofila calmxrivi
grZnobebio, ityoda da naTqvams kvnesas daayolebda xolme.
 mTeli dRis ganmavlobaSi mjdomare Aanastasias stumrebi ar
eleoda, magram Zveli nacnobis stumroba iq myofTaTvis
moulodneli aRmoCnda. galoba axali dasrulebuli hqonda
anastasiasTan erTad qalebs, rom daTovlili WiSkaris kari xmauriT
gaiRo. ezoSi or mamakacs aqeT-iqidan xelkavgayrili Zalzed
moxucebuli berikaci mohyavdaT.

daTovlil gzas misi nakvalevi STambeWdavad aCndeboda didi

zomis fexsacmlis lanCis ucnauri moxatulobis gamo. bardnida,
msxvili fifqebi pirdapir wamwamebze efineboda Aanastasias da
moSorebul manZilze adamianis saxis garCeva uZneldeboda. moxuci
mamakaci anastasiasTan axlos miiyvanes da SedarebiT maRal skamze
Camosves, mokrunCxuli fexebi Zlivs gaSala moxucma, xelebi da
nikapi ukankalebda, Tavsac ver imagrebda, erTTavad caxcaxi
gaudioda.

Aanastasias miesalma Tu ara mamakaci, maSinve icono misi Cveuli

xmis tembriT, gansxvavebuli diqciis maneriT. Aanastasias gulSi
iotis marcvlis odena RvarZli ar moipoveboda, ar SeeZlo vinmes
wyena gulSi ise mkacrad CaeWira, rom sxva grZnobebisTvis adgili
aRar darCenoda. ar SeeZlo adamiani dasjisTvis gaemetebina da
gulsa Tu gunebaSi jvarze gaekra. wameba mxolod boroteulTa
gamonagonia, romelsac sakuTari meryevi fsiqikis samkurnalo
saSualebad warmoesaxebaT. rac metad awameben sxvis sxeuls, miT
metad eCvenebaT sakuTari Tavebi Zlier, yovlisSemZle da sxvaze
upiretesobadnaqcev mbrZaneblad, magram es mxolod moCvenebiTia.

Aanastasias win skamze, moxucebuli vahar gargaroviCi ijda,

damoukideblad gadaadgilebis unars moklebuli, amitom axldnen
Tanmxlebni. vahari mis win muxldaCoqili, kafandara qalis win
Camomjdari, gamomcdeli TvalebiT uyurebda ZvelisZvel nacnobs,
Sinagani dardis Wia mosvenebas ar aZlevda, rac etyoboda es
umankoebis sadari qali, romelic siyvarulis gamo ganwiruli
Tovlian amindSic ki Tavs ar icodebda:

_micani?_ikiTxa Zalian mokrZalebuli toniT da qalis Sinagani

samyaros ganwyobas garegani reaqciis gamomJRavnebiT daakvirda.

_gicxaniT._mokrZaleulad upasuxa qalma da gauRima.

_mas mere, albaT... gulSi veRar mapatieT, albaT Cemze brazobT,

gZulvarT...

_gapatieT, ar mZulxarT, arc maSin mZuldiT.

_me Tqven miyvardiT...

 _ara, Tqven siyvaruli ar SegiZliaT, ubralod mogwondiT,
siyvarulsa da mowonebas Soris iseTive gansxvavebaa, rogorc
daWaobebul adgilsa da mokamkame wyaros mqone yvavilovan
walkouts Soris. Tumca arc Waobia cudi, iq cocxali, nairferovani
bayayebi binadroben, kidev bambukebicaa...

_ra vici, egre moxda, egre aewyo, etyoba bediswera gvedga egeTi,
annamac uari mtkica, misma Seyvarebulma sul nolze damsva,
gadamiwva da gadamibuga iqauroba. aqedan gavemgzavre, magram erTi
rom mogecareba xeli adamians, mere fexze dogma Zneli xdeba. iqac
veRar aviwye cxovreba.

_bedisweras Cven vqmniT, Cvenive gaucnoberebeli fiqrebiT,

msjelobiT, sxvisTvis Tavsmoxveuli azrebiT, ablabudis qseliviT.

_xo, marTla, maria sadaa? ar miTxraT rom...

_diax, gardaicvala.

_didi xania?

_ramdenime wlis win, 1935-wels.

_1935-Si?.. vai, vai... ra mouvida sacodavs? ra kargi qali iyo, rom

gamego pativs mivagebdi da dakrZalvas daveswrebodi. _nerviulad
aaTamaSa damWknari, kotita TiTebi mamakacma._da Tqveni debi? anna da
is patara rom gyavdaT, anci gogo, sul rom daxtoda, patara
eSmakunebi rom ucinodnen TvalebSi...

_anna, _Tqva naRvliani xmiT, da Rrmad amoioxra, ise, TiTqos,

guls dardi da boRma amoayolao_daiRupa.

_isic kaco, isica? sumTlad jeels, imas raRa daemarTa?

anastasiam uxmod, mxrebis aCeCviT gamoxata sevda pasuxgaucemel

kiTxvaze.

_daa... is oinbazi, Tqveni dis Seyvarebuli ro iyo... isa, imis bedi

rogoRa wavida?_ anastasiam naTlad SeamCnia
mamakacisdamokidebuleba, Tu rogor gadaiyvana saubari Senobidan
TqvenobiT formaSi.

_daTa mayaSvili?.. daTa da anna maSinve daojaxdnen, aqeT, am ezoSi

cxovrobdnen, Tavs mevlebodnen, imaT sulebs veambore, magram cota
mogvianebiT gaaformes samoqalaqo qorwineba. daTa daxvrites, ras
vizamT, masobriv represias masobrivi xasiaTi aqvs.

saxeze gaoceba aRbeWvdoda vahars, piri Ria darCenoda da erTxans

ase ijda, magram rodesac ukeTesad gaacnobiera naTqvami, fexze
Seecada wamodgomas, gverdiT mdgomma mxleblebma xelkavi gamosdes
da fexze wamodgomaSi daexmarnen.

_eg, ra cudi rame miTxariT, vax, vax, RmerTo, ai, pirjvars viwer,
naTeli... naTeli hqondes..._gaocebuli saxis gamometyvelebiT
zecisken ixedeboda moxucebuli, Tvalebi cremlebs daenisla,
saxeze didroni fifqebi dasdeboda.

_Tqvens ZaRls, didad mokrZalebulad eqceoda, civ niavs ar

akarebda, ezos ar iyo gadmocilebuli, rom kiTxulobda, ZaRlma Tu
isadilao.

_aba, romeli Cemi ZaRli?_gaikvirva vaharma da skamze Camojdoma

moisurvila._aba, romeli?

_basara, aq rom gyavdaT, gamgzavrebamde!

_basara?_SeuZlebelia, basara xom mosaklavad gavayole erT

Cemians?_gadaxeda niSnisgebiT gverdiT mdgomela Savpaltoian jeel
mamakacs. am ukanasknelmac mxrebis aCeCviT aniSna ZaRlis
mdgomareobis Sesaxeb, ara vici rao.

_ese igi, ar mouklavs, momatyua, magaSi fuli wamcincla, xedavT?

aq gazrdili iq veRar miCerdeboda, axali Casuli viyavi, TiTqmis
erTi dRis, Cem xelmocarul, uxasiaTo mdgomareobas misi
gauTavebeli ymuili emateboda. erT biWs fuli gadavuxade, tyeSi
rom gaeyvana da sanadiro TofiT moekla. xedamT?
mamatyuila!_gadaxeda aqeT-iqidan axalgazrda Tanamemamuleebs.

_Zalian kargi uqnia Tu ara mouklavs, sicocxle yvelasTvis

tkbilia, maT Soris ZaRlisTvisac. aq mouvida daTas.

_maS tyuili araferia?.. fuli rom gamamtyua!

_fuliT sicocxles ver iyidiT, fuli mxolod mis

SesanarCuneblad an xelsayofad Tu ivargebs. kargi ZaRli iyo,
Tvinieri da mosiyvarule. daTas Zalian uyvarda, Tumca imas yvela
uyvarda, iseve, rogorc Cems das.

_is patara anci gogo rom gyavdaT, is sadRaa?_ ikiTxa

cnobismoyvare saxiT.

_vera?_anastasiam cota Seayovna pasuxi, tuCebi mopruwa, mere

TvalbiT, TiTqos cis burusiT gajerebuli, uxilavi horizonti
moiniSna. Tovlis didroni, fumfqli fifqebi saxeze ecemoda da
momentalurad dneboda.
 _is patara anci gogo, gaizarda, daqalda, sxva qveyanaSi cxovrobs,
qmari da erTi biWi hyavs. _Tqva anastasiam da veras saTuTad xsenebis
gamo pirjvari gadaiwera.

mciredxniani dumili Camowva maT Soris. Aanastasia mokrZalebuli

saxiT mjdomi taniT msubuqad arwevda sxeuls aqeT-iqiT. Tavze
fumfqli Tovlis korianteli TeTri qudiviT dasdeboda, mxrebze
ZvelisZveli pledi hqonda Semoxveuli, pledi erqva Torem ZonZs
ufro hgavda, alag-alag nafxrewqceuli da gacrecili. wlebs Tavisi
eqna, Tumca fergausvlelad daetovebina Aanastasias gulisworis,
kiriles naqoni pledi, romelic daTas ukve gardacvlili kiriles
saxlidan wamoiRo da dRemde saTuTad hqonda Semonaxuli. sust
mxrebze moexva TovliviT dafaruli, xeliT gulispirs miekra.
esaTuTeboda satrfos naqons, axlac mas eWidaveboda da TiTqos im
usulo, moxveul qsovils patronisadmi erTgulebas umtkicebda:

_me ver warmomedgina aseTi dasasruli, Seni cxovreba raRa

cxovrebaa, ase rom zixar... da mec agera, 82 welSi Sevdivar, Zalian
avada var, aRarc iqiTa var da aRarc aqeTa. xelebi, Tavi, nikapi,
fexebi sul erTTavada mikankalebs, eqimma Tqo saylapavi milis
Seviwrovebaca aqvso, kinaRam davixrCe ramdenjerme, raRa. saWmeli
mSia da SiSiTa var, ylapvisa meSinia. yveli da puri menatreba, Wama
ar gamodis. minda patieba meTxova SenTvisac da annasTvisac... Tu ram
gamaCnda aRaraferi damrCa, es koleqtivizaciis gamo Cemi nebiT
gadaveci sagvareulo adgil-mamulebi. ver gadaitanes dedaCemma da
mamaCemma_mSoblebis gaxsenebam Tvalze cremli moawola, xeli
dananebiT Caiqnia da gaagrZela. _Sinaganad raRac mawvalebs, TiTqos
mebrZvis, rasac vityvi, pirukuRma mitrialdeba. gulze mawveboda,
TiTqos raRac, da sunTqvaSi xels miSlida. iqneb meca vtyui SenTan
da eg codva mawvalebs?.. mapatie, Aanastasia ivanovna, mapatie,
Semibrale da Tqvi xolme Cemze, mipatiebia-Tqo.

Aanastasias gaeRima: _araferi ar arsebobs upatiebeli, merwmuneT,

Tqven mxolod mizezi Tu iyaviT, magram mizezi erTi konkretuli Tu
ar iqneba, meore, ufro zogadi gamoCneba, mizezebs
gulxeldakrefili ar unda davuxvdeT, Cven unda vyofiliyaviT
Zlierni da Zlierad davxvedrodiT sawuTros yovel gansacdels.

_getyoboda Zalian giyvarda is vaJi, magrama, uqoneliao, ambobda

maria, maxsovs...

_siyvaruli es is uxilavi samyaroa, romlidanac dabadebisas

movdivarT da romliskenac eSurebian mxolod damsaxurebulni
sikvdilis Semdeg. miyvarda, axlac miyvars.

_maSin siyvarulze ase dauridebeli saubari cotaTi samarcxvinoc

iyo, amaze mxolod giJpoetebi Tu werdnen leqsebs, Torem gagania
gaWirvebul, saSimSilo mdgomareobaSi vin dagidebda siyvaruls.
roca gSia da gwyuria, siyvaruli maSinaTve qreba. siyvaruli
fiqrebis gasarTobadaa mogonili. eg icoda mariamac, da albaT,
magitom cdilobda Tqvenze Wkvianurad zrunvas.

_wrfeli siyvaruli mudmivad gamocdis winaSe mdgomia. maxes xan

erTi mxridan gigebs da xanac meoridan, magram Zliers am patar-
patara xrikobanis ar unda eSinodes, mTavaria sakuTar grZnobebis
winaSe gulmarTali idges, Torem arawfel siyvaruls, iseTs, ai,
angarebaze agebuls rom vuwodebT, gamocda an maxe raT unda, andac
ar arsebuli siyvaruli rogor daingreva, rogor gacamtverdeba?

_gulze momeSva Seni naubari, ra tkbilad vbaasobT, rom ar menaxe

ar iqneboda... mainc exla mounda am casac Cem jibrze Tova, Tanac
ramsimsxoebsa yris, xilvadobas aWirebs e fantelebi.

wasasvlelad momzadebuli fexze Zlivs aayenes gverdiT myofma

mamakacebma. aqeT-iqedan xelkavgamodebuli babajaniT daiZra
adgilidan. anastasiasTan axlos mivida, TvalebSi Sexedvas ver
axerxebda, SemkrTali toniT hkiTxa:

_SeiZleba xelze geamboroT?

anastasiam Txeli xelis mtevani gamoaZvrina gadaTovlili pledis

qveSidan da mis winaSe mdgom moxucs gauwoda. is xelze Zalzed
mokrZalebuli maneriT eambora, Tvalebze mowolili Aankara
cremlis kiafi SeniSna qalma, moxucis damWknari xeli axlos moiwia
da loyaze miibjina.

saocrad madlieri TvalebiT Sehyurebda vahari TvaldaxuWul

qals, ramdenime wams gastana am mdgomareobam, Tumca moxuci vaharis
guls saukuned moeCvena, Sinagan samyaroSi sinaTle igrZno, mzis
sxivebis msgavsi, romelsac siTboTi da simsubuqiT gaejerebina
guli:

_ra saTno qali yofila, ravi Cemdros egreTi mosaubre ar iyo

da... _miabijebda moxucebulobisTvis damaxasiaTebeli nabijebiT da
TavisTvis butbutebda vahar gargaroviCi, uxmod mihyvebodnen
gverdiT xelkavgamodebuli mamakacebi.

zurgidan mimavali stumrebi TvalebiT aRar gadaucilebia ezos,

zed moxveuli kiriles naqoni pledi saxesTan aiwia da kideebze
kocna dauwyo, TvaldaxuWuls warmosaxvaSi gaidealebuli mamakacis
sileuti daudga Tvalwin, misi manerebi, misi surnelic igrZno,
Tvalgaxelils misgan mxolodRa erTi daxeuli, droisgan ganacreci
pledi SerCenoda.
 TeTrad aelvarebuli Tovlis korianteli dgeboda mjdomare
Aanastasias ezoSi.

XVII
baqoSi myofma veram gaTxovebis Sesaxeb gadawyvetileba
elvis siswrafiT miiRo, radgan mis anabara darCenil giorgis
umamobis gulistkivili ar egrZno. Tayvanismcemeli Tavisive
samsaxurSi gamoiCina. viqtor sozonovi urigo mamakaci ar iyo,
Tavmovlili, akuratulad Cacmul-daxuruli, yovel wuTas Tavze
xelis gadasmas SeCveuli Tvals uSterebda dauRalavad mSromel
veras. vera miuxvda Tu ara mamakacis interesdamokidebul
yuradRebas, aRar daerida. sasadiloSi TviTonve miuaxlovda mas
da erT magidasTan sadiloba SesTavaza. gacnobiTac TviTon
gaecno: _vera nikiSeva.

_viqtor sozonovi,_gulze xelis midebiT daukra Tavi

jentlmenuri TavazianobiT mamakacma.

_ici, me Tbiliseli var,

_xo?.. gamogia Tbilisi.

_namyofi ar xar?

_ara, magram ra problemaa, SemiZlia Svebuleba aviRo da

gavemgzavro, Tu ginda erTad wavideT, mainc Seni mSobliuri
qalaqi yofila, megzurobas xom ver gamiwevdi?

_siamovnebiT, Zalian lamazi qalaqia.

im dRidan jer damegobrdnen, daaxloebiT erTi kviris Tavze

ki viqtori verasTan saerTo sacxovrebelSi gadabargda. xelic iq,
baqoSo moaweres. vera mTel imedebs giorgis aRzrda-gazrdaze
amyarebda, amitom cdilobda bavSvi ar yofiliyo gulCaTxrobili,
Tanatol-megobrebisgan gansxvavebuli,

viqtors mihyvada yoveldiliT patara giorgi baRSi da masve

gamohyavda. samsaxuridan dabrunebuli vera samzareuloSi
iwyebda trials, dedisa da meuRlis roli saukeTesod moirgo,
sadRac gulis kunWulSi gaucnobierebeli tkivilis da
danaSaulis SegrZneba tanjavda. iqneb es danaSaulia Cemi dis,
annas bavSvi rom mivisakuTre, deda davaZaxebine da simarTle
davumaleo, ganicdida, Tumca is kadric natlad, detalurad
axsendeboda, rodesac RamiT Savlabadiani usiamovno stumrebis
 win daTas xeldaxel gamomcxvari tyuili, maSin sul patara
giorgi veras Svilad warudgina maT. vera yvelafers izamda
yvela tkivils da yvela sirTules gadalaxavda giorgis
bednierebisTvis. meuRlec mis neba-survils morCilad dauyva,
giorgis mama daaZaxebina da Tbili da mosiyvarule mamad eqca
bavSvs.

xSirad avlebda paralelebs mebrZoli sulis mqone, gamxdari

aRnagobis daTa mayaSvilsa da sakuTari Tavis moyvaruli,
Cafskvnili garegnobis viqtor sozonovs Soris. gansxvaveba
TvalSi sacemi hqondaT, magram vera viqtoris didad kmayofili
iyo, radgan giorgis mama daaZaxebina da sabWoTa sazogadoebis
mentalobidan gamomdinare ase Tu ise, Sviliani qali SeirTo
colad. amaze araerTi damcinavi replica da Wori mousmenia,
Tumca qalis dabeCavebuli warsulis tkivilebs ainunSiac ar
moudiodaT raime saxis emocia gamoexata sazogadoebis mier
gamoTqmul azrebze. kmara, isedac bevrs vgdeT yuri, neta Cems
daikosac ar darideboda, im uxeiro mezoblebs ar gakareboda. vi
icis, iqneb dRes cocxali yofiliyo, aq CemTan erTad baqoSi
gvecxovra, andac iqneb Tbilisidan gamoqcevac aRar
dagvWirveboda, nastinkasTan viqnebodiT, giorgis namdvili dedis
siyvaruli ecodineboda... Tumc me Cemi daikos xsovnas piroba
miveci rom giorgis udedobas ar vagrZnobineb...~_xSirad
gauyuCdeboda xolme fiqrebs vera.

XVIII
RvTismSoblis taZris kuTxe-kunWuli TvaldaxuWulma icoda
bavSvobidan, mogalobe anastasiam. misi TiToeuli xati, wigni. axla
is taZari abanod eqciaT, amis warmodgena ki anerviulebda qals da
mis mRelvarebas aZlierebda. taZris abanoSi siaruls aiZulebdnen
Cinovnikebsa da maTi ojaxis wevrebs, taZris win mudam modaraje
miliciis morige brigade idga, romelnic didi gulisyuriT
awarmoebda wamsvlel-momsvlelTa Sesaxeb aRricxvianobas.

Aanastasia warmoidgenda Tu ara taZridan gazidul xatebs, taZris

ZvelisZvel nivTebs da im adgilas, sadac rwmeniT gajerebuli
xalxis salocavi da gulismosaoxebeli iyo, brazdeboda. misi
baRidan xelisguliviT moCanda quCa, gamvlel-gamomvlelebs iolad
awvdenda xmas, maT gasagonad iwyebda Txovnasa da vedrebas: nu ivliT
im abanoSi, sadac Cveni winaprebis mier gulmxurvaled aRvlenili
locvani madlad gvefineboda da gvevleboda Cvens ojaxebs,kerebs,
Cvens qalaqs, qveyanas, xedavT ra icis rwmenis ugulveyofam? wiTlebi,
yvelgan wiTlebi Canan. RmerTs vin ebrZvis? visac yvelaze metad
eSinia sakuTari codvebis, romelic TviT materializmis
keTildReobisTvis Caidina. yvelam naTlad icis guli or RmerTs ver
itans, verc RmerTsa da kerps erTdroulad. erTs, romelic yvelaze
keTilSobilia, aucileblad gaaZevebs meore, raTa adamianTa guli
ukeT grZnobdes farisevlobas. uRmerToba unda codvils, raTa
Cadenilze pasuxis momkiTxavi aravin hyavdes, amitom iqmnis iluzias
materialuri msoflmxedvelobis da Tavis gverdiT sxvebsac
aiZlulebs uRmerTobas. arada, ar arsebobs adamiani gulSi, Tundac
sustad mainc RmerTis rwmena ar hqondes da gulSi uflis
sadideblad sanTlis patara RvenTi ara bJutavdes. Citi wyals rom
svams maRla ixedeba RvTis sadideblad, Cven ki sadidebeli taZari
abanod gviqcies, tartli iq CamoirecxeTo... nu ivliT dasabanad
taZrebSi, romelnic wmindaa, nu SebilwavT Tqveni winaprebis nalocav
nakvalevs.

xalxma RmerTi rom iwamos, wiTlebs vinRa iwamebs? arada maT

TavianTi xateba surT yvelgan, raTa adamianebs ufro metad ejeroT
da swamdeT maTi, SeSinebuli morwmuneni ki ioli dasaWeria xelT,
ioli samarTavi, arada viric ki gauWiutdeba xolme zogjer
dedabunebas. Svilic, roca damoukidebel sarCos Soulobs, mSoblebi
upataravdeba TvalSi, esenic dapataravdebian. RmerTis uaryofiT,
wiTel adamians Tavis mwared codvili warsulis daviwyeba surs.

sakuTari baRidan Aanastasias mier Txovna-mudaris ambavi

quCaSigamvlel-gamomvlelebsadmi, uyuradRebod ar Cauvlia
samarTaldamcvelTa yurs. miTumetas, Tu gaviTvaliswinebT imasac
rom abanod gadakeTebul taZarSi xalxi aRar dadioda, mxolodRa
partiuli xalxis colebi Svilebianad Tu Sekunkuldebodnen da isic
ara dasabanad, aramed sruliad tyuilad, sxvis TvalSi
mosaCveneblad. uflis rwmenam vardis kokoriviT gauSlelad icis
gulis kuTxeSi miyuCeba, miCumaTeba, magram odesRac aucileblad
gadaifurCqneba da patrons tkbili saunjis nayofiT aRafrTovanebs.

erT dilas, rodesac gazafxuls naadrevi piri eqna zamTris

gasabunZuleblad, mzis siTbos moZalebuli Zali da Roni amkobda
baRs da zamTris naleqisagan darCenil sinotives aSrobda, xeebic ise
gadabadruliyvnen, sacaa kvirtobis dasaxeTqad iwyebda
Tavmomwoneobas, Citebi sagazafxulo ariebs galobdnen yoveli mzis
tafobze amowverisas, ori milicieli gadavida nikiSevebis ezoSi.
yvelafers dakvirvebis TvaliT akvirdebodnen da saeWvos aRmoCenas
cdilobdnen. erTma wlobiT daketil saxls miukakuna, veras
gamgzavrebis Semdeg am saxlSi kaci-Svili ar SeWaWanebuliyo,
garedan boqlomic ki hqonda gamombuli, romlis Jangmokidebuli
gasaRebi bawriTAwiwovan xeze ekida. meore milicieli qaRaldis
furcel-kalam momarjvebuli, sagangebod moemzada dakiTxvis
CanawerisTvis:

_saxeli da gvari?!_amoiluRlulRa Aanastasias win mdgomma.

_CemTan dasakiTxad modixarT da saxeli da gvari ar iciT?

_gvipasuxe rasac gekiTxebi!.. saxeli da gvari!

_anasatasia ivanovna nikiSeva.

_gavigeT, Turme ilanZRebiT!

_vis vlanZRav? Tqven Tu Tqven?_jer erTs, mere more miliciles

Seavlo qalma Tvali.

_konkretulad me verevin gamlanZRavs!_CaibuzRuna meorem.

_aba, konkretulad Tu Tqven ara, maS vis vlanZRav?.. damisaxeleT.

_kargiT, iq dagisaxelebT!

_sad iq?

_ganyofilebaSi._gasca didmniSvnelovani pasuxi pirvelma

milicielma._xalxi dadis Turme TqvenTan... ratom?

_vin xalxi dadis? CemTan ucxo aravin modis, yvela RvTis Svilia
da Cemiani.

_ratom dadian, mkiTxaobT?

_RmerTo, Sen gadmomxede._Cailaparaka ukmayofilod anastasiam da

vedrebisaTvis cad aRapyro Txeli xelebi._Sen gaunaTe goneba
ugunurT da STaagone sikeTis arsi.

_kiTxvaze mipasuxeT, mkiTxaobT?

_ara, me mkiTxavi ar var.

_aba, winaswarmetyvelobT?

_ara.

_maS, xalxi ratom dadis TqvenTan?

_imitom, rom martoxela var, Cems sanaxavad modian, Cems

gamokvebaze zrunaven, saTbilobeli moaqvT, mivlian, mere aq, xis
skamebze Camojdebian xolme da vbaasobT yvelaze uzenaes Temebze,
yvelaze Tbil da mosiyvarule ambebze. aq vinc dadis didsulovani
adamianebi arian, radgan keTil saqmes Cadian.

_Sen sul ase zixar, gaunZrevlad?

 _diax!

_Tu ase zixar, zamTarSi ratom ar gaiyine?

_aq mosuli adamianebi imden siTbos da siyvaruls mitoveben, rom

myofnis gasaTbobad.

_gaTboba ar gaqvT?_ikiTxa ufrosma da saxli uSnod

TvalmoWutulma SeaTvaliera.

_diax, maqvs, ai! _ Tqva qalma da xeliT Tavis win sivrce moiniSna.

erTma milicilema meores gadaxeda da saferTqelTan miitanili

TiTi daitriala.

_rame xom ar gelandebaT xolme?_ikiTxa meore milicielma

ironiuli cnobismoyvareobiT.

_diax!_Tqva anastasiam da ukmayofilod mokuma tuCebi._axlac

melandeba Tqvens Tavebze ori rqa, Tqven amas ver xedavT, magram Tu
wesierad ar iazrovnebT da brma gonebis nayofebiT cdundebiT,
wiTeli kudebic gamogebmevaT, mere Tqveni ojaxis wevrebsac ki
SeeSindebaT Tqveni. kudianebs dagiZaxeben da fui eSmakis Zaxili
sizmarSic ar mogasvenebT. Sen, mama gyavs gardacvlili, morwmune iyo
da mTeli cxovreba xis jvriT dadioda, Sen ki amis gcxvenoda da
mamas bneli gonebis adamians pirSi uZraxdi, xom ase iyo?.. ar
gcxvenia?_uTxra pirvels da mere meorisken miabruna pirisaxe_Sen ki,
colTan problemebi gaqvT, unayofobas imas abraleb, arada
yvelafris mizezi TviTon brZandebi! kidev aiZuleb cols wminda
taZaris Seuracxyofas? daixsome, WuWyis madliereba jobia, wmidaTa-
wmidis Selaxvas, warmavali sxeulis viTom gasufTavebis mizniT!
icode, Tu kidev ivli barbarosebis mier abanodnaqcev RvTismSoblis
taZarSi dasabanad, uaresi daavadeba dagemarTeba, mourCenels rom
eZaxi, is.

naTqvemis gamo saxe gadaufiTrda meore miliciels, muxlebs

hkiTxa da ezo elvis siswrafiT datova, pirvelma ki dokumentis
Sevseba aaCqara:

_eg ra aris?

_mosawvevi dokumenti. dasakiTxad unda mobrZandeT aqve, raionuli

miliciis SenobaSi_Tqva xmis kankaliT milicielma.

_ki, moval, iseve, rogorc erTdros mamaSeni movida Sens

wamosayvanad, roca daWerili hyavdi usamarTlod e, mag
samarTaldamcav milicias, mozardobisas.
 milicielma Tvalebi daaWyita, saxe wiTlad aenTo, mere ukan
miixeda, kargad SeaTvaliera Tavisi TanamSromlis adgilmdebareoba,
guli daimSvida imiT, rom adgilidan mowyvetils iseTi siswrafe
aeRo rom gadaerbina TvalTaxedvis areali, quCaSi nemsis yunwis
xelaRa moCanda. ezoSi darCenilma milicionerma jebeze
mokrZalebulad gaikra xeli, iqidan wiTelTumniani amoiRo da
darcxveniT Aanastasias xelebSi Caudo:

_mamaCemis saxelze sanTlebi daanTeT ra, gTxovT,_yelze kani

gamouwia ori TiTiT meti vedrebisgan_ mamac morwmune myavda, sul
miSlida raRac-raRaceebs... me abanSi mxolod erTi, ha-ha orjer an
samjer var namyofi, isica samsaxuris gamoisobiT, rom davenaxe,
Torem saxlSi `laxankaca~ maq da wyalica.

milicielma dakiTxis oqmi iqve, Aanastasias Tvalwin daxia,

naxevebi miwaze dayara da WarxaliviT saxealewili ezos saCqarod
gaecala.

XIX
vera ganacvifra qmris- viqtor sozonovis rbilma reaqciam,
rodesac maRaziaSi rZisa da orcxobilis sayidlad Camosulma,
iqidan axali ambavi amoutana. ambavi metad sagulisxmo iyo
yvelasTvis, maRaziis gamyidveli cremlebs TeTri xalaTis kalTebiT
imSralebda, radgan meti tiriliT saxeloebi gasawuri gaxdomoda.
myidvelebi saxeze gadafiTrebuliyvnen, mxolod erTi tanmsxvili
mamakaci roxroxa xmaze mWeqared amRerebda azrebs omis SesaZlo
dawyebis Sesaxeb.

SeSfoTebulma veram qmarTan miirbina, ambavi amcno da mis

reaqcias daakvirda, iyo Tu ara maRaziaSi gagebuli ambavi
sagangaSod sanerviulo Tu maincdamainc ara. gazeTTan mokirkite
qmarma erTi aaTvalier-CaaTvaliera coli da niSnismogebiT hkiTxa:

_da raa mere?_gverdi icvala mjdomarem kuSetkaze da isev gazeTs

miubrunda.

_rogor Tu ra, amboben omi iwyebao, germaniasa da sabWTa kavSirs

Soriso, urTierTobaa daZabulio, gemis?!
 _vin ariso daZabulio?_gazeTis qveSidan medidurad amoxeda
SeSinebul cols.

_vin ki ara, urTierTobaa daZabulio, urTierTobao, gesmis?! xalxi

yvelafers yidulobs, maRaziebs acarieleben, sarecxis sapons
yuTebiT ezidebian, winaswar imarageben yvelafers... ra gveSveleba Tu
omi daiwyo.

_daiwyos da daiwyos, Tu damiZaxeben waval omSi.

_gagiJdi, Seni sikvdiliRa maklda,_qviTini aRmoxda veras, jibidan

yvavilebiT aWrelebuli cxvirsaxoci amoiRo da Tvalebis
SemSralebas mohyva.

_ra gatirebs, ra vTqvi sanerviulo, aba?.. omi rom daiwyos me

Tu ar wavedi, is Tu ar wavida, sxva Tu ar wavida, omSi vinRa
wava?.. dawynardi veraCka, Senamde ar movakareb arc faSistebs da
arc hitlers.

_ra iolad ici saubari, Tu omi daiwyeba Cems das raRa

eSveleba? mimitovebia marto, eulad da mxolod werilebis weriT
vifarglebi, Cems dasTan unda gavemgzavroT, gesmis?! _gamosZaxa
meore oTaxidan mofusfuse, acremlebulma veram qmars _gesmis?!

_mesmis, aba, ar mesmis? gaemgzavre!_isev gazeTs dauwyo kirkiti

sozonovma.

_marto me?.. da Sen, bavSvi?

_ra, me da bavSvi?_gaikvirva mamakacma.

_is, rom Tqvenc CemTan erTad unda gamoemgzavroT!

_xo, unda gamovemgzavroT! _gaimeora meqanikurad da isev

gazeTs iyo mibrunebuli rom axlaRa gaiazra veras gamoZaxili
gverdiTa oTaxidan.

_ra? Cvenc unda wamovideT?.. da ramdeni xniT?

_sul, sul unda wavideT. Cemi sabralo da ise mivatove,

Tvalic ki ar davaxamxame. meSinia, omi rom marTlac daiwyos da aq
CavrCeT... Cems dasTan mijobs, iq mainc erTad viqnebiT, dardTan
brZolas erTad ufro vumklavdebodiT, erTmaneTs vicodebdiT da
vamxnevebdiT, Cemi da CemTvis imediani navsayudelia, nebismier
dros mxarze Tavis camodeba SemiZlia da dardebidan dacla.
morCa, gadavwyvite, Cems dasTan mivdivarT, yvelani!

_mere, Cems samsaxurs ra vuyoT?_gaioca sozonovma da gazeTs

cali gverdi uxalisod moukeca. gadakecils xeli gausva
meqanikurad.
 _ra daa... wamodi, sul wamodi, TbilisSic iSovi samsaxurebs.

_iqacaa fabrikebi da qarxnebi?

_yelamde, yelamde Caiflobi maT CamonaTvalSi.

meore dRidan Seudga vera bargis Calagebas. xuTi wlis giorgi

baRSi ar gauSva, samsaxuridan wamosvlis Sesaxeb telefoniT
ganacxades col-qmarma. veras mieCqareboda anastasiasTan Sexvedra,
mis gulSi Casaxuteblad gansacdeli siTbos windawin
gulisamaCuyebeli grZnobiT avsebda, wrfeli cremli unamavda
uZilobisagan amoRamebul Tvalis upeebs.

quCaSi gasulebs TvalSi moxvda adamianebis foriaqi. zogs erTi

yuTi sarecxis saponi eyida da saxlSi Sesanaxad mihqonda, zogi
fqviliT datvirTul tomrebs imaragebda, omis momlodines winaswari
ekonomikuri gasaWiriT warmodgenils, saxlSi igrovebdnen marags.
rkinigzis sadguridan kidev erTxel Seavlo Tvali qalaqs, TvaliT
emSvidobeboda mis gzebs, quCebs, Senobebs, haerovani peizaJebis
xedebs, baqo aRmoCnda misTvis is qalaqi, romelmac sakuTari Tavi da
siyvaruli apovnina, simSvides aziara.

mSobliur qalaqSi dabrunebul veras Tbilisi eucxova. irgvliv

nair-nairi saxlebi wamoWimuliyvnen, samSeneblo guguni moismoda
yoveli mxridan. win midioda fexiT, aTvalierebda are-mares da
gaocebuli rCeboda iqaurobiT, yvelaferi gamocvliliyo xuTwliani
mitovebis Semdeg, xalxic ki eucnaureboda, maTi Tmis varcxnilobebi,
mxrebamde aWrili Tmebi da boloebamoprexili varcxnilobiT, kabebi
muxlisTavebamde damoklebuli, welSi moyvanili da qveviT
qolgebiviT daqanebuli. aWrelebuli maRaziis vitrinebi,
adgilobrivad warmoebuli saTamaSoebiT, WurWliT, avejiT,
tansacmliT. qsovilebis maRaziebi gadaWedili xalxiT. xSir-xSirad
Cauqrolebda gakrialebulminebiani pobeda-manqanebi.

jer tramvaiT imgzavres, mere fexiT auyvnen aliluevas quCisken

mimaval ganier gzas. aliuevas quCa ormagad daegrZelebinaT, vidre es
veras cnobierebas axsovda. axal-axali Senobebi, axali gzis safari,
aWrelebuli, nairferad SeRebili WiSkrebi, sozonovi xelmokidebuli
bavSviT didi interesiT aTvalierebda qalaqs, maT mcxovreblebs,
amdeni lamazi qali erTad arasdros enaxa, ase mopranWulebi.

veras Cemodnebi ekava xelT, midioda, aRtacebuli im azriT rom

qalaqi gansakuTrebulad galamazebuliyo misi aryofnis periodSi,
axali Senoba-nagebobebiT damSvenebuliyo, axali moda
SemobrZanebuliyo qalebis CacmulobaSic, Tmis modur
varcxnilobasac daemkvidrebina Tavisi stili. laqis xelCanTanTebic
gansakuTrebulad patara zomis, gabrWyvialebulebi ekavaT.
 aliluevas quCis dasawyisSi, Zveli dangrevis piramde misuli
saxlebi sadRac gamqraliyvnen da mis magier, lamazi Senobebi
wamomarTuliyvnen. veras uecrad Aanastasia da Tavisi saxli
gaaxsenda, neta Cemi bina Tu isev iq dgas, namdvilad mimingrevdnen,
andac vinmes Seasaxlebdneno, gaifiqra da am gafiqrebulma azrma
guls dardi Seayara, eldanakraviviT gaiqca, iseTi garboda, rom ukan
motovili qmar-Svili veRar eweoda. veram Tavisi saxlis Zveli
WiSkari Soridanve dainaxa, saRebavgadaclili, siZveliT
TavSemoWmuli, TiTqos im ZaRls hgavda upatronod mitovebuli
mowyenilobisgan yurebCamoyrili damnaSavis gaucnobierebeli
SegrZnebiT erT adgilze dayudebuli adgilidan daZvras rom ver
axerxebs. sxva dros aqedanve xedavda mjdomare daikos, axla
gazafxulze pirTamde amowveril sarevela balaxSi, romelic mTel
baRs mosdeboda, aRar Canda. gamoyruebuli saxlidan, misi ezo-
baRidan Cami-Cumi ar moismoda, TiTqos, sulieri ar WaWanebda Sig,
iseT siCumes daesadgurebina, rom Citic ar xtoda, WianWvelac ki ar
danamcecebda mis miwaze. TiTqos, veras Semdeg kidev ufro
mietovebina yvelas da yvelafers. mxolod zed WiSkarTan mamali
WinWari iyoyloCinebda Tavs.

guli auforiaqda veras, Cemodnebi iqve miyar-moyara da

eldanakravianiviT fexis braxuniT SeaRo WiSkris mofamfalebuli
karebi. SigniT Sevarda, riyis qvebiT dagebuli viwro gza sirbiliT
gairbina, xelmarcxniv, baRis SuagulSi wynarad muxladudebul das
SeafeTa Tvalebi. irgvliv, mis simaRle balaxSi ijda, saTnod, mSvidi
RimiliT miCumaTebuli. Aanastasia motexili eCvena veras,
TmebSeWaRaravebuli, gafiTrebuli, is sinorCe, gafurCqnuli vardis
buCqiviT rom moCanda baRis SuagulSi mjdomi, sadRac, dakargul
drosTan erTad gauCinarebuliyo, silamaziT axlac lamazi iyo,
oRond sxvagvarad lamazi, silamazes Sarmi da xibli Sescvenoda,
saferTqlebidan WaRara karga gvarianad fexmokideboda. isev
grZeli Tmis nawnavi hqonda mxarze gadmogdebuli, welamde Camosdida
misi bolo. gamxdari, uferuli, mxrebSi moxriliyo. Tvalebi,
fexmardi droisa da simartovis gamo, mzera Secvili. mis kideebTan
SenaoWebuli, warbebi isev iseTi, mrgvali da Txeli, isariviT
morkaluli. Sublic daxazvoda rveulis furceliviT.

veram axla saxls mimoavlo Tvali, isev ise boqlomdadebuli,

rogorc gamohkra xeli xuTi wlis ukan gamgzavrebisas. veram cremli
ver Seimagra, cremlebdaRvaruli saxe das gverdze gaxedviT aarida:

_verka, bavSvi sadaa? _Caesma yurT Aanastasias SeSfoTebuli xma,

_Cveni giorgi, verka..._ dis TvalSi Aanastasias xmac Sescvloda.

_gareTaa, nastinka, Cems qmarTan.

 _uf_amoioxra mjdomarem_madloba ufals, rarig velodi mis
dabrunebas.

veras axlaRa gaaxsenda qmar-Svili, quCisken sirbiliT gaiqca,

sixaruliT gaegeba. yelze Semoexvia saxlisken neli nabijiT mimaval
qmars, romelsac xelCaWidebuli mohyavda xuTi wlis giorgi
mSobliur keraze. martod darCenili Aanastasia aqviTinebuliyo
sixaruliT, dis dabruneba mas sazeimo ganwyobas uqmnida. gvediT
gaiqnia xelebi meqanikurad, saxeze damdeni cremlebis zRva amindis
naleqisgan gacveTil kabis kalTas usvelebda. veram giorgis xeli
mohkida da TiTqmis Tavdauzogavi sirbiliT miuyvana nastinkas:

_gaicani Svilo, es Seni deidaa, Seni sakuTari deida_tirilisgan

sityvebi eylapeboda veras.

anastasiam mkerdze miikra bavSvi, romelic saxis moyvanilobiT,

Tvalebis SemonaTebiT biologiuri mamis asli iyo, Tvalis
SeferilobiT hgavda mxolodRa dedas. bavSvis Sexedvis erTma wuTma
Tavidan ganacdevina misi mSoblebis warsuli Tvalwin daudga daTa
mayaSvili da misi Cveuli manerebis mqone siaruli, mSfoTvare
saubris toni, misi xelgaSliloba da gulkeTiloba, annas tanjva
qmris dakargvis Semdgom, dis gadaxotrili Tavi, wamebisgan
amowylianebuli Tvalebi, gauferebuli tuCebi, misi sikvdilis
moaxlovebis wamebi. warsulis kadrebis gaxsenebam erTianad
aacaxcaxa. bavSvs gulSi ixutebda, Tavsa da zurgze usvamda xelebs
da grZnobda, misi patara gulis Zgeras, romelic esoden aaxlovebda
mis cxovrebasTan, es patara, magram saocrad fasdaudebeli
sicocxle misi sunTqvis mTavari mamoZravebeli Zala, gulis feTqvis
mizezi da sixarulis wyaro gamxdariyo:

_nastinka, es Cemi qmaria, gaicani! _moaxeda mis win, welamde

abibinebul balaxebSi mdgomi saSualoze odnav maRali, qeraTmiani,
da cisferTavleba, koxtad Cacmuli, ormociode wlis mamakaci.
anastasiam isic gulSi Caikra, ise rom bavSvi mkerdidan ar
moucilebia. mSobliur keraze gaucnobierebeli emociebiT
datvirTulma bavSvma viqtorisken gaiwia. anastasiac, miuxedavad
saswaulebrivi monatrebisa, mis nebas morCilad dahyabulda da xeli
uSva. martod darCenili debi, axla erTmaneTs Caekrnen, Segnebulad
erideboda vera am moments, danamdvilebiT grZnobda, rom
gulaCuyebuli Tavs ver Seimagrebda da dis winaSe usazRvrod
daicleboda mowolili monatrebisgan, Tanmdevi sevdisgan,
gardacvlili siZe-dis gaxsenebisgan, yvelaferi mis winaSe
gaaxsendeboda da emociebis daclamde guls ver moibrunebda,
advilad veRar SeiSrobda cremls. amas ki Aanastasias aforiaqeba
mohyveboda.
 erTmaneTs mixutebuli debi tirodnen, xandaxan saxeze Sexedavda
vera, xelebiT Tmebze miealerseboda, mis danaoWebul Subls xelis
guls nazad moavlebda da isev mkerdze exuteboda:

_miTxari xom kargad iyavi baqoSi, xom ipove bedniereba...

_Cemi bednierebisTvis uSenoba maklda. giorgim ase icis, rom me

deda var da Cemi qmari mamaa, ase gamovida_dakvirvebiT SeaTvaliera
veram dis reaqcia naTqvamze da ganagrZo: _misTvis ar miTqvams rom
Cveni dis-annas Svilia...

_kargad moqceulxar, dae, ase icodes, ukeT iqneba, amboben deidas

dedis suni udiso, bavSvs cocxali deda esaWiroeba da ara
gardacvlili...

Aanastasias sevdian naTqvamze veram SvebiT amoisunTqa, egona ver

gamigebso, mtkiced misayvedurebs da dis xsovnis upativcemulobaSi
CamiTvlis, misTvis dedis statusis CamorTmevisTviso, magram
Aanastasias naTqvamis gamo Zlier gaixara. maSinve fexze wamoxta,
boqlomis gasaRebi moiZia, Jangmodebuls Zlivs moargo. saxlis karis
gaRebisTanave eca CaSmorebulis suni, Sesasvlelis kuTxeSive
nacrisfer qudiani sokoebi gaCeniliynen, didi Tavebi gaekeTebinaT da
sinestec karga gvarianad daeWiraT mTel saxlSi, maTi aRmonacenis
Tavze saxlis saxuravi qars gadaexada da wlobiT Edina wvima-wyals
oTaxebSi kedlebsa da mokrZalebul avejze. erTi kedlidan meoreze
sididdiT mozrdiltanian obobas imxela ablabudis qseli
CaexlarTa, rom gavlas SeuZlebels xdida da Semzaravad
gamoiyureboda, gaRebul karsa da Tavaxdil saxuravs Soris
ormxrivad gamWolma qarma Caiqrola, ramac haerSi Seanarnara
didroni ablabudis qseli, zed obobebma swrafi moZraobiT
gadairbin-gadmoirbines da kedlis mozrdil yureebSi miimalnen.
Soridan dauwyes daupatiJebeli stumrebiviT SemoWril mepatroneebs
mozaikuri mxedvlobiT TvalTvali.

im dRidan saxls kacis xelic daetyo da qalisac, bavSvis

JriamuliTac gaixares kedlebma, sarevela balaxic gaqra baRidan.
muxldayudebuli anastasiac axali, dis naxelavi kabiT Seimosa. veram
monatrebul daikos wels Camocdenili nawnavebi davarcxna da
Seulamaza. aremareze dedmamiSvilze tkbilad moRuRune Aarvin
yofilao, ealerseboda ezoSi gamosvlis yovel jerze Aanastasias.

axla gamarglul-gasufTavebuli baRidan kargad xedavda ukve

quCas Aanastasia, mis gamvlel-gamomvlelebs kvlavac didi salmiT
SeuZaxebda xolme da RvTis siyvarulisken mouwodebda: _ gaxsovdeT,
adamiani siyvarulisTvis ibadeba, siyvarulis samyarodan mosuls
qvecnobierad gvesmis misi Zala da amitom uxilavad Tu xilulad mis
ZiebSi varT, magram amaSi mdgomareobs Cveni ugunuroba, siyvaruls
Zieba ar Wirdeba, miixed-moixedeT da rasac dainaxavT Tqvens
siaxloves, mSobels, dedmamiSvilsa Tu axlobels, yvelas mimarT
siyvaruliT gaimsWvaleT. Tqveni siyvaruli agamaRlebT,
gagakeTilSobilebT da borotebas axlosac ki ar gagakarebT.

gamvlel-gamomvlelni dakvirvebuli TvaliT aTvalierebdnen

mjdomare Aanastasias ezo-kar-midamos, radgan uwin sarevela
balaxebi malavdnen da faravdnen iqaurobas. zogi ukve scnobda
kidec da Soridanve Tavi dakvriT esalmeboda.

mware sityvam amyraleba icis, myrali sityvis amosvlas ki sul

uTqmeloba sjobso, damijere, Tu sityvebTan brZolaa saWiro, sjobs
uTqmeli da sityvaZunwi gerqvas, vidre mware sityva-bodiala.
_SeuZaxebda xolme gamvlelT, isinic mis darigebas yurs ugdebdnen,
Tanxmobis niSnad uRimodnen an xels uqnevdnen.

siZem ar icoda Aanastasias ambavi, ratom damimaleo, usayvedura

veras,

_me sul geubnebodi rom daiko myavs-meTqi!

_meubneodi, rogor ar meubneodi, magram Tu ver moZraobda, erT

adgilas ijda dauZlurebuli, gadaadgileba rom ar SeeZlo, eg ki
ar giTqvams.

_rom meTqva, ras izamdi?_hkiTxa veram da dakvirvebulad Sexeda

qmars misi reaqciis gamosacnobad.

_ufro davaCqarebdiT aqeT gamomgzavrebas, aba ra guli

mogviTmenda mezoblebis imedad darCenili dis unaxaobas? Aaba, ar
gecodeboda roca gagaxsendeboda motovebuli umweo da, romelsac
xan wvima daudis Tavze da xan Tovli... es ra naxa Cemma Tvalebma,
imxela balaxSi ijda qali ara Canda. rogor miatove martod-
marto?

-aba ra meqna?

_Tan unda wamogeyvana, sadac midiodi iqeT unda geqna

magisTvisac piri, tyuixar, styui_xmas auwia mamakacma da
gabrazebuls saxeze almuri waekida, skamze Camomjdarma isev
ganagrZno ukmayofilo saubari colis misamarTiT _ ar mesmis,
Sens das, Sens sisxlsa da xorcs, misatoveblad rom gaimeteb,
sxvas ras uzam?.. magaliTad me, me ar mimatoveb? Mme romeli Seni
sisxli da xoci mnaxe...

veras gulis siRrmeSi siamovnebda kidec mamakacis

sayvedurebiani mzrunveloba misi dis gamo, sixaruliT ismenda
TiToeul sityvas, magram Tavis gasamarTleblad raimes Tqmas arc
 ki apirebda, rodesac mixvda rom misi qmari kidec karga xans ar
apirebda Sesvenebas, radgan sityvaTa moZalebuls ise hqonda gezi
aRebuli, rom albaT ver ki fiqrobs drois fuWad gasvlaso,
_gaifiqra veram da gadawyvita qmari tkbili eniT daeSoSminebina.
AkalTaSi Cauxta viqtors, saxeze SehRima da gulze xelmidebulma
Sehfica: _geficebi, CemTvis yvelaze wmindas, sayvarels, geficebi
Cemi ded-mamis xsovnas, Sen arasdros migatoveb, arc Cvens Svils-
giorgis, arc Cems daikos, me es mindoda, yvelani erTad
vyofiliyaviT, am saxlSi _ Tqva da TvaliT mimoefera yvelafers,
_ am garemoSi, sadac Cemma da Cemi debis bavSvobam gaiara, Cemi
dedikos da mamikos Tbili budea es, maTi aSenebuli, aq yvelaze
ukeT vgrZnob Tavs. Mmerwmune aq veRarc omis dawyebis SiSi da
panika SegvaSinebs da verc gaWirveba, aRarc navTze da purze
gambuli rigianobis meSinia da arc sxva ramis. aba, miTxari, Sen da
giorgis, romelnic Cem siscocxleze metad miyvarxarT, rogor
migatovebT? uTqvenod erTi amosunTqvac ki ar SemiZlia, lukma ar
gadamiva yelSi, es guli feTqvas Sewyvets, ase damemarTa sul
pirvelad Seni naxvsas, axlac Tvalwin midgas Seni saxe da
Cacmuloba, pirveli naxviT gamowveuli STabeWdileba arasdros
waiSleba Cems gonebaSi... maSin, gavifriqre, neta am kacis coli
manaxa, ra bednier iRbalze yofila gaCenili-Tqo, ra vicodi rom
Turme Cems Tavs Sevnatrodi...

Mmamakacs esiamovna qalis tkbili naubari, patara bavSviviT smenad

gakrefiliyo da saxes keTili Rimili dafenvoda, TvalebSi Tbili
emociebi acimcimebuliyvnen da gulSi tkbilad eRvrebda colis
bagidan warmoTqmuli TiToeuli sityva.

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_xandaxan iseTi wrfeli gulisa da sulis adamiani
mestumreba, rom minda Cemi guli amoviglijo sxeulidan da mas
vaCuqo, gadaSlil xelis gulebSi Cavusveno madlierebis niSnad.
aseTi adamianebi gansakuTebulad uyvars mamazeciers. _gauziara
saTqmeli dasapureblad misul veras nastiam.

_zogi Sinaganad bavSviviT ueSmako da uborotoa, SeiZleba

rame Tqvas, iwyinos, gawyeninos, magram guli axladgadaSlili
vardis kokoriviT faqizi aqvs, ai iseTic minaxavs, xasiaTSi
gamefebuli boroteba rom ar asvenebT, cinizmiT savses,
gulRvarZlis sxvaze gadanTxeva rom surs, raTa sxvisi simwris
macqeralma TviTon droebiT mainc hpovos Sveba, gaixaros. aseTebi
CemSi mudam SfoTvas iwveven, adre maTTac morCilad da
mokrZalebulad vRebulobdi, axla aRar... rogorc ki aseT adamians
movkrav Tvals Cems siaxloves, maSinve ezodan mivabruneb xolme.

vera gakvirvebuli usmenda ufros daikos: _mere, Sen Soridan

ras xedav adamianis gulRvarZls?.. an mis xasiaTSi gemefebul
siborotes?

_vxedav veraCka, vxedav, netavi ver vxedavde da.. egac erTgvari

bednierebaa, oRond brma bedniereba.

_ra?_ gaioca veram da mis win muxlze mjdomare daiko niSnis

mogebiT SeaTvaliera

_yvela adamians Tavisi msgavseba dahyvaba ukan, masze atyvia

keTilSobilebisa Tu siborotis xeli, ar arsebobs iseTi
keTili adamiani, romelsac siborotis marcvlebi naylapi ar
hqondes da piriqiT, ar arsebobs borotebiT sxeul gajerebuli
adamiani, sikeTe mudmivad daviwyebodes. magram ra rogor
sWarbobs, magazea damokidebuli, Segnebuli boroteba sxvaa da
SeugneblobiT gamowyveuli kidev sul sxva. sxvisi cduneba ormagi
borotebaa, mravaljeradi codviTi sazRauriT. Bborotebs,
romelTa guli mravalsaukunovani gamyinvarebiT moculan,
ezodanve vabruneb, maT locvaSi Tu miuaxlovdeba zeciurni,
ciurni, Torem me, ubralo mokvdavma isini rogor gavaTbo?.. ici,
Cveni annas momwamvleli iyo amas winebze, CemTan surda
moaxloveba, me vukivle, axlos ar movikare, ezos Semosasvlelidan
fexic ki ar gadmovadgmevine. is imixvda ratomc vemdurodi,
saCqarod gaecala aqaurobas, imis SiSiT, rom Cemi sacodavad
mowamluli dis Sesaxeb rame ar wamomcdnoda.

_Sen ra ici, vinaa anas momwamvleli?

_vici, veraCka, vici, neta im dResac ase uxeSad movqceodi,

aqedan gamegdo, axlos ar momeSva, magram ise hqonda annas Tavgza
abneuli represirebuli qmris gamo, rom mec amabnia da Tavisi
Tavic.

veras Tvalwin warmoudga warsulisdroindeli mogonebani;

anna Tavisi susti, Txeli sxeulis narnariT ezoSi mofusfuse,
winasafarSemoxveuls uyvarda dagva-dasufTaveba.
AgansakuTrebulad icoda daTa mayaSvilis momlodinem
gaaqtiureba, xan ezos mivardebda, xanac samzareuloSi mohyveboda
saqmian fusfuss. `daTas xinkali uyvars, imeruli xaWapuris comis
damzadeba maswavla dedamisma~, ambobda da Sinaganad ise Relavda,
TiTqos zRvis moqcevisTvis emzadeboda. daTas danaxvisTanave
mSvidi xasiaTi daisadgurebda xolme masSi. veras is dRec naTlad
axsovda, gamwarebuls rogor hqonda Tvalis gugebi
gafarTovebuli, rodesac daTas daxvretis Sesaxeb Seityo, rogor
gadareuli moTqvamda, adgils ver poulobda, simSvidis saZieblad
oTaxis xan romel kuTxeSi Caimuxleboda da xan romel adgils
mijdeboda, gamalebuli oxravda. Mmezobeli sidonias
gafrTxilebac arad Caagdo, mainc beladebisa Tu sisxliani
represiebis Zagebasa da gankiTxvaSi iyo. iqamde ver moisvena, sanam
Tavsac ar moswia da anacvala qmris xsovnas sakuTari sicocxle.

_vera, Sexede!_ nastias Cumad naTqvamma fiqrebidan gamoarkvia.

Nnastias xeliT miTiTebuli adgilisaken gaixeda. quCis mxridan
maT xis Robes Savad alaplapebuli avtomanqana pobeda
mosdgomoda, minebi garedan ise aprialebuli hqonda, rom salonSi
araferi moCanda. manqana erTxans ase gaSeSebuliviT idga, mere
neli moZraobiT daiZra, bolos Tvalsac miefara. amis Semxedvare
veras SiSis Jruentelma dauara.

_RmerTo, Sen miSvele, es raRa iyo?.. nuTu aRar damTavrda

Cvens ojaxze zverva da tragizmi? exla sadRa gaviqce nastinka,
giorgi sad gadavmalo?

_nu dardob, aq raimes xedav zianismomyenebels?_daamSvida

aforiaqebuli umcrosi da Aanastasiam. _ CemTan mosvlis ufleba
nebismiers aqvs, es qalic codvaa, TviTon araferi dauSavebia,
garda imisa rom tirani Svilis codvebi gadadis masze.

_visze ambob?_gaikvirva veram_Sen am avtomobiliT vinme

gstumrobs?

_ai, rogorc xedav, axla mestumra, _CaeRima TavisTvis

nastias, gverdiT mixed-moixeda, mere das SeanaTa zRvasaviT kamkama
Tvalebi da dasZina: _ ai, mosvla rom unda, xom etyoba, sxva
drosac daapira CemTan Semosvla, magram aq myof xalxs rom xedavs
aRar mekareba. anu, martodmyof CemTan Tu Semova. ise, ver
gaubedia.

_da, gana, vinaa aseTi?

_aris , veraCka, aris, da zustad vici, risi kiTxvac surs, mas

Svili agzavnis CemTan.

_veraferi gavige nastinka, gana vinaa aseTi rom ar meubnevi, an

risi kiTxva unda?

_TviTonac naxav vinaa aseTi, cotac moicade da... magram, Tu

risi kiTxva undaT, getyvi, oRondac ar SemiSinde: magaT
ainteresebT, omi visi mogebiT dasruldeba, ai, egaa maTi
daintereseba CemiT, sxva ki araferi. Sen nu geSinia, axla xels
aRaravin gaxlebT, aRaravis sWirdeba Cveni xelis xleba.
 _nastia_veram gaocebisagan Tvalebi daafaxula da pirze
xelafarebulma ikiTxa_ marTla iqneba omi?

_iqneba veraCka, iqneba, aucileblad iqneba, didi msoflio omi

axlovdeba da es omi Cveni gamarjvebiT dasruldeba, Zalian
gagviWirdeba, msxverplic Zalzed didi iqneba... omSi daRupulT
gansakuTrebuli mzrunvelobiT eloliavebian im ukvdav samyaroSi,
romlis arsebobis maT moSiS didkacebs ar sjeraT. _anastasiam
mosiyvarule TalebiT gadaxeda SeSinebul das, Tavze xeliT
miswvda axlad dayenebuli qoCori alersiT mouqeqa _Sen Nnu
geSinia Zvirfaso, TbisliSi tyvia ar gavardeba, aqamde Tbilisis
quCebma isedac bevri sisxli naxa. bevri, udanaSaulo axalgazrdis
sicocxle moispo sruliad umizezod, erTi xelis mosmiT moicela
maTi siscocxle, gverdiT myofTa moraluri siZlierec,
Tavisufali azris gamoxatvis unaric. adamianebs fiqris eSiniaT,
dafiqrebuli adamianis azrs ver kiTxuloben, amitom imis fiqriT,
rom SesaZloa is ubralo muSaki Tu xelosani, fiqrisas maTze
cuds fiqrobdes, unda xelyon. Sens ar yofnaSi, ager, Cveni
mezobeli sidonias qmari-kola daxvrites, kolmeurneobaSi
brigadirad muSaobda sawyali, Tbilisis SemogarenSi daTesvis
process adevnebda Tvalyurs, mere mouSares, xorblis Tesli 4sm-
siRrmis nacvlad 6sm-ze CagiTesavs, ramac naklebmosavlianoba
gamoiwvia da saxelmwifo azaraleo. gauyenes dasaxvret gzas.
idarda sidoniam, idarda da aba, raRas uSvelida, raRas moawevda
sanugeSos. darCa martodmarto sacodav burdasTan erTad.

_burda rogorRaa, isev iseTi giJmaJoa?_ikiTxa veram da axlaRa

daxeda AanastasiasaTvis motanil sauzmes TiTic ar hqonda
dakarebuli._Sen ra ar isauzmeb?

_mere visauzmeb, sxva dros.

_rodisRa sxvadros?_gawiwmatda vera_ici, ra guliT mogimzade?

baqoSi yofnisas Sen gamo lukma ar gadamdioda yelSi, sul
mefiqreboda, Cemi da albaT mSieri zis da lukma enatreba-Tqo,
axla mainc damasvene Sinaganad, cota SeWame CemigulisTvis mainc!

_xom ici veraCka, ar miyvars Wamaze daZaleba, rodesac

maZaleben ufro aRar vWam. cotac moicade, momiva mnaxveli da
imasTan erTad SevWam. ise sul Wamaze gamudmebuli fiqri
mavnebelia, sicocxlisaTvis dro gamozomilia, da imasac Wamaze
fiqriT nu ganvlevT, ufro lamazisa da pozitiuris fiqriT
davitvirToT umjobesia.

ganawyenebulma veram langarze dadebuli cxeli Cai, karaq-

jemian puris mozrdil naWerTan erTad xelSi daikava da
brazisagan tuCebmopruwuli saxlSi Sebrunda.
 qmar-Svils jer kidev dilis tkbili ZiliT eZinaT. fexakrefiT
Seipara samzareuloSi da Cum fusfuss mohyva. samzareulos
fanjridan dakvirvebulad daacqerda mjdomare daikos, romelsac
locvisTvis mieyo xeli. vera akvirdeboda martod darCenili
Aanastasias manerebs, TiTqosda uxilav samyaros esaubreboda,
winWvretis unaric gasCenoda, anatasia iseTi pirmomcinari,
gulubryvilo, patara qaliSvili aRar iyo, asakis matebasTan
erTad gansxvavebuli Tvisebeb-manerebi SesZenoda. saubrobda
sruliad marto, xelebs ise iSveliebda, TiTqos mis win mdgoms
esaubreboda, sityvaZunwobac damarTnoda, pasuxis gacema Tu ar
moewadineboda, aramc da aramc ZaliT Tavsac ki ar dagiqnevdaT.
xandaxan saxe moeRuSeboda, dausevdiandeboda, uwin aseTi saxis
gamogetyvelebisas cremlebis koriantels ayenebda, scvioda
RapaRupiT, kalapotnapovni momcro cremlis burTulebi jer
loyebze daedinebodnen, mere Txel gulmkerdze iwyebdnen wveTvas,
iqidan mudamdRe erT mdomareobaSi gexevebul muxlebze
daivanebdnen adgils. axla nastias aRar etireba ise xSir-xSirad,
rogorc es warsulSi xdeboda, mxolod locvisas gadmosoda
cremli, isic damjdari cremli, iseTi, windawin kargad
gacnobierebuli tirilis mizezi rom aqvs. es cremli ufro
samadlobelo cremli iyo, vidre samwuxro.

Tumca vera sakuTar Tavs zogjer utydeboda, rom zedmetad

misturad fiqrobda sakuTar daze, rom is Cveulebrivi nastinka
iyo, iseTi, rogoric uwin, baqoSi gamgzavrebamde, axsovda: erTi
ubralo, sevdiani da siyvarulis gamo TavdaCagruli kafandara
qali... vera sinanuliT daidanaSaulebda xolme Tavs, sakuTar das
kargad ver vemsaxurebi, meti siTbo da alersi sWirdeba Cemgano,
me ki uWmelobaze erT ambavs vtexav, isedac gulnatkens sakvebis
gamo uaresad vtken gulso.

...magram erTxel, rodesac anastasiasTan miyvanili

xelebgakoWili biWis ambavs Seeswro, sruliad Seicvala dis
mimarT warmodgenac da damokidebulebac. im ambis Semxedvere
gaocebas veRar malavda da Tavs umklavdeboda
cnobismoyvareobisgan mowolili kiTxvebis SekavebaSi.

sisxam dilas ezoSi xalxis CoCqolis xma moesma

axladgaRviZebul veras. fanjridan SeniSna ucxoni
mjdomareAanastasias garSemo Sejgufuliyvnen, mis win muxlebze
mtirala qali damxobiliyo da tirilisagan naylapi sityvebis
gamo azrs kargad ver gadmscemda. xalxSi mamakacebi metad
sWarbobdnen mtirala dedakacebs. veras gaucnobierebelma SiSis
zarma dauara, romelic axladgaRviZebulze ufro arasasiamovnod
SeigrZnoba, guneba-ganwyoba Seecvla, saxe mTlad gadaufiTrda,
saswrafod gadaicva tanT da ezoSi mjdomare dis ukan dadga,
romlis win damxobili qali moTqvamda tiriliT da
mjdomareAanastasias Svelas sTxovda. mamakacebs xelebgakoWili
Tvrametiode wlis vaji hyavdaT aqeT-iqidan xelkavgayrili. biWi
isteriulad tiroda, Tumca garkveviT sitvebs ar ayolebda
tirils, mxolod gaucnobiereblad Rmuoda:

_miSvele, rame damarige mjdomare Aanastasia, rogor moviqce

araferi vici, Tavsis mosaklavad iwevs, ramdenjer gadavarCineT,
gamudmebulad vyaraulobT, dRec da Ramec Tvals ar vaSorebT,
morigeoba gvaqvs dawesebuli, ukve ramdenime Tvea ase vitanjebiT,
umizezod daewyo akviatebuli azrovneba TviTmkvlelobis Sesaxeb...
_mosTqvamda TviTmkvlelobis wyurviliT Sepyrobili vaJis deda
da erTTavad caxcaxebda, mxrebian -nikapianad. _ ra aRar vqeniT, ra
xerxs aRar mivmarTeT, eqimsac vaCveneT, Sedegi ar gvaqvs,
erTaderTi Svili myavs, rogor mivuSva Tavis survilis
aRasruleblad, damexmare Aanastasia, Sens iqiT gza aRar maqvs, an
is mainc miTxari rogor vuSvelo, an misi ar yofnis Semdeg me
rogorRa vicocxlo... deda var, gamige gTxov_

Aanastasia qalis tirilze TviTonac aslukunda, Tavze

ealerseboda da damSvidebas sTxovda.

_jer unda damSvidde, rom rame vuSveloT,

_rogor damvSvidde, rogor, rodesac Cemi erTaderTi Svili

TviTmkvelobis msxverpli unda gamixdes, vgrZnob ukve windawin
amas, safrTxe ukve yurisZiras mizis.

_dedis mSoTvare xasiaTi pirdapir kavSirSia Svilis xsiaTTan,

deda-Svili xom biologiuri ZafebiT arian dakavSirebulni
erTurTTan. Sens xasiaTSi aRmocenebul isteriul mdgomareobas
ufro uares Sedegamde mihyavs Seni gaCenili Svili. ecade, ecade
damSvidde! _ atirebul dedas Tavze gamalebiT usvamda nazad
xels, mere misi aknkalebuli xeli gulSi miikra, TvaldaxuWulma
warmoidgina Tu ras grZnobda avadmyofi Svilis deda, erTxans
gulSi naTelma mzis sxivic SeiWra im azriT garemoculi, rom
misi pataraobis dros deda avadgamxdari nastinkas xelsac ase
miixutebda mkerdSi, misi dedac aseTi gancdebiT adevnebda
Tvalyurs Svilis gamojanmrTelebas, deda-dedaa, misi Sinagani
instinqti momarTulia Svilis janmrTelobisken, gaivlo gulSi
azri da am azrma kidev ufro gulCvilad ganawyo acremlebuli
qalis mimarT. axla TviT qali Caikra gulSi, Subli amboriT
dauTbila, RimiliT Caxeda niaRvariviT mSfoTvare TvalebSi,
mkerdze mikrili hyavda manmade, sanam aRelvebuli qali ar
damSvidda, cremlebic dauSra da saxezed nervuli tanjvisagan
ayrili mimikebi mSvidad ar daudga. qals xeli uSva anastasiam,
vaJs xel-fexi gaunTavisufleTo, iTxova mamakacebis misamarTiT.

_ras ambobT, xel-fexi rom gavunTavisufloT nikas gagvqceva,

amas winaTac gagveqca, Zlivs daviWireT, isev gakoWili jobia da..
_naTqvamis dasruleba ar acada mamakacs, rom isev xelmeored
iTxova anastasiam igive.

mamakacebma saguldagulod gakoWili nikas xel-fexs

Calisferi Tokis grova Semoacales, biWma igrZno ra Tavisufleba,
gasaqcevad momarta tanis TiToeuli kunTi, ramdenime nabijiTac ki
gaiwia, mocilda gverdiT mdgom mamakacebs da is iyo
zurgSeqceuli moswyda adgils, gasasvleli WiSkrisken daiZra,
rom iqamde veRar miaRwia, Zirs miwaze gadaiqca da ena
gadaylapuliviT damunjda, xmis amoRebasac veRar axerxebda,
gulisdamwveli mamakacebi miscvivdnen da wamoyeneba daupires,
wamoayenes kidec, magram fexze veRar dadga, xelgaSvebuli Zirs
miwaze daeca. biWs moZraobis unari dakargvoda, enas pirSi ver
ibrunebda, amis mxilveli deda, romelic Aanastasias mialersebis
Semged simSvide dabruneboda, dambladacemuli Svilis xilvisas
isev xelmeored aqviTinda. mjdomare anastasiam locva iwyo,
TavisTvis Cumad butbutebda, misgam mxolod aqa-iq Tu gaignebda
garkveviT sauflo sadidedbel sityvas, danarCens Cqari butbutiT
ambobda sityvebs. xandaxan mrgval Subls miwas faqizad Seaxebda,
welSi gasworebisas ki gamalebiT pirjvars isaxavda. ase
gagrZelda manmade, sanam dadamblavebulma biWma TavisiT miwaze
wamojdoma ar moaxerxa. mamakacebi sargadaylapulebiviT idgnen da
uyurebdnen mjdomare Aanastasias locvas, Soriaxlos miwaze
wamomjdari biWis saxis gamometyvelebas, romelic locvis
Sesaferisad ecvleboda mimikebi sandoobisa da simSvidisaken.
roca locvas morCa, iqauroba TiTqos ise miwynarda, rom sakuTari
guli cemis xmas gaigonebda kaci. anastasiam biWs TavisTan misvla
sTxova. es ukanaskneli miwaze mjdomi, xoxviT gaeSura misken.
axlos misuli gverdiT miujda, Cum dialogebs mihyves xeli. ase
edudunebdnen erTurTs, doqidan morakrake wylis msgavsad ismoda
gaurkvevlad sityvebi. baasi ramdenime saaTs gagrZelda, biWs saxe
damSvideboda, Aanastasias naubarze xandaxan gulianad CeRimeboda
xolme, saxegadabadruli deda Soriaxlos trialebda, mere
saidanRac sakvebi gaCnda, moxarSuli dedali, Tonis purebi, gudis
yveli, loyawiTeli vaSlebi, gaiSala Aanastasias win patara
magida da gaxarebuli deda-Svili Semousxdnen aqeT-iqidan.
mamakacebSi mdgmma erT-EerTma maTganma wasvlisas jibeze gaikra
xeli, wiTlad moelvare qaRaldis fuli amouRo da Aanastasias
muxlebqveS Seucura, gulzexelmidebuli madlobas madlobaze ar
iSurebda. amis Semxedvare vera gaocebas ver faravda.
damSvidobebisas biWi xelze eambora gadabadrul nastias:

_mjdomare Aanastasia, xom SeiZleba kidev gestumro, ise

mosanaxuleblad Semogirben xolme, dagesaqmebi Tu ram
dagWirdeba. _ nikam didi rudunebiT warmosTqva saTqmeli.
anastasiam Tanxmobis niSnad momRimari saxe daukra, axlos
modgmuli magididan wiTlad moelvare, didroni vaSlebi aiRo,
TvaldaxuWulma samadlobelo locva warmosTqva, mere xelebi
cisfrad mokamkame zecisken aRaypro da vaSlebi biWs gauwoda.
_roca Semogeleva Cemken gamoiare, kidev gagatan samoTxis xils,

biWma sixaruliT CamoarTva loyawiTela vaSlebi da aRtacebiT

gadaxeda axlos mdgom dedas, romlis sixaruls sazRvrebi
daekarga, isev tiroda mxrebis kankaliT deda, esev slukunebda
mokumuli bageebidan, Tumca es tirili sxvafriv gansxvavdeboda
uwindeli tirilisagan, axla sixarulis cremlebi tovebda
Taflisferi Tvalebis kalapots.

XXI
omis dawyebis yvelaze Zalian veras eSinoda, zaravda mis
Sesaxeb raimes monasmeni, jiuti mTidan Camowolili zvavis
gamanadgurebeli SedegiviT celavda omze fiqri, ...

Aanastasia iyo erTaderTi, romelsac omisadmi SiSi gaqroboda,

sxvebs amxnevebda: _nu SegeSindebaT, TbilisSi tyvia ar gavardeba,
magram did ZalasTan mogviwevs Serkineba. Cveni mamakacebi Tavs ar
dazogaven, gavimarjvebT, Cven gavimarjvebT oRondac didi
msxverplis fasad... didi mniSvneloba aqvs adamianis amqveynidan
gasvlis mizezs, is Tavisi bunebrivi sikvdiliT gardaicvala,
sicocxlis TviT gaufrTxileblobiT daudga sikvdili, sakuTari
xelyofiT, Tu srulebiT udanaSaolo sxvisi msxerpli Seiqmna.

mjdomare Aanastasias naubars gafacicebiT usmendnen masTan

misulni, maTi raodenoba gansakuTurebulad izrdeboda
naSuadRevisTvis. yvelas surda Aanastasias saubriT sakuTari
simSvidis povna. yvelas SiSis zari ipyrobda quCaSi omis Sesaxeb
gagonili, Tumc Aanastasias siaxloves mSviddebodnen.

Savad alaplapebuli pobeda xSir-xSirad awydeboda

aliluevas quCas. Aanastasia imdenad mieCvia mis yoveldriur
xilvas, rom misi Segvianebisas quCisken aparebda mzeras. mere
xelis daqneva dauwyo, xels xan misalmebis niSad auRebda, xanac
ise ubralod dauqnevda xolme Fxel, haerovan xelis mtevans.

erT dResac mTeli dRe iq daaRama Savma pobedam. aSkarad

nikiSevebis ezos xalxisgan ganTavisuflebas eloda. SeRamda Tu
ara, pobedidan maRali, aTleturi aRnagobis, muq samosSi
gamowyobili mamakaci gadmovida, daurideblad Seabija nikiSevebis
WiSkarSi, da sanam mjdomare qalwuls miuaxlovdeboda,
uTvalavjer SeaTvaliera ezo-karmidamo. miaxlovebulma
Aanastasias qedi mouxara da Zalzed Cumad, axlosmdgomi
verasTvis gaugebrad, raRac CaekiTxa. anastasiasgan miRebuli
Tanxmobis Semdeg ki swrafi nabijebiT gaeqana pobedisken romelic
erTgulad eloda mcvels.

man ukana kari farTed gauRo Sig myofs, gadmosvlisas xeli

SeaSvela, SavebSi Cacmuli, asakiani qalbatoni morcxvi mzeriT
aTvalierebda iqaurbas. ezoSi TamaSiT garTul patara giorgis
nikapTan xeli alersiT mouTaTuna.

anastasiam veras sTxova, stumarTan marto daetova, veram

Txovna Seusrula, giorgis mokida xeli da saxlSi Seiketa, Tumca
fanjris miRma arsebul situacias Tvalmoucileblad adevnebda
Tvalyurs. stumari qalbatoni muxlze daeSva Aanastasias win,
raRacas gamalebiT uambobda, mere misi xelebs eambora. aSkara
iyo stumars didad esiamovna anastasiasTan baasi. isini didxans
saubrobdnen, mere kargad daRamebulze wavida stumari, isev
aedevna maRali, aTleturi aRnagobis mamakaci, isev gaRo farTed
pobedis ukana salonis kari, aSkarad dacvis movaleoba Tu ebara
mamakacs.

veras cnobismoyvareoba sZalavda, maTi wasvlis Semdeg mieWra

daikos da kiTxvebis korianteli daayena.

_ qalbatoni kidev mova aq, da ufro xsirad ivlis veraCka,

vidre es Sen warmogidgenia.

_vin iyo? Tanac dacva axlda, Savi pobeda?.. vin aris, miTxari
ra daiko?

_giorgim daiZina?

_ki

_xom ivaxSma?

_ki, daiko, ki, magas nu dardob da Zalian gTxov sityvas banze

nu migdeb. vin iyo is qali?
 _marTa jayeli, rigiT meore beladad wodebuli, didi berias
saTno deda.

_xumrob?..

_ara

_ara, Sen xumrob, Tu ara da me nerviulobiT ra momiva ici?

_araferi gaqvs sanerviulo, vera, Sen mTavaria giorgis mixedo,

lamazad aRzardo, adamianoba da sikeTe aswavlo, rwmenisadmi
pativicema icodes da merwmune, kargi vaJkaci dagvidgeba.

cis varskvvlavebiT moWedil kabadonze mTvare laRad

navardobda,

_Zilis droa daiko.

_vici, mere raRas ucdi, Sedi Sin da daiZine.

_me ki daviZineb, magram Seni aq datoveba yovel RamiT mimZims.

ver Sevegue Sen aq yofnas.

vera Aanastasias miucucqda, mis kalTaSi Caudo Tavi da ase

gaenaba samse mTvaris sikaSkaSes.

XXII
1941 wlis 22 ivniss xalxi ukve dadasturebulad bWobda omis
dawyebis Sesaxeb, yoveli dasaxlebis maxloblad xis did,
radioZelze reproduqtori ekida, romelic gadmoscemda omis
dawyebis zust TariRs _ 1941 wlis, 22 ivnisis 03 sT-sa da 45 wT-s
mesame raixis fiurer hitleris brZanebiT vermaxtis samxedro
Zalebma sabrZolo ieriSi miitanes sabWoTa kavSirze... Zmebo, da
debo, dedebo da mamebo, nu geSiniaT, Cven gavimarjebT_gadmoscemda
didi beladis, stalinis xmiT radio diqtori vinme levitani,
romelis uiSviaTesi xmis tembrs msmenelSi sabWoTa kavSiris
saomari perspeqtivisadmi pozitiuri Tavdajerebuloba Sehqonda.
xSirad iumorsac mimarTavda diqtori, romelzedac bWobdnen , rom
pirtitvela Wabuki, sul raRac 19-ode wlis yofila,_ hitlers
imdenad eSinia am omis, ulvaSebi gauparsavs da dabneuls zeda
tuCTan darCenia mosaparsio... andac SiSisagan qveSCasvrili
hitleri omis frontze ver gadis, raTa jariskacebis ercxvineba,
ras ityvian misi Semxedvare, Cven rogor SevakavoT sabWoTa
mowinaaRmdegeni, rodesac Cveni fiureri sakuTar Sards ver
akavebso? aseTi uxamsi xumrobebis gamo iyo sworedac diqtor-
 levitanze piradad mesame raixis kanclerisagan dawesebuli didi
odenobis premia, mis dakavebasa da gadacemaze.

yovel dRe dilis 12 saaTze xalxi ikribeboda radioanZaze

damagrebul reproduqtorTan, raTa kidev ufro nayofieri
warmodgena SeqmnodaT sabWoTa jarebis warmatebasa da winsvlaze,
piradad levitanisgan gaegonaT swori naTqvami, stalinis xmiTac
gadmoscemda teqts, romlis WeSmaritebaSi eWvi veravis Sehqonda.

anastasiasTan uamravi qali iyrida Tavs, fexmorTxmulni wreSi

moiqcevdnen xolme mas, locvebsac kiTxulobdnen da paralelurad
xelsaqmobdnen, zogi matyls saCeCelze CeCavda, zogi TiTistaraze
arTavda, zognic windebs qsovdnen. Aanastasia qudebsa da kaSneebs
qsovda, mere erTad axarisxebdnen da fostis saSualebiT amanaTebiT
agzavnidnen jariskacebisaTvis frontze. xelsaqmoba xelT kargad
ewifebodaT, yoveldRiurma Sromam raodenobrivad da xarisxobrivad
gaaumjobesa maTi naqsovebi. maT verac miujdeboda xolme
monawileobis misaRebad. giorgi ukve 5-6 wlis hyavda, marTalia wera-
kiTxva TviTon ar icoda, magram misi qmari yoveldRiurad utarebda
saswavlo gakveTilebs, saxlis pirobebSi avarjiSebda, es manamde,
sanam TviTon viqtori komisatiatSi ar daibares, sayovelTao
mobilizaciis gamo. xalxs uWirda, ekonomuradac da moraluradac.
es ukve omis damaxasiaTebeli Tviseba iyo.

SeCveva scodnia yvelafers, mosaxleoba, romelic ZiriTadad

qalebi, bavSvebi da dauZlurebuli moxucebi Seadgenda, mieCvia
yvelafers.

Aanastasias ezoSi dilidanve Caebmeodnen xolme qalebi

saqmianobaSi, idga didi xelgamrjeoba. saubrobdnen, xan am mTisas
hyvebodnen da xan im mTisas, vis yurs ra gaegona da vis enas ra
eTqmoda. _erTi unarSezRuduli kaci-afako Claxa-CluxiT
daiareboda da mamakacebisgan dacarielebul ubnebs Cemulobda,
ufrosi varo. erTxelac daunaxavs mezoblad mcxovrebi mamakaci,
romelic daWril-dasaxiCrebuli frontidan droebiT
gaenTavisufebinaT.

_Sena aqa rato xar? _ ukiTxavs damtvreuli qarTuliT. imasac

angariSi Caubarebia, daWrili var da sanam gamovkeTdebi
gamanTavisufleso, ega rogor iqneba frontidan gamoqceuls gavxaro,
aba erTi macale, TviT StalinTan unda gadagamowmoo, qarTvel
nafrontals gahkvirvebia ubadruki adamianis Tavgasuloba, magram
ufro metad gakvirda, rodesac afako radioZelze amZvrala,
reproduqtorTan axlos miudia piri da Sig CauZaxavs: _ `alo,
maSkva...Stalina, erTi qarTveli daiCiros, gaxritos Tu gauSos?_mere
reproduqtors miado yuri da TviTonve amoiluRluRa boxi xmiT,
_gaaxritos, gaaxritoss... _tak toCna,_ miiRo Cesti radioZelze
amZvralma da isev ukan iwyo Camosrialeba.

_ai, xo naxe, firdafir Stalins davakavSire, Tqo omidan

gamoqceulia da gaxriteo, vot!_Tqva didi TavdajerebulobiT da
daniSnulebisamebr gacemuli brZanebis Sesasruleblad ganewyo.

gabrazda qarTveli nafrontali, Se udReuro, vinaa omidan

gamoqceuli? axla waxval da Sennairebs daajereb frntidan
gamoqceulia da dezertirobisaTvis daxvretazea gadacemulio, erTi-
ori wixli uTavaza da muStic kbilebTan uqnia, msgavsi sisulele
meoed ar gagigoo, Torem Cemi xeliT gamogTofavo.

Aanastasia nikiSevas ezoSi xelmosaqme qalebi didad kiskasobdnen

am ambavze, iumori ar akldaT, miuxedavad imisa Sinagani ganwyoba
daZmarebuli hqondaT, Tumca erTurs ar ufuWebdnen xasiaTs. xan vis
miutanda Sav telegramas fostalioni da xanac vis saxlSi
dadgeboda samgloviaro wioki.

_ `Savi depeSa~ iseTi usulgulo civsisxliani cxovelia, rom vis

karzec moindomebs daCoqebas, ar daixvaliebs, aucileblad miva da
daiCoqebs. _daiCivla anastasiaTan saqmosnad myofma ernam.

_sikvdils xaxaSi jeelebi rom uvardebian, egaa sabralisi, Torma

yvelani sikvdilis Svilebi varT, aqaurobas ukvdavebad ver
gamovekerebiT _ mxari auba saubarSi mezoblad mcxovrebma irinem.

_sikvdils ras gaugebT, _daamSvida anastasiam da windis Cxirs

gverdi mounacvla _magram, mTlad sikvdilze gadakluli fiqri,
roca jer cocxli xar, ar ivargebs. sicocxle sicocxlis wuTebisa
iyos da sikvdilic Tavisisa, axla, roa sikvdili TiToeuli
Cvenianis yurisZirs mimjdari da sasTumalTan Tvlems, ise unda
vicxovroT rom misi ar gveSinodes. aba , cocxalma Tu sikvdilze
idarda, misi sicocxlec ukve sikvdilis fazaSi gadasula da egaa.
sikvdili ar unda gaamefo, ar unda gaakerpo, is Tavisi gziT wava Tu
yoveldRiurad fiqriT ar moisakliseb.

_anastasia, Tu sikvdilze ar unda vifiqroT, Sen raRatom Seswire

mTeli Seni axalgazrdoba mkvdari adamianis xsovnas?_CaeZia
ekaterine cnobismoyvareobrivi wyurvilis mosaklavad _ Tu
sikvdilze ar unda vifiqroT cocxlebma, Sen xom piriqiT mogivida...
erT, gardacvlil adamianze fiqrma mTeli Seni axalgazdroba
Seiwira.

_Sen magas aravin gakiTxebs_CaCara burTi gverdiT mjdomma,_ra

Seni saqmea mis cxovrebaSi cxviris Cayofa?
 _damSviddiT Cemo kargebo, Cemi mdgomareoba srulebiT sxvaa... is
ganzrax sicocxlis TviTxelyofa iyo, upatiebelze upatiebi codvis
Svili aRmoCnda Cem gamo Cemi kirile, me Tavi valdebulad CavTvale,
Cemi siyvaruli is iyo, axlac isaa da samomavlodac mas ekuTvnis
TiToeuli Cemi mdgomareoba.

_Zalian giyvarda?_ CaeZia saqmosanTagan romeliRac.

_Zalian, Zalian miyvarda, magram Zlier siyvaruls bevri maxe ugia

gzis pirebze, da kidev sacTunebladac bevri rqosani moevlineba
xolme piris sakidad. siyvaruli sulis mdgomareobaa, samyaros
oazisia, romelSic bedniereba ulevi maragiT Tavmoyrila, Cven ki
amas xSirad ver vxedavT, Tu vxedavT - ver vufrTxildebiT. mxolod
dakargulze viciT dafaseba. CemSi mudam cocxlobs kiriles faqizi
xsovna, ase iqneba Cemi sicocxlis bolomde, erTaderTs vTxov
ufals, iqamde macocxlos,sanamdec mis suls mSvidi samyofeli ar
daumkvidrdeba, sanam ar moisvenebs Cemi kiriles samSvinveli...
mesizmreba xolme, _Tqva anastasiam da puloveris Selaxuli majebiT
cremli SeimSrala. _ axalmomxdarze arasdros damsizmrebia, mere
sul ramdenjerme, am bolo dros xSirad mezmaneba, madlierebis
gamoxatva ar SeeZlo, Sinagan aRivseboda xolme madlierebiT,
keTilad ganewyoboda da arasdrs iviwebda, mis zurgs ukan medgari
fariviT icoda gamagreba, magram sityvierad ar SeeZlo wamdauwum
reveransis keTeba madlobis gamosaxatavad, arc madlierebis
gamomxatveli sityvierebiT Seabezrebda Tavs aravis, mis TvalebSi
macqerali mixvdebodi madlierebasac da kmayofilebasac. aseTi iyo,
axlac aseTad mesizmreba, isev iseTi moutexeli xasiaTis, magram
madlierebiT savse mzeriT, Tan vebralebi, Tan uxaria Cemi
erTguleba, erTi-orjer eWvianoba SevniSe, eWvianobda Cemi
siyvarulis gamo, magram... xom iciT axlgazrdobaSi giqris, umizezo
niavic ki frTebs gasxams, ayola icis. ai, ukve damjari asaki rom
dgeba, mereRa xvdebi axalgazrdul simsubuqes. siyvarulis gamo
Secda, mec Sevcdi, Sedegad man TviTmkvelobiT daasrula sicocxle,
gamwarebulze, rodesac misi vaJkacuri sxeuli usaxo sisxlSi
amoTxvril gvamad gadaiqca, mec gavifiqre mimebaZa misTvis, magram
uZlevelma Zalam Semakava, venacvale me mas, sul sxva kuTxiT
damanaxa arsebuli, Semecoda Cemi kiriles suli, arc didad
sanebivro cxovreba hqonda aq, da axla iqac...

anastasiam tili iwyo, xma aukankalda, xelebi uSva saqsov Cxirebs,

TiTeze daxveuli Zafi moiSora da Txeli, TlilTiTeba xelebi
namtiralev saxeze aifara.

_nastinka! _ axlos mieWra vera, mkerdze miixuta mtirali daiko

da Tavze alersi da Sublze ambori uwyo _ Zalian gTxovT, nu
gaaxsenebT warsuls, Zlivs damiwynarda, damimSvidda Sinaganad, isev
nu dagviyenebT mSfoTvare wlebs, Cven warsulSi mware gzebze
mogvixda fexSiSvelT siaruli, bevrjer vitkineT guli, gTxovT,
mezoblebo, nuRar gvaiZulebT gavixsenoT ekal-bardiT mosili
nakvalevi.

vara gulistkiviliT iTxovda mezobeli saqmosani qalebisagan dis

warsulis gauxseneblobas, misi sasiyvarulo Temis tabuirebas,
yvelani dumdnen. Aanastasia qviTins morCa Tu ara, TviTonve mouwoda
qalebs xelsaqmisadmi erTguleba: _vin icis Cveni naqsovebi ramden
jariskacs aTbobs da axarebs, ramdens imedianad ganawyobs,
samSvidoboze myofT vaxsovarTo... es Cvengan mciredi mowyalebaa
meomari vaJkacebisTvis, magram umciresi mowyalebac ki zogjer
udidesi sikeTis tolfasia, mowyalebis gaRebiT Cveni Sinagani
samyaro tkbili sanovagiT ikvebeba, laRad Tamamdeba, Sedegad
samomavlo siZlieres gviqadis.

qalebi saRamoxans daiSlebodnen xolme. mza xelsaqmes veras

abarebdnen, es ukanasknelic dafacurdeboda, daaxarisxebda, TiTo
quds, kaSnes, windas erTad SefuTavda, erTi jriskacisaTvis
saamanaTod, momcro werilsac daawerinebda qmars_ `Cveno saamayov
da damcvelo, samSoblos sadarajoze mdgomo raindo, Rorseulo
sabWoTa jariskaco, minda icode rom madlieri varT Seni aseTi
uzado brZoliT, samSvidoboc male dagvidgeba. gamarjveba, Seni
Tavdauzogavi brZolis gamo, Cvenken izeimebs, miiRe Tbiliseli
qalebisgan Tbili naqsovebi, gaxsovdes Cven Tqvensa da samSoblos
gamarjvebaze vloculobT. ~diliT fostaSi Caitanda, saamanaTo
ganyofilebaSi ikve scnobdnen kidec, sixaruliT CamoarTmevda
fostis mofusfuse TanamSromeli, lamzira da saguldagulod
gaamwesebda amanaTebSi. lamzira omamde faSfaSa, didmkerdiani da
didTava, Rababiani qali iyo. omis dawyebis Semdeg ki tanze Camoxma,
aRarc mkerdi hqonda Zveleburad TvalismosaWrelad didi da
mrgvali, Tavic zomiT daupataravda da fafuqi Rababic Semoacvda,
gamoxedvac SeSinebulisa hqonda, mxolod sayureebi imzirebodnen
uwindeburad lalifrad, naxevrad Zvirfas qvebs arc omis dawyeba
adardebdaT da arc uimisoba. sayureebs simZimis gamo yuris
bibiloebi CamoegrZelebinaT da patronis Tavis amyolad
qanqarebdnen. amanaTebis gamzadebis Semdeg lamzira amanaTebs xels
mzrunvelurad wahkravda da veras gasagonad wamoaZaxebda: _
gamarjvebaSi.

_amin, RmerTma gisminoT! _gamoepasuxeboda yoveljerze vera.

_erTi hitlerisaTvis ulvaSi damawiwknina Cemi xeliT da mets

aras vnatrob!- kbilebSi gamoscrida xolme lamzira da momuWul
xels magidaze iseTi ZaliT dahkravda, masze arsebuli nivTebi
haerSi Seicekvebdnen xolme. magidis dakrulze wamierad verac
krTomiT Seafaxulebda naz wamwamebs, ramdenime wuTis Semdeg ki
Zveleburad daemSvidobeboda lamziras da karis parmaRze myofi
miaZaxebda:

_ kidev moval.

_moxval, moxval, aba sad waxval? vai Cven Tavs... _CaidudRnebda

TavisTvis lamzira da veras mosvlamde mofusfuse Zvel saqmianobas
miubrundeboda. erTi SexedviT veras xilva imediT aRasvebda,
sakuTar TavSi Zalisxmierebas poulobda, misi wasvlis Semdeg ki
isev daisevdianebda. tanad Tavisi maRali, zorba biWi, frontis wina
xazze meomari Wabuka axsendeboda, dRe da Ram imis fiqrSi iyo, mis
gamo dardobda, oRondac cocxli Camomivides da gindac uxel-
ufexod xeibari iyoso, eCurCuleboda xolme Tavis Tavs. Wabuka Seni
vinaao, Tu vinme hkiTxavda gauTxovar lamziras, pasuxs umal
daaxvedrebda, Cemi Zmis Svili, Cemi gamozrdili, imas Semoevlos Cemi
jani da sicocleo. marTalia Cemi Zma didi xania rac leningradSi
gadasaxlda, coliTa da ori SviliT, magram es biWi Wabuka CemTan
datova, Cem gamo, marto rom ar megrZno Tavi...

saRamo xans xelsaqmosnebisgan martod darCenili Aanastasia

Tavs fiqris uflebas aZlevda. Zveli WrilobebiT danaRvluli
Tvals gauSteebda cecxlisferi RrublebiT mikibul zecas,
ixseneda satrfialo ymawvilur ambebs, Tavs odnavi nugeSis
SegrZnebiT aTamamebda. yovel jerze sxvadasxva Tavsgadaxdenil
ambavs ixsenebda da gulisgulSi sixarulis naTeli sxivi
ukiafdeboda, radgan man Tavisi raindis gamo yvela sirTule
daZlia, yvelaferi aitana, wvima-TqeSsa da yinva-yiamaTs ar daerida,
sayvareli raindis sulis dasaxsnelad didi lodis tvirTva uxdeba
cicabo aRmarTze, da miznis miRwevamede TiTqmis naxevarze meti
galia.

fiqrebma Zveli momenti gaaxsena, is da kirile cekvis sasaxleSi,

valsis dros, kiriles mamakacuri mzera mis faqiz manerebTan
TanxvedraSi modioda, Aanastasias Zalzed msubuqi cekvis manerebi
hqonda, TavdaviwyebaSi gadahyavda valss mocekvave qal-vaJis wyvili...
da rodesac valsi dasasruls inebebda, maSinRa aRmoCenda nastinka
rom mocekvave sazogadoebas wreSi hyavdaT moqceuli, SeZaxilebi da
mquxare taSi kiriles sixarulisa da aRtacebis emociebs hgvrida:
_bravo... ai, mesmis gracia, RmerTo Cemo sad iswavles aseTi
mdidruli cekva?.. es pirdapir saocrebaa, aseTi valsi mxolod
parizSi Tu minaxavs...

ambis mogonebani anastasiaze dadebiTad moqmedebda, mSvidi Rimili

efineboda saxeze, xandaxan Tvalebs mouxuWavda lamaz mogonebas da
gonebaSi warsulis kadrebi naTlad cocxldebodnen, am dros
Aanastasia isev warsulSi darCenili patara gogona, natinka xdeboda,
Tavisi garegnuli ier-mimikebiT, xasiaTobrivi sikekluciT,
siyvarulisgan gadaxalisebuli guliT. anastasia gvian iZinebda,
roca caze monarnare mTvare gautoldeboda da zevidan momcinari
mimikebiT gadmoxedavda, maSinRa moamTavrebda gulmxurvale locvas,
mxrebze pleds moixuravda, Tavs muxlebSi Cairgavda da riJraJamde
nantr Zils miscemda Tavs, RamiT ras naxavda sizmrad, zogjer
sixaruliT iRviZebda, veras adgomamde sampir locvasac aswrebda,
mere xel-pirs dabanda, satualeto procedurebis dasrulebis
Semdeg, sauzmis daZalebasTan dakavSirebiT polemikaSi gamoiwvevda,
Tan uxaroda dis Tavgadakluli mzrunveloba, Tan swyinda rom
zedmtad awuxebda da TviTonac wuxdeboda. sakvebze sityvisa da
drois tyuilubralod xarjva ra xeirs gvayriso, Cailaparakebda da
morCil-Rimiliani silamaziT SeanaTebda veras TvalebSi.

veras diliT uyvarda winkarSi patara taburetze Camomjdari

sulganabuli rom adevnebda Tvalyurs dis locvas, xeebze Citebis
fusfuss, baRSi monavarde da xis totebTan mofarTxale niavis
ancobas, uwin mezoblis mitovebul saxlze mercxlebi budeebs
iSenebdnen, binas idebdnen, mravldebodnen, frTiandebodnen da
SemodgomiT Tbil qveynebisaken im imediT miemgzavrebodnen, rom
gamozafxulebisTanave ukan dabrunebuliyvnen. gazafxulis piri
kudmakratela mercxlebis JRurtuliT iwyeboda. omis dawyebis
Semdeg maT ezoSi mercxlebi aRar gamoCenilan, neta marto CvenTan
aRar dabrundnen Tu sxebTanac daiviwyes Camofrenao, fiqrobda
TavisTvis garTuli ra drosac maTTan koWli fostalioni mxarze
gadakidebuli didi, molurjo CanTiT eaxla.

_povestka mogitaneT, frontze gasawvevi, _Cailaparaka uxalisod

da gamomcdeli mzera Aanastasias miapyro.

veram xelebi pirze aifara da aslukunda. anastasiam mSvidi

TvalebiT Sexeda das: _nu geSinia vera, dagibrundeba Seni qmari,
Tanac male, SemarTeba ar dakargo, gesmis?

veram Tanxmobis niSnad Tavi daukra das, fostalions haerSi

gaSeSebuli xelidan faratina qaRaldi CamoarTva da saxlSi
Seirbina mZinare qmarTan:

_ra vqna, aravis vuyvarvar da aravis vundivar avismomaswavebels

meZaxian, me ra davaSave, Savi baraTi rom mova xolme frontidan,
ramdenime dReEvzverav ojaxs, vin ufro magaria rom imas gadavce-
Tqo, zogs arc ki vuCen, vumalav da dafxrewil depeSas mtkvars
vatan, aba, deda Tu moxucebulia, qanqariTa da varaudiT rom dadis,
midi da uTaxr, Seni Svilis saxelze Savi baraTi movida-Tqo,
sikvdilamde ori dRis sicocxleRa darCenia da isica me gavumwaro?..
magrama sul ar mitanaca xo mar SeiZleba, rom gamigon, samsaxuridan
gamagdeben, SeiZleba Tavi erT adgilian viris abanoSc amomayofinon
_Tqva da orive xelis TiTebiT patara sarkmeli gamosaxa da
TvalebTan mitanilma uSnod gamoicqira. xom marTali var mjdomare
Aanastasia, RmerTma mainc xom icis rom am guliT mxolod sikeTe
memeteba yvelasTvina_ es bolo winadadeba, TiTqos sasxvaTaSoris,
TavisTvis Cailaparaka da isev koWlobiT gadavida nikiSevebis
ezodan. gzaze RiRin-RiRins mohyva gaurkveveli sityvebiT.

XXIII
komisariatSi gamocxadebamde kargad Seimosa viqtori. bavSvi
gadakocna: _aba, Sen ici, Cems Camosvlamde wera-kiTxva ar daiviwyo,
bevri ikiTxe, werilebsac gamogigzavni, piradad waikiTxe da
dedaSensac Sen waukiTxe, Torem magan kiTxva ar icis.

_mama, frontidan rom wamoxval wiTelvarskvlavian medlebs xom

wamomoReb?_gaxarebuli urbenda giorgi frontze wasasvlelad
gamzadebul mamas.

_aba, ra, rogorc ki Sevipyrob gitlers, maSinve davbrundebi,

medlebsac wamogiReb, wiTelvarskvlevianebsac da
wiTellentianebsac, gamagrdi momavalo jariskaco!_SesZaxa mamam
Svils samxedro SemarTebiT, bavSvma ki mamis SeZaxilze tani gaWima,
samxedro samwyobro nabijiT iwyo ezoSi siaruli. Tvalcremliani
Sehyurebda vera qmris gamgzavrebas.

_qalo, cremli ar damanaxo, ar miyvars Seni tirili, ra mkvdars

xom ara mxedav, icode davbrundebi, rame rom damemarTos giorgis
mixede da aRar gaTxovde, ar minda sxvas, viRac gadamTiels
dauZaxos mama, gesmis Cemi? _daekiTxa SemarTebuli toniT veras da
coli mkerdSi Caikra. axlaRa igrZno veram, rom qmris ase medgari
saqcieli colis gasamxneveblad gamoegona, Torem Sinaganad isic im
adamianuri fiqrebiT SeSfoTebuliyo, romelic sikvdilis
moaxlovebuli safrTxis grZnobisas aedevneba xolme adamians da
mosvenebas ukargavs. siZem anastasiac miikra mkerdze, Sublze
kocnis mere veras gasZaxa: _ amas mimixede icode, davbrundebi Tu
ara, pirvels amas movikiTxav, ar miTxras veram mawyeninao, Torem
pasuxs ageb ZirgacveTili, diadi meomris winaSe!_

mkerdze mixutebulma anastasiam Tbilad moualersa xeli loyaze,

TvalebSi CaxedviT TiTqos dafaruli, SeniRbuli SiSi gauqro da
simSvide mohgvara, nu Relav, male dabrundebi, yvelaferi
Zveleburad dagxvdeba, isev ise gaagrZeleb cxovrebas, rogorc
aqamde cxovrobdi. sxvebic gaamxneve, uTxari Cemze, iman Tqva omi
Cveni gamarjvebiT sruldeba_Tqo, faSisti hitleri win didi
danakargis fasad wava, magram Sedegs veraferSi miaRwevs. uTxari,
umi boroti Zalebis zeimia, magram Mamas ar SeuSindnen jariskacebi,
oms dasasruli aqvs, iseve rogorc dasawyisi, dasasruli Cveni
gamarjveba iqneba.

WiSkrisken mimaval siZes zurgidan pirjvari gadasaxa, locvis

Zala daadevna frontze mimavals. giorgi da vera quCis bolomde
Cqari nabijiT misdevdnen SemarTebiT maval jariskacs, romelic
ukve ormocwels kargad gadacilebuliyo. omis dawyebisas
Tavdapirveli sayovelTao mobilizacia axalgazrda jeelebze
gavrcelda, frontze gauWirdaT jariskacebi da ormocwels
gadacilebulTa gawvevac gamosces kanonad. swored am kanonis
Tanaxmad viqtor sozonovsac uwevda frontze brZola.

komisariatis win uamrav, sozonovis asakis mamkacs moeyara Tavi.

isini komisariatSi aRricxvis Semdeg matareblisken miiCqarodnen,
ambobdnen matarebels erevanSi Cahyavs da iqidan samedicino
Semowmebis Semdeg pirdapir frontis wina xazze gzavniano. veram da
patara giorgim sadguramde gaaciles viqtori. sarkinigzo
transporti daZra Tu ara xelis qnevas mohyvnen, iqamde iqnevda
xelebs giorgi, sanam matarebelma elvisebr siCqares ar uxmo
yviriliT da liangagebze Cuq-CuqiT Tvals ar miefara.
frTaCamotexil mxrebs tkiviliT grZnobda vera, Tumca qmris
danapirebs asrulebda, cremli ar gadmoagdo mis gamo, yelSi burTi
gasCroda da nerwyvis xSiri ylapviT cdilobda mis gaqrobas:

_deda, mama male dabrundeba?_CaekiTxa naRvliani xmiT patara

giorgi.

_uhu! _ amoiluRluRa da Tavis dakvris meti vera moaxerxa

Segnebulad Sekavebuli tirilis gamo. bavSvs Tavze miualersa,
xelSi aitaca da saxlisaken Cqari nabijebiT gaswia.

xelsaqmosanni wriulad ganlagebuliyvnen Aanastasias win, isev

CaebaT swrafi tempiT samuSao, isev idga bWoba da baasi levitanis
mier gadmocemuli axali ambebis gamo.

_hitlers uTqvams, roca moskovis Tavze Cems droSas

avafrialebo, pirvel rigSi levitans ena unda amovacaloo _ ernam
SiSismieri xmiT warmosTqva da verc ki SeniSna Tu rogor
miuaxlovdnen deda-Svili, giorgi da vera mas.

_gegons, gegonos, saubarSi niskarti ar gicvdeba-Tqo, vinmem unda

uTxras_gagulisda irine_amoacalo ra, raRa giWirs, emand droSis
afrialebazeca uocnebia Cia kacs.
 uqmroobas ganicdida vera, xandaxan samfexa taburets
Camoidgamda baRSi, mzes mificxebuli ixsenebda baqoSi sozonovTan
pirveli Sexvedris detalebs. giorgis ufrTxildeboda, misi ojaxis
erTaderTi gamgrZelebeli iyo, sam das es erTi momavali hyavda,
udedod, umamod darCenili, Tumca amis eWvad aRebac ar SeeZlo mas,
dedad veras scnobda, mamad viqtor sozonovs. frontze myof mamas
gulmodgined elodeboda giorgi, veras enaneboda bavSvi kvlavac
dasaoblebad, romelzedac xangamoSvebiT egoisturi Jini ipyrobda,
dis Svili ki ara, Cemi Sviliao, fiqrobda gunebaSi. gamudmebiT
EeWvisTvalebiT uWvretda mezoblebis naubars, vaiTu, erT dResac
wamoscdeT giorgis TandaswrebiT sinamdvile. aseT dros guli
boRmiT evseboda, gaucnobierebeli RvarZli ipyrobda xan romeli
enaWartala mezoblis mimarT da xanac romeli.

im wels mkacri zamTari daiWira, Tovlic bevri Camoiyara cidan,

ulevad bardnida da TeTrdeboda iquroba. TeTri iyo Tbilisi,
mxolod Tavze gadmokideuli droSa elvarebda wiTelad.
daRvremili iyo vera, dana pirs ar uxsnida, ra xani iyo rac mis
qmars samkuTxad mokecili werili ar gamougzavnia frontis
xazidan, arc ara mose mwerlad iyo aqamde gadaqceuli, magram TveSi
erTxel mainc gaujRabnida colSvils, kargad var, win miviwevT, me
ara miWirs ra, marto uTqvenobas ganvicdio... axla amasac aRar
iwereboda. Tovli fexqveS WraWunobda da veras nakvalevs itovebda
misi gavlisas, malimal gadadioda quCas fostalioni kukuris
sanaxavad, Soridanve scnobda sikoWleze, gaedevneboda xolme misi
buzisodenad danaxvisas da iqmde uZaxda, sanam ar gaagonebda ,
moaxdebda da xeliT uaryofis niSans ar miscemda. vera daRonebuli
brundeboda Sin, mxrebCamoyrili, uRonod daSvebuli mklavebiT.

TovlSi namceca myinvarwveriviT ijda muxlebze Aanastasia.

masaviT Zlieri da siyvarulisadmi udreki. Tovls misi Tavi, tani
TeTrad Seemosa, mxolod saxe mouCanda, isic gaurkvevlad. wamwamebi
TeTrad dafifquliyvnen, aprexil cxvirzec dasdeboda wertilebad
fifqebis grova. dis Semxedvares guli etkina veras, mkerdSi mwveli
Wvali igrZno, sunTqvaSi uSlida xels, gulze xelmidebuli
gadavida saxlis zRurbls, giorgis gunda Seetana saxlSi da
ukmayofilod sinjavda gasadnobad gamzadebuls:

_giorgi, cocxi aiRe da deidaSens Tovli Camobertye , Zalian

gTxov, Svilo._ dauyvava veram patara giorgis, TviTon Sewuxebuli,
mkerdze xelmidebuli skamze daeSva. giorgim Tvali Seavlo
Semosasvlelis kuTxeSi miyudebul cocxs da aqandazs. mere cocxi
daitaca da gareT, TovlSi xalisianad gaiWra. zurgidan
miuaxlovda Aanastasias da cocxis moqeviT surda Tovlis
gayreineba, rom verafers gaxda, Tovls cema dauwyo, srulebiTac
ver xvdeboda rom TovlisTvis moqneuli cocxi deidas xvdeboda. is
am dros fantelebs ebrZoda, cocxi misi iaraRi iyo, Tovli ki
masTan TamaSis ZiriTadi monawile. gulSeRonebulma veram
fanjridan dalanda cocxis cemiT Tavmomwone giorgi, garkveul
omis manevrirebes asaxierebda, xan aqeTa gverdze iskupebda da
gadaxteboda, xan iqiTa gverdze. Aanastasia ki morCilad,
gaunZrevlad itanda fantaziori bavSvis qmedebebs.

gadareuli gamoenTo gareT vera, romelsac giorgis saqcielis

Sedegad mkerdSi damdgari Wvalic daviwynoda da gulSi mwveli
grZnobac. xeli staca cocxs da bavSvs gaujavrda: _me Sen eg
gTxove? SeiZleba deida scemo? _ dedis gabrazebis gamo alursuli
giorgi TavCaqindruli gaSeSda erT adgilas. veram cocxiT faqiad
Camobertya Tovli das, jer mxrebidan mere zurgidan, Zlivs
gamouCnda pleds Tavis gaxunebuli feri, saxlSi Sesul giorgis
deidisadmi siyvarulze esaubra, Zilis winac Aanastasias Sesaxeb
uambobda, mis gulkeTilobasa da mosiyvarule xasiaTze.

XXIV

marTlac da, viqtor sozonovi male dabrunda frontidan.

weliwadic ar iyo gasuli misi gamgzavrebidan, xelSi daWrili,
uunarod CauTvliaT da samxedro samedicino komisiaze gayvanili
daubrakavT. samxedro samosiT Semosili, sahaero rezinis kamera
akidebuli xalisiT miabijebda Tbilisis quCebSi. ukacrieli quCebi
eqod itacebda mamakacis danatrebuli nabijebis xmas. giorgis
daZaxebiT gadaabija nikiSevebis WiSkars:

_ai, xom giTxari verka, nu idardeb, male dagibrundeba Seni

qamri_Tqo, xom vambobdi_Sehxaroda Aanastasia mis win gadabadrul
das da siZes, sixaruliT gabednierebuli giorgi davlurs uvlida
ded-mamis garSemo,

_damSeuli iqnebi, axlave gagimzadeb rames_veras TvalebSi

varskvalavebi akiafebuliyvnen, sixaruliT mecxre caze frenda.

_cotac moicade, verka, dedalzec dagvewveva_anastasias naTqvami

ukbilo xumrobad miiRo varkam, Tumc misi naTqvamisadmi
miuxvedrebloba xSirad emarTeboda, saxlSi Seirbina samxarisTvis,
magidac moumarjva frontis xazidan axladdabrunebuls. sozonovi
anastasiasTan Camuxluliyo, saubriT garTuls Tavis TavisTvis ar
ecala, zurgidan giorgi mikroboda da patara, gamxdari xelebi
kiserze SemoeWdo. veram langarze dailaga mwvanili, axlad
gamomcxvari mWadebi, da is iyo winkarSi gamodga Tu ara fexi,
gaocda. anastasiaTan didebuli stumari mobrZanebuliyo,
sozonovTan saubrobda omis ambebze, cali xeliT giorgis qoCorze
ealersebda, mis siaxloves ori axovani axalgazrda mamakaci
Camomdgariyo da qalbatonis usafrTxoebaze mzrunvelni eWvis
Tvals avlebdnen baRsa Tu garSemo yvelafersa da yovels. es is
qalbatonia, romelsac ar uyvars roca misi TandaswrebiT mTavrobas
axseneben, keTilad ra Tqma unda, Torem augis gafiqrebas gulSic ki
ver gaivlebda miwieri, qali TiTqos windawin Rebulobda saamiso
RonisZiebas... _ rodisRa movida, am wuTas ar gamovixede?_ gaifiqra
veram da gaoceba ufro metad daetyo saxeze, rodesac dis win
Camomdgar patara tablaze moxarSuli dedali, sxva sanovagesTan
erTad dainaxa. gonebaSi kidev erTxel gadaxarSa Aanastasias
NnaTqvami, cotac moicade, verka da barem dedalze dagvewvevao,

_qalbatono marTa, gTxovT dabrZandiT, fexze daiRlebiT,_gaegeba

vera marTa jayels, romelic Cacmul-daxurulobiT sipewenikis
natifi gansaxiereba gaxldaT, saxeze saTno Rimili dasTamaSebda da
TvalebSi sevdisferi varskvlavebi cimcimebdnen. Aanastasias win
Camoidga patara skami, WaRaraSevlebul Tavze Tbilad moualersa
xelisgulebiT: _xom kargad xar, Cemo Aanastasia?_mis xmaSi
momatebuli wlebisa da warmouTqmeli gancdis nazavi
mokrZalebulad Separuliyo, erTi SexedviT mokazmuli qalbatoni,
dacvis TanxlebiT mosiarule, sevdiani gulis matarebeli gaxldaT.
Savad aprialebuli avtomobili nikiSevebis Selaxulad WiSkarTan
ucdida qalbatons.

iq myofni, yvela mixvda rom qalbatons anastasiasTan surda

saubari, amitom martoni datoves. baasma didxans gastana, saxlSi
SeyuJulni vera da viqtori fanjridan gafacicebulni adevnebdnen
Tvals mobaaseT, maT moSorebiT mdgari dacva ki TvaliT wonida
yvelafers.

rodesac mjdomareAanastasia da qalbatoni marTa locvaze

gadavidnen, gafacicebiT moTvalTvale vera da viqtori mixvdnen, rom
qalbatonis stumroba dasasruls uaxlovdeboda, aseT dros ukve
SeeZloT ezoSi daurideblad gamosvla, maTTan puris gasatexad
aRar darCa qalbatoni marTa, Cemi Svilebi micdian saxlSi,
gansakuTrebiT lavreni momelis guliT vgrZnobo. Aanastasias
gamomSvideobebis niSnad Tbilad Caexuta, TvalebSi krZalviT Caxeda
da yelgamoweulma sTxova: _anastasia, genacvale, iqneba iloco Cemi
lavrentisTvis, SesTxove rwmena gauZlieros, Zveli kaTmoyvareoba da
simSvide minda daubrundes.

anastasiam morcxvad gauRima, mokrZaleba nebas ar aZlevda

sityvebiT zedmetad gamoexata saTqmeli, romelsac SesaZloa
gulistkivili gamoewvia mis win mdgomi dedis gulSi, romlsac
Svilis warmatebuli kariera siamayis safuZvls ar aZlevda: _Tqvenze
viloceb marTa, Tqvenze mesiamovneba kidec usasrulod locva.

qalbatoni miuxvda Aanastasias naTqvams, mis Rimilnarev

gamometyvelebas wyenis niSanwyali ar etyoboda, tkbilad auTamaSda
tuCis kuTxeebi, saxeze damCneuli naoWebi axladdafenil Tovlisfer
TrTvilze gavlili msubuqi frTosnis nakvaleviviT aCnda,
Sefaklul Rawvebze xeli gadaisva da WiSkrisaken neli nabijebiT
daiZra. mas gverdigverd amoudgnen axmaxi damcvelebi, romelinic
wamieradac ki ar tovebdnen umeTvalyureod qalbatons.

tablas sixaruliT miusxdnen ojaxis wevrebi, veram sainze

daalaga stumris mier motanili ZRveni, moxarSuli dedali naWrebad
daWra da sufris TavSi Cadga:

_Rvinoc mouxdeboda amas. _Cailaparaka sixalisiT sozonovma da

TefSze gadaRebul qaTmis xorcis naWers piri moumarjva.

_eg dedikos kurtumia,_gaisma moulodnelad giorgis bavSvurad

gulwrfeli naazrevi, romelsac xmamaRali sicili mohyva jer
verasgan, mere ki viqtorisagan. TvalebgafarTovebiT Sescqeroda
bavSvi mis naTqvamze mokiskise ded-mamas da ver mimxvdariyo, Tu ra
Tqva sasacilo, kargad axsovda rom marTa bebos motanili,
moxarSuli dedlis kurtumis knatuni, dedamiss Zalian uyvarda.

_RmerTma gaaxaros marTa jayeli, _Tqva mokrZalebulad anastasiam

da mwvanilis foTlebi Txel TiTebSi SeaTamaSa._ramdenjerac
mobrZandeba, imdenjer xeldamSvenebuli modis,

_rom ara qalbatoni marTa, omianobisas, am gaWirvebul Jams vin

gvaRirsebda moxarSul dedals?_veram qmari mzrunvelurad
SeaTvaliera da dasZina: _giorgisTvis tkbileulobac moutania, da
araerTxel.

_xelgaSlili yofila, bavSvic rom ar aviwydeba_sozonovs box

xmaSi aRtaceba dastyobda.

_keTilad xelgaSlili, misi guliTadoba saamayoa, ramdens

ganicdis Svilis sapasuxismgeblo Tanamdebobis gamo._anastasias
metis Tqva ar surda marTas Sesaxeb, Rimiliani TvalebiT Sehxara
mis pirapir mdjom siZes _ aba, ras gviambob omisas?
 _nastinka, ar mesmis, aseT saTno dedebs mkacrad gamobrZmedili
rkina-foladis Svilebi rogor uCndebaT? nuTu dediseuli araferi
dahyvebaT xolme gaCenisas?

_vera, rac Sen ar gekiTxeba, nu ityvi, Cveni saqme rac araa, ena-
pirs nu aTqmevineb! _ simkacre daetyo xmaSi viqtor sozonovs _ ici,
adamians kbilebi rad misca gamCenma? imitom ki ara rom vaSli
kbiCos, aramed imitom rom dagrZelebul enas galavaniviT
aRemarTos da pirSi dateuls gareT gamoyofis saSualeba ar misces.

veras sulac ar swynia qmris uxeSi naTqvami, piriqiT gulis SigniT

areali gaunaTda, Tavisze mzrunveli mamakacis naubari malamod
edeboda mis iarebs, droebiT, naucbaTevad mis moSuSebaSic ki
exmareboda. sakuTari da, anna gaaxsenda. misi gauTavebeli bWoba
represiebiT gamowveul simwareze, gamudmebul Zagebas mohyveboda
xolme da siavis msurveli iyo yvela udanaSaulos sisxliT
gasvrili Ciniani pirisa. anna , umcrosi dis xsovnaSi, ukve
romantiul wignebSi dabadebul personaJs hgavda, saweri kalmis
saSualebiT mxatrulad aelvarebuli Tval-warbiT, faqizi kaniT,
Txel-Txeli aRnagobiT, magram didi siyvarulis SesaZleblobebis
Semkuli niWiT, mis siyvaruls saxelad daTa mayaSvili erqva;
revoluciuri xasiaTis, dabadebidanve mSfoTvare manerebis mqones
Camohgavda, isic rainduli TvisebebiT Camoqnili kaci, Rirseba
misTvis sicocxlis tol-fasi iyo. masac uyvarda anna, mis gamo
brZolac SeeZlo, ukan daxeva ar axasiaTebda, magram veras mudmivad
sjeroda rom annas gacilebiT metad uyvarda satrfo, vidre is
mamakacs. albaT, qalisa da mamakacis siyvarulis gazomv-awonva rom
yofilyo SesaZlebeli, sasworze ori saini tolxazovnad
daekidaT, erTze qalis siyvaruli daedoT, meoreze ki mamakacis, ra
Tqma unda, qalis dasZalavda. qali bunebis unazesi qmnileba
gacilebiT giJia siyvarulis gamoxatulebisas, vidre mamakaci. anna
siyvarulSi daeca, susti muxli maSin ukanasknelad Caxara, rodesac
Tavisi sayvareli mamakacis usicocxloba Seityo. vera fiqrobda, rom
masac SeeZlo siyvaruli, magram ara iseTi, rogoric annas wrfel
guls ewifeboda. annas kiTxva uyvarda, gansakuTrebiT frang
klasikosTa romanebis. TviTonac romanis gmirs Camohgavda, misi
siaxlovisas, iseTi SegrZneba uefleboda veras, rom TiTqos
dedamiwa gafarTovebuliyo annas sixalisiT, misi moqnili da sxarti
manerebiT, misi Tavganwiruli siyvarulis niWierebis gamo. annasTvis
daTa mayaSvili samyaros Suqmfeni wertili iyo, romlis siyvaruliT
bedniereba sazrdoobda, mTeli arsebiT usazRvro sixaruls mieca,
rodesac sakuTari orsuloba Seicno, maT siyvaruls nayofi
keTilad gamoeRo. bolo dros sizmrisgan mSfoTvarec axsovda anna.
rodesac cis kideze amowverili mTvare laplaps iwyebda, annas uSno
zmaneba awvalebda. sizmridan gamoyolili uxasiaToba daTas saxlSi
aryofnisas umZafrdeboda. xSirad ipyrobda umizezo naRveli.
sizmari cudad auxda, represiebma mwared uwia mosiyvarule wyvils.
saxlSi mobrunebul Tmaxotora annas daTa mayaSvilze imediani
fiqri acocxlebda, magram misi daxvretis Sesaxeb Seito Tu ara,
mwuxrma Seipyro ZirisZirobamdis. erTaxns, gamTeniisas qmris saxeli
iseTi siZlieriT ikivla, rom samyaro SesZra, surda misTvis xma
miewvdina gamwarebul gulze, sadac ar unda yofiiyo is, samyaros
romel wertilSiac ki, scodnoda rom is mas eZebda... daTas saxelma
ca da dedamiwa moicva, xma eqod aitaca samyarom da usasrulobaSi
gaabnia. TiToeul varskvlavs, gazovan-mtvrovan nisleulsa Tu
Rrubels miswvda informacia Seyvarebuli qalis sasowarkveTili
Zaxilisa, is eZiebda nebismieri saxiT naqcev qmris danatovar
grZnobas. es xma aitaca usasrulod erTianma samyarom TanagrZnobis
gamo da mere wamierad daicrica haerSi. annas sicocxlis
ukanaskneli dRec Savmwared axsovs. rodesac mowamluli dis
dakrunCxul sxeuls daxeda, gamwarebuls sisxli auvarda TavSi,
mSxefvared dauwyo saferTqlebSi cema... mainc es siyvarulis Zala
ra mwared gadagvekida samive daso, ganicdida. amaze didxans ufiqria
Zilis win, xandaxan ise gaitacebda xolme siyvarulis Tavganwirvis
Sesaxeb fiqri, rom Zilis ruli ufrTxeboda. mainc vin gvaswavla,
vin STagvagona ase giyvardeT Tqveni siyvarulio, ufrTxildebodeT
da mis gamo Tavsac swiravdeTo?.. albaT, dedam muclidanve
gadmogvayola es Tviseba. is Cvenze orsuli Tu gamudmebiT
fiqrobda siyvarulis Tavganwirvaze, andac mxatvrul literaturas
kiTxulobda, mTeli arsebiT SeigrZnobda nawarmoebSi gadmocemul
siyvaruls, erTgulebasa da Ralats, albaT mucladmyofT dedis
naazrev-nafiqrali mtkice kanonad gvebeWdeba gonebaSi.
anastasiasTan amaze gadakvriT Tu usaubria frontze myofi qmris
gancdianobisas: _ ratomaa ase, Cven debs siyvarulis giJuri gancda
gveufleba, roca sxva qalebi amaze didad ar ganicdian, SesaZloa
ganicadon, magram CvensaviT sicocxles ar anacvaleben, zed ar
gadayolian. vin gvaswavla, vin STagvagona aseTi giJuri siyvaruli?

_es giJuri siyvaruli araa, namdvili siyvaruli wrfelia Tavisi

arsebobiT, misi gamovlinebebisas ki aRar fiqrob rogoria is,
gamoxatuleba Wkvianurad TavSekavebulia Tu araWkvanurad gancdiani.
namdvili siyvaruli aq, mwvel grZnobad igrZnoba_ saubrisas
anastasiam Txeli xeli mkerdze miido_ Tu mas uWirs, aq gtkiva, Tu
ulxins-mainc aq gsiamovnebs, rom ambob, sxvebi ase Tavs ar wiraveno,
Sen ra ggonia, yvelas siyvaruli gulwrfelia? is, romeli
siyvarulic Tavganwirvaze ar gadis, araa siyvaruli. is ukve an
mowonebaa, andac simartoviT gamowveuli TanagrZnobiereba.
siyvarulSi RmerTiviT mzrunveli unda iyo, mxolod xangrZlivad
mxurvale locvisas da wrfeli siyvarulisas grZnob pirdapir
kavSirs ufalTan, im ufalTan romelic Cveni sikeTiT Tbeba, Cveni
siyvaruliT tkbeba, Segvxaris ise, rogorc axladnamSobiarebeli
deda xarobs Tavisi yrmis pirveli naxvisas. dedas SeuZlia Svilis
gamo yvelanairi Seuracxyofa daiTminos, yvelanairi dabrkoleba
gadalaxos, tkiviliT Sobos da sixaruliT aRivsos, iwvalos misi
gazrdiT da dedasTan damokidebulebis yoveli mcdari nabiji
siyvaruliTa da morCilebiT aitanos. dedis Tvisebebisamebr Cveni
ufalic aseTia, Cvens gamo ewama, da kvlavac ewameba, TiToeuli Cveni
tkivili stkiva. ucabedad movlenili siyvaruli RmerTis saCuqaria
CvenTvis. anna bednieria, raTa siyvarulis is gamovlineba SeigrZno,
romelsac zogierT adamians sicocxlis xandazmulobamdec ki ar
daezmaneba, warmodgeniTac ki ver warmoidgens. mec bednieri var
veraCka, bednieri... radgan Cemi siyvarulis gamo dauZleveli davZlie,
naTlad vgrZnob mizanTan axlos var, kirile ar yofila qaoturad
movlenili, qars ayolili msubuqi xasiaTis pirovneba, is Zlieri
vaJkaci iyo, mas sazRvrebSeukavebeli siyvaruli SeeZlo, megobrebi
uyvarda da maT Ralats sizmradac ver gaivlebda... me vuyvardi, Cemi
siyvaruli misTvis xateba iyo, me viyvardi... vuyvardi, da Tanac
imdenad, rom sakuTari sicocxlec ki Semomwira. merwmune, sxvis
TvalSi albaT Cemganac gadadgmuli msgavsi nabiji, didad
erTgulebis damadasturebeli iqnebda, magram, me miznad sxva ram
damisaxa Cemma sulierma mxarem, me Cemi mxrebiT amaqvs kiriles
satarebeli mZime jvari aRmarTze. …

_aRar gekiTxebi, rodis gaivli-Tqo, magram gulwrfelad

mainteresebs, rodisme Tu veRirsebi Sens saxlSi Semosvlas,
menatreba samzareulos magidasTan mejde, gemriel blinebs
gicxobde da Tbili rZiT gimaspinZldebode.

ca nacrisferSi moiqufra, wvimisaTvis momzadebuls gruxuni

gaudioda da yrud aRiqmeboda muqi feris RrublebSi.

_aq gamimaspinZldi verka, saxlSi Semosvlas ra Zala aqvs, vici

giyvarvar, mec miyvarxar Cemo daiko, gana Senze mSobliuri vinme
meguleba? Cemi cxovreba esaa, aq Tavs kargad vgrZnob, kiriles
xsovna ara mtovebs uyuradRebod, arc ufali mimetebs avisTvis,
setyvisas Tavis tkbil kalTas mafarebs, ici iseTi tkbilia, iseTi
... tirili mindeba, Tu ver SeigrZnob, verc warmoidgen, arada ra
advilia misi SegrZneba, masTan miaxloveba, ufali mesaidumled
iseT adamianebs irCevs, romelnic asakis miuxedavad bavSvuri guli
da gancdebi axasiaTebT. merwmune, aseTad Znelia gardaqmna, magram
ara SeuZlebeli.

_mainc rodemde ijdebi ase? xom xedav siberisken vqeniT piri,

xom aRar vaxalgazrdavdebiT ara? _veram cas dakvirvebulad
axeda, zecam wvimis ramdenime msxvil wveTiani niSani misca miwas,
moqufruli cidan gruxuni kvlavac gaismoda.
 _eseTi cxovreba Cemi arCevani iyo, Cemo daiko, me am arCevniT
moxaruli var, Senc minda gixarodes da ara ganicdide. me Cemi
kiriles sulis gamoxsnamde viqnebi ase, mere ki damSvidebuli mis
sanaxavad gaveSurebi. me sicocxlis bolo amosunTqvamde aq
viqnebi.

wvima msxvili wveTebiT daiwyo, vera Seuwuxda mogruxune

aminds: _ Tavsxmas apirebs, qolgas gamogawvdi, Seefarebi mainc. _
cidan wamosuli gruxunis gamo TiTqmis yviriliT gaagona
guliswadli mjdomare das.

_qolga rad minda, Saqari ki ar var davdne, me wvimis ar

meSinia, piriqiT miyvars wvima, masTan erTad vJuJuneb xolme, Sen
ar gesmis Torem wvimasTan saubars didi xnis naCvevi var.

_gamagiJeb Sen, ufro swred ukve gamagiJe! _ukmayofilod

gadasZaxa da wvimisagan mobuzuli swrafad Sevarda saxlSi.
pirsaxocs waswvda xeliT da Tmis gamSralebas Seudga.
paralelurad gascqeroda fanjridan…wvimaSi uZravad myofi dis
siluets. ecodeboda, gulis kovzi uwyebda wvas, magram Tavs zeviT
sxva gzas ver xedavda. kargad axsovda daTa mayaSvilis jiut
xasiaTs meti sijiutiT dauxvda nastia, rodesac mis Tavze
samSeneblo masalebiT moindoma gadaxurva. arc sozonovs
dauxvalia sijiutis gamovlineba, gamoTqva Tu ara azri
TavSesafrad moqoxili, patara fardulis aSenebazed. mxolod
tyemlis xis imedad iyo mjdomare Aanastasia, romelmac zrdis
mimarTuleba Seicvla, gverdulad gadaweuli Tavze gadaefara
totebiT, Tumc wvimasac atarebda da Tovlsac. zafxulis mwveli
mzis dros mcire Crdils ki ikavebda, magram ara imdenad rom
CrdilqveS gagrileba SesaZlebeli yofiliyo. mTeli Rame
gadauReblad wvimda, veras iseTi SegrZneba daufleboda, TiTqos
masac awvimda Tavze, TiTqos galumpuli tanisamosi Semotmasnoda
mis tans da sicivisagan akankalebuls, tanze susxis eklebi
ayrida. loginSi Tbilad CaTbunebuli fsiqologirad kankalma
aitana, aaZagZaga taniT, kbils kbilze ver aWerda, ise akawkawebda.
gaTenebisas saCqarod wamoxda, wvimas gadaRebiT ar gadaeRo, magram
ise Sxapunad aRar moTqaroda , axla nazad aJuJunebda aremares.
veram Aanastasias gamosacvleli tansacmeli gautana, gamocvlaSi
TviTonac miexmara. cxeli Cais momzadebas Seudga disaTvis.

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 omianobis periodma arnaxuli gaWirveba moitana. Tumca debi
nikiSevebi iolad Seewynen gasaWirs, radgan bavSvobidan
gamowvrTnilebi iyvnen, siRatakisadmi adaptirebulni. qalaqSi puri
iSviaTad cxveboda, isic mcire raodenoba iyodeboda
mosaxleobaze, danarCeni frontze igzavneboda. fqvilis sayidlad
didi rigebis gadalaxva iyo saWiro, xolo navTs talonebiT
arigebdnen, magram vai im darigebas, didZali Ronisa da Sno-
marifaTis gamovlenis SemTxvevaSi Tu miaRwevda ramdenime dRian
rigSi myofi adamiani. verasTvis siRatake dasarcxven mdgomareobas
niSnavda, amitom xelmokleobas ise malavda, rogorc gasaTxovari
qalwuli asaidumlebs manks. majebgacveTil pulovers ise
amoukecavda zedapirs, rom gacveTili ki ara, Seaxuladac ki ar
moCanda. fexsacmels gacveTil mxares ise gauprialebda Tmis
sacxiT, axalnayids daamgvanebda. deb nikiSevebSi siRatake
SiSismieri gancdebiT ar aRiqmeboda, Tumc maT garSemo arsebul
sazogadoebaSi swored zemoxsenebuli siRatake mtrobis mizezi
xdeboda.

sauzmis Semdeg mziT gamTbar sxivebs Camoujdebodnen xolme

vera da misi qmari. siwynaris wuTebiT imSvidebdnen gonebas.
giorgi baRSi mousvenrad xtota, xeebze cocva aiTvisa Tu ara,
Seiyvara. xan romel xeze Semoskupdeboda guguliviT da xanac
romelzed. veras uyvarda haerSi Citebis navardobisTvis Tvalis
devneba. aseT dros gardacvlili da, anna axsendeboda, sauzmis
Semdeg winkarSi Camomjdari kudmakratela mercxlebis navardobiT
ixalisebda siyvaruliT samse guls. Txel, grZelTiTeba xelebSi
romeliRac sqeltanian wigns moiqcevda da dramatuli nawarmoebis
kiTxvas mercxlebis gauCinarebis Semdeg iwyebda. furclavda
drogamoSvebiT TiToeul furcels da masze dawerili Sinaarsis
Sesabamisi grZnobebi aRebeWdeboda xolme saxis mimikebze.

vera fiqrSi sinanuliT ixsenebda ganvlil cxovrebas, Tavisi

SesaniSnavi da aw ukve gamqrali personaJebiTurT. misi qmari,
viqtor sozonovi usaqmurobam gadaRala. gulis gadasayoleblad
xeze kveTas mihyo xeli, jer kidev bavSvobisas mamam is gamocdil
ostats miabara, raTa xeze kveTis xelobas srulyofilad
dauflebuliyo. daeufla kidec, oRondac SeZlebisdagvarad.
yoveldRiurad, sauzmis Semdgom ezoSi mzis Tbil sxivebs
mificxebuli xeze kveTTda taZris portals. frontze yofnisas
ocnebobda saxlSi yofnaze, col-Svilis Semxedvare sixaruliT
aRvsili Sroma-garjas mihyofda xels, maTi keTildReobis gamo.
mere SromiT moqanculi Tavawyvetili qeifiT daisvenebda. ocneba
samomavlod gadasdo, omis periodSi vis ra, an rogor eqeifebao,
gaifiqra da isev xeze kveTis rakuns mihyo xeli.
 Anastasias fostaSi amanaTebis ganyofilebis TanamSromeli,
lamzira eaxla. mciredi xelnaqsovi moetana, frontze
gasagzavnad. anastasiasTan axlos misuli, mis win daiCoqa:

_anastasia, Sen unda miTxra simarTle Cemi Wabukas Sesaxeb.

amas winebze Savi baraTi miviRe frontidan, viTom qerCSi
daRupulao, ar mejereba Aanastasia, Cems guls bedena ar aqvs, arc
cremli mdis da arc guls etireba. gTxov, rame miSvele, Tu
SegiZlia swori miTxra, vici Sen ar giyars aseTi daZaleba, magram
unda vicode Cemi ZmiSvili, Wabuka cocxlebSi movixsenio Tu
mkvdrebSi.

anastasiam Rimiliani TvalebiT Sexeda. Tavdapirvelad dumda.

mxolod taniT, umniSvnelod irweoda win da ukan. dumili Rrma
fiqrSi gadauvida. mis win muxlze damdgari qali ver iTmenda
dumils, romelic mware eklebad esoboda mkerdze:

_miTxari rame, genacvale, miTxari ra, gTxov! _daarRvia

dumili didad Seukavebeli xasiaTis gamo.

_me ra unda giTxra, lamzira! _gauRima keTilad anastasiam

_dedis gulma ukeT icis misi Svilis sicocxlis Sesaxeb. Savi
baraTi xan saWiroebisamebr modis, xanac arasaWiroebisamebr,
tyuilad. xan ikargeba da xanac misamarTi eSleba.

lamaram Tavi xelebSi Cargo da aqviTnda. roca qviTiniT

guli ijera xelebi daukocna Aanastasias: _xedav rogor maSinaTve
gamoicno?_mimarTa veras_Cemi Svili rom aris, Cemi sisxli da
xorci!

_aba, Cemi Zmis Sviliao, ase ar ambobdi?

_ho, ase vambobdi, ase mindoda meTqva, aba xo mar vityodi, Cemi
da Cemi sayvarlis siyvarulis Sedegia-Tqo? ase rom meTqva, xalxi
nabiWvars dauZaxebda, ar mindoda Cemi usaqcielobis gamo guli
stkenoda, mis TanatolebSi Tavmoyvareoba Selaxvoda, amitom Cems
ZmisSvilad davuyare xma, Zma aqedan magis gulobisTvis gameqca,
sadac patara kamaTi momiva kacebSi, maSinaTve Sens zneobas
wamomaZaxebeno, amitomac gamerida. marto davrCi CvilTan erTad.
gavzarde, xeli ar movtexe da fexi, aRzrda ar davakeli da
gazrda. axla omSiac damivaJkacdeba, erTi suli maqvs Camovides,
muxlebSi Cauvardebi da yvelafers vetyvi, simarTles gavumxel, am
gulsac aRar SeuZlia metis dateva.

_da is,_Seawyvetina veram moTqmiT saubari lamziras_is, kaci,

axla sadaa?

_vin kaci?
 _is, Seni Wabukas mama! namdvili mama.

_mas colSvili hyavs, Tavidanve vicodi, magram amis gulisTvis

ukan ar damixevia...

_Svils Tu naxulobs, Tu icis misi omSi wasvlis Sesaxeb?

_ara, patara iyo Cemi Wabuka misma colma rom Seito Cvens
Sesaxeb, ase movilaparekeT, oRondac xalxi ar aelaparakebina,
ubani ar Seeyara, saidumlod Seenaxa es ambavi da mis qmars
saTofeze aRar gavekarebodi.

_ratom moiqeci ase?

_Cemi Wabukas avtorites gavufrTxildi. vaJiSvilis avtoriteti

dedis samkauli da sicocxlis Tilismaa, xom ici.

Aanastasia momRimari Sehyurebda Svilis siyvaruliT

aRtacebul dedas, romelic ise aWikWikebuliyo, Tavis wlobiT
Senaxuli saidumloeba erTi xelis mosmiT gaeTqva. Tumc arc
nanobda, vaJiSvilis sicocxle aiZlulebda TviTonac Segnebuli
ZalisxmeviT daxvedroda arsebuls, sazogadoebaSi gavrcelebul
Sexedulebas Svilis umamod aRzrdis Sesaxeb medgrad aRdgomoda
win.

lamziras vaJiSvili marTlac daubrunda, oRondac maSin

rodesac reproduqtorma radio diqtor-levitanis piriT gadmosca
raixstagis Tavze qaTariasa da egorovis mier sabWoTa kavSiris
droSis aRmarTva.

didi samamulo omi dasasrulda. Tbilisi quCebSi

sasulioro orkestri daiareboda da xmamaRali musikiT
amcnobdnen da sasixarulo ganwyobaze ayenebdnen qalaqSi
darCenil mosaxleobas: qalebs, bavSvebs, moxucebsa da omSi
dabrakul, xeibar mamakacebs.

quCa-quCa moxetiale sasule orkestrs ukan sikil-kiskisiT

mihyvebodnen axalgazrda qalebi, moulodnelad gadmouxteboda
win instrumnetian musikosebs Tmebdakosavebuli, maRali, zorba
tanis, CiTis kabiani qali da mTeli xmiT SemouZaxebda: _Zirs
hitleri, Zirs kacTamkvleli faSizmi, Zirs nacisturi
raixkancleri, Zirs yvela mkvleli, sokos sporidan aRmocenebuli
mxdali mamakaci...

myvirala qals emociuri gancdebisagan saxe

wamouWarxldeboda da nervuli stresi emarTeboda, rac gulis
frialsa da yurebSi Semawuxeblad moSxuile xmiT gamoexateboda.
xelkavs gamosdebdnen aqeT-iqidan muSa qalebis erToba da
damSvidebisken mouwodebdnen: _aRar ijavro, sajavreli aqamde iyo,
manam cocxali da omis duxze idga, axla dardis magier unda
vizeimoTo, amSvidebdnen aqeT-iqidan.

xan romeli saxlis ezodan gamovardeboda omis damTavrebiT

gaxarebuli Saosani, ZaZebiT mosilT mSvidobas mainc gaenaTebina
maTi mgloviare sxeulis kunWulebi, cekva-TamaSsac ar iklebdnen
moxetialeni: _ stalins gaumarjos, Cvens mxsnels, vaSa stalins...
ioseb besarionoviCi Cveni patronia, Cvenze mzrunveli, CvenTvis
mSvidobis momtani, gaumarjos ! _gahyvirodnen sasule orkestrTan
erTad moxetiale xalxis talRa, romelic ufro da ufro
ricxobrivad mravldeboda da saaRlume demonstrantebs
emsgavsebodnen.

sasule orkestrma aliluevas quCazec Caiara, nikiSevebis

baRidan mjdomare Aanastasia da mis siaxloves mdgari Rimiliani
deda-Svili, vera da giorgi xelebs uqnevdnen musikis TanxlebiT
mosiaruleT. Tbilisis mowyenil quCebs didixnis droindeli,
sadRac dakarguli, xaliani ganwyoba dabruneboda. amindic Tbili
Camomdgariyo dedaqalaqSi.

omis Semdgom periodSi nikiSevebis ezoSi xalxi ar ileoda.

modiodnen anastasiasTan frontze dakarguli jariskacis dedebi
da sTxovdnen, gaego, Tu maTi Svilebi cocxlebSi erivnen Tu
mkvdrebSi. mjdomare Aanastasia dedebs masTan erTad sTxovda
locvas, dediseul RvTismSoblis xats eamboreboda da mis win
mdgoms Tu gauRimebda da upasuxod datovda, qali gaxarebuli
uwyebda ambors loyebsa da Sublze, gaxarebuli tovebda
nikiSevebis ezos. xolo Tu mciredi yoymanis Semdeg, Aanastasia
Tavisi muxlebis win cotaoden miwas moagroveba Txeli, susti
TiTebiT da Sindaubrunebeli jarisjacis dedas gauwvdida,
cremlebad iRvreboda. dedis cremlebze anastasiac acremldeboda,
TiToeuli dedis tkivili patara bavSviviT mihqonda gulTan, iseT
tirils iwyebda, rom mere slukunSi gadasdioda. anastasiasaTvis
TvalebdawiTlebulze enacvleboda GgaTeneba daRamebas da
piriqiT.

_anastasia, genacvele, micani? _mokrZalebiT miuaxlovda

gamxdari, Txeli aRnagobis qali muxlze mjdomares.

_gicani_gamoepasuxa da tiriliT dawiTlebuli Tvalebi

xeliT moisrisa. SeZlebisdagvarad gauRima, xelebi Casaxuteblad
gauSala. qali Tbilad Caexuta, mere tirili auvarda.

_nu tiri, damSviddi_sTxovda Aanastasia mtirals.

 _gaxsovs, Cemi nika Tavis mosaklavad rom iwevda, xel-fex
gakoWili mogiyvane, gaxsovs?

_maxsovs, Cemo kargo, RvTis sayvarelo Svilo, kargad maxsovs.

_Seni gadarCenili nika, frontze wavida, iqidan werilebs ki

iwereboda, Tanac xSir-xSirad, mere werilebi Sewyda, aRarca
mwerda, arc kargi vicodi misgan da arc Savi... _ qalma qviTins
umata, ezoSi mofusfuse veram qalbatoni icno, mis SvilTan
dakavSirebuli Tavgadasavalic naTlad axsovda. wyali moutana
sulis mosaTqmelad.

_axla omi gaTavda, ki gamexarda_ganagrZo sasowarkeTaSi

myofma qalma_magram, ar vici, Cemi erTaderTi Svili cocxalia Tu
mkvdari, is ar Camosula, yvelani dabrundnen, Cven ubnelebi, Cven
korpuselebi, sanaTesaodan, samezoblodan... Cemi Svili, Cemi nika
ki ar Cans, ar vici omi damTvarda da unda mixarodes Tu axla
daiwo CemTvis cxovrebis dasasruli...

Aanastasia dedis sityvebma aaforiqa, TvaldaxuWulma locva

iwyo, veram momtirals pirTan TiTis mitaniT aniSna gaCumeba,
isicAanastasias Sehyurebda sulganabuli, misTvis wuTi zedmeti
xangrZlivobiT iweleboda. locvisasAanastasia wamdauwum
pirjvars iwerda, Tavi muxlebTan mihqonda da miwas msubuqad
Seaxebda xolme miwas. morCa Tu ara locvas, sulganabul qals
Tbilad momRimarma Sexeda, misi saxidan wamosuli mSvidi
gamometyveleba mswrafl gadamdebi iyo axlomyofTaTvis:

_nu idardeb Sens Svils, deda, is dagibrundeba, aucileblad

dagibrundeba. wadi axla Sin, mSvidad iyavi da misi gzis
dasalocad dros nu dainaneb. wadi axla deda, wadi! Seni adgili
sxva dedebs daTme, isinic eniT auRwereli gancdebiT mosulan.

iseTi simSvidiT warmosTqva anastasiam rom, gegonebodaT

dedamiwas mTeli Tavisi arsebobis manZilze wamoquxebiTac ar
dauquxavs, miwas arasdros stkenodes da cas uRrubloba
arasdros ganecados.

qali marTlac iolad dahyabulda darigebas,

suldamSvidebulma datova Aanastasias ezo-karmidamo. grZnobda,
rom erTaderTi Svili, romelic nanis-nanatrad hyavda gaCenil-
gazrdili, male daubrundeboda.

moskovSi avtovagzlis baqanze Semdgari jariskaci didi

moTminebiT eloda Tbilisisken mimavali matareblis gamoCenas.
natkeni marjvena xeli TabaSirSi CaesvaT samxedro hospitalSi
wolisas, rogorc ki gamoeweraT maSinve dedisken gamoswia gulma.
baqanze mdgoms sigamxdrisagan lamis guli wasvloda, aqeT-iqidan
ulamazesi garegnobis qalebis jgufi idga, xan romeli
miuaxlovdeboda nikas da sTxovda: _me pedagogi var, martod
darCenili, wamiyvane ra SenTan...

nika ukmayofilod Tavgaqneuli zurgSeqceviT dgeboda misgan,

axla meore miaxlovdeboda da is uwyebda gacnobasa da xvewna-
mudaras: _me eqimi var, udedmamo, leningradis blokadis dros
yvela amomiwyda, gexvewebi wamiyvane ra? coli Tu ar gyavs,
wamiyvane, gTxov!

nikas yvela ecodeboda, maTi cqeriT guli ukvdeboda, rom

SesZleboda yvelas erTdroulad mohkidebda xels da Tbilisisken
ukravda gezs, magram fexze Zlivs mdgomi, gadaCexvaze myofi,
colis mosayvanad veRar fiqrobda. gansakuTrebiT ki erT,
daaxloebiT TxuTmetiode wlis qaliSvilze Seuwuxda guli:
axladwamoCituli, ulamazesi garegnobis, tanwvrili, grZelkanWeba,
slukuniT mosTqvamda Tavis oblobas: _biZia, mamaCems gavxar, ara
ufro patara ki mgonixar masze, faSistebma damixvrites dedasTan
erTad, gTxov biZia, wamiyvane, SenTan minda, Cems mamas vficavar,
arasdros gawyenineb, ZarRliviT gagierTguldebi, bevr Svils
gagiCen... _

oh, rogor erTdroulad aewva Signeuloba nikas, rogori

TanagrZnobiT umzerda qorfa qaliSvils, vin icis, iqneb mamamisi
masTan erTad erT diviziaSic ibrZoda, iqneba nacnobic iyo,
erTbatalionSi myofi jariskacebi brZolisas erTmaneTis msgavs
manerebs Rebuloben, iqneba es msgavseba igrZno gogonam, rogor
stkioda mis magier guli, rogor ekumSeboda mkerdi, arada arc
gulgriloba undoda daenaxvebina am mtirala adamianisaTvis,
undoda misTvis sakuTari Tavis umweoba enaxvebina, romlis
dasadastureblad meti veraferi moifiqra, garda imisa, rom
marcxena xeli siZveliTa da tyviebisagan saceriviT dasvretili
farajis ubeSi Seiyo da muWiT mwovara tilebis bRuja gamoutana.
momuWuli muSti gaSala Tu ara, mtirala gogona maSinve Sedrka,
tirili Sewyvita, nikas xelis gulze erTmaneTSi mofuTfuTe
tilebs TvalebgafarTovebuli daacqerda, mere tanT gaaJrJola,
ukusvliT wavida da TvalTaxedvis arealidan gauCinarda. erTxans
xelgaSeSebuli idga nika, vera gaego, qaliSvilis gadmosaxedidan
cudi saqcieli Caidina, uzrdelia Tu ufro sacodavi. SenTvis
saamayo gulwrfeloba yovelTvis araa sasiamovno sxvisTvis. neta
ra ifiqra Cemze, uzrdeli, bilwi, ugulo, neta sxva ram xom ar
ifiqra? gaivlo mwared gulSi. Cemi saqcieliT, vin icis, mama,
romelsac me mamgvanebda, SevaZule? qaliSvilebisTvis xom mama
saTayvanebeli kerpia, iqneb mis xsovnas Cemgan gulmokluli augad
ixseniebso, gaifiqra da baqanze Camomdgar matarebels Tvali
amayad veRar gauswora. ramdenime dRis mSieri nela alaslasda,
 muxli ZlivsRa momarTa dasajdomad. ai, amas hqvia janis
mwyobridan gamosvlao, fiqrobda; axalgazrdas rom muxli veRar
gemorCileba, marjvena xeli amputacas rom Zlivs gadaurCeba, tyavi
rom aRar akravs da marto carela Zvalze dadebuli TabaSiri
gulisgasawvrileblad gWams, hospitalSi tkivilgamayuCebeli da
antiseptikuri medikamentebis ar arsebobis gamo, mravalZarRvas
foTlebiT uyuCebdnen da Wrilobaze adebdnen eqimebi da meddebi...
ubeSi tili giwvrilebs guls, magram es tili gaxarebs, radgan
yoveli misi nakbeni da nawiwkni Tavs gaxsenebs, rom cocxali xar,
Torem mkvdars xom isini veRar ekarebian, ZvladCamomxmari sxeuli
CakCakiT migidis Sin dasabruneblad, magram mainc gixaria da
bednieri xar, radgan did samamulo omSi TavganwirviT ibrZole da
sxvebisgan gansxvavebiT gagimarTlda, rom cocxali gadarCi,
sicocxlis sitkboebas gansakuTrebulad grZnob, rodesac
sikvdils axlos xedav. SeuZlebelia sivdilma Soriaxlos
Cagiaros da misma siSmagem guli ar SegifarTxalos, tanze
msusxavi ekvlebi ar dagayaros. gaqanebuli matareblis moZraobas
mTeli taniT asdevda tanxmeli nika, mis guls dedasTan
Sesaxvedrad miuxaroda.

TbilisSi, iseve rogorc sruliad sabWoTa kavSirSi Sinabera

qalebis ise momravlebuliyvnen, rom gaTxovili qali ukve
uiSviaTesTa ricxvs miekuTvneboda. Tu sadme mamakaci arsebobda,
isic an xeibari, andac calTvala, calfexa, calxela an Zalzed
moxucebuli unda yofiliyo.

XXVI
moxmarebul eleqtroenergiaze tarifebis kleba saswrafod iwyo
sabWoTa mTavrobam, TveSi sami kapiki iyo gadasaxdeli, Tumca
specialurad gaTvlil naTurebze vrceldeboda es gadasaxdeli,
didi zomis naturebic iyo gayidvaSi, maTze fasi TiTqmis
ormagdeboda.

facia tandabali, xmela, koWli kaci iyo, rweviT icoda siaruli,

facias meorenairad Suqis kacs eZaxdnen naxalovkelebi.
eleqtroenergiis gadasaxadebs krefda mosaxleobaSi, Tvis
bolosTvis yvela ojaxs Camouvlida, Tan naTurebsac saguldagulod
dauTvalierebda yvela oTaxsa da sardafSi, mere sam kapiksac
gadaaxdevinebda da saaRricxo JurnalSi faqizad Caiwerda.
kaligrafia Cawikwikebul-CamZivuls miugavda. gabrazebac
gaanCxlebuli icoda tandabalma faciam, misi gakapasebuli xma yuris
barabans stkenda msmenelsa da mnaxvels. aliluevas quCaze rweva-
rweviT midioda da gabrazebul xasiaTze myfi TavisTvis dudRunebda:
_galife Sarvals rom miwuneben, ra modni kacia, ra sakbeCi loyebi
aqvso... ara, mag bariSna qalebma is Tu ician rom me egeTi eSmakobebi
ufro maafTrebs da maanCxlebs. ra Tvalebi davifso galife
Sarvlis qaTineurebis gamo?.. imotona naTurebiT rom gauCaxCaxebiaT
saxli, gegonebaT cixe-darbazebis baton-patronebi myvanden, Tanac
namusze magdeben, Sena kai kaci xar, mirotasa ki ara gavxar, Robe-
yores edeba da yurebdagrZelebuls isRa rCeba sanugeSod visime rame
gaigos, rom kantoraSi anbavi Caitanoso... maS, raTa partia ar
gamiwyreba, roca me eg viTam bariSnuli xrikobebi vWamo. Tan
mekiTxebian, faci genacvale, Sena coliani xaaro Tu arao?.. ai, Cvena
rom gvxedav, gasaTxovrebi varToo, magaTac eg undaT, rame
qaTinaurismagvari kadro, maSinaTve gaiqcevian miliciaSi
dasabezReblad, Suqis dardi ki ara hklavs, qalebis gamo daiarebao
saxlidan-saxlSio... midi, mere da imarTle Tavi, an viRas raRaSi
Wirdeba Seni simarTle?.. ise rogorc sacodav bedze gaCenil
mirotasa, viRac majlajuna qalma wioki astexa, banaobisas saxlSi
SamomeWrao, miToma lampoCkebze dardiT guli SaRonebiao... daiWires
mirotasa da ukres Tavi katorRaSi. aba, Cveni xalxi samamulo
frontze gmirobiT Tavgawiruli dadiso, Sena kidev titveli qalebis
Wvretas undixaro, aba amaT mendlebs Saxedeo?_uTqomT!

buzRun-buzRuniT midioda facia, nikiSevebis saxls ramdenime

mezoblis saxli aSorebda, vera saxlSi Sevarda, saCqarod miidga
magida, zed axta da didi zomis naTura, patariT Secvala. magididan
nafexurebis mtveri gadawminda da Zvel adgilmdebareobas daubruna.
Svidi wlis giorgim kari gamoaRo da ezoSi Tavqudmoglejili
yviriliT gaiqca: _aRar moxvide faciii, aRaraaa, dedaCemma didi
zomis naTura moxsna da patara gaukeTa. _ gareT quCaSi gavarda
giorgi da facias amayad Sexeda.

vera da Aanastasia gancvifrebulni Sehyurebdnen giorgis

namoqmedars. vera eloda, bavSvis naTqvamis gamo braziani facia
saxlSi yviriliT SeeWreboda, mere jarimis qviTars dautovebda da
amas garda sityvier lanzRvas ar daiSurebda, qurds da bacacas
ZaxiliT Seamkobda. ase eqceoda facia denis qurdebs.

magram, axla ase ar momxdara, faciam giorgis yvirils erTxans

gakvirvebuli saxiT gauCerda, naTqvamis mniSvnelobis gacnobierebis
Semdeg ki zurgi ubruna da aqamde gamovlili aliluevas quCa, ukan
gadaiara. iseTi gamometyveleba hqonda saxeze dawerili, rom, TiTqos
bavSvis naTqvami verc ki gaego, aq ara Semohyoliao, iseTi uzrunveli
Sinagani ganwyobiT miiCqaroda da koWlobis gamo uxerxulad
miiqcevda cal gverds.
 giorgim Tvali daadevna mimaval facias. mere saxlSi didi
saqmosaniviT xalisianad SeiWra. ezoSi gabrazebuli vera da
gaRimebuli Aanastasia dauxvda, ramac Zirfesviani dabneuloba
gamoiwvia bavSvis gonebaSi, Tu deda gabrazebulia, anastasia deida
raRam gaaxara, Tanac aseTi gadabadruli arasdros minaxavso,
fiqrobda gaognebuli:

_ase meored aRar moiqce! _veram saCvenebeli TiTi gafrTxilebis

gamo dauqnia gabrazebul gulze. bavSvi, romelic ver mixvedriliyo
danaSaulis mizezs, gasusuli eloda veras gabrazebis
gamoxatulebas. _icode, sxvadros ar vici ras gizam! .. gasagebia?
_SebRvira dedam.

giorgim uxmod dauqnia Tavi Tanxmobis niSnad da anastasiasken

gaixeda. is kvlavac gadabadruli ijda, saxe gabrwinebuli. Tvals ar
acilebda deda-Svils:

_Tu gasagebia, Sedi saxlSi da asoebi lamazad gamowere,

mindorze ar gadaxvide, ar dajRabno rveuli, mamaSeni rom
dabrundeba Segimowmebs, da Tu ginda dRevandeli Seni saqcieli mas
ar movaxseno, unaklod gamowerili unda daaxvedro.

damnaSaved TavCaqindruli giorgi, romelic kidev ver mimxvdariyo

danaSaulis mizezs, saxlSi uxalisod Sevida, magidas rveul-
kalmianad miujda da samecadinod momzadebulma mxrebi aiCeCa.

_ramdeni xania ase ar gavxalisebulvar_Tqva anastasiam veras

gasagonad._ ai, amitom miyvars bavSvi saxlSi, iseT rames moimoqmedebs
rasac didad wlobiT nafiqris Sedegadac azrad ar mouva.

-ara, saidan moifiqra eg, egona gaaxarebda facias?

_Cveni giorgi bavSvia, veraCka, keTili bavSvi, guliTa da suliT

surs sxvisi gaxareba, ra qnas, rogorc SeZlo ise gamouvida
gaxareba. _anastasias naTqvamze veras gulianad gaecina:

_ara, is facia raRam SeakrTo, viTomc ver gaigo giorgis naTqvami,

zurgSeqceulma cxramTa gadaiara, Cven araferi gviTxra, magram aba
sxva gamoeWira, magis yvirili mere genaxa. davpirdi, Tu ginda
mamaSens ar vuTxra, lamazad gamowerili daaxvedre-Tqo,

viqtor sozonovs ambavi dawvrilebiT miutana veram, jer kidec

ezoSi, WiSkars gadacilebuls mieaxla da dawvrilebiT uambo
giorgis namoqmedari. sozonovi karga gvarianad xarxarebda: _ bavSvs
kargad unda avuxnaT, rom sxva dros ar unda uTxras aseTi ram.
 auxsna kidec, Tumca giorgis kiTxvam, Tu ratom umalavdnen
facias didi naTuriT sargeblobas, da ratom brazdeboda isic did
naTurebze, uaresad gaacina sozonovi:

_ho, midi aba, auxseni bavSvs!_siciliT gamosZaxa samzareulodan

veram _exla sxva Taobebi modian, zedmetad cnobismoyvareni,
gonebagaxsnilni... verafers moatyueb, aRarc zRaprebis sjeraT...
ratom vumalavT facias didi naTurebiT sargeblobas, auxseni aba!

sozonovs kobepi Seekra maRal Sublze da fiqrmomarjvebli

qoCoris fxanas mohyoloda. veram winsafrze xelebi SeimSrala da
fanjaras gafarebuli moyavisfro farda gauwia. anastasiasTan misi
keTilismurveli nacnobebi stumrebodnen. frontidan mSvidobianad
dabrunebuli nika, mSoblebTan erTad mosanaxuleblad
mobrZanebuliyo. anastasiasTvis mosakiTxic moetanaT, maT Soris
wiTlad aRaJRaJebuli vaSlebi:

_anastasia, genacvale _ Tbilad momRimari ebaaseboda nikas deda

mjdomare Aanastasias_gaxsovs, rom miTxari nu geSiniao, Seni nika
cocxalia da dagibrundebao? agera, damibrunda, samamulo omis gmir-
monawiledac aRiares, samsaxurebic SesTavazes, ara erTi da ori,
meubneba, movifiqreb, avwon-davwoni da arCevans gaazrebuli
Sevxvdebio, uamrav qaliSvils aqvs Tvali dadgmuli. ojaxsac
moekideba albaT...

tkbilad mobaaseT Tavs miliciis formaSi gamowyobili ufrosi

leitenanti waadga. _Tqveni pasportebi, _gasca brZaneba stumrebis
misamarTiT.

_ra pasportebi?_gaioca nikam, _ aq mosasvlelad pasporti

mWirdeba me?

_aq ra misiiT mobrZanebulxarT?

_batono, ra misia, ris misia, ras gulisxmobT?

_imas, rom sazogadoebrivi fuqsavatobis aRmosafxvrelad kanonia

dawesebuli_Tqva miliciis leitenantma, romelsac kuStad Sekruli
kopebSi warbebSua daajda. _aq samkiTxaod mosuli xalxis miReba
unda aikrZalos, sazogadoebrivi azris sibneles bolo unda moeRos,
is dro wavida dedamiwa konservis qilaSi moqceuli da zevidan
cisfer zewargadafarebuli rom egonaT.

_ras brZanebT?_gaioca nikam_me aq arc samkiTxaod davdivar da

arc fuqsavatobisTvis.

_davijero?_Tqva da iseTi gamWoli mzeriT SeaTvaliera mosaubre,

rom am ukanasknels tanSi gascra.
 _rogor ubedavT ardajerebas?_CaerTo saubarSi aqamde mdumare
msmenelis rolSi myofi nikas deda _Tqven winaSe samamulo omis
gmiri dgas, uamravi medlisa da ordenis mflobeli, iciT
ramdenjeraa daWrili frontze?.. ar iciT?!

_eg gasagebia qalbatono, magram aq ras akeTebT?!

_ras unda vakeTebdeT urigos? Cveni nacnobia, axlobeli_xeli

waiRo mdumared myofi, mjdomare anastasiasken_mosanaxuleblad
movediT, sxva drosac movalT,

_sxva dros veRar moxvalT, radgan aq morigeoba unda davawesoT,

aba vnaxavT, Citic ver Semofrindeba Cveni nebarTvis gareSe.

_ris gamo awesebT morigeobas, adamianebs erTmaneTis monaxulebas

gviSliT? gana erTmaneTTan stumroba da TiTo tkbili sityvis Tqma
gvekrZaleba?.. da amas sazogadoebriv fuqsavatobad da mkiTxaobad
moisazrisebT?_gakapasda stumari qalbatoni. _an aq vin mkiTxaobs, aba
sad xedavT mkiTxavs?

_me? me rasac vxedav... vxedav! xvalidan aqeT nuRar SewuxdebiT,

Tqveni saqme akeTeT!

_raze vmkiTxaobT amxanago leitenanto, iqneb isic gangvimartoT,

banqoze Tu yavaze? iqneba sekas TamaSic dagvabraloT fulze, andac
adamianobaze, sindisze?_nikas xmaSi cinizmi gamosWvioda. _mTeli
xuTi weli frontze imitom vibrZodi, rom aq samkiTxaod movsuliyavi,
andac saTamaSod, sazogadoebrivi fuqsavatobisTvis?

_nu aZlevT Tavs did uflebebs, Tqven Tu mosanaxuleblad

dadixarT, sxvebi gvyavs SemCneulebi mkiTxaobaSi, am qalTan
modian_TaviT mianiSna anastasiasken, romelsac Tavi morCilad
daexara da miwas Cascqeroda sinanuliT_oCeredi ar wydeba,
wamsvlel-momsvlelTa. am dros fabrikebi, qarxnebi umuSaxelod
arian. me brZanebas viZlevi, xvalidan aq arcerTi TqvenTagani aRar
daginaxoT!

_Cven, amxanago leitenanto?.. Cven SeiZleba SemovideT xolme

sakuTar baRsa da saxlSi?_winkarSi mdgomi vera axlaRa SeniSna
amayad mdgomma leitenantma, romelsac veras damcinavad aJRerebul
kiTxvas mokled miugo.

_SeiZleba!

_da vaiTu xeli wagvicdes da samkiTxaod CamovujdeT aq mjdom

qalbatons?

_es qali Tqveni vinaa?

 _rogor giTxraT, Cemi da gaxlavT, Cemi RviZli da, Cemi sisxli da
xorcia, ar vicodi mkiTxavi Tu iyo, Tanac sazogadoebriv
fuqsavatobaSi Tu edeboda brali, saxlSi arc banqo gvaqvs da
miTufro arc yava. etyoba sadRac, baRis romeliRac kunWulSi Tu
malavs... anu SeiZleba axlos mivide xolme Cems dasTan? danaSaulSi
xom ar CameTvleba?

veras damcinav tons veRar gauZlo miliciis ufrosma

leitenantma, xmaamouReblad gaeSura WiSkrisken, Tumc Tavis qnevaze
yvela miuxvda mis gauxmovanebel muqaras.

meore dRis dilidanve miliciis manqanam morigeoba daawesa

mjdomare Aanastasias ezos win. Sig Sesvlas ukrZalavda momsvlelT,
ramdens abrunebdnen ukan da ramdenic ukanmouxedavad garboda
SeSinebuli. zogi ar emorCileboda, gansakuTrebiT avadobiT
Sewuxebulni, xan xvewniT da mudariT, xanac cremlebiT cdilobdnen
morige milicielebis gulis molbobas. samarTaldamcvelebis uari
mtkice da Seuvali iyo.

_ufrosi leitenanti, axanagi noe! _warsdga masTan misul viqtor

sozonovis winaSe formiani samarTaldamcveli.

_gasagebia, ufroso, mainteresebs, Cven romeli jibgirebi gvnaxeT,

karis win morigeoba rom dagviweseT?

_mkiTxaoba sazogadoebrivi saqmianobisadmi bneli azrovnebis

Camoyalibebasa da gavrcelebas uwyobs xels, mkiTxaobaze
komunisturi sazogadoebis mocdena ar SeiZleba, maSin rodesac
fabrika-qarxnebi sabWoTa saxelmwifos mier dadgenili gegmis
Sesasruleblad dReebsa da Rameebs asworeben, Cvens qveyanas
usaqmurobisaTvis ara scalia, usaqmurebi rom vyofiliyaviT, meore
msoflio oms ki ver movigebdiT, xom gaxariaT samamulo omSi Cveni
gamarjveba?

_ra Tqma unda! _Tavi dauqnia sozonovma.

_hoda, axla SromaSi unda gavimarjvoT, gegmas unda

gadavaWarboT, eg qali Tu xels giSliT invalidobis gamo, SegiZlia
saxelmwifo samsaxurebs CaabaroT, specialuri internat-TavSesafari
gvaqvs maTTvis sagangebod Seqmnili, xelsaqmoben da saxelmwifosTvis
sasargebloni arian.

_Tqven iciT am qalma Tavisi xelsaqmiT ramden jariskacs

gaugzavna frontze naqovi windebi, qudebi? qalebi aiyolia da
yoveldRiurad Sromobdnen, Cveni Tu ar gjeraT, qalaqis fostaSi
mibrZandiT da SeamowmeT, misi saxeliT, ramdeni amanaTia gagzavnili
frontze... da kidev Tqven saubrobT fuqsavatobaze?
 _am ezoSi xalxis misvla-mosvla samarTlebrivad ikrZaleba. Tu
ram pretenziebi gawuxebT SegviZlia ganyofilebaSi migabrZanoT
wesebis ganmartebisTvis.

_keTili, me waval, magram zogi avadmyofi modis

sanugeSeblad,zogic Zalzed moxucebuli, iqneb isini mainc
SemouSvaT?

_Sen kaco qarTuli ar geyureba? wadi Torem problemebi

Segeqmneba! vaa, ramdeni gauTleli ar Semxvedria, da eseni rom
araian, egeTi jer ara! _ ufrosma leitenantma noem gaSlili xelis
mtevnebi gancvifrebisgan uSnod SeaTamaSa haerSi.

sozonovma mSvidobianad amjobina gaavebul mamakacs gacla.

anastasiasTan mimsvlel-momsvlelebs aRar uSvebdnen, ramdeni

ixveweboda yelgamowvdili ezoSi SeSvebas, magram noes kategoriuli
toni aiZulebda meored aRar mosuliyvnen. amis macqerali mdumared
itanda mjdomare anastasia, ase grZeldeboda iqande, sanam...

erT wvimian dRes, rodesac baRi atalaxebuliyo, quCaSi alag-

alag didi zomis gubeebi damdgariyo, pledmoxveuli Aanastasia
erTadgilze gaSeSebuli morCilad ijda, WiSkris karebi xmauriT
SeaRo noem da uxeSi nabijebiT gadaalaja ezos zRurbls. Anastasias
aqoSinebuli miuaxlovda, erTxans nabiji SeaCera, uRonod Camoyara
xelebi, saxiT atalaxebul, Sav miwas daaSterda. erTi xanoba ase
idga, manam sanam TviT maspinZelma Tbili xmiT ar miipatiJa TavisTan:
_ momiaxlovdi noe, kunZze Camojeqi, inebeb CemTan saubars am
wvimaSi?

noem patara bavSiviT dauqnia Tavi, morCilad dahyabulda

naTqvams, maxloblad Camomdgar sisveliT gaJRenTil kunZze
mokrZalebulad Camojda. milicielebis ganuyreli atributi - qudi
moiZro Tavidan, wvimam gaulumpa mokled aWrili Tmebi, saxeze
msxvilad daudioda Sxapuna wvimis wveTebi, SigadaSig wamwamebzec
ekidebodnen.

_yvela RvTis Svilia, yvelas uxaria tkbili sityva da keTili

saqme, tkbil sityvaze mogaxsenebdi, samoTxis karis gasaRebia
alalmarTlobiT naTqvami sanugeSod gaRebuli tkbili sityva,
adamianis modgmidan mxolod mcireds Tu warmoudgenia misi
uZleveli Zalismierebis... iseve rogorc tkbili sityva, aseve mware
sityvac Zlieria. ici mware sityvas molaRurebi ras uZaxian? ar ici
xom? me vici, damigde yuri, mware sityva mkvleli xexrxia adamianis
Sinagani bunebisTvis, misiT gamowveuli tkivili SeiZleba imdenad
Zlieri aRmoCndes, rom sicocxlis mosaswrafeblad Tofian kacs
ajobos. aba, miTxari Seni mosvlis mizezi! _ ikiTxa anastasiam Cveuli
simSvidiT da kunZze Camomdar stumars TanagrZnobiT Sexeda.

_rogor daviwyo arc vici, me ar vici, unda mjerodes Tu ara

Tqveni saswaulebis!_ msxvili nerwyvi gadaylapa darcxveniT moubarma
da miwas daSterebulma erTmaneTze gadaWduli TiTebi kalTaSi
aaTamaSa _ romlebzedac bevrs saubroben moqalaqeebi, Tumca me sxva
gza aRar mrCeba, minda gTxovo, Tu SegiZlia namdvilad daxmareba, nu
gamiwyrebi warsulSi nabodialeb Cems sityvebze, nu daiSureb
Zalisxmevas, da mere, me vici Seni pativiscema.

_ra pativiscema, araferi minda, didad fufunebis moyvaruli aq

aravin varT, Cveni fufuneba rwmenaSi keTilad ganmtkicebuli
adamianebi arian. maTTan urTierTbas veranairi fufuneba ver
Segvicvlis. miTxari, nu dairideb saTqmels. ici, erT kodalas
muceli stkioda, nawlavebSi mounelebeli masa trialebda da
sawyali, davrdomili mowyeniT Camomjdariyo Tavis Cveul alags. ai,
zemoT _anastasiam xeli baSRi mdgomi naZvis xisken waiRo_hoda,
erTxelac davuZaxe, kodalebsac, iseve, rogorc adamianebs, yvelas
TavTavisi saxelebi aqvT, romlebsac kargad epatronebian. mofrinda,
gulispiridan misTvis gamTbari vaSli gavuwode, ar SeWama, Tavidan
gamijiutda, magram roca tkivilma sxva gza aRar dautova, SeWama. im
dRidan sul Tavs mevleba, am baRs aRar scildeba, vekiTxebi xolme,
Tafli xom ar usvia aqa, axla sxvagan wadi-Tqo, magram gagonebac ki
ar unda, pativi minda gce da Seni xeebi WiaRuasgan unda davicvao.
Sors gagvigrZelda naTqvami, wvimis xom ara geSinia? _hkiTxa
sasxvaTaSorisod da Sxapuna wvimis fonze TvalebmoxuWulma cas
axeda.

_nwu, wvimis ara!..

_wvimis ki ar unda geSinodes, pirqiT, codvebis Camorecxvas

uwyobs xels, wvimis ki ara, codvebis unda gveSinodes, da sxvisi ki
ara, sakuTari Tavis SiSi mosvenebas ar unda gvaZlevdes. TavSi vis ra
mogvivlis fuqsavati fiqrisas, ai, egaa metad damafiqrebeli. fiqriT
Semodis Savbneli azrebi, romlebic codvaTa mdinaris saTavea. aba,
miTxari Seni saTqmeli!

_Cemi Svili Zalzed cudadaa, balnicaSi myavda, eqimebma diagnozi

ver dausves, mucels itkiebs, sacodavi, sul moRunul
mdgomareobaSia, nikapi muxlebSi aqvs Carguli, rogorc ki iSleba
autaneli tkivili stanjavs, aRarc Wams, aRarc svams, gautkivarebis
wamlebs aZleven da ar Svelis. exla meubnevian, unda gavWraTo, unda
vnaxoT ra awuxebs, ise vera svaven diagnozs. miSvele Aanastasia, Tu
SegiZlia,
 anastasiam xmamaRla daiwyo locva, xeliT aniSna fexze adgoma
stumars, isic SeZlebisdagvarad, gaucnobiereblad imeorebda
Aanastasias bagidan warmoTqmul sityvebs. roca locvas morCa,
gulispiris jibidan vaSli amoiRo, pirjvari gadawera da Sewuxebuli
saxiT mdgom noes gauwoda: _ai, aiRe da aWame Sens Svils, mere modi
da miabne, rogor iqneba.

_uSvelis?

_uSvelis!

noem madlobis Tqmac ver moaxerxa, wvimisgan galumpuls

saxeloebidanac ki wvima mouJonavda. vaSliT xelmomarjvebuli Cqari
nabijebiT gadavida mjdomare Aanastasias ezos, manqana elvis
siswrafiT moswyvita adgils.

zustad sami dRis Semdeg, roca mzes kaSkaSa sxivebiT

gaebrwyinebina irgvliv TvalTaxedvis areali, noe kvlavac moadga
miliciis kuTvnili avtomobiliT mjdomare Aanastasias ezos. veras
ramdenime TeTri qaTami ezos kuTxeSi moemwyvdia da sakenkiT
umaspinZldeboda. arc esiamovna noes daupatiJebeli stumroba:

_anastasia, Sens marjvenas venacvale!_daiZaxa gabedulad omaxiani

xmiT da muxldayudebul qals marjvena xelze eambora. kargadaa,
aranairi gaWra, vaWame Tu ara... yvelaferma gauara, kargadaa, Turme
gadaumuSavebeli sakvebiT hqonia nawlavebi samse, magram im vaSlis
Wamis mere, yvelaferi mouwesrigda. Tavidan gamijiutda ar Wamda, Cemi
meuRlec bavSvis mxares iyo, miZaliandebodnen, magram davarwmune da...
axla mexveweba, wamiyvane, minda Cemi TvaliT vnaxo Cemi Svilis
gadamrCenelio.

_sxvebsac egre saswrafod sWirdebodaT Cemi dis locva da misi

xelidan aRebuli vaSlebi, magram Tqven, ufroso leitenanto-noe, aq
ar uSvebdiT! _ mkacrad momarTa saxeze kopebi baRis kuTxeSi myofma
veram stumris misamarTiT.

_vera!_gasZaxa ukmayofolo xmiT anastasiam das _gTxov!

vera gaCumda, stumarma ki Tavi uxerxulad igrZno, TiTqos

sindisi gauazreblad, ise, rom dafiqrebis saSualebas ar aZlevda,
qejnida. verasken krZalviT gaixeda da Cumis xmiT dasZina: _axla
ivlian... visac dasWirdeba samkurnalo vaSli daukiTxavad Semova,
oRondac, me samsaxuris manqanianad WiSkarTan davdgebi, magram Tqven
me yuradRebas nu momaqcevT, Cems sindiss vficavar, Cems kacur
sityvas ar gadaval, xmasac ki ar gavcem momsvlelT, CemTvis
formalurad vijdebi, Tu vidgebi... _dabneuloba daetyo mosaubris
aWarxlebul saxes, damSvidobebisas Aanastasias gamxdar, sifrifana
xelze krZalviT eambora.
 im dRidan kvlavac vaSlebiT xeldamSvenebuli uamravi
wamsvlel-momsvleli uqcevda gverds nikiSevebis ezos riyis qvebiT
movarayebul, viwro gzas.

XXVII
viqtori yovel dilas samsaxurSi miiCqaroda. muyaosferi
saqaRaldiT daiRliavebuli arxeinad Caivlida xolme aliluevas
quCas. TiTo nabijs mozomils dgamda da TiToeulis gadadgmisas
gansakuTrebul fiqrs daayolebda xolme gemrieli lukmasaviT.
verac adrianad dgeboda, jer disTvis unda miexeda, mere giorgis
aRviZebda, asauzmebda da skolis gziT erTad midiodnen, gzas
igrZelebda Svilis gamo vera, Torem samsaxurSi quCis gadakveTiT,
gzis Semokleba Tavisuflad SesaZlebeli iyo. veram Tavdauzogavi
Sroma icoda, pataraobidanve SeCveul-Seguebuli iyo muSaobas.
xandaxan fiqrobda, rom Sromaze iyo Seyvarebuli da mis gareSe ar
SeeZlo, sxva Tu araferi, guls mainc xom ayolebda. Wra-kerva
kargad exexrxeboda, Targis zomebs aRarc ki iRebda, TvaliszomiT
icoda yvelaferi, pirdapir gamoWrida qsovils. uyvarda samsaxurSi
siaruli, iqauri keTili ganwyoba da TanamSromlebis xalisiani
damokidebuleba, maTi iumori. saRamoobiT TanamSromlebi
kinoTeatrs stumrobdnen, maT sabWoTa konos gareSe ubralod ar
SeeZloT, veras ki kinoSi guli ar miswevda, saxlSi erCivna yofna,
saqme Tavze da pirze sayrelad hqonda, amas emateboda dasTan
mosul stumarTa raodenobac.

veram muSaoba didxans veRar SeZlo. erT dRes Tavi SeuZlod

igrZno, sisuste adrec hqonia, magram ara aseTi, Tavidan gasaZlebi
tivilebi stanjavda, mere tkivilma imata, Tanac imdenad rom
loginad Caagdo. ganicdidnen yvelani, giorgi ki yvelaze metad.
mwoliare dedas xan Cais miutanda tuCebTan, xan wyals. rZes aRar
ekareboda vera, SeizizRa, arada rogor uyvarda adre. giorgis
deidis saqcieli akvirvebda da aRaSfoTebda, romelic iZaxda rom
das gza unda gaunTavisuflos, raTa sufTad gauyves gzaso,
amisaTvis dRedaRam loculobda, gumlxurvales cremlebi sdioda
da gulispirs usvelebda.

oTxi Tve iwvala veram. misi gardacvalebis dRes qariSxliani

amindi daemTxva, romlis yuriswamRebi xma ar asvenebda siCumes,
yvela upatrono nivTs herSi afrialebda da itacebda, umisamarTod
kargavda:
 _axla ki dediTac davobldi! _veras sasaxlis gatanis Semdeg
Cailaparaka TavisTvis anastasiam da maRali xmiT aqviTinda. xma
aRar hqonda Cveulebisamebr nazi xmis tembri, mis xmas simkacre
Sehparvoda, gverdiT myofni amSvidebden, sanugeSo sityvebis
koriantels ar iSurebdnen mgloviares mimarT. Aanastasia ki troda,
qviTinebda, moTqvamda...

im Rames naTlad gaaxsenda gonebaSi, erTad moseirne wyvils, masa

da kiriles, rogor daadevna zurgidan xma qaSueTis taZris
mSeneblobisas berma: _gaxsovdeT, arasdrosaa adamiani ise axlos
RmerTTan, rogorc siyvarulisa da mgloviarobis dros. es sityvebi
naTlad axsovda anasasias da zogjer egona kidec, rom mudmivad mas
dasdevdnen, dahyvebodnen kiriles gverdiT yofnisas. mere, rodesac
am baRSi Caimuxla, arc maSin daukargavs Zala beris naTqvams.
fiqri da ocneba fuWia, locva Zlieri da materializebuli, isev
locvis ZaliT Tu movikeTebT _fiqrobda muxlze mjdomare da
Tvalebidan Rapa-RupiT Camosul cremebs Selaxuli jempris
saxeloebiT imSralebda.

viqtorma Zlier ganicada veras gardacvaleba, magram kacma ase

icis, Zlieri tkivilisas iseTi safiqrali unda gamoZebnos,
samomavlod sazrunavs rom moiTxovdes misgan. gamoZebna kidec
msgavsi fiqri, Tavisi TanamSromeli qali, romelic muduri
varcxnilobiT iwonebda yovelTvis Tavs, gamudmebulad karg
xasiaTze myofi Sinagan bednierebas xazgasmiT avlenda. qali kargi
gasarTobi aRmoCnda, Tumc colis gardacvaleba mwared Caafiqrebda
xolme, xandaxan ise gaitacebda warsulis mogonebanni, rom sakuTar
Tavs aviwyebda da akarginebda mis uTavbolobaSi. mogonebebidan
gamorkveuli aRmoaCenda rom saxlis gzas acdenoda da sakmaod
daSoreboda kidec. viqtor sozonovma colis bedi gaiziara
weliwadnaxevarSi. oblad darCenili giorgi gansakuTrebiT
ecodeboda mjdomare Aanastasias:

_unda gauZlo Semogevle, ukve didi biWi xar, 14 wlis xar, ukve
did biWad iTvlebi, Sens asakSi biWs qarfSutoba aRar uxdeba,
daRvineba Svenis. yvelafers Zlieri unda dauxvde, mSoblis
sikvdilsis drosac Zlieri unda iyo, imitom rom upatrono mkvdari
ufro codvaa vidre upatrono cocxali. mis saxelze gaRebuli
madli, Tundac misi misamarTiT warmoTqmuli tkbili sityva, kargi
mogoneba, aTasmagad waadgeba Tavs gzaze myofs. yoCaRad unda
moiqce, Semogevle _anugeSebda diSvils da mis win Cacucquls qera
qoCorze TiTebiT ealerseboda: _amboben, deidas dedis surneli
aqvso, nu daidardebESemogevle cxovrebis simkacres, Sen iyavi
Zlieri, roca Sen Zlieri xar, dedac, sadac ar unda iyos is,
siZlieriT frTaSesxmuli xdeba. Svilzea damokidebuli dedis
sisustec da siZlierec. dRes minda giTxra is saidumlo, rac Sen
aqamde ar icodi.

giorgim deidas iWvneuli TvalebiT axeda, mixvda rom mas raRac

mniSvnelovani unda eTqva, gulma gametebiT dauwyo baga-bugi,
Semodgomis ferSecvlil foTols daemgvana misi xasiaTi:

_aki giTari, deidas dedis suni asdis-Tqo, vera dedaSeni ki ara

deida iyo. Seni namdvili deda, anu vinc gagaCina da am qveynad
mogavlina annaa. Seni deda, axlac Tvalwin midgas ra bednieri
saxeebi hqondaT Sens namdvil mSoblebs, annas da daTa mayaSvils
Seni dabadebis gamo. erTdroulad dagcqerodnen, daTa amayad
daabijebda ezoSi, ojaxsa da karmidamoze ise dayara guli,
saxlidan gasvla aRar undoda, roca uwin Semosvlas Zlivs
axerxebda. veram gadagarCina, avbedian Jams, dagitaca ori wlis
bavSvi da baqoSi wagiyvana, aqaurobas gagarida, Tavis Svilad gcno.

giorgis Tvalebze mowolili sevda cremlebad gadacqeuliyo,

nela-nela kargavda TvalTa kalapots, Rawvebze dadenili loyebze
mZimed mogoravda. sunTqva Sekruli usmenda deidis naubars, mere
mTeli Rame imeorebda mexsierebaSi naTqvam sityvebs, ZvelisZvel
kadrebs, veras amags, mis alerss, xandaxan iWvneulad
CauRrmavdeboda mis saqciels, rame xom ar etyoboda udedobis,
magram amaod, veras TiToeuli qmedeba giorgis mimarT dedorivi
mxrunvelobiT iyo gajerebuli. giorgi mixvda rom misTvis sulerTi
iyo vera deda iqneboda misi Tu deida, rac mTavaria namdvili deda
mas aRar hyavda, xolo deidam mas dedobrivi alersa, zrunvas da
siTbos aziara, arasdros ugrZvnia veras xelSi udedoba, misi
gardacvalebis Semdeg ki namdvilad igrZno udedobiT gamowveuli
sevda, tkivili. gancdebi guls umZimebdnen da ugunebo xasiaTze
amyofebdnen. veras, misi sikvdilis Semdegac, dedas dauZaxebs, guli
swydeboda rom aqamde ar icoda, Torem xom ufro metad, ufro
bevrjer Caexuteboda mkerdSi, madlobasac gadauxdida deduri
siTbosaTvis.

cis TaRze amowverili mTvare neli moZraobiT horizonts

miefara, mozardis fxizel Tvals arc dilis riJraJze cis qaTibis
Sevardisfereba gamohparvia. gaaxsenda, adrianad amdgari vera
pirvel rigSi ezoSi garboda dis mosanaxuleblad. dRes misi
mzrunvelobiT iwyebda, giorgic dedis msgavsad mzrunvelobas ver
moaklebs deidas, magram imasac xvdeboda, rom dis amags axlosac
ver daudgeboda misi mzrunveloba da Sroma. male hpova am azrSi
darwmuneba, rodesac Aanastasias grZeli, Severcxlil-SeTovlili
Tmebis davarcxnaSi ver daexmara. Aanastasias umoZraobam zeda
kidurebSi Zala gamoacala. susti, kafandara xelebis zeviT aweva
da Tmis varcxna aRar SeeZlo. giorgi mas Tmas kargad ver
varcxnida, xSirad wiwknida. erTxelac Zlieriad didkbileba
savarcxlis Camosmisas, bRuja Tma Semoacala, deidas sTxova,
meored aRar damavarcxnino, Torem xom xedav uxeSad gamomdiso. an
ki ToTxmeti wlis biWs meti movla veRar moexerxeboda, mis
daCivlebas deida mdumre RimiliT Sexvda. gamoxedviT miuxvda
Tanxmobas diSvili. skolaSi nasauzmevi verasdros midioda, sul
Cqarobda ar dagvianeboda, amitom misi momzdebisTvis veRar iclida.
skolidan dabrunebuls anastasiam TavisTan mouxmo, makratlis
motana da Tmebis SeWra sTxova. mozard giorgis Tavis mxriv
gauxarda kidec, diliT iolad davarcxnida, deidis Tmis wiwkna
misTvisac arasasiamovno SegrZnebis momtani iyo. sixaruliT
gamoarbenina dedis naqoni didi zomis makrateli, romelsac Wra-
kervis dros iyenebda vera. kiserTan miutana makratlis piri.
nawnavi, romelic welamde swvdeboda, wamSi mokveca. TvaldaxuWuli
ganabvoda makratlis kriWins. aSkara iyo, usiamovno gancda hqonda,
enaneboda mokvecili Tma, magram mozardis Sewuxebis gamo danebda
am gamosavals. kisramde Semowvda Tma, mis boloebs uswormasworo
monaWeri mkveTrad dastyoboda, kibe-kibe anaWreli Tmis daerida
mjdomares. Txeli mandili moixvia, boloebi yelTan Semonaskva da
xelebi muxelebze uxalisod, dauZlurebulad dauSva.
momsvlelTanac mandiliT ijda. civi amindebis dadgomamde saqsovi
sTxova giorgis, manac Zlivs mouZebna saxlSi, oTaxis romeliRac
kunWulSi miagno narTebSi gablandul Cxirebs. naWris tomarianad
gautana da muxlze mjdomares win daudo. anastasiam ferTa kargi
Sexameba icoda, odesRac vera mas rCevas ekiTxeboda xolme
saqmianobisas. saqsovi Zafis gorglebi garSemo Semoiwyo da qudebis
qsovas mihyo xeli. locvasa da locis Sua darCenil Tavisufal
dros qudebs iqsovda. sxvadasxva ferias da formis qudebi daiqsova.
Tmis mokvecis Semdeg aRaravis unaxavs TavRiad, erideboda
uswormasworod aWrili Tmis, Tumca erTxelac ki ar dascdenia
sayveduri SemWrelis misamarTiT. giorgis isedac madlieri iyo,
maszec icoda locva, mimavals zurgidan pirjvars gadaswerda da
Cumi xmiT locvas daadevnebda xolme. dilis procedurebs
veranairad veravin ukeTebda, iqamde ki annas hqonda morCilad
msubuqi xelebi. mis xelebTan Sexeba Aanastasias gulSi siamovnebda,
mSobliurobis gancda eufleboda. giorgic cdilobda deidis
mzunvelobas, dilas adrianad dgeboda, xel-piris dasabanad Tixis
suriT wyali mihqonda, liTonis taStsac kargad moumarjvebda
xolme, mxarze misTvis pirsaxoci hqonda gadakiduli. faqizad
icoda piris gamSraleba, wyals bolomde ar SeamSralebinebda
qsovils. Tmas axla TviTon ivarcxnida, Tavisi Txeli xelebiT.

momsvlelTagan zogierTni momvlelobas sTxovdnen Aanastasias,

Tumca Tavidan kategoriulad uarobda. veravis kadrebda saTavisod
zedmetad dasaqmebas. giorgisTan uxerxuli damokidebuleba
eufleboda, rodesac Ramis qoTans uqcevda. mxolod diliT
saWiroebda Ffiziologiri procedurebis higienurobas.
emalirebuli didyura qoTani ukve gacveTis piramde misuliyo.
uxerxulobisas Tavis dabla daxra da bambis qulasaviT TeTr kanze
aWarxleba icoda. xandaxan, miwaze dafenil kabis kalTis qveS Txel
TiTebs Seacurebda da gamoRebul xuTkapikianebs madlierebis
niSnad giorgis uwvdida. Tavis pensiasac mas axmarda.

mzisgula amindSi ufro meti mnaxveli awydebda mis ezo-

karmidamos. vaSlebiT xeldamSvenebulebi modiodnen da wasvlisasac
mjdomare anastasiasagan locvad Seweuli vaSlebi mihqondaT,
anastasiasTan sxva madli sufevs da es madli Tan migvaqvso,
iZaxdnen.

giorgi drois Sesaferisad nel-nela vaJkacdeboda, anastasias

ezoSi Semosul giorgis xilvisas saxeze keTili Rimili efineboda
da gulSi naTeli adgeboda. gansakuTrebiT masTan gamolaparakeba
uyvarda.

dro gadioda da sibere nabij-nabij mohyavda megzurad,

romelsac savse jibeebSi tkbileulobis nacvlad siWaRarave,
naoWianoba, imedianobis welSi motexva elaga. amboben Tu warsuls
xSirad ixseneb, gamodis, rom siberes Sehyvarebixaro. Aanastasias
TvalebTan sifrifana kani SenaoWeboda, xelebsac Taviseburi
asakobrivi ieri dastyoboda. Rimilisas tuCis kuTxeebSi kanze
naxazi uCndeboda, magram mainc hqonda mSvenierbis xeli naTel
kvalad datyobili. silamaze kvalwmindad ar ikargeba, sibereSic
icis erTixanoba sxvisi TvalisaTvis SesamCnevi Tavgamodeba.
Aanastasias axalgazrdobisdroindeli silamaze misi Rimiliani
Tvalebis gabrwyinebisas SesamCnevad gaielvebda xolme. mnaxvelni
misi aRmatebuli mSvenierebis arsebobaSi ixtibargautexeli
arasdros rCebodnen.

droJams SeumCneveli, magram didroni nabijebiT uyvars gabotva.

giorgi gaizarda. ezoSi Selajebulma ulvaSianma fostalionma
`povestka~ moutana, jarSi giZaxebeno. misi Tanatolebi aseT dros
gasacilebel `veCers~ ixdidnen, patiJebdnen amxanag-megobrebs da
mTeli RamiT mxiarulobdnen, vaJebi jaris movlis Semdegadac,
dabrunebisas ufro grandiozulad aRniSnavdnen e.w. `veCers~. Tumca
giorgis msgavsi ram ar aRuniSnavs. meore dilasve gamoemSvidoba
deidas da samxedro komisariatisken mimaval gzas mowyenili saxiTa
da mokrZalebuli nabijebiT daadga. Tan mihyveboda deidis naTqvmi:
_Sens Tavs mixede, gaufrTxildi, Cemi dardi ara gqondes, nurc
saxl-karis dards Seawuxebineb Tavs. xandaxan erTi-ori sityva
gajRabne da gamomigzavne, werilebs sulmouTqmelad davelodebi.
SenTvis viloceb, gfaravdes ufali... _deidis siTbo, romelic
mkerdSi Caxutebisas ganicada, ise gaeTbo misi Signeuloba, rom
gambedaoba da sixalise Seematebina.

giorgis Taviseburad efiqreboda deida: vin mixedavda dilaobiT,

vin dabanda xelpirs, vin daexmareboda Ramis qoTnis saWiroebisas?..
sakvebi mnaxvelT ki mohqondaT, didroni, loyebdaRaJRaJebuli
vaSlebic mudam hqonda, magram TviTon Wama ar uyvarda, viRac
sWirdeboda gverdze myofi sauzmis dasaZaleblad. xandaxan
ramdenime dRe gadioda ise, rom Aanastasia lukmas gemosac ki ar
gaugebda. bunebiT aseTi iyo, arc sxvisi madiani Wama moswonda,
mucelamoyorili adamiani adamiani aRaraa, simaZRrismierma Wamam
stomaqis gaRoreba icis. mere misnairad aRrutuneba, Tavidan marto
muceli Rrutunebs, kargad gaSinaurebulze ki saxec mas emgvaneba
da azrovnebac. Wamas Tu gadayevi, gaZexi, sulier simravalferovnes
veRar dainaxav, Tvals silamazisadmi esTetizmis grZnobis aRqma
daekargeba, samyaros Tvaluwvdeneli saunje erTferovani eCveneba,
nayrovanebiT damZimebuli sulier simsubuqes Svebad elis,
grZnobebisgan TandaTan icleba misi azrovneba, mxolod mSrali
gonebiTRa fiqrobs, mxolodRa usiamovnos, radgan sasiamovnos aRqma
aqvs dakarguli, da raRa rCeba maT gareSe adamiani?_iZaxda
axlomyofebis gasagonad da saxeze morcxvi Rimili efineboda.

XXVIII
samxedro savaldebulo jaridan zustad ori wlis Semdeg
dabrunda giorgi. susxiani dekemberi idga, Zvalsa da rbilSi atanda
civi qaris nakadi. Tovlis Camosayrelad gamzadebuli ca naTel
ferSi Senisluliyo. rkinigzis sadguridan jariskaculi didi
nabijebiT modioda saxlisken, erTi suli hqonda iq misuls saxl-
kari da deida enaxa, monatrebulze Caxuteboda, xandaxan iWvneuli
SiSi gahkenwlavda mgzavris guls, vaiTu deidaCemi aRar damixvdeso,
magram Tavs gaucnobiereblad anugeSebda, aseT SemTxvevaSi
mezoblebi depeSiT macnobebdneno.

saxlamde Cqara midioda, magram saxls miaxlovebulma, ukve

mSobliur, aliluevas quCaze fexma instinqturad nabijebs uklo,
gulma ufro metad iwyo baga-bugi, TiTqos yelSi amosaxtomad
imzadebda Tavs. agera miuaxlovda kidec dabal momrgvalebul
Tavian WiSkars, romelzedac xe mompalviyo darbilebulze aqa-iq
amoRruntuli da TvalSi sacemad ganaxevrebuliyo. mnaxveli
misxvdeboda, rom aSkarad ukacoba dastyoboda WiSkars. aRarc mwvane
feri SerCenoda sadme. Wikari arc SeuRia, zevidan gadaixeda,
foTlebgacvenili xeebis fonze iolad unda exila mjdomare deida,
Tumca iqaurma situaciam gaaogna, dabneulma nabijis gadadgma ver
moaxerxa, adgilze gaqvavebuli adevnebda Tvalyurs iq mofusfuse
qalebis moqmedebas. deida ar Canda, xidan xeze-gambul bawrebze
TeTri zewrebi CamoefarebinaT, wyalic moemaragebinaT, zewrebis
iqiT ori qalis Tavi mxrebianad moCanda, zewrebs aqeT
Tvalxilulad ki kidev orni idgnen da xan wyliT samse vedroebs
uwvdidnen SigniT da xan gasamSralebelels. dekembris susxSi
Tbilad dasxmuli wylis adgilidan orTqli zecisken iwvereboda.
albaT baneno, gaifiqra giorgim da cota ar iyos gulSi sibrazem
dauara, am yinvaSi ra dros dabanaa, gacivdebao, magram ezoSi Sesvla
veRar gabeda, ar dairidon, male morCnen Tavis saqmes, da mere
Sevalo gaifiqra da WiSkars moSorda.

qalebi Aanastasias dabanas morCnen Tu ara, abanodgadakeTebuli

RvTismSoblis taZridan wamoRebuli wyali gadaavles, gadavlebuls
WurWelSi sagangebod agrovebdnen wasaRebad. mis naban wyalSi
saxlSi myof avadmyofs svamdnen da ajanmrTelebdnen. es saswauli
araerTs hqonda gamonacdevi. dabanil Aanastasias Caacves da
mxrebamde SeWril Tmaze Tavisi xeliT moqsovili molurjo qudi
daaxures. iqauroba miasufTaves, zewrebi Tavis bawrebianad
Camosxnes. vedroebi da liTonis taSti TavTavianT adgilas
miabinaves da baasic gaaCaRes.

giorgi uxmauro nabijebiT gadavida WiSkars. deidis xma garkveviT

moesmoda:

_erT axalgazrda qalbatons galiaSi dedal-mamali Citebi hyavda.

qalbatons isini Zalian uyvarda, uvlida, faqizad epyroboda.
TviTonac keTilSobili iyo, WianWvelas fexs arasdros daadgamda,
magasac sicocxlis wyurvili arguna bunebamo, obobas arasdros
gasresda, bunebas dasaregulireblad gauCeniao, eg rom gavwyvitoT
buzebi da Wia-Ruebi gadagvWameno, da Tu zomaze metad gamravldnen
Citebi mouReben boloso. ase, rom minimaluradac ki ar ereoda
bunebis winaSe, arc Tavis siamovnebaze dadioda, me ar momwons oboba
da amitom unda movkla-moviSoro Tavidano, arasdros gaufiqria.
galiaSi myof Citunebs ki civ niavs ar akarebda, saukeTeso sakvebiT
anebivrebda, arc wyals aklebda da arc mziT gamTbar alagze
gayvanas. Citebs gamravlebis periodi daudgaT, mamals sisxlis
yivili autyda ZarRvebSi, dedals ki tyveobaSi kvercxis dadeba ar
SeeZlo. amitom uTanxmoeba daewyo wyvils. gamudmebulad Cxubobdnen,
isteriamde midioda nacemi dedali Citi. saqme vera da ver aiwyes.
daTmoba arc erTs ar ewada, gansakuTrebiT ki vnebaayolil mamals.

erT-erTi morigi Cxubisas, keTilma qalbatonma maTi gaSveleba

gadawyvita, ifiqra sxva galiaSi gadasvamda, wyvils daaSorebda da
amiT maT Soris arsebul konfliqts amiT moagvarebda. mamali Citi
dedals TavSi gametebiT urtyamda niskarts, es ukanaskneli ki
ukmayofilod gamoscemda bgerebs, galiis xan romel kuTxeSi
aibuzeboda umweod da xanac romelSi. keTilma qalbatonma
xelTaTmani gadaicva xelze, meti usafrTxoebisaTvis, radgan
mamalma Citma kbena icoda. galiaSi Seyo xeli, mamali Citi Savi
xelis xilvisas emociurad afrTxialda, magram ufro gamalebiT
afrTxialda, rodesac es siSave mas daedevna dasaWerad. daiWira
kidec, qalbatonma xelTaTmanSi moqceuli mamali Citi didi
sifrTxiliT gamoiyvana galiidan, Cits xelisguli tanze kargad
evleboda, niskarti da feradad aelvarebuli kudi xelTaTmans
gareT damSvenoda. qalbatonma meore xeliT sxva galia moimarjva,
mis Ria karebSi Seyo faqizad xeli da momuWuli xeli gaSala. hoi,
saocrebav, mamalma Citma erTi ki gaaRo niskarti, saidanac
mcireodeni siTxe amouSva da sulic ganuteva. qalbatoni
isteriulad moTqvamda, magram SiSisgan gulgaxeTqil mamal Cits
raRa moabrunebda? mere dedalmac idarda uimisoba, SeCveuli
mewyvile erCivna sxvas, dardisagan aRarc Wamda, aRarc svamda. aba,
dardiani guliT rodemdeRa icocxlebda? qalbatoni ki Tavis Tavs
ver patiobda viTom sikeTis gulobisTvin ki gadaiyola. Senze
susti da umweo SesaZloa Senma sikeTem gadaiyolos. susts isedac
gaucnobierebeli SiSi aqvs moralurad Zlieri adamianis mimarT.
moralurad susti SesaZloa ufro provilegirebuli da
materializebuli iyos miwierad, magram sulierad Zlieris,
romelsac yovelgvari gaazrebis gareSe grZnobs, SiSi ipyrobs. ar
majobos, ar damjabnoso. esaa kacobriobis didi tkivili. sustebi
ebrZvian Zlierebs, da ara piriqiT, moralurad Zliers, Tundac
Ratakunas susti bunebis, Tundac gavlenianis, daCagvra azradac ar
mouva. cecxlsasroli iaraRic xom susti adamianis monagonia da
misi siyvarulisTvisac erTnairi bunebis adamianebi iswrafvian.

warmoidginaT rom usasrulo Tqven samyaroSi mogzaurobT did

transportze amxedrebuli, romlis sadavec da saWec Tqvensave
xelSia. Tqven kapitani brZandebiT Tqvenive transportis da saiTac
momarTavT iqiT SeicvliT samgzavro kurss. transporti ki Tqveni
gulia. asea, samyarom didi siyvarulis SesaZleblobisTvis guli
giboZaT, Tqven ki mis kapitnad dagniSnaT. gza ar unda agerioT,
siyvaruliT unda imogzauroT da yoveljerze miRweuli warmatebisa
Tu warumeteblobisa gamocdilebaSeZenilze winsvla unda
gaaumjobesoT.

mjdomare anastasiam sixaruliT gadaibadra, rodesac masTan

miaxlovebuli samxedro formiani disSvili ixila. xelebi erTad
miatyupa da gulze miido, mkerdSi Caixuta giorgim deida, mis
akankalebul sxeuls grZnobda, da xvdeboda, Tu, rogor TrToda
misi guli da rogor TanxvedraSi iyo Tvalebidan aRmocenebul
sasixarulo cremlebTan.
 mdomare Aanastasias mzrunveloba isev giorgim iTava, magram
rodesac naxa, Ramis qoTani is daZvelebuliyo, rom piri sruliad
basri gaxdomoda, gaocda. meore dResve SeuZina axali, emalirebuli
xasxasa feris qoTani, magram deidam masze kategoriuli uari
ganacxada, saCuqari ubralod ar miiRo:

_ras uwuneb, ra TvalSi ar mogdis?_ganicdida giorgi magram

mxolod Tavis gaqneviT ubrunebda uaryofiT pasuxs. bevrisgan
bevrs ecada disSvili, magram veras gaxda, ver daiyolia axalze.
basrpirian qoTanze mjdar qals, uamrav adgilas useravda kans da
isedac gamxdars, zed kunTze esoboda basri piri, sisxli welamde
asdioda, usvelebda kabas, romlis muq fonze alisferi sisxli
mnaxvelis TvalisTvis SeumCneeli iyo.

SeSfoTebulma mezoblebma uambes disSvils, misi jarSi yofnisas

momxdari:

qalaqis raionis saxanZro brigadebs saqme gamosCenodaT, quCa-quCa

dadiodnen da xanZarsawinaarmdego RonisZiebebs atarebdnen, yvela
saxlis ezoSi dgamdnen liTonis did kasrebs, romelSic gamudmebiT
dagrovili wyali unda yofiliyo, gverdiT carieli vedro
modgmuli, xanZarsawinaaRmdego daniSnulebisaTvis gamosadegi.
anastasiasTvisac daudgamT rkinis kasri, Tavisi vedriTurT.
Aanastasias is wyliT ar auvsia, an ki rogor SeZlebda oTx aTeul
welze meti xnis mjdomare, muxldayudebuli, umoZraod myofi
kasris wyliT avsebas. kasri misTvis xelmisawvdelze axlos idga,
mas mouxerxebia da Ramis qoTani Sig Cauclia. ase imeorebda
dilaobiT, magram rodesac saxanZro komitetdan Sesamowmebel
Semovlaze iyvnen, Aanastasias baRsac miaSures. Sig Caixedes kasrSi
wylis nacvlad sanaxevrod avsili rac ixiles, imaze aRSfoTdnen.
amiT xanZars ver CaaqrobTo, uyviriaT, wyali unda esxaso, mezoblis
qalebs auxsniaT Semmowmebeli mexanZreebisTvis qalis yofiTi
mdgomareoba, maT gulismolbobis nacvlaT ukmayofilod uTqvamT,
maS exla Sig racaa, magas ra vuyoTo. amaze Aanastasias gabrazebiT
miugia: _ eg kasri berias moedanze CaitaneT da iq dadgiTo.

berias xsenebaze SiSisgan yvelas tanT daburZgla. mezoblis

qalebi baRSive gauCinarebuliyvnen, zogi sad mimaluliyo da zogsac
saxlisken moekurcxla. xolo Semowmebaze mosiarule mexanZreebi ki
didi nabijebis tlanqi moZraobiT baRidan TavqudmoglejiT
gaqceulan.

Aarc imis Tqma daviwyebiaT mezoblebs, saiuvelio maRaziidan

axalgazrda biWs Zirfasi nakeTobis samkauli mouparavs, mas milicia
dadevnebia. biWs gzad urbenia, iaraRmomarjvebuli milicia fexdafex
misdevda Turme, magram srolas xalxiT mosiarule quCaze ver
bedavda. morbenal biWs mjdomare Aanastasias ezos WiSkari Ria
daunaxavs, SigniT Sevardnila da muxldayudebli qali rom
daunaxavs, dabneuli gaSeSebula. ukan madevari miliciac mosdgomian,
sirbiliT gadaRlilebi sunTqvaaCqarebulni qSendnen. maTi
danaxvisas Aanastasias xelebi ganzed gauSlia da dabneuli
biWisTvis uTqvams: _moxvedi tariel? gelodi, aqamde ratom
daigviane? xom gTxove saCqarod mosvla?

biWic Casaxuteblad misula, SeSinebuls Tavi mis sust mxarze

Camoudia da gayuCebula. milicias eWvmitanili biWisTvis jibeebi
amouqeqavT, Tavidan fexebamde gauCxrekavT, magram saeWvo veraferi
unaxavT, miT ufro naqurdali saiuveliro nivTi. maTi wasvlisas
gaocebul biWs ukiTxavs, saidan icodi Cemi saxelio? momRimar
Aanastasias ki upasuxia, tariels ra codna sWirdebodao. mere
daurigbia biWi, uTxovia naqurdalis ukan dabruneba, biWsac
SeumCnevlad daubrunebia adgilze nivTi. amis Semswre mezoblebica
da mnaxvelnic iumoriT uambobdnen Tavs gadaxdenil ambavs.

anastasiasTan samecniero kvleviTi universitetidan siaruls

mouxSira Suaxnis asakis materialuri msoflmxedvelobis (rogorc
is sakuTar Tavs uwodebda) realist-evolucionistma. Tavze
qoCoraCeCils loyebi, maRali hemoglobinis qonis niSnad,
aRaJRaJeboda. didron TvalebSi WeSmaritebis saZiebeli azri
gamokrTomoda. tanmsxvils mucelze qoni Semohparvoda. Tagvisferi
labadis bolo calmxares CamoSloda , rac erT nawils meorisTan
SedarebiT gansakuTrebulad grZels warmoaCenda. imdenad
dagrZeleboda labadis naxevarsigrZe, rom siarulisas miwaze
misTrevda. ezoSi mkacri nabijebis swrafi monacvleobiT
Semovardeboda Tu ara, mnaxvelebiT garSemortymul
muxldayudebul qalTan miirbenda da rame saocar kiTxvas hkiTxavda:

_qalbatono, aba, mipasuxeT, kvercxi ufro adre gaCnda dedamiwaze

Tu qaTami?_ikiTxa mravalmniSvnelovnad da Tvalebi meti
cnobismoyvareobisagan mouWuta.

_ras eZaxiT kvercxs? Tqven warmoidgineT da kvercxSic samyaroa

Tavmoqceuli, oRond visTvis sicocxlis dasabami samyaro da viTvis
kuWgasaZRomi saWmeli, ai egaa sakiTxavi.

materialist-evolucionists saxelad gelodis qalis pasuxma

didad aRfrTovaneba ver apovnina samecniero cnobismoyvare
sakiTxebSi, amitom isev Seecada materialisturi msoflmxedvelobis
gamoyenebiT religiuri Sexedulebebis uaryofas: _ aba, miTxariT,
samyaro, romelSiac Cven vimyofebiT aris materialuri. sad
mdgomareobs idea sulieri samyaros arsebobisa da ratom ver
vxedavT Tu marTla arsebobs?
 anastasiam Tvali Seavlo qvevidan zeviT mis win mdgar mecniers,
romelic gamudmebulad iwvevda polemikaSi da mciredxniani dumilis
Semdeg uTxra: _ Tqven axla materialuri brZandebiT?

_suliskveTebiTac da fizikuradac!_mtkiced dauqadna qoCriani

Tavi mecnierma.

_ da axla Tqven Tavs xedavT? Tqvens saxes, yurebs, cxvirs?

mamakaci Sedrka, mere dasZina.

_saxes, cxvirsa da yurebs usarkod vera!

_ver xedavT, Tumca es ar niSnavs imas, rom ar arsebobT!

_samagierod gxedavT Cems win myofT, materialuri sxeulis mqone

msgavsT, Tqvens cxvirebsac da yurebsac.

_Tqven sakuTari yuri ver daginaxavT da sxva visi naxva gwadiaT

batono gelodi?Tqveni cxviris sasikeTo Tvisebebs Tu ver xedavT da
ver grZnobT, sxvisi cxviri Tqven ras gargebT? sxva Tqven gamo
haers ver isunTqavs. ai egaa Tqveni materializmi.

gelodi ukmayofilod mopruwuli tuCebiT mitrialda

wasasvlelad, Tumc saCvenebelTiTaweulma erTxans moixda da
muxldayudebuli qalis misamarTiT daiZaxa: _ Tumca me mainc
davbrundebi, kidev dabrundebi! _ isev ibruna piri WiSkrisken da
quCaSi gasuli Tvalis daxamxamebaSi gauCinarda.

XXIX
zamTris susxma mwveli yinvebiT gadaiara, magram gazafxulda Tu
ara, ufro meti simwvave mohyva sazogadoebaSi. bumberzi beladis
gardacvalebam SeZra qalaqi da qveyana da sruliad sabWoTa kavSiri.
didian-patarianad quCaSi gamosulni xmiT moTqvamdnen, tirodnen,
moxucni gancdebiT Tmas iwewavdnen, beladis gardacvalebiT
gamowveul mwuxarebas veraferi anelebda. sazogadoebrivi gancda
Zlieri aRmoCnda. yvelgan beladis suraTebs mihqonda aremare,
fotoebiT gadaWedili foto atelie, maRaziis vitrinebze
gadmokidebuli SavlentSemovebuli beladis fotoebi, skolebSi
saklaso OoTaxebsa Tu derefnebSi. beladis fotoebs gamvlelni
uCerdebodnen da Tvalcremlianebi umzerdnen siananuliT didi
gancdebiT.

Tumca, rodesac ramdenime TveSi beladis marjvena xeli orjer

daxvrites, orjeradve orive maTgani irwmunebioda rom is mxolod
beladis marjvena xelis oreuli gaxldaT, xalxma didad gulTan
axlosac ar miitana. mas sabWoTa samSoblos RalatTan erTad
uamravi brali dasdes, maT Soris qalebisadmi udieri mopyroba,
maTTvis namusis axda da mere Tavidan mocilebis mizniT sakuTar
sardafSi Cayvanils klavdao. sacxovrebeli saxlis qveS katlavani
hqonda, romelic samsea qalebis gaxrwnili gvamebiTo. uyvarda
telefoniT arSiyi da patara gogonebis gacnoba, xmas iyenebda, viTom
pirbadri ymawvili yofiliyoso, tkbili enis meTodiT ityuebda
arasrulwlovnebs da mcired asakovnebso...

misi saxelobis moedans, romelic adre leninis moednad

iwodeboda, saxeli gadaarqves da isev uwindeburad moixsenies,
leninis moednad. arada beriam sakuTari nebiT mefisnacvlis Senoba
pionerTa sasaxled aqcia, es mis Semdeg rac sasaxle jer beladis
dedas gadasca, romelic verasdidebiT egueboda didron foieebsa
Tu darbazebs, TavisTvis erTi patara qoxmaxi hqonda aSenebuli vakis
gamwvanebaSi da dRis umetes nawils iq atarebda locvaSi, da Tavis
ZvelisZvel ocnebas , Svili beladobis nacvlad samRvdeloebaSi
hyoloda, gulistkiviliT igonebda. kekes gardacvalebis Semdeg
sasaxle sabWoTa pioner-bavSvebs daeTmo. miTqma-moTqma quCebSi ar
cxreboda.

aliluevas quCaze mcxovrebni, rZis rigSi mdgomni, gansakuTrebiT

bWobdnen, rom xruSCovs kremlis Sesasvlelebi sxvagvarad
gadaukeTebia, maTSi dacvac gauZlierebia, radgan orive daxvretili
Tu berias oreulobas Cemulobda, ese igi, TviTn sadRac axlos
imaleba da araa gamoricxuli moulodnelad Tavs
wagvadgeso_ambobda erTi qalbatoni da niSnismogebiT gamWvirvale
qsovilis TavSlis boloebs nerviulad aTamaSebda.

_Sen ega Tqvi da isic uTqvams, rom saqarTvelo iseTi ZaRlebis

qveyanaa sadac `daloi stidis~ relovuciam fexic ki ver moikidao,
mand kaci sxva rames gaxdebao?ra sawadels miaRwevo?.. Turme,
rodesac ruseTSi `daloi stidis~ revolucia mZvinvarebda,
…swored maSin erTi vagoni utansacmelo, sul narCevi talik-taliki
garegnobis titveli qalebi CamousxamT gorSi, magram rom
dastakebian qarTveli qalebi, ise uputiaT, Tmebi ki ara, buwuwebic
ki ar SeurCeniaT im sacodavebisTvis, qarTveli kaci axlos ar
miukarebiaT, SexedviTac ar SeuxedebinebiaT. nacem-nabegvi titveli
qalebi iZulebulni gamxdaran ukan wasuliyvnen,

_Turme sZuls aqaurobaca da aqauri tradiciebica,_ molaparake

qalma deserti lukmasaviT daayola naTqvami da badian CanTaSi
faqizad Calagebuli rZis boTlebiT xeldamSvenebuli iqaurobas
gaSorda.
 qalebis naTqvami ramdenime wlis Semdeg gamarTlda, rodesac
bumberazi beladi pirovnebis kultis moyvarul paTologad aRiara
xruSCovis mTavrobam, misi erovneba ki samarcxvino azielad. brZola
gamoecxada sruliad yvelafers, rasac sityva qarTuli
Seesabameboda da Seesatyviseboda. kuluarulad moaruli xmebi
sazogadoebas panikaSi agdebda, qarTvelebs RamiT Soreuli cimbiris
auTvisebel taigaSi gasaxlebas upirebeno, rogorc wesi RamiT
apireben Tavdasxmas ToToeul ojaxze da amisTvis matareblebic
ukve mobilizebuli aqvTo. SiSi ufro metad mZafrdeboda yoveli
Sebindebisas.

_Ramev, Sen uwyi, mxolod Cumi nafiqris bWeni_imeorebda CumaT

giorgi da cdilobda sazogadebrivi panikisgan Tavis garidebas.
Tumca gazafxulis erT dResac, axalgazrdobam, romelTa Sorisac
studentebi Warbobdnen mSvidobiani demonstraciebi daiwyes
qarTvelobisa da saqarTvelos samomavlo gadarCenisTvis. isini
icavdnen ukve gardacvlili bumberzi beladis erovnebas,
cdilobdnen mavanTaTvis xmis miwvdenas, rom uZvelesi kulturisa
da damwerlobis mqone qveyana humanuri principebis moyvarulia da
ara piriqiT, agresoruli genetikis mqone tomebis qveyana, rogorc
mwvervalze myof mavans, romelsac Tavisi Tavis vera gaego rodis
xumrobda da rodis ambobda marTals, egona.

xalxSi darxeuli xmebi, rogorc yovelTvis marTldeboda. axlac

iseTi xmebi midi-modioda, rom Zveli Tbilisis erT-erT skverSi
dadgmul stalinis Zeglis aReba winmswrebi movlena iqnebeboda
qarTvelebis erT RameSi gasaxlebis procesisa. saqarTvelo
uqarTvelebod usafrTxo da netari iqnebao, uTqvamT sul zemoT.

momitinge xalxma, romelsac ZiriTadad studentoba Seadgenda,

gadawyvita stalinis Zeglis dacva, romelic aRebis Sesaxeb brZaneba
ukve gacemuli iyo. momitingeebs zurgidan dauSines tyviebis wvima,
daixoca da daiWra uamravi, daWrilebTan aravis uSvebdnen
dasaxmareblad. msxverpli didi iyo. gardacvlilebi aravis
daatirebines, cinkis kuboebSi TviT jalaTebma Cauwvines da ojaxis
wevrebis TandaswrebiT, yovelgvari samgloviaro ceremonialis
gareSe daukrZales. axloblebs tirilis uflebac ki CamoarTves.

studentebis sisxliT kidev erTxel SeiReba dedaqalaqis

Suaguli. zurgidan daSenil zalpiT tyviebis koriantels
yayaCosferi gubeebi daeyenebina dedaqalaqis quCebSi. es moxda 1956
wlis 9marts.

centri ki avrcelebda informacias, rom SeiaraRebul

demonstrantebs tyvia gulSi hqondaT moxvedrilio.
 locvis Semdeg qalebs rkalurad SemoewyoT skamebi da
xelsaqmobdnen SeSfoTebuli baasis fonze. _Turme, es Cveni ufrosi
Cafrenila mTlad ufrosi-nikitas saxlSi, Seutyvia, Turme,
saqarTvelos gadasaxlebazea saubari mTavar komitetSi. misula imis
gapranWul colTan da erTi kargaT gamouTvria qarTuli RviniT.
mere qals xelebSi Cavardnia da atirebula, ese da eseo, damTavrda
qarTuli Rvinis ambavio, gasaxlebas gvipireben da Rvinos vinRa
dawuravso. imis coli Turme gabrazebuli daswvdomia telefonis
trupkas, daurekavs qmrisTvis da uTqvams, wamSi aq
gaCndio._mezobelma lamziram mandilis bolo cxvirze moisva, nerwvi
gadawylapa da xelT momarjvebul windis Cxirze Tvlebis daTvlas
Seudga.

_ mere?_ambis gagrZelebisken mouxmo gverdiT mjdomma cirum.

_raRa mere, qmars kari SeuRia Tu ara, cols erTi sila gauwvnia
loyaSi, ase uTqvams, padlec, Sen ginda es kaci umuSevari datovoo,
exlave gadaTqvi Seni prikazio.

qalebma mokrZalebulad CaiRimes, _anu gadavrCenilvarT

gasaxlebas Tu jer kidev eWvqveS varT?_cirus naTqvamSi sevdac,
iumorica da SiSic erTad ganzavebuliyo.

Aanastasia ki xelsaqmobda mdumared, TavauReblad, mis saxes

isedac kargad aCnda gancdebisa da sevdis nakvalevi.

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gazafxulis miwuruli idga. mzis sxivebis qveS Camomjdar giorgis
fiqrisTvis mieca Tavi. peterburgSi gamgzavrebaze ocnebobda. es
ocneba ki mas Semdeg daiwyo, rac peterburgian dabrunebuli,
warmoSobiT Sulaveridan megobari Temo estumra. Temo avadobis
periodSi dedamiss dahyavda anastasiasTan. isini deda anastasas
eZaxdnen da masTan erTad loculobdnen. kvriaSi ramdenime dRiT
specialurad Camodiodnen Sulaveridan dedaqalaqSi. Temos
sunTqvasTan dakavSirebuli problemebi hqonda. gamudmebul SiSSi
var dedao, tiriliT SesCioda Aanastasias Temos deda- naTela.
eqimebi verafers meubnevian sasikeTos, dRes Tu ara xval
SesaZlebelia mdgomareoba kidev ufro gamwvavdes, mizezica da
diagnozic ara aqvTo. erT-erTi morigi locvis Semdeg anastasiam
naTelas uTxra, rom Sulaveri unda mietovebinaT da sacxovreblad
peterburgSi gadasaxlebuliyvnen,NvaJiSvilis ukeTesi
momavlisaTvis.N

_mere iq kargad viqnebiT?

 _kargad iqnebiT!

_da Cemi Svili rom ar wamomyves?

_wamogyveba!

_mere, im siSoridan Sen rom ver gnaxavT?

_Cemi unaxavoba araferia, RmerTi yvelganaa, Tu ram gagiWirdes, Tu

ram gagexardes RmerTs moumadliere. gixaria Tu gwyins, isic Sens
mdgomareobas iziarebs, Sens gamo wuxs da Sens gamo xarobs. mTavria
yovelTvis gaxsovdes is, da ara marto gaWirvebisas, adamianebs
sixarulis Jamianobisas xSirad iviwyebs RmerTs, rasac ver vityviT
mwuxarebaze. ecade, RmerTi ar daiviwyo. axla ki mSvidobiT,
gamgzavrebisTvis moemzadeT!

isini marTlac daemgzavrnen, Sulaveris orsarTuliani bina

gayides, aibargnen da sruliad umisamarTod gaemgzavrnen ucxo
qalaqSi, sadac nacnobadac ki aravin egulebodaT. es ambavi zustad
ori wlis win iyo, deda-Svilis, naTelasa da Temos gamgzavreba
daviwyebas miecemoda, rom ara axlaxans Temos stumroba, dedamisis
naxelavi moqsovil-Sekerilebi, mcireoden fulad TanxasTan erTad
saCuqrad moutana Aanastasias. ojaxs movekideo, binac SeviZineTo,
samsaxurebic gvaqvso da rac mTavaria, avadobas aRar ki
Sevuwuxebivar, mgoni sruladac gadamaviwydao, yveboda
bednierebisgan TviTkmayofileba dauflebuli, mosuqebuli
axalgazrda mamakaci. mis TvalebSi sasixarulod krToda mocimcime
varskvlavebi, saxegadabadruls guli peterburgSi darCenil orsul
colTan miuwevda.

ratomac ara, fiqrobda giorgi, me ufro myavs bebia-papis mxridan

peterburgSi sanaTesao, mogvareebic, marTalia ar vicnob, magram xom
unda gavicno? kidev erTi mizezi aqedan abargebisa. peterburgSi
Caval, iq moviwyob xels, mere Camoval da aqaurobas gavyidi.
marTalia saxli didad kirqviT naSeni araa, xisaa, magram ezo da
baRi karg fasad gaiyideba, aqeT-iqidan sul samSeneblo guguni
moismis, zogan korpuss dgamen da zogan kerZo saxlebs aSeneben,
yvelgan TavauRebeli mSeneblobebia gaCaRebuli. adgili Zvirad
fasobso, fiqrobda da samomavlo gegmebs ocnebebSi alagebda.

iqneb marTla gamgzavreba sjobs? deidasac waviyvandi, Torem aq

misi umweobiT guli mekumSeba, xalxic gamudmebiT gvstumrobs, an vin
arian, ra undaT? nacnobebic xom midi-modian, magram iseTi cxra
ucxo mogvadgeba xolme, saidan ra gaigeso, gaocebuli vfiqrob,
saqrTvelos kuTxe aRar darCa adamiani ara gvstumrobs, somxeTidan
xom saerod, TiTqmis yovel kvira delegaciuri vizitiT modian, arc
ruseTidan vaviwydebiT xalxs. arada ras ityvian isini Cemze?..
Suagul baRSi tyemlis xis imedad hyavs deidao, TovlWyapia Tu
wvima-TqeSi Tavze daudiso, Ramis qoTania da axals ar ikarebs,
ZvelisZvel, pirdabasrul qoTanze zis mTeli dRedaRam, misi pirebi
kans uWrian, sisxldenas iwveven, welamde sisxlis gube udgeba,
magram mainc ar eSveba im qoTans...

amaswinebze eqimi mouyvana, SeeSinda sisxlis gamo. eqimi rad

mWirdebao, gaikvirva deidam, Tumca disSvilis mzrunvelur saqciels
aRar SeewinaaRmdega, mis gulSi sixarulis nawerwkali aelvarda,
romelmac yvela kuTxe-kunWuli sasoebiT gaunaTa. eqimma didxans
sinja, fonedoskopiT xan filtvebze mousmina, xan gulze, mere
tuCebi gaocebisgan mopruwa, gancvifrebulma xelebi majianad aqeT-
iqiT mimoabruna, da ikiTxa, arasdros arafers SeuwuxebixarT?
anastasiam uaris niSnad Tavi gauqnia, arc gaciebas?.. arc sicxes?..
arc xvelebas an ceminebas?.. aseTi jansaRi jani Cems praqtikaSi jer
ar Semxvedria_gaioca da meqanikurad xeli Severcxlil Tmaze
gadaisva. Wrilobebs davamuSaveb, sesfisi ar ganviTardes, Jangiani
piri aqvs qoTans_iTxova eqimma, Tumca Aanastasia winaaRmdegi wavida,
aranairi Wrilobis damuSaveba, aranairi daxmareba ar mindao.

ase iyo Tu ise, gaognebuli eqimi tyemlis gadaxril xes umzerda

saeWvo TvaliT, iqneba misi nayofi uxdeba ukvdavebis wamlado,
mizezebs eZebda mjdomare qalis sijansaRis eleqsiris amosacnobad.
Tumca amaod.

erideboda eqimisac axalgazrda mamakacs, rodesac fuls iqiT

utovebda, Cems saxelze erTi Ramis qoTani uyideTo. aras didebiT ar
gamoarTva giorgim, axali qoTani gamourbenina saxlidan
mtkicebulebis gasamyareblad, ager batono eqimo, sul axalTaxali
vuyide da axlosac ar ikarebso.

_biWo, deidaSeni saxlSi Seiyvane, da iq miiRos stumrebi _ daariga

Wkua Zmakacma, stumrobisas, erTxel, drisiT, mzisiT.

_ar momyveba saxlSi!

_ratom?

_aq urCevnia!

_maSin saxlSi diqtis listebi maqvs, ficrebic, movitan da

gadaxurva mainc gavuketoT, gana ra masala dasWirdeba, patara
farduli gagvekeTebina, Torem codoa qali, Sen ar gecodeba
deidaSeni? im dRes Tavsxma rom iyo, me mecodeboda, albaT sul
daasvelebda, qolga mindoda momewvdina, magram Rame iyo ukve.

giorgis moerida Zmakacis naTqvamis, ramdenjer ucdia gadaxurva,

magram deida yovelTvis uarobda, arc qolgas swyalobda
maincdamainc, saSaqarlamoSi gasayidi Saqaryinuli xom ar ggonivar,
wvimam damadnoso.

arada, giorgi megobrebTan sircxviliT iwvoda, vin icis fiqroben

ar epatronebao, deida ar ecodebao. sakvebic moaqvT xolme malimal,
albaT fiqroben rom uWirT da saWmlis fuli ar aqvTo, fiqrobda
da Tavisauneburad fiqrs gaucnobierebeli sibraze emateboda. ara,
unda gavemgzavro, iq mainc veRar daminexaven Cemi
Zmakacebi!_gadawvita giorgim, amas aRar davekiTxebi, gaifiqra da
Tvali Seavlo CaCumebul, miwaze mzera SeCerebul mjdomare deidas,
romlis gamxar sxeuls wvrili, grZeli mklavebi uRonod CamoeSva,
Txeli TiTebiT miwas Sexeboda, TiTqos, efereboda ise faqizad,
msubuqad ucacunebda TiTis patara baliSebs. saxeze ukmayofileba
dastyoboda, TvalebSi cremlismomgvreli sevda Camdgariyo. neta xom
ar igrZno Cemi fiqrio, erTxans gaifqra giorgim, Tumca am azrisgan
Seecada Tavi Sors daeWira. aseTi fiqrs araerTxel dautanjavs
bolo dros.

ara, aSkarad Cemi fiqrebi esmis, an grZnobs, magram ara uSavs,

mTlad ukeTesi, albaT axlac xvdeba gamgzavrebas rom vfiqrob da
mdumared meTanxmeba, vin icis, iqneb uxaria kidec? _gaifiqra da
ezodan gadavida, Zmakacisagan rCeva surda aeRo, elmavalmSenebeli
qarxnis TanamSromeli iyo da iqneb raime sasikeTo mirCioso. urCia
kidev, samtoniani konteineri aTxova, Sig avejic Cageteva, bargica da
barxanaco. ase samtoniani konteineriT miadga ramdenime dRis Semdeg
deidas disSvili. aveji bevri araferi gaaCndaT, magram rac iyo,
dediseul-mamiseuli danatovari, ar emeteboda dasakargad. mis
bavSvobisas axsovda kidec uamravi wignebiT samse Taroebi, kedlebs
gaswvrivad gasdevda. axla ramdenime wignis meti aRar moepovebodaT.
aRarc karadis Taroebi. daudo rac dasadebi iyo koteinerSi, ezoSi
nivTebis zidviT mofusfuse Cumad gaaparebda xolme mzeras
momlocveli deidisken, romelic TiTqosda ver amCnevda Tu ver
xvdeboda giorgis Canafiqrs. morCa Tu ara konteineris datvirTvas,
axla jeri deidaze miudga. masTan axlos misulma mokrZalebuli
RimiliT dauyvava:

_nu, axla Sen unda mogaTavso, ramenairad, Sen ar SegeSindes, ise

agiyvan xelSi, arafers gatken, gzaSic ise gamgzavreb araferi
Segawuxebs.

amis gamgone Aanastasiam mudariT samse Tvalebi SeanaTa giorgis,

erTxans ase umzira, mis TvalebSi mTeli misi warsulis nakvelevi
moCanda, mis TiToeul naoWs didi gancda da emocia axlda Tan.
giorgis ver gaego, deidas uxaroda Tu swyinda disSvilis
gadawyvetilebis, amitom didi gulisfancqalT eloda misgan raimes
Tqmas, Tumc, rogorc atyobda, deida saTqmels ayovnebda, dumils
ufro iseTi mSvenebiT Seemosa misi fizikuri mdgomareoba, bgeriTi
xmovaneba saWirod aRarc miaCnda.

_Cven peterburgSi unda gavemgzavroT, aba, rogor agwio, miTxari,

_xelebi mohkida asayvanad giorgim. anastasiam disSvilis xelebisgan
gainTavisufla Tavi, mere uaris niSnad gauqnia sevdiani saxe,
TvalebSi morcxvi varskvlavebi aukiafdnen.

_ver gavige, xom unda gagiyvano, xels ratom maSvebineb?

Aanastasia dumda, saTqmels ayovnebda. giorgi uRonod Camojda mis

siaxloves mdgar kunZze. susti sio ancobda baRSi, TmebTan TamaSiT
garTuliyo. icoda daelaparakeboda, mocda iyo saWiro, iqneb azrTan
Sesagueblad dro sWirdeba, andac adgilis gamosamSvidobeblad
loculobs gulSio, _fiqrobda da guls fesvebmoZirkuli boRma
eSveboda, Tavisufldeboda im gaucnobierebeli azrisgan, romelic
SesaZlo uaryofiTi pasuxis SemTxvevaSi unda aRmocenebuliyo.
kunZze Camojdmamde gulSi siave da boRma utrialebda, mZafri
qartexilebi apirebdnen xasiaTobriv gamovlenas, darwmunebuli iyo
rom azrs veravin da veraferi gadaafiqrebinebda, ar arsebobda
winaRoba, romelic Seakavebda mis peterburgSi gamgzavrebas. mosisine
gvelebis Robe rom gaevloT, mainc gaarRvevda da Tavisas gaitanda.
ase ijda garkveul xans, icoda dRes Tu dauRamdeboda, gamgzavrebas
xvalsTvis gadadebda, magram mainc ar gadauxvevda sasurvel azrs,
romlis simyares mtkiced icavda.

horizontisken gadawverili Tbilisis mze Casasvlelad

emzadeboda. cotac da moRamdeboda uimisod. deidis pasuxis
molodinSi giorgis sibraze gaqroboda, xasiaTSi damkvidrebuli
ficxi sijiute sadRac gamqaliyo. ijda mSvidad da miwaze mcocav
lokokinas Cascqeroda, romelsac sacxovrebeli niJara zurgze
saguldagulod wamoekida da neli moZraobiT erTi adgilidan
meorisaken miizlazneboda. Tavze wamoweul or, pawawina antenas
sveli brWyvieleba gaudioda. mis nel, mSvid moZraobas damkvirvebel
giorgis TvalSi simSvide Seetana. simSvide, gadamdebi xasiaTobrivi
ganwyobilebaa, romelic mniSvnelovnad Seicavs bednierebis
elementebs.

ase ijda damSvidebuli, Sinaganad naTelCamdgari xasiaTiT,

TiTqos raRac uxaroda kidec, magram ra, amas kargad ver
acnobierebda. lokokinam icoca, icoca da imdeni qna saxlis kedels
miadga, zurgze binawamokidebulma zed iwyo acoceba.

mjomare Anastasias ezo-baRSi……sasiamovnod gamjdariyo siCume,

yurs siamovnebda da guls malamod edeboda. giorgi ise
garTuliyo mofusfuse lokokinis mzeriT momentalurad
gadaviwyeboda Tavis mier aboboqrebuli uwindeburi azri. fiqridan
deidis mSvidma daZaxebam gamoarkvia: _giorgi!

giorgim mixeda deidas, romelsac iseTi simSvide efina saxis

TiToeul nakvTze, TiTqos aramiwieri harmoniuloba miwier
xilvadobas ganezavebina. ijda mowiwebiT, iseTi krZalva dadseboda
mis saxesa da sxeuls, rom TvaldaxuWuli sulieric ki
moixibleboda:

_rao lokokinam, bevri icoca, iwvala da isev saxlis kedelze

moiyara muxli? mand unda binis dadebac da gamoZinebac?

_me ravi! _aiCeCa mxrebi arcodnis gamo.

_ho, arada, ramdeni iwvala, Sors surda gamgzavreba, wina

fanjridan daiwyo mogzauroba, iqidan jer me momiara, mere baRs wre
daartya, didi manZili gaiara, imgzavra, bolos gadaRlil-
gadaqanuli isev am patara, moZvelebuli saxlis kedels eaxla
saboloo samyofelisTvis. _anastasiam mciredxniani pauzis Semdeg
ganagrZo:

_asea, sadac ar unda waxvide Sens mSobliur garemos vercerT

SemTxevaze ver gacvli. getkbileba is adgili, sadac daibade,
gaizarde, fexi aidgi. giyvars Sendauneburad. adgilic asea, amdeni
cqeriT ggrZnobs, emSobliurebi da masac uyvardebi. am saxlSi
davibade mec da Cemi debic, vera da anna. guSindeli dResaviT
maxsovs maTi bavSvoba. Cemze umcrosebi iyvnen... ase mgonia, maTi
xsovna am saxlis miRma aRar meqneba. mec da Cems debsac usaTnoesi
deda da ojaxze mzrunveli, mosiyvarule mama gvyavda. ai, es saxli
misi aSenebulia, es xeebi _Tqva da xeliT mianiSna TiToeul
maTganze_ dedaCemis dargulebia. warmomidgenia, erT dros namceca
wkirebiviT nergebi, axla bumberaz xeebad gadaqceula. droc asea,
rodesac asaki gemateba, xvdebi, rom TandaTanobiT Zlierdeba isic,
Tanac Cvenze gacilebiT ufrosi da mravlis mnaxelia. ai, am
adgilebze daabijebdnen Cemi mSoblebi, maTi nakvalevi miyvars,
miyvars da ra vqna. am adgilas Sevicani Cemi Tavi, am miwis
TiToeulma gojma uamravi bedniereba da simware manaxa. yvelaferi
Cemia, ar SemiZlia daviwyeba, mesiyvaruleba es adgili, da vgrZnob,
masac Zlier vuyvarvar.

giorgis axlaRa gaaxsenda gamgzavrebiT Sesaxeb aRtkinebuli

fiqrebi da ocnebebi. Tumca imdenad mSvidad grZnobda Tavs, rom
ayalmayalis atexvis Tavi kia ara, xvewna_mudarac ki ar SeeZlo.
marto kiTxva moaxerxa.

_gana peterburgi ar giyvars? iqidan ar iyvnen Seni mSoblebi?

 _miyvars, rogorc ara, miyvars. Tbilisis Tbili miwa, Tbili ca,
Tbili mze da mTvarec miyvars. ai, aq davibade da samSoblo am
adgilebis TvalTaxedviT iwyeba. aq Cemi cxovrebaa, Cemi sunTqva. me
Tbilisidan fexs ver movicvli.

_iq ufro ukeTesad viqnebiT.

_sul rom oqros zodebs Sempirde, ai, Cemi oqros zodi_anastasiam

nazi, Txeli TiTebiT miwa moTxara da xelis gulze moiqcia. meore
xelis TiTebiT msubuqad ealerseboda .

_gaxsovs naTela da Temo? rac aqedan wavidnen, ukeTesd arian,

Temom colic moiyvana, aq rom iyo, peterburgSi datovili coli
ukve orsulad hyavda.

_me naTela ki ara, anastasia var. arc Sena xar Temo, giorgi xar
dabadebidan. axla ginda Seicvalo? Senc geyoleba colic,
Svilebic... magisTvis aqaurobis mitoveba saWiro araa. Citi rom Citia,
sul pataraa, da Sesabamisad namcecisodena guli ucems mkerdSi,
masac Tavisi mSobliuri adgili uyvars, im namceca gulSi yvelas
siyvarulisTvis rCeba adgili, samSoblosas ki yvelaze didi alagi
ukavia. adamianis guls namcecas xom ver dauZaxeb, imotonaa, mTeli
samyaroebis siyvaruli Caeteva Sig. Tanac guli uzomod welvadia.
rac meti giyvars, miT metad diddeba da rac metad Zunwob
siyvarulisas, miT metad pataravdeba, Tanac imdenad SeuZlia
dapataravdes, rom sulac gaqres mkerdidan.

_hm, _Caicina sasxvaTaSorisod da saxlis kedelze niJaraSi

dasaZineblad gayuCebul lokokinaze gadaitana fiqri.

_ho, raze gecineba, ugulo adamianis arsebobis Sesaxeb ar gagigia

Sen?

_adamians Tu Tavisi adgili ar eyvareba, is, romelzedac fexi

aidga, ena aidga, siyvaruli aswavles, sxvas vis an ras Seiyvarebs?
aseT adamians mkerdSi guli aqvs gamqrali.

ukve kargad CamoRamebuliyo, karg xasiaTze damdgar giorgis

tkbili Zilis ruli epareboda. dacarielebul saxlSi Sevida da
kuTxeSi oboli bavSviviT migdebul ZvelisZvel sawolze wamowva.

dilaadrian, adre amdgari ukve xasiaTobrivad sxva talRaze

damdgariyo. deidasTan ukmayofilod gamovida, sayvedurebiT uwyo
avseba, Sen gamo ver mivdivar aqedan, gana ase Znelia Cemi
gulobisTvis Cem nebas dayoliebao?

Aanastasia ijda Cveuli mSvidi saxis gamometyvelebiT, grZnobda

disSvilis mZafr reaqcias misi survilis sawinaaRmdego mxaris
gadgomis Semdeg. giorgi aforiaqebuli mosTqvamda sayvedurebs,
wuxilsa Tu gulistkivels. Tumca es uknaskneli imasac saukeTesod
xvdeboda, rom deidas gamgzavrebaze verasdidebiT daiyoliebda.
Aanastasias arasdros uyvarda kamaTSi Camba, polemika misTvis ar
arsebobda, mSvidad icoda raimes axsna-ganmarteba, magram Tu
adresats misi naTqvami yurs gaugonrad xvdeboda, dumils irCevda.
Tumca bolo droindelma movlenebma, uamravi avkarganobis
Semxedvarem, iZulebuli gaxada xandaxan xma amoeRo da bolo notaze
amRebuli xmiT eyvira. zogs ezoSic ki aRar uSvebda, zRurblze
fexgadmobijebulze uwyebdayvirils, gansakuTrebulad ganicdida,
rodebac adamianebi mis mdgomareobas samarCielo, andac samkiTxavo
mdgomareobisTvis iyenebdnen. Soridanve scnobda aseTebs. axlos ar
ikarebda, arc maT motanil ZRvensa Tu vaSlebs itovebda. Tu
romelime gauZaliandeboda, xels aukravda da motanils iqve
gadauyrida. adamiani mxolod imas cdilobs gagakeTebinos, rac mas
surs. sxvisTvis kveris damkvrelad ar gavuCenivar zeciers, me
Tavisufleba margunes, da sxvas ver davemonebi, imisTvis, rom is ar
Semomwyres, me samkiTxavo arenis marCieli arasdros vyofilvar.
mkiTxavoba CemTvis codvaa, me mxolod adamianebisTvis ufalis
Sesaxeb vqadageb, maTi gasaWirisTvis vloculob, maTi avadobis gamo
vwuxvar...

arada zogs ra mouvlis baSkaSi da zogsac ra, viRacas viRacis

gulis monadireba surs da amisTvis jadoqars eZebs jados
gasakeTeblad, aseTi adamiani fiqris gamoc ki daisjeba, imdens sxvas
ar swevs, ramdensac Tavis Tavs. arada, gagebac ar surs, arc gismens
imdenadaa aRtkinebuli sakuTari nafiqraliT. ara, aseTebs axlos
ver gavikareb, rac sxvisTvis gemeteba SenTvis iqneba, sikeTes
gaimeteb da keTilad agixdeba, borotebas usurveb da mZvinvare
boroti Zalebi SenTvis moiclian.~ fiqrobda Aanastasia da xandaxan
Tavis nafiqrs uziarebda yoveldRe masTan mosulebs. isini mis
gverdiT iyvnen, maT igrZnes mjdomare qalis uzadod
keTilSobiluri Zliereba, isinic grZnobdnen Aanastasias Sinagan
ganwyobilebas, mas araerTxel ugrZvnia maTi fiqrebis, Sinagani
ganwyobisa da bunebis Sesaxeb. zogi gansakuTrebulad uyvarda,
maTTan puris gatexvac uxarda, miuxedavad imisa rom Wamis
moyvaruli arasdros yofila, mainc naZaladevad gadaylapavda maTi
xelidan miwvdenil lukmas. zogs imdenad SeCveoda, rom
anastasiasTan mousvlelobis SemTxvevaSi sakvebs aRar ekareboda.
monatrebulze maTTvis loculobda. fiqrebSi garTul Aanastasias
gaavebuli disSvilis xma Caesma yurT.

_ras ambobs xalxi, Tu ici? Cemze amboben zarmazi zluqi da tlu

disSvili hyavso, Tu ar amboben, momavalSi mainc xom iyvian?.. me
codo ara var?.. Zmakaci aq ver momiyvania sircxviliT, amas winaTac
meubneboda ilo, Cemi skoleli rom iyo, is, diqtebi da ficrebi unda
gaCuqo da mogexmarebi, gadaxurva gavukeToT, Torem wvima-TovlSi
rom zis guli mewvebao. ara, me ara mcxvenia, Tu sircxvil da
namusgawmendili ggonivar!

patara bavSvis gamometyveleba mieRo deidas axalgazrda

disSvilis naqoTqoTaris gamo. TvalebSi mowolil cremlebs Zlivs
ikavebda. giorgim saxlidan gamoarbenina saxelosno iaraRebi, mere
ficrebic gaaCina umalve saidanRac. Aanastasias Tavze xeliT mozoma
da winaswar gaTvlili simaRliT gadaxurvis xelobas Seudga: _xma
ar gamce, ori varianti gaqvs, an CemTan erTad wamoxval peterburgSi,
andac gadaxurvas vakeTeb, da Sig iqnebi,

dasjili bavSvis TvalebiT adevnebda Tvals giorgis, mis swraf

mixvra-moxvras, ori xis metriani boZebi ukve CaerWo miwaSi, axla mis
Tavze gadaxurvas amzadebda saxeldaxelod, ficrebs azomebda ,
sigrZes xerxiT asworebda. TvalSi ar mouvida gverdulad
gadagrexili tyvemlis toti, romelic Amjdomare Anastasias
evleboda Tavze, Camuxlvis dRidan mis Tmebze yvavilobda, da mis
Tmebze mwifobda. gazafxulis pirs Soridan Semxedvares, TeTrad
afeTqebuli toti, ise rkalurad Semoevlebida xolme qalis Tmasa
da mxrebs, saqorwino patarZali gegonebodaT. giorgim xeliT
mosinja tyemlis toti, romelic didad TvalSi ar mouvida, moxerxva
gadawvita, xeliT Savtariani xerxi moumarjva, da is iyo saxerxad
gaamzada marjvena, rom anastasas mudariT savse xma Caesma:

_nu giorgi, nu momaWri TiTebs... Tanaxma var yvelanair tanjvaze,

oRond magas nu momiWri, man muxlszeviT sxeuli verxviviT gaWima,
cremliani TvalebiT giorgis miaCerda, romelic kidec erTxel
darwmunda misi xmis keTilxmovanebaSi, xandaxan elandoboda rom
deidis xmas gansakuTrebuli JReradoba hqonda, romelic
sasiamovnod ganawyobda adamianis gonebas. RvTaebrivoba igrZnoboda
xmis Tbil tembrSi, guls siamovnebda da mtkivneul adgilebze iaris
mosaSuSebel swraf momqmed malamod efineboda. axlac igrZno
igive, tyemlis tots xeli uSva, mciredxans adgilze gairinda,
gulze mocimcime siTbo, romelic deidis xmas tkbilad gamoewvia,
gauyuCda. ase idga erTxans, mere isev gadaxurvas miubrunda ficari
daiiRliava da windawin miwaSi dasobil boZebze dalursmva iwyo.
ficrebis sigrZe-sigane mjdomare deidas ki eyofao, gaifiqra, da
isev tyemlis toti mozoma TvaliT, romelsac urCad daeRuna totis
wvero da gadaxurul ficruls ukana mxridan modgomoda, cotac da
isec uwindeburad dauRunevda Tavs deida mas, isic mis qudian Tavs
Semoevleboda Zveleburad. ara, es toti raRas gadamekida, esec me
mejinianebao, gaifiqra giorgim da saxlSi Sevida. fanjridan
kritikuli TvaliT akvirdeboda Tavis saxeldaxelod gadaxuruls,
naucbaTevis fonze arauSavda, magram didad ar moixibla, ukeTesadac
SeiZlebodao.

im Rames, SesaTvaliereblad specialurad wamodga giorgi. ezoSi

bneloda, umTvarobis gamo, quCaSic lampioni gadamwvariyo. xelSi
fanari momarTa da baRSi gavida deidis sanaxavad. moqoxilidan
muxlebiT gamoCoCiliyo, gadaxuruls naxevarmetrze mainc
moSoreboda da ise loculobda, cisken momzirali pirjvars
malimal iwerda. ukmayofileba daewera saxeze disSvils, Tumc misi
locvisTvis xeli aRar SeuSlia, usityvod ukanve dabrunda. mxolod
gaTenebulze akvirdeboda isev gadaficruls, TavSesafari iyo
erTgvari, ukana gverdic rom ara hqonda. axalma azrma gauelva
TavSi, ukana gverdic unda moeficra, ukeTesi iqneboda deidisTvis,
Tovliani amindic ki warmoidgina, Ria mxaridan Tovli dauvidoda
da deidas isec daasvelebda. ganuwyvetel fiqrSi gadauvida es azri.
xan ras uwunebda gadanaxurs da xan ras, magram yvelaze paradoqsad
aRiqvamda deidis namoqmedars is gadaxurulidan win wamoCoCebuliyo
da Tavsxma wvimianobis drosac ki ar Sedioda Tavis Sesafareblad
Sig:

_me wvimis ar meSinia, visac wvima urCxluad elandeba, dae is

Sevides Sig. me wvimisas ufro metad vloculob, raTa codvebis
Camosarecxvis SiSi ar maqvs. _ ganumarta giorgis: diSvils raRacis
Tqma surda misTvis, magram pirze momdgari sityva gadaylapa,
daiTmina da saxlis zRurbls gadavida.

XXXI
raikomis pirveli mdivnis stumroba pirvelad ar iyo, is sxva
drosac axsovT anastasiasTan myof mnaxvelT. am baRis gzas
araerTxel aRubeWdavs misi fexis nakvalevi. vaSliT samse didroni,
wneliT mownuli kalaTiT Semosuls madlobac ki mouxdia
anastasiasTvis. es ambavi arc ise didixnis winandelia. raikomis
pirvel mdivans anastsiasTvis ukiTxavs, rames xom ver mirCevdiTo,
esec iqidan gamomdinarem hkiTxa, rodesac saqarTvels gadasaxlebaze
yurmokvriT saubrobdnen didian-pataraianad. erT Rames SesaZloa
Tavs dagvesxas wiTeli armiis specdanayofis razmi da Zalis
gamoyenebiT matarebelSi SegviZaxono. swored maSin iyo raikomis
pirveli mdivani anastasiasTan kiTxviT: _ rames xom ver mirCevdiT?

anastasiam muxls zeviT tani verxviviT SemarTa, welSi

gasworebulma Tavi kdemiT gauswora realobas, mere damajerebeli
toniT auwya stumars: _nu geSianiaT, saqarTvelos gadaSeneba ar
uweria, verc veravin gaasaxlebs qarTvelebs. es sisxliani miwa
xalxisaa, is aris axla da iqneba momavalSic. uamravjer SeRebila
udanaSauloTa sisxliT es miwa-wyali, uamravjer Seufarebia sxva
qveynidan davrdomilni, uamravjer miubarebia am miwas umankoTa
sxeulebi. es miwa Zlieria, aqauri wyali nakurTxia, ecadeT
daketili taZrebi gaaRoT, dangreulis aRdgena xalxs miandoT,
wirva-locva ar moakloT. nu SezRudavT mlocvelis uflebebs,
xSiri locvis Semdeg adamianidan boroteba Tavisi azrebiTurT
gacamtverdeba, boroteba boroti azrebidan hpovebs dasawyiss. arada
borots sxva mlocvelis mimarTac ki SiSismieri grZnoba uCndeba
rac RvarZliani dacinvis gamoxatviT imSvidebs Tavs. taZris karebi
farTod gauReT mlocvelT, dardi nurafris geqnebaT.

am sityvebma guli gaukeTa raikomis pirvel mdivans, xandaxan gzad

Semorbenas moimizezebs xolme, Tumca specialurad aRebuli gezis
mxilebis gulSi erideboda.

anastasiam axlac SeaTvaliera Tbili mzeriT, icoda Camosajdomad

ar daujdeboda, udroobas moimizezebda, diliT uTeniaze icoda
Semorbena.

_rames xom ver mirCevdiT?_gaumeora kiTxva mamakcma.

_wels didi wvima iqneba, mtkvris marjvena da marcxena mxares

jebirebi gaamagreT, Torem mtkvari Tu gaavda, mtrisas.

mamakacma damSvidobeba qalbatonis xelze amboriT icoda,

avtomobilisken mimavals zurgis qari ufrialebda Sav labadas.

im wels marTlac wyaldidobam gaaoca saubris mowmeni. yvelas

kargad axsovda mjdomareAanastasias da raikomis mdivnis naubari
wyaldidobasTan dakavSirebiT, jebirebic Secvales im wels
saCqarod. wvimis dros mtkvari ise adidda jebirebdan gadmosvla
iwyo da gzebze niaRvariviT moTqarunobda, sardafebi datbora,
Senobebic daaziana, magram adamianTa msxverpli ar mohyolia.
zooparkidan maimunebi gaiqcnen, erT-erTi maimuni gldanis
dasaxlebaSi romeliRac korpusis saxuavidan Casula aivanze da
lojiaSi divanze wamokotrialebul, fexburTis yuebiT garTul
mamakacs aivanidan maimunis fxaka-fxuki ainunSic ar mocvlia, magram
rodesac imave maimunma cxvirwin Caurbina da kedelze damagrebul
sarkeSi pranWva daiwyo, mamakacis meuRlis savarcxeli Tavze
gadaisva, mere mis tuCsacxs gausinja gemo, saidanRac mZivi Camoxsna
da gulispiri daimSvena, ai, maSin ki gaognda mamakaci, vera gaigo
ludis brali iyo yovelive Tu molandebis. es arseba maimuni iyo Tu
coli elandeboda maimunad. SeSinebuli gavarda aivanze da kari
garedan gadairaza:
 _mezoblebo, miSveleT! _saSvelad ixmobda xan romel aivnisken
xelebgawverili da xanac romlisken. es ambavi ki ase dasrulda,
miliciis mier daWerili maimuni Ciko kvlavac gaiqca, mere misi
kvali daikarga, magram ramdenime dRis Semdeg Cikom TviTon,
samarTaldamcvelebisgan damoukideblad miagno zooparkis
teriatorias, mis win mdebare kafeSi Sevida da xaWapuris WamiT
garTul qalbatons moujda gverdiT. mTeli kafe wiokiT daicala
didi zomis maimunis gamo. sacodavi Ciko, xanerT magidasTan
Camoskupdeboda da adamianebis danatovari sakvebiT inugeSebda Tavs
da xanac didi vitrinidan gamvlelebis cqeriT. masTan urTierToba
da sicili mxolod galiaSi mjdomaresTan surda xalxs. erTi
naWeri xaWapurisa da gamdnari nayinis mirTmeva moaswro daWeramde.
galiaSi gamomwyvdeuls ki xaWapuric daenatra da nayinic. es
zedmetad auxdeneli ocneba iyo misTvis.

XXXII
giorgis mier gabrazebul gulze saxeldaxelod gadaxuruls
didad ver egueboda Aanastasia. win wamoweuli isev Ria cis qveS
ijda wvimaSi, TovlSic da Takara mzis mcxunvarebisas: _ bunebasTan
saurTierTobod misi naleqiani Tu unaleqo xasiaTis gageba unda
SegeZlos, buneba yvelaze Zlieri da uRalato megobaria
udidebulesobaTa Soris. misgan mxolod siZlieres Tu iswavli,
sustebs masTan samegbrod fexi ar CasdiT.

araerTxel uTqvams Aanastasias Tavis disSvilisTvis, Tumca mas

amis gageba ar surda. is mainc Tavis fiqrebs miaWenebda
fafaraSlili cxeniviT. dakvirvebiT Seavlo Tvali saxlis kedlisa
da moqoxil, moficrul tualets Soris mdebare adgils. TvalSi
mouvida, gonebaSi gaivlo kidec patara fardulis ageba, axla
kargad dafiqrdeboda , winaswar naxazsac Seadgenda, nela-nela da
xarisxianad aagebda farduls, daaxloebiT metra da 20santimetramde
iqneboda. Tanac WiSkarTan axlos aagebda da mnaxvelebsac ufro
moxerxebulad miiRebda deida, im moqoxilSi ufro iolad dabandnen
qalebic, romelTac gansakuTrebuli wyurvili amoZravebdaT
Aanastasias mzrunvelobaSi monawileobis miasaRebad. axla
saxeldaxelod mifuCeCebuli aRar gamouvidoda uwindeburi
gadaxurvisamebr.

ukan mibrunda, Cafiqrebuli auyva riyis qviT movarayebul viwro

gzas, xelebi welze Semoewyo da dakvirvebuli zoma_wonida sakuTar
azrs gonebaSi. deidas Seavlo Tvali, pirmomRimari ijda yvavilebiT
garSemortymul miwaze. romeliRac mnaxvels misTvis mindvris
yvavilebi uxvad eboZebina saCuqrad. mindvris surnels mZafrad
afrqvevda susti sio ezoSi. etyoba veluri mindvris es surneli
enacnobeba, andac raime mogonebebs aRuZravso tkbilad, imitomac
garindeboda erT wertilSi mzeras, saxe mSvidad momnusxveli,
Tbili Rimildafenili. aseTi Rimili uyvarda deidis garegnobaSi
giorgis. axla Seecada ucxos TvaliT Seexeda misTvis: zedmetad
gamxdari. Txeli aRnagobis, muxlze mjdomare, moyavisfro kaba
gadafareboda mis muxlebs, terfebs, romelic erTTavad miwas
exeboda ukve deidis mTeli sicocxlis manZilze, Tu ar CavTvliT 19
wels, magram is 19 weli giorgis ar axsovda, is mxolod Tavisi
pataraobidan ixsenebda deidis arsebobas, rodesac dedam, veram is
baqodan Camoiyvana xuTi wlis asakSi, saxlSi dabrundnen. ai
maSindel gacnobili deida CarCa gonebaSi, lamazi, verxviviT
tanSemarTuli, mjdomare, erTxans xes adarebda deidas, egona
masaviT miwaSi garTxmuli fesvebi eqneboda, masaviT yvavilobda
gazafxulobiT, radgan Tavze rkalurad Semovebuli tyemlis toti
yvavilobda mis grZel, wels qveviT Camowveril, dawnul TmaSi,
SemodgomiT mwofoba emarTeboda radgan momrgvalo tyemlis
burTulebi Camoekonwialeboda totze, gvian Semdgomisas
foTlebSeferadebuli ijda, narinjisfer-moyviTalo ferSi
auWreldeboda xolme Tma, zamTarSi xesaviT gadaTeTrdeboda
Tovlisgan, xesaviT foTlebSemocaruli ijda, magram gazafxulis
dadadgomisas imedianad imzireboda.

drom Tavisi qna, sibere yvelas uqadis danaoWebas, welSi motexvas,

Tmis gaWaRaravebas, kanis ferSecvlas... axla, gansxvavebiT uwin
wlebisgan, deidis Semyures umweo adamianis STabeWdileba aRebeWda
Sinaganad, ufro dapataravebuli, erTi namceca moCanda ezodan baRSi
muxldayudebuli deida. ZvelmanebSi Semokonkils susti mxrebi
TvalSisacemad mouCanda, Txel, danaoWebulkanian xelebs faqizi
moZraoba uwindeburi SemorCenoda, xSirad icoda sifrifana TiTebiT
miwis mogroveba, mere xelis gulze moiqcevda, akurnusebul
cxvirTan mitanils TvaldaxuWuli, grZnobiT dasunavda, SeigrZnobda
miwis surnels, mere isev ukan abrunebda da TiTebs usvamda nazad,
TiTqos efereboda Savi miwis TiToeul nafxvens. sibereSi adamianis
Zvlebi 9santimetriT pataravdebao, erTxel satelevizio gadacemaSi
yurmokruli kargad damaxsovreboda giorgis. albaT deidaCemic
dasustda, dapataravda, Torem uwin ufro grZeli moCanda aqedan,
axla erTi muStis xelaRaa, andac cota metio, gaifiqra giorgim, da
welze Semowyobili xelebi CamouSva. meti damajereblobisTvis
xelis mtevani momuWa da Tvalisgan ramdenime santimetrmoSorebulma
deidisken TvalTaxedvas mouzoma, muStma deida saeroT gadafara.

_giorgi!
 moesma deidis Tbili xma calTvalmoWutul, muStmoRerebul
giorgis, am xmam Zvel droSi daabruna: es xma eTbileboda, mSobliur
simyudroves ubrunebda, oblobas uvsebda, dedis danakliss uamebda.
rogor uyvarda es siTboTi da mzrunvelobiT gajerebuli xmis
tembri, Tumca deidas aseTi xma yovelTvis rodi hqonda giorgis
mimarT. xandaxan umkacrdeboda, gansakuTrebiT maSin, rodesac
giorgis damrigebluri toniT uxsnida cxovrebiseul sirTuleebs,
Wkuas arigebda. sadRac gulis romeliRac kunWulSi Sercxva
disSvils, umweo deidam sakuTari mimarTulebiT muStmoRerebuli
rom ixila, sindisma qenjna uwyo. swrafad dauSva xeli,
uxerxulobisgan sad waeRo aRar icoda, isev welze Semowyoba arCia:

_deida, me...ise, _aRar icoda Tavis gasamarTlebeli argumetis

mosaZiebad ra azrs dasdgomoda, uxerxulobidan isev deidam ixsna.

_giorgi, axla CemTvis vfiqrobdi,

_ras fiqrobdi deida?

_maxsendeboda Zveli dro, ai iq_xeliT mianiSna disSvili_patara

qoxi medga, batebis saxls veZaxdi. ori bati myavda, ori ololi, ici
ra sasixarulod daiarebodnen baRSi, rweviT, taatiT, Zalian
sasacilod gamoscemdnen xmebs.

_saidan gyavda batebi?_giorgis surda eTqva dedaSenma maCuqao, ra

mniSvneloba hqonda romel dedas ityoda, annas Tu veras, orive
misTvis tkbil mosagonebeli iyo, anna ar axsovda, magram misi
saxelis xseneba guls unatebda. vera kargad axsovda, veras
sicocxlis bolomde dedobrivi mzrunveloba sdevda Tan.

_iman maCuqa, Cemma gulisworma!_Tqva anastasiam da giorgim naTlad

aRiqva mis xmaSi fesvgadgmuli tkiviliani sevda. yurmokvriT icoda
deidis Tavs gadamxdari, misi siyvarulis tragikuli dasasruli.
gulisworad moixseniebda mas, saxels aRar axsenebda, grZnobda, rac
dro gadioda misiT gansakuTrebulad saucxoo grZnoba eufleboda,
saxelis xsenebas erideboda, albaT ufro metad mtkivneulad
esoboda gulis iarebs, sityvebs arCevda mudam, iolad gadayra ar
icoda, giorgisganac amas iTxovda.

_iman gaCuqa?_Seubruna kiTxva.

_ho, sul patarebi uyvnen, erTi cidebi, roca momiyvana. erT

mwignobars icnobda, ganswavluli inteligenti mamakaci iyo,
qarTvelobaze saamayod Seyvarebuli, wignebs abeWdinebdnen
aralegalurad daarsebul iatakqveSa stambaSi, maSin xom iseTi dro
iyo, aqaurebisTvis mSobliuri ena ikrZaleboda, wignebs uwvavdnen
da skolebic gauuqmes. maSin Cumad beWdavda is ganswavluli
inteligenti, Cumad akravda dabeWdil wignebs drogebze, TviTon
faetonze amxedrebuli, sofel-sofel dadioda da Cahqonda
wasakiTxi, enis daviwyebas ebrZoda. Cem guliswors sTxovda gayolas,
amas kargi sabuTebi hqonda, soldatis, gzad Semxvdr oxrankebs rom
ar daewvaT wignebi... ara erTxel gadauwvamT Turme.

_mere ra iqna?

_vin? is?... is sacodavic mokles, Cem ambamde ori wliT adre.

sakuTar faetonSi umowyalod daaxales zurgidan tyvia. gayiduli
hyavda Tavis msaxurs. wiTlebi arc TviTon moswonda da arc
wiTlebs moswondaT is. Cemsas, Zalian daswyda guli, mTeli qalaqi,
da mTeli eri dardobda am ambavs.

giorgis eucnaura deidis monaTxrobi, adre arasdros icoda ase,

sxvis gasagonad gulis gadaSla warsulis mimarT. Sinaganad rame
xom ar uWirso gaifiqra da fexmorTxmiT Camoujda axlos deidas.
uyurebda ase dapataravebuls, umwod Sesaxeds, magram gamudmebulad
sulierad Zlier, Sinaganad gautexeli STabejdilebis damtovebel
qals. iqneb, me vgoneb aseTad, magram moralurad isic sustiao, Tumc
medgrad mebrZoli, gaifiqra da fiqrma gulSi tkivilis SegrZneba
gamoiwvia. sanugeSo surda raime eTqva.

_ara uSavs, batebi kidev gveyoleba.

_marTla?

giorgim deidis saxes Tvali ver moacila, rogor gadaebadra

wamierad saxe batebis xsenebisas. amis Semxedvarem gaxarebiT
dasZina: _me mogiyvan, ai, male, gpirdebi!

mozrdili batebi marTlac mouyvana, orni iyvnen, dedal-mamali.

sadac adre xeliT mianiSna, swored im adgilas mouqoxa batebs
sabate-sadgomi. deidas uxaroda maTi moZraoba, xmauri, fanjridan
gamoxedavda xolme giorgi da sasikeTodD CaeRimeboda, rodesac
batebis cqeriT saxegaRimebul deidas mohkravda Tvals, is batebs
Soridan eTamaSeboda, buli-bulis ZaxiliT Tavisken ixmobda, isinic
ise iyvnen gaTamamebulni Aanastasias alersiT, daZaxebulze
TavdaRunulni garbodnen misken, xan erTi uSverda mosafereblad
Tavs da xanac meore.

giorgim fardulis aSenebas mihyo xeli, Tavis gasamarTleblad

moumizeza, avtomobilis yidva minda samomavlod da xels SemiSli aq
rom ijde, iq unda gadagiyvanoo, ar siamovnebda naTqvami Aanastasias,
patara bavSviviT daRunavda Tavs, xelebs saxeze aifarebda
ukmayofilo da cremlmomdgari Tvalebis dasafarad. magram sityvis
Sebruneba aRar SeeZlo.
 XXXIII
samsaxuridan dabrundeboda Tu ara giorgi, maSinve farduls
moubrundebda xolme. simaRliT metranaxevriani fardulis
damoukidebled aSeneba maincdamainc ar gasZnelebia. deidisTvis
nebarTva ar ukiTxavs, pirdapir moisurva xelSi ayvana. tani
erTmdgomareobaSi gaSeSeboda, qariviT damsubuqebuli xelSi simZimis
SegrZnebas ar tovebda. fexebs saWiroebismebr veRar xrida muxlSi,
qandakebasaviT daumorCilebeli taniT fardulSi Seiyvana giorgim,
da SigniT, kedlis kuTxeSi miuCina adgili, im imediT rom cidan
mosuli wvima da Tovli mas veRar daasvelebda. SigniT eleqtro
naTurac gadauyvana, religiuri wignebic imedianad daulaga,
fostalionis mier motanili Jurnal-gazeTebic Seutana, komunisti,
norCi lenineli, `pravda~, `krestiakna~, `zdarovie~, arc erT maTgans
ar Sexeda zed, mowyvetili, WknobisTvis ganwiruli yvaviliviT
gamoiyurboda, Tavi Zirs daeRuna, fermkrTali saxe da xelebi
uRonod Camoeyara, Aanastasias ar moswonda es adgili, mzis amosvlas
kargad ver xedavda, verc cis riJraJs adevdnebda Tvals, rogor
gadadioda vardisferi ca molurjoSi. karebs mainc nu gaukeTebo,
sTxova:

_maS ra vqna? zamTavrSi yinva da qari Semogiva!

_me mageebis rodi meSinoda rom axla SemeSindes.

_kargi, karebi araa aucilebeli, sqel pleds gamogitan saxlidan

da Camogifareb.

_dabneldeba, dRis Suqs ar SemouSvebs.

_samagiero qars daiWers!_giorgisTan winaaRmdegobis gaweva aRar

surda Aanastasias. uwindeburad ekvroda miwas, oRondac axla
fardulis ficrul kedlebs, mis gadaxurvas uyurebda bunebisa da
cis magier. RamiT muxlebiT Zlivs-Zlivs xoxavda, da imdens izavda
xolme, rom fardulis kideze gamoexeda, xelmarjvniv Casobil xis
metranaxevrian boZs miayudebda cal mxars da ase umzerda cas,
varskvlavebs. Tumca mis win awverili xis totebi sanaxevrod
ufaravda cisken TvalTaxedvis areals.

_saswauli, _Tqva erTxel masTan yoveldRiurad mosiarule qalma,

sesiliam._tyemlis toti, romelic aqamde mudam momrgvalebuli iyo,
totic gamsxvilebul_gamerqneuli, Tavs rom gqonda Semovlebuli,
Seni aqeT gadmoyvanis Semdeg gasworebula.
 _ho?_gaikvirva anastasiam_ cisken ukidavs piri. yvelaferi xom
cisken iswrafvis, Citic, mcenarec, fskerze mcxovrebi Tevzic ki,
wylidan amomxtari cisken rom SeifrTxialebs da ukan eSveba.

uwindebirad moumravlda mnaxveli Aanastasias, uwindeburad

Semoelaga garSemo didroni, loyawiTeli vaSlebi. qalebma icodnen,
baRis kuTxeSi cecxls daanTebdnen da sadils moxarSavdnen, mere
patara tablas moudgamdnen win da TviTnac gvrdigverd mimjdarni
erTad sadilobdnen. Aanastasia maTi xaTriT Tu miirTmevda, imasac
Zalzed mcireds, nela eloliaveboda kovzs drois gasawelad. Tu
qalebi sadils ase ar moamzadebdne da TviTonac magidas mimsxdari
ar miirTmevdnen, anatasia pirSi lukmas ar idebda. ase gadaivlida
xolme ramdenime dRe-Rame, mSirs SimSilis grZnoba veRar tanjavda.
farduli ar moswonda, baRSi erCia, Zvel adgilas, magram
veRarafers eubneboda diSvils, zedmetad aravis Sewuxeba ar uyvarda.

aTma welma ganvlo mis fardulSi yofnisas. am aTma welma kidev

bevri mnaxveli da momlocveli SesZina da gaacno.saswaulebis mowme
qalebi kidev ufro metad aRfrTovanebulni rCebodnen sakuTari
rwmenis WeSmaritebis gamo.

erTelac uZilobaSeyrili giorgi Camoujda deidas, zafxulis

dadgomisTanave igrZnoboda Tbilisis cxeli haeri, aduRebuli
asfaltis suni, saidanRac alkoholiT siTamemes ayolili mamakacebis
saqeifo simRerebisa da dampa-zurnis xmebi mohqonda Ramis niavs.
mousvenrobas ayolili WriWina WriWiniT iklebda baRs. zafxulis
Ramis Tbili niavi sasiamovnod ealmuneboda saxesa da xelebze.

Aanastasias aseT dros, rogorc wesi, ar eZina. TavisTvis eulad

myofi gamoCoCebuliyo da mSvidi saxis gamomeyvelebiT brWyviala
varskvlavebiT moWedili cis TaRs TvalgaSterebuli umzerda, mSvid
saxes kmayofilebiT samse Rimili dasTamaSebda, bageebze mokrZaleba
aRbeWvdoda:

_ara gZinavs?.. mec ar meZineboda, iqneb rame geTqva samomavlod

sasikeTo, _giorgi fardulis win mdgar xmel kunZze Camoujda, fexi
fexze moxerxebulad gadaido, xeliT perangis gulis jibes sigaret
`kolxeTis~ kolofi mousinja, Tumca misi moxmareba gadaifiqra. mere
deidis saxes daakvirda, romelsac fardulSi gayvanili eleqtro
ganaTebis fonze idumalurad sasixarulo gamometyveleba ewera.
albaT warsulis kargi mogonebebi Tu aReZrao, gaifiqra da saubarSi
ayolieba ganiZraxa.

_deida, batebs aqedanac eTamaSebi-xolme?

 anastasiam kmayofi;lebiT dauqnia Tavi, iseTi TvaliT umzerda
diSvils, iseT siyvaruls ayolebda mzeras, TiTqos ukanasknelad
xedavda, TiTqos Sorsmimaval gzaze mdgars saboloodRa
esiyvaruleboda. disSvils eucxoveboda sixaruliT gadabadruli
aseTi gamometyveleba, romelic sxva dros ver SeeniSna misTvis,
amitom cota ar iyos da ridavda mis winaSeEraimes Tqma, guneba-
ganwyoba ar Seecvaloso, fiqrobda. saubari isev batebiT ganagrZno,
icoda maTze saubari arafers avnebda mis sifaqizes.

_deida, wina ori bati ufro Tvinierni gyavda Tu eseni?_Tqva da

mZinared miCumaTebuli sabatisken mianiSna xeliT _ ukeTesni arian
eseni imaTze, Tu mainc isini gerCivna?

Aanastasias mSvidma bageebma sazRvrebi dakarga. uxmod, faqizad

ganze gaweuls mZiviviT Cawikwikebuli TeTri kbilebi gamouCnda.

_maSin nastia viyavi, zogisTvis nastinka. _Tqva da TiTqos mzera

warsulis kadrebiT daenisla. _ cxovrebas sxva TvaliT vuyurebdi,
iseTi mze miyvarda, mewamulsa da laJvardovan sivrceSi CaZiruli,
naTeli sxivebis koriantels rom mimofenda irgvliv. megona, aseT
mzes meti silamaze mohqonda samyarosTvis. mzis silamaze rom igrZno
materikisaTvis cocxali unda iyo, cxovrebas Seni sikeTiT xaliss
unda sZende. unda SegeZlos giyvardes Rirseuli da uyvarde
Rirseulad. Rirseuli adamiani gemovnebiani Cacma-daxurviTa da
sicil-kiskisis moduri gamometyvelebiT ki ar unda Seafaso, aramed
gamosacnobad sakuTar gulsa da suls unda miando. yurs Tu kargad
miayuradeb, is ar scdeba arasdros. maRali sulis elvareba
maTxovrsa da davrdomilSic ki inarCunebs uZvirfases samkaulisebr
brwyinvalebsa da sidiades.

Tavmdabloba yvelafris malamoa. Tu Tavmdablobas vinme sisustesa

da umecrebaSi CagiTvlis, dagcinebs da damcirebas Seecdeba, nu
gauwyrebi, radgan Tavmdablobis fasi mxolod ugunurma ar icis,
gvian gaigebs da gvian Seicnobs mis tkbil faseulobas.

cxovreba siyvarulia, mec miyvarda mTeli Cemi guliT, mTeli Cemi

arsiT, imasac vuyvardi... Tavisi SesaniSnavi aRnagobiT, zRaprulad
momnusxveli RimiliT, mamakacurad boxi xmis tembriT samyaros
mSvenebasa da xaliss sZenda. gulmarTali da alalmarTali xasiaTis,
TviTon rogoric iyo, yvela iseTi egona, yvelaferze gulubryvilod
saubari uyvarda. arada Wkviani rac ar unda bevrs laparakobdes,
namdvili siWkviane mudam uTqmelad aqvs gadanaxuli TavisTvis...
gulkeTilic iyo, Tavganwirvac SeeZlo sxvis gamo... arada, mis
garSemo metwilad iseTebi SemorCenodnen, piradi Tavganwirva rom ar
SeeZloT, da mxolod sxvisgan moiTxovdnen Tavganwirvis kaskads.
 Cemi siyvarulis winaSe Tavi damnaSaved scno, aRar gavixseneb imas,
rac arsaTqmelia, magram im tragikul dRes mivxvdi, Cemi cxovreba
unda Secvliliyo, me Zveleburad veRar gavagrZelebdi sunTqvas,
megona mTeli samyaros tvirTi ufro msubuqi aRmoCndebida zurgze
mosakideblad, vidre Cems usasoo mdgomareobaSi yofna. madlieri var
uflis... me misiT mivxvdi, mTeli Cemi darCenili cxovreba rom unda
Semecvala. guls gonebisgan saidumlod yovelTvis aqvs gadanaxuli
TavisTvis raRac... Semonaxuli mqonda mijnurobiseuli lamazi
mogonebani, imiT vixangrZlivebdi saocnebo fiqrebs. adamianma im erTi
tragikuli dRis garda, lamazi mogonebebic xom Semominaxa?.. hoda,
isini samedod gadavinaxe Cems gulSi. im tragizmis Semdeg mivxvdi,
cxovreba rom gagiioldes mizani unda daisaxo, miznis miRwevas Tu
sindisieri patiosnebiT SeZleb, cxovrebiseul sirTules gaiadvileb.
misia davisaxe, me Cemi satrfos suli samSvidobos unda gameyvana,
sasufevelSi unda daevana mis umanko suls, sitkboeba ar unda
mokleboda. yvela mekiTxeboda, rogor gaigebo, mis samSvidobos
gasvlaso?.. da mec vpasuxobdi, Cemi ukanaskneli amosunTqviT
mixvdebiT-Tqo. misiaSesrulebuls, axla aRarafris meSinia,
pirmarTali var. amdenma welma Cemi Sinagani buneba metadre Zlieri
da imavdroulad lmobieri gaxada.

rac ar unda rTuli iyos gansavlelad, mainc tkbilia cxovreba,

Tu misi sitkboeba ginda igrZno sxvisTvis sixarulis miniWeba unda
SegeZlos, es ki niWia. yvelas rodi xelewifeba sxvisTvis sixarulis
miniWeba andac sxvisi sixarulis atana? magram adamianebs
mimbaZveloba akavSirebT erTurTTan, Sen rom sikeTiT aRsavse iqnebi
sxvebisTvis, amis Semxedvareni Sen mogbaZaven, isinic Seecdbian
sikeTis qmnas. locva daayole xolme yvelafer sasixarulos,
yvelafer sasiqadulos, yvelafer gemriels. rogorc kuWma icis
SimSilis SegrZneba, ase icis sulma locvis wyurvili. SfoTva egaa,
sulis wurvili locvisadmi. aba, scade da guliT iloce, naxe rogor
dagimSviddeba Sinaganad yvelaferi, TiToeuli aSlili fiqri
dalagdeba, aforiaqeba aboboqarebuli okeanis talRasaviT
miwynardeba, miCumaTdeba. materikze siyvarulis meti mamSvenebeli
sxva ara moiZebneba.

giyvardes, gwamdes, gjerodes, eseni RvTaebrivi sityvebia.

mourjulebeli adamianis mobruneba rom gindodes, es Zlevamosili
sityvebi SeuZaxe, uTxari: _me mjera Seni, me miyvarxar, naxe rogor
Seicvlis Sendami damokidebulebas. Sens Tavs wlebs nu dauTvli,
piriqiT, wlebs ande Seni cxovreba, dae maT giTvalon Sen,
uflisTvis ki wlebs mniSvneloba ar aqvs, misTvis Sena xar
siyvarulis gamo mniSvnelovani, da ara dro, romelic xSirad
aiZulebs miwierT TviTmtkbobi monologebiT saubars.
 yvelaze udidesi niWiereba ki mimteveblobaa. maRalsulier,
sulgrZelobiT aRsavse adamians Tu ZaluZs mitevebis gonierebis
gamomzeurebis, misi SesaZleblobis dauflebis. samagieros gadaxdas
nu ecdebi, magiT nu Seuracxav sakuTar Tavs da nu akadreb
mdabioobas, raTa dacemulze metad ar daece, wamosayenebeli ki
yovelTvis ar mogeZebneba gverdiT, piriqiT, iseTebic iqnebian Seni
dacema rom aRafrTovanebT, maTze ar unda ganawyende, ar unda gawyre,
Seunde, miuteve da gza ganagrZe. aseTebs Tu yoveljerze gauCerdi,
dro da energia daaxarje, dRegrZelobisken mimaval gzaze myofi
Suamdec ver miaRwev, miuteve da gza ganagrZe. bolomde nuravis
endobi, ndobiT mxolod ufals ende, is arasdros gagimetebs
RalatisTvis, arasdros gagwiravs, sxvasTan bolomde guls nu
dacli, ufals uloce da mas miande Seni saidumloebani.

giorgi sulmouTqmeli ugdebda yurs mogalobe frinveliviT

galobas ayolil deidas. xandaxan eCvenebada, rom misi naubari
WikWiks ufro waagavda, vidre saubars, romlis tkbilsurnelovanma
xmam Zili mohgvara fexzec wamodga wasasvlelad gamzadebuli:

_Rame nebisa, deida!

deidam sapasuxod araferi gaagona. ukan moixeda ukve mimavalma,

qalis saxes Seavlo Tvali, is ijda uwindeburad mSvidi Rimilis
mqone, lamazi Tvalebidan wamosuli momnusxveli mzera
mzrunvelurad adevneboda bilikze mimaval disSvils. cisferi
TvalTa xedviT zurgidan acilebda Zilmoreul giorgis.

XXXIV
1970 wlis 7 ivnisi gaTenda. dilis mzis sxivebi manaToblad
SemoWriliyvnen da fanjris rafaze pirmomcinared ireklebodnen.
samsaxurSi wasvlamde, Cveulebisamebr, deidisaTvis wylis
misawodeblad gadavida giorgi. xelSi Tixis sura daeWira,
fardulisaken aeRo gezi. axlos misulma deida imave mdgomareobaSi
ixila, rogorSic datova wina Rames. is fardulis winkarSi
muxldayudebuli, cali mxriT xis boZs mibjenils, saxeze uCveulo
simSvide aRbeWvdoda, romelsac mokrZalebuli sixaruli da sasoeba
axlda Tan. bageebze Tbili Rimili dafenvoda:

_deida! _SeuZaxa giorgim, Tumca qals aranairi reaqcia ar hqonia

mis daZaxebulze. ucnauriao, gaifiqra giorgim, aseT dros Zili
arasdros sCevia, axla sZinavs Tu ukve..._ xeliT Seexo mxarze,
loyaze. anastasia gaunZrevlad ijda, TiTqos mSvidi, uSfoTveli
ZiliT tkbeboda. giorgi welSi gasworda, wylis sura iqve miagdo,
pirjvari gadaiwera, erTxans ase idga dabneuli, veRar xvdeboda, ra
unda eqna, ra moemoqmedebina. mere ezos WiSkri farTed gaaRo,
Wirisuflobis niSnad. ezo male aivso mezoblebiTa da nacnobebiT.
masTan yoveldRiurad mosiarule qalebi xmiT aqviTindnen. gloviT
Sehyurebdnen erT adgilze Rimildafenil, mSvidi saxiT mZinare
damgvanebul Aanastasias.

_ukacravad, da... ramdeni weli ijda ase?_ikiTxa erTma mamakacma,

romelic exmareboda saWirisuflo saqmeanobaSi, micvalebulis
taxtze dasvenebisas.

_ra vici,_mxrebi naRvlianad aiCeCa acremlebulma giorgim,

_rac ijda 64, 65-e welSi gadavida_gamoepasuxa sesilia, romelic

bolo dros yoveldRiurad daiareboda anastasiasTan.

_rogor?_gaocda pirvelTagani mamakaci. _64 Tu 65 weli... ase

gaumoZraveblad, erT adgilas? ara, etyoba kidec, fexebs veRarc
muxlSi vuxri da terfebic ukve ise aqvs Sexorcebuli, rogoric
mjdomare mdgomareobisas hqonda miRebuli. ver gavasworebT
micvalebuls, ra unda vqnaT?

_iqneb muxli gadavumsxvrioT?

Tqva romeliRacam xalxis ukana rigidan, Tumca mis naTqvams

CoCqoli mohyva: araviTar SemTxvevaSi, cocxali ar giSlidaT Tavis
mjdomarebas da axla SegiSliT xels?.. Tqven ra xels gaZlevT
muxlSi gaSla?.. rogor SeiZleba?.. jalaTi xarT?! _ moismoda aqeT-
iqidan SeZaxilebi.

gadawyda, mjdomares msgavsad, muxlmoxrili unda daekrZalaT.

mekubove mouyvana giorgim specialuri sasaxlisaTvis zomebis
asaRebad. Savgvreman, gamxdar xelosans, gaocebisagan Tvalebi
gafarToveboda: _ TiTqos Zinams, ai, egeTi rame pirvelada vnaxe,
muxls ver axrevinebT?.. dasanania, naTelSi gimyofoT,_ iZaxda da
dakvirvebiT iRebda zomebs specialuri sasaxlisTvis.

qalebma gapatiosneba dauwyes, kaba gaxades da sxva Caacves,

gaWaRaravebuli Tma dauvarcxnes, is Tma, erTdros rom qera
zilfebad eyara mxrebda da zurgze, niavs rom uyvarda masTan
sagangebod TamaSi, TvalSisacems rom xdida Semxvedro ucnob-
nacnobebisTvis, sagangebo bZinvari rom icoda mzis sxivebis
gamobrwyinvebisas, satrfos xilvisas rom TrToda, krToda gulidan
wamosuli emociebis Sesaferisad ... kabis gamocvlisas micvalebulis
gamxdari sxeuli sanTelis ferdadebuli iyo, usicocxlo, ugrZnobi,
gayinuli. mkerdze mikrobili hqonda sqeli, oTxkuTxedi formis
siZvelisgan yavisfrad gacrecili qaRaldi, kuTxeebSemoclili, alag-
alag gadakecvisagan ixeoda kidec. qalebs gaukvirdaT Aanastasias
mkerdze mikruli qaRaldi, didxans atriales xelT, iqneba raime
anderZia, romeliRacam gamoTqva azri, albaT locva eqneboda zed
Cawerilio... didi bWobis Semdeg aRmoCnda rom mkerdze mikruli
ubralo kaRaldi ki ara, fotosuraTi iyo, kadrgadaSlili. wlebiT
mjdomare qalis sxeulze dadenil wvima-TqeSs, Tovls waeSala misi
gamosaxuleba, albaT TviT misma patronma icoda kia fotoze
kadrgadaSlis Sesaxeb, magram imdenad eZvirfaseboda misi arseboba,
imdenad akavSirebda is warsulis sitkboebasTan, mis siyvarulTan
rom gamosdaxulebadakarguli fotoc ki bednierebas amZafrebda.
qals uyvarda odesRac fotoze aRbeWdili, romelic warsulSi darCa,
magram warsuli ra warsulia, Tu misma ganumeorebelma saTuTma
mogonebam tkbilad mkerdSi ar daivana alagi. neta vin iyo mkerdze
mixutebul fotoze gamosaxuli? es kiTxva gamoucnobi darCa iq
myofTaTvis.

muxlgauSleli dakrZales, kukiis sasaflaos miabara giorgim 84

wlis deida. saxlSi dabrunebuls sicariele SemoefeTa, deidiT
gamowveuli simSvide, myudroeba, xalxmravloba sadRac gamqraliyo.
axla pirvelad igrZno udedoba, romelic deidis gardacvalebs
Semdeg gamZafreboda. deidas dedis suni udiso, gaaxsenda anastaisias
naTqvami da mixvda, Tu ratom etkina Sinaganad, ratom moawva yvela
grZnoba erTTavad, saxls parmaRze SeuCerda: _ bednieri kaci mqvia,
zogs erTi dedac ki ar hyavs, me ki sami myavda_Cailaparaka
TavmanugeSebelma da Tvalze akiafebuli brWyviala cremli xelis
gulebiT SeimSrala.

XXXV
deidis dakrZalvidan meore dResve SeamCnia giorgim, tyemlis
totze foTlebis SeyviTleba. Tavidan foTlebi Seaxma, mere TviTon
iwyo xmoba. iqneb es xmeli toti Semovaxerxo xeso, gaifiqra, Tumca
mosacileblad ver gaimeta. gaaxsenda mjdomare deidas Tavze rogor
evleboda tyvemlis toti, mis Tmebze yvavilobda, mis Tmebze
mwifobda, saSemodgomod narinjisfrdeboda. deidis fardulSi
gadayvanis Semdeg gaiwora sqelmerqnianma totma tani, cisken aiwvera,
Torem iqmade rkalurad evleboda umankod mjdomare qalwuls.
Aanastasias dakrZalvidan meormoce dRes tyemlis xe, mTlianad
gamxmari, moWra giorgim.

aliluevas quCis TerTmet nomerSi araerTi mnaxvelni, nacnobni Tu

ucnobni mimodiodian yvavilebiTa da vaSlebiT xeldamSvenebulni,
mjdomare Aanastasias dayudebis adgilas loculoben. mis
saflavsac ar iviwyeben. gamudmebulad miaqvT didroni, mrgvali
vaSlebi, zed jvris formiT alageben, loculoben , mere nawili
miaqvT, nawilsac zed utoveben, momsvlelisTvis dasaxvedrad.
 mis saflavze momlocvelni araerT saswaulebriv gankurnebasa da
movlenaze saubroben. aq yvelaze xSirad Seyvarebul wyvilebs naxavT,
sakuTar siyvaruls avedreben: siyvarlisTvis Tavganwirulo, meox
gviyav Ceni siyvaruli, Seni keTili kalTiT daifare Cveni wrfeli
grZnoba, evedre ufals CvenTvis_gamudmebulad moismis mis saflavTan
xalxis vedreba. amis mnaxvelT gulSi saTuTi grZnoba gagivliT da
kidev erTxel dagarwmunebT, rom sikvdiliT cxovreba ar mTavrdeba.

2016w. 31 marti.

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