kidev

49 wigni, romelic unda

waikiTxo, sanam cocxali xar

wigni 30

gamomcemloba palitra L
Tbilisi, 2014

UDC (uak)8 821.111(73)-31+821.111(73)=353.1

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`kidev 49 wigni, romelic unda waikiTxo, sanam cocxali xar~

`gamomcemloba palitra L~-ma mkiTxvels ukve SesTavaza msoflios
araerT qveyanaSi popularuli proeqti _ `50 wigni, romelic unda
waikiTxo, sanam cocxali xar~. proeqtSi Sevida mkiTxvelis arCeuli 50 saukeTeso wigni msoflio da qarTuli literaturis saganZuridan. proeqti warmoudgenlad warmatebuli aRmoCnda, yoveli
axali wignis gamosvlas mouTmenlad moelodnen...
`50 wignis~ Semdeg `gamomcemloba palitra L~-ma yvela drois
wignTa wigni _ `biblia~ gamosca, magram amiT proeqti ar dasrulebula. mravalaTasiani mkiTxvelis TxovniT msoflio da qarTuli
literaturis saganZuridan kidev 49 wigni SeirCa. sabolood, am biblioTekis sruli kompleqti 100 wignisgan Sedgeba da moicavs seriebs: `50 wigni, romelic unda waikiTxo, sanam cocxali xar~; `biblia _ mTavari wigni, romelic unda waikiTxo, sanam cocxali xar~
da `kidev 49 wigni, romelic unda waikiTxo, sanam cocxali xar~.
es wignic msoflio literaturis am unikalur biblioTekas
ekuTvnis.

Originally published as GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell

Copyrigth 1963 by The Masmillan Company
Copyrigth renewed 1964 by Stephens Mitchell and Trust Company of
Georgia as Executors of Margaret Mitchell March. Copyrigth newered 1964
by Stephens Mitchell
Cover image File licensed by iStockphoto.com/KeeTron
gamomcemloba palitra L, 2014
yvela saavtoro ufleba daculia.

ISSN 2298-0849
ISBN 978-9941-21-584-1

margaret miCeli

qarwaRebulni
tomi I

inglisuridan Targmna
naTia CubiniZem

`dediserTa~ Sedevri
mkiTxvelo, Tqven axla mTel msoflioSi zepopularuli wigni giWiravT xelSi, romlis mixedviTac aseve zepopularuli filmia gadaRebuli.
Tuki cneba yvela drois bestseleris asaxsnelad magaliTis moSvelieba dagvWirdeba, Tamamad SeiZleba margaret miCelis qarwaRebulni vaxsenoT.
popularoba gamosvlisTanave ergo am romans da dRemde asea, magram
unda davazustoT: TviTon sityvebi bestseleri da popularuli,
klasikaze pretenziis mqone literaturasTan mimarTebaSi, cota ar
iyos, araseriozulad aRiqmeba _ bulvaruli romani, samzareuloSi wasakiTxi wigni... ra ar uwodebiaT misTvis. amas isic daumateT,
rom zogisTvis (maT Soris _ literaturis bevri kritikosisTvisac)
is faqtic ki, rom avtori qalia, kidev erTi argumentia wignis qarTfSutulobis dasamtkiceblad.
cxadia, yovelive zemoTqmuli haeridan motanili ar aris da literaturaSi xSiria magaliTebi, romlebic zemoTqmuls adasturebs,
magram qarwaRebulns uamravi kontrargumenti aqvs: garda imisa, rom
romanma gamosvlisTanave puliceris premia miiRo (bevri kritikosi
amas nobelis premiaze met aRiarebad Tvlis mwerlisaTvis), xolo or
weliwadSi mis safuZvelze gadaRebulma filmma ki _ cxra(!) oskari
moipova, yvelaze mTavari sabuTi TviTon es wignia! da kidev erTi:
wignis daweris ambavi _ winaistoria da is aTwliani periodi, rodesac yvelam icoda, rom margaret miCeli raRacas akeTebda, magram
mxolod erTeulebs axedebda samzareuloSi. arc erTi gverdi, arc
erTi striqoni ar dauweria ise, rom romanSi aRweril araTu epoqas,
aramed konkretuli epizodis SesaZlo garemos, im dros momxdar did
Tu mcire movlenebs ar gascnoboda Zveli presisa Tu sxva wyaroebis saSualebiT. amitomac iqmneba qarwaRebulnis kiTxvisas mZafri
STabeWdileba, rom im epoqis Tanamedrove avtoris, im saqmeTa Tanamonawilis mogonebas kiTxulob, TiTqmis piradi dRiuris sizustiT
Cawerils...
margaret miCelis mwerlobaSi, ufro zustad, mis biografiaSi, amerikel mweralTa ori standartuli niuansi unda aRvniSnoT: is, rom
bavSvobidan werda, da is, rom mwerlobaSi Jurnalistikidan movida.

mark tvenidan moyolebuli, Jurnalistikam uamravi brwyinvale mwerali miavlina literaturaSi, magram am SemTxvevaSi gansxvaveba mainc
aris: pegim (ase eZaxdnen megobrebi da ojaxis wevrebi) Jurnalistobas
imitom ki ar daaneba Tavi, rom wlebis win daSavebuli fexi mudmivad
stkioda, aramed gaTxovebis Semdeg im droisa da im sazogadoebisaTvis
Cveulebrivi gadawyvetileba miiRo _ gaTxovili qali ojaxs unda
uvlides da, maqsimum, saqvelmoqmedo saRamoebSi monawileobdes. ho,
Tu dro darCeba, SeuZlia, weros kidec, Tuki Zalian unda.
ra Tqma unda, axla garkveul utrirebas vaxden, magram, rodesac 25
wlis asakSi meored gaTxovda da Jurnalistobasac Tavi daaneba, margaret miCeli TiTqos marTlac aseTi cxovrebisTvis iyo ganwiruli,
magram mas sxva ram hqonda Cafiqrebuli...
tradiciul samxreTul ojaxSi dabadebuli (jorjiaSi, qalaq atlantaSi) gogona mudmivad ismenda samoqalaqo omis droindel ambebs,
miT umetes, rom misi orive papa im omis monawile iyo. da ara mxolod
ismenda, aramed werda kidec dRiurebsa da patar-patara moTxrobebs;
piesebsac, romlebsac saojaxo da samezoblo dasebi dgamdnen kidec.
swored es Canawerebi da mogonebebi gaxda qarwaRebulnis safuZveli. magram ara mxolod es. margaret miCeli marTla makulaturis
avtorobas ki ar apirebda?! redaqciidan wamosvlisTanave, axal samsaxurSi daiwyo yoveldRe siaruli _ arasodes hyolia atlantis
sakmaod mdidar municipalur biblioTekas iseTi erTguli mkiTxveli,
rogoric axalgazrda misis marSi iyo (es gvari miiRo jon marSTan
qorwinebis Semdeg, Tumca, romani mainc qaliSvilobis gvariT gamoaqveyna) _ megobrebi xumrobdnen: Tuki dainaxavT, rom wignebis mTa modis
biblioTekidan tramvais gaCerebisken da mxolod qalis koxta fexebi
moCans, SegiZliaT Tamamad miesalmoT: `pegi, gamarjoba~, radgan Secdoma gamoricxuliao.
ara mxolod wignebs kiTxulobda _ romanSi raime epizodis aRwerisas, zustad im dReebis, naxevari saukunis winandel presas ecnoboda biblioTekaSi da amitomac aris, rom wignSi aRwerili samoqalaqo
omis ambebi istoriul simarTled SeiZleba miviCnioT.
rac Seexeba weras, aqac ucnaurad iqceoda: erTi qarTuli zRapris personaJisa ar iyos, werda da sxvenSi alagebda. sxveni am
SemTxvevaSi didi skivri iyo; mere skivrSic ar daetia da ubralod
iatakze alagebda Sevsebul rveulebs; bolos iqac rom aRar darCa
adgili, yvelgan misi nawerebi iyo mimofantuli, xolo am nawerebSi,

mindvrebze, arSiebze Tu rveulis ydebze, saojaxo angariSebs, kerZebis

receptebs an sxva saojaxo Canawersac SexvdebodiT.
amis miuxedavad, yvelaferi wesrigSi iyo da es wesrigi mxolod
avtorisTvis iyo cnobili _ nebismier dros SeeZlo, sruliad warmoudgeneli samalavidan gamoeZro aTasgverdiani xelnaweris is
furceli, romelic im dRes sWirdeboda. aq bunebrivad Cndeba kiTxva:
adre dawerili wlebis Semdeg ratom unda dasWirvebodao? saqme is
aris, rom es miCelis kidev erTi axireba iyo, _ Jurnalistobisas
sagazeTo statiazec ase muSaobda: efeqturi finalebi uyvarda da jer
im finals werda da mere dasawyiss.
aqac ase iyo: romanis bolo Tavi mis dasrulebamde 10 wliT adre
daiwera, xolo mere imas qmnida, rac im momentSi gaaxsendeboda, an rasac wignebidan Tu Zveli gazeTebidan amokiTxuli ambebi ukarnaxebda.
saintereso epizods ixsenebdnen misi megobrebi: rodesac fexis
tkivils ramdenime kviriT Seuwuxebia, misi qmari qceula kurierad
biblioTekasa da margarets Soris. erT dResac biblioTekidan dabrunebulma jon marSma meuRles sawolTan wignebis dasta daudo da RimiliT uTxra:
_ morCa, pegi, im biblioTekaSi wasakiTxi araferi dagrCa. dReidan
Sen TviTon unda wero (am dros qmarma jer kidev ar icoda, rom miCeli
momaval Sedevrs qmnida, Torem patara oTaxSi Caketili rom saaTobiT
akakunebda sabeWd manqanaze, amaze yvela laparakobda, magram zogi ambobda, samzareulos wigns werso, zogi ras da zogi ras).
pegimac daiwyo da 10 wlis Semdeg ubralo yumbarasaviT ki ara,
mZlavri bombiviT daaskda inglisurenovan mkiTxvels qarwaRebulni!
magram mainc, iseve rogorc skarlet ohara, misi Semqmnelic ufro
biznesmeni aRmoCnda, vidre mwerali _ aRaraferi dauweria da mTeli cxovreba am wignis movlas miuZRvna: TviTon agvarebda Targmanis
sakiTxebs, xelmeore gamocemebs, scenaristebTan urTierTobas, Semosavlebis kontrols da a.S.
qarwaRebulni didtaniani romania da or wignad gamovcemT. amitom meore wignSic gveqneba saSualeba, masze da misi avtoris Tavgadasavalze mogiTxroT. axla ki moemzadeT _ brwyinvale mTxrobelis
mier aRweril XIX saukunis amerikul samxreTSi gadasaxldebiT da
sakuTar Tavsa da mTel qveyanasTan Zlieri qalis brZolas gaecnobiT.
zviad doliZe

nawili I
Tavi pirveli
skarlet oharaze ver ityodiT, lamaziao, magram mamakacebi,
tyup tarletonebis msgavsad, iSviaTad Tu xvdebodnen, rogor
ebmebodnen misi momxibvlelobis badeSi. gogonas saxeze naTlad
ikveTeboda dedis, wminda franguli warmomavlobis aristokratis, nazi da irlandieli mamis mkacri nakvTebi. farToyvrimalebiani da gamokveTilnikapiani skarletis saxe atyvevebda mnaxvels. Ria mwvane, Taflisfergaureveli Tvalebi saocrad ucimcimebda xSiri, aprexili, boloebSi odnav moxrili Savi wamwamebis CrdilSi; maRla aziduli warbebi simkveTres matebda mis
magnoliis yvaviliviT TeTr kans, romelic ase Zvirad fasobda
samxreTel qalebSi da romelsac jorjiis mwveli mzisgan kargad icavda farTofarfliani qudi, pirbade da TaTmani.
mokled, patara qalbatoni, romelic 1861 wlis aprilis
erT naTel dRes stiuart da brent tarletonebis sazogadoebaSi mokalaTebuliyo mamamisis didi mamulis _ taras farTo
parmaRis kolonebis CrdilqveS, momxiblavi sanaxavi iyo. tanT
emosa muslinis axali, mwvaneyvavilebiani, Tormet iardze1 gadaSlili kaba, fexebze ki axali, atlantidan mamis Camotanili tarsikonis2 uquslo fexsacmeli ecva. kabis korsaJi lamazad gamokveTda mis wvril, Cvidmeti inCis3 garSemowerilobis
wels, romlis msgavss maxlobel sam sagrafoSi versad naxavdiT, da Teqvsmeti wlis gogonas kvalobaze gvarianad wamoCitul mkerds.
iardi _ inglisuri sigrZis sazomi erTeuli. udris 0,91 metrs.
tarsikoni _ maRalxarisxiani Txis tyavi.
3
inCi _ inglisuri sigrZis sazomi erTeuli. udris 2,54 santimetrs.
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verc sada kaba, verc darbaislurad ukan akecili da badeSi

Semaluli Tma, verc kalTaze mSvidad dalagebuli xelebi ver
SegacdendaT da ver damalavda skarletis bunebas. gogona mwva
ne TvalebiT ise Rrma, ise uZiro, surviliTa da sicocxliT
savse mzeriT icqireboda, rom srulad amJRavnebda namdvil
xasiaTs. manerebi skarlets nawilobriv dedisgan ergo memkvidreobiT, nawilobriv ki maT CamoyalibebaSi aRmzrdeli dedilos mkacrma xelma Seasrula didi roli.
skarlets orive mxars tarletonebis tyupi umSvenebda. orive Tavisuflad mokalaTebuliyo skamze, Tvals aridebdnen ornamentebiani minebidan areklil kaSkaSa mzes da mxiarulad laybobdnen. cxrameti wlis, eqvsi futisa1 da ori inCis simaRlis,
dakunTul, mzeze garujul wiTur Wabukebs tanT emosaT erTnairi lurji qurTukebi, mdogvisferi Sarvlebi da muxlamde
Ceqmebi. Zmebi ise hgavdnen erTmaneTs, rogorc bambis ori fTila.
gareT gviani SuadRis mze nel-nela esveneboda horizontze
da Camaval sxivebs hfenda mijriT Carigebul Sindis xeebs, romelTac foTlebis Ria mwvane fonze TeTrad afeTqebuli kvirtebi uCandaT.
winkarTan tyups maTive Tmisferi, didroni wiTuri cxenebi miebaT, romelTa fexebTan mousvenrad wrialebdnen biWebis
mudmivad Tanmxlebi mwevrebi, odnav moSorebiT ki Savlaqebiani
didi ZaRli ise gawoliliyo, rogorc aristokrats Seefereba
_ drunCi miwaSi waeyo da morCilad eloda, rodis inebebdnen
patronebi savaxSmod Sin dabrunebas.
tyupi, cxenebi da mwevrebi ara mxolod ganuyrel megobrebs
warmoadgendnen, maT Soris ufro mtkice kavSiri iyo. cxovelebi patronebiviT jansaRebi, axalgazrdebi, moqnilebi, graciozulebi, bzinvarebewvianebi, ficxebi da saSiSebi iyvnen, magram Tu icodi, rogor gagewvrTna, uceb iqceodnen mSvid da
saimedo TanaSemweebad.
es samni, im saRamos parmaRze rom isxdnen, marTalia, bavSvobidan plantatoruli cxovrebis wiaRSi Tavisuflad gaizard1

futi _ inglisuri sigrZis sazomi erTeuli. udris 30,48 santimetrs.

nen, pataraobidanve ar akldaT fufuneba Tu keTildReoba,

mainc ar Candnen uqnarebi da ganazebulebi. maTSi Zala, energia,
simkvircxle da is simarde gamosWvioda, rac ase axasiaTebs
sofelSi gazrdils, mTeli cxovreba rom bunebis wiaRSi gaatara da wignebSi TavCarguli ar imZimebs gonebas.
CrdiloeT jorjiis Statis kleitonis sagrafo jerac axali dasaxleba iyo da ogastis, savanisa da Carlstonis mcxovrebTa azriT, jerac ver moeSorebina erTgvari umwifaroba.
samxreTis dinj da ufro Zvel dasaxlebaTa mcxovrebni cxvir
aweulebi, qedmaRlurad uyurebdnen jorjiis Statis mkvidrT,
Tumca, CrdiloeT jorjiaSi daxvewilobisa da ganaTlebis
nakleboba sulac ar iwvevda sircxvilis grZnobas, radgan
aq mamakacebs swored is ar akldaT, rac garemoebis Sesaferisad, aucileblad sWirdebodaT da gamoadgebodaT. sarfianad
vaWrobdnen bambiT, SesaniSnavad aWenebdnen cxenebs, CubinebiviT
marjved isrodnen, cekvaSi Tavs ar ircxvendnen da galanturad
earSiyebodnen saTayvanebel qalebs. yvela zemoT CamoTvlili
Rirseba uxvad moemadlebina RmerTs tyupi ZmisTvis da isinic
arafrad agdebdnen im ambavs, rom wignebTan mwyralad iyvnen.
araferi anaRvlebdaT, garda didZali fulisa, uricxvi cxenisa, sagrafoSi yvelaze meti monis yolisa da sulac ar adardebdaT, rom mezoblad mcxovrebi krekerebis1 Svilebze naklebi
ganaTleba hqondaT.
swored es iyo mizezi imisa, rom im saRamos taras mamulSi
stiuart da brent tarletonebi ase uzrunvelad miscemodnen
gancxromas.
biWebi, is-is iyo, jorjiis universitetidan gamoericxaT.
es universiteti maTTvis ukve meoTxe iyo da iq mxolod ori
wlis gatareba moaswres. umcrosma Zmebma, tomma da boidmac,
uari Tqves im saswavlebelSi swavlaze, romelmac maTi ufrosi
Zmebi ver igua da Sin dabrundnen tyupTan erTad.
stiuartsa da brents siciladac ar hyofnidaT universitetidan gamogdebis ambavi, skarlets ki, romelsac foietvilis
krekeri (ingl.) _ 1. xraSuna namcxvari; 2. aq: slengi, romliTac amerikelebi aRniSnavdnen Rarib TeTrkanians.
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qalTa pansionis dasrulebis Semdeg wignis gadaSlac ki ezareboda, maTsaviT axalisebda garicxvis es ambavi.
_ vici, Tqven orsa da toms didad ar ganaRvlebT universitetidan wamosvla, magram boidi ras ambobs? eg erTaderTia ojaxSi, visac swavla swyuria. arada, Tqvens xelSi versad
gaixara, jer virjiniis universitetis datoveba mouxda, mere
alabamisa da samxreT karolinis, axla ki jorjiis. ase verasodes gava boloSi.
_ ara uSavs, boids SeuZlia samarTali foietvilSi, mosamarTle parmalis ofisSi Seiswavlos, _ udardelad miugo
brentma, _ romc ar gamovericxeT, mainc droze adre mogviwevda Sin dabruneba.
_ viTom ratom?
_ omis gamo, sayvarelo! sul male omi daiwyeba da kolejisa Tu universitetisTvis aRaravis ecleba.
_ kargi, ra, xom iciT, rom omi ar iqneba? _ mowyeniT miugo skarletma, _ ilaparakeben amaze da morCa! eSli uilksis
mama mamaCems eubneboda wina kviras, vaSingtonSi Cvenebi male
SeTanxmdebian mister linkolnTan1 ai, im... konfederaciis Taobaze, samSvidobo xelSekrulebaze. Tanac, iankebi ver gabedaven
CvenTan brZolas. omi ar iqneba da saerTod, Zalian damRala am
Temaze laparakma!
_ omi ar iqneba?! _ erTdroulad ise aRSfoTebiT wamoiZaxa tyupma, TiTqos gogonam sazarel tyuilSi amxilao.
_ omi aucileblad daiwyeba, Zvirfaso, _ daamata stiuartma, _ miT umetes, mas Semdeg, rac guSinwin generalma boregardma fort-samters Wurvebi dauSina. iankebi SeiZleba marTlac
mxdalebi arian, magram amas Tu upasuxod datoveben, saqveynod
moeWrebaT Tavi. ai, konfederacia ki...
abraam linkolni (1809-1865) _ amerikis SeerTebuli Statebis me-16 prezi
denti (1861-1865), mas xalxi eibi linkolnadac moixseniebda. igi qveyanas uZRveboda yvelaze rTul Sida krizisis periodSi _ amerikis samoqalaqo omis dros.
SeZlo erTianobis SenarCuneba da monaTmflobelobis dasruleba. abraam linkolni 1865 wlis 15 aprils mokles.
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skarletma uceremoniod Seawyvetina stiuarts sityva da

mowyenisgan saxe moeRuSa.
_ kidev erTxel gixsenebiaT sityva omi da meti ar minda,
umal Sevvardebi Sin da kars mivijaxuneb! amqveynad araferi
mRlis ise, rogorc am omze laparaki. isic myofnis, mamac rom
amaze laparakobs yovel wuTs, diliT, SuadResa Tu saRamos!
fort-samteri, Statebis uflebebi, eibi linkolni... misgan
meti araferi mesmis. guSin kinaRam yvirili movrTe mowyenilobisgan! biWebsac saqme gamoleviaT, maTac mxolod omi da TavianTi Zvirfasi sajariso nawili adardebT. wels gazafxulis
wveulebaze mTqnarebiT movkvdi. iqac ki kavalrebs omis meti
araferi axsovdaT. kidev kargi, jorjiaSi wminda dResaswaulebis aRniSvnac ar gadaido, Torem mTeli saSobao mejlisebi
CamSxamdeboda. kidev erTxel axsenebT oms da Sin Seval!..
eWvic ar Segeparos, mkiTxvelo, rom skarleti am muqaras
aucileblad aasrulebda, radgan ver itanda iseT saubars,
romlis mTavar Temas Tavad ar warmoadgenda. Tumca, miuxedavad
gabrazebisa, es muqara momxiblavi RimiliT warmoTqva, loyebi
sayvarlad CaeCvrita da grZeli wamwamebi peplis frTebiviT
aafaxula. tyupsac meti ra undoda, gogonam sasurvel mizans
miaRwia da moxibluli Zmebi imwamsve Seudgnen sabodiSo sityvebis Zebnas, magram omis Temaze saubris survili ki ar gauqraT, ufro aukiafdaT TvalebSi. eg aris, mixvdnen, omi sulac
ar aris qalebis saqmeo da skarletis es mZafri reaqciac mis
qalur bunebas miaweres.
skarletma dro ixelTa da Tema sxva kalapotisken mimarTa,
pirad cxovrebaze gadavida.
_ dedaTqveni ras ambobs Tqvens gamogdebaze?
biWebs uceb gaaxsendaT, ra dReSi Cayara dedam sami Tvis win,
virjiniis universitetidan Sin rom dabrundnen da uxerxulad
awrialdnen.
_ hoo... _ dasZina stiuartma, _ dedas jer ar miscemia
CvenTvis ramis Tqmis saSualeba. tomi da Cven orni uTenia gamovediT Sinidan, sanam gaiRviZebda, umcrosi Zma fauntainebTan
gvelodeba.
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_ da wuxel, Sin rom mixvediT, araferi giTxraT?

_ wuxel bedma gagviRima, is kvici moiyvanes, gasul Tves
dedam kentukis bazrobaze rom iyida da saxlSi didi aurzauri idga. mamaSens uTxari, aucileblad gamogviaros da kvici
naxos, saswauli ramea! gzaSi auwyvetia da Cveni ori zangi mona
jonsboros sadgurze daxvedrisas kinaRam floqvebiT gadauTelavs, sajiniboSi Seyvanisas ki lamis gadauyiravebia cxenebis
sadgomi. dedas sayvareli kvici, marwyvac, Zlivs gadaurCa. dedac idga da mis dawynarebas cdilobda. gareT SiSisgan gadafiTrebuli msaxurebi idgnen, is ki ise elaparakeboda cxens,
TiTqos adamianiao da Saqris natexebs aWmevda. dedasaviT aravis SeuZlia cxenebisTvis dayvaveba. Cven rom dagvinaxa, erTi
amis Tqma moaswro, aq saidan gaCndiT oTxive! ra gWirT, bavSvebi
ki ara, egvipturi Savi Wiri xarTo. am sityvebze kvicma isev
frutuni morTo, manac sajinibodan gamogvyara da mogvaZaxa,
_ wadiT aqedan, sulelebo! ver xedavT, Tqvens danaxvaze uaresad gaxelda kvici, mibrZandiT da xval diliT mogxedavTo!..
mokled, wavediT, daviZineT. am diliT ki sawyali boidi SevatoveT dedas xelSi.
_ rogor fiqrobT, scems boids? _ ikiTxa skarletma. gogona, soflis sxva mcxovrebTa msgavsad, verasdros egueboda
`namceca misis tarletonis dasjis meTodebs. qali wamozrdil biWebs jerac maTraxiT scemda, Tu gaabrazebdnen, da rkinis marwuxebSi hyavda oTxive moqceuli.
_ ara, ras ambob, ar scems! boids arasodes xvdeba xolme dedasgan. jer erTi, ufrosia, mere kidev Zalian patara da
ususuria, _ Tqva stiuartma, romelic didad amayobda, simaRliT eqvsi futi da ori inCi rom iyo, _ amitomac SevatoveT
dedas, yvelaferi rom aexsna. RmerTmani, eyo dedas CvenTvis
kudSi devna. bolos da bolos, Cven cxrameti wlisani varT,
tomi _ ocdaerTis, mas ki isev eqvsi wlisa vgonivarT.
_ uilksis barbekiuze1 dedaTqveni axali cxeniT mova?
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barbekiu _ pikniki an stumrebis miReba Ria cis qveS, rodesac mowveulT
umaspinZldebian Samfurze an sarze Semwvari xorcis didi naWrebiT, xbos, cxvars
an burvaks ki wvaven mTlianad.

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_ dedas unda, magram mama ambobs, saxifaToao. arc gogonebi gauSveben, Zalian undaT, deda etliT miiyvanon wveulebaze,
ise, rogorc qalbatons Seefereba.
_ imedia, xval ar gawvimdeba, _ Tqva skarletma, _ erTi
kvira isedac gadauReblad iwvima da eyofa. saSinelebaa, barbekiu rom daxurul wveulebad gadaiqceva xolme.
_ ras ambob, xval ca moiwmindeba da ivlisiviT dacxeba,
_ Tqva stiuartma, _ Sexede, mze rogor Cadis. aseTi wiTeli
horizonti arasodes minaxavs. mzis Casvlas Tu daakvirdebi,
amindis gamocnoba sakmaod advilia.
am sityvebze samivem jerald oharas axalmoxnuli bambis
yanebis miRma gadaWimul horizonts gaxeda. mze mdinare flintis iqiT aRmarTuli mTis miRma gadRabnil sisxlisfrad Cadioda. aprilis dRe ileoda da mkrTali, magram malamosaviT
saamo sigrile Sehparoda.
im weliwads gazafxuli adrianad dadga. gaxSirda Tbili,
xanmokle wvima. vardisfrad ifeTqa atmis yvavilebma, Camuqebuli mdinaris daWaobebuli adgilebidan da moSorebiT mdgari gorakebidan Sindis varskvlava, TeTri yvavilebi anaTebdnen.
mosaxleobas xvna TiTqmis daemTavrebina, daisis sisxlisferi naTeba jorjiis axaldamuSavebul ayalo miwas kidev ufro
muq wiTlad Rebavda. notio, mSieri miwa pirdafCenili eloda
bambis Teslis Cayras. kvlebis qviSiani zedapiri vardisfrad
anaTebda. singurisferi, mewamuli da yavisferi Crdilebi efineboda Txrilebs... am fonze TeTrad SefeTqili aguris saxli
wiTel zRvaSi molivlive kunZuls hgavda. zRvis spiralisebri,
xveuli, naxevarmTvariseburi zvirTebi im momentSi gaqvavebuliyo, roca vardisfrad Seferili talRebi aqafebuliyvnen.
aq ver naxavdiT iseT mogrZo, swor kvlebs, rogoric Suaguli
jorjiis yviTelmiwa niadagze Sefenil plantaciebSi Segxvdeboda. CrdiloeT jorjiis gorakborcviani mTiswineTi milion
xveulad ixvneboda, raTa mdidari niadagi mdinaris fskerze ar
Cacurebuliyo.
es veluri, wvimisgan sul mTlad sisxlisfrad SeRebili
miwa, gvalvaSi aguris mtveriviT rom ifSvneboda, mTel mso13

flioSi saukeTeso niadagi iyo bambis mosayvanad. am niadags

TeTri saxlebic uxdeboda, koxtad gayvanili xnulebic da
mdore yviTeli mdinarec... kontrastul xmeleTs xan kaSkaSa mze anaTebda, xanac xSiri Crdili mosavda. plantaciis
koromebi da bambis yanebi Tbil mzes mSvidad da Tavmomwoned uRimodnen. maT kideebze xeluxlebeli, uRrani tyeebi iwonebdnen Tavs, romlebic cxeli SuadRisas sigriles
mohfendnen garemos. idumali, cota ar iyos, saSiSad moSriale fiWvebi TiTqosda saukunovani simSvidiT idgnen da
Cumi oxvriT emuqrebodnen yanebs, _ frTxilad, frTxilad,
erTxel ukve xom abibindiT, hoda, isev SegviZlia ukan dagibrunoTo.
parmaRze mjdari sameulis yurs floqvebis TqaraTquri,
mZime jaWvebis Cxaruni da zangebis udardeli sicilis xma
miswvda. yanebidan brundebodnen muSebi da jorebi. saxlidan
moismoda skarletis dedis, elen oharas nazi xma. igi patara
zang gogonas eZaxda, romelsac kalaTiT gasaRebebis asxmula
mohqonda. gogona wvrili, maRali xmiT exmianeboda: _ diax,
mem!
eleni, Cans, saSaSxedan modioda, sadac, rogorc wesi, yanidan dabrunebul muSaxels saWmels urigebda. mere ki saxlSi
gaismoda faifurisa da vercxlis dana-Canglis wkriali; porki, erTdroulad pirisfareSic da msaxurTufrosic, savaxSmod sufras Slida.
swored am xmebma moagona tyups, rom Sin wasvlis dro iyo,
magram deda rom axsendebodaT, taras ver Sordebodnen da
didi ambiT elodnen, rodis dapatiJebda skarleti savaxSmod.
_ moixede, skarlet! _ wamoiwyo brentma, _ xvalindel
dReze unda dagelaparakoT, _ Cven aq ar viyaviT da arc vicodiT barbekiusa da mejlisis ambavi, magram imedia, es ar dagabrkolebs, xval rom CvenTan icekvo. albaT, bevrs Sehpirdi,
partniorobas gagiwevo, ara?
_ diax, Sevpirdi! aba, ra vicodi, Tqven modiodiT Tu ara?
rom ar wamosuliyaviT, SpaleriviT xom ar avekvrodi kedels?
_ SpaleriviT? _ sicili autydaT Zmebs.
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_ ici, ra, Zvirfaso, pirvel valss CemTan icekveb, bolos

_ stiuartTan, vaxSamze ki Cven gverdiT dajdebi, mere jinsis
davuZaxoT da vTxovoT, isev gvimkiTxaos.
_ ar momwons jinsis mkiTxaoba, adre miTxra, Savgvreman, ulvaSian mamakacs gahyvebi colado, me ki wablisferTmianebi momwons...
_ wablisferTmianebi ki ara, wiTurebi mogwons! ara, Zvirfaso? _ gaiRima brentma, _ mokled, Segvpirdi, rom valssac
CvenTan icekveb da erTadac vivaxSmebT.
_ Tu Segvpirdebi, erT saidumlosac gagimxelT, _ daamata
stiuartma.
_ rao? _ cnobismoyvare bavSviviT wamoiyvira skarletma.
_ stiu, vuTxraT, guSin atlantaSi ras movkariT yuri? xom
ici, naTqvami gvaqvs, aravis gavumxelTo.
_ ho, mis pitim gviTxra.
_ vin?
_ mis pitipet hamiltonma, eSli uilksis biZaSvilma, romelic atlantaSi cxovrobs, melani hamiltonis mamidam.
_ ho, vici eg qali! moxucia, Tan Zalian suleli.
_ mokled, atlantaSi rom viyaviT guSin da Sin wamosasvlelad matarebels velodiT, misma etlma Cagviara. qali SeCerda, dagvelaparaka da gviTxra, rom xval, uilksebis mejlisze
niSnoba gamocxaddeba.
_ oh, es xom vici, _ imedgacruebiT wamoiZaxa skarletma,
_ misi suleli ZmisSvili, Carli hamiltoni, hani uilksze
iniSneba. yvelam icis, rom uaxloes xanSi unda daqorwindnen,
Tumca, Carli didad ar Cqarobs.
_ moica, suleli ratom aris Carli? _ CaekiTxa brenti, _
maxsovs, Sobas rom neba mieci, SenTvis kudSi edevna.
_ rogor unda dameSala? _ mxrebi aiCeCa skarletma, _
Cemi azriT, didi nebiera da dondlo vinmea.
_ rogoric unda iyos, swored misi niSnobis ambavi gamocxaddeba xval! _ gamarjvebulis toniT warmoTqva stiuartma.
_ eSli ki mis melanis xvdeba, Carlis das!
skarlets saxe ar Sescvlia, magram tuCebi gauTeTrda, im
adamianiviT, moulodnelad rom daatydeba ubedureba Tavs da
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im wuTSi ver aRiqvams, ra moxda. stiuarts rom Sexeda, gogonas ise gauqvavda saxe, biWma ifiqra, Cemma ambavma daainteresa
da gaakvirvao.
_ mis pitim gviTxra, momaval wlamde niSnobis gamocxadebas ar apirebdnen, radgan mis meli SeuZlod ariso, magram
axla, raki omi SeiZleba daiwyos, orive ojaxs gadauwyvetia,
kargi iqneba, Tu male davaqorwinebT Cvens Svilebso. ase rom,
xval saRamos maTi niSnobac gamocxaddeba. ai, skarlet, xom
xedav, namdvilad saidumlo gagandeT, amitom danapirebi unda
aasrulo da CvenTan erTad ivaxSmo.
_ ra Tqma unda, vivaxSmeb, _ avtomaturad upasuxa skarletma.
_ valssac gvecekvebi?
_ aucileblad.
_ ra sayvareli xar! imedia, danarCeni biWebi ar gadairevian.
_ mere ra, gadairion, _ miugo brentma, _ Cven ors mainc
ver gvajobeben. moixede, skarlet, ese igi, xval diliT, barbekiuze Cven gverdiT dajdebi.
_ rao?
stiuartma Txovna gaumeora.
_ ra Tqma unda!
gaocebulma da gaxarebulma tyupma erTmaneTs Sexeda, marTalia, es ori miiCnevda, skarlets Cveni kompania sxvisas urCevniao, magram ase swraf Tanxmobas ar moeloda. rogorc wesi,
gogona biWebs bevrs axvewninebda xolme, arc hos eubneboda,
arc aras, dascinoda. Tu gabrazdeboda, civad eqceoda, axla
ki lamis yvelafers dahpirda tarletonebs: barbekiuze maT
gverdiT jdomas, valsis maTTan erTad cekvas (arada, biWebma
icodnen, im saRamos mxolod valsi unda ecekvaT), maTTan erTad vaxSmobas... ara, es yvelaferi universitetidan gamoricxvadac ki Rirda.
sixaruliT frTaSesxmuli tyupi wasvlas aRar apirebda.
saubrobdnen barbekiuze, mejlisze, eSli uilksze, melani hamiltonze, erTmaneTs sityvas awyvetinebdnen, xumrobdnen. xSirad wamoiZaxebdnen, vaxSmobis droao, magram cota xanSi SeniS16

nes, rom skarleti saeWvod dumda. moulodnelad brwyinvale

SuadRe gaxunda da gaicrica, biWebi ki mizezs verafriT mixvdnen. erTi SexedviT gegoneboda, skarleti aRarc usmens maT laparakso, magram kiTxvas Tu dausvamdnen, saTanado pasuxs scemda... mixvdnen brenti da stiuarti, raRac iseTi xdeba gogonas
Tavs, rasac Cven ver vxvdebiTo. cota xani kidev Seyovndnen, bolos ki saaTebze daiwyes cqera da Sin dabruneba gadawyvites.
mzes ukve axalmoxnuli yanebis kidisken mieRwia. maRal
xeebSi, mdinaris miRma, siluetebi Camuqda. mercxlebi swrafad
frendnen ezos Tavze. wiwilebi, ixvebi da indaurebi mindvridan brundebodnen.
stiuartma daustvina da jimss uxmo. cota xanSi maTive kbila zangi biWuna gulamovardnili movarda saxlTan da cxenebi
miuyvana biWebs. jimsi tyupi Zmis piradi mona iyo da ZaRliviT
yvelgan Tan dahyveboda maT, bavSvobidanve erTad izrdeboda samive, mere ki erT-erT dabadebis dReze mSoblebma tyups usaxsovres.
niSanze tarletonis mwevrebic wamoizlaznen wiTeli mtvridan da patronebs daelodnen. biWebma Tavi daukres skarlets,
xeli CamoarTves da uilksebTan gnaxavTo, daubares. mere gaiqcnen, cxenebs moaxtnen, jimsi aidevnes da kedrebis xeivnisken
gaqusles. gzadagza qudebs iqnevdnen da raRacas eZaxdnen gogonas.
mtvriani gzis kuTxeSi, tara rom gzas miefara, brentma cxeni Sindis xeebTan miagdo, stiuartic miuaxlovda, zangis biWuna maTgan cota moSorebiT dadga, cxenebma kisrebi daigrZeles
da gazafxulis qorfa balaxis Zova daiwyes, Tvinieri mwevrebi
isev wiTel mtverSi gagordnen, bindbundSi Tavs zemoT moriale mercxlebs dauwyes cqera.
brents farTo, gulubryvilo saxeze dabneuli gamometyveleba gamoesaxa.
_ moixede, stiu! rogor fiqrob, vaxSamze ar unda davepatiJeT?
_ unda davepatiJeT, aba ra! velodi, rodis gvetyoda, darCiTo, magram ar gviTxra. netav raSia saqme?
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_ ar vici, ra daemarTa, wels pirvelad vestumreT da Tan

ramdeni ram gvqonda mosayoli.
_ arada, TiTqos gauxarda Cveni naxva.
_ mec ase mgonia.
_ mere ki, ai, sadRac naxevari saaTis win, ise miCumda, gegoneboda, Tavi astkivdao.
_ mec SevniSne eg, magram yuradReba aRar mivaqcie. netav ra
daemarTa?
_ azrze ara var! netav rame xom ar vuTxariT iseTi, rom
SevaSfoTeT?
orive Caafiqra am naTqvamma.
_ verafers mivxvdi! Tanac, xom ici, skarlets Tu rame ar
moewona, es ambavi ase wynarad ar Caivlis xolme. sxva gogonebiviT ki ar damalavs gancdebs.
_ ho, asea da swored es momwons masSi. Tu gaabraze, gulSi
ar Caixvevs, ar SegiZulebs, ar gacivdeba. pirdapir mogaxlis,
Tu rame ewyina. ara, marTalia, ver vxvdebi, magram, mgoni, Cven
vuTxariT raRac iseTi, ramac daaduma. SemiZlia davifico,
rom Cveni misvla namdvilad gauxarda.
_ netav universitetidan rom gamogvricxes, imaze xom ar
gabrazda?
_ ara, ras ambob, suleli xom ara xar! eg ambavi rom movuyeviT, siciliT mokvda. Tanac, arc TviTon iklavs swavliT Tavs.
brenti unagirze Semotrialda da zang msaxurs gasZaxa:
_ jims!
_ rao?
_ gaigone, ras vambobdiT mis skarletze?
_ ara, mister brent! RmerTma damifaros, TeTrkaniani batonebis saubars mivayurado!
_ miayurado? RmerTmani, Tqven, zangebma yvelaferi iciT,
irgvliv rac xdeba! matyuarav, Cemi TvaliT vnaxe, rogor ideqi
Cven ukan da Jasminis buCqs efarebodi, rom ar dagvenaxe! iqneb
gviTxra, mis skarleti ram gadaria an guli riTi vatkineT?
biWebma iseTi ndoba gamoucxades jimss, veRar moiTmina,
saubarSi ahyva Zmebs da Savi warbi aswia.
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_ ara, batonebo, verc me SevniSne, ram gaanawyena skarleti.

Tavidan marTlac Zalian gauxarda Tqveni danaxva. etyoba, moenatreT kidec, CitiviT WikWikebda, ase iqceoda, sanam mister
eSlisa da mis melanis qorwinebaze ar CamoagdeT sityva. amis
mere ise miCumda, rogorc mxiarulad moWikWike Cituna, romelmac qori dainaxa.
tyupma erTmaneTs Sexeda da Tavi daaqnia, magram jer isev
Secbuneba da gaoceba exata orives saxeze.
_ jimsi marTalia, magram mainc verafers mivxvdi, _ Tqva
stiuartma, _ RmerTo, eSli mas megobrad miiCnevs, arc skarleti giJdeba eSlize. mgoni, mxolod Cven movwonvarT.
brentma Tanxmobis niSnad Tavi dauqnia Zmas.
_ iqneb imaze gabrazda, eSlim Tavad rom ar uambo niSnobis
Sesaxeb, rogorc Zvel megobars? gogonebs ar uyvarT, axal ambebs yvelaze bolos rom igeben xolme.
_ ho, albaT, asea, magram iqneb xval undodaT, yvelas gaego?
wyvili am ambis saidumlod Senaxvas apirebda, undoda, siurprizi moewyo. ra, ar hqondaT amis ufleba? rom ara mis melis mamida, Cvenc verafers gavigebdiT. Tanac, skarlets unda
scodnoda, rom adre Tu gvian eSli melis SeirTavda. uilksebi
da hamiltonebi cxovrebas sakuTar biZaSvilebs ukavSireben,
es sayovelTaod cnobilia, Tavad hani uilksic xom mis melis
Zmas, Carlzs mihyveba colad!
_kargi, kargi, SeveSvaT amaze saubars! ubralod, guli mwydeba, skarletma vaxSmad rom ar migvipatiJa. geficebi, Sin
dabruneba mesikvdileba. ra moismens axla dedis sayvedurebs.
gegoneba, pirvelad gamogvricxes saswavleblidan.
_ iqneb boidma moaxerxos da daawynaros? xom ici, rogor
SeuZlia dedasTvis tkbili saubriT Tavis moqonva. aqamde jer
ar umtyunia am unars Cveni ZmisTvis.
_ boidis imedi namdvilad SeiZleba gvqondes, magram dro
dasWirdeba, imdeni unda elaqlaqos dedas, rom Tavgza aubnios da aTqmevinos, geyo, Seni enamWevroba mosamarTlis praqtikisTvis Semoinaxeo... isic ar aris gamoricxuli, rom aqamde sasaubro droc ar hqonodaT. xom ici, dedas axali cxenis
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dardic aqvs da iqneb vaxSmamde verc ki moicalos. Cvenc rom

mag dros davbrundeT Sin, saxifaToa. rogorc wesi, sajinibodan gacecxlebuli brundeba xolme... mokled, mxolod vaxSmisas Tu naxa boidma, SuaRamemde Tavgzas ver aubnevs da ver
daarwmunebs, rom Rirseul batonebs iseT universitetSi araferi esaqmebaT, sadac reqtori xmaaweuli bedavs Cvennair studentebTan saubars... ara, SuaRamemde Sin ar migvesvleba! ai,
mag dros ki deda ukve im daskvnamde miva, rom sjobda, boids im
reqtorisTvis Subli gaexvrita.
warbSekrulma Zmebma erTmaneTs Sexedes. maT arc veluri
cxenebis eSinodaT, arc srolisa da ayalmayalis, arc mezoblebTan uTanxmoebis, mxolod dedis, wiTuri qalbatonis, mware ena afrTxobdaT, romelic arc imas Takilobda, erTi-orjer biWebisTvis mwared moertya ukanalze.
_ ici, ra? _ Tqva brentma, _ wamo, uilksebTan gadavideT,
eSlisa da gogonebs Cveni naxva gauxardebaT.
stiuarti am winadadebam didad ar moxibla.
_ ara, ar Rirs, xval xom barbekiu maTTan imarTeba, iqauroba kvamlSi iqneba gaxveuli, Tanac...
_ ai, eg ki sul damaviwyda, _ miugo brentma, _ iq wasvla
marTlac ar Rirs.
Zmebma qusli Semoscxes cxenebs da mdumared gaaWenes. sti
u
arts garujul loyebze sircxvilisgan almuri auvida.
gaaxsenda, rogor cdilobda SarSan zafxulamde india uil
ksis moxibvlas. garSemomyofebs es ambavi uxarodaT. egonaT,
saTno da mSvidi india keTilismyofel gavlenas moaxdenda
giJmaJ stiuze da maTi qorwinebis saqmec gaiCarxeboda. erTaderTi, brenti ar iyo aRfrTovanebuli am wyviliT...
brentze ver ityodi, indias ver itanso, Tumca, ver egueboda
am gogonas morCil, Tvinier xasiaTs da ar SeeZlo misi Seyvareba, ZmisTvis kompanionoba rom gaewia. wlebis ganmavlobaSi
maSin pirvelad gaiyo tyupi Zmis Sexedulebebi da brenti cofs
yrida, rogor SeuZlia Cems Zmas, es gamocriatebuli india
moswondeso. SarSan ki tyupma jonsboros muxnarSi gamarTul
politikur Sekrebaze skarleti SeniSna. biWebi skarlet oha20

ras kargad icnobdnen, metic, bavSvobaSi megobrobdnen kidec,

magram maSin gogona maTsaviT daZvreboda xeebze an cxens daaWenebda, axla ki qaliSvilobaSi Sesuliyo da orives gasaocrad
ise damSvenebuliyo, samyaros yvela lamaz gogonas daCrdilavda momxibvlelobiT...
im dRes pirvelad SeamCnies biWebma, rom gogonas mwvane Tvalebi ubrwyinavda, loyaze sicilisgan pawawina ormoebi uCnde
boda, cicqna xelebi, koxta fexebi da uwvrilesi weli ki Zalian amSvenebda...
skarlets Zmebis Wkvianur SeniSvnebze ise ecineboda, TiTqos pirze margalitebi eyrebao. tyupsac meti ra undoda,
CaTvales, dRes CvenTvis bednieri dRea, skarlets movewoneTo
da uceb gaumijnurdnen. erTi ram aocebdaT mxolod, rogor
moxda da aqamde ver SevniSneT Cveni bavSvobis megobari ra saucxoo vinmeao da verafriT gaecaT pasuxi am kiTxvaze. arada,
saqme is iyo, rom im dRes skarletma Tavad gadawyvita, Zmebi
moexibla.
gogona ver itanda, roca mamakacebi yuradRebas ar aqcevdnen. sulac ar epitnaveboda, stiuarti india uilkss rom
etrfoda. amitom patara mtacebelma im dRes stiuartic ar
ikmara, brentis maxeSi gabmac gadawyvita da am amocanas Tavi
sakmaod iolad gaarTva.
axla orives skarleti uyvarda, india uilksi da leti manro lavjois mamulidan, romelsac xandaxan brenti earSiyeboda xolme, warsuls Cahbarda. Zmebi erTmaneTze ar eWvianobdnen
da arc imaze fiqrobdnen, Tavad skarlet ohara romel maTgans
airCevda, magram maT saqciels arc mezoblebi amarTlebdnen
da arc deda iyo aRfrTovanebuli. misis tarletons skarleti
TvalSi ar mosdioda.
_ dadgeba is dRec, roca es patara, eSmaki gogona erT-erT
Tqvengans airCevs da maSin cudi dRe dagadgebaT, _ eubneboda
qali Svilebs, _ Tumca, isic ar gamikvirdeba, orive rom agarCioT da mere vai Tqveni brali, isRa dagrCebaT, iutaSi,1 mormoiuta _ Stati amerikis SeerTebul StatebSi, mdebareobs mTian regionSi.
saxeli daerqva indielTa tomis, utesis mixedviT.
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nebTan1 gadabargdeT, Tumca, meeWveba, TavianT rigebSi migiRon...

anda sulac Zmebs gadagkidebT es orpiri, patara mwvaneTvaleba metiCara da erTmaneTs duelSi gaiwvevT. ise, ra vici, iqneb
ase ukeTesic iyos.
skarleti rac Seuyvarda, mas Semdeg indias danaxvisas sti
uarti uxerxulad grZnobda xolme Tavs. gogona ise kargad
iyo aRzrdili, arc sityviT, arc garegnulad, ar agrZnobinebda stius, maTi urTierToba rom daiZaba, magram biWi Tavad
xvdeboda, Tavgza rom aubnia am mSvenier qaliSvils. Tanac,
isev pativs scemda indias Tvinieri xasiaTis, kargi manerebisa da ganaTlebis gamo. magram ra eqna, Tavqariani da giJmaJi
skarletis fonze mis uilksi metismetad uferuli da uintereso eCveneboda. indias gverdiT kacma yovelTvis icoda Tavisi adgili, skarletTan ki Tavgza ebneoda. swored es izidavda
mamakacebs, es iyo gogonas xibli.
_ modi, keid kalvertTan vivaxSmoT. skarletma Tqva, keTlini Camovida Carlstonidano. iqneb axali ambebic Camoitana
fort-samteridan.
_ ras ambob, keTlinma isic ki ar icis, mgoni, forti yuresTan axlos romaa da iankebiT iyo savse, sanam Cven Wurvebi
ar davuSineT. mas mxolod mejlisebi da kavalerTa Segroveba
ainteresebs.
_ mere ra, mainc gaverTobiT. Tanac, sadme xom unda davimaloT, sanam deda dasaZineblad ar wava.
_ kargi, jandabas, wavideT! me momwons keTlini, kargad
marTobs xolme, Tanac karo retsa da danarCen Carlstonelebze mogviyveba rames. erTia mxolod, maT ianki dedinacvalTan
vaxSmoba didad ar mepitnaveba.
_ ras erCi im qals, stiu? ar aris cudi adamiani.
_ gana vambob cudia-meTqi. ubralod, mecodeba! Tanac, ar
miyvars sabralo adamianebis gverdiT jdoma. mere kidev, Za1
mormonebi _ mormonizmis mimdevrebi. mormonizmi _ religiur-seqtanturi mimdinareoba, romelic Seiqmna amerikis SeerTebul StatebSi 1830 wels.
warmoadgens mravalRmerTobisa da qristianobis narevs miTuri winaswarmetyvelis, mormonis saxelis mixedviT. mormonebi awesebdnen mravalcolianobas.

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lian fusfusaa, nemsis yunwSi Zvreba, maTTan Tavi ise rom igrZno, rogorc sakuTar saxlSi. amasobaSi ki ufro uxerxul mdgomareobaSi gagdebs. mas rom hkiTxo, samxreTelebi velurebi,
barbarosebi varT. erTxel es dedasac ki uTxra. eSinia Cveneburebis, Cveni misvlisasac ucnaurad awrialdeba xolme... ici,
ras magonebs? skamze mibmul dasaklav dedals, SiSisgan Tvalebi rom dauWyetia da nebismier Cqamze krTeba an farTxalebs.
_ ki magram, ra gikvirs, Sen ar iyavi, kedi fexSi rom daWeri?
_ ho, magram maSin nasvami viyavi da arc ki vicodi, ras vakeTebdi. Tanac, arc keds, arc keTlins, reinfordsa da mister
kalverts gulSi cudad ar CaudviaT es ambavi. mxolod eg ianki dedinacvali gadairia, velurebi, barbarosebi gviwoda da
samxreTelebi aracivilizebul xalxad mogvnaTla.
_ ra qnas, iankia da karg manerebs ver mosTxov! Tanac, mis
gers esrole.
_ eSmakma waiRos! gana amis gamo Seuracxyofa unda moeyenebina? toni fauntainmac dagWra Sen adre, magram miuxedavad
imisa, rom geri ki ara, namdvili Svili xar, dedas ayalmayali
ar autexia. eqim fauntains dauZaxa, SenTvis Wriloba Seaxvevina da tonim rom mizans aacila, mis simTvrales daabrala. ise,
Tu gaxsovs, am namusis mowmendam toni uaresad gadaria.
am ambis gaxsenebaze biWebs sicili autydaT.
_ deda magari vinmea, yovelTvis SeiZleba misi imedi gqondes, _ gaamarTla brentma mSobeli, _ xalxSi arasodes Segarcxvens.
_ namdvilad, magram samagierod, amaRam Sin rom davbrundebiT, mamasa da gogonebTan Tavlafis dasxmas ar moerideba,
_ warbSekvriT miugo Zmas stiuartma, _ moica, brent, mgoni,
wleuls evropaSic veRar gavemgzavrebiT, ara? gaxsovs, rogor
gviTxra, kidev Tu gamogagdes saswavleblidan, did turnes ver
eRirsebiTo?
_ jandaba, eg aRarc maxsovda! ise, evropaSi raa sanaxavi?
iseTs ras gviCveneben eg ucxoelebi, jorjiaSi rom ar Segvxvedria? naZlevs Camoval, Cveni cxenebi maT cxenebze ufro mardi,
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gogonebi ki ufro lamazebi arian, arc mamaCvenis Wvavis viskize

ukeTesi sasmeli eqnebaT.
_ eSli uilksi ambobs, SesaniSnavi xedebi da musika aqvTo.
mas moswons evropa, xSirad ixsenebs xolme iq mogzaurobis
ambebs.
_ uilksebi egeTebi arian, musikaze, wignebsa da xedebze giJdebian. deda ambobs, es imis bralia, maTi papa warmoSobiT virjiniidan rom iyoo. iqaurebis seni yofila eg.
_ giJdebian da RmerTma SeargoT, me Cemi saukeTeso cxenebi
mirCevnia saWeneblad, Cveneburi sasmeli da aqauri gogonebi,
maTTan ise verTobi, evropelebs arc ki daesizmrebaT... sulac
ar manaRvlebs mag turis CaSla. Tanac, ra dros evropaa, aq
xom omi iwyeba. iq wasvlas omSi wasvla mirCevnia.
_ mec!.. moixede, brent! movifiqre, sad vivaxSmoT! modi,
Waobebs iqiT gadavideT da abel uinders vewvioT. SevatyobinoT, rom davbrundiT da nebismier wuTs mzad varT, jars davexmaroT.
_ SesaniSnavi ideaa! _ xalisiT ahyva brenti Zmas, _ Tanac,
axal ambebs SevityobT Cveni jaris Sesaxeb. imasac gvetyvian, ra
feris formebSi gamoawyoben mebrZolebs.
_ zuavebiviT1 rom gamoawyon, me jarSi wamsvleli ara var.
im farTxuna wiTel SarvalSi pranWia gogos davemsgavsebi, an
wiTel flaneliskabian qalbatons.
_ Tqven ra, uinderebTan gadawyviteT wasvla? _ Caeria saubarSi jimsi, _ sul tyuilad, xeirianad ver gagimaspinZldebian. mzareuli moukvdaTo, amboben, da axali jer ar uyidiaT.
erTi zangi umzadebs saWmels da Tanac Turme iseT sazizRars,
rom pirsac ver daakarebT. iqaur zangebs Tu daujerebT, egeTi
uxeiro mzareuli mTel duniaze ver moiZebneba.
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zuavi (frang.) _ kabilTa (alJireli berberebis) tomis erT-erTi dajgufebis saxelwodeba. Tavdapirvelad ase erqva frangul msubuq qveiTTa elitur
meomarTa nawilebs, romlebic gamoirCeodnen intensiuri da swrafi samwyobro
momzadebiT, aseve uCveulod feradi samosiT. Semdgom es saxelwodeba popularuli gaxda sxva qveynebSi, gansakuTrebiT amerikis SeerTebul StatebSi samoqalaqo omis dros. zuavebs uwodebdnen TavianT Tavs samoqalaqo omis dros
moxaliseTa formirebebis erTi nawilis mebrZolebi.

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_ RmerTo Cemo! aqamde axali mzareuli rogor ver iyides?

_ am sacodav TeTrkanianebs sada aqvT axali mzareulis sayideli fuli. gamigonia, mxolod oTxi zangi hyavTo.
jimsis xmaSi zizRi igrZnoboda. am monas ufro maRali socialuri statusi hqonda, vidre uinderebisas, mxolod imitom, rom tarletonebs asobiT mona hyavdaT. igi ise laparakobda, rogorc didi plantatoris monas Seefereba da ara
mcire fermerTa mcirericxovani bedSavi monebis msgavsad.
_ icode, gvarianad gagrozgav am sityvebis gamo, _ gabrazebulma dauyvira jimss stiuartma, _ abel uinders sacodav
TeTrkanians nu uwodeb. uinderebi Raribebi arian, magram Rirseba ar daukargavT. netav yvela Savkaniani da TeTrkaniani abels
hgavdes. mTel sagrafoSi saukeTeso adamiania. swored amitom
gaxda leitenanti jarSi.
_ veraferi gamigia, _ sulac ar SeuSinda muqaras jimsi, _
me Tu mkiTxavT, oficrebad mdidar batonebs unda niSnavdnen am
Waobis nagvis nacvlad.
_ nagavs nu eZaxi-meTqi! namdvili nagvebi TeTrkaniani sleterebi arian. abeli, ubralod, mdidari ar aris. didi plantatoris nacvlad mxolod patara fermeria da Tu biWebma leitenantobis Rirsad CaTvales, SenisTana bnelebis gansasjeli
ar aris. jariskacebma ician, ras akeTeben!
mas Semdeg, rac jorjiam gaerTianeba Seqmna, erTi Tve gavida
da samxreTelebma kavaleriac Camoayalibes. amis Semdgom rekrutebi1 oms didi ambiT elodnen. jer danayofisTvis saxeli
arc ki daerqmiaT, radgan amis Taobaze yvelas sakuTari azri
hqonda. arc samxedro formis feri iyo gadawyvetili, radgan amaSic ver SeTanxmda xalxi. risi darqmeva aRar undodaT
nawilisTvis: `kleitonis veluri katebi, `cecxliylapiebi, `Crdilojorjieli husarebi, `zuavebi, `Suamiweli meSaSxaneebi (arada, pistoletebi, xmlebi da monadiris danebi
hqondaT SaSxanebis nacvlad), `kleitonis biWebi, `sisxliani mexTmtyorcnelebi, `mZvinvareebi da marjveebi _ yvela am
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saxels Tavisi momxre hyavda, magram raki jer ver moenaTlaT,

danayofs ubralod `laSqrad moixseniebdnen. am laSqarSi
oficers jariskacebi irCevdnen, radgan Stats samxedro gamocdileba ar gaaCnda, meqsikelebsa da seminolebTan1 Setakebebs Tu ar CaTvlidiT, am ori brZolis veteranebisadmi morCileba didad aravis epitnaveboda.
yvelas oTxi tarletoni da sami fauntaini moswonda, magram pirvelni xSirad svamdnen da ayalmayals texdnen, meoreni ki saerTod daundoblebi iyvnen. eSli uilksi kapitnad
dainiSna, radgan sagrafoSi saukeTeso mxedrad iTvleboda.
reinford kalverti pirveli leitenanti gaxda, radgan raifi
ise uyvardaT, TvalSi rom CavardnodaT, xels ar amoisvamdnen,
abel uinderi ki, Waobeli miwaTmflobelis vaJi, mcire fermeri, meore leintenantad daasaxeles.
abeli maxvilgonieri, goliaTuri aRnagobis, gulkeTili da
gaunaTlebeli iyo. sxva axalwveulebze odnav ufrosi gaxldaT da qalebTan moqceva ar eSleboda. laSqarSi snobebs2 iSviaTad Tu Sexvdebodi, radgan moxaliseebSi iSviaTad Tu ipovidi iseTs, romelsac simdidris moxveWa mcire fermerobiT ar
daewyo, Tanac abeli saukeTeso Cubinad iyo cnobili, ocdaxuT
iardze SeeZlo ciyvisTvis tyvia pirdapir TvalSi gaertya. arc
Ria cis qveS cxovreba akrTobda, wvimaSic ki SeeZlo koconis
danTeba, cxovelebsac advilad ugebda xafangs da arc wyaros
povnaSi atyuebda gumani... jariskacebs es kaci Zalian uyvardaT, amitomac ar daiSures misTvis oficris Cini, uinderma es
pativi Rirseulad miiRo da yovelgvari pativmoyvareobis gareSe Seudga movaleobis Sesrulebas. eg iyo mxolod, plantatori qalbatonebi da maTi monebi verafriT eguebodnen imas, rom
jentlmenad ar iyo Sobili...
Tavdapirvelad, laSqarSi mxolod plantatorTa Svilebs
iwvevdnen, TiToeul axalwveuls Tan mohyavda cxeni da saWurvelmtvirTveli mona, aseve mohqonda iaraRi da saWiro aRWurseminolebi _ CrdiloeT amerikis indielTa erT-erTi tomi.
snobi (ingl.) _ adamiani, romelic cdilobs yvelaferSi mihbaZos maRali
sazogadoebis modasa da qcevas da daicvas e. w. kargi tonis moTxovnebi.
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viloba, magram mdidari plantatori im axaldaarsebul kleitonis sagrafoSi cota iyo, jaris Sesavsebad ki Zala ar hyofnidaT. amitom mcire fermerTa Svilebi, bewveulze monadireebi,
WaobSi xafangebis damgebebi da bolos, TeTrkanian Rarib fermerTa Svilebic gaiwvies.
am axalgazrdebs iankebTan brZola iseve swyurodaT, rogorc
maT mdidar mezoblebs, magram ufulobam aqac problema Seqmna.
mcire fermerTa Soris cxeni cotas Tu hyavda. mamulSi umetesad
jorebiT gadiodnen iolad da oTx sulze mets verc am gamrje
pirutyvs inaxavdnen, omSi ki maTi wayvana Zalianac rom ndomodaT, nebas ar rTavda jaris maRalCinosnoba. TviTon am Raribi
TeTrkanianebisTvis am pirutyvis yola simdidres udrida, tyis
piras da Waobis irgvliv mcxovreb monadireebs ki arc cxenebi
hyavdaT da arc jorebi.
maT Semosavals miwa da nanadirevi Seadgenda, naRdi fuli ki
xuT dolarze meti erTad arasodes enaxaT. ase rom, mundirisa
da pirutyvis Sovna Zalian uWirdaT. miuxedavad amisa, am teritoriebis Raribi mosaxleoba mdidari plantatorebiviT amayi
iyo. maTTvis mdidar mezoblebs rom SeeTavazebinaT daxmareba,
Zalian Seuracxyofilad igrZnobdnen Tavs.
sabolood, arc erTi mxare rom ar darCeniliyo wagebuli,
skarletis mamam, jon uilksma, bak manrom, jim tarletonma,
hiu kalvertma da TiTqmis yvela mdidarma plantatorma, angus
makintoSis garda, fuli pirdapir laSqars Seswires moxalise
axalwveulTa SesaiaraReblad.
mokled, TiToeuli plantatori fuls debda Tavisi Svilisa da kidev erTi naklebad SeZlebuli moxalisis SesaiaraReblad, magram amas im formiT akeTebdnen, rom arc
naklebad SeZlebuli moqalaqeebi grZnobdnen Tavs RirsebaSelaxulad.
laSqari kviraSi orjer jonsboroSi ikribeboda sawvrTnelad da omis dawyebisTvis salocavad. eskadronis yvela wevrs
jer kidev ar hyavda cxeni, magram visac hyavda, isini miiCnevdnen, kavaleriis manevrebs vatarebTo. jiriTobdnen sasamarTlos ukana moedanze, buRs adendnen miwas da sastumro oTaxe27

bisa da kabinetebis kedlebidan Camoxsnil revoluciuri omis

droindel1 xmlebs iqnevdnen haerSi.
isini, vinc jer ver amxedrebuliyvnen cxenze, bulardis maRaziis win mokalaTebuliyvnen, Tvals adevnebdnen mxedrebs,
Tambaqos ReWavdnen da ybedobdnen, zogjer ki ejibrebodnen
erTmaneTs, Tumca, am ambavSi wvrTna ar sWirdebodaT, samxreTelTa umetesoba lamis akvnidan isroda mizanSi da cxovrebis
did nawils nadirobaSi atarebda.
plantatorTa saxlebidan da Waobispira mosaxleobis qoxebidan bevrnairi cecxlsasroli iaraRi grovdeboda. aq naxavdiT grZellulian, ciyvebze sanadiro Tofebs, romlebic maSin gamoCnda, roca axalmosaxleebma aleganis mTebi2 pirvelad
gadaiares da im midamoebSi dafuZndnen. naxavdiT lulidan
dasaten muSketebs, romlebmac jorjiis daarsebisas bevri indieli imsxverpla, 1812 wlis omSi,3 seminolebTan brZolisas,
meqsikis omSi4 gamoyenebul mxedrul pistoletebs, vercxliszarniSian pistoletebs, duelantTa iaraRs, da bolos, galaqul, axalTaxal SaSxanebs, romelTa kondaxebs ingliselebi
Zvirfasi xisgan amzadebdnen.
wvrTna yovelTvis jonsboros barebSi sruldeboda da SeRamebisas xSirad mohyveboda xolme ayalmayali. oficrebi
Zlivs axerxebdnen im axalgazrdebis daSoSminebas, romelTac
sisxli swyurodaT da iankebis Semotevamde veRar gaeZloT.
swored aseTi areulobisas daWra stiuart tarletonma keid
karverti, toni fauntainma ki brents esrola. imxanad tyupi Zma Sin imyofeboda, radgan is iyo, gamoericxaT virjiniis
universitetidan. Zmebma maSin dro ixelTes da didi xalisiT
SeuerTdnen axaldaarsebul eskadrons.
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revoluciuri omi _ amerikis omi damoukideblobisaTvis did britaneTsa
da mis yofil camet kolonias Soris 1775-1783 wlebSi, dasrulda rogorc
globaluri konfliqti, romelSic evropis ramdenime saxelmwifo monawileobda.
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alegani _ apalaCis platos aRmosavleTi nawili.
3
savaraudod, igulisxmeba inglis-amerikis omi (1812-1814 wlebi).
4
amerika-meqsikis omi _ SeiaraRebuli konfliqti aSS-sa da meqsikas Soris
1846-1848 wlebSi, rac texasis aneqsiiT damTavrda.

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