giorgi yufaraZe

g o r o z a

wignis mizania mkiTxvelis Rirsebis, Rirebulebebis

Sefaseba-gadafaseba gansjiT, Tavad rogor
moviqceodiT nawarmoebis gmiris adgilze?!

Tbilisi
2005
 894.631-31
y 05

giorgi yufaraZe

nawarmoebis mTavari gmiris `gorozas~ saxiT wina planzea

wamoweuli Tanamedrove Zalovnebis da maTi aqtivisti-agente-
bis urTierTdamokidebuleba da ramdenad sWirdebaT maT erT-
maneTi qveyanaSi wesrigis SesanarCuneblad, kanonis da kanonierebis
dasacavad.

mxatvruli redaqtori prof. l e r i CantlaZe

ISBN 99940-0-459-X

sauniversiteto gamocema
Tbilisis ekologiur-ekonomikuri instituti `eko+~

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 vuZRvni gulian kacs
amiran lobJaniZes

amirans meore Ramea ar uZinia. arc arayis smam uSvela da

arc televizoris yurebam. saaTs daxeda _ Ramis pirveli saaTi
iqneboda, uZilobis da nerviulobis mizezi misi naadrevad,
Tanac moulodnelad, pensiaze gaSveba iyo. amasTan, axaldaniS-
nulma araprofesionalma Sinagan saqmeTa ministrma amiranis
pensiaSi gasvlis brZanebas xeli ise moawera, rom mas arc ki
gasaubrebia. brZaneba amirans kadrebis ganyofilebis ufrosis
mdivanma gadasca. saministroSi, sadac amiranma Tavis droze
15 weli imsaxura sxvadasxva sammarTveloebis ufrosad da erT-
erT saukeTeso operatiul muSakad iTvleboda, imis Rirsa-
dac ar CaTvales, madloba eTqvaT da adamianurad gaecilebi-
naT. amirani bolos qalaqis miliciis ufrosis pirvel moadg-
iled muSaobda, am Tanamdebobas ZiriTadad profesionalebi
ikavebdnen da maT ase hai-harad ar uSvebdnen samsaxuridan.
amirans isev guSindeli dRe gaaxsenda: rodesac brZaneba wai-
kiTxa, moulodnelobisagan gaSra, xma veRar amoiRo. ifiqra,
iqneb mdivans rame eSlebao da gaocebulma Sexeda. mdivanma
SeamCnia amiranis gaogneba-gaoceba da uTxra:
_ ras vizamT batono amiran, axalgazrdebs unda davuT-
moT adgilebi! im kacma, mTavrobaSi rom moiyvanes vardebiT,
xarki xom unda gaiRos!
amiranma nerwyvi Zlivs gadaylapa da waiRuRluRa:
_ Tamar! Sen ici, milicia rom cxvirmouxocavi balRebis
saqme ar aris! aq imdeni WuWyia, rom aqedan sufTad gamosvla
profesionalebsac uWirT!

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 _ eh, sawyis etapze revoluciis liderebs profesional-
izmi sulac ar ainteresebT, mTavaria momxreebi maRali Tanam-
debobebiT daakmayofilon, radgan sxvanairad am xalxis vals
gadaxda maT ar SeuZliaT.
_ ki, magram vis unda gadavabaro Cemi saqmeebi, es mainc ar
uTqvamT? _ bolosdabolos moego gons amirani.
_ miTxres gasaRebi Sen Cagabaroso.
_ ese igi adgilebs aTavisufleben TavianTi xalxisaTvis,
Cems adgilze etyoba jer aravin dauniSnavT!
_ etyoba, mec male Tqveni bedi melis, aba am gogoSkebs,
gverdidan rom ar scildebodnen `imaT~, uyuradRebod xom
ver datovebs! magram me pensiaSi gasvlamde kidev didi dro
damrCa! _ amoioxra Tamarma.
_ ras vizamT, Cemo Tamar, Tavs zemoT Zala ar aris! kabi-
netidan Cems nivTebs aviReb da gasaRebs dagitoveb.
fiqri telefonis zarma Seawyvetina. saaTs daxeda `ase
gvian vin unda rekavdeso~, gaifiqra da yurmili aiRo:
_ gismenT, batono!
_ ra iSove Cemo `goroz~ aseTi, rom Zveli Zmakacebi aRar
gaxsovs?
amiranma Tavisi Zveli megobris da proteJes, yofili par-
tiuli muSakis, rezo CxubianaSvilis, xma ecno da gauxarda:
_ rezos gaumarjos! rogor xar, sada xar, rasa iqm, rogo-
raa Seni saqmeebi? _ daayara kiTxvebi.
_ biWo! gavige Camoplackartebas upireben `vardisti~ viri-
Svilebio, marTalia?
_ `depoSi~ gamiSves yovelgvari mikib-mokibvis da varde-
bis gareSe!
_ va, ras vizamT, Cemo amiran, magaTi dro modis, adre Tu
gvian mainc magaTma unda marTon qveyana!
_ ki batono, marTon, vin aris winaaRmdegi, magram maincda-
mainc akvnidan unda daiwyon es saqme?
_ xom gagigia, `droni mefoben da ara mefenio~. Sen is
miTxari, dRes xom gcalia, SviliSvilisSvili SemeZina, me da

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Sen viqnebiT, erTi Zveleburad SevuberoT, is kargi dro ga-
vixsenoT, `jeeloba~ rom hqvia.
_ Sen genacvale! sad amovide, romel saaTze da ra wamov-
iRo, Rvino maqvs magari!
_ vakeSi amodi, saRamos xuT saaTze, araferi ar minda
sxva, danarCeni yvelaferi maqvs!
_ batoni brZandebi! rogorc ufrosi `amxanagebi gvirCeven
zevidan~, Cvenc ise unda moviqceT, batono rezo!
_ Sen icine, icine da mTlad cudi dro ar iyo. erTi
Wkviani kaci den-siao-piniviT ver gaZvra Cvens mTavrobaSi Torem
ase ar aiWreboda es qveyana. kargi, amiran! danarCeni CemTan
rom amoxvalm mere, _ da yurmili daudo.
amirani isev fiqrebma waiRo, gaaxsenda axalgazrdobis
wlebi `oqros ubanSi~, rkinigzis sadgurTan, Zveli erT da
samsarTuliani saxlebi iyo Camwkrivebuli. ratom daarqves
`oqros ubani~ Zneli saTqmelia, albaT imitom, rom am ubanSi
yvela rjulis da erovnebis xalxi siamtkbilobiT da aramdi-
drulad cxovrobda, magram megobrulad da mxiarulad. am
ubanSi daibadnen cnobili kompozitorebi, mwerlebi da al-
baT, policiisTvis saintereso bevri `kargi biWi~.
ase iyo Tu ise, amiranma 19 wlis asakSi siyvaruliT Tavisi
ubneli moiyvana colad, biWic SeeZinaT, magram cxovreba ver
aewyoT. amirani bunebiT amayi biWi iyo, ojaxis Sesanaxad ki meti
fulia saWiro, vidre igegmeba da xelfasi gaqvs. amiranma amis
gageba droze ver moaxerxa, radgan igi mxolod siyvaruliT
cxovrobda da imedi hqonda trfoba yvelafers moagvarebda,
magram... magram erT mSvenier dRes waiCxubnen. qalma wamoaZaxa:
`Cems saxlSi cxovrob da kidev did gulze xaro~! amirans gulze
moxvda es sityvebi da cols uTxra: `dReidan am saxlSi fexis
damdgmeli ara var, Tu gadmoxval gadmodi CemTan sacxovre-
blad or dReSi, Tu ara da Seni araferi mindao~.
ra icoda amiranma, rom ojaxis dasangrevad yovelgvari
sababis gareSe mravali `sababi~ arsebobs, xolo ojaxis Senar-
Cuneba _ vaJkacoba. igi Zalze axalgazrda iyo.

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 ori dRec gavida, ocic, coli misken ar iyureboda. ami-
ranic gabrazda da uTxra: `gaviyaroTo~, `ki batono~ _ Se-
exmiana colic da siyvaruli, romelic samudamo egona, xelSi
Semoadna. amiranma ukan ar daixia, gancxadeba Seitana sasa-
marTloSi gayraze da mosamarTlis garda am ojaxis Senar-
Cunebas erTmaneTis jibrze aravin cdilobda.
gaiyarnen da cxovrobdnen erT quCaze cal-calke, erTi _
quCis dasawyisSi, meore _ quCis Sua gulSi. gadioda dReebi,
Tveebi, amirani samsaxurs guls ver udebda da am ori wlis
ganmavlobaSi sami Tu oTxi samuSao adgili gamoicvala. mok-
led, verc fulis sakeTebeli samsaxuri naxa da verc iseTi,
suls rom moesalbuneboda.
marTalia, niWi metad Zneli gasacemia yovlisSemZle Rmer-
TisTvis, magram ufro Znelia am niWisTvis cxovrebaSi adgilis
moZebna, Tu SemTxveva ar dagexmara. es dRec dadga.
erT dRes metro `rusTavelTan~ rezo Sexvda, CxubianaS-
vili, Tbilisis komkavSiris komitetis mdivani. ramdenime kvi-
ra erTmaneTi ar enaxaT. erTmaneTi gadakocnes, moikiTxes. mere
rezom wamoiwyo:
_ amiran, CvenTan Seiqmna Stabi, romlis amocanaa Cveni
axalgazrdobis erTi nawilis, e.w. `acvenili~ biWebis swor
gzaze dayeneba, kacs veZebT Stabis ufrosis adgilze, Sen xom
ar wamoxvidodi?
_ wamosvliT rogor ar wamoval, Tanac umuSevari var,
magram ra unda gavakeTo, rom ar vici!
_ mokled, Sen unda iyo Cveni komkavSiruli miliciis
ufrosi.
_ rezo, Sen xom ici, me da milicia erTad ver vbalaxobT.
_ amiran, Seni goroza xasiaTi rom vici, aravis Seepuebi,
amitom an Sen unda ijde cixeSi Seni xasiaTis gamo, an Sen unda
Casva sxva!
_ rezo, oqros ubanSi gazrdilma kacma miliciaSi muSao-
ba rogor daviwyo!

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 _ me, biWo Sesadareblad giTxari milicia-meTqi, Torem
ise, arc forma gecmeva, arc iaraRi geqneba da arc wodeba.
_ aba, raRa miliciaa!
_ me ubralod agixseni, rom miliciis muSaobas gavs, Sen
Seni aqtivistebi unda gyavdes umaRles saswavleblebSi, te-
qnikumebSi, rom axalgazrdebma raime sisulele ar Caidinon.
_ magas Cveneburad CamSvebebi hqvia!
_ Sen rac ginda, is daarqvi! magram biWebs rom morfis
gamyidvelebs moaSoreb, qurdobisken xels ar hkrav, ar ax-
uligneb, ramden ojaxs moutan Svebas, amaze ratom ar fiqrob?
mokled, sazogadoebis sasikeTod Tavi unda gadado!
_ ki, batono! kacma unda icodes, ris gulisTvis unda
Seswiros Tavi xalxs: samSoblosaTvis, tradiciebisaTvis Tu
STamomavlobis gadarCenisaTvis.
_ mokled, momavali Taobis gadarCenas unda Seswiro Tavi
Cemo amiran! me giTxari da Tu mogwons, xval metyvi, xom ici,
rekomendacia me unda gagiwio da Tu guli ar gagiwevs, nu
Semarcxven!
_ kargi, xval moval da an `hos~ getyvi an `ara~-s.
_ modi, modi, Torem Seni goroza xasiaTis gamo cixeSi
`peredaCebis~ motanas mainc gadavrCebi. xom ici amiran, kaci,
romelic saqmianad ar iyenebs Tavis inteleqts da ar riskavs,
is mudam ukan CanCalisTvis aris ganwiruli, xolo Sen magis-
Tvis ar memetebi. mokled, xval gelodebi!
amirans bevri ar ufiqria, sadRac saqmianobac moswonda,
biWebSic exerxeboda `Wreli bazari~, cdilobda yovelTvis
Tavisi azri gaeyvana. meore dRes, roca gaeRviZa, ukve mixvda,
rom Sinaganad am Tanamdebobis dasakaveblad mzad iyo. im dResve
rezom Tbilisis komkavSiris saqalaqo komitetis pirvel mdi-
vanTan Seiyvana, gaacno da iqve daniSnes Stabis ufrosad, im
mxedarmTavrad, romelsac jari ar hyavs da Tavad unda Seeqmna
uxelfasod, aqtivistebis xarjze, mstovarTa armia.

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 amiranma meore dResve daiwyo siaruli umaRles saswav-
leblebSi, eZebda aqtivistebs, davalebebs aZlevda, zogs elaz-
Randareboda, zogTan seriozulad eWira Tavi, ase, rom male
am xalxSi Tavisi mxardamWerebic naxa, miTumetes, rom yvelas
StabSi Caricxvas da perspeqtivas Sepirda, xolo vinc moindo-
mebda da Tavs gamoiCenda, komkavSiris raikomSi samuSaos gamou-
Zebnida, es ki karieris kibeze fexis Sedgmas niSnavda.
mondomebuli muSaobis Semdeg or TveSi sakmaod kargi
samuSao birTvi Seqmna, es dainaxes ufrosma amxanagebma da ami-
rani pirvel `piknikze~ _ TavSeyraze miiwvies, es ki naTlobas,
mis mimarT keTil damokidebulebas niSnavda.
marTlac maSin kargi dro gaatares. bevri tkbili da fxi-
ani sityva iTqva, magram sufris wevrebi gansakuTrebiT pir-
vel mdivans nodar ergemliZes emliqvnelebodnen.
meore dRes amirani Tbilisis komkavSiris komitetis baR-
Si idga da Tavis xalxs winadRis drostarebis Sesaxeb uyve-
boda. am dros meore sarTulze karebi gaiRo, pirveli mdivnis
saqmeTa mwarmoeblis _ nargiza doliZis SeSfoTebuli xma ga-
isma:_ amiran, saswrafod amodi, nodar nikolaeviCs viRac loTi
Semouvarda, xelSi dana uWiravs da axrCobs!
amirani TvalisdaxamxamebaSi meore sarTulze gaCnda,
frTxilad Seixeda pirveli mdivnis kabinetis SeRebul kareb-
Si da ras xedavs, momxvduri zurgiT idga karebisaken, noda-
risTvis marcxena xeli yelSi aqvs waWerili, xolo marjvenaTi
bebuTs saxesTan utrialebs da emuqreba:
_ Se SobelZaRlo, axlave gamogWri yels, Cems ZmisSvils
rad ibarebT, `bozobas~ rad aswavliT? _ `gviTxari, vin ras
CaliCobso~ _ ara grcxveniaT? Cemi bozoba ar geyofaT, axla
bavSvi gindaT `gamibozoT~? viTom miliciis goTvernoba ar
gveyofoda, axla Tqvenc daiwyeT? me Seni deda.... da a.S.
amirani katis nabijebiT uxmaurod miuaxlovda Tavisi aR-
SfoTebuli ritorikiT garTul moZalades, Tan nodars TiTiT
aniSna, Cumad iyavio. amiranis miaxloeba igrZno moZaladem da

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ukan moixeda, magram gvian iyo... man pirveli dartyma ybaSi
igema, dana xelidan gauvarda, amasobaSi meorec moxvda muc-
lis areSi da iatakze daenarcxa. amiranma wamoayena, kidev
erTxel Zlierad mosdo ybaSi da sawyali sul gaTiSa. Semdeg
cxvariviT moigdo zurgze, kibeebi Camoirbina, sadarbazodan
gamovida, quCa sirbiliT Caiara da iqve Caiyvana miliciis samo-
rigeoSi momxvduri, am ubneli narkomani, uSnod awowili, gaZ-
valtyavebuli kola _ morige milicielis sawer magidaze daag-
do.
amirans zedmeti saxeli, `goroza~, ubanSi Searqves da es
garkveul pativiscemasac gamoxatavda, radgan `oqros uban-
Si~ aseT saxelebs hai-harad ar arigebdnen.
amirans tyuil-ubralod, umizezod Cxubi ar uyvarda,
magram rigianad ki Cxubobda. warsulSi saqarTvelos Cempioni
iyo krivSi axalgazrdebs Soris. dRes igi saqarTveloSi erT-
erT uZlieres gundSi, `lokomotivSi~ TamaSobda ragbis _
pirvel xazSi `kvaWad~, sadac Serkinebis mTeli uxeSoba da
eSmakoba mas unda ekisra, radgan burTis Serkinebidan gamota-
na amiranis moxerxebaze da teqnikaze iyo damokidebuli. pirv-
el xanebSi, mowinaaRmdegis moxuligno moTamaSe, malulad xels
iTavisuflebda da Serkinebis dawyebisas ybaSi muSts urtyam-
da amirans. sanam amirani gaerkveoda vin daartya da rogor,
burTi ukve mowinaaRmdegis gunds hqonda da aTamaSebda maTi
moednis naxevarze. cxadia, es yvelaferi msajis namalevad xde-
boda. ase ar undao da amiranma es fandi Tavad daamuSava da
veRaravin aswrebda muStis dartymas. Sedegad mowinaaRmdege
rogorc ki igrZnobda, rom mas valSi ar darCeboden, orive
mxare Tavs ikavebda am veragobisgan. rogorc xedavT, amirans
Tavisi jiuti xasiaTi, SemarTeba TamaSis drosac gamoadga da
TandaTan erT-erTi wamyvani moTamaSe gaxda.
im xanad amiranis ubanSi erTi megobari hyavda, romelic
gogolis quCis dasawyisSi cxovrobda _ anzor iaSvili. iSvia-
Tad wynari da dinji biWi iyo anzori, magram rogorc ki moCx-

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ubrebs dainaxavda, unda genaxaT rogor icvleboda, saxeze
sasiamovno Rimili gadaefineboda, Tu pijaki ecva, wynarad
gaixdida, romelime Cxubis macqerals Caabarebda da moCxubre-
bis im mxares daiWerda, sadac naklebni iyvnen. misTvis mniS-
vneloba ar hqonda, ra iyo Cxubis mizezi, vin iyo damnaSave an
mtyuani-marTali. misi Carevis Semdeg is mxare rCeboda gamar-
jvebuli, romel mxaresac anzori aRmoCndeboda. anzoris CxubSi
Cabma da misi damTavreba erTi iyo. is yvela mowinaaRmdeges
gamozomilad ybaSi urtyamda. gaognebuli gamarjvebulebi gonze
mosvlas verc aswrebdnen, anzori seiris macqerals Tavis pi-
jaks gamoarTmevda, madlobas gadauxdida da CumaT gaeclebo-
da iqaurobas. meore dRes iwyeboda anzoris Zebna ubanSi. erTni
eZebdnen, raTa sayveduri eTqvaT, rom CxubSi Carevas mas aravin
ekiTxeboda, xolo meoreni _ raTa restoranSi daepatiJaT
madlobis niSnad, magram anzori arc erT mxares ar ikarebda.
ai, aseTi ucnauri megobari hyavda amirans. erT dRes gog-
olis quCaze wynarad moseirnobdnen amirani da anzori mS-
vidad saubrobdnen. ucbad xalxis CoCqoli moesmaT. axlos
rom mividnen, dainaxes, rom xuTi mutruki scemda or cxvir-
mouxocel biWs; anzori aRSfoTda, pijaki saswrafod miugdo
amirans da gadaeSva CxubSi. biWebs rogorc ki miecaT xelidan
dasxltomis saSualeba, jer erTma da Semdeg meoremac saswra-
fod miatoves Cxubi da Tavqudmoglejilni gaiqcnen da xuTi
mutrukis win anzori marto aRmoCnda. erTi ukve gamoyvanili
hyavda mwyobridan, misTvis Cveuli ybaSi muStis dakvriT, xolo
danarCeni oTxni utevdnen muStebiT, erTs xelSi milicielis
xelketi eWira, romelic anzorsac ramdenjerme moxvda, magram
ver daagdes, miuxedavad imisa, rom ori kaci cdilobda mis-
Tvis xelebis daWeras. meti ra Cara iyo, amiranmac gaixada
pijaki da Suagul CxubSi gadaeSva. erTi wuTis Semdeg oTxive-
ni Zirs eyarnen. amasobaSi miliciac gamoCnda. damarcxebulebic
da gamarjvebulebic ganyofilebaSi miabrZanes, sadac moCxu-
brebma erTmaneTi gaicnes. viTareba aseTi yofila. damarcxe-

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bulTa mxares moCxubari xalxi mama, Zmebi da Svilebi aRmoCnd-
nen romlebmac or narkotikebiT movaWris cema gadawyvites.
moCxubrebi Seariges, xolo amirans da anzors bodiSis moxda
mosTxoves. amiranma moixada bodiSi garkveuli mdgomareobis
gamo, xolo anzori virze Sejda: bodiSs arafriT ar ixdida.
`eg rom mcodnoda, mag nabiWvrebs me TviTon gavtyepavdio,
magram CemTvis miuRebelia, roca xuTi kaci ors scemso, pirobas
gaZlevT Tu is biWebi davinaxe sadme, marto cemas ar vakmare-
bo~.
_ anzor, ukve morCa Cveni Zxmakacoba. kidev erTxel dag-
inaxav, rom sxvis qeifSi ukanals gaTamaSeb da rom vicode im
Cxubis mere saavadmyofoSi mogayuCeben, xels ar gavanZrev amxela
kaci xar da Wkua ver unda iswavlo!
_ Cemo amiran, adamians sakuTar Secdomebze swavla ar
SeuZlia, aq misi asaki da sicocxlis xangrZlivoba arafer
SuaSia, is ubralod am SecdomebisaTvisaa dabadebuli!
_ me gagafrTxile Zmao! dReidan daiwyeb Cxubs iq, sadac
aravin arafers gekiTxeva, movtrialdebi da waval, mere arkvie
Sen Secdomebis gamosasworeblad xar dabadebuli Tu Sec-
domebis Casadenad!
_ ho, kargi, ra moxda erTxel SemeSala!
_ es erTxel ara? is rogor iyo tramvaiSi xeli rom Cauyavi
qurds jibeSi da mere tramvaidan gadaagde? is qurdi rom
momkvdariyo, sad midiodi maSin?!
_ va, Sen iq ar iyavi, biZas uyofda xels, avdeqi da me
kidev im qurds Cavuyavi xeli jibeSi, mainteresebda ra reaqcia
eqneboda. mokvdeboda exla qelexze ar dagvpatiJebdnen!
_ ki, magram wixli rom hkari tramvaidan gadaagde.
_ va, ver dainaxe `abarotis~ aReba mogvindoma da jibis-
ken waiRo xeli? xom unda dameswro, aba amoRebas davacdi-
di?!
_ kai, kai, kidev sportis sasaxlesTan rom sam qurds eCxu-
be?

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 _ iq biWo wesier axalgazrdas im axvrebma Seuracxofa
miayenes, sul `kasoi~ uZaxes, viTom im biWs Tavisi gaWirveba ar
eyofoda, kinaRam xelic gaartyes imisaTvis rom xeli ar Seu-
wyo im `gafuWebul xalxs~ raTa viRaca deidasTvis fuli amo-
ecalaT! _ aRSfoTda anzori.
_ mere Se kai dedmamiSvilo, geTqva rom cudad iqceod-
nen, rom eci da samive troleibusis gaCerebasTan daawvine,
xom SeiZleboda romelimes SemTxveviT safeTqeli Camoartyas
rames da mokvdes, cixes Tavi davaneboT, iq ra TvalebiT unda
Sexedo RmerTs! eh Cemo anzor imdeni usargeblo Rirseba gaqvs,
rom maT gamoyenebebs xulignobamde, uzrdelobamdi miyevxar!
_ SeiZleba mec yovelTvis marTali ara var, magram me rom
`Semjeqi~, Sen ar iyavi, zRvaze Cemi gulisaTvis xis ketiT rom
dauxeTqe Tavebi adgilobrivebs? raRa maincdamainc Cemi dar-
tymis mere unda mokvdes kaci, Seni keti ra, bambukis iyo?
_ axia Cemze! erTi kargad unda miebegveT da mere unda
mogSvelebodi!
_ rom msayvedurob Cemo `goroz~, eg Wkvianuri azrebi
exla mogdis Torem rom daminaxe gansacdelSi, vefxviviT gad-
moxti! Tvalis daxamxameba ver movaswari _ is xalxi miwaze
eyara!
maSin maTi diskoTeka `tancebze~ siaruli iyo. sacekvao
moedanze magnitofoni iyo CarTuli. ZiriTadad aq xdeboda
gogonebis gacnoba. anzorim cekva ar icoda, verc gogonebTan
iyo maincdamainc Tamami. Tu vinme gamoiwvevda sacekvaod qalebis
anu `beli tanecze~ eg iyo, Tu ara da es RmerTiviT, lamazi
biWi iyo mayureblis rolSi. amirani ki piriqiT, aqtiuri iyo,
axladgacnobili gogonebs da qalebs anzoris acnobda xolme.
amirani xandaxan karg cirksac atarebda. Sarvlis SigniT fex-
ebze xis parketis naWeri hqonda damagrebuli da masze TiTis
dartymiT iseT xmas gamoscemda, TiTqos fexis `protezi~ hqon-
da, gaSeSebul fexebiT da aseTi kakuniT, areuli nabijebiT
miuaxlovdeboda amirani im qals, romelic yvelaze ukeT cekvav-

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da da sacekvaod gaiwevda. qali uxerxul mdgomareobaSi varde-
boda, uars ver eubneboda da sacekvaod mihyveboda, aq ki ami-
rani Tavis SesaZleblobis maqsimums avlenda. ramdenime cekvis
Semdeg is ukve SesamCnevi pirovneba xdeboda sacekvao moedanze.
qalebis aRfrTovanebas da gakvirvebas iwvevda gansakuTrebiT
misi `valsi~, cekvis dasasruls amirani kvlav fexebis TreviT
miacilebda qals im adgilamde, saidanac sacekvaod gaiwvia.
anzori am cirks aRfrTovanebiT uyurebda, magram xandaxan
zogierT nel cekvaze miwvevas isic iRebda. ase iyo Tu ise,
anzori erTma gogonam ramdenjerme gaiwvia sacekvaod da cekvis
swavlebac SesTavaza. Turme es gogona adgilobrivi mcxovrebi
yofila da masze erTi mezobeli biWic yofila Seyvarebuli.
biWma SeamCnia ra, rom anzorma da misma gogonam ramdenjerme
erTad icekves, gadawyvita anzorisTvis Wkua eswavlebina _
gaelaxa. igi mivida anzorTan da SesTavaza gareT gasvla _
`salaparakod~!? iq kidev oTxi adgilobrivi biWi SeuerTdaT
da anzori `salaparakod~ anu `Wkuis saswavleblad~ tyisken
waiyvanes. es Taviseburad miRebuli forma iyo maSindel yoy-
loCina biWebSi.
am dros cekviT da ase vTqvaT Tavisi `cirkaCobiT~ gar-
Tulma amiranma SemTxveviT Tvali mohkra anzors, romelic
viRacas, ucnob biWs gareT gahyva.
anzori tyis piras miiyvanes da Saris modeba dauwyes,
erTi anegdotisa ar iyos:
_ `WiWikia, gevige Sen Cemi daia gyvarebia, _ rogor geka-
dreba, magaze arc mifiqriaT. _ aba, gezareba, me Seni deda
vatireo _ da mosdes WiWikias~.
swored ase viTardeba situacia anzorsa da adgilobrivebs
Soris. anzori, ar daibna da im gogos Seyvarebuls daaswro
da daartya magram ver daagdo. sxvebi ecnen da dauSines muS-
tebi, anzori xeze miyrdnobili igeriebda maT. amasobaSi erT-
erTma adgilobrivTaganma uknidan moundoma mi parva da ketis
dartyma. anzorma SeamCnia es da vidre rames moimoqmedebda,

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misda gasakvirvad yvela `adgilobrivi~ mis dauxmareblad mi-
waze eyarnen. jer ver mixvda, magram amirani rom dainaxa ketiT
xelSi, yvelaferi gasagebi gaxda. wamoayenes biWebi. wyalTan
miiyvanes, sisxli mobanes da SeTanxmdnen im dRidan megobrebi
yofiliyvnen. iaSvilma ki piroba dado im gogos ar gakarebo-
da.
_ anzor, etyoba mec Sen dagemsgavse, viTom Cemi Tanday-
olili mankiereba da codvebi ar meyofoda! _ gaeRima amirans.
* * *
meore dRes nodar ergemliZem amirani daibara da madlo-
ba gadauxada.
_ amiran, SenTan valSi var!
_ ras brZanebT! ra undoda, magis narkomani deda vatire!
_ mag viriSvils kabineti SeeSala, ufro swored, Sens
ZmakacTan, rezo CxubianaSvilTan, unda Sesuliyo, me mgoni eg
icnobs magis ZmisSvils da undoda cudi wrisTvis CamoeSore-
bina, magram rodesac aseTi vigindara axlobeli hyavs, Znelia
egeT xalxTan muSaoba. magaT Tavi davaneboT, rogor aris Seni
muSaobis saqme?
_ kargi biWebi amomidgnen mxarSi, Tbilisis yvela umaRles
saswavlebelSi Cemi biWebi myavs, cdiloben yovelTvis yvelaf-
ris saqmis kursSi iyvnen.
_ ho, rezom miTxra Senze, CvenTan mosvla ar undodao,
magram axla gulianad muSaobso.
_ ra vici, vcdilob, sami wamlis gamyidveli daviWireT
da milicias CavabareT, erTi Cems qurT guramas Semoelaxa,
magram rad ginda, erT kviraSi yvela gareT gamoyara miliciam.
jer arc kanoni gvaqvs xeiriani da miliciac xels iTbobs. ase,
rom Cveni Sroma wylis nayvaa. biWebs yvelaferi gulTan mi-
aqvT.
_ Cven, Cemo amiran, amqveynad bevri ramis Secvla ar Segvi-
Zlia, amitom gonebis Caurevlad yvelafris gulTan axlos

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mitanam SeiZleba sisulelemde migviyvanos, amitom Sens biWebs
uTxari zedmetad tvins nu Seawuxeben.
_ tvinis Wyleta, batono nodar, adamians ar vnebs, piri-
qiT es xaxuni axla energias gvmatebs.
_ gavige universitetSi raRac organizacia aRmogiCenia.
_ araferi iseTi, acvenilma biWebma gogonebis moyvarul-
Ta partia `funji~ Seqmnes. iq soflidan Camosul gogoebs
qalaqur cxovrebas aswavlian. Sexvedrebs, saRamoebs marTaven,
cekvaven. wamlis gayidva ver davafiqsireT, magram unifxvo
gogoebi ki blomad iyvnen. am partiis Tu organizaciis wesde-
bis Tanaxmad TavSeyris adgilebSi biWebsac da gogoebsac sacv-
lebis Cacma ekrZalebaT; yvelas ara, magram ramdenimes marTla
ar ecva trusebi.
_ amiran, Tu Zma xar, erTi es miTxari, vis moaqvs ambebi, ra
xalxia es Seni aqtivistebi, Tavis saxeliT rom davarqvaT, agen-
tebi?
_ agentebs nu vixmarT batono nodar, Torem yurs cudad
xvdeba, aqtivistebi ufro kargad JRers.
_ kargi aqtivistebi iyos, magram, Tavis Tanakurselebs
rom `uSveben~, sindisis qejnas ar ganicdian?
_ piriqiT, aqtiuroben, maCqareben, gaxarebulebi arian rom
raRac gaiges. Tan sul erTad trialeben.
_ ki, magram TviTon im gogonebTan yofna ar undaT? ety-
oba gambedaoba ar yofniT.
_ gambedaoba, batono nodar, moTmineba da drois Ser-
Cevaa da ara afeqtSi xelebis qneva, amasTan kargi is aris, rom
rasac akeTeben, imisa swamT, sjeraT.
_ RmerTma xeli mogimarTos, Cemo amiran. ho, marTla, Seni
ganyofileba mezobel quCaze gadavitaneT, me axali aveji
SeviZine Cemi kabinetisTvis da Tu ikadreb Cems Zvel, gamo-
nacval avejs, orSabaTs damireke da getyvi, rodis waiRo.
_ didi madloba nodar nikolaeviC! aba orSabaTs Seg-
exmianebiT. _ daemSvidobnen erTmaneTs da amirani Tavisi kabi-

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netisken wavida. iq Tavisi biWebi daxvdnen. yvelas miesalma da
gamoucxada `xval tabiZis quCaze gavdivarTo da modiT, vnax-
oT rogori oTaxebi mogvceso~. marTlac, Tbilisis komkav-
Siris cekadan xuTi wuTis savali aRmoCnda. samsarTuliani
Senobis pirvel sarTulze maTTvis oTxi oTaxi daeTmoT. bi-
Webs oTaxebi moewonaT, gamxiaruldnen da orSabaTisTvis gad-
mosvla dagegmes, sabargo manqanac moiZies.
Tavis kabinetSi dabrunebul amirans qalaqis miliciis
ufrosis moadgilem, givi xabazma, daureka:
_ amiran, naxevar saaTSi operaciaze mivdivarT, erTi meqr-
Tame unda daviWiroT, ucnobi kaci gvWirdeba da an viRac
mogveci, an Sen wamodi. ar gainteresebs, rogor viWerT meqr-
Tameebs?
_ kargi wamoval, didi araferi sanaxavia, magram erTxel
mainc xom unda vnaxo!
_ aba, gelodebiT, modi saswrafod!
amirani aTi wuTis Semdeg givi xabazTan iyo kabinetSi.
_ amiran, jgufi mzad aris im kacis asayvanad, avtofarexis
ufrosia, mZRols ise ar miiRebs samsaxurSi, fuli Tu ar gamo-
arTva.
_ fuls yvela iRebs, eg ra, wiTeli koWia, uari Tqvas!
_ mec vici, rom sadac fuli keTdeba, yvelgan fuls iReben,
magram iReben Wkvianurad, usayvedurod. Tu saWiroa qrTams
kreditiTac gascemen, kacs ar daaxrCoben da rac mTavaria,
fuli kadrebis gamgem unda aiRos da ara avtofarexis ufrosma,
aq subordinaciacaa darRveuli, etyoba Roria, fuli uyvars
da gayofa ezareba e.i. alibis gareSe muSaobs, aseTi kaci unda
daisajos!
_ albaT, sxvam rom aiRon, isini Tavisas `motexaven~, saqme
rom gaskdes, qrTamis aReba kadrebs dabraldeba.
_ hoda, rom gaisuqa erTi adgili da aamyrala samsaxurSi
saqme da metismets Sveba, imitom uCivles da amitomac unda
gavamwesoT viris abanoSi!

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 _ Cemze ra aris damokidebuli, me raSi unda miviRo monaw-
ileoba?
_ Sen viTom saqmeze xar misuli, is damsmeni rom Seva da
fuls Seutans, niSans mogcems _ Tavs moifxans. Sen maSinve
wamodgebi da kabinetSi Sexval, mdivans yuradRebas nu mi-
aqcev. Seni Sesvla imitomaa saWiro. rom fulis gadamalva ver
moaswros, amasTan erTi gareSe piric gvWirdeba mowmed.
_ kargi wavideT, erTi vnaxav vin iqneba CemTvis pirveli
meqrTame romelsac daviWer!
_ amiran. xom ici, egec pirveli qaliviTaa, mTeli cxovre-
ba mag kacis saxe dagamaxsovrdeba. aba kargad iyaviT, warmate-
bas gisurvebT! Semdeg zars TiTi daaWira. Semovida saSualo
tanis operatiuli muSaki.
_ SoTa kiknaZe.
_ es amiran lomjariaa, gaicaniT erTmaneTi. me saqmes gava-
cani, magari biWia. aba, warmatebas gisurvebT. SoTa, raime gauge-
broba ar moxdes.
_ nu geSiniaT, batono givi, `garaJis~ ufrosi ki ara,
ufro seriozuli xalxi dagviWeria!
manqana rusTavis gzaze gavida. `JigulSi~ mZRolianad xuTi
kaci ijda, amirani win dasves. manqanaSi msxdomni xmas ar iRebdnen.
_ batono SoTa, marto Cven varT?
_ ara, ukan meore manqanac mogvyveba:
manqanam svla Seanela da avtofarexTan gaCerda.
_ jer batoni vano da batoni amirani gadavidnen, ase,
xuTi wuTis Semdeg Cvenc SenobaSi viqnebiT.
amirani da vano gadmovidnen. amiranma pirvelad SeaTva-
liera kaci, romlis damajerebel moqmedebazec iyo damokide-
buli operaciis warmatebiT Catareba. vano saSualo tanis,
zomierad ferxorcasxmuli kaci iyo, ase ormoci wlis. isini
rkinis WiSkarSi Sevidnen da yarauls hkiTxes `avtofarexis
direqtori, Teimuraz gorgoZe, Tu iyo adgilze~.

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 _ direqtori dilidan aq brZandeba, mibrZandiT batono!
mesame sarTulzea misi kabineti!
isini Senobisken gaemarTnen. amirani raRac Sefiqrianebu-
li Canda. direqtoris gvari da saxeli Zalian nacnobi aRmoCn-
da. amasobaSi kabinetsac miaRwies.
_ qalbatono cicino, Tu dakavebuli ar aris Seval ba-
ton TeimurazTn.
_ SebrZandiT, Tavisufalia, Tqven gicdiT, Tqva, Tu mov-
ida, Semovideso.
vanom karebi SeaRo. kabinetidan amiranisTvis Zalze nac-
nobi xma moisma:
_ sad xar biWo aqamde, wasvlas vapirebdi! karebi daixu-
ra.
amirans arasasiamovno grZnoba daeufla. ucbad gaaxsenda
Tavisi Tanagundeli Teimuraz gorgoZe, isini erT institutSi
swavlobdnen. Tumca Teimurazi ori kursiT win iyo. gundSi
did xans ar uTamaSia, varjiSze ufro saxalisod dadioda,
xSirad acdenda, iSviaTad aTamaSebdnen ZiriTad Semadgenlo-
baSi. fizikurad kargi mozrdili, Cafskvnili biWi iyo. yve-
laferi fexebze ekida. purmarili ki Zalian uyvarda.
erTxel restornidan gamosulma karga gvarianad Sezarx-
oSebulma, Teimurazma amirani dainaxa, Zalian gauxarda da
restoranSi ZaliT Seiyvana. purmariliani biWi iyo da am am-
bavSi araferi eSleboda. ai, am kacis dasaWerad iyo mosuli
dRes amirani. am dros kabinetis kari gaiRo da gamovida vano,
romelmac Tavi moifxana, mas Teimurazic gamoyva da misaRebSi
amirani rom dainaxa, Zalze gauxarda:
_ biWos, amiran! Sen aq ra ginda, ram Segawuxa, ratom
moxvedi CemTan? aba, Semodi!
amiranma weli Zlivs aiTria, gadaexvivnen erTmaneTs, gada-
kocnes da mixvda amirani, rom bedma mwared dascina _ misi
pirveli dasaWeri kaci misive axlobeli, Tanagundeli gaxda.

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 _ cicino! aravin SemouSva! iseTi megobari momivida, rom
amas aqedan upativcemulod ver gavuSveb. amirani kabinetSi
SeuSva. skami gamouwia, mxarze xeli mouTaTuna.
_ amiran, dRes patara fuli viSove, sul Sen unda dagax-
arjo!
_ Teimuraz, eg fuli gadaagde sadme _ Cumad uTxra amiran-
ma.
_ ra fuli, _ ver mixvda ucbad Teimurazi.
am dros kari gaiRo da oTaxSi Semovida SoTa kiknaZe ori
operatiuli muSakis TanxlebiT.
_ raSia saqme? aq rogor moxvediT? _ ikiTxa gakvirve-
bulma Teimurazma.
_ Cven varT Tbilisis miliciis sammarTvelos datacebis
da meqrTameobis winaaRmdeg mebrZoli jgufis wevrebi. Cveni
informaciiT, Tqven aiReT qrTami xuTasi maneTi, mZRolis sam-
uSaoze mowyobaSi. aRiarebT Tu ara im faqts, rom Tqven mo-
qalaqe vano onofriSvilma qrTami _ xuTasi maneTi mogcaT!
Teimurazi uceb gatyda, dafiqrda, raRacis mogonebas cdi-
lobda. am dros amirani wamodga skamidan, romelic aqamde
ijda da Teimurazs mimarTa:
_ batono Teimuraz! Cven gvainteresebs, dagitovaT Tu
ara am kacma fuli da gvaCveneT sanam Cxrekvas daviwyebdeT,
SeiZleba gasesxaT, gaCuqaT an vali dagibrunaT, magram am kac-
ma fuli rom SemogitanaT da dagitovaT, Cven viciT. amirani
Seecada rogorme daxmareboda mas, magram amiranis sityvebma
ufro daabnia Teimurazi da gaabraza. mTeli brazi amiranze
gadmoanTxia:
_ Senc amaTTan xar, amiran?! ara grcxvenia, Senc Cems dasaW-
erad moxvedi? amas vifiqrebdi?!
_ mokled, gvanaxeT fuli, romelic gadmogcaT moqalaqe
vano onofriSvilma _ uTxra SoTam.
_ eger devs magidaze, xelic ar mixlia!

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 SoTa magidasTan mivida da Zebna dauwyo magram veraferi
aRmoaCina._ aq araferi ar devs!
_ magidis ujraSia Cadebuli, magas rogor vifiqrebdi, amas
rogor movelodi vanosagan, CemTan muSaobda mZRolad erTi
weli, mere sxvagan gadavida samuSaod, mere erTi Tvis win
mTxova samuSaoze mowyoba, dRes movida, gancxadebaze Tanx-
moba davawere da sikeTis magieria.
_ ki, magram fuli raSi mogcaT?
_ me ra vici, amoiRo konverti da dado, me megona `maRa-
riCi~ ikisra, CemTan adre aseTi wesi iyo, mZRols rom miviReb-
diT, restornis fuls tovebdnen.
_ CvenTan ki gancxadeba dawera, sanam xuTas maneTs ar
mivcem, saWesTan ar msvamso, sami Svilis mama var da sad maqvs
magis misacemi xuTasi maneTio! _ uTxra SoTam.
_ mokled, Cemo Teimuraz, Tu fuli gadaTvlili ar gaqvs
da masze Seni TiTis anabeWdebi ar aris, raRaca geSveleba, Tu
ara da.... axla wamobrZandiT CvenTan miliciis sammarTveloSi
da danarCens iq gavarkvevT!
Teimurazi usityvod wamodga, kabinetis kari gasaRebiT
gadaketa da mdivans, romelic amave dros kadrebis gamgis mov-
aleobasac asrulebda, daubara:
_ cicino, aha gasaRebi, aravin SeuSva, Sens imedze vtoveb
am kabinets da warmoebas.
_ magaze adre unda gefiqraT batono Teimuraz, marto
rom ijibavdi mag fuls! _ wausisina cicinom.
_ egec SegSurdaT, Tqvenc rom saqmeSi gameyvaneT, exla
Cems gverdze iqnebodiT! asea Cemo amiran, xalxs ver endobi,
xuTis wuTis win Senc da es qalbatonic yvelaze erTgul ax-
loblebad megulebodiT, axla ki, eh! _ xeli Caiqnia Teimuraz-
ma.
amirans xma ar amouRia sammarTveloSi misvlamde. SoTa
da amirani erTad Sevidnen givi xabazis kabinetSi. SoTam moax-
sena:

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 _ amxanago polkovniko, davaleba Sesrulebulia, fula-
di mtkicebuleba amoRebulia, dasadgenia TiTis anabeWdebis
arseboba fulze!
_ rao, aRiara qrTamis aReba, Tu rogorc yovelTvis ise
dautoves, arc gaugia?
_ ambobs, me restornis maRariCi megonao, Tan adre umuSa-
via magasTan.
_ eg araferia ras ambobs, mTavaria axla fulze misi TiTe-
bis anabeWdi aRmoCndes. aba, SoTa, mixede saqmes! _ SoTa gavi-
da. amirani da givi marto darCnen.
_ a, Cemo amiran, rogor mogewona naTloba? Seni pirveli
meqrTamis daWera dagamaxsovrdeba?
_ es ra miqeniT, batono givi! eg kaci Cemi institutis
megobaria, gundSiac erTad vTamaSobdiT, damamaxsovrdeba ki
ara, Tavi ar gamomeyofa.
_ mda, ar aris kargi saqme, magram ras vizamT, mogvandes am
binZuri saqmis keTeba da ar gavakeToT, ar SeiZleba. ojaxSi
purmarilis Semdeg WuWyiani TefSebi rom dagrovdeba, viRa-
cam xom unda garecxos, gaamSralos da Tavisi adgili miuCi-
nos, Cven amisTvis varT mowodebulni!
_ da rom kvlav daisvaros...
_ aba, umagisoba RmerTma nu qnas, maSin viRas dasWirdeba
Cveni samsaxuri da Cven!
_givi, mokled ra eSveleba mag kacs, did `srokze~ ar
gauSvaT!
_ mokled, axla magis binis Cxreka unda CavataroT, Senc
wayevi biWebs, naxe rame gauformebeli iaraRi ar hqondes. Tu
fulze xeli ara aqvs mokidebuli, SeiZleba raRac eSvelos.
_ me mgoni ver moaswrebda, is CamSvebi didis ambiT gamo-
acila, me rom daminaxa, ise gauxarda, konvertisaTvis arc mi-
uqcevia yuradReba, egreve daiwyo sufris gaSla da am dros
Tqveni biWebi Semocvivdnen.

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 _ amiran, xom ici, yvelaferi Cvenze aris damokidebuli,
cota RmerTic unda gwyalobdes kacs. ise, rogori biWia, rom
ar mivawveT, gadamxdeli Tua?
_ megobroba, sufra ar eSleba.
_ Cvens kacs usufrod uWirs fulis gaReba, Torem sufra-
Si imaze orjer mets gadaixdis romlis naxevari Semmowmebels
daakmayofilebda.Semdeg zars TiTi daaWira. Semovida SoTa.
_ ra qeni SoTa, aris fulze TiTebis anabeWdi?
_ fulze ver aRmovaCineT, magram konvertze aris.
_ maSin morCiT mag saqmes, amiranic Tan waiyvaneT, ojaxSi
Cxreka CautareT, iqneb rame naxoT xelmosakidi!
_ xom ar iqneboda sasurveli, batoni givi, eWvmitanilic
daswreboda Tavis binaSi Cxrekas?
_ SeiZleba daeswros! me winaaRmdegi ara var.
cota xnis Semdeg amirani, SoTa da kidev ori TanamSrome-
li TeimurazTan erTad miliciis manqaniT gorgoZis saxls mi-
adgnen. karebSi gaRimebuli saxiT Teimurazis coli gamoege-
baT. magram roca gaigo, vinc iyvnen da razec iyvnen misulni,
Rimili wauxda.
_ Temo, _ gadauCurCula amiranma _ yuri damigde, Tu
iaraRi an fuli gaqvs sadme gadamaluli, axlave miTxari, sad
aris, sanam damswreebs davuZaxebdeT da Cxrekas daviwyebdeT.
meuRles ra qvia?
_ mayvala.
_ qalbatono mayvala, naxeT erTi-ori axlobeli mowmee-
bad. wesia aseTi, Cxrekvas unda daeswron, batoni SoTa, Tqven
winaaRmdegi xom ar iqnebiT?
_ ki batono! vinc gagixardebaT, Tqven TviTon dauZaxeT!
mayvala uxerxulad SeiSmuSna, etyoba aravis daZaxeba ar
exaliseboda da Teimurazs miubrunda:
_ vis davuZaxoT Temo, rom qveyanas ar mosdos Cveni ojax-
is Sercxvena!

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 _ visac ginda dauZaxe, ra, egeni xelfasze cxovroben?
jobs Cvens zeviT jayelebis ojaxi romaa, orTaveni Camovidnen,
isev egeni sjobian sxvebs, naklebad iWoraveben.
mayvala gareT gavida.
_ SoTa, Tqven aq dabrZandiT, am Cemi megobris ojaxSi pirve-
lad var. imis magivrad, SampanurebiT Semovsuliyavi, Cxrekis
orderiT movedi!
_ ras izam, amiran! Senc ici, Cveni neba ar aris amqveynad
yvelaferi!
_ aba, Teimuraz, damaTvalierebine Seni bina, sanam Cxrekas
daviwyebdeT, xom unda vnaxo, ra simdidris patroni xar, Rirs
Tu ara Seni gaCxreka winaswar xom unda mqondes warmodgena!
_ amirani da Teimurazi momdevno oTaxSi gavidnen, Semdeg
aRmoCndnen saabazanoSi sadac Teimurazma abaznis qvemodan
gamoaZro celofanis paketSi gaxveuli fuli, romlic amiran-
ma gamoarTva da saswrafod Caido pijakis jibeSi. Teimurazma
wasCurCula:
_ tualetSi, unitazis baCokSi, celofanSi gaxveuli
makarovis sistemis pistoleti devs.
_ tualeti sad gaqvs, Temo? ager yofila, xom SeiZleba
Sesvla?
amirani Sevida tualetis oTaxSi da iaraRic saswrafod
jibeSi Caido.
mayvala SemouZRva mezobel col-qmars.
SoTam gacno mezoblebs saqmis viTareba, Cxrekis orderi
aCvena da uxalisod daiwyes Cxreka. naxes ramdenime oqros niv-
Ti, romelic mayvalas TqmiT misi mziTevi aRmoCnda. erT-erTi
axalgazrda operi, giga oqruaSvili, Zalze aqtiurobda, tu-
aletis baks saxuravi axada, abazanis qveSac Seixeda, magram
saeWvo veraferi ver naxa. Cxreka damTavrda. mezoblebs xeli
moawerines, Teimurazi Tan waiyvanes da gavidnen, xolo amira-
ni mayvalasTan Seyovnda. man fuli amoiRo jibidan saswrafod
da mayvalas gadasca.

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 _ qalbatono mayvala, am fuls gibrunebT, iaraRi ki CemTan
darCeba da milicias Cavabareb. rac Seexeba Teimurazs, misda
bedad me SevefeTe da konvertidan fulis amoReba da daTvla
ver moaswro, `miawves pirvel Cvenebas~. magis saqme qalaqis
miliciis ufrosis moadgiles, givi xabazs, aqvs, kargi kacia,
masTan laparaki SeiZleba. sjobs saqme miliciaSi mogudoT, ufro
iafi dagijdebaT. me mag saqmeSi ver Caverevi, ris gakeTebac
SemeZlo, gavakeTe. miliciaSi ician, rom Cemi megobaria. me mgo-
ni, maincdamainc tyavs ar gagaZroben. dResve midiT givi xaba-
zTan da daelaparakeT.
_ ki, batono, axlave waval.
_ aba, kargad brZandebodeT, me mgoni, yvelaferi kargad
damTavrda.
* * *
amiranis ganyofileba axal SenobaSi gadavida. saWiro iyo
Sepirebuli avejis gadmotana, an axlis SeZena, radgan Tanam-
SromlebisaTvis aveji aSkara ar hyofnida.
erT dRes nodar ergemliZem daureka da sTxova samuSaos
damTavrebis Semdeg masTan asuliyo kabinetSi. amirani daTqmul
droze masTan iyo. nodari kabinetSi marto iyo. igi maSinve
dafacurda, gamoitana Sampanuri, winaswar momzadebuli saW-
meli da Wiqebi Seavso:
_ amiran, xval Cemi dabadebis dRea. albaT sxva donis da
`mastis~ milocvasac miviReb. iqnebian Cemi is moadgileebic,
romlebic Tavis kabinetebSi Caiketnen da `ara vxedav~-is TamaSi
daiwyes rodesac is morfinisti mosaklavad Semomivarda. es
Taviseburi politikaa, rodesac skamisTvis midis brZola, erT-
maneTs ar indoben. me yvelaferi vici, im eqstremalur situacia-
Si vin rogor moiqca da vin rogor moiqceoda. modi, am WiqiT
Cvens urTierTobas gaumarjos, im urTierTobas, karierisTvis
erTmaneTs rom ar gavwiravT, Torem uxiag kacebze meti ra
aris, zogs iseTi mamiko hyavs, simdidre Tavze gadadis, magram

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mainc komkavSirSi moZvreba karieris gasakeTeblad. raRaca unda
gwamdes, aparatSi muSaobas rom iwyeb, saqmes guliT unda moeki-
do, organizaciuli niWic unda gqondes, unda SegeZlos Seni
azris dacva. marto Casafrebuli ki ar unda iyo _ vis fexi
rogor da rodis gadaubrundeba!
_ gamigia batono nodari, `politika Casafreba da moT-
minebaao~. es uWkuo xalxs ar uTqvams.
_ vidre politikosobas daapireb, jer Seni `me~, Seni rw-
mena, tradiciebi unda gagaCndes, romelic TandaTan sikeTis
keTebisken unda gadaxarSo, Tavi unda Seamowmo, gadaamowmo
xalxi rogor gafasebs da mere unda mokido xeli politikas,
magram mamikos simdidriT gaTavxedebulebs amas ver Seasmen!
_ uxiag kacze, simdidris qona_arqonis miuxedavad, azri
ar unda SevicvaloT, batono nodar, Tu Tqven is kaci ara
gWirdebaT fsonis Casadebad!
_ ras vizamT, esec politikaa. magaTi arc fsoni minda da
arc simdidre! Znelia im xalxTan muSaoba sadac Seni cudic
uxariaT da kargic, radgan orive SemTxvevaSi vakanturi adg-
ili Cndeba karieris kibeze asasvlelad, xolo Tu araferi
xdeba, muSaoben wynarad, magram naperwklis, SemarTebis gareSe,
ara imitom, rom saqme akeTon, aramed raime ar daaSaon da
yvelaze cudi es aris aparatis muSaobaSi.
_ ra vici, yvelas Taviseburad esmis es cxovreba, meoba,
kacoba, saqmis siyvaruli. rodesac adamians uWirs, maSin unda
daexmaro! me marTla minda raRaca gavakeTo, raTa es Cveni
axalgazrdoba narkotiks ar dauZmakacdes, magram es rom ga-
keTdes, aTasi rjulis xalxs unda dauaxlovde, zogs megobra-
dac ki unda moaCveno Tavi. eh, vxedav rom esec binZuri saqmea,
magram samwuxarod am sibinZureSi xelis faTuris gareSe sike-
Tis keTebac ar gamodis. cxovrebaSi jer ar mqonia SemTxveva,
rom Tu SemeZlo, ar davxmarebode adamians, vinc ar unda iyos.
batono nodar! gilocavT dabadebis dRes! minda gisurvoT

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janmrTeloba, warmateba da winsvla! Tuki rameSi gamogadge-
biT, yovelTvis Tqven gverdiT miguleT!
amiranma bakali bolomde Sesva, Semdeg cera TiTze daikaku-
na da uTxra _ase mteri dagecalos!
_ rogoraa, amiran, Tqveni axalmosaxleobis saqme, rogor
moewyveT?
_ yvelaferi wesrigSia, magram Tqveni daxmarebis miuxeda-
vad, aveji ar gvyofnis, gasaSleli divani gvWirdeba, Cems bi-
Webs undaT RamiTac morigeoba davawesoT miliciasTan er-
Tad, gavideT operaciebze, daveswroT da monawileoba mivi-
RoT pirvelad gamoZiebaSi, Torem Cvenamde xma movida, zog
yoC biWs, romelic ZvelbiWobs da cuds arafers akeTebs, xan
narkotiks Caugdebeno, xan iaraRs SeaCeCeben da mere midis
fulis gamoZalva!
_ Tu dasWirdaT, zogs cemen albaT da ise iReben asaRebs.
_ rogorc vTqvi, Cemo nodar, cema zogs uxdeba kidec! me
Tavad davswrebivar. Tavidan elparakebian adamianurad, is
uxeSad pasuxobs. mosdeben da xelad zrdilobiani xdeba; cema
ar aris mTavari, aq upriania, cixeSi ar Seagdon da iq yofnas
ar miaCvion!
_ iq Tu moxvdebian, bevri maTgani Camoyalibebuli naZira-
la xdeba!
_ zogi, Cemo nodar, naZiralad ibadeba; etyoba sazoga-
doebas aseTi xalxic sWirdeba rogorc cxvars mgeli, rom ar
modundes! magram arian kargi biWebi, sisxli rom uduRT da ar
ician TavianTi moWarbebuli energia ras moaxmaron, Cemi neba
rom iyos, alternatiul sasjels SemoviRebdi, magaliTad ga-
rozgva, fuladi jarima. im dRes gaupatiurobaze daiWires
erTi axalgazrda biWi. momewona, mere is `gaupatiurebuli~
gogoc vnaxe da dedamisic. aSkara iyo, im gogos is biWi gogos
Tanxmobis gareSe ver gaaupatiurebda, magram ra ginda hqna,
moitanes eqspertis cnoba Zaladobis Sesaxeb; gogos marTlac
dalurjebuli hqonda mklavebi, rac SeiZleba dedamisis dam-

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saxurebac iyo. naCqmetebiT gamowveuli. im biWs ki xuTwliani
muxli aqvs miyenebuli.
_ ra eSveleba mag biWs amiran, Sen ras fiqrob?
_ me vuTxari, colad moiyvane-meTqi, jer iuara, magram
rom avuxseni rac moeloda cixeSi mag muxliT Sesuls, dafrTxa
da yvelaferze damTanxmda. swored aq aris alternatiuli
kanoni saWiro! Tu marTalia miqara da Tu orive mxare Tanaxma
iqneba, es gogo an colad unda moiyvanos, an kompensacia gada-
uxados jarimis saxiT, an gairozgos. es unda auxsnas am cxov-
rebis kanonebis ucodinar xalxs viRacam, Torem milicias ra
enaRvleba, daiWers, Seagdebs da gegmas Seasrulebs. kaci, gan-
sakuTrebiT ki axlagazrda biWi Tu moxvda cixeSi, is Tavis-
Tvisac dakargulia da qveynisTvisac, radgan Tu kaci didxans
qurdebSi da vigindarebSi moxvda, is qveynisTvisac dakargulia
da TavisianebisTvisac, amazed ki aravin fiqrobs!
_ cota xniT kidev waimuSave Cemo amiran da mere wamoay-
ene Seni kanonproeqti, iqneb zeviT yurad iRon da karierac
ganaRdebuli geqneba. ise amiran, Sen Tu eZeb agentebs, me Zebnis
gareSe myavs Cemi mstovrebi, yvelas unda amiT Tavis gamoCena.
Senze miTxres purmarili uyvars, CxubSi ukan ar ixevso, isic
miTxres, Sens biWs sisxls rom aZlevdi da mere ragbis turnireb-
Si TamaSobdi. gulmokluli biWiao, ra daemarTa biWs, ratom
dasWirda sisxlis gadasxma?
_ ra vici, TiTqmis janmrTeli bavSvi daibada, magram ratom-
Rac `anemia~ daemarTa. eqimma miTxra or dReSi erTxel 200
grami sisxli unda gadausxao. am periodSi gazeT ~socialis-
turi industriis~ egidiT saerTaSoriso matCi gaimarTa,
saqarTvelos nakrebSi Semiyvanes. mwvrTnels rom gaego amden
sisxls viZleodi, ar maTamaSebdnen. mec Cumad vi parebodi saa-
vadmyofoSi, mivcemdi Cems biWs sisxls da mere mivdiodi var-
jiSze an vTamaSobdi. mere SemTxveviT finals bavSvis eqimi
daeswro da Cemi gvari rom gaigona da moedanze daminaxa, pirve-
li taimis Semdeg gasaxdelSi Camovida da Cvens mwvrTnels

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sTxova Sevecvale, `SeiZleba moedanze mokvdeso~. ar mindoda
magram meore taimi Cems magier sxvam iTamaSa.
_ amiran, radgan aseTi guliani kaci xar, modi mec migule
Sens megobrad.
ramdenime sadRegrZelo kidec Sesves, da erTmaneTs daemS-
vidobnen. xuTi wuTis Semdeg amirani Tavis kabinetSi Sevida.
im dRes qurTi gurami da rusi iura morigeobdnen. SezarxoSe-
buli amiranis danaxvaze biWebi fexze wamodgnen da moridebu-
lad SeekiTxnen:
_ xom mSvidobaa batono amiran?! _
_ mSvidobaa, biWebo, mSvidoba _ gaeRima amirans _ aqeT
ra xdeba, miliciis samorigeodan xom ar daurekiaT?
_ darekes, Sen gicdidiT, erTi studenti gogo origi-
nalurad gauqurdiaT!
_ ranairad?
_ sportis sasaxlesTan, gaCerebaze mdgara ase 17_18 wlis
gogona, axalgazrdas gamouvlia _ maT Soris erTi gogo yofi-
la, _ moswonebiaT im gogos Ceqmebi, is ori biWi misula gogo-
nasTan utaciaT xeli mklavebSi, auweviaT maRla, maTTan myof
gogos ki gauxdia axali Ceqmebi, Tavisi Zveli Ceqmebi im gogo-
saTvis Caucmevia, axlebi TviTon Caucvia, madloba gadauxdia
barterisaTvis da sicil-siciliT iqve metroSi Casulan. es
moxda gaCerebaze, xalxis Tvalwin. rodesac `dabarterebu-
li~ gogo da xalxi azrze mosulan, isini ukve gamqralan. ma-
gram darekes, vgoneb dauWeriaT!
_ romel miliciaSi hyavT?
_ Cveni raionis.
_ me Sevivli miliciaSi da erT saaTSi davbrundebi. dRes
mec TqvenTan erTad vimorigeveb.
amirani mTawmindis raionis miliciis moriges miesalma da
sTxova gamomZiebelTan Sexvedra, romelic im axalgazrdebis
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 _ Sedi meoce oTaxSi da iq aris gamomZiebelic, dazarale-
bulic da `barteristebic~.
aminrama karze daakakuna, oTaxSi Sevida. Zvel nacnobs,
miliciis kapitan givi juRels, xeli CamoarTva:
_ givi gamarjoba, SeiZleba daveswro Tqvens saubars?
_ oh, amirans gaumarjos! dajeqi, dajeqi, ra vuyo am xalxs
ar vici, qurdoba Caidines da ver gavagebine, rom am sisulel-
is gulisTvis SeiZleba cixeSi amoyon Tavi.
_ dazaralebuli ras ambobs, rao?
_ arafers. rogorc eseni amboben _ dakavebulebze miuTi-
Ta _ aTi wuTis Semdeg dabrunebulan, undodaT ukan dae-
brunebinaT, vixumreTo, magram xalxma icno isini, miliciisaTvis
daurekiaT da daakaves.
_ mainc rogor moxda es barteri, xelad axali saxeli
mouZebnes qurdobas da mamaZaRlobas!
_ `barteri~, anu gacvla. Sens Zvelmans Tu axal nivTSi
gacvli, ise rom meore mxaris Tanxmoba ar gaqvs, es qurdobaze
uaresia da yaCaRobis muxls rom mivuyeneb, mere iSayiron da
iZaxon barteri. am saxis danaSauli gvaklia axla. yvela uxe-
iro siaxles axalgazrdoba uceb iTvisebs!
_ mainc rogor moifiqreT es barteri? _ Rimils Zlivs
ikavebda amirani.
_ ai im gogos da im biWs erTmaneTi yvarebiaT, es mesame ki
rogorc ambobs momavali xelis momkidea _ mejvarea; amovidnen
metrodan, gogos daunaxia dazaralebulis fexebze axalT-
axali, moduri Ceqmebi da uTqvams, netav sad iSova, mec dam-
amSvenebdao _ aseTi vaJkacis sacoleso! biWebi cota nasvamebi
yofilan da uTqvamT axlave Senc gecmevao, biWebs gogona zeviT
auweviaT, gogos ki gauxdia dazaralebulisTvis axali `sa-
poJkebi~, TviTon Caucvams, Tavisi Zvelebi misTvis Caucmevia
da metroSi gauCinarebulan. mere etyoba mixvdnen rom miqares
da rogorc TviTon amboben, ukan dabruneba undodaT, magram
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 _ ra eSvelebaT axla magaT? ras saqmianoben?
_ biWebi politeqnikurSi swavloben _ mesamekurselebi
arian, gogona _ universitetSi _ filologiurze. dazarale-
bulic universitetSi swavlobs biologiurze. gogoebi
pirvelkurselebi arian. Tu gauwevs Suamdgomlobas komkavSi-
ri da Tqveni mxriv dasjiT, maSin am saqmes msvlelobas ar mivcemT,
miTumetes, dazaralebuls sarCeli ar Semoaqvs.
_ jandaba magaT Tavs! Caviwer monacemebs, xval magaTi ko-
mkavSiris komitetis mdivnebs davurekav da tyavs gavaZrobin-
eb, Cemo givi.
amiranma Caiwera oTxive axalgazrdas misamarTi, telefo-
nis nomrebi, fakultetebi, xelwerili daadebines, rom momaval-
Si aseT sisuleles ar Caidendnen da gauSves.
amirani samsaxurSi dabrunda. im Rames meti RirsSesaniS-
navi arferi momxdara.
meore diliT, morigeebis Sesacvlelad aqtivistebi niko
da kako movidnen, amiranma oTxi aqtivisti rom dainaxa, Ra-
menaTev qurT gurams uTxra:
_ axlaxan qalaqis komkavSiris komitetidan darekes, di-
vani waiReTo, damatebiT gvCuqnian. guram, am biWebs miiyvan
Tbilisis komkavSiris komitetSi, iq Sexval pirvel mdivanTan
da divans mohkideT xeli da moitaneT misi kabinetidan. es
biWebic daixmare mag saqmeSi.
biWebi wavidnen. ar gasula naxevari saaTi da nodari re-
kavs:
_ amiran, biWo, es vin gamomigzavne, meubneba, ginda Tu ara
amiranma brZana mdivani momiyvaneo da gadamekida ginda Tu
ara unda wamoxvideo.
amirans sicili autyda, warmoidgina axmaxi qurTi gurami,
qarTuli mTlad kargad rom ar icis da divani da mdivani
erTmaneTSi aeria.
_ batono nodar, mieci yurmili mag viriSvils, axlave
gavagebineb, qarTuli kargad ar icis da divani da mdivani
erTmaneTsi aeria _ amis gamgone nodarsac gulianad gaecina.

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 _ gismen, amiran ufroso, ar momyveba!
_ biWo guram! mag kacs Tavi daanebe da divani, sawoli,
taxti, biWo, taxti, rom udevs mand, is wamoiRe da Tu rame
sxva avejs gamogatans biWo, aveji wamoiRe!
_ egre geTqva, amiran ufroso, aveji wamoiReo, manqanas
moviyvandi!
_ jer pirvel sarTulze CamoitaneT da mere iSove manqa-
na, mieci axla yurmili baton nodars!
_ batono nodar! kidev erTxel gilocav dabadebis dRes,
daeswari mravals! xom xedav, ra biWebi myavs, Tu Zma xar, ave-
jis naklebobas ganvicdiT, rac gemeteba da ar gemeteba yve-
laferi gamoatane mag kacs.
_ waiRos rac unda kaco, me Tavi damanebos _ icinoda
nodari.
cota xnis Semdeg nodar ergemliZis avejma amiranis kabine-
ti daamSvena.
qurTi gurami, Zalian guliani da gemrieli biWi, jer
qarTul ezoSi gaizarda, rusul skolaSi swavlobda, ojaxi
qurTuli hqonda.
telefonma dareka. yurmilSi qalaqis miliciis ufrosis
moadgilis, givi xabazis, xma gaisma:
_ amiran, gamarjoba, rogor xar, dro rom geqneba gamomi-
are, erTi sarfiani saqme unda SemogTavazoT komkavSirelebs!
_ milicia rodis iyo, Cemo givi, fuls iZleoda, iqiT aqvs
Tvali vis ra waarTvas!
_ mTel qveyanaSi cvlilebebi midis da Cvenc SevicvaleT,
fuls axla qurdebi da komersantebi Souloben, xolo mili-
cia fuls arigebs, meti raRa vqnaT, batono! Tu gcalia, erT
saaTSi me TviTon Semovivli SenTan, _ SesTavaze givim _ Seni
axali misamarTi miTxari! _ amiranma misamarTi ukarnaxa. mar-
Tlac, ar gasula erTi saaTi da givi amiranis kabinetSi Sevi-
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 _ mobrZandi givi, raxan Sen CemTan mosvla iCqare da ika-
dre , raRac karg saqmeze xar mosuli, ise Tavs ar Seiwuxebdi!
_ amiran, am Casworebuli kanonmdeblobis gamosvlis Sem-
deg airia yvelaferi, erTi sityviT, kaci ver dagviWeria. qur-
di Sedis moqalaqis binaSi, nivTebs aurevs, gatana Tu ver
moaswro da daiWire, am qurds meore dRes TavdebiT uSveben.
Sen xom ici qurdis daWeras ramdeni agenturuli monacemi da
wvaleba sWirdeba, xandaxan qurdi rom daviWiroT, TveobiT
vemzadebiT. mosamarTle ki, Tu pirveli SemTxvevaa, egreve Tav-
debSi uSvebs, amasTan gveubneba: Tu nivTi ar gamoitana da ar
gayida, iqneb saxlSi saqurdlad ar Sevida, gza aeria da ami-
tom unda daiWiroTo? miT umetes, Tu pirveli SemTxvevaa!
_ ras izam, Cemo givi, kanons ar unda gadavabijoT, mas
unda SemovuaroT, Tu saWiroa, ormoc unda gavuTxaroT, Sig
CavagdoT kidec, magram, rogorc saxelmwifos instruments da
danaSaulis profilaqtikis instituts angariSi unda gavuwi-
oT! es ritorika Cemi ar aris, sadRac wavikiTxe.
_ Cemo amiran, Seni biWebi unda damaxmaro, sasurvelia
yofili sportsmenebi. im binebSi sadac qurdoba unda moxdes,
winaswar vayenebT video-kameras, Sens TanamSromels Txel `jav-
SanJilets~ CavacmevT _ axlaxan miviReT, vinc ar icis axali
modis perangi hgoniaT. winaaRmdegoba gauwios, cotas mosde-
ben, danas ver daartyamen perangi ecmeva da Cvenc erT 100_150
maneTs gadvuxdiT, sabuTebs SevqmniT, romelsac mosamarTle
ver gaeqceva da verc veqilis mcdeloba uSvelis. dRes veqi-
lis gareSe patimris dakiTxva agvikrZales.
_ imitom Cemo givi, rom arc Tqvena xarT angelozebi da
veqilis daswreba kanonsac akanonebs da Tqvens xalxsac gaap-
atiosnebs.
_ amiran, erTi daimaxsovre, veqili da patiosneba SeuTavse-
belia.
_ etyoba Tqvenebic raRacas mihqaraven dapatimrebis dros.
kargi, amaze saubari sxva dros. ki, magram raSi dagWirdaT Cemi

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biWebi, agentebis meti ra gyavT, Cemebi rom ar gaiyvanoT saqme-
Si?
_ Sen ici, rom mowmed miliciis TanamSromeli ar gamodgeba.
Cvens agentebs mteri endo, Tu fuli misces miTumetes dRes,
SeiZleba qe Tqvas damaZaleso anda iseTi orWofuli Cveneba
misces sasamarTlos, rom amdeni nawvalebi saqme CaiSalos. rac
Seexeba Sens biWebs, isini enTuziastebi arian da Tu dagvex-
marebian, imedia sasamarTloze arc gadaTqvamen TavianT pir-
vel Cvenebas. mokled, mivxvdi Seni xalxis upiratesobas.
_ eg mec karga xania vici, Cemebi rom ufro energiulebi
arian da ideurebi, magram asi maneTi cotaa, bolosdabolos,
sicocxles deben sasworze!
_ biWo, erTxel movedi daxmarebis saTxovnelad da amaze
uars meubnebi? Tan mevaWrebi?
_ kargi, ager arian biWebi da davelaparakebi, Tu dag-
Tanxmdebian, gamoiyene, mainc uxelfasod muSaoben, _ amiranma
yurmili aiRo da dareka. _ guram! biWebTan erTad CemTan Se-
modiT.
gurama, iura, niko da kako Semovidnen.
_ kargi biWebi gyolia, Cemo amiran, swored aseTi xalxi
gvWirdeba damxmared.
_ biWebo, baton givis icnobT. mas Cveni daxmareba sWird-
eba. viRac mouxelTebeli da patroniani qurdi gamouCndaT.
saWiroa misi ara marto daWera, aramed daWedava da maRali
`srokis~ akideba ise, rom patronma ver uSvelos. visac sur-
vili gaqvT, gasaqurdi binis droebiTi patroni Tqven iqnebiT,
winaaRmdegoba ar unda gauwioT da cotaTi Tavic unda gaal-
axinoT. amas video-kamera gadaiRebs da faqti saxeze iqneba.
_ amiran-ufroso, me waval _ Tqva qurTma guramma, _ de-
das vutireb, sul cxvirpirs davamtvrev.
_ ara guram, iq Sen ar gamodgebi, SeiZleba is qurdebi ise
Semogelaxos xelSi, rom dasaWeri Sen gaxde!
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 _ piriqiT, guram, iman unda girtyas, rom daviWiroT, Sen
Tu urtyi, ra gamovida!
_ niko, kako, Tqven ras ityviT? gurami xom xedavT, ukve
Tanaxmaa, Tan erTi as-asormocdaaT maneTs gaCuqeben premiis
saxiT.
_ Tu fuli iqneba, mec Tanaxma var viTanamSromlo _ Tqva
iuram.
_ Cemo givi, biWebi Tanaxma arian, oRond winaswar waavar-
jiSeT, instruqcia mieciT.
_ aba ise xom ar gavuSvebT, mokled biWebis kordinatebs
Caviwer da me TviTon dagikavSirdebi!
_ aba, biWebo, Tavisuflebi xarT, dagvtoveT me da givi,
sasaubro gvaqvs!
biWebi swrafad wamodgnen da gavidnen.
_ amiran, is Seni Zmakaci, mZRolebis ustabaSi, kargi biWi
gamodga, rac saWiro iyo gaiRo, Cvenc rogorc SegveZlo dav-
exmareT, Tavis adgilze muSaobs, gzaTa saministroSi ward-
gineba unda gagvegzavna magis arasaimedoobaze da faqtiurad
ar gagvigzavnia. Sen rom ar yofiliyavi, dRes eg viri abanoSi
iqneboda.
_ im CamSvebs ra uyaviT? me rogorc vici, an erTi unda
daiWiroT cilis wamebaze, an meore _ qrTamis aRebaze.
_ Sens Zmakacs iman uSvela, rom Sen daginaxa da fulis
daTvla ver moaswro da imanac, rom misi iaraRi Sen Caide
jibeSi, Sen xom ar ggonia CvenTan maseTi arifebi muSaoben.
SoTa kiknaZem yvelaferi dainaxa, magram ar gagyida. ise, eg
iaraRi ar Cagibarebia da Tu Caabareb, kargi iqneba.
amirani adga, seifidan iaraRi gamoiRo da givi xabazs
daudo win. _ vinc daabezRa, ar unda dageWiraT?
_ ratom unda dagveWira, iman fuli misca, Senma Zmakacma
ujraSi Cado, qrTamis aReba moxda, micema ver damtkicda, es
Cveni cudi muSaobis Sedegia, romelzedac Cvenc davTanxmdiT,

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radgan fuliT iyo gamagrebuli. rac Seexeba im CamSvebs, is
Senma Zmakacma moawyo sxva avtofarexSi, Tavis kolegasTan.
_ moismines, daadgines, yvela darCa kmayofili!
_ erTi anegdotis ar iyos: `Svili dedas ekiTxeba: mamaCe-
mi rogori kaciao. hee, Svilo, mamaSenisTvis rom meyurebina,
arc Sen ar meyolebodio~, Cvena mTavrobas rom vuyuroT, arc
bina gvinda, arc misi mowyoba, arc manqana da droc ar unda
vataroT. jer Sen axalgazrda xar, ojaxi rom mogawveba, mere
gamixseneb!
_ ojaxi rom ver Sevinaxe ise rogorc Cems kneinas undoda,
amitom var dRes `xalastoi~! Tu saxelmwifo Tavis moxeles
mizerul xelfass uxdis Tavisi mwiri biujetis gamo, maSin man
kanonis farglebSi am moxeles fulis gamomuSavebis saSuale-
bac unda misces jarimebidan, naqurdalidan da qrTamidan, raRac
procentis gamoyofiT, winaaRmdeg SemTxvevaSi, moxele xalxs
ki ar emsaxureba, aramed imas, vinc kanons arRvevs da imas,
visac misi daniSvna-moxsna SeuZlia.
_ magaze nu inerviuleb, Cemo amiran! am qveyanas me da Sen
ver gavasworebT, xval suramSi mivdivarT, erTi dagegmili
operacia unda CavataroT, Tu ginda ori-sami dRiT wamodi,
Tan dagveswrebi, Tan raRacas iswavli, tyuilad xom ar aviRe
Senze Sefoba. erTma qurdma ebraelebze moindoma fulis Sew-
era, imaTma ar Seiweres; am qurdma gaigo marcxena saqonels
rodis miiReben Tbilisis bazidan da `qsivi~ mogvitana. mok-
led yvelaferi damuSavebuli gvaqvs. sasurvelia Senc miiRo
moanwileoba, did rezonans gamoiwvevs da Senc saqmeSi Cage-
Tvleba!
_ am operaciebze ki dagyavar givi, magram iaraRis tarebis
ufleba ar unda gamiformo?
_ Tu ar metyvi, gulTmisani xom ar var! xval wasvlis win
iaraRsac dagaxvedreb da misi tarebis nebarTvasac.
_ CemTan pirvelad xar, cota xom ar dagvelia, biWebi
axlave moitanen restornidan yvelafers!

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 _ Sens kabinets mere davlocav, roca wesierad moewyobi.
danarCeni suramSi, iq sastumroSi vCerdebiT da Tu raimes kisre-
bas fiqrob, iq ikisre!
_ kargi, egre iyos.
_ xval aTi saaTisTvis gavdivarT. gelodebi, axla wave-
di.
meore dRes, daTqmul dros, amirani givis kabinetSi iyo,
iqve iyo SoTa kiknaZe, ori opermuSaki da qurdi `kola~ _ is
morfinisti, romelic amiranma nodar ergemliZis kabinetidan
saaRdgomo batkaniviT zurgze mokidebuli miliciis ganyo-
filebaSi Caiyvana.
_ amirans gaumarjos! droze moxvedi, aq yvela nacnobia
SenTvis. me mgoni kolas icnob, Cveni frontis Cumi muSakia,
roca saWiroa, gvexmareba da amitom patar-patara SeRavaTebs
vuwevT.
_ am kacma qalaqis komkavSiris mdivans mokvla moundoma
da gareTaa?
_ jer erTi es WkuanaRrZobia _ saavadmyofoSi iwva, mere
Senma ufrosma am saqmis gaxmaureba TviTon ar moindoma: amasTan
piroba dado, rom mets aRar miqaravs! aba, biWebo! _ CadiT
qveviT, manqanebi gamoiZaxeT da mec Camoval.
oTaxidan yvela rom gavida amiranma hkiTxa givis:
_ givi erTi gamagebine, Sens ganyofilebas `datacebis, so-
cialuri sakuTrebis dacvasTan mebrZoli ganyofileba~ hqvia
da ra sfero exeba, vgoneb, yvelaferi, ara?
_ daviwyoT: spekuliantoba, dataceba, qrTami, momxmareb-
lis motyueba, TaRliToba, Tanamdebobis borotad gamoyene-
ba, yalbi sabuTebis gamoyeneba, falsificireba, akrZaluli
rewva da sxva.
_ yalbi fulis moWra, beWdebis gakeTeba?
_ esec Cveni saqmea, magram saxelmwifo uSiSroebis komi-
teti unda gvyavdes saqmis kursSi da mag saqmeebs magaT va-
ZlevT. arc saxeiroa da myrali suni asdis.

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 _ aba, yalb fulze saqme ar mogitanoT? egre gamodis.
_ amiran, Sen moitane yvela saqme, mere Cven vnaxavT, Tu
saxeiroa, Cven gamoviZiebT, Tu ara da Cvens Zmebs mivcemT uSiS-
roebaSi. aba, axla CavideT, biWebi gvelodebian!
_ Cemi iaraRis saqme rogor aris? dagaviwyda albaT.
_ Cemo amiran, daimaxsovre. givi xabazs arasodes araferi
aviwydeba. Seni iaraRic da misi tarebis nebarTvac SoTa kiknaZes
udevs jibeSi da suramSi sastumroSi sazeimo viTarebaSi unda
gadmogceT!
ori saaTis Semdeg suramis sastumroSi iyvnen. givi da ami-
rani erT oTaxSi moTavsdnen, SoTa kiknaZe da miliciis lei-
tenanti geronti maisaia meoreSi, mZRoli calke moaTavses
oradgilian nomerSi, xolo kola Tavis amfsonebSi cxovrob-
da da misi vali iyo rogorc ki `marcxenaTi~ datvirTuli
sabargo manqana univermaRSi gadmoitvirTeboda, maSinve ec-
nobebina givisaTvis. givi Tavisi jgufs suramSi malavda da
xaSuris raionis milicias jer-jerobiT ar atyobinebda, rad-
gan gacemis eSinoda. suramis univermaRis gamges raionSi yvela
icnobda da albaT bevri iyo misgan davalebuli.
_ batono givi, sad aris Cveni operatiuloba, Tu yvelam
gaigo Cveni Camosvlis mizezi? _ cota ar iyos gakvirvebulma
ikiTxa amiranma.
_ arc iseTi miamitebi varT, Sen rom ggonia, sastumroSi
adgilebi Cven ki ar davjavSneT, aramed xaSuris mefrinveleo-
bis fabrikis direqtorma daureka administrators da man
dajavSna givi xabazis saxelze, ra icis administraciam vin aris
givi xabazi! man fabrikis direqtors sca pativi da misi nac-
nobebisaTvis saukeTeso nomrebi dajavSna! guSin diliT mag
kacma Cvens ufross daureka da raRac daxmareba sTxova, xom
ici `xeli xels banso~ da ufrosmac Cveni mowyoba daavala
erTi-ori dRiT!
_ sanam eg Seni fabrikis direqtori gaigebs Cvens Camosv-
las, Cems sakisrebels vikisreb, _ gaiqaCa amirani _ Torem mogv-

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Sivda yvelas, erTi yuTi Sampanuri Tbilisidan wamoviRe, cota
raRaceebi gzaSi viyide, danarCenic ager bufetSi SevukveTeT
da SemovitaneT.
marTlac Semoitanes nomerSi is saWmel-sasmeli, rac bufet-
Si SeukveTes, SoTam CanTidan moxarSuli dedali amoiRo,
gerontimac ojaxidan wamoRebuli raRac-raRaceebi Semouma-
ta da didebuli sufra gaiSala. Tamadad, ra Tqma unda, givi
airCies.
_ am sasmisiT minda Sevsva am sufris wevrebis sadRegrZe-
lo, gagvimarjos! yvelas gisurvebT janmrTelobas, warmatebas
sasicocxlo sivrcis mosapoveblad, rac azrs aZlevs Cvens cxov-
rebas, mizans gvisaxavs _ karierisken nabiji win wasadgmelad!
_ va, raRac Zalian rTulad daiwye givijan Tamadoba!
_ Cemo amiran, me rTuli kaci var, Sen dRes Cveni stumari
xar, rasac vityviT an movimoqmedebT, unda agvyve.
_ batoni brZandebi, rogorc Sen, ityvi ise moviqcevi!
_ SoTa, moitane amiranis iaraRi da mowmoba, sazeimo vi-
TarebaSi gadavceT, Torem dRes eg ar momasvenebs!
SoTa wamodga da givis gadasca tyavis budeSi Cadebuli
`makarovi~ da wiTelydiani wignaki _ iaraRis tarebis nebarTva.
_ gilocav, amiran, Cvens rigebSi mosvlas. kacs rom iaraRi
uyvars, xifaTiani cxovreba moswons, is adre Tu gvian Cveni
saministros TanamSromeli xdeba, ginda komkavSirSi muSaobdes
da ginda partiaSi. amirans gaumarjos! kargi biWia, Tavidanve
momewona, rogorc SemiZlia Sefobas giwev Zmao, gaswavli. axla
sxva adgilze da sxva garemoSi rom viyoT, mTel mWids daga-
clevinebdi! eg Semdeg CvenTan, tirSi. Cvens stumars gaumarjos!
_ ratom stumari, _ Seedava SoTa _ jer erTi, ukve meore
operaciaSi varT erTad da sul imis SiSSi var, vinme Zmakaci
an naTesavi ar gamouCndes am univermaRSi, meorec stumars,
romelsac karze dakakuneba ar sWirdeba, radgan xelebi aqvs
dakavebuli, xolo fexi kargad aqvs navarjiSebi karis gasaRe-
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 yvelas gaecina, SoTam gadakocna amirani da guliT miu-
loca iaraRi!
_ gagimarjos amiran, gisurveb warmatebebs! _ Tqva geron-
tim da Wiqa tuCTan miitana.
_ biWo, geronti, _ uTxra givim _ yvelaferSi Cum-Cuma
rogor xar, es kaci xval SeiZleba RmerTisxela kaci gaxdes,
amasTan Sen dRes Cven gverdiT xar da patara mWermetyveleba-
Si gamoiCine Tavi, isedac xisTavianebi vgonivarT xalxs! raRa-
ca iseTi gviTxari, rom komkavSirTan ar SevrcxveT!
_ Cemo amiran, martivad mcxovrebi adamiani laRad cx-
ovrobs, iolad icvlis qalebs, samsaxurs, garemos, erTi si-
tyviT, is yoveli dRiT nasiamovnebia, SenTvisac yvela dRe
siamovnebis da bednierebis momtani yofiliyos!
_ ase, Cemo geronti, es sityva-pasuxi ar geSleba da saqme-
Si Tu ara, sufraze mainc gamoaCine Cveni ganyofileba.
_ es yvelaferi kargia, Cemo SoTa, es saRamo kargad Cava-
tareT amiranis wyalobiT, magram ufrosis pativiscema mainc
geSlebaT, _ gerontim da SoTam erTmaneTs gakvirvebulebma
gadaxedes _ deserti, biWebo, deserti damakeliT, amisTana
purmarilis Semdeg kargi qalic ar gvawyenda.
_ o, o xo, xo! _ axorxocdnen kacebi.
_ wvimas da qals SeWirvebis dros yvela natrulobs.
sawadelis asrulebis Semdeg erTi qolgis ZebnaSia, meore _
sawolidan Tavis daRwevas cdilobs. ase ar mogivides, Cemo
givi. _ gaecina amirans.
_ Sen mag lozungebiT laparaks Tavi daanebe! Cems biWebs
eg ar eSlebaT. SoTa, amdeni xania Cemi TanamSromeli xar, ma-
gram Cemi karnaxis gareSe mainc ar SegiZlia muSaoba. midi sarTu-
lis morigesTan, maseTi qalebis meti ra eyolebaT!
_ ufroso, eg saqme gerontis daavaleT, CvenTan Sedare-
biT axalgazrda kacia, amasTan dazverva da ufrosis uzrun-
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 geronti wamodga da oTaxidan gavida. cota xnis Semdeg
Semovida da ormoc wels mitanebuli sarTulis morige Semoiy-
vana.
_ gamarjobaT, Cemo stumrebo, _ ager, batoni geronti
Tqvens gaWirvebaze mesaubra, Tu winaaRmdegebi ar iqnebiT, me
myavs Cemi tyupis cali da gadasarevad lamazi qali, iseTive
rogorc me, mxolod ufro gamxdari da moxdenili, is mogem-
saxurebaT. Tu iseT temperaments gamoiCenT, rom is ver agivaT,
mec davexmarebi.
_ Tqveni saxeli gvaCuqeT, qalbatono!
_ me inesa mqvia, Cems das _ inga.
_ ki magram, ar SeiZleba Tqvengan daviwyoT? _ ikiTxa
givim.
_ Cemi morigeobis dros vcdilob am saqmes ar gavekaro,
magram Tqven iseTi kargi xalxi CanxarT, Cemi princi pebis dar-
Rveva momiwevs _ `daimorcxva~ inesam.
_ dareke, inesa dareke da droze gagvacani Seni da Torem
amiranis qaragmebiT laparaki yelSi amomivida _ gaecina givis.
_ pirveli ori saaTi _ ocdaaTi maneTi, radgan samuSao
bevria, xolo Semdeg yvela saaTi TqvenTan yofna _ aTi maneTi,
mTeli dRe erT kacTan yofna asoci maneTi. _ sxapasuxiT mia-
yara inesam _ Tu gawyobT, davrekav. avansi gadamixadeT, _
yovelgvari damorcxvbisa da mikib-mokibvis gareSe moiTxova
inesam fuli.
_ SoTa, mieci as oci maneTi, magram icodeT, qalbatono
inesa, Tu ar mogvewoneba Seni da, Sen mogiwevs am fulis gamo-
muSaveba!
_ ki, batono, me Tanaxma var.
SoTam fuli daTvala da misca. ar gasula naxevari saaTi
da inesam Tavisi tyupiscali, inga, Semoiyvana, romelic ufro
moxdenilad da axalgazrdulad gamoiyureboda, vidre misi
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 _ mobrZandiT _ wamodga givi _ dabrZandiT, qalbatono
inga, jer pur-mariliT visiamovnoT, mere sxva ramiT!
_ vin iqneba dRes Cemi Seyvarebuli? _ ikiTxa ingam, _ xom
iciT, siyvaruli es xelovnebaa, is loginSi xelosnobad ar
unda gadavaqcioT _ RimiliT daumata man.
_ me viqnebi! _ gaebadra saxe givis _ sazogadoebam ase
gadawyvita!
_ me aseTi winadadeba maqvs, modiT, axlave gasiamovnebT,
Torem mere Tqveni wvalebis Tavi ar maqvs. zogierTi rom
gamoTvreba, arc ki axsovs, risTvis momiyvana.
_ sruli WeSmaritebaa, _ wamoxta fexze givi, _ aba, es
pur-marili Cqara gaitaneT SoTas nomerSi da me da inga aq
dagvtoveT, Cven mere SemogierTdebiT... _ acmukda givi.
biWebma swrafad wamoavles xeli sasmel-saWmels da oTaxi-
dan gavidnen. saWmelis gatanaSi maT ingac exmareboda.
_ SoTa-batono, rom morCebiT qeifs, mere modiT CemTan,
raRac saintereso unda mogiyveT _ miubrunda inga SoTas gas-
vlisas da mravalmniSvnelovnad gauRima.
_ au, biWo SoTa, daginaxa gadamxdeli rom xar da Seni
Secdena unda _ gaecina amirans.
_ me, Zmao, or siamovnebas, _ qals da Rvinos, _ erTmaneTs
ver vuTavseb. amasTan, mamakaci qalis tuCebiT unda sazrdoob-
des da iqidan amohqondes neqtari da Tavbrudamxvevi kaifi
unda ganicados, Tore, marto kocna yvelas SeuZlia, ise me
cota Zveli yaidis kaci var, mag qals bevri eyoleba Tavisi
kocnis safasurad nasiamovnebi da magisTana qalebze guli ar
mimdis, Tu vinmes gindaT eg qali, damiTmia.
_ SoTa, givi ase magaria qalebSi, rom erT dRes uqalod
ver Zlebs? _ ikiTxa amiranma.
_ magari ara, Wiri! tyuilad maxarjvinebs fuls, magram
xom ici, ufrosia, Tavis gamoCena uyvars, unda ufrosebSi rom
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operi da rogorc kaci _ kargia, Tu Cveni profesiis xalxze
raime kargi iTqmeba.
_ ki, magram im maRaziaSi rodis unda SevideT?
_ rogorc Cveni agenturi monacemebidan viciT, xval dRis
meore naxevarSi unda Semoitanon ori manqana saqoneli, pirveli
manqana _ `marjvena~, xolo meore manqana igive nomrebiT da
saaRricxvo anabriT _ `marcxena~ da eg unda daviWiroT. mag
meore manqanis dacla albaT RamiT damTavrdeba da maSin unda
davadgeT Tavze.
gerontim WiqaSi Rvino daasxa, maRla awia da Tqva:
_ am WiqiT biWebo Cvens umadur saqmes gaumarjos! amdens
iwvaleb, Tu gamogivida da daviWerT, cotaxans awvaleben,
gafcqvnian, mere gantevebis vacs gamonaxaven, Cvens asaReb fuls
aTjer metad egeni aiReben, Cven madloba, qebis sigeli, magaT _
fuli. eg univermaRis direqtori an darCeba, an vinme Tavis
axlobels moiyvans da daitovebs wils.
_ aba, rogor ginda, Cvenc xom unda vaCvenoT muSaobis
Sedegi, ise vin gagaCerebs, Cvenc xom gvinda CasaTvleli qule-
bi. eg fuli sul Cven rom aviRoT, prokurori, mosamarTle,
veqili, partia xom darCa umayuToT!
_ ki, magram partia ra SuaSia? _ ikiTxa amiranma.
_ SuaSi kia ara Cemo amiran, TavSia! kadrebs partia niS-
navs faqtiurad, am univermaRis direqtoris daniSvnaSi xom
aiRo Tavis droze fuli, axla Tu am direqtors daviWerT,
axla sxva direqtoris daniSvnaSi aiRebs fuls, Tu davtovebT,
mainc fuls waarTmevs, rom undobloba ar gamoucxados da
mis darCena-ardarCenis sakiTxi partiis biuroze ar gaitanos.
ase, rom partia yovelTvis mogebulis rolSi gamodis, erTi
sityviT, es cxovreba, Cemo amiran amdagvar ZaRliSvilobazea
agebuli.
_ didfulobas da ufulobas erTnairi simptomebi aqvs:
pirvelisaa nervuli Soki, fuli rom ar daikargos, xolo
meore Tavis ususurobaze nerviulobs, sarCos rom ver Sou-

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lobs. ase, rom yvelaze karg pirobebSi Cven varT, komkavSirlebi
arc gvaSimSileben da arc gvalaReben, rom ar vinerviuloT
da fiqriT ar gavcdeT.
_ eh, am cxovrebas verafers gaugeb Cemo amiran, rodesac
fuli gaqvs, saxelis moxveWas cdilob, rodesac mizans miaRw-
ev, isev fulis keTebisaken giWiravs Tvali, TiTqos am fuleb-
Si unda Segaxvios viRacam da Cagflas miwaSi.
_ amqveynad mudmivi da daumTavrebeli araferia. fulis
keTebas, albaT, imitom veCaliCebiT, rom simdidres Cveni si-
bere gvinda amovafaroT.
am dros kari gaiRo da sastumros nomerSi givi Semovida
ingasTan erTad.
_ magari qalia, Zmao! jer aseTi profesionali ar Semx-
vedria! xeli aravin axlos, gafrTxilebT!
_ ara, batono givi, rogor gekadreba, eg qali Tqvenia da
Tqven mogaxmaroT RmerTma! gana magisi da naklebi iqneba? ras
ityvi inga?
_ Cemi dac magaria, magram ojaxi hyavs, xandaxan morigeo-
bisas Tu waicelqebs kacebTan. teqnikas kidev givisTana magari
mamakacebTan vxvewav seqsSi. batono givi! xom magari var, Cem-
saviT, Tu usiamovnebixar romelime qals!
_ ara biWebo, magari vinmea, eg horizontalurad dawva
da me vertikalurad, ase rom metad saintereso qalia. mok-
led aSkarad garyvnilobas veweviT me da inga _ aRtacebuli
laparakobda givi.
_ garyvnilobaa Cemo givi rodesac Jins ikmayofileb, xolo
rodesac xorcsac aameb erTdroulad, mkurnaloba hqvia!
_ erTi Wiqa damalevineT, ingasTan yofnis minda avRniSno!
_ Tqva givim.
_ givi, smas SeeSvi, wamo Sens nomerSi, axal pozas gaswav-
li. aba, biWebo, kargad iyaviT! _ ingam givis staca xeli da
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 _ au, givis daerxa, eg qali tyavs gaaZrobs, didis ambiT
rom trabaxobs, xeli ar axloTo, cota xanSi me mgoni TviTon
Segvexveweba, waiyvaneT, Tavi damaneboso, _ icinoda SoTa.
am dros karebze kakuni gaisma, kari gaiRo da inesa Semovida:
_ aba, axla davwveT, Ramis sami saaTia.
_ Cemo inesa, me Cems nomerSi ar miSveben, Seni daa iq _
daiwuwuna amiranma.
_ maSin Sen wamoxval Cems oTaxSi, Tan ocdaaTi maneTic
gamoiyole!_ axla ise var qalbatono inesa, Zilis meti araferi
minda!
_ Sen fuli gadaixade da ginda iZine, ginda isiamovne,
CemTvis sulerTia, Cem nomris RirebulebaSi momsaxurebis fu-
lic Sedis.
SoTam jibeSi xeli Caiyo, ocdaaTi maneTi inesas misca da
uTxra:
_ a, Cemo inesa, amis xarjebi gadaxdilia da Tu tyavs
gaaZrob, premiasac gamogiwer!
_ Zalian kargi, aba, axla daiZineT, _ fuli jibeSi Caido,
amirans xeli waavlo da waiyvana.
amirani meore dRes gvian adga, gverdze aravin ewva, Caic-
va da SoTas nomerSi Sevida. aq ukve yvelani Sekrebiliyvnen.
givisTvis daurekiaT da ucnobebiaT, rom pirveli manqana di-
lis aT saaTze gamovida da ukve icleboda unvermaRSi. axla
saWiro iyo am manqanis meore reiss saRamosTvis dalodebod-
nen. givi daZabuli iyo. wamdauwum saaTs dascqeroda. am dros
ingam SemoaRo kari:
_ givi, droa, nomerSi Semodi, gicdi! _ da karebi gaixura.
_ momkla am qalma, eg ranairi bozia ver gavige, me unda
vaZalebde da eg maZalebs, kaco, guSin xuTjer viyavi da meti
aRar SemiZlia! _ aSkarad waitrabaxa givim.
amiranma da SoTam erTmaneTs gadaxedes da gaiRimes. SoT-
am Tvali Caukra da xelebi gaSala. ra uyoT mag qals, batono
givi, uTxariT Tavisufali xar-Tqo, Tavisi xom miiRo.

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 _ veubnebi kaco, magram `me SenTan ocdaoTx saaTi unda
viyoo~, ase, rom Tu vinmes gindaT, mixedeT, me da SoTa wavediT
univermaRSi, erTi SevalT, davzveravT.
_ ingas ra vuyoT, batono givi. winaaRmdegoba rom gagvi-
wios da gviTxras, Tqven vin gekiTxebodaTo, _ ikiTxa geron-
tim RimiliT.
_ rac ginda is uyavi, Seni moyvanilia da Sen mixede!
_ vaa, rom ar wavides, ra vqna!
_ rac gindaT, is qeniT, uTxariT, givi gadaudebel saqmeze
wavida-Tqo. SoTa, wavediT, kola da mZRoli Tu movidnen, aq
daicadon!
SoTa da givi gavidnen nomridan.
_ geronti, gagimarTla ufross daerxa da nasufrali mo-
gigdo, midi, mixede, qvislebi gavxdebiT, _ icinoda amirani.
_ magas marto ambiciebi awuxebs, imas mainc gavigeb, ram-
denjer iyo mag qalTan, aq rom gagveqaCa, xuTjer viyavio! _ am
dros gaiRo karebi da inga Semovida:
_ sad aris givi, xom vuTxari, gicdi-meTqi!
_ givi saqmeze gavida da me gadmomabara mTeli uflebebi,
maT Soris Senzec, Cemi inga!
_ Zalian kargi! Sen ar jobixar, ufro axalgazrda xar,
janiani, aba, dayaWe ocdaaTi maneTi da Senc mogemsaxurebi.
_ inga, ar SeiZleba nisiad? Cveni xazindari SoTaa, me ki
fuli ar maqvs.
_ amiransac man gadauxada Cems dasTan yofnis fuli?! ise,
Seni Zalian kmayofilia Cemi da, _ miubrunda inga amirans, _
magari mamakaciao, samjer siqa gamacalao!
_ givim ramdenjer gaacala `siqa~ qalbatono inga? _ dain-
teresda geronti.
_ erTnaxevarjer?
_ eg ranairi angariSia, an erTi an ori.
_ erTi, rogorc iqna, moaxerxa, meored ramdenjerac dai-
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yebuli saqmec daemTavrebina, magram gameqca. _ mere gerontis
miutrialda, aaTval-CaaTvaliera, etyoba, moewona _ janda-
bas Seni Tavi, iyos nisia, vnaxoT, ra kaci xar!
amirani gareT gavida da isic universamisaken gaemarTa.
amirani da sabargo manqana erTad miadgnen universams. manqanis
dasaclelad moemzadnen.
amirani Sevida universamSi. iq ukve gamoetanaT gasayidad
diliT mitanili xelovnuri tyavis qalisa da kacis paltoe-
bi. Sexeduleba sakmaod kargi hqonda, arc Zviri ar iyo, modu-
ric iyo. ioli Canda misi swrafi realizacia. risi gayidvac
suramSi ver moxdeboda, xaSuris sxva regonebSi daigzavnebo-
da.
amiranma palto moizoma, kargad moergo, mouxda kidec.
magram misi SeZena SemdgomisaTvis gadado. xalxi sakmaod mrav-
lad ireoda mza tansacmlis ganyofilebasTan da ramdenime
palto gaiyida kidec, cxadia, meore dRes momxmarebeli gac-
ilebiT meti eyolebodaT.
saRamos rva saaTisTvis meore manqana daicala da opera-
tiuli jgufi givis xelmZRvanelobiT, romelSic Sediodnen
geronti, SoTa, amirani, Sevidnen universamis sawyobis Sesa-
mowmeblad. maT gamoegebaT universamis direqtori ioseb xaniaS-
vili. givim auxsna misvlis mizezi.
_ ras brZanebT, batono, yvela sabuTi adgilze maqvs, mo-
brZandiT, SeamowmeT, magram sanamdis Semowmebas daiwyebdeT,
raionis miliciis administraciasac SevatyobinoT, ise me Ses-
amowmeblad sawyobSi ver SegiSvebT!
_ axlave davrekav suramis miliciaSi _ Tqva givim.
_ ratom suramis miliciaSi? darekeT raionSi, daibareT
Tqveni kolegebi, SevqmnaT komisia da rac Tqven gainteresebT,
yvelaferi SevamowmoT!
_ am Rames ra komisia Sevqmna!
_ eg Tqveni saqmea, Cemi winadadeba aseTia, davluqoT saw-
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daurekeT, Camovidnen da ki, batono, me araferi maqvs sawi-
naaRmdego, miT umetes, rom ori kviris winaT revizia Cami-
tares.
_ kargiT, Tqven wabrZandiT, Cven movaTaTbirebT, _ uTxra
givim.
_ raRac magrad dgas, ar eSinia, vinmem xom ar gaafrTxi-
la! _ gadaulaparaka SoTam gerontis.
_ ra vici, JurnalSi qarxnis mxolod erTi faqturaa da
erTi manqanis gamosvlaa dafiqsirebuli. qarxnis sawyobebic
daxurulia. faqtia, rom manqana orjer daicala. gamodis, rom
erTi manqana saqoneli `marcxenaa~.
_ magas albaT adgilobrivi datacebis ganyofilebis ime-
di aqvs!
_ albaT imitomac moiTxovs daJinebiT imaT mowvevas.
_ axla Ramis aTi saaTia, sawyobi davluqoT, sabargo man-
qanis mZRoli davakavoT da xval SevudgeT saqmes; geronti,
Sen mixede daluqvis saqmes da xval CavataroT revizia. SoTa,
Semovides direqtori!
direqtori Semovida.
_ batono ioseb, radgan gviania, Cvens TanamSromlebTan
erTad davluqavT sawyobs da xval daviwyebT Semowmebas Tqveni
raionis warmomadgenlebTan erTad. geronti, gayevi baton
iosebs da erTad daluqeT sawyobi. amas Senc daeswrebi! _
miubrunda amirans.
iosebsa da gerontis amirani da universamis TanamSrom-
lebi gahyvnen, romlebic direqtoris kabinetTan icdidnen.
amiranma Tvali mohkra, Tu rogor gadasca celofnis paketi
direqtorma gerontis, romelmac paketi saswrafod pijakis
jibeSi gaaqana. amirans gulma reCxi uyo. mividnen sawyobTan,
darwmundnen, rom mas erTi didi karebi aqvs. gerontim luqi
sanTebelaze gaadno, Semdeg Tasmebi karebSi gauyara, zed luqi
daado da beWedi dausva yvelas daanaxa luqi da masze amotv-
ifruli nomrebi, dawera aqti, xeli moaweres da daiSalnen.

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 sastumroSi, diliT, kola movida da givis moaxsena:
_ guSin universami Ramis or saaTamde muSaobda; rac suram-
Si ebraeloba iyo, yvela tyavis paltoebiT da fuTebiT gamo-
dioda. amdeni xalxi Tbilisis univermaRebSi ar minaxavs me
mgoni raRaca waiCaliCa universamis direqtorma, Zalian Se-
bertyili vinmea, yvelasTan kargad aris.
meore diliT, aTi saaTisTvis komisiam, romelSic raionis
miliciis warmomadgenlebi eswrebodnen daiwyes luqis axsna
karebze. sawyobs didi karebi hqonda. masSi datanebuli iyo
patara karebic xalxis Sesasvlelad, xolo didi karebi iRe-
boda maSin rodesac saqoneli SehqondaT manqanebiT. orive
kars sami gasayreli ena hqonda boqlomisTvis da orTaves erT-
droulad ketavda. SoTam luqiani zonari gadaWra daniT, ma-
gram zonari ar mouSorebia. amirans moeCvena, rom daluquli
zonari marto patara karebis enaSi iyo gayrili. Sevida komi-
sia, daiwyes aRwera, yvelaferi zedmiwevniT wesrigSi iyo. givis
ratomRac eWvi Seepara didi karebis daluqvis sisworeSi da
moiTxova karebis gaReba. luqSi sadavo araferi ar iyo, ma-
gram didi karebi rom gaiRo, gairkva, rom zonari gayrili iyo
patara karebisa enasa da didi karebis mxolod erT enaSi. e.i.
karis gaReba SeiZleboda ise, rom luqi ar dazianebuliyo.
givi gacecxlda. geronti gverdze gaiyvana da mkacrad See-
kiTxa:
_ ganzrax gaakeTe?
_ ratom ganzrax, givi, iosebi mexmareboda daluqvaSi,
mec gavsinje, Toki kargad iyo amoyrili, Cemi xeliT davluqe.
_ Ralatis suni asdis Sens daluqul karebs, samive enaSi
gauyare zonari?
_ rogor gekadreba, amiranic CemTan ar iyo? pirvelad
xom ar vluqav, magas rogor ver SevamCnevdi!
_ kargi, wavideT sastumroSi, am saqmidan araferi gamova.
damirekes, qarxanaSic yvelaferi wesrigSiao.

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 amiranic uxerxulad grZnobda Tavs, marTalia misTvis
aravis araferi uTqvams, magram mixvda, rom iosebma da geron-
tim koleqtivi gaacures, gerontim kolegebi da sakuTari sin-
disic gayida.
yvelani sastumroSi dabrundnen, am dros oTaxSi inga Se-
movida.
_ givi, ar viwawlaoT?
_ inga, Zalian cud xasiaTze var, Tavi damanebe, sxvasTan
iwawlave!
_ cudi xasiaTi, Cemo givi SeiZleba sasmeliT an qalTan
alersiT gamovakeToT, ise, ukanaskneli jobs, _ `paxmeliaze~
gamosvla ar dagWirdeba!
_ axla iseT xasiaTze var inga, rom arc sma SemiZlia da
arc qalTan alersi. Tu ginda rekomendacias gagiwev biWebTan.
_ magaT fuli ara aqvT da ise ra interesia!
_ fuli Tu magaT ara aqvT, me sul ufulo var, ager
amirani waiyvane!
_ amiran, wavideT, _ gamxiarulda inga, xeli waavlo amirans
da karebisaken waiyvana, amiranic gahyva.
_ inga, ra temperamentiani qali xar, guSin Rame xom iyavi
gerontisTan, ver dagakmayofila? _ `dainteresda~ amirani.
_ ra vici, diliTYrom gaviRviZe, xuTi saaTi iyo, geronti
ar Canda, mere diliT Sevedi masTan oTaxSi arc iq iyo, qveviT
rom Cavedi, manqanidan gadmovida, `sad iyavi~-meTqi vkiTxe,
`ager bazarSi viyavi da raRa-raRaceebi movitaneo~ da erTi
celofnis savse parkiT xili gadmoitana.
_ inga, ra vqnaT? yvela oTaxi dakavebulia, sad movaxerx-
oT Cveni saqme? mere Senma dam rom gaigos, ar ewyineba?
_ magaze nu dardob, Sen fuli gadaixade! mokled mome-
wone da Seni sinjis aReba mec minda, gadaixade aTi maneTi, sul
tyuilad xom ar mogcem, es profesiis Ralatad CameTvleba.
xom ici, Cemi profesiis qalis ufulod xmareba gaupatiurebis
tolfasia da Tu samarTalia, is kanoniT unda isjebodes!

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 _ inga, fuli ara maqvs, Tu ginda nisiad da TbilisSi rom
Camoxval, gagistumreb.
_ Tqven ranairi Tbiliselebi xarT, geronti naxevar fas-
Si vasiamovne, SoTas fuli gauTavda, Sen fuli ara gaqvs,
mokled, SercxviT Tbiliselebo!
_ ra vqna, inga, asea da ra giyo!
_ jandaba Sens Tavs, radgan biWi momewone, ise vikisreb,
CemTan wavideT saxlSi.
im Rames amirani ingasTan darCa. Tavi ar Seircxvina. meore
dRes ori saaTisaTvis saerTo aqti daiwera. iosebma komisiis
wevrebi restoranSi dapatiJa, magram givim moimizeza `samsax-
urSi meCqarebao~ da sastumrosken gaemarTa. oTaxebi Caabares
administrators da wasasvlelad moemzadnen. am dros ingac
gamoCnda. mivida givisTan da uTxra:
_ givi, erTi cudi rame unda giTxra, dRes diliT analiz-
is pasuxi miTxres da sifilisi aRmomaCnda, me kidev gavesinje-
bi, magram Tqvenc gaesinjeT, iqneb marTlac rame mWirs da colebs
raime ar ahkidoT, aba, kargad iyaviT, gamojanmTelebulebi menax-
eT! _ Tqva da oTaxi datova. biWebi SeSinebuli miaCerdnen
erTmaneTs.
_ ra Tarsi kvira gamodga es SobelZaRli! 21 dRe cols
ver unda gavekaro! daiwyo axla saxlSi cirkebis gamarTva,
xan wnevis momizezeba, xan Tavis tkivili da ra vici kidev ra,
axia Cemze! ra awyobili operacia CagveSala, sul gerontis
bralia. Cemi xeliT unda dameluqa sawyobi da yaraulic unda
dameyenebina!
_ givi, iqneb mTlianad universami unda dagveluqa, eg
iosebi iseTi Sebertyili kacia, etyoba pirveli partia se-
qciebSi daariga da zogic gayida, zogic axloblebs gaatana,
xolo meore partia, rac iyo, is gvaCvena `gapravebuli~.
_ kolas Tu davujerebT, Ramis or saaTamde yides da gaa-
sufTaves maRazia. magram saocreba is aris, rom kapiki kapikze
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moaxerxeb, sul rom alalad imuSao. naRdia gerontis mier
uxeirod daluquli karebis gamo CaiSala operacia.
_ me tyuilad mabralebT, me SeiZleba raRac SemeSala,
magram ara sawyobis daluqva. axla gWirdebaT gantevebis va-
cis povna da me amirCieT. rac gindaT, is hqeniT, gamomicxadeT
undobloba, xeze xom ar CamomkidebT!
_ kargiT, wavediT _ Tqva givim da daiZrnen Tbilisisaken.
sami kvira ar iyo gasuli, rom amirans gerontim samsaxur-
Si moakiTxa. erTmaneTi moikiTxes.
_ amiran, eqimTan viyavi, analizi aviRe, miTxres sufTa
xaro, Sen xom ar yofilxar eqimTan?
_ me mgoni im qalma samagiero gadagvixada, fuli rom sak-
marisad ar miveciT da is fuli eqimebSi dagvaxarjvina. geron-
ti me mikibul-mokibuli ar miyvars, aravisTvis araferi miTq-
vams, magram Cemi TvaliT davinaxe celofnis parkSi gaxveuli
raRac rom mogca iosebma da jibeSi gaaqane. isic vici, ingas
sawolidan rom gaepare; albaT fuli saxlSi miitane. ra didi
dro unda suramidan TbilisSi Casvla-amosvlas. ingam manqanis
nomeric miTxra, romliTac imgzavre, ase, rom iyavi Tu ara
TbilisSi, magis garkvevas didi araferi unda, Senc xom ici,
ar gaWirdeba.
geronti motyda:
_ amiran, givize Rori kaci me ar minaxavs. saqmes Cven vSou-
lobT. Cven vakeTebT, fuls Cven viRebT da eg marto anawi-
lebs. Cven raRac aT-TxuTmet procents mogvcems, danarCens
TviTon da ufrosi inawileben.
_ magaTac xarji aqvT, aba, ise vin gaaCerebs mag adgilze.
_ aTi saqmidan xom SeiZleba erTi gaviyoT kacurad da
yvelam ar icodes. axla ras miitans, am saqmidan xom araferi
gamovida?
_ magis ufrossac agentebi hyavs, zemoT gayofaSi SeSla
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 _ amiran, yvelaze metad axloblebi gvRalatoben saqmeSi,
Tore ufrosebidan Ralati garantirebulia.
_ Rirda mainc amden davidarabad? ramdeni gaimeta ioseb-
ma, ubralod, me cifri mainteresebs, araferSi gedavebi.
_ usityvod momca oci aTasi, am TanxiT ubinao kacma Sei-
Zleba bina iyidos, avejiT moawyos da zed manqanac miayolos.
ise, Senc gekuTvnis maqedan, Tu ar momxsnes, Sen wils mogcem!
_ me, geronti, Tavi damanebe! Tqven sxva organizacia xarT,
Tqveni kanonebi gaqvT, me Cemi organizacia maqvs da Cemi dawese-
buli kanonebi. ase, rom me araferi vici, araferi daminaxavs!
_ amiran, eg fuli rom givisTvis mimeca, SeiZleba aTasi
maneTi gadmoegdo, ase ki binasac viyidi da manqanasac.
_ geronti, pirovneba Tu Sinaganad sibinZures ar ebrZvis,
kapikia misi fasi. SeuZlebelia Tavadac ar gaisvaros. me mes-
mis, rom es cxovrebaa da Tavisi ganzomilebebi aqvs. aba, kar-
gad iyavi, geronti, RmerTma sikeTeSi mogaxmaros, magram sxva
dros, Tundac marTla araferi davinaxo, rac unda marTali
iyo, SenSi me yovelTvis eWvi Semepareba.
geronti gasuli ar iyo, givim dareka:
_ amiran, rogor aris saqme, eqimTan iyavi?
_ viyavi, viyavi. araferi gaqvso.
_ mec eg miTxra, erTi Cemi klaselia magis `masteri~, suf-
Ta xaro! aba, kargad iyavi! Semdeg operaciamde! ox, magisi!
gerontis utvinobis bralia yvelaferi!
arc iseTi utvinoebi da mouxerxeblebi arian xelqveiTe-
bi , rogorc maT ufrosebs hgoniaT.
***
meore dRes amiranma Tavisi aqtivi Sehyara, sul oTxi kaci
eswreboda. niko, kako, gurami da iura.
_ biWebo, CvenTanYaT dReSi cnobili indoeli msaxiobi
raj kapuri Camodis. Sexvedras kinoTeatr `rusTavelSi~ uwy-
oben. uamravi xalxi iqneba, ZiriTadad axlagazrdoba. vinmem

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rame ar miqaros da qurdebmac ar `gainavardon~, raTa daumt-
kicon, rom Cveni qurdebi misi filmebis gmirebze cxovrebaSi
aranaklebni arian, amitom sxva SerCeul komkavSirlebTan er-
Tad msaxiobTan axlos unda viyoT, es nodar nikolaeviCis
piradi Txovnaa. sxva ra aris axali nika, SenTan profteqni-
kumSi?
_ ra vici, yuri movkari biWebi anaSas eweviano, ise mw-
evelni ar minaxavs, magram erTi-orjer zedmeti sicil-xarx-
ariT rom modiodnen biWebi eg ki SevamCnie.
_ sicilisTvis kacs xom ver davsjiT?
_ amiran, Sen xom ar ici, erTi-orjer anaSa rom movwio,
daveCvevi?
_ ara mgonia, amboben, magasac miCveva undao.
_ aba, Tu ar momawevines, magaT amqarSi ar gavedi, ise
rogor gavigeb vis moaqvs, visi saSualebiT axdenen realiza-
cias.
_ ra, ase masobrivi saxe miiRo magis mowevam?
_ masobrivi SeiZleba ara, magram, visac vkiTxe, TiTqmis
yvela Tanaxmaa gasinjos. ase gasinjviT iwyeba yvelaferi, Sei-
Zleba zogs moewonos kidec da daeCvios!
_ maSin guramic daixmare mag saqmeSi. me ki givisTan aval
da yovel SemTxvevisaTvis qurdebis suraTebis kartoTekasac
vnaxav, im msaxiobTan vinme vigindara rom ar mivuSvaT.
amiranma telefonis nomeri akrifa:
_ givi, gamarjoba, SenTan saTxovari maqvs, xom ici raj
kapuri rom Camodis, komkavSirma misi operatiuli Sefoba Cems
ganyofilebas daavala, minda moqmedi qurdebis alboms gada-
vxedo, Tu damexmarebi am saqmeSi, gamoval.
_ kargi gamodi, aq dagxvdebi, Tanac erTi saintereso vinme
mizis, piradad gagacnob! _ gaisma givis xma yurmilSi.
ramdenime wuTis Semdeg amirani Tavis ori aqtivistiT,
iuraTi da kakoTi givis kabinetSi Sevida, sadac givis viRac
Sua xanis kaci emaslaaTeboda.

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 _ Semodi amiran, Semodi! gaicaniT, `vaska~ hqvia, cnobili
jibis qurdia, `vaska~ imitom Searqves, rom bavSvobisas erTi
sayvareli kata hyavda da rom moukvda, misi saxeli amas `kliCk-
ad~ SerCa, ise katasaviT miepareba Tavis msxverpls da ise
aaclis fuls, rom sanam klienti saxlSi ar miva, verafers
igebs.
_ arc mTlad masea batono givi saqme, sanam transports
davaTvaliereb, sanam davrwmundebi Tqveni xalxi miTvalTva-
lebs Tu ara, amasobaSi klientic Cadis, ase rom gaWirda muSao-
ba!
_ ra vici, jer arcerTxel ar Cavardnilxar da!
_ albaT, bedi mwyalobs.
_ vaska, xom ici, qalaqSi raj kapuri Camodis, viRacam
Tavis mowoneba ar gadawyvitos da rame ar amoacalos, Torem
SevrcxvebiT. eg saqme SenTvis momindvia, ar miRalato.
_ ra vici, kaco, ra unda amoacalo im msaxiobs, fuli
bankSi eqneba, aq ki Cven xarjze aris Camosuli da fuli raSi
Wirdeba?
_ Seni profesiis xalxi sakbilos naxavs. Cveni amirani da
misi biWebi _ komkavSirlebi _ daicaven im kacs. `vaska~, aba,
wadi axla, kargad iyavi!
vaska gavida.
_ egec Sekrulia, givi, TqvenTan?
_ ara, eg qurduli tradiciebis mimdevaria, magram CemTan
kargad aris.
_ givi, momeci eg albomi, gadavaTvarieleb. CvenTan verc
xalxs gaugeb da verc Zalauflebas, ofofebi sad yavT TavSi
gasafrenad gamzadebuli.
_ ai, ager devs magidaze. axla mapatie, unda dagtovoT.
aTvaliereT eg albomi, sanam ar mogwyindebaT, mere Cems mdi-
vans CaabareT. aba, kargad! _ givi kabinetidan gavida.
amiranma albomis Tvaliereba daiwyo, ramdenime nacnob
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ura da ramdenime iseTi suraTic naxa, rom verc ki warmoid-
genda, Tu qurdebi iyvnen.
***
movida raj kapuris Camosvlis dRec. amirans Tavisi biWeb-
isTvis mosawvevi baraTebi gamouyves wina rigebSi, Sexvedris
dawyebamde amirani ori saaTiT adre mivida da mosawvevis gareSe
darCenil xalxSi triali daiwyo, cdilobda ar gamoparvoda
albomSi nanaxi saxeebi. uceb Tvali mohkra `vaskas~, sakmaod
modurad iyo Cacmuli da aseve gamorCeul sam kacs esaubrebo-
da. amirans Tavi odnav dauqnia da saubari ganagrZo. amasoba-
Si raj kapuric movida, xalxi Semoexvia, SekiTxvebs ayridnen,
msaxiobic aseTi daxvedriT nasiamovnebi, avtogarfebs arigeb-
da. iyo miliciis dacvasa da fanebs Soris Saxla-Semoxla.
rogorc iqna Sevidnen darbazSi, daiwyo milocvebi, aCvenebd-
nen nawyvetebs rajis filmebidan. darbazSi sianTle ainTo.
ramdenime kaci yvavilebiT xelSi gaemarTa rajisaken, maT Soris
iyo `vaskac~. man yvavilebi miarTva msaxiobs, avtografic sTx-
ova da uceb `vaskas~ xelSi gaielva rajis oqros samajurianma
saaTma. rajma ra Tqma unda ver gaigo, magram `vaskam~ msaxiobs
xelze aniSna da Tan saaTic daanaxa, raj kapurs gulianad
gaecina, gadaexvia, zurgze xeli mouTaTuna, magram saaTis ukan
aRebaze uari Tqva da Tarjimnis daxmarebiT `vaskas~ da xalx-
sac gaagebina, rom saaTs Cuqnida `vaskas~, atyda erTi ambavi,
miliciis TnamSromlebi da gadacmuli agentebi erTmaneTs gaS-
terebulebi uyurebdnen da mxrebs iCeCavdnen, `vaskas~ TxovniT
da Tarjimnis daxmarebiT rajim avtografi misca `vaskas~ Tavi-
si suraTiT da iqve miawera `saxsovrad saaTi did `vaskas~
didi rajisagan~ _ raj kapuri. darbazi gugunebda, raj kapur-
ma `vaskas~ xeli xelSi mohkida da zeviT auwia. ase orTaveni
mayureblebs Tavs ukravdnen.
im dRes raj kapuris meti aravin gaqurdula.

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 ***
erT dRes amirani givisTan Sevida.
_ givi, Cemma biWebma daadgines vis Camoaqvs anaSa Sua azi-
idan da vin aris realizatori. gvari viciT, misamarTi viciT,
vinc eweva, is biWebic viciT, vin ramdenjer SeiZina, isic viciT
da isic, vinc Suamavlobs. ra vqnaT? me ar megona, Tu amdeni
ugono axalgazrda gvyavda qalaqSi. Sedegi xom viciT, Tu
daeCvia kaci, mere Znelia gadaCveva!
_ maseTi susti nebisyofis xalxi uamravia, magram daWeras
azri ara aqvs, atydeba aurzauri, mere yvelas gareT gamouS-
veben. anaSis realizators Tu didi odenoba ver vupoveT,
ityvis, CemTvis mqonda, viRaca ucnobisgan viyideo da xelidan
isic dagviZvreba.
_ givi, me mag xalxis daWera ki ar minda, daSineba da
aurzauris atexva minda, iqneb Tavi daanebon narkotiks, mecode-
bian, axalgazrdebi arian, Wkua ara aqvT, Tavs iRupaven. mom-
wodeblis da gamsaReblebis daWera ki aucilebelia. xval
romeli matarebliT Camoutanen baqodan im sawamlavs da vin
aris myidveli da sad miitanen, isic viciT, meti ra vqnaT!
_ Sen gagaxara RmerTma, ase gamzadebul saqmes rom gva-
Zlev! SoTa gagayolebs Tavis biWebs da mixedeT!
_ mwevlebi rogor davaSinoT? isini rogorRa daviWiroT?
_ eg advili saqmea, Sen sia da misamarTi momeci, Rame yve-
las avkrifav, viTom im gamyidvelma daasaxela magaTi gvarebi.
mokled, xval did aurzaurs avtexT, iqneb Seni studentebis
mSoblebSic gamoerios SeZlebuli xalxi, araferi uWirT cota
jibeze gaikran xeli, bolos da bolos, Svilebi unda gadaur-
CinoT mowamvlisagan! sia aqa gaqvs?
_ ki, aqa maqvs, sul 45 kacia sxvadasxva fakultetidan!
_ moita vnaxo, vinme bobolas gvari ar iyos gareuli.
meore dRes, SeTanxmebisamebr, SoTa kiknaZis jgufma matare-
blidan saxlamde SeumCnevlad miaciles anaSis Camomtani, cota

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xanSi myidvelebic da gamsaReblebic gamoCndnen. niko SeuSves,
viTom anaSis `myidveli~ iyo. rodesac gamosvla daapira, SoTa
Tavis biWebiT maSin Sevardnen saxlSi da Camomtani da myidve-
li Tavisi ori CemodniT miliciaSi miabrZanes.
givimac pirobis Tanaxmad ormocdaxuTive studenti RamiT
aiyvana saxlebidan. atyda erT vai-viSi. mSoblebi diliT
daibares. politeqnikuri institutis komkavSiris komitetis
did kabinetSi Seikribnen institutis komkavSiris mdivani,
mSoblebi, leqtorebi da winaRamiT dakavebuli biWebic, rom-
lebic miliciis manqanebiT moiyvanes institutSi. es student-
ebi institutis komkavSiris mdivanma jer gakicxa, galanZRa,
Semdeg qalaqis miliciis sammarTvelos warmomadgenlebs sTx-
ova maTi TavdebiT gaTavisufleba. givim reqtoris, partkomis
da profkavSirebis Tavdebad dadgomac moiTxova, amas mohyva
studentebis partorganizaciis kabinetSi gamolanZRva, Sem-
deg reqtormac ar daaklo da daiwera Txovna, qalaqis mi-
liciis ufrosis saxelze, rom reqtori da misi partiuli,
komkavSireli organizaciebi, profkavSirebi Tavdebad udge-
bodnen studentebs. studentebsac xelwerilebi daawerines,
pirobac daadebines rom aseT saqciels aRar Caidendnen.
amiranma SeamCnia, rom dasasjel studentTa sia sakmaod
Semcirebuliyo, etyoba, danarCenebi givim an proteqciiT an
qrTamebiT gadaarCina.
***
meore dres amirani cirkTan avida troleibusSi, ucbad
CoCqoli atyda. nasvami biWi gogos eWiadveboda, cdilobda
mkerdSi xelis Cayofas. gogo Svelas iTxovda. amirans Tvalwin
daudga Svidi wlis winaT momxdari analogiuri SemTxveva, roca
tramvaiSi axlagazrda biWi axalgazrda gogos danas uRerebda
da eubneboda: `Tu ar Camoxval gaCerebaze, danas gagiyrio~,
danis wveri kiserTan hqonda mitanili. xalxi maSinac garindu-
li Sehyurebda am suraTs da araviTar zomebs ar iRebda. amira-

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ni imJamad pirveli kursis studenti iyo da pirvelad miuxar-
oda leqciebze. miuxedavad amisa arc dafiqrebula ise swvda
marcxena xeliT biWs danian marjvenaSi, xeli zeviT SeimarTa,
momenti SeurCia da am biWs Tavuri awepa, mas dana gauvarda
xelidan, ganTavisuflebuli xeli saxeze aefara, amiranma ki
amasobaSi beWebs Soris idayvi Casca Zlierad. biWi tramvais
iatakze gaiSxlarTa. tramvai gaCerda da amirans ori kaci eca,
roca gamoerkva, dainaxa ori milicioneri, romlebsac misTvis
borkilebis dadeba moeswroT. xalxi, ra Tqma unda, amirans
gamoeqomaga, magram mTavari gamomqomagebeli, is qaliSvili,
romlis gulisTvisac amiranma Tavi gamoido, gaparuliyo.
amirani maSin ramdenime mowmesTan erTad miliciis ganyo-
filebaSi waiyvanes, aqti Seadgines, xeli moawerines da
gamouSves. is biWi saavadmyofoSi waiyvanes _ warbi hqonda
gaxeTqili, Tan amirans uTxres: `bedi Seni, rom tvinis Seryeva
ar miiRo, Torem dagiWerdiTo~.
TiTqmis igive mdgomareoba meordeboda amjerad trolei-
busSi, im gansxvavebiT, rom es biWi ufro mozrdili da Cafskv-
nili Canda, oRond udanod. amirani uknidan miepara, xeli
yelSi amosdo da gogos moaSora, biWi Seecada amiranisken
Semobrunebas, magram amiranma isev Zveli xerxi ixmara, idayvi
Cascxo da biWi iatakze gaSota.
_ geyofaT, axalgazrdav, man Tavisi sakmarisi miiRo, meti
aRar aris saWiro!
amiranma kacs Sexeda, saxe ecnaura.
_ me am raionis raikomis mdivani var, _ amirans gaaxsenda
respublikis komkavSiris pirveli kaci, romelic dRes raion-
is partiul organizacias ganagebda. amasobaSi troliebusSi
milicionerebi amovidnen, galaxuli biWi wamoayenes da Caiyv-
anes. mTavari mowme _ gogona, romlis gamo es davidaroba
moxda, axlac gaparuliyo.
_ axlgazrdav, Tu dro gaqvT, CemTan wamobrZandiT, _
mimarTa pirvelma mdivanma amirans. rogorc Semdeg gairkva,

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raikomis mdivans troleibusiT moundomebia gaseirneba, ukan
ki samsaxuris manqana mohyveboda.
mdivani kabinetSi SeuZRva, amirans skamze miuTiTa:
_ sad muSaobT, axalgazrdav?
_ Tbilisis komkavSiris komitetSi, agitacia-propagandis
ganyofilebaSi, axalgazrdebTan muSaobis Stabis ufrosad.
_ Cven TqvenisTana xalxi gvWirdeba, Tu winaaRmdegi ar
iqnebiT, raionis datacebis da socialuri sakuTrebis dacvis
mebrZoli ganyofilebis ufrosis Tanamdebobas SemogTavazebT.
_ me sisxlis samarTlis ganyofilebaSi muSaoba merCia, iq
ufro saintereso samuSaoa!
_ Cven wesieri xalxi gvWirdeba datacebis ganyofilebaSi,
mofiqrebisaTvis erT kviras gaZlevT _ Caiwera amiranis saxe-
li, gvari, misamarTi, ra Tqma unda, momavali kadris Sesamow-
meblad.
meore dRes amirani rezo CxubianaSvilTan Sevida da wi-
nadRis ambavi mouyva rCeva hkiTxa.
_ amiran, Cven aq yvela ukeTess adgils velodebiT. Sen
Tu miliciaSi apireb muSaobas, amaze kargi winadadebas kari-
eris dasawyisisaTvis aravin SemogTavazebs, Tanac pirveli
mdivnis moyvanil kacs, raionSi ubatonod xmas veravin gagcems.
_ raRac SenTan da nodarTan meuxerxuleba, jer erTi welia
arc ki mimuSavia da ukve mivdivar.
_ magis nu gexaTreba, Sen ra ggonia, nodars raime rigiani
adgili rom SesTavazon, ar migvatovebs? erTad SevideT da me
davelaparakebi. is ki ara gauxardeba, Sens mimarT im ambis
Semdeg Zalian simpatiurad aris ganwyobili!
rezom yurmili aiRo:
_ batono nodar, me da amiran lobJarias gvinda TqvenTn
Semosvla. dro Tu gaqvT?
Sevidnen nodaris kabinetSi.
_ Cemo nodar, es kaci faTerakebTan brZolisaTvis aris
dabadebuli. guSin pirveli maisis raikomis mdivnis Tvalwin

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cemiT gaxeTqa biWi, romelic viRac gogos lamis lifSi CaZv-
romia. mdivanic SemTxveviT im troleibusSi mjdara, Turme
exvewa amirans, nu moklav mag kacso, Zlivs gamoutacia xel-
idan.
_ Cemgan ra daxmarebaa saWiro?
_ Sengan Cemo nodar, is daxmarebaa saWiro, rom es kaci
gauSva im kacTan, raikomSi samuSaod da xeli ar SeuSaloT?
_ mere, me ranairad gauSva? _ ver gaerkva nodari.
_ im kacs es Cveni `goroza~ moswonebia da TviTon SeuTava-
zebia adgili, mosafiqreblad ori dRe miucia!
_ me mag kacis aqedan wasvla ar gamixardeba, magram Tu
daawinaureben, xels ar SevuSli!
am dros gaima telefonis xma.
_ gismenT, _ nodarma amirans aniSna, Senze aris laparak-
io, _ gismenT, batono Sadiman, ki, CvenTan muSaobs, Zalian
kargi, guliani biWia, mokled, iseTia, SenTan rom aris WirSic
da lxinSic, uRalato kacia! ki, es biWia batkaniviT rom Semoi-
gdo mxrebze is narkomani da miliciaSi Caarbenina. ra vici, ra
undoda, magis ZmisSvili daariges Cvenma biWebma, uTxres biZa-
Senis yureba ar gamogadgebao da me momvarda, ki, erTi welia
CvenTan muSaobs, kargis mets verafers vityvi. me Tqven uars
rogor getyviT, batono Sadiman, mec vurCev, ise, CvenTan saqme
kargad aawyo. kadrebis SerCeva gamarTlebazea, batono Sadi-
man, Tumca Tqven eg ar SegeSlebaT, ki batono, davibareb da
gavesaubrebi. kargad brZandebodeT!
_ etyoba, marTla guliT undixar, amiran Cemo, Torem
TviTon ar darekavda, sxvas daarekvinebda, magas eg ambebi ar
eSleba, _ Tqva rezom.
_ Sen ras ityvi, nodar batono?
_ radgan mag kacs TvalSi mouxvedi amiran, unda waxvide,
Zmao! oRond, rame ar SegeSalos. eg momavalSi respublikis
ufrosobaze gaiqaCeba, esec iqonie mxedvelobaSi.

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 _ amis goroza xasiaTs awi aRaravin Secvlis, Cemo nodar,
jobs rogorc ucxovria, ise icxovros, jerjerobiT xom umar-
Tlebs.
_ radgan winaaRmdegebi ara xarT, xval mival, vetyvi,
rom gamomiZaxeT, mesaubreT da mirCieT masTan muSaoba, rac
Seexeba xasiaTs, albaT, awi cota davRvindebi, gamovsworde-
bi, sul aseTi xom ar viqnebi! _ gaicina amiranma da wamodga.
_ RmerTma xeli mogimarTos, Cemo amiran! _ xeli CamoarT-
va nodarma.
meore dRes amiranma dareka SadimanTan, mdivanma upasuxa
_ ikiTxa vinaoba, cota xani daacdevina da Semdeg upasuxa: _
`batoni Sadimani saRamos rva saaTisaTvis gelodebaT~.
saRamos, rodesac amirani raikomis mdivnis kabinetSi Sev-
ida, baton SadimanTan kabinetSi polkovnikis formaSi gamow-
yobili imave raionis miliciis ufrosi, vaxtang amirejibi,
daxvda.
_ mobrZandiT, amxanago amiran, dabrZandiT, gaicani, Cveni
raionis miliciis ufrosi, vaxtang amirejibi. es ki, _ miubrun-
da amirejibs, _ Tqveni raionis datacebis ganyofilebis axali
ufrosi, amiran lomjariaa, xom ar vcdebi, xom gadawyvite?
_ gadavwyvite, batono Sadiman, qalaqkomis mdivanmac mir-
Cia.
_ xoda, Tu gadawyvite, Cemo vaxtang, waiyvane es kaci,
ori kvira saqmeSi Casaxedad eyofa da ori Tvis Semdeg momax-
seneb, ivarga Cemma arCeulma kadrma Tu ara!
_ me da amirani Soridan vicnobT erTmaneTs, rogorc kaci
_ kargia da Cvens saqmeSi mTavari kacobaa.
cota xanSi vaxtangi da amirani miliciis ufrosis kabi-
netSi saubrobdnen.
_ Seni moadgile iqneba WiWiko nabiWvriSvili, kacs saxeli
da gvari ase Seeferebodes, pirvelad vxedav. ise, gamocdili
muSakia, magram sando ar aris. Seni adgili ori Tvea Tavisu-
falia. ra Tqma unda, WiWikos undoda es adgili, imisaTvis

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rom Tavi gamoeCina, erT Cveni warmoebis ufrosi umniSvnelo
danaSaulze daiWira, imanac agrZnobina, rom fuls miscemda.
am marTla nabiWvarma, Tavis oTaxSi fardis ukan ori kaci
damala da kacma fuli rom daudo konvertiT, daiWira rogorc
qrTamis mimcemi. viTom iseTi patiosania, rom qrTami ar auRia.
ase undoda saxelis moxveWa da datacebis ganyofilebis ufro-
sis adgilis dakaveba. es rom Sadimanma gaigo, sul cecxli
hyara. xom ici magas eg ar SeeSleba, magram operatiuli muSaobis
TvalsazrisiT marTali iyo.
_ ra uqnes qrTamis mimcems?
_ araferi, Sadimanma is kaci daibara, gaesaubra da dak-
iTxvis oqmi damaxevina, eg wesieri kaci Cans da prokuraturas
da sasamarTlos sajijgnad ar unda CavugdoT xelSio. ase, rom
vin gyavs moadgiled, ukve ici. Sens muSaobas maSin eqneba Sedegi,
Tu agentura geyoleba kargi. datacebis ganyofileba _ es
agentebTan muSaobaa, amitom ecade, yvelasTan saerTo ena
gamonaxo.
_ mere, ase gamzadebul agentebs vin momcems, maTTan
muSaobas dro sWirdeba. rac Seexeba xasiaTs, me mgoni Cemi
mxridan problemebi ar SegeqmnebaT.
_ agentebs zogs me mogcem, zogic TviTon mova, zogs raRac
patara saqmeze gamoiWer da ase Semdeg.
_ agentebs fuli xom unda mivceT, es rogorRa gaformde-
ba?
_ Cvens mTavrobas saqmis keTeba muqTad, sul sazogadoe-
briv sawyisebze unda, fuls ver imetebs. ise, raions 50 maneTis
gacemis ufleba aqvs Tu saqme gamovida.
_ sul ra saxis agentebi arseboben, batono vaxtang?
_ fasiani agenti, ufaso _ kompromatze daWerili, moxa-
lise, samarSruto _ romlebic mivlinebaSic vgzavniT da cix-
is agenti anu seqseti.
_ batono vaxtang, agentebad, albaT, ibadebian. Torem Tu
ar undaT muSaoba, sul gageclebian, qalaqidan wavlen, sxva-
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 _ me maSin borjomSi vmuSaobdi. erTi qvrivi, Sviliani
qali myavda agentad, xandaxan karg saqmesac gvaZlevda, Tavs
moisawylebda bavSvisaTvis saCuqrebsac gamomarTmevda da mere
Tu rame saeWvos naxavda, ambavs gamoitanda, ise kargi ynosva
hqonda. mec rogorc SemeZlo vexmarebodi, gamonacvali binac
gavukeTe, bavSvisTvis weliwadSi orjer tansacmels vyidu-
lobdi da megona Cemi agenti iyo. erTxel stumrad Camovidnen
ufrosi megobrebis colebi oTxi qali bavSvebiT dasaseneblad.
vcdilobdi yvelanairad pativi meca maTTvis. univermaRis
direqtors davureke, oTxi sxvadasxva zomis kaba movatanine
da davasaCuqre. es agentic am momentisaTvis kabinetSi iyo.
meore dRes ministris moadgile mirekavs Tbilisidan: `Sen ra
maRazia moawyve kabinetSi, spekuliantoba daiwyeo~ warmogid-
genia? ministrTan damasmina. ase, rom Cemo amiran, agentebTan
Tbilad iyavi, oRond moSorebiT, iman unda icodes Tavisi
adgili!
_ me mainc agentebTan muSaobis dawyeba meCqareba, Cven
raionSi ori Tambaqos fabrikaa, limonaTis Camosasxmeli qarx-
nebi, rZis kombinati, Sokoladis qarxana, ramdenime puris sacxo-
bebi, yvelgan unda gvyavdes Cveni xalxi, aq keTdeba yvelaze
metad fuli.
_ magaT garda, saamSeneblo kombinatebi, avejis qarxana.
ra Tqma unda yvelgan gvyavs Cveni xalxi da am or kviraSi
TandaTan gagacnob. axla ki Seni moadgile nabiWvriSvili ga-
icani. muSaoba SeuZlia, magram nu endobi!
telefonze nomeri akrifa:
_ WiWiko, Semodi CemTan! _ kari gaiRo da saSualo simaR-
lis meloti kaci Semovida _ gaicani, Seni axali ufrosi ami-
ran lomjaria, komkavSiridan gamogvigzavnes, anaxe samuSao
oTaxi da Caayene saqmis kursSi!
orTaveni gavidnen.
WiWikom amirans momavali kabinetis kari gauRo. amiranma
seifis gasaRebi jibeSi Caido da telefonis nomeri Caiwera.

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kabinetSi idga saweri magida sigrZeze midgmuli magidiT, romel-
sac garSemo Semowyobili hqonda 6 skami. kedelTan idga di-
vani da ori savarZeli, iqve gayolebaze patara karada sabuTe-
bisTvis. oTaxs erTi fanjara hqonda, romelic quCaSi gadio-
da.
_ batono WiWiko, ramdeni kacis daWeris gegma gaqvT Tvi-
urad?
_ oficialurad, ra Tqma unda, araviTari gegma ar arse-
bobs, magram Tu or kacze naklebi daviWireT, xelad sayve-
durebiT agvavseben, gvemuqrebian, gveubnebian `ar muSaobTo~,
ra vici kidev ras.
_ mere asrulebT mag, ase vTqvaT, `gegmas~?
_ saqarTveloSi kacis daWera Zneli ar aris, yvela raRa-
cas mamaZaRlobs, magram misi gasamarTlebaa Zneli, radgan yve-
las patroni hyavs, yvela erTmaneTs icnobs.
_ rom vecadoT da maTi naTesavebi da axloblebi ar Se-
vamCnioT?
_ me miWirs amis gakeTeba da Tu Tqvens Tavze aiRebT, amas
ra sjobs, Tqvens zurgs amovefarebi da vityvi: `iseTi ujiSo
da ujilago ufrosi gvyavs, mis gareSe araferi gakeTdeba~-
meTqi.
_ Tqvi WiWiko, me Tanaxma var.
_ xandaxan saTxovnelad TviTon is modis, visi davalebi-
Tac kacs viWer! batono amiran, Tu saidumloeba ar warmoad-
gens, visi rekomendaciiT moxvediT? Cvens ganyofilebaSi upa-
trono kaci ver moxvdeba!
_ ratom, ase Znelia `blatis~ gareSe moxvedra?
_ `datacebis ganyofilebis~ ufrosoba yvela miliciis
TanamSromlis ocnebaa, imitom rom aq kargi `sasusnavia~. xalxi
TviTon modis da gvTavazobs sawevros Semotanas, hgoniaT rom
Sen daicav magaT, amasTan miliciis ufrosis pirveli Zmakaci
xdebi, sanam fexs ar waitex!
_ Tu qrTams aiReb, unda daicva kidec!

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 _ es Teoriulad ki, batono, magram qalaqis datacebis
ganyofilebasac Tavisi gegma aqvs, respublikisasac Tavisi da
Senc iZulebuli xar, romel obieqtsac mogTxoven, is xalxi
CauSva, Semdeg Sua kacis rolSi gamodixar. patara qurdebs,
sawyobis da cexis ufrosebs, cixeSi uSveb SeRavaTiani `sro-
kiT~, xolo did qurdebs sayvedurebs ahkideben, magram adg-
ilze toveben. mere, isev Tavidan iwyeba yvelaferi.
_ erTi sityviT fulis dagrovebis saSualebas aZlevT,
suls moaTqmevinebT da isev daayaCaRebT, ara?
_ faqtiurad ase gamodis.
_ atydeba erTi aliqoTi: televiziaSi Tavis mowoneba,
gazeTebSi saqmiani statiebi da isev yvelaferi Tavisi gziT
midis.
_ ubeduri samuSao gvaqvs, batono amiran! Tan veZmakace-
biT am warmoebis xelmZRvanelebs da mere Tu dagvaZaleben,
iZulebulebi varT daviWiroT, Torem mogvxsnian da Cvengan
wasul kacs aravin wesier adgilze ar miiRebs. amitom iZule-
bulebi varT Cvens adgils movebRauWoT!
_ raxan Tavi gavyavi miliciaSi, kariera mxolod mis sf-
eroSi unda gavakeTo, yovel SemTxvevaSi vcado!
_ Tqvens proteJes es Tavis droze unda eTqva, raikomis
mdivnoba da magisTana raRaceebi unda daiviwyo! mainc ar am-
bobT Tqveni rekomendatoris gvars.
_ Tqveni raionis pirveli mdivani!
_ o, o eg magari zurgia! e.i. Cvens ganyofilebas ise, hai-
harad, xels veravin wmoartyams!
_ eg im SemTxvevaSi, Tu kargad vimuSavebT, eg kaci Zalian
momTxovnia!
_ asea!
_ agentebTan rogor midis muSaoba, sad xvdebiT, pirvel
xanebSi SegiZlia ramdenime agenti gamacno?
_ agentebs yvelas gagacnob, egeni iseTi xalxia, maT in-
formacias me rom yuradReba ar mivaqcio, xval TqvenTan mov-
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 _ sad xvdebi xolme maT?
_ aRmaskomi specialurad gviyofs binebs axal saxlebSi,
romelsac ori karebi aqvs, erTi sadarbazodan Sedixar, me-
ore sadarbazodan gamodixar. oroTaxiani da erToTaxiani
binebi gvaqvs gaerTianebuli gverdigverd sadarbazoebSi. me
Cemi Sexvedris adgili maqvs. Tqvens binas xval ganaxebT.
_ kargi, dRes amiT davamTavroT Cveni gacnoba.
_ Cveni gacnoba maSin CaiTvleba, roca TiTo Wiqas Tavs
wavuqcevT restoranSi.
_ eg maSin, rodesac pirveli warmateba gveqneba!
ar gasula ori dRe da amiranTan WiWikom erTi kaci moiy-
vana:
_ Tambaqos qarxanaSi muSad rom moewyos, kadrebis gamge
amaSi oriaTas maneTs Txovs!
es sakmaod didi Tanxa iyo.
_ eg kaci xom ar ametebs, iqneb oriaTass ki ara oras
maneTs sTxoven?!
_ ara, asea! mag Tanxas eg or TveSi amoiRebs da mere sul
mogebaze imuSavebs, sanam ar daiWeren. daiWeren da muSaa, ra
unda uqna, TveebSi gamouSveben, an pirobiTad rames miusjian
da fuli SerCeba.
_ ki, magram rogor axerxeben amas?
_ ubralod, samuSao Zalian mZimea da mavne. xelfasi 100
maneTi aqvT. administraciis Cumi TanxmobiT yvela muSas aqvs
ufleba gaitanos 100 kolofi sigareti `kosmosi~, romlis
Rirebuleba samocdaaTi kapikia. muSa, asi yuTi rom gaitanos,
meqanikoss sam maneTs aZlevs, sakontrolo karebSi gasvlisas
maneTs tovebs, iqve taqsi elodeba, rom maRaziaSi miiyvanos
da moiyvanos, esec ori maneTi, sul eqvsi maneTia. am sigarets
abareben ormocdaaT kapikad. ormocdaaT maneTs gamovakloT
eqvsi maneTi. dReSi muSas rCeba ormocdaoTxi maneTi. es nebar-
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da erT dReSi gamomuSaveba oTxmocdaaT maneTs miaRwevs, rac
Tvis xelfass utoldeba.
_ ki, magram administracias ar urCevnia wesieri xelfasi
misces am xalxs da ar aqurdos?
_ Tambaqo kvebis mrewvelobas miekuTvneba. aq xelfasebi
mcirea. mTavrobamac icis, rom rac unda wesieri xelfasi misces,
es xalxi mainc moi paravs. amasTan es `bardagi~ qarxnis admin-
istraciasac awyobs, administracia manqanebiT uSvebs marcxe-
na saqonels da xels am muSebze ixocaven!
_ ki, magram dacva xom Tavisi hyavT?!
_ dacva Cvenia, miliciis, oficialurad fuls gvixdian,
aqeT gvawvebian, ratom aZlevT qurdobis uflebaso, magram
mSenivrad ician, rom miliciels TveSi asormocdaaTi maneTi
aqvs xelfasi da erT morigeobaze SeuZlia erTi imdeni gaake-
Tos!
_ me SemiZlia komkavSirelebidan Sevqmna dacva. yovel
SemTxvevaSi, pirvel xanebSi mainc fuls ar aiReben. mere sxve-
biT SevcvaloT!
_ TviTon muSebi abuntdebian, qarxnis xelmZRvaneloba
muSebs daupirispirdeba. ase, rom Tu zeviT ar mogvarda eg
saqme, Cven marto WuWySi mogviwevs xelebis faTuri.
amirani dafiqrda.
_ kargi, ra vuyoT im kacs, mivceT fuli, davnomroT da
SevagzavnoT? Tu aiRo, es Cveni pirveli saqme iqneba. marTla,
fuls rogor amuSavebT?
_ fulis nomrebs gadmovwerT, aqts SevadgenT, Semdeg spe-
cialuri fanqriT vawerT: `qrTami~, romelsac sinaTleze Tu
gaxedav Cans, Semdeg fuli specialuri saRebaviT muSavdeba.
gvaqvs kidev feTqebadi konverti. rogorc ki gaixsneba, xmas
gamoscems da saRebavi saxeze eyreba. ase, rom eg sakiTxi da-
muSavebuli gvaqvs, magram saqme is aris, rom mag kacma Tavisi
fuli unda misces, radgan Cven mier micemul fulze, Tu saqmes

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kargad Caawyoben, mosamarTlesTan, aqeT Semogvedavebian da
gvetyvian danaSaulis profilaqtikaa saWiro da ara xelis
Sewyobao, ratom SeugzavneT es kacio.
_ ki magram mag kacs ori aTasi maneTi rom hqonda, CvenTan
ki ar movidoda, mag sarfian saqmeSi Cadebda.
_ maSin unda gavafrTxiloT, rom Tqvas `fuli Cemi iyoo~.
xolo mag fulis dadeba Cven mogviwevs, radgan bankidan rom
aviRoT da daikargos, yvelaferi xdeba, moxsna Tu ara sayve-
duri ar agvcdeba!
_ ki, magram me magdeni fuli ara maqvs! _ SeiSmuSna amirani.
_ mag saqmisTvis Cvens ganyofilebas Cumad gvaqvs fuli
gadadebuli, ukve damuSavebuli da danomrili, ise rom eg
problema ar aris.
_ kargi, ra gvaria kadrebis ufrosi?
_ xaritonaSvili zurabi, didi gafxorili vinmea, adrec
mqonda magaze agenturuli monacemebi. erTi orjer Cveni agen-
tis muSad `miReba~ vTxove, gadamayola, sanam direqtors ar
vuTxari, ise samuSaoze ar miiRo.
_ rodis unda miutanos fuli?
_ orSabaTisTvis arian Sepirebulebi.
_ iqneb jer naxevari mieca, ufro damajerebeli iqneboda,
eWvs ver Seitanda.
_ naxevars rom dasjereboda, es kaci CvenTan ki ar movi-
doda. Txova jer naxevars movagroveb da meore naxevars or
TveSi gagistumrebo, magram iuara, erTad mosTxova.
_ yvelam xom icis qarxanaSi, rom eg kaci fuls iRebs,
direqtors raSi awyobs misi fulis aReba?
_ yvelaferi ganawilebulia, yvelam Tavisi saqme icis da
CaliCobs, Sen rom Cvens miliciis ufross uyureb, is Cvens gareSe
iRebs Tavis wils mag qarxnidan.
_ kargi, moamzade danomrili fuli da vnaxoT ra gamova
am saqmidan. ise, miliciis ufrosi xom ar unda CavayenoT saqmis
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 _ axla sasurveli ar aris da arc aris saWiro, rom davi-
WerT, mere mainc ecodineba yvelaferi.
_ kargi, radgan ar aris saWiro, nu SevawuxebT ufrosebs.
erTxel kidev Semaxsene mag kadrebis ganyofilebis gvari.
_ xaritonaSvili .
_ kargi, Tavisufali xar.
WiWiko gavida. amirani dafiqrda
xaritonaSvili, xaritonaSvili . . ., ucbaT amirans goga
gaaxsenda, ki, gogas mamaa. ramdenime wlis winaT gogam mamamiss
sTxova amirani mieRo muSad. amirani ramdenjerme iyo kadrebis
ufrosTan, magram is dalocvili sul raRacas imizezebda, xan
Statebis Semcirebas, xan komisiis misvlas, xan _ ras, xan _ ras.
mokled, amirani sami Tve tyuil-ubralod atara. arc hos eub-
neboda, arc _ aras. goga amas Zalian ganicdida. ra icodnen
maSin axladskoladamTavrebulma biWebma saidan da rogor
Soulobdnen maTi mamebi fuls, Tavisi Svilis megobars fuls
xom ver mosTxovda; amirans gaecina, am kacis bedi mis xelSi
iyo. kidev kargi, maSin ar miiRo samuSaoze, Torem amirani
amden fuls gemos rom gaugebda, mere sxva saqmes xels ver
mokidebda. ara da gogas ra uyos, karga xania, ar unaxavs,
mgoni universiteti daamTavra, ekonomikuri fakulteti. `moica,
telefoni wignakSi miweria~.
amoiRo ubis wignaki, nomeric i pova.
qalma gaagona:
_ goga saxlSi ar aris. saRamos darekeT, iqneba. rames xom
ar damibarebT?
_ gadaeciT, amiranma darekaTqo!
_ kargi, Svilo, gadavcem. Sen romeli amirani xar, lom-
jaria xom ara?
_ diax, qalbatono nino, me var, didi xania ar minaxavs
goga, momenatra.
_ mere, ase unda, Svilo? rac unda iyos erTY skolaSi,
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vobis megobrobas sxva eSxi aqvs. rogor xar amiran, sad muSaob?
_ madloba, kargad var. komkavSirSi vmuSaob qalaqis ko-
mitetSi.
_ kargia, kargad giyoCaRia. saRamos rva saaTisTvis dareke,
saxlSi iqneba.
yvelaferi Zveleburad aris, isev iq cxovroben.
`ra bedi maqvs, pirvel saqmeze yovelTvis raRa Cemi axlo-
beli mxvdeba? marTlac saqarTveloSi Znelia miliciaSi muSao-
ba. isev orcecxlSua vdgavar. saqmis mimcemi ambis momtans,
Svilebis mamas, daiWeren cilis wamebisTvis. ra ubeduri saqmea,
erTsTvis mfarvelobam, meore unda daiCagros. samarTlianad
ginda icxovro, magram qveyanas Tavisi samarTali aqvs, cxovrebas
Tavisi wesi. dRes Sen daexmarebi vinmes, xval isini dagexmare-
bian. ise, wesiT xaritonaSvili ar aris dasandobi, magram go-
gasTan megobrobas ra vuyo?
axalgazrda kaci modixar, mTeli modomebiT, saqmis, sike-
Tis, samarTlianobis sakeTeblad, Sens irgvliv myofni TiTqos
yvela amisken gibiZgeben. saqme saqmeze rom midgeba, yvelas Tavisi
samarTali aqvs, yvelas Tavisi `proteJe~ hyavs. iZulebeli var
pirveli saqme RalatiT daviwyo. agenti Tavisi gamyidveli
bunebis gamo miliciaSic ki ejavrebaT, Tumca misi daxmarebiT
Wamen purs da karieras ikeTeben. axla me TviTon agenti da
gamyidveli gamovdivar, magram ra ginda qna, yvela xom upatro-
no bavSvTa saxlSi ar iqneba gazrdili?
amirani fiqrebidan gamoerkva, wamodga da gogas saxlisaken
wavida. avtobusi gogas saxlis win gaCerda, saburTaloze `spe-
cialistebis saxlTan~. iqve iyo telefon-avtomatis jixuri.
saaTs daxeda, saRamos cxra saaTi dawyebuliyo. orkapikiani
CauSva telefonis avtomatSi. yurmili gogam aiRo?
_ goga, gamarjoba, amirani var, rogor xar!
_ va, sad daikarge, biWo, aRar unda dareko, me da Sen
mgoni erTi ori welia erTmaneTi ar gvinaxavs. sad xar, xom ar
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 _ goga, Sens sadarbazosTan vdgavar, saswrafod Caicvi
da Camodi. saqme maqvs SenTan.
_ raSia saqme?!
_ rasac geubnebi, ise gaakeTe. aravis uTxra, rom me unda
mnaxo, _ da yurmili daukida.
ramdenime wuTSi goga Camovida. erTmaneTs gadaexvivnen
didi xnis unaxavi megobrebi. amiranma gverdze gaiyvana goga
da uTxra:
_ orSabaTs mamaSenTan kaci miva danomrili fuliT. uTx-
ari, axlos ar gaikaros. Tu aiRo, unda daviWiro, operacias
me vxelmZRvanelob.
goga gaSra, saxe Seecvala.
_ daberda eg viriSvili. veubnebi, daanebe am maimunobas
Tavi-Tqo, magram kaci fulis keTebas rom aris miCveuli, imas
moaSlevineb?
_ mokled, me wavedi. amis Sesaxeb aravin araferi ar unda
icodes mamaSenis garda. ise, isic gaaxsene, im biWma gixsna, romelic
samsaxurSi Sen ar miiRe-Tqo da sami Tve tyuilad aRadave-Tqo.
_ amiran, me mTlad kargad ver gavige, ra unda qnas!
_ ra, da icis TviTon fuli visganac unda aiRos! is kaci
axlo ar gaikaros! uTxras rom mdgomareoba Seicvala, rom
Statebis Semcireba moxda, rom misi samsaxurSi miRebasTan
dakavSirebiT araferi gamova da ra vici! uaris saTqmelad
mizezebi mamaSens ar gamoeleva.
amiranma da WiWikom samuSaoze misaRebi agenti maTTvis
gankuTvnil binaSi daibares:
_ batono biZina, Tqvenze aris damokidebuli im arakacis
daWera, romelic muSad mowyobaSi amden fuls gTxovT _ dai-
wyo amiranma.
_ ki batono, rogor metyviT, ise gavakeTeb yvelafers.
_ Cven fuli daginomreT, saRebaviT davamuSaveT da feTqe-
bad konvertSi CavdeT. sakmarisia konverti gaixsnas da saxeSi
Seeyreba saRebavi konvertis gamxsnels.

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 _ WiWiko, feTqebadi konverti ar gvinda, jobs fuli ga-
daiTvalos, eg ufro naRdia. SeiZleba konvertze Sari mogv-
dos, rac Seexeba fuls, unda TqvaT, rom naTesavebSi isesxeT,
zogi Tqveni danazogi iyo. ar wamogcdes, rom fuli Cven
mogeciT.
_ ki batono, eg rogor wamomcdeba.
_ biZina, xom iciT, im kacma fuli rom ar aiRos, cilis-
wamebisaTvis Tqven daisjebiT, amitom RmerTi ar gagiwyreT,
winaswar ar gaafrTxiloT. imisTvis, rom sikeTe gaukeTeT, nu
ggoniaT sikeTiTve gadagixados, SeiZleba provokatori gi-
wodoT da kudamoZuebuli gamogagdoT kabinetidan.
_ ara, rogor gekadrebaT, mag kacma pirdapir miTxra, Cven-
Tan muSis miRebis nixri ori aTasi maneTi ariso da es Tanxa
sxvadasxva xalxze nawildebao.
_ es rodis giTxraT?
_ rodesac mesamed mivedi da vuTxari, Tu ramea saWiro
nu momeridebiT meTqi.
_ Cemo biZina, xval Cveni xalxi cota adre miva, poziciebs
daikaveben. Tqven aTis naxevrisTvis fuls gadmogcemen da Seu-
tanT kabinetSi zurab xaritonaSvils. Tu fuli Tqvens Tval-
win daTvala, orive xeli gadaisviT Tavze, xolo Tu konver-
ti daitova erTi xeli gadaisviT, xolo RmerTma nu qnas da
Tu ar aiRo, Tavi rac unda mogefxanos nerviulobisagan, xeli
ar wagceT Tavze gadasasmelad.
_ amiran, me sabuTebi Sevadgine da biZinam xeli unda moaw-
eros. kanoni ase `metyvelebs~, Cemo biZina, ciliswamebisaTvis
sam wlamde. e.i. Tu xaritonaSvili fuls ar aiRebs.
_ WiWiko, moica, orSabaTi mZime dRea, SeiZleba fulis
asaRebad ver moicalos. biZinas xelis mowera sad gagveqceva.
_ ki, batono rogorc Tqven ityviT, magram Cemi gamocdi-
lebiT vici, rom es xelis mowera saqmisaTvis xalxs ufro erT-
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 _ biZina, axla wabrZandiT da xval dilis cxra saaTze
Tambaqos qarxnis mopirdapire mxares batoni WiWikos manqana
idgeba, nomrebi gaxsovT albaT, ukana karebs gamoaRebT da
manqanaSi CajdebiT. Cven fuls gadmogcemT da Sexval qarxana-
Si.
_ ki, kargad brZandebodeT! _ Tavi daukra biWikom.
_ kargad iyavi, biZina, RmerTi Cvensken! _ uTxra biWikom.
_ WiWiko, es xelismowera rom daiCeme, iqneb es saqme ise ar
gamodis, rogorc Cven gvinda, Tavs xom ar SevircxvenT. am
operaciis Sesaxeb marto me da Sen viciT. opercias me vxel-
mZRvanelob, amasTan qarxanaSi jer aravin micnobs. _ me Seval,
ase, rom jer kvercxi davdoT da mere vikakanoT!
_ bolo xanebSi ician zogjer gulis aCvileba magnairebma.
afrTxileben xolme Tavi msxverpls da karg mayuTsac Runaven.
radgan es Cveni pirveli operaciaa, yvelaferi Tqveneburad
iyos!
meore dRes SeTanxmebisamebr biZinas manqanaSi gadasces da-
nomrili fuli da erTi gadacmuli TanamSromelic Tan gaiy-
oles, cota xnis Semdeg amiranic Sevida qarxanaSi da Tvali
Seavlo kadrebis ganyofilebis gamgis nacnob karebs. aq TiTq-
mis araferi Secvliliyo.
biZinam karze daakakuna da Sesvla iTxova.
_ moicadeT cota xani, xom xedavT xalxi myavs _ gaisma
zurab xaritonaSvilis boxi xma. zurabTan Sediodnen Tanam-
Sromlebi sabuTebiT, gamodiodnen. bolos zurabic gamovida
kabinetidan gareT.
_ Tqveni saqme, ar gamodis, direqtors vTxove, Cemi axlo
naTesavia, iqneb naxevar ganakveTze mainc miviRoT-meTqi, ma-
gram iuara.
_ aba, ra, vqnaT batono zurab? _ wamoikivla nirwamx-
darma biZinam.
_ davicadoT, ufro karg dros davelodoT.

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 _ rodis gamoviaro, rodis iqneba Cemi miRebis saSualeba?
_ gamoiare ase sami Tvis Semdeg, SeiZleba raime gamoCndes,
Tumca marTali rom giTxra, imedi ar maqvs.
_ aba, ra vqna, sami Tve umuSevari xom ver viqnebi?!
_ ager, Cems pirdapir, limonaTis qarxanaa, iq sWirdebaT
muSebi, Tu gindaT Cems kolegas gadavurekav da migiRebT!
_ ara, me TqvenTan mindoda samuSaos dawyeba.
_ Tu giWirs, iq daiwye jer da mere rodesac CvenTan gamoCn-
deba adgili, ager ar var, dagexmarebi! a, ra vqna, davreko?
biZinam amirans gadaxeda. man Tanxmobis niSnad Tavi daukra.
xaritonaSvili kabinetSi Sevida, karebi Riad datova da tele-
fonis nomeri akrifa.
_ niko, gamarjoba, ager erTi Cemi axlobelia, CemTan muSis
adgili ver vuSove, mgoni mtvirTavebi da yuTis mWedavebi
gWirdeba, Tu miiReb, ar inaneb, Zalian erTguli da guliani
kacia; ra barteri? ha, ha, Senc iswavle eg sityva? ki batono,
roca meqneba SensaviT vakanturi adgili aucileblad gamo-
migzavne Seni kaci da miviReb. am kacs werils gamovatan da
mixede, pativiscema Cemze iyos, erT Sekvra sigaret `kosmoss~
gamovatan! xom ici, samTavrobo sigarets gigzavni da ar Se-
marcxvino am Cems axlobelTan!
_ ra vqna, pativiscema mindoda TqvenTvis, batono zurab,
ager maqvs gamzadebuli _ daiwyo biZinam.
_ ah, CvenSi maseTi rame modis, biZina? Cven Zveli megobre-
bi varT, Sen aq damicade axlave, dagiwer werils _ swrafad
Sebrunda kabinetSi, male werili da erTi Sekvra `kosmosi~
gamoatana da biZinas gadasca.
_ am sigarets miutan saCuqrad, werils gadascem kadrebis
gamges da sxva araferi pativiscema mag kacs ar unda, Cemi me-
gobaria. aba, kargad iyavi, Cemo biZina, RmerTi iyos Sensken da
xandaxan Tu Cvensken gadmoixedavs, araferi uWirs! _ Semdeg
amirans miubrunda _ Tqven rame saqme xom ar gaqvT CemTan,
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 _ mec TqvenTan muSad mowyoba mindoda, magram im Tqven
megobar kacs iseTi uari uTxariT, rom ena ar mitrialdeba
samuSao gTxovoT!
_ ratom, kaco, Tqvenc gamoiareT sami Tvis Semdeg, ase
uimedoba ar SeiZleba! imedi da kargi xalxi nu mogiSalos
RmerTma. aba, kargad brZandebodeT! _ xaritonaSvili kabi-
netSi Sevida.
cota xnis Semdeg amiranis kabinetSi Seiyarnen samiveni.
_ marTla ar hqonda adgili mag SobelZaRls, Tu CagviSva
vinmem? _ ikiTxa amiranma.
_ CagviSves, Cemo amiran da vin, eg aris axla Tavsatexi!
_ biZina, Sen xom ar wagimuSavebia wuxel, raRac ise giR-
imoda, axlobladac mognaTla! me ratomRac mgonia rom CaSve-
bulebi varT, kabinetSic ki ar SeuSva? iqve misaRebSi gadaw-
yvita yvela problema!
_ ara, batono! _ Seicxada biZinam.
_ rac aris eg aris, awi araferi eSveleba! _ daamSvida
amirani WiWikom _ pirveli cda marcxiT damTavrda, mara ara
uSavs, Semdegi saqme ufro kargad wava.
_ aba, fuli dagvibrune biZina da wadi axal samsaxurSi,
ras erCi im kacs, xom mogawyo! _ miubrunda amirani biZinas.
_ amiran, mTlad mase martivad ar aris saqme, operacia
CaiSala da damnaSave biZinaa, ciliswamebisaTvis am kacis sqme
gamoZiebas unda gadavceT!
_ ki, magram ar aiRo im kacma fuli da ra qnas biZinam!
_ ra da pasuxi unda agos ciliswamebaze!
_ ra vici, kaco, dRes ra mouvida, _ SeeSinda biZinas _
TviTon miTxra, amdeni moitaneo!
_ wesi wesia Cemo amiran, _ ganagrZo WiWikom _ Sen axali
kaci xar da ar ici, es ambavi rom gaxmaurdes, me da Sen tyavs
gagvaZroben!
_ aba, ra eSveleba biZinas?!

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 _ erTi gamosavalia, _ miubrunda WiWiko biZinas _ Tu
ginda saqme ar gadavceT gamoZiebas, Cven unda SevqmnaT sabuTe-
bi Senze, rom Cveni ufaso aqtivisti xar!
_ es ras niSnavs!
_ es imas niSnavs, rom Tu raime kanons darRveva, gamoZa-
lvis SemTxvevas Seityob limonaTis qarxanaSi, Cven unda gvac-
nobo.
_ ki batono! _ yvelaferze mzad iyo SeSinebuli biZina _
me ise mezareba eg meqrTame xalxi, rom Tqven rom ar miTxraT,
me TviTon moval.
_ maSin, Cemo biZina, Sen TveSi erTxel unda moxvide Cven-
Tan da Seni eWvebi gagvando.
_ ise, dRes biZina me Zalian momewona, _ waaqeza amiranma
biZina _ Zalian kargad eWira Tavi, Tu moindomebs, SeiZleba
CvenTan, miliciaSic, davawyebinoT muSaoba.
_ ah, ara, miliciaSi muSaoba Cemi saqme ar aris, magram Tu
danaSauls Cadis vinme, amas ver vitan!
_ SevTanxmdiT, Sen TveSi erTxel mogvinaxuleb. ai, am
qaRaldze mogviwere xeli, rom Sen Cveni aqtivisti xar da
Sens saqmes gamoZiebas ar gadavcemT.
biZinam ramdenjerme waikiTxa, misi saxeliT dawerili gancx-
adeba aqtivistad miRebaze miliciaSi, Semdeg xeli moawera,
daemSvidoba da wavida.
_ Tu operaciidan araferi saxeiro ar gamovida, erTi
agenti mainc SeviZineT, es es xeiri mainc vnaxeT!
_ WiWiko, wamodi sadme restoranSi SevideT, es boRma
araySi mainc CavklaT!
_ araviTar SemTxvevaSi, axla rom davlioT, operaciis
CaSlaSi dagvebedeba, Cven mxolod da mxolod Cveni gamarjve-
bebi unda avRniSnoT, Cemo amiran.
_ kargi egre iyos. aba, wavideT saxlebSi. me erT boTl
arays mainc davurtyam, rom nervebi daviwynaro, _ amirani
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 amirani saxlSi gvian mivida Sevida Tu ara oTaxSi, maS-
inve gaisma telefonis zaris xma. amiranma gogas xma icno;
_ amiran, saxlSi iyavi, SenTan unda gamovide! _ da yur-
mili dakida. amirani mixvda gogas mosvlis mizezs. marTlac ar
gasula ramdenime wuTi da karebze gaisma zaris xma. kari rom
gaiRo, oTaxSi pirveli zurab xaritonaSvili Sermovida, mas
Semohyva goga.
_ amiran, am kacs gitoveb, me qveviT davucdi manqanaSi _
goga mitrialda da ise daeSva kibeebze, rom amiranma sityvis
Tqma ver moaswro. karebi daketa.
_ dabrZandiT batono zurab, Cven karga xania erTmaneTs
ar SevxvedrivarT, albaT mas Semdeg rac samsaxurSi ar mim-
iReT.
_ amiran, me Tavidan Sevityve, rom CvenTan muSaoba Seni
saqme ar iyo.
_ maSin, ojaxi myavda da fuli Zalian mWirdeboda, magram
rac iyo _ iyo, iqneba marTlac ukeTesic iyo. ase Tu ise me
Tqvens vaJTan Zmakacobas ver vuRalatebdi.
_ etyoba, arc boRmiani kaci xar!
_ albaT egec aris.
_ Cemo amiran, mag fabrikaSi ukve 30 welia vmuSaob ka-
drebis ufrosad, me Cemi fulis sakeTebeli areali momces da
miTxres, sxvagan cxvirs nu Cayofo. arc arasodes Camiyvia da
arc magaTi saqmeebi mainteresebs, TumcaRa bevri rame mesmis da
vici.
_ amitomac gaZeliT amdeni xans.
_ cxra direqtori gamovicvale! Tu SenisTana keTili xalxi
mravlad iqna, kidev ramdenimes gamovicvli!
_ ra vici, sikeTe Cavidine Tu ara, im kacis saqme gamoZie-
bas gadaveciT.
_ axia magaze, ras Cioda TqvenTan; ki, magram ra daaSava?
_ qrTamis mimcemi da cilismwamebeli yvela isjeba!

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 _ amiran, es Cemi muSaobis manZilze pirveli SemTxvevaa,
roca fuli daminomres, imitom, rom vinc CvenTan samuSaod
modis, yvela damwyebi qurdia, Tumca es qmedeba CvenTan qur-
dobad ar iTvleba. muSebs miaCniaT, rom isini im Tanxas in-
azRaureben am qurdobiT, rasac saxelmwifo xelfasis saxiT
unda uxdides, magram ar uxdis!
_ ramden xanSi unda amoeRo im kacs eg fuli?
_ gamoucdels, sanam iswavlis, maRaziebs gaicnobs, dac-
vas ndobas moi povebs, oTxi Tvec yofnis.
_ erTi es miTxariT, Zia zurab, amdeni zedmeti Tambaqo
saidan Cndeba qarxanaSi?
_ marcxena Semodis, xarisxs afuWeben, sigaretis Reros
zomas amcireben, sinestes umateben.
_ sawyali lauazie! magisTis mohkveTes Tavi frangma rev-
olucionerebma.
_ vin iyo Svili lauazie?
_ erTi frang, kargi qimikosi iyo. revolucionerebma Tam-
baqos damzadeba daavales. gzaSi Segvinda da TambaqoTi
datvirTuli drogebi mdinaris piras gaaCera. viRacam daasmi-
na, TiTqos es man ganzrax gaakeTao wonis mosamateblad. Tam-
baqos nestianoba momatebuli aRmoCnda da rogorc revoluciis
mters Tavi giliotinaze mohkveTes!
_ kidev kargi, eg kanonebi dRes ar moqmedebs, Torem xom
darCeboda qarxana upatronod! _ gaecina zurabs.
_ ram SegawuxaT, batono zurab?
_ Svilo amiran, Sen da goga megobrebi xarT da am mego-
brobam gadamarCina mec. gogam ar icis, magram Sen gecodineba,
saqmiani megobroba sxvaa, xalasi megobroba _ sxva. miuxedavad
imisa, rom orives megobroba hqvia, Sinaganad isini erTmaneTs
ver eguebian da TavianTi poziciebidan erTmaneTs ver ugeben.
_ magiT ra gindaT TqvaT, Zia zurab?
_ is, rom Sens dRevandel operaciaSi ramdenime kaci monaw-
ileobda. albaT, Senma ufrosebma icodnen, yvela Tavis sakbi-

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los moeloda. amitom, rogorc saqmianma kacma, Sendami pa-
tiviscemis niSnad oci aTasi maneTi minda gaviRo. im madliere-
bis niSnad, dRes rom viris abanoSi ar aRmovCndi.
_ ara, batono zurab! _ uxerxulad SeiSmuSna amirani.
_ momismine, aq emateba Tanxa jarimis saxiT, radgan Seni da
gogas urTierTsiyvaruli ver gavige da samsaxurSi ar migiRe.
ise, marTali giTxra, ar vnanob, dRes xom ver gamomadgebodi!
_ Cems wils me da goga gamovuyvanT wirvas!
_ eg Tqveni saqmea, magram gogas ar uTxra, rom amdeni
mogeci, _ uTxari xuTi aTasi moitana-Tqo Tu gkiTxos, magas
advili hgonia ojaxis rCena!
_ goga xom daojaxebulia?
_ ori wlis winaT SeirTo coli, erTi biWi moaxlafor-
Ta, fulis Sovnaze ar fiqrobs, magas hgonia, me yovelTvis
veyolebi.
_ kargad iyaviT, Zia zurab, mec kargi saqme gavakeTe da
Tqvenc araferi SegeSalaT!
_ aba, kargad, Svilo amiran, awi ufro frTxilad viqne-
bi, etyoba wavTamamdi, sifrTxile davkarge. yvelaferi wleb-
is bralia albaT!
_ jer axlagazrda brZandebiT!
_ ormocdaTxuTmets gadavabije. aba, kidev erTxel didi
madloba da kargad iyavi!
amiranma sadarbazomde gaacila da karebi gadaketa.
amdeni fuli amirans erTad arasdros ar enaxa. cota SeS-
inda kidec, eWvmac gakra, frTxilad, pincetiT gamoaZro erTi
asmaneTiani, sinaTleze gaxeda, asanTis ReriT wyalic daawve-
Ta, mere asanTis Rero mklavze waisva, ar gawiTlda. yvelaferi
rigze iyo. amiranma asmaneTianebis Sekvra sul sami aRmoCnda.
`mainc sad moagrova am SobelZaRlma amdeni?~ _ gaifiqra amiran-
ma, es amiranis 18 wlis xelfasi iyo am Tanamdebobaze rom
emuSava: `kadrebis gamges rom amdeni aqvs, direqtors ra eqne-
ba? albaT fuls woniT iTvlis!~

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 am fuliT mas sami manqanis an erTi samoTaxiani binis da
erTi msubuqi manqanis yidva SeeZlo. Semdeg aiRo qaRaldi da
fanqari da gadawyvita eangariSa Tu ramdens i paraven muSebi,
direqtori da misi mafia da cifrebs rom gadaxeda, goneba
aemRvra, SeSinda kidec. mixvda, ra fulis patronebs unda
dapirispireboda da es marto Tambaqos fabrikaSi. ra xdebo-
da kvebis mrewvelobis sxva warmoebaSi da macivrebSi, mxolod
RmerTma uwyoda. karga xans ar daeZina, Tavis saqcielze fiqrob-
da, dRes ramxela farsi gaiTamaSa. WiWiko verc ki warmoidgen-
da, rom es operacia amiranma CaSala. xSirad bevri gaugebari
ram xdeba. magram faqtis sijiutes win veraferi daudgeba.
miuxedavad imisa, rom amirani am mozrdili Tanxis SovniT
gaxarebuli iyo, Tavs mSvidad mainc ver grZnobda, raRac sin-
disis qejnas ganicdida. am fiqrebis wvalebaSi iyo, rom Zlivs
CeZina.
* * *
diliT adre gaeRviZa. binis yvela kuTxe-kunWuli miaTval-
moaTvaliera. axla am fulis damalvaze, dabandebaze unda
ifiqros, anerviulda: `RmerTma ase uSno rad gamaCina, amdeni
fuli maqvs da ra movuxerxo, ar vici, SeiZleba Cemi erToTax-
iani bina, _ romelic mSoblebisagan darCa `jer orSi, Semdeg
ki samoTaxianSi gadavcvalo. magram es unda moxdes Tanda-
TanobiT 2_3 weliwadSi. manqanis SeZenac ucbad ar iqneba. jer
Cems mSoblebs Zroxa, Rori, dekeuli unda vuyido, gavasuqebi-
no da `xorckombinats~ Cavabaro da iqidan aRebuli cnoba
saSualebas momcems manqana viyido. Cabarebuli saqoneli ar
eyofa, or sul saqonelze metis yidvis uflebas ki kanoni ar
iZleva,~.
amirani bebia-babuasTan xSirad dadioda goris raionis
sofel qiwnisSi; bebia-babuis gardacvalebis Semdeg sofelSi
ded-mama gadavida sacxovreblad. am xnis ganmavlobasi amira-
ni pirvelad dafiqrda soflis meurneobaze da im xvrelebis

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Zebnaze, romelic mas saSualebas miscemda es fuli yairaTi-
anad gamoeyenebina. fulis mSoblebisTvis mibareba ar ivargeb-
da. mis mSoblebs amdeni fulis danaxva daafrTxobda, gonebas
aumRvrevda.
saaTs daxeda, ukve aTi saaTi iwyeboda. saswrafod wa-
modga, fuli leibis qveS amodo da samsaxurisaken gaemarTa.
kabinetis kari gaiRo da zRurblze WiWiko gamoCnda vi-
Rac solidurad Cacmul Suaxnis mamakacTan erTad.
_ batono amiran, SeiZleba? _ ikiTxa WiWikom.
_ mobrZandiT! _ amirani fexze wamodga, orives miesalma
xelis CamorTmeviT da skamze miuTiTa.
_ batono amiran, me minda gagacnoT Cveni didi damxmare
da aqtivisti batoni besarion jayeli. es Cveni ganyofilebis
didi megobaria, erTi periodi SevTavazeT CvenTan StabSi emuSa-
va da es winadadeba rom mieRo, dRes albaT maiorobas mainc
miaRwevda, magram man Cumad, Tavis Wkuaze, muSaoba arCia.
_ Zalian sasiamovnoa, batono besarion, Tqveni gacnoba,
WiWikos adrec hqonda saubari Tqvens Sesaxeb, _ icrua amiran-
ma.
_ vcdilob, batono, rac SemiZlia, dagexmaroT, _ saxe
gaebadra siamovnebisagan besarions _ xalxSi yofna da mas-
laaTi miyvars. xalxs xandisxan iseTi rame wamoscdeba, rac ar
unda wamoscdenoda!
_ batoni besarioni CvenTan ukve TiTqmis aTi welia Tanam-
Sromlobs, mas `zeviTac~ kargad icnoben, magram radganac Cvens
raionSi cxovrobs da Tavis raionSi unda rom ukeTesad iyos
saqmeebi, mokled Cveni raionis patriotia, bevri vigindara
`CauSva~ viris abanoSi; magis agenturuli monacemebi daufase-
belia batono amiran! _ Seaqo WiWikom.
_ srulyofil saxelmwifoSi sityvebi: _ damsmeni, infor-
matori, CamSvebi, agenti, ar arsebobs. arsebobs _ konstituciis
da kanonis damcveli moqalaqeni, romlebic kanonis da kano-
nierebis darRvevas pirad Seuracxyofad aRiqvamen _ axla

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amiranma moindoma mWermetyvelebis gamomzeureba _ isini am
darRvevebs acnobeben kanonis sadarajoze mdgom policielebs,
rom ZirSive aRkveTon mosalodneli danaSauli da es profi-
laqtika didi saqmea.
_ amiran, besarioni rogorc mogaxseneT, Cveni fasdaude-
beli damxmarea, amitom piradad gagacaniT, Cveni saidumlo
binebi icis da Tqveni nebarTviT minda Tqveni samsaxuris da
saxlis telefonis nomrebi, binis misamarTi mivce, xandaxan iseTi
saswrafo saqmea, rom im Ramesve Tu ar iqna dawyebuli, diliT
ukve gvian iqneba!
_ batono, radgan Cveni ganyofilebis aseTi megobaria,
rac saWiroa, mieci, Tu rameSi daxmareba dagWirdeT, batono
besarion, miguleT Tqvens megobrad!
_ aba, karagd brZandebodeT, batono amiran, Tu rame sain-
tereso iqneba, piradad SegawuxebT. _ wamodga da amirans xe-
lis CamorTmeviT daemSvidoba.
_ WiWiko, gaacile megobari da mere Semodi CemTan, saqme
maqvs.
WiWikom besarioni karebamde miacila, daemSvidoba da
amiranTan Setrialda.
_ WiWiko, ra vuyoT Tambaqos qarxanas, agentebma iseTi
suraTi damixates, rom Tmebi yalyze damidga, zog muSas Tur-
me xuTas kolofamde sigareti gamoaqvs dReSi, xolo orasi
cali minimumia. reidi xom ar mogvewyo erTi, ase gaTavxedebac
ar SeiZleba, ukve aRarafers eridebian.
_ jer erTi, reidi qalaqis sammarTvelosTan erTad unda
movawyoT, es unda icodes qalaqis partiulma komitetma, aty-
deba bazari da erTi kviris Semdeg yvelaferi Tavis adgilze
dadgeba.
_ aba, ra vqnaT, ar daviwyoT direqtorze nadiroba?
_ daviwyoT, magram magas iseTi patroni gamouCndeba, aqeT
dagviWers!

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 _ im dRes viyavi Tambaqos qarxnis dacvaSi, Sevamowme
satvirTo manqanebis Sesvla-gasvlis Jurnali, me saerTod mxed-
velobiTi mexsiereba kargi maqvs. ramdenime manqanis nomeri da
JurnalSi gatarebis rigiTi nomeri davimaxsovre _ xuTi dRiT
adre, vidre im CaSlil operacias CavatarebdiT. guSin isev
gadavxede am Jurnals da erTi satvirTo manqanis nomris mag-
ivrad furgoni `moskviCis~ nomeri iyo Cawerili, mxolod ise,
rom gadasworebulis araferi etyoboda.
_ albaT ageriaT nomrebi, roca bevr cifrs xedav, Tvali
giWreldeba.
_ WiWiko, me araferi meSleba da arc araferi maviwydeba,
bavSvobidan mxedvelobiTi mexsiereba maqvs navarjiSevi!
_ me, aba verafers getyviT, saWiroa maSin Cumad mag gver-
debis gadaReba ise, rom dacvam ver SeamCnios da Tu es asea,
rogorc Tqven brZaneT, maSin utyuarad gvecodineba ramdeni
`marcxena~ satvirTo gauSves.
_ maseTi gadasaRebi xelsawyo Cven ar gvaqvs. es saqme samin-
istroSi unda aRvZraT, magram ra ginda qna, maseT xalxs iqac
eyolebaT Tavisianebia da gaafrTxileben!
_ amiran, Tu ar ici, gagonili mainc geqneba, CvenTan war-
moebis xelmZRvanelebs yovelTviurad moaqvT daxmareba _
kulturulad rom vTqvaT.
_ Cveneburad, qrTami. _ SeeSvela amirani.
_ swored magaSia saqme, am Tanxas Sens adgilze vinc ijda,
is krefda, axla es Tanxa CemTan grovdeba, romelic, ra Tqma
unda, danawilebulia _ vin ramdeni unda aiRos, sad unda
wavides da ase Semdeg. es Tanxa rom ar aviRo, ar gagvaCereben.
me Cemi giTxari da Sen rogorc ginda, ise gadawyvite.
_ WiWiko, Sen ici, rom me komkavSiridan gadmosuli kaci
var da visi rekomendaciiTac, isec mogexseneba; me mag kacs ver
vuRalateb. Cven ase SevTanxmdiT, am qveyanas ase uceb ver gavas-
worebT. eg Tanxebi Sen akrife, Cemi wilic Sen gqondes da
SevTanxmdeT, rom me magis Sesaxeb araferi ar vici.

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 _ ase sufTad gamoZroma ar gamova, batono amiran, wesi
wesia, Tqven Tqveni wili unda miiRoT!
_ WiWiko, me vTqvi da gavaTave! magis Sesaxeb araferi vici,
Tu aucilebelia, moagrove eg Tanxa, Tu ara da yvelas uari
vuTxraT da davubrunoT.
_ maSin amis Sesaxeb vaxtangs unda SevatyobinoT, rogorc
is ityvis, ise moviqcevi, radgan magis wilic sakmarisadaa am
TanxaSi.
_ ki batono, Cveni saubari SeegiZlia mTlianad gadasce!
am dros gaisma telefonis zaris xma. rekavda vaxtang amire-
jibi.
_ amiran, Seni muSaobidan or Tveze meti xani gavida, ba-
tonma Sadimanma dagvibara. gvelodeba saRamos rva saaTze.
_ ki batono, rva saaTisTvis mdivnis misaRebSi dagicdiT!
amiranma Camowera qaRaldze sad ris gakeTebas apirebda.
saRamos rva saaTisaTvis ukve Sadimanis kabinetSi isxdnen.
_ aba, amiran, gviTxari ra gaakeTe, ris gakeTebas apireb?
_ batono Sadiman! _ daiwyo amiranma _ yvela warmoebaSi
cot-cota darRvevebi xdeba, agenturuli monacemebiT vamow-
mebT, magram, rac Tambaqos fabrikaSi xdeba, yovelnair fanta-
zias aRemateba. muSebs ise gamoaqvT Tambaqos Sekvrebi qarx-
nidan, aravis epuebian. satvirTo mnqanebi erTidaigive zedde-
buliT gadian, Semdeg erT manqanas Jurnalidan amoagdeben da
yvelaferi wesrigSia.
_ ki, magram JurnalSi gadasworeba rom ar SeiZleba.
_ amas ise akeTeben, rom gadasworebuli araferi ar aris.
an ori Jurnali aqvT, an raRac xdeba.
_ ras apirebT?
_ minda pirvel rigSi am Tavxedobas movuRoT bolo da
muSebis masiuri daWera movaxdinoT. Semdeg minda Tqveni dax-
marebiT saxelmwifo uSiSroeba CavrioT Tavisi apraturiT da
es Jurnalebi Cumad gadaviRoT. SeiZleba iq Cveni agentis mow-
yoba damlageblad an sulac dacvaSi, yovel SemTxvevaSi, is
mainc gvecodineba, ramdeni marcxena satvirTo manqana gadis.

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 _ sxvagan ra mdgomareobaa?
_ Sokoladis qarxnidan muSebs or-ori fila yovelTvis
gamoaqvT yovelgvari gaformebis gareSe, puris qarxnidan sam-
sami puri, ase rom cot-cotas yvela qurdobs, oRondac, ara
mgonia, puri an Sokoladis filebi gayidon, albaT, bavSvebT-
an miaqvT ojaxSi, an nacnobebs aZleven. Tambaqos qarxana ki
masobriv qurdobaze da fulis keTebazea gadasuli.
_ ras apireb? _ isev CaekiTxa Sadimani.
_ Tu Tqveni nebarTvac iqneba da qalaqis miliciis Tanadgo-
mac, reidebi unda movawyoT. cotaTi mainc SeSindebian muSebi
da xelmZRvaneloba. Tu saxelmwifo uSiSroeba gadasaReb
aparaturas gvaTxovebs, danarCens Cven mivxedavT!
_ ras ityvi vaxtang, rogor mogwons am axlagazrdis geg-
mebi?
_ marTlac cudi mdgomareobaa mag qarxanaSi. me rac mi-
liciaSi vmuSaob, sul mag qurdobas vebrZvi; direqtorebi or
welze mets ver Zleben, magram mag qarxanas araferi eSvela.
_ moawyeT reidebi, iqneb cotaTi mainc mivawynaroT qurdo-
ba. rac Seexeba gadasaReb mowyobilobas, uSiSroebis komite-
tis Tavmjdomares me TviTon davurekav, mgonia, dagvexmareba.
vaxtangi da amirani wamodgnen da gareT gamovidnen.
_ vaxtang, xval dilasve wavideT qalaqis miliciis sam-
marTveloSi da mag saqmes gavukeToT organizeba.
meore dRes, diliT qalaqis miliciis sammarTveloSi, givi
xabazis kabinetSi, iyvnen.
_ amiran, Cemi kolega da Cveni saqmianobis Tanamoazre rom
gaxdi, amis Sesaxeb me vaxtang amirejibisagan unda gavigo, Tu me da
Sen imdeni Zmoba ar gvaqvs, rom Tu ar moxvedi, dagereka mainc?
_ damnaSave var batono givi, mindoda jer gamerkvia, sad
gavyavi Tavi!
_ Seni raioni marTla rTulia, yvela sasunavi organiza-
cia SenTan aris Tavmoyrili.
_ givi, am Cvens wamowyebaSi Tu dagvexmarebi?

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 _ ki, batono. dagexmarebiT, xalxsac mogcemT, magram uf-
ross unda SeuTanxmo, radgan jer avtobusebiT xalxi dame-
Wiros, SemTxveva ar mqonia. Tqven aq damicadeT, me male moval.
erTi saaTis Semdes givi Semovida. metad seriozuli saxe
hqonda:
_ Tanxmoba miRebulia, partiis Tbilisis komitetis mdi-
vani saqmis kursSia, gvTxoves yovelgvari eqscesebis gareSe
dResve CavataroT eg operacia, Tqven Tu winaaRmdegi ara xarT,
ufrosoba me damavales.
_ ki, batono, CemTvis eg ukeTesia! _ Tqva vaxtangma _
quCis marcxena mxares, imorigeveben Cveni TanamSromlebi Tavi-
anTi msubuqi manqanebiT da sigarets maRaziis magivrad Cvens
sammarTveloSi Caabareben. mokled yvelaferi mzad aris. biWe-
bi da avtobusebi albaT ukve qarxnis win dganan. Sesvenebaze
daiwyeben sigaretebis gatanas qarxnidan da Cvenc iq unda davx-
vdeT. ramdenime wuTis win mag quCebSi avtoinspeqtorebi Cavayene
da Cveni TanamSromlebis manqanebis garda sxvas ar gaaCereben.
dRis pirveli saaTisaTvis daiwyo operacia, muSebi jguf-
jgufad gamovidnen qarxnidan, yvela manqanas eZebda. iqve gaC-
erebul TanamSromlebis manqanebSi TiToSi oTx-oTxi adamiani
jdeboda, qalebi Warbobdnen, xolo isini vinc nacnob mZRolebs
eZebdnen, sawinaaRmdego mxares gadadiodnen, sadac miliciis
gadacmuli TanamSromlebi avtobusSi asvlas Txovdnen.
naxevar saaTSi operacia damTavrebuli iyo, sul asamde
kaci moxvda badeSi. xolo vinc saqmis viTareba gaigo, qarx-
nidan saerTod ar gamovida an saTadarigo gasasvlelidan gaa-
para qarxnis dacvam. amirans aqac ar `gaumarTla~, aqac erTi
Tavisi yofili mezobeli, deida mzia naxa, romelsac ormoci
Sekvra sigareti aRmoaCnda. aqti yvelaze Seadgines, sigarete-
bi daatovebines da qarxanas sia warudgines da mosTxoves maTi
dasja. am siaSi deida mzias gvari `gamorCa~ amirans.
meore dRes qarxnis teritoriaze da gasasvlelSi mori-
geoba daaweses. miliciis TanamSromlebTan erTad morigeobd-

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nen komkavSirlebic da droebiT sigaretebis masobrivi qur-
doba Sewyda.
erT dRes amiranTan axalgazrda biWi movida da miReba
sTxova. amiranma miiRo. biWma kabinetSi SesvlisTanave kari
kargad mixura da saxelmwifo uSiSroebis komitetis mowmoba
aCvena.
_ me gamomagzavnes komitetidan, raTa teqnikuri daxmare-
ba gagiwioT. _ man gaxsna `keisi~ da amoalaga Rili, sanTebe-
la, avtokalami, majis saaTi, _ es yvelaferi gadamRebi mowyo-
bilobaa. dagitovebT Cems telefonis nomers da rodesac Tqven
SearCevT pirovnebas, romelsac amaTi gamoyeneba daevaleba,
damirekeT. erT dReSi movamzadeb. rac Seexeba firs, Cven gam-
ovamJRavnebT da dagibeWdavT.
_ yvela asakis adamiani aiTvisebs Tvens aparaturas?
_ diax, Zneli ar aris. ai, naxeT saaTi, sakmarisia saweri
magididan 20_25 sm daSorebiT ciferblatiT qaRalds miuSvi-
roT da mosamarTs TiTi daWireT da suraTic gadaRebulia,
aseve avtokalamic, ukan Rilakze xels daaWerT da gadaiRebs.
Rilis dakerebac SeiZleba mkerdis areSi da jibeSi iqneba dasaW-
eri mowyobiloba. ase, rom mTavaria icodes, ra unda gada-
iRos da ra kuTxiT unda miudges gadasaReb furcels.
_ kargiT, xval gamogigzavniT. erT damlagebeli qali
gvyavs, sakmaod sazriani da naxeT, Tu gamodgeba.
_ xval am nomerze darekos.
kotem ukanve Caalaga Tavisi nivTebi da uxmaurod gavida
amiranis kabinetidan.
amirans esiamovna, Sadimanma gulTan axlos rom miitana
misi Txovna da danapirebi ausrula. erTi kviris Semdeg or-
mocdaaT wels miRweuli deida maro gulmodgined alagebda
sayaraulo Senobas da SeTanxmebisamebr xan _ amirani, xan _
WiWiko midiodnen sayarauloSi da Jurnals Tvals gadaav-
lebdnen xolme, ambavs ikiTxavdnen, dacvis biWebs gaesaubre-
bodnen da wavidodnen. amasobaSi ki deida maro marto darCe-

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boda oTaxSi da avtomanqanis moZraobis registraciis fur-
clebs gulmodgined iRebda.
ori kviris Semdeg amiranma sTxova dacvis xalxs manqaneb-
is mimosvlis aRmricxveli Jurnalis qseroaslebis gadaReba,
qseroaparatura iqve qarxnis buRalteriaSi iyo damontaJe-
buli. eWvi aravis araferSi Separvia.
meore dRes kotem gamougzavna foto-firebis gadidebu-
li furclebi _ 15 dRis angariSi.
amirani Tvalebs ar ujerebda, TiTqmis yovl dRe ori-sami
satvirTo manqanis nomeri icvleboda msubuqi avtomanqanebis
nomrebiT, romelTagan erTi emsaxureboda sasadilos, meore _
mTavar meqanikoss.
firze aRbeWdili iyo satvirTo manqanis nomrebi, xolo
aslze es nomrebi icvleboda qarxnis momsaxurebaze dakveTili
msubuqi manqanebis nomrebiT. amiranma WiWikos dauZaxa.
_ WiWiko, xom xedav, ra mexsiereba maqvs, kinaRam sakuTar
TavSi eWvi Semepara.
_ gamodis, rom eg SobelZaRlebi dReSi or-sam kamazs
uSveben marcxniv.
_ naxevar TveSi ormoci manqana gamovida, kvira dResac
`muSaoben~.
_ ra vqnaT? vis vuTxraT? buRalteriaSi yvelaferi wes-
rigSi eqnebaT, eqspertizac verafers daadgens, Tanac burTu-
lian kalmistars iseTi saRebavi aqvs, misi SeumCnevlad amoyva-
na SeuZlebelia, raRacaSia aqac saqme, isev maros unda davaval-
oT, Ramis cvlaSi ecados im samorigeos dalageba, iqneb rames
miagnos.
amiranis TxovniT marom Ramis damlagebels dilis cvlaSi
gaucvala adgili da Sedegmac ar daayovna. maros TqmiT, saRa-
mos aT saaTze modis momaragebis ufrosi, dawerils avtoka-
lamze ukan gakeTebuli saSleliT Slis sufTad da momsaxure
msubuqi manqanebis nomers asworebs. es kalami yvelas Tvalwin
devs da yvela am kalmiT wers JurnalSi manqanebis nomrebs.

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 meore dRes amirani gulis fancqaliT mivida samorigeoSi,
telefonis nomeri Txova dacvas da JurnalSi Cadebuli im
avtokalmiT Caiwera. mere naxa dro da am kalmistris ukan
momagrebuli saSleli telefonis nomers gadausva da fur-
celze TiTqos araferi werebula.
amiranisTvis ukve cnobili gaxda yvelaferi da gaxarebu-
li mivida vaxtang amirejibTan, raTa Tavisi aRmoCena gaeziare-
bina da Tanac Tavic moewonebina.
vaxtangma amisTana gaxarebul saxes rom Sexeda, hkiTxa:
_ amiran, raRac gaxarebuli xar, Senc gaige axali ambavi?
_ ra ambavi?
_ ra da Sadimani Cvens ministrad gadaiyvanes!
_ ara es ar gamigia, pirvelad Tqvengan mesmis, me ufro
sxva saqmem gamaxara, _ da Tavisi aRmoCena acnoba.
_ Zalian kargi, Cemo amiran, uCvenod nurafer RonisZiebas
nu Caatareb, yvelaferi SemiTanxme!
kabinetSi WiWiko Semovida, amiranis gaxarebuli saxe imanac
SeamCnia. amirani yvelafers mouyva. WiWikos es ar moewona.
_ mag saqmidan araferi gamova, mag qarxnis direqtori vax-
tangis megobaria da maqedan karg wilsac aZleven, ara mgonia
eg qarxana gawiros!!
_ aba, muSebis daWeraze rom Segviwyo xeli?
_ eg operacia qarxnis direqciasac awyobda, is muSebi mis
wils i paravdnen, Sen axla magis wils Seexe, ase, rom maqedan,
winaswar geubnebi, araferi gamova.
marTlac mesame dRes amiranma gaigo, rom qarxana mimdinare
remontze dadga da muSebi daiTxoves ori TviT, xelfasis
naxevris anazRaurebiT.
amiranma samorigeoSi Seiara, yaraulebi mowyenilebi mie-
salmnen, Jurnals gadaxeda, axali Jurnali ido, Zveli gaqra.
_ Zveli Jurnali ra uyaviT?
_ direqtorma waiRo, Tqva `axla manqanebis mimosvla aRar
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 WiWiko marTali gamodga. erTi Tvis Semdeg, rac avtokala-
mis saqme gairkva, maro amiranTan saubrobda kabinetSi.
_ maro sad xar axla, rasa iqm, Seni da Cemi wyalobiT
qarxana remontSi gavuSviT.
_ rZis kombinatSi daviwye muSaoba isev damlageblad. jer
_ erTi, mag qarxanas kargaxans ar gaaremonteben, meorec, Se-
vatyve, rom samorigeoSi almacerad damiwyes yureba. mgoni
raRac iynoses!
_ eg araferi, sanam me var, egeni verafers gabedaven. axla
raze Sewuxebulxar?
_ amiran, saocari ram xdeba CvenTan, araJnis saamqroSi. am
bolo dros qalaqSi karaqis nakleboba igrZnoba. kacebi, ra
Tqma unda, ver amCnevT. CvenTan ki tonobiT karaqi moaqvT,
specialur manqanaSi rZes ureven da mSvenier araJans akeTeben.
_ mere ra aris aq cudi?
_ cudi is aris, rom rogorc yuri movkari, 1 kilo kara-
qidan 12 kg araJans akeTeben. mag saamqros ufross raRac ara-
Jnis kultura Camoutania estoneTidan, Turme marto rZesac
araJnad aqcevs, sisqes miscems, magram cximianoba dabali eqne-
ba, rogorc miTxres, Cvens araJans cximianoba 10_11% aqvs,
qilebze ki `oci~ procenti aweria. Cveni produqcia ki uceb
saRdeba!
_ saintereso saqmea!
_ me imasac movkari Tvali, zeddebulSi karaqic uweriaT,
magram manqanaze karaqs ar tvirTaven. xandaxan manqanis datvir-
TvaSi mec vexmarebi, xan rZes maZleven, xan _ yvels, araJans me
TviTon viReb, mag saamqroSi vmuSaob.
_ Zalian kargi, ganagrZe dakvirveba, me Cems xalxs vetyvi
rom am sakiTxze imuSaon. CaTvale, rom operacia daiwyo.
_ Tu rame sainteresos gavigeb, dagirekav!
_ sul damaviwyda, ai, Seni premia, orasi maneTi, im Zveli
saqmisTvis, romelic bolomde ver miiyvane.

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 _ amiran, xom ici, me fulis gulisTvis ar vmuSaob, ubral-
od usamarTlobas ver vitan.
_ mag fuls arsad ar vaformeb da arc arsad gawerineb
xels. es Cemgan saCuqrad miiRe Seni momavali dabadebis dRis
aRsaniSnavad, Cems saxelze rame iyide.
_ radgan saCuqaria, aviReb!
amirans rZis qarxanaSi agenti hyavda, rigiTi teqnologi
qeTino, romelsac didi xania ar Sexvedria. ubnis wignakSi
nomeri monaxa da dareka, qeTino ikiTxa:
_ gismenT, qeTino var.
_ qeTino, gamarjoba, Seni moyvare var, amirani, raRac Se-
memTxva, xom ver SesZlebdi Cems meore binaSi mosvlas?
_ dRes ar mcalia, xval gamoval, dilis TerTmeti saaTi-
saTvis, Cems ufross vTxov dRis pirvel naxevarSi gamaTavisu-
flos.
_ SevTanxmdiT.
meore dRes, konspiraciul binaSi qeTino da amirani tkbi-
lad maslaaTobdnen.
_ qeTino, TqvenTan qarxanaSi rom axali saxis araJnis fal-
sificirebas ewevian, amis Sesaxeb me araferi unda vicode?
_ axali ambavi, viTom sxva ra gvaqvs naturaluri da ara-
falsificirebuli, araJans kidev ra uSavs, rac naturaluri
rZe mogvdis mag araJanSi ureven, sxvaTaSoris, Zalian kargi
produqciaa.
_ ki, magram cximianobas rom?
_ cximi vnebs adamians, amitom vcdilobT xalxi nakleb
cximiani produqtiT vkveboT.
_ Sen, Cemsken xar Tu eSmakebisken, ver gavige!
_ me aravis mxares ar var, Tqvengan araferi xeiri ar aris,
qarxnidan xandaxan rZis produqti mainc mimaqvs.
_ Tu warmatebiT Caivlis operacia, maSin Cvenze iqneba
Seni pativiscema!

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 _ me egeTi Cvenze da mere iyos, ar mawyobs, winaswar unda
vicode, ras miviReb. rasac mTxov yvelafers gavakeTeb, rac me
SemiZlia, oRond winaswar gadamixadeT.
_ ar gvendobi?
_ Sen ki ara, sakuTar Tavs da Cems qmars ar vendobi. Tu
winaswar momcem aTas maneTs, gagigeb, rac gWirdebaT, miT umetes,
vali maqvs gadasaxdeli.
_ Rirs ki mainc amxela Tanxad es saqme?
_ ratom ar Rirs, yoveldRe Tu or tona karaqs Tormet
tona araJnad gadaaqceven. TiTo tonaze sul cota rva aTasi
maneTi rCebaT! TiTqmis naxevari milionia erT TveSi, amxela
Tanxa unda gamogaWerino da Sen raRac aTas maneTis gadaxdac
ar ginda? ici ra, amiran, aTas maneTs winaswar momcem da erTi
imdens, roca saqmes daamTavreb.
_ Tu daviWire es xalxi, vin ras momcems!
_ Senc WuWul-buWulebis daiWiras Tavi daanebe, Rlavebs
miadeqi da isini gaimeteben, rac saWiroa. ras ityvi, Tu Tanax-
ma xar Cems pirobebze, viTanamSromloT, Tu ara da im xalxs
ras verCi? Cemi saamqros ufrosi yoCaRi biWia, Tavisi inicia-
tiviT wavida estoneTSi, sakuTari fuli gadaixada teqno-
logiaSi, araJnis gasakeTebeli kultura SeiZina, erTi Tve
swavlobda am saqmes, RmerTma xeli moumarTos!
_ ki, magram karaqis nakleboba rom igrZnoba qalaqSi?
_ nu SeWams es xalxi am karaqs, gadavidnen araJanze, sx-
vaTaSoris kremic mSvenieri gamodis tortisTvis.
_ jandabas Seni Tavi, sityva sityvaa ori aTasi iyos!
_ mxolod aTass dResve, aqve!
_ kargi, xval gamodi isev am dros mogitan!
_ yoveldRe ver gaveTavisuflebi, SabaTs gamoval.
_ qeTi, momitane teqnologiis aslebi da sxva rac saWiroa
am saqmis gasaxsnelad, Tan Tu winaaRmdegi ar xar, cota wav-
ieSmakoT!

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 _ amiran, Sen xom ici, agentebTan waeSmakeba ar SeiZleba,
Tu daWirdaT, CagiSveben, _ Caecina qeTis.
_ ra vqna, Tu ase momwonxar, Cemo qeTino!
_ maSin mag aTas maneTs erTi asi maneTic gamoayole, unda
aminazRauro moraluri Seuracxyofa, rasac Cemi qceviT vay-
eneb Cem ojaxs, qmars, Svilebs da dedamTils, romlis Cemi sax-
lidan moSorebasac ar daadga saSveli.
_ qeTino me yvelaferze Tanaxma var, Tu winaaRmdego ar
xar, axlave aginazRaureb!
_ jandabas Seni Tavi, samsaxurSic ver mivdivar, kargi, asi
maneTs xaTriT saRamos eqvs saaTamde Sens gankargulebaSi viqne-
bi.
amirani da qeTino im saqmes Seudgnen, rasac uxsovari
droidan wyvilTa urTierTobas agvirgvinebda.
SabaT dilas qeTino da amirani kvlav Sexvdnen erTma-
neTs, qeTinos Tavi moekoxtavebina. amirans detalebSi auxsna
teqnologia, aCvena axali araJnis warmoebis kalkulacia, sa-
dac sacalo fasi ucvleli rCeboda, xolo saxelmwifosagan
dotacias am araJnis warmoebaze mainc iRebdnen. naxevar produ-
qcias asaRebdnen rogorc Zveli teqnologiiT damzadebuls,
naxevars ki axali teqnologiiT, xolo sinamdvileSi TiTqmis
90% produqciisa axali teqnologiiT mzaddeboda.
saqmes rom morCnen, amirani wamodga.
_ amiran, pirobaze rogor xar? _ SeekiTxa qeTino.
_ aTasi maneTi xom mogeci, damTavrdes saqme da meore
aTassac mogarTmev.
_ me asi maneTi mainteresebs.
_ xoo, Zalian Zviria, sxva dros iyos!
_ sxva dro ar vici, me dRes SenTan saWukWukod var mo-
mzadebuli. Tu geZvireba, ormocdaaT maneTs dagikleb, ise ram
dagaCaCanaka `obexes~ ufrosi, Seni Tanamdebobis patroni
fulSi unda curavdes, Sen ki kapikebze vaWrob! _ ar eSvebo-
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 _ kargi, as maneTs mogcem, oRond avansad, roca `iStaze~
viqnebi, maSin CamiTvale, _ gaeRima amirans. gaTamamebuli qali
ieriSze gadavida:
_ samagierod, me var axla `iStaze~, axlave gaixade, Torem
morCa Cveni TanamSromloba.
amirans gulianad gaecina da dahyva qeTinos nebas.
orSabaTs amirani WiWikos Tavis kabinetSi rZis kombina-
tis Sesaxeb esubreboda.
_ amiran, eg kargi saqmea, yvelaferi gamova, mxolod bades
rom amoviRebT, isev WiWyinebi dagvrCeba xelSi!
_ saqmeSi xom CagveTvleba!
_ saqmeSi ki, batono, CaiTvleba, magram amis Sesaxeb amire-
jibs ar unda gavagebinoT.
_ ra vici, mandac kudi ar hqondes gafskvnili da eg qarx-
anac remontze ar gauSvas.
_ ara, mag direqtorTan ver Zovs, etyoba mag kacs cekaSi
hyavs xalxi da Cvens vaxtangs fexebze ikidebs!
_ ra, egeni ar deben yovelTviurad mayuTs?
_ debiT deben, oRond sawyobis gamgeebi, erT-erTi agrovebs
am fuls da miaqvs.
_ am operaciaSi isev qalaqis milicia unda CavrioT for-
malurad, faqtiurad Cven davamuSaoT mTlianad eg operacia.
_ rad gvinda qalaqis milicia, wilSi Cagvijdebian!
_ ra sindisiT ginda daiWiro es xalxi, Tu Cveni wili
yovelTviurad moaqvT!
_ ki batono, CavrToT, me ra menaRvleba, ufro meti
daujdebaT!
_ vgoneb ase jobs, amasTan qalaqTanac kargi urTierToba
gveqneba, Cvens qorwilSi muqTad vaqeifebT! _ gaecina amirans.
amiranma givi xabazs acnoba operaciis Sesaxeb da daxmare-
ba sTxova.
_ Sen rom ar myavde amiran, ra meSveleboda!

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 _ Sen Cemi ambavi, ici me mag xalxs aviyvan. ikisreben Tu
ara raimes, ar mainteresebs, Sen ici, rom me mag saqmeSi ar
gavdivar!
_ ar gadixar da Zalianac kargi, Seni wilic Cven dagvrCe-
ba! Sen, Zmao, axalgazrda xar, perspeqtiva gaqvs, win unda
gaixedo, me ki dro unda gavataro, Cemi karieris `kriSas~
ukve mivaRwie, awi Tu damaqveiTeben, Tore aravin aRar
damawinaurebs. ris gakeTebac SeiZleba, unda gavakeTo, rom am
qveynidan gulnatkeni ar wavide! ase, rom me ra msjis wesierad
rom vicxovro!?
_ xval Tqveni da Cemi biWebi gayvebian aT manqanas Tavis
Sexedulebisamebr, rodesac produqcias gadmoclis mZRol-
eqspeditori, yvela savaWro fardulTan Cveni erTi TanamSrome-
li Camova da Seamowmebs zednadebSi gaformebul saqonels
faqturasTan. Tu darRveva aRmovaCineT, es ukve saSualebas
mogvcems kombinatSi SevideT da revizia CavataroT.
meore diliT, dasaxuli gegmis mixedviT moxda savaWro
fardulebis Semowmeba da yvelgan TiTqmis erTnairi danaSau-
li dafiqsirda. zednadebSi aRniSnuli iyo oci yuTi araJani,
faqtiurad iyideboda ormoci, zednadebSi gaformebuli iyo
orasi cali orasgramiani karaqi. faqtiurad ki karaqi saer-
Tod ar iyo, ase, rom produqciis naxevari gauformeblad
iyideboda.
givi, amirani da WiWiko Sevidnen direqtoris kabinetSi.
direqtori givis nacnobi aRmoCnda:
_ ra aris givi, Cvens kombinatsac moadeqi Sesamowmeblad?
_ ra vqna, Cemo vaniCqa, davalebaa, ar Sevasruleb _ momx-
snian, xolo moxsnili kacis ambavi kargad mogexseneba.
_ rame naxeT seriozuli?
_ me rom mkiTxo, iseTi araferi, rac ar vicodi. Sevamow-
meT ormoci savaWro werti, romelic Tqven gekuTvniT da yve-
la maTganSi aRmoCnda `marcxena~ saqoneli.

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 _ eg warmoudgenelia, givi-batono! SeiZleba sawyobis
gamgeebi raRacas ki mamaZaRloben, magram magdeni araviTar SemTx-
vevaSi ar iqneba.
_ Cemo vaniCka, xom ici tyuils ar vikadreb. yvela gamyid-
veli da mZRol-eqspeditori daWerili gvyavs, naxevarze meti
dakiTxulia, ase rom faqti jiutia.
_ Cveni raionis `obexec~ monawileobda am operaciaSi,
batono WiWiko? _ ironiiT ikiTxa vaniCkam.
_ Cven guSin saRamos dagvirekes da gviTxres, rom dilis
eqvs saaTze qalaqis sammarTveloSi gamovcxadebuliyaviT, vi-
codiT, rom reidi tardeboda, magram romel organizaciaSi,
warmodgena ar gvqonda, _ Tvalis dauxamxameblad imarTla
Tavi WiWikom.
_ givi, rogorc vxedav, Sen xelmZRvanelob am operacias,
ra eSveleba axla am saqmes? vinc dasasjelia, yvelas davsji!
_ vaniCka, dRevandelma operaciam sabolood gamagebina,
saidan iqmneba es zedmeti produqcia, magram es ver gavige,
kaco, karaqs awerT am wertebis gamyidvelebs da faqtiurad
arc erTi briketi ar SegaqvT. marcxena saqoneli gamigia, mar-
jvenac kargadaa cnobili CemTvis, magram usaqonlo?! amixseni,
raSia saqme?
_ rogorc mogexsenebaT, Cveni warmoebis umetesi nawili
rZis fxvnilze muSaobs, araJani ver gamogvdis kargi, aq erTi
niWieri teqnologi gvyavs, estoneTidan Camoitana araJnis miRe-
bis axali tenologia da rZeSi cximis asamaRleblad karaqs
vurevT.
_ adre piriqiT iyo, araJanis dRvebiT amohqondaT karaqi,
axla piriqiT, karaqs adRvebaven rZes da araJans Rebuloben.
axla mivxvdi, Turme risi bralia, rom qalaqi karaqis nkle-
bobas ganicdis.
_ Tqve mamacxonebulebo, asortimenti gindaT, xarisxi
gindaT, raodenoba gindaT, me vaniCqa var, mamazecieri ki ara.

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Tqven nedleuls ar iZleviT da me, produqcia saidan gamo-
vuSva, Tu ar vimamaZaRle? xalxs xom ar avayefebT!
_ ra vici, mamazecierze meti xar me mgoni, Cemo vaniCka!
arafers ar gaZleven da naxevars marcxena saqonels uSveb,
rom gaZlevdnen raimes xom sul saswaulebs moaxden, fulis
gadaRunvis saqmeSi!
_ givi, Cemi mrewveloba iseTia, Cveni samyofi yovelTvis
dagvrCeba, Sen isic ici, rom Cemi biWebi CaliCoben ruseTSi da
kargad mogexseneba, ra moTxovnebs da pretenzias gviyeneben.
_ vaniCka, xom ici, es tyuili bazaria, kanoni kanonia, Cven
rogorc Zveli Zmakacebi, maincdamainc ar mogawvebiT. mokled,
ramdens gamazav, Cemze kargad mogexseneba, ra madiani ufrose-
bi gvyavs. Tu ar gaqvs fulis gadaxdis saSualeba, maSin magaze
saubars Tavi davaneboT!
_ gaaCnia, ramdens mogvTxoven, Tu SevZlebT, ra Caraa,
gaviRebT!
_ eg ukve saqmea! amiran, WiWiko, Tqven gareT momicadeT, me
da vaniCqas zedmeti mowme am saqmeSi ar gvWirdeba!
erTi saaTis Semdeg givi vaniCkas kabinetidan gaRimebuli
saxiT gamovida.
_ wavideT CemTan kabinetSi, amiran! Sen, WiWiko, SoTasTan
erTad, buRalteria da salaro daluqeT, mxolod ise, rom
xval diliT produqtis gatanis saSualeba hqondeT, fard-
ulebis gamyidvelebs da eqspeditor-mZRolebs xelwerili Camo-
arTviT, rom pirvel gamoZaxebisTanave gamocxaddnen milicia-
Si Cvenebis misacemad. dRes es gveyofa.
cota xnis Semdeg oriveni givis kabinetSi saubrobdnen.
_ givi, amdeni xani ratom dagagvianda, gevaWreboda al-
baT!
_ didi `skriaga~ vinmea, Cemo klaselia, skolaSi kapikians
ver gaagdebinebdi xelidan, axlac aseTia.
_ mere, rogor daiyolie?

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 _ Seni angariSi gamomadga, vuTxari, rom misi wliuri mogeba
erT milionamde adis da erTi mesamedis kisrebac ar ginda-
meTqi? TviTonac gaukvirda, Tu ganzrax gaikvirva, ar vici.
miTxra, xval saamqros ufrosebs davelaparakebi da Tu Sev-
ZeliT, gadagixdiTo, oRondac garantia momTxova, rom am wels
dotaciebis ganyofileba ar Seawuxebs.
_ mere, Sen ra garantiis mimcemi xar?
_ Tavis wils zeviT mivugdebT da ar Seawuxeben!
_ ki, magram Tu ar ikisres, vin unda daviWiroT?
_ ra cudi azrebi mogdis TavSi, amiran, eg RmerTma nu
qnas! rac unda moxdes, direqtors ver daviWerT, jer _ erTi,
xalxi hyavs zemoT, meorec _ Cemi Tanaklaselia, RmerTs ra
TvaliT Sevxedo zemoT! marto Sen ki ar gyavs Zmakacebi, Cemo
amiran, mec myavs, amowyvetili xom ar ggonivar?
_ kargi, Tu dagvTanxmda, vis daviWerT?
_ xuTi kaci, jixurebis gamyidvelebi, pensionerebi, ukve
arCeuli myavs. ganaCenis gamotanisTanave amnistias miuyeneben.
erTi-ori eqspeditori, erTic _ sawyobis gamge. erTi-ori Tve
cixeSi iqnebian, mere gaamarTleben da adgilebze aRadgenen!
_ ici, ra _ miliciaSi dasja-gamarTlebis Teatri unda
Seiqmnas da mTavar reJisorad Sen unda dagniSnon!
_ asea, es cxovreba Teatria, moxerxebuli reJisoris gareSe
sarfian speqtakls ver davdgamT!
meore dRes isev givisTan Seiyarnen kabinetSi.
_ biWebo, yvelaferi wesrigSia! _ omaxianad gamoacxada
givim, _ fuls WiWiko aiRebs, Tqvens konspiraciul binaSi, erT-
erTi saamqros ufrosi moitans!
_ ramdenze dagTanxmdnen, batono givi?
_ samas aTasze, miTxres, meti ver SevZeliTo. jandabas ma-
gaTi Tavi, Cven ras vkargavT. fuli ganawildeba Semdegnairad
TxuTmeti procenti Tqvens raionSi darCeba, aTs operaciaSi
monawile biWebs mivcemT, ocdaxuTs respublikis `obexeSi~
mivitanT, xolo danarCens me da Cemi sammarTvelo gaviyofT!
xom samarTliani kaci var?

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 _ batono givi, Cveni raionisTvis TxuTmeti cotaa, mi-
liciis ufrosi mogvTxovs, mec ori moadgile myavs, kidev
gamoCndeba xalxi. daiwuwuna WiWikom.
_ me saqmeSi naxevarze naklebs ar viReb. aseTi princi pi
Camomiyalibda, meoTxedze naklebs respublikis `datacebis~
ganyofilebas ver vakadreb, biWebsac xom unda mivceT Tavisi?
TxuTmetze meti ar gamogdiT, miT umetes, rom amirani ar iRebs,
magis wili gadainawileT da imyofineT!
amiranma WiWikos daavala qeTinosTvis damatebiT sami aTa-
si da deida marosTvis xuTasi maneTi mieca, TviTon xeirad ki is
darCa, rom qeTinosTan SeeZlo dro xandaxan muqTad etarebina.
***
telefonis zari gaisma, miliciis ufrosi sTxovda masTan
Sesuliyo kabinetSi.
_ amiran, ra qeniT guSin, aiyvaneT quCis qalebi? xom ici,
eg Seni proteJes davalebaa, Tanac miTxra am operaciis Catareba
SenTvis damevalebina.
_ qalebi aviyvaneT, aRricxvaze davayeneT, naxevars jari-
ma gamovuwereT da gavuSviT!
_ am operacias weliwadSi erTxel vatarebT, gegmazomierad,
viTom vebrZviT bozobas da yvelaferi mainc Tavisi gziT midis.
amiran, es qaRaldi naxe, amis mixedviT unda Seavso cnoba,
xedav, ramdeni saxis bozi yofila amqveynad. xmamaRla wai-
kiTxe da gamarkvie, Tu Zma xar, Sen mainc SedarebiT jeeli xar
da ufro ganaTlebulic mag saqmeSi!
amiranma qaRaldi gamoarTva da kiTxva daiwyo:
_ ojaxis bozi, quCis, valutis, gamoZaxebiT, transportis,
sastumros, telefonis, motorizebuli da danarCeni. _ gaeci-
na amirans.
_ rogor uyvarT CvenSi yvelaferSi mecnieruli midgoma.
ara-da, viRaca uqnara zis partiul aparatSi da hgonia, boze-
bis amgvari dayofiT saqmes akeTebs!

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 _ magaTze didi bozebi da CamSvebebi me ar minaxavs, RvTis
wyalobiT magaTTan vmuSaobdi. Tu skamze xar wamoskupebuli,
yvelas uyvarxar, yvela gicinis da Tu fexi dagicda, aRaravin
aRar gicnobs, aravis aRar undixar! amitomacaa, rom skamebs
vebRauWebiT, radgan aqedan wasvla marto Tanamdebobis dakarg-
vas ki ar niSnavs. aramed im sasusnavisac, romelsac Sen, ratom-
Rac, ar ekarebi, Cemo amiran, aravin dagifasebs, damijere!
_ asakis momatebasTan erTad, albaT, gaviazreb, mere Sei-
Zleba yvelas gadagijokriT!
_ vinme xeiriani qali Tu gamoeria?
_ erTs gamomwvevad ecva, magram calke idga troleibusis
gaCerebaze da isic wamoviyvaneT. mkiTxa, `ratom damiWireTo~?
mec vuTxari, ise gamomwvevad gacvia, rom varianti ar aris
manqana ar gagiCeron-meTqi. me megona, modaze leqcias wami-
kiTxavda da bodiSis mosaxdeladac movemzade. ici, ras meub-
neba? `Sen ra ganerviulebs, me mixmaren, Sen xom arao~? ra
unda qna, dagcinis da xma ver amogiRia!
_ ise, CvenSi darCes da Zalian vereviT mag qalebis saqme-
Si, Tavisia, kaco, da visac unda imas miscems!
_ me yvelaze metad gamaoca deda-Svilis tandemma, erTad
muSaoben, dedas Soridan vicnobdi da agentadac mindoda
ameyvana, didis ambiT momesalma. vkiTxe, ` erTad muSaoba rogor
mogivida TavSi-meTqi~.
_ kargebi arian?
_ gogo 25 wlis iqneba, Zalian lamazi da moxdenilia,
xolo dedamisi 45 welsaa miRweuli, ase, rom dasawuni araferi
aqvT. es gogo 16 wlis gaTxovila, gayolia viRac morfinists.
biWs fuli rom Semoklebia, jer erTi Tavisi amxanagi Cauwvenia
loginSi colTan, mere _ meore da bolos SeuTavazebia, `modi,
Sveduri ojaxi SevqmnaTo~ e.i. erTi coli da ramdenime qmari
an piriqiT.
_ ki, magram, Tu uyvarda is morfinisti, ratom Cauwva mis
amxanags? _ aRSfoTda miliciis ufrosi.

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 _ is morfinisti eSmakurad moiqca: Sua Rames wamodga, iqve,
meore oTaxSi, damaluli amxanagi SeuSva da TviTon saxlidan
aiTesa. orjer rom ixmara im biWis amxanagma gogo, mere movida
azrze da SeSinda, qmarma bozobaSi ar gamomiWiroso, im mor-
finistma ki iqiT dasdo brali. gogos dedam es rom gaigo, wam-
oiyvana Svili saxlSi da axla erTad Souloben fuls.
_ albaT, Semosavali kargi aqvT.
_ gogo kisrulobs mxolod im WabukTan, visac qali ar
ugemia da am saqmis asaTviseblad biWebi gogosTan mamebs mo-
hyavT. deda ki am biWebis mamebTan kisrulobs da biWis mamam
rom veraferi mouxerxos, es qali mainc aqebs da adidebs.
_ albaT, ormagad uxdian fuls! ise, Cemo amiran, me rom
ufleba momcen, gavxsnidi axalgazrda biWebisTvis specialur
profilaqtorium-sanatoriums aTdRiani sagzuriT; movidod-
nen es ymawvilebi, gadaixdidnen fuls, saqmes iswavlidnen, am
saqmis higienasac SeiTvisebdnen, avadmyofobas ar aikidebdnen,
radgan yovelnairad Semowmebuli qalebi imuSavebdnen am
dawesebulebaSi da me rom mkiTxo, magaze meti profesional-
izmi arc erT sxva saqmes ar sWirdeba.
_ Cvens mTavrobas rom Wkua hqondes, im qalebs, romlebic
quCaSi dganan, erTad mouyrida Tavs bordelebis msgavs masa-
Jis, abanos saxlebSi. vetyodi, rom TveSi aTasi maneTi am qals
Caudon bankSi angariSze aTasi maneTi saxelmwifos gadauxa-
don da danarCenic saxlis patrons miscen. qals, Cveni xalxis
ambavi xom ici, marcxena klientebi mainc eyolebaT, qalebi
aucileblad Semowmebulebi unda iyvnen. am saqmidan saxelmwi-
fosac Semosavali eqneba, qalebis momavalzec izruneben!
_ marTali xar, amiran, didebuli azria! am qalebma 6_8
weli rom imuSaon, daaxloebiT asi aTas maneTs daagroveben,
amasobaSi is qaluri `xuruSic~ gauvliT, Semdeg gavlen ruseT-
Si an sxva qalaqebSi, binasac iyidian, manqanasac, qmarsac da
specialobasac miiReben. SeiZleba umaRlesic ki daamTavron,
Svilebs iyolieben da mere Sen gaubede da uTxari `bozi xaro~!

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 _ asea! qali 24_26 welze adre ar unda gaTxovdes, Cemi
azriT, raRaca specialoba xom unda miiRos.
_ eh, Cemo amiran, Cven ki gvaqvs kargi azrebi, magram vin
ras gvekiTxeba! Cveni cxovreba moCvenebiTobazea agebuli, Cven
xalxis bedi ki ar gvainteresebs, aramed is, `ras ityvis xalxi~,
Cven ideologias ufro win vayenebT, vidre adamianis beds, mis
momavals!
_ ager mag gogosTan viRaca uSvilo qali misula da uTx-
ovia `me Svili ar myavs, Cems qmarTan icxovre, bavSvi iyolie
misgan da fuls mogcemo. mekiTxeba axla es gogo, `kanonis
winaSe rame danaSauls xom ar Cavdivar, mamas Svils Tu mivcem
da fuli gamovarTmevo~, me vuTxari, `arafers ukanonobas ar
Caiden mamas Svils Tu miscem, magram fulis gamoZalvaSi SeiZ-
leba kanoni Semogedavos meTqi~
_ amiran, kargi ra, ra fulis gamoZalva, kaco, Cems colze
didi yaCaRi da reketi me ar Semxvedria, Tu rame daiCema, suls
amogxdis, sanam SeiZens, Tanac gayvedris, `yvelaferi Svilebi-
sTvis mindao!~ ase, rom Cemo kargo, kacebis da kanonis winaSe
yvelaze didi damnaSaveebi da banditebi colebi arian da
yvelaferi kanoniT miaqvT ise, rom xmasac ar amogaRebineben!
_ im uSvilo qals uTqvams, `Tu wesierad moiqcevi, aTi
aTas maneTs Cemi qmari mogcems da erT magdens me mogcem qmris
uCumrado~. axla deda-Svili angariSobs, bozobiT jobs fu-
lis Sovna Tu bavSvebis gaSvileba-gayidviT!
_ ki, magram amisTana moxerxebuli qalebi Cvens alyaSi
ranairad moxvdnen.
_ mezoblis dasmeniT daviWireT, `orgia aqvT mowyobil-
io~. Cvens biWebs mamaSvili daxvedriaT Cacmulebi, magram yoveli
SemTxvevisaTvis wamoiyvanes, davkiTxe,
_ mere, ra giTxres?
_ eg qali maSinve mixvda, vinc CauSva, miTxra `eg Zveli
bozia, klientebi ar hyavs, galoTda, Cveni Surs, erTxel viT-

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om xumrobiT miTxra: `im biWebs mamebi Tu hyavT, babuac xom
unda hyavdeTo~, me vuTxari, rom wesiT unda hyavdeT, magram
bunebis kanoniT Camowerilebi arian da amitom veraferSi ga-
mogadgebaT-meTqi.
orTavem gulianad gaicina.
_ ra aris adamiani, etyoba, daTvra da daboRmilma mili-
ciaSi dareka, viTomc seriozuli saqmeebi ar gvqondes, am us-
aqmurebis gamoZaxeba gvaklda!
_ amiran, amdeni saqme gaakeTe, weli mTavrdeba da erTi
restorani ar unda ikisro? guSin erTi avtobusi qalebi dai-
Wire, Zmao, rogorc ufrosisTvis erTi qali ar unda mogeyva-
na? sul gafuWdi amiran, ufros-umcrosoba gaviwydeba! fuls
Sen ar iReb da ras gaminawileb, jobs me dagpatiJo, wavideT
restoranSi! erTi magrad `davartyaT~!
_ rogorc ufrosi ityvis, sxva ra gzaa, miT umetes, rom
ufrosi kisrulobs. es iSviaTi SemTxvevaa da amas xelidan
rogor gavuSveb!
_ xo, xo, biWo, raRaca wamomcda da xelidan ar gauSva!
ise, CvenSi darCes da ra damsaxurebisTvis unda gikisro pur-
marili, iZlevi rames Tu ra!
_ Tundac imitom, rom Cemi klientebiviT colTan ar Cag-
iSvi, davurekavdi da vetyodi: `qalabtono naTia, guSin erT
avtobusi lamazi qalebi daviWire Tqveni meuRlis brZanebiT
da Tqveni meuRle oRraSobas mTxov-meTqi~.
_ ar daijerebs, biWo, icis rom ar vuRalateb!
_ me vetyvi, eWvs gavuCen! ase, rom rogorc irkveva, tyui-
lad ar kisrulob pur-marils!
_ kargi, vikisreb. ager, mtkvars rom gadahyurebs, Tevzis
restorani, iq SevideT. Tevzis muStari xom xar?
_ me yvelaferis muStari var, sadac dampatiJeben!
cota xnis Semdeg vaxtangi restoranSi pur-Rvinos ukveTav-
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 _ me rom mkiTxo, meqalTane kaci da avxorci dedakaci
orive bozia sazogadoebriv sawyisebze, magram momsaxureba aqvT
ufaso.
_ vaxtang, magaSi marTali ar xarT, qali, romelic Tavis
saqmianobaSi aSkarad fuls ar iRebs, is sayvarelia da ara
bozi, radgan erTisTvis seqsi mecxre caze yofnas udris, xolo
meoresTvis mxolod tanis rxevas. ase, rom wyvilis SerCevi-
saTvis SemTxveva da bedia saWiro.
amasobaSi sufra gaiwyo da vaxtangma pirveli sasmisi aswia:
_ amiran, amiT Sen gagimarjos! wesieri kaci Canxar. Cvens
raionSi rom gadmogiyvanes, marTali giTxra, ar mesiamovna,
megona, Cems pensiaSi gasaSvebad mogiyvanes, magram kacuri kaci
gamodeqi, Cems adgilze yurebi dacqvetili ar gaqvs, Tu vini-
cobaa Cems adgilze dagniSnaven, damijere, rom ar mewyineba,
radgan SenSi kaci davinaxe da ara Casafrebuli karieristi.
xom ici, komsomolebs maincdamainc kargi saxeli ar gaqvT.
_ Cemo vaxtang, me imiTac kmayofili var, rom Tqvens koleq-
tivSi movxvdi. Tu ara is SemTxveva troleibusSi, Cveni gzebi
sad gadaikveTeboda an saerTod SevxvdebodiT Tu ara erTma-
neTs, aravin uwyis. me saCqaro araferi maqvs, jer xelobas unda
daveuflo. raRa Sen Segecilo, ar jobs saministroSi rome-
lime sammarTvelos ufrosad an ministris moadgiled gaviqa-
Co? _ siciliT Tqva amiranma.
_ amin! gisminos RmerTma, Cemo amiran, Sen ici, gamixardeba!
Sen SeiZleba xumrob, magram me momwons, rom sakuTari Tavis
fasi ici! ise, gavige, amirani qalebSi daZvreba da daojaxebas
ar fiqrobso!
_ Cemo vaxtang, kaci rom ar svams, ar eweva, arc qalebSi
daeTreva, es imas niSnavs, rom frTebi amosdis da mamazecier-
Tan sasubrod emzadeba. Sen gagimarjos, vaxtang, gisurveb
ormocdaaTi weli kidev gesvas, bozebSic gegrialos da im-
qveynisken ar gegexedos! amiranma sasmisi Sesva.
_ madloba, Cemo amiran, vecdebi, survilebi ganvaxorcie-
lo. me erTi qalis mosiyvarule kaci var, Tvrameti wlisam
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rom SevirTe, Cemi klaseli, ager ukve ormoci welia erTad
varT da gind damijere, ginda _ ara, me Cemi colisTvis ar
miRalatia! Cemis azriT, mamakaci valdebulia yvela qalis ka-
mayofili da madlieri iyos, romelic mas RmerTma gamougzav-
na, arguna.
_ Cemo vaxtang, qali romelic loginSi CemTvis varga da
Semewyoba, me mas arafers vekiTxebi, Sen warmoidgine, arc sa-
xels, raTa qaluri damsaxurebisaTvis rame perspeqtivaze ar
ifiqros.
_ amiran, modi amiT Cvens ojaxebs gaumarjos! adre Tu gvi-
an ojaxs mainc Seqmni, radgan es Cveni movaleobaa. droze mixede
saqmes! amiT Cems or gogos da or biWs da Sens momaval Svilebs
gaumarjos, romlebic, guli migrZnobs, geyoleba. aba, kargad
viyoT!
sufra karga xans gagrZelda. amiranma fulis SeumCnevlad
gadaxda moindoma, magram oficiantma uTxra: `ukve gadaxdil-
iao~! vin gadaixada, amiranma ar icoda. albaT, maTma Tanamde-
bobebma. erTi xom am raionis miliciis ufrosi iyo, meore ki,
restornisTvis yvelaze saWiro milicieli.
***
erT Rames, roca konspiraciul binaSi amirani qeTinosTan
nebivrobda, telefonma dareka. axali CaZinebuli iyvnen. amiranma
Tavi Zlivs wamoswia da gabrazebulma CasZaxa yurmilSi:
_ romeli xar, am SuaRames rom rekav?
_ me var, besarioni, Tqveni aqtivisti.
_ raSia saqme? _ mTlad ver mixvda romel besarionTan
laparakobda.
_ batono amiran, saswrafo saqmea, me Sens binaSi viqnebi
10 wuTSi, kari gamiRe.
_ besarion, dilamde eg saqme ver moicdis?
_ mocda rom SeeZlos, axla xom ar dagirekavdi?
_ kargi, modi!

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 _ vin dareka, amiran?
erTma Cemma agentma, Sen gatrunuli iweqi, xma ar amoiRo.
_ amiranma tansacmeli gadaicva, pirze wylis Sesxma Zlivs
moaswro da karebze kakunic gaisma. kari gaaRo, Semovida WiWi-
kos naqebi agenti besarioni.
_ amiran, ar Segawuxebdi, magram adgilze veravin vnaxe,
saqme Tambaqos qarxanas exeba.
_ romelic remontSia?
_ araviTari remonti, egeni saamqroSi farulad muSaoben
da yoveldRe or-sam manqanas tvirTaven sigaretiT. axla zed-
met fasebSi abareben `marcxenas~.
_ eg ar vici, magram sigaretis nakleboba rom igrZnoba
qalaqSi, es aSkaraa, mas Semdeg, rac qarxana remontze daayenes.
_ filtrebi Cems colisZmas Camoaqvs da Cems saxlSi inaxavs,
Tan metrabaxeba, iseTi sqema davamuSave, TviT mamazecieric ver
gaigebso! xval diliT, filtris qaRalds miitanen sanagveze,
iqidan gadatvirTaven Cveni raionis nagvis manqanaSi da Seit-
anen saamqroSi, romelic RamiT muSaobs. diliT ki isev nagvis
manqanebiT gamoaqvT sigaretis yuTebi, miaqvT sanagvesTan aSeneb-
uli sawyobSi da iqidan msubuqi manqanebiT arigeben qalaqSi.
_ axla ra vqnaT, besarion?
_ ra da xval diliT unda daviWiroT, rodesac Cemi sax-
lidan sanagvisken filtris qaRaldis gadatanas daiwyeben.
_ besarion, ase ucbad ar gamova eg saqme, unda davzvero.
_ Sen Tu ar daiWer, xval ministris moadgilesTan Seval,
isini daiWeren.
_ Sen xom ici, egeni isev Cven unda daviWiroT, Torem
ministris moadgile wilSia da SeiZleba winaswar gaafrTxi-
los. erTi sityviT, Caviwer yvela agenturul monacems, yvela
obieqtze Cveni xalxi unda davayenoT erTdroulad, yvela
xvreli unda CavketoT, Torem ra bedenaa, marto Seni colis
Zma daviWiroT. zeg, dilis aT saaTze, aq gelodebi. nu geSinia,
magas ise davWedavT, rom didxans mouwevs iq yuryuti.

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 _ amiran, Zalian gTxov, mag gafuWebuli kacis javrs nu
gamayoleb. aba, kargad iyavi. zeg, aT saaTze, aq var! _ Tqva da
gavida. amiranma amoioxra, mere oTaxSi sinaTle rom aanTo,
qeTinos gaciebuli saxe dainaxa.
_ amiran, me megona Cemi Tavi gafuWebuli da Cemze uarese-
bic yofilan!
_ ratom xar gafuWebuli, saerTo saqmes, samarTals emsax-
urebi!
_ ra samarTali, fulis gulisTvis Torem, Tumca arc mT-
lad magisTvis vkotrialob SenTan, xalxi CavuSvi da ra gamo-
vida, Tqven fuli iSoveT, patara xalxs daerieT!
_ zeviT ar gagviSves, Cemo qeTino!
_ Tu ar gaqvT magis Sno, saqmes ar unda waepotino!
_ ras izam, aseTia Cveni samuSao!
_ ki, magram ras erCis eg gafuWebuli kaci Tavis colis
Zmas, davijero is kaci Tu amxela fuls Soulobs, Tavis das
da disSvilebs raRacas ar miugdebs?! magram gafuWebuli rom
daibadeba adamiani, eg aris!
_ Suria Cemo kargo, Suri!
_ yvela usaqmuri, uZluri, uxerxemlo patiosnebaze debs
Tavs, radgan mas arafris keTeba ar SeuZlia, qveyana gaqur-
dul-gamamaZaRlebulia, yvela waglejazea da gamodis, rom Sen,
mkerdze xelmidebuli, patiosnebaze qadagebiT unda mokvde.
_ ratom, patiosneba Taviseburi etalonia, yvela Cveni qmede-
ba mas unda SevufardoT, Torem uimisod ras daemsgavseboda
cxovreba, ra qaosi iqneboda, es Cems warmodgenaSi ver eteva.
_ ra eteva Sens warmodgenaSi, me ar vici, _ boboqrobda
qeTino. me erT rames vxedav, sanam SegiZlia, Seni SesaZleblo-
biT isargeble, Torem gamixseneb, pensiaSi rom gaxval, mamaka-
curi Rirseba da fuli ar geqneba, pirobas gaZlev, axlos ar
gagikareb. sanam SemiZlia, vsargeblob SeniT. ise, marTla kargi
saqme ki gamikeTe. vali gavistumre, bavSvebi dasasveneblad
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 _ ratom ggonia, rom marto me davberdebi?
_ imitom, Cemo amiran, rom Senze cotaTi axalgazrda var,
lamazi qalis STabeWdilebas vtoveb, arc mTlad uWkuo var,
ase Semdeg da ase Semdeg.
_ kargi gveyofa, miiwie, Semcivda! im viriSvils am SuaRameze
mounda saqmis mocema.
_ mag agents etyoba nervebi ver aqvs wesrigSi, operacia
rom warmatebiT damTavrdeba, samkurnalod fuli gamouyavi.
_ eg, fulis agenti ar aris, eg ideisTvis muSaobs.
_ ha, ha, ha, _ gadaikiskisa qeTinom _ axla ki namdvilad
davrwmundi, rom mag kacs yvelaferi rigze ar aqvs, _ TqvenTan
muSaobs da isic ideisTvis, amaze didi sisulele ra unda
iyos!
_ sxvis sisuleles Tavi daanebe, jobis erTi gemrielad
movigiJianoT Tavi!
_ me Tanaxma var!
amirani bevri fiqris Semdeg mixvda, rom Tambaqos qarxnis
irgvliv yvela damcavi wre Sekruli iyo da marto maT winaaRm-
deg verafers gaxdeboda. gadawyvita qarxnis direqtors dal-
aparakeboda, eTqva, rom Seewyvita sigaretis faruli damza-
deba. amiranma qarxnis direqtors daureka da miReba sTxova.
_ mobrZandiT, amiran, ram SegawuxaT? nestor borjalaZe
iRimeboda.
_ xom iciT, nestor, Cveni mizania profilaqtika da ara
kacis daWera. vcdilobT am frontzec dagexmaroT, Tumca ar
xarT madlieri xalxi, muSebis qurdoba rom SegimcireT, mad-
loba mainc geTqvaT! Cemo nestor, Sens mimarT me garkveuli
simpaTiebi maqvs da amaze sxva dros visaubroT. CemTan modis
agenturuli monacemebi, rom Seni qarxana RamiT Cumad muSaobs.
isic vici, boSebis ufrosma, anu magaTeburad `baronma~,
garkveuli Tanxa mogcaT, rom qarxnis remonti gaaWianuroT
da deficiti Seiqmnas. deficiti ki orive mxares gawyobT, winaT
Tu sigaretis Cabareba giWirdaT, axla rigi gidgaT.

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 _ tyuilia, amiran, yvelaferi eg. yovel SemTxvevaSi me
magis Sesaxeb araferi vici. SeiZleba romelime saamqroSi muSebma
erTi-ori, ha-ha, sami yuTi sigareti TavisTvis gaakeTon, magram
manqanebiT rom gadiodes, me xom unda vicode, bolos da bo-
los Cemi wili xom unda momitanon, sxvas rom yvelafers Tavi
davaneboT!
_ boSaTa `baronze~ ras ityvi!
_ eg kaci erTi-orjer iyo CemTan da mTxova misi maRazi-
isTvis sigareti gamenawilebina da fulic SemomTavaza. eg re-
montSi gasvlamde iyo. rom ar memuSava da fuli SemoeTavaze-
bina, vin suleli ar aiRebda, me Sen getyvi mizezs ver movnax-
avdi, usaqmuri mimoweris koriantels ver davayenebdi Tu ra?
magis meti ra SeuZlia usaqmur direqtors!
_ ki, magram ratom ar amTavrebT remonts!
_ imitom, Cemo amiran, rom saministro fuls moskovidan
elodeba, ufulod ki remonts aravin gvikeTebs!
_ ara xar dainteresebuli nestor, Torem moskovSi kacs
gaayolebdi saministros warmomadgenels da yvelaferi mog-
vardeboda.
_ dasamali araferia, mTavroba axalia, yvelgan, sakvanZo
adgilebSi, Tavisi kacis dayenebas cdilobs. cota xans wels
gavaTrevT, sanam axal cocxs piri dauZveldeba da yvelaferi
Zvel CarCoebs daubrundeba, aba, am axali qaris qrolvas Tavs
xom ar gadavayoleb, kurdReliviT, jer-jerobiT, `CirgvSi
vzivar, veravin mova Cemzedao~, xom ici eg igavi?
_ cxovrebis gamocdileba ar gakliaT batono nestor,
magram am marcxena sigaretebis gamoSvebas ra vuyoT?
_ amiran, ar daijero, tyuilia eg!
_ me Cemi agenturis mwams, sakmaod gamocdili da Seberty-
ili xalxia, magaTi gacucurakeba Znelia,
_ Cemo amiran, aT wuTSi kreba iwyeba, gaafrTxile Cveni
xalxi, saamqros ufrosebi Tu rame miqaraven da me ar meubnebi-
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wmindani ufrosi mogvividao. Sen, marTalia, ar iReb, Cemo ami-
ran, magram Cven gasavals SeRavaTi ar etyoba, amitom mamaSvi-
lurad girCev, an aiRe, an adgili gamoicvale.
_ wavideT krebaze, batono nestor, me minda Cemi sindisi-
sa da Tqvens winaSe marTali viyo da Tu vinmes daviWer, sawy-
eni aRaraferi ar unda iyos.
_ ki, batono, wavideT! _ amirani da nestori gamovidnen
kabinetidan da meore sarTulze, qarxnis saaqto darbazSi,
Sevidnen, sadac asamde kaci Sekrebiliyo. kreba profkavSiris
iniciativiT iyo mowyobili, ainteresebdaT sadamde gagrZelde-
boda qarxnis remonti.
kreba qarxnis profkavSiris Tavmjdomarem gaxsna da sity-
va direqtors misca:
_ amxanagebo, Tqven umuSevrobas uCiviT, xolo Cveni raio-
nis socialisturi qonebis datacebis winaaRmdeg mebrZoli
ganyofilebis ufrosi cota xnis win mimtkicebda, rom Cveni
qarxana RamiT muSaobs da or-sam manqana sigarets uSvebs qsel-
Sio. rogorc man ganacxada, amis damamtkicebeli utyuari
sabuTebi aqvs xelSi. ras ityvis amis Sesaxeb saamqros ufrosi
amxanagi amiran zariZe, amboben mis saamqroSi xdeba sigareteb-
is damzadebao.
_ tyuilia, batono nestor, milicia provokacias gviwy-
obs, netavi SeiZlebodes muSaoba da vin eSmaki!
_ batono amiran, Tqven xom ar gvetyviT rames amis Sesaxeb!
_ megobrebo, _ daiwyo amiranma _ gaigeT, me Tqveni qarx-
nis mimarT sawinaaRmdego araferi maqvs, Cemi mizani ar aris
xalxis daWera, me Cemi monacemebi maqvs, Cemi valia gagafrTx-
iloT, rom Semdeg erTmaneTisTvis TvalebSi Sexedvis ar Seg-
rcxves.
_ batono amiran, am Tqven gancxadebas provokaciis suni
udis. _ wamodga saSualo tanis, gamxdari mamakaci, mza produ-
qciis saamqros ufrosis moadgile gela xalastaSvili, swored
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 _ Cemi valia gagafrTxiloT! _ mkacrad wamoTqva amiran-
ma.
_ Cven provokacias ar wamovegebiT, batono amiran, amas
geubnebiT Tqveni sexnia, amiran zarnaZe. ras ityviT, xalxo,
aris Tu ara provokatoris mier gavrcelebuli Wori Cvens
qarxanaze?
_ provokatori, provokacia, usindiso! _ am SeZaxilebis
gamoistumres amirani krebidan.
`xedav, ra Sekruli mafia hyavT am viriSvilebs?~ _ fiqrob-
da gagulisebuli amirani _ `aba, ra iqneba, muSidan dawyebu-
li direqtoriT damTavrebuli, yvela qurdia! muSebad Zveli
nacixrebi hyavT, isini ufrosoben saamqroSi! amaTTan brZola
arc ise advilia, vnaxoT!~ _ am fiqrebiT mivida amirani samsax-
urSi. karebze werili daxvda, miliciis ufrosi iZaxebda
saswrafod. vaxtang amirejibis karze daakakuna da SeaRo:
_ gismenT, batono vaxtang, Tamabqos qarxanaSi viyavi ga-
dasuli.
_ sad xar, biWo, dakarguli, _ Seageba vaxtangma _ dil-
idan rekaven, ministrs unda Seni naxva. saRamos Svidi saaTi-
saTvis gaqvs daniSnuli Sexvedra! moica, axlave davrekav da
vetyvi, daniSnul dros rom gamocxaddebi. vaxtangma tele-
fonis nomeri akrifa: _ nataSa, me var, vaxtang amirejibi, ami-
ran lomjaria dRes Svid saaTze unda gamocxaddes ministr-
Tan, rame xom ar Seicvala? ara? Zalian kargi!
_ Tqven ar wamobrZandebiT? _ SeekiTxa amirani.
_ sabavSvo baRis ufrosobas me didi xania Tavi davanebe,
guli migrZnobs, TavisTan wagiyvans. Tu dagawinaures, Zveli
Zmakacebi ar dagviviwyo!
_ ra gavakeTe aseTi, rom damawinauron? _ Tavi gamoido
amiranma.
_ saqme gakeTebaze ar aris, saqme danaxvazea, Sens namoqme-
dars rogori TvaliT Sexedaven. Sen ar gecodineba, erTi Zve-
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tori daibares, romelic wvergauparsavi mivida biuroze. `ra
unda amas direqtorad, wveris gaparsvac ki ver mouxerxebi-
ao~, meore direqtoris dajildoeba hqondaT gadawyvetili.
isic wvergauparsavi da dasvrili CeqmebiT Sevida: `xedavT ra
muyaiTi kacia, imisi droc ki ar aqvs wveri gai parsos da Ceqme-
bi gai prialoso!~.
_ radgan aseT notazea awyobili es cxovreba, vnaxoT,
ras gvetyvis ministri!
_ me saRamos saxlSi gvian mivdivar, ministrTan saubris
Semdeg CemTan Semodi, vin icis, iqneb dalevac mogviwios!
daTqmul dros amirani ministris kabinetis mosacdelSi
iyo. mdivanma amirani kabinetSi mii patiJa.
Sadimani fexze wamodga da xeli didis ambiT CamoarTva
amirans, moikiTxa:
_ rogor xar, amiran, uCemod xom ar moiwyine, rogor
midis saqmeebi?
_ saqmeebs ara uSavs, _ upasuxa amiranma, _ Tu mogveca
vinmes daWeris saSualeba, viWerT, vafrTxilebT, profilaq-
tikas veweviT!
_ is pirveli enTuziazmi raRac ar igrZnoba Sens Tvaleb-
Si.
_ rTuli raionia, yvelas patroni hyavs, ufrosebs ver
viWerT, yovelTvis hyavT TanamSromlebi `gantevebis vacad~
gamzadebuli.
_ amiran, Sen ici, albaT, rom qalaqSi Tamabaqos krizisia,
adre Cven gagvqonda sigareti, axla CvenTan SemoaqvT da amis
mizezi is aris, rom nestor borjalaZem Tambaqos qarxana re-
montSi Caayena.
_ kanoniT veraferSi SevedavebiT, yoveli sami wlis Sem-
deg qarxana remonts moiTxovs, remonts imitom ver amTavrebs,
rom fuli ar aqvs gamoyofili saxelmwifosagan. imdeni alibi
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 _ amiran, siagretis deficiti xalxSi arajansaR aJiotaJs
iwvevs. mTavrobis Tavmjdomarec dainteresebulia, rom qarxa-
na droze amuSavdes.
_ ra Tqma unda, Tu nestori daiteresdeba, erT kviraSi
qarxanas aamuSavebs, magram me rogorc vici, mas Tqveni eSinia,
hgonia, rom mizezs eZebT mis mosaSoreblad. eg gamocdili ka-
cia, cdilobs axalma ministrma misi wili `tabikebi~ daamtvrios
da rodesac mdinare dawynardeba, mere Seudgeba saqmes.
_ marTali giTxra, eg kaci maSin unda momexsna, mdivnad
rom vmuSaobdi, magram maSin ratomRac magisTvis ver movi-
cale. raime mizezi rom iyos, axlave movxsnidi.
_ batono Sadiman, aris monacemebi, rom mag qarxanaSi Cu-
mad uSveben sigarets, saidan SemoaqvT marcxena filtris qaRal-
di, sad miaqvT...
_ mere, ra giSlis xels rom ar iWer?
_ magas imdeni patroni hyavs, isev WiWyineni SegvrCeba xel-
Si, xolo operacia Tu gamJRavnda, vici, winaswar gaafrTxile-
ben. amas winaT marcxena saqonlis gaSvebaze gadavukari sityva,
viTom ver mixvda, Zalian gaTavxedebula, arafris ar eSinia.
_ ra aris saWiro mag operaciis Sedegianad dasagvirgvine-
blad?!
_ Tqveni xelmZRvanelobiT iseTi xalxis gamoyofa saminis-
trodan romlebic qarxanasTan Sekrulebi ar arian, amasTan
Cveni komkavSirlebis CarTvac, romlebmac jer gafuWeba ver
moaswres!
_ myavs aseTi kaci. gagacnob. amiran, am operaciis Sedege-
bze aris me da Seni Zmoba damokidebuli!
_ vecdebiT, vnaxoT, ra gamova!
Sadimanma yurmili aiRo:
_ zurab, SenTan mova amiran lomjaria, pirveli maisis
datacebis ganyofilebis ufrosi, Cven gvqonda masze saubari.
Senc esaubre da erTad SeimuSaveT gegma. momaxseneT! amiran, _
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ToTxmete oTaxSi adi, me saqmis kursSi viqnebi! _ amirani wa-
modga, daemSvidoba da meoTxe sarTulisken gaswia. oTxasme-
ToTxmete oTaxis karebTn respublikis `obexe~-s axlad daniS-
nuli ufrosi _ zurab emxvari gamoegeba.
_ dabrZandiT, amiran, Cven mgoni komkavSiridan vicnobT
erTmaneTs, mec erTi Tvea baton Sadimanis TxovniT gadmomiyv-
anes respublikis uSiSroebis komitetidan. saintereso saqmea?
momiyeviT, Tu SeiZleba.
_ sigaretis filtri, `Cempioni~, SemoaqvT foTidan. jer
SeaqvT gldanis nagavsayrelSi, Semdeg specialurad mowyo-
bili nagvis sayreli manqaniT SeaqvT qarxanaSi.
_ ki, magram rogor Semodis da ratom miaqvT naga-
vsayrelze? _ ver mixvda zurabi.
_ CvenTan Semodis rostovisTvis da moldaveTisTvis
gankuTvnili filtris qaRaldi. es qaRaldi wesiT unda gaig-
zavnos am qalaqebis Tambaqos qarxnebSi. magram viTom gemi moy-
va did RelvaSi, filtris qaRaldi dasvelda da Camoiwera. es
sqema karga xnis winaT aris damuSavebuli. magram yurs aravin
i partyunebs am dagegmil danakargze. garkveuli nawili filt-
risa Semodis somxeTidanac da ra Tqma unda, `marcxena~ saqone-
lic mohyveba. am `marcxena~ saqonlis avan-Cavanebi arian qarx-
nis meqanikosebi da isini CaliCoben, yvelas Tavis wils aZle-
ven.
_ es sqema cnobili yofila. Cven ra gvaqvs axali?
_ axali is aris, rom me mecodineba filtris qaRalds
rodis gaitanen erTi moqalaqis binidan, rodis datvirTaven
sanagve manqanebs da rodis Seitanen qarxanaSi. isic gvecod-
ineba, mza produqcias rodis gaitanen qarxnidan.
_ Sen yvelaferi gcodnia. ra aris saWiro i peraciis war-
matebiT Casatareblad?
_ xalxi. yvela gza erTdroulad unda gadavketoT. jer
unda mivceT saSualeba filtris qaRaldi msubuqi manqanebiT
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Taven da filtris qaRalds Seitanen qarxanaSi. Semdeg igive
manqanebi daitvirTeba ukve mza produqciiT. saSualeba unda
mivceT miitanon produqcia maRaziebSi. yvela es Sekruli jaWvia
da xalxis dakaveba yvela punqtSi erTdroulad unda moxdes,
raTa gasaZvromi ar darCes vinmes.
_ kargi, Cemo amiran, me da Sen CaudgeT am saqmes saTaveSi.
me mgoni, erTi ormocdaaTi kaci gveyofa yvela wertilSi Casaye-
neblad.
_ filtris qaRaldi oTxSabaT diliT SeaqvT imdeni, rom
mTeli kvira hyofniT.
_ Tambaqo saidan SeaqvT?
_ magas mamazecieri ver gaigebs, etyoba, imdeni marcxena
Seitanes Tavis droze, rom axla undaT misi moSoreba. yovel
SemTxvevaSi, Tambaqos Setanaze me cnobebi ar maqvs.
_ Tu saqme wesierad dasrulda, egec eyofaT sakvnesad!
oTxSabaT dilisTvis yvelaferi mzad iyo, amirani besari-
onis zars eloda. am zaris xmac dilis cxra saaTisTvis gaisma.
es imis maCvenebeli iyo, rom orive mxarem operacia daiwyo.
xuTi msubuqi manqana daitvirTuli filtris qaRaldiT gae-
marTa gldanis nagavsayrelisaken, Sevidnen sanagvis angarSi da
kvlav dabrundnen axali partiis wamosaRebad. amasobaSi dait-
virTa erTi sanagve manqana qaRaldiT da gaemarTa Tambaqos qarx-
nisaken. ramdenime xanSi es manqana qarxnidan gamovida ukve mza
sigaretebiT datvirTuli da mivida sololakSi Tambaqos Sesanax
bazaSi. daiwyo gadmocla. zurabma raciiT misca niSani Tavis
xalxs da yvela jgufi Seudga dakavebis operacias.
amirani am dros Jigulebis mimarTulebiT iyo Casafrebu-
li. SeTanxmebisamebr isini avtoinspeqtorebma gaaCeres. manqanebi
daaxloebiT asi metris intervaliT mihyvebodnen erTmaneTs.
inspeqciam yvela erTdroulad gaaCera. pirveli manqanidan
gadmoxta gela xalastaSvili da inspeqtors dauwyo raRacis
mtkiceba, meore Jigulidan amiran zarnaZe gadmovida da isic
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gaCerdnen, mxolod erTma ukan motrialeba moaswro. inspeq-
torma auxsna, rom reidia da manqanebi unda gavCxrikoTo.
gaCxrikes.
_ es ra aris? _ ikiTxa avtoinspeqtorma.
_ qaRaldia, saxlis remontis Semdeg dagvrCa da gldanis
sanagveze unda gadavyaroT!
_ raRac Zalian bevri nagavi dagigrovebiaT!
_ ras izam, mSeneblebi varT, nagavi Cven Tu ara gadavy-
areT, aba vin gadayris?
am dros maT qudCamofxatuli amirani miuaxlovda:
_ egeni mSeneblebi ki ara provokatorebi arian, rame ar
gaWamon! _ uTxra avtoinspeqtors.
_ es visi tiki-tomaraa, _ gabrazda gela xalastaSvili _
Sen vin gekiTxeba, me da inspeqtori ras vlaparakobT?
_ Seni provokatori deda vatire, ratom atyueb am kacs!
gela yelSi wvda amirans, amiransac es undoda, gauqana
Tavi da gela iqve gaiSxlarTa.
_ aba, aiyvaneT yvelani, xelborkilebi dadeT!
yvela mZRoli, saamqros ufrosi misi moadgile maSinve
gakoWes da TavianTi manqanebiT saministroSi miiyvanes. samin-
istros ezoSi ukve idga nagvis ori manqana mza sigaretebiT
datvirTuli. qarxnis direqtori da buRalteri zurab emx-
varis kabinetSi isxdnen, roca amirani Sevida.
_ nestor - batono! me vtyuivar rameSi TqvenTan, im xalxs
sul provokatori da vigindara rom aZaxebineT da ise gamo-
maZeveT?
_ Svilebs geficebi, amiran, amis Sesaxeb araferi vicodi,
ki, raRac darCenili produqcia gvqonda, vasaRebdiT, xalx-
isTvis xelfasi rom mimeca, mara egeni Tu amas sCadiodnen,
rogor megona!
_ batono nestor, _ mimarTa zurabma, _ Tu icodiT da
xmas ar iRebdiT, es danaSaulia, xolo Tu ar icodiT, esec

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danaSaulia Tqveni Tanamdebobisa da koleqtivis winaSe, rom-
lis imedi ver gaamarTleT.
_ `uremi rom gadabrundeba, gza maSin gamoCndebao~.
_ es operacia respublikam Caatara, me vexmarebodi, Rmer-
Tia mowme, me gagafrTxileT. axla ki, batono zurab, me Cemi
movaleoba movixade. awi yvelaferi Tqvenzea damokidebuli.
me yvela dakiTxvis oqms xeli movawere, Tu SeiZleba dagtovebT.
dakavebulebi, rac unda iyos, Cemi nacnobebi arian da SeiZle-
ba yovelTvis samarTliani ar viyo.
_ kargi, Cemo amiran, Tavisufali xar.
erTi kviris Semdeg amirani gamoiZaxes Sadimanis kabinet-
Si.
_ amiran, saministroSi unda gadmogiyvanoT, zurab emx-
varis moadgiled, mgoni kargad SeewyveT erTmaneTs, pirveli
operacia warmatebiT daasruleT. Tambaqos qarxnis direqtori
movxseniT da axalgazrda kaci davniSneT, me mgoni, erT TveSi
qarxanas aamuSavebs. jer, albaT, wesierad imuSavebs da mere
albaT egec daiwyebs fulis keTebas.
_ adamians Tanamdeboba da fulis advili Sovna afuWebs,
amitom maseT adgilze erT welze meti ar unda gaaCero kaci,
Semdeg raRac mizeziT sxva adgilze unda gadaiyvano, sanam
koleqtivs SeeCveva.
_ ase ar fiqroben ministrTa sabWoSi. muSaki Tu gamocdil-
ia anu qurdoba exerxeba, sawarmo kargad muSaobs, Tu gamoucde-
lia, wesieri kacia _ sawarmo suls Rafavs. ase, rom ver gaigeb,
Cemo amiran, ra sjobs. Sen ras izam, Tanaxma xar Tu ara CvenTan
imuSao?
_ TqvnTan muSaobaze Tanaxma var, magram marTali rom
giTxraT, datacebis ganyofilebaSi muSaoba ar minda, samZe-
bro ganyofilebaSi gadamiyvaneT, iq ufroa Cemi saqme, ufro
sainteresoc aris da Cems bunebasac Seefereba, _ moridebu-
lad uTxra amiranma.
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 _ yvelas patroni hyavs, ver gaigeb, qurdad monaTlo Tu
warmoebis xelmZRvanelad. yvela qurdobs. aris qurdobis dau-
wereli wesebi, SegiZlia maneTi moi paro da amaze wesiT aravin
araferi giTxras, xolo Tu maneTnaxevars moi parav, damnaSave
xar. Tqveni Tqmisa ar iyos, Tu warmoebis xelmZRvanelma rame
ar imaimuna, ise ver imuSavebs, Tu imaimuna, maSin yvela xelSi
Sehyurebs, yvela wils Txovs.
_ magaze mec mifiqria, advilia, roca Sens win mkvlelia,
damnaSave, gamomqomagebeli aravin hyavs, magram modi, Cemi
xaTriT, jer-jerobiT aq imuSave da mere vnaxoT, albaT, gada-
giyvan! _ RimiliT uTxra Sadimanma.
amirani erTi kviris Semdeg Tavis samuSao oTaxSi ijda
zurab emxvaris kabinetis gverdze. am dros dareka telefon-
ma, yurmilSi givis xma gaisma:
_ momilocavs amiran, dawinaureba, imasac moveswari, Cemi
ufrosi gaxdi da Cvens ganyofilebas Sen kurireb! ise, rogorc
maswavlebeli, magari gamovdeqi. Sen ras ityvi?
_ moswavle rogori gamogadga?
_ moswavlec kargi gamomivida, magram mTlad Cems rjulze
ver mognaTle. ise SenisTana `wmindani~ mag kabinetSi ar mjdara,
iqneb sxvebsac angelozis frTebi gamoaba, _ xiTxiTebda givi.
_ rodis ginaxulo, givi?
_ Seicvala, amiran, droni _ axla me unda geaxlo, magram
rogorc Zveli Zmakaci, dRes me gepatiJebi restoranSi, sma xom
ar dagviwyebia, biWo?
_ sad SevxvdeT da romel saaTze?
_ restoran `aragvTan~ eqvs saaTze. SesasvlelSi Sevxv-
deT erTmaneTs.
saRamos eqvsi saaTisTvis sufras usxdnen.
_ ise, did gaugebar da umadur saqmes vemsaxurebiT, Cemo
amiran!
_ me samZebroSi vTxove gadayvana, magram jer-jerobiT uari
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 _ ra ginda, biWo, es samZebro ras aiCeme, mSieri adgilia.
Tan fulis paWkebis nacvlad tyvias unda SeuSviro Subli.
Tumca, Sen fuls ar iReb da ra mniSvneloba aqvs, sad im-
uSaveb.
_ fuls rom iReb, Cemo givi, unda gekuTvnodes, unda daim-
saxuro. Cveni xalxi `rekets~ eweva, muqTad mosdiT.
_ ras niSnavs, rom axalgazrda xar! muqTad mosul fuls
aqvs gemo, Tore, cxra tyavi rom gadagZvreba, arc magisTana
fuli minda da arc tyavis gaZroba.
oficiantma ori boTli Sampanuri da erT gauxsneli ko-
niaki moitana, koniakis meore boTli gaxsnili iyo, siTxe or
WiqaSi esxa da cecxli ekida. langarze baraTi ido: `ase dai-
wvas Tqveni mtrebi!~ pativiscemiT, `vaska~! oficiantma TvaliT
mianiSna magida. `vaska~ Wiqis maRla aweviT orives locavda,
amiranma da givimac aseve Wiqebis maRla aweviT madloba gada-
uxades.
_ xedav, amiaran, qurdebmac ician, fuls rom ar iReb da
sasmeli Semogvwires!
Wiqa aweuli ar hqonda, rom oficiantma axla ori mwvadi
da ori kievuri katleti moacuxcuxa: `es im magididan! ~ amiranma
besarions mohkra Tvali.
masac Wiqis aweviT gadauxada madloba.
_ raSia saqme, amiran, me mindoda Seni dapatiJeba da iqeT
gamogdis dapatiJeba! _ gaecina givis.
_ ra vici, kaco, qurdebi da agentebi restornebSi dadi-
an Turme, me da Sen kabinetidan cxviri ver gamogiyvia!
_ amiran, Sens dawinaurebas gaumarjos! ara mgonia, Cemze
metad Seni dawinaureba vinmes gauxardes, rac unda iyos, Seni
naTlia me var!
_ vici, Cemo givi, sanam Sadimania mand, Cemi karieris saqme,
albaT, `aluCaze~ ijdeba, Sen xom ici, mondomebas ar davak-
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 _ Sadimani didi gamocdilebis kacia. ase xelaRebiT eg
aravis endoba. yvelgan agentebi hyavs, cdilobs TanamSromle-
bi erTmaneTs gadahkidos, radgan Tu TanamSromlebi erTmaneT-
Tan tkbilad iqnebian, saqmes evneba, amasTan xom ici, miliciis
dazverva mTlianad magas emorCileba, rame xumrobiTac ar
wamogcdes magaze!
_ ra unda wamomcdes, CemTvis sikeTis meti araferi gaukeTe-
bia!
_ varianti ar aris magan ar Segamowmos, viRacas saxlSi
gamogigzavnis, naxavs, rogor cxovrob. Tu dagiaxlovda da
dagawinaura, saxlSi aucileblad mosasmen aparaturas dagiy-
enebs. rogorc amboben, `kacs ende, magram Seamowmeo~!
_ Semamowmos mere, ra unda naxos?
_ amiran, me Cemi giTxari.
_ rac mosaxdenia moxdeba, dRes erTmaneTs sityviT mainc
moveferoT da vendoT.
_ Cemo amiran, Cveni qveyana mainc sadRegrZeloebis sam-
Sobloa. bavSvobidan gvaswavlian sityva-pasuxis madls. amasTan
kaci sufraze unda moefero, axla igi Senma Tanameinaxem unda
Seaqos da Seni naTqvami ki ar unda gaimeoros, isic iZulebu-
lia raRac sasiamovno axali uTxras da ase grZeldeba yvela
sufraze. qarTvelebi realur cxovrebidan gansxvavebiT, suf-
raze kacSi `kargs~ veZebT da am kargs tyuiliT Tu simarTliT
yovelnairad frTebs vasxamT. bolos Tanameinaxe, romelic
Seqebis meaTedsac ar imsaxurebda, yoyoCdeba, es vin vyofil-
varo da sufras nasiamovnebi tovebs. samagierod, realur
yofierebaSi yvelafers SebrunebiT vakeTebT. yoveldRiur
cxovrebaSi rom iseTni viyoT, rogorebic sufraze varT, Cven-
ze Zlieri da gamtani eri ar iqneboda am samyaroSi.
_ amitomac iyo, TaTrebi rom Semogveseodnen, pirvel rigSi
venaxebs agviWridnen, radgan Cven xalxs rom `nunua~ da sufra
aerTianebs, ise veraviTari Zala ver kravs!

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 _ Cemo amiran, CemTan SedarebiT Sen axalgazrda kaci xar,
amitom gisurveb Sen Seni wili Secdomebi ymawvilkacobis pe-
riodSive mogecilebinos, radgan Cems asakSi Secdomebas aravin
gapatiebs, dananebiT ki araferi ar inano, ai is Seni patiosne-
bac, is, rom jer ar gafuWebulxar da qrTams rom ar aiReb, ar
inano! ise, me Tu mkiTxav, Sen jer-jerobiT, Seni Tavis fasi ar
ici, Cemo Zmao!
_ Cemo givi, albaT adamiani Seni Tavis winaSe mousyidavi
msajuli-mosamarTle Tavada xar, magram ar aris gamoricxuli,
rom Cveni Tavis fasi arc me vicode da arc Sen!
_ ee, Cemo amiran, fasis dadeba nu geSinia ar meSleba,
magram gadamxdelis moZebnaa Zneli.
_ rogorc me vici, gadamxdelis moZebna ar geSleba da
arc giWirs!
_ dRes me da Sen Zmakacur sufrasTan vsxedvarT. kacebi
rom Seiyrebian, visze laparakoben? ra Tqma unda qalebze! am
WiqiT minda im mamakacis sadRegrZelo Sevsva, romelic qalis
tuCebiT sazrdoobs da iqidan amoaqvs neqtari, siamovnebis
morevSi curavs da Tavbru exveva, Torem marto kocna yvelas
SeuZlia, aq `kaifia~ mTavari!
_ givi, am qalebSi rom daZvrebi, Seni coli arafers ar
geubneba, an im savaldebulo minimums ras uSvrebi, romelic
RmerTis da kanonis ZaliT Seni colisTvisaa gankuTvnili.
_ Cemo amiran, Cvens qalebs, colebi myavs mxedvelobaSi,
fuli miutane, bina mouwyve, erTi sami bavSvi gaukeTe da eg
saqme maincdamainc ar anaRvlebT. rac Seexeba savaldebulo
minimums, xandaxan saxlSic vaxerxeb raRacas, mTlad upatron-
od ki ar myavs eg qali mitovebuli! _ eSmakuri Rimili saxidan
ar Sordeboda givis.
_ radgan qalebis sadRegrZeloa, kacebi sufraze, me am
sadRegrZelos ase vityodi _ qalis vnebaTa Relvis talRebSi
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da arc qali daendos, erTmaneTis siamovnebisaTvis araferi
daekloT!
_ pa, pa, pa, es ra Cveni partiis lozungebiviT ixarjebi:
`vambobT qals, vgulisxmobT mamakacs, vambobT partias,
vgulisxmobT samSoblos!~ amiran, rogorc vici, colTan
gayrili xar, Tu ar vcdebi, erTi biWic gyavs; amisTana karg
biWs, qali xelidan gauSvebda?
_ kacs maSin sWirdeba mxarSi dadgoma da mofereba, rode-
sac uWirs da cxovrebaSi Tavisi gza ver mounaxavs. me cota
adre moviyvane coli, studentobisas. roca instituti da-
vamTavre, am qalaqSi ver viSove xeiriani samuSao. xandaxan
Cumad, rkinigzis satvirTo sadgurze vagonsac vclidi, magram
es ojaxs ar yofnida, aqedan ukmayofileba, ukmayofileba ka-
maTSi gadaizarda, kamaTi _ CxubSi, ojaxi damengra.
_ biWs xom naxulob, xom exmarebi, amiran?
_ vnaxulob, veTamaSebi, meZmakaceba. ukve 10 wlisa gaxda.
magram Tavs jer-jerobiT bednierad vTvli, ucolod rom var!
_ colis moyvanas da ojaxis Seqmnas, amiran, marto sur-
vili ar yofnis, Sinaganad unda momwifde, ara marto sulma,
sxeulmac unda gagrZnobinos rom colis mosayvanad e.i. sul
`supis~ saWmelad mzad xar.
_ givi, am WiqiT Sen gagimarjos, Cemi jila xar! me Sengan
bevrs vswavlob. uSualo kaci xar, arc maincdamainc didi
dardi ici, saqme giyvars, magram raime Tu ar gamovida, arc
amaze iklav Tavs!
_ amiran, am WiqiT Sen gagimarjos, axla ukve sufrasTan gilo-
cav dawinaurebas, sul win gevlos! sibereSi amas mainc vitrabax-
eb Cemi gamozrdilia meTqi, xom ici, Tavis Seqeba Zalian miyvars!
_ vici Cemo givi, didi madloba rom Cems gverdze dgaxar.
me mgoni droebiT Sesvenebis gamocxadebaa saWiro, purmarilze
kidev mravaljer SevxvdebiT erTmaneTs!
_ amiran, axla Cveni sufris finiSs kargi torti da qafi-
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 _ torts Wam amxela kaci?
_ ra vqna, bavSvobidan miyvars. Rvinis smas rom davamTavreb
ar SemiZlia erT naWeri torti rom ar mivayolo, ra vqna sami
sisuste maqvs cxovrebaSi. fuli, qalebi da torti!
_ oficiant! modi erTi _ moixmo amiranma _ Tu Zma xar
erTi, biskvitis torti mogvitane da ori mozrdili kargi
qafiani yava da amiT SevajamoT Cemi da am kacis muSaoba dRes!
ar gasula aTi wuTi oficiantma ukve moitana SekveTili
da Tan iqve magidaze mjdom qalze miuTiTa.
_ im qalbatonma gamogigzavna baton amirans! Tqven rom
dagSordaT SemekiTxa `ra SegikveTeso~ da Tavisi ojaxisTvis
torti hqonia nayidi da gadmomca TqvenTan mosatanad Tan
nayini da yavac man SeukveTa TqvenTvis!
amiranma gaixeda da magidasTan qeTino ijda Tavisi meuRles-
Tan da SvilebTan erTad.
_ raSia amiran saqme, qalebic gigzavnian biWo ZRvens? axla
mivxvdi ratom ar iReb fuls; fuli gWirdeba imisaTvis rom
dro ataroT, xolo Tu dros muqTad vatareb, fuli raRad
minda! ar miTxra axla egec Cemi agentiao!
_ ra izam givi, srul WeSmaritebaa! _ amirani wamodga,
qeTinosTan mivida, xelze eambora, qmars gaucina, xeli Camo-
arTva, bavSvebisTvis Sekoladis filebi SeukveTa da Tavis
magidasTan dabrunda.
_ amiran, awi yovelTvis me dagpatiJeb restoranSi, yve-
lafers bedi unda! etyoba marTla keTili kaci xar, Torem
nebayofilobiT am mastis xalxi ase advilad ar scemen pativs
Cvens saqmianobis xalxs!
_ ras vizam, kargi kaci var, xom ver davmalav _ gaicina
amiranma _ albaT Cemi dawinaurebis ambavi gaiges! milionnax-
evriani qalaqia da yvelam yvelaferi icis.
_ amiran, Cvengan marcxniv, meore magidasTan, `Tavmonikele-
buli~ kaci rom zis, eg iyo Sens adgilze saministroSi da Cven-

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Tan gadmoiyvanes samZebros inspeqtorad. vanSi amowmebda Rvi-
nis qarxnis mzadyofnas. qarxnis direqtorma ori dRe aqeifa,
dro atarebia da gamoistumra Tan uTqvams `zeg Camoval da
xuTas maneTs Cveni qarxnidan saCuqrad mogarTmevo~. marTlac,
daTqmul dRes Camosula es kaci da roca magis kabinetSi Sevi-
da. am dampalma daaWira zars TiTi da es kaci ar daaWerina!
bedad, Cemi patimari iyo winaswar dakavebis sakanSi. yvelaferi
miTxra, rogorc iyo. me vuTxari: `miaweqi piriqiT, Tqvi, rom
TviTon gTxova sesxeba-meTqi~. sabolood direqtori gaaTavisu-
fles samsaxuridan. samagierod, Sadimanma es dampalic maSinve
moiSora saministros da CvenTan gadmoagdo inspeqtorad.
_ rao, ra Tqva, ratom gavakeTeo?
_ xuTasi maneTi rogor makadra qrTamad, magis maTxovari
vin iyoo.
_ mTavaria givi, kacobaSi ar SegeSalos! SeiZleba iseTi
fuli aviRoT, romelic ar gvekuTvnis, magram kaci tyuilad
ar unda gawiro, RmerTi ar gapatiebs!
_ mag kacs aravin pativs ar scems ganyofilebaSi; axla
yurebCamoyrilia, me maincdamainc ar vawvebi, biWebi ki ukve
masxarad igdeben, radgan samZebroSi muSaobas Tavis ganZreva,
meZebris geSi da Tavis yismaTi unda. jerjerobiT, iyavi im bag-
aze, sadac migabes da Sens samyofs yovelTvis iSovni ise, rom
wesieri kacis saxeli SegrCes.
_ mec myavda raionSi erTi moadgile, mTlad cudi kaci
ar gamodga, magram erT adgilze gayines, Cems magivrad sxva
dauniSnavT ganyofilebis ufrosad.
_ aba, dRes gveyofa, amiran, kargad davitvirTeT, aRarc
Wamis Tavi gvaqvs da aRarc smis, danaxarjsac me gadavixdi,
sityva _ sityvaa, oficiant!
oficianti RimiliT miuaxlovda da auwya:
_ gadaxdilia batonebo!
_ vin gabeda! _ yasidad gaiqaCa givi.
_ Tqvenma keTilismdomebma da gadasaxdeli aRaraferi darCa!

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meore diliT, zurab emxvaris kabinetSi amirani kaspis
raionidan mosul saCivars ecnoboda. Sinaarsi daaxloebiT
aseTi iyo: kaspis raionis yel-yuris eqimma bavSvs glandebi
imitom ar amokveTa, rom eqimis mier dawesebuli gadasaxadi,
ocdaTxuTmeti maneTi bavSvis dedam srulad ver gadaixada _
Tormeti maneTi daaklda. bavSvis deda eqimis dasjas da glan-
debis operaciis ufasod gakeTebas iTxovda.
_ zurab, ra vuyoT am werils, rom damawere, Tormeti
maneTisTvis daviWiro is kaci.
_ eg kaci uaresis Rirsia, operacia ufasoa, ris saSuale-
bac aqvs pacients da ra pativsac gcems, imas dasjerdi! ra,
ufulobis gamo kaci, miT umetes, bavSvi, unda moklas?
_ magisTvis waviyvano operatiul jgufi, iqaurebi magis
dasjas ver axerxeben?
_ ras izam amiran, Tambaqos operaciis mere aseT umniSvne-
lo saqmeze Seni gagzavna ar unda ekadrebinaT, magram naxe,
ministris rezolucia adevs, saswrafod gaerkvieT situacia-
Sio. Sen ar ici banditsa da eqims Soris ra sxvaobaa, is rom
pirveli fulis gulisTvis klavs adamians, meore ufulod ar
mkurnalobs, Sedegi erTnairia, orive klients im qveynad is-
tumrebs.
_ waval dResve, biWebs waviyvan, Tan danomril fuls wav-
iReb da im kacs dResve moggvri gabawruls! im qalis misamarTi
momeci.
_ mag werilSi weria yvelaferi, dRes, saRamosTvis veli
Sedegs.
amirani oTxi kacis TanxlebiT kaspSi wavida manqaniT, mo-
mCivanis saxli monaxa, qals Tavis dawerili gancxadeba aCvena,
danomrili fuli misca. mikrofoni lifSi Caumales.
qali Sevida saavadmyofoSi.
_ ra qeni, moitane? _ ikiTxa eqimma.

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 _ movitane, batono, mezoblebSi visesxe, xom giTxariT, im
Tormet maneTsac mogitanT-meTqi operaciis Semdeg!
_ Tqven, glexebma, mase iciT, mogitanTo da mere gaviwyde-
baT. _ eqimma fuli gadaTvala _ sworia, xval moiyvane Seni
bavSvi da amovacli mag glandebs. raRac Tormeti maneTisTvis
unda gavawbilo balRi, ara grcxvenia, wadi axla da xval
diliT aTi saaTisTvis bavSvi CemTan iyos usmel-uWmeli!
qali gavida Tu ara, amirani Sevida, biWebic Sehyvnen. ami-
rani eqims im xelze eca, romelSic fuli eWira, meqrTame
dastaqars xelborkili daades.
_ ra gindaT Cemgan, vin xarT, fuls ratom marTmevT?
kidev ver mixvda eqimi.
_ Cven meqrTameobis winaaRmdeg mebrZoli jgufi varT re-
spublikis Sinagan saqmeTa saministrodan!
_ mere, CemTan ra saqme gaqvT!
_ qrTami, Se axvaro! rogor ara grcxvenia bavSvs Torme-
ti maneTis gulisaTvis ar gaukeTe operacia!
eqimi bolosdabolos mixvda vinc iyo es xalxi da rac
undodaT, magram katasaviT zurgze ar ecemoda!
_ me risi unda mrcxvenodes, amxela saxelmwifos ar rcxve-
nia, rom ar zrunavs Tavis specialistebis keTildReobaze
akvnidan _ saflavamde da me unda Semrcxves? Tu masea arc
Cven varT valdebulebi mis `siafand~ kanonebs davemorCiloT
da gaWirvebiT virCinoT Tavi!
eqimi imasac mixvda, rom fuli danomrili iyo da fuli
specialuri saRebaviT iyo damuSavebuli.
_ mere, magis gulisTvis unda gawiro sasikvdilod bavS-
vi, erT mSobels ara aqvs, meore mogcems, ra moxda mere, daiq-
ca qveyana? _ aRSfoTebas ver malavda amirani eqimis uti-
frobaze.
_ magaT, ase rom ar moveqce, sul muqTad moindomeben
operaciis gakeTebas, keTili inebon batono, ukeTesad imuSa-
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moitanon, me Cemi xelfasi ar myofnis, ra, kaspSi imitom ki ar
wamovedi rom aqauri buneba momwons da mSieri viyo!
amirani kinaRam gadairia.
_ kaco, Sen aqeT gvedavebi, qrTamze dagiWireT, ver xvde-
bi?!
_ damiWireT, axla fexebi ar momWamoT, im qalma Tavis
nebiT winaswar moitana `maRariCi~ me ki ar miTxovia!
_ mTlad mase ar aris, Tqveni saubari Cawerili gvaqvs!
_ mere ra, waval cixeSi, Tqven ggoniaT yel-yur-cxviris
specialisti iq ar daWirdebaT? iqac fuls gavakeTeb Tqven
ikiTxeT, Torem, me sadac ar unda movxvde, yvelgan fuli meqneba!
amirans aRSfoTeba TandaTan gaocebaSi gadauvida, ver
xvdeboda eqimis aseTi Tavxedobis mizezs da SedarebiT mSvi-
dad SeekiTxa:
_ Tqven aRiarebT qrTamis aRebas?
_ me arafers ar vaRiareb, eg fuli saidan SemomteneT
xelSi ar vici, albaT imitomac meWidavebodiT!
_ magas CvenTan gavarkvevT, wamobrZandiT CvenTan saminis-
troSi!
_ sanam TqvenTan wamovidode, erTi tualetSi Seval, Torem
gamiskda Sardis buSti!
_ SemobrZandiT batono, giga moxseni borkili!
eqimi Sevida tualetSi da cota xnis Semdeg xelebgaw-
iTlebuli gamovida. amirani mixvda eqimis eSmakobas, ifiqra
albaT saRebavs movicileb xelidano da xelebze gadaifsa, is
ki ar icoda, rom siTxesTan mikarebisas saRebavi ixsneboda da
xelze wiTlad rCeboda.
_ ra mogividaT batono xelebze? _ ironiulad magram
viTom mzrunvelad SeekiTxa amirani.
_ etyoba wiTeli qari Semeyara!
_ midiT pirsabnTan, sapniT daibaneT xelebi, eg saRebavi
sami dRe xelidan ar gadadis, sanamde vuyuroT Sens fslikian
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 eqimma xelebi daibana, xalaTi gaixada, pijaki Caicva, hal-
stuxi gaiswora da mSvidad Cajda manqanaSi.
sasamarTlom eqims pirobiT ori wliT iZulebiTi sasjeli
Seufarda, xelfasidan ocdaxuTi procentis dakavebiT da
Tavis adgilze daabruna. amirans ki Tavisi megobris Sewuxeba
mouxda, raTa bavSvisTvis glandebi amoekveTaT.
***
ministrma zurabi da amirani erTad daibara:
_ eg saqme, Cemo zurab, Sens ganyofilebas davawere. minda,
rom Sesruleba amirans daavalo, eg magis stilSia. saqme nax-
evrad qrTams, naxevrad kriminals exeba, seriozulad miude-
qiT, am saqmeSi saxelmwifo uSiSroebis komitetia CarTuli.
saqme SemdegSia: magaTi agenti, vinme `madlena~, viTomda xalxs
awyobda ruseTis umaRles saswavleblebSi, xalxs fuls arT-
mevda, xolo vinc fulis ukan dabrunebas moiTxovda, maT swam-
lavda da klavda. igi lamazi, mimzidveli qalia, kargad mosa-
ubre, seqsze uars ar ambobs. mas mag saqmeSi Tavisi qaliSvilic
exmareba, amboben Zalian seqsualuri gogoao. Tu ar vcdebi,
orTaveni moskovSi, sastumro `rosiaSi~, cxovroben, iq `nadi-
roben~ Sua aziidan da amierkavkasiidan Casul Tanamdebobis
pirebze da fulian `klientebze~. RameSi oras maneTs iReben,
xolo Tu vinmesTan bevri fuli daigules, wamlaven, arc qur-
dobaze amboben uars. Suaazieli stumrebis sikvdilis oTxi
SemTxvevaa dafiqsirebuli.
_ Cven ra gvevaleba, batono Sadiman?
_ gvWirdeba nivTieri mtkiceba, e.i. sawamlavi, romelsac
isini partniors sasmelSi usxamen!
_ is qali amJamad moskovSia?
_ moskovSia, qaliSvilTan erTad, uSiSroebis komitets
hyavs saqmeze gagzavnili. rac Seexeba umaRlesSi xalxis mowy-
obas, meZobas, xalxis mowamvlas, es saqmianoba SeTavsebuli
aqvT. ase, rom Cemo amiran, mogiwevs moskovSi gafrena da deda-

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SvilTan daaxloeba. fulian kacad unda moaCveno Tavi. xom
mTxove samZebroSi muSaoba, ager agisrulda!
_ konsultacia xom unda gaviaro qimikosebTan, iqneb suniT
an eniT vigrZno sawamlavi.
_ xom ar SegeSinda, amiran?
_ cota ganaTleba xom unda miviRo Sxamebis Taobaze, me
mgoni, es xels ar SemiSlis, piriqiT!
_ kargi, kargi, amiran, nu gacxardi! _ gaeRima Sadimans, _
xval midi am misamarTze, es uSiSroebis laboratoriaa, winaswar
SevuTanxmdebi. im kvirisTvis gaemzade wasasvlelad! jer-jer-
obiT, erTi Tvis mivlinebas gagiformebT!
amirani ori dRe dadioda laboratoriaSi da veraferi
damamSvidebeli ver gaigo, Zalze bevri Sxami gamodga iseTi,
romlebsac arc suni aqvs, arc gemo, magram aswavles pirvela-
di gadaudebeli daxmareba.
mesame dRes amirani saxelwifo uSiSroebis komitetis Tavmj-
domarem aleqsandre bilaurma daibara. zustad saRamos Svid
saaTze mosacdelSi iyo. male kabinetSi miiwvies. Tavmjdomare
wamodga, xeli CamoarTva, iqve savarZelze miuTiTa da isic mis
pirdapir Camojda.
_ Tqveni ministri mesaubra, kargad dagaxasiaTaT. saqme ima-
Sia, rom eg qali Cveni fasiani agentia da sakmaod kargic. mar-
Talia, Zalian Taviseburi qalia, magram meeWveba xalxs wamlavdes,
Tumca arapirdapiri faqtebi amaze miuTiTeben. SeiZleba Cvens
agents raRac-raRaceebi vapatioT, raRacaze Tvalic davxu-
WoT, magram adamianis sicocxlis xelyofas ver vapatiebT. mok-
led, mag qalis Sesaxeb yvela monacemi xelT gaqvT, Tu Cveni
daxmareba dagWirdebaT, am telefonebze dagvikavSirdiT. _ Cemi
rCevaa, ar aCqardeT! procesi Tavis gziT wavides. Cven mogimza-
deT danomrili fuli, romlis Cvenebac SeiZleba dagWirdeT im
qalbatonisTvis, kupiurebi yalbia, Tu mogparaven, didi danak-
lisi ar iqneba, ver gamoiyeneben. Tqveni mizania Tavi mdidar
kacad moaCvenoT, amitom mivlinebis xarjebs Cvenc davumatebT.

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radgan, ise cxovreba, rogorc mag qalbatons uyvars, cota
Zviri jdeba da marto Tqveni saministros xarjebi amas ver
gaswvdeba. amitom mTlad xelgaSlilad nu moiqceviT, cota
Zunwi mdidris roli iTamaSeT. mTavaria, maT Tvali mohkran
fulian `keiss~. danarCeni Tqvenzea damokidebuli. gisurvebT
warmatebas. Cvens safinanso ganyofilebaSi mogarTmeven yvelafers
rac saWiroa.
meore dRes amirani ukve moskovSi iyo, sastumro `rosia-
Si~ madlenas nomris mopirdapire mxares hqonda `luqsi~ dakave-
buli. sasadilod restoranSi Cavida. ded-Svili sxvebis fonze
gamoirCeoda. ise moaxerxa, rom liftSi meeqvse sarTulze dada-
SvilTn erTad avida, sarTulis moriges gasaRebi gamoarTva
da pirveli wavida karis gasaRebad. gasaRebi karebs `ver moar-
go~ da qarTulad SeikurTxa.
qalebs gaecinaT, amirani axla `mixvda~, rom qalebi qar-
Tvelebi iyvnen, tuCebze xeli miifara da moibodiSa:
_ mapatieT, ar megona, Tu qarTvelebs Sevxvdebodi ase
male!
_ ara uSavs, me dagexmarebiT karis gaRebaSi, _ uTxra
qaliSvilma, gasaRebi gamoarTva, karebs mSvidad moargo da
gaaRo.
_ didi madloba, qaliSvilo, vicnobdeT erTmaneTs, me
amiran lomjaria gaxlavar Tbilisidan, Tambaqos qarxnis ko-
merciuli direqtori.
_ Zalze sasiamovnoa, iq Cemi meuRlis megobari iyo direq-
torad.
_ albaT nestor borjalaZe.
_ namdvilad nestori iyo, didebuli kaci!
_ nestori marTlac didebuli kacia, SesaniSnavi direq-
tori iyo, moxsnes! viRac axalgazrda dagviniSnes. nestori
xelgaSlili kaci iyo, didi fulis patroni. magasac hqonda
da Cvenc raRaca gvxvdeboda, axla rogor iqneba Cveni saqme,
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 _ Cven gvianobamde ar gvZinavs. Tu moiwyenT, Semogvexmi-
aneT, miT umetes, rom gasaxsenebeli da sasaubro gveqneba, saer-
To nacnobic aRmovaCineT da kidev bevrs aRmovaCenT albaT.
_ qalbatono, Tu SeiZleba, Tqveni saxeli maCuqeT. rogor
mogmarToT?
_ madlena vesarionovna!
_ Tqven? _ axla qaliSvils miubrunda.
_ izabela vaxtangovna!
_ sasiamovnoa, qalbatono madlena, me ukve mowyenili var
da Tu winaaRmdegi ar iqnebiT, ori saaTis Semdeg Tqvens karebs
movadgebi Cemi sayvareli `eniseliT~. Tu koniaks pativs ar
scemT, SevcvaloT SampanuriT!
_ Cven pirvel rigSi kacs vcemT pativs da mere mis ZRvens!
geliT, batono amiran!
amirani saswrafod maRaziaSi Cavida, torti, Sokolade-
bi, buterbrodebi da ori boTli Sampanuri iyida, zed
Tbilisidan wamoRebuli koniaki `eniseli~ daumata da zus-
tad ori saaTis Semdeg qalebis karze daakakuna.
qalebi saSinao xalaTebSi iyvnen.
_ oh, ratom SewuxdiT, batono amiran, Cvenc ar gvaqvs
carieli macivari!
_ ras brZanebT, ubralod amaTi produqciis xarisxi gaci-
lebiT ukeTesia Cvensaze. sulma wamZlia aseTi lamazi torti
rom davinaxe!
_ Cven ra, ulamazoebi varT?
_ rogor gekadrebaT, madlena vesarionovna, Tqveni sa-
dari qalebi saqarTveloSic ki sanTlis saZebnelia!
_ arc TqvenisTana mamakacia, albaT, advili sanaxavi.
qalebma saswrafod gaSales sufra.
_ didi madloba qaTinaurisaTvis. am sasmisiT Tqvens dan-
axvas gaumarjos, am orma ulamazesma qalbatonma Tvalebi rom
SemomanaTeT, albaT, imis brali iyo, gasaRebi karebs rom ver
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 qalbatonebma kmayofilebiT gaiRimes.
_eg araferi, Cemo amiran, Sen sxva rameze ar SegeSalos
gasaRebis morgeba, Torem karebs an Cven gagiRebT an adminis-
tratori dagexmarebaT, _ nazad gauRima madlenam.
_ deda, ratom arcxven am kacs? amiran, me Sampanuri damisxi
Tu SeiZleba!
_ axlave, axlave, gavxsni. _ amirans boTlis gaxsna `gauWir-
da~ _ dRes raRaca damemarTa, magram mTlad Cemi bralic ar
aris, restoranSi oficianti xsnis Sampanurs, stumrad maspin-
Zeli, etyoba, praqtika maklia.
_ amiran-batono, Tu saidumlo ar aris, risTvis xarT
Camosuli?
_ ra saidumlo, qarxanaSi rogorc iqna, remonti da-
vamTavreT, axla fondebi, mowyobilobaa saSovni. eg me mexeba
da gamomgzavnes `saqmis Casawyobad~.
_ mag saqmisTvis fulic geqnebaT Camotanili, nomerSi nu
gaaCerebT, sastumroSi specialuri seifebi aqvT, sjobs dai-
qiraoT da SeinaxoT!
_ oo, didi madloba, saswrafod wamodga da Tavis nom-
ridan `di plomati~ Semoitana _ kidev kargi, miTxariT, am
fulis aq datoveba ar SeiZleba, netav kidev sad aris fulis
Sesanaxi?
_ pirvel sarTulze, administratoris gverdze oTaxSi,
administratorTan mixvalT da is mogcemT seifs.
_ mapatieT, cota xniT dagtovebT, am fuls moviSoreb,
da mere ufro dawynarebuilad visaubrebT. restornidan raime
xom ar wamoviRo?
_ ara, araferi ar aris saWiro, ise erTi-or boTl miner-
alur wyals Tu wamoayolebT, kargi iqneba!
amiranma `di plomati~ gaxsna da fulis Sekvrebi gadaTv-
ala, daketa da nomridan gavida.
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 _ ra ginda, jer axalgazrdaa, etyoba gamoucdelia, ra
suleli var, ra malaparakebda fuli seifSi Seinaxe-meTqi!
_ Cqari xar dediko, Cqari! ukve Tavic SesTavaze, magram
eg regveni, vgoneb, verc mixvda!
_ eg iseTi yeyeCi Cans, Tavi rom vaxmarino, fulsac ar
gadaixdis!
_ aba, ra vqnaT, dediko?
_ rogorc yovelTvis, zegisTvis Seni dabadebis dReze
davpatiJoT, xvalindeli dRe kidev SesaCvevad dagvWirdeba.
_ eg fulis momcemi ar Cans!
_ Senc ise moiqeci, rom kargi saCuqari giyidos!
amasobaSi amiranic dabrunda, gaRimebuli da borjomis
boTlebiT xelSi
_ batono amiran, xom yvelaferi wesrigSia?
_ diax, qalbatono madlena, Tqveni didi madlobeli var,
rom SesaZlo Sars gadamarCineT, maRariCi Cemze iyos! _ mad-
lieri TvalebiT Sexeda amiranma.
_ amiran, Tqven Cems gogonas Zalian moewoneT da zeg misi
kavalroba mogiwevT!
_ ki, batono, siamovnebiT, magram raSia saqme?
_ zeg Cemi izabelas dabadebis dRea, asaks ver gagimxelT!
_ me mgoni izabelas amis problema ar unda hqondes, jer
Zalian axalgazrdaa!
_ daimaxsovreT, Cemo amiran! 23 wlis Semdeg qalebi asaks
aRar amxelen da Tu amxelen yovel SemTxvevaSi or wels erT
wlad iTvlian. xom gagimxileT qalis saidumloebani, Cemo ami-
ran, axla Sen gagvimxile mamakacebis saidumloebebi, SeniT davi-
wyoT!
_ nacolari, drostarebis da wanwalis moyvaruli, ojax-
is Seqmna maSin maxsendeba, rodesac saxlSi `bardagi~ maqvs,
miyvars sastumroSi cxovreba, datoveb areuls, dalagebuli
gxvdeba, rom SeiZlebodes, mTel cxovrebas sastumroSi gava-
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 _ amiran, me sigarets gavaboleb derefanSi, mxars xom ar
damiWerT?
_ samwuxarod, ar vewevi qalbatono madlena.
_ aa, sxvebs wamlavT da aavadebT Tavad janmrTelebi gin-
daT iyoT, xom?
_ Cven aravis vaZalebT mowevas!
_ kargiT, aba me moviwamlav Tavs, _ da gavida oTaxidan.
_ amiran, xom ar gewyinebaT, loyaze rom gakocoT? _
dedamisis gasvlisTanave miaxala izabelam!
_ piriqiT, genacvale, ratom unda mewyinos _ upasuxa
gogonas aCqarebiT gaocebulma amiranma.
_ TqvensaviT me jer biWi ar momwonebia! _ mivida da amirans
loyaze nazad akoca.
_ kidev xom ar gaimeorebdiT? _ esiamovna amirans.
_ danarCeni Semdeg, jer es imyofineT! _ macdurad gauRi-
ma izabelam.
_ eh, ra gaewyoba, vimyofineb, oRond xval kocnis ulufa
unda gamizardoT.
_ gaaCnia rogor daimsaxurebT. am WiqiT Cvens xvalindel
urTierTobas gaumarjos!
_ gaumarjos! _ aswia amiranmac sasmisi da koniakis Wiqa
bolomde gamoscala. am dros karebi gaiRo da madlenac Se-
movida.
_ axla ki me dagtovebT Zvirfaso qalebo xvalamde! _
daemSvidoba amirani qalebs da Tavis oTaxSi Sevida.
`dRevandel dRes cudad ar Cauvlia~, _ gaifiqra amiran-
ma _ `dRes Camovfrindi, sastumroSi movewyve, es qalbatonebic
gavicani da maTTan nomerSi sasmisic Sevsvi da kocnac davim-
saxure!~ gaeRima. `dReisTvis sakmarisze metic aris~.
meore dRes, saRamo xans, amirani kvlav estumra qalebs,
frTxilad daukakuna. qalebma mxiarulad SeipatiJes.
_ dRevandelma dRem rogor Caiara? _ SeekiTxa madlena.

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 _ ise, ra. fuls vaZlev, magaTi deda vatire, limiti
gvekuTvnis, meti ra jandaba undaT, ver gavige!
_ albaT ecotavebaT!
_ yvelafers Tavisi fasi aqvs, Cven imaze metsac ki vTava-
zobT, rac miRebulia!
_ albaT metis gamoZalvas fiqroben.
_ Cvengan imdens iRebs eg viriSvili, rom mis mTel sag-
vareulos eyofa da darCebaT kidec. ar aiReben da partiis
`cekadan~ davarekinebT, sul muqTaze gamovalT! _ udardelad
laparakobda amirani.
_ amiran, ar SeiZleba `zevidan~ Cven davarekinoT da eg
fulic Cven gaviyoT? _ eSmakuri RimiliT ikiTxa madlenam.
_ ratomac ar SeiZleba, magram samsaxurSi unda davreko
da nebarTva aviRo, xom iciT, qalbatono madlena, yvelafers
Tavisi kudi gamoebmeba!
_ Sen erTi eg miTxari, vis exeba am fondebis da mowyobi-
lobebis gamoyofa, Tu Cven SevZlebT muqTad an SeRavaTian
fasebSi magis gakeTebas, ar jobs eg fuli Cven dagvrCes? ras
ityvi, amiran, me aq didi nacnoboba myavs!
_ vnaxoT, vnaxoT, _ Tavi `daifasa~ amiranma, _ me xvalin-
del dResTan dakavSirebiT movedi, sad ixdiT dabadebis dRes?,
ra moswons izabelas, ra vuyido saCuqrad?
_ izam gadawyvita dabadebis dRe am restoranSi aRniSnos.
guSindlamde oci-ocdaaTi kacis dapatiJeba gvindoda, magram
ratomRac dRes diliT izam gadaifiqra: `xval amiranma gvikval-
roso, Tu vinmes gavaxsendebi, Tavs Tavad Semaxsenebso~.
_ saCuqars ra eSveleba, madlena vesarionovna? _ See-
kiTxa amirani.
_ oi, _ gainaza madlena _ ra vici, xval Sen da iza wadiT
saiuveliro maRaziaSi erTad da SearCieT _ da sxvaTaSoris
daumata _ amiran, Camawerine im kacis saxeli da gvari, visac
Tqveni daxmareba SeuZlia! _ xelCanTidan ubis wignaki da kal-
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 _ axlave, qalabatono madlena, sakavSiro msubuqi mrewve-
lobis ministris pirvel moadgile, mas yvelaferi SeuZlia.
_ ra Tanxas gaiRebT?
_ albaT samasormocdaaTi _ oTxasi asaTamde _ sxvaTa-
Soris Tqva amiranma.
_ `di plomatSi~, vgoneb, naxevar milionamde giwyviaT! _
gamotexva moundoma madlenam.
_ mec xom unda damrCes am mivlinebidan raRac, `viris
muSa~ xom ara var? _ gaikvirva amiranma.
_ kargi `raRacaa~ asi aTasi maneTi erT mivlinebaSi, me da
Cemma RmerTma!
madlena gavida. igi aforiaqebuli Canda.
_ izabela, pirobaze rogor xar? _ mouTmenlad miubrun-
da amirani gogos.
_ ha, ha, ha, `vaciviTa var, vaciviT~, Cemo amiran, igi mi-
uaxlovda amirans, jer erT loyaze akoca, mere _ meoreze da
mere tuCebzec daekona _ esec premia!
_ izo, nu masuleleb, meti ar SemiZlia! _ aRelda amirani.
_ moTmineba, Cemo amiran, moTmineba, cota SegeCvio da mere
alerss ar mogakleb! _ Tan nazad uyurebda TvalebSi amirans.
_ xval romel saaTze SevxvdeT, saCuqari xom unda giyido?
_ ra saCuqari agityda, _ gaikekluca izabelam, _ Tumca,
ratomac ara, sayvarelma mamakacma Tavisi grZnobebi saCuqris
xarisxiT da momxibvlelobiT unda gamoixatos, dilis TerT-
meti saaTidan Tqvens gankargulebaSi var, batono amiran! _
da kidev erTxel vnebianad daekona tuCebSi.
madlena rom Semovida, izo da amirani savarZlebSi isxd-
nen.
_ me wavedi, qalbatonebo, naxvamdis! _ wamodga amirani
da karebisaken wavida.
_ amiran, xval Sens saqmes movsinjav, iqneb rame gamovides!
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 _ ki batono, me ar var winaaRmdegi, CemTvis ra mniSvnelo-
ba aqvs vin miiRebs fuls, oRondac gamovides!
meore diliT amirani da izabela oqroulobis maRaziaSi
saCuqrebs aTvalierebdnen. saCuqrad izam briliantis Tvlebi-
ani `sameuli~ airCia, romelic amirans ori aTasi daujda. isi-
ni sastumroSi dabrundnen da amiranis luqsSi Sevidnen. amjerad
izabela dahyva amiranis yvela survils da saRamos eqvs saaTa-
mde loginSi nebivrobdnen. igi kmayofili Canda. saRamos rva
saaTisaTvis sastumros restoranSi madlena, izabela da ami-
rani sufras usxdnen. Tamadoba da sakmaod mdidruli sufris
xarjebi amiranma aiRo Tavis Tavze.
_ amiran, dRes Sens saqmeze viyavi erTi Cemi megobris ojax-
Si, romlis qmari kurirebs `cekaSi~ msubuq mrewvelobas, _
daiwyo madlenam _ colma miTxra, dagexmarebiTo da xval-
isTvis damibara, Tavis qmars unda Semaxvedros, Sen im kacisTvis
fulis micemas nu iCqareb, SeiZleba Cvenma variantma ajobos.
_ ki, batono, or dRes arc gavekarebi! _ upasuxa amiranma.
ukve Ramis pirveli saaTi iyo, restornidan rom gamovid-
nen. madlena pirveli Sevida Tavis nomerSi, izam ki gangeb fexi
aiTria, amirans akoca da dapirda rom xval dilidan TviTon
mividoda. marTlac, meore dRes izabela dRis TerTmet saaTze
Sevida da gvian saRamos datova misi luqsi. amirans qali gar-
egnulad moswonda, magram loginSi sul sxva eSxsa da cecxls
afrqvevda, arc sakuTar Tavs zogavda da aiZulebda mamaka-
curi Rirsebis maqsimumi gamoevlina. sasiamovnod moTenTil
amirans tkbilad CaeZina.
diliT karze kakunma gamoaRviZa, aTi saaTi iyo. gadaicva
da karebi gaaRo. oTaxSi gaRimebuli madlena Semovida.
_ guSin velaparake im kacs _ saqmianad daiwyo madlenam,
_ miTxra, `yvelafers gagikeTebo~. dRes darekavs Tqvens min-
istrTan da Tu Tanxmoba miviRe, is fuli unda mivutanoT.
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me da Cemma gogonam. winaaRmdegi xom ar xar? dRes, xuTi
saaTisTvis, davurekav samsaxurSi da Tu dasturi momca, fuli
unda mivutano mis cols.
_ ki, batono, me Tanaxma var _ morCilad upasuxa amiranma:
saRamos eqvsi saaTisaTvis gaxarebuli madlena movarda.
_ yvelferi rigzea, ministri Tanaxmaa, Turme scodnia,
rom Tqven remontSi xarT da Sepirebia: ` rac ekuTvniT, yve-
lafers mivcemo, is ki ara, imaze metso, kargi xalxiao~, Zalian
uqia Tqveni Zveli direqtori nestori!
_ ra vqnaT axla, qalbatono madlena? _ ganagrZobda ami-
rani gulubryvilo kacis rolis TamaSs.
_ ra vqnaT da fuli gavamzadoT, _ dafacurda qali, _
xval unda mivutanoT, Sen sad gaqvs seifis gasaRebi?
_ jibeSi.
_ maSin aseTi ram gavakeToT, Sen Seni wili Tanxa seifSi
datove, e.i. asi aTasi da plus ocdacameti, danarCeni samassa-
mocdaSvidaTass me Sevinaxav Cems seifSi da rogorc ki metyvi-
an, maSinve wavuRebT me da Sen.
_ qalbatono madlena, iqneb dagerekaT, kidev erTxel
hkiTxoT, rodis mivide saministroSi, visTan, rodis mivutan-
oT fuli, rom mec darwmunebuli viyo, _ saqmianad uTxra
amiranma.
_ aba, ise rogor iqneba, Cemo amiran, xval, sadilamde,
davrekav, Sen adgilze iyavi, dRes ki daisvene. me dRes Cems
daqalTan var dapatiJebuli, SeiZleba arc movide Ramis gasaT-
evad, xval Tu yvelaferi rigze iqneba, ori saaTisTvis saxlSi
iyavi. naxvamdis!
amiranma swrafad akrifa nomeri da acnoba: `operacia dai-
wyo!~. is Rame izasTan gaatara. amarani amjerad ukve frTx-
ilad iyo, izas miwodebul wyalsac ki ar ekareboda.
izabelam naSuaRamevs datova amiranis oTaxi.
ori saaTisTvis madlena gaxarebuli Semovida amiranTan,
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 _ yvelaferi Zalian kargad aewyo, saswrafod gavamza-
doT Tanxa da wavuRoT Cvens `proteJes~ saxlSi!
amirani da madlena erTad Sevidnen seifebis oTaxSi. amiran-
ma Tavisi kuTvnili Tanxa celefonis paketSi Cado da seifSi
Seinaxa, danarCeni ki `diplomatTan~ erTad madlenas gadas-
ca.
_ amiran, Tu ginda uSenod mivitan am fuls, uxerxulia,
amxela kacs ar ewyinos sxva kaci ratom moiyvaneo. Sen rogor
fiqrob?
_ ara, qalbatono madlena, wesi _ wesia, erTad mivitan-
oT, mec xom unda viyo darwmunebuli, rom im kacma marTla
aiRo! _ Tavi `gamoido~ amiranma.
_ kargi, CemTan avideT nomerSi, iq Cvens wils gadavdeb da
im kacs mivutanoT is, rac ekuTvnis.
`di plomati~ madlenas eWira. nomerSi rom Sevidnen iq
izabela icdida. maT gamoCenaze izas saxe Seecvala, aSkarad
ar esiamovna amiranis danaxva. madlenam samocdaSvidi aTasi
gadaTvala da izas gauwoda.
_ es Tanxa SenTan iyos sanam Cven movalT; aba erTi, iza,
dediko, amiranis koniaki gamoitane, gza dagviloce. iza ko-
niakis dasxmas ar Cqarobda. madlenam wamiT mkacrad Sexeda
izos da mere isev Rimili gadaikra saxeze, mere gamoarTva,
ori Wiqa Seavso da erTi amirans gauwoda. qalebis nomerSi
amiranis Camosvlis dResve daayenes mosasmeni aparatura mosk-
ovis miliciis samZebro ganyofilebis jgufma da TviTonac iqve
amiranis gverdiT nomerSi dRe-Ramurad morigeobdnen. pa-
rolzec SeTanxmebulebi iyvnen.
_ am WiqiT _ awia Wiqa amiranma da omaxianad daiwyo _ im
kacis deda vatire, visac CvenTvis cudi unda! _ am sityvebis
Tqma iyo da nomerSi operatiuli jgufis biWebi Semocvivdnen.
amiranma koniakis boTls staca xeli, xolo madlenam Tavis
Wiqidan koniakis daqceva moaswro iatakze, boTli, amiranis
koniakiT savse Wiqa da madlenas carieli Wiqa qalebis Tval-

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win daluqes da qimiur analizze gaagzavnes. sawamlavis mo-
makvdinebeli dozis arseboba dadasturda.
madlenas Tormeti wliT patimroba miusajes, mkacri re-
JimiT, izabelas ki pirobiTad sami weli da es garkveulwilad
amiranis damsaxurebac iyo im SesaniSnavi sami dRis sanacv-
lod, romelic izabelam amirans aCuqa. aSkara iyo, rom izam
dedamisis yvela xriki mSvenivrad icoda.
TbilisSi dabrunebuli amirani, ra Tqma unda, pirvelad
Tavis ufrosTan, zurab emxvarTan, Sevida. zurabi gaxarebuli
gadaexvia:
_ momilocavs amiran, Senze zRaprebi dadis, biWo, samin-
istroSi, ministric gaxarebulia. aba, moyevi, ra Caidine, xom
ici, sxvisi naTqvami erTia, Seni monayoli sul sxva iqneba.
_ didi eSmaki da daundobeli qali gamodga. ti piuri
TaRliTi. gogoc saqmeSi hyavda, magram mainc mgonia, rom man
yvelaferi bolomde ar icoda. ici, zurab, jer kidev ver gamo-
vedi stresuli situaciidan, Zalian daTrgunuli var da ar
gewyinos, Zmao! modi, jer mivlinebis angariSebs gavasworeb,
ministrs movinaxuleb da saxlSi waval, erTi gemrielad gam-
oviZineb, gamoval mdgomareobidan, Torem nervebi dawyvetaze
maqvs. mere davsxdeT sadme, myudro restoranSi da yvelafers
dawvrilebiT mogiyvebi.
_ kargi, Zmao, kargi, mesmis Seni, _ mxrebze xeli mouTaTu-
na zurabma.
***
amiranis kabinetSi telefonma dareka.
_ gismenT.
_ amirani mindoda, lomjaria.
_ me gaxlavarT, _ nacnobi xma iyo.
_ asea, Zmao, raionSi gadakargul xalxs veRar vcnobT,
xom? cxinvalis miliciis ufrosi maiori aleqsandre gergau-
lovi gawuxebT batono amiran!

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 _ Sura, biWo, Sena xar? _ gaaxsenda Tanakurseli.
_ kidev kargi, Sinaurebs cnob! amiran, danarCeni Semdeg,
Seni Camosvlaa saWiro cxinvalSi, Tanac saswrafod.
_ ra xdeba, Sura?
_ Tu Camoxval saqme mogvardeba, Tu ara da Cemze nawyeni
darCebi.
_ ra qaragmebiT melaparakebi?
_ dRes, naSuadRevs, miliciaSi gicdi! _ da yurmili daukida.
amirani gergaulovebis ojaxSi ramdenjerme iyo namyofi
da naqeifari. magram amjerad saxlSi ki ar patiJobdnen, aramed
samsaxurSi da Tanac samuSao saaTebSi. amiranma daibara `dRes
ar viqnebio~ da Tavisi `JiguliT~ gaudga cxinvalis gzas. saaT-
naxevris Semdeg ukve q. cxinvalis miliciaSi iyo. Sura kabi-
netidan gamovida, amirans Tvali mohkra, Soridan gaucina,
cota xans idgnen gaRimebulebi da mere gadaexvivnen erTma-
neTs. Sura kabinetSi SeuZRva:
_ ra moxda Sura aseTi, rom sirbiliT wamomiyvane
dedaqalaqidan?
_ Senma Zmakacma da biZaSvilma, bagrat lomjariam, romel-
ic Cvens poliklinikaSi ginekologad muSaobs, patarZali
ginekologiur savarZelze gaapatiura. qalaqSi erTi ambavia
atexilia da mis mkacrad dasjas moiTxoven. im patarZlis
mSoblebi sofel xvwedan arian da mTeli dRe miliciaSi iyvnen,
siZemac uari ganacxada im qalTan cxovrebaze.
_ ram gadaria eg SobelZaRli, rac magas qali da misi
`baRnari~ unaxavs... gauge amis Semdeg am cxovrebas rame! Tvi-
Ton ras ambobs?
_ TviTon danaSauls ar uaryofs, ambavi guSinwin moxda.
guSin aviyvaneT, davkiTxeT da dRes Segaxvedreb, CemTan myavs
sakanSi. ise, didi gamoTayvanebuli vinmea, vkiTxe, `amirani vin
aris Seni-meTqi~? TviTon arc ufiqria, rom SenTvis daereka.
_ Sura, erTi uTxari moiyvanon, minda SenTan erTad gave-
saubro, mainteresebs, ra moxda, ratom gaigiJa Tavi?

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 _ ki, batono, advili saqmea, _ yurmili aiRo, _ patimari
lomjaria amoiyvane CemTan!
bagrati moiyvanes. Suram miliciels aniSna, marto dagv-
toveo. amirani wamodga, xeli CamoarTva, gaucina, gadaexvia
da gadakocna.
_ Sura, dakavebamde erTmaneTs ar icnobdiT?
_ rogor ar vicnobdi, ramdenime weli Svili ar gvyavda
me da Tamilas da eg mkurnalobda. rom mcodnoda aseTi tem-
peramentis iyo, magas cols rogor vandobdi! xumroba iqiT
iyos da guSin Cemi 3 wlis biWs kotes pirvelad seriozulad
davakvirdi, magram wyali ar gauva, CemsaviT `riJa~ da Wor-
fliania.
samives gaecina.
_ mere raRa Sen dagemsgavsa is bavSvi, angeloziviT qalia
Tamila da imas ver daemsgavsa?
_ xo ici, ra magari genebis patronebi varT gergaulove-
bi, ai naxe, ra magari biWi myavs da saweri magidis ujridan
Tavisi 3 wlis biWis suraTebi amiRo da amirans gadasca.
amiranma suraTebs daxeda:
_ ras erCi, kargad gimuSavia.
_ aba rogor, eg bavSvi CemTvis mindoda, sxvisTvis ki ara.
Tanac sul bagratis instruqciebiT vxelmZRvanelobdi mag
bavSvis gakeTebisas. _ seriozuli saxiT ambobda Sura.
amiranma suraTebi daubruna.
_ daelaparake da mere orivem erTad raRac movifiqroT,
radgan im qalma ukanac rom gaitanos Tavisi gancxadeba, Cven
valdebulebi varT es saqme moviZioT da kanonis Sesabamisad
vimoqmedoT. garda amisa bagrats sami wliT xelis aReba mou-
wevs Tavis profesiaze cixidan gamosvlis Semdeg, radgan
hi pokrates fici daarRvia da profesia borotad gamoiyena!
_ eg `samSoblos Ralats~ udris!
_ amiran ici raSia saqme, marto me ki ar daveWvebulvar,
Tamilam miTxra, masTan vinc mkurnalobda, yvelas SeumCnevia

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qmrebisTvis, rom es ori dRea raRac sxvanairi yuradRebiT
aTvaliereben TavianT naSierebs.
_ bagrat, Tu Zma xar, momiyevi yvelaferi ise, rogorc
iyo, _ miubrunda amirani, _ es kaci, mixvdi albaT, rom Cemi
naRdi megobaria da aq imitom Camomiyvana, rom rogorme dagex-
maroT da am uxerxuli mdgomareobidan gamogiyvanoT!
_ amiran, _ daiwyo bagratma, _ eg gogo erTi kviraa gaTxo-
vilia, qmarma veraferi mouxerxa, hoda, movida CemTan da mo-
miyva yvelafers. pirvelad vifiqre `vaginizmi~ e.i. qals rom
kaci ar unda, is Wirda, magram gavsinje da vnaxe rom yvelaferi
normalurad hqonda, ubralod saqalwule apki ar iyo dar-
Rveuli. etyoba qmari hyavda gamoucdeli. davuZaxe, Semovida
gamxdari, gamoTayvanebuli. ugergilo viRaca, avuxseni, rac
unda eqna, rogor unda eyoCaRa. gavida ori dRe da is gogo
isev movida CemTan da daxmareba mTxova, ra unda meqna, gadaw-
yvita lancetiT damerRvia apki da iqneba mere moexerxebina im
gamoSterebuls rame! Semovaskupe ginekologiur savarZelze,
Camovafare zewari da movimarjve lanceti. ra vici, biWo, ra
jandaba damemarTa. marTali rom giTxra, maseTi lamazi `baR-
nari~ qalisa me jer ar minaxavs. Cemdauneburad Sevixseni Sar-
vali, Tan es gogo Semecoda: qalwuloba dakargos gogom da
isic lancetiT? mokled, rom movaTave Cemi saqme, mere movedi
azrze, ra Cavidine!
amiranma Zlivs Seikava sicili.
_ ra vici, is gogo, Tu ukve qali, ambobs vikivleo, magram
yuri ar maTxovao!
_ aba, ra vici, SeiZleba ki ikivla, magram ise viyavi vnebam-
owolili, rom araferi gamigia, me mgoni, verc moaswrebda,
imdenad swrafad moxda eg saqme.
_ ki, magram meoredac rom gikisria?
_ davxede, xmas ar iRebda, saxe ki hqonda gawiTlebuli,
tiroda, Tan vigrZeni, rom kidev undoda da gavimeore!

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 _ ar uTqvams rame?
_ xma ar amouRia, magram rom veCaliCebodi, am dros eqTani
Semovida da im SobelZaRlma atexa erTi vaiviSi, Torem eg
gogo arafris mTqmeli ar iyo, eg ki ara, fuli SemomTavaza
`operaciis~ gakeTebaSi.
aq ki sicili autydaT amirans da Suras.
_ eh, amiran, Cveni profesiis deda vatire, eg kaci imaSi
akeTebs fuls, raSic me da Sen vfantavT.
_ Semdeg ra moxda?
_ am gogomac Tavi gaigiJa, is eqTani mgoni siZis naTesavi
gamodga, saswrafod qalTa konsultaciaSi gadaiyvana, milicia
gamoiZaxes, mere _ eqsperti da . . guSin samsaxurSi damiWires.
_ ra eSveleba, batono maioro, am saqmes _ miubrunda
amirani Suras.
_ eg saqme aqeve unda movgudoT. rogorc vici, bagrats
coli ar hyavs. im gogos qmarma kide uari Tqva imis colad
SerTvaze. im gogos sofelSi saxeli gautyda, aravin aRar
waiyvans. me gimaWanklebT da bagratma is gogo colad unda
moiyvanos. eqvsiode Tve erTad iqnebian da Tu ar moewoneba,
gaiyrebian. me sxva gamosavals ver vxedav, Zmao!
_ didebuli azria! _ moewona amirans _ eg colis momy-
vani kaci ar aris, Tu ar davaZaleT. ise Cvenze oriveze asakiT
ufrosia. ras ityvi, bagrat?
_ im `paxmeliaze~ gakeTebulis nawvalebi qali rogor
moviyvano, amiran!
_ axla nu gaaxure, qals namusi Sen axade Zmao! colad
moyvanac ar ginda? moica, iqneb is qali arc mogyveba!
_ amas im qalis dayolieba radgan soflelia ase adgili
hgonia. viRac-viRaceebi Wkuas arigebs `colad ar gahyve, fuli
gamoarTvio~, mgoni eqvsi aTass Txouloben, magram me mag saqmes
xels ar movkideb, radgan dRes diliT saolqo komitetis mdi-
vanma damireka da saqme gamomkiTxa. Tu CavfarcxeT es saqme,
maSinve mixvdeba, rom fuli trialebs da momxsnian. Sen, Zmao,

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qalebSi igrialo da me samsaxuri davkargo, mSieri davrCe, ra
namusiT Sevxedo ojaxs.
_ ra vqnaT, Sura, ra eSveleba am saqmes!
_ rac eSveleba, me vTqvi.
_ Tu fulis aReba undaT da gogo colobaze ver davi-
TanxmeT?
_ fulic mivceT mziTvad da xelic movawerinoT, me rom
Tavis gamarTleba SemeZlos.
_ moviyvan colad, aba, cixeSi xom ar Cavjdebi? _ Tqva
bagratma.
_ axlave mivdivarT javaSi, _ dafacurda Sura, _ Sen,
amiran, bagrati Seni biZaSvilia, magram `ZmasaviTaa~, Cems colsac
wamoviyvan, beWedic vuyidoT da qali viTxovoT! Cqara!
_ kargi azria, aba, mivxedoT saqmes
_ bagrati jerjerobiT aq davtovoT, biWebs vetyvi, saqor-
wilod gaamzadon.
_ CvenTan erTad xom ar wamosuliyo Sura, barem siZec
iqve iqneboda!
_ ara, aq darCes!
cota xnis Semdeg aleqsandre gergaulovi col-SviliT
da amirani miadgnen zelimxan fifolaevis saxls xvweSi. man-
qanidan Sura gadmovida, maspinZeli gamoegeba. ociode wuTis
Semdeg stumrebi saxlSi SepatiJes.
magidas stumrebi Semousxdnen. zelimxanis meuRle qsenia
da sapatarZlod gamzadebuli zina Semovidnen da imave oTax-
Si kuTxeSi Camojdnen. amiranma sarZlo SeaTvaliera da kmay-
ofili darCa. zina mSvenieri garegnobis gogo aRmoCnda.
_ zelimxan, am kacs rom uyureb, es TbilisSi didi kacia,
saqarTvelos Sinagan saqmeTa saministroSi sammarTvelos ufro-
sia. es saqme rom mSvidobianad movagvaroT, modi Seni gogo im
eqims mivaTxovoT, miTumetes, eg kacia Seni gogosTvis pirveli
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 _ axla giWirT, saqmis Cafarcxva gindaT, _ gaWirveulda
zelimxani, _ patimrobidan ganTavisufldeba, patarZalTan erTi
weli icxovrebs da mere ukan dagvibrunebs Tavisi bavSviT!
qalebi xmas ar iRebdnen.
_ zelimxan, erTi wlis mere ra moxdeba, eg aravin icis, me
gavige, TiTqos fuls Tu gadagixdian, orjonikiZeSi gadaxvalT
sacxovreblad. ar vici, ramdenad marTalia es, magram mag Sens
gambednierebel momaval siZes rom vuTxari, ici ra Tqva, fuls
ar gadavixdi, magram `yalims~ mivutan mis mSoblebs da co-
lad waviyvano!
_ `yalimi~ raRaa? _ ikiTxa zelimxanma.
_ qristianebs coli rom mohyavT, qals mSoblebi mziTevs
Tavad aZleven, muslimanebSi ki, piriqiT, `yalimi~ e.i. oqrou-
li da fuli miaqvT qalis mSoblebTan. sapatarZlos mSoblebi
danarCeni xarjebsac siZis fulidan ixdis.
_ osebi, ra musulmanebi arian? _ ikiTxa amiranma.
_ osebma TviTon ar ician ra arian, maTi umetesoba sax-
elad qristiania, magram SinaarsiT kerpTayvanismcemlebi, radgan
mTielma kacma marxva ver daicva, mTaSi kitri da pamidori
ver moiyvana. da ra eWmeva am kacs, Tu xorcis, rZis da kvercx-
is Wama ar SeiZleba, xorcs _ cota xniT Seeleva mTaSi kaci
magram rZis, kvercxis da osuri yvelis gareSe ver gaZlebs.
_ o, osuri yveli ganTqmulia, sanam Tanamdebobas daikaveb-
da es Cemi Zmakaci, Sura migzavnida xolme osur yvelis _ icrua
amiranma _ axla rom daawinaures, Zmakacebic daiviwya, yvelic
aRar Camoaqvs da Tbilisidanac ise gamoi pareba-xolme arc
mirekavs. da amiranma Tvalebi Caukra Suras.
_ biWo TbilisSi rom Camovdivar, mTeli dRe davrbivar
erTi sammarTvelodan meoreSi, bolos ise viRlebi, arafris
Tavi ara maqvs da saxlSi mivdivar.
_ eg imitom imarTlebs Tavs, rom yvelis motana ar unda.
_ me Zmao Tavi damanebe, ager axali naTesavi geyoleba
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gemrieli yvelis amoyvanas veravin daitrabaxebs! ras ityvi
zelimxan, yvels xom gaugzavni-xolme am kacs da mec meSveleba
amoval magis ybidan.
_ Tu movilaparakeT, yvelis meti ra maqvs ar davamadli!
amasobaSi Suras biWi, kote, zinas Cajdomoda kalTaSi da
eTamaSeboda.
_ es ra yvelis keTeba agitydaT am kacebs ra saqmezedac
varT mosulebi, imaze davelaparakoT am xalxs _ Caeria Tami-
la.
_ ki, batono, gogo Tu Tanaxmaa da siZe, `yalimia~ Tu
raRaca, imasac ikisrebs, me ra ufleba maqvs, uari vTqva, miT
umetes, gogos mama var, axla magas vin waiyvans!
_ Tamila, midi, zinas daelaparake, Tu Tanaxmaa, saqme
dResve unda movrCeT.
Tamila, qsenia da zina meore oTaxSi gavidnen. kote gam-
oiqca da mamamis Caudga muxlebSi.
_ batono aleqsandre, Cems gogos da im biWs xeli rom
aqvT mowerili, magaT gayras xom dro dasWirdeba!
_ zelimxan, eg araferi, mag biWs xom ar miyavs Seni gogo
colad, gancxadebas davawerinebT da mere mag sabuTs me gavau-
qmebineb mmaCis biuros, gamge Cemi colis daqalia.
_ im biWma rom ar moindomos gayra? _ ikiTxa amiranma.
_ eg me siZed aRar minda, _ Tqva gabrazebiT zelimxanma, _
mTeli xuTi dRe awvala gogo da qalad ver aqcia! im Senma
biZaSvilma erT wuTSi gaakeTa eg saqme, mag saqmeSi ki yofila
marjve!
yvelam gaicina.
_ ise, zelimxan, cudad ar gamigo da gagimarTla im biWma
rom ar waiyvana Seni gogo. amis deda vatire, qaliSvili gaz-
ardo, araferi moaklo, gaumzado viRacis Svils da mere iqiT
unda `ubaleSCiko~ kargad ixmaros rom SviliSviliT dagasaCu-
qros!
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 _ ras izam, Cemo Sura, biWebi ise gadagvardnen, qalTan
xifingsac ki gvamadlian.
_ male movrCeT am saqmes, mTeli dRe saWmeli ar miWamia.
erTi Seni validanac amoval, amiran da kargi Savi RviniT,
`ji plitaTi~, ludiT da osuri puris aryiT unda gamogaTro,
`raxis~ suni rom asdis.
_ magas moveswrebiT, Sura, mTavaria, gogo daviTanxmoT!
_ ise, am sofelSi, mag aryis gamoxdac kargi ician, aq
ramdenjer damilevia, mware gemo ar dahkravs, zelimxan, Sen
gecodineba eg saidumloeba.
_ ra didi saidumlo eg aris, gamoxdis win wyalSi das-
velebul namjas CavufenT gamosaxdel masalas da arayic ar
moiwveba.
am dros Tamila Semovida zinasTan erTad.
_ rogoraa, qalbatono Tamila, saqme, gogoa Tu biWi? _
SeekiTxa amiran.
_ vgoneb biWia, _ gaecina Tamilas _ `Zlivs daviyolie~,
biWi ki moswons, magram rom iZala, es ver upatiebia.
_ Se kai qalo, aba ra eqna? _ gaikvirva Suram.
_ kargi, Sura, magas Tavi davaneboT, rac moxda, moxda, _
iniciativa amiranma aiRo xelSi, _ modi, zina, aq, Cven Sinauri
xalxi varT, me oficialurad movedi xelis saTxovnelad, es
xalxic gveswreba, Tanaxma xar colad gahyve Cems biZaSvils,
bagrat lomjarias?
zinam daimorcxva.
_ sxva ra gzaa, Tanaxma var.
_ Cemo daiko, daZalebas adgili ara aqvs. Sen rogorc
gadawyvet, ise iqneba, magram etyoba Tqveni SeuRleba zeviT
iyo gadawyvetili. xandaxan mamazeciersac uyvars Taviseburad
gaxumreba.
_ me Tanaxma var! _ gamoacxada zinam.
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 _ zelimxan, biWo, mixede saqmes, Torem muceli mimeweba
xerxemalze, _ Seaguliana gergaulovma maspinZeli.
_ axlave davklav Txas. ki, magram siZe sad aris? _ axlaRa
moikiTxa zelimxanma.
_ siZes erT saaTSi mogiyvan, Tamila Sen da kote darCiT
aq, moexmareT! pur-RvinoSi SeveSvelebiT. zelimxan, wnili, arayi
da yveli geqneba, gamoitane ojaxi davlocoT, erT saaTSi Sen-
Tan gavCndebiT, _ diasaxlisma usityvod gaSala sufra.
_ aba, amiran, am ojaxs gaumarjos, keTilad dagvirgvinebo-
deT yvelaferi, _ Wiqa miuWaxunes, wnili da xabizginebi daay-
oles arays da gareT gamovidnen. erTi saaTis Semdeg bagrati
moiyvanes da qals beWedi wamoacves TiTze. dResac es wyvili
erTad cxovrobs da mesame bavSvs elodebian.
zelimxans Tavi ar Seurcxvenia. weliwadSi orjer Tu ara,
erTxel mainc sam-oTx Tav yvels yovelTvis ugzavnis amirans.
ase, rom am saCoTiro saqmes kargi finali hqonda.
***
dilis aTi saaTi iqneboda, amiranis kabinetis kari givi
xabazma rom SeaRo:
_ amiran, Tu dro gaqvs erT karg vinmes gagacnob da Sen-
Tan saerTo saTxovari gveqneba.
_ SenTvis movicli, givi! _ Semoi patiJa amiranma. givis
Semohyva ormoc wels gadacilebuli, maRali, saSualo simsu-
qnis, ukve gamelotebuli kaci.
_ batono amiran, gaicaniT, `du-se~! _ warudgina givim.
_ eg romelia, zars rom TamaSobs da quCis latariebs rom
awyobs?
_ diax, es is `du-sea~, romlis daWerac saxelmwifo uSiS-
roebis komitetma ver gabeda da gasafrTxileblad yviTeli
baraTi uCvena.
_ mere, am RmerTisxela xalxs ra gagWirvebiaT, Cemi naxviT
rom SeiwuxeT Tavi _ gaecina amirans _ dabrZandiT, _ miuTiTa
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 _ erTis sityviT, es kaci uSiSroebis komitetis gafrTx-
ilebis Semdeg isev Tavis xelobas daubrunda, yomars agorebs.
viRacas xuTasi maneTi mougo, iman gakeTebuli kamaTlebi gamou-
Wira, Tu TviTon Semougora, aTjer meti fulic Seawera da
Tan mokvliT emuqreba Tavad mogiyveba ufro zustad.
_ va, mere es saqme qurdebis `sxodkaze~ ver moagvara?!
_ is viRac axvari klientia, oci wlis biWia, ormetriani
ambali, maRaziebsac Taviseburad ayaCaRebs: iaraRs amoRebs da
maRaziis gamges eubneba `fuli masesxeo~, an `nisiad~ gaitans
raime saqonels, Tan viTom xumrobiT afrTxilebs, `uari ar
miTxra, Torem nerviuli var da SemTxveviT xelSi ar Semo-
makvdeo~. amiran, Svelas gvTxoven, magram saCivris Semotanas
oficialurad ver bedaven.
_ ratom ver bedaven?
_ xom ici, mag danaSaulisaTvis, Tu davumtkicebT, didi-
didi sami weli miscen, imasac gaunaxevreben da gamouSveben.
maRaziis gamgeebs ki samagieros gadaxdis eSiniaT, giJiviT abri-
alebs Tvalebs da SeiZleba marTlac mogvklaso! `du-ses~ gar-
da, qurdebsac moundeba fulis Sewera, vgrZnob, rom sisxlis
suni datrialda qalaqSi, eg viriSvili weras hyavs atanili,
jer eg moklavs vinmes da mere magasac ar apatieben.
_ ra vqnaT, givi?
_ ra da aTwlianiT unda davWedoT da droebiT qalaqs
movaSoroT, danarCens es kaci mogiyveba, mag saqmesac da Tavis
biografiasac, me mets aRar Segawuxeb. Tu dagWirdebi, gver-
dze oTaxSi viqnebi amiran!
_ ra dro dadga, aferists uSiSroeba ver iWers, rekets
_ milicia. kargad yofila Cveni saqme. aba, erTi Seni saxeli,
gvari, mamis saxeli gamaxsene!
_ murad ambrosis-Ze kvirkvelia.
_ erTi es gamagebine, ras akeTebdi iseTs, rom uSiSroebis
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 _ mogexsenebaT, rom am bolo dros ebraelebma israelSi
gadasaxleba daiwyes. aqedan gzavnian TavianT bargs, raSic me
vexmarebi.
tvirTs Cemi nacnobebi agzavnian, radgan TavianTi gvariT
zedmeti tvirTis waRebas eridebian.
_ mere, sad aris danaSauli?
_ xuTi naWeri bargidan erT-erTs, romelic yvelaze Zvi-
radRirebuli iyo, israelSi gagzavnisas iqaur ararsebul mis-
amarTs vawerdiT, xolo gamgzavnelis misamarTs ki _ Cemi ax-
lobelisas. es tvirTi ukan brundeboda Cems an nacnobis mosa-
marTze da Cven gvrCeboda. israelSi atyda erTi ambavi, xolo
bargis dakargvis mizezi mainc ver gaarkvies!
_ es kargad mogifiqrebia! _ gaeRima amirans.
_ batono amiran, me unamuso adamiani ara var, mTel bargs
xom ar vabrunebinebdi? egec ar iyos, ra patiosani gziT magaT
aqvT naSovni qoneba, araferi uWirT, Tu cotaTi davbegrav
da Cvenc raRac dagvrCa.
_ rani varT es qarTvelebi: iman moi para, Senc moi pare,
`qurdis qurdi cxonebuliao~ da Senc gasamarTlebeli sabu-
Ti i pove.
_ aba, ra vqna, batono amiran, raRaciT xom unda vicx-
ovro, Toxze da barze muSaoba me ar SemiZlia, coli myavs,
sami biWi, yvelani umaRlesSi swavloben, ojaxs xom unda Senax-
va? me, rogorc SemiZlia, ise vinaxav, aba, saxelmwifos xom ar
avekidebi sarCenad? batono amiran, Cemi saqmianoba xelovnebaa,
realuri cxovrebaa, Tavisi xinjiT!
_ kargi, Seni filosofia gasagebia. axla es miTxari, uSiS-
roebam amdeni Sroma gaswia, amdeni dro dakarga, faqtebi mo-
agrova da ar dagiWira, ratom?
_ radgan CvenTan socialisturi wyobaa da kerZo sakuTreba
ar arsebobs, moqalaqeTa danaSaulic TviTon, saxelmwifom
unda zRos, es rom daiangariSes, ramdenime aseuli aTasi dola-
ri gamovida. tvirTis Rirebulebas bargi Senaxvis da aqeT-

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iqiT muqTad gadatan-gadmotanis xarjebic daemata Tavisi
saWiro danamatebiT da. . .
_ da gasagebia, saxelmwifos ki am Tanxebis gadaxda ar
unda da `ne viJus~ TamaSobs. mere ra giTxres, rom dagibares?
_ araferi, Cemi yofili Tanaklaseli, magaTi TanamSrome-
lia _ gamafrTxiles, mag sqmes SeeSvio!
_ mere, am saaTiviT awyobil saqmes erTi gafrTxilebiT
daanebe Tavi?
_ batono amiran, Tqven Cemze ukeT iciT, ras niSnavs ma-
gaTi gafrTxileba. ar daujereb da gagasaReben!
_ saocari qalaqia es Tbilisi. kacis daWera Wirs. erTi
qurdia, meore _ milicioneri, magram mTeli ubedureba isaa,
rom bavSvoba erTad aqvT gatarebuli, erTubnelebi arian,
yvela erTmenTs icnobs, yvela erTmaneTis yvavi-Cxikvis mami-
daa. axla es miTxari `du-se~ ratom Segarqves? rogorc gami-
gia, Sen kartsac magraT TamaSob.
_ axalgazrdobaSi svaneTis ubanSi vcxovrobdi. kukiis
sasaflaoze xSirad amodiodnen qurdebi yomaris gasagore-
blad da vuyurebdiT xolme. iq gavige, rom pirdapir TamaSze
ori eqvsiani, ori xuTiani, ori samiani ormagad igebs, xolo
eqvsiani da xuTiani erTmagad, rac Seexeba orians da erTians,
erTianebs, orianebs da oTxianebs Tu wyvilad gaagoreb, ageb.
rom wamovizarde, mivxvdi, rom kamaTeli im mxares jdeba, saiTac
meti simZime aqvs. mec aviRe da siRrmeSi Cavxvrite oTxianebi,
samianebis mopirdapire mxares simZime movumate. ase, rom Tama-
Si rom daviwye, sxvebi Tu `duSaSiT~ mamaZaRlobdnen, me `du-
se~-ze daviwye eSmakoba. ratomRac `du-SaSi~ rom dajdeboda,
eWvi eparebodaT, `du-se~-ze ki xmas ar iRebdnen.
_ mere, rogor svamen mag kamaTels, Sens mowinaaRmdegesac
xom SeuZlia gaagoros.
_ aq, xelis siswrafezea saqme, es gakeTebuli kamaTlebi
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naRd kamaTlebs vagoreb, Tu metyvis `mosuliao~, vcdilob
Cemi kamaTeli gavagoro.
_ rogorc vici, TamaSis win specialurad midixarT maRa-
ziaSi da axal kamaTels yidulobT.
_ maRaziaSi nacnobi gamyidvelebi myavs, rogorc ki SevalT,
im zomis da feris kamaTels SemogvTavazeben, rogorc me maqvs
gakeTebuli.
_ ki, magram xom ician, Sen rom profesionali moTamaSe
xar, xelebSi ar giyureben?
_ batono amiran, xelovneba is aris, rom kamaTelis Secv-
la ver unda SegamCnion. Tanac am kamaTels maSin viyeneb, rode-
sac didi Tanxa daideba. mere kideva, mowinaaRmdege rom ago-
rebs, Cems kamaTels SevaCeCeb da veubnebi, ukuRma, `vari~
gaagore-meTqi, TviTos svams `du-ses~-s da eWvic ar epareba
wagebaSi.
_ kargi, karts rogorRa awyob? esec xom xelovnebas moiTx-
ovs da me ramdenadac vici, moTamaSe karts Sens Wkuaze ar
Cagawyobinebs.
_ marTali brZandebiT, magram adamianis goneba iseTi eS-
makia, rom yvelgan monaxav gamosavals. leningradSi yofnis
dros, SemTxveviT gavicani feradi beWdvis kombinatis saam-
qros ufrosi, es kombinati obuxovis quCazea. ramdenjerme dav-
patiJe restoranSi, gatacebiT miyveboda kartis perangze. ukana
mxares ra xazebis beWdva SeiZleba, rom karti amoicno. bolos
maCvena am xazebis ganlageba. mokled, vTxove erTi perangi kar-
tisa Cemi SeniSvnebiT gaakeTebinaT da es patara mTlianad
gamoegzavnaT kavkasiaSi da moskovSi, raSic soliduri Tanxa
gadavuxade.
_ gamodis, rom mowinaaRmdegis karts ukana mxridan aty-
ob ra uWiravs. am kartebiT ki Seni nacnobi gamyidvelebi
vaWroben!
_ marTali brZandebiT. es arc Tu iseTi patara upirate-
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iyideboda maRaziebSi, sadac xeli mimiwvdeboda, me SeviZine
da gavanadgure.
_ karts moWadrakeebi da fenomenaluri mexsierebis mqone
xalxi TamaSobs, am ori wlis win soWSi erTi msoflio Cempio-
ni TamaSobda `preferanss~ did Tanxaze da sul mogebuli
rCeboda!
_ mag msoflio Cempions mec veTamaSe, magram bevri ve-
raferi davakeli, radgan Cemze ukeT iTvlida, magram me didi
fora mqonda; erTxel xuTasi maneTi movuge, meored _ orasi,
magram mere etyoba karti kargad daaTvaliera da TviTon
damiwyo mogeba da mec SeveSvi, radgan TviTonac kargad gai-
wafa kartis amocnobaSi.
_ ase, rom `mjobnis mjobni ar daileva~ yvela profesiaSi,
miTxres, Wadraksac TamaSobso `dau-daubaseTi~, amas rogor-
Ra axerxeb?
_ `azartiani~ xalxi Wadraksac fulze TamaSoben. Tavidan
sanam gavicnobdeT erTmaneTs, ufulod vTamaSobT, Tanac
yovelTvis vcdilob wavago. mowinaaRmdege `maqebs~, `es rom
ar SegSloda, moigebdio~. mere fulze veTamaSebi, Tu uaresi
pozicia maqvs `davs~ meubneba, me ki Tu vxedav ramdenime svla-
Si upiratesobas unda mivaRwio, `daubases~ veubnebi da vugeb.
mokled, adre Wadrakis TeoriiT viyavi gatacebuli da Wadrakis
amocanebsac vadgendi. sando TamaSi ar aris, ver ieSmakeb, xan-
daxan iseTi vinme gamogityvreba, iqiT wagarTmevs fuls.
_ Zmurad, Sen erTi im rigiTi moTamaSe kacis fsiqologia
gamagebine, romelic profesional moTamaSes eTamaSeba. xom icis,
rom profesionali mas patiosnad ar eTamaSeba, ratom ujdeba
saTamaSod?
_ fortunis imedi aqvs!
_ moTamaSe kaci igive narkomania, me bevri vici, ojaxi rom
gadaayola TamaSs; Tu SeiZleba magaTi gamosworeba?
_ batono amiran, me bevr narkoman da moTamaSe xalxs vic-
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gram TamaSisTvis vinmes nebiT Tavi daenebebinos, me ar Semx-
vedria. magaliTi ager gaxlavarT.
_ Seni biWebi?
_ jer erTi, bavSvebs arc karts vakarebdi, arc kamaTels.
Tanac, rom wamoizardnen, yovelTvis vugebdi da interesi
dakarges.
_ ise, gulze xeli daide da miTxari, marTali xar im
wagebuli xalxis winaSe, ase rom abriyveb?
_ marTali rom giTxraT, eg xalxi Sesacodi ar aris. ad-
amiani briyvi ar unda iyos. skolaSi maswavlebeli bavSvs codnas
rom aZlevs, gasamrjelos saxelmwifo uxdis. me, batono ami-
ran, Wkuas vaswavli xalxs, CavTvaloT, rom kerZo koleji maqvs
gaxsnili da Teoriul codnasTan erTad praqtikul mecadin-
eobas vutareb da am saqmeSi fuls vaxdevineb. me am saqmianoba-
Si did danaSauls ver vxedav. adamians dabadebidanve mid-
rekileba aqvs sxvadasxva avi saqmianobisken, didi mniSvneloba
aqvs garemosac _ sad daibade da aRizarde. kukiaze dabadebu-
li kacs Tu TamaSisken midrekilebac aqvs da `kartoJnikebSi~
izrdeba es kaci moTamaSe gamova, aba, ra iqneba!
_ magaSi marTali xar, mag raions ver movuareT, arada,
sasaflaoze sad unda sdio?
_ batono amiran, qveynad ibadebian mglebic da ZaRlebic.
magram Tu mgels garemos SeucvliT, is SeiZleba ZaRliviT
erTguli gaxdes da piriqiT, magram ZaRlebi da mglebi rom
unda arsebobdnen _ bunebis kanonia da ver gaveqceviT! im
dRes televiziiT iyo gadacema lomebis cxovrebazec. xvadi
mxolod Zu lomebis seqsualuri momsaxurebiTaa dakavebuli.
Zu lomebi ki nadiroben. nanadirevs pirvelad xvadi miirT-
mevs, Tu rame morCa, Zu lomebi da maTi bokverebi Wamen, Tu maT
kidev rame gadaurCaT, afTari gaagrZelebs da bolos svavebi
gamouyvanen wirvas. xvadi lomi rodesac daberdeba da jogidan
gaagdeben, Tavis rCena aRar SeuZlia, kvdeba da isic sxvisi
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 _ radgan asea mowyobili es qveyana, bunebis kanonia isic,
rom unda arsebobdnen qurdebic, yomarbazebic da maTi damW-
erebic! ras ityvi, murad, tyuilubralod arc Cven vWamT purs,
ara? _ gaecina amirans.
_ batono amiran, xumroba iqiT iyos da CvenisTana xalxi
rom ar iyos, Tqven samuSaos vin mogcemdaT? Tqvens profe-
sionalizms vin daafasebda?
_ `du-se~ erTi miTxari, vin aris Seni fulis Semweri, ra
gvaria?
_ gvari ar vici, kirile hqvia, gadamekida, viTamaSoTo.
erTxel veTamaSe _ aTasi maneTi movuge, meoredac SemomTava-
za. guli ar miSvebda, magram wesiT, wagebuli kacs sanam fuli
aqvs, mis movaled iTvlebi da unda eTamaSo. veTamaSe da mo-
vuge ise, rom Cemi kamaTeli ar gamomiyenebia, piriqiT, TviTon
daaZro namamaZaRlevi kamaTeli, mere jibidan magniti amoiRo
da viTom faqtze damiWira. es winaswar hqonda mofiqrebuli,
TviTonve wamoscda. mere erTi orjer momdo beWebSi da miTxra
`erT kviraSi xuTi aTass moitano~! xma ar amoaRebinos! vis
daarwmuneb, rom `du-se~ wesierad TamaSobda. dasamali arafe-
ria, batono amiran, rom meTamaSa Cemi kamaTlebiT, vityodi!
_ hm, mada kargi hqonia, xuTi aTasi kargi Tanxaa.
_ fulze ar aris saqme, eg fuli rom mivce, Tavs ver
gamovyof biWebSi. qurdebs saqme rom gavarCevino naxevars mo-
mTxoven da mag kiriles kide qurdebis azri fexebze hkidia,
mTlad dalagebuls ar hgavs, arada rom movkla, jer cixeSi
ar vmjdarvar da axla rogor Cavjde?
_ sanam Segvaxvedrebda, givim saqmis kursSi Camayena.
rogorc vici, givis dauWerixar bazarTan, quCis latarias _
`loxotrons~ rom aTamaSebdi da xalxs atyuebdi da amaSi
Seni xalxic gexmareboda. etyoba, raRac axali skola Seqmeni.
_ RmerTma icis, batono amiran, am xalxis winaSe damnaSave
ara var. Sinaganad TviTon gTxoven ro moatyuo, es igivea,
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Zlevs rom moefero, akoco, garda saboloo aqciisa. asevea
Cveni klientic Tavidan, yvelaferi moswonT: fulis dadeba,
TamaSis procesic, mogebac. dasawyisSi gangeb vagebineb, rom
ufro metad Sevidnen azartSi. wagebaze giJdebian.
_ ki, magram Tavidan rom agebineb, davuSvaT, Caido jibeSi
fuli da aRar geTamaSaT, rasa SvrebiT maSin?
_ jer erTi, adamianis buneba unda icode da rogorc ig-
ebs, sul unda uZaxo `es arifis xelia da Seni mogebis dRea
naRdaTo~, xolo Tu marTla mogebulad wasvla gadawyvita,
es Cemi xalxi ras akeTebs, `loxotrons~ vinc TamaSobs, moge-
buls ar gauSveben da rogorme aiZuleben sabolood waage-
binon.
_ dasaWerebi xarT, yvela! murad, ar damimalo, milicias
ramdens aZlev dReSi?
_ dReSi samicdaaT maneTamde
_ jgufSi ramdeni kaci gyavs?
_ xuTi-eqvs kaci.
_ arc ise cota suleli gadis yoveldRe Tqvens xelSi.
Cemo `du-se~, Sens daWeraSi oTxi kaci monawileobda. kargad
ici vinc arian, mokled, agents oras maneTs miscem, sam oper-
muSaks as-as maneTs Camourigeb. me rom fuls ar viReb, es Sen
ici. rac Seexeba im kiriles, fuls davunomravT, miutan nak-
lebs da vaWrobas dagiwyebs, Tu cotas mogdebs kargi iqneba,
amas yovelives davafiqsirebT. rogorc vici, iaraRic aqvs, xom?
_ ki, `tete~ sistemis iaraRi aqvs.
_ rodis unda miutano fuli?
_ xval.
amiranma telefonze dareka, givis uTxra `Semosuliyo~,
_ givi, amis Semwuxebeli kirile xvalve aiyvaneT da daWe-
deT, am kacisgan ki piroba aiReT, rom `loxotrons~ axlos
aRar gaekareba.
meore dRes kirile daiWires yaCaRobaze, magram iaraRze
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isroda. etyoba, kiriles es iaraRi dasaSineblad dahqonda.
amiranma eqsperti gamoiZaxa, Caxmaxi Seucvales da moqmed iar-
aRad gauformes; kirile daWerili rom naxes, maRaziis gamyid-
vlebmac Seitanes gancxadebebi miliciaSi. sasamarTlom kir-
ile rva wliT miabrZana sadac jer ars. yaCaRobis muxliT.
gavida ramdenime weli da `du-se~ amirans restoranSi
Sexvda, ZmakacebTan erTad qeifobda. amirani mii patiJes:
_ axla rogor mogmarTo, me Sen `du-sed~ gicnobs.
_ me TqvenTvis, batono amiran yovelTvis `du-se~ viqnebi.
_ Seni `Zmakaci kirile~ ras iqms?
_ is Tavisi dampali xasiaTis gamo, cixeSi gaasaRes. iq
qurdebs dauwyo Turme Wkuis swavleba.
_ Sen ras Svrebi, `perestroika~ daiwyo, raRaca saCali-
Cos gamoZebnidi, cota asakic Segtyobia. karts da yomars dRes
kazinoSi TamaSoben yovelgvari akrZalvis gareSe, xom ar darCi
`umuSevari~?
_ batono amiran, ras brZanebT, cxovreba Seicvala, mTavro-
ba gamoicvala, Torem xalxi ki ar Seicvlila, ramdeni briyvic
iyo aTas sul mosaxleze, imdenive darCa, Tu ar moimata. me da
Cemma megobrebma `kooperativi~ SevqmeniT, romelic mTvareze
miwebis gayidviT aris dakavebuli, samyaroSi axlad aRmoCe-
nil varskvlavebs klientebis saxelebs varqmevT da samoTxeSi
mosaxvedr, lamazad gaformebul plastikur baraTebs vyidiT
oficialurad da saxelmwifosTvis saTanado gadasaxadis gada-
xdiT _ iRimeboda amayad `du-se~.
_ xalxi egeba am satyuaraze? _ sicili veRar Seikava amiranma.
_ egeba romelia, Cvens firmas sanTliT daeZeben. me, ra
Tqma, unda reklamis gakeTeba SemiZlia, magram ar gvinda viRa-
cas zedmetad TvalSi movxvdeT, ise asormocdaaT dolarad
arc Tqven gawyendaT miwis nakveTi mTvareze, xuTas dolarad
Tqveni saxelobis varskvlavi samyaroSi da oTxmoc dolarad
samoTxeSi Sesasvleli baraTi, merwmuneT, wasatrabaxeblad
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es sulis sanarnaro simdidre da amirans win daudo lamazad
gaformebuli sabuTebi, sadac ucxouri beWdebic ertya qarTul
beWedTan erTad. _ amirans sicilisagan cremlebi wamocvivda.
didi xania ase gulianad ar ucinia.
_ es ucxouri beWedi saidan artyia?
_ es, Cemo batono, erToblivi korporaciaa, saTao firma
inglisSi mdebareobs, Cven maTi filiali varT.
_ RmerTo, Seni saxelis Wirime, _ Tqva amiranma, _ am sam-
yaros sulelebi ar akldeba ra qnas `du-sem~! am xalxs Tu es
tyuili siamovnebs!!
_ batono amiran, adamiani susti arsebaa, mas unda moefe-
ro, misi fuWi azrebi, usagno sixaruli unda gaiziaro da
sanacvlod yvelaferi unda dastyuo. adamianTa urTierToba-
Si sityvas _ qveynis amSenebels da amomgdebs, didi Zala aqvs
da mec rac SemiZlia am tkbil sityvas aravis vamadli! _ si-
ciliT upasuxa `du-sem~.
_ biWebi ras Svrebian, Tu daojaxdnen?
_ ufrosi ucolSviloa, inglisSi gagveqca saswavleblad,
SuaTana da umcrosi daojaxdnen, ori SviliSvilis babua var.
axla maTTvis vCaliCob, normalur kacebad minda gaizardon,
ganaTleba miiRon da mere cxovreba, rogorc gansjis, ise iqneba!
_ modi, am WiqiT Seni SviliSvilebis sadRegrZelo dav-
lioT da Sens axal saqmianobas gaumarjos.
_ batono amiran, wasuli saqmea, rom ar giTxraT, cudad
gavxdebi, Tqven rogorc miTxariT maSin, fuli im xalxs ise
gadavuxade, magram givim damatebiTYaTasi maneTi momTxova,
miTxra zeviT aris saWiroo. TqvenTvis ar ucia pativi?
_ Cemo `du-se~, me Cemi principebi da xuSturebi maqvs, ar
minda vTqva, rom angelozi var, magram jer maneTi qrTami ar
amiRia da arc aviReb. rac Seexeba pur-Rvinos, Tu qrTamad
CavTvliT, amiRia.
_ Tqvenze ar uTqvams, magram, maniSna zeviT unda gadavix-
adoo. zeviT ki, Tqven garda, CemTvis aravin ar gaucvnia!

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 _ me, Cemo `duse~, imitom micnoben wesier kacad, rom nor-
malur qrTamis aRebaze, Tu gamoZalvas adgili ara qonia,
yovelTvis Tvalebs vxuWavdi, radgan am qveyanasac verc Sen
gaasworeb da verc _ me. yvelam icis miliciaSi rom fuls
iReben da momavalSic aiReben, eWvi ar mepareba, es ase iqneba,
sanam Cveni profesiis xalxi saTanadod ar iqneba dafasebuli.
amirans saxlSi misvlisTanave gemrielad CaeZina. diliT
pijakis jibeSi raRac ucxo sagani aRmoaCina. oqros saaTi iyo.
Seatrial-Semoatriala, Semdeg jibeSi qaRaldis naglejic naxa
warweriT: `amirans `du-se~-sagan kacur-kacobis sanacvlod~.
***
adre diliT amiranis binaSi telefonis zaris xma gaisma.
_ batoni amirani brZandebiT?
_ diax, amirani var!
_ batono amiran, `vaska~ gawuxebT qalaqis izolatori-
dan, Tqveni daxmareba mWirdeba!
_ kargi erT saaTSi moval, _ amirans gaaxsenda `vaskas~
marifaTi raj kapurTan Sexvedrisas.
amiranma tansacmeli gadaicva da izolatorisken gaimar-
Ta. gairkva, rom `vaska~ maRaziaSi dauWeriaT, yalbi fuliT
sigareti uyidia.
_ batono amiran, xom iciT, me Cemi specializacia maqvs,
jibis qurdi var da yalbi fuli, misi daxatva da gasaReba
Cemgan Sors aris. me Cemi profesiiT imdens vSoulob, rom ojax-
sac vinaxav, ZmakacebSic Tavs ar vircxven. axla me yalbi fuli
da misi gasaRebis muxli arafrad ar mWirdeba
_ ki, magram saidan moxvda eg fuli SenTan?
_ saidan da viRacas erTi mozrdili Sekvra amovacale,
saxe ar maxsovs, magram adgili gamaxsenda.
_ sad Caatare eg `operacia~? _ RimiliT kiTxa amiranma.
_ vakeSi, ucxo enebis institutTan. manamde troleibusi
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ereba damWirda, raTa gamerkvia Cems irgvliv Tqveni xalxi iyo
Tu ara, ori gaCerebac klientis SerCevas movandome, ori gaC-
erebac SerCeul klientTan miaxloebas, erTi gaCerebac ixar-
jeba uSualod `operaciis~ Catarebaze, da troleibusis droze
datovebaze. maxsovs xelSi vigrZeni fulis mozrdili Sekvra.
Camovedi Tu ara, maqana gavaCere da bagebisken avuyevi. fuli
gadavixade, iqve kafeSi Sevedi da fuli daviTvale. sami aTasam-
de aRmoCnda, amxela fuls iSviaTad vSoulob. Semdeg es war-
mateba kafeSi erTi boTli SampanuriT avRniSne. gamaxsenda,
colma bavSvis saWmeli rom damabara, manqana isev aviyvane da
bavSvis sakvebi erT Cems nacnob gamyidvelTan SeviZine plex-
anovze, Semdeg gverdiT sasursaTo maRaziaSi asmaneTianiT si-
gareti viyide, gamyidvels raRac eWvi Seepara, viRaceebs xe-
liT aniSna da damiWires. mTeli fuli waiRes, es bolos naS-
ovni fuli, rogorc amboben, yvela yalbi gamodga. Tqveni tele-
fonis nomeri samorigeoSi gavSanse. amboben, am saqmes uSiS-
roebis komitets gadascemeno. Tqven xom iciT, Tqveni saminis-
tros klienti var da ara _ uSiSroebis.
_ `vaska~, Seni naTqvamis yvelaferi mjera, magram im kacis
povnaSi unda dagvexmaro.
_ xom geubnebi, saxe ar minaxavs, magram pijaki, jibe, tanis
moyvaniloba, Tu Semxvda meored troleibusSi, aucileblad
vicnob. moica-moica, amiran, Tu ar vcdebi Zalze moduri da
originaluri pijaki ecva, moklesaxeloebiani pijaki. maseT pi-
jaks ara mgonia TbilisSi bevri vinme atarebdes, me mgoni, ucxo
enaTa institutSi leqtorad unda muSaobdes, radgan ramden-
ime axalgazrdas xalisiT elparakeboda, aman Zalian Semiwyo
xeli fulis SeumCnevlad amoclaSi.
_ yoCaR, rom dagWirda, yvelaferi gaixsene!
_ `gaWirveba maCveneo~, xom gagigiaT, batono amiran.
_ gaqceva da xelidan dasxltoma Sen ar geSleba, _ gaeci-
na amirans, _ mokled am izolatoridan CvenTan, respublikurSi,
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 _ didi SeRavaTia! saxlSi mainc damirekeT!
_ `vaska~, aq xom ici, sxvisi bostania, CemTan gadagiyvan
da SeiZleba TavdebSic gagiSva, Tu ufrosebs davarwmuneb.
amirani Sevida izolatoris ufrosTan da sTxova `vaska~
da misi saqme respublikis gamoZiebisTvis gadaecaT, Semdeg
zurabTan erTad ministrTan Sevida.
_ yalbi fulis damzadeba-realizacia Tqveni ganyofilebis
saqmea, magram uSiSroebis komitetsac unda SevatyobinoT.
radgan `vaska~ Seni kacia da TavdebSi udgebi, saqmesac Sen
Caudgebi saTaveSi Cemo amiran. jobs uSiSroebac CavrToT.
_ batono Sadiman, guli migrZnobs, mag saqmes Cven gavxs-
niT. modiT jer umagaTod daviwyoT da Tu daxmareba dagvWird-
eba, maSin SevatyobinoT, sul magaTma xom ar unda ikotria-
lon muqTa kuboSi.
_ kargi, amiran daiwye, yvelafris uflebas gaZlevT, mx-
olod am kviris bolos mag saqmes kvali unda daamCnio!
amiranma `vaska~ TavdebSi gauSva, naRdi fuli daubrunda,
pirobiT, rom masTan erTad unda moeZebna `dazaralebuli~.
ori dRe, dilis cxra saaTidan, morigeobdnen ucxo enaTa
institutTan, magram am originaluri moklemklaviani sazafx-
ulo pijakiT arc Sesuli da arc gamosuli ar unaxavT. gam-
oirkva, rom profesor-maswavleblebi avtomanqanebs institu-
tis ezoSi ayenebdnen da ukana karebidan Sediodnen. meore
dRes amirani da `vaska~ gaiyvnen da amiranma dainaxa manqanidan
gadmosuli simpaTiuri, maRali mamakaci moklemklavian pijak-
Si. kargad SeaTvaliera, ukan gahyva da derefanSi mjdom darajs
gamohkiTxa vin iyo es kaci.
_ eg studenti gogonebis usayvarlesi leqtori dimitri
saRalaSvilia.
im dRes aseTi pijakiT sxva aravin Sesula instititSi. ami-
rani da `vaska~ meore sarTulze, saprofesoroSi avidnen.
`vaskam~ TiTqos icno, TiTqos _ vera.
_ eg rom troleibusSi vnaxo, SeiZleba vicno, namdvilad
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 _ eg advili saqmea, midi da saburavebs dana uCxvlite,
saxlSi fexiT xom ar wava.
dimitri isntitutidan gvian gamovida da naxa, rom oTx-
ive saburavi daSvebuli iyo, karebi miajaxuna da troleibu-
sis gaCerebisken gaemarTa.
amirani da `vaska~ gaCerebaze elodebodnen, troleibus-
Si ahyvnen. troleibusSi bevri xalxi ar iyo, magram arc dasa-
jdomi adgili aRmoCnda. amiranma `vaskas~ gauRima da TvaliT
aniSna. Semdeg gaCerebaze oriveni Camovidnen. `vaskas~ xelSi
ramdenime cali ormocdaaT da asmaneTianebi eWira. amiranma
fuli im Ramesve laboratoriaSi miitana. meore dRes gairkva,
rom fuli yalbi iyo, maRal doneze Sesrulebuli.
amirans guli ugrZnobda, rom saqme warmatebiT damTavrde-
boda, magram ar egona Tu ase swrafad moxdeboda. imave dRes
ministrs yvelaferi moaxsena.
_ amiran, Sen mTavari saqme gaakeTe, saqme Cven dagvewereba.
axla CavrioT uSiSroebis xalxic, rac unda iyos, qalaqSi
cnobili pirovnebaa, egeni Sevidnen magis saxlSi, kidev erTx-
el Seamowmeben yvelafers da mere magaTma aiyvanon.
_ batono Sadiman, ar gvinda uSiSroeba, magaTze naklebi
biWebi gvyavs? mag kacs col-Svili dasasveneblad hyavs gagza-
vnili, TviTon misaRebi gamocdebisaTvis emzadeba. isic gavige,
rom misaReb gamocdebzec CaliCobs. Zalian gTxovT, neba mome-
ciT eg operacia mTlianad me davamTavro.
_ radgan ase Zalian gsurs, Tanaxma var, oRond saxlSi nu
aiyvanT, raime mizezi moigone da CvenTan saministroSi moiyv-
ane, vTqvaT, enis Seswavlis kursebis xelmZRvanelad.
meore dRes amiranma dimitri saRalaSvils piradobis
mowmoba aCvena da uTxra, `TqvenTan saqme gvaqvso~. leqtors
nerviulobisagan yba auTamaSda, gafiTrda da Zlivs gasago-
nad hkiTxa:
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 _ saqme SemdegSia, saministroSi Camoyalibda germanuli
enis SemswavlelTa jgufi. Cveni survilia saTanado anazRau-
rebiT am saqmes Tqven CaudgeT saTaveSi.
dimitrim SvebiT amoisunTqa:
_ ki batono, es CemTvis didi pativia!
_ maSin nu gadavdebT, Tu dro gaqvT, wamobrZandiT Cven-
Tan erTad, dRes saministroSi aqtivis TavSeyra gvaqvs da Tqvens
momaval msmenelebsac gagacnobT.
_ ki, wamovidodi, magram guSin viRac garewarma manqanis
saburavebi damiWra, troleibusSi jibidan es ukve meorejer
fuli amomacales. saocaria pirdapir amas ise akeTeben rom
verafers vigeb!
cota xnis Semdeg dimitri amiranis oTaxSi ijda, Semovida
zurabi, mas `vaskac~ Semohyva.
_ batono dimitri, Tqven mecnieri kaci brZandebiT da
TqvenTan mikibul-mokibuli saubari ar gamodgeba. Cven viciT,
rom Tqven yalb fuls asaRebT, isic viciT saidan iRebT, Tqve-
ni binac gavCxrikeT. ai, es kacia is, vinc Cveni davalebiT ji-
bidan fuli orjer amogacalaT, erTxel sami aTasi maneTi, me-
ored _ aTas samas ormocdaaTi. eqspertma Seamowma, yvela
kupiura yalbia. Tu aRiarebT, SeiZleba raRac SeRavaTebi
mogceT, arc jgufuri danaSauli ar aikidoT, mxolod yalbi
fulis gasaReba dagrCebaT. albaT, xuT wlamde muxls mogiy-
eneben, mere Tqven unda iCaliCoT sasamarTloSi Tqvens koleq-
tivTan erTad. ise viciT, rom abiturientebis instititSi mow-
yobazec CaliCobdiT. mokled, batono dimitri, Tqvendami Cve-
ni keTili ganwyoba damokidebulia imaze Tu ramdenad gul-
Ria iqnebiT.
_ ra vqna ar vici, ase ucbad aq mosvlas ar movelodi.
_ Cven viciT, batono dimitri, studenti gogonebis usay-
varlesi leqtori xarT. SevecdebiT, es ambavi presaSi ar
gaxmaurdes, Tqven xom kargad gesmiT, Tqveni daWera CvenTvis
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giTvalTvaleben Tqven da Tqvens megobrebs, romlis gvarebis
dasaxeleba Tqveni interesebidan gamomdinareobs. Cven moveri-
deT oficialurad TqvenTan erTad Tqveni binis Cxrekvis Catare-
bas; Tqveni nebayoflobiTi mosvla da aRiarebac Sesabamisad
gaformdeba.
_ Cemi biZaSvilebi, Zmebi iura da koka jaduraSvilebi, mx-
atvrebi arian. mamaZaRlobisken bavSvobidanve qondaT miswrafeba.
ufrosi biZaSvili sul trabaxobda `is iura mokvdes, Tu Rame-
Si aTi cali ormocdaaTmaneTiani ar daxatos! oRond kargi
qaRaldi iyos!~ mere aseTi azri daibada, me vexmarebi abituri-
entebis institutSi mowyobaSi, fuls winaswar viReb. Tu mox-
vdeba, xom kargi, Tu ara da ukan yalb fuls vubrunebdi. Semo-
savlis naxevari Zmebis iyo. megobrebisgan nasesxeb fulsac yal-
bi kupiurebiT vabrunebdi. erTi sityviT xuTiode welia suli
moviTqvi, am xnis ganmavlobaSi aravis araferi SeumCnevia.
_ `koka wyalze tydeba~, adre albaT qaRaldis da na-
muSevris xarisxi kargi iyo, Semdeg adamianis buneba rogoria,
ramdenjerme rom gauva, wunis gamoSveba daiwo.
_ rogor iqneba Cemi saqme?!
_ gancxadeba unda davweroT, rom Tqveni nebiT gamoacxad-
diT, inaniebT danaSauls, gvaCvenebT yalbi fuli sad gqonda
Senaxuli. erT-erT Zmas daabraleT, viTom mokvliT dagemuq-
raT, Tu ar gaasaRebdiT, roca mixvdiT, rom miliciis yura-
drebis centrSi moxvediT sakuTari surviliT gamocxaddiT
da gaacxadeT. dawereT rom biZaSvilebTan Sexvedra moxda
sami Tvis da ara xuTi wlis winaT.
_ ar SeiZleba, rom biZaSvili ar davasaxelo? ar davwe-
ro, rom Tqveni yuradReba vigrZeni?
_ rac SeiZleboda, maqsimalurad gagikeTeT SeRavaTi, me-
tis gakeTeba aRar arsebobs. Cvenc xom Cveni samuSao gvaqvs,
Cvenma ufrosebma xom unda icodnen, raSi gvixdian fuls!
_ biZaSvilis mimarT uxerxulia, gamcemi da dambezRebeli
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 _ erT-erTi unda gavwiroT, sxva gza ar aris, daWeriT ki
orives daviWerT da CamoviyvanT. Zmebidan erT-erTma unda aiRos
Tavis Tavze, romelic wava `srokze~. axla ki batono dimi-
tri, TqvenTan erTad wamovlen Cveni TanamSromlebi da aCveneT
yvela samalavi, sadac yalbi fuli gaqvT Senaxuli! _ dimitri
gaiyvanes.
_ zurab, xom xedav, eg kaci gamoucdelia, xelad dafqva
yvelaferi, Cvens `blefze~ wamoego. isic davmaleT rom es
kaci xuTi welia am yalb fuls utrialebs cxvirwin, respub-
likis or amxela saministros. miliciam da uSiSroebam axlaRa
gavaxileT Tvali. gamoZiebasac Tavisi ekonomika aqvs, dimitri
cixeSi xuTi weli iqneba Tu aTi, arafris momtani ar aris. ase
amboben, germanuli enis kargi specialistiao da gareT bavS-
vebs enas mainc aswavlis. Zmebidan ki, Tu Wkua saZebari ar aqvT,
saqmes erTi aiRebs Tavze. ase, rom Cven kargi xalxi gamovalT.
varianti ar aris, mag Zmebs gasasaReblad fuli sxva qalaqeb-
Sic ar hqondeT gatanili. urTierTndobaSi SesvliT SeiZleba
kidev ramdenime Rlavic daviWiroT!
_ rac melaparake, ministrs Sen TviTon moaxsene. Tu is
Tanaxma iqneba, me sawinaaRmdego araferi maqvs.
sabolood, fulis xatva ufrosma Zmam iuram aiRo Tavis
Tavze da TxuTmeti weli miusajes, dimitris da umcros Zmas
gasaRebisTvis xuT-xuTi weli akmares.
***
ramdenime dRis Semdeg amirans isev aRelvebulma besarion
jayelma daureka, `saqme maqvso~ da konspiraciul binaze Sex-
vedra dauniSna.
_ amiran, mcxeTis eklesiaSi wiravs erTi mRvdeli, yo-
fili qurdi, cixeSi seqsetobda, axla eklesiaSi mRvdlad
mogvevlina, yovlad gafuWebuli kacia, iaraRs atarebs, mon-
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mad hyavs, gansakuTrebiT axalgazrdebi. marxvis dros, Tu Zalian
Txov da fuls miscem, goWs Seulocavs da getyvis `Tevzia da
SeiZleba Wamoo~. erTi sityviT axalgazrdobas ryvnis, aseT
kacs ra unda mRvdlad! _ aRSfoTebas ver malavda besarioni.
_ rac Sen moyevi, eg sapatriarqos saqmea, me ra giyo, anon-
imkebis weras xom ar daviwyeb? midi patriarqTan da pirdapir
uTxari.
_ Sen ggonia, ar ician? yvelaferic ician, magram yvelani
moqrTamuli hyavs!
_ ra vqna, eklesia damoukidebelia, saxelmwifos maT saqmeSi
Carevis ufleba ara aqvs. goWs Tevzad moaCvenebs Tavis mrev-
ls, Tu xaWapurs _ mWadad, Cveni saqme ar aris. amis Taobaze
sapatriarqom unda aRimaRlos xma. rom i paravdes, magaliTad,
xatebs, es sxva saqmea.
_ meti ra ginda: Taflis sanTelSi naxevarze mets para-
fins urevs, Taflis sanTlis fuls iRebs da mere morwmune
xalxs eubneba: `SedarebiT Cqara imitom iwvis Tqveni sanTle-
bi, raRaca codva gaqvT Cadenilio~.
_ besarion, ufro seriozuli saqme movnaxoT, informa-
ciebis ase didostats es saCiCqni saqme ar gekadreba, eklesias
nu CaveWrebiT, TviTon mixedaven!
_ amiran, eg kaci sasapatriarqos unda movaSoroT, narko-
manic aris da narkotikebis gamsaRebelic. is ki ara, mgoni xateb-
sac yidis! eg kaci unda davborkoT!
_ ici ra, midi daukvirdi, naxe, xatebs ucxoelebze marT-
la yidis Tu ara. Tu ho, me TviTon mivxedav!
_ me micnobs, Cemi xSirad gamoCena ar gamodgeba, modi,
vinme Cveni kaci SevgzavnoT, magaliTad, damlageblad ekle-
siaSi an monazvnoba vakisrebinoT!
meore dRes amiranma besarioni da deida maro erTmaneTs
Seaxvedra.amasobaSi saministroSi xma gavrcelda, Cvens minis-
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istrTa sabWos Tavmjdomared an respublikis `cekas~ mdivnad
mogvevlinebao.
besarionTan saubridan ar gasula erTi Tvec da is isev
Sexvedras iTxovda. maroc masTan erTad iyo.
_ amiran, davadgineT, rom is mRvdeli xatebs agrovebs
saqarTvelos sxvadasxva raionSi viTom sarestavraciod, zogs
mosaxleobisagan yidulobs, zogisgan sul ise iRebs da xelw-
erils uwers _ `restavraciis Semdeg dagibrunebTo~.
_ mere, danaSauli sad aris?
_ mag arakacs franguli ena scodnia. Cveni maro ki Tavis
droze ucxo enebis institutSi muSaobda Turme franguli
enis maswavleblad.
_ eg ar vicodi, qalbatono maro! _ gakvirvebiT gadaxeda
maros amiranma.
_ hoda, erTi kviris winaT viRaca frangs mourigda xate-
bis yidvaze. xval eklesiaSi fuls moutanen, xatebs ki saqarTve-
los miRwevaTa gamofenaze waiReben didubeSi. rogorc me da
marom gavarkvieT, iq franguli kulturis miRwevaTa gamofena
mimdinareobs, rogor apireben am xatebis gatanas, CvenTvis
ucnobia, magram, xval rom asormocdaaTi aTasi maneTi unda
miutanon, kargad aris cnobili.
_ Zalian kargi, dRes ministrs movaxseneb da xval, fulis
gadacemis dros, Tavze davadgebiT.
_ amiran, ase ar ivargebs, jer gadasces fuli, mere gayeviT,
naxeT, manqaniT sad miitanen da mere daiWireT!
_ besarion, ara grcxvenia, Cven eg SegveSleba? _ gaeRima
amirans.amiranma imave dRes Sadimans miReba sTxova:
_ ra aris axali, amiran, vin gvyavs dasaWeri? _ RimiliT
Seegeba Sadimani.
_ erTi mRvdeli, xatebi unda miyidos frangebs asor-
mocdaaT aTas maneTad. xval unda gadascen fuli, xolo xval
imasac gavigebT xatebs sad moitanen da ra gziT apireben maT
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 _ amxela saqmeebs xsni da kacs dasasjelad ver imeteb.
_ dasja, ar Svelis saqmes, sanamdis ekonomika Tavis sity-
vas ar ityvis.
_ kanoni _ kanonia da Cvens Wkuaze ar unda `movabaT
doqs yuri~!
_ aris sasjeli kanonis gagebiT, aris sasjeli Cveni gage-
biT, romelSic kacobac igulisxmeba da me am ukanasknels met
pativs vcem. ra vqna, batono Sadiman, `oqros ubanSi~ gazrdil
kacs kanonis da kacobis gageba ase maswavles.
_ me, albaT, male gadaval sxva samuSaoze, respublikis
samZebro sammarTvelos ufrosis adgili Tavisufldeba, sanam
aq var, gadagiyvan, ocnebas agisruleb.
meore dRes, mRvdeli da diakvani eklesiaSi aiyvanes ma-
Sin, rodesac fulis TvliT iyvnen garTulebi. xolo xatebi
miitanes didubeSi, gamofenis ezoSi da saswrafod gadmozides
im pavilionTan, sadac frangebis eqspozicia iyo. maro winaswar
moamzades damlageblis formaSi Sehyva mtvirTavebs pavil-
ionSi. xatebi kedelTan miayudes. cota xanSi viRac sxva kac-
Tan erTad is frangi movida, romelmac mRvdels fuli gadas-
ca. frangma yuradRebiT daaTvaliera xatebi da safrangeT-
idan Camotanil yuTSi Caawyobina muSebs. marom yuTis nomeri
daimaxsovra, im ucxo kacis naTqvami moismina. naTeli iyo, rom
zeg gamofenis damTavrebisTanave, TavianT eqsponatebTan er-
Tad qarTul xatebsac gaitandnen safrangeTSi.
amiranma uSiSroeba saqmis kursSi Caayena da Sinagan saqme-
Ta saministros datacebis ganyofilebaSi misi saqmianoba amiT
daamTavra.
***
amiranma binis karebSi werili naxa, eleqtromontiori sTx-
ovda SabaTs saxlSi yofiliyo, eleqtromricxvelis gamocv-
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 dilis aT saaTze montiori movida. SemouSva, kaci, romel-
mac Tavi eleqtromontiorad gaacno, amirans ecno, magram said-
an, ver gaixsena. eleqtomontiorma mricxveli gaxsna, daaTva-
liera da Tavsaxuri axliT Secvala. Semdeg, amiranis nebar-
TviT, samzareuloSi Seamowma eleqtrogamanawilebeli da masac
axali Tavsaxuri moargo. xelosanma muSaoba daamTavra, amirans
raRac qaRaldze xeli moawerina da is iyo, wasvla daapira,
rom amiranma masSi Seicno saministros dazvervis ganyofileb-
is agenti `bacila~. moulodnelad amiranma `bacilas~ zur-
gidan yelSi xeli amosdo da mogudva dauwyo, roca man winaaRm-
degobis gawevas uklo, amiranma xeli SeuSva da taxtze daag-
do.
_ me Seni deda..., axlave Tqvi, vin gamoggzavna! Torem... _
man kargad icoda, rom amis Semdeg `bacilas~ saqme moTavebu-
li iyo. Statiani agentebidan moyvarulebSi unda gadasuliyo,
radgan gamomJRavnebuli agenti aRaravis sWirdeba.
_ batono amiran, _ suli Zlivs moiTqva SeSinebulma `ba-
cilam~, _ nu damRupav, CemTan ra ginda, me rac mibrZanes, is
gavakeTe, gana Senc imas ar akeTeb, rasac gibrZaneben zevidan?
_ Zlivs luRlRebda `bacila~.
_ ki, magram me ratom damiyene mosasmeni mowyobiloba, me
Seni... ar cxreboda amirani, vis ganyofilebaSi muSaob, visi
davalebiT akeTeb?!
_ xom ici sadac vmuSaob da im ganyofilebas vin kuri-
rebs, im kuratoris brZanebiT keTdeba es yvelaferi...
_ rodis gibrZanes amis gakeTeba?
_ ager ukve erTi Tvea.
_ axlave moaSore eg mikrofoni.
_ amiran, ar girCev, axla mainc ici, ra da sad ayenia.
mivlinebaSi gagiSveben da maSin mainc sxvas dagiyeneben. maSin
naRdad ar gecodineba da SenTvis uaresia!
_ Tu ar maswavli mag mikrofonebis gamorTvas, miliciaSi
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 _ ra, me Tu gamafuWeb, ggonia Cems Semcvlels ver i pov-
nian?
_ rogor unda gamovrTo eg mikrofonebi? _ SedarebiT
mSvidad scada amiranma laparaki.
_ denis gamanawilebels saxuravi moxseni da dakuWuli
qaRaldi Catene da Semdeg isev eg Tavsaxuri daaxure, rac
Seexeba mricxvelSi dayenebul mikrofons, Senc derefanSi nu
iyvireb, xmamaRla nu ilaparakeb. me Sen pativi geci, oTaxebSi
rom ar davayene mikrofonebi.
_ kargi, jandabas Seni Tavi, Cveni laparaki ukve moismines?
_ jer ara, ori dRis Semdeg SevamowmebT da CavrTavT.
_ kargi, aba wadi! dRevandeli Cveni laparaki sxvam ar
unda gaigos!
_ me ra, Cemi Tavis mteri xom ara var?
_ `bacila~ wamodga, tansacmeli gaiswora da gareT Cu-
mad gavida.
amirans gaaxsenda givis naTqvami: `Sadimans Tavisi dazver-
va hyavs, is aravis endobao~ da guli daswyda, radgan es kaci
gaRmerTebuli hyavda da ar egona, amiranis wesierebaSi Tu
eWvs Seitanda. amirani brZanebiT respublikis samZebro ganyo-
filebis ufrosad gadaiyvanes, rac faqtiurad Tbilisis sam-
marTvelos ufrosis adgils udrida, ministris mopirdapire
mxares mdebare kabinetSi dasves.
amirans misces saqme, sadac 6 wlis gogonas mSoblebi iTx-
ovdnen moeZebnaT da mkacrad daesajaT garewari, romelmac
maTi gogona gaaupatiura. es gansakuTrebuli, mZime SemTxveva
iyo. mTeli saministro fexze dadga. amiranis pirveli naTlo-
bac aqedan iwyeboda samZebro ganyofilebis ufrosis Tanamde-
bobaze.
amiranma gogonas mSoblebi dakiTxa, magram xelmosakidi
veraferi gaigo. gogonas araferi axsovda, tkivilebis garda.
amirans aRSfoTebuli mezoblebis dakiTxvamac araferi misca.

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gansakuTrebiT aqtiurobda qurTi aziza. amirans da mis Tanam-
Sromlebs gverdidan ar scildeboda. amiranma da misi Tanam-
Sromlebma moiares sarTulebi. azizam Tavis sadarbazoSi meg-
zuroba ikisra da amirans SeuZRva. mecxre sarTulze erT-erT
binas miadgnen. dareka. kari Rrmad moxucebulma rusma qalma
gauRoT. amirani gaecno.
_ me, qalbatono, Sinagan saqmeTa saministros samZebro
sammarTvelos ufrosi, amiran lomjaria gaxlavarT. minda ram-
denime SekiTxva mogceT, Tu uflebas momcemT.
qalma aziza SeamCnia da gaRizianebulma upasuxa:
_ ki batono, mobrZandiT, mxolod erTi pirobiT, eg kaci
gareT darCes. magas Cems saxlSi ar SemovuSveb.
misulni Tavis erToTaxian binaSi SeipatiJa. maT yefiT
gamoegebaT patara ZaRli `pudeli~.
_ Tu SeiZleba, Camovjdebi, qalbatono... Tqveni saxeli?
_ marusia mqvia. 90 wels gadavabije. Tqvens organoSi or-
mocdaaTi weli vimuSave agentad, xandaxan axlac modian CemTan
rCevisaTvis. vici rac gainteresebT. eg im dampali qurTi azi-
zas saqmea, Tqven rom dagyvebaT kudSi, sxva gadamTieli aq ar
movidoda!
_ etyoba Cemma megzurma raRac gawyeninaT.
_ ai, am pudels xom uyurebT, mamali ZaRli jer ar hyavda
gakarebuli, mag pirutyvma gaaupatiura!
_ vin gaaupatiura, qalbatono? _ ver gaerkva amirani.
_ vin da Cemi ZaRli, Cemi pudeli.
amirani gaognda.
_ ki, magram Tqveni TvaliT naxeT!
_ naxva raT unda, ZaRli magas rom dainaxavs, isterikaSi
vardeba, yefiT saxlisken gamorbis, Cemi patara _ moefera qali
ZaRls, Tavze xeli nazad gadausva _ sikvdils Zlivs gadavar-
Cine iseT dReSi iyo, batono amiran, eg SemeSleba staJian agents?
eg saqme azizas gakeTebulia! _ darwmunebiT Tqva qalma.
_ col-Svili Tu hyavs azizas?

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 _ mSvenieri rusi qali hyavs, ori gadasarevi Svili, ma-
gaTi Rirsia eg garewari? magram avadmyofi rom daibadeba
kaci, imas araferi eSveleba.
_ Tu ar gjeraT, gaCxrikeT saxli. sisxli rom ar ecxos
tansacmelze SeuZlebelia.
_ gmadlobT qalbatono marusia, _ amiranma racia CarTo,
_ saswrafod operatiuli jgufi mesame sadarbazoSi mecxre
sarTulze amovides! _ amirani marusias daemSvidoba.
aziza gareT daxvda.
_ aq vin cxovrobs, aziz?
_ aq, me da Cemi ojaxi vcxovrobT.
_ aba, gamacani Seni ojaxi, stumrebs xim migviReb! _ azizam
Rilaks TiTi daaWira. kari sakmaod simpaTiurma qalma gaaRo.
amiranma jgufis wevrebs xeliT aniSna da yvelani oTxSi Secvivd-
nen gafiTrebul azizas borkilebi daades. iqauroba kargad
daaTvalieres. saabazano oTaxSi gasarecxad gamzadebuli tansac-
meli gadaqeqes. azizas jinsis Sarvalze sisxlis laqa aRmoaCines,
laqa aRmoaCines perangzec. nivTmtkiceba Caalages celofanis
parkebSi. aziza sammarTveloSi gaaqanes. amiranma gadawyvita
`rqebiT~ miswoloda azizas, romelic Zalze dabneuli Canda.
_ bavSvma gicno, Tqva `Zia aziza iyoo~, qalbatonma maru-
siam daginaxa, rogor Camoxvedi sxvenidan. yvelaferi dawvri-
lebiT moyevi Tu ginda `iseT~ kameraSi ar SegiSva Tavis `qsi-
viT~. ici, iq ra mogelis!
_ amiran-ufroso, im dRes mTvrali viyavi, me TviTon ar
vici, rogor damemarTa, roca davTvrebi, gonebas vkargav, raRac
ukuRmarTi seqsis survili miCndeba, im dros vinc momxvdeba
xelSi, sulerTia.
_ SeiZleba ZaRlic iyos, ara?
_ magis gulisTvis ver mitans marusia, WiriviT vejavrebi.
_ ra Sesayvarebeli Sena xar, Seni.... mere?
_ eg bavSvi rom davinaxe, Wkua davkarge, sisxli amiduR-
da, uknidan wavavle xeli, pirze meore xeli avafare da sxven-
Si aviyvane, eg sxveni Cemda saubedurod sul Riaa.

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 _ biWo, eg bavSvi Seni karis mezobelis, Zmakacis Svilia,
sul dakarge kacoba?
_ rom davTvrebi, ufroso, yvelaferi maviwydeba, gonebas
vkargav, ras vakeTeb, ar vici!
_ biWebo, _ daiZaxa amiranma, _ gaiyvaneT es arakaci daw-
eros yvelaferi, rac miTxra, Tu colTan darekva an naxva
gTxovaT, nu dauSliT!
am dros kabinetis kari gaiRo da Tavi Semoyo Sinagan
saqmeTa ministris axladdaniSnulma moadgilem vaJa sanebliZem,
romelic adre saministros samZebro sammarTvelos ufrosi iyo.
_ gamarjobaT, batono vaJa!
_ rogor aris saqme, kvals xom ar miageniT? mesmis rom
eseTi saqme ase ucbad ar ixsneba, magram, Tu sam-oTx dReSi ar
gavSifreT, tyavs gagvaZroben.
_ batono vaJa, eg saqme gavxseniT kidec da damnaSavec
davapatimreT, Cvenebas iZleva.
_ marTla?! _ gaukvirda vaJas, vin gamodga eg naZirala!?
_ im bavSvis mamis megobari da karis mezobeli!
_ kanons ra vuyuT, Torem aseTi garewari adgilzeve unda
miaxvrito, ministrs movaxseneb, Zalian gaixarebs!
cota xnis Semdeg vaJam amirans dauZaxa da ministrTan
Sevidnen. ministri axali kaci iyo, papuna kelaSvili. adre
uSiSroebis komitetis Tavmjdomaris moadgiled muSaobda.
ministri maT karebSi miegeba:
_ didi sadavidarabo saqme mogvaSore, amiran, magram Sen-
Tan erTi Txovna maqvs.
_ gismenT, batono papuna!
_ Tu gvyavs respublikaSi maRali klasis jibis qurdebi?
_ jibis qurdebis meti ra gvyavs, mTeli katalogi maqvs
magaTi, _ gaecina amirans.
_ ara, Sens katalogSi rom qurdi moxvdeba, is qurdi
uSiSroebis komitets ar gamoadgeba.

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 _ aba sxva qurdebi saidan gamovTxaroT.
_ Cveni presis muSakebis SecdomiT, Tu xelSewyobiT,
amerikuli `niu-iork taimsis~ korespondents iseTi sabuTebi
miaqvs, rom qveyanaze Tavi mogveWreba!
_ mere, ra unda, eg ver amoacales?!
_ saqme imaSia, rom sastumroSi Rames ar aTevs, ucxoeli
korespondentebisTvis akreditebul oTaxSia, sadac Cveni Tanam-
Sromlebis gamoCena gamoricxulia. is kaci zeg mifrinavs niu-
iorkSi, moskovis gavliT. saWiroa Zalze maRali klasis pro-
fesionali qurdi.
_ me myavs aseTi, `vaska~ hqvia, gonebas tyuilad nu Zabav,
vaJa, eg Sens katalogSi ar aris, _ gaecina amirans.
_ im qurds ver davibarebT, Sexvedras ver mogviwyob?
_ SegaxvedrebT, vecdebi, dResve movnaxo da Tqvenc dae-
laparakeT.
_ xval CemTan moiyvane kabinetSi, uSiSroebis ministric
mova.
_ is aq ar mova, sadac is ityvis, iq mivalT.
_ Tanaxma var!
* * *
meore dRes `vaska~ da amirani pirispir isxdnen saidumlo
binaSi.
_ `vaska~, SenTan TxovniT gamomgzavna orma ministrma, Tu
ikadreb maTTan Sexvedras.
_ maSayireb, batono amiran? _ almacerad Sexeda `vaskam~
amirans.
_ ras ambob `vaska~, Cvens Zmobas geficebi!
_ vis unda CemTan Sexvedra? _ kidev kiTxa `vaskam~.
_ Sinagan saqmeTa ministrs da saxelmwifo uSiSroebis ko-
mitetis Tavjdomares.
_ va, mere davebarebine da mividodi!

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 _ es maSin, rodesac Sen gaqvs saqme, axla imaT aqvT SenTan
saTxovari da keTili inebon, TviTon mobrZandnen!
_ raxan ase ginda, movidnen, raRac seriozuli saTxovari
aqvT Torem aq mosvlas ar ikadrebdnen!
_ aba davrekav da vnaxoT, ra gadawyvites! _ qalbatono
nataSa, amirani var lomjaria, Tu ministri Tavis kabinetSi
brZandeba, gTxov SemaerTo!
_ axlave batono amiran, Tqvens zars ucdis amdeni xania!
_ batono papuna, Cven adgilze varT!
_ ormoc wuTSi mand viqnebiT!
_ `vaska~, ministrebTan unda gaqeifo! delikatesebi guSin
movaxlaforTe, Sen puri, limonaTi da borjomi amoitane, me
sufras gavawyob..., ara, moicade, sadme ar damekargo, TviTon
Caval da amovitan, SeiZleba ramec wavumato.
sufra gaSales da zaris xmac gaima. oTaxSi oTxi kaci
Semovida: papuna kelaSvili. vaJa sanebliZe, aleqsandre bin-
auri da kote saxvaZe.
_ amiran raSia saqme, Sen aq Rvinis sasmelad mogviyvane Tu
saqmis sakeTeblad?! _ gaecina papunas.
_ es `vaskas~ marifaTia, man ase gadawyvita TqvenTan Sex-
vedra.
yvelani sufras Semousxdnen.
_ Cven, Cemo `vaska~, erTi saTxovari gvaqvs, albaT amiran-
ma ukve gagacnoT.
_ amirans CemTvis araferi uTqvams, miTxra, rom Tqven Cemi
naxva gindaT, me misi gulisTvis yvelafris gamkeTebeli var.
_ Cemo `vaska~, saqme SemdegSia, xval erTi kaci midis
amerikaSi, unda gahyve da gulis jibidan qaRaldebis dasta
unda amoacalo, mas oTxi ucxoeli Jurnalisti icavs. ras ityvi,
es saxelmwifo davalebaa _ uTxra kote saxvaZem.
_ sabuTebis amocla problema ar aris, arc gamyoli xalxi
SemiSlis xels, magarm saqme is aris, momenti SeirCes da sabuTe-
bic gulis jibeSi naRdad hqondes!

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 _ Cveni agentebi dRe-Rame yarauloben da ician, rom
sabuTebs sxvas aravis andobs, pijakianad iZinebs, isic ician,
rom gulis jibe `zmeikiT~ aqvs Sekruli da Tan ZafiT amoker-
ili.
_ ki magram Tbilisidan moskovamde mag sabuTebis amocla
rom ar moxerxdes?
_ Cven amazec vifiqreT, _ Caeria saubarSi aleqsandre _
pasports da bileTs niu-iorkamde gagimzadebT, amave TviTmfri-
naviT dabrundebiT ukan, radgan vizis gakeTeba ase mcire droSi
SeuZlebelia.
_ garjisTvis sami aTas maneTs miiReb _ daumata kote sax-
vaZem.
_ fuli ar mainteresebs, minda Tqveni ndoba gavamarTlo.
mixaria, rom Cveni profesiac dafasda mTavrobis mxridan _
yvelas gulianad gaecina.
amirani am dRes bednieri kaci iyo, masTan stumrad da
saTxovnelad respublikis ori Zalovani struqturis minis-
trebi iyvnen da misgan daxmarebas elodnen.
meore dRes `vaskas~, saxelmwifo uSiSroebis komitetis
biWebTan erTad, amiranic acilebda. uceb, TviTmfrinavis
trapze CoCqoli atyda, milicias gamouZaxes, ucxoeli Jur-
nalisti Tavis kolegebs samarTebliT gadaWril pijaks uCveneb-
da da yvelaze saintereso is iyo, rom xels Tavis kolega
frang Jurnalists adebda. gafrena SeaCeres, yvelas sTxoves
ukanve Sesuliyvnen aeroportis mosacdel darbazSi. Cxrekva-
Si amiranic iRebda monawileobas, mas mouwia `vaskas~ gaCxre-
ka, romelmac moparuli sabuTebi manamde ise Caudo gulis
jibeSi, rom amiranma veraferi gaigo. `niu-iork taimsis~ kores-
pondentma ratomRac axla `vaskaze~ miitana eWvi. es rom `vas-
kas~ mouTargmnes, man pijaki gaiZro da korespondents miawo-
da. mokled yvelani isev TviTmfrinavSi avidnen, `vaskam~ ki
moskovSi gafrena gadaifiqra.

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 uSiSroebis TanamSromlebma moparuli sabuTebi mosTx-
oves. vaskas gaecina: _ eg sabuTebi ori saaTia amirans udevs
gulis jibeSi.
amirans gaocebisagan Tvalebi Sublze auvida. xeli Caiyo
ubeSi da iqidan sabuTebi amoaZvrina.
yvelani gulianad axarxardnen da taSi daukres.
_ magari xar, `vaska~, magas ar unda laparaki. ki, magram
ra geCqareboda, moskovSi amogeclia an amerikaSi geseirna, fuli
ar gqonda Tu ra, _ gaexumra amirani.
_ va, kaco, jer _ erTi, momenti xelidan rogor gameSva
da meorec, xval Cems Zmakacs qorwili aqvs. amerikaSi wasasv-
lelad mecala axla me!?
_ raciiT Tavmjdomares velaparake, Zalian gaxarebulia
_ uTxra amiranma `vaskas~. _ sami aTasi maneTi SegiZlia ukve
miiRo Semnaxvel salaroSi. garda amisa, Sinagan saqmeTa samin-
istro gCuqnis aTas maneTs. amas rodisme ifiqrebdi, `vaska~?
_ cxovreba Cemo amiran, sabolood patar-patara siamov-
nebebis da didi usiamovnebebis krebulia, romelsac im qvey-
nad gadabargeba hqvia da sanam am qveynad varT, rogorc irkve-
va, yvelaferi SesaZlebelia.
_ `vaska~. saxelmwifo uSiSroebis komiteti sityvier mad-
lobas gicxadebT, samwuxarod Seni dajildoebis ufleba Cven
ara gvaqvs.
_ eg araferi, batono kote, SemdegSic Tu geqnaT magdag-
vari saqme, Zalian gTxovT nu momeridebiT! aba, kargad iyaviT,
amiran maRariCi Senzea icode!
_ va, fuls Sen iReb da maRariCs me mawer, romel qurdul
kanonSi weria es?
_ kargi, kanons ar davarRvev, me vkisrulob!
orives gaecina. amirani Zalian gaxarebuli iyo saqmis ase
moulodnelad gamosvliT da sasikeTod damTavrebiT.

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vaJa sanebliZe amirans didis ambiT esalmeboda, magram
Zvelebur siTbos aRar afrqvevda. vaJa amiranis saxiT aSkara
konkurents xedavda. amiranic grZnobda rom sakuTari Zalebis
gafurCqvnis dro damdgariyo. agentura sakmarisze meti hyav-
da da Tu moindomebda uamrav wvril-wvril saqmeebsac gaxsni-
da.
erT dRes vaJam daibara kabinetSi. masTan erTi qali dax-
vda.
_ amiran-batono, es qalbatoni moskoveli qarTvelia, ele-
onora yiamuralaSvili, gaicani! _ amiranma qals zrdilobi-
anad daukra Tavi.
_ Tavis gogonasTan erTad erTi Tvis win CamobrZanda
moskovidan mcxeTis raionSi, mSoblebis saxlSi. ager ukve meoce
dRea gogona gauCinarda. erTi kviris winaT patara biWis xe-
liT, werili gamougzavnes, sadac afrTxilebdnen, rom Tu asi
aTas maneTs ar miitanda, gogonas moklavdnen.
_ ramdeni wlis aris qalbatono Tqveni qaliSvili?
_ Cemi ninuca ukve ocdaori wlisaa, enacvalos deda mar-
Tla ar momiklan es simwriT gazrdili bavSvi! _ waitira qal-
ma.
_ amiran, gaesaubre qalbatons Sens kabinetSi, esec qalba-
tonisadmi miwerili werilia, ministris Txovnaa zedmiwevniT
yuradRebiT moekidoT am saqmes. guSin moskovidanac darekes,
ruseTis Sinagan saqmeTa saministrodan da daxmareba gvTxoves.
_ wamobrZandiT, qalbatono! _ amiranma eleonora Tavis
kabinetSi Seiyvana.
_ qalbatono elionora, Tu gindaT Tqveni qaliSvili
droze movnaxoT, alalad unda upasuxoT Cems mier dasmul
kiTxvebs.
_ ki batono, rac gindaT mkiTxeT, yvelaferze gul-
wrfelad gi pasuxebT.
_ ramdenjer xarT oficialurad gaTxovili?

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 _ samjer.
_ ramdeni Svili gyavT?
_ erTi.
_ romeli qorwinebidan gyavT Tqveni gogona?
_ pirvelidan.
_ ramdeni wliT iyo ufrosi pirveli qmari Tqvenze?
_ ocdaoriT.
_ riTi gardaicvala?
_ gulis SeteviT.
_ RalatobdiT?
_ rogor gekadrebaT!
_ kidev erTxel gimeorebT, Tqveni pirveli qmris xelSi,
romelime sxva mamakaci xom ar getrfodaT?
_ aseTi, iyo erTi kaci, romelsac meored gavyevi colad.
_ meore qmars daSordiT Tu isic. . .
_ ara, davSordi.
_ ratom?
_ usaqmuri gamodga, sul Cemi pirveli qmris datovebul
fulze eWira Tvali!
_ mesame, mesame qmari rogori gyavT? is mainc Tu gamodga
muyaiTi?
_ isic ise ra, xelfasis kacia, patiosani. Cems fuls Tu
vxarjav, maSin momWirneobaze ar melaparakeba!
_ ra ganaTleba aqvs Tqvens qaliSvils?
_ saSualo.
_ sad muSaobs?
_ arsad.
_ sadme Tu umuSavia?
_ erTi orjer scada, magram ar moewona samsaxuri.
_ gaTxovilia?
_ ara.
_ biWebSi Tu dadis?

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 _ erTi biWi uyvarda, iman Seacdina, Semdeg, ramdenime bi-
WTan scada bedi, magram ar gaumarTla.
_ alkohols Tu etaneba?
_ rogorc yvela magis asakis gogona, moskovSi qalebi
SedarebiT ufro Tavisuflad grZnoben Tavs.
_ qalbatono eleonora, Tqven sakmaod momxiblavi qali
brZandebiT, ver davijereb, Tayvanismcemlebi ar gyavdeT!
_ magiT ra gindaT TqvaT?
_ mokled, scodavT Tu ara dRes?
_ rogor giTxraT, mTlad angelozi var-meTqi, ar iqneba
marTali, Tu mamakaci momewoneba da masac movewonebi, SeiZle-
ba Sevcde kidec.
_ didi madlobeli var, qalbatono, Tqveni gulwrfelo-
bisaTvis.
_ aba, ra gaarkvieT am pasuxebidan? saqmeze jer araferi
ar gikiTxavT!
_ Zalian bevri, Tqveni qaliSvili cocxalia, albaT, male
meore werilsac miiRebT, Tu winaaRmdegi ar iqnebiT, am erTi
kviris ganmavlobaSi me Tqveni faoriti viqnebi.
_ ki batono! me ar var winaaRmdegi, Tu Tqven faoritoba
ufro met moTxovnebSi ar gadaizrdeba!
_ pirobas gaZlevT, Tqven rom mTxovoT maSinac. . .
_ nuTu aseTi maxinji var TqvenTvis? _ tuCi aubzua qalma.
_ me samsaxurebrivi saqmianobi dros arc vewevi, arc vsvam
da qalebze xom laparakic zedmetia! _ gaeRima amirans.
_ Tqven miliciis muSaki ki ara wmindani yofilxarT _
RimiliTve upasuxa qalma.
_ ras vizmT, qalbatono eleonora, xandaxan cxovreba
gvaiZulebs wmindanebi viyoT. axla gadavideT Cveni saubris
meore etapze. sad cxovroben Tqveni mSoblebi?
_ saguramoSi.
_ Tqveni gogona Tu icnobs iqur mezoblebs, Tu hyavs
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 _ yovel zafxuls aq Camomyavda, ra Tqma unda, yvelas
icnobs.
_ xom ar hyavs an hyavda aq Seyvarebuli?
_ ki, erTi biWi uyvarda, niko, magram ratomRac cixeSi
moxvda, magram axla gareT aris.
_ xom ar ganuaxlebiaT urTierToba?
_ ara mgonia, magram erTmaneTs Tbilad esalmebian.
_ kidev vinmesTan xom ar amxanagobs?
_ ramdenjerme Tvali movkari TamazisTan, sofelSi xma
dadis narkomaniao, magram ara mgonia, sasiyvarulod gaikaros!
_ erTi sityviT, xvalidan gadmovdivar sacxovreblad de-
daTqvenis saxlSi, yvelas gaacnobT Cems Tavs rogorc mosko-
vis nomer meore Tambaqos qarxnis direqtors, gasagebia?
amirani Tambaqos qarxnis xelmZRvanel postebs ver eleo-
da, radgan am qarxnis `xelmZRvaneloba~ kargad hqonda dac-
dili.
_ mere dedaCemi ras ityvis, aseT axlagazrda da lamaz
biWs rom miviyvan, Cvens Soris sul cota 15 weli mainc iqneba
sxvaoba.
_ qalbatono eleonora, Tqveni ojaxisTvis asakis sxvao-
biT mamakacis amorCeva pirveli xom ar aris?
_ Cemi pirveli qmari Cemze ufrosi iyo 22 wliT, meore
xuTi wliT, mesame, Cemi tolia, meoTxe axla 15 wliT aris
umcrosi, perspeqtiuli qali var, ras merCiT? _ gaecina elion-
oras.
_ CemTan erTad iqneba Cemi piradi mZRolic, isic dedaSen-
Tan unda movaTavsoT saxlSi. ase, rom xval aTi saaTisTvis
mogadgebiT saxlSi da sixaruli, qaTinaurebi da vnebiani kocna
ar momakloT!
marTlac, eleonoram amirans ramdenjerme SemTxveviT tu-
Cebi Seageba. purmarili gadaixada, mezoblebic dapatiJa. maT
Soris iyo gogonas saguramoeli Seyvarebuli vaJi.

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 _ Cvenma saerTo megobarma sasixarulo ambavi Camomitana,
Cemi gogona gagraSi yofila dasasveneblad. mis das unaxavs.
meore dRes, Tbilisidan saguramoSi mimaval amirans gza-
ze `volga~ gadaudga. amiranis manqanas ukan taqsi mihyveboda,
romelsac miliciis TanamSromeli marTavda. amiranma xeliT
aniSna taqss gza gaegrZelebuna. `volgidan~ ori axlgazrda
gadmovida da daukiTxavad Causxdnen amirans ukana savarZelze.
_ biZaCemo, ukan ar moixedo. eg gogona Cven gvyavs mota-
cebuli da gadamaluli. guSin sufraze tyuili rom daaxeTqe,
is gogo Cemma dam naxa, gagraSi isvenebso, ratom atyuebT qal-
baton eleonoras? Tu mag qalis alersi gindaT da mag qalze
gadareuli xarT, cota fulis SovnaSi daexmareT im gogos
gamosasyidad.
_ ramdenia saWiro?
_ asi aTasi.
_ me miTxres ormocdaaTi, Tu Cems CamosvlasTan dakav-
SirebiT moumateT, SemiZlia xvalve davemSvidobo eleono-
ras, magram vici, rom mag qals magdeni fuli aq ara aqvs.
_ wavides da Camoitanos.
_ eg magis saqmea.
_ Tqven ras urCevT, rogor unda gamoisyidos Tavisi gogo?
_ me Tu mkiTxavT, eg gogo magdeni ar Rirs, me vurCevdi,
rom erTi oci aTasi gadaexada, Tanac miliciaSi ar gaacxados
da ase umtkivneulod moagvaros es saqme.
_ oci aTasi cotaa, mag saqmeSi xuTi kaci gavdivarT!
_ maSin ocdaxuTi aTasi iyos. TiTos xuT-xuTi aTasi gey-
ofaT!
_ Sefi aTi aTasze naklebs ar daTanxmeba.
_ jandabas imisi Tavi ocdaaTi aTasi iyos da naRdi.
_ fuls rodis moitanT, _ CaerTo laparakSi meore axal-
gazrda.
_ naxevars, rodesac cocxals da saR-salamaTs dagvanax-
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 _ gacvla rogor moxdeba?!
_ Cveulebrivad, Tqven gogos gamouSvebT manqanidan, Cve-
ni manqanidan kaci gamova, fuls daganaxebT da aiRebT, Cven ki
gogos wamoviyvanT. ki magram kinoSi mainc ar ginaxavT gacvla
rogor xdeba?
_ kino kinoa: Cven ase moviqceviT, gogos gaCvenebT, dae-
laparakeT, magram isev CvenTan wamova, roca meore naxevarsac
moitanT, is gogoc Tqveni iyos, movida?
_ movida, e.i. xval mogvaqvs TxuTmeti aTasi, oRond
rogorc SevTanxmdiT, gogonas manqanidan gadmoiyvanT da dav-
inaxavT rom janmrTelaa, mxolod maSin miiRebT fuls!
_ `karoCe~, xval 12 saaTisTvis gelodebiT saguramos na-
krZalis SesasvlelSi! rogorc movrigdiT biZaCemo, ise iqneba
yvelaferi, ra!
meore dRes operatiuli jgufi dilidanve Casafrda
saguramos nakrZalSi, ramdenime miliciis TanamSromlebi taq-
sistebis mZRolebis formaSi gamowyobilebi taqsebiT win da
ukan dahaqrodnen nakrZalamde da turistebs daatarebdnen,
ra Tqma unda turistebs Sorisac iyvnen amiranis TanamSrom-
lebic.
meore dRes, pirobisamebr, momtaceblebi 12 saaTisTvis
taqsiT movidnen. manqanis ukana kari gaiRo da iqidan saRsala-
maTi gadmovida eleonoras qaliSvili, romelsac mowyenilo-
ba ar etyoboda. amiranma fuliani `di plomati~ mZRols gaa-
tana. `di plomatSi~ CamontaJebuliiyo eleqtro signali. mZRo-
li mivida manqanasTan, sadac momtaceblebis taqsis mZRolSi
gadacmuli miliciis TanamSromeli Seicno. erT-erTma axal-
gazrdam `di plomati~ gaaRo, fuli jibeSi Caiwyo da CanTa
mZRols daubruna. Semdeg taqsis mZRols uTxra `wavideTo~
da gezi saguramos tyisken aiRes. amiranma da misma yvela Tan-
amSromelma dainaxa, rom eleonoras gogona, ninuca, yovelg-
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 amirani manqaniT gahyva maT. cota xanSi ukan momavali taqss
gadaeyara:
_ sad miiyvane?
_ aqedan ori kilometri iqneba, Semdeg tyeSi gzis marjve-
na mxares gadavidnen, me fuli gadamixades da gamomiSves.
_ axlo-maxlo raime SenobisTvis xom ar mogikravs Tva-
li?
_ ara, araferi daminaxavs.
_ aba, axla gagviZexi win da gvaCvene is adgili, sadac
gadmovidnen.
amiranma metyevis forma Caicva, ulvaSebi miiweba, Tavze
qudi daixura, saTvale moirgo, zurgze orluliani Tofi ga-
daikida da tyeSi biliks gauyva. ociode wuTis Semdeg facxa
dainaxa; facxaSi aravin Canda, cota win waiwia da mdeloze
ori karavi dainaxa. iqve saxeladxelo sufrac gaeSalaT, sa-
dac ori gogona da sami vaJi mxiarulobdnen. erT-erT maTgan-
Si amiranma ninuca Seicno.
_ gamarjobaT, Svilebo! _ miesalma amirani, _ frTxilad
iyaviT, cecxli ar gaaCinoT.
_ nu geSinia biZaCemo, modi erTi Wiqa dagvilie! _ Sampa-
nuris savse Wiqa gauwoda ninucam.
_ ra dagilocoT, Svilo, ras zeimobT!
_ pirvel gamarjvebas cxovrebaSi, gagvimarTla da magari
banda SevqmeniT! _ icinoda nunuca.
_ albaT koleqtivi, Tqvens kolqtivs gaumarjos, Tqvens
Sromas da saqmianobas!
_ Sen ra, biZaCemo, ar gesmis, magari banda SevqmeniT-meTqi
Cveni bandis sadRegrZelo unda dalio! _ ar cxreboda zed-
metad aRgznebuli ninuca.
_ Tqvens koleqtivs gaumarjos. . .
_ wadi Seni dedac..., Se axvaro, ras dagiCemebia koleq-
tivi, koleqtivi _ wamoenTo nunuca. aq ukve biWebic wamoiqaC-
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 _ Cveni ufrosis wyenineba ar gamova biZaCemo!
amirans gaukvirda, ase male daTroba rogor moaswreso,
etyoba, adre hqondaT daleuli, axla kidev daumates da sas-
melma Tavisi saqme gaakeTa.
_ kargiT, kargiT, Svilebo, me wavedi da amirani facx-
isaken gaemarTa, racia amoiRo da xuT wuTSi yvela eWvmitani-
li miwaze eyara daborkili. ninucas saguramoelma Seyvare-
bulma da molaparakebis iniciatorma nikom, moulodnelobis-
agan Tu SiSagan SarvalSi Caisvara ris gamoc misi manqaniT
wayvana ar moxerxda. is jer mdinareSi abanaves, titveli saxl-
Si miiyvanes, tansacmeli Caacves da ise miabrZanes miliciaSi.
amiranis biWebma magrad icines! ras ar naxavs kaci cxovrebaSi.
_ amiran, rogor mixvdi, rom eg gogo mkvdari ar iqneboda
da rom am saqmeSi misi xelic eria? _ ekiTxeboda mere amirans
vaJa sanebliZe.
_ magas ra mixvedra undoda, dedas Sevxede, gavesaubre
Tu ara, maSinve mivxvdi, rom im qalTa kategorias ganekuTvne-
ba, fulis gulisTvis yvelaferze rom xels aweren, qaliS-
vilic wesiT ukeTesi ar unda hyoloda. eWvi ufro gamiZlier-
da, rodesac gavige, Svili da fuli pirveli qmris danatova-
ri rom iyo, xolo momdevno qmrebi gamomZalvelebi. bunebriv-
ia, am garemoSi gazrdil gogosac gauCnda mamis kuTvnili qoneb-
is gamoZalvis survili. ukeTesi rom veraferi moifiqra, gada-
wyvita dedamisisTvis fuli am gziT daetyua. Cven rom egeni
droze ar dagveWira, sxva bevr sisulelesac Caidendnen.
***
amirans daureka da Sexvedra sTxova sakomisio maRaziis
direqtorma, romelic Tavis droze givi xabazma gaacno, Tum-
ca ar uTqvams rom masTan TanamSromlobda; erTxel amiranma
igi naqurdali nivTebis miRebaSi gamoiWira; formalurad
TiTqos yvelaferi wesrigSi iyo, nivTebi Caibara, sabuTebi wesie-
rad iyo gaformebuli, magram saqme is iyo, rom nivTebi Caibara

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sxvisi pasportiT, amas ki damtkiceba undoda. amirani Seudga
gamoZiebas da daumtkica kidec, magram saqme ar gaaxmaura, sa-
magierod, sakomisios direqtori gadmoibira da misi agenti
gaxda. igi amiranTan iSviaTad rekavda.
amirani abram goniaSvils agentebisTvis gankuTvnil bina-
Si Sexvda.
_ amiran, CemTan kaci gamogzavnes moskovidan, sportsmeni,
olimpiuri da msoflio Cempioni, valeri briucini; mas vinme
ema mixailovna dayveba Tan, didi gaqeqili qali Cans. jer erTi
antikvaruli nivTi moitanes, gavuyide. mere meore, mesame da
a.S. TiTo nivTi aTi-TxuTmet aTasze naklebi ar Rirs. Sen ici,
mag nivTebis myidveli xalxi myavs, magram ori dRis winaT ise-
Ti Zvirfasi nivTebi momitanes, rom marTali giTxra, SemeSin-
da misi miReba da maRaziaSi gamofena.
_ ra iyo aseTi?
_ ra da mwyeris kvercxisxela brilianti, romelic ase ar
iyideba, Zvirfasi TvlebiT moWedili xatebi. egeni ukve gava-
cani erT mdidar kacs, Sen mas icnob, isic ici, visi colis Zmac
aris. naRdi myidvelia.
_ es romeli, damzadebis sammarTvelos ufrosi?
_ Sen Cemze kargad gcodnia, saqme isaa rom nivTebi saidan
mosdiT, ver gavige!
_ Sen ise nu izam, rom aqeT Cven dagviWiron!
_ amiran, raRac myrali suni asdis am saqmes, erTi-ori
nivTi rom CaebarebinaT, amxela sportsmenia bolosdabolos,
eWvi ar Semepareboda, magram iseTi unikaluri nivTiebia, rom
Sefasebac ar SemiZlia, ubralod, ar vici ra Rirs!
_ sad cxovroben, Tu ici?
_ sastumro saqarTveloSi, telefonis nomeric maqvs. me
mgoni, eg nivTebi im qalisaa da briucinsaa amofarebuli.
_ didi madloba, Cemo abram, daviwyebT mag xalxis da-
muSavebas, Tu rame gamovida saxeiro, Senc Seityob. wilSi
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 amirans am Sexvedris Sesaxeb aravisTvis uTqvams, oRond
meore dResve daiwyo am wyvilis damuSaveba. gairkva, rom sami
dRis Semdeg ukan mifrinavdnen moskovSi. sastumros nomerSi
saeWvo veraferi aRmoaCines.
SabaT diliT pirvel reisze mgzavrTa registracia mim-
dinareobda. wyvili maincdamainc ar Cqarobda. valera axo-
vani, lamazi biWi iyo, xolo ema saSualo tanis, gaCxinkuli,
magram Taviseburad mimzidveli qali gaxldaT. im dRes amirans
valera cota Sesuqebuli moeCvena. rodesac valeram aerovag-
zlis `liTomaZebara~ gaiara, manqana awkrialda. valeram ji-
bidan gasaRebebi, xurda fuli amoyara da isev gaiara, magram
zarma isev daiwkriala, es ukve aeroportis dacvis biWebis
damsaxureba iyo. rodesac mesamejer axmaurda zari, valeras
bodiSi mouxades da sTxoves Sesamowmeblad gverdiT oTaxSi
Sesvla. ema aSkarad anerviulda da valeras miaZaxa: `valera,
uTxari vinc xar da Tavs daganebeben~.
_ gvapatieT batono valeri, Cven mSvenivrad viciT vinc
brZandebiT, magram xom iciT Cveni samsaxuri, Cven TviTmfri-
navis uSiSroebas vicavT.
valeri xmas ar iRebda.
gaCxrikes; tanze Txeli naWrisagan specialurad Sekerili
mravaljibiani Jileti ecva, romelic bankidan axalgamotani-
li, tkicina asmaneTianebiT iyo gatenili.
_ batono valeri, naRmi ar aRmogaCndaT, magram amxela
Tanxa, Tanac axalT-axali asmaneTiani kupiurebi naRmze uare-
sia da sanam ar SegamowmebT, ver gagiSvebT.
valeri xmas ar iRebda, TviTmfrinavis pirveli reisi ukve
haerSi iyo.
cota xnis Semdeg amiranic gamovida samalavidan da gaec-
no valeris da emas:
_ respublikis Sinagan saqmeTa samZebro sammarTvelos
ufrosi, amiran lomjaria.
_ valeri briutini da ema cigankova, Cemi megobari qali,
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 _ didad sasiamovnoa, batono valeri, sanam am sakiTxs
SevamowmebdeT, Tqven da Tqvens sacoles aeroportis sastum-
ros luqsSi mogawyobT Cveni saministros xarjze, rodesac ga-
varkvevT am gaugebrobas, pirvelive TviTmfrinaviT moskovs
gafrindebiT.
valeri da ema luqsSi moaTavses, romelsac amiranis samo-
qalaqo formaSi gadacmuli biWebi icavdnen.
saRamos amirani Tavis agent qalTan erTad mivida sastum-
roSi da emas yvavilebi miarTva. amiranma agenti Tavis meuRled
gaacno. Semoitanes Sampanuri, Sesves ramdenime Wiqa, qalebi
meore oTaxSi gavidnen salaparakod.
_ valeri, Sen ici, rom yvelani geTayvanebiT, upirvelesi
sportsmeni xar, Tu rame kriminalSi xar gaxveuli, vecdebi
dagexmaro.
_ ra kriminali, es nivTebi bebiaCems da emas bebias hqon-
daT, ojaxis Seqmna gadavwyviteT, fuli dagvWirda da gavyi-
deT!
_ valeri, fulic aris da fulic, rom gadavTvale, oc-
darva cali sul asmaneTianebis Sekvra aRmoCnda, aqedan naxe-
varze meti gauxsneli da saqarTvelos centraluri bankis damRa
azis. davuSvaT, davijereT, rom es yvelaferi bebiaTqvenis
qonebaa, magram Cven gvaintresebs Tqveni nivTebis myidveli da
ara _ Tqven.
_ am nivTebis umetes nawils sakomisio maRazias vabareb-
diT rusTavelis quCis dasawyisSi.
_ Cven gvainteresebs Tqveni nivTebis myidvelebi.
am dros oTaxSi Semovida ema:
_ Tqvi, valeri, visac mivyideT, erTi vnaxoT, rogor gaube-
daven daWeras!
_ ki magram vin aris aseTi?
_ iuri didebuliZe, Tqveni cekas mdivnis colis Zma, _
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 _ mdaa, eg ver gviTxariT kargi ambavi, magram, radgan bor-
bali davatrialeT, misi gaCereba ukve Znelia!
_ xom giTxariT yvelaferi, axla mogveci Cveni kuTvnili
fuli da gagviSvi, batono, moskovSi! _ gaanCxlda ema.
_ qalbatono ema, Tqven warmoSobiT saidan brZandebiT?
_ me, Cemi bebia, imis bebiis bebia vilniusSi varT dabade-
bulebi, bebiaCemi nadeJda cukanova moxerxebuli qali iyo sul
mdidar da saxelovan kacebs mihyveboda colad, amitomac darCa
es simdidre.
_ rogorc vatyob arc SviliSvils eSleba es saqme!
_ me da valeras didi xania gviyvars erTmaneTi, axla ga-
davwyviteT gemrieli mdidruli ojaxis Seqmna da Tqven gamo-
eCxireT! _ ver mSviddeboda qali.
_ samsaxurs ra vuyoT, Torem sxva SemTxvevaSi iseT qor-
wils gagimarTavdiT, Tqvengan mowonebuls, mokled, valeri
orSabaTamde aq mogiwevT yofna, dRes SabaTia, xval _ kvira,
daisveneT da orSabaTs Sevecdebi bolo reisiT moskovSi gag-
iSvaT; aba, Tina daemSvidobe da wavideT.
valeram Tinas xelze akoca da sastumros karebamde gaaci-
la, sadac amiranis biWebi idgnen. valeras gaecina.
_ es isev Tqveni usafrTxoebisTvis, valera, damijereT,
ase jobs!
dilis cxra saaTze telefonis zaris xma gaisma:
_ aTi saaTisTvis CemTan iyavi kabinetSi!
_ vin brZandebiT? _ ucbad xmaze ver icno Tavisi minis-
tri amiranma.
_ vin var da papuna! aT saaTze Cemi Zmac iqneba, aleqsan-
dre, xom gaxsovs?
_ ki, batono papuna, ukve movdivar.
kabinetSi papuna da aleqsandre raRacaze kamaTobdnen.
_ SeiZleba? _ ikiTxa amiranma.
_ biWo, saidan monaxav xolme aseT saCoTiro saqmeebs; guSin
radisadgurma `bi-bi-sim~ gadmosca, Tbilisis aeroportSi

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daakaves cnobili sportsmeni da misi Tanxlebi qali, romelT-
ac aRmoaCndaT, oras oTxmoci aTasi maneTi, maTi winaprebis
mier datovebuli Zvirfasi nivTebis realizaciidan aRebuli.
is, rac Tavis droze revoluciuri ganukiTxaobis dros ver
waarTves maT winaprebs, dRes kanonis ZaliT amas akeTebs sab-
WoTa xelisufleba, romelsac xelmZRvanelobs komunisturi
partia, romlis cekas mdivnis colis Zmam iuri didebuliZem
SeiZina es Zvirfasi nivTebi.~
amonabeWdi aleqsandrem momitana am diliT.
_ ra vqna, batono papuna Tqven miTxariT da es fuli
bankSi ki ar Camibarebia, CemTan aris, seifSi, gnebavT, axlave
mivcem da erT saaTSi moskovs gavistumreb!
_ mokled, magari mazoli vinme xar, wyals aamRvrev da mis
dawynarebas Cven gadmogvabareb.
_ rad ginda mag kacTan, ra qnas, ar daiWiros? _ gamoe-
sarCla aleqsandre.
_ vin eubneba ar daiWiro, magram ...
_ Tu ar mogwons, papuna, eg biWi, me waviyvan, _ Tvali
Caukra aleqsandrem amirans da gaecina.
_ mag saqmes dResve rom gadmogilocav, Cemo aleqsandre,
mere vnaxav ra xasiaTze dadgebi, ra Cveni saqmea oqro da fuli,
eg Senma komitetma itexos Tavi! _ ver mSviddeboda papuna.
_ am fulis gadaadgileba sakavSiro teritoriaze xdeba,
amitom Sen unda daadgino, saidan aqvT am xalxs amdeni fuli!
_ icinoda aleqsandre.
_ batono papuna, guSin Cems agentTan erTad stumrad
viyavi valerasTan, patara pur-Rvino movuwyveT.
_ xo, pur-Rvino ar geSleba, sul simRer-simReriT amoxdi
kacs suls!
_ valerasTan myofi qali, elena mixailovna cukanova,
vilniusSi cnobili `farsovSicaa~, iqac did wreebSia gasu-
li, sasurvelia magis binis gaCxrekva, guli migrZnobs iq bevri

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partiuli da saxelmwifo moxelis qoneba iqneba damaluli,
radgan ministrTa sabWos prestiJul saxlSi cxovrobs, romel-
sac saxelmwifo dacva icavs. Cems agentTan saubarSi gairkva,
rom am ori Tvis winaT taSkentSi yofilan, manamde erTi Tve
ki _ yazaxeTSi, alma-ataSi. eg qali tyuilad arsad fexs ar
gadaadgams. es is kriminaluri respublikebia, Cveni ar iyos,
sadac SedarebiT advilad iSoveba aRuricxavi fuli. am qals
Tavis samalavidan gaaqvs Zvirfaseuloba da fulian xalxs eZebs,
yidis, mere ki saxelmwifo bankSi dolarebs iZens.
_ ra vqnaT, aleqsandre, gavyveT am Zafs? guli migrZnobs,
rom cekas mdivani ukve meZebs telefoniT.
_ sxva ra gza gvaqvs, Sua gzaze SeCereba ar gamova!
_ rogorc vatyob Senc saqmeSi xar Cemo aleqsandre!
_ ki, batono, Cvenc aqtiurad CaverTvebiT.
dareka mTavrobis telefonma. papunam aleqsandres aniS-
na, `xom giTxariTo~.
_ gismenT batono Sadiman, ki, saqmis kursSi varT, dRes
batonma aleqsandrem gamomigzavna am provokaciis asli... diax,
yvelafers zustad gamoviZiebT, SevamowmebT baton iuri dide-
buliZes, ki, batono, im sportsmens gavuSvebT dResve moskov-
Si, aba, aurzaurs xom ar avatexinebT amerikis xmas. ki, ba-
tono, mag saqmes amiran lomjaria iZiebs... ki, batono, mokiTx-
vas gadavcem, kargad brZandebodeT!
_ ise xom araferi SeeSala baton Sadimans, Cemo papuna? _
gaecina aleqsandres.
_ magas araferi eSleba, mTavaria Cven ar SegveSalos rame,
Torem Semdeg iseT dros gamogvdebs kvants, sul rom ar elo-
debi, magis ambavi me mkiTxeT! amiran, miTxari, ras apireb?
_ erTi sityviT, situaciidan gamomdinare, valeri Tavis
emasTan erTad dResve gavafrinoT moskovSi, fuli uklebliv
davubrunoT, bodiSs piaradad me movuxdi, xolo erTi kviris
Semdeg vilniusSi gamgzavneT Cemi operatiuli jgufiT, emas
binis gasaCxrekaT, vnaxoT, ra aRmoCndeba.

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 _ ras ityvi, aleqsandre?
_ meti ra Caraa, magram SenTan erTad Cemi xalxic wamova.
rogorc zeviT miTxres, valera ar yofila kontaqtSi sakav-
Siro uSiSroebasTan, axla momenti gvaqvs, agentobaze unda
dagvTanxmdes, kompromati xelSi gviWiravs. ase, rom or kur-
dRels daviWerT, cekas davalebasac SevasrulebT da agenteb-
sac gadmovibirebT!
_ `ebraels wyali mihqonda da gzac iqiT hqondao~. aleqsan-
dre, erTi es gamagebine, is sportsmeni me da Cemma TanamSrom-
lebma davakaveT, Cems garda sasaubrod im kacs aravin gakare-
bia, `bi-bi-sim~ es informacia rogor moi pova?
_ magasTan dakavSirebiT erT anegdots getyviT: `momdinar-
eobs politbiuros sxdoma, Zalze gasaidumloebuli, karebidan
aravis ar uSveben. gavida oTxi saaTi, xuTi; breJnevs patara
saqmis mosaqmeba undoda da tualetis oTaxSi, politbiuros
wevrebi ar uSvebdnen. `ver viTmeno~, ixveweba breJnevi, `ar
SeiZleba, moiTmineT~, _ urCeven partiuli amxanagebi. am dros
karebze breJnevis dacvis wevrma daakakuna da politbiuros
moaxsena:`bi-bi-sim~ gadmosca, breJnevs uWirso da Ramis qoT-
ani movutaneTo. ase, rom Sens biWebSi tyuilad gepareba eWvi,
amiran!
_ amiran, me gagayoleb Cems uSiSroebis biWebs, im qalisgan
damoukideblad Seaxvedreb valeras, isini daelaparakebian
da Semdeg daubruneb fuls, xels moawerineb Cabarebaze da
moskovisken gaistumreb.
saRamos, bolo reisze, amirani da misi biWebi acilebdnen
valeri briucins da ema cukanovas. valeri TanamSromlobaze
daTanxmda uSiSroebis biWebs, Sesabamisi sabuTebic gaformda.
erTi kviris Semdeg amirani vilniusSi iyo. adgilobrivi
miliciis saministros gaacnes mivlinebis mizani da Tavisi xalxic
gaayoles. amiranma icoda, rom ema cukanova ori dRiT iyo
Casuli qalaqSi. dilis cxra saaTze, cukunovas karze zaris
xma gaisma, emam gamoixeda, aSkarad ar esiamovna amiranis dnax-

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va, mis ukan TanamSromlebic rom SeamCnia gaSra, magram ecada
ar SeemCnia.
_ qalbatoni ema mixeilis asuli cukanova aq cxovrobs?
_ aq cxovrobs, batono amiran, aq.
_ Cven Tqveni binis Cxrekis orderi gvaqvs _ amiranma fur-
celi gadasca, emas ar dauxedavs ordenisTvis, ise gauRo karebi.
amirans amxela sacxovrebeli bina Tavis dReSi ar enaxa,
misaRebi oTaxidan dawyebuli yvelgan suraTebi iyo Camokide-
buli, xolo zalis farTi albaT oras kvadratul metrze
meti iqneboda, yvela kuTxe-kunWuli fufunebas afrqvevda.
_ qalbatono ema, CxrekaSi monawileobs saqarTvelos Sina-
gan saqmeTa saministros sami TanamSromeli, eswreba saqarTvelos
saxelmwifo uSiSroebis komitetis ori eqsperti, vilniusis sam-
Zebros ori TanamSromeli, damswreebad moviwvieT Tqveni karis
mezoblebi, TqvenTvis nacnobi col-qmari, qetrin da gedimianas
petrauskasebi. Tu winaaRmdegi ar xarT, daviwyebT Cxrekas.
_ ki var winaaRmdegi, magram me vin mekiTxeba
_ me Semadgenlobaze SegekiTxeT, iqneb ar gindaT, rom
proceduraSi Tqveni mezoblebi daeswron?
_ daiwyeT, CemTvis sulerTia, magram xom unda vicode,
ras eZebT, iqneb me TviTon gaCvenoT, rac gindaT!
_ CvenTan Semosulia cnoba, rom Tqven inaxavT garkveul
pirTa simdidres, romlis realizacia Tqven gaqvT davalebu-
li.
_ me aravis qonebas ar vinaxav, rasac xedavT, suyvelaferi
Cemia da amis aRiarebis arc meSinia!
_ Cven oqros da brilianti gvainteresebs!
_ ki, magram am simdidres romeli oqro da brilianti
Seedreba? mTeli Cemi cxovreba am suraTebis SeZenas movan-
dome, bebiaCemis mier datovebul koleqcias vavsebdi, rom
davberdebi, saxelmwifos davutoveb _ meTqi vfiqrobdi, ma-
gram iseT qveyanaSi vcxovrobT, rom magaTTvis raimes datove-
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 _ suraTebi Cven ar gvainteresebs. piriqiT, Cvenc vtkbebiT
maTi silamaziT. _ ferwerul tiloebs komisiis wevrebi gao-
cebiT Sehyurebdnen da TiTqos mokrZalebulnic gaxdnen maTi
xiblis winaSe, xolo col-qmari petrauskasebi gakvirvebisa-
gan Tavs aqicinebdnen.
_ batono amiran, rac aq aris warmodgenili, yvela orig-
inali ar gegonoT, Torem eseni rom yvela originali iyos,
Cems beds ZaRli ar dahyefda.
_ ki, magram Tqveni niWis patroni, davijero, plagiatoris
namuSevarss Camokidebda kedelze?
_ ratom ara, mtrebis gulis gasaxeTqad. vin mixvdeba, orig-
inalia Tu dedani, amis garCeva xandaxan eqspertsac uWirs!
_ Tu gindaT asli iyos, mainc didebulad gamoiyureba,
Tanac aslic sakmaod Zviri Rirs!
_ saqarTveloSi kargi anegdoti miTxres, sabWoTa xalxzea
zedgamoWrili: viRacam saCivari dawera mezobelze, mTeli
cxovreba me yvelsa da purs vWam, Cemi mezobeli ki yoveldRe
xaWapurs miirTmevso. gamoacxve Senc xaWapuri, gana eg yvelisa
da puris fqvilisagan ar cxvebao~. asea, Tu kacma zedmetad
xeli gaanZria, lamazi da gemrieli cxovreba moindoma, rom ar
Caamwaron, ar SeiZleba. es yvelaferi Cveni dakompleqsebuli
usaqmuri xalxisa da saxelmwifos bralia.
_ me Tqvens ganaTlebaSi, ema mixailovna, eWvi arasdros
Semparvia, magram ismis kiTxva: saidan yovelive es?
_ saidan da bebikodan.
_ Cemi, deda vatire, ratom arc erTi Cemi bebia Tqvensas
ar daemsgavsa?
_ imitom Cemo amiran, rom bebiasac SerCeva unda.
_ eg ranairad?
_ komerciis da eSmakobis Tandayolili niWis mqone adami-
ani Tavisi daufaravi simdidris gasamarTleblad, yovelTvis
gamoCxreks iseT mdidar gardacvalebul bebias, dedamTils,
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gaugonia da Tqven warmoidgineT, gaavebul xalxs qrTamis daxma-
rebiT varwmuneb kidec!
_ qrTamis aRebasac niWi unda, ema mixailovna! _ gaeRima
amirans.
_ bedi ar maqvs, ra yvela uniWo da xelmocaruli me mx-
vdeba am bolo dros.
_ ema mixailovna, Tqvenis nebarTviT daviwyebT maZebaraTi
oqros da Zvirfasi Tvlebis Zebnas, rom giTxraT, gamogviCi-
neT-meTqi, azri ar aqvs.
_ ki, batono amiran, rasac naxavT, Tqveni iyos!
_ amiranma biWebs aniSna daewyoT kedlebis daTvaliereba
oqrosmaZebaraTi. TviTon ki skamze Camojda da emas Tvals ar
acilebda. emac divanze iyo Camomjdari da aqeT-iqiT ixedebo-
da, Tavs Zalas atanda marjvniv Werisken ar gaexarda, magram
erTi-orjer mainc gaepara Tvali. amirans ki es ar gamoparvia.
kedlebSi suraTebis ukan ramdenime saidumlo samalavi aR-
moCnda, saidanac oqros da briliantisTvliani nivTebi iqna
amoRebuli, romelmac erTi mozrdili `di plomatis~ CanTa
gaavso. ema amirans gverdze miujda da Cumad gadaulaparaka:
_ naxevari Tqveni iyos, amiran, _ amiranma uaris niSnad
Tavi gaaqnia _ jandabas, sul waiReT! _ amiranma kvlav uari
aniSna. maSin ema gabrazebuli wamodga, akrifa telefonis no-
meri da isteriulad Cayvira:
_ ianis, aq me `pogroms~ miwyoben, Tqven ki amis Sesaxeb
araviTari informacia ar gaqvT, modiT da am xalxTan Tqven
TviTon gaarkvieT saqme! _ da yurmili daaxeTqa.
amiranma Tavis TanamSromels gadaulaparaka, rom kibe mo-
etanaT da Weris marjvena mxares SeemowmebinaT aparatiT. aparat-
ma iyvira. Wers akruli biazi gaWres da gamoCnda samalavis
magvari xvreli, romlic sarTulebs Soris ficrul gadaxur-
vebs Soris iyo moTavsebuli. aseTi ficruli gadaxurvebi
damaxasiaTebeli iyo omamde aSenebul maRalWeriani saxlebi-
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 ema zeviT ar ixedeboda. Weridan Camotanilma oqrom da
briliantebma yovelgvar molodins gadaaWarba. ori mozrdili
CanTa gaavses, maTi Rirebuleba manamde, sxva samalavebidan,
amoRebul nivTebTan SedarebiT gacilebiT meti iyo.
karze gabmuli zaris xma, gaisma. oTaxSi jiqur SemoiWrnen
uSiSroebis general-maiori da miliciis polkovniki.
_ vin aris jgufis xelmZRvaneli?
_ saqarTvelos Sinagan saqmeTa saministrodan mivlinebu-
li miliciis polkovniki amiran lomjaria.
_ saxelmwifo uSiSroebis generali ianis landsbergisi
da miliciis polkovniki genrix rexipapi, Tu SeiZleba Tqven-
Tan saubari calke gvinda.
_ mobrZandiT, samzareuloSi gavideT!
_ ara, samzareuloSi ara, _ kategoriulad ganacxada emam,
_ sjobs Cems kabinetSi isubroT. amirans emas aRelvebuli toni
ar moewona da mixvda, rom samzareuloSic, albaT, didi sim-
didre imaleboda, magram gaifiqra, jandabas magaTi Tavi, rac
amoviRe esec sakmarisiao da emas survils dahyva. mdidrulad
mowyobil kabinetSi dasxdnen. laparaki generalma daiwyo:
_ ema Cveni agentia da unda iTqvas, rom Zalze maRali
klasis. es, rac dRes naxeT, litvis saxelmwifo uSiSroebis
komitetis samalavia. mogexsenebaT, ra simdidrec unda amoeRo
Cveni uSiSroebis TanamSromlebs, yvelaferi moskovSi igzav-
neboda. litvis saxelmwifo uSiSroebis patriotma wevrebma
es samalavi movawyeT, es yvelaferi litvis sakuTrebaa. dRes
Tqven xedavT, rom garkveuli politikuri Zvrebi xdeba sab-
WoTa kavSirSi, `perestroika~ mimdinareobs, dRes Tu ara, xval
litva damoukidebeli qveyana iqneba da es simdidre mis keTil-
dReobas unda moxmardes. Cveni Txovnaa, es saqme Cveni respub-
likis Sinagan saqmeTa saministros an saxelmwifo uSiSroebis
komitets gadmosceT, polkovniki rexipapi Cveni ministris pi-
radi mrCeveli da TanaSemwea. Tu Cvens Txovnas gaiTval-

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iswinebT da daeTanxmebiT, ra saxis werilic iqneba saWiro,
priveli uwyebidan mogarTmevT!
_ amxanago generalo. batono ianis, Tqvenc iyaviTYCemxe-
la da polkovnikic, albaT, kargad gaxsovT Tqveni SesaZle-
blobebi. me patara WanWiki var im uwyebis, romelmac aq momav-
lina saqmis gamosaZieblad. Tqvenma ministrma daurekos ssrk
Sinagan saqmeTa ministrs an sulac Cems ministrs, man mibrZanos
da pirobas gaZlevT ukanmouxedavad davtoveb Tqvens respub-
likas.
_ Cven amas SevecdebiT, Cvens ministrs CavayenebT saqmis
kursSi da xval gewveviT sastumroSi, kargad brZandebodeT!
amiranma stumrebi gaacila da daemSvidoba.
_ biWebo, swrafad daamTavreT Cxreka, rac vnaxeT, gveyo-
fa, daiwyeT amoRebulis nusxa-aRwera, me ki TbilisSi davrekav.
_ amiran, bevri nivTis dasaxelebas Cven ver SevZlebT,
`jobs raodenoba davTvaloT, davnomroT, sasworze avwonoT
da `di plomatebi~ davluqoT. arc sadao iqneba da saqmec swra-
fad wava. am nivTebis garkvevas erTi Tve mainc unda, Cven ki
amas erT dReSi vcdilobT.
_ kargiT, davamTavroT aRwera!
amiranma TbilisSi dareka, Sinagan saqmeTa ministri adg-
ilze ar aRmoCnda, sanebliZesTan darekvas ki azri ar qonda,
Tavis Tavze mainc arafers aiRebda. arada, dro ar iTmenda.
akrifa uSiSroebis komitetis Tavmjdomaris, aleqsandre bi-
lauris, nomeri. moriges sTxova, saswrafos daekavSirebina
masTan.
_ gismen `goroz~, rogor aris saqme?
amiarni yvelafers mouyva, da rCeva hkiTxa, rogor moq-
ceuliyo. aleqsandrem wuTieri pauzis Semdeg uTxra:
_ saswrafod daamTavreT Cxreka, `di plomatebi~ dalu-
qeT, xeli moawerineT damswreebs da wadiT sastumroSi. mag
qals Sinapatimroba gamoucxadeT da saxlSi datoveT, tele-
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ariT telefons ar gaakaros. sastumroSi midiT, nu amoewere-
biT, es Semdeg gaakeTos im qalTan darCenilma TanamSromelma.
sastumros saTadarigo kibiT gamodiT, CasxediT taqsSi da
dauyovnebliv gadadiT belorusiaSi, iqedan matarebliT xval
diliT iqnebiT moskovSi. moskovidan ki matarebliT wamox-
valT TbilisSi. morigeoba daaweseT. Cemi xalxi xval moskov-
Si iqneba da Tqvens usafrTxoebas daicaven matarebelSi. gor-
oz~, axla Sens moxerxebulobazea damokidebuli mag tvirTis
Camotana. xval meore jgufi Cafrindeba vilniusSi.
amirani aleqsandres mimarT simpaTiurad iyo ganwyobili
da misi sjeroda. yvelaferi ise gaakeTa, rogorc uTxra. meore
dRes is ukve moskov-Tbilisis matarebelSi ijda Tavis biWebT-
an erTad, garda im erTi TanamSromlisa, romelic gantevebis
vacad datoves litvaSi. amiranma gverdiT kupeSi dainaxa
uSiSroebis TanamSromlebida damSvidda. samive `di plomati~
kupeSi, leibebis Sesawyob adgilas, hqonda damaluli: Zalian
daiRala, eZineboda, magram Tavs Zalas atanda, rom efxizla.
erTi sakomisio maRaziis patara WanWikma, cotaTi mozrdil
WanWiks raRaca Seatyobina, es raRac did WanWikebamde agorda
da daiwyo moZraoba manqanam, magram sakmarisi iyo patara Wan-
Wiki ar amoZravebuliyo da amxela qveynis manqana gaCerdebo-
da, ar imoZravebda. aq mTavari WanWikis sidide ki ar aris,
aramed misi xarisxi da rogor moxerxebulad, gonabamaxvilu-
rad aris Cadebuli, Camagrebuli am manqanaSi.
saocaria, am qveynis marTva sul agenturuli informacia-
zea agebuli. agenturul monacemebs da informacias Soris is
sxvaobaa, rom pirveli aRwers faqtebs, meorem, faqtebis gar-
da, SesaZlo Sedegebic ganWvritos. erTmaneTis dasmenas
veCveviT, magram ver vgrZnobT. Tavisi pirmSos celqobis Sesaxeb
maswavlebeli bavSvs daasmens dedikosTan, dediko _ mamiko-
sTan da amazea damokidebuli, bavSvi daisjeba Tu ara, radgan
meore wuTSi am bavSvs araferi axsovs da isev ganagrZobs cel-
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 asea xalxic, ramdenic ar unda daiWiro, Tu cxovrebis
pirobebi ar gaumjobesda, saintereso samuSao ar gamoiZebna,
qveyanas araferi eSveleba. radgan marTlmsajuleba unda
ebrZodes mxolod daavadebuli genis vigindara bunebis ad-
amianebs.
mainc ramdeni ujiSo kaci ibadeba am qveyanaze, zogisTvis
ybedobaa garToba, drostareba. ise gascems axloblis saidum-
los, rom sindisis qejnasac ar ganicdis. omis dros plakatebi
tyuilad ki ar afrTxilebda xalxs `ybedi qveynis uneblie
mteriao~. aviRoT besarion juReli, erT-erTi saukeTeso agen-
tia, magis daxmarebiT gaxsnili saqmeebi bevr cnobil gamomZie-
bels SeSurdeboda, magram fuls ar iRebs, Zalian Tavmoyvar-
ea, Seuracxyofas ver itans, Tavze warmodgena aqvs, Seqeba
uxaria, ganaTlebuli kacia. colisZma ZaliT damaWerina imit-
om, rom kacma waitrabaxa, Tavi besarionze maRla daayena. ar
maxsovs besarions saqmis mocemisTvis wili moeTxovos an vinmes
gamo SuakacobiT mosuliyos an daxmareba eTxovos. ucbad qe-
Tino gaaxsenda, gaecina _ aba, qeTino ki ar aris, yvelaferSi
rom fuli moiTxovs. sami aTasi xelad gamouqviTa amirans,
maSin roca amirans egona qeTinos movwonvar da roca ar unda
davureko CemTan gaCndebao. _ am fiqrebSi garTuli amirani
TbilisSi mSvidobianad Cavida da papunas sami daluquli
`di plomati~ Seutana.
_ im qalis saqme rogor aris? _ ikiTxa amiranma.
_ guSin Camoiyvanes, Tavidan ar gvaZlevdnen, magram rom
gaiges, es di plomatebi Cvens xelT iyo, carieli qali vis raRaSi
sWirdeboda.
_ papuna, eg qali davkiTxoT, muxli mivuyenoT da gadav-
agzavnoT damatebiTi gamoZiebisaTvis litvaSi, rac tyavi gavaZ-
vreT, eyofa.
_ gadamrevs es kaci, Senma agentma ambavi mogvitana, Sen
daiWire, Sen amoiRe amdeni simdidre da axla gecodeba?! me
Tavi damanebe. rac ginda, is uqeni. atexav erT aurzaurs, moki-

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deb amxela saqmes xels, bolomde miiyvan da mere daWerili
kaci gecodeba! mag Secodebas erTi di plomati ar dageluqa
da yvelas sicocxlis bolomde gveyofoda, ar gerCia?
_ eg rom mimeqara, axla me viqnebodi cixeSi da eg qali _
gareT xom naxe, ramdeni mfarveli gamouCnda!
_ magaSi marTali xar, cekas mdivanTanac ki darekes
litvidan!
amirani Tavis kabinetSi Sevida da ema cukanova amoyvani-
na.
_ rac wasarTmevi iyo, wamarTviT, axla, Seni vaJkacoba
rom vici, daxvretis muxls momiyeneb!
_ ema mixailovna, jer erTi yvelaferi ar wamirTmevia,
suraTebi dagrCa, samzareuloSi rom samalavebi gaqvs, is Seg-
rCa, axla dakiTxvis oqmze xels momiwer da damatebiTi gamo-
ZiebisTvis isev Sens vilniusSi dagabruneb. me vgoneb, gi pa-
troneben, Sens Tavs aravis daaCagvrineben!
_ ise, Senc kargi SiSi Wame, im dResve rom acocxe, genadi
rom ar mosuliyo, im suraTebsac aqeT daupirebdi wamoRebas.
_ ema mixailovna, erTmaneTs mtrebad ar unda davSor-
deT, me aravis welSi gatexva ar minda, me minda, rom damarcx-
ebis Semdegac adamiani adamianad darCes.
_ amiran, ar gadamrio axla, coloba ar mTxovo, Wkuaze
ar SemSalo! _ ironiulad gaecina cukanovas.
_ nu geSinia, Sens saqmros imden pativs ki vcem, rom es ar
vikadro!
_ ra vici. sacole ki dauWire da vin icis, ramdeni wliT
gamouketavT cixis kars.
_ ema, vilniusSi dagabruneben da Tqvenebs daevalebaT
gamoZiebis daboloeba, miT umetes, rom es qveyana mgoni ingre-
va.
_ aris Wori, romlis gamarTlebas qveyana bednierebad
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 _ xom ici ema samyaro gadatvirTulia yurmokruli ambe-
biT, eWvebiT da gaukeTebuli saqmeebiT.
_ mere, amdeni Tu ici. isic unda icode, rom grZnobebs
sulieri siTboTi unda umkurnalo, xolo suls grZnobebis
gafantviT; Zalze gaugebari da realuri cxovrebis ucodi-
nari kaci xar amiran, Sen xom ar ggonia, fexi rom dagcdes
vinmes daenanebi? Sen sulerTia suliT ukve daberebuli xar,
cxovrebis eSxis Secnobas Sen veRar moaswreb.
_ ras merCi ema, me Cems saqmes vakeTeb rogorc me mesmis,
rogorc me momwons, Tanac vcdilob amasTan adamianadac davrCe.
am dros gaisma telefonis zaris xma. ministri rekavda.
_ amiran, eg qali xvalve gagzavne vilniusSi. badragad
erTi kaci gaayole. axla darekes sakavSiro saministrodan da
radiogramac miviReT. amiT Senc moisveneb da Cvenc mogvas-
veneb.
_ qalbatono ema cukanova, gilocavT, xvalve vilniusSi
iqnebiT.
amiranma Rilaks TiTi daaWira. badragi Semovida da cu-
kanovas qali gaiyvana.
* * *
erT dResac telefonis yurmilSi papunas xma gaisma:
_ goroz, Senma Zmobilma, aleqsandrem, dareka, ratom ar
mnaxao, nawyenia Senze, dRes ori saaTisTvis gelodeba. sad
muSaob, ver gavige, mgoni mag kacs, Seni warTmeva unda, Tu
karg fuls gadaixdis, SeiZleba davTanxmde! _ gaecina,
amirani misi da papunas damokidebulebaSi ver gaerkva,
TiTqos Zmakacobs pativs scems, magram am patar-patara kbena-
sac ar eSveba. `me mgoni, Cemi aqedan wasvlis winaaRmdegi ar
iqneba~ _ gaifiqra amiranma.
ori saaTisTvis amirani aleqsandresTan ijda kabinetSi,
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 _ `goroz~, darigeba rom gamomtyue, ar unda genaxe? mad-
lobis Tqmas xom ar gTxov?
_ batono aleqsandre, Tqven komitetis Tavmjdomare xarT,
erTi-orjer Tqvens TanaSemwes davureke da vkiTxe, `xom ar
gavxsenebivar~ _ meTqi? `arao~ _ miTxra. mec saWirod aRar
CavTvale Tqveni Sewuxeba.
_ ise, saqmes Tu sWirdeba, darideba ar ici!
_ ras izam, saqme saqmea.
_ gexumrebi, `goroz~, Cemma TanaSemwem Seni zaris Sesaxeb
momaxsena. sworad iqcevi, me Seni ufrosi megobari var, rode-
sac momenatrebi, me TviTon mognaxav, dRes Seni naxvac mindo-
da da kotesac saqme aqvs SenTan, Seni ulamazesi agenti qali
erTi RamiT unda gvaTxovo!
_ ki, magram, agent qalebze meti ra gyavT, ra gWirT Cemi
samaTxovro?
_ amiran, maseTi momxibvlelTvalebiani qali ar minaxavs,
Sen xom ici, agentura Cems ganyofilebaSi rom Semodis? _
gaeRima kotes.
_ vinmesTan ikisre-meTqi, me ver vetyvi, me mogiyvaneT da
Tqven daelaparakeT.
_ ara sakisrebeli araferi ar aris. gaxsovs is viriSvili
amerikeli korespondenti, Senma `vaskam~ aeroportSi cxviri
rom moxoca, rogor Tqva? `amerikaSi wasasvlelad mcalia?!
Zmakacs qorwili aqvso~.
_ swored is Camodis, _ Caeria saubarSi kote _ erT kvi-
ras darCeba, mere wava da iseT statiebs beWdavs, iseT gadace-
mebs gaakeTebs, rom sakavSiro mTavrobaSi tyavs gagvaZroben!
_ ra unda gaakeTos Tinikom?
_ erTi-ori saaTiT Sen turistuli avtobusis mZRoli
unda iyo, is qali ki _ gidi. kotem, Zalian momxiblavi qaliao.
erTi sityviT, is amerikeli sxva turistebTan erTad avtobus-
Si unda Seityuos. eg ucxoeli Cvens turistebTan saeWvod

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daZvreba, suraTebs uRebs xalxs, interviuebs iwers, iseT kiTx-
vebs iZleva, rogori pasuxebic sWirdeba. mokled, marto ar
rCeba, sul xalxSia.
_ mere, Tinikom ra hqnas?
_ ubralod moxiblos, avtobusiT gaaseirnos, mere Tbili-
sis zRvaze restoranSi turistebTan gamosamSvidobebeli vax-
Sami gaimarTeba, am mamakacTan icekvos ramdenjerme, sasmeli
daaZalos, mere daiwyeba sinaTleebis Caqroba, anTeba, erTx-
elac moaxerxos kalTaSi Caujdes da ikivlos, viTom im kacma
trusikSi xeli Seuyo.
_ Tu moaxerxa da is kaci gadaria, xom kargi Tu ara...
_ provokaciaze unda wamovagoT!
_ ras izam amiran, Cven menagveebi varT, da Cveni valia
teritoria yvela saxis nagvisgan gavaTavisufloT. xval Sa-
baTi dRea, saqme ar gaqvs, Senc daisvene Tbilisis zRvaze, Sen
rom gverdze eyolebi im qals, meti guli miecema, Tan imasac
naxav, rogori binZuri saqmeebis keTeba gvixdeba. aba, `goroz~
Seni imedi maqvs.
SabaTs, dRis or saaTze, amirani turistul avtobusTan
idga, sportuli piJamoSi gamowyobili. iqve nacnob saxes moh-
kra Tvali _ amerikeli yvelas mxiarulad esaubreboda. amiranma
advilad amoicno fotokorespondenti, romelsac `vaskam~
TviTmfrinavis trapze sabuTebi amoacala. etyoba, am kacma
Wkua ver iswavla. amerikels ridi erqva, rusuls didebulad
flobda, qarTulsac sakmaod kargad laparakobda. rogorc
bolos gamirkva, arc germanulze da espanur enebze yofila
mwyralad.
_ batono rid, turistebs ainteresebT, suraTebis xom
ver dagvibeWdavTo?
_ qalbatono Tiniko, me korespondenti var, fotografi
xom ar var!
_ me rom gTxovoT CemTvis?

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 _ TqvenTvis didi siamovnebiT, TqvenisTana momxiblavi qali
Zalian cotaa msoflioSi.
_ didi madloba, rid!
_ me marTla geubnebiT, me TiTqmis mTeli msoflio mov-
lili maqvs.
_ miT umetes, ufro didi madloba, _ gaekekluca Tiniko, _
aba, SevideT yvelani avtobusSi, _ mere rids miubrunda, _
Tbilisis zRvaze mivdivarT, rid, Tqvenc xom ar wamobrZan-
debiT.
_ didi siamovnebiT wamovidodi qalbatono Tiniko, ma-
gram saqmeebi maqvs.
_ o, o, me Tqvens sityvebSi ukve eWvi Semepara, vinc qalis
Txovnaze uars, ambobs is kaci saqarTveloSi. . . .
_ cudi kacia! _ mieSvela isev ridi.
_ hoda, Tu cudi kaci ara xarT, wamobrZandiT CvenTan
erTad, suraTebi gadamiReT! _ Tinikom iseTi TvalebiT Sexe-
da, ridma aSkarad ver gauZlo.
cota xnis Semdeg ridma ormocdaaTs gadacilebuli kaci
moiyvana, romelic mTlad fotoaparatebiT iyo daxunZluli.
_ gaicaniT, Cveni ingliseli korespondenti, riCardi,
rusuli icis sakmaod cudad.
Tinikom yvelani avtobusSi Sei patiJa. rids da riCards
avtobusSi wina adgilebi dauTmo. yvelani avtobusSi avid-
nen. maT Soris kote da kidev uSiSroebis ori TanamSromeli
iyo, amirani ki avtobusis saWes ujda, meore mZRols is agenti
TamaSobda, romelsac provokaciis mowyoba hqonda davale-
buli. ridis Semotyuebis pirveli etapi warmatebiT damTavr-
da.
Tbilisis zRvaze, restoranTan, avtobusi gaCerda. tur-
istebi JriamuliT gadmovidnen, zogma banaobac moindoma, ma-
gram Tinikom sTxova Tavi SeekavebinaT da yvelani iqve
restoranSiSei patiJa, Tinikosave TxovniT magidasTan daikaves
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liv sasiamovno melodiebi ismoda. ridTan da riCardTan Ti-
niko da uSiSroebis erT-erTi agenti qali mokalaTebuliyvnen.
ridi da riCardi aparatebs aCxakunebdnen. sufras Tiniko xe-
lmZRvanelobda. mesame WiqiT qalebis sadRegrZelo Sesva da
mamakacebs sTxova fexze amdgariyvnen da bolomde gamoeca-
laT aryiani Wiqebi. ridma pirvelad iuara, magram Tinikom
auxsna, rom es saqarTveloSi qalebis Seuracxyofad iTvle-
boda, `amitom mamakaci mkvdaric rom iyos am sadRegrZelos
mainc Sesvamso~. ridi dahyva Tinikos nebas da Wiqa bolomde
gamocala. amasobaSi TinikosTan ramdenjerme movida avtobu-
sis meore mZRoli da Tinikos raRac hkiTxa.
_ vin aris, qalbatono, Tiniko, eg mamakaci?
_ Cemi yofili qmaria, mexveweba, Sevurigde, me magas sxva
qalebSi siaruls ar vapatieb! _ Subli Seikra Tinikom.
_ es, rogor, TqvenisTana qali hyavs colad da sxva qalebSi
dadis! Zalian riskiani kaci yofila!
ridma mxrebi aiCeCa. Tan pirjvari gadaiwera. am dros dar-
bazSi gaisma qarTuli sacekvao musika, yvela turisti adga da
acekvda, Tinikoc wamodga, rids xelebi gaaSlevina da uTxra,
rogor unda gayoloda qals. uSiSroebis biWebma ridi wreSi
moaqcies da masTan erTad daiwyes cekva. Semdeg rids da riCards
sTxoves maTTan erTad TiTo Wiqa SeesvaT. ridi uarobda. Ti-
niko aZalebda. am dros gaisma `lambadas~ musika.
ridma Tiniko gaiwvia sacekvaod. Tinikom mxrebze xelebi
Semoxvia. daiwyes sinaTlis Caqroba-anTeba. erT momentSi ridma
yvrimalze akoca. Tinikom TiTi dauqnia, magram Tan ise gauRima,
rom es gameorebis nebarTvas ufro niSnavda. Tinikom iq myofT
namdvili mamakacebis sadRegrZelo SesTavaza, TviTon ridTan
vaxtangurad dalia, rac wesisamebr kocniT unda damTavrebu-
liyo. SeqeifianebuliriCardi Wi ps uxaxunebda agent qals. Tini-
kos da ridis Semxedvarebma sxvebmac daiwyes sadRegrZelos vax-
tangurad daleva da atyda erTi xvevna-kocna. amirani viRac
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kocnida Tinikos tuCebSi. sinaTle ufro xangrZlivad qreboda.
uceb qalis kivilis xma gaisma. rodesac sinaTle ainTo
Tiniko rids kalTaSi ejda. movarda Tinikos `qmari~, romel-
mac dabneuli ridi wamoayena da saxeSi muSti uTavaza. rids
cxviridan sisxli waskda. umal miliciac adgilze gaCnda. moCx-
ubrebi gaaSveles. yvelaferi dafiqsirda videoze.
meore dRes, amoraluri saqcielisaTvis (rac gamoixata
qalis sacvalSi xelis CayofiT da misi gaupatiurebis mcde-
lobiT) ridi `non-gratad~ gamoacxades da 24 saaTSi qveynis
datoveba oficialurad mosTxoves.
ramdenime dRis Semdeg amiranma Tinikos saxlSi daureka:
_ premia Tu gamogiweres?
_ premiac gamomiweres aTasi maneTi da maTTan muSaobac
SemomTavazes, aba, Tqvens gaubedurebul organizacia ki ar
hgavs, asi maneTisTvis mec mixmarT da Cems klientsac!
_ axia Cemze, ar unda gamecvne magaTTvis!
_ ratom ar unda gagecvne, ramdeni pativi maqvs Senze
nacemi,
_ imitom, rom awi Cemsken ar gamoixedebi!
_ gaaCnia honorars, pirobebs, Cemo `goroz~ nu geSinia,
Tu kargi saqme iqna ar dagiviwyeb. aba, kargad iyavi.
***
amirani am bolo dros sul uxasiaTod iyo. TiTqmis yve-
laferi gamosdioda, magram mainc ar moswonda saministroSi
muSaoba, ratomRac SezRudulad grZnobda Tavs. arc Tavis
ufrosebTan urTierTobiT iyo kmayofili.
erT dRes partiis Tbilisis komitetis pirvelma mdivanma,
nodar ergemliZem daureka:
_ amiran, gamarjoba, sad daikarge, ase unda Zveli mego-
brebis daviwyeba?
_ nodar, momilocavs dawinaureba!
_ adre unda mogeloca!

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 _ rac ar unda iyos, axla didi kaci xar, CemTan saubris-
Tvis dros xom ar dagakargvinebdi.
_ Sen maimunobas Tavi daanebe, erT saaTSi gadmodi CemTan,
saqme maqvs.
erT saaTSi amirani ergemliZes ulocavda dawinaurebas.
_ amiran, Seni Zmakaci, givi xabazi, droze adre gauSvi
pensiaSi, ar gaafuWes raRac SeemTxva. Cveni winadadebaa, Sen
daikavo misi adgili, qalaqis miliciis sammarTvelos ufrosis
pirveli moadgile iqnebi. CemTan dawinaurebis perspeqtiva
geqneba, mand ki uperspeqtivo xar, Seni ufrosebi jerjerobiT
mtkiced sxedan.
_ Cemo nodar, Sen xom ici Cemi xasiaTi, cocxali samuSao
miyvars, ar SemiZlia ukanalSi Zromiali. marTali giTxra, samin-
istrodan wamosvla minda. Cemi adgili wesier qveyanaSi udides
saqmeTa gamomZieblobaa, arc meti, arc naklebi.
_ Sen es adgili daikave jer-jerobiT, meZebris geSis mqone
xalxi unda SearCio, imitom ki ar mimyevxar, rom Cven vmego-
brobT, minda saqme gakeTdes, kadrebi momzaddes. givis da-
tovebulebidan arc erTi ar uqnia RmerTs!
_ givi umuSevari datoves?
_ ara, sauwyebo dacvis ufrosia, ra donec aqvs, im donis
samsaxurSia, Tavs mSieri ar moiklavs, mgoni, Zalian kmayofil-
ia. Sen ras ityvi, Tanaxma xar Tu ara?
_ me, ki var Tanaxma, magram Cemi ministri papuna ganzrax
Tavs moiklavs Cems gaSvebaze!
_ papunas vin hkiTxavs, Tbilisis komitetis gadawyvetile-
bas rom miutan, ise gamogiSvebs, rogorc dagibarebia.
_ aba, erTi daureke da momasmenine ras ityvis Cems wamos-
vlaze, magis siafandi Tomaris mosmena mainteresebs!
nodarma telefonis nomeri akrifa:
_ papunas gaumarjos, rogor xar?
_ oh. Zlivs gicaniT, batono nodar, albaT, kidev dagar-
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 _ meti sadRa unda damawinauron, netavi im saqmisTvis
momavlevina, rac Camabares! papuna, am bolos qalaqis milicia
moikoWlebs, danaSauli momravlda, ramdenime adgili gamoT-
avisuflda, Tqven xom ar momcemdiT kandidaturas?
_ magaliTad, vis adgilze?
_ givi xabazis. axalgazrda, energiuli kacia saWiro pirvel
moadgiled.
_ magisTvis zedgamoWrili erTi kargi biWi myavs, magram
ar memeteba.
_ ras hqvia ar gemeteba, Sen xom ar gaviwydeba, pirvel
rigSi Cveni partiuli organizaciis wevri xar da mere xar
respublikis ministri!
_ mgoni, rom Cveni `goroza~, amiran lomjaria, gamodgeba
mag saqmisTvis!
_ kargi, movifiqreb amxanagebs moveTaTbirebi da Tu ga-
davwyvetT Segatyobineb. ras erCi, momca Seni kandidatura.
_ ise ra ucbad gamwira mag SobelZaRlma, megona, Tav-
patiJs gamoidebda.
_ xom namdvilad ginda maqedan wamosvla?
_ ici, ra, Cemo nodar, karg specialists unda ufrTx-
ildebode, `magas me rom veZagebine da eTqva~ es kaci ar varga,
araferSi gamogadgebao~, me gacilebiT kmayofili viqnebodi.
radgan qalaqis miliciis ufrosis moadgilis Tanamdebo-
ba saministros nomeklatura iyo, is saministros kolegiaze
unda gaetanaT. sakiTxi oqmis Sedgena da brZanebis dawera samin-
istros saqme iyo.
TveSi erTxel, kolegiis win saministroSi Ria karis dRe
ewyoboda mosaxleobis im kategoriisaTvis, romelic Tavs da-
Cagrulad grZnobda. amjerad Ria karis dRes papuna uZRvebo-
da. ministris misaRebSi aTamde kaci icdida. amirani orjer
Sevida ministrTan, dadgenilebis asli da brZaneba winaswar
aCvena gamzadebuli, romelsac kolegiis Semdeg avtomaturad
xeli moewereboda. amirani meored rom gamovida ministris

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kabinetidan, viRac qali da kaci daukiTxavad Sevidnen minis-
tris kabinetSi. cota xnis Semdeg misaRebSi papunas xma gaisma.
_ amiran lomjaria mominaxeT, saswrafod CemTan Semov-
ides!
amirani misaRebSi Semovida da mdivanma karebisken aniSna,
gelodebao!
_ amiran, am xalxs Tu icnob, kargad daakvirdi! _ amiran-
ma dakvirvebiT Sexeda.
_ ara, arcerTi ar mecnoba.
_ Svilo Sen da Seni megobari ar iyaviT, am agvistos
TveSi, manqaniT? gadmoxvediT, sami sazamTro aarCieT da manqa-
naSi CadeT, Cemma kacma fuli rom mogTxovaT, SeuRrineT, nas-
vami iyaviT, mere Cems qmars wauTaqeT da jibidan im dRis na-
vaWri amoacaleT?
_ rogor gekadrebaT, qalbatono, viRacaSi geSlebiT!
_ ra rogor gvekadreba, SenisTana kaci rogor SeiZleba
miliciaSi muSaobdes!
_ sad moxda, qalbatono, eg ambavi?
_ sad da mcxeTis bazrobaze, mcxeTaSi!
_ batono papuna, usindiso viyo, Tu SarSan vyofilviyavi
mcxeTaSi bazrobaze!
_ mowmes davayenebT pirze, im Sen Sofersa, im manqanis
nomeri Cawerili gvaqvs, egre ki ar aris saqme!
_ batono papuna, sanam eg saqme ar gairkveva, me mag Tanam-
debobaze ar waval, vinmes daavaleT am saqmis saswrafo gamo-
Zieba.
_ Sens TanamSromels, givis, davavaleb, yoCaRi biWia, Sens
adgilze magas vupireb dawinaurebas, Senc miexmare gamoZieba-
Si, simarTle daadgineT!
_ me xom giTxariT, sanam am saqmes ar gavarkvevT, me sxvagan
samuSaod ar gadaval!
_ qalbatono, Tqveni saxeli?
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 _ qalbatono elene, batono Wiaber, kidev erTxel
daakvirdiT am kacs, es kaci Cveni saministros samZebro sam-
marTvelos ufrosia, me gamovricxav, rom amas es xulignoba
Caedinos!
_ Tqven ras gamoricxavT ar vici, magram ase iyo da!...
_ kaci rom daTvreba, mere Tavic aviwydeba da Tavis Tan-
amdebobis pativiscemac batono ministro!
_ SegiZliaT im manqanis nomeri mogvitanoT?
_ rad unda motana ra, zepirad maxsovs im manqanis nomer-
ica da am kacis saxes kidena ra damaviwyebs, daiwereT g 05-06-
ga. nomeric xom mowyobili aqvs, `fiatia~, TeTri feris 03.
_ xval SegiZliaT mobrZandeT xuTi saaTisTvis, im mZRols
xvalve moviyvanT.
meore dRes dapirispireba papunas kabinetSi moxda, papu-
na TviTon iyo dainteresebuli am gamoZiebiT, miuxedavad imi-
sa, rom ar sjeroda.
_ Tqveni gvari? _ SeekiTxa papuna ocdaaT wels gadaci-
lebul axalgazrdas.
_ SoTa vireSmakaSvili, mcxeTeli.
_ gvari kargi gqonia, am kacs icnob? _ miuTiTa amiranze.
_ rogor ara, eg kaci iyo am qalbatons da am kacs Seu-
racxyofa miayena da sami sazamTro waarTva.
_ sad naxe eg kaci?
_ diRmis gadasaxvevTan idga, miTxra, mcxeTaSi movdiva-
ro, Semdeg miliciis mowmoba maCvena da bazarSi Sevida, au-
wonavad sami sazamTro Caawyo, me magaTi nacnobi megona, am
kacma rom winaaRmdegoba gauwia, erTi mosdo, jibidan fuli
amouRo da uTxra: `me amirani var lomjaria, miliciis polk-
ovniki, fexebsac ver momWamTo~.
_ marTali xar, Svilo, axla rom Tqvi saxeli da gvari
axla gamaxsenda lomJaria,
papuna gaocda, amirani papunas uyurebda, egona SantaJs
mowyobeno da ratomRac papunaSic ki Seepara eWvi.

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 _ Tqvens garda. sxvas xom ar davunaxivar?
_ kiTxa amiranma.
_ rogor ara, bazridan rom wamovediT, avtoinspeqtorma
gagvaCera, Cveni raionisam, amiran ketaSvilma, Sen uTxari: `sex-
nia, rogor xar, CemianebTan xom ar amiyvano, iman Tanxmoba
giTxraT, Cemi manqanidan ori sazamTro gadaitaneT, erTic me
damitoveT da imis manqaniT waxvediT.
_ ar vicnob, am Cems sexnia avtoinspeqtors, papuna, is
kaci davibaroT, sxva gza ar aris da es xalxic xval kidev
SevawuxoT, sanam yvelafers ar gavarkvevT.
_ Svilo, Sen Cven Sewuxebaze nu ifiqreb, Tu saWiroa
xvalac movalT, batono ministro da zegaca!
_ ki, batono, xvalac am dros mobrZandiT, im avtoinspeq-
tors dResve davibarebT.
_ rad unda dabareba ra, Sen werili gamatane, mag kacsa
xvala me TviTon mogiyvan Tavis `JiguliTa~, Cems mezoblada
cxovrobs.
_ amiran, dabeWde werili, xelic Sen moawere, Tan dau-
reke mcxeTis avtoinspeqciis ufross uzrunvelyos misi xuT
saaTze mosvla!
_ batono ministro, eg kaci dilis aTi saaTisaTvis rom
moggvaro, ivargebs?
_ ivargebs qalbatono elene, ivargebs!
_ amiran, werilic gaayole!
meore dRes dilis aT saaTze, isev ministris kabinetSi
moxda dapirispireba. amiran ketaSvili cota Secbunebuli iyo.
_ am kacs icnobT Tu ara, miTxariT gulwrfelad!
_ ara, batono ministro!
_ aba is kaci vin iyo, agvistos TveSi ori sazamTro rom
Sens manqanaSi gadmoitana da giTxra `sexnia, rogor xaro~ da
sadRac axloblebTan migayvanina Tavi?
_ is kaci vin iyo, ar maxsovs, SeiZleba viRac miviyvane,
SeiZleba TviTon micnobda, ra giTxraT, ar vici.

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 _ Tqven amiran ketaSvili xarT, es amiran lomjariaa, rogor
ar icnobT erTmaneTs?
_ ara batono, ar vicnob, am kacs pirvelad vxedav.
col-qmari gakvirvebulebi uyurebdnen mezobels.
_ Tqven yvelani Tavisuflebi xarT, xolo Tqven, amiran
ketaSvilo, gareT daelodeT.
_ amiran, TvalebSi vatyob, cruobs, im kacs icnobs axla
Sens moxerxebulobazea ityvis eg inspeqtori im kacis gvars
Tu ara.
_ qalbatono elene, batono Wiaber, batoni amirani co-
taxans aq darCeba, Tqven avtobusiT mogixdebaT saxlSi dab-
runeba. _ uTxra ministris kabinetidan gamosulma amiranma
mosacdelSi iqve msxdom col-qmars.
_ ras vizamT, Cven patara xalxi varT, magram mag Seuracx-
yofas mainc ar SevarCenT aravisa!
_ batono amiran, wamobrZandiT Cems kabinetSi! _ mimarTa
avtoinspeqtors sexniam,
amirani gahyva.
_ amiran, me saministros samZebro sammarTvelos ufrosi
var, kacs TvalebSi rom Sevxedav, maSinve vxvdebi is tyuils
ambobs Tu ara. unda miTxra, vin iyo is kaci da pirobas gaZlev
davexmarebi rom miliciis rigebidan ar gaagdon.
_ ar maxsovs, batono amiran, vin iyo, Torem vin eSmaki. . .
amiranma akrifa nomeri:
_ amovidnen zeviT! _ CasZaxa.
ramdenime wuTSi ori operatiuli muSaki amovida.
_ daadeT borkilebi da SeagdeT kameraSi, urtyiT, sanam
ar ityvis, vin iyo is kaci!
biWebi TvalisdaxamxamebaSi ecnen amiran ketaSvils,
borkilebi daades, xeli waavles da liftiT sardafSi Caiyv-
anes. saswrafod gaxades miliciis forma da trusikis amara
Seagdes kameraSi. cota xnis Semdeg amiranic Sevida, xelSi
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 _ amiran, dRes sasworze Cemi kacoba devs, an ityvi vin iyo
is Cemi codviT savse, an am maTraxis cemiT amogxdi suls, air-
Cie, romelic ginda! radgan udanaSaulod kacis daCagvraze
did codvad me sxva ara mimaCnia ra!
_ gamaxsebda, gamaxsenda, _ amiran borjRaZe iyo, adre CemTan
muSaobda miliciaSi, axla romeliRac raionSia, miliciis maio-
ria.
amasobaSi SeSinebuli vaJa sanebliZe Camovida amiranis
dasawynareblad.
_ vin ariso, ras ambobs? _ SeekiTxa vaJa.
_ amiran borjRaZe, TbilisSi muSaobs, raions ar ambobs, _
amirani Subls isresda, raRacas igonebda, _ moica, moica, mgoni
vicnob, mgoni ki ara, vicnob, eg sauwyebo dacvaSi muSaobs,
maioria, erT dros vmegobrobdiT kidec, axalgazrdobaSi erT-
maneTs gvamsgavsebdnen. Se viriSvilo! _ miubrunda Tavis sex-
nias _ droze geTqva, axlave davurekav, saxlis nomeric miwe-
ria da samsaxurisac. Caicvi tansacmeli da xval is col-qmari
moiyvane dilis aTi saaTisTvis, Tqven saSvi gamowerili iqneba.
meore dRes amiranis kabinetSi formiani gamowyobili ami-
ran borjRaZe ijda.
_ amiran, ram gagvaxsena Cemi Tavi?
_ Senze Camovarda ratomRac saubari da ministrma mTxo-
va es kaci manaxeo, uars xom ver vetyodi.
_ dawinaurebas xom ar fiqrobs Cemsas, amiran, Sen gecod-
ineba, Tu damawinaures, Seni damsaxureba iqneba da maRariCi
Cemze iyos.
_ ar vici, mTxova, gamacanio! _ amiranma saaTs daxeda, _
wasvlis droa!
papunas kabinetSi col-qmari ukve ijda.
_ batono papuna, Semoviyvano?
_ Semovides uSenod!
_ Sedi, gicdis! _ amiranma kabinetis kari bolomde ar
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 _ miliciis maiori, amiran borjRaZe, Tqveni brZanebis Tanax-
mad gamocxadda!
_ qalbatono elene, batono Wiaber, gecnobaT es kaci Tu
ara?
borjRaZes feri ecvala.
_ eg iyo, im kacs ras verCodi, magan wagvarTva sazamTro-
ebi da gvcema.
_ kargiT, Tqven wabrZandiT. amiran, Semodi! amas Cven mo-
vuvliT.
gaxarebuli col-qmari gareT gamovida, amirans darcxven-
iT Sexedes.
_ amiran, aseTi megobrebi bevri gvyavs Tu es erTad-erTi
egzemplaria? _ hkiTxa ministrma
_ mapatie, mTvrali viyavi, xom ici, arc sifxizleSi var
mTlad dalagebuli, rom gavige, samZebro sammarTvelos uf-
rosad daawinaureso, gaxarebulma martom davlie, Sens ad-
gilze Tavi yovlisSemZled warmovidgine da Cemdauneburad
Seni gvari wamomcda.
_ amiran, ra vuyoT am provokators? _ mkacrad ikiTxa
ministrma.
_ eg sakiTxi me momandeT, magas me Zmakacobis kanoniT ga-
vuswordebi.
_ magis dasja SenTvis momindvia, dRes saRamos xuT saaTze
kolegiaa, sabuTebi Semoitane da Semodi. axla ki oriveni wa-
diT.
col-qmari ministris mosacdelSi elodeboda amirans.
_ SemodiT CemTan kabinetSi. _ kbilebidan gamoscra amirans.
yvelani skamebze Camosxdnen.
_ ra Tanxis iyo zarali? SeekiTxa col-qmars.
_ zarali, imdeni araferi, Svilo, ocdaaTi maneTi da sami
sazamTro, magram Seuracxyofa iyo didi, Tundac is, rom xeli
Tqven dagadeT udanaSaulosa, marTali kacis damnaSaved
gamocxadeba yvelaze didi codva da Seuracxofaa! gansakuTre-

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bulad Tqvens winaSe vgrZnobT Tavs damnaSaved, Svilo, Tqve-
ni saxe am kacis saxisagan rom ver gavarCieT, ra vqnaT, Zaliana
hgevxarT erTmaneTsa, gvapatieT genacvale, bodiSs gixdiT!
_ erTi sityviT, ra Tanxaa saWiro, Tqveni Tavmoyvareobis
dasakmayofileblad?
_ erTi Wedila da asi litra Rvino! _ Tqva aqamde Cumad
myofma Wiaberma _ winaTa aseTi danaSaulisTvis sikvdiliTa
sjidnen. radgan eg kaci Tqveni nacnobi gamodga, Wedila sikvdil-
iT davsajoT, xolo mag kacsa sufraze Rvino ar davalevinoT!
_ mokled, am keTil xalxs Sen Zmakac avtoinspeqtorTan,
amiran ketaSvilTan erTad naxav da samas maneTs autan, Tu
fuli ar gaqvs, me mogcem, _ amiran borjRaZe xmas ar iRebda.
_ magdeni Tanxa purRvinosa ar dasWirdeba. _ Cumad gamo-
scra Wiaberma.
_ yovel SemTxvevaSi, ar daakldeba. Tqven Tavisuflebi
brZandebiT, Tqveni avtoinspeqtori gareT gicdiT, uTxariT,
saxlSi migiyvanoT, kargad brZandebodeT!
_ purRvinis dros SegatyobinebT. aba, gvapatie, batono
amiran, naxvamdis!
_ amiran, unda mapatio, _ uceb muxlebze daiCoqa bor-
jRaZem _ raRac sisuleleebs Cavdivar am bolo dros, ra mom-
dis, me TviTon ar vici, etyoba, kidev ver davRvindi, Cems
asakSi axla raRa dros daRvinebaa, an etyoba Suri maxrCobs,
samsaxurSi win rom ver waviwie!
_ kargi, adeqi, CavideT qveviT, iq mogwmend Cveni megobro-
bis winaSe Cadenil sircxvils!
liftiT saministros winaswari dakavebis sardafSi Cav-
idnen. amiranma carieli kamera gaaRebina, Sevidnen da kari
miixures.
_ aba, amiran borjRaZe, Zmobis moRalatev, Caiwie Sarvali
da dundulebi gamoaCine da daweqi taxtze. borjRaZem usi-
tyvod Seasrula amiranis brZaneba. amiranma Sarvlidan qamari
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gadauWira. Semdeg karze dakakuna da morige milicioners
uTxra:
_ gauSvi saxlSi!
saRamos xuT saaTze kolegia Sedga, yvelam erTxmad dau-
Wira mxari amiranis gadasvlas qalaqis sammarTveloSi. minis-
trma iqve moawera xeli brZanebas da vaJa saneblaZes sTxova
xval diliT gahyoloda qalaqis sammarTveloSi koleqtivTan
gasacnobad.
dilis 7 saaTze amirani telefonis zarma gaaRviZa, amiran
borjRaZis coli meri, iyo telefonTan:
_ guSin amiranma Tavis mokvla scada, ori flakoni dasa-
Zinebeli wamali daulevia, saavadmyofodan vrekav, Zlivs ga-
davarCineT! amiran, werili datova Sens saxelze, bodiSs ix-
dis. guSin me yvelaferi momiyva. Rame amdgara Cumad, me araferi
gamigia da is wamlebi daulevia. exlac saavadmyofoSi varT!
_ kargi, meri, rac iyo, iyo, radgan gadarCa, Tavs awi aRar
moiklavs, Sen ici, rom me eg cixes da samsaxuridan gagdebas
gadavarCine. Tavisgvema axla magas ar awyens. droa Wkuaze mo-
vides. meri, ramdeni Svili gyavT?
_ sami, amiran, ori biWi da erTi gogo, Seni naTluli.
_ meri, axla me axal samsaxurSi gadamoyvanes, movicli da
vnaxav magasac da Cems naTlulsac. aba, kargad iyavi da gamo-
janmrTelebas vusurveb mag viriSvils!
***
orTaWalis cixis derefanSi amirani SemTxveviT `vaskas~
Sexvda da gaukvirda.
_ Sen aq ra ginda, `vaska~, Senc Cavardi?
gamarjoba, amiran, me qurdobaze ar Cavvardnilvar, xulig-
nobaze unda daveWire da narkotikebze Camsves.
_ va, vis miayene Seuracxofa?
_ zugdidis raikomis pirvel mdivans.

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 _ raa? zugdidSi raRa gindoda?
_ warmoSobiT iqidan var, mSoblebi iq cxovroben, qalaq-
Si rom saqme aireva, iq Cavdivar-xolme dasaveneblad.
_ mere?
_ es Cveni raikomis mdivani gadakidebulia, meubneba, Cems
raionSi Camosuli ar daginaxoo!
_ ra unda Sengan?
_ biWebi modian saxlSi, pataras vqeifobT, dros vatarebT.
_ mere?
_ meubneba: `axalgazrdebs mifuWebo, Sen gbaZaveno, av-
toriteti gaqvs axlagazrdobaSio~.
_ Sen ra, Sens raionSi qurdob?
_ rogor gekadreba batono amiran, xom ici, magas rom ar
gavakeTeb, Tanac me jibis qurdi var, iq xom ar daviwyeb trolei-
busSi siaruls da qurdobas?
_ mere, rogor moxvdi aq?
_ gamomigzavna miliciis ufrosi da uTxra: `Tu ar wava,
daiWireo~. me da miliciis ufrosi Tanaklaselebi varT, sul
Cemgan iwerda xolme, axla didi kacia. miTxra `vaska, axlave
unda waxvide, Torem iZulebuli viqnebi an anaSa an iaraRi
Cagido jibeSio~. mec cota nasvami viyavi da vkiTxe `sad aris
axla eg raikomis mdivani, me TviTon mival da vetyvi rom Tavi
damanebos, ras gadamekida-meTqi~.
`Cvenma raionmao _ meubneba Cemi klaseli _ socialistur
SejibrSi gaimarjva gamaxaraZis raionTan gamarTul wesrigis
damyarebaSi da Seni raionSi yofna saxels gvitexavso~. vkiTxe,
TviTon sad aris _ meTqi~, `stumrebi hyavs Camosuli Tbilisidan
da restoran `odiSis~ kupeSi qeifobso~, `mere am SuadRes
TviTon ratom ar aris samsaxurSi, Tavad ratom ar icavs wes-
rigs-meTqi~?
_ `vaska~ ar gamova, dRes Tu ar waxvedi, unda dagiWiro
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 _ kargi, waval amaRam matarebliT. aba, kargad iyavi. dav-
emSvidobe, Cavjeqi manqanaSi da wavedi. restoranTan rom avi-
are, vifiqre, rames waviyoleb, biWebs gamoveTxovebi-meTqi. gad-
movedi manqanidan. da vxedav iqve dgas raikomis pirveli mdi-
vnis manqana, dRis sami saaTia, sisxlma amomasxa. Sevedi kupeSi,
sadac mdivani ijda Tavisi stumrebiT, mere gairkva cekas in-
struqtorebi yofilan. avwie Wiqa da vuTxari: `es im raionis
xelmZRvanelobas gaumarjos, vinc naRdad icavs raionSi wes-
rigs, magram Sen Tu wesieri kaci xar, am gaqanebul samuSao
saaTebSi ra ginda restoranSi rom qeifob, me Seni pakazuxa
deda vatire-meTqi~ da Wiqa Rvino saxeSi Sevasxi. momcvivdnen
milicielebi, damiWires, narkotikebis gakeTeba da realiza-
cia gamiformis, oqmze xeli movawere, Tavs xom ar gavalaxi-
nebdi da sami weli momarWves mdivnis xaTriT. ase iyo yve-
laferi, Cemo amiran!
_ axla ras apireb?
_ unda gavasaCivro, eqimebma daamtkices, rom me narko-
tiks ar vxmarob, amasTan pasuxisgebaSi ar vyofilvar, cixeSi
aqamde ar vmjdarvar, es pirvelia, cota Tqveni daxmarebis imed-
ic maqvs, amiran!
_ gamodis, rom xulignobaze unda ijde da narkotikebze
zixar?
_ aba, rac iyo xom ar gaamxelda, maSin magasac moxsnidnen.
_ kargi, `vaska~, Cveni megobrobis safasurad yvelafers
vetyvi aleqsandres, `Sens Zmakacs~ da is mouvlis am saqmes.
uSiSroebas meti Zala aqvs.
marTlac, meore dRes, amiranma yvelaferi uambo aleqsan-
dre bilaurs.
_ moica, axlave davrekav, mag biWs imis mere vcem pativs,
rac gaWirvebidan gvixsna.
aleqsandrem nomeri akrifa:
_ gamarjoba, zaur _ batono, aleqsandre bilauri gawux-
ebT, Cven erTi arasasiamovno ambavi mogvivida: Tqvenze gvac-

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nobes avtoriteti dakargao, raionSi qeifs mieZalao, restoran-
Si, samuSao saaTebSi, Rvino Seasxes saxeSi da xelic gaula-
wuneso; erTi sityviT, TbilisSi rom iqnebi, Semodi CemTan,
erTi gamarkvie mag saqmeSi. guSin Cemma xalxma dahkiTxa da
saCivari Seutania, `Rvino Sevasxio~, xelis dartymas uary-
ofs, narkotikebi Camideso~. cnobac aqvs, rom narkomani ar
aris, Tanac, Cemo zaur, vecdebi eg cekas mdivnis yuramde ar
mivides, magram Tu eg cixeSi davtoveT, eg ambavi gaxmaurdeba,
da mere veRar dagexmarebi, vin icis pirveli rogor Sexedavs
mag saqmes! kargi, zaur, vecdebi dagexmaro, mag viriSvils CemTan
gadmoviyvan, erTs movdebT kargad da gavagdebT, Torem Zalian
aamyrala aqauroba. maRariCi da pativiscema Sengan ar maklia,
zaur, rom Camoxval, Semoiare, erTxel mec xom unda vikisro,
oRond samsaxuris mere! _ gaicina aleqsandrem da yurmili
dado.
_ didi madloba, batono aleqsandre, rodis gamouSvebT?
_ xvalve gamovagdeb! ise, kargi biWia, agentobaze rom
dagvTanxmdes, StatSi aviyvandi!
_ ise, rogor kargad mouareT mdivans? _ Seaqo amiranma
aleqsandre.
_ aba, ra hgoniaT mag partiulebs, Cven rom ar viyoT,
egeni sul Tavs wavlen! _ Seifera aleqsandrem, _ ise, isic
cudi biWi ar aris, ramdenjerac Cavsulvar, pur-Rvino ar eS-
leba!
_ aleqsandre-batono, kacoba isaa, rodesac am savarZel-
Si aRar ijdebiT, maSin gcemdnen pativs, Torem manamde pativis-
cema Seni savarZeli imsaxurebs!
_ magaSi marTali xar Cemo amiran! sxva ras Svrebi, CvenTvis
rame saqme xom ar gamoCxrike, CvenTan muSaobs ar kadrulobT
arc Sen da arc Seni `vaska~, inteleqtualuri samuSao ar
gindaT, maincdamainc im WuWyian xalxSi gindaT triali.
_ batono aleqsandre! yvelas Tavisi aqvs, Tqvens klien-
tebs sul notebze da qaragmebiT unda elaparako, Cvens klien-

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tebs, Tu aucilebelia kidec movdebT xolme. amasTan, Cveni
agentebic ufro miwierebi arian.
_ amiran, 90%-ze meti saqme agentebis daxmarebiT ixsneba
da magaT mixedva da mofereba undaT, magram yvelas ar unda
endo. rogorc xalxia sxvadasxva, ise agentebic sxvadasxvaa,
gansakuTrebiT TqvenTan. agenti SeiZleba iyos ZaRliviT erT-
guli, Sens garda aravis ar emorCilebodes da sxvasac saqmes ar
misces, magram Senc TandaTan unda axvide karieris safexurebze
man rom Seni iwamos da SeniT itrabaxos. aris mgelis ti pis
vaJkaci agentebi, yvela saqmeSi mogyveba, gexmareba, Tavs ar
zogavs, magram arc Tavis wils gauSvebs xelidan. ki ar mog-
paravs, getyvis `ai es mimaqvso~! aris melas ti pis agentebi, eS-
makebi, frTxilebi, yvela karts ar gagiSlis, Tu daWirdeba
SeuZlia saqme gayidos Tu did fuls SeaZleven. amitom yvelas
buneba unda icode. amasTan agentebi xSirad und Seaqo, unda
uTxra rom man am saqmeSi profesionalis doneze imuSava, _
Zalian siamovnebiT.
_ bevri agenti TviTon gvTavazobs Tavis samsaxurs, ma-
gram rom davukvirdebi masSi SeamCnev sacodav adamianebs, rom-
lebsac Tavis warmosaCenad da dasacavad undaT CvenTan Tanam-
Sromloba; arian aSkara avantiuristuli bunebis xalxi, rom-
lebic dasmenaSi naxuloben cxovrebis azrs. arian Rirsebas
moklebulni, mSiSara bunebis xalxi, zogsac uyvars Tavis Tavze
Seqmnas idumlebiT moculi istoriebi da isini cxovrebasTan
am TamaSSi Rebuloben udides siamovnebas.
_ arian maseTebic.
_ zogi batono aleqsandre, mazoxistad ibadeba, im dRes
eqimebs vekiTxebi `mazoxizmi~ daavadebaa Tu fsiqikuri gada-
xra meTqi, ver mi pasuxes. adamiani raSic TviTkmayofilebas
naxulobso, is medicinisTvis daavadebad ar iTvlebao.
_ amiran, amerikaSi bevr moqalaqes sadarbazo karebze aqvs
gakruli abra warweriT `policiis damxmare~ da amiT amay-
oben da miaCniaT, rom yvelam pasuxi unda agos Tavis saqcielze.

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 _ batono aleqsandre, CvenTan yvela i paravs, yvela raRa-
cas maimunobs da amitomacaa, rom ar uyvarT dasmena, aba wesi-
eri sazogadoeba _ Tan ekonomikurad Zlieri rom iyos, maSin
ki ar Sexedavdnen am saqmes ase. maSin is vinc kanons daarRvevs,
an avadmyofia, an sxvanairad cxovreba ar SeuZlia.
_ amiran, yuri movkari agentebs axla reketi dauwyiaT da
amboben milicia `ne viJus~ TamaSobso, radgan wili miaqvTo,
ras ityvi marTla?
_ arc mTlad masea saqme, magram Cveni wampali saxelmwifo
maT Tavis sakmaris fuls ar gvaZlevs, umagiTod saqme ar keT-
deba, amitom zogjer aZleven fulis Sovnis saSualebas biWebi.
axla ver gaiges vin gadamyidvelia da vin wesieri vaWari, ami-
tom bazrebSi egenic viRacas patronoben, exmarebian da xels
iTboben.
_ da Tqveni xalxic wilSi gayavT.
_ etyoba arc mTlad umagisobaa, roca qveyana aireva,
yvela Tavis saZromialos eZabs.
_ damijere amiran, araferi xeiriani am `perestroikidan~
ar gamova, xalxs ase ucbad Zveli Cvevebis moSoreba da axlis
SeCveva ar SeuZlia. arc ase advilia kerpebis msxvreva da ax-
lis SeTviseba.
_ batono aleqsandre, es Cven gveCveneba ase, Torem axal-
gazrdoba yvelafers hari-haralod uyurebs da advilad eCveva,
gansakuTrebiT karg cxovrebas.
_ rac mosaxdenia, mainc moxdeba, me Cemi dro da cxovreba
movWame avad iyo Tu kargad, magram rodesac axal saxls aSeneb,
Zveli ar unda daangrio, axal saxlSi nelnela gadadi, mieCvie,
gaiTavise, Semdgom an TviTon daingreva es Zveli an daangrev
da ukeTess aaSeneb. rac aris eg aris, amiran Seni davaleba xom
Sevasrule pirnaTlad, xandaxan isedac momikiTxe es general-
polkovniki kaci, mTlad gadasagdebad nu gamimeteb!
_ rogor gekadrebaT batono aleqsandre, didi madloba,
Tqvens gareSe mag saqmes ar moevleboda, xom iciT partiasTan

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Cven araferi gagvdis, socializmis nebayofil yaCaRebs gvi-
wodeben.
_ Cveni socializmis umTavresi Secdoma is aris, rom cdi-
lobs sazogadoebas sxvadasxva fenebis gaTanabrebas, rogorc
materialurad, aseve sulierad, imis magier rom kanonTan gaa-
Tanabron yvela. magram magaT kanoni sxvisTvis undaT, TavisTvis
partiis neba-survilebis Tavis sasargeblod aRsruleba.
_ es `perestroika~ batono aleqsandre albaT imitom
dagvWirda, rom politikaze fexmorTxmiT ybedoba da ocnebis
Radaris qeqva yvelas SeuZlia, magram saxelmwifos Rirseuli
marTva da xalxis wvrTna, erTeulTa xvedria.
_ gansakuTrebiT Cveni xalxis winamZRoli, Tu is momTx-
ovnelobiT da iumoris grZnobiT ar aris dajildovebuli, mas
pirovnebad ar aRiareben da arc saqme waiwevs win. kargad
iyavi Cemo amiran, gulis mofxana xandaxan mec mWirdeba _ fexze
wamodga da amirans xelis CamorTmeviT daemSvidoba.
***
amirani erT rames daukvirda, yvela Zveli samsaxuridan
misi gaSveba ar undodaT da raRac siZneleebs uwyobdnen, axal
samsaxurSi ki pirvelad iseTi Zneli saqme xvdeboda, rom misi
gaxsna xSir SemTxvevaSi Zafze ekida.
qalaqis policiis ufrosma petre obolaZem, igrZno rom
Zlieri konkurenti gamouCnda amiranis saxiT da uaRres si-
frTxiles iCenda urTierTobaSi.
amirans erTi kargi wesi hqonda. TveSi erTxel Tavis agen-
tebs gaixsenebda, daelaparakeboda, moikiTxavda, tkbil sity-
vas ar daiSurebda. oTxmocdaaT wels mitanebuli marusiac
telefoniT ramdenjerme moikiTxa, isic ebodiSeboda: `SenTvis
sayuradRebo Cvens sadarbazoSi araferi xdeba da sxvagan me
ar davdivar, verafriT gexmarebio~. xandaxan Tinikosac gada-
urekavda xolme. Tiniko, amjerad, `sukSi~ muSaobda kotesTan
da ukve lietenantis wodebac mieRo.

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 saerTod Tinikos mimarT sxvadasxva grZnoba hqonda amirans,
erTi piroba colad SerTvac ki moundoma, magram Tavi Seika-
va. es qali raRac `ukompleqso~ iyo, daurekavda, Sexvdebod-
nen, ar daurekavda amirani, TviTon ar gaaxsendeboda, arc
moikiTxavda. magram, erTi ki hqonda Tinikos Zalian dadebiTi,
Tu saqmes xels mohkidebda, usaTuod bolomde miiyvanda.
rogorc yovelTvis, aqtiurobda besarion jayeli. qeTin-
os roca fuli Semoakldeboda, mxolod maSin gaaxsendeboda
amirani da daurekavda, magram axals arafers eubneboda, rZis
kombinatSi rogorc adre iyo, iseve grZeldeboda qurdoba.
sisxlis samarTlis danaSauls ki im saxiT, rogoric amiranis
uwyebas ainteresebda, aravin Cadioda.
am bolo dros ramdenime `seqtets~ gaecno, romlebsac
cixeSi patimrebTan SeuSvebdnen xolme gamosatexad. maT pa-
timrebi `nasedkas~ eZaxdnen. amirans Zveli, gamocdili `seqte-
ti~ nikolozi, gaacnes, romelsac bevri saCoTiro da Zneli
saqme hqonda gaxsnili. ganaTlebuli kaci iyo, cnobili rev-
olucioneris Svili, cimbirSi dabadebuli da gazrdili. mamami-
si da stalini Tavis droze kargi nacnobebi yofilan Turme.
qarTul dekadaze stalins ucvnia es kaci, xeli CamourTmevia,
gadaxvevia, mamamiss ki xeli mouxvevia stalinisaTvis da six-
aruliT iatakidan zeviT auwevia. ra Tqma unda, maSin misTvis
aravis araferi uTqvams, magram TbilisSi rom Camosula, cim-
birSi ukres Tavi. iq, gadasaxlebaSi gaucvnia aseve gadasaxle-
buli qarTveli qali, romelsac Tavisufali mimosvlis ufle-
ba hqonia dasaxlebaSi. stalinis sikvdilis Semdeg mama male
gardacvlila. daqvrivebuli deda colad gahyolia Tbilis-
Si orTaWalis cixis ufrosis moadgiles. aq naxa nikolozma
cixis cxovreba. erTxel, TxuTmeti wlisas raRac dauSavebia
da dasaSineblad maminacvals sakanSi Seugdia patimrebTan.
ori dRis Semdeg nikolozs maminacvlisTvis iseTi rame uamb-
nia kameraSi myofi patimrebis Sesaxeb, rom maminacvali premi-
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studentobis periodSic kisrulobda `nasedkobas~. amJamad
nikolozi pensiaSi iyo, magram Tu misi gamoyeneba sWirdebo-
daT, uars ar ambobda. `seqtetebi~ sxvadasxva gziT xdebian,
magram umetesobas es survilad, profesiad gadaeqcevaT xolme.
aba, ras unda mivaweroT, kaci rom ori-sami Tve nebayoflo-
biT cxovrobs ayrolebul kameraSi da Tu gauges, sikvdili
ar ascdeba.
amirani fiqrebidan telefonis zaris xmam gamoafxizla,
petre obolaZe sTxovda masTan Sesuliyo.
_ dabrZandi amiran, Sen dRes Cemi pirveli moadgile xar
da Cems sammarTveloSi yofnis dros gevaleba ara marto samZe-
bros saqmianoba, datacebac, Sen arasauwyebo dacvasac, mex-
naZreebsac unda mixedo. xandaxan qalaqis meriaSi unda Seia-
ro, marto Seni samZebros saqmeebiT nu Semoifarglebi, Cven
imitom gagvixarda Seni CvenTan gadmosvla, rom Cveni gamoZie-
ba am bolo xanebSi cota moikoWlebs. amitom Cemi Txovna iqne-
ba, yvela gaxmaurebuli saqme, romliTac mTavroba dainteres-
da, ra samsaxursac ar unda ekuTvnodes, Sen dagewereba brZa-
nebiT, Sen dagevaleba, ra Tqma unda, SenTan SeTanxmebiT. dan-
arCens, wvrilman da aramyvirala saqmeebs erTiani ZalebiT yve-
lani mivxedavT. dRevandeli dRe ase moiTxovs. me da Sen or-
Taveni ufrosebi da erTmaneTis Semcvlelebi varT, ase, rom
yovelTvis SegiZlia warmoidgino Tavi Cems adgilze. SeiZleba
me xval pensiaSi gavide an sxvagan gadamiyvanon, Sen yovelTvis
mzad unda iyo Cems Sesacvlelad. amitom saqmeSi Seni _ Cemi ar
gamova. daviwyoT guSindeli mkvlelobiT, _ amirans saqaRal-
de daudo win, _ amas iZiebs samZebro ganyofilebis gamomZiebe-
li gaioz woworia, magaram jer araviTari versia ar aqvs. mixede,
xom ici, mkvlelobis gamoZiebis msvleloba cekas mdivans aqvs
kontrolze ayvanili. es am sammarTveloSi Seni pirveli saqmea
da warmatebas gisurveb!
amiranma usityvod aiRo saqaRalde da Tavis kabinets mi-
aSura. mixvda, rom petre obolaZem gamoiwvia, `aba vnaxoT,
risi SemZlebi xar, yovelTvis xom ar gagimarTlebso~.

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 saqarxno raionSi, mebaReobis amxanagobis nakveTebis mim-
debare teritoriaze xelovnurad gaSenebul fiWvnaris ko-
romSi, naxes oTxmoc wels miRweuli, daniT mokluli, memanqa-
nis gvami, romelic samanevro orTqmavlebze muSaobda. es kaci
damsaxurebuli rkinigzeli iyo, ramdenjerme leninis ordeniT
dajildoebuli da rogorc amboben, mxolod mas andobdnen
orTqmavals rodesac stalini Camodioda xolme saqarTvelo-
Si dasasveneblad. araviTari Zaladobis kvali ar emCneoda.
etyoba, igi raRac SemTxvviTi ambis gamo iyo mokluli. saqmeSi
mxolod moklulis suraTi, misi vinaoba da adgilis daTva-
lierebis aqti iyo. dakiTxuli aravin iyo. amiranma woworia
gamoiZaxa:
_ gaioz, rogor apireb am saqmis gaxsnas, xalxi ratom ar
dakiTxe?
im tyeSi vin unda damekiTxa, is, vinc gvami naxa, SemTx-
veviT waawyda, mis garda iq aravin iyo!
_ rogor davijero, irgvliv ar Segrovda usaqmurTa brbo,
ar SeiZleba maT gasaubrebodi?
_ batono amiran, eg saqme piradad me gauxsnelad meCvene-
ba, xolo pirdauRebeli boTeebis dakiTxvas ra unda moeca,
Tan es kaci martoxela yofila, cxovrobda gldanis masivSi.
mkvlelobis motivi ar arsebobs, an viRacaSi SeeSalaT an vi-
Raca maniakma wamoago danaze.
_ es Cemi pirveli saqmea aq, SenTan erTad da ar minda Tavi
SevircxvinoT.
_ ki, batono, mirCieT rame, gza momeciT, me verafer gzas
ver vxedav.
_ kargi, wavideT, is adgili kidev erTxel davaTvalieroT.
ZaRli mainc wamogveyvana, iqneb rame geSi aeRo!
_ ra geSi unda aiRos, eqspertma Tqva, sami dRis mkvdari-
ao.
amiranma daaTvaliera mkvlelobis adgili. tyeSi ramden-
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li, rogorc gaiozi aRwerda. tyis meore mxares axali dasax-
leba moCanda, gamoricxuli ar iyo mkvleli am dasaxlebidan-
ac rom yofiliyo. SeiZleba mkvleli mebaReobis nakveTebis
mflobelebSic eZebnaT, Tumca es nakleb sarwmuno iyo.
amirans gaaxsenda, rom am dasaxlebaSi agenti hyavda. man-
qana am dasaxlebisken miabrunes. amiranma Tvali mohkra agents,
romelic mezoblebTan dominos TamaSobda.
amirani moTamaSeebs miuaxlovda, miesalma da Tavi gaac-
no:
_ me qalaqis miliciis sammarTvelos ufrosis moadgile
gaxlavarT, polkovniki amiran lomJaria. aq guSin mokluli
kacis gvami naxes, SemTxveviT vinme xom ar icnobdiT?
_ cnobiT aravin, batono, magram eg kaci ramdenime dRis
winaT naxes, magram ratomRac milicias guSin Seatyobines.
_ dasaxlebaSi Tu gyavT acvenili xalxi, loTebi, narko-
manebi.
_ narkomanebi ara, magram loTebi ki arian. ager es erTi,
ver moviSoreT, TamaSis saSualebas ar gvaZlevs, _ miuTiTa
saTamaSo magidaze TavCamodebul kacze amiranis agentma.
_ Tu winaaRmdegi ar xarT cal-calke gagesaubrebiT me
da Cemi kolega. gizo, mag loTs gaesaubre im fanCaturSi, me
megobars vTxov, manqanaSi wamobrZandes Tu SeiZleba. Tqveni
saxeli da gvari?
_ ivane qoraSvili.
_ batono ivane, Tu SeiZleba cota moSorebiT gavideT, me
mgoni jobs manqanaSi visaubroT. _ ivane, gamarjoba! ase unda
Zmobis daviwyeba? Sen es miTxari, vinmeze eWvi xom ar gaqvs?
_ CvenTan magis Camdeni, batono amiran, aravin aris. Rvinis
sma bevrs uyvars, magram kacis mokvla arc ise adgili saqmea,
Tanac udanaSaulosi, isic moxuci kacis!
_ Sen gamocdili kaci xar ivane, gviTxari am saqmes ufro
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 _ ar vici, guSin Cemi colo ambobda, viTom am loTis Svils
Cemi SviliSvilisTvis uTqvams `es kaci mamaCemma moklao, Sen ra
ggonia, mere ra, rom loTia, Tu gaabrazes, kacsac mokvlavso~.
_ SeiZleba Tqvens Svilis Svils gavesaubro? romel klas-
Sia?
_ merveSi, skolidan jer ar iqneba mosuli, magis biWi da
Cemi SviliSvili erTad swavloben.
_ rogor fiqrob, SeuZlia am loTs kacis mokvla?
_ kacis mokvla ki ara, mag sacodavs suli Zlivs udgas,
ojaxs coli arCens, eg TviTon eleqtroSemduRebelia, magis
xelfass coli iRebs mTlianad. sul mTvralia, magram raRac
fuls mainc Soulobs dasalevad.
_ kargi, ivane, datrialdi Seneburad, moindome, iqneb rame
gamovides!
_ ivane, manqanidan gadavida. gizom loTi moiyvana da man-
qanaSi Casva. TviTon manqanis saWes miujda.
_ amiran, ici es kaci ras ambobs?
_ vici, `is kaci me movkalio~!
_ Sen ra ici?
_ Semoatriale erTi manqana isev im xalxTan mivideT.
_ batono ivane, amis ojaxs gadaeciT, rom gamosafxizlebel-
Si migvyavs da xval Tu ar gamovuSviT, qalaqis miliciaSi
moakiTxos da bavSvic wamoiyvanos.
ori dRe loTisTvis arc patrons moukiTxavs da arc mi-
licias. mesame dRes sruliad gamofxizlebuli ijda woworias
da amiranis winaSe.
_ Tqveni gvari, saxeli, mamis saxeli, sacxovrebeli adg-
ili, ojaxuri mdomareoba.
_ nodar spiridonis-Ze gavaSeli, varkeTilis bolo dasax-
leba, mexuTe korpusi, bina 5; var coliani, myavs Svili.
_ axla gaimeoreT is, rac uTxariT gamomZiebel gaioz
woworias, is kaci marTla Tqven mokaliT? adasturebT amas
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 _ vadastureb, mag kacs Cemi vali hqonda, ukve ramdenime
welia, ar damibruna, SevkamaTdiT, SesaSineblad dana movuR-
ere, xeli gamartya, mec SemTxveviT kisris areSi davartyi,
misi mokvla namdvilad ar mindoda.
_ ra gvari iyo mokluli?
_ miSa uruSaZe, rkinigzeli.
_ sad cxovrobda?
_ ar vici, masTan saxlSi ar vyofilvar, samsaxurSi, de-
poSi, vnaxulobdi xolme, valis saTxovnelad rom mividodi.
_ ras ityvi gaioz, ramdenad gjera amis naTqvami!
_ ra vici, jer-jerobiT kargad metyvelebs, waiyvaneT, Ca-
utareT eqspertiza, vnaxoT, Tu magisi xelis anabeWdebi aR-
moCndeba, saqme daxurulad CavTvaloT.
_ dana rom amoviRe, batono, _ Tqva nodarma, _ cxvir-
saxocic amomyva da danaze SeiZleba mTlad kargad ar Candes
anabeWdebi.
amiranma zari dareka. badragma gavaSeli gaiyvana.
amirans daurekes da moaxsenes `gavaSelis coli da biWi
arian mosulio~ _ gaioz, qveviT am kacis col-Svilia mosuli.
is bavSvi kargad dakiTxe, hkiTxe, rodis wautrabaxa mamamisma,
rom kaci mokla, vinmem hkiTxa Tu TviTon wamoiwyo amaze lapar-
aki.
_ ra bedze wavediT, batono amiran, im dasaxlebaSi, Torem
es saqme kiserze Camogvekideboda!
_ me piradad ar mjera, rom is kaci magis moklulia, magram
Tu ase unda Cven dagvexmaros, jer-jerobiT, xels ar SevuSli,
magram es saqme mainc gveqneba Camokidebuli, araoficialurad,
Cemo gaioz!
_ Tqven ar gjeraT?
_ mjera, Tu ara, es sxva saqmea, gamomZiebeli Sena xar, Sen
ageb pasuxs, me ubralod kuratori var, gexmarebi.

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amirans, rogorc iqna, gauformes Svebuleba. raRac gada-
Rlilad grZnobda Tavs, ramdenime welia SvebulebaSi ar yofi-
la. gauformes isic im pirobiT, rom rogorc ki gamoiZaxebd-
nen, unda gamocxadebuliyo.
amirans kupirebul vagonSi zeda sawoli ekava. soWSi mi-
emgzavreboda, sanatorium `gruziaSi~. Tbilisi-moskovis ma-
tarebeli soWSi Ramis pirvel saaTze Cadioda. Sevida Tu ara
kupeSi, maSinve wamowva sawolze da CaTvlima. xmaurma gamo-
aRviZa. matarebeli samtrediaSi idga, dajavSnuli adgilebi
samma axalgazrdam daikava. cotaTi nasvamebi iyvnen. axal-
gazrdebma sportuli kostumebi Caicves da sufra gaSales.
amiranisken erTi ki gaixedes, magram zurgSeqceuli rom dain-
axes, ifiqres, Zinavso da yuradReba aRar miaqcies.
_ aba, xonelo zaza kinwuraSvilo, mogvilocavs SenTvis
samedicino institutSi Caricxva, marTalia, didi rusulis
molaparake ara xar, magram moskoveli studenti gqvia, Zmao!
_ arc Sen gadmogdis codna yurebidan, ager meoTxe kursze
swavlob da rusulad Senze ukeTesad mgoni me vlaparakob.
_ biWebo, modi am sasmisiT moskovis mesame samedicino in-
stitutis studentebs, xonel zaza kinwuraSvils, did jixaisel
givi kostavas da samtrediel gela abaSiZes da `Cvens mamas da
marCenals~ guram xaraZes gaumarjos! is kaci rom ara, Cven verc
erTmaneTs davuaxlovdebodiT da moskovis samedicino insti-
tuts vin migvakarebda!
_ Cven gagvimarjos, biWebo, givi kostavas mamis, nestoris
universams, gela abaSiZis mamis, zurabis mza produqciis saw-
yobis da mamaCemis, gigas ZafsaRebi qarxnis fulebis TamadobiT
Cvens mamebs gaumarjos! Cveni codnis doniT dRes quTaisis ped-
agogiguri institutis iqiT ver gavixedavdiT.
_ im xalxsac gaumarjos, visac Cveni mowyoba gauxarda,
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 _ ise, mamaCemi damemuqra, amdeni fuli rom gadamaxdevi-
neT, iswavle ar Semarcxvinoo, Torem Sens Svilobaze xels
aviRebo!
_ Svili iseTi `fruktia~, rac unda gawyeninos, fexebsac
ver mosWam, imitom rom Seni genis naCaliCevia da rac mTavaria
Seni sisxli da xorci.
_ daanebe filosofosobas Tavi, Sens mSoblebs Seni yolac
eyofaT sasjelad, axla mTavaria rom pataraze xeli Cvenc gam-
oviRoT. batoni guramis Txovnaa momavali wlisTvis insti-
tutSi mosawyobi xalxi movagrovoT.
_ ise, Zmao, eg gurami magari kacia, karnaxSi aT sityvaSi
cxra Secdoma mqonda, gadamawerines da erTi Secdoma mainc
gamepara, adgnen, Cemi kalmiT gamiswores da ise miviRe xuTiani.
marTali giTxa, Tavidan ar mindoda moskovSi swavla, magram
guramis mondomeba rom davinaxe, rogorRac Semrcxva.
_ gurami xaraZes fulis dakargva awuxebda, Tvara Sen da
mec fexebze vekideT!
_ rad undac amdeni fuli netavi, wels erTi ormoci kaci
marto saqarTvelodan moawyo institutebSi.
_ amboben, qalebis moyvaruliao, megobrebi uyvarso.
_ dedaCemi elaparakeboda telefoniT mamaCems xonSi, Tur-
me gurams Tavis colisTvis Ralati SeumCnevia, Tmebi gadau-
parsavs colisTvis, webo wausvams Tavze da tanze, baliSis
bumbulebi mouyria zed da ase titveli gamougdia Turme qu-
CaSi!
amirani gatrunuli iwva da usmenda biWebis laparaks. yve-
las gvarebi da saxelebi daimaxsovra da mixvda, rom xelSi
sarfiani saqme Cauvarda. biWebma daiZines, amiranma tansacmeli
gadaicva da soWSi Cavida.
meore dRes dareka papunasTan, mouyva matarebelSi mos-
menilis mokle Sinaarsi da sTxova am biWebis mSoblebis vinao-
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 amirans gulma aRar mouTmina da erTi kviriT adre dab-
runda soWidan TbilisSi. mis yofil ganyofilebas sakmao masa-
lebi Seegrovebina. axla saWiro iyo im biWebis naxva moskovSi
da dakiTxva. Tu es saqme ise wavidoda rogorc es amirans
hqonda Cafiqrebuli, maSin sakavSiro saministros madlobasac
ar acdeboda. amiranma TviTon iTava gamoZiebis kuratoroba.
petre obolaZes ministris brZaneba miutana moskovSi mivlinebis
gasaformeblad. rezo abuzRunda:
_ aRar unda SegeSvan? magaTi saqmeebic Cven unda vake-
ToT?
meore dRes amirani, saministros TanamSromel gia sur-
mavasTan erTad, moskovSi iyo. sastumro `pekinSi~ dabinavd-
nen da imave dRes ewvivnen moskovis mesame samedicino insti-
tuts. cota xnis Semdeg samive studenti kiTxvebs pasuxobd-
nen.
_ gvaqvs oficialuri werili, rom Tqven vinme guram xaraZis
daxmarebiT moxvdiT am saswavlebelSi. gurams patimrobaSi
aviyvanT, xolo Tqven gamocdebis Tavidan Cabareba mogiwevT.
_ ara marto Tqven, aramed saqarTvelodan Camosul yvela
students, _ Caeria saubarSi gia surmava, _ mTavari mowmeebi
Tqven iqnebiT.
_ gamocdebs Tu ver CaabarebT, raSic asi procentiT dar-
wmunebuli var, Tqveni mSoblebis saqmianobasac SeviswavliT
da imaTac cixeSi vukravT Tavs! erTi sityviT, moyeviT, rac
iciT mag kacis saqmianobis Sesaxeb, xolo rasac ver gaixsenebT,
me dagexmarebiT! aba, kinwuraSvilo, rom iqaCebodi matareb-
lis kupeSi, xalxi movunaxoT baton gurams da Cvenc raRaca
dagvrCebao, moyevi gakveTili, gviTxari vin aris es gurami da
saidan icnob!
_ guram xaraZe cnobili eqimi da saqmosania, ar vici, Cemma
mSoblebma saidan gaicvnes, magram misaRebi gamocdebis Cabare-
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 _ ramdeni gadaixades mSoblebma Tqvens mowyobaSi?
_ zustad ar vici, magram me mgoni ase oci aTas maneTamde.
saubari imiT damTavrda, rom sxvebmac aRiares, rom mSob-
lebma fuli gadaixades maT mowyobaSi. moskovis miliciam im
dResve gamowera guram xaraZis dapatimrebis orderi, magram
gurami saxlSi ar daxvdaT. is samedicino institutis Tanam-
Sromlebs ukve gaefrTxilebinaT, erTi kviris Semdeg rusi
kolegebis daxmarebiT mainc miagnes, qalaqgareT, `tarasovka-
ze~, sayvarel qalTan imaleboda. igi dapatimrebas mSvidad
Sexvda. dakiTxvaze Tavis daZvrena ar ucdia. aRiara is, ris
damalvasac azri ar hqonda:
_ ormoci kaci movawye, axia Cemze, cxovrebaSi unaxav da
ucodinar kacTan saqme ar unda iqonio, magaT yvelaferi
ukvirT, yvelgan trabaxoben, erTmaneTs ejibrebian, es ki Surs
iwvevs, Suri dasmenas. im xalxis da maTi mSoblebis dakiTxvas
azri ar aqvs, miTumetes rom me yvelafers vaRiareb,
_ ra vqnaT, batono guram, ar davkiTxoT is ormoci stu-
denti da maTi mSoblebi?
_ raSi gWirdebaT, amiran, mag xalxis dakiTxva, jer erTi
respublikas saxeli gaufuWdeba, Tan mag ormoci bavSvidan
Tundac xuTi mainc iswavlis. saqmis Camwyobi Cemi saxiT aRar
eyolebaT. ratom gavaubeduriT eg bavSvebi, mivceT saSualeba
Tavisi Sansi gamoiyenon, visac SeuZlia iswavlos, vinc ver
iswavla dabrundeba saxlSi.
dadga guramis TbilisSi Camoyvanis dRec. gurami xel-
borkilebiT moiyvanes aeroportSi. aeroportis vestibiulSi
gurams ramdenime kaci mowiwebiT miesalma, guramma erTi-or
kacs xelic ki CamoarTva.
_ amiran, xom atyob, rom me gamqcevi kaci ar var, Tu Zma
xar es borkilebi amxseni da pirobas gaZlev Seni nebarTvis
gareSe ukan ar movixedav.
amiranma usityvod axsna borkilebi. guramma amoisunTqa,
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 _ amiran, TbilisSi gafrenamde ori saaTia, registracia
gaviareT, bufetSi CamovjdeT da patara waviqeifoT, oRond
danaxarji Sen unda ikisro, aba, patimar kacs ra sindisiT gin-
daT purmarili makisrebinoT? ise, me rom mkiTxoT axia Tqven-
ze, Cxrekis dros fuli rom amoiReT, xom giTxariT daitoveT-
meTqi.
_ Sen magas nu wuxar! ise, SenTan araferi damekargeba,
rom gamoxval, Sen ikisre da gavswordebiT. oficianto!
_ guram pirveli SexvedrisTanave, momewone, Senma mox-
erxebulobam, Wkuam momxibla. mokled, geniosi xar, adre mc-
nobodi am saqmes aqamde ar miviyvandi!
_ Cemo amiran, Cveni gacnoba arc axlaa gvian, vin icis, vin
sad gamovadgebiT erTmaneTs! _ cotaxans Cumad iyvnen, Semdeg
gurami fexze wamodga.
_ batono amiran, amboben geniosisTvis damaxasiaTebelia
Rimilis momgvreli codvebi, xolo codvilisaTvis es Rimilic
autanelia, rac moxda, moxda, gadaixadeT am sufras fuli da
SevuyveT Cven gzas, Torem TviTmfrinavze dagvagviandeba da
xval isev mosasvleli gavxdebiT.
gurams aSkarad Seetyo xasiaTis gafuWeba, Tvalebze crem-
li moadga, swrafad amoimSrala da gasasvlelisaken gaemarTa.
sasamarTloze guramma yvelaferi gulwrfelad aRiara,
moinania, xolo mosamarTlem am saqmisTvis gaTvaliswinebuli
sasjelis umaRlesi zoma 15 weli patimroba gamoutana, etyoba
man guramis miamitobamde misuli gulwrfeloba, danaSaulis
aRiareba ver aitana, an rac ufro sarwmunoa, mosamarTlis
mier moTxovnili Tanxa braldebulma ver an ar gadaixada.
guramma sasamarTloze Tavis bolo sityva Semdegnairad
daamTavra: `ra Tqma unda damnaSave var, am qajebs moskovi
vaCvene da metic, samedicino institutSi swavlis saSualeba
miveci da Tu es danaSaulia, gulwrfelad vinanieb~.
amiranma gurami erTxel sapatimroSic moinaxula, xolo
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gaasaCivres misi saqme da sasjeli 10 wlamde Seumcires, Semdeg
ki koloniaSi, kargi qcevisTvis sasjeli gaunaxevres), amiran-
Tan samsaxurSi mivida da restoranSi dapatiJa. dRes man pat-
ara samedicino centri Seqmna da pacientebic mravlad hyavs.
***
kvira dRe iyo. dilis aTi saaTi iqneboda, karebze zaris xma
rom gaisma. amirani dRes aravis elodeboda, roca kari gaaRo.
dainaxa maRali, simpaTiuri zomierad Sesuqebuli mamakaci.
_ mapatieT, me amiran lomjaria, `goroza~, mindoda menaxa.
_ me gaxlavarT, mobrZandiT.
_ Tqveni megobris, anzor iaSvilis, rekomendaciiT move-
di.
_ SemobrZandiT, radgan moxvediT, stumari RvTisaa! _
amiranma ucnobu sastumro oTaxSi Sei patiJa.
_ anzori axla Rvinis qarxnis direqtoria kaxeTSi, Tqven-
ze bevri ram miambo.
_ rogor aris, ramdeni xania ar minaxavs, albaT is dro
jobda, magis gulisTvis rom vCxubobdi, _ gaeRima amirans _
riT SemiZlia gemsaxuroT?
_ me TqvenTan anzorTan SeTanxmebis gareSe movedi, Tqveni
megobroba gacnobisTvis gamoviyene. saqme SemdegSia: TbilisSi
erTi wlis winaT vxelmZRvanelobdi erT-erTi raionis koopera-
tiul binaTmSeneblobas. mere damawinaures, samSeneblo tres-
tis mmarTvelis moadgiled gadamiyvanes. Semdeg moxda is cno-
bili daWerebi qalaqis kooperatiuli binaTmSeneblobis sf-
eroSi. gamoZieba TiTqmis or Tveze metia grZeldeba. Cemi saxe-
li da gvari iq ar figurirebs, mapatieT, ver gagecaniT _
uSangi darbaiseli.
_ Zalian kargi, me riT SemiZlia dagexmaroT, SemiZlia
Tqveni gvari Sevatanino! _ ixumra amiranma.
_ gamoZiebas xelmZRvanelobs SoTa kiknaZe, saqmes ajanjlebs
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 _ me riT dagexmaro?
_ batono amiran, me pirdapiri da samarTliano kaci var,
me mag Tanamdebobaze yofnis dros fuli viSovne, bina miviRe,
garda binisa, agaraki, avtomanqana da sxva, rac ojaxs sWirde-
ba. modiT im fulis, rac damrCa samad gavyof, Cems cols or-
mocdaaTi aTasi, amdenive me da Tqven. me, albaT, male trestis
mmarTvelad damniSnaven da ar minda, Cemi Tanamdebobaze daniS-
vna saTuo gavxado.
_ ki, magram raSi dagexmaro, Tu saqmeSi ar Canxar?
_ Tqveni daxmareba is iqneba, rom Cemi gvari saerTod ar
unda iyos naxsenebi, _ Tavisuflad amoisunTqa mosaubrem.
_ ki, batono, yovelnairad Sevecdebi, rac Cem Zal-Rones
ar aRemateba.
_ batono amiran, am paketSi is fulia, romelic TqvenTvis
aris gankuTvnili.
_ ar aris saWiro, batono uSang, isedac dagexmarebi Cemi
siyrmis megobris Zmakacs, me magis kaci ara var!
_ batono amiran, mec xom maqvs cxovrebis gamocdileba,
gTxovT uars nu metyviT.
wamodga fexze, amirans xelis CamorTmeviT daemSvidoba
da gavida. amiranma karebi gadaketa, paketi gaxsna, xuTi Sekvra
asmaneTianebi daTvala, dafiqrda, gaecina.
_ ai, kaci! usityvod, umtkivneulod gaiRo Tavisi gada-
saxdeli Tanxa! albaT, mag kacs gagebuli aqvs fuls rom ar
viReb da amitom momadga saxlSi. jandabas, radgan maZleven,
albaT mekuTvnis. asea, Wkvianma kacma fulic Wkviani xalxisgan
unda aiRos, _ sakuTar Tavs waemliqvnela amirani, _ masac xom
xels aZlevs rom misgan fuli aiRo da Tavi qudSi hqondes!
meore dres SoTa kiknaZe ixmo kabinetSi.
_ SoTa, rogor aris kooperativebis saqmis gamoZieba, ro-
dis daamTavreb?
_ eg saqme, kidev didxans gagrZeldeba, axla meore wyeba
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 _ Zalian didi da sarfiani, Cemo SoTa, amitomac ar geme-
teba xelidan gasaSvebad! mag Seni gamoZiebuli saqmiT ramdeni
kacis micema SegiZlia pasuxisgebaSi?
_ albaT oc kacze metis.
_ aqedan ramdeni kaci gadis organizatorad da TanaSem-
weebad?
_ albaT, ori-sami kaci organizatorad, erTi TxuTmeti
_ TanaSemweT.
_ bevria, organizatorad gaiyvane erTi kaci qalaqis ko-
operativis Tavmjdomaris saxiT, danarCeni gaiyvane Tanamona-
wileebad. xuTi kaci sakmarisia, TanamgrZnobTa siaSi kidev
aTi kaci datove.
_ gacilebiT metia, batono amiran, TviTon asaxeleben erT-
maneTs.
_ mag saqmes Cven bolomde rom mivyveT, yvela dasaWeri
gagvixdeba, vinc mag kooperativs gaekara. kooperativi rom
fuls iRebda asaSenebeli binis mimRebTa siaSi mosaxvedrad,
es mTelma qalaqma icoda. erTi sityviT ori Tve Zalian bevria,
erT kviraSi daamTavre.
_ ar moxerxdeba, batono amiran!
_ SoTa, geyofa, vinc mosawveli iyo, ukve unda mogewve-
la, Tu es ver moaxerxe, Tavs daabrale, me xom mekuTvnis mag
saqmidan fuli wesiT, xom ar gTxov?
_ Tqven ar mTxovT, sxvebi mTxoven!
_ uTxari im sxvebs, amiranis inciativiT moxda saqmis Sew-
yveta-Tqo. stalini suleli ki ar iyo, rodesac xalxis mtre-
bis siebidan oc procents xvretda, ocs SoreulSi ocdaxuTi
wliT asaxlebda, ocs aTwlian sasjels akmarebda, ocis Tavis-
ufal gasaxlebas gaduwyvetda, xolo ocs, rogorc udana-
Sauloebs, _ aTavisuflebda. amiT is cdilobda usamarTlo-
bisTvis samarTliani saxe mieca, viTom udanaSaulo vinc iyo _
gaamarTla. aseve unda moviqceT Cvenc. erTi sityviT, gadi Sens
oTaxSi, saqmeebi damiwyve magidaze da erTad gadavxedoT.

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 amirani SoTas oTaxSi rom Sevida, gaocda, imdeni saqme
ewyo.
_ raa biWo es, ramdeni tomia?!
_ jer-jerobiT, oci tomia, erTi amdeni momdevno xalxis
dakiTxvas dasWirdeba.
_ aba warmimidgine ZiriTadi damnaSaveni.
_ es aris gaerTianebis Tavmjdomare, romelsac aTive raio-
nis kooperativis Tavmjdomareebi fuls aZlevdnen, qrTamavd-
nen aRmaskomis TanamSromlebs, qalaqis arqiteqtors da ase
Semdeg.
_ Sors rom ar wavideT, SenTan konsultaciiT unda Se-
vadgenoT damnaSaveTa sia: organizatorebi _ gaerTianebis
Tavmjdomare, moadgileebi, buRalteri qaTamiviT yvelaferze
unda wavaklaT da dasaWerad erT-erTi raionis kooperativis
Tavmjdomare SevarCioT. vin aRiara yvelaze meti fulis aRe-
ba?
_ vakis raionis Tavmjdomarem.
_ gvyavs organizatorebi, TanaSemweebi, mokled xuTka-
ciani sia datove.
_ axla xelis Semwyobi ori raionis kooperativis Tavmj-
domare Sen airCie.
_ keTilaZe, darbaiseli, yvelaiZe.
_ kidev?
_ Wyonia, ZiZiguri, mokled, yvela dasaWeria!
_ CavweroT keTilaZe, Wyonia, erTi kaci aRmaskomidan,
erTic _ arqiteqturidan, danarCeni Suakacebi, magaT daemate-
ba isini, romlebmac qrTami gaiRes, sul saqmeSi ocdaxuTi kaci
gadis. aqedan ori gavaTavisufloT, arasakmarisi mtkicebule-
bebis gamo. xuT kacs marTalia ar umtkicdeba qrTamis micema,
magram mcdelobas adgili hqonda. danarCenis bedi proku-
raturam da sasamarTlom gadawyvitos. `eg xalxic codoa,
mTlad mSivrebs xom ar davtovebT?~

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 _ batono amiran, ufro meti xalxis mozidva SeiZleboda
am saqmeSi! _ ar emeteboda saqme dasamTavreblad SoTa kiknaZ-
es.
_ SoTa, kargi mebaduri, bade rom amoqvs, did Tevzebs
amoiyvans, patarebs ukan uSvebs, rom Rlavebad gadaiqcnen da
kidev daiWiros. saerTod, Cemo SoTa, or Tveze met xans ar
vnaxo saqme gaCerebuli, sjobs damnaSavem erTi-ori wliT nak-
lebi miiRos, vidre Zieba amden xans gavajanjloT.
_ amiran _ batono, Tu Cven ase adre moviSoreT saqmeebi,
cota xanSi umuSevrebi davrCebiT.
_ amas meubneba `obexe~-s TanamSromeli, im sazogadoebaSi
mcxovrebi, sadac visac xeli miuwvdeba yvela qurdobs? am
qveyanaSi rogor SeiZleba milicia usaqmod darCes? givi xabazma,
etyoba, migvaCvia, sarfian saqmebTan keklucobas. marTla, givi
sad muSaobs axla?
_ naZaladevis sauwyebo dacvis ufrosia, ar mokvdeba
mSieri.
_ kargi, xval gaamzade aTi-Tormeti tomi, danarCenebi
nagavSi gadayare, an calke ydebiT gaugzavne prokuraturas
da sasamarTlos. mokled, eg saqme erT kviraSi gadacemuli
iyos, Tu rame daxmareba dagWirdeba, aq var. damnaSaveTa siebs,
rogorc davamtkiceT, awi nurc vinmes daumateb da nurc ga-
moakleb!
rogorc xedavT amiranma Tavisi ZRveni daimsaxura. dar-
baiseli siidan amoaRebina. rogorc gairkva, arc ise ucodve-
li kravi yofila batoni uSangi.
bolo dros qalaqi Zalian airia, `perestroikam~ xalxs
tvini aubnia; rogorc yovelTvis, gamoCndnen myvirala vigin-
darebi: zogma karavi gaSala rusTavelis moedanze, zogma Sim-
Siloba gamoacxada, da miliciam daiwyo demonstraciebis daS-
la. yvelaze metad es binZuri saqme ezareboda amirans, rode-
sac mtyuanisa da marTlis garCeva SeuZlebelia.

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 ***
qalaqSi ucxouri avtomanqanebis qurdoba gaxSirda. ami-
rani sammarTvelos ufrosma daibara da uTxra:
_ xedav, amiran, ra xdeba qalaqSi? ai, es saqaRalde mo-
parul manqanebze aRZruli saqmeebiT aris savse. raRaca unda
viRonoT!
_ mag viriSvilebs, etyoba, sadRac kerZo profilaqtika
aqvT, iq miaqvT es moparuli manqanebi, gadaRebaven, nomrebs
Seucvlian, raRac nawilebs, saburavebs, ramdenime manqanaze
gadaadgileben, sabuTebs gaakeTeben da yidian!
_ ho, raRac magis msgavss mec movkari yuri.
_ vecdebi, ramdenime mainc daviWiro, magram magiT saqmes
mainc araferi eSveleba!
_ biWo, muSaobis atmosferos mainc SevqmniT, Torem am
qveyanas me da Sen rom vr gavasworebT, kargad vici! miT umetes,
am areul droSi.
amiranma meore dRes ramdenime manqanebis qurdobaSi adre
SemCneuli kaci moayvanina da cal-calke dakiTxa. dakiTxulebSi
`WanWiki~ moewona, adre manqanis gatacebaze iyo nasamarTlevi,
magram radgan manqanis daSla da gayidva ver moaswro, mcire
sasjeli misces da Tanac vadamde adre gamouSves, miuxedavad
imisa, rom sxva manqanebis gaqurdvac braldeboda.
_ `WanWik~, Senze amboben, nebismieri manqanis momparaviao,
magisTvis signalizacia araferiao. rogor xsni ise, rom am
dasekretebul manqanis erTi Seyvirebis uflebasac ar aZlev?
_ batono polkovniko, eg axalgazrdobis Secdoma iyo,
axla mag saqmes axlos ar vekarebi!
_ `WanWik~, me Sen patimrobaSi ki ar myavxar ayvanili,
ubralod minda damexmaro, Seni profesionalizmi gvWirdeba,
Torem Sen rasac akeTeb, CvenTvis kargadaa cnobili! xom ici,
ratom Cavardi maSin, Cemo `WanWik~?
_ ara, ar vici, raRac gaugebrobas hqonda adgili.

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 _ gaugebrobas ki ara, Senma naparnikma gagyida, _ Seugdo
`portmane~ amiranma. dRes `mersedess~ rom daatarebs da Tavi
`mama abramis batknad~ moaqvs. eg CvenTan iyo Sekruli, maSin
dRes ki manqanebis qurdobas xelmZRvanelobs, Tan Tavisi pro-
filaqtika gauxsnia! sami `specialisti~ hyavs, aparvinebs man-
qanebs, profilaqtikaSi Taviseburad gadaakeTebs da respub-
likis gareT hyidis. kacobaze Tavs sdebs, erTi adgili gaisu-
qa, axlo ar gvekareba!
_ eg romeli, `borjala?~
_ xo, Seni Zveli Zmakaci `borjala~, magram me es SenTvis
aqamde ar miTqvams. _ amirans TviTonve gaukvirda, ase ucbad
rom wamoego `WanWika~.
_ mere, me riT SemiZlia dagexmaroT?
_ Cven gvinda, rom Cvens TanamSromlebTan erTad manqana
moi paroT da Sens Zmakacs miuyvano gasayidad.
_ cixidan rac gamovedi me eg ar Semxvedria, TviTonac ar
mosula.
_ ar hqonda mosasvleli piri.
_ Tu Tqveni xalxi moi paravs am manqanas, me raRaSi gWird-
ebiT?
_ Cven Seni ostatoba gvinda. midi `borjalasTan~ daela-
parake, gadaukari, rom fuli gWirdeba, isic manqanas winaswar
SegikveTavs.
_ rac saWiroa gavakeTeb, oRond saWesTan Tqveni kaci da-
jdes.
_ mag kacsac gagacnob. xval aTi saaTisTvis, diRmis gzat-
kecilis dasawyisSi jixurebi aqvs Sens Zmakacs. oriveni viTom
SemTxveviT SevxvdiT. mere gadaukari, Seni varianti SesTavaze,
rom moparuli gaqvT `audi~ an `mersedesi~ da ginda gayidoT.
Tu wamoego, mihyidi da Cvenc iq gavCndebiT.
amiranma Rilaks TiTi daaWira, Semovida axalgazrda Tanam-
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 _ nukri, es magari biWia, gaicani `WanWika~ hqvia, moila-
parakeT, xval SexvdiT erTmaneTs diRmis gzis dasawyisSi da
naxeT is kaci, Cven rom gvqonda saubari, uTxariT, rom erTad
`muSaobT~.
marTlac, meore dRes `SemTxveviT~ Sexvdnen `borja-
las~.`WanWikam~ mas nukri gaacno, Cemi `naparnikiao~ da Tan
uTxra, rom manqana aqvT gasayidi.
_ me sxvis manqanebs ar vyidulob, romelsac SegikveTavT
is unda momiyvanoT! _ dausaxela sofel diRomSi Tavisi sax-
lis misamarTi, profilaqtikac iqve hqonda gaxsnili. mere bi-
Webi Tavisi manqaniT waiyvana diRmis turbazaSi da aCvena ax-
alTaxali audi. _ turbazis direqtoris manqanaa, TuUmomiy-
vanT, aTas dolars mogcemTo!
meore dRes, miliciis TanamSromlbi Causafrdnen `bor-
jalas~ saxlTan, xolo `WanWika~ da nukri manqanis mosaparad
wavidnen nukris manqaniT. `WanWika~ mivida manqanasTan, aqeT-
iqiT gaixeda, mere rkinis Txeli saxazavi amoiRo da Cauyo
sarkesTan swrafad gaaRo karebi, iqve saWesTan Cacucqda raRac
mavTulebi gadaaba, manqana ar daiqoqa, kidev scada, isev ar
daiqoqa, irgvliv mimoixeda, swrafad gadmovida manqanidan,
axada kapoti, aRmoCnda, rom manqanaSi akumliatori ar iyo.
swrafad amoiRo nukris manqanidan akumlatori da `audi`-s
dauyena, yvelafer amas `WanWika~ saocari sizustiT da
siswrafiT akeTebda. manqana daiqoqa.
`borjalom~ profilaqtikaSi SeuSva manqana, kargad
daaTvaliera, akumlatoris asi dolari daaklo da cxraasi
dolari CauTvala `WanWikas~ da gamoistumra.
miliciis TanamSromlebma `borjalas~ daacades, vidre man-
qanas daSlidnen da nomrebs Seucvlidnen. meore dRisTvis
manqana ukve mzad iyo sarealizaciod. rogorc ki profilaq-
tikidan gamoiyvanes manqana, maSinve gaaCeres miliciis Tanam-
Sromlebma da profilaqtikaSi Sevidnen. iq kidev sami moparuli
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wroT. `borjala~ didxans uarobda braldebas, magram male
mixvda, rom jiutobas azri ar hqonda.
amiranma `WanWikas~ daxmarebiT moparuli manqanis Sem-
syidveli kidev ori profilaqtika aRmoaCina. qalaqSi droe-
biT Sewyda manqanebis qurdoba.
***
_ amiran, amodi erTi CemTan kabinetSi, Zveli ufrosi sul
ki ar unda daiviwyo! _ daureka papunam.
_ amiran, agentebis gadmobirebis saqme gvaqvs cudad, samin-
istro kurirebs narkomaniasTan brZolas, es Wiri Zalian mom-
Zlavrda da amboben Cveni bevri TanamSromelic scodavso. ras
ityvi?
_ ra unda vTqva, Tqven Cemze ukeTesad iciT. jer am agen-
tebis saSualebiT daiWerdnen narkomans, Tu SeZlebuli mSoble-
bi aRmoaCndebaT kargad gafcqvnidnen, Tu ara da saqmed Cae-
TvlebaT, amoRebul narkotikebs ki agentebs aZlevdnen gasay-
idad _ Tqveni gasamrjelo am gziT aiReTo!
_ swored amitom ar minda magaTi agentura, yvela gamyid-
velia!
_ ratom ar arian uSiSroebis agentebi gamyidvelebi?! Cven-
ze ukeTesebi arian Tu ra! me rom agents sakmarisi fuli gada-
vuxado, qrTami unda aviRo, aba, ormocdaaTi maneTisTvis dRes
vin imuSavebs, `sukis~ xalxs ki stabiluri xelfasebi aqvT,
pensiac Cvenze gacilebiT meti.
_ ra vqnaT, amiran aseT ukuRmarT qveyanaSi vcxovrobT.
_amasTan agents ojaxi yavs, misi Senaxva xom unda SeeZlos
xelfasiT, yvela marTla gafuWebuli ki ar aris, bevri maT
Soris bunebiT wesieri xalxia, magram ufulobis gamo, isinic
sCadian danaSauls.
_ bevri gadagvarebulicaa, ager, guSin Svili daviWireT
qurdobisTvis, man ki gaqcevaSi myofi mama dagvaWerina, romel-
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ganzraxviT Cadenili danaSaulze gauSva cixeSi, TviTon ki
sanacvlod Tavi gainTavisufla.
_ kargebi arian, papuna, Tu cudebi, magaT gareSe Cveni fasi
kapikia, egeni gvaZleven saqmes, rom dainaxaven rom maTi muSao-
bidan araferi xeiri ara aqvT, TviTon iwyeben vaWrobas. Sen xom
ici, rom winaswari patimrobis saknebis ufrosi, patimrisagan
yidulobs saqmes, am saqmes Semdeg gamomZiebels miyidis, gamomZie-
beli ki eWvmitanilis gulSematkivrebs da ase keTdeba fuli.
_ vici amiaran. Cveni cixe da samarTaldamcavi organoebi
yvelaze uvargisi da unamuso organizaciebi arian, magram arc
rom uCvenod ar SeuZliaT am xalxs yofna? Cvens qrTamis aRebaSi
me rom mkiTxo Tavad xalxia damnaSave, ver gvinaxaven ise rom
samarTaldamcav organoebs samaTxovrod da samamaZaRlod ar
hqondes saqme!
_ mere Cemo papuna, ra kanonebia, an romelia CvenTan sa-
marTliani? iseTi STabeWdileba rCeba adamians, rom parla-
ments awyobs es baradgi saxelmwifoSi. vTqvaT me da Sen viyi-
deT narkotiki. me ver moviTmine da maSinve gavikeTe, Sen ki
`kaifi~ ginda da saxlSi ginda gaikeTo. gzaze dagviWires. me
momcemen eqvs Tves rogorc momxmarebels da Sen ki aT wels
mogarWoben rogorc realizators.
_ narkomani imitom iTrevs axal axal xalxs da ZiriTadad
ki axalgazrdebs, rom narkotikis gayidvis Semdeg wamlis naxe-
vari Sexvdes da gaikeTos, xolo holandiaSi axali narkomane-
bi rom ar momravldnen, narkotikebs Tavad urigeben ufasod.
_ magas ar sjobs, am narkomanebs ramdenime weli calke
gamovuyoT adgili sazogadoebidan, Tavisufali Casaxlebe-
biT da vumkurnaloT? narkotikebis gamsaReblebi Semcirdeba,
vin icis iqneba deda gvetirebina da raRac xuT weliwadSi
narkomanic aRar gveyoleba.
_ ee, Cemo amiran, magas gambedavi da qveyanaze uzomod
Seyvarebuli saxelmwifos marTveli sWirdeba, romelsac sxvi-
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cimbirSi ori kolonia ajanyda, erTmaneTSi airia aTi aTasi
kaci. dacva daapatimres, aravis ar emorCilebodnen. xolo
berias ise gauWirda rom amis Sesaxeb stalins moaxsena. Zia
`jom~ brZana: `dabombeTo!~ gauSves ori TviTmfrinavi da zonac
dawynarda. patimrebma Zala igrZnes da dawynardnen.
_ asea xalxi, an Zalas unda emorCilebodes an kanonis
aRsrulebis aucileblobas. dangreuli stalingradis gasaw-
mendad da asaSeneblad buldozerebi gamoiyenes da buldoz-
eristebs did fuls aZlevdnen. maSinve gaCnda mafia da fulis
Sewera. buldozeristebi samuSaod ar gamovidnen. beria xe-
lad gaerkva saqmis viTarebaSi, buldozerebze Tavisi xalxi
dasva da es gamomZalvelebi adgilzeve daxvrites. maTi gvame-
bi sami dRe eyara quCaSi. amis Semdeg, stalingardma ra iyo
reketi, karga xans ar icoda.
_ mainc raRac saSveli unda vnaxoT. Cemo amiran agentura
unda gavaqtiuroT.
_ agentebis meti ra aris, gansakuTrebiT narkomanebSi,
magram yvelam Wkua iswavla, xom ici, cixeSi magaTTvis sikvdi-
lis ganaCeni gamoaqvT da koloniaSi romelime axladgamomcx-
var nabiWvars aRasrulebineben, zonaSi qurdaT arCevis safa-
surad. policiac dainteresebulia im agentebis moSorebiT,
romlebTanac Sav saqmes erTad akeTeben, saWiroze meti ician,
agentis ndoba ki, kargad ici, ar SeiZleba.
_ aba, ra qnas policiam, ar moiSorebs da TviTon moxvde-
ba viris abanoSi, CvenTan mxolod xelfasze ver imuSavebs aTasi
naTesavi da naTeli-mironi gamogiCndeba.
_ papuna, davicvaT Cveni agentebi da isinic kacobis raRac
niSnebs gamoamJRavneben.
_ amiran, mTeli ubedureba ekonomikaSia, _ rodesac qvey-
ana Raribia, profilaqtikaze ar fiqrobs, radgan es Zviri
ujdeba, samuSao adgilebi unda Seiqmnas, gasarTobi gamoinax-
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uvargisi xelisuflebisaTvis daWerebze gadasvla ufro ad-
vilia xalxi Tvalebis asaxvevad da dasamunaTeblad.
_ me Tu mkiTxav, kacis daWeris ufleba saxelmwifom unda
moi povos, komunistebis dros, avad iyo Tu kargad, aucile-
blad unda gemuSava. asormocdaaT maneTs mogcemdnen, saerTo
sacxovrebelSi sawols mogixerxebdnen, quCaSi ar dagagdebd-
nen upatronod. axla kaci rom cixidan gamodis, jibis fulic
ki ara aqvs. sawolze da samuSaoze xom laparaki zedmetia da
es kaci iZulebulia isev ukan Setrialdes cixeSi, iq mainc
aqvs qatos fafa da sawoli.
_ amiran, tyuilad macodeb Tavs, rogorc vici, sakmaod
kargi agentura gyavs!
_ agentura ki myavs, magram narkomanebTan saqme ara aqvT.
zogi cixeSi zis. erTis gamoyvana mindoda cixidan da uari
mtkica, aq ufro met fuls vakeTeb, vidre gareTo. aq, qurdad
vzivar, gareT rom gamovide, SeiZleba viRac nabiWvarma dana
gamiyaros am areul qveyanaSio. cixeSi Tavisufali gadaadg-
ilebis ufleba aqvs, cixis xelmZRvanelobasTan Sekrulia,
zogierTs eqsperimentis saxiT, SabaT-kviras saxlSic uSveben.
am dros ki `qsivi~ miaqvs winaswar ZiebaSi myofis axloblebT-
an. ukan dabrunebuli patimars Wkuas daarigebs, mobilur tele-
fons miaqiravebs da Tavis Wkuaze bairamobs. dRes iseTi vi-
Tareba Seiqmna, rom saWiro agenti ver gamomyavs cixidan, winaT
gangeb viWerdiT gadasabireblad. axla Zalis gamoyeneba mogvi-
wevs maT cixidan gamosayvanad.
_ egeni qurdebTan erTad arian kameraSi?
_ agenti Tu saqmisTvis ar WirdebaT, erTad arian. ma-
gaTac Tavisi Sexeduleba aqvT kacobaze, cxovrebaze. vin ufro
moxerxebulia, vin ufro keTilia, vin met fuls Soulobs, vin
emsaxureba saqmes guliT da ufulod, ise rom magaTSic yve-
lafers Tavisi fasi aqvs da Tavisi gageba. magaTac Taviseburi
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 _ amiran, Tu vinme vadamdea gamosaSvebi da am saqmeSic
dagvexmareba, gamovaSvebineb. ise magaTi me ar mwams, magaT ax-
los ar vikarebdi
_ Sen, Cemo papuna, partiul organoebSi muSaobdi, uSiS-
roebaSic partias kurirebdi, ar gqonda magaTTan saqme. erT-
erTma Cemma agentma Tavisi sacolis Zma icno cixeSi da ar daa-
muSava, gaafrTxila da `sroks~ gadaarCina, erTma agentma pati-
mari locvis gulisTvis scema da meore agenti gamoesarCla da
ase Semdeg, magaTSic iRviZebs xandaxan adamianuri grZnobebi.
_ amiran Sen magaTTan namuSevari xar, gamagebine yvela
patimarma icis, rom mas kameraSi agenti uzis, ratomaa, rom
mainc scdebian da im saidumlos andoben swored am agents,
romelic sakuTar Tavsac ki ar unda andon.
_ sxvaTa Soris egeni fsiqologebic arian. rogorc wesi
agenti ar elaparakeba `dasamuSavebel~ patimars da Tavs ise
aCvenebs TiTqos TviTon ufrTxodes. gadis dro da dasamuSave-
beli patimari agents TviTon aZlevs kiTxvebs, agenti mainc ar
elaparakeba. patimars ki didi survili aqvs Tavisi azri da
gaWirveba vinmes gauziaros, uTxras is, rac awuxebs, rac tvir-
Tad awevs. agentis ndoba rom daimsaxuros, Tavad uyveba am-
bebs, rac gamocdil agents analizis da WeSmaritebis dadge-
nis saSualebas aZlevs.
_ amiran, erTi sasacilo ambavi miambo Senma ufrosma: `erT-
ma axlddamwyebma qurdma Turme konsultaciis Catareba sTxova
Zvel qurds binis gaqurdvaze. Zvelma qurdma gadawyvita gakve-
Tili Caetarebina axalgazrda qurdisaTvis, moitana didi Wog-
riti da meore saxlis saxuravidan dauwyes binas TvalTvali.
es gagrZelda manam, sanam am saxlSi mcxovrebma mamakacebma ar
SeamCnies rom WogritiT uTvalTvalebdnen maT SiSvel colebs
da qaliSvilebs. Cumad avidnen saxuravze da es Seni Wkviani
qurdi magrad miTeTqves. maTi binis gaqurdvac amiT damTavrda.
_ me myavda erTi `duruSniki~ agenti. etyoba fuli daWir-
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misul policias daanaxebda fanjaraSi am Zebnils, Semdeg Tvi-
Tonve saidumlo gasasvlelisaken aparebda. bolos gamoirkva,
rom fuls Cvenganac iRebda da im kacisaganac. ase, rom Tqveni
ar iyos, magaTi ndoba bolomde ar SeiZleba.
_ Sen amiran, patimris vadamde ganTavisuflebis meqanizmic
gecodineba!
_ kanonis Tanaxmad, sasjelis naxevars rom moixdis patima-
ri, ufleba aqvs vadamde gaTavisufleba iTxovos. es kargad
icis koloniis ufrosma da yoveli SemTxvevisaTvis raime dar-
Rvevas gauformeben., sasjelmisjilis gaTavisuflebas saTuod
xdis, Tu patimari gadaixdis garkveul Tanxas, `danaSauls~
ar gamoaCenen da uSveben.
_ Tu marTla wesieri kacia da wesierad iqceva.
_ fuli mainc unda gadaixados; avWalis koloniaSi ufro-
sis moadgiled `raJdeniCi~ muSaobda. es iyo erTaderTi kaci
saqarTveloSi, romlis wardgenil kandidaturas usityvod
da yovelgvari qrTamis gareSe aTavisuflebdnen, radgan is
uRirs adamians ar waradgenda da arc imas dauSvebda, rom mis
mier wardgenili patimrisagan vinmes qrTami aeRo.
_ Cemo amiran, SenTan maslaTs ra jobs, magram saxlSi was-
vlis droc movida. modi, erTi Seneburad narkotikis saqmee-
bidan erTi mozrdili saqme gamovakvaraxWinoT, rom am axal
mTavrobas Cvenze laparakis sababi ar mivceT!
_ xom gyavs narkomaniis winaaRmdeg mebrZoli ganyofile-
ba, imaT ratom ar avaleb?
_ isini lifsitebs iWeren, Sen ki Rlavis daWeras xar miCveu-
li. xom ici, mag saqmeSi didi fulia, Tanac me maqvs informa-
cia, rom narkotikebis tranziti ruseTSi, evropaSi _
avRaneTidan, yazaxeTidan, azerbaijanidan, saqarTveloze ga-
dis.
amiranma mobilizacia gaukeTa Tavis agentebs da narko-
tikebis Semomtanebis da gamsaReblebis Sesaxeb cnobebis Se-
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 am davalebas, rogorc yovelTvis, besarioni moekida se-
riozulad, mouxSira avtosadgurebSi siaruls da daadgina,
rom baqodan SemohqondaT narkotikebi, magarm jer-jerobiT mx-
olod ramdenime tomara anaSaze SeiZleboda laparaki, xolo
iseTi seriozuli narkotiki, rogorc heroinia, arsad Canda.
etyoba, es narkotiki tranzitiT gadioda, magram sad da rogor,
jer-jerobiT ucnobi iyo misTvis. erT dRes besarionma daure-
ka amirans da Sexvedra SesTavaza.
_ guSin viyavi rkinigzis satvirTo sadgurSi, davinaxe,
erTi azerbaijanuli Rvinis cisternebis gamcileblebi Rvinos
yiddnen. gavsinje, ar momewona, wylis gemo dahkravda. loTebi
mainc yidulobdnen. vuTxari, rom oc litrs aviRebdi Tu cis-
ternidan gadmomisxamdnen.
_ rogor unda gadmoesxaT, xom daluqulia saxuravi?!
_ magaT wvrili Slangi aqvT da Tu dasWirdaT, ise amoi-
Reben Rvinos, verc veravin gaigebs. gamcilebeli cota mTvra-
li iyo, da ici ras meubneba, mag cisternis Tavsaxuris axdis
fasi imxelaa, mTeli saqarTvelo ver gadaixdiso. vkiTxe, ise-
Ti ra Rvinoa-meTqi, iseTi Zvirfasi ramea da ase aTrobs, rom
magasTan verc erTi qarTvelebis naqebi Rvino ver mivao. yove-
li SemTxvevisaTvis im vagonis nomeri amoviwere, raRac eWvi
Semepara im gamyolis sityvebSi, ratomRac guli migrZnobs,
narkotikia.
_ besarion, Sen seriozuli kaci xar, viRac mTvralma gam-
yolma raRac wamoroSa, yvelaferi xom ar daejereba!
_ amiran, xom gaqvs Cemi xaTri, Cems winaTgrZnobas CemTvis
arasdros uRalatnia. yovel SemTxvevaSi Tu narkotiki ar
iqneba, raRac mainc iqneba iseTi, mag gamyolis daborkva rom
SeiZlebodes, mixede mag saqmes, nu gamawbileb.
_ besarion Sens wyeninebas me ver vikadreb. axlave gada-
vrekav da gavigebT visi Rvinoa, sad midis, visTan midis, _
amiranma dareka da vagonis nomeri uTxra. upasuxes, naxevar
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 gaisma telefonis zaris xma: vagoni ekuTvnis ganjis Rvinis
qarxanas da midis belgiaSi, qalaq briugeSi, satvirTo sad-
gurze vagonebs akompleqteben da Svid saaTze gava Tbilisis
satvirTo sadguridan.
_ amiran, he kaco, rad undaT belgiaSi azerbaijanuli
Rvino, me axla ufro metad mepareba eWvi. aq raRacaSia saqme!
_ marTali xar! eg cisternebi ruseTis romelime qalaqSi
rom darCeniliyo, eWvi ar Semepareboda, magram radgan sazR-
vargareT gadis... Sen aq gaCerdi, axlave davrekav ministrTan.
_ besarion, aq damicade, erT saaTSi moval!

_ amiran, ra unda Rvinis cisternaSi narkotiks? ra mizez-

iT davakavoT sazRvargareT gasagzavni Rvino, azerbaijanele-
bi ityvian, SeSurdaTo da gavmasxaravdebiT.
_ papuna, me mgoni Sen da me mTavrobis davalebas vas-
rulebT! Tu ar damexmarebi, eg saqme ar mexeba da me xelebi
damibania!
_ biWo, sisuleleze rogor wamogyve, ginda saerTaSoriso
skandali avtexoT?
_ magis Sen nu geSinia, me davelaparakebi rkinigzelebs,
ityvian rom borblebi uvargisia. sulac gavaxvretineb cis-
ternas da sxva cisternaSi gadavasxmevineb Rvinos, Tu saWiro
gaxda. Tu joxi gasatexia, Cemze gavtexoT, meti ra gindaT!
_ ar ginda, amiran, ara mgonia, mand raime, CvenTvis saxie-
ro iyos!
_ modi, ase SevTanxmdeT: Tu gavmtyundebi, Cems xelfass
gadmogcem xalxis TandaswrebiT, Tu Sen gavmtyundebi Sens xe-
lfass me gadmomcem Seni TanamSromlebis TandaswrebiT, Tanaxma
xar?
_ Tanaxma var, magram Tu rame Sari aikide, me saqmis kurs-
Si ar var, icode!
_ egre iyos, SevTanxmdiT!
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 _ besarion, Cems or TanaSemwes wamoviyvan da avideT
satvirTo sadgurSi.
amiranma satvirTo sadguris ufross saqmis viTareba gaac-
no. cisterna saswrafod gadaiyvanes saTadarigo liandagze.
besarioni Tavad avida cisternaze, gaxsnes daluquli Tavsax-
uri. besarionma Caixeda, cisterna RviniT iyo savse, Semdeg
Camovida qveviT, iqve monaxa xis tariani bari, avida isev da
tari Cayo cisternaSi. tari erT metrze arc ki Casula, rkinis
fskers rom Seexo.
cota xanSi movidnen satvirTo sadguris muSebi da proku-
raturis warmomadgenelTan erTad SlangiT gadmoasxes samas
litramde Rvino. rodesac cisterna daicala aRmoCnda, rom
cisternaSi Cadebuli iyo misive formis mili, romelic
eleqtromagnituri amweT amoiRes. milSi polieTilenis paketeb-
Si SefuTuli tonanaxevari heroini aRmoCnda.
amiranma maSinve daakava vagonis gamcilebeli. dakiTxvis
dros gamoirkva, rom Rvinis qarxanaSi mili miutania gamcile-
blis Zmas, romelic amJamad belgiaSi cxovrobs. erTi Tvis win
azerbaijanSi mas SeuZenia es erTi cisterna Rvino, xolo ori
dRis win gafrenila da belgiaSi elodeboda cistrnis Casv-
las.
papunam aRiara wageba, amirani gadakocna, TiTi dauqnia
da ganyofilebis biWebis Tvalwin Tavisi xelfasi amirans mag-
idaze daudo.
_ papuna, vici, rom ufrosebs maincdamainc fulis xarjva
ar giyvarT. Cveni ganyofilebis biWebs da baton besarions
gagviSale pur-Rvino mag fulis angariSSi. Tu dagakldeba,
Cven dagexmarebiT. besarions erTi aTasi maneTi mainc unda
gamovuweroT, mag kacis damsaxurebaa mTlianad am operaciis
dawyebac da warmatebiT dagvirgvinebac.
_ ki batono magram amdeni Tanxis gamowera erTad ici,
rom me ar SemiZlia, amitom xuTasi maneTi axla gamovuweroT,
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buli damsaxurebisTvis. besarioni sixarulisagan fexze Zlivs
idga.
_ or TveSi, batoni papuno, me TviTon movitan axal saqmes.
_ gaiqaCa besarioni.
_ Cemo amiran, yvelaferSi bedi gaqvs, sad poulob amnair
aqtivistebs. egeni aqeT gaZaleben muSaobas, me ki Cems jgufTan
erTad erTi xeiriani saqmec ver gavxseni. wavediT restoranSi,
yvelas amirani gvpatiJebs mogebuli fuliT.
sufra restoran `aragvSi~ gaiSala. gansakuTrebulad Seis-
va besarionis da amiranis sadRegrZelo, amirani ki, Tavis mxri-
dan, xotbas asxamda besarionis dakvirvebulobasa da moxerx-
ebulobas. erTi sityviT, es dRe besarionis benefisad iqca.
***
amiarns gvian gaeRviZa. Tavi ar stkioda, magram aSkara
iyo rom guSin zomaze meti dalia.
TerTmeti saaTisTvis Tavis kabinetSi Sevida. qalaqSi RamiT
momxdari SemTxvevebis sias gadaxeda. mdivanma gogonam Semou-
tana gancxadeba, romelzec petre obolaZes rezolucia iyo
saswrafod reagirebisTvis. gancxadebaSi ityobinebodnen, rom
satelefono WaSi napovni iyo kacis danaxSirebuli gvami. ami-
rani gaioz woworiasTan erTad SemTxvevis adgilisaken gae-
marTa. saSineli suraTi ixiles. WaSi CaegdoT, mTlad CaSave-
buli sxeuli. zeviT amoweul erT fexze ecva jariskacis Ceqma,
romelzec melniT ewera inicialebi `v.i.~ WasTan axlos sam-
Seneblo batalioni mdebareobda. amirani nawilis ufrosTan
mivida, gaecno da sTxova jariskacebis sia eCvenebina.
sul batalionSi asi kaci iricxeboda. sias rom gadaxeda,
mxolod erTi jariskacis inicialebi emTxveoda jariskacis Ceq-
maze daweril inicialebs. es iyo vladimer ivanovi. amiranma
ivanovTan Sexvedra moiTxova. batalionis ufrosma dareka
aseulSi. iqidan zemdegma rakuzovma upasuxa, rom ivanovi miv-
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prokofievs, sTxova saswrafod gamoeZaxebinaT mivlinebidan
vladimer ivanovi. kapitanma raRac mikib-mokiba, mere miaxali
_ saqme ara gaqvT, SegveSviTo! amiranma daxmarebisTvis garni-
zonis samxedro prokurors, haji-mamedovs mimarTa, romelic
somxis da azerbaijanelis najvari gamodga da uyoymanod da-
Tanxmda gamoZiebaSi monawileobaze. es is areuli dro iyo,
rodesac ukve gamwvavda urTierToba respublikebs da cen-
trebs Soris da kanti-kuntad rusuli jarebis gayvanas iTx-
ovdnen. meore dRes amiranma, garnizonis prokurorTan er-
Tad, kvlav moiTxova vladimer ivanovTan Sexvedra. gamoirk-
va, rom is ori dRea, rac nawilSi ar imyofeboda. samedicino
eqspertizam daadgina, rom jariskaci daniT oTxgan iyo daWrili.
isic dadginda, rom gvami vladimer ivanovisa iyo. cxedari
TuTiis kuboSi Caasvenes da cimbiris qalaq permSi gagzavnes.
amirani xvdeboda, rom am biWis mkvlelis vinaoba bevrma
jariskacma icoda. maT Soris kapitanmac da zemdegmac. magram
xmas aravin iRebda. amiranma gadawyvita ori samarSruto agen-
tis gaeyolebina cimbirSi dasaflavebaze. micvalebulis kubo
sabargo vagonSi moaTavses. miacilebda zemdegi rakuzovi, sam
jariskacTan erTad. amiranis TxovniT haji-mamedovma imas miaR-
wia, rom gamcilebeli jariskacebis raodenoba ori kaciT
gaezarda. maT ramdenime kaci daemgzavraT sxvadasxva zomis
CemodnebiT da yuTebiT, maT Soris iyo sammarTvelos axal-
gazrda operatiuli agenti nikoloz popovi da miliciis ka-
pitani isidore ninua, rogorc saqarTvelos samxedro komi-
sariatis warmomadgeneli.
rogorc nikolozis monayolidan gairkva, jariskacebi jer
frTxilobdnen, Semdeg arayma Tavisi hqna da alaparakdnen,
radgan maTi batalioni rkinigzis maxloblad mdebareobs.
jariskacebi RamiT aRebdnen vagonebs da itacebdnen produ-
qtebs, avejs, tansacmels da iqve abarebdnen, samxedro maRazia-
Si. es saqme kapitan prokofievis wayruebiT xdeboda, Zarcvas
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zaciisTvis gamzadebul jariskacebs eWvic ki ar eparebodaT,
rom mkvleli zemdegi rakuzovi iyo. saWiro gaxda rakuzovis
dapatimreba, magram samxilebi iyo saWiro. mizezic moinaxa.
samxedro maRaziaSi napovni uzednadebo saqonlis Cambareblad
zemdegi rakuzovi daasaxeles. ori dRis Semdeg Camofrinda
isidore ninuac, romelic jariskacebs daumegobrda.
_ rao, im dampalma, kargi sityva warmosTqma samxedro
nawilis saxeliT? _ SeekiTxa amirani.
_ eg biWi ra aqo da ra adida! `Tu ara es ubeduri SemTx-
vevao _ viTom denis mokle CarTviT daiRupa _ Tqveni Svili
aucileblad generlobas miaRwevdao~. jariskacebi gagiJdnen
am TvalTmaqcobaze, saiT wasuliyvnen, ar icodnen. axla ras
vapirebT batono amiran?
_ movilaparakeT respublikis samxedro prokurorTan,
xvalve davakavebT zemdegsac, kapitansac da im jariskacebsac,
romlebic dakrZalvaze gaxldnen.
meore dRes zemdegi rakuzovi Cvenebas iZleoda: `am peri-
odSi ganukiTxaoba daiwyo saqarTveloSi. iZarcveboda yve-
laferi, maT Soris, rkinigzis vagonebic. yvela cdilobda xeli
moeTbo. saqmis kursSi iyo kapitani prokofievic. vladimer
ivanovi Zalze patiosani axalgazrda iyo da ar surda monaw-
ileoba mieRo vagonebis ZarcvaSi. im dRes mainc ZaliT wauyva-
niaT, isic moxmarebia vagonidan erTi manqana Saqriani tomre-
bis gadmotvirTvaSi, romelic CaubarebiaT samgoris sabiTumo
sawyobSi, aqac gadmoclaSi valodia moxmarebia. raRaca Tanxa
SeuZleviaT, magram valodias ar auRia da uTqvams `Tu kidev
maiZulebT, rom movi paro, yvelafers vityvio!~ zemdeg raku-
zovs amis Sesaxeb mouxsenebia kapitan prokofievisTvis, romel-
sac SeSinebia _ eg dampali dagvRupavso~! mokled, zemdegs
uyidia ramdenime boTli arayi da miucia jariskacebisTvis.
ivanovs `kaptiorkaSi~ _ saTavsoSi, sadac jariskacebis aR-
Wurviloba inaxeba, smisTvis Tavi adre daunebebia da yaz-
armisaken wasula. gzaSi `SemTxveviT~ Sexvedria nasvami zemde-

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gi rakuzovi da uTqvams: `SenTan salaparako maqvs, ganze gavide-
To~. ivanovi win wasula, roca rkinigzas miaxloebian, raku-
zovs uknidan oTxjer daurtyams dana. biWi iqve momkvdara.
mere Tavisi manqanidan romelic iqve axlos yavda gaCerebuli,
gadmouRia winaswar gamzadebuli benziniT savse aTlitriani
kanistra, gadausxams biWisaTvis da cecxli waukidebia. mere
iqve, telefonis WaSi Caugdia. yvelaferi SemTxvevis ambavia,
Ceqma rom damwvariyo, es saqme ar gaixsneboda an Zalian gaWia-
nurdeboda.
***
qalaqSi situacia TandaTanobiT iZabeboda. xalxs daus-
jelobis sindromi gauCnda. damnaSaveTa samyaro ufro Tavxed-
deboda. Tu winaT milicia flobda situacias, dRes ukve ufor-
mo, avtomatiani xalxi momravlda qalaqis quCebSi da saer-
Tod, saqarTveloSi.
amirani fexiT qveiTad miabijebda prospeqtze. sastumro
`saqarTvelos~ rom miuaxlovda, gadawyvita agenti qali enaxa,
romelic sastumroSi muSaobda. sastumrosTan xalxi Segrovil-
iyo da seirs uyurebda. amiranma swrafad gaarRvia brbo da
dainaxa, rom viRac mutruks axalgazrda biWi qveS amoedo da
Seubraleblad urtyamda. iqve qali kiviliT iklebda iqau-
robas, Svelas iTxovda xalxisagan, magram kacisSvili ar ex-
mareboda, zogi saerTod gaecala iqaurobas. momkivan qalSi
amiranma Tavisi agenti icno. igi uknidan miepara mutruks da
orjer Cascxo TavSi revolveris tari, mutruki gaiTiSa. amiran-
ma es veeba kaci Zlivs gadmoaTria da biWi gaaTavisufla. sap-
atrulo manqanac gamoCnda. amiranma opermuSakebs ubrZana mut-
rukisTvis borkilebi daedoT da miliciaSi waeyvanaT. nacemi
biWi ver dgeboda, brbo ki da seirs uyurebda. amiranma veRar
moiTmina, xalxs SeukurTxa `mere biWi wamoayena da sastumro-
Si Seiyvana, taxtze wamoawvina. amasobaSi saswrafo daxmareb-

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is manqanac movida, biWi gasinjes da Tqves, Tu Calurjebul
Tvals da gasiebul ybas ar CavTvliT, yvelaferi rigzeao.
_ naziko, vin aris es biWi? _ ikiTxa amiranma.
_ Cemi umcrosi Svilia, _ amoislukuna nazikom.
_ im mutruks ra undoda!?
_ mospoba imis Tavs, CamoTreuli vigindara, uzrdeli,
patriotobaze debs Tavs, igineba, ifurTxeba. veRar moviTmine
da SeniSvna miveci `nu iginebi-meTqi~ da `erTi Seni dedaco...~
gineba damiwyo, biWma veRar moiTmina deda moukvdes da am
ormoci wlis kameCma TxuTmeti wlis bavSvi kinaRam momikla!
_ magas me movuvli, Sen eqspertis cnoba aiRe, rom bavSvi
nacemia!
_ eg kameCi moWidavea, gvarad devdariani.
kabinetSi SesvlisTanave amiranma moriges nomrebi akrifa:
_ amoiyvaneT CemTan patimari devdariani!
_ aseTi patimari ar vgyavs, _ iyo pasuxi.
_ ki, magram sapatrulo manqaniT erTi saaTis win ar moiy-
vanes?
_ aa, moWidave devdariani? sapatrulo manqanas xalxma
gaaSvebina!
_ rogor Tu xalxma gaaSvebina, ranairad?!
_ sammarTvelosTan sxva patimrebis axloblebma piketi
moawyves, manqana ar gaatares, xolo dakavebulma yvirili atexa,
`me araformali amiran devdariani var, miSveleTo, tyuilad
damiWireso!~, brbos manqanis gadabruneba undoda da milicia
iZulebuli gaxda, dakavebuli gaeTavisuflebina. amiranma yur-
mili dakida.
kabinetSi gaioz woworia ASemovida.
_ batono amiran, qalaqSi viRaca miliciis polkovnikis
formiT dadis da zogs fuls sTxovs, zogs awers, zogs raRa-
cas hpirdeba. ai, im kacis suraTi da saorientacio vinaoba _
baTumeli aslan sanikiZe. im dRes `WyipinasTan~, Tavis Zmakac-
Tan, yofila. `Wyi pina~ erT dros Cveniagentiiyo, axla fuliani

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kacia, mTavrobidan viRacam xeli moumarTa. am polkovniks kar-
gad icnobs, Seiyvana saxlSi, pativi sca, seifidan fuli gam-
oiRo da aCuqa. meore dRes is seifi gamqrala Tavis fulianad.
eqspertebma Tqves `seifi aivnidan aris gadagdebulio~. al-
baT, manqaniT waiRes da sadme sxvagan gaxsnidnen.
_ ki, magram amxela seifis gadmovardnis xma mezoblebma
ver gaiges?
_ iqneb gaiges kidec, magram SeiZleba srolis xma egonaT,
axla yovel Rame Tu qalaqSi srola ar ismis, gikvirs kidec!
_ kargi, am cru polkovniks ki daviWer, magram amden viT-
omda polkovnikebs ra eSvelebaT?
amiranma ramdenime agents daureka da acnoba im kacis gar-
egnuli niSnebi. eg TaRliTi sakbilos qalaqis centrSi eZebs,
zogs Svilis cixidan gamoSvebas hpirdeba, zogs _ iaraRis SeZe-
naSi daxmarebas, zogs _ saqonlis Semotanas, mokled, yvelafers
`kisrulobs~. fuls didxans ar aCerebs, restoranSi xarjavs
da iqve eZebs axal sakbilos.
daaxloebiT sami saaTSi da amirans Seatyobines, rom msgavsi
kacis restoran `TbilisSi~ imyofeboda, acvia `miliciis polk-
ovnikis forma da sufras Tamadobs. amirans eniSna da ramden-
ime wuTSi Tavisi operatiuli jgufiT restoran `TbilisSi~
gaCnda. restornis SesasvlelTan agenti ucdida. amiranma su-
raTi anaxa, agentma daudastura, `eg ariso~
amirani restornis darbazSi, or opermuSakTan erTad,
magidas miujda. gverdiT sufraze polkovniki mWermetyveleb-
da. sufras aT kacamde usxda. rogorc gairkva, jer marto
yofila, mere sxvebi miuwvevia sufraze, Semdeg sxvebma mii-
wvies da gaxurebuli sma-Wama iyo gaCaRebuli.
_ batono aleqsandre, Tqven gvibrZaneT da Cven Sevas-
rulebT! _ emliqvneleboda erTi.
_ biWebo, rac dagpirdiT, xom iciT, Semsrulebeli var,
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 _ batono aleqsandre, ai, Cemi telefonis nomeri, xval
Tqvens zars velodebi!
_ es Tu dResve ar avwieT, xval bevrs waatexinebs kisers.
_ gaecina amirans.
_ oficiant! ras hgavs es, im magidasTan, Cemi megobrebi
sxedan, Cems xarjze sami mwvadi da sami boTli Rvino miarTviT!
amiranma miixed-moixeda. sanikiZe maT magidas umaspinZlde-
boda. oficiantma maSinve gauwyo sufra da sanikiZis gankar-
guleba aRasrula.
amirans gaecina:
_ rame xriks xom ar gviwyobs, biWebo?
_ ra xriks unda gviwyobdes, pur-marili gamogvigzavna,
axla an Cvenc unda gavugzavnoT rame an magaT sufras unda
SevuerTdeT. rasac vTxovT, yvelaferis gakeTebaze Tanxmobas
mogvcems, Tan Wkuasac dagvarigebs! _ Tqva isidore ninuam.
amiranma sanikiZis sadRegrZelo dalia da Tan Cumad uTxra:
_ aleqsandre-batono, ramxela SesaZleblobis kaci yo-
filxarT, didi fulis Sovna SeiZleba.
_ tualetTan gadi da iq miTxari, ra gagWirvebia, Tu Se-
meZleba, dagexmarebi.
cota xnis Semdeg amirani da sanikiZe daTqmul adgilas
Sexvdnen,.
_ batono aleqsandre, cota iqiT gavideT, iq ufro mo-
saxerxebeli adgilia salaparakod. _ amiranma sanikiZe saTa-
darigo gasasvlelisaken waiyvana. biWebma Tvalis daxamxameba-
Si daades xelborkili. oci wuTis Semdeg aslani amiranis kab-
inetSi ijda.
_ ra ujiSo kaci yofilxar, batono amiran, dagvemTavre-
bina is purmarili da mere dagepatiJebine aq _ ar SeiZlebo-
da? CemisTana kacs Sen sanTliT unda eZebde! imdeni sarfiani
saqmis mocema SemiZlia, magram Cemi wili unda miviRo!
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 _ Tu Wkua gaqvs, unda wamomyve, male es araformalebi
wyals Segiyeneben, magaT TavianTi xalxisTvis adgilebi das-
WirdebaT, Seni profesionalizmi aravis unda!
_ magaSi ki marTali xar!
_ mere, Tu ici, rom marTals vambob, Sens kabinetSi dam-
amTavrebine iq dawyebuli purmarili, Tu ginda sakanSi paxme-
liaze kargad gamovide!
amiranma nomeri akrifa da woworia daibara.
_ gaioz, es polkovniki moskovidan gvestumra Sesamowmeb-
lad, gansakuTrebiT Seni ganyofilebis sakiTxebi ainteresebs,
ai, fuli da patara purmarili amogvitane restornidan!
_ rogor gekadrebaT, batono amiran! purmarilis fuls
rogor gadagaxdevinebT, miT umetes, Cems saqmeze yofila Camo-
suli!
_ anu ka, `bistro organizui, a to mi pragaladali~! _
Caurusula aslanma.
cota xnis Semdeg, gaiozi sufras amiranis kabinetSi awy-
obda. Wiqebi RviniT Seavso, amiranma ki sasmisi aswia.
_ am WiqiT aslan sanikiZes gaumarjos, Tavisi Wkuis da gagebis
kacs, romelsac mTavrobac fexebze kidia, droc da am droSi
mcxovrebi xalxic!
_ batono amiran, rogori nacnobi saxeli da gvari aqvs!
_ gaioz, magari xar, dilas ar momitane am kacis sabuTebi?
oTx saaTSi kaci magidaze dagisvi da gaqeifeb! _ gadaixarxara
amiranma _ ise, moskovis magrad gSinebia!
_ ra vqnaT, Cemo amiran, _ TviTonac sicili autyda gaiozs,
_ reviziis yvelas eSinia, patar-patara codvebi yvelas gva-
qvs da mTavaria, amas zevidan rogor daxedaven!
_ erTi sityviT, gizo, es kaci SenTvis Camibarebia, kidev
erTi boTli Rvino daalevineT da mere SedarebiT wesier ka-
meraSi CaabrZaneT. gaioz, es kaci CvenTvis metad saintereso
pirovnebaa, sarfiani saqmeebis mocemas gvpirdeba!
ori dRis Semdeg kabinetSi ninua Semovida.

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 _ ra qeniT, biWebo, gamoafxizleT is polkovniki kaci?
forma xom ar gaxadeT? xom kargi vinmea!?
_ mgoni `gadagdebas~ aqeT gvi pirebs, imdeni saintereso
saqme dagvixata! an saidan aqvs amxela informacia, yvela fu-
liani kaci aRricxvaze hyavs ayvanili da icis, rogor unda
waarTvas kupiurebi!
_ mere, mixede saqmes!
_ ici, ras ambobs? Tqven Wkua ar gaqvTo, qveyana areulia,
axlaa dro, TqvenTvis zeviT aravis scalia, piriqiT, egeni
Tqvenze arian damokidebulni, mxardaWeras eliano~.
_ gaioz, Sen mixede saqmes, me Tavi damanebeT!
telefonma dareka. gaiozma icno petre obolaZis xma da
yurmili amirans gadasca. amirans masTan kabinetSi Sesvla sTxo-
va.
_ gaxsovT saqarxno raionSi, axal dasaxlebaSi, kaci rom
mokles?
_ rogor gaskda eg saqme?
_ ubralod, agentma gamoitana eg ambavi cixidan, Turme
ori kaci mouklavT, erTi mcxeTaSive CaumarxiaT, xolo meore
saflavis gaTxraze ki Cxubi mosvliaT, Cveni napovni moxucis
gvami manqaniT wamouRiaT saqarxno raionSi, am Seni nodar
gavaSelis xaTriT.
_ ra undodaT mag beber kacTan!
_ eg kaci da misi TanaSemwe, meore mokluli, samanevro
dizels marTavdnen, mkvleli iaraRiT dadgomia da misi brZane-
biT ori vagoni im CixSi Seuyvania, sadac ubrZanes. Semdeg es
Tqveni nodari miuyvaniaT rkinis karebis gasaRebad. `avtoge-
niT~ karebi gauRiaT da vagonebi gauZarcviaT. memanqanes da
mis TanaSemwes gaqceva ucdiaT da iqve miuxvretiaT. mere namd-
vil mkvlels nodarisTvis ubrZanebia saflavis gaWra, erTi
saflavi gauWria iqve, rkinigzis maxloblad, buCqebTan da Tana-
Semwe iq daumarxavT, xolo meore saflavis gasaWrelad am
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 _ ra wauRiaT im vagonebidan?
_ aTas _ aTasi yuTi arayi, ramdenime yuTi nodarisTvisac
miuciaT. masac micvalebuli da aryebi Tavis JiguliT wamouRia,
micvalebuli tyeSi daagdo, aryebi ki avtofarexSi damala.
meti ra undoda, yovel dRe Tavis nebaze `ubraxunebda~ muq-
Ta arays!
_ ki, magram is mkvleloba ratom aiRo Tavis Tavze.
_ SvilTan waitrabaxa, `xedav me mTlad ase xelwamosakravi
kaci ki ar varo, Cemi unda geridebodeTo, unda geSinodeTo
da pativs mcemdeTo~. Sen gaigeb adamianis bunebas?
_ rogorc irkveva, mTlad tyuilad ar dagviWeria. ra
eSveleba axla mag saqmes?
_ araferi, prokuratura Tavidan gamoiZiebs. Sen da gaioz
woworia erTi ugemuri sayveduriT, da gemrieli purmariliT
gadarCebiT. ise, Sen axali ambavi ar ici, etyoba, maRariCi mec
maqvs sakisrebeli. general-maioroba miboZes, me axla polici-
is komisari var, Sen ki policiis komisris pirveli moadgile!
erTi sityviT, sufris gareSe azri ar aqvs amaze laparaks.
_ maRariCi Cemgan daviwyoT!
_ ratom kaco, davibaroT woworia, erTi gemrielad Sevax-
uroT, Sen ki CaufuCune, petres qeifi tabaxmelis restoranSi
uyvars~-Tqo.
petrem telefonis nomeri akrifa:
_ gaioz woworia Semovides CemTan!
***
qalaqSi situacia nel-nela iZabeboda: Seicvala respub-
likis Sinagan saqmeTa ministri da zogierTi TanamSromeli.
mTavrobaSi nel-nela axali xalxi movioda. TandaTan imata
danaSaulobebma. winaT Tu kanti-kunti mkvlelobis gamoZieba
partiis centraluri komitetis zedamxedvelobis qveS iyo,
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 amirans moutanes erT-erTi trestis mmarTvelis mkvlelo-
bis saqme, romlis gvami tyeSi i poves. ori tyvia hqonda nasro-
li, erTi gulis areSi, meore ki TavSi _ sakontrolo.
amiranma saqmes gadaxeda. mixvda, rom am saqmes didi aur-
zauri moyveboda. amitom gadawyvita gamoZieba Tavidan daew-
yo gaioz woworiasa da sxva TanamSromlebTan erTad. micvale-
bulis gvami mkvlelobidan ori dRis Semdeg naxes tyeSi da
morgSi gadmoitanes sadac eqspertebi Caerivnen saqmeSi.
samuSao sakmarisi qondaT. mokluli petre saziSvili
fuliani da banqos didi moyvaruli kaci yofila. misi part-
niorebi didi Tanamdebobis pirebi, miliciisa da prokura-
turis TanamSromlebi iyvnen. ambobdnen, rom TamaSis dros ar
svamda, banqos awyobda, hqonia sagangebid daniSnuli banqos
axal-axali `kolodebi~. samsaxuris Semdeg amaze didi gasar-
Tobi, xobi, sxva ar gaaCnda. aseT kacs fuls ver gamosZalav,
radgan maRali Tanamdebobis xalxTan megobrobda, Zalovneb-
Sic bevri megobari hyavda. rogorc gairkva, samsaxurSic un-
arian xelmZRvanelad iTvleboda. winaswari mokvlevis masalebi
badebda eWvs rom igi an uSualod misma megobar-nacnobebma an
maTive mosyidulma mkvlelebma gamoasalmes wuTisofels.
dasaflavebis dRes uamravi xalxi movida. qalaqebis, raion-
ebis prokuraturis da miliciis muSakebis raodenoba sakmaoze
meti iyo. gadaixades xuTas kaciani qelexi restoranSi da
dakrZales yvela im regaliebiT, rogorc misi SesaZleblobisa
da nacnobobis mqone kacs Seefereboda. amiranis agentebs arc
dasaflaveba gamoutovebiaT, arc _ panaSvidebi da arc _ qel-
exi. gairkva ramdenime saintereso detali. qalaqis prokura-
turis gamomZiebels zedized waugia aTi aTasi maneTi; aseve
waugia amave prokuraturis or TanamSromels. wagebulebis
siaSi erTi gamomZiebelic iyo amiranis TanamSromeli. winaswar
gamoZiebas qalaqis milicia awarmoebda. isic gairkva, rom mok-
luli TaRliTobda kartSi da vali partniorebs TavisTan
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ar gamoricxavdnen, rom es mkvlelobac wagebiT gamwarebuli
xalxis saqme iyo. saocaria, magram misi qurdebTan kavSiris
saqmes aravin ganixilavda da mkvlelobaSi samarTaldamcavi
organoebis TanamSromlebs sdebdnen brals. amiranma gamocdi-
lebiT icoda, rom es bevrs niSnavda, radgan rac ar unda
sakvirveli iyos, xandaxan brbos layboba ufro saqmianad aRiq-
meba, vidre zogierTi gamomZieblis mokvlevis masalebi. amiranma
gadawyvita am versiis damuSaveba da axloblebis dakiTxva,
gaerkvia, Tu vin ikribeboda maTTan saTamaSod saxlSi, vis ra
vali hqonda, gardacvalebis Semdeg vin Tqva rom vali daubruna
gardacvlils, rodesac yovelive es gairkva, amirans xelSi
SemorCa qalaqis prokuraturis gamomZieblebi da sarwmuno
eWvi, rom es mkvleloba uSualod maT mier Tu ara, maTi
dakveTiT iyo Cadenili. amiranis brZanebiT winaswar moZiebu-
li masala qalaqis prokuraturas gadaeca da es myrali saqme
droze moicila Tavidan.
Seicvala qalaqis meri, xolo misi moadgile, romelic
vaWrobas da milicias kurirebda, erTi vigindara _ medroveTa-
gani iyo. amiranis agenturas Tavis droze is yuradRebis cen-
trSi hyavda, magram rogorc patara `Juliks~, Tavis droze
xeli ar axlo, axla ki ufrosad moevlina.
rac Seexeba komunistur partias, dRes partiuloba sa-
marcxvinod iTvleboda da yofili partiuli nomenklatura
erTmaneTs aswrebda partiis mandatebis gadayras da cdilobd-
nen axali mTavrobis TvalSi `qulebi~ CaeweraT. amiranis mier
daWerili mRvdeli, romelic gasamarTlda eris kulturuli
ganZeulis gayidvisaTvis, dRes pirveli patrioti iyo, erT-
erT saydarSi wiravda da saeklesio sinodis wevradac air-
Cies. petre obolaZe daibares da pensiaSi gasvla SesTavazes.
amirani xvdeboda, rom isic axal relsebze unda gadasuliyo,
magram rom gaaxsendeboda, rom imaTTvis unda ekmia gundruki,
visac adre misi aCrdilis danaxvisac ki eSinoda da gulze
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 amiranis yofili agentebic moxvdnen mTavrobaSi. marTa-
lia amiranTan urTierToba ar gauwyvetiaT, magram es urTi-
erToba dRes sakmaod gansxvavebul iyo.
amirani gulSemoyrili iyo, rodesac xedavda qarTul armi-
aSi ra xalxi modioda generlebad da polkovnikebad. am wode-
bebs TviTonac irigebdnen da sxvebsac uxvad urigebdnen. amas
xeli Seuwyo samxreT _ oseTad wodebul cxinvalis regionSi
gamwvavebulma konfliqtmac. armia aSkarad policiis funqci-
ebs iTvisebda, radgan es sarfiani saqme iyo. amirans gadawyvetili
hqonda miliciis datoveba da ukve adgilsac eZebda.
sabolood miliciis datoveba maSin gadawyvita, rode-
sac mis mier ayvanili ori samxedro formiani banditi, romleb-
mac quCaSi moqalaqeebi gaZarcves, samxedro prokuraturam sam
kviraSi gaanTavisufla aTi yuT vaSlsa da xuTasi maneTis saz-
Raurad, `fsiqikurad daavadebulebi ariano~.
amiranma gadawyvita maSvelTa korpusis Camoyalibeba da
respublikis ministrTa sabWos imdroindel Tavjdomaris moadg-
iles esaubra amis Sesaxeb. brZaneba saswrafod daiwera. amira-
ni korpusis ufrosad daniSnes. mere moxda saswauli da misi
proteqtori Sadimani, saqarTvelos mTavrobis xelmZRvanelad
moiwvies da cota xanSi, arCevnebis Sedegad saqarTvelos prez-
identic gaxda.
Sadimanma Tavisi TanamoZmeeni Semoikriba. maT Soris iyo
rezo CxubianaSvilic. romelsac amiranma miReba sTxova da
mouyva Tavisi ambavi. rezom urCia miliciaSi darCeniliyo, ma-
gram Tanamdebobaze pretenzia ar ganecxadebina.
_ amiran, dRes qveyana areulia, xval ra iqneba, aravin
icis. jobs meore, mesame moadgiles adgilis dakaveba, Tundac
imitom, rom rogorc adviladac dagniSnaven Tanamdebobaze,
aseve advilad Segwiraven viRacis da raRacis interesebs.
_ rezo, gaocebuli var, dRes erTi Cemi yofili agenti
deputatia, layboba kargi icis da xval SeiZleba mTavrobaSi
an Zalovan struqturebSi movides da mayuTi me Semaweros.

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 _ ras izam, amiran, droni mefoben!
_ pensiaSi gavidodi, magram col-Svils ra vuyo, bavSvebs
gazrda unda.
_ va, rodis moiyvane amiran coli, vin aris, ramdeni Svili
gyavs? _ sixaruli ver damala rezom.
_ aTi welia, ori gogona gvyavs, cols ar icnob, diana
hqvia.
_ mere, eg aris Zmakacoba, erTi qorwili gamomapare, meo-
rec zed miayole, axla ar miTxra, mesameze dagpatiJebo, ukve
gviania!
_ ratom rezo, Cemi Tu ara gogonebis qorwili xom iqneba!
_ erTi sityviT, amiran, darCi Sens adgilze, Cvens prote-
qtors TvalSi nu SeeCxirebi, Tu unda, mognaxavs da dagiZax-
ebs. jer TviTonac Wadrakulad aqvs saqme, unda momagrdes Tan-
amdebobaze.
_ axla, Zmao, prezidentoba Znelia, yvela gaginebs, Sen ki
Tavi ise unda moaCveno, rom ar gwyins, radgan demokratiaa,
dRevandeli prezidentis Zalaufleba axlosac ver miva maS-
indeli partiis centraluri komitetis mdivanTan.
_ amiran, xom ici, politika ra aris, moTmineba da drois
SerCeva. nel-nela yvelaferi dalagdeba da yvela Tavis
sakadriss miiRebs. Sen mixede Sens saqmes, cota biznessac mi-
hyavi xeli, Tu rame gaqvs, iyide Senobebi centrSi, pirvel
sarTulze. es saxelmwifo sakuTreba aRar dabrundeba da si-
bereSi Savi puris fuli geqneba, razedac xandaxan Sav an wi-
Tel xizilalas gadausvam. sxva dro modis, sxva msofl-
mxedveloba.
_ me ise ar davglaxdebi, Tu janmrTelobam xeli Semiwyo,
rom puris fuli ver viSovo. isic mesmis, rom amqveynad wmind-
anad darCeba SeuZlebelia da miT umetes, Tu iseTi samsaxuri
gaqvs, romelic fuls xvetisTvis aris Seqmnili. magram rode-
sac xelmZRvaneli xar, Seni xelqveiTebi unda cdilobdnen Sen
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stituri ar unda moiSalos imis gulisaTvis rom viRacam fuli
mogces, Tundac kuTvnili. Sen Tu Zlieri ufrosi xar, Sen
wil qrTamis micemas xelqveiTi purmariliT unda aRniSnavdes,
radgan qrTamis aReba saqmis gaukeTeblobas, upativiscemlo-
bas ar niSnavs, qrTami im xalxisagan da imgvarad unda aiRo,
rom arc saerTo saqmes evnos da arc Sens avtoritets, Tav-
moyvareobas.
_ amiran giyvars filosofosoba, mTavaria, cxovrebam
ukanali ar gvaCvenos da Cven zurgi ar SevaqcioT. Tu rame
dagWirdeba, Semexmiane, an me Segexmianebi. xvalindeli dRis
arc me mjera maincdamainc, magram rac mosaxdenia, moxdeba!
amirani TandaTan Seegua axal garemos. qalaqis miliciis
sammarTvelos TanamSromlebs raionis miliciis ufrosebi mainc-
damainc aRar awuxebdnen, Tu rame sarfiani saqme iyo raion-
Sive gudavdnen, uperspeqtivos da mZimed `moazrovne~ xalxi-
sas, romlebmac qrTami droulad ar gaiRes, prokuraturas
aZlevdnen.
respublikaSi, socialisturi qonebis datacebis milici-
is yvelaze sarfiani ganyofilebac, gaauqmes da milicias mar-
to Savi samuSao dautoves; qurdoba, mkvleloba, romelic
samwuxarod qalaqSi Zalian gaxSirda.
amirans imedi hqonda, rom Zveli proteqtori gaixsenebda,
magram amaod. is kaci, romelic fuls ar iRebda da sxvas ar
unawilebda, aravis ainteresebda, radgan winaT mosaCveneblad
mainc Tu sWirdebodaT patiosani xalxi, dRes dasanaxavadac
aRaravis undoda.
amirans axali ministri dauniSnes. aSkarad bandituri
gamoxdomebi hqonda, xSirad kolegiaze Tavs ver ikavebda da
pirdapir ambobda, miliciis garda yvela fuls Soulobso.
Semdeg igi sxva ministriT Secvales, es ufro frTxili iyo,
man TavisTvis saWiro xalxi moiyvana da Tavisi mafia Seqmna.
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saqmeSi arc ereodnen, arc Wkuas arigebdnen, xandaxan zrdil-
obis gulisTvis Tu dauZaxebdnen TaTbirze.
ramdenime dRis win isev axali Sinagan saqmeTa ministri
dauniSnes. amirani masTan Sexvedris, gacnobis molodinSi iyo.
radgan wesi iyo, qalaqis miliciis ufross da mis moadgileebs
ministri piradad unda gasaubreboda da Tan maTi saqmianobac
unda gadaemowmebina, miT umetes, rom amirans ramdenime sain-
tereso saqme hqonda gamoZiebaSi sakuratorod.
***
telefonis zari awkrialda. amiranma yurmili aiRo. mas
axali ministri iZaxebda. amiranma ramdenime saqaRaldes wamo-
avlo xeli da naxevar saaTSi ministris kabinetSi iyo
_ batono lomjaria, momaxseneT ra dueli autydaT Tbili-
sis zRvaze?
_ dRes yvela iaraRs atarebs, da Tu rame ar viRoneT
SeiZleba es dueli narkotikebiviT Semovides modaSi. erTi
sityviT or biWs erTi gogo moswonda, im gogos uTqvams: `me
arCeva ar SemiZlia, orive momwonxarTo da Tqven TviTon gada-
wyviteTo~. es saubari Turme xdeboda universitetis erT-erT
auditoriaSi da am saqmis garCevas Tu saubars mTeli kursi
eswreboda. me mgoni erT-erT Tanakursel gogonas uTqvams
`winaT am saqmes dueliT wyvetdneno~. orives Tanxmoba ga-
nucxadebia, sekundantebic iqve aurCeviaT or-ori kaci da
mTeli kursi wasula sanaxaobis sacqerlad.
_ gadairia es axalgazrdoba, iaraRi sad uSoviaT?
_ erT-erTi dueliantis Zma yofila `mxedrioneli~ da
imas mopares, Tu iTxoves `makarovi~, amaze xmas aravin iRebs,
saqmeSi iaraRi ar Cans, albaT veqilis darigebis Sedegad, aravin
araferi ar icis, aravis araferi ar unaxavs. erTi mxarSia
daWrili, xels Tanakursels adebs. ambobs `SemTxveviT gauvar-
dao tyviao~ da fuls iTxovs mkurnalobisa da moraluri
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 _ saidan ici ase dawvrilebiT yvelaferi?
_ erTi Cemi yofili agentis Svili swavlobs magaT kursze
da is mouyva mamamiss.
_ ranairi dueli iyo?
_ rogorc kinoSi unaxavT, oRondac daSoreba duelian-
tebs Soris oci nabiji daudgeniaT. `makarovSi~ CaudiaT erTi
tyvia, kenWi uyriaT _ pirveli srolis ufleba am daWrils
Sexvedria da aucilebia. axla meores jeri rom damdgara, Tan
vinc ukve esrola imas uTqvams `me gangeb avacileo~ sekundan-
tebs gaurCeviaT saqme da uTqvamT, `Tu acileba gindoda zeviT
unda gesrolao da ara pirdapiro~.
_ mere?
_ vinc esrola, `barierze~ dgomaze uari ganucxadebia.
maSin orive mxaris sekundantebs dauWeriaT es biWi, miubamT
xeze, gadauTvliaT oci nabiji da meores usvria da mxarSi
dauWria. daWrili saavadmyofoSi miiyvanes, saavadmyofom raio-
nis milicias Seatyobina, miliciam _ Cven, radgan `mxedrione-
lis~ Zmaa saqmeSi gareuli.
_ ras apireb? mec damirekes!
_ ki batono, kiseri utexiaT, erTmaneTSi morigdnen,
daWrilma Tqvas, rom iaraRs aTvalierebda da SemTxveviT
gauvarda xelidan. es saxlaforTo saqme amiT davamTavroT.
_ is gogo vis darCa?
_ daWrils. Seecoda da daWrili irCia. manamde aerCia ar
jobda?
_ amiran, rogorc sjobdes ise moiqeci, magram girCev, da-
xuro eg saqme, nurc gavaxmaurebT! qmari rom mokla colma, im
saqmis Ziebis saqme rogoraa?
_ ra Zieba unda, is qali TviTon mogviyva yvelafers; sami
Svilis dedaa, qmari galoTebula, isedac Raribi ojaxi yofi-
la da rac moxvdeboda xelSi, i paravda saxlidan da yvela-
fers yidda an arayze cvlida. mokled, am qalma saSveli rom
ver daayena, erTxel damuqrebia: `moxval kidev mTvrali, toma-

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ras Camogacmev Tavze da am najaxiT wagacli Tavso~. kacs
SeSinebia, magram erTi dRis Semdeg mainc misula mTvrali. qals
dapirebisamebr tomara Caucmevia da TavSi rezinis Ceqma mour-
tyia. am kacs hgonebia marTla najaxiT maclis Tavso da guli
gaxeTqvia da iqve momkvdara.
_ ra qnes, daiWires?
_ TavdebSi gamovaSvebine, tomris Camocma gadavaTqmevine,
radgan eg rom daviWiroT Svilebs vin mixedavs? qmars rom
daemuqra saqmeSia. mag qalis daWeriT qveyana ufro izaralebs,
Svilebs mainc mixedavs.
_ im Cveni doylapia milicielis saqme rogorRaa, mTeli
qalaqi icinis qurdma rogor daapatimra!
_ qveyana rom aireva, yvelaferi SeiZleba moxdes! es Cveni
milicieli avtoinspeqtorad muSaobs, cota nasvami misula
saxlSi Sua dReze, karebi gauRia da ras xedavs, es qurdi
fexebSemodebuli zis savarZelSi da damfrTxali, gakvirve-
bula Cvens TanamSromels eubneba Turme `me uSiSroebidan var,
Tqvens mosvlas vucdidio~, mokled, CamoarTva iaraRi, Caisva
manqanaSi da wamoiyvana viTom miliciaSi, gzaze maRaziasTan
gauCerebia manqana, uTqvams `sigarets viyidi da movalo~. gasu-
la aTi wuTi, naxevari saaTi... amasobaSi kolega avtoinspeq-
torebi mosulan da uTqvamT `es manqana ZebnaSia da Sen aq ra
gindao~? esec amdgara da mouyolia yvelaferi rac SeemTxva.
imaTma ki mTel qveyanas mosdes.
_ ufleba rom momca, is daoylapiac da is Woriknebic
yvelani cixeSia Casayudebeli, magram eg virisTavebi mainc ve-
rafers iswavlian.
_ ratom, zogjer amarTlebs, erTi nacnobi jibis qurdi
myavda, erTxel movida da mTxova, `eqvsi TviT cixeSi CamsviT,
Tirkmelebi mtkiva, dietas ver vicavo~. davawerine TviTaRi-
areba, ramdenime patara saqme mqonda gauxsneli jibis qurdobaze.
erTi weli miusajes; koloniaSi Tirkmlebic moirCina, wonaSic
daiklo, Tan sasjelis naxevari apaties da CemTan rom Semovi-

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da halstuxiTa da cilindriT gamowkepili, verc ki vicani.
_ amiran cixes reklama gavukeToT da SeiZleba nebayofi-
lobiTi daWerebiT biznesi gavakeToT.
_ ratomac ara, amsterdamidan erTi Cemi Zveli nacnobi
qurdi Camovida. misi Svili dauWeriaT, isic qurdobaze, iq
holandiaSi, mokled SabaT-kviras saxlSia, muSaobs samuSao
saaTebis anazRaurebiT, cixeSi sacurao auzi, sportuli dar-
bazi, kalaTburTis moedniT da Ria stadioniT, dReSi samjera-
di kvebao. ra vici Cven sportsmenebs Sekreba rom gvqonda
xolme maseT pirobebze vocnebobdiT. ase, rom dRevandel
pirobebSi Tu gonivrulad moviqceviT, SeiZleba cixe sarfi-
ani biznesisaTvis gamoviyenoT.
_ amiran, biWebma miTxres fuls ar iRebso, Sens biogra-
fias rom gadavxede, sul saxelmwifo qonebis datacebis winaaRm-
deg mebrZoli ganyofilebis ufrosad xar namuSevari da rogor
gaZel amden xans mag Tanamdebobaze, Tumca erT adgilze did-
xans ver Cerdebodi Tu ar gaCerebdnen? _ eSmakuri RimiliT
hkiTxa ministrma.
_ imden adgilze maqvs namuSevari rom muSaobis `staJs~
Sromis wignakidan vixseneb xolme. fulis aRebas Tavisi wesi
aqvs, qrTams rom iReb, is unda gekuTvnodes, Tanac es qrTami
saxelmwifos sazianod ar unda iyos mimarTuli. ai, magali-
Tad, im loTi qmris cols fuli rom hqonoda da moeca, aviReb-
di, duelSi monawile biWebisganac, im qurdisganac, Cveni Tan-
amSromeli rom gaacucuraka, radgan maTi daWera zaralis mets
arafers moutanda qveyanas.
_ maseTebs, Cemo amiran, jibe gafxekili aqvT da Sen ras
mogcems.
_ amitomacaa, qrTamis aReba rom ver viswavle. qurdisa-
gan rom fulis aReba ar SeiZleba, qveyanas mosdebs, Tqven Cemze
kargad iciT es!
_ erTi sityviT, mixede mag saqmeebs da ori kviris Semdeg
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 ar gasula didi xani da swored am ministrma gauSva pensia-
Si amirani, Tanac ise, rom masTan Sexvedrac ki ar isurva.
***
amirani fiqrebidan gamoerkva. Tavs SemouZaxa, zustad
saRamos xuT saaTze igi rezo CxubianaSvilis sadarbazosTan
iyo. kari rezom gauRo. amiranma Tavisi labada sakidze Camok-
ida da Zveli megobrebi erTmaneTs gadaexvivnen. sasadilo
oTxaSi sufra mxolod ori kacisTvis iyo gaSlili.
_ Seni gaTavisuflebis ambavs yuri SemTxveviT movkari
saministroSi, Cems erT megobarTan viyavi.
_ rezo, Cemi xasiaTis kacisTvis magaTTan muSaobas yve-
laferi jobs, magram saqme imaSia, rom pensiaSi gaSvebasac Tavisi
wesi aqvs, xom SeiZleboda davebarebine, eTqva, dawere gancxa-
debao da vin mamaZaRli, iqve davwerdi, Semdeg me da Cemi biWe-
bi erTs restoranSi SevuberavdiT da mec kmayofili viqnebo-
di, isinic. mTavaria, kacurad moiqce, vinc ginda iyo!
_ Senebi vinRa darCa amiran, yvelani gayares, Senc nu
idardeb!
_ Sen sad xar, rasa iqm?
_ mec pensioneri var, Zmao, magram adre wavedi respub-
likidan, ramdenime weli moskovSi vimuSave, axla imaTi pen-
sioneri var da Tan orive qveynis moqalaqe. weliwadSi erTx-
el ramdenime xniT Camovdivar da isev ukan vbrundebi.
_ gadmosuliyavi barem sacxovreblad, yvela aq gvyavs,
_ Cemo amiran, gamige ra, ar SemiZlia sxvisi ufrosobis
atana. Cems saxlSi ukve aRarafers mekiTxebian, yvela Cemi ufro-
sia, Tanac didi babua gavxdi. magaT me beberi, wyalwaRebuli
vgonivar. me rom mkiTxo, sibereSi aravisi sasayveduro da dasa-
madlebeli ar unda gqondes, maT Soris Svilebisac. aba, axla
mivxedoT saqmes!
amiranma Rvino Camoasxa.

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 _ amiT, qveynad axladmovlenil, patara rezo CxubianaS-
vils gaumarjos, modi es sadRegrZelo fexze adgomiT SevsvaT,
momavalSi saxelovani vaJkaci, kacuri kaci damdgariyos!
_ aba rogor, jiSi aqvs cudi Tu jilagi, ratom ar unda
gamovides eris saamayo Svili! guSin Tanac monaTles.
_ raRac, es yofili komunistebi Zalian CaexuteT am Rm-
erTs zogma romelmac karieras am komunistobaze Tavis dadeb-
iT da ficiT miaRwia, dRes saxeli Seicvala da `mamaos~ gareSe
Wiqis awevac ar unda!
_ ras vizamT, Cemo amiran, xalxis msaxuris bedi aseTia,
rac brbos moswons is unda akeTo, Torem ar agirCeven mTavroba-
Si da uyare am xalxs mere kakali!
_ eg egrea, magram zedmetis keTebac ar SeiZleba, `ar Sei-
Zleba yvelaze ufro didi ufro iyo sxvisi rwmenis ambavSi~.
_ ra unda qna Cemo amiran, rodesac yvela da gansakuTre-
biT axalgazrdoba sadac eklesias naxavs yvelgan pirjvars
iwers, xolo dReSi 7-jer rom unda ilocos es aravis awuxebs,
arc eklesiaSi siaruliT iklaven Tavs, arc marxvas icaven, Se
kai dedmamiSvilo, Tu RmerTi gwams, kviraSi erTi dRe gamoyavi
eklesiisTvis, midi, iloce, sanTeli aanTe, Sen gulSi am kviris
codvebi moinanie, nervebi daimSvide da davijereb rom raRaca
gwams da viRacis gjera!
_ revaz, Sen xom ici me bunebiT aTeisti var da religiuri
zRaprebis me ar mjera, magram rodesac avnerviuldebodi da
qalaqSi magrad Camocxeboda, Sevidodi anCisxatis eklesiaSi
dRisiT, siwynarea, sigrilea, iqve Camovjdebodi, xatebs da-
vaTvalierebdi, erTi naxevari saaTi, erTi saaTi gavCerdebo-
di ase xuT, aTmaneTs eklesias Sevwiravdi da raRac damSvide-
buli gamovdiodi. arc pirjvars viwerdi, arc sanTels vanTeb-
di radgan mkrexelobad mimaCnia, Tu ar gwams `siafandze~
araferi ar unda akeTo da TviT RmerTsac ki ar waemliqvne-
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 _ radgan RmerTi erTia Cemo amiran, da WeSmaritebisaken
mimavali `trasebi~ sxvadasxva, modi sadac saerTo enis gamonaxva
SeiZleba is gzebi gavaerTianoT. magaliTad, marxva _ SesaniS-
navi migneba gonierebis dieta, sakvebi produqtebis ekonomia
da florasa da faunis gamravlebisTvis xelis Sewyobaa. Cemi
ufleba rom iyos, marxvis periodSi rZis produqtebiT, kver-
cxiT da zRvis usisxlo nedleuliT, moluskebiT kvebis ufle-
bas mivcemdi, xolo purad ebraelebis `macas~ gamoviyenebdi.
_ kargi SeveSvaT am sarwmunoebas, Cven mainc aravin
dagvijerebs da did babuas rezo CxubianaSvils gaumarjos,
romlis Tavisi gvaris gamgrZelebels moeswro da icis visSia
misi genis nawili. bednieri xar Cemo rezo, namdvilad tradi-
ciuli qarTuli ojaxi, bebia-babuebis gareSe arasrulyofi-
lia, es igivea, rac biblioTeka bukusnituri wignebis gareSe.
_ aba, amiran, SenTan erTad Cvens ojaxebs gaumarjos, Svi-
lebs, Cems SviliSvilebs da SviliSvilis Svils da am saqmeSi
didi wvlilis mqone Cvens meore naxevars. Sen ra genaRvleba,
ori coli gamoicvale, aba, CemsaviT SvilTaSvilisSvilis be-
bias ki ar eglaxavebi, _ orTavem gaicina, _ amiran, dalie eg
sadRegrZelo da mohyevi, meore coli rogor moiyvane. yuri
movkari patarZali moutacnia qorwilSio, marTla asea? Sen-
gan minda gavigo simarTle!
_ am WiqiT Cvens WuWul-buWulas da Cvens meore naxevrebs
gaumarjos! _ amiranma Sesva sasmisi da RimiliT daiwyo: _
odesaSi var restoranSi Cems rus kolegebTan erTad. kargi
biWebi iyvnen, erTi Zebnilis monaxvaSi mexmarebodnen. SevamCni-
eT restornis erT-erT kuTxeSi qorwili iyo, ramdenjerme
qarTuli gadaZaxilic gaisma, gamixarda da cota rom SevTveri,
biWebs bodiSi movuxade da nefe-patarZalTan mivedi, davloce
da patarZals 100 maneTi vaCuqe. patarZlis mSoblebi gamomec-
naurnen. gamoirkva, rom patarZlis mama odesis maxloblad
sofelSi muSaobda sadac patara aryis Camosasxmeli sawarmo
hqondaT da qaliSvili miaTxova imave soflis `upravas~ _

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ufrosis vaJiSvils, mokled rusul-qarTuli qorwili iyo.
cota xans Sevyovndi. am dros CemTan movida patarZali, amJa-
mad Cemi meuRle da sacekvaod gamiwvia, me kvlav mivuloce
bedniereba, amaze gogom cremlebiT savse TvalebiT Semomxeda
da miTxra, rom bednieri ar iyo, rom 26 wlisaa, Tavisi saqmro
ki oTxi wliT umcrosia, rom vaJi ar uyvarda da es qorwili
mSoblebis ZaldatanebiT iyo mowyobili, rom biWi-nefe das-
cinoda, `sofelo~-s uZaxda, radgan am asakis gogo qaliSvili
iyo da rom qali mxolod qorwilis mere gaxdeboda. erTi
sityviT, patarZali gogo Tavs ubedurad grZnobda. damSvideba
vcade. cekva damTavrda, patarZali saqmros mivuyvane da Cems
sufraze davbrundi. marTali giTxra, gogo Zalian Semecoda
raRa davmalo, momewona kidec. ar gasula erTi saaTi da pa-
tarZali gogo isev movida da kvlav sacekvaod gamiwvia. Tur-
me gvarianad wakinklavebia saqmrosac da mis mSoblebsac. ga-
vixede, sufra aWriliyo. dianam miTxra: Tu Cemi bedniereba
ginda, aqedan gamiyvaneo, me magaTi araferi ar minda, dasanaxa-
vadac mezizRebiano~, me isev dawynareba davuwye. gogom mt-
kiced gadawyvita, rom im biWs colad ar gahyveboda da mTxo-
va rogorme restornidan gameparebina. rac ufro metad vawy-
narebdi da varigebdi magas nu izam-meTqi, raRacnairad guli
ufro mimiwevda misken. raRa gavagrZelo, cota xnis Semdeg
patarZali Cveulebrivad, yoveldRiurad, Cacmuli gamomecxa-
da, saqorwino kaba gaexada da ufro momxiblavad gamoiyure-
boda. erTi sityviT, restornidan gavi pareT, miliciis biWeb-
mac mxari dagviWires, `eg gogo im biWisTvis codoao~, yvelani
gadakrulSi viyaviT da im dilasve me da Cemi diana TbilisSi
gamovfrindiT ase rom, imas rom ar eZalava, me SeiZleba dResac
ucolo vyofilviyavi. _ siciliT daamTavra ambavi amiranma.
_ mere, qalis mSoblebs vin Seatyobina, xom atydeboda
erTi ambavi?
_ ra Tqma unda, atyda, magram TbilisSi CamosvlisTanave
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 erTi kviris Semdeg mamamisi Camovida, gadamexvia, gada-
mkocna da dRes sayvareli siZe-simamri varT. axla gamotyda,
rom rusi sasiZo masac ar exateboda gulze da gaxarebia kidec,
ase rom moxda.
_ biWo, yvelaferi arnormaluri Sen unda gaakeTo! me
megona biWebi azviadebdnen, yvelaferi marTali uTqvamT. Sens
dianas rodis gamacnob, marTali giTxra, Zalian damainteresa!
baraqala, qalic eg yofila, rom erT RameSi SenisTana vaJkacs
uReli daadga! rom gagiSinaurda, apeurebs xom ar mouWira?
_ rogorc yvela qali, Svilebs rom gaaCens, ojaxis ufrose-
bi xdebian da Sens mdgmurad yofnas Tu dasTanxmdnen, amis-
aTvisac madloba unda uTxra.
_ am WiqiT Cemo amiran, Cvens megobrebs gaumarjos Tavian-
Ti ojaxebiT, isini arc Sen gaklia da arc me. am axalma drom
bevrs auria Tav-gza, bevri ver moergo am axal yofas, ver
gauZlo cxovrebiseul gamocdas da raRac-raRaceebi SeeSa-
la. modi imaTac gaumarjoT, nu ganvsjiT mkacrad!
_ Zmakacebsac gaumarjos rezo da daqalebsac. im dRes
quCaSi vdgevar, viRac qali gamoeqana, gadamexvia da gadamkocna,
momikiTxa, mere meubneba: `Cemo amiran, Sen ver warmogidgen ra
didi madlobeli var Seni, kidev kargi Seni wyalobiT im Sens
Zmakacs ar wavyevi coladao, axla arc Svili meyoleboda da
puris fulic samaTxovero meqnebodao, dRes Cemi qmari cno-
bili bizmesmenia, roca gavyevi trestis marTveli iyovo, axla
oTxi Svili myavs, sami biWi, erTi gogoo da aTi SvilisSvi-
lio~.
_ visi colia?
_ zurab CxeiZis, saxlebs aSenebs. erTi megobari myavda
Tamazi surmava, eqimia. eg gogo uyvarda, magram moridebuli
biWi iyo, gogo ki Tamami, mokled paemanze mec unda wavyolo-
di, Torem ise laparaks ver axerxebdnen. erTi orjer wavyevi.
mere vuTxari `me Tavi damanebeT~-meTqi. maSin mag gogom mainc
qalis ambavi xom ici, mkiTxa: `Sens Zmakacs ra vawyenine, aRar

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mxvdebao~, mec vuTxari: `uCemod SenTan Sexvedras ver bedavs
moridebuli biWia~ meTqi, mokled im gogonam cota xans aca-
la, am Cems Zmakacs saSveli rom ar daadga, adga da garigebiT
Tu Tavisi moxerxebulobiT da mondomebiT mag zuras wayva
colad. zura mag gogoze aTi wliT ufrosi iyo da ager mSve-
nieri ojaxi SeuqmniaT!
_ Seni Zmakaci ras Svreba!
_ aris ra nel-Tbilad. coli gvian moiyvana, Svilebi ar
yavs, polikninikis mTavari eqimia, ver gaizarda karieris Tval-
sazrisiT da polikninikis eqims ra fuli aqvT kargad mogex-
senebaT.
_ xedavT amiran rogoraa es cxovreba awyobili? or ad-
amians erTmaneTi uyvars. Sen rogorc megobari xels uwyob am
saqmeSi, SeuRlebis Semdeg ramdeni Cxubi mouvaT, _ umagisod
ojaxi ar arsebobs, imdens Sen gagixseneben cudad, a, abtono
gamoiCine gulgriloba, xeli ar mogimarTia mag saqmeSi da xe-
dav ramxela madloba daimsaxure!
_ marTali xar, Cemo rezo, meore Zmakacs colis moyvana
undoda, mTxova erTi kargi gogo gamacanio, mec SevaTvaliere
erTi gogo da miviyvane es Cemi Zmakaci gogoebis Sekrebaze,
erT-erTs imaTgans dabadebis dRe hqonda. me romlisTvisac
moviyvane is ki ar moiyvana, colad aramed iq myofi sxva gogoze
gadairia da masze iqorwna, ojaxi Seqmnes, Svilebi eyollaT,
magram xasiaTiT ver Seewyvnen erTmaneTs, sul Cxubobdnen da
bolos ukve TiTqmis 25 wlis Semdeg mainc dacildnen erTma-
neTs. erTxel Cemi Zmakaci nasvami iyo da wamocda, `ramdenjer-
ac viCxubebdiT calke Cemi coli gwyevlida da calke dedaCe-
mi ar gaklebda `lamaz~ sityvebso~. xom xedav im saqmeSi, ra-
Sic me brali namdvilad ar mimiZRvis, mainc damnaSaved gam-
ovedi!
_ Cemo amiran, modi am WiqiT Cvens qveyanas, Cven ucnaur
xalxs gaumarjos, saocaria, xalxs amxela momxibvleloba da
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xalxs es Suri da erTmaneTis gautanloba rom ar gvgqondes,
saqmeSi erTmaneTis mxarSi amodgoma vicodeT, Cvenze didi da
misabaZi eri am samyaroSi ar iqneboda. yvelgan pirveloba gvin-
da, yvelgan Cvenma kacma unda gamoyos Tavi. Tu ginda oqtom-
bris revolucia aiRe, ramdeni qarTveli iyo stalinis dros
mTavrobaSi, iqac erTmaneTs daupirispirdnen, berias garda im
kacma yvela imqveynis gzas gauyena. amiran Sen Tu iyavi oseTis
da afxazeTis batalionebSi, brZolebSi Tu monawileobdi?
_ ise vin dagvtovebda! saministrodan ormocdaaTi kaci
gagvgzavnes. rom SevediT Cemi kurseli Zmakaci Sura gergu-
lovi movida, gadavexvieT erTmaneTs, gadavkocneT, movikiTx-
eT ojaxebi. Semdeg Cumad saxlSic wamiyvana. vcdilobdiT erT-
maneTisTvis sayvedurebi ar gveTqva, magram pur-Rvino mainc
ar gamovida, orives erTmaneTis mimarT gulSi raRac xinji
gagviCnda. vicinodiT, mis bavSvebs vesiyvarulebodi, magram is
siTbo aRar igrZnoboda, is guli aRar xarobda, ra guliTac
erTmaneTs adre vxvdebodiT-xolme.
_ oseTSi Sesvla didi sisulele iyo! provokacias ar
unda avyolodiT. Tofiani kaci ar unda Segveyvana! xalxi
iyayanebda, iyayanebda, daiRleboda da dawynardeboda.
_ ucnauri ambavia, rezo, Cven Tu gvaqvs ufleba vigin-
darebis da sulelebis yolis, ra uflebiT varTmevT am vigin-
darebis da briyvebi yolis uflebas osebs da afxazebs? _
rogor ginda esrolo xalxs, romelsac guSin Zmobas vefice-
bodi?! axla rom vfiqrob, gagvimarTla. Cemi aTi kaciT forma-
Si gamowyobili vdgevar cxinvalSi Teatris win moedanze. mogvi-
axlovdnen qalebi, bavSvebi, maT Soris davianxe Cemi Zmakacis
Sura gergulovis deda da coli bavSvebiT. mokled ise gagva-
iaraRes, mogvxsnes avtomatebi, rom xelic ar gagvinZrevia. ma-
Sin, icocxle, sayvedurebiT agvavses saministroSi, magram yve-
la Cven gulSi CavixedoT, Cveni sindisis winaSe xom marTlebi
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 _ afxazeTis ambebze ras ityviT? dRes zogs miaCnia, rom
iq ar unda SevsuliyaviT da zogs _ piriqiT, rusebs vabralebT
yvelafers, vaginebT!
_ rezo, rusebTan ra gvinda kaco, ormocdaaTi aTasi av-
tomati _ `kalaSnikovi~ gadmogvces usasyidlod. diliT
davarigebdiT aTasamde avtomats, SevqmnidiT batalions, saRa-
mos Sekrebaze asi kaci modioda. bolos rogorc gairkva am
avtomatebs isev afxaz `boevikebze~ yididnen, Cvenebi, qarTvele-
bi batono!
_ afxazeTis omi Cveni utvinobiT da `kraxaborobiT~ wav-
ageT, is daqiravebulebi rom Camovidnen afxazeTSi, isini iq
fulis gasakeTeblad iyvnen Camosulebi migveca is fuli da
Cvens mxareze ibrZolebdnen. magram Cvens kacs sazogado
saqmisTvis gasakeTeblad fuls ver gaaRebineb. ai, Tavs mosaCve-
neblad, pur-RvinoSi ukanasknel kapiks daxarjavs. jer erTi,
qurdebis da saeWvo avtoritetis xalxs, acvenili biW-buWebis
imedze mteri iyos. mag kategoriis xalxs ase Tu ise vicnob,
xolo is marTla patrioti cxvirmouxocavi biWebi, romelT-
ac marTla suliT da guliT Sewires saqarTvelos mTlianobas
Tavi, moumzadeblebi iyvnen, wesierad srolac ki ar icodnen.
_ mand marTali xar, rodesac qalaqSi Tavdacvis magvari
gamocxadda da sastumro iveriis gverdze `imelis~ SenobasTan
ratomRac erTi naTura ar Caqra, viRaca cxvirmouxocavma bi-
Wma 10_15 metridan avtomatis mTeli mWidi dacala da is naTura
mainc ver Caaqro da Sen ginda am xalxiT omi moigo?
_ rezo, modi am gaugebar, usamarTlo omSi mxolod im
daRupuli xalxis Sesandobari SevsvaT, vinc rwmenis gulisTvis
ibrZoda da ara imisaTvis rom fuli da Tanamdeboba eSovaT
da daiRupnen. aseTi xalxi Zalian cota iyo. Cven nu gavsjiT
isini marTlebi iyvnen Tu mtyuanebi.
_ gaumarjos im qveynad! Cemo amiran, biWo am sufarsTan
rom gonierad vmsjelobT, sufris gareT ra jandaba mogvdis?

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 _ eh, reziko, Cven rom sufraze Tamadis arCeva viciT,
amdagvari gonebiT saqmianobis SefasebiT prezidenti agvarCev-
ina, didi xania pirveli qveyana viqnebodiT da ase samaTxovrod
xeli ar gveqneboda gawvdili!
_ ar vici amiran Sen rogor mogwons da amdenma daspon-
sorebam eri garyvna, xalxs yovelTvis imedi aqvs garedan vi-
Racis daxmarebisa. `ratom?~ rom ekiTxebi `alabT vWirdebi-
To da imitomo~ rom sWirdebi da imitom e.i. sxvis dakrulzec
unda icekvo. mTavroba da xalxi Rirsebas rom kargavs, imaTi
saSveli ar iqneba, radgan Rirseba mudmivi ganzomilebaa.
_ modi, Cvens Tavs mivxedoT! Senze miTxres Tavis sijiutes
da policielis Rirsebis dacvas Seewirao, ase naucbadevadac
imitom gauSves pensiaSio!
_ ki, eg iyo Cveni axladgamomcxvari ministris gaRizianeb-
is mizezi.
_ viRac yalbi pasportebis gamkeTebeli daicvao.
_ rezo, xom ici ar dagimalav, miT umetes, rom iqidan
gamogdebuli var. mokled agentebis saSualebiT uSiSroebam
gaigo, rom orma sirielma qarTvelma qrTami gaiRo da saqarTve-
los moqalaqeebi gaxdnen. cxadia, qarTuli pasportebic mi-
iRes. im raionis sapasporto ganyofilebis gamges kargad vic-
nobdi, vmegobrobdiT. rom giTxra, angelozia-meTqi, ar dam-
ijereb. rogorc sxva, isic puris fuls Soulobda. daibares
uSiSroebaSi da iqve aiyvanes. moulodnelobisagan cudad gaxda
da infarqti dairtya. waiyvanes saavadmyofoSi da dacvac mi-
uCines. me SemomiTvala, mnaxeo da ra Tqma unda, vinaxule. maCvena
iusticiis ministris xelmowerili sabuTi, romelic iuwyebo-
da rom im or kacs mieniWaT saqarTvelos moqalaqeoba. amis
safuZvelze gasca Cemma Zmakacma saqarTvelos moqalaqis mow-
moba, xolo mowmobis safuZvelze qalaqis miliciam gasca
pasporti. xeli aravis axles, mxolod es Zveli kadri, Cemi
Zmakaci daiWires.
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 _ mivedi ministris moadgilesTan da vuTxari, rom polk-
ovniki kacia, rom im kacs aqvs argumentebi Tavis gasamarTle-
blad-, ase rogor SeiZleba, ase yvelani dasaWerebi varT-meT-
qi~. miTxra mag saqmes mivxedavo, magram etyoba `moaketines~.
oficialuri werilis eqspertiza gaajanjles, miTumetes rom
beWedi saministrosi aRmoCnda. etyoba iusticiis ministrs xeli
marTlac hqonda mowerili. SeiZleba Segnebulad, SeiZleba
SemTxveviT moawera, xSirad mdivani rom Semogitans werils,
mogaxsenebs, Senc daRlili xar da sabuTebis qeqvas ar iwyeb,
endobi da xels awer. mokled RmerTma icis rogor iyo. faq-
tia rom saqme amyralda. saministros saaRricxvo Jurnali sasw-
rafod gamocvales axali gadaweres, Zveli ki gaaqres. es Cemi
Zmakaci rom mixvda araferi eSveleboda, erTi Sebertyili
naTesavi hyavs, etyoba winaswar moilaparakes, kargad dagegmes
da erT Ramesac gai para ise, rom veravin veraferi gaigo. Tur-
me im naTesavs magari, kapronis Toki Seutania. es Toki orma-
gad gamoubiaT sawolis fexs da fanjridan meeqvse sarTul-
idan meoTxemde am TokiT Casula. iq remonti mimdinareobda
Turme, mere es Toki moqaCa misma damxmarem da fanjaraSi SeiTria,
mere Tokis erT-erTimxare daaxvies, jibeSiCaides da ise gai para
saavadmyofodan, kvalic ar dautovebiaT, im Ramesve manqaniT,
cxinvalis gavliT, ruseTSi gadavidnen.
_ kaco, aki infarqti hqondao?
_ eh, Cemo rezo `gaWirveba miCvene da gaqcevas giCvenebo~!
_ im policielebs ra uqnes, vinc yaraulobda _ sicili
veRar Seikava rezom _ kargi moxerxebuli kaci ki yofila,
CvenTvis rom vTqvaT!
_ ra uqnes da daiWires, dResac gausamarTleblad cixeSi
hyavT. bedi ar maqvs biWo, iqidan erTi policieli Cemi yofili
TanamSromelis Svilia da Cemi rekomendaciiT miiRes policia-
Si.
_ da rogorc yovelTvis SenTan movidnen daxmarebisaTvis.
_ TavisTavad cxadia, magram am biWebsac alibi aqvT, isini
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ras moifiqrebdnen, rom guliT avadmyofi kaci fanjridan gae-
pareboda, isic meeqvse sarTulidan.
_ gamodis, rom is axalgazrda policielebi ar yofilan
damnaSaveebi, maTac Tavisi alibi aqvT.
_ rezo, kanoni imitom arsebobs, rom mas unda davemor-
CiloT. alibi imitom aris, alibi rom mas unda daveyrdnoT da
SevamowmoT. Torem Tu survilebiT, emociebiT da eWviT mi-
vudeqiT xalxis gasamarTlebas da kanoni gverdze movisro-
leT, daviWerT visac visi jini gvWirs! mokled kolegiaze im
policieli biWis damcvelad me gamovedi.
_ ha, ha, ha, etyoba yelSi amouyvane Seni amdeni simarTle
da kanonis uzenaesoba!
_ rezo, ase xalxis daWera ar SeiZleba, kargi xalxi
vmuSaobT am policiaSi Tu cudi, erTmaneTs rogorc kolege-
bi gverdze unda davudgeT da Tu mTlad gasawiri ar aris ar
unda gavwiroT. jandabas magaT Tavs, rac mosaxdeni iyo moxda.
Sen rasa iqm? didi xania ar minaxixar, Senma telefonis zarma
Zalian gamaxara.
_ amiran, me Sen gnaxav Tu ara, amas mniSvneloba ar aqvs,
Sen mainc Cemi Svilobili xar, Cemi proteqciiT daiwyo Seni
kariera. dagRupe Tu agaSene, eg Sen Tavs hkiTxe. axla ki minda
samsaxuri SemogTavazo Cemi firmis filialSi. me aqamde ruseTSi
vmuSaobdi. axla saamSeneblo masalebis gamoSvebas viwyeb aq
da dacvis samsaxuri Sen unda Cagabaro. Tu ginda, xval amodi
da daaTvaliere da Tanxmoba, Tu uari mere miTxari.
_ rezo, dafiqrebisa da gansjis dro ar aris. Tanaxma var
vimuSao, miT umetes, SenTan. pensioner kacs arCevanis ufleba
CamorTmeuli maqvs, usaqmod, xom ici, ver gavCerdebi!
_ aba, amiran, Sen gagimarjos, Cveni firmis axal Tanam-
Sromels. ra vqna, Zmao, xom ici, naTqvamia: `ZaRli vinc mokla,
iman gadaaTrioso~. _ Sesva da amirani gadakocna.
_ ras izam Cemo rezo, xom xedav cxovrebis daisze mainc
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 _ au, ras ambob amiran, ra dros cxovrebis daisia biWo,
xom xedav SvilTaSvilsSvils moveswari, Cemi azriT me da Sen
maT qorwilebs da naSiersac unda moveswroT raTa Cveni gvaris
gamgrZeleblebi kidev erTxel am qveynad SevamowmoT-gadava-
mowmoT mxolod amis Semdgom SeiZleba im qveynad damSvidebu-
lad wasvla.
_ Sen cxovrebis, sicocxlis survilis madls gaumarjos
Cemo rezo, romlis nasufralze me uars arasdros vityvi.
oriveni kargad iyvnen SebuJbuJebulebi.
_ modi, amiran wamsvlel-damrCenis sadRegrZelo davli-
oT da movrCeT! dilis cxra saaTze samsaxurSi gelodebi.
kidev erTxel gadaexvivnen erTmaneTs, gadakocnes. amira-
ni rezom gamoacila da uTxra:
_ sanamde saxlSi ar mixval Cemi stumari xar, Senze pasuxs
me vageb!
amiranma taqsi gaaCera. uCveulo simsubuqe igrZno, mxre-
bidan TiTqos raRac tvirTi moixsnao da saxlSi amayad Seabi-
ja, ara rogorc pensionerma, aramed sazogadoebisaTvis jer
kidev saWiro kacma, moqalaqem da pirovnebam.
mogvianebiT amiranis binaSi telefonis zaris xma gaisma.
rezo rekavda.
_ mixvedi amiran mSvidobiT?
_ mSvidoba da imedi nu mogviSalos RmerTma Cemo rezo!

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