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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج َﻳ ُﻘﻮ ُل َﺷ ْﻴ ًﺌﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻳ ْﻨ َﺪ ُم َﻋ َﻠ ْﻴ ِﻪ‬

‫َﻏﺎ َد َر ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج َﻣﻨْ ِﺰ َﻟ ُﻪ َو َﻗ َﻄ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻤ َﺴ ِﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ َو َﺧ ْﻤ ٍﺲ َو َﺳﺒْ ِﻌي َن ُﺧ ْﻄ َﻮ ًة ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺼﻠُ ُﻪ َﻋ ْﻦ‬
‫»رﻳﻔﻮرم ﻛﻠﻮب«‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﺟ َﻪ ُﻣﺒَﺎ َ َﴍ ًة إِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم َو َﺟ َﻠ َﺲ َﻋ َﲆ َﻃﺎ ِو َﻟ ِﺘ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻌﺘَﺎ َد ِة‪َ ،‬و َﺧﺎ ِر َج‬
‫ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم ُﻣﺒَﺎ َ َﴍ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﺣ ِﺪﻳ َﻘ ٌﺔ ﻳُ ِﺤ ﱡﺐ اﻟﻨﱠ َﻈ َﺮ إِ َﻟﻴْ َﻬﺎ‪ .‬أَ ْﺣ َ َﴬ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِد ُل ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻌﺘَﺎ ُد‬
‫ِﻟﻔﻴﻠﻴﺎس َﻏ َﺪا َء ُه ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻌﺘَﺎ َد‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي اﻧْﺘَ َﻬﻰ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس — َﻛﺎ ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َد ِة — ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ِم اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴَ َﺔ َﻋ ْ َﴩ َة‬

‫َو َﺳﺒْ ٍﻊ َوأَ ْرﺑَ ِﻌي َن َد ِﻗﻴ َﻘ ًﺔ‪.‬‬
‫اﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻞ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺪاءِ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ َﻋ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﱪَى ِﻟ ِﻘ َﺮا َء ِة اﻟ ﱡﺼ ُﺤ ِﻒ‪َ ،‬ﺣﻴْ ُﺚ أَ ْﻣ َﴣ ُﻣ ْﻌ َﻈ َﻢ‬
‫اﻟﻨﱠ َﻬﺎ ِر ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ ،‬ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻋﺎ َد َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى إِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم ِﻟﺘَﻨَﺎ ُو ِل ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﺸﺎءِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ا ِﻻﻧْ ِﺘ َﻬﺎ ِء ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُو ِل‬
‫اﻟ ﱠﻄ َﻌﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬ﺟ َﻠ َﺲ ِﰲ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﺮا َء ِة َﻣ َﻊ ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﺾ أَ ْﻋ َﻀﺎءِ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِدي‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ ِ َﴍ ِة َو ِﺳ ﱢﺖ َد َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻖ‪ ،‬ﺑَ َﺪأَ‬

‫َﻟ ِﻌ َﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َر ِق َﻣ َﻊ أَ ْﺻ ِﺪ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫َو َﻛﺎ َن ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺿ ْﻤ ِﻦ أَ ْﺻ ِﺪ َﻗﺎ ِء ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس‪ ،‬ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻬﻨْ ِﺪ ُس أﻧﺪرو ﺳﺘﻴﻮارت َو َﻣﺎ ِﻟ ُﻚ ا ْﻷَ َرا ِﴈ ﺗﻮﻣﺎس‬
‫ﻓﻼﻧﺎﺟﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎ َن ﺟﻮن ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻔﺎن وﺻﻤﻮﺋﻴﻞ ﻓﻮﻟﻨﺘين َﻣ ْﻮ ُﺟﻮ َدﻳ ِﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَﻳْ ًﻀﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬
‫َﻣﺎ ِﻟ ِﻜﻲ اﻟ ﱡﺼ ُﺤ ِﻒ‪َ ،‬وأَ ِﺧيرًا َﻛﺎ َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك راﻟﻒ ﺟﻮﺛير َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻤ ُﻞ ِﰲ ﺑَﻨْ ِﻚ إِﻧْ ِﺠ ْﻠ ِ َﱰا‪َ .‬ﻛﺎ َن‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ﻳُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ َﻣ ْﻌ ِﺮ َﻓ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺰﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻌﻠُﻮ َﻣﺎ ِت َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠ ِﴪ َﻗ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َو َﻗ َﻌ ْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْ ِﴫ ِف ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﺛَ َﻼﺛَ ِﺔ‬
‫أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ؛ إِذْ إِ ﱠن اﻟ ﱢﻠ ﱠﺺ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻻذَ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻔ َﺮا ِر َو ِﺑ َﺤ ْﻮ َز ِﺗ ِﻪ َﻣﺎ ِﻗﻴ َﻤﺘُ ُﻪ َﺧ ْﻤ َﺴ ٌﺔ َو َﺧ ْﻤ ُﺴﻮ َن أَ ْﻟ َﻒ ُﺟﻨَﻴْ ٍﻪ‬

‫ا ْﺳ ِﱰْ ِﻟﻴﻨِ ﱟﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎ َن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﱪُ ﻳَ ْﻤ َﻸُ َﺟ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ اﻟ ﱡﺼ ُﺤ ِﻒ‪.‬‬
‫َﺳﺄَ َل ﺟﻮن ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻔﺎن‪َ » :‬ﻫ ﱠﻼ ﺑَ َﺪأْﻧَﺎ أَﻳﱡ َﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َد ُة؟ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠ ِﻨﻲ أَﺗَ َﻄ ﱠﻠ ُﻊ إِ َﱃ ُﻣﺒَﺎ َرا ِﺗﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ﻟُ ْﻌﺒَ ِﺔ‬

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