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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬

‫ُﻣ َﻐﺎ َﻣ َﺮ ُة ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج وﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‬
‫َواﻟ ﱢﺴ ْﲑ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲ‬

‫َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻔﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺬ ُف اﻟ ﱢﺴي ْر ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺲ وﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻳَ ْﻤﻨَ ًﺔ َوﻳَ ْ َﴪ ًة َو ِﻫ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﺸ ﱡﻖ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ َﻬﺎ َر ْﻛ ًﻀﺎ‬
‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ َو ُﻫ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْﺠ ِﻠ َﺴﺎ ِن ِﰲ َو ْﺿ ٍﻊ َﻏ ْي ِر ُﻣ ِﺮﻳ ٍﺢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻬ ْﻮ َد ِج‪َ .‬و َﻗ ْﺪ أَ َﺧ َﱪَ ُﻫ ْﻢ َﻋ ِﲇﱞ أَﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻬ ْﻢ‬
‫ﺗَ ْﻮ ِﻓيرُ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜي ِر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ إِ َذا َﺳ َﻠ ُﻜﻮا َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ًﻘﺎ ُﻣ ْﺨﺘَ َ ًﴫا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻮا َﻓ ُﻘﻮا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ َﻖ َﻛﺎ َن أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ‬
‫ُو ُﻋﻮ َر ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ ِد ﱢي‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳَﺜِ ُﺐ َﻛﺎ ْﻟ ُﻜ َﺮ ِة َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﻔﻴ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬و ُرﺑﱠ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‬

‫ُﻣ ْﺆ ِﻟ ًﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻤ ِﺘ ُﻊ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ َوﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ َﻛﺄَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ُﻣ َﻬ ﱢﺮ ٌج ﻳَ ْﻘ ِﻔ ُﺰ َﻓ ْﻮ َق َﻗﻨْ َﻄ َﺮ ٍة‪.‬‬
‫َﻣ ﱠﺮ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل َﻋ ْﱪَ َﻏﺎﺑَ ٍﺔ َﻛ ِﺜﻴ َﻔ ٍﺔ ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻋ ْ َﱪ ُﺣ ُﻘﻮ ٍل َﺟﺎ ﱠﻓ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َرأَ ْوا ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺾ ا ْﻟ َﺤﻴَ َﻮاﻧَﺎ ِت — َوأَ ْﻛﺜَ ُﺮ‬
‫َﻣﺎ َرأَ ْو ُه َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ُﺮو َد — َو َﻗ ْﺪ أَ ْﻋ َﺠﺒَ ْﺖ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻛ ِﺜيرًا‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱠﻛﺎ ُب ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮو َن ِﺑﺒَ ْﻌ ِﺾ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻮ ِف ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ َﻋ ْ َﱪ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨْ َﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻋ َﺮ ِة ِﰲ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ ِﻬ ْﻢ إِ َﱃ َﻣ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ »ﷲ أﺑﺎد«؛ ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا‬
‫ﻳُ ْﺪ ِر ُﻛﻮ َن أَ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ُﻗ ﱠﻄﺎ َع ُﻃ ُﺮ ٍق ﻳَ ْﺤ ُﻜ ُﻤﻮ َن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻷَ َرا ِ َﴈ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أَ ﱞي ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏ ُﺐ ِﰲ ُﻣ َﻮا َﺟ َﻬ ِﺔ‬

‫ا ْﻟ َﻤﺘَﺎ ِﻋ ِﺐ‪.‬‬
‫َو ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ﱠن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ أَ َﺣ ﱠﺐ ُو ُﺟﻮ َد ُه َﻋ َﲆ َﻇ ْﻬ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﻔﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺘَ َﺴﺎ َء ُل َﻋ ﱠﻤﺎ‬
‫َﺳﻴَ ْﻔ َﻌﻠُ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺑﻜﻴﻮﻧﻲ َﻋ ِﻘ َﺐ ُو ُﺻﻮﻟِ ِﻬ ْﻢ إِ َﱃ »ﷲ أﺑﺎد«‪َ ،‬و َﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻟ َﻔ ْ َﱰ ٍة َﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ‬

‫َو ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﺸ ﱡﻘﻮ َن َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﻬ ْﻢ ِﰲ ُﻋ َﺠﺎ َﻟ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬
‫َو َﻣ َﻊ ُﺣﻠُﻮ ِل ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ُل َﻗ ْﺪ َﻗ َﻄ ُﻌﻮا ِﻧ ْﺼ َﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻓ ِﺔ إِ َﱃ َﻣ َﺤ ﱠﻄ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺴ ﱠﻜ ِﺔ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ًﺔ ﺑَﺎ ِر َد ًة؛ َﻓﺘَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ ُﻔﻮا ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ ُﻛﻮ ٍخ ُﻣﺘَ َﻬ ﱢﺪ ٍم َﺣﻴْ ُﺚ أَ ْﺷ َﻌ َﻞ ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﺷ ُﺪ ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻧَﺎ ًرا‬