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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ ﻋﴩ‬

‫اﻟ ﱠﺴ ﱢﻴ ُﺪ ﻓﻮج َو َﻓ ِﺮﻳ ُﻘ ُﻪ َﻳ ْﻌ ُ ُﱪو َن ا ْﳌ ُ ِﺤﻴ َﻂ ا ْ َﳍﺎ ِد َئ‬

‫َﻛﺎ َن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ ِﻊ أَ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َق اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻴَﺎﺑَﺎ ِن إِ َﱃ أَ ْﻣ ِﺮﻳ َﻜﺎ َوا ِﺣ ًﺪا َو ِﻋ ْ ِﴩﻳ َﻦ ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺣﻴْ ُﺚ‬
‫َﺳﺘُ ْﻠ ِﻘﻲ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ُﺔ َﻣ َﺮا ِﺳﻴَ َﻬﺎ ِﰲ ﺳﺎن ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺴﻜﻮ ِﰲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِدﻳ َﺴ ْﻤ ِﱪَ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ُق اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ُﺔ‬
‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳﺎن ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻴﺴﻜﻮ إِ َﱃ ﻧﻴﻮﻳﻮرك ِﺗ ْﺴ َﻌ َﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪َ ،‬و َﻫ َﺬا ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﻨﻲ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ أَ َﻣﺎ َم ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج َﻋ َ َﴩ ُة‬
‫أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻛﺎ ِﻣ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻌ ْﻮ َد ِة إِ َﱃ َﻟﻨْ َﺪ َن َﻗﺒْ َﻞ اﻧْ ِﺘ َﻬﺎءِ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱠﺪ ِد‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َذ ﱠر ُة َﻗ َﻠ ٍﻖ ﺗُ َﺨﺎ ِﻟ ُﺞ‬

‫ﻧَ ْﻔ َﺲ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن َذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒْ ُﺪ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﺤ ِﻪ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْ ِﻹ ْﻃ َﻼ ِق‪.‬‬
‫َو ِﺑ ُﺤﻠُﻮ ِل ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﺳ ِﻊ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج َﻗ ْﺪ َﺳﺎ َﻓ َﺮ َﺣ ْﻮ َل ِﻧ ْﺼ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻀﺒْ ِﻂ‪،‬‬
‫َو َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻵ َن اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ ُﺮ َﺣ ْﻮ َل اﻟﻨﱢ ْﺼ ِﻒ ا ْﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺒَ ﱠﻖ أَ َﻣﺎ َﻣ ُﻪ ِﺳ َﻮى ﺛَ َﻤﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ٍﺔ َو ِﻋ ْ ِﴩﻳ َﻦ ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ!‬
‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﻘ ُﻖ ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺣ َﺼ َﻞ أَ ِﺧيرًا َﻋ َﲆ ُﻣﺬَ ﱢﻛ َﺮ ِة إِ ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِء ا ْﻟ َﻘﺒْ ِﺾ َﻋ َﲆ‬
‫ﻓﻮج‪َ ،‬وا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ُه ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ ُو ُﺻﻮﻟِ ِﻪ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻴَﺎﺑَﺎ ِن‪َ .‬و ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻮا ِﻗ ِﻊ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺬَ ﱢﻛ َﺮ ُة َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة »ﻛﺎرﻧﺎﺗﻴﻚ« ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻛﺎ َن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻔ َ َﱰ ِض أَ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ َن َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻨ َﻬﺎ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻄﺒْ ِﻊ‪ ،‬أَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺤ ِﺖ‬
‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺬَ ﱢﻛ َﺮ ُة ِﺑ َﻼ َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ٍة ا ْﻵ َن؛ إِ ْذ إِ ﱠن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َﻛﺎ َن ِﰲ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ ِﻪ إِ َﱃ أَ ْﻣ ِﺮﻳ َﻜﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻓﻮج ِﰲ‬

‫َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ ا ْﻷَ َرا ِﴈ ا ْﻟ ِ ِﱪﻳ َﻄﺎ ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﻟﻴْ َﺲ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱡﺴ ْﻠ َﻄ ُﺔ ِ ِﻹ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءِ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺒْ ِﺾ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ا ْﺳﺘَ َﺸﺎ َط ﻓﻴﻜﺲ َﻏ َﻀﺒًﺎ‪َ » :‬ﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺘَ َﻈ ﱡﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺬ ﱢﻛ َﺮ ُة َﻓ ﱠﻌﺎ َﻟ ًﺔ ِﰲ َﻟﻨْ َﺪ َن‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ َﻋ َﲆ ﻳَ ِﻘي ٍن‬

‫أَ ﱠن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج َﺳﻴُ ْﻀ َﻄ ﱡﺮ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻌ ْﻮ َد ِة إِ َﱃ ِﺑ َﻼ ِد ِه ِﰲ َو ْﻗ ٍﺖ َﻣﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ﻓﻴﻜﺲ أَ ْن ﻳُ َﻼ ِﺣ َﻖ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َﺣﺘﱠﻰ اﻟﻨﱢ َﻬﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ ﺗَ َﻘ ْﻮ َﻗ َﻊ َﻋ َﲆ ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﰲ َﻛﺎ ِﺑﻴﻨَ ِﺘ ِﻪ َﻋ َﲆ‬
‫َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة »ﺟﻨﺮال ﺟﺮاﻧﺖ« َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻤﻮا ِﺑ ُﻮ ُﺟﻮ ِد ِه‪َ ،‬ﻛ َﻤﺎ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ِﺮ ْد أَ ْن ﻳُ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ‬

‫َوﻳُ ْﻀ َﻄ ﱠﺮ إِ َﱃ ﺗَ ْ ِﱪﻳ ِﺮ ُو ُﺟﻮ ِد ِه َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬