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اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ ﻋﴩ
ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج َ ِﳚ ُﺪ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﻪ إِ َﱃ ﻟﻴﻔﺮﺑﻮل
ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄَ ،ﻏﺎ َد َر ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ا ْﻟ ُﻔﻨْ ُﺪ َق ِﺑ ُﻤ ْﻔ َﺮ ِد ِهَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﻨْ ِﻮي ا ْﻟ ُﻌﺜُﻮ َر َﻋ َﲆ َﺳ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ٍﺔ ﺗُ ِﻘ ﱡﻠ ُﻬ ْﻢ إِ َﱃ
ﻟﻴﻔﺮﺑﻮل ُﻣﺒَﺎ َ َﴍ ًة؛ إِذْ َﻛﺎ َن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧ َﻲ َﻋ َ َﴩ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِدﻳ َﺴ ْﻤ ِ َﱪ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺒَ ﱠﻖ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ِﺳ َﻮى
ِﺗ ْﺴ َﻌ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َوﺛَ َﻼ َث َﻋ ْ َﴩ َة َﺳﺎ َﻋ ًﺔ َو َﺧ ْﻤ ٍﺲ َوأَ ْرﺑَ ِﻌي َن َد ِﻗﻴ َﻘ ًﺔ َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂ.
أَ َﺧ َﺬ ﻳَﺘَ َﺠ ﱠﻮ ُل ذَ َﻫﺎﺑًﺎ َوإِﻳَﺎﺑًﺎ َﻋ َﲆ َﺟﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ اﻟﻨﱠ ْﻬ ِﺮَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ إِﻳ َﺠﺎ َد َﻣ ْﺮ َﻛ ٍﺐ ِ ِﻹﻳ َﺼﺎ ِﻟ ِﻪ.
َو َﻛﺎ َد أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﻔ ِﻘ َﺪ ا ْﻷَ َﻣ َﻞ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َرأَى َﺳ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ًﺔ ِﺗ َﺠﺎ ِرﻳﱠ ًﺔ َﺻ ِﻐي َر ًة ﺗَ ِﻘ ُﻒ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ َﺪ ًة َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺴ ُﻔ ِﻦ ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى،
َو َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟﺒُ َﺨﺎ ُر ﻳَﻨْﺒَ ِﻌ ُﺚ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺪ َﺧﻨَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَ ْﻌﻠُﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺮ َﻛ َﺐ؛ أَ ْي إِﻧﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻋ َﲆ َو ْﺷ ِﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺣﻴ ِﻞ.
ﻧَﺎ َدى ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس َﻋ َﲆ َﻗﺎ ِر ٍب ِﻟﻴَﺄْ ُﺧﺬَ ُه إِ َﱃ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔَ ،و ُ ْﴎ َﻋﺎ َن َﻣﺎ َو َﺟ َﺪ ﻧَ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ
اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ »ﻫﻨﺮﻳﺘﺎ«َ .و َﻛﺎ َن ُﻗﺒْ َﻄﺎ ُن اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔ — َر ُﺟ ٌﻞ ﻳَﺒْﻠُ ُﻎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻌ ْﻤ ِﺮ َﺧ ْﻤ ِﺴي َن َﻋﺎ ًﻣﺎ َو َﻟ ُﻪ
َﻋﻴْﻨَﺎ ِن ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺪﻳ َﺮﺗَﺎ ِن َﻛ ِﺒيرَﺗَﺎ ِن َو َﺷ ْﻌ ٌﺮ أَ ْﺣ َﻤ ُﺮ َﻓﺎ ِﺗ ٌﺢ َو ِﻟ ْﺤﻴَ ٌﺔ ﻧُ َﺤﺎ ِﺳﻴﱠ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﻮ ِن — ﻳَ ْﺠ ِﻠ ُﺲ َﻋ َﲆ َﺳ ْﻄ ِﺢ
اﻟ ﱠﺴ ِﻔﻴﻨَ ِﺔَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ْﺪ َﻋﻰ أﻧﺪرو ﺳﺒﻴﺪي.
َﻓ َﺴﺄَ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ » :ﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧْﺘُ ْﻢ َﻋ َﲆ َو ْﺷ ِﻚ ا ْﻹﺑْ َﺤﺎ ِر؟«
أَ َﺟﺎ َب ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َﻄﺎ ُن ﺳﺒﻴﺪي» :ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢَ ،ﺳﻨُ َﻐﺎ ِد ُر إِ َﱃ ﺑﻮردو ِﰲ ُﻏ ُﻀﻮ ِن َﺳﺎ َﻋ ٍﺔ«.
– » َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗُ ِﻘ ﱡﻞ ُر ﱠﻛﺎﺑًﺎ؟«
َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َﻄﺎ ُن ﺳﺒﻴﺪيَ » :ﻛ ﱠﻼَ ،ﻻ ﻧُ ِﻘ ﱡﻞ ُر ﱠﻛﺎﺑًﺎ ،ﻧَ ْﺤ َﻦ َﻻ ﻧَ ْﺤ ِﻤ ُﻞ أَﺑَ ًﺪا أَ ﱠي ُر ﱠﻛﺎ ٍبَ ،ﻓ َﻬ ْﻢ ﻳُ ِﻌﻴ ُﻘﻮ َن
ﺗَ َﻘ ﱡﺪ َﻣﻨَﺎ«.
– » َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳ ِﻔﻴﻨَﺘُ َﻚ َ ِﴎﻳ َﻌ ٌﺔ؟«
َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒْ َﻄﺎ ُن» :ﻧَ َﻌ ْﻢ ،إِ ﱠن ُ ْﴎ َﻋﺘَ َﻬﺎ َﺟﻴﱢ َﺪ ٌة ،أَ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْﴎ َﻋ ٍﺔ ُﻣ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨَ ٍﺔ«.
َﺳﺄَ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ » :ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﺄْ ُﺧﺬُ ِﻧﻲ إِ َﱃ ﻟﻴﻔﺮﺑﻮل؟ أَﻧَﺎ َوﺛَ َﻼﺛَ َﺔ ُر ﱠﻛﺎ ٍب آ َﺧ ِﺮﻳ َﻦ«.
