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ﺣﻮل اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ ﰲ ٨٠ﻳﻮ ًﻣﺎ
َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻋ َﻘﺎ ِر ُب اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َﻋ ِﺔ ﺗُ ِﺸيرُ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ ِدﻳَ َﺔ َﻋ ْﴩ َة َواﻟﻨﱢ ْﺼ ِﻒ إِ ﱠﻻ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ َد َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻖ َﻓ َﻘ ْﻂَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن
ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻠِ ِﻪ ِﻟ ُﻤ َﻐﺎ َد َر ِة ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨْ ِﺰ َل ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺠ ًﻬﺎ إِ َﱃ ﻧَﺎ ِدي »رﻳﻔﻮرم ﻛﻠﻮب« ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ ِدﻳَ َﺔ َﻋ ْ َﴩ َة
َواﻟﻨﱢ ْﺼ ِﻒَ .و ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖَ ،ﻃ َﺮ َق ﺟﻴﻤﺲ ﺑَﺎ َب ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َد َﺧ َﻞَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن َﻗ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَ َﻬﻰ ِﻟﺘَ ﱢﻮ ِه ِﻣ ْﻦ
َﺣ ْﺰ ِم أَ ْﻣ ِﺘ َﻌ ِﺘ ِﻪَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ِﰲ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ ِﻪ إِ َﱃ َﺧﺎ ِر ِج ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨْ ِﺰ ِل.
َﻗﺎ َل ﺟﻴﻤﺲ» :ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِد ُم ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺪﻳ ُﺪ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي «.ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﺳﺘَ َﺪا َر َو َﻏﺎ َد َر ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ َﺔ ُﻣ ْ ِﴪ ًﻋﺎ.
ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم َﺷﺎ ﱞب ﻳَ ْﻘ ُﺮ ُب ُﻋ ْﻤ ُﺮ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱠ َﻼ ِﺛي َن َواﻧْ َﺤﻨَﻰ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ًﻼ» :ا ْﺳ ِﻤﻲ ﺟﺎن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ«.
َﺳﺄَ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎسَ » :ﻛ ِﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َﻋ ُﺔ ا ْﻵ َن؟«
أَ ْﺧ َﺮ َج ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﺳﺎ َﻋ َﺔ َﺟﻴْ ِﺒ ِﻪ َوﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ ِﻓﻴ َﻬﺎ ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻣ َﻌﺎ ٍن َو َﻗﺎ َل» :ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ ِدﻳَ َﺔ َﻋ ْ َﴩ َة َواﺛْﻨَﺘَﺎ ِن
َو ِﻋ ْ ُﴩو َن َد ِﻗﻴ َﻘ ًﺔ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي«.
َر ﱠد ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس» :إِ ﱠن َﺳﺎ َﻋﺘَ َﻚ ُﻣﺘَﺄَ ﱢﺧ َﺮ ٌة«.
– » ُﻋ ْﺬ ًرا ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪيَ ،ﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺤﻴ ٌﻞ«.
َﻛ ﱠﺮ َر ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس» :إِ ﱠن َﺳﺎ َﻋﺘَ َﻚ ُﻣﺘَﺄَ ﱢﺧ َﺮ ٌة أَ ْرﺑَ َﻊ َد َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻖَ .ﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎ ،ﺑَ ْﺪ ًءا ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﺤ َﻈ ِﺔ :ا ْﻟ َﺤﺎ ِدﻳَ َﺔ
َﻋ ْ َﴩ َة َو ِﺳ ﱟﺖ َو ِﻋ ْ ِﴩﻳ َﻦ َد ِﻗﻴ َﻘ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم ا ْﻷَ ْر ِﺑ َﻌﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻮا ِﻓ ِﻖ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧ َﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ أُ ْﻛﺘُﻮﺑَ َﺮ ِﻟ َﻌﺎ ِم ،١٨٦٧أَﻧْ َﺖ
ا ْﻵ َن َﺧﺎ ِد ِﻣﻲ«.
َو ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺠ ﱠﺮ ِد ا ِﻻﻧْ ِﺘ َﻬﺎءِ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِﻌﺒَﺎ َر ِةَ ،ﻫ ﱠﺐ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج َوا ِﻗ ًﻔﺎ َﻋ َﲆ َﻗ َﺪ َﻣﻴْ ِﻪ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ا ْرﺗَ َﺪى
ُﻗﺒﱠ َﻌﺘَ ُﻪ َو َﻏﺎ َد َر ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨْ ِﺰ َل.
ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد َد َﺻ ْﻮ ُت إِ ْﻏ َﻼ ِق ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِب ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْد َﻫﺎ ِت ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔَ ،و ِﺣﻴﻨَ ِﺌ ٍﺬ َﻫ َﻤ َﺲ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِﻟﻨَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ» :ﻳَﺎ إِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ!
َﻗ ْﺪ َرأَﻳْ ُﺖ أَ ْﺷ َﺨﺎ ًﺻﺎ ِﰲ » ُﻣﺘْ َﺤ ِﻒ َﺷ ْﻤ ِﻊ َﻣ َﺪام ﺗﻴﺴﻮ« أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ َﺣﻴَ ِﻮﻳﱠ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪ!«
َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳَﺒْ َﺤ ُﺚ َﻋ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻜﺎ ِن ا ْﻷَ ْﻣﺜَ ِﻞ ِﻟﻴَ ْﻌ َﻤ َﻞ ِﻓﻴ ِﻪ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أَ ْن َﻏﺎ َد َر ﺑَﺎ ِرﻳ َﺲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َﺧ ْﻤ ِﺲ
َﺳﻨَ َﻮا ٍتَ ،و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﻋ ِﻠ َﻢ أَ ﱠن ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج ﻳَﺒْ َﺤ ُﺚ َﻋ ْﻦ َﺧﺎ ِد ٍم َﺟ ِﺪﻳ ٍﺪ ،ا ْﻏﺘَﻨَ َﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َﺻ َﺔ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻮ ِر
ِﻟﻴَ ْﻌ َﻤ َﻞ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪَ .ﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ أَ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ﻓﻮج َر ُﺟ ٌﻞ َﺷ ِﺪﻳ ُﺪ اﻟﺘﱠﻨْ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ َوﻳُ ِﺤ ﱡﺐ ﺗَﻨْ ِﻔﻴ َﺬ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْﳾءٍ َﻋ َﲆ ﻧَ ْﺤ ٍﻮ
ُﻣ َﻌ ﱠي ٍنَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳَﺒْ َﺤ ُﺚ َﻋ ْﻦ ِﻧ َﻈﺎ ِم َﻋ َﻤ ٍﻞ َﺟﻴﱢ ٍﺪ َوﺛَﺎ ِﺑ ٍﺖَ .و ِﰲ َﺣ ِﻘﻴ َﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ِﺮَ ،ﻛﺎ َن َﻣﺎ أَ َرا َد ُه
ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أَ ﱢي َ ْﳾءٍ آ َﺧ َﺮ ُﻫ َﻮ َﺣﻴَﺎ ًة ُﻣﻨَ ﱠﻈ َﻤ ًﺔ.
وﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ﻳَ ْﺨ ُﺮ ُج ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ َو ِﻣﻨْ َﻬﺎ إِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱡﺮ َوا ِقَ ،ﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﻓﻴ َﻤﺎ َﺣ َﺪ َث َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َو ْﻗ ٍﺖ
َﻗ ِﺼي ٍرَ .ﻛﺎ َن ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺼ ْﻌ ِﺐ اﻟﺘﱠﻨَﺒﱡ ُﺆ َﻛﻴْ َﻒ َﺳﺘَ ِﺴيرُ ا ْﻷُ ُﻣﻮ ُر ﺑَﻴْﻨَ ُﻪ َوﺑَ ْي َن اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﻓﻮج ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺧ َﻼ ِل َﻫﺬَا
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