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اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ ﻋﴩ
ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻮ ُز ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻫﺎ ِن!
َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ أَﺑْ َﻮا ِب َوﻧَ َﻮا ِﻓ ِﺬ َﻣﻨْ ِﺰ ِل ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻓﻮج ِﰲ َﺷﺎ ِر ِع ﺳﺎﻓﻴﻞ رو ُﻣ ْﻐ َﻠ َﻘ ًﺔَ ،واﻟ ﱠﺴﺘَﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮ
ُﻣ ْﺴ َﺪ َﻟ ًﺔَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَ ﱡي إِ َﺷﺎ َرا ٍت ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨْ ِﺰ ِل ﺗَ ُﺪ ﱡل َﻋ َﲆ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻋﺎ َدَ ،ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ ْﻓ َﻠ َﺲ ِﺑ َﺴ ِﺒ ِﺐ
ُﻣ َﺤ ﱢﻘ ٍﻖ َﺳ ِﺨﻴ ٍﻒ .أَ ْﻓ َﻠ َﺲ!
ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ أَ ْن َﻗ َﻄ َﻊ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣﻴَﺎ ِلَ ،وﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻐ ﱡﻠ ِﺐ َﻋ َﲆ َﻛﺎ ﱠﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻷَ ْﺧ َﻄﺎ ِر ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َوا َﺟ َﻬ َﻬﺎ َوا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻮا ِﻗ ِﺐ
ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َو َﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ِﰲ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ ِﻪَ ،ﺿﺎ َع َذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻫﺒَﺎءً! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ِﺪﻳ ُﻦ ِﺑﺒَﺎ ِﻗﻲ ﺛَ ْﺮ َوﺗِ ِﻪ إِ َﱃ أَ ْﺻ ِﺪ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ِﻪ ِﰲ ﻧَﺎ ِدي
»رﻳﻔﻮرم ﻛﻠﻮب«َ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﻤ ِﻠ ُﻜ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧُ ُﻘﻮ ٍد ُﻫ َﻮ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺒْ َﻠ َﻎ اﻟ ﱠﻀ ِﺌﻴ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺒَ ﱢﻘ َﻲ ِﰲ َﺣ ِﻘﻴﺒَ ِﺘ ِﻪ
ا ْﻟ ُﻘ َﻤﺎ ِﺷﻴﱠ ِﺔ.
َو ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔَ ،ﺧ َﻠ َﺪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس إِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠ ْﻮ ِم ُﻣﺜْ َﻘ ًﻼ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻬ ُﻤﻮ ِم َوا ْﻷَ ْﺣ َﺰا ِنَ ،و َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋﻮدا ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ
َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ْت ِﺑﺎ ْﻷَ َﺳ ِﻒ ِﺣﻴَﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ ِﻞ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي أَﻧْ َﻘﺬَ َﺣﻴَﺎﺗَ َﻬﺎَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ َﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ْف َﻣﺎ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ َﻬﺎ أَ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔ َﻌ َﻠ ُﻪ
ِﻟ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻋ َﺪ ِﺗ ِﻪ ا ْﻵ َن.
ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺼﺒَﺎ ِح اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄِ ،ﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ أَ ْﺣ َ َﴬ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ُﻄﻮ َرَ ،ﻃ َﻠ َﺐ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس أَ ْن ﻳُ ْﺨ ِﱪَ
ﻋﻮدا ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَ َﻮ ﱡد أَ ْن ﻳَ َﺮا َﻫﺎ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﺸﺎ ِء؛ َﻓ َﻜﺎ َن ﻳُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﻤ ِ َﴤ ﻳَ ْﻮ َﻣ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﺄَ ﱡﻛ ِﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ﱠن ُﺷﺌُﻮﻧَ ُﻪ
ﺗَ ِﺴيرُ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُمَ .و َﻛﺎ َن أَ ْﻛﺜَ ُﺮ ُﻫ ْﻢ ُﺣ ْﺰﻧًﺎ َوأَﺛْ َﻘﻠُ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻫ ٍّﻤﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِد َم ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺨ ِﻠ َﺺ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُف
أَﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﺧ ِ ُﴪوا اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻫﺎ َن ِﺑ َﺴﺒَ ِﺐ َﺧ َﻄ ِﺌ ِﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻮ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ أَ ْﺧ َ َﱪ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ُه ِﺑﺄَ ْﻣ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺤ ﱢﻘ ِﻖَ ،ﻟ َﻜﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻮ ِﻗ ُﻒ
َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠيرَ.
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴْ َﻄ َﺮ َة َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ َﺸﺎ ِﻋ ِﺮ ِه أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،ﻓ َﻘﺎ َلَ » :ﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪي!
ِﻟ َﻤﺎذَا َﻟ ْﺴ َﺖ َﻏﺎ ِﺿﺒًﺎ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ؟ َﻓ ُﻜ ﱡﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺧ َﻄ ِﺌﻲ«.
