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ِﻧ َﺪا ُء اﻟ َ ﱢﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ
َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳُ َﻤﺜﱢ ُﻞ ﺗَ ْﻬ ِﺪﻳ ًﺪا َﻋ َﲆ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ِﺑ ِﺼ َﻔ ِﺘ ِﻪ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ِﻊ َﻃ َﻮا َل ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ؛ إِذْ َﻛﺎ َن
ﻳَ ْﻤﻨَ ُﻌ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣ َﻌﺎ َﻗﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻌ َﻤ ُﻞ ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱟﺪَ .و ِﰲ إِ ْﺣ َﺪى اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴَﺎ ِﱄ ﺗَ َﺴﺎ َﻗ َﻄ ِﺖ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ُج ِﺑ َﻐ َﺰا َر ٍة،
َو ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺼﺒَﺎ ِح َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻈ ِﻬ ْﺮ ﺑﺎﻳﻚ — ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳُ ِﺤ ﱡﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻤ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺸﺎ ﱠق َﻗ ﱡﻂ — َوا ْﺧﺘَﺒَﺄَ ِﰲ ُﺣ ْﻔ َﺮﺗِ ِﻪ
ﺗَ ْﺤ َﺖ َﻃﺒَ َﻘ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻘ َﺪا ُر َﻫﺎ َﻗ َﺪ ٌم ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱠ ْﻠ ِﺞ .ﻧَﺎ َدى ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َوأَ َﺧ َﺬ ﻳَﺒْ َﺤ ُﺚ َﻋﻨْ ُﻪَ ،ﻓﺎ ْﺳﺘَ َﺸﺎ َط
ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ َﻏ َﻀﺒًﺎ َوأَ َﺧ َﺬ ﻳَ ُﻄﻮ ُف ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻌ ْﺴ َﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ َﻏ َﻀ ٍﺐ ﻳَ ْﺸﺘَ ﱡﻢ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻠﻴ َﺪ َوﻳَ ْﺤ ِﻔ ُﺮ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ٍنَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن
ﻳُ َﺰ ْﻣ ِﺠ ُﺮ ِﺑ َﺼ ْﻮ ٍت َﻋﺎ ٍل َﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِ ﱠن ﺑﺎﻳﻚ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻌ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻣ ْﺨﺒَﺌِ ِﻪ َو َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ُﻒ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻋ ِﺐ.
َو َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َو َﺟ َﺪ ُه ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ َو َﺣﺎ َو َل أَ ْن ﻳُ َﻌﺎ ِﻗﺒَ ُﻪَ ،ﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ﺑﺎك ﺑَﻴْﻨَ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ َو َد َﻓ َﻊ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ إِ َﱃ
ا ْﻟ َﻮ َرا ِءَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎﻳﻚ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ُﻒ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻮ ِفَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ ِﺣﻴﻨَ َﻤﺎ َرأَى َﻣﺎ َﺣ َﺪ َث َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ِﺑ َﺴ َﻌﺎ َد ٍة َﻏﺎ ِﻣ َﺮ ٍة
َو َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ َﻋ َﲆ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰَ .ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻌ ْﺪ ﺑﺎك ﻳَﺬْ ُﻛ ُﺮ َﻣ ْﻌﻨَﻰ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻌ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ ِد َﻟ ِﺔَ ،ﻓﺎﻧْ َﻘ ﱠﺾ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َﻋ َﲆ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ،
َو َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ُ ْﴎ َﻋﺎ َن َﻣﺎ َﻓ ﱠﺮ َﻗ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َو َﻋﺎ َﻗ َﺐ ﺑﺎكِ ،ﰲ ِﺣي ِن َﻋﺎ َﻗ َﺐ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ﺑﺎﻳﻚ.
ُﻛ ﱠﻠ َﻤﺎ ا ْﻗ َ َﱰ َب ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ داوﺳﻮن ،ا ْﺳﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﺮ ﺑﺎك ِﰲ َﻣﻨْ ِﻊ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣ َﻌﺎ َﻗﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب
ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮىَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻌ ُﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺑ َﺬ َﻛﺎ ٍء إِذْ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ِﺣﻴﻨَ َﻤﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺘَ ِﻌ ُﺪ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا .ﺑَ َﺪأَ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜيرُ ِﻣ َﻦ
ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى — ِﻓﻴ َﻤﺎ َﻋ َﺪا دﻳﻒ َوﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ — ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮو ِج َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴْ َﻄ َﺮ ِةَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻌ ِﺪ ا ْﻷُ ُﻣﻮ ُر
ﺗَ ِﺴيرُ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُم؛ َﻓﺄَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺤ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ﺗَﺘَ َﻌﺎ َر ُك َﻃ َﻮا َل ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ َوﺗُ َﺴﺒﱢ ُﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺸ ِﻜ َﻼ ِتَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك
ُﻫ َﻮ َدا ِﺋ ًﻤﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺒَ ُﺐَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﻨْ َﺠ ُﺢ َدا ِﺋ ًﻤﺎ ِﰲ إِﺑْ َﻘﺎءِ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َﻣ ْﺸ ُﻐﻮ ًﻻَ .و ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺟﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا
ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﺮ ُف أَ ﱠن َﻣ ْﻌ َﺮ َﻛ ًﺔ َ ِﴍ َﺳ ًﺔ َﺳﺘَ ُﺪو ُر ﺑَ ْي َن ﺑﺎك َوﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ﻳَ ْﻮ ًﻣﺎ َﻣﺎَ ،و ُﻛ ﱠﻠ َﻤﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ أَ ْﺻ َﻮا َت اﻟ ﱢﺸ َﺠﺎ ِر
ﺑَ ْي َن ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب َﻇ ﱠﻦ أَﻧﱠ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْﺸﺘَ ِﺒ َﻜﺎ ِن ُﻣ َﺠ ﱠﺪ ًدا.
َو َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﻨَ ِﺢ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َﺻ ُﺔ أَ َﻣﺎ َﻣ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ َﻗ ﱡﻂَ ،و َو َﺻ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ إِ َﱃ داوﺳﻮن ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ َﻇ ِﻬي َر ِة أَ َﺣ ِﺪ
ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺌﻴﺒَ ِﺔَ ،و َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ﻳَ َ َﱰ ﱠﻗﺒُﻮ َن ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﻌ َﺮ َﻛ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْ َﱪىَ .و ِﰲ داوﺳﻮنَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜيرُ
ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل َو َﻋ َﺪ ٌد َﻻ ﻳُ ْﺤ َﴡ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ُﻛ ﱡﻠ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻤﻠُﻮ َن ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱟﺪَ .ﻓ َﻄ َﻮا َل اﻟﻨﱠ َﻬﺎ ِر َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب
ﺗَ ُﺠ ﱡﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠﺎ ِت ِﰲ ُﺻ ُﻔﻮ ٍف َﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻓ ْﻮ َق اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺋِﻴ ِ ﱢﴘ ِﺟﻴﺌَ ًﺔ َوذَ َﻫﺎﺑًﺎَ ،و ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ِﻞ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك
ﻳَ ْﺴ َﻤ ُﻊ َر ِﻧي َن ا ْﻷَ ْﺟ َﺮا ِس ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻌ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ِﺔ ِﰲ ِر َﻗﺎ ِب ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب َو ِﻫ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﺠ ِﺮيَ .ﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ﺗَ ُﺠ ﱡﺮ ُﺟﺬُو َع
اﻟ ﱠﺸ َﺠ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠﻼ ِز َﻣ َﺔ ِﻟ ِﺒﻨَﺎ ِء ا ْﻷَ ْﻛ َﻮا ِخ أَ ْو إِ ْﺷ َﻌﺎ ِل اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِر إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨَﺎ ِﺟ ِﻢَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُب ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑ َﻜﺎ ﱠﻓ ِﺔ
ا ْﻷَ ْﻋ َﻤﺎ ِل ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑ َﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﻴُﻮ ُل ِﰲ َﻣﻨْ ِﺰ ِل ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﴈ ﻣﻴﻠﺮ ِﺑ َﻮا ِدي ﺳﺎﻧﺘﺎ ﻛﻼراَ .ﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك
ﻳُ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ ُﻞ أَ ْﺣﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺾ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب ا ْﻟ َﺠﻨُﻮ ِﺑﻴﱠ ِﺔَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ أَ ْﻏ َﻠﺒَ َﻬﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ِﺼﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟﻬﺎﺳﻜﻲ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَ َﺮﺑﱠ ْﺖ
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