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‫ِﻧ َﺪا ُء اﻟ َ ﱢﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ‬

‫َﻣ َﻊ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ َوا ْﺿ ُﻄ ﱠﺮ ا ْﻷَ ِﺧيرُ ِﻷَ ْن ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠ َﻢ ُر ْﻏ َﻢ أَﻧﱠ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺤ ﱠﻘﺎ ِن ا ْﻟ ِﻌ َﻘﺎ َب‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﺎك‬
‫ﻳَ ْﻘ َ ِﱰ ُب ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ُدو َن أَ ْن ﻳُ َﺰ ْﻣ ِﺠ َﺮ َوﻳَﻨْﺒَ َﺢ ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱢﻋ ًﺪا‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﻘﻴ َﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳَﺘَ َ ﱠﴫ ُف َﻛﺎ ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻨَ ﱢﻤ ِﺮ‪.‬‬
‫َوﻧَ َﻈ ًﺮا ِﻷَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻌ ْﺪ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺪ َوا ِﺿ ٌﺢ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ِﻊ‪َ ،‬زا َد ِت ا ْﻟ ِﺨ َﻼ َﻓﺎ ُت ﺑَ ْي َن ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب َوﺑَ ْﻌ ِﻀ َﻬﺎ‪،‬‬
‫َو ِﰲ ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﺾ ا ْﻷَ ْﺣﻴَﺎ ِن َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ أَ ْﺻ َﻮا ُت اﻟﻨﱡﺒَﺎ ِح َواﻟ ﱠﺰ ْﻣ َﺠ َﺮ ِة ﺗَ ْﻤ َﻸُ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻌ ْﺴ َﻜ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎ َن دﻳﻒ َوﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ‬
‫ُﻫ َﻤﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﺣﻴ َﺪا ِن اﻟ ﱠﻠ َﺬا ِن ﺑَ ِﻘﻴَﺎ َﻋ َﲆ َﺣﺎ ِﻟ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أَ ْن ﻳَﺒْ َﺪأَ ﺑﺎك ِﰲ إِﺛَﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺸ ِﻜ َﻼ ِت‪،‬‬
‫َو َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻀ ِﺠﻴ َﺞ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ْﻐ ِﻀ ُﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠﺒَ ْي ِن ا ْﻟ َﻌ ُﺠﻮ َزﻳْ ِﻦ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎ َن ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ َوا ْ ِﻹ ْﺣﺒَﺎ ِط‬
‫أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻬ َﻤﺎ؛ إِذْ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻌ ْﺪ ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ أَ ْن ﻳُ َﺴﻴْ ِﻄ َﺮ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺒ ُﻤ َﺠ ﱠﺮ ِد أَ ْن ﻳُ ِﺪﻳ َﺮ َﻟ َﻬﺎ َﻇ ْﻬ َﺮ ُه ﺗَﺒْ َﺪأُ‬
‫ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺸ َﺠﺎ ِر َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ .‬و ِﰲ ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﺾ ا ْﻷَ ْﺣﻴَﺎ ِن َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳُ َﺴﺎ ِﻋ ُﺪ ُه ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴْ َﻄ َﺮ ِة َﻋ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب‬
‫ا ْﻷُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ﱠن ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ أَ ﱠن ﺑﺎك ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺒَ ُﺐ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺘَﺎ ِﻋ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﺑﺎك‬
‫َﻛﺎ َن أَذْ َﻛﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ ْن ﻳَ َﺪ َع ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﺴ ُﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠﺒﱢ ًﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻬ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﺮﻳ َﻤ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻤ ُﻞ ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱟﺪ‬
‫ِﰲ َﺟ ﱢﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻗ ْﺪ أَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺢ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻤ ُﻞ ُﻣ ْﻤ ِﺘ ًﻌﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻟ ُﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻤ ِﺘ ُﻊ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﺈﺛَﺎ َر ِة‬

‫ا ْﻟ ِﺨ َﻼ َﻓﺎ ِت ﺑَ ْي َن ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ِب َوﺗَ ْﻌ ِﻘﻴ ِﺪ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ا ْﻷُ ُﻣﻮ ِر‪.‬‬
‫َو ِﰲ إِ ْﺣ َﺪى اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴَﺎ ِﱄ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﺸﺎءِ‪ِ ،‬ﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣ َﺼ ﱢﺐ ﻧَ ْﻬ ِﺮ ﺗﺎﻫﻜﻴﻨﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻃﺎ َر َد داب أَ ْرﻧَﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَ َرا ِﻧﺐ‬
‫اﻟﺜﱠ ْﻠ ِﺞ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ ا ْ ِﻹ ْﻣ َﺴﺎ َك ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و ِﰲ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ٍﺔ َﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ُﻛ ﱡﻠ ُﻪ ﻳُ َﻄﺎ ِر ُد ا ْﻷَ ْرﻧَ َﺐ َﻣ َﻌ ُﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻋ َﲆ‬
‫ﺑُ ْﻌ ِﺪ ِﻣﺎﺋَ ِﺔ ﻳَﺎ ْر َد ٍة َﻛﺎ َن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ُﻣ َﻌ ْﺴ َﻜ ٌﺮ ِﻟ ُ ْﴩ َﻃ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺸ َﻤﺎ ِل ا ْﻟ َﻐ ْﺮ ِﺑ ﱢﻲ ِﻓﻴ ِﻪ َﺧ ْﻤ ُﺴﻮ َن َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻛ َﻼ ِب‬
‫اﻟﻬﺎﺳﻜﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ﱠﺻ ِﺔ ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ َوا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ اﻧْ َﻀ ﱠﻤ ْﺖ َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ُﻌ َﻬﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻤ َﻄﺎ َر َد ِة‪َ .‬ر َﻛ َﺾ ا ْﻷَ ْرﻧَ ُﺐ َﻋ َﲆ ُﻃﻮ ِل اﻟﻨﱠ ْﻬ ِﺮ‪،‬‬
‫َو َﻗﺎ َد ﺑﺎك ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻜ ﱠﻮ َن ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺳﺘﱢي َن َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ اﻟ ﱢﻠ َﺤﺎ َق ِﺑﺎ ْﻷَ ْرﻧَ ِﺐ‪َ .‬ﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ﺑﺎك‬
‫َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﺻﻴﱠﺎ ٌد ُﻣ ْﺤ َ ِﱰ ٌف‪َ ،‬و َﻗ ْﺪ أَ َﺣ ﱠﺐ َﻫ َﺬا اﻟ ﱡﺸ ُﻌﻮ َر‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َو َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺤﻴَ ِﻮﻳﱠ ِﺔ ﺗَﺘَ َﺪ ﱠﻓ ُﻖ إِ َﱃ ُﻋ ُﺮو ِﻗ ِﻪ َﻛ َﻤﺎ‬

‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ْﺮ ِﺑ َﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬
‫َو َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ — ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻛﺎ َن َﺧ ِﺒﻴﺜًﺎ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻄﺎ َر َدا ِت — ﺗَ َﺮ َك ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ َو َﺳ َﻠ َﻚ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ًﻘﺎ‬
‫ُﻣ ْﺨﺘَ َ ًﴫا َﻋ ْ َﱪ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﺎك ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﻨْ َﻌ ِﻄ ُﻒ َوا ْﻷَ ْرﻧَ ُﺐ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل أَ َﻣﺎ َﻣ ُﻪ‪،‬‬
‫َرأَى َﺟ َﺴ ًﺪا آ َﺧ َﺮ ﻳَﻨْ َﻘ ﱡﺾ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻋ َﲆ ﺗَ ﱠﻠ ٍﺔ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ا ْﻷَ ْرﻧَ َﺐ ﻧَ َﺠ َﺢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻔ َﺮا ِر‬

‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺟﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ ِﻷَ ﱠن َﻫ َﺪ َف ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﻘﻴ ِﻘ ﱠﻲ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك‪.‬‬

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