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ِﻧ َﺪاءُ اﻟ َ ﱢﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ
َﺟ َﻠ َﺲ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َو َﺣ ﱠﻚ َرأْ َﺳ ُﻪ ،ﺑَﻴْﻨَ َﻤﺎ ﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ ﺑيرو إِ َﱃ َﺳﺎ َﻋ ِﺘ ِﻪ َو َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن
ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ُﺖ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﻨْﺒَ ِﻐﻲ أَ ْن ﻳَﻨْ َﻄ ِﻠ ُﻘﻮا ِﰲ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ ِﻬ ْﻢ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َﺳﺎ َﻋ ٍﺔَ .ﺣ ﱠﻚ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َرأْ َﺳ ُﻪ
ُﻣ َﺠ ﱠﺪ ًدا ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﻫ ﱠﺰ َﻫﺎ َواﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ اﺑْﺘِ َﺴﺎ َﻣ ًﺔ َﻋ ِﺮﻳ َﻀ ًﺔ ِﻟﺒيرو ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻫ ﱠﺰ َﻛ ِﺘ َﻔﻴْ ِﻪَ .ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻫ ِﺰ َم اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن .ﺛُ ﱠﻢ
َذ َﻫ َﺐ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا إِ َﱃ ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ َوﻧَﺎ َدى َﻋ َﲆ ﺑﺎكَ ،ﻓ َﻀ ِﺤ َﻚ ﺑﺎكَ ،ﻛ َﻤﺎ ﺗَ ْﻀ َﺤ ُﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ ُبَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ
ﺑَ ِﻘ َﻲ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا .أَ َﻋﺎ َد ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ إِ َﱃ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺪﻳ ِﻢ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﻧَﺎ َدى َﻋ َﲆ ﺑﺎك ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ًﺔ،
َو َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﺿ ِﺤ َﻚ ﺑﺎك َوﺑَ ِﻘ َﻲ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا.
َﻗﺎ َل ﺑيرو» :أَ ْﻟ ِﻖ ا ْﻟ َﺤﺒْ َﻞ ﺑَ ِﻌﻴ ًﺪا«.
ﻧَ ﱠﻔ َﺬ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا َذ ِﻟ َﻚَ ،ﻓ َﻬ ْﺮ َو َل ﺑﺎك ُﻣ ْﻘ َ ِﱰﺑًﺎ ﻳَ ْﻀ َﺤ ُﻚ َﻛﺒَ َﻄ ٍﻞ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ ِ ٍﴫَ ،وأَ َﺧ َﺬ َﻣ َﻜﺎﻧَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُﻣ َﻘ ﱢﺪ َﻣ ِﺔ
ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖَ .رﺑَ َﻂ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن ﺑﺎك إِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ ْﴪ ِج ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺣ ﱠﺮ ُروا ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ َﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱠ ْﻠ ِﺞَ .ر َﻛ َﺾ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺟ َﻼ ِن ِﺑ َﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺐ
ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺑَ َﺪأَ ْت ﺗَ ُﺸ ﱡﻖ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ َﻬﺎ.
ﻟﻘﺪ أَﺛْﺒَ َﺖ ﺑﺎك أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺪ َﻋ ِﻈﻴ ٌﻢ ،ﺑَ ْﻞ َو َﻛﺎ َن أَ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳﺒﻴﺘﺰ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻇ ﱠﻦ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ
أَ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ َﻣ ْﻦ َرأَى ِﰲ َﺣﻴَﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ.
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﻤﺎ ِﻧ ْﻊ دﻳﻒ َوﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻐ ِﻴيرَ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻃ َﺮأَ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ ْﻮ ِﻗ ِﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﻘﻴَﺎ َد ِةَ ،ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ُﺮ
ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﻨﻴ ِﻬ َﻤﺎُ .ﻛ ﱡﻞ َﻣﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳُ ِﺮﻳ َﺪا ِﻧ ِﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻤ ُﻞ َوا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻤ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺠﺎ ﱡدَ .ﻃﺎ َﻟ َﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﺰ ِﻋ ْﺞ أَ َﺣ ٌﺪ َﻋ َﻤ َﻠ ُﻬ َﻤﺎَ ،ﻟ ْﻢ
ﻳَ ْﻬﺘَ ﱠﻤﺎ ِﺑ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْﺤ ُﺪ ُث .إِ ﱠﻻ أَ ﱠن ﺑَﺎ ِﻗ َﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ َﻛﺎ َن َﻗ ْﺪ أَ ْﺻﺒَ َﺢ َﺧﺎ ِر ًﺟﺎ َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴْ َﻄ َﺮ ِةَ ،و َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ُﻫ َﻤﺎ
اﻧْ َﺪ َﻫ َﺸﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ ْﴎ َﻋ ِﺔ ﺑﺎك ِﰲ إِ َﻋﺎ َد ِﺗ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻟﻠﻨﱢ َﻈﺎ ِم.
ﺑﺎﻳﻚ ،ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻛﺎ َن َﻣ ْﻮ ِﻗ ُﻌ ُﻪ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻒ ﺑﺎكَ ،وا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑﺄَ ﱢي َﻋ َﻤ ٍﻞ أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﻣ ﱠﻤﺎ َﻛﺎ َن
َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪُ ،ﻋﻮ ِﻗ َﺐ ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ َﻋ َﲆ َﻋ َﺪ ِم َﻋ َﻤ ِﻠ ِﻪ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة َﻛﺎ ِﻓﻴَ ٍﺔَ .و َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ِﻧ َﻬﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ُﺠ ﱡﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ َﺔ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة
أَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ِﻣ ﱠﻤﺎ َﻓ َﻌ َﻞ ِﰲ َﺣﻴَﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱢﻠ َﻬﺎ.
ﺑَ َﺪأَ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ُﻖ ُﻛ ﱡﻠ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ أَ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞَ ،ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻤﻠُﻮ َن َﻛ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ٍﻖ َوا ِﺣ ٍﺪ ُﻣ َﺠ ﱠﺪ ًداَ .و ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ ُﻣﻨْ َﺤ َﺪ ِر
ﻧَ ْﻬ ِﺮ رﻳﻨﻚ ،أُ ِﺿﻴ َﻒ َﻛ ْﻠﺒَﺎ ِن آ َﺧ َﺮا ِن ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻛ َﻼ ِب اﻟﻬﺎﺳﻜﻲ — ُﻫ َﻤﺎ ﺗﻴﻚ َوﻛﻮﻧﺎ — َو َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧَ َﺠ َﺢ ﺑﺎك
ِﰲ إِ ْد َﺧﺎ ِﻟ ِﻬ َﻤﺎ إِ َﱃ َﻣﻨْ ُﻈﻮ َﻣ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻤ ِﻞ ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ أَ ْذ َﻫ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮا.
َﺻﺎ َح ﻓﺮاﻧﺴﻮاَ » :ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﻮ َﺟ ْﺪ َﻗ ﱡﻂ َﻛ ْﻠ ٌﺐ ِﻣﺜْ ُﻞ ﺑﺎك! أَﺑَ ًﺪا! إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُ َﺴﺎ ِوي أَ ْﻟ َﻒ ُدو َﻻ ٍر ،أَ َﻟﻴْ َﺲ
َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ َﻣﺎ َرأْﻳُ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﺑيرو؟«
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