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ِﻧ َﺪا ُء اﻟ َﱪﱢﻳﱠ ِﺔ
أَ َﺟﺎ َب ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮنَ » :و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَ ْﺧ َﱪُو ُﻛ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﻘﻴ َﻘ َﺔ .ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ُع َﺳﻴَ ْﺴ ُﻘ ُﻂ ِﰲ أَﻳﱠ ِﺔ َﻟ ْﺤ َﻈ ٍﺔَ .و ْﺣ َﺪ ُﻫ ُﻢ
ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻐ ﱠﻔﻠُﻮ َن أَ ْﺻ َﺤﺎ ُب َﺣ ﱢﻆ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻐ ﱠﻔ ِﻠي َن ا ْﻷَ ْﻋ َﻤﻰ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻬ ْﻢ َﻗ ْﻄ ُﻊ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎ َﻓ ِﺔَ .ﻟ ْﻢ أَ ُﻛ ْﻦ ِﻷُ َﺟﺎ ِز َف
ِﺑ َﺤﻴَﺎ ِﺗﻲ َﻋ َﲆ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻠﻴ ِﺪ ُﻣ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ ِﰲ أﻻﺳﻜﺎ«.
َﻗﺎ َل ﻫﺎلَ » :ﻫ َﺬا ِﻷَﻧﱠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﺴ َﺖ ُﻣ َﻐ ﱠﻔ ًﻼ َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺎ أَ ْﻋﺘَ ِﻘ ُﺪَ .ﻋ َﲆ أَﻳﱠ ِﺔ َﺣﺎ ٍلَ ،ﺳﻨَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ
إِ َﱃ داوﺳﻮن .اﻧْ َﻬ ْﺾ ﻳَﺎ ﺑﺎك! اﻧْ َﻬ ْﺾ! َﻫﻴﱠﺎ اﻧْ َﻄ ِﻠ ْﻖ!«
ﺗَﺎﺑَ َﻊ ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َﻋ َﻤ َﻠ ُﻪَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ أَ ﱠن ُﻣ َﺤﺎ َو َﻟ َﺔ إِﻳ َﻘﺎ ِف ُﻣ َﻐ ﱠﻔ ٍﻞ َﻣﺎ ِﻫ َﻲ إِ ﱠﻻ َﻣ ْﻀﻴَ َﻌ ٌﺔ
ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖَ ،ﻛ َﻤﺎ أَ ﱠن ﺗَ َﺨ ﱡﻠ َﺺ ا ْﻟ َﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣ َﻐ ﱠﻔ َﻠ ْي ِن أَ ْو ﺛَ َﻼﺛَ ٍﺔ َﻟﻴْ َﺲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺌًﺎ َﻋ َﲆ ا ْ ِﻹ ْﻃ َﻼ ِق.
َو َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ َﻖ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْ َﻬ ْﺾ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ أَ َوا ِﻣ ِﺮ ﻫﺎلَ ،ﻓﺄَ َﺧﺬَ ﻫﺎل ﻳَ ْﺪ َﻓ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﻜ َﻼ َب َوﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛﻠُ َﻬﺎ َوا ْﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﺪ َم
َﺳ ْﻮ َﻃ ُﻪَ .ﻋ ﱠﺾ ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َﻋ َﲆ َﺷ َﻔﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ُﻣ َﺤﺎ َو َﻟ ٍﺔ ِﻟﻠﺘﱠ َﺤ ﱡﻜ ِﻢ ِﰲ أَ ْﻋ َﺼﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪَ .ﻛﺎ َن ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻜﺲ
ُﻫ َﻮ أَ ﱠو ُل َﻣ ْﻦ َز َﺣ َﻒ ﻧَﺎ ِﻫ ًﻀﺎ ،ﺗَ ِﺒ َﻌ ُﻪ ﺗﻴﻚ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺟﻮ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْ ُﴫ ُخ أَ َﻟ ًﻤﺎَ ،و َﺳ َﻘ َﻂ ﺑﺎﻳﻚ َﻣ ﱠﺮﺗَ ْي ِن َﻗﺒْ َﻞ
أَ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻮ ُﻗﻮ ِفَ .و َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﺑﺎك َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﺤ ﱢﺮ ْك َﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨًﺎُ ،ﻛﺎ َن ُﻣ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻠ ِﻘﻴًﺎ ِﰲ ُﻫ ُﺪوءٍ ِﰲ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ِن
ُﺳ ُﻘﻮ ِﻃ ِﻪَ ،و َﻣ ْﻬ َﻤﺎ َﻓ َﻌ َﻞ ﻫﺎلَ ،ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺮ ْك ﺑﺎك ِﻗﻴ َﺪ أُﻧْ ُﻤ َﻠ ٍﺔ؛ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ِ ﱠﱧ أَ ْو ﻳُ َﻘﺎ ِو َمَ .و ِﻋ ﱠﺪ َة َﻣ ﱠﺮا ٍتَ ،ﻛﺎ َن
ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َﻋ َﲆ َو ْﺷ ِﻚ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺤ ﱡﺪ ِثَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻏ ﱠي َر َرأْﻳَ ُﻪَ ،و َﻣﻊ ا ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻤ َﺮا ِر ُﻣ َﻌﺎ َﻣ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻫﺎل اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢﺌَ ِﺔ ِﻟﺒﺎك،
َﻫ ﱠﺐ ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َوا ِﻗ ًﻔﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪ َوأَ َﺧﺬَ ﻳَ ْﻘ َﻄ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻜﺎ َن ِﺟﻴﺌَ ًﺔ َوذَ َﻫﺎﺑًﺎ.
َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ِﻫ َﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ﱠﺮ ُة ا ْﻷُو َﱃ ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﻳَ ْﻔ َﺸ ُﻞ ِﻓﻴ َﻬﺎ ﺑﺎكَ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺛَﺎ َر َﻫﺬَا َﻏ َﻀ َﺐ ﻫﺎلَ .ﻛﺎ َن
ﺑﺎك َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ُﻣ ِ ٍّﴫا َﻋ َﲆ َﻋ َﺪ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ َﺤ ﱡﺮ ِكَ ،ﻓ َﻌ َﲆ ِﻏ َﺮا ِر ُز َﻣ َﻼ ِﺋ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺎ ِد َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﻜ ُﻦ
ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻮ ُﻗﻮ ِفَ .ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻋ َﻘ َﺪ ﺑﺎك ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﺰ َم َﻋ َﲆ َﻋ َﺪ ِم اﻟﻨﱡ ُﻬﻮ ِض ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻣ َﻜﺎ ِﻧ ِﻪَ ،ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ إِ ْﺣ َﺴﺎ ٌس
أَ ﱠن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺌًﺎ َﺳﻴَ ْﺤ ُﺪ ُثَ ،و َﻗ ْﺪ َرا َو َد ُه ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱡﺸ ُﻌﻮ ُر ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ ﺗَ َﻮ ﱡﻗ ِﻔ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ ُﻣ َﺨﻴﱠ ِﻢ ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن.
َو َﻃ َﻮا َل ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ،ﺑَ َﺪا َو َﻛﺄَ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻠﻴ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﻗﻴ َﻖ ﺗَ ْﺤ َﺖ َﻗ َﺪ َﻣﻴْ ِﻪ َﻋ َﲆ َو ْﺷ ِﻚ ا ِﻻﻧْ ِﻬﻴَﺎ ِر؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك َذ ِﻛﻴٍّﺎ
َو َﺧ ِﺒي ًرا ِﺑ َﻤﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜ ِﻔﻲ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ َﻢ َذ ِﻟ َﻚَ .ﻓ َﺮ َﻓ َﺾ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺤ ﱡﺮ َك؛ َﻓ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻋﺎﻧَﻰ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜيرَ َو َﺧﺎ َر ْت ُﻗ َﻮا ُه ِﻟ َﺪ َر َﺟ ِﺔ
أَ ﱠن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻌ ْﺪ ﻳُ ْﺆ ِذﻳ ِﻪ ا ْﻵ َنَ ،ﺣﺘﱠﻰ َ َﴐﺑَﺎ ُت ﻫﺎل.
َو َﻓ ْﺠﺄَ ًة َو ِﺑ ُﺪو ِن إِﻧْﺬَا ٍرَ ،ﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َﻋ َﲆ ﻫﺎل َو َﻃ َﺮ َﺣ ُﻪ أَ ْر ًﺿﺎَ َ .ﴏ َﺧ ْﺖ ﻣﺮﺳﻴﺪس
َوﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ ﺗﺸﺎرﻟﺰ ِﺑﺄَ ًﳻَ ،و َﻣ َﺴ َﺢ َﻋﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ِﻘ ْﻒ ِﺑ َﺴﺒَ ِﺐ ﺗَﻴَﺒﱡ ِﺲ َﺟ َﺴ ِﺪ ِهَ .و َﻗ َﻒ ﺟﻮن
ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن أَ َﻣﺎ َم ﺑﺎك َو َﺟﺎ َﻫ َﺪ ِﻟﻠﺘﱠ َﺤ ﱡﻜ ِﻢ ِﰲ أَ ْﻋ َﺼﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ،إِ ْذ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ِﻣﻨْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ُﺐ َﻣﺒْ َﻠ َﻐ ُﻪ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ
ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ َﺚ.
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