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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺘﺎﺳﻊ‬

                      ‫اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻫﺎ ُن‬

‫ِﰲ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱢﺸﺘَﺎءِ ِﰲ داوﺳﻮن َﻗﺎ َم ﺑﺎك ِﺑﺄَ ْﻣ ٍﺮ آ َﺧ َﺮ ُﻣﺬْ ِﻫ ٍﻞ أَ ْﻛ َﺴﺒَ ُﻪ َﻣ ِﺰﻳ ًﺪا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺸ ْﻬ َﺮ ِة‪ .‬ﺑَ َﺪأَ ا ْﻷَ ْﻣ ُﺮ‬
‫ِﺧ َﻼ َل ُﻣ َﺤﺎ َدﺛَ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ُﻓﻨْ ُﺪ ِق إﻟﺪورادو‪َ ،‬ﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َﻛﺎ َن ﺑَ ْﻌ ُﺾ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ ِل ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺪﺛُﻮ َن إِ َﱃ ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﻀ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻌ ِﺾ‬
‫َﻋ ْﻦ ِﻛ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻔ ﱠﻀ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎ َن ﺑﺎك ا ْﻷَ ْﻛﺜَ َﺮ ُﺷ ْﻬ َﺮ ًة َو َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻ ِء اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﺟﺎ َل َﻗﺎﻟُﻮا إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟﻴْ َﺲ َرا ِﺋ ًﻌﺎ‬
‫ِﻟ َﻬ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﺪ َر َﺟ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ َﺠﺎ َد َل ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َﻣ َﻌ ُﻬ ْﻢ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل أَ َﺣ ُﺪ ُﻫ ْﻢ إِ ﱠن َﻛ ْﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ َﺟ ﱡﺮ ِﻣ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ٍﺔ ِﺑ ُﺤ ُﻤﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ‬
‫َﺧ ْﻤ ِﺴ ِﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ َر ْﻃ ٍﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻗﺎ َل آ َﺧ ُﺮ إِ ﱠن َﻛ ْﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ َﺟ ﱡﺮ ُﺣ ُﻤﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ ِﺳﺘﱢ ِﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ َر ْﻃ ٍﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻗﺎ َل َر ُﺟ ٌﻞ ﺛَﺎ ِﻟ ٌﺚ إِ ﱠن‬

                                                  ‫َﻛ ْﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ َﺟ ﱡﺮ َﺳﺒْ ِﻌ ِﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ َر ْﻃ ٍﻞ‪.‬‬
    ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن‪َ » :‬ﻫﺬَا َﻻ َ ْﳾءَ‪ .‬ﺑﺎك ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ َﺟ ﱡﺮ ِﻣ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺠ ٍﺔ ِﺑ ُﺤ ُﻤﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ أَ ْﻟ ِﻒ َر ْﻃ ٍﻞ‪«.‬‬
‫َﻓ َﺴﺄَ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣﺎﺛﻴﻮﺳﻦ‪َ ،‬وا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي َﻛﺎ َن ﻳَ ْﺰ ُﻋ ُﻢ أَ ﱠن َﻛ ْﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ﻳُ ْﻤ ِﻜﻨُ ُﻪ َﺟ ﱡﺮ ُﺣ ُﻤﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ َﺳﺒْ ِﻌ ِﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ َر ْﻃ ٍﻞ‪:‬‬

                             ‫» َوﻳُ ْﺨ ِﺮ ُﺟ َﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻠﻴ ِﺪ َوﻳَ ِﺴيرُ ِﺑ َﻬﺎ َﻣ َﺴﺎ َﻓ َﺔ ِﻣﺎﺋَ ِﺔ ﻳَﺎ ْر َد ٍة؟«‬
‫َﻓﺄَ َﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ﺟﻮن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن ِﺑ ُﻬ ُﺪو ٍء‪َ » :‬وﻳُ ْﺨ ِﺮ ُﺟ َﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻠﻴ ِﺪ َوﻳَ ِﺴيرُ ِﺑ َﻬﺎ َﻣ َﺴﺎ َﻓ َﺔ ِﻣﺎﺋَ ِﺔ ﻳَﺎ ْر َد ٍة‪«.‬‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻣﺎﺛﻴﻮﺳﻦ ِﺑﺒُ ْﻂ ٍء َوﺗَﺄَ ﱟن َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَ ْﺴ َﻤ َﻌ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ‪َ » :‬ﺣ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬أُ َرا ِﻫ ُﻦ ِﺑﺄَ ْﻟ ِﻒ ُدو َﻻ ٍر أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ‬
‫ﻳَﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬و َﻫﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻤﺒْ َﻠ ُﻎ‪َ «.‬و َﻗﺎ َم ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِء ِﻛﻴ ٍﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻏﺒَﺎ ِر اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫ ِﺐ ِﺑ َﺤ ْﺠ ِﻢ اﻟﻨﱠ َﻘﺎ ِﻧ ِﻖ َﻋ َﲆ‬

                                                                         ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِر‪.‬‬
‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﺪ ْث أَ َﺣ ٌﺪ‪َ ،‬و َﺷ َﻌ َﺮ ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن ِﺑﻨَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﺤ َﻤ ﱡﺮ َﺧ َﺠ ًﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻬ ﱠﻮ َر ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺚ‪،‬‬
‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻌ َﻠ ُﻢ َﻣﺎ إِذَا َﻛﺎ َن ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻣ َﻜﺎ ِن ﺑﺎك َﺟ ﱡﺮ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﺤ ُﻤﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ أَ ْم َﻻ‪ .‬أَ ْﻟ ُﻒ َر ْﻃ ٍﻞ! َﺟ َﻌ َﻠ ُﻪ َﻫﺬَا‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﺤ ْﺠ ُﻢ ﻳَ ْﺸ ُﻌ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐﺜَﻴَﺎ ِن‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َن َوا ِﺛ ًﻘﺎ ِﰲ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ِة ﺑﺎك‪َ ،‬و َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﻋ ﱠﺪ َة َﻣ ﱠﺮا ٍت أَ ﱠن ﺑﺎك ُرﺑﱠ َﻤﺎ ﻳَﺘَ َﻤ ﱠﻜ ُﻦ‬
‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺟ ﱢﺮ ُﺣ ُﻤﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ َﻛ َﻬ ِﺬ ِه‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻵ َن َﻛﺎ َن َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أَ ْن ﻳَ ْﻔ َﻌ َﻞ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺒَ ْﻠ َﺪ ُة ِﺑﺄَ ْﻛ َﻤ ِﻠ َﻬﺎ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ َوﺗُ َﺮا ِﻗ ُﺐ‪.‬‬

         ‫َوا ْﻷَ ْﺳ َﻮأُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬أَ ﱠن ﺛﻮرﻧﺘﻮن َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻤ ِﻠ ُﻚ أَ ْﻟ َﻒ ُدو َﻻ ٍر َو َﻻ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻫﺎﻧﺰ أَ ْو ﺑﻴﺖ‪.‬‬
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