Ngalobo busuku, u-Inessa wayephuzile okokuqala empilweni yakhe. Amehlo akhe akhazimule kakhulu, futhi izindebe zakhe zahlebezela ngenhla, ziphindaphinda isiprofetho esingenangqondo: "Okufanayo, uzoba ngowami! Mine! "
Abangifunda nabo abesabisa bashiya intombi ephuzile emnyango wendlu yakhe, ngoba ngaphambili becindezele inkinobho yensimbi.
Ukubona ingane yakhe engenangqondo, abazali abahloniphekile - njengokungathi ngomyalo: "Vala!" - gwema emnyango. Ubaba waqala ukuzwa, wahudula indodakazi yakhe endlini, engakhohlwa ukujula ukubuka izitebhisi. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, u-Inessa waba namandla nakakhulu ekunqobeni uDaniel nganoma iyiphi intengo. Ngokuvamile "ngengozi" wayezithola ehlala eduze kwakhe. Ngokuphathelene nangaphandle kwesizathu, ngaya kuShekh, ngacela iseluleko, ngazama, njengokungathi ngengozi, ukuthembela ehlombe lakhe, thinta isandla sakhe. Ngamphatha ngama-apula namaswidi. Umfana wenqabe, wabe eseyeka, waqala ukuthatha izimpawu zokuqaphela. Ngaphezu kobudlelwane babo, yonke inkambo yayihlehlisiwe. Futhi, mhlawumbe, ukuthandana kukaBiktogirova kwakuzoveza izithelo uma "inkosi" engazange yatshelwe izindlebe ukuthi u-Inessa wayesehlanhleni edolobheni.
- Uyathandeka? - kubuzwa ebunzini emhlanganweni.
Intombazane, ihlazekile, yabheka kude. Futhi wayefuna ukusho okuthize, njengoba uDaniel ekhononda:
- Ngomoya owakuseduze nami, ngabe ngiyiqonda? Futhi-ke kuyodingeka udle isiliva sami ngaphambi kwebhokisi - ngizokupha, inyoka! - Futhi ebona ukuthi le ntombazane yaqhuma izinyembezi, yafaka izandla zayo emahlombe futhi yamcindezela kuye. "Ying, kungani udinga konke lokhu?" Angikuthandi! Angiyithandi - niyayiqonda, wena othuthuzelayo? Bathi kwesokudla: izinwele zide - ingqondo ifushane, - Inessa ududuza kabi, futhi wazicindezela kakhulu kumfana.
Ngalobo busuku babebodwa. I-nut elukhuni yabe isabela esithembisweni sokuthi emva kwalokhu intombazane izomphela yedwa. Ngemva kwamasonto amabili, abafundi bahlakazeka.
Le ndaba yancipha kancane kancane ememori kaDaniel, ilahlekelwe yinqwaba yezinkathazo zansuku zonke. Wajabula no-Ivanka wakhe. Unyaka emva komshado, omncane, njengotshani, wabeletha amantombazane amabili, lapho uShekh akathandanga khona umphefumulo. Phakathi neminyaka, uthando lwakhe ngomkakhe aluzange luphele, kodwa wathola shades ezintsha.
Ukuphila okunempilo, ukuhlakanipha - i-slanting sazhen emahlombe - usihlalo nomkami wakhe omncane - uthisha wesikole esikoleni sasemaphandleni - kwakuyikulumo edolobheni, kodwa kuphela ukuthi indoda enjalo nowesifazane kwakufanele banakekelwe. Kusukela esikhathini esidlule emzaneni izinga elihle lobuhle besifazane kwakungabafazi abanamandla, njengoba bethi, igazi nelawo. U-Ivanna Shelekh akahambisani nalesi sithombe empandeni. Wayengumfundisi omuhle, owesifazane ohlakaniphile. Mhlawumbe endaweni ethile eFrance lokhu - bekungeke kube khona intengo, kodwa emehlweni ezinhlamba zasemzaneni, yalahlekelwa intsha eningi ye-kolkhoz. Futhi abanye babo, benethemba elifihliwe futhi beqaphile, balinde umengameli ukuba aqede ekugcineni: konke kwakumnandi kakhulu ekuphileni kwakhe. Izwi elithi "Emzimbeni onempilo - ingqondo enempilo" ngezinye izikhathi akuhambisani nokuyiqiniso: iminyaka eminingi yomsebenzi kusukela ekuseni kuze kuhlwe. UShelekh waphula inhliziyo yakhe. Ngemuva kokuba usihlalo ekhishwe esibhedlela, yena okokuqala ngqa eminyakeni engamashumi amabili wangena eholidini waya eYalta. U-Ivanna - ukuphakama kwezivivinyo, ngakho akakwazanga ukujoyina umyeni wakhe. Le sanato akuyona indawo yokuphumula ekhaya, futhi iminyaka eminingi yokuphila eshadile abaye bafunda ukuthembelana kuzo zonke izinto.
Kusuka kuSevastopol kuya eYalta, uDaniil Shelekh, njengendawo eqondile yokuhlala, eqinisweni ehamba olwandle. Yena, njengomfana, wagijimela esitokisini waya ngasentshonalanga, ejabule emoyeni oyinhloko, endiza endizeni ebusweni, ephuza umzila wesikebhe.
Waya eLibyadia esuka echwebeni laseYalta ngebhasi, elalikhukhumeza kakhulu futhi ephazamisa izinhlangothi zayo, ngokusho kwemizuzu embalwa, njengoba uShekh acabanga, wathatha abagibeli waya emthambekeni weNtaba yeMogabi.
UDaniel wathola ikamelo kwelinye lamakhosi asebukhosini ayengaphambili. Ngisho nokuvuselelwa okungenangqondo akuzange kususwe ubukhulu bokuqala kwalesi sakhiwo. Ujwayele ukujwayela ngokushesha, kodwa akukho amathayi njengenqubo engapheli. U-Shelekh waqala ukuwahambela kancane kancane. Wazulazula ngepaki amahora amaningi, njengengane esanda kuzalwa, yahlanya amehlo akhe ezinhlobonhlobo zembala nemibala ehlukahlukene. Wakhothama ngaphambi kokudalwa kwezandla zabantu, wamangala ngezinhlobonhlobo zezihlahla nezihlahla, ezama ukubamba ngekhanda okungenani amanye amagama, kodwa efunda ukuthi kunezikhulu ezingaphezu kuka-400, washiya lokhu. Njengoba ezama ukumbamba, wazama ukuqhubeka, ukubona konke, ukuhamba yonke indawo. Ngelinye ilanga, ehamba ngeLivadia Park, waphuma waya eSanpath eyaziwa kakhulu, ehamba ehlathini le-oak-hornbeam, lapho, ngenxa yemikhosi yemithi edala ubudala eseduze nayo, ngisho nasezinsukwini ezishisayo kakhulu ukupholisa ukupholisa. Iminyango yayingamshayeli, yambuka ibambelela emifanekisweni yokuhamba ngokungenzi lutho, njengokungathi ilindele umhlangano.
Umgwaqo wamholela e-Yasnaya Polyana sanatorium, amakhilomitha ayisikhombisa ngemuva kwakhe.
"Ngakho-ke, ngiya ngcono," uShekh wacabanga, bese ubheka ubuso bakhe obujwayelekile.
- I-Инесса, - ihlukumezile. Futhi manje, cishe eminyakeni engamashumi amabili kamuva, ekugcineni wathi: "Yeka indlela enhle ngayo!" Kubonakala sengathi le minyaka yayimzuzile kuphela. Bathi, njengomculi onethalente, bahlaziya amakhono abo, baletha imivimbo emisha ekubukeni kwayo, enezela esithombeni esivele sikwazi kakhulu. U-Inessa wakha umlingane naye ekilasini, futhi evela enjabulweni engalindelekile (nakuba kukhona endaweni engazi lutho, uDaniel wayazi ukuthi ulindele lo mhlangano njalo) wamphakamisa wamncenga ngobumnene. Ngomzuzwana owesifazane wayenamahloni, futhi, ngaphandle kokukhulula isandla sakhe, wahamba eceleni.
Ebukeka ngamehlo akhe ajabulisayo, wabuza: "Nkosi, ingabe nguwe ngempela?" Akusilo yini iphupho? "- futhi wagijima, njengensimbi, wakhala, wanamathela kuye.
UDaniyeli wayevame ukufika "Khipha iGlade". Ekhuphuka izinyathelo, wazama kabi ngokulimaza kukaLeo Tolstoy futhi walinda ngesineke emoyeni ngesikhathi u-Inessa evela. Ukukhohlwa mayelana neminyaka yabo, bona, njengabantwana, baxoxisana ubuso obubuwula komunye nomunye, balingisa izilwane ezincane ekhoneni eliphilayo. Badlala futhi bafune endaweni yase-magnolia, bahlala isikhathi eside emachibini okufakelwa, bebonga izindawo zokuhlobisa. U-Inessa waletha indodana encane emtholampilo ukuze ithole ukwelashwa. Indodana eneminyaka eyishumi nambili ayithandi iqiniso lokuthi umalume wakhe wayekhathalela unina. Akazange abuyele ngokugcwele ngemva kokufa kukayise futhi ube nomona ngunina, nakuba enza konke okusemandleni ukuze angabonisi ubuso bakhe.
UShelekh ukhohliwe ngesifo, ngomsebenzi, ngomndeni. Ngakho isikhathi esivamile. Bano-Inessa - umbhangqwana omuhle kakhulu, lokhu kwaphindaphindiwe nxazonke, bebethwebula izithombe ngokungakhathali. U-Inessa wachuma njengentombazane yokushada, futhi uShekh wabonakala elahlekelwe iminyaka eyishumi. Ngeviki bafunda konke ngomunye nomunye. Futhi nakuba kwakubuhlungu kakhulu ukuhlukana, uDaniel wawela eshalofini esiphezulu egumbini lakhe, ngenxa yezizathu ezithile wagula ngokukhululeka. Okwenzekile, ngemuva kokumenza ahlale ejabule okwesikhashana, wayesenzima, kanti uShekh wayefuna ukumxosha njengomthwalo ongadingekile. Nakuba wayesekulungele ukufunga ukuthi uthando lwakhe lwezokuvakasha aluyona nje into ehambisana nayo. Ukuze aqonde imizwa yakhe, uDaniel wayengeke, futhi wayengafuni. Ubuchopho bukhuni omunye wacabanga: "Ikhaya!"
Usuvele ukhohliwe indawo yakhe yokuhlambalaza, kodwa u-Ivanna no-no, futhi abuze ukuthi ukwelashwa kwakhe kuhamba kanjani, akafuni ukubuyela ekwelapheni nokuphumula. Ubudlelwane buba ngandlela-thile buthakathaka, ngaphezu kwalokho - umfazi wayegwema ukusondelana.
Lapho uShekh akhathele konke futhi wanquma ukuthola ubuhlobo bakhe, umyeni wayethatha iphakheji enzima esuka ekamelweni futhi wathulula okuqukethwe kwakhe etafuleni: izincwadi, izithombe.
"Ujabule kakhulu lapha," waveza owokuqala owathola.
"Ufunde ngaziphi ilungelo lami izincwadi?" - UDaniel waqhubeka ehlasele.
"Wakho?" - njengokungathi ukuhleka usulu, uphindaphindiwe u-Ivanna. - Bheka izivilophu - izincwadi zibhekiswe kimi. Kodwa awuphuthanga: kukhona eyodwa nawe. Kusukela endodaneni yami, kusukela ebuthweni, "esho, emisa.
UDaniel wenyuka.
"Kukhona yini: kuya kwesinye kuya kwesinye." Wabeka isithombe.
Izinkulungwane zemicabango yavele yashaya ikhanda likaShelekh: "Ndodana. Ingabe sinendodana? Kungani engakusho kanjalo? Cha! Ingabe lo mhlangano ungadlulanga ngaphandle kokulandelela? "
- Unesibongo esihlukile, omunye u-patronymic, Kodwa bheka ukuthi ubukeka kanjani, - njengokungathi uvela kwenye indawo kude naye. U-Ivanka washiya. Amantombazane kakade unyaka njengoba afundela esikhungweni, yingakho kwakungadingeki ukuba abanjwe amadodakazi abo. Ukungabi nalutho. Wahlala yonke indawo. Endlini, eshaweni, ehhovisi elizondayo. Konke kwadideka: ubuhlungu bokulahlekelwa ngumndeni kanye nenjabulo yokuthola indodana. Umunyu obabayo wakusiza ukuxazulula izinkinga, kanti uDaniel, naphezu kwenhliziyo egulayo, wayithulisa ngamalitha. Ukupakaza emsebenzini, izinsuku ezisekugcineni azizange ziphume endlini futhi ziphuze ... ziholele ekuhlaleni.
Ngesikhathi esisemngceleni wendlu kwavela ngo-Inessa. Lapho ebheka ngodaka oludakiwe, uDaniel wayesenethemba lokuthi uzocela intethelelo, okungenani uzama ukuchaza ukuthi kungani ephule impilo yakhe, kodwa wamomotheka wathi:
Ngiyajabula ngokuthi uhlupheka, ukuthi kubuhlungu. Akuyena yena, ngabe ngabe nginani kulo mpilo! Ngingu !!! - waqhekeza ukukhala kuka-Inessa. Ekudakwa, engazi ukuthi wayenzani, u-Shelekh wamnquma ngesibhamu esisodwa.
- UGadiina, inyoka ... - njengendlovu, watshela amaphoyisa afika.
- Gadina! - Ubeke umunwe endaweni yokulala emhlophe emhlophe ekamelweni lesibhedlela.