– Yintoni? ubuze uKlop.
– Woooh, apchi, le shnir yona le hemp ihlikiweyo kwinkunkuma, yaze yasayina ugogo. -UArutun uncike kwi-jamb ngesinqe sakhe.
– Ewe?! -mangalisiwe uKlop. – Kwaye yintoni, usarhawula nangoku?
– Ewe, nokuba kwenzeka kanjani, ebaleke enjalo, – kwaye wakhupha i-billiard hash ibhola epokothweni yakhe.
– Ngaba konke oku? -Wolula isandla sakhe wayithatha ibhola. Wayiguqula ebusweni bakhe, wayikhuphela, wayiphosa. Iminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu iya kutsala. Thatha izinto. Khawutsho, uthini utat’omkhulu?
– Uyaxoka. -Indoda endala yaqengqeleka phantsi. -ayisiyonto yam.
– Kwaye ngoobani? apchi.
– Bakho, ndim.. kwaye baxhonywa kuthi, kwaye mna noClaudia satsibela nje ezibhithini. Ngokubanzi, le ihashe shit.
– Yintoni? -ukuqhekezwa kwe-Intsephalopath. -Uyayithanda into eyenziwe lihashe kwindawo yokulahla inkunkuma, ingca evuthiweyo, engakhuliyo apho? Okanye igiya? Kwaye i-hemp yayisitya, ubomi babunamandla phezulu, umnini – i-schmuck, ke wagqiba ekubeni alibale. Kwaye oko kuyaphelelwa ngumonde.
– Hayi, ndiye ndakhumbula. Omnye umalusi wayedlula. Wayichola ibhegi okanye wayikhuhla wahamba. Kwaye yintoni? Kuyathandwa, ngaphandle kokhuseleko, kodwa akukho mali yokutshintsha. Kwaye ke ndifuna ukulibala. Ke umalusi wangena.
– Molo, utsho? -Ibugi inyukele esihlalweni. -Akukho nzima ukujonga ekliniki ekuseni.
«Mamela bani, Mnumzana, apchi,» watsho uHarutun. -Yinto enjalo: utamkhulu uKlava uhamba ze, wonke uxhonkxiwe ngepetroleum jelly, wena, ngenxa yokuba ungenakumbambisa umqolo wakhe? Ndandibaleka ndilahla inkunkuma, ndilahleka kwi-hemp bus.
– Iyabaleka? -mcaphukisile umntu omdala.
– Ekuqaleni wambonisa, kodwa uyanuka, kwaye usengumfazi, nangona ekhulile. Kwaye ematyholweni awuzange ubaleke, kwaye wakhwaza uthuli oluhlekayo olwalunamathele ngommesane emzimbeni wakhe, wawunamathela ebholeni. Kwaye usiphose isitshetshe apho kwaye kusasa siyakuyifumana kunye neminwe yakho kuyo, nakwisitshixo sommela – isithuba, oko kukuthi, dope.
Indoda endala yalala cwaka kwaye ijonge kumangalisiwe. Emva kwayo yonke into, njengoko yonke into yayiphakanyisiwe nguHarutun?!
– Kwaye indlela awukawuthuleki umlenze wakhe, isidenge esidala. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, yonke indawo yelali isusela kumaxesha e-owl.
– UVo uthe! -Ubhedu waba neqhayiya ngabangaphantsi kwakhe. -Uyibala phi le nto, osebenza naye?
– Ewe, ndiyibonile ngokwam, ndifuna ukuyikhupha kwiselfowuni yam, kodwa ibhetri ibifile.
– Uxolo. -Klop utyiwe.
– Yintoni kanye kanye? Apchi. ubuze uKlop.
– Kukulusizi ukuba ibhetri ifile. -Ndaziphosa iinyembezi kwisitulo sam ndazijikeleza kwigumbi. -Anyanzelekanga ukuba ndisuse iingqondo zam.
– Ewe yonke le nto ingamampunge, mhlekazi. I-Shit ihanjiswe ngamahashe, kwaye ukuba akunjalo, andibanjwanga zibomvu kwaye yonke into ilapha nje iqhutywa ngengxelo yekota yebhaso. -wagqiba ixhego waqala waphakama.
– Hlala, apchi, umphathi! -watshaye uHarutun ixhego. -masenze ntoni, Patron?
– Oku kukusebenzisa gunya gwenxa! -Indoda endala ibinomsindo.
– Kwaye uthe cwaka! U-Ottila wakhonkotha. -Ukubonisa kuyabonakala. Unetyala, kwaye ukuba ufuna ukuya kumda, uya kuhlala de kube kusasa xa kufika ugqirha elebhu. Okanye, ndikunika iiyure ezilikhulu zomsebenzi ekhaya. inqaba eyomeleleyo.
– Aphi? -ibuze ixhego linxibe ibhulukhwe elele kumgangatho wasekhitshini.
– Phakama, uyixhwile, ibanjiwe. UHarutun uya kucacisa yonke into apha endleleni. Ewe, Harutun, ndiphantse ndalibala: thatha izono zakho ngokunyaniseka kuye ukuba khange ubonise umsebenzi, fumana isitshixo, ungachukumisi ngezandla zakho, usongele engxoweni. Kwaye wena, endala, ukuba uya kusebenza ngaphandle kokuqaqamba, uya kuhlawula kuphela isenti yeengulube.
– Ngaphakathi, okwangoku? -Indoda endala ibinomsindo. -Ndiza kuyifumana phi?
– Thula phezulu, apchi, xa umphathi esenza isigqibo.
– Uh, ngendlela, ungayinquma. Yiya, ngomso ngecala emva kwentsimbi yesithandathu, ukumbiwa kwemigodi kuqala. Ewe, kwaye uthathe ibrashi yamazinyo kunye nawe, kwaye ndiza kukufumana isitya. Jonga, uyakutya kunye nenja. Ukuba iPolkan iyavuma. Uyolala kwigumbi lokuhlambela.
– Kwaye ngaba igama lokugqibela lingaba? kubuza utat’omkhulu.
– Qhubeka!
– Ngubani oza kuyala?
– ndim nje. Qhubeka. Kwaye musa ukulibala malunga ne-boar…
I-Ancephalopath yakhokelela umfo ophumileyo ukuphuma kwindawo enqatyisiweyo kwaye wahamba ngokukhawuleza waya kwi-Bosi.
– Siza kwenza ntoni? apchi!
– Yintoni? Ngaba uliqabane, ulikhoboka leziyobisi?
– Hayi, unjani. Kodwa bendicinga ukuba, apchi, kunyanzelekile ukuba uqhube uviwo?! Kwaye kwangoko.. Kwaye emva koko … – UHarutun uyathandabuza.
– Kwaye emva koko? Njongo? -Uphonononge i-bash ukusuka kuwo onke amacala ubuzwe u-Ottil.
– Hayi. Kodwa ubungcali. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, isigqibo sele sidlulisiwe?!
– Ngoobani? Umgwebi?
– Hayi, apchi, ngawe, kodwa unelungelo lokugwetywa ngaphambi kwexesha lokugwetywa kwamatyala amancinci, ngakumbi ngaphambi kokulala nje…
Ewe, yiza, kodwa ngenxa yesiphelo somsebenzi.
Babetha icuba bahlala phantsi ukuze batshaye.
Morning wasondela kwaye babehleli etafileni beqiqa njengoHolmes noWatson, ngakumbi ngakumbi kuba uHolmes wayetshaya i-opium kwaye oku akuzange kumthintele ekufezeni izigqibo. Kodwa uWatson wasela i-whisky kuphela, i-cherry, yancothuka, njengeLestrade, kwaye ngenxa yoku baba sisidenge kwaye banqunyulwe ngezantsi kweSherlock. Utywala butshitshisa ingqondo, ke urhulumente wehlabathi uyavumela, utywala kwaye athintele ukuhluma emhlabeni. Kodwa isidenge asidingi kutya konke. Kungenxa yokuba usisidenge kwaye akazi mlinganiso. Kodwa bobabini babephikisana kwaye kule nto baqiqa ngolu hlobo.
– Iphulo apha elalini, umntu watyala uChuy hemp kwaye watshisa ilali. – Qalisa i-Bedbug.
– Kodwa ngubani? apchi, idot okanye ixhego? -yaqhubeka uHarutun.
– Okanye ngaba umntu wesithathu? Kwaye aba banokuba ngamangqina kwakwenzekile kwaye bathatha isigqibo sokuya phambili, bezamile.
– Isongezo, i-apchi.
– Yintoni, i-toad?
– Igama lendoda endala, apchi, – Toad.
– Ngaba isenzi? Heh. Makubekho i-Toad… I-toad emhlophe yokuhlonipha i-swan emhlophe.
– Yintoni? apchi.
– Hayi, akukho nto. Kulungile, yintoni, yiya?!.. Kodwa hayi. Ndilinde… Yiza, sitye kunye?!
UHarutun wavula amehlo akhe kwaye waphosa ulwimi ngaphandle kancinci emangalisiwe.
– NGOKU? Ubuzile, ethoba amehlo akhe kakubi e-Ottil. -A khange utye imini yonke nobusuku ngokwezicwangciso zamakhoboka eziqhutywa?
– Ewe, apchi, ngokuchanekileyo. -eqhwaba izandla, uHarutun wabaleka ngequbuliso wahlala kwesinye isitulo.
– Wahlala phantsi? -U-Ottila waqhuba.
– Yintoni, yintoni.. kum, kwaye ndiyintoni? -I-Corporate yexabene kwaye idumbile.
– Yiya, uthathe: kukho isobho, kukho iiconsons, iiplati, esiqandisi, -Klop waqala ukukhomba ngezandla, emele