Aifarira chiRungu Detector Poirot uye saka akasvuta pombi senge Holmes, aingovavhiringidza. Akapfeka ngowani nemabvu, like Elkyl’s, chete wechiGeorgian. Kunyangwe nzimbe yakatenga imwe yakafanana uye muswetiat kubva kuvashandi paMariinsky Opera uye Ballet Theatre nebhokisi remwedzi. Bhutsu idzi dzakagadzirwa kuti dzigadzirwe nemuvakidzani aibatira seshishi munharaunda. Akatogugudza kunze ne pini uye paakayenda, kunyanya pasofa, akadzvanya kunge bhiza kana musikana kubva Broadway. Mhino dzake dzainge dzakaita segondo, uye maziso ake mahombe akange akaita senge lemur.
«Saka,» akadaro Ottila, akagara pachigaro chakakosha. Izya akarova gonhi achipinda muhofisi. Pa tray akatakura akachekwa akachekwa mazai nehove uye yaaida achisvinwa achangoburwa muto wejusi. – Huya nekukurumidza, zvikasadaro iyo python yatove kurira.
– Fuuuu! – yakafukidzwa Incephalopath, – unonwa sei? Unogona kuzorora…
– Chii chaunganzwisisa mune yakajeka gourmet? Usanwa. Ini pachangu ndinozvida. -ulk.. – akatora sip yaOttila uye.., – Uhhh, – akaibvarura kusvika padivi. Akasvetuka ndokumhanyira mukona iri kure yehofisi. Gurp remaguru-akavezwa kunge mabhubhu akasiya pahuro pe precinct uye ipapo, kunge misodzi yemisodzi, yakafashukira mukamuri rese. Arutuna akabatwa aine asthmatic spasm uye paakamhoresana, anga asiri kumusoro kwehunyanzvi.
– Inogona kunyara kana chimwe chinhu?! Ndakakodzera madzibaba ako.
– Kana kuti zvimwe amai? – Ottila akange achiona achivhiringidzwa mazai uye, aine muromo, achipururudza kunze zvigubhu, akanyatso kukaka: – munhu wese ane iwo awo kuravira, akadaro muHindu, achiburuka kubva kun’anga achipukuta jongwe rake negwenzi rebhanana. Iwe unoda mumaziso here?
– Ah! Ndine urombo, mutungamiriri, ndakanganwa chimwe chinhu … – Arutun Karapetovich akanyara akagara pasi pachigaro.
Nenguva isipi gonhi rekupinda munzira rakatsika mukadzi wechikuru wemakore angangoita zana apinda muhofisi.
– Ndiani asina kuvhara musuwo??? Ndakabatikana, ambuya!!! – Bug Klop uye akavharwa…
Mudzimai akanzwa kukosora ndokumhanyira kwaari aine pepa nepeni, kuti anyore kuda. Asi achiona kusakosha kwake, akasimuka ndokurova murume wake pama bony pabendekete. Ottila akahwihwidza pasi nekutsvaira yolk.
– Uh, Harutun, yekare cartilage, nei usina kuvhara mukova shure kwako pawakauya? Uye imi, ambuya, budai, tine musangano.
– As? vakabvunza ambuya matsi.
– Kusvirwa! huya pamusoro pekudya kwemanheru!! – akadaro Klop zvinonzwika.
– Idya, idya, mudiwa pamwe nemarigold… ini ndichamirira. – ambuya vakanyemwerera uye vakatsikitsira pasi, sezvo makanga musisina zvigaro, uye yakanga isiri tsika kupa nzvimbo apa, uye hapana kubva kune vateereri akauya mupfungwa.
– Rudzi rwemasikati? Huh? Ndiri kudya kwemangwanani… Uyezve pane iyo ajenda: shanda nevanozviisa pasi. – Ottila akasunungura ruoko rwake uye, akabata chipunu nechikamu chezai, akadhonzera bundu racho zvakananga muziso raHarutun, – uye iwe? – akasvetukira muchigaro, – chisingaongi chekuremekedza, – akabva asvetukira patafura, – iwe unogona chete kudya mwedzi, uye kurova zviso kune mumwe nemumwe. Ini handisi kuzofamba seyangu..
– Chirevo chei? Chii chauri kupopota? «Isolde Fifovna akamupindira nekuchema kweKing Kong.»
– Ah? – diki yakatanga nekutanga.
– Chii chauri kupopota? – akabvunza zvakadzikama uye akanyarara, – hausi kuona here, ave akarara kwenguva yakareba.
– Saka, pano, ikozvino, yekugara kweusiku humwe? Incifalatus, bvisa uyu pensioner panze.
– Ini ndiri Incephalopath, mutungamiriri, kwete Incifalate. – akagadzirisa Corporate uye akaenda kune mukadzi wekare akarara. Zvinyoro-nyoro akamubvutira necane, senge Poirot kana Watson. – Mudiwa, ee?! – akatendeukira kuna Bhosi, uyo aive atogara patafura uye pamakwikwi.
– Boss, iye, mumaonero angu, akagunun’una.
– Chii? Rape-rattle.
– Zvakanaka,. Haifeme. Yakafa. – zvakare nekutya muzwi rake akadaro Harutun. Miromo yake yakadedera. Iye akafungidzira kuti izvo zvichaitika zvakamumirira. Harutun akachema.
Ottila inokambaira ine muromo une chikafu. Akatarisa mukadzi wake akabvunza:
– Zhinka, enda undoongorora.
Fifovna akauya akasimudza mukadzi uya wekare nehuro. Tsoka dzakabva pasi, uye mabvi haana kusimuka. Akakwira ndokuisa chitunha sechaive pamberi pegate, akapusa achitarisa nemuromo wake uzere nemazai akadhawa, murume wake.
– Zvionere wega, dhadha, akafa kana kuti kwete?! – uye akange ave kuda kuenda. – Iye, Zhinka. Iwe uno pindura we Zhinka. akadzungudza…
– Bvisa naye patafura, iwe benzi!!! Iwe uri… chaiye, kana chii? Ini ndiri mukuru pano, uye mukuru, uye iwe?…
– Zvakanaka, zvakatanga zvakare. – mumbled the tray Intsephalopath.
– Uye iwe unoshandisa iyo Ottila Aligadzhievich Klop mari yemahara! – zvimedu kubva mumuromo zvakabhururuka, – Uye kazhinji …, shiti, – - akapfira zvese zviri mumuromo wake uye akapopota, asati akwira patafura. «Uri musikana pano.» Ndaka?
– Ehe, ishe wangu. -Donald Isoldushka uye akapfugama. Musoro wake waibhururuka nemusoro wemurume wake akamira patafura. Uye kukura kwemisoro yavo kwaingogutsa chero pessimist: Musoro wake wainge wakakura kakapetwa kaashanu kuye.
– Zvakanaka, heh heh heh, ndiregerere, tora ambuya ava kunze kwemusuwo wevheranda. Kwete, zvirinani kure neubhedha. Mangwanani uye mumwe munhu achamuwana.
Mukadzi akatora chitunha ndokuenda nacho pakanga chakarairwa nemuridzi. Mushure mezvose, akashanda zvakare mukubatsira, sehunyanzvi hwekugadzira, muchengeti uye mubatsiri mubatsiri aine chinzvimbo chemateya makuru. Aiti gare gare iye akadzoka ndokufamba, achifamba achienda patafura.
– Ndakamukanda pamusoro pefenzi.
– Iwe uri benzi here kana chimwe chinhu? Iyi ivheta yechirimwa. Chokwadi, akagara. Muchidimbu – iyo bum.
– Unodya. – mudzimai akasimudza ndiro.
– handidi kudaro. Unofanirwa kunge wakariisa mundiro yangu. Chikafu rudzii? Bvisa iyo, rega vana vadye. Usangovaudza zvandakadya. Uye ipapo vanoramba.
– Ndizvozvo, kana uine chifeve kubva mumuromo mako. Iwe unoda here kupukuta mazino ako pawakapedzisira kuashambidza, zana remakore apfuura? -mukadzi akaunganidza ndiro kubva patafura ndokuenda kuimba yekugara yetumba.
– Nyarara, mukadzi! Unonzwisisei kunhuhwirira? Zvakanaka, – ini ndakarasa ruoko rwangu necustoms uye madonhwe kubva patafura. – Zvandaida kutaura. Huh?.. Saka, gadzirira kuenda kuna Peter.
– Nei?
– Ah, shamwari, tine bhizimusi idzva rakakomba. Kutanga uye kwekupedzisira!
– Tiri kuendeswa kuSt. Petersburg? – Harutun akaburitsa vhudzi rake mumhino dzake, akafadzwa uye akachinjiswa nekamu.
– Kwete, tora inotonhorera. Tichaferefeta nyaya yakakomba, uye tisingatendeke tichitenderera, tichitsvaga huku dzakarasika uye nzombe. Uye ipapo, tikamuwana, isu tichaendeswa kumusoro…
– irikupi kudenga?
– Benzi, hakuna maguta mudenga, KuAmerica.
– Uye isu tichatarisa chii? Chii chinoda kuwanikwa kuti utitumire kuAmerica?
– Tichatsvaga mhino…
– Ndiani mhino? – Harutun haana kunzwisisa.
Ottila akakwira patafura ndokufamba kuenda kune rumwe rutivi, padyo neCorporor. Akagara pasi akasungirira makumbo, akataura navo.
– Zvakanaka,