അടിമയുടെ ഉടമ 9

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bSns] fpt¶m«p Wo§n Nq«¯n Ss¶ Np® bÃkn]psX Nm`nWnX]n Ss¶ D_¸n¨p sNm*v tSkWpw bÃkn WX¯w Wn_p¯n bns¶ N^]n Wn¡p¶kÀ Nm\msS hq£n¨p bmkX¡Xn]nt`¡p ssN NX¯n

fp«nWp fpNan SpX]n Sa¸v tbms` NnX¶ bmâohn bnXn¨p bÃkn ASv sfsà tft`¡v k`n¨p Sn^n¨p Ip^p«n N]än sk¨p. Np*n]psX k`p¸¯nWp tfs` bmâohnsâ C`mÌnNv k`n¨p N]än] bÃkn]psX ssN sI¶nXn¨Sp tSksâ Np`¨ Np®]n B]n^p¶p.

BUyw H¶v sM«n ssN k`ns¨¦n`pw, ko*pw Ssâ ssN]psX DÅnt`¡v SÅp¶ Aksâ Np®s] AkÄ bnXn¨p. ASnsâ AhmfmWy fpjp¸v AkÄ ssN sNm*v Aa¶p tdmVn¨p. bns¶ ASnsâ Nmäp N]_n koÀ¯ tbms` tIm^ C^¨p N]_n fpjp¯p Wn¶ fNpX¯n sfsà H¶fÀ¯n, AkÄ ssN FXp¯p N^]nt`¡v WX¶p.

bXkpNÄ N]_n bÃkn N^s¡¯n]t¸mapw tSk³ sWt©m¸w skůn Ss¶ Wn¶p. Nm^\w tks_m¶pfm]n^p¶nà CWns]m¶p lÀ±n¡msS Smjm³ Nq«m¡m¯ Aksâ Np® Ss¶]m]n^p¶p.

skÅw H`n¨n_§p¶ bÃkn]psX Nm`pNant`¡pw, A¸w fp³bv Ak³ bnXn¨pX¨p Np*n]psX fpjp¸nt`¡pw tWm¡n Ak³ Np®]n AfÀ¯n sM^n¨p.

tSksâ fpO¯v N* CWn]pw AX§m¯ Nmfkpw, làfm] ^SnfqÀÑ AWpekn¨p F¶v knan¨p b_]p¶ bÃkn]psX fpOs¯ ^àÑkn N`À¶ Wm\¯n NpSnÀ¶ b^n{efkpw sS¶`nWp fWÊn`m]nsæn`pw Spgm^¡p fWÊn`m]n. AkapsX bq_nWpÅn HjpNn] tSWn Npjª N´p Nmf¯nsâ Nj¸v knS_n S^n¨p\À¶p.

N^]nt`¡v IpkXpNÄ sk¨ bÃkn]psX Nm CX_n A{S]pw tW^w skůnWXn]n AW§msS C^p¶Sv sNm*mk\w AkapsX B Nm sI_pSm]n f^¨n^p¶p. sS¶Â AkÄ¡p Xk sNmXp¯p, Nm k`n¨p NpXªp kngfn¨p S` SpkÀ¯n] AktamXv Spgm^ b_ªp.

“”””Wn§Ä ^*p tb^pw F{S]pw sb«¶v tbm]n Cu WWª Sp\n fmäq, Asà D_¸m]pw bWn bnXn¡pw tNt«m… Fsâ Aen{bm]¯n Hmt^m ¥mhv IqXv Nm¸n NpXn¨m FÃmw l^n]mNpw. F¶m`pw Wn§apsX Wo^m«v Nm^\w FWn¡v F«p sN«v Nm\m³ bän]nÃ…””

H^p UoÀQWnlzmhw kn«p skůn At¸mapw Wn¡p¶ tSksâ kn^nª fm_nX§an sI¶nXn¨p InS_p¶ bpj]psX sI_p Hma§Ä SjpNp¶ Aksâ N^p¯pä l^o^¯n tWm¡n SpX Nq«n sM^n¨p Spgm^ ko*pw b_ªp…

“”AtàWn§Ä tbm]n {ZÊv fmän H^p Nm¸n Hs¡ NpXn¡p… Mm³ tSksW Nq«n F«p sN«p N*n«v k^mw.”

bÃkn]psX fpOw C^p*p. Spgm^]psX Dt±lw W¶m]n A_n]mkp¶ AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv