നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sfm¯w Mm³ bqän tNäos«m*v F¶_n]mtkm?””
CXSv ssNkn^`pNÄ D]À¯n¡m\n¨psNm*v B`ohv b_ªp.
“”At¶^w Wo t`mN¯v DÅ hN` B\p§Ä¡pw Du¡m³ sNmXp¡p¶ ssXfÃm^pt¶m? bns¶ bq_n kn^`v NX¯n hpOnt¡* Nm^ytkm*m^pt¶m?””
“”ASv bNÂ B\v Bs^t]`pw Nan¡p¶sS¦nÂ, ^m{Sn {co Bt\Â..^m{Sn]m km]W. At¶^w F´m]m`pw bqäo¶v- H`n¡qtÃm. bqän NXn tN_n]m bns¶ NaªntÃÂ k`y bmXmXm. ASm…sWW¡_n]mtÃm. {btSyNn¨pw Nj¸v fq¯v t_mtZs¡msX tbmNp¶ GSv dwPman¡ptbm`pw bq_p sbman¨psNmXp¡m³ tSm¶o^p¶ B Nm`¯v…””
bm³äv_n]pw Du^ns]_nªv B`ohv b_ªp.
At¸mtj¡pw tfltf`n^p¶ B`ohn³s_ tcm¬ lÐn¨p. AkÄ bqÀ®WPvW]m]n fpt¼m«v– k¶v tcm¬ FXp¯p. dmk³s_ Ns¿Xp¯v t]mWnbnaÀ¸n sk¨SnWp tlgw Nm`pNÄ AN¯n Wn¶v- hv{NoWnt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”§vti..CSv Kho´]m\tÃm,””
Kho´? dmkWv HmÀ½ k¶p. dÊn sk¨v Chsdà b_ªn^p¶ Kho´s]¡p_n¨mt\m B`ohv Cu b_]p¶Sv?
“”B FXo Wo CSn¸w FknXp¶m?””
dmksâ kn^`pNÄ¡v hpOfm]n N]_nt¸mNpkm³ b^fmkVn Nm`pNÄ AN¯n Nk¨pWn¶psNm*v AkÄ tcm\n`qsX hwhm^n¨p.
“”§vti? tNmSfwP`t¯m? VymWw NqXmtWm? tbmt«t`m? hvss{Xt¡m? ASnsW¶m..Wo Ct§m«v tbms^Xo…””
dmksâ ssNs¿Xp¯v AkÄ S³s_ fp`Nan sk¨p. F¶n«v Ak³s_ ssN]psX tf AfÀ¯n fp`NÄ l^n¡v bnXn¨fmÀ¯m³ hqIW sNmXp¯p.
“”B^m K]tUktWm? HmftÈ^n ftWs`? HmftÈ^n fW F¶v- b_]p¼w tfmiW³ W¼qSn^osX tfmtWm? §vim… Sn^ptfWosW FWn¡v bns¶ A_o¯ntÃ? G]v– AÃ..AÃ tfmsa …At¿m Sn^ptfWn b^f hmSznNWm…lp²irU]w..Wnsâw Ftâw tbm`s¯ skX¡v Nj¸v hmVWw H¶pkÃ…ASnsW¶m Wo AktWw Nq«nt¡m…””
hwhm^w Njnªv tfltf tcm¬ Sn^nsN sk¨v Njnªv tWm¡pt¼mÄ dmk³ AÀ°PÀefm]n bp©n^n¡p¶Sv B`ohv N*p.
“”F¶mXm In^n¡ps¶?””
“”ASv b_]mw…B^m^p¶p tcm\nÂ? tNmSfwP`t¶m hvss{X¡v Ft¶m Hs¡ tN«tÃm…””
“”AtSm…?””
A]mapsX ssN bnXn¨psNm*v t]mWn¸naÀ¸n l^n¡v SÅn¡]än AXn¨psNm*v B`ohv b_ªp.
“”iii ….F³s_ fpt¯ …F¶m H^p Nj¨p sbm«p¶ hpOkmXm….iii….b_]mw….FXm FWns¡m^p kmXvhm¸v {Pq¸v HÅ Nm^yw Mm³ b_ªn«ntÃ….t`mN Nj¸nNam ASv sfm¯w. H^p fm`mO sNm¨v HjnsN. AkÄ¡v Wà NXow Ht*`pw CSv ks^ BÀ¡pw sfmt`w bq_pw H¶pw sNmXp¯n«nÃ…””
NkNÄ H¶pNqXn knXÀ¯n]Nän N¼nNp«³.sWäv