നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bnXn¨n^n¡p¶Sv tWm¡n]n«v ASv tbms` t_mg³s_Sn`pw bnXn¨psNm*v _n] t_mgtWmXv tImUn¨p.
“”bWnt]m?’
B`ohv sbs«¶v- A¸w hw{eft¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”B f½o. bWn]m¶p tSm¶p¶p. Ck³s_ fpÅp¶ hmVW¯nWv At{Sw IqXm,””
B`ohv dmkWn sI]p¶Sv tbms` _n] t_mgsâ `nwPw fpNant`¡v Smjv¯mWpw D]À¯mWpw SpX§n.
“”tfmsa fpÅp¶ hmVWw F¶Ã b_]t*,””
B`ohv b_ªp.
“”FWn¡_n]mw, f½o,””
“”A_n]mtfm?””
dmk³ tImUn¨p.
“”F¶m H¶v- b_sª,””
“”Cw¥ogn bnWnhv. f`]ma¯n `nwPw,””
AkÄ AenfmWt¯msX b_ªn«p Aks^ tWm¡n.
“”AÃmsS ASn`pw b_]m³ Fap¸fm] tks_m^p tb^v NqXn]p*v tfmsa. {bSp¸mUW Ak]kw. Fs´ap¸fm b_]m³ AtÃ? F³s_ _nt]. ASn³s_ tb^v CsSm¶pfÃ. b_]m³ Fap¸fpÅSpw tNÄ¡m³ hpOfpÅSpfm] tks_m^p tb^p*v. F³s_ B`oth Wos]m¶v ASv Wn³s_ tfmÄ¡v b_ªp sNmXpt¯. Wm\n¡msS,””
“”Asæn`pw f½n Wm\n¡p¶sS´nWm?’
_n]]psX b«ptbms` frUp`fm] kn^`pNÄ kn§n kn_]v¡p¶ S³s_ `nwPs¯ AfÀ¯n sM¡n¯jpNpt¼mÄ ASn³s_ hpOw WÂNp¶ `i^n]_nªpsNm*v t_mg³ b_ªp.
“”FWn¡v Wm\sfm¶pfnà dmk¨m,””
B`ohv `Öt]msX b_ªp.
“”Fap¸¯n b_]m³ H¶Ã, H¶nt`s_ tb^pNap*v. A*n, b_n, Np®…tfmÄ¡v CSn Fap¸sf¶v tSm¶p¶ tb^v ]qhv sI¿mw…””
“”GSv sb^mXm sWW¡nãw? b_. MmWSv ]qhv sI¿mw,””
“”Np®,””
t_mg³ b_ªp. Ak³ hpO`i^n]n H¶v- bpaªp.
“”tI¨n H¶v- b_sª, tN¡s«…””
“”ASnWn¸w F¶m {btSyNn¨v _nhv¡v? BÀ¡pw Cuhn B]n b_]mtÃm B tb^v…Wos]t¶ tI¨o¶v Hs¡ knan¨v hpOn¸n¡tkm¶pw tk*. Np®…””
hwPoSmßNfm] hz^¯n Ipk¶ Ip*pNÄ bnaÀ¯n AkÄ B km¡v D¨^n¨t¸mÄ t_mg³ H¶v- NqXns]m¶p bnXªp.
“”F¶mXm? Np® bnXn¨v Sn^p½n S¶n«pw tkUW fm_p¶ntÃ…?’
Ak³s_ I`W§apw ho¡m^kpw {l²n¨psNm*v _n] tImUn¨p.
“”D*v ..D*v …knXtà ..F³s_ sbm¶v tI¨o knXtÃ…””
“”tWmt¡y f½o, Fs¶ FXo tbmXo F¶ÃmsS knan¡nÃm¯ CkWn¸w tI¨o¶v- fm{Skm knan¡ps¶…””
B`ohn³s_ ssN]psX I`Ww NqXn]Sv _n] {l²n¨p.
“”f½osX ssN sfm¯w Ft´m thm¸v skÅw tbms`…AsS´m f½o?””
B`ohn³s_ ssN]pw kn^`pNapw fpjpk³ {bo Nw sNm*v sbmSnªn^n¡p¶Sv N*v _n] tImUn¨p.
“”CSv A¦nan³s_ Npt®¶v- k^p¶Sm tfmta. sNmt_ Njn]p¼w t_mgtâw N¼nNp«³.sWäv