നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tImUn¨p.
“”Wo A_n]pw dmksW.””
B`ohv In^n¨psNm*p b_ªp.
“”Wo Nps_ {bmklyw sfthKv sI]vSn«p*v,””
“”MmtWm? ti]v..CÃ,””
“”Ds*Xo…””
B`ohv ko*pw b_ªp.
In{S HmÀ¡m³ {lfn¨p.
“”f½n ASv tbms«..F´m]n CkapsX Nm^yw?””
_n]s] tWm¡n t_mg³ tImUn¨p.
“”dmk³ A¦nansW knXmsS bnXntIm*n^n¡pkm. ASv N*m fWÊn`mkntà F´m hwekns¨¶p?””
“”Cutlmt]! tW^v?””
“”tW^Xm..””
B`ohv b_ªp.
“”A¦nav Aksa Nant¨m?””
“”Dw,””
“”tW^v ? l^n¡pw? F¶v- sk¨m bqän Np® tNän Nant¨m? _n] ASv FWvtKm]v– sI]vtSm?””
“”bq_n Np® tNämtS bns¶ F§sW]mXm Nan¡ps¶? Akav FWvtKm]v– sI]vtSmt¶m? AkÄsX FWvtKm]vsfâv_v Nm^\w sSmjp¯n Wn¶ blp Ft§ms«¦n`pw HmXnt¸m]n¡m\q¶m FWn¡v tSm¶pt¶. A½mSn^n ditamw H¨¸mXpw B^p¶p…””
A Wnfngw tPäp NX¶v- H^p XmN-vhn¡mÀ AkntX¡v k¶p. WnÀ¯n] Nm_n Wn¶pw hpµ^n]m] H^p fVyk]hv¡]pw ASnhpµ^n]m] H^p ]pkSn]pfn_§n. C_§n¡jnªv fVyk]hv¡ ss{ZkÀ¡v b\w sNmXp¡m³ {lfn¡p¶Spw A]mÄ ASv kn`¡p¶Spw N*p.
“”Cutlmt]…Khot´w sZ]vhoftà ASv? ASm^m B sI¡³? Hm ASm^n¡pw Kho´ b_ª W¼q^n sI¡³. tfmiW³ hm_n³s_ tfm³…””
“”K]tUk³ HmftÈ^n,””
dmk³ NphrSnt]msX b_ªp.
“”sWW¡v CksW A_n]mtfm dmk¨m?””
AkÀ fqk^pw PmÀZWn`n^n¡p¶k^psX tWs^ k¶p.
sI_p¸¡m^³ dmksâ tWs^ fnjn¨ptWm¡p¶Sv FÃmk^pw N*p.
“”AksW¶m dmk¨m b´w N* sb^p¨mjns]t¸ms` Wns¶ tWm¡ps¶? Wn³s_ N]o¶p ssbh ktÃmw NXw tfXn¨n«pt*m?””
“”b_]mw,””
NphrSnIn^n knXmsS dmk³ b_ªp.
“”NXkpta! fµ³^mK-“”
AXps¯¯n¡jnªv K]tUk³ HmftÈ^n S`]n ssN sk¨p sNm*p b_ªp.
“”Wn§sa¶m Nm\n¡mWm Ct§m«v kt¶?””
“”F¶m B`pk Wn³s_ A¸Wp hv{SoVWw Nn«oSmt\m?””
dmk³ tImUn¨p.
“”B^mXm dmk¨m CSv?””
“”F³s_ sbm¶m`oth N¼n¡p«³ sshän H^p NT]p*v. ASn³s_ AkhmW emPw k¶n«v Ct¸mÄ fmh§am]n. Wo]pw MmWpw Cu t_mgWpw AXNfpÅ km]W¡m^v F{S fmhfm]n ASv FjpSp]ksW sS_n knan¨v ^wP¯n_¡m³ tWm¡p¶p. GSm B NT? B`oth Wo b_,””
B`ohv H^p Wnfngw Bt`mIn¨p. ASnWnX]n Kho´]pw sZ]vhn]pw AkÀ¡v hfobfn^n¶p b^hvb^w Npl`mtWzg\w SpX§n]n^p¶p. In{S]pw Akt^msXm¸w sbm«nIn^n¡mWpw kntlg§Ä tImUn¨_n]mWpw SpX§n.
“”B ..Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv