നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_]mw…AwP`mk\y A½…””
t_mg³ sbs«¶v b_ªp.
“”Wo tbmXm sI_p¡m ASÃ. AwP `mk\y A½ CknsX C^p¸p*v. Wn³s_ A½. ASpw km]W¡m^v N®ns`®s]mjn¨p Nm¯n^n¡p¶Sm. bs£ ASÃ.tks_m^p NT…””
t_mgWpw B`ohpw ko*pw Bt`mIn¨p. ASnWnX]n hwPSn]psX sPu^kw fWÊn`m¡n Kho´]pw sZ]vhn]pw In{S]pw B IÀ¨]n bs¦Xp¡m³ Aks^ hmNqSw tWm¡n.
“”slXm…FWn¡t§m«v HmÀ½ k^p¶nÃtÃm…””
B`ohv b_ªp.
“”H^p ¢q Sm ,””
Kho´ dmktWmXv Bklys¸«p.
“”Hmt¡. ¢q. H^p ¢q. Ht^s]m^p ¢q fm{Sw. B NT]n H^p tI¨ns¸®v- D*v,””
“”tI¨nt]m? Culz^m WkkVptkm?””
In{S knan¨pNqkn.
FÃmk^pw K]tUk³s_ tWs^ Aknlmht¯msX tWm¡n.
“”Wo]mt\m tKm?””
Kho´ N`n¸v SoÀ¯p tImUn¨p. AkÄ k`Sv ssN D]À¯n.
“”tI¨o…””
AXn]n Wns¶mjnkmNm³ K]tUk³ HmftÈ^n ImXns]jpt¶äp.
“”Bt\mXm dmk¨m?””
B`ohv tImUn¨p.
“”WnÀemPyklm AsS,””
dmk³ In^n¨p.
“”K]tUkWns` “”sK,”” HmftÈ^n]ns` “”Hm”” ^*pw Nq«n tIÀ¯v “”tKm””. F§Wp*v,””
“”FÃm^pw Fjpt¶äv Wn¶v- sI^n¸v Du^ns¡,””
Kho´ N`n¸v fm_msS b_ªp.
“”CkWn«v– ^s*®w sNmXp¯nt«]pÅq. F´nWm Wo Fs¶ fnjn¨p tWm¡ps¶? Ck³s_ NqSos` fªav fm_ps¶Wp fpt¼ Cu F^\w sN«ksW FWn¡_n]mw. Ct{Sw c]¦^ {cm*vhm]n«p WX¶n«pw Cu b«nsI_p¡³ tKm F¶ tb^n NwdnNp«Wn FjpSp¶ Bam\v– F¶v- Ft¶mXv CSv ks^ b_ªn«nÃ,””
“”tI¨n, Wn§sams¡ N¼n¡p«³ sshäv km]n¡pt¶m^m\v F¶v- Mm³ F§sW A_n]pw? MmsW¶m N\n]mWmt\m? AtàMmsW¶m b£n lmhv{SÚmWmt\m? bns¶ Mm³ Fw Xn kmhptUk³ Wm]^m, Mm³ hpPSNpfm^n]m Fs¶ms¡ knan¨pb^]p¶ tbms` Mm³ N¼n¡p«³ sshän FjpSp¶]mam, Mm³ sNm¨pbphvSNw sshän tWmks`jpSp¶]mam F¶v- knan¨pb_]m³ bäptkm? cÌv– bmÀ«n]m! S`¡N¯v b¯pssbthsX skanknÃ…-“”
“”Wo fn*^pSv! sWW¡n«sÃ`pw ^*XosX sNm_skm*v. sWWs¡¶mXm C{S sk]näv? F{S Wmams]Xm WkkVq³s_ `mÌv F´nt] WkkVq³s_ `mÌv F´nt] Fs¶ms¡ sN©m³ sSmX§o«v? Wos]¶m kÃy sNm*q¸_¼³s_ Pf Nm\n¡pt¶?””
Kho´ N`n¸v fm_msS tImUn¨p.
“”F³s_ tbmt¶m! MmWnWn B Io]¸m_¡p¯n³s_ AknXp¶v kmat_t`s¡§mWpw ImXn BßiSy sI¿pw. fWÊfmVmW¯nWv sshäv sSm_¶m At¶^w sSmX§pw WkkVp F´nt] WkkVp F´nt] F¶v-. ASv sNm*v tNm¸v Mm³ C¸w sshän N¼nNp«³.sWäv