നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ak³ AkapsX fpO¯v tWm¡msS b_ªp.
“”FXm sNm¨tW, Wn³s_ Cu {bm]w Njnsªms¡]m MmWo Wo*p WnkÀ¶v- Wn³s_ fp¼n C§sW Wn¡ps¶. ASv sNm*v bßm hp{df\y¯nsW bmUh^fnXo¡m³ Wo tWm¡^pSv. Cu tW^¯v NSNX¨v NnX¡pN. F¶n«v tim, io, iq Fs¶ms¡ lÐw tNĸn¡pN. Wos]¶m AN¯v N^ms« bYn¡pkmt\m? F¶n«v Ct{Sw k`n] sfmtjw skt¨m*v NSNv Sp_¶v- bp_¯v k^nN…!””
ASv b_ªv B`ohv Ak³s_ A^s¡«nt`¡v kn^Â Iq*n.
fpOw NpWn¨v A^s¡«nt`¡v tWm¡n]m t_mg³ sM«nt¸m]n. Cutlms], VymW¡m^v sN«p¶ sX³äv tbms` fp¼n SÅn koÀ¯v Wn¡pN]m\v! CsS´m C§sW? Ak³ sbs«¶v- ^*v ssNNÄ sNm*pw AknXw f_¨p.
“”t_mgm, Wo {Zmf Nan¡tÃ…Wo Fs¶¡m\n¡m³ tk*n fW¸qÀÆw sfmj¸n¨v sk¨StÃXm?””
“”lyo,””
Ak³s_ fpOw NW¯p. ^p{U emkt¯msX Ak³ B`ohnsW tWm¡n.
“”Cu f½n F¶Sm Cu b_]ps¶? Mm³ Ft¶¯nWm f½osW…At¿…sly…””
B`ohv Ak³s_ tSman bnXn¨p.
“”tfmtW…Wo Ft¶¯nWmXm C§sW Wm\n¨p Ipanªn^n¡ps¶? Ct{Sw Wm\w H¶pw B\p§Ä¡v bmXnÃ. f½n ssht¡maKn Hs¡ bYn¸n¡p¶ BatÃ..At¸mÄ A_n]mw. B\p§Ä¡v ….bqªm*ns]ms¡ sfmj¸n¨p sb®p§sa Nm\n¡pt¼mÄ e]¦^ hpOw Nn«m_p*v. AsSms¡ sbÀtkÀg³ B\v F¶v- ssht¡maKn]n b_]q¦n`pw…””
“”f½n ASv sb®p§sa Nm\n¡p¼w AtÃ? f½n]SnWv…””
“”MmsW¶m lnO*n]mt\m? {Xm³hvsK*À Bt\m? FXm Wà H¶m´^w, FÃm sb¬ Ak]k§apfpÅ sbÀscNväv sb®v Ss¶]mXm MmWpw. Ct{Sw sfmt`w sk¨v Wn³s_ fp¼n Wn¶n«pw WnW¡Sv fWÊn`m]ntÃ? CWns]¶m Mm³ ssWän sbm¡n Wns¶ Nm\n¡t\m? F¶ms` knlzmhkmNpskmavt`m?””
t_mgsâ ssN¯`§Ä A^s¡«n NqXpS Af^p¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
“”Nt*m Nt*m…””
AkÄ Np`p§nIn^n¨p. At¸mÄ ssWän¡N¯v AkapsX fpjp¯ fp`NÄ CaNp¶Sv Ak³ N*p. Ak³ AknsX tWm¡p¶Sv Akapw N*p.
“”§vim…H*tÃm Mm³,””
S³s_ CaNp¶ fm_nt`¡v tWm¡p¶ t_mg³s_ tWs^ In^n¨psNm*v AkÄ kn^Â Iq*n.
“”FXm tfmtW ..Wn³s_ {bm]¯ns` B¼ntÅ ^psX fWÊv Hs¡ F¶n¡_n]mw. C§sW Hs¡]m Ak^v…f½osXw sb§tXw Hs¡ sfmt“pw Np*nt]`pw bäq¦n Sp\nsbm§n¡nX¶m Nm`n³s_ FtX`pw Hs¡ Ak^v tWm¡pw. Wn³s_ Nm^yw b_ªm Nãfm. hwØmW¯v sfmt`tXw Np*otXw fÕ^w sk¨m cÌv AXn¡p¶ ^*v sb®p§sX NqsX]m Wn³s_ sbm_pSn. Ct{Sw k`n] Wm`v sfmt`w Wm`v Np*ow F¸jpw fp¼nt¡msX N¼nNp«³.sWäv