പുതിയ സുഖം 18

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C_§n tZmÀ Np_¨p Im^n.
“”F´m At½.”” ko\ tImUn¨p.
“”Wn sb®nsW sNm*v kÃSpw sI¿n¸nt¨m.””hpK tImUn¨p. At¸mÄ ko\ In^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp.
“”b_s]Xn.kÃSpw H¸nt¨m.”” hpK ko*pw tImUn¨p.
“”D¨¡v NnX¡pt¼mÄ SpX§n sk¨Sm. Cs¸m ASv bqÀ¯n]m¡n NnX¶sS DÅp.””
ko\ b_ªp.
“”Bân FknsX. D_§nt]m.”” ko\ tImUn¨p.
“”AkÄ ^mip`pfm]n hpOn¡p¶p*mNpw.Aksâ _qfnt`m«v tN_ntbm]n«p*v.”” hpK Smtjm«v tWm¡n b_ªp.
“”AsS§nsW.A½ FÃmw Bânt]mXv b_tªm?..”” ko\ knlzhn¡m³ bäm¯ tbms` tImUn¨p.
“”FÃm Nm^ysfm¶pw b_ªnÃ.MmWksa H¶v fq¸n¨p kn«p.At¸mÄ AkapsX Nj¸naNn. tfmsa sNm*v dm¡n sI¿n¸nt¨m F¶v– NqXn h½Sn¨n«m AkâXpt¯Nv tbm]Sv.””hpK b_ªt¸mÄ ko\ hpK]psX fpOt¯¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n.
“”dm¡n tfmsa sNm*v sI¿n¸nt¨m F¶p h½Sn¡\sf¦n Wn§Ä Nps_ sI]vSp F¶tÃ.”” ko\ hwl]t¯msX hpKs] tWm¡n.
hpK At¸mÄ In^n¨p.
“”Fsâ A½¸q_o At¸mÄ Bâns] H¸n¨p AsÃ.ASp tbms« F§nsW D*v Bân.WtÃm\w sI]vSp St¶m.”” ko\ Btklt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”AkÄ¡v Wà Nj¸m Np® tNämWpÅ VrSn sNm*v A{S¡v sI]vSnà bs£ AkÄ WtÃm\w sI¿pw ASp_¸m.”” hpK b_ªp.
“”Cksa§nsW D*v.”” fmapknsW Dt±ln¨p hpK tImUn¨p.
“”BUyw Np_¨p Wm\sfms¡ D*m]n^p¶p.bns¶ sb®v WtÃm\w hpOn¨p.hpOn¸n¨pw S¶p.””ko\ b_ªp.
“”sI_n] hmVmWftà Wà hpOfp*mNpw.FWn¡pw Aksa sNm*v hpOn¡\w.”” hpK b_ªp.
“”Smtj¡v Nq«n tbmNpt¶m AtSm CknsX fSnt]m.”” ko\ tImUn¨p.
“” sb®v Mm³ B]Sv sNm*v FSnÀ¡ptfm.H^p tbXn tbms`.”” hpK hwl]w tbms` b_ªp.
“”AkÄ FSnÀs¡m¶pw CÃ.ATkm FSnÀ¯m Ss¶ Bân A_n]p¶Stà {blvWw Btk*Sv.Bân Ss¶ b_ªSv sNm*v ASpw tbXn¡*.”” ko\ hpK¡v ssV^yw sNmXp¯p.
“”ASpw l^n]m F¶m Wo]pw NqXn km Wfp¡v H^pfn¨p Aksa sNm*v sI¿n¸n¡mw.bns¶m^p Nm^ywNqXn Mm³ F§nsW`pw AWnSs] fq¸n¨p WnâXp¯v F¯n¡pw ASp Wn tWm¡n ssNNm^yw sI]vtSma\w. F¶m Wfp¡v FÃmÀ¡pw NqXn H^p Nq« Nan Nan¡mw.””hpK ko\t]mXv b_ªp.
“”ASp Mm³ Gäp. F¶m Mm³ H^p Nm^yw b_]s«.””ko\ b_ªt¸mÄ hpK ko\]psX fpOt¯¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n.
“”BRv.b_.”” hpK ko\]psX km¡nWm]n Nm¯n^p¶p.
“”Mm³ tZmÀ Sp_¡m³ k^pt¼mÄ Ss¶ fmap bmSn D_¡¯n`m.Ct¸mÄ In`t¸mÄ D_§n Nm\pw.BUyfm]n«v SXn A_nªStÃ.”” ko\ b_ªp.
“”ASnWp.””hpK N¼nNp«³.sWäv