അങ്ങനെ തുടങ്ങി 2 [ആദി] 1715

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C«p Ak³ As½t]w tWm¡n. AksWmt¶ {bmÀ°n¨pÅp.

bSnkn`pw tW^t¯ Ak³ F_\mNpat¯¡p ]m{S]m]n.dhn B`pk]nt`¡pÅ ]m{S AkWp Uq^tf_n]Sm]n tSm¶n.dhv Ht^m tÌm¸n`pw WnÀ¯pt¼mÄ AkWp Wo^hw tSm¶n. dhv Ìm³Zn F¯n] dhnÂWn¶v sft{Xm tÌgWnt`Nv Ak³ NpSn¨p bmªp.Nm¯n^n¸nâ Ht^m Wnfng§sa lbn¨p. Ht^m BÄNq«w k^pt¼mapw B fpOw tSXns¡mt* C^p¶p. Wn^ml BÀ¶p c`w. “”CWn Cs¸m F_\mNpa¯p¶p B`pk¡v k¶t¸mÄB\p N*sS¦nt`m “”.Aksâ fWÊv AksW hfmVmWn¸n¨p. CX¡v km¨n tWm¡n Ak³ CWn]pw sskNn]m l^n]mknà F¶p knIm^n¨p Xn¡äv Nu*_nt`Nv WX¶p. “”H^p FwKn t_mZv “” F¶p b_ªp Nymgv sNmXp¯p.
“”hÀ InÃ_ Ds*¦n W¶m]n^p¶p “”.sb«¶m\v Ae]v sNmXp¯ Nymgnt`¡p tWm¡n]Sv– “”^*m]n^w ^qb””. B]n^w WnÀ¯n ^*m]n^w SpX§n]Sv F´nWm\v C¶pw fWhn`mNm¯ Ae]v InÃ_¡m]v tbjvhv Sp_¶p.

“”InÃ_ D*v fmZw. ^*p FwKn t_mZv “” bn_Nn Wn¶p Bt^m b_]\ tN«p Sn^nªp tWm¡n] Ae]v hvSÏWm]n Wn¶p.

B Wn¸v Xn¡äv Nn«p¶ ks^ SpXÀ¶p.

“”AtS At§m«v WX¡p. bn¶n`pÅkÀ¡pw tbmN\w “” F¶p b_]\ tN«p Ae]v hztdmV¯nt`¡v Sn^n¨p k¶p bn¶n`pÅkÀ¡m]v kjn fm_n. bnt¶w H¶psX Wn¶p.
“”AtS Ct§m«p k^p¶pt*m? “” fp¶n Wn¶p bnt¶w tImUyw
“”At½sX bqKmfp_n]ns` N®³ Bap sNmÅmt`m “”Ae]v fWÊn HmÀ¯p.
“”AtS F´nWm Fâ Xn¡äv FXpt¯? “” DXsW k¶p f_p tImUyw “”F´nWm C¶s` Nymgv tfXn¡msS tbms]? “”
“”ASp bns¶ “” Ak³ b^p§n
“”F´m ASp km§n S¶p Fsâ fp¼n k^m³ fXnBÀt¶m “”AkÄ sImUn¨p.
“”fXnt]m F´nWv? dt]maKn ¢mÊpNan Fsâ Xo¨À W¶m]n Ss¶ b_ªp S¶n«v D*v “”
AkÄ :F´p?
“”bo^n]Zvhv H^p Wm¨p_ t{bmhÊv Bs\¶pw H^p {bm]w fpS sb¬Np«nNan D*mNp¶ lm^o^nN fmäw Bs\¶pw ASp B¬ Np«nNan Wn¶p f_¨p skt¡* H¶Ã F¶pw. FÃmw fmhkpw ASp D*mNpt¼mÄ AkÄ AWpekn¡p¶ fmWhnN hQÀg§apw, hv{Sos] A½]mkm³ hÖfm¡p¶Spw FÃmw “” Ak³ Aksâ fWÊn k¶tbms` k¨pNm¨n
AkÄ :sNmÅmt`m Wn§apsX dt]maKn Xo¨À.
f_pbXn]n AkÄ Cs{¼Êv B]tbms` AkWp tSm¶n.
Ak³ :””AtS -“”
“”tkPw km hf]w tbmNp¶p “”AkÄ Aksâ tImUyw fpjpkn¸n¡msS fpt¶ WX¶p
¹mäptcmfn F¯n] DXsW s{X]n³ k¶p AkÀ AN¯p N]_n.
“”im]v NknS “” Bt^m b_]p¶Sv tN«p Ak³ At§m«v–tWm¡n N¼nNp«³.sWäv