ദി ഹസ്ബൻഡ്‌ [Neerath] 204

“”ssVktf, b\n]mt]m C¶s` AXn¨ gnkmhv _oPÂ B\v AktamXv– hwhm^n¨Sv Mm³ AÃ.””
“” Wo b_ G«³ f_¶p””,Mm³ H¶v In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp SoÀ¶Spw.
“” AtÃ`pw Wn§av C§sW Ss¶]m, Mm³ Ft´`pw b_ª H^p HmÀf]pw Nm\nÃ,Wn§sa´m NÅp NpXnt¨m*mt¶m Unkhkpw ko«n k^p¶Sv””.
bp«pw NX` N_n]pw Npj¨psNm*n^p¶ F³s_ ssNNÄ sfsà t¹sään Wn¶v bn³km§n.Nm^yw A_n]msS Ct{Sw sbs«¶v e£\¯n ssN sk¡*m]n^p¶p F¶v Fsâ fWhv b_ªp.
lm`p Fs´ms¡t]m b_]p¶p*v.H^p CXnfn¶t`mXp NqXn] fj sb]vSp.kj¡nWnX]n km¡pNan Wn¶v Mm³ fWhn`m¡n,AkapsX ko«n Wn¶v Bt^m k^p¶p.ASnWvsX H^p¡¯n`m]n^p¶p AkÄ.
Fsâ fWhv b_ªp “”i^n hnäptkg³ im³Zns` sI¿q, ssNkn«p tbm]m b\n]mNpw””.
H¶v In^n¨psNm*v Mm³ b_ªp.
“” Wo tUgysbXpt¼mÄ WÃ ewPn]m\v””.
“” i^nt]«m tU Ip½m Fs¶ ko*pw tUgyw bnXn¸n¡s`””.
“” tfmsa lm`p Mm³ Ip½m H^p W¼À C«StÃ.bns¶ C¶s¯ t{bm{Pmfn Fsâ kN H^p tI©v ^m{Sn Zn¶À bp_¯p tbmNmw bns¶ WnW¡v Hmt¡ F¦n H^p fqkn]pw””.
tUgyt¯msX Ipk¶p AkapsX fpOw {bh¶kSfm]n.
“” hSyw, Ip½m Nm`n]m¡tà “”.
“” AsÃXn , hSyw, bns¶ tim«`n tXdnÄ, fqkn Xn¡äv dp¡v sI¿\w, Fs{S hoäv tk\w F¶v b_””.
“” AÑWpw A½]pw bns¶ fmapkpw””. AkÄ b_ªp.
“” Hmt¡ As¸m A©p hoäv Mm³ dp¡v sI¿mw””.F¶v b_ªp Mm³ sWXpkoÀ¸n«p.
ssUktf ^£sb«p.
“”F¶m`pw Wo tNmbs¸«m hpµ^n ]m\v Fsâ lm`p””.
F¶v b_ª Ft¶mXv sNm©ns¡m*p.
“” tI«³ bp«p Njn¡p , Mm³ Im] Ct«m*v k^mw”” F¶v b_ªp AkÄ AXp¡a]ntáv Wo§n.
Npan¨p hpµ^n ]m]n H^p bXym` bmâv_pw tNm«¬ ä]n«p tXm¸pw C«p WX¶p Wo§p¶ AkapsX WX¯¯nsâ Smakpw tWm¡n sNm*v Mm³ bp«p Njn¨p sNm*n^p¶p.
Wnfng tW^¯n Im] k¶p. Mm³ Aksa AXnfpXn H¶v tWm¡n.
“” F´m bpSpSm]n Nm\p¶ tbmtà tWm¡ps¶””.
^mkns` Wns¶ Ct{Sw hpµ^n ]m]n fp¼v N*n«nÃtÃm, Mm³ tbmNm³ H^p§ptdm Wo H^p ssWän C«tà Wn`vNm_v,bs£ Ct¸m””.
“” Ct¸m F´m?””.
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”Ft¸m N*m Ns®Xp¡m³ tSm¶p¶nÔ”.

AkÄ klyfm]n H^p bp©n^n¨p. e£\w Njn¨p Im]]pw NpXn¨p Mm³ F\näp ssN NjpNn. ssNNÄ AkÄ S¶ XuÆ`n SpX¨psNm*v AkapsX fpOs¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”F´m F¶v ^mkns` F¶pw CÃm¯ H^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv