ദി ഹസ്ബൻഡ്‌ [Neerath] 204

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hmfmWyw Wà k^pfmWw. hpµ^n]m] em^y F¶m`pw sk]v–`n ImXn]pÅ Nan i^n¡p F¶pw H^p i^fm\v. Xu\n DÅ H^p A¸mÀXvsfân i^n H^p koXv kmXN¡v FXp¯n]n«p*v. SnN¨pw s{bmscmg\ B] H^p tNm\vhp`vtäg³ sh³s_À. Ssâ hvsbgy ¢]âv DÅt¸m fäp At¸m]vâvsfâv H¶pw FXp¡nÃ. AÃm¯t¸m tWmÀf tNm¬hpt`g³. ASpsNm*p Ss¶ A]`vb¡s¯ ko«pNmÀ¡pw i^ns] Np_n¨v hwl]kpw CÃ. NmÀ tWs^ AbmÀXvsfâv tPäv fp¶n Wn¶v sNm*v tim¬ AXn¨p. km¨vfm³ h`mw b_ªp sNm*v tImUn¨p.
“” i^nhmt^, C¶v tNm\vhp`vtäg³ D*v s`?””.
“” im , ^*p At¸m]vâvsfâv D*v, C¶v Np_¨p tW^s¯ tbmN\w, ko«vXn PÌv D*v, tW^s¯ FXp¯ At¸m]vâvsfâv B\v AtàNym³h sI]vtStW..””.
tPäv Hm¸¬ B]n, i^n NmÀ bmÀ¡v sI]vSp. sbs«¶v km¨vfm³ b_ªp.
“”hmÀ hm_nsâ tbgyâv F¯n””.
Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸m fp¸¯©p {bm]w DÅ {bemN^³ hm_v.
“” it`m hÀ , Mm³ H^p b«p fnWnäv t`äv B]n,k^q fpNant`¡v tbmNmw””.
WX¶p Wo§pt¼m km¨vfmsW tWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp.
“” hm^v Sn^n¨p k^pt¼mÄ H^p Hmt«m sh^n]m¡nsNmXp¡\w, WXt¡*””.
S` B«n sNm*v km¨vfmWpw WX¶p Wo§n. hf]w H³bSp f\n bSnW©p fnWnäv.
i^n {bemN^³ hm_nWv cnhnt]m B^wen¨p. GSm*v b¯p f\n B]n. i^n]psX sfmssd AXn¡p¶p. i^n tcm¬ FXp¯psNm*p D¯^w b_ªp.
“” H^p b¯p fnWnäv, cÌv At¸m]vâvsfâv So^pt¶ DÅp””.
“” AXp¯ tbgyâv sk]vänwPv Bt\m hms_ “”.
{bemN^³ hm^v tImUn¨p.
“” AsS C¶v FWn¡ms\¦n ko«n Np_¨p b\n D*v, tW^s¯ cnN-vhv sI]vSnÃm]n^p¦n C¶v Nym³h sI]vtSsW. H^p Bav NqXnt] DÅp, D¨¡v tlgw `okv B\v””.
N¬hÄt«g³ co sNmXp¯p {bemN^³ hm^v ]m{S]m]n. i^n H¶v _n{cgv B]n GSm*v b«p fnWnäv tlgw NmanRv AXn¡p¶p. i^n tZmÀ Sp_¶p.bp©n^n¨psNm*v t^\pN WnÂNp¶p.
“” im]v Nw C³””.
H^p {Po³ B³Zv »q tNmwdntWg³ s`¤n³hv B³Zv tXmbv. AkÄ ANt¯¡v k¶p. tZmÀ t¢mhv– sI]vSpsNm*v MmWpw Aksa bn´pXÀ¶p.Wà tg¸v DÅ l^o^w.AkapsX I´nNÄ Wn¶pw FWn¡v Ns®Xp¡m³ tSm¶n]nÃ.ASv Np\p§n Wo§p¶Sv Mm³ tWm¡nWn¶p.bp_sN Mm³ k^p¶nà F¶p fWhn`m¡n] AkÄ Sn^nªp tWm¡nsNm*v– tImUn¨p
“” Ft´m¶m C§sW Sp_n¨p tWm¡p¶Sv, CSnWp fp¼v Nm\m¯t¸ms`?””.
“”Ht^m {bmknlyw Nm\pt¼mjpw Wo]§p sfm©¯n BNpkm\tÃm?””.
F¶v b_ªp N¼nNp«³.sWäv