ദി ഹസ്ബൻഡ്‌ [Neerath] 204

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ ^*p ssNNapw Wo«n.H^p AWph^\]pÅ Wm]¡p«n tbms` AkÄ Fsâ N^§Ä¡pÅn k¶p fm_n S`sk¨p. AkapsX Ip*pNan`pw Nknan`pw Mm³ fm_nfm_n Ipwdn¨p. H^p bmXv Wmav ASnWm]n Nm¯n^p¶ tbms` AkÄ B IpwdW§Ä BhzUn¨p. Mm³ Aksa sfsà sdZv_qfnt`¡v Nq«nsNm*p tbm]n. NqÀ¯pWnÂNp¶ AkapsX fp`Napw H«n¡nX¡p¶ k]_pw, tXm¸n`qsX Wnj`n¨pWnÂNp¶ sbm¡napw F³s_ KkmsW Dt·gkmWm¡n. N«n`n C^p¶ AkÄ sfsà Njp¯ns` fm` , C]À _nRv , dmwPnÄ FÃmw Ajn¨p tfltf sk¨v sNm*v b_ªp.
“” CsSÃmw H^p l`yfmtN* “”. Mm³ Aksa N«n`nt`¡p f_n¨n«p.
“” F´nWm Ct{Sw B{Nm´w, cpÄ tZ Wfp¡tÔ”.
“” thm_n Zn]À, cpÄ tZ CÃ, A½]nA¨³ k^p¶p D¨¡v ko«n F¯\w””.
“” AsS´p b\n] hms_ H^p fmSn^n b´n¡p knan¨n«p tIm_nà F¶v b_]p¶ tbms`””.
“” tIm_v S^mw , bs£ hUy Cà Fs¶ DÅp”” In^n¨psNm*v Mm³ f_pbXn b_ªp. sX]väv B]n Wn¡p¶ AkapsX tXmbnWpÅn B fp`NÄ koÀ¸pfp«p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp. sfsà AkapsX tXm¸nsâ hnbv Mm³ Smtj¡p Wo¡n.Wà skap¯ bp_w l^o^w,»m¡v NaÀ {dm.Mm³ Fsâ ^*p ssNNapw tXm¸nWpÅn`qsX t{dhn]À_nWp fpNan`qsX ANt¯]v¡n«p.Wà IqXp*v B fp`NÄ¡v.t{dhn]_nWp fpNan`qsX Mm³ B fp`NÄ SjpNn.fp` sM«pNÄ sfsà bnXn¨t¸m Akan Wn¶v H^p ho¡m^w D]À¶p.B lÐw Fs¶ f¯p bnXn¸n¨p. Fsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX fp`Nsa làfm]n AfÀ¯m³ SpX§n.
“” sfsà i^n ,sfsÃ, tkUWn¡p¶p””.
AkapsX tXm¸nsâ hnbv t`m¡v bÃp sNm*v Hm¸¬ sI]vSp tXmbv S`kjn Ajn¨p fmän.N_p¸v {dm]pw {Po³ sX]väv s`¤n³hv fm{Sfm\v Ft¸mÄ AkapsX tkgw. bmânWpÅn sNmXn f^w sN«n WnWvNp¶ KkmsW tWm¡n AkÄ tImUn¨p. “”Ct§s^, Ajn¨p knXs«?””.
Hmt¡ F¶ AÀ°¯n Mm³ gÀ«v Du^nfmän.bm³_v Ajn¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ AkÄ b_ªp.
“” ASv Mm³ Ajnt¨mamw””.
bm³_v AjpNp¶¯nWp fp¼v AkÄ KkmsW H¶v Djnªp.
“” CSnWp F´m Sn¶m³ sNmXp¡ps¶, Fs´m^p k®w””.
“” Mm³ H¶pw sNmXp¡p¶nÃ, Ct¸m Wo Atà AksW Sn¶pt¶,ASpsNm*mkpw Ct{Sw k®w””.
b_ªp So^pw fpt¼ AkÄ bm³_v Ajn¨p Smsj F«p. sgZv–Zn¡p fpNan`qsX AkÄ KkmsW H¶v NXn¨p. FWn¡v sI_pSm]n H¶p sWm´p.
“”C§nsW Sn¶m Ak³ ka^nÔ”.
ASnWp¯\w F¶ Wn`]n gZn¡pÅn Wn¶pw F³s_ HmfWNp«sW bp_s¯Xp¯p AkÄ Du¼m³ SpX§n.bÃpNÄ S«msS Ip*pNÄ sNm*v Zobv hNnRv.
AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv