N¼nNp«³.sWäv cpZv CtÃ, Giv…B..hf]w F´m]n 8.30 BkmWm]tÃm.. bns¶ F§sW D*mNpw ‘
‘ BkmWm]n«sà DÅp, B]nÃtÃm, ‘
sÌcn WÃ IqXn`m\v.
‘dn^n]m\n Hs¡ DÅ Unkhw tW^s¯ k¶nsæn cpZv Nn«¯nÃ, C{S tW^w N*ksW Hs¡ tcm¬ knan¨v H`n¸n¨v AknsX]pw CknsX]pw Wn¶v hf]w Naªn«p, `mÌv hf]w tN_n k¶v Ft¶mXv SÀ¡p¯^w b_ªn«v Nm^yw Cà ‘
‘AÃ tfZw, Np_¨p FjpSm³ DÅSv sNm*v–… ‘
‘ AtS]v.. M§Ä Bt^mXv hwhm^n¡\w Fs¶ms¡ M§Ä So^pfmWn¡pw, Wn§apsX Nmlv sNm*v– AÃtÃm, StÅ… M§Ä FÃm fmhkpw sfhv dn AX¡p¶Sv B\v, AÃmsS Wn§sa tbms` HmhnWà Sn¶p¶Sv ‘
Mm³ H¶v Nm^yw knlUoN^n¡m³ {lfn¨v SpX§n F¦n`pw sÌcn ASnWnX]n N]_n W¶m]n IqXm]n Ss¶ FSnÀ¯p hwhm^n¨p.
‘ Hmtim, Cu go` tSmfhv B^m¶v, ^*nsW]pw Nm\n¨v S^mw. Wmsa H¶v tW^w skapt¯ms«, Wn§sa Cu timÌ`n Ss¶ sk¨v sbm_p¸n¡nÃ.’
‘ Hmiv, Wn§Ä Ft´`pw B¡v.. tU CSv NqsX N]äns¡m…kmXn’
M§apsX ^*mapsX bm{Sw NqXn kmÀZWp fp¶n sk¨v M§Ä Sn^n¨v WX¶p.
‘ FXn, Wo F´nWm C§sW IqXm]Sv, CWn F´m\mtkm D*mkpN, fn¡km_pw timÌ`n¶v bp_¯m¡pw ‘
‘ fn*^pSv, Wo Hä H^p¯n Nm^\fm\v.. tW^s¯ k¶m tbms^ ‘
‘ Mm³ b_tªm, Wnt¶mXv Fs¶ Nm¯v Wn¡m³’
‘B.. Ft¶mXv CSv Ss¶ b_]\w, hvtWiw CÃm¯ Np^n¸v’
‘ Mm³ Ip½m b_ªSmXo, thm_n, F¶m`pw AkÄ b\n S^ptfm? ‘
‘ B ^mkns` tbm]n H¶v thmÄkv B¡m³ tWm¡mw.. CWn bp_¯m¡n]m BNs«, tks_ ss{bkäv timÌ Hs¡ D*v AXp¯v, AsSm¶pw HmÀ¯p sX³g³ BtN*’
Wà knl¸v Ds*¦n`pw Nps_ FjpSm³ DÅSv sNm*v– Mm³ bphvSNkpfm]n C^p¶p, AkÄ D_§mWpw tbm]n. ^m{Sn 12.30 B]n FÃmw FjpSn So^pt¼mÄ, dm¡n FÃm^pw C_§n]n^p¶p. bphvSN§Ä Hs¡ FXp¯v sk¨v Mm³ tcm\pw FXp¯v C¡]pw B]n tcm¬ sI¿m³ Mm³ N*p bnXn¨ Ø`¯v– sI¶p. hf]w Nps_ sskNn]Sv sNm*v– Bs^]pw tbXn¡msS AknsX C^p¶p shmÅmw.N\¡v {bNm^w bn^oZv BtN* Unkhw B]n«pw, B]n«nà F¶v tN«t¸m C¡msX Sfml…
‘Fsâ]pw Wnsâ]pw D½fm^psX {bmÀ°W tN«v hinsN«p bXt¨m³ k¶v tNm*¯n Spa]n«ntWm Btkm’
‘i i i, In`t¸m C§sW BNm_p*v, tWm¡mw’
‘B sSän tbmNpw, bSnW©v Unkhw ASnWp _Ìv sNmXp¯nÃtÃm.. N¼nNp«³.sWäv