From: aqh@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (anh.q.hoang)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: [Lit] Ho^`n Bu*o*'m Mo* Tie^n (part 2)
Date: 8 Sep 92 16:51:58 GMT
Organization: AT&T


		Ho^`n Bu*o*'m Mo* Tie^n (part 2)

Cuo^.c thu'? tha'ch tie^'n trie^?n cho Ngo.c va` Lan va` ca^u ho?i "Co' pha?i
a'i ti`nh hay kho^ng" tro'? tha`nh ca^u ho?i "Co' pha?i a'i ti`nh la` nha^'t
kho^ng ?".  Vi` Lan -da~ na(.ng lo'`i the^` vo''i me. tur'o''c phu't ngu'o'`i
nha('m ma('t la` se~ hie^'n da^ng cuo^.c -do'`i na`ng cho -Du''c Pha^.t to^?,
Lan pha?i cho.n lu'.a giu'~a to^n gia'o va` a'i ti`nh.  Lan, du` muo^'n du`
kho^ng, pha?i -da'p la.i ca^u ho?i quan tro.ng cu?a Ngo.c. 

	"A'i ti`nh la` ba?n ti'nh con ngu'o'`i, ma` la` ha.nh phu'c cu?a
	chu'ng ta.  To^i ye^u co^, va` to^i -doa'n 0 la^`m thi` co^ cu~ng
	cha(?ng ghe't to^i, va^.y can chi ta la.i la`m tra'i ha.nh phu'c
	cu?a chu'ng ta."

-Do^'i vo''i Ngo.c, ti`nh ye^u cu?a cha`ng va` Lan kho^ng pha?i la` mo^.t
ti`nh ca?m to^.i lo^~i du'o''i lua^n ly' -da.o Pha^.t vi` no' la` mo^.t ti`nh
ye^u cha^n tha`nh va` -de.p -de~.  Vi` Ngo.c tin la` -Du''c Pha^.t To^? se~
tho^ng ca?m cho no^~i lo`ng -dau -do''n giu'~a Ngo.c va` Lan, Ngo.c cu'o'ng
quye^'t thuye^'t phu.c Lan.

	"Co^ tha thu'' cho, to^i 0 pha?i cu'' ye^u ma~i chu' Lan, pha?i
	cho to^i ye^u ca'i linh ho^`n thu'.c cu?a chu' Lan mo''i -du'o'.c;
	ca'i linh ho^`n a^'y la` co^ Thi."

Tru'o''c su'. to? ti`nh no^`ng nhie^.t cu?a Ngo.c, Lan la.i ca`ng kho' xu'?.
Ngo.c cu~ng linh ca?m -du'o'.c su'. -dau -do''n cu?a ngu'o'`i ye^u.
 
	"To^i thu'o'ng ha.i chu' qua'.  To^i cu~ng -da'ng thu'o'ng
	nhu'ng chu' co`n -da'ng thu'o'ng ga^'p tra(m, ga^'p nghi`n
	la^`n.  Linh ho^`n chu' bi. a'i ti`nh va` to^n gia'o, hai be^n
	lo^i ke'o, ma` la.y Tro'`i, la.y  Pha^.t, hai ca'i ma~nh lu'.c
	a^'y la.i tu'o'ng -du'o'ng ne^n ta^m tri' chu' ca`ng bi. tha('t
	cha(.t va`o hai tro`ng."

Ngo.c vi` ho^'i ha^.n -da~ ba('t e'p Lan pha?i bie^?u lo^. ha`nh dung tha^.t
su'. va` vi` tho^ng ca?m cho su'. -dau kho^? cu?a na`ng, quye^'t -di.nh tu'`
gia~ ngu'o'`i mi`nh ye^u -de^? che cho'? cho na`ng. 

	"Lan 0 so'., to^i xin vie^.n lo`ng tu'` bi cu?a -Du''c Quan A^m,
	to^i xin the^` vo''i Lan ra(`ng to^i 0 pha?i la` ha.n gio' gia(ng
	ba^.y ba. ... mai to^i xin tu'` bie^.t Lan, to^i ve^` Ha` No^.i"

Vi` Ngo.c tha`nh tha^.t ye^u Lan, su'. -dau -do''n cu?a na`ng tro'? tha`nh
su'. -dau -do''n cu?a chi'nh cha`ng.  Ngo.c, vi` muo^'n gia?m bo''t ga'nh
na(.ng cho Lan, sa(~n sa`ng hy sinh ha.nh phu'c cu?a chi'nh mi`nh cho du`
tim cha`ng -dau nhu' dao ca('t.

	"Ni co^ ne^n coi to^i la` mo^.t ngu'o'`i ba.n tha`nh tha^.t vi`
	ni co^ hy sinh he^'t mo.i su'., cho -de^'n ha.nh phu'c cu?a to^i,
	cho -de^'n ca? ta^'m a'i ti`nh cu?a to^i, ta^'m a'i ti`nh co' le~
	-de^'n tuye^.t vo.ng cu?a to^i."

Lan, sau nhu'~ng gia^y phu't bo^`ng bo^.t -da~ -di -de^'n quye^'t -di.nh
ve^` cuo^.c -do'`i mi`nh :" To^i -da~ the^` tru'o''c Pha^.t To^?, thi` -de^'n
che^'t to^i cu~ng giu'~ lo'`i the^`."  Na`ng cu~ng "bi. thu'o'ng" na(.ng cha?
ke'm gi` Ngo.c, nhu'ng na`ng nho'` va`o hi`nh a?nh cu?a -Du''c Pha^.t tu'` bi
-de^? chu'~a tri. cho chi'nh mi`nh va` cho ngu'o'`i na`ng ye^u.

	"A'i ti`nh ... Nho? nhen, ne^'u -dem vi' vo''i lo`ng ba'c a'i.
	Vi` lo`ng ba'c a'i ma` Pha^.t to^? xa vo'., xa con, xa cha, xa me.,
	lang thang kha('p bo^'n phu'o'ng gia?i thoa't cho nha^n loa.i.  Va^.y
	xin o^ng, cu~ng vi` lo`ng ba'c a'i ma` xo'a bo? trong lo`ng nhu'~ng
	te^n chu' Lan, co^ Thi, nhu' the^' thi` o^ng se~ cu''u vo''t -du'o'.c
	mo^.t linh ho^`n.  Tre^n -do'`i, chi? co' lo`ng ba'c a'i la` -da'ng
	ke^?"

Va` Lan -da~ nha^'t quye^'t :" Que^n, pha?i que^n!  Lo'`i the^` tru'o''c 
linh ho^`n me. ta ta ha~y co`n -dinh ninh nho'' trong tri'.  -Do' la` ca'i
bu`a -de^? tru'` bo? nhu'~ng su'. ca'm do^~ cu?a a'i ti`nh nho? nhen o'?
no'i du'o'ng the^'".  Du'o''i "tie^'ng chuo^ng nhu' ca^'t gio.ng tu'` bi
vo^~ ve^`, an u?i, do^` gia`nh ... vui cu'o'`i khanh kha'ch vi` -da~ gia?i
thoa't -du'o'.c mo^.t linh ho^`n, Lan ye^n chi' tie^~n -du'a Ngo.c ra kho?i
tra'i tim na`ng.

... To be Continued in Part III ... 
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