CHAPTER IV 
After this man had become great before the chief, even his high 
counsellor, they consulted constantly together about those matters 
which pleased the chief, while the people thought they discussed the 
administration of the land and of the substance which pertained to 
the chief; but it was about Laieikawai that the two talked and very 
seldom about anything else. 
Even before Aiwohikupua heard from Kauakahialii about Laiei- 
kawai he had made a vow before his food companions, his sisters, 
and before all the men of rank in his household: “ Where are you, 
O chiefs, O my sisters, all my food companions! From this day 
until my last I will take no woman of all these islands to be my wife, 
even from Kauai unto Hawaii, no matter how beautiful she is re- 
ported to be, nor will I get into mischief with a woman, not with any- 
one at all. For I have been ill-treated by women from my youth up. 
She shall be my wife who comes hither from other islands, even from 
Moaulanuiakea, a place of kind women, I have heard; so that is the 
sort of woman I desire to marry.” 
When Aiwohikupua had heard Kauakahialii’s story, after confer- 
ring long with his high counsellor about Laieikawai, then the chief 
was convinced that this was the woman from Tahiti. 
Next day, at midday, the chief slept and Laieikawai came to 
Aiwohikupua in a dream *! and he saw her in the dream as Kauaka- 
hialii had described her. 
When he awoke, lo! he sorrowed after the vision of Laieikawal, 
because he had awakened so soon out of sleep; therefore he wished to 
prolong his midday nap in order to see again her whom he had be- 
held in his dream. 
The chief again slept, and again Laieikawai came to him for a 
moment, but he could not see her distinctly; barely had he seen her 
face when he waked out of sleep. 
For this reason his mind was troubled and the chief made oath 
before all his people: 
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