416 HAWAITAN ROMANCE OF LATEIKAWAI [ETH. ANN. 33 
“Yes, I heard it; what of her refusing! it is only their scent she 
does not like; perhaps she will yield to Mailelaulii.” 
“You are persistent,” said Aiwohikupua. ‘Did I not tell you I 
wanted to go back, but you refused—you would not consent !” 
“We have not tried all the sisters; two are out; three remain,” 
said his counsellor. “ Let all your sisters take a chance; this will be 
best; perhaps you are too hasty in going home; when you reach 
Keaau and say you have not succeeded, your other sisters will say: 
‘Tf you had let us try, Laieikawai would have consented;’ so, then, 
they get something to talk about; let them all try.” 
“ Where are you, my counsellor!” said Aiwohikupua. “It is not 
you who bears the shame; I am the one. If the grandchild thought 
as Waka does all would be well.” 
“ Let us bear the shame,” said his counsellor. ‘“ You know we men 
must expect such rebuffs; ‘a canoe will break on a coral reef;’ and 
if she should refuse, who will tell of it? We are the only ones to 
hear it. Let us try what Mailelaulii can do.” 
And because the counsellor urged so strongly the chief gave his 
consent. 
Mailelaulii went right to the door of the chief-house; she gave out 
her perfume as the others had done; again Laieikawai was startled 
from sleep and said to her nurse, “This is an entirely different fra- 
grance—not like those before.” 
Said the nurse, “ Call out to Waka.” 
Larerkawat: “O Waka! O Waka—O!” 
Waxa: “ Heigh-yo! Why waken in the middle of the night ?” 
Larercawat: “ Here isa fragrance, a strange fragrance, a cool fra- 
grance, a chilling fragrance; it goes to my heart.” 
Waxa: “ That is no strange fragrance; it is Mailelaulii, one of the 
sweet-smelling sisters of Aiwohikupua, who has come to get you for 
his wife; he is the husband, the husband for you to marry.” 
Larerkawat: “ Bah! I will not marry him!” 
“One refusal is enough,” said Aiwohikupua, “ without getting four 
more! You have brought this shame upon us both, my comrade.” 
“Let us endnre the shame,” said his counsellor, “and if our sisters 
do not succeed, then I will go and enter the house and tell her to take 
you for her husband as you desire.” 
Then the chief’s heart rejoiced, for Kauakahialii had told him 
how this same man had got Laieikawai to come down to Keaau, so 
Aiwohikupua readily assented to his servant’s plea. 
