418 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIBIKAWATI [ETH. ANN. 83 
nolaila i hooholo koke ai o Aiwohikupua i olelo ae mamuli o ke koi 
a ua wahi kanaka nei. 
Then Aiwohikupua quickly ordered Mailepakaha to go and stand 
at the door of the chief-house; she gave forth her perfume, and 
Laieikawai was startled from sleep, and again smelled the fragrance. 
She said to her nurse, “ Here is this fragrance again, sweeter than 
before.” 
Said the nurse again, “ Call Waka.” 
Larerkawatr: “O Waka! O Waka—O!” 
Waka: “ Heigh-yo! Why waken in the middle of the night?” 
Larerkawat: “ Here is a fragrance, a strange fragrance, not like the 
others, a sweet fragrance, a pleasant fragrance; it goes to my heart.” 
Waka: “That is no strange fragrance; it is Mailepakaha, the 
sweet-smelling sister of Aiwohikupua, who has come to get you for 
a wife to marry him.” 
Larerxawat: “ Bah! I will not marry him! No matter who comes 
I will not sleep with him. Do not force Aiwohikupua on me again.” 
When Aiwohikupua heard this fresh refusal from Laieikawai, 
his counsellor said, “ My lord, it is useless! There is nothing more to 
be done except one thing; better put off trying the youngest sister 
and, if she is refused, my going myself, since we have heard her 
vehement refusal and the sharp chiding she gave her grandmother. 
And now I have only one thing to advise; it is for me to speak and 
for you to decide.” 
“Advise away,” said Aiwohikupua, “If it seems good, I will con- 
sent; but if not, I will refuse.” 
“Tet us go to the grandmother,” said his counsellor, “and ask 
her; maybe we can get the consent from her.” 
Said Aiwohikupua, “ There is nothing left to be done; it is over; 
only one word more—our sisters, let them stay here in the jungle, for 
they are worthless.” 
Then Aiwohikupua said to his sisters, “ You are to stay here; my 
cherished hope has failed in bringing you here; the forest 1s your 
dwelling hereafter.” It was then pretty near dawn. 
At Aiwohikupua’s words all the sisters bowed their heads and 
wailed. 
When Aiwohikupua and his companion started to go, Kahalao- 
mapuana, the youngest sister, called out, “O you two there! Wait! 
Had we known in Kauai that you were bringing us to leave us in this 
place, we would never have come. It is only fair that I, too, should 
have had a chance to win Laieikawai, and had I failed then you 
would have a right to leave me; we are all together, the guilty with 
the guiltless; you know me well, I have gained all your wishes.” 
