438 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWATI [ETH. ANN. 33 
Said Laieikawai, “ Your sisters and your brother I know well, if 
it was really you who came to me that night; but you I did not hear. 
“Yes; we were the ones,” said Kahalaomapuana. 
Said Laieikawai, “ If you were the ones who came that night, who 
guided you here? For the place is unfrequented, not a single person 
comes here.” 
The girl said, “ We had a native of the place to guide us, the same 
man who spoke to you in behalf of Kauakahialii.” Then it was clear 
he was a fellow countryman of theirs. 
The end of all this tall was that Laieikawai bade her grandmother 
to prepare a house for the sisters of Aiwohikupua. 
Then, through the supernatural power of her grandmother, Waka, 
the matter was quickly dispatched, the house was made ready. 
When the house was prepared Laieikawai gave orders to Kahalao- 
mapuana: “ You return, and to-night come here with all your sisters; 
when I have seen them then you shall play to us on your merry 
instrument.” , 
When Kahalaomapuana rejoined her sisters they asked what she 
had done—what kind of interview she had had with the princess. 
Answered the girl, “When I reached the door of the palace a 
hunchback opened the door to receive me, and when I saw the prin- 
cess resting on the wings of birds, at the sight I trembled with fear 
and fell down to the earth. For this reason when I was taken in to 
talk with the princess I did just what she wished, and she asked 
about us and I told her everything. The result is, fortune is ours; 
she has commanded us all to go to her to-night.” 
When they heard this the sisters were joyful. 
At the time the princess had directed they left the hollow tree 
where they had lived as fugitives. 
They went and stood at the door of the chief-house. Laieikawai’s 
attendant opened the door, and they saw just what their sister had 
described to them. 
But when they actually saw Laieikawai, then they were filled with 
dread, and all except Kahalaomapuana ran trembling with fear and 
fell to the ground. 
And at the princess’s command the strangers were brought into 
the presence of the princess, and the princess was pleased with them. 
And at this interview with the princess she promised them her 
protection, as follows: 
