CHAPTER XXVIII 
Very early in the morning came Laukieleula; when she saw some- 
one sleeping there, she could not go away because she was unclean 
and that house was the only one open to her. ‘“ Who are you, lawless 
one, mischief-maker, who have entered my taboo house, the place 
prohibited to any other?” So spoke the mistress of the house. 
Said the stranger, “I am Kahalaomapuana, the last fruit of your 
womb.” 
Sai’ the mother, “Alas! my ruler, return to your father. I can 
not see you, for my days of uncleanness pave come; when they are 
endec, we will visit together a little, then go.” 
Se Kahalaomapuana went back to Moanalihaikawaokele; the 
father asked, “ How was it?” 
The daughter said, “ She told me to return to you until her days of 
uncleanness were ended, then she would come to see me.” 
Three days the two stayed there; close to the time when Laukie- 
leula’s uncleanness would end, Moanalihaikawaokele said to his 
daughter, “Come! for your mother’s days are almost ended; to- 
morrow, early in the morning before daylight, go and sit by the 
water hole where she washes herself; do not show yourself, and 
when she jumps into the pool and dives under the water, then run 
and bring hither her skirt and her polluted clothes; when she has 
bathed and returns for the clothes, they will be gone; then she will 
think that I have taken them; when she comes to the house, then 
you can get what you wish. 
“Tf you two weep and cease weeping and she asks you if I have 
taken her clothes, then tell her you have them, and she will be 
ashamed and shrink from you because she has defiled you; then she 
will have nothing great enough to recompense you for your defile- 
ment, only one thing will be great enough, to get you the high one; 
then when she asks you what you desire, tell her; then you shall see 
your brother; we shall both see him, for I see him only once a year; 
he peeps out and disappears.” 
At the time the father had said, the daughter arose very early in 
the morning before daylight, and went as her father had directed. 
When she arrived, she hid close to the water hole; not long after, 
the mother came, took off her polluted clothes and sprang into the 
water. 
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