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great feast; and Matara the priest, though his 
heart was filled with black hatred against them 
both, offered up sacrifices on the great marae 1 
and said that Tati had made a wise choice and 
that the gods would grant him a son who should 
be both wise in council and terrible in war. 
And scarce a year had passed when Hino-riri 
bore a son ; and the dark face of old Tati 
that had for so many years been full of gloom 
became bright again ; and scarce would he 
let Hino nurse the child, for he was for ever 
fondling it. And to Matara the priest, who had 
invoked the gods to give him a child, did 
he give many presents, and because of the love 
he had for the wife who bore it he turned 
his face away from his seven other wives, whose 
minds became filled with bitter jealousy of 
Hino-riri. 
Then came the time when Hino-riri the 
Beautiful bore another child—a daughter—and 
as the heart of Tati the warrior was eaten up 
with love for the boy, so was the heart of 
Hino the mother filled with love for the girl- 
child, who was named Aimata, “ the bright¬ 
eyed.” But yet to the boy, who was named 
1 Temple. 
