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of their native Islands; but above all, their joy was great at 
his promises of protection to their government against all 
foreign encroachment. 
Mr. Young*, who before this time had superseded Rives 
as interpreter, was placed nearest to his majesty; and after 
him Eoki; and then the rest in order of their rank. As 
usual, the great desire of pleasing made the chiefs a little 
awkward; and if there was any occasion on which they 
showed an unbecoming shyness, it was on this. Liliah, 
with the presence of mind of her sex, however, showed no 
embarrassment, though she was by no means the last to feel 
on the occasion. 
It so happened, that in the hurry of their departure 
from London in the morning, nobody had thought of put¬ 
ting any refreshments into their carriage. Now, they being 
accustomed to eat often and not at stated hours, felt ex¬ 
hausted and hungry before the moment of audience came ; 
afterwards, when Liliah was told that dinner was ready at 
the inn, she said, “ I was hungry—I am so no longer—I am 
full of joy/' 
* Mr. Young is the son of that Young who was originally a forced settler 
in Hawaii, and whose good conduct every navigator, from Vancouver to Lord 
Byron, has had occasion to be satisfied with. The young man, though partaking 
of the low manners of the origin of his father and the partially savage nature 
of the mother, was yet a useful servant and faithful interpreter. 
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