rkened
With love.
Alas, my husband!

When her companions heard Laieikawai wailing, they all wailed with her.

After their lament, said Kahalaomapuana, "This is a strange way to cry;
you open your mouth wide, but no tears run; you seem to be dried up, as
if the tears were shut off."

Said the sisters, "What do you mean?"

Kahalaomapuana replied, "As if there were nothing the matter with our
husband."

Said Laieikawai, "He is dead, for on the way down, just above here, he
said, 'You go ahead and I will go up and see your sister-in-law, and if
you wait for me until day follows night and night day and day again that
night, then I am dead,' so he charged me. I waited here; the appointed
time passed; I thought he was dead; here I stayed until you came and
found me wailing."

Said Kahalaomapuana, "He is not dead; wait a day; stop wailing!"

Because of Kahalaomapuana's words they waited four days, but nothing
happened. Then Laieikawai began to wail again until evening of the
third day, and this night, at dawn, for the first time she fell asleep.

Just as sleep came to her Halaaniani stood before her with another
woman, and Laieikawai started up, and it was only a dream!

At the same time Mailehaiwale had a vision. She awoke and told her dream
to Mailelaulii and Mailekaluhea.

As they were talking about it Laieikawai awoke and told her dream.

Said Mailelaulii, "We are just talking of Mailehaiwale's dream."

As they discussed the dreams Kahalaomapuana awoke from sleep and asked
what they were talking about.

Mailehaiwale told the dream that had come to her: "It was up at Paliuli,
Halaaniani came and took you, Kahalaomapuana, and you two went away
somewhere; my spirit stood and watched you, and the excitement awoke
me."

Laieikawai also told her dream, and Kahalaomapuana said, "Halaaniani is
not dead; we will wait; do not weep; waste no tears."

Then Laieikawai stopped wailing, and they returned to Paliuli.

At this place we shall tell of Halaaniani, and here we shall see his
clever trickery.

When Halaaniani told Laieikawai he was going up to see Malio, this was
in order to get away from her after giving her his commands.

The fellow went up and met Malio. His sister asked. "What have you come
up here for?"

Said Halaaniani, "I have come up here to you once more to show you what
I desire; for I have again seen a beautiful woman with a face like
Laieikawai's.

"Yesterday morning when I went outside