se standing, it was then night. She approached to the
leeward; lo! Moanalihaikawaokele was still awake; she waited at a
distance for him to go to sleep, as Kaeloikamalama had instructed her.
Still Moanalihaikawaokele did not sleep.

When at dawn she went, Moanalihaikawaokele's face was turned upwards,
she knew he was asleep; she ran quickly and seized her father's beard
and called to him in the words taught her by Kaeloikamalama, as shown
above.

Moanalihaikawaokele awoke; his beard, the place where his strength lay,
was held fast; he struggled to free himself; Kahalaomapuana held the
beard tight; he kept on twisting here and there until his breath was
exhausted.

He asked, "Whose child are you?"

Said she, "Yours."

Again he asked, "Mine by whom?"

She answered, "Yours by Laukieleula."

Again he asked, "Who are you?"

"It is Kahalaomapuana."

Said the father, "Let go my beard; you are indeed my child."

She let go, and the father arose and set her upon his lap and wailed,
and when he had ended wailing, the father asked, "On what journey do you
come hither?"

"A journey to seek one from the heavens," answered Kahalaomapuana.

"To seek what one from the heavens?"

"Kaonohiokala," the girl answered.

"The high one found, what is he to do?"

Said Kahalaomapuana, "I have come to get my brother and lord to be the
husband to the princess of broad Hawaii, to Laieikawai, our royal
friend, the one who protects us."

She related all that her brother had done, and their friend.

Said Moanalihaikawaokele, "The consent is not mine to give, your mother
is the only one to grant it, the one who has charge of the chief; she
lives there in the taboo place prohibited to me. When your mother is
unclean, she returns to me, and when her days of uncleanness are over,
then she leaves me, she goes back to the chief.

"Therefore, wait until the time comes when your mother returns, then
tell her on what journey you have come hither."

They waited seven days; it was Laukieleula's time of uncleanness.

Said Moanalihaikawaokele, "It is almost time for your mother to come, so
to-night, get to the taboo house first and sleep there; in the early
morning when she comes, you will be sleeping in the house; there is no
place for her to go to get away from you, because she is unclean. If she
questions you, tell her exactly what you have told me."

That night Moanalihaikawaokele sent Kahalaomapuana into the house set
apart for wom