There Halaaniani took
Laieikawai to wife.
The night passed, day came, and it was midday; Waka thought this
strange, for before sending her grandchild to meet Kekalukaluokewa she
had said to her:
"Go, to-day, and meet Kekalukaluokewa, then return to the uplands, you
two, and after your flesh has become defiled come to me; I will take
care of you until the pollution is past." Now, this was the custom with
a favorite daughter.
Because Waka was surprised, at midday of the second day after Laieikawai
joined Halaaniani, the grandmother went to look after her grandchild.
When the grandmother came to them, they were both fast asleep, like new
lovers, as if the nights were the time for waking.
As Laieikawai lay asleep, her grandmother looked and saw that the man
sleeping with her grandchild was not the one she had chosen for her.
Then Waka wakened the grandchild, and when she awoke the grandmother
asked, "Who is this?"
Answered the grandchild, "Kekalukaluokewa, of course."
Said the grandmother in a rage, "This is no Kekalukaluokewa; this is
Halaaniani, the brother of Malio. Therefore, I give you my oath never to
see your face again, my grandchild, from this time until I die, for you
have disobeyed me.
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