"
Said Kapukaihaoa, "The pig is well, therefore I give you my foster child
to care for, and if you succeed well, and I hear of your prosperity,
then I will come to seek you."
Then Waka entered with Kapukaihaoa the taboo place where Laielohelohe
was hidden; Waka waited and the priest went still farther into the place
and brought her to Waka, then Waka knelt before Laielohelohe and did her
reverence.
On the day when Laielohelohe went on board the canoe, then the priest
took his foster child's umbilical cord[66] and wore it about his neck.
But he did not sorrow for Laielohelohe, thinking how good fortune had
come to her.
From the time Laielohelohe was taken on board, not one of the paddlers
had the least glimpse of her until they came to Hawaii.
Kekalukaluokewa waited during the time appointed.
The next day, in the early morning, when the chief awoke from sleep, he
saw the sign which Waka had promised, for there was the colored cloud on
the ocean.
Kekalukaluokewa prepared for Laielohelohe's arrival, expecting to see
her first at that time. Not so!
In the afternoon, when the double canoes came in sight, all the people
crowded to the landing place to see the chief, thinking she would come
ashore and meet her husband.
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