"
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 women.
CHAPTER XXVIII
Very early in the morning came Laukieleula; when she saw someone
sleeping there, she could not go away because she was unclean and that
house was the only one open to her.
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