"Who are you, lawless one,
mischief-maker, who have entered my taboo house, the place prohibited to
any other?" So spoke the mistress of the house.
Said the stranger, "I am Kahalaomapuana, the last fruit of your womb."
Said the mother, "Alas! my ruler, return to your father. I can not see
you, for my days of uncleanness have come; when they are ended, we will
visit together a little, then go."
So Kahalaomapuana went back to Moanalihaikawaokele; the father asked,
"How was it?"
The daughter said, "She told me to return to you until her days of
uncleanness were ended, then she would come to see me."
Three days the two stayed there; close to the time when Laukieleula's
uncleanness would end, Moanalihaikawaokele said to his daughter, "Come!
for your mother's days are almost ended; to-morrow, early in the morning
before daylight, go and sit by the water hole where she washes herself;
do not show yourself, and when she jumps into the pool and dives under
the water, then run and bring hither her skirt and her polluted clothes;
when she has bathed and returns for the clothes, they will be gone; then
she will think that I have taken them; when she comes to the house, then
you can get what you wish.
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