t; let them all try."

"Where are you, my counsellor!" said Aiwohikupua. "It is not you who
bears the shame; I am the one. If the grandchild thought as Waka does
all would be well."

"Let us bear the shame," said his counsellor. "You know we men must
expect such rebuffs; 'a canoe will break on a coral reef;' and if she
should refuse, who will tell of it? We are the only ones to hear it. Let
us try what Mailelaulii can do."

And because the counsellor urged so strongly the chief gave his consent.

Mailelaulii went right to the door of the chief-house; she gave out her
perfume as the others had done; again Laieikawai was startled from sleep
and said to her nurse, "This is an entirely different fragrance--not
like those before."

Said the nurse, "Call out to Waka."

LAIEIKAWAI: "O Waka! O Waka--O!"

WAKA: "Heigh-yo! Why waken in the middle of the night?"

LAIEIKAWAI: "Here is a fragrance, a strange fragrance, a cool fragrance,
a chilling fragrance; it goes to my heart."

WAKA: "That is no strange fragrance; it is Mailelaulii, one of the
sweet-smelling sisters of Aiwohikupua, who has come to get you for his
wife; he is the husband, the husband for you to marry."

LAIEIKAWAI: "Bah! I will not marry him!"

"One refusal is enough," said Aiwohikupua, "without getting four more!
You have brought this shame upon us both, my comrade."

"Let us endure the shame," said his counsellor, "and if our sisters do
not succeed, then I will go and enter the house and tell her to take you
for her husband as you desire."

Then the chief's heart rejoiced, for Kauakahialii had told him how this
same man had got Laieikawai to come down to Keaau, so Aiwohikupua
readily assented to his servant's plea.

Then Aiwohikupua quickly ordered Mailepakaha to go and stand at the door
of the chief-house; she gave forth her perfume, and Laieikawai was
startled from sleep, and again smelled the fragrance. She said to her
nurse, "Here is this fragrance again, sweeter than before."

Said the nurse again, "Call Waka."

LAIEIKAWAI: "O Waka! O Waka--O!"

WAKA: "Heigh-yo! Why waken in the middle of the night?"

LAIEIKAWAI: "Here is a fragrance, a strange fragrance, not like the
others, a sweet fragrance, a pleasant fragrance; it goes to my heart."

WAKA: "That is no strange fragrance; it is Mailepakaha, the
sweet-smelling sister of Aiwohikupua, who has come to get you for a wife
to marry him."

LAIEIKAWAI: "Bah! I will not marry him! No matte