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s in a long swim to her choice, Tutanekai. But the Maori chief goes forward with the idyll, and must be followed word for word, as Sir George wrote:-- At the place where she landed there is a hot spring, separated from the lake only by a narrow ledge of rooks. Hine-Moa got into this to warm herself, for she was trembling all over, partly from the cold, after swimming in the night across the wide lake of Rotorua, and partly also, perhaps, from modesty at the thought of meeting Tutanekai. Whilst the maiden was thus warming herself in the hot spring, Tutanekai happened to feel thirsty and said to his servant, 'Bring me a little water.' So his servant went to fetch water for him, and drew it from the lake in a calabash, close to the spot where Hine-Moa was sitting. The maiden, who was frightened, called out to him in a gruff voice like that of a man: 'Whom is that water for? He replied, 'It's for Tutanekai.' 'Give it here then,' said Hine-Moa. And he gave her the water and she drank, and, having finished drinking, she purposely threw down the calabash and broke it. Then the servant asked her, 'What business had you to break the calabash of Tutanekai?' but Hine-Moa did not say a word in answer. The servant then went back, and Tutanekai said to him, 'Where is the water I told you to bring me?' So he answered, 'Your calabash was broken.' And his master asked him, 'Who broke it?' And he answered, 'The man who is in the bath.' And Tutanekai said to him, 'Go back again, then, and fetch me some water.' He therefore took a second calabash and went back and drew water in the calabash from the lake and Hine-Moa again said to him, 'Whom is that: water for?' So the slave answered as before, 'For Tutanekai.' And the maiden again said, 'Give it to me, for I am thirsty.' And the slave gave it to her and she drank and purposely threw down the calabash and broke it. And these occurrences took place repeatedly between those two persons. At last the slave went again to Tutanekai, who said to him, 'Where is the water for me?' And his servant answered, 'It is all gone; your calabashes have been broken.' 'By whom?' said his master. 'Didn't I tell you that there is a man in the bath?' answered the servant. 'Who is the fellow?' said Tutanekai. 'How can I tell?' replied the slave. 'Why, he's a stranger.' 'Didn't he know the water was for me?' said Tutanekai. 'How did the rascal dare to break my calabashes! Why,
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