“'Must I die?' said the white man.
“'Ay,' said Tuialo. 'Two such as thee and I cannot live at the same time. Thou art almost as great a man as I.'
“The white man bent his head. Then he put out his hand to my father and said, 'Farewell, O my friend.'
“Lauati, my father, fell at the chief's feet. 'Take thou the gun, O chief, but spare his life.'
“Tuialo laughed. 'The gun will I take, Lauati, but his life I must have also.'
“'My life for his,' said my father.
“'And mine,' said Uluvao, my mother.
“'And mine also,' said Manini, the white man's wife; and both she and Taulaga, her sister, bent their knees to the chief.
“The white man tried to spring up, but four strong men held him.
“Then Tuialo looked at the pair who knelt before him. He stroked his club, and spoke to his body-men.